The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-13 00:00:00

ORDER OF THE BATH.

The Queen held an investiture of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath, at three o'clock yesterday afternoon, at
Buckingham Palace.
The Knights Grand Cross were robed in the Promenade
Gallery by Messrs. Hunter and Ede, in their mantles of
crimson 'satin, wearing also the gold and enamelled collar
of the order. The Knights and Officers passed into the
dining-room, where the former were called over by Bath
King of Arms, when the following answered :—Field-
Marshal Viscount Combermere, Viscount Palmerston, Earl
of Clarendon, General Sir Howard Douglas, Bart., Lieut.-
General Sir George Pollock, Right Hon. Sir G. H. Sey-
mour, General Sir A. Woodford, General Sir John Fox
Bt.rnyne, Bart., General Sir H. D. Ross, and the Earl of
St. Germans.

The Officers of the Bath present were, the Very Rev, the
Dean, Dr. Trench, Dean of Westminster • Registrar and
Secretary, Albert William Woods, Esq. (Lancaster Herald);
Bath King of Arms, Algernon Greville, Esq. ; Gentleman
Usher, the Hon. Frederick A. H. Chichester.
The Queen, the Sovereign of the Order, accompanied by
the Prince Consort, Great Master of the Bath, both wear-
ing the mantle and collar of the Bath, were conducted by
the great Officers of State from the royal closet through the
saloon into the old ball-room, where a chair of state was
prepared for the Queen.
The Duchess of Manchester, Mistress of the Robes, Lady
Macdonald, Lady in Waiting, the great Officers, and the
Gentlemen of the royal household, occupied their usual
stations near her Majesty.
The Knights Grand Cross and Officers of the Bath were
introduced, the Knights standing on either side of the So-
vereign.

Sir-John Laird Mair Lawrence, Bart.,. was introduced to
the royal presence between the two junior Knights Grand
Cross present, the Earl of St. Germans being on his right,
I and General Sir Hew Ross on bis left.
The King of Arms and the Gentleman Usher of the Order
' preceded Sir John to the Queen, the former bearing the in-
signia of the Order on a crimson velvet cushion.
Sir John Lawrence knelt near her Majesty, who, having
received the Sword of State from the Lord Chamberlain,
was graciously pleased to confer upon him the honour of
knighthood.
The Queen, assisted by the Prince Consort, passed the
riband of a Knight Grand Cross over the right shoulder
and under the left arm of Sir John, and having invested
him with the Riband and Badge, delivered to him the Star
of a Knight Grand Cross (Civil Division) of the Bath. Sir
John Lawrence kissed the Queen's hand, and was re-con-
ducted to the dining-room by the two Junior Knights
Grand Cross.
Sir Hew Ross and the Earl of St. Germans then rejoined
the other knights.
The following Knights Commanders were then severally
introduced by Bath Kin°. of Arms and the Gentleman Usher
of the Order, received the honour of knighthood (except Sir
John Young, Bart., and Sir Thomas Hastings, who had
already received that honour) and were invested by the
Queen, assisted by his Royal Highness the Great Master of
the Order, with the insignia of their respective divisions in
the second class (Knights Commanders) of the Bath, viz. :
Major-General Thomas Harte Franks; Colonel John Jones,
60th Rifles; Rear-Admiral Alexander Milne (civil) • the
Right lion. Sir John Young, Bart. (civil) ; Rear-Admiral
Sir Thomas Hastings (civil) ; and Colonel Joshua Jebb
(civil).
The undermentioned Companions of the Order were seve-
rally introduced, and received from the Sovereign their deco-
rations of the military division of the third class of the
Order, viz. :—Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Herbert Gall,
14th Light Dragoons; Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Steele, -
83d Foot; Major James Robert Gibbon, Royal Artillery.;
Colonel Thomas William Hicks, Bombay Artillery ; Lieu-
tenant-Colonel George Henry Robertson, 25th Regiment,
Bombay Native Light Infantry; Major Thomas)'ourness
Wilson, 13th Bengal Native Infantry; antl3.Major John
Dobree Woolcombe, Bombay Artillery.
The Knights Commanders and the COmpaniotus were
severally introduced by Bath King of Arias and the Gen-
tleman Usher of the Order.

At the conclusion of the investiture Bath King of Arms
again called over the names of the Knights Grand Cross,
who, with the officers, withdrew from the presence of the
Sovereign.