The Sun.
London, England, 1817-07-25 00:00:00

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Yesterday the PRINCE REGENT held a Court at
Carlton House, which was attended by—
The Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl
of Liverpool, the Secretaries of State for the Foreign and Co-
lonial Departments, the first Lord of the Admiralty, the
Master-General of the Ordnance, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Lord Steward, the Treasurer of the Household, the Captain
of the Yeoman of the Guard, &c.
His Royal Highness the Prince Regent held a
Privy Council, at which the Duke o► Northum-
berland was introduced and s:vorn in Lord Lieu-
tenant of the County ot Northumberland, vacant
by the death of the late Duke his father.
Viscount Cbetwynd attended as Clerk of the
Council. - His Royal Highness gave audiences to
Earl Harrowby, &c.
After the Council, a Chapter of the Order of
the Garter was held, preciously to which, his
Grace the Duke of Northumberland had an audi-
ence of his Royal Highness, for the purpose ot
returning the insignia worn by his late Noble
Father.

The Knights present at the Chapter were—
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Cumber-
land, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Westmoreland,
the Marquis Camden, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Marquis of
Ahercorn, the Earl of Pembroke, the Marquis of Hertford,
the Earl of Liverpool, and Viscount Castlereagh.
The Officers were— •
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The Bishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order; the
Hon. and the Rev. the Dean of Windsor, Registrar ; Sir
Isaac Heard, Garter King at Arms; Sir Thomas Tyrwl►itt,
Black Rod.

The Prince Regent and the Knights and Officers
having proceeded from the private apartment of
his Royal Highness into the Chapter Room, with
the usual ceremonies, and taken their. respective
places, the Chancellor signified the Prince Re-
gent's pleasure, in the name of the Sovereign, for
filling the vacant Stall.
Henry Earl Bathurst, one of his Majesty's
Principal Secretaries of State, was then introduced
and Knighted, and his Lordship retired. The
suffrages were collected, and the Noble Eari de-
clared duly elected. His Lot (isidp was then re-
ceived at the door of the Chapter Room by the
two Junior Knights, attended by Garter and
Black Rod, hearing the insignia, with which
the Prince Regent invested his Loidship, the
Chancellor pronouncing the admonitions. The
Chapter ended, Garter King of Arms called over
the Knights, and the procession retained in the
order in which it had been made into the Chapter
Room. _ _

At the close of the Cotut, the Regenrleft town,
attended by Sir Benjamin Bloomfield, tor Clare-
mont, on a visit to the Princess Charlotte.

IMPIIONIPTU.
A WAS, in body long confin'd,
While nought could check his free-born mind,
Atlength had been discharg'd:
A friend observing he grew
,fat,
" Why wonder," cry'd the Wag, " at that—.
" All know that I'm enlarg"(l."

FASHIONA BLE DEPARTURES.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Hertford, for Ragley-
park, in Warwickshire; Miss Majendie, on a visit to the
family of the Bishop of Bangor, in %Vales; Earl and Coun-
tess of Westmeath, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness
of Salisbury, at Hatfield-House, in Hertfordshire; Mrs.
Bryant, for Southampton ; Earl of Warwick, for Warwick
Castle ; Earl and Countess of Verulam, fur Gorhambury,
near St.Albans,in Hertfordshire ; Countess Dowager of Care-
moat, for Kent; Mr. Duncombe, for Scotland; Earl and
Countess of Darnley, for Kent; Mrs. and Miss Manner=
ton, for Addington-park, in Surrey ; Hon. Mr. Ryder, on a
tour; Sir John and Lady Harrington, on a tour; Sir John
Beresford, Bart. for Yorkshire ; Lord Colchester, for Sus-
: sex ; Mrs. Wyndham, for Dattraren Castle, in Glamorgan-
shire; Lady Elizabeth Tatou, for Kent; Sir Henry Lippen-
cott, Bart. on a tour; Lord Bishop of Chichester, on a visit
to his diocese; the Right Hon. Sir John M'Mahon, Bart.
' from his house in Pall-Mall, on a tour into Devonshire and
Cornwall.