The Sun.
London, England, 1853-06-20 00:00:00

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The Queen held a chapter of the most ancient and
most noble order of the Thistle, at three o'clock on
Saturday afternoon, at Buckingham Palace. The knights
brethren of the order assembled in the Garter Room,
where they were robed in their mantles of green velvet,
wearing also the collar of the order. There were pi e-
sent the Earl of Aberdeen, the Duke of Roxbnrghe, tl e
Earl of Rosebery, the, Earl of Mansfield, the Duke of
Montrose, and the Earl of Camperdown. The officers
of the order wore their mantles of green satin, and car-
ried their badges of office. There were present Sir John
Stewart Richardson, Bart., secretary ; Frederic Peel
Round, Esq., gentleman usher of the green rod. Albert
William Woods, Esq. (Lancaster Herald), deputy secre-
tary, was present, and assisted at the ceremony.
Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
were conducted to the Throne-r3om by the Lord Cham-
berlain. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness each
wore the mantle and collar of the order. The Queen
took her seat in a chair of state, and the Prince (senior
knitslit of the order) in a seat at the top of the table on
her Majesty's right. The Lord Chamberlain (the Mar-
quis of Breadalbane, K. T.) wore the collar of the order,
and remained in attendance on the Sovereign.
The knights brethern were called over by the secre-
tary, and passed to the presence of the Queen in the
Throne-room, the senior knights first, and having re-
ceived her Majesty's permission, took seats at the
table.

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to declare that Archibald William Earl of Eglinton had
noble order of the Thistle.
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(carrying the ensigns on a cushion) and the gentleman
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The sword of state was delivered to the Sovereign, and
the Earl of Eglinton, kneeling, was knighted by the
Queen. His lordship kissed her Majesty's hand, and the
usual oath was_ administered to the noble earl by the
secretary. The Lord Chamberlain received the sword
of state from her Majesty.
The Earl of Eglinton again knelt near the Sovereign,
and the secretary, kneeling, presented to the Queen the
riband and jewel of the Order. Her Majesty, assisted,
by Prince Albert, placed the same over his lordship's left
shoulder. The noble earl had again the honour of kiss-
ing her Majesty's hand, and, having received the congra-
tulations of each of the knights brethren, retired.
The chapter being ended, the secretary, by command
of the Queen, again called over the knights, who, with
the officers of the order, retired from the Royal presence.
The Court was attended by the Duchess of Norfolk
and the Countess of Desart, ladies in waiting ; the Mar-
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Earl of Mulgrave, treasurer of the household ; Lord
Ernest Bruce, vice-chamberlain ; Lord Drumlanrig,
comptroller of the household ; Lord Rivers, lord in wait-
ing ; Lord George Lennox, in waiting to Prince
Albert ; Mr. R. Ormsby Gore, groom in waiting ;
Colonel Wylde, groom in waiting to Prince Albert ; Sir
George Lee, lieutenant of the Yeomen of the Guard ;
Colonel Williams, silver stick in waiting ; Lord Charles
Fitzroy, equerry in waiting; Captain the Hon. Dudley
de Ros, equerry in waiting to Prince Albert ; Sir WI,
Liam Martins, gentleman usher to the Sword of State ;
Colonel William Fludyer (Grenadier Guards), field offi-
cer in ,brigade waiting ; Captain Bradfoot, adjutant in
brigade waiting ; Colonel Fitzmaurice, adjutant of the
Yeomen of the Guard • and Messrs. George Gordon
Macpherson and Charles Edmund Phipps, pages of
honour in waiting.
The Royal Body Guard was on duty in the Palace,
under the command of Captain Sir John Kincaid, exon
in waiting.

A guard of honour of the 2d battalion of the Scots
Fusilier Guards, with the band of the regiment, was on
duty in front ale Palace.
The Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the Queen
on Saturday.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert rode out on horse-
back on Saturday morning, attended by Captain the
Hon. Dudley de Uos.
Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
Prince Alfred, and the Duke of Saxe Cobourg Gotha,
went at five o'clock on Saturday afternoon to inspect
Messrs. Barclay and Perkins's brewery, in the borough
of Southwark. The Royal party were attended by Cap.
tain the Hon. Dudley de Res, Baron Seebach, Baron
Treskow, and Mr. Gib bs.

Her Royal Highness. the Duchess of Saxe Cobourg
Gotha, attended by Baroness de Wangenheim, visited
her Majesty the Queen of Hanover on Saturday-morn-
ing, at the residence of the Legation in Grosvenor-place. •
The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the
Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, and at-
tended by the Countess of Desart, the Baroness Wan- •
genheim, Lord RiVers, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Calitaiti
the Hon. Dudley de Ros, and Baron de Treskow,
honoured the Princess's Theatre with their presence on
Saturday evening.
The Queel and Prince Albert, the Prince. of Wales,
the Princess -Royal, the Princess Alice, the Duchess of
Kent, and the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, attended
Divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel
of Buckingham Palace.
The King of Hanover, attended by Lord Elphinstone,
Baron Issendorff, and Major-General Buckley, arrived
at the Palace shortly before eleven o'clock, and was
all() present at service. The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wel-
lesley officiated.
The ladies and gentlemen-in-waiting and the domestic
household also attended the service.

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The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Anna Maria,
Dawson, went to Claremont on Saturday, and visited
the Countess de Neuilly and the French Royal family.
In the evening her Royal Highness, accompanied by the
Princess Adelaide of Holienlohe, and attended by Lady
A. M. Dawson and Lord James Murray, honoured the
Royal Italian Opera with her presence.
The Duchess of Kent visited the Queen of Hanover
yesterday.
A deputation, headed by the Duke of Montrose, Col.
Mure, M.P., and Mr. J. M'Gregor, M.P., bad an inter-
view with the Earl of Aberdeen, on Saturday, at his
official residence, in Downing-street.
The Cathedral Commission bad a meeting on Saturday
at the office, Whitehall. There were present—The
Archbishop of Canterbury, the Archbishop of York,
the Bishops of London and Oxford, Sir J. Dodson, Sir J.
Patteson, Sir W. Wood, the Rev. Dr. Hook, the Rev.
Canon Selwyn, and the Rev. R. Jones, secretary.
A deputation on the subject of the advertisement duty
had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer
on Saturday, at his official residence, in Dowfling-street.
The deputation included Mr. George P. Bacon, Mr. La-
tinier, and Mr. John Duncan, and was headed by Mr.
Moffatt, M.P.