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London, England, 1854-06-13 00:00:00

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The Queen held an investiture of the Most Hononnble
Order of the Bath, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at
Buckingham Palace.
The Knights Grand Cross having been robed in their
mantles of crimson satin, were called over by Bath Kin; of
Arms, when the following knights answered :

General Viscount Combennere.
Viscount Palmerston.

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The E trl of Clarendon.
Lieutenant-General Lord Seaton.
Lieutenant-General Sir Willoughby Cotton. .
Lieutenant-General Sir George Pollock.
General Viscount Hardinge.
Major-General Sir Henry George Smith, Bart.
Sir George Hamilton Seymour.
Lieutenant-General Sir John Hunter Littler.
Lieutenant-General Sir James Lillyman Caldwell.
Right Hon. Sir George Grey, Bart.
Major-General Sir Joseph Thackwell, and
Lientenant•General Sir John Fox Burgoyne
The officers of the order attended in their mantles, chains,
and badges. The following were present :
The Genealogist—W. Aston Blount, Esq.
Bath King of Arms—Algernon Greville, Esq.
Gentleman -Usher—Albert W. Woods, Esq. (Lancaster
Herald).
The knights and officers assembled in the Green Draw.ng-
room. The Queen and Prince Albert were conducted by the
Lord Chamberlain to the Throne-room, where her Majesty,
the sovereign of the order, sat in a chair of state. Her Ma-
jesty wore the mantle and collar of the Bath. His Royal
Highness Prince Albert stood by the side of the Queen, and
wore his mantle as great master of the Bath and the collar of
the order. The officers of State and the Ministers of the
Crown occupied their usual station near her Majesty.
Her Majesty's guard of the honourable corps of Gentlemen-
at-Arms was on duty in the room, under the command of the
Lieutenant. The sub-officers, Lieutenant-Colonel Neville and
Major Cooke, were on duty with the corps.
The Knights Grand Cross, accompanied by the officers of
the Bath, entered the Throne-room, the former ranging
themselves on each side of the apartment.

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The Right Hon. Sir James Robert George Graham, Fart.,
was introduced between Sir Joseph Thackwell and Sir John
Burgoyne, the two junior Knights Grand Cross present, pre-
ceded by Bath King of Arms (carrying the ensigns of the
order on a crimson velvet cushion) and by the gentleman
usher of the order. Sir James Graham advanced to the
Queen and knelt before her, when her Majesty, with the
sword of state, was graciously pleased to confer the honour of
knighthood upon him. Sir James kissed her Majesty's hand,
The Queen, assisted by Prince Albert, then invested the right
honourable baronet with the ribbon and badge of a Knight
Grand. Cross (civil division) of the Order of the Bath, and
also delivered to him the star of the order. Sir James again
kissed his Sovereign's hand and retired.
Mr. James Cosmo Melvill was introduced between Bath
King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher, the former bearing
the ensigns of the order on a crimson velvet cushion, and re-
ceived from the Queen the honour of knighthood, and was
afterwards invested by her Majesty with the ribbon and badge
of a Knight Commander (civil division) of the Bath.
Rear-Admiral George Robert Lambert was introduced be-
tween Bath King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher, and,
kneeling near the Queen, had the hour of knighthood con-
ferred upon him by her Majesty, and was also invested by the
Queen with the ribbon and badge of a Knight Commander
(military division) of the Order of the Bath.
The Knights Grand Cross were again called over by the
Qu2en's command, and with the officers of the order retired
from the presence of the Sovereign with the usual reverences.
The Queen afterwards held a Privy Council. Present, his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, Lord J. Russell, the Earl of
Aberdeen, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston,
the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir George
Grey, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Breadalbane,
Earl Spencer, the Duke of Wellington, and the Marquis of
Abercorn.
Before the Council, the Duke of Newcastle had an audience
of the Queen, and resigned the seals as Secretary of State.
At the Council her Majesty was pleased to declare the
Right Hon. Lord John Russell, Lord President of her most
honourable Privy Council, and his lordship took his place at
the board accordingly.
The Right Hon. sir George Grey, Bart., Knight Grand
Cross of the Bath, having accepted the seals as one of her
Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, was sworn in.
The most noble Henry Duke of Newcastle, having accepted
the seals as fourth Secretary of State, was a'so sworn in.
Mr. C. Greville was the clerk of the council in waiting.
The Court was attended by the Duchess of Sutherland,
mistress of the robes ; the Countess of Mount-Edgcumbe,
lady in waiting; Lord Foley, the captain of the hon. corps of
Gentlemen-at-Arms; Viscount Sydney, captain of the Yeo-
men of the Guard ; Viscount Combermere, gold stick in
waiting; the Earl of Mulgrave, treasurer of the household ;
Lord Ernest Bruce, vice-chamberlain; Viscount Drumlanrig,
comptroller of the household ; Lord Camoys, lord in waiting ;
Lord George Lennox, lord in waiting to Prince Albert; Lien-
tenant-Colonel Topham, lieutenant of the hon. corps of Gen-
tlemen-at-Arms ; Sir George Lee, lieutenant of the Yeomen
of the Guard; the Hon. Mortimer, Sackville West, groom in
waiting; Colonel Wylde, groom in waiting to Prince Albert;
Sir Wm. Martins, gentleman usher to the sword of State ;
Major Harmar, standard-bearer to the hon. corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms ; Colonel M'Douall, silver stick in waiting ;
Colonel Fludyer (Grenadier Guards), field officer in waiting,
brigade of Foot Guards ; Lieutenant Keppel (Grenadier
Guards), adjutant in waiting, brigade of Foot Guards • Mr.
Joseph Skip Lloyd, clerk of the cheque, and adjutant of the
hon. corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ' • and Messrs. G. G. Mac-
pherson and C. E. Phipps, pages of honour in waiting.
Her Majesty's guard of the Yeomen of the Guard was on
duty under the command of Major Phibbs, exon in waiting.
A guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards was on
duty with the band of the regiment.
Captain the Hon. Dudley de Rose has relieved Captain Du
Plat in his duties as equerry in waiting to Prince Albert.
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, and
attended by his equerry in waiting, visited the gardens of the
Royal Botanic Society in the Regent's-park yesterday
morning.
The King of Portugal and the Duke of Oporto, attended
by the Viscount Carreira, Dart= de Sarmento, Colonel
FolqUe, Lord de Tabley, and Colonel Wylde, also visited "the
Botanic Gardens, and afterwards went to inspect the
Coliseum.
Mr. F. 11. Burton Crosse attended her Majesty's levee at
St. James's Palace on Friday last.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, visited the Countess of Neuilly at
Claremont yesterday. Her Royal Highness, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James Murray, honoured
the performance of the French Plays with her presence iu
the evening.

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Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. It. Boyle, M.P., had au
interview with Lord Palmerston at the Home-office, yester-
day, to present a petition from the ministers, magistrates,
and others resident in the borough of Frome and its
vicinity.

A deputation of vinegar distillers, consisting of Mr. W.
Pott, Mr, J. R. T. Burnett, Mr. Underwood, Mr. Slee, and
Mr. Pounsett, attended by Mr. T. Browning, had an inter-
view with Mr. Wilson, M.P , yesterday, at the Treasury.
Mr. Craufurd had an interview with the Chancellor of the
Exchequer yesterday. Mr. Harrison had also an interview
with the right hon. gentleman, at his official residence in
Downing-street.

Despatches were received at the Colonia 1-office yesterday
the Governor of New Zealand.

ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.

The new French operatic company were much more success-
ful last night when they performed Clapisson's La Promise
than they were in their first essay before the London public,
on Wednesday last, in Adams's Bijou Perdu. La Promise
is better both in book and music, and it included some good
artistes who did not appear on the opening night. The cast
was precisely the same as at the Parisian Theatre Lyrique,
where the opera ran for upwards of 100 nights. There, as
here, Madame Marie Cable was the chief attraction, and in-
deed her singing and acting as the heroine are so charming,
and thoroughly French withal, that we can scarcely wonder
at the furore they created amongst our excitable neighbours,
or the ready acceptance they have met with here, where every-
thing good of its kind is sure to be encouraged. She person-
ated a young girl, betrothed to one man, but in love with
another; and, to make matters worse, her destined hus-
band is the dear friend and benefactor of her beloved.
The latter returns from sea just as the wedding is about to
take place ; but, preferring his friend's happiness to his
own, he heroically conceals his passion, although, like the
Spartan boy's stolen fox, it is tearing its possessor to pieces.
But still greater trials await him, for the bridegroom,
who is abruptly called away before the completion of the mar-
riage ceremony, leaves him to protect the lady during his
absence. This leads to many ludicrous situations, for the un-
willing bride, piqued by the apparent indifference of him
whom she really loves, exercises all the potent spells of co-
quetry to make him betray his trust. So long as he is awake
and in his senses, there appears to be no chance of her suc-
ceeding, so she contrives to make him tipsy, and send him to
sleep. Believing in the "in vino veritas" doctrine, she is de-
lighted to hear her name tenderly murmured, and passionate
declarations of love stammered forth by the object of her af-
fection when in what may be considered an irresponsible state,
and, having learned that the absent gentleman has sworn
never to marry a woman who has even suffered the tips of
her fingers to be kissed by another, she manages at last to
compromise her lover so far as to render the hated union im-
probable, if not impossible. Eventually, everything comes
right ; the magnanimity of the disappointed bridegroom is
properly applied, and the piece ends to the satisfaction of all.
Madame Marie Cabel, as la Promise, acted with perfect tact
and unflagging spirit. Rarely have we seen so genuine a speci-
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Madlle. Girard are also entitled to honourable mention.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, attended by
Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Caroline Harcourt, Lord
James Murray, and Col. Harcourt, honoured the performance
with her presence.