The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-08 00:00:00

THE ORDER OF TEE GARTER.

WINDSOR, WEDNESDAY.
The Queen held a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of
the Garter at 3 o'clock this afternoon in the Castle.
The Knights Companions baying been robed in their
mantles of purple velvet, and wearing their collars, were,
by command of her Majesty, called over by Garter King
of Arms in the Grand Reception Room, when the fol-
lowing answered :
The Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Exeter,
the Duke of Buccleuch, Earl de Grey, the Earl of Cla-
rendon, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Marquis of Salis-
bury, the Doke of Bedford, Earl Spencer, and Earl
Fitzwilliam.
The officers of the Order wore their mantles, chains,

and badges. In attendance were the Prelate, the Bishop
of Winchester ; the Chancellor, the Bishop of Oxford ;
the Registrar, the Dean of Windsor • Garter King of
Arms, Sir Charles George Young ; and the Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford.
Her Majesty the Queen aid his Royal Highness Prince
Albert were conductel to the Throne or Garter Room,
in which the Chapter was held, by the Lord Steward
end the Vice-Chamberlain ; the latter stood on the right
of the Queen. Her Majesty wore the mantle, kirtle,
and collar of the Garter, and his Royal Highness the
mantle and collar of the Order.
By command of the Queen, the Knights Companions,
with the officers of the Order, were ushered to the pre-
sence of the Sovereign, in the Chapter-room, and the
former took their seats according to their seniority in
the Order. The Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald Wellesley,
Dean of Windsor, was ewern in Registrar of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter, the oath being administered
by the Chancellor.
The Chancellor signified to the Chapter her Majesty's
Royal will and pleasure that the vacant stalls in the
Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor, be filled ;
and, as none but a knight can be elected, the Right
Hon. George, Earl of Carlisle, was introduced to the
Sovereign by Garter King of Arms and Black Rod, and,
the Sword of State having been banded to the Queen by
the Vice-Chamberlain her Majesty wss pleased to
knight kis Lordship therewith. The noble Earl kissed
her Majesty's hand, and retired.
The Right Hon. Francis, Earl of Ellesmere, was in-
traduced to the Queen with the like ceremony, and had
the honour of knighthood conferred upon him by her
Majesty, with the Sword of State, when his Lordship
kissed the Sovereign's hand, and withdrew.
The Knights Companions proceeded to the election,
and the suffrages were collected by the Chancellor, and
by him wore presented to the Sovereign, who com-
manded the Chancellor to declare that the Right Hon.
George William Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, had been
duly elected as Knight of the Most Noble Order of the
Garter.
By the Queen's command, the noble Earl was received
at the door of the Chapter-room by Earl Spencer and
Earl Fitzwilliam, the two junior Knights Companions
present, and was conducted between them to her Ma-
jesty, preceded by Garter (bearing the ensigns of the
Order upon a crimson velvet cushion), and by Black
Rod. The Earl knelt near the Sovereign, and, Garter
King of Arms on his knee presenting the Garter, the
Queen, assisted by his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
buckled it on his Lordship's left leg, the Chancellor pro-
nouncing the usual admonition. Garter next presented
the Riband and George, and her Majesty (assisted as
before) put the same over the noble Earl's left shoulder,
the Chancellor pronouncing the admonition.

His Lordship again kissed her Majesty's hand, and
having received the congratulations of the Knights Com-
panions, retired.
The Chapter proceeded to a second election, when the
Sovereign commanded the Chancellor to declare that the
Right Hon. Francis, Earl of Ellesmere, had been duly
elected a!Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Gar-
ter, whereupon his lordship was introduced, and was in-
vested by the Queen with the Garter, Riband, and
Badge, with the like c?reponies..

The Chapter proceeded to a third election, and, the
suffrages having been presented to the Queen, her Ma-
jesty commanded the Chancellor to declare that the
Right lion. George, Earl of Aberdeen, had been duly
elected a Haight of the Moat Noble Order of the Garter.
The noble Earl was introduced between the two junior
Knights Companions, and was invested by the Sovereign
with the ensigns of the Garter, with the like ceremonies,
and having received the congratulations of each of the
Knights Companions, withdrew.
The Earl of Aberdeen, by her Majesty's special com-
mand, retains the Order of the Thistle.
The Chapter being ended, Gaiter King of Arms, by
her Majesty's command, again called over the Knights
Companions, who, with the officers of the Order, retired
from the presence of the Queen.
The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince
Alfred, the Princess Alice, and the Princess Helena wit-
nessed the investiture in the Chapter-room.
The Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Sutherland;
the Lady in Waiting, the Marchioness of Ely ; and the
following noblemen and gentlemen of the Royal house-
hold were in attendance, viz. Lord Steward, Earl
Spencer ; the Master of the Horse, the Duke of Wel-
lington ; the Vice-Chamberlain, Lord Ernest Brace ;
the Captain of the II )n.l Carps of Gentlemen-at-Arms,
Lord Foley ; the Captain of the Yeomen of the
Guard, Viscount Sydney ; the Geld, Stick in Waiting,
Viscount Combermere ; the Controller of the Household,
Viscount Drumlsairig ' • Lora Waterpark, Lord in Wait-
ing ; Major-General Berkeley Drummond, Groom in
Waiting ; Major-General Wylde, Groom in Waiting to
the Prince
~• the Master of the Household ;
Silver Stick in Waiting ; Colonel Thornton, Fuld Officer
in Brigals Waiting ; Sir William Martins, Gentleman
U.her to the Sword of State ; Col. Seymour, Groom
of the Robes ; Lord Alfred Paget (Clerk Marshal)
Equerry in Waiting ; Captain the Hon. D. de Ros,
Equerry in Waiting to tile Prince ; Captain F. C. Kep-
pal (Grenadier Guards), Adjutant in Brigade Waiting ;
and Messrs. Phipps and Macpherson, Pages of Honour
in Waiting.

The Ye-oreen of the Guard lined the approaches to the
Chapter-room, under the command of Sir John Kincaid,
the Exon in Waiting. Sir George P. Lee, the Lieu-
tenant, and Colonel Fitztnaurice, tho Adjutant of the
corps, were ire attendance.

The Duchess of Sutherland and the Marquis of Lans,.
downe returned to London immediately after the cere-
mony.

The Queen gave a dinner this evening in the Waterloo
Chamber. The company included her Royal Highness
tie Duchess of Kent, the Dukes of Bedford, Buccleuch,
and Wellington, the Marquises of Salisbury, Abercorn,
and Exeter, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Caroline and
Miss Barrington, Baroness de Speth, Earls Spencer,
Carlisle, Aberdeen, Fitzwilliam, Clarendonand De Grey,
the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere and Lady Blanche
Egerton, Viscounts Sydney and Combermere, Lord
Ernest Bruce, the Bishops of Winchester and Oxford,
Lord Foley, Major-General, the Hon. Charles and Mrs.
Grey ; Colonel the Hon. C. 8., Mrs., and Miss Phipps ;
the Right Hon. H. and Lady Mary Labouchere, Colonel
the Right Hen. C. Forester (commanding (dicer Royal
Horse Guards), Sir George, Lady, and Miss Couper ;
Sir Augustus Clifford, Sir Charles George Young,
Lieut.-Colonel Dennis (contmanding officer 94th Regi-
ment), Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs. Bathurst, Captain
Bathurst (23d Welsh Fusiliers), the Dean of Windsor,
Lord George Lennox, and Major-GI-amoral Wylde.