The Sun.
London, England, 1823-07-17 00:00:00

THE KING'S COURT.

Yesterday his Majesty held a Court at his Pa-
lace in Pall Mall, which was attended by
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York, Cuniberland,
and Prince Leopold, the Lord Chancellor, the Lord PreSident
of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord 'of the
Treasitry, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretaries'of
State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial DeParunents,
First Lord of .the Admiralty, the Master-General o_f the Ord-
mince, the .Master of the Mint, the Chancellor of the Duchy
Of- Lancaster, the President of the Board of Controul, Vis-
count Sidmouth, the Minister from the Netherlands, the Per:
sian and Danish Ministers, the Marquis of Hastings, Earl of
Veiularn, Marquis of Hertford, Garter. King at Arius, the
Dean of Windsor,
.Usher of the Black Rod, Earl of Hard-
wick, Duke of Rutland, Duke of Beaufort, . the Prince of
Solms, Earl of Winchelsea, the Recorder of London.
Boriet, Minister Plenipotentiary of the Netherlands,*as
introduced to the King by Mr. Canning, his Majesty's Princi-
pal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Mr. Henry Willock, his Majesty's Charge d'Affaires to the
Court of Persia, was introduced to the King liy Mr. Canning,
to take 'leave on his return to his post.
Count de Moltke, the Danish Minister, bad an audience of
his Majesty, and Has also introduced by Mr. Secretary Canning.
His :Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Buller at-
tended as Clerk, when his Majesty's Speech for doting the
Szssion of Parliament was agreed upon.
The Earl of Verulam was introduced, and sworn in Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Hertford, in the room of the late
Marquis of Salisbury. •
Three new official Seals for Scotland, ireland, and-the Phan:
cellor of the Exchequer, were approved of, and the three old-
ones destroyed in the presence of the King in Council.
Arrangements were then made for his Majesty to hold a
Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. The Knights
of the Most Noble Order assembled on the occasion in the
Robing Room, habited in their most splendid robes and collars
of the Order, were, his Royal Highness the Duke of York, the
Duke of Cumberland, and Prince Leopold, Earl of Westmor-
land, the Duke of Rutland, Earl of Hardwick, Duke of Beau-
fort, Earl of Winclielsca, the Marquis of Hastings, the Duke
of Wellington, the Earl of Liverpool, Earl Bathurst, and the

Marquis of Hertford.
The Officers present were. the Dean of Windsor, Register
of the Order; Sir George Nayler, Garter Principal King of
Arms ; Sir Thomas Tytwhitt, Usher of the Black Rod.
The Knights' Companions and Officers of the Order proceed-
ed to the King's Closet, where his .Majesty was dressed in. the
Robes of the Order. The Dean of Windsor officiated for the
Bishop of Salisbury, the Chancellor of the Order.
The King having taken his seat at the head of the Chapter
Table, the Knights took their seats at the Chapter Table, ac-
cording to their seniority. The Dean of 'Windsor then signifi-
ed the King's command for tilling the vacant Stall, occasioned
by the decease of the late Marquis of Salisbury.
The Most Honourable Thomas, the Marquis of Bath was
then introduced to the Chapter by Garter King of Arms and
the Usher of the Black Rod; when, after the usual ceremonies.
his Majesty was graciously pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood on the Marquis with the sword of State. The
Marquis then left the Chapter Room, and retired to the ad.:
joining room from whenco he had been introduced.,
The suffrages . of the Knights were then collected by
the Dean of 'Windsor, Who declared Thomas Marquis of
Bath duly elected a Member of the Order. The Marquis of
Hertford and Earl Bathurst, the two Junior Knights present,
then left the Chapter-Room, attended by Garter and Black
Rod, and retired to the adjoining room; from where they in.
troduced the Marquis of Bath, Garter caryying the insignia or
the Order' on a critnson-velvet cushion, and after the usual
obeisances in approaching the Sovereign, when the Marquis
kneeling before the King, the Alarquis was invested with the
Order, assisted by the Duke of. York.
The Dean of 'Windsor then gave the usual admonitions to
the Marquis, who was afterwards congratulated by all the
Knights• present on his election, by the shaking of hands ac,:
cording to their seniority. The Chapter 'being ended, Garter
King of Arms called over the Knights Companions,, and the
procession returned in the order in which it had been, made
into the Chapter Room.
' llis Majesty gave audiences to the FAA Qi Harrowby, Lord
Maryborough, and the Marquis of Bath. •