The Sun.
London, England, 1837-04-27 00:00:00

HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE.

The King, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in
town at one o'clock yesterday from Windsor Castle.
His Majesty held a Levee.
An investiture of the Knights Commanders of the Most
Honourable Military Order of the Bath took place in the
Royal closet. Majors-General Sir David Leighton and Sir
Robert Houston, officers in the East India Company's service,
were both introduced by Sir William Woods (Clarenceux
King of Arms), Officer of Arms, attendant on the Knights
Commanders, and were knighted, and invested by the King
with the ensigns of Knights Commanders of the Bath.
At the entree Levee the Baron Camille de Latzbeck, Gen-
tleman of the Chamber of his Royal Highness the Grand
Duke of Baden, was presented to the King by Baron de
Cetto, the Bavarian Minister.
The Chevalier Motlerus, Netherlands Charge d'Affaires at
the Court of Naples, was presented to the King by M. Dedel,
the Netherlands Minister.

The Solicitor-General for Scotland was presented, on his
appointment, by Lord John Russell.
Sir Francis Shuckburgh, Chairman of the Standing Com-
mittee of Baronets, presented to his Majesty a petition from
the Baronets of England, Ireland, and the United Kingdom,
humbly praying that his Majesty would be graciously pleased
to put them on a similar footing with regard to a Badge as
their brethren the Baronets of Scotland and Nova Scotia.
General Sir George Cox presented an address from the
Baronets, expressive of the profound attachment of the Order
to his Majesty's Royal person and loyalty to the Throne, and
respectfully moving his Majesty as the fountain of honour in
his dominions, and sole arbiter in matter of dignity, that in
furtherance of his already expressed gracious intentions his
Majesty would grant the prayer of his petitioners as respects
the Badge.
Sir Oswald Moseley, Bart., M. P. ; Sir Robert Fitz Wy-
gram, Bart. ; Sir Robert Campbell, Bart. ; Sir F. L. H.
Goodricke, Bart., M. P., &c., attended as a Deputation of the
Order; also R. Broun, Esq., the Honorary Secretary.
The Levee was attended by their Royal Highnesses the
Dukes of Cumberland and Cambridge, the Foreign Ambas-
sadors, &c. &c.
The following presented addresses and petitions to the
King:—
The Archbishop of Canterbury—From the parish of Holmp-
ton, East Riding of York, earnestly soliciting his Majesty to
withhold his Royal countenance and approval from the propo-
sition now pending in Parliament relative to Church-rates ;
also from the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Totnes, in the
diocese of Exeter; and from the Rural Deanery of Aman-
derness, in the diocese of Chester. to the same eff,,ct.
Lord Skelmersdale—From the inhabitants of Harwich, in
the county of Lancaster, assuring his Majesty that they are
sensible of the important functions of the House of Lords, and
that they will at all times rally round the Throne, and resist
every effort to destroy the balance of the Constitution.
The Bishop of Rochester—From the Archdeaconry and
Clergy of the diocese of Worcester, expressing their deep
concern and alarm at a Bill now before Parliament for the abo-
lition of Church-rates, and praying his Majesty never to give
his assent to so unjust and dangerous a measure.
The Earl of Roden—From three thousand Protestants cf
Ballymana, county Antrim, held on the Racecourse, praying
for protection.

Captain Hawkes, M.P., S. Y. C., from Rowley Regis,
Staffordshire.
The following were presented to his Majesty :
Mr. Sivewright, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county of Borks,
by Sir Herbert Taylor.
General Sir I'. Hammond, on promotion, by Lord Hill.
Lord Lovat, on his elevation to the Peerage, by the Duke of
Norfolk.
Loral Fitzalan, on his coaling of age, by the Earl of Surrey.
Mr. Audr ews, upon being appointed ono of his Majesty's
Counsel by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. C. P. Cooper, on being appointed one of his Majesty's
Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Blake, Chief Remembrancer of Ireland, on being ap-
pointed to the Privy Council of Ireland, by the Marquis
Wellesley.
Sir James iiivett Carnac, Bart., Chairman of the East In-
dia Company by the Right Hon. Sir J. Cam Hobliouse,
Bart.
Major-General Sir James Law Lushington, K. C. 8., Deputy
Chairman of the East India Company, by the Right Hon.
Sir J. C. Hobliouse, Bart.
Lieut.-General Sir Jasper Nicolls, on promotion, by Lord
Hill.
Earl Compton, on being appointed Deputy Lieutenant, by the
Marquis of Northampton.
Sir E. R. Borough, by Viscount Lake.
Colonel L. Stanhope, on promotion, by Lieut.-General Sir
J. Nicolls.
Lieut.-Col. Wedgwood, Scots Fusileer Guards, on his mar-
riage, by Col. Aitcheson.
Mr. Walker Heneage, by the Earl of Ilchester.
Mr. J. Jervis, M. P., on receiving a patent of precedence, by
the Lord Chancellor.
Mr. Patrick Stirling, of Blackgrarige, by Sir Geo. Murray,
G. C. B.
Captain Pell, R. N., on return from foreign service ; Com-
mander Le Hardy, and Captains Herringham, H. Nurse,
on promotion and return from foreign service ; Captain
Sidney Smith, Commander Edgell, Lieutenant J. T. W.
French, on promotion, and Captain Chavell, on his ap-
pointment as Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard ; by
Lord Minto.
Lieut.-Colonel Lacy, R. A., on his appointment ; Lieut.. Col.
Walcott, Major Dunn, on promotion, and Lieut.- Colonel
Michell, on return from Canada and being appointed C. 8.,
by Sir H. Vivian.
Major-Generals Sir R. Lindesay, Elphinstone, and Major
Macphail, on promotion ; Major-General Sir T. Arbuth-
not, and Lieut.-Colonel Daly, on their appointments ; by
Lord Hill.
Captains Handcock an Macintosh, on return from Ceylon ;
Lieut. Kinderley, on promotion ; and Ensign Boyd, on ap-
pointment; by iir H. Hardinge.
Lieutenant-Colonel Austen, on receiving the Third Class of
the Guelphic Order, and on promotion, and Major Suther-
land, on promotion, by General Sir R. Greenwell.
Major-General Sir R. Houstoun, on promotion and being in-
vested a K. C. 8., and Colonel Steele, on promotion, by
General Sir W. Houstoun.
Colonel Stanners, C. 8., and Hopkinson, C. 8., by Sir John
Hobhouse.
Captain Viscount Ingestrie, on return from foreign service,
by the Earl of Sheffield.
Lieutenant Ellicombe, R.N., on return from Bilboa, by Sir
W. Parker.
Captain 0. V. Harcourt, on return from foreign service, by
the Archbishop of York.
Mr. Frederick Elliot, on return from Canada, by Lord
Glenelg.
Mr. Anthony, on going abroad, by Sir J. Eyre.
Captain L. Dickson, on appointment, by Sir H. Taylor.
Lieutenant W. Beresford, on return from abroad, by Lord
Beresford.
Capt. Corkran, on return from Ireland, by Sir C. Arbuthnot.
Captain Hawkshaw, on promotion, by Sir F. Mulcaster.
Major Elliott, on appointment to the Third Class of the
Guelphic Order.
Captain W. Blackburne, by Lieut.-General Vincent.
Ensign Herbert, on appointment, by Gen. Sir F. Wetherell.
Mr. Ralph Neville, by his father, the Hon. and Rev. Mr.
Neville Grenville.
Mr. G. Hazlerigg, on appointment, by General Sir C. Vere.
Mr. F. G. Foster, by the Earl of Ripon.
Captain G. W. Willes, R.N., on return from South America
by Admiral Sir W. Parker. ,
Ensign Thomas Peebles; 59th Regiment, on his appointment,
by Major-General Gibbs, C. B.
Ensign C. V. Low, by Lieut.-General Vincent.
Mr. Edward Fellowes, Deputy-Lieutenant of Huntingdonshire,
by Vice-Admiral Fellowes.
Mr. Charles Gordon, Secretary of the Highland Agricultural
Society of Scotland, by, Lord John Russell.
Captain Robinson? Scots Fusileer Guards, on his marriage, by
General the Hon. Sir William Lumley.
Major-General Sir David Leighton, on promotion, and being
nominated K.C. 8., by the Hon. General Sir Charles ,Col-
ville, G. C. B.
The lion. Henry R. Westenra, M. P., on being appointed
Lieutenant for Monaghan county.
Lieutenant Viscount Jocelyn, on his return from foreign ser-
vice by the Earl of Roden.
Major-General Whitehead, on promotion;by General Viscount
Combermere, G. C. B.
Major-General Sir R. M‘Cleverty, on being made a K. C. H.,
by Major-General Sir J. Maclean.
Lieutenant-Colonel Caradoc, on being appointed an Equerry
to H.R. H. the Duchess of Kent, by General Lord Howden.
Colonel Wingrove, on appointment to the command of the
Woolwich division of Royal Marines, by Sir J. Savage.
Lieutenant. Colonel Moberly, on being appointed Secretary to
the General Post-office, by the Earl of Lichfield.
Major P. F. Thorne, on being made a K. H., by Baron
Ompteda.
Mr. 0. Markham, by Lord John Thynn'e.
Lieutenant L. J. Jones, R.N., by Admiral Sir R. Stopford,
G. C.B.
Captain Thomas, on return from the West Indies, by Lieute-
nant. General Sir S. Hawker,
Captain F. Forbes, on returning to India, by Major- General
Sir P. Lindesay.
Lieut. Wharton, by his cousin, Mr. F. Dundas.
After the Levee his Majesty held a Privy Council, which
was attended by the Lord President, the Lprd Chancellor,
the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the
Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial
Departments ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First
Lord of the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of
Lancaster, the President of the Board of Controul, the
President of the Board of Trade, the Secretary at War, and
Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench.
At the Council a report of the Admiralty was approved of,
and some additional polling places were appointed.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of the Council
in Waiting.

The Recorder of London was afterwards introduced, and
made a report to the King in Council of the case of Greenacre.
The King gavo audiences to the Marquis of 'Winchester,
Marquis Cerkynglipm, Viscount Palmerston, and the Marquis
of Lansdowne,
Vice,Admiral Lord James O'Bryen and Geo.eral Ition. Sir
WilFinn Lumley were the Lord and Grcan in Waiting.

The preparaticntzt for the reception of his Majesty at
the new National Gallery were completed yesteraky eiGning.
It is reported that the Margniq of Westminster will
give a grand entertairirpeaA 111dor Park to their Majesties,and the ments,rq of the Royal Family, in the course of the Fre-
summer;