The Sun.
London, England, 1836-04-18 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

daThe
King gave a grand dinner at Windsor Castle, on Satur-
_y; to the Knights Grand Crosses of the Most Honourable
aill_tary Order of the Bath.
ee'roirin Knights on this occasion appeared in their respective
the Order wearing
the collar of the Order. The Officers of
rder
also wore their chains and badges.
The
Knights were received at the principal entrance to the
wa_t.;.aest
ice,le, and were ushered into St. George's Hall, from
at a quarter to eight o'clock, his Majesty, preceded
by the Lord Steward, and followed by their Royal Highnesses
.
Duke of
his Serene Cumberland and Prince George of Cambridge,
Highness Prince Ernest, and the other Knights
wT:trid Crosses, &c., proceeded to the Waterloo Chamber,
e the banquet was given ; the bands of the Royal Regi-
ment of Horse Guards and of the Scots Fusileer Guards
Playing " God save the King," as the Sovereign and the
Knights passed to dinner. The chamber was brilliantly illu-
minated,_ and the table was splendidly ornamented with gold
war silver plate. The regimental colours of one regiment
Were
e grouped behind the King's seat, and those of the other
ere placed on the opposite side of the room.
MThe Knights Grand Crosses of the Order present were Field
arshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, Prince
Ernest of Hesse Philippsthall, Admiral Lord De Saumarez,
General Lord Howclen, Field-Martial the Duke of Welling-
ton, Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bart., General Lord Viscount
iseresford, General Lord Hill, the Right Hon. Lord Cowley,
General the Hon. Sir Edward Paget, Lord Stuart de Rothsay,
Lieut.-General the Marquis of Londonderry, General the Mar-
9,,nis of Anglesey, General Sir William Henry Clinton, Lieut.-
e.!ineral the Hon. Sir Charles Colville, Lieut.-General the
Right Hon. Sir James Kempt, General Sir Gordon Drum-
Lieut- General Sir George Townsend Walker, Bart.,
Lord Ilaytesbury, Lieut.-General Lord Howard of Effingham,
WGeneral the Earl of Rosslyn, the Right Hon. Sir Charles
agst, Admiral Sir George Martin, the Right Hon. Sir Ed-
Thornton, Admiral Sir Harry Neale, Bart., Lieut-Ge-
lieral Sir John Oswald, the Right Hon, Sir Freerick James
Lamb, the Right Right Hon. Sir Stratford Canning, Admi-
ral Sir Thomas Byam Martin, Admiral Sir James Hawkins
ilr
iS)Vhltshed, Bart., Admiral Sir Philip Charles Henderson.
hant, Lieut.-General Sir William Houstoun, Lieut.- Ge-
neral Sir Edward Barnes, Lieut.-General Lord Strafford, Ad-
miral the Hon. Sir Robert Stopford, General Sir Ronald
Crawford Fergusson, Admiral Sir Thomas Williams, Lieut.-
General the Hon. Sir Wm. Lumley, Lieut.-General Sir James
Willoughby Gordon, Bart., Rear-Admiral Sir Thos. Master-
man
Hardy, Bart. Lord Viscount Palmerston, Admiral Sir
Davidge Gould, Vice-Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, Lieut.-
General Sir George Anson, Lieut.-General Sir Thos. Dallas,
Lieut.-General Sir Herbert Taylor, the Earl of Minto, Admi-
ral Sir John Wells, Lieut.-General Sir William Henry
Pringle Admiral Lord Amelins Beauclerk, and Vice-Admiral
Sir Graham Moore.
The Officers of the Order present were—W. Aston Blount,
Esq,, Genealogist ; Algernon Greville, Esq., Bath King of
• W'm
"'orals ••Captain M. Seymour, R. N., Registrar and Secretary;
Woods, K. H. (Clarenceux. King of Arms), Deputy
Secretary ; Geo. F. Beltz, Esq., K.H., Gentleman Usher ;
and Mr. Pulman.
Prince George, of Cambridge, K. G. ; Prince Edward of
Carolath, G. C. H. ; the Lord Chamberlain, K. P. ; and the
following Knights Grand Crosses of the Royal Hanoverian
Guelphic Order were also present, and wore the Collar of the
Guelphic,,, Order over their uniform. The Lord Steward, the
Master of the Horse, Earl Howe, Earl of Denbigh, Earl
bnl
nr°w9low, Lord Maryborough, Viscount Falkland, Lord Fre-
derick Fitzclarence, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Lord De
Lisle, Right Hon. Sir Gore Ouseley, Sir R. Hussey Vivian,
Bart., Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Edward W. C. R. Owen, Sir
Wheatley, Sir B. Stephenson, Sir C. Rowley, and Sir
• F, Seymour.
The following had also the honour of being invited—the
master of the Buck Hounds, Viscount Ashbrook, Hon. Mr.
Ashley, the Treasurer of the Housohold, the Comptroller of
the Household, Sir C. E. Nugent, the Adjutant-General,
IC' C. 13. ; Sir John Gore, Sir John Elley, K. C. B. ; Sir W.
Kier Grant, Sir Charles Thornton, Honourable Captain Cur-
-1.3n, Rev. J. IL Wood, Colonel Hill, Colonel Mercer, Cap-
tain Seymour, the Canon in Residence, Mr. Shiffner, Mr.
Davies, the Field Officers of'the Scots Fusileer Guards, and
44 the Royal Horse Guard, the Officers of the Castle Guard
and of the Inner Door, and the Field Officers of the Bth
Hussars.
Several toasts, alluding to the Order of the Bath, were
Funk in the course of the evening, and salutes were fired by
the Royal Artillery from the terrace of the Castle.
The Royal and Illustrious party afterwards adjourned to St.
George's Hall, where they were received by the Queen, at-
tended by the Ladies of her Household.
The Duchess of Kent, and the Princess Victoria, and their
yes-
terday Highnesses' Household, attended Divine Service yes-
; the Archdeacon Potts officiated.
I heLandgravine of Hesse Homburg arrived in town at
half-past three o'clock on Saturday afternoon, from Windsor
CastleZ. : the Princess Augusta received her Royal Highness
the Duke of Cumberland's residence in St. James's Palace.
The Duke of Cumberland left town on Saturday, on a visit
to les Majesty at Windsor Castle. •
The Duchess of Kent honoured the performances at the
trig's Theatre, on Saturday evening, with her presence.
The Duchess of Gloucester entertained the Landgravine of
Hesse Homburg (attended by Mademoiselle Styne), and a
seloct party at dinner, on Saturday, at Gloucester House.
The Princess Augusta joined her Royal sisters in the evening.
A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Sa-
turday afternoon, which was attended by all the Cabinet Mi-
nisters. The Council sat upwards of two hours. Lord Pal-
taerston at:cerwards left town for Windsor Castle.
A deputat;en from the North American Land Company,
including Sir Coghill Coghill and Mr. Henchy, transacted
business at the Colonial Office, on Saturday.
The Bavarian Minister and the Marquis de Barbacena, on a
special mission from the Brazils, transacted business at the
Poreign Office, on Saturday.
Time Commander of the Forces had an interview on Satur-
day w ith Viscount Melbourne, in Downing-street.
cre. Friday
Desp etches from Canada were brought to the Colonial Office,
A ' night.
meetiog of the Trustees of the British Museum was held
a Saturday.
• Lord John Russell had a dinner party on Saturday evening,
It' Wilton-crescent.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a dinner party at his
teeidence at Dulwich, on Saturday.