The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-05 00:00:00

LONDON,

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, Nov. 4.
The Queen held a chapter of the Most Noble Order
of the Garter this day. The following Knight Com-
panions assembled at the Castle at one o'clock :—Field-
Marshal his Royal Highness the Prince Albert, Field-
Marshal the Duke of Wellington, Field-Marshal the
Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the
Marquis of Salisbury, the Duke of Cleveland, the Mar-
quis Camden, the Marquis of Hertford, the Duke of
Bedford, and the Duke of Norfolk.
The Officers of the Order present were—The Prelate,
the Bishop of Winchester; the Chancellor, the Bishop
of Oxford; Garter King-of-Arms, Sir Charles Young,
Knt.•' Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Rear-Admi-
ral Sir Augustus W. J. Clifford, Bart.
The Knights Companions having been robed in their
mantles and collars in the Guard Chamber, passed into
St. George's Hall, where they were called over by Garter
King of Arms.
Her Majesty the Queen, the Sovereign of the Order,
wore the mantle and collar, and also the garter as an
armlet.

Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Prince Albert
wore the mantle and collar of the Order.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert were conducted by
the Officers of the Royal Household through the north
corridor to the Throne-room, where the Chapter is as
held.

The Knights Companions of the Garter;attended by
the Officers of the Order (who wore the respective
mantles, and carried their ensigns of office) passed in
procession through the Reception-room to the presence
of the Sovereign in the Throne-room.
The Sovereign and Knights Companions being seated,
the Chancellor signified to the chapter her Majesty's
royal will and pleasure that the vacant: stall in the
Royal Chapel of St. George at Windsor should be filled.
The Right lion. Charles William Earl Fitzwilliam
was introduced between Garter King-of-Arms and Black
Rod, and kneeling near her Majesty, had the honour of
knighthood conferred on him by the Queen with the
sword of state. His Lordship kissed hands, and then
retired.

The Knights Companions proceeded to the election,
and the Chancellor, having collected the suffrages, pre-
sented them to the Sovereign, and, by her command, the
Chancellor declared that the Right Hon. Charles Wil-
liam Earl Fitzwilliam had been duly elected a Knight
of the Most Noble Order of the Garter.
By the Queen's command the Noble Earl was received
at the door of the
,Chapter-room by the two Junior
Knights Companions present ; the Duke of Norfolk
supporting him on the right, and the Duke of
Bedford on the left. Garter King-of-Arms (bearing the
ensigns of the order on a crimson velvet cushion) and
Black Rod preceded his Lordship to the Sovereign.
Earl Fitzwilliam knelt near the Queen, and Garter King-
of-Arms, on hisknee, presenting the darter,:her Majesty,
assisted by his Royal Highness the Prince Albert and
the Duke of Wellington, the two Senior Knights Com-
panions present, buckled it on his Lordship's left leg, the
Chancellor pronouncing the usual admonition.
Garter King-of-Arms presentieg in like manner the
Riband and George, the Queen, assisted by Prince
Albert and the Duke of Wellington, passed the same
over the Noble Earl's left shoulder, the Chancellor pro-
nouncing the admonition.

Earl Fitzwilliam again kissed her Majesty's hand, and
having received the congratulations of each of the
Knights Companions, retired from the Chapter-room.
The Chapter being ended, Garter King-of-Arms,
by her Majesty's command, again called over the
Knights Companions, who, with the officers of the Order,
retired from the presence of the Sovereign with the
usual ceremonies.

The Court was attended by the Duchess of Norfolk
(officiating for the Mistress of the Robes), the Viscountess
Canning, Lady in Waiting; the Marquis of Anglesey,
Gold Stick in Waiting; Lord Edward Howard, Vice-
Chamberlain; Lord Marcus Hill, Treasurer of the
Household; the Earl of Mulgrave, Comptroller of the
Household; Lord Elphinstone, Lord in Waiting; Vis-
count Ciifden, Lord in Waiting to the Prince; Mr. R.
Ormsby Gor', Groom in Waiting; Lieut.-Col. Francis
Seymour, Groom in Waiting to the Prince; Lieut.• Col.
Francis Hugh Seymour, Groom of the Robes; Col.
Bouverie, Silver Stick in Waiting; Sir George Lee,
Lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard; Lord Charles Fitzroy,
Equerry in Waiting; Col. Sir Ord Honyman (Grenadier
Guards), Field Officer in Waiting; Sir William Martins,
Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State; Lieut.-Col.
Fitzmaurice, Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard; and the
Hon. W. Forbes and Mr. George Cameron, Pages of
Honour in Waiting.
Her Majesty's Body Guard of the Yeomen of the
Guard was on duty during the ceremony, under the
command of Captain Bellaird, the Exon in Waiting.
A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards was on
duty with the band of the regiment, within the Grand
Quadrangle of the Castle.
After the investiture the knights and officers of the
Order of the Garter partook of luncheon in the dining-
room.

Her Majesty gave a grand dinner in the evening, in
the Waterloo Chamber, to the Knights of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter and a distinguished circle.
'rho Queen and Prince Albert, attended by the ladies
and gentlemen of the royal household in waiting, dined
with her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, at Frog-
more, yesterday (Monday) evening.
Her Royal Highness had afterwards an evening party.
The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the Home-
park and in the Slopes this morning.
The Prince of Wales, Princess Royal, Prince Alfred,
and Princess Alice took their usual exercise.
Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa
were taken out in an open carriage.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her
Majesty this afternoon at the Castle.

Mr. R. G. M‘Dcnnell, Governor of the Gambia, bad
an interview with Earl Grey yesterday, at the Colonial-
office. Viscount Mandeville and Mr. Neilson had also
interviews with the Noble Earl.

Dispatches were received yesterday at the Colonial.
office, from the Governor of Gibraltar.

ODE ON THE BLACKBIRD.
BY E. E. If. K.
(From Ainsteorth's Magazine for November.)
Sing on! glad spirit of the dying storm,
Thou comest like dear Hope to hearts in woe,
Like daring zephyrs when March days grow warm,
Or flowers that venture through the ling'ring snow.
Sing on, sing on! for I could listen now
Till downy slumber stay thy gushing song—
Till thou art mute upon the midnight bough,
And o'er yon sky the golden wonders throng.
The smell of mould—of balm—of briony—
Of roses scattered by the ruthless rain—
Of drenched acacias and the fragrant pea—
.

Comes floating to me with thy genhil strain.
And I can see the liquid lustre run
Down the curl'd edges of each saddened leaf—
A thousand diamonds gathered into one,
Like those large tears that swell the eye of grief.

Fast in the gloom the tempest's radiant zone,
The blazing rainbow, drops in showers away,
As if some spirit down its arch had flown,
And fann'd the pageant into swift decay.
Still howls the wind through many a leaden rift,
And still the thunder mutters in its flight.
Still the pale lily fears her face to lift—
Still frighted cattle shun eve's angry light.
Best thou, bold songster, nought can baffle thee !
Nought can thy wild full-hearted joy restrain,
Brave art thou, bird, as martyr-saint might be—
Brave—and how joyous in that lonely strain I
Oh 1 could I now to thy sweet teaching bend—
Take the wise lesson to my heart, for aye—
To every woe 'twould some kind solace lend,
And gild with sunshine fate's moat cloudy day.

Could I with thee, amid the gloomy of life,
With gentle voice all meekly tuned to love,
Regardless whether 'tis through calm or strife,
Chant hymns of praise to holy ears above!
Could I but learn the bright serenity
That bids thee warble through the discord round—
Could I but taste the peace that dwells with thee—
'Twould lend existence raptures yet unfound!

Sing on, sing on! for now the storm is dead!
I know it by yon gush of saffron light,
That, like a glory, down the hills is spread—
By yon blue isle that laughs out into sight.
I know it by this timid moth that !lies
Athwart the lattice with unbruitatd wing—
By colours kindling in the western skies—
By honied murmurs where the woodbines cling.

By all the voices of the summer eve,
The vesper warblings in each neighbouring lane—
Such dainty music as I do believe
Might wake Eurydice to life again.
Sing on, sing on! for now thy cadence high,
Like inspiration in some poet-mind,
Hath tuned to sweetness Nature's merest sigh,
Nor left one discord lurking faint behind.

'Tis harmony's true throne, this blushful eve,
Draped with warm skies, and cushioned soft on flowers,
Whoso fresh, bright lips with dewy murmurs weave
A slumbrous chanting through the tw night hours.
Sing on, sing on! thou dauntless soul of love!
Already dawns the guerdon of thy faith—
Peace, bliss, and beauty—while the mystic dove
Her latest lullaby around thee saith.

Sing on! yet, no; for now that night-bird wakes,
And thy proud notes, like oozings of rich wine,
Drop feebly forth; a drowsy bliss o ertakes
Theo in thy mirth, and I am left to pine!
So will I close the lattice, for I would
No voice but thine about my dreams should thrill.
Methinks these hours with thee and solitude
Have left me strengthened for each coming ill.

--
THE GREAT EXHIBITION.—The Commissioner
for the Grand Duchy of }lesse and Frankfort took his leave
of the Commission yesterday. A meeting of the Royal
Commissioners is to be held to-morrow, when the various
propositions and suggestions as to the disposal of the large
surplus to their credit will no doubt be further considered.
It is not at all improbable that at to-morrow's meeting the
Commissioners may give their sanction to one of these pro-
positions; in which case it will doubtlessly be made known
torthwith. Whatever the scheme may be, which the Commis •
sioners will thus stamp with their provisional approbation, it
is likely that the public, who have contributed the funds,
will be allowed to exercise a potential voice before any defi-
nitive resolution be come to.

THE MURDER, AND SUICIDE IN Sono.—An in-
quest was held yesterday on the bodies of Mary Ann Blake-
man, and her son James, an infant. The particulars con-
cerning the double death of mother and child appeared in
our paper of Tuesday. The jury returned a verdict to the
effect that the child was murdered by the mother, and that
Mary Ann Blakeman committed ouicide while in a state of
temporary