Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-05-14 00:00:00

THE. COtRT.--ORDEB, OF THE BATH

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Her Majesty the Queen held an investiture of the Most
Honourable Order of the Bath, at three o'clock on Thursday
afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The Knights Grand
Cross were robed in the Promenade Gallery, by Messrs.
Hunter and Ede, in their -mantles of crimson satin, wearing
also the gold and enamelled collar of the Order. The
Knights and Officers passed into the Dining-room, where
the former were called over by Bath King-of-Arms, when
the following answered :—Field-Marshal Vis:count Comber-
mere, Vicount Palmerston, Earl of Clarendon' General Sir
Howard Donglas, Bart , Lieutenant-General Sir George
Pollock, Right Hononrable Sir George Hamilton Seymour,
General Sir Alexander Woodford, General Sir John. Fox
Burgoyne, Bart., General Sir Henry Dalrymple Ross, and
the Earl of St. Germans.

The officers of the Bath-present were—The Very . Rev
the Dean, Dr. Trench, Dean of Westminster ; Registrar.
and Secretary, Albert Wm. Woods, Esq. (Lancaster Herald) ;
Bath King-of-Arms, Algernon. Greville, Esq. ; Gentleman
Usher, the Hon. Frederick A. H. Chichester.
Her Majesty the Queen, the Sovereign of the Order,
accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince. Consort,
Great Master of the Bath, both wearing the Mantle and
Collar of the Mali, were conducted by the great officers of
state from the Royal closet, through the saloon into the old
ball-room, where a chair of state was prepared for the Queen.
The Duchess of Manchester, Mistress of the RObes, Lady
Macdonald, Lady in Waiting, the great officers and the
gentlemen of the Royal household, occupied their usual
statiens near her Majesty.
The Knights Grand Cross and Officers of the Bath were
introduced, the. Knights standing on either side of the

Sovereign.
Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart., was introduced to
the Royal'presence between the two junior Knights Grand
Cros's present, the Earl of St. German's being on his right,
and General Sir Hew Ross on his left. _ _ . ^

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The King-of-Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order
preceded Sir John to the Queen, the former bearing the
insignia of the Order on a crimson velvet cushion.
Sir John Lawrence knelt near, her. Majesty, who,
having received the sword of state from the Lord Chamber-
lain, was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour
of knighthood. -
The Queen, assisted by the Prince Consort, passed the
riband of a Knight Grand Cross over the right shoulder
and under the left arm of Sir John, and having invested
him with the Riband and Badge, delivered to him the Star
of a Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division) of the Bath. Sir
John Lawrence kissed the Queen's hand, and was neon-
ducted to the dining-room, by the‘ two junior Knights
Grand Cross.
Sir Hew Ross and the Earl of St. Germans then rejoined
the other Knights.
The following Knights Commanders were then severally
introduced by Bath King-of-Arms and the Gentleman
Usher of the Order, received the honour of knighthood
(except Sir John Young, Bart., and Sir Thomas Hastings,
who, had already received that honour), and were invested by
the Queen, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great Master
of the Order, with the insignia of their respective divisions,
in the second class (Knights Commanders) of the Bath,
viz : Major-General Thomas Harte Frankes Colonel
John Jones, 60th Rifles ; Rear-Admiral Aleiander Milne
(civil) ; the Right Hon. Sir John Young Bart. (civil) ;
Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings (civil); and Colonel
Joshua jebb
The undermentioned Companions of the Order were
severally introdnced, and received from the Sovereign their
decorations of the Military Division of the third class of the
Order, viz.: Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Herbert Gall,
14th Light Dragoons ; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Steele,
83rd Foot; Major James Robert Gibbon, Royal Artillery;
Colonel Thomas William Hicks, Bombay Artillery ; Lieut.-
Colonel, George Henry Robertson, 25th Regiment Bombay
Native Light Infantry ; Major Thomas Fourness Wilson,
13th Bengal-Native Infantry ; and Major John DObre
Woolcombe, Bombay Artillery.
The Knights Commanders and the Companions were
severally introduced by Bath King-of-Arms, and the Gentle-
man Usher of the Order.
At the conclusion of the Investiture, Bath King-of-Arms
again called over the names of the Knights Grand Cross,
who, with the Officers, withdrew from the presence of the
Sovereign.
The Queen, accompanied by. Princess Alice and Prince
Leopold, took a carriage drive in the afternoon, attended by
Lady Macdonald, Lord Colville, and Lord Charles Fitzroy.
Her Majesty visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of
, Kent, at Clarence House, St. 'James's.
The Prince Consort, attended by Lord Colonel Ponsonby,
rode on horseback, and paid a visit to the Duchess of Kent.
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort presided
yesterday at a meeting of the Council of the Duchy of
Cornwall, held at the Duchy Office, Buckingham-gate,
St. James's Park. There were also present—the
Chancellor, the Lord Kingsdown ; the Keeper of the
Privy Seal, Mr. Whitmore ; the Attorney-General,
Mr. Alexander'; the Trea-urer, Colonel the Hon. Sir
Charles Beaumont Phipps ; and the Secretary, Mr. J. R.
Gardiner. _ _

The Queen had a dinner party in the evening. The
company included—her Royal Highness the Princess
Alice, the Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Rutland,
the Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter, the Earl and
Countess of Caithness, the Earl and Countess Granville,
Field Marshall Viscount and the Viscountess Combermere,
the Dean of Windsor, and the Rev. W. Cureton.
VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO ALDERSHOTT.—To-day the
Queen will visit her troops at Aldershott. Her Majesty,
who will be accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, Princess Alice, and suite, will leave Buckingham
Palace early this morning. The royal party will sleep
in the Royal Pavilion on Saturday night and Sunday
night, and return to Buckinghom Palace on Monday
afternoon. There will be a grand review of the whole of
the troops before her Majesty on Monday next. His Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the General Commanding-
in-clvicf, and a large number of officers on the Staff are

expected to be present.
The Prince Consort has intimated that he will visit
Aberdeen to open the proceedings of the British Association,
at which he is to preside, either on the 7th or 14th of
September next ; and we learn that the progress of arrange-
ments promises that the meeting will be one of the best which
has taken :place under the auspices of the association.
The Prince of Wales has not had it in his power to afford
much patronage to the fine arts in Rome, but he has made
a few purchaaes, and the last piece of marble he ordered was
Miss Hosmer's spirited little statue representing " Puck on a
masks osa;"

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