The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-13 00:00:00

Sum ARy OF NEWS

WINDSOR, TIIIIRSDAY.=The Queen having been
pleased to appoint an Investiture of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter, a full Chapter of the Knights of
the Order asSuinbled this day at the Castle.
. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ar-
rived from his residence -at Kew. The Duke of
Wellington, the Duke of, Richmond, and the other
Knights Companions, arrived about one o'clock.
The Bishop of Winchester arrived from Farnham
to attend the Chapter. The other officers of the
Order also arrived previous to theluveatiture..•
At two o'clock the Knights Companions assembled
in the Guard-charnber,.and were robed by Mr. Hun-
ter and Mr.• Ede in the splendid mantles of purple
velvet and collars. The Knights also wore their
crimson velvet hoods.
LAC Preiete and the Chancellor of the 0+ der wore
their robes of purple velvet, and Eke Registrar, Gar-
ter King of Arms, and the bestkinati Usher of the
Black Rod,, wore their respective mantles of crimson
satin, together with their badges, Garter carrying his
sceptre, and the Gentleman Usher his gold rod.
At half-past two o'clock the Queen and Prince
Albert were conducted to the Garter-room by the
Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain, preceded
by the Master of the Horse and the Vice-Chamber-
lain. Her Majesty wore the Mantle and Collar of
the Order, and also the Star. Her Majesty wore the
Garter as an armlet. Her Majesty's train was-borne
by Messrs. Wilson and Wortley, the Pages of Honour
ix Waiting.
The Knights Companions were called over by
Garter in the Waterloo Gallery, and, with the
officers of the Order, proceeded into the presence of
the Sovereign in the Garter-room.
Her Majesty, being seated in the chair of state,
the Knights Companions, by the Sovereign's. com-
mand, took their seats at the table, according to the
order of their stalls. , The Knights Companions pre-
sent were :—His Royal highness Prince Albert, his
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke
of Rutland, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis
of Anglesta, the Marquis of Exeter, the Duke of
Richmond, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of
Buckingham, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of
Cleveland, and the Marquis of Salisbury.
The Officers of the Order present were :—The
Prelate, the Bishop of Winchester; the Chancellor,
the Bishop of Oxford ; the Registrar, •-the Hon. and
Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor; Garter. King of
Arms, Sir Charles Young, Knight ; and Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus William
Clifford, Bart. . -
The Prelate stood on the right hand of the So-
vereign and the Chancellor on the left, the Registrar
at the bottom of the table,' having Garter on hiss right,
and Black Rod' on his left. ' • • •
The Chancellor, by command of her Majesty, read
a new statute, dispensing with the existing statutes
in as far as might be required for the especial purpose
therein mentioned, and decreeing, ordaining, and en-
oining, that his Royal Highness Ernest 11., reigning
Duke of Saxe Coburg an Gotha, be declared a Knight
of this:Alost Noble Order, any statute, decree, rule,
or usage to the contrary, notwithstanding.
His Royal Highness was; by command of the So-
vereign, conducted into the Chaptersroom by Prince
Albert and the-Duke of Cambridge, the two senior
Knights Companions present, preceded by • Garter
(bearing the ensigns of the Order upon a crimson
velvet cushion) and-by Blaek Rod.
On entering the Chapter-room hiS Royal Highness
was received, by the Queen and the knights- Corn-
'PaniOns; standing, and was seated in a chair of state
on the right hand of the Sovereign. Her Majesty
announced 'to' the' :Duke of Saxe. Coburg that his
Royal Highness 'had 'been 'declared a Knight of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter. .Garter, kneeling,
presented the Garter to her Majesty, who, assisted by 1
Prince Albert and the -Duke of Cambridge, :1)&00
it on the left leg of his. Royal . Highness, the
Celldr-prononncing theadmonitien. Garter presented in
like Manner the Ribbon with the George and the
'Sovereign, assisted by the two Senior Knights, put
the same.over the left shoulderofhisßOyal ltighuais,
the Chancellor pronouncing the usual admonition.
Her Majesty then gave the accolade to,the Duke
'of Saxe 'Coburg, and his Royal Highness received the
congratulations of each of the Knights Companions
present.
The Chancellor, signified to the Chapter her Ma-
jesty's royal will and pleasure, that the four vacant
stalls in the Royal Chapel of St.. George,. at Windsor,
be filled; and ,as 'by the' statute none but a Knight
can be elected, .the Right llon. Thomas Philip de
Grey was introduced by Garter and Black Rod. The
Queen, haying receiVed,the Sword of State from the
_Lent Chamberlain, was pleased to confer-the honour
oLkuighthood on. -the • Noble Earl, and his Lordship,
having id.;:f.'ll hq.Majesty's hand, retired.
The Most HonOnnble James Marquis of Abercorn,
and the Right-11.40. Edward Earl of Powis. were
severally and -sueeisaisislii introduced, and were
Knighted with the Sword Otatp iiy iwr Ma)esty
with the same,ceremomes. • • -
-The. Knights' Companiens then proceeded to the
election, and the suffrages. hiving beep. collected by
the Chancellor,'Were bY.,Man 'Presented to. the. Sov-
ereign, who -commanded- him to declare the, Right
Hon. Thomas Philip ,Earl de Grey duly elected a
Knight Companion of 'the -Most Noble 'Order of the
Garter.
Then, by the Sovereign's command, his Lordship
was received at the door of the Chapter-room by the
Duke of Cleveland and the Marquis of Salisbury, the
two Junior Knights present,, and was conducted be-
tween them to' her Majesty, preceded . by, Garter
(hearing the ensigns of the Order upon a crimson
cushion) and by Black Red. Earl de Grey kneels
near the Sovereign, and Garter, on his `knee,.presented
the Garter ; and her Majesty, assisted by Prince
Albert and the 'Duke of 'Cambridge, buckled it on his
LordshiP's,left leg,. the Chancellor pronouncing the
_admonition.
• Garter next presented, in like manner, the Ribbon
and George; and her Majesty, assisted.tis before, put
the same over his Lordship's. left shoulder, the
Chancellor pronouncing the admonition.
The. Earl again kissed her Majesty's hand, and
having received the congratulations of each of the
Knights Companions, retired.
The Chapter then proceeded to a second election
and the suffrages having been collected by the Chan-
cellor, were presented to the Sovereign,- when the
Most Hon. James Marquis of Abercorn was, by her
cbmmand, declared duly elected, ana his
Lordship Majesty's
was introduced and invested With the Garter
and the Ribbon and George, with the like•ceremonies.
The Chapter proceeded .to a third election, and the
suffrages having been collected and presented as be-
fore, the Right llon Charles Chetwynd Earl Talbot
was, by the' Sovereign's. command, declared duly
elected, and was :introduced and invested with the
Garter and the Ribbon and George, with -the same
ceremonies.
The Chapter then' proceeded to a fourth election,
and the suffrage's having been collected and presented
as before, the Right lion. Edward Earl of Powis was,
by the Sovereign's command, declared elected a
Knight of the Garter, and was introduced and in-
vested with the Garter and the Ribbon and George,
with the same ceremonies.
The Chapter being ended, Garter King of Arms,
lay 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.
During , the Investiture of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and the' other
Knights, their 'Royal •Highnessee the Duchess of
Saxe Coburg and Goth'a, and- the Duke Ernest of
Wurtemberg, occupied seats at the east end of the
Chapter-room.. •
At the august ceremony, the Marchioness of Douro,
Lady in-Waiting' the Earl Delawarr, Lord Cham-
berlain ; and the Earl of Liverpool, Lord Stevisrd,
stood behind her Majesty. Sir, Robert Peel, First
Lord of the Treasury, and the Earl of Aberdeen, her
Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs were in' front of the throne. Lord Erneat
Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain, was, on her Majesty's right;
and the Earl' of Jersey, Master of the Horse, on her
left.
,The Hon. Misses Stanley and Hamilton, the Maids
of Honour; the Baroness. de NVangenheim, Lady in
Waiting on 'the Duchess of. Saxe Coburg; the Captain
of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, the
Captain of the Yeoman Guard ; the Earl of Hard-
wicks, Lord in Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord
in Waiting to Prince Albert ; Colonel Berkeley
, Drummond, Groom in Waiting; Captain Francis
SIEIL Holism or COR.
carat IN THE WEsrMl;i Seymour Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert;
it' i".—Y was held by Mr.
Ito esterday an inquest moor,
Wellesley (Clerk Marshal), Equerry
(bite ,at the Westminster House of Correction lajor-General Sir Edward Bowater,
in Waiting ;1%
kt"d -on the body of. John M'Carthy, Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert; Sir William
tt,epr;3' a prisonertherein. Thomas Kilsby, clerk of Martins, Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State •
!8,11
„•:0:1 said that 'deceased was received there on the Colonel Reid (Life Guards), Silver Stick in Wait-1
• uuth:E• ;April last, from the House of Correction, Cold- ing ; the Field Officer in Waiting; Baron de Alvens-
.sitaws:"les, having been convicted of felony at tbe pre- ; leben, M. de IVang.enheim, and aptain Vyner,•were
6:thruary sessions of the Central criminal Court, also present in the Chapter-room.:•
huisi It`lieed to twelme months' itopri,omnent with
ahour. Deceased had frequently been an After the
"Investiture, the Marquii of Donegal had
an audience. of the Queen, and, delivered to her Ma-
to Ate. "f the prison. Henry Thomas Berry, assistant • -
s th • ensigns of the most Illustrious order of
fuQy Levies, surgeon to the prison, stated that on Jest;-, •.e ,
(ek,-„,,c143• flight last, about eleven, he was sent to see de- !.St,..ratrica. worn. by his father, the late Marquis of
. whom lie• found suffering' under 'an attack of Donegal:
lie-adminitered sotne medicine which af- The Yeomen of. the Guard were on duty at the
fore and lined the
t, "411 rflief,"auti in the morning had him removed Court, •in their' coronation costume,
the saike lie him again at two dt,:lock grand staircase, .the ante grand chainber, the
nits day, when he applied mustard poultices to bis Waterlon,gallery,
pre4ishil tic, region of the heart, after which deceased and the state drawing-room.
The Guard was commanded by Mr. Eilerthorp.ohe
. too 'I himself much better. Decettstd died, how ever, 1 Ad.utant . captain Kincaid, the Exon in Waiting i
diad 'Pvenilig: Witness's opinion, was that deceased an Sir William Ilancoek, officiating for tit Lieu-
.l4art'lor_o__ ,n accumulation of water in the cavities of the
-1.14‘, Verdict, "Died btile visitation of God." • tenant of the corps.
LATE tiaL of • paaticl.,..--T.he mortal re- •
South ?f the late Earl Earl-of Linij"ick will lie. in itaia at ,eras on duty •in the grand quadrangle of the Castle.
A, guard of honour of the Scots Fusilier Guards
i'llil-park, previously to ;heir be;,` ,4 hness the Duke of.
tbf afternoon hoya
Ini (11i: On arrivin; ttt Li crick House the body 7'll
rel"vt'd corbridge took 114 .d,PAITtIIO •
state., previous to the gblpintrity of it; final.
AngAVselli.
eatis val fur intvrazeot..inotiaa Pot ' " I' • 'lt'D •
edrai. imericio am 4 the atm •
,Ratland; , this. Duke of ~.Rielitiiond,
the Du.n4 At, tsuciang-
- .* Oda Duccleueb,
1 the Marquis of Salisbury, tuts -

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,---4.;•ses.isiaese..,s.On •
Monday evening their Majesties: the King and
ten of the Froich. received the Ministers of -War,
Justice, and Foreign Affair?, Generals 'Schneider, Jac-
-• 1(111inet; and Carbonel, the Prefect of the 'Seine,' and
,‘;:unnt Deleasalle.
t the cold continued very intense- at Paris. On the
‘;i.tr'ing -W ethic:slay-the thermemeter marked 19, the
r:lrie was completely covered with floating ice, and in
ewy,four hoer, v.,%, 'el .s> f• ' °Len • 0v? }r. .—il,elges were
ire"'i • • tn .s e letes z.ttikt,,t, kit
dem • • ittltt ,itXt•ttlintr,.. • -te • coser
• •ed with ,kalers.
,
flit account receivedfrom the provinces concurred
describing- the cold as most severe.
"It i, confidently stated," says the .Constitutionnel,
1114 M. e •d• • dParrot-is to be sent to La Plata as
ers_a
d. man
4 or inary commissioner to the Government of Buenos
4,}ires, to support, the comlaints of the French subjects
(Ih4ve been ill-treated and deprived of their property,
contempt of the laws of nations."
wille same paper states that the Minister of Public
',„'°11,5 has ordered an inquiry as to the best means of
leProeing the navigation of the River Somme. We un-
'Ding
also that the Minister is engaged in exami
various pli,ns that have been suggested for the im
Prue
entent of the navigation of the Stine between Paris
MAI Ilevre .
trote Gazette des Tribunaux says:—" The last accounts
city; announce that the synagogue of that
members of which are remarkable for their
11,1°1°11nd hatred of all innovation, and, in general, of all
iti:Peagi has fulminated a sentence of excommunica-
er—contaibrist all the Jews, taking part either as collectors
• fuee al utors to the subscription now made in Enrope,
103 peouraging agriculture amongst the Jews of
uthi or establishing, in Jerusalem a large hospital and
p'ecv,t' and .infants chools for both sexes. Amonst the
shells visited by this anathema are. the heads of the
et;i,-r,e''t branches of the Rothschild family, who have
xi.4,buted towards this scheme."
'4,Qode Meaux, one of the wealthiest landowners of
'tLrisson, riason, has just entered the convent of La Trappe,
h guebelle, as one of the order.
vi,ttring the fire in the Rue Cadet, on Sunday, the porter
I,sPleighbouring, house, who was looking at the fire
.‘,41:11 the rouf, was so deeply affected when he saw the
shot" Way, that on reaching his lodge he had an at-
' aPoplexy, and died immediately.
illy Phare des Pyrenees meetions the arrival at
hi gune Or Mr. Jerningham, the secretary of the em-
'6,-lU' Madrid,. on his way to Madrid. .
tre„:le lielgian papers mention that the discussion on the
t-",,Y,Yf Commerce between Belgium and the Zollverein
twhhe:jt,),l,lite:l:acoiasdrried on in secret committee, in order that
.may not have it in their- power to:report
ojeAt-the date ofrthe list accounts the Elbe was frozen;
and covered With promenaders.
'• zavetrlslttD .POLIC73.
S nn. the
Derby Assizes, James Swan, aged 25, George
140 'aged 21, Samuel Swan, aged 23, described as
Jto uvera, were charged with having, on the 14th of
sq,inhutrglariously broken into the house of James Ben-
tliere e parish, of, Glossy, Derbyshire, and stolen
Ate ..14 h4ll a. great_yaristy of articles ; and John Swan,
404 lather
_of the above, named prisoners, aged 47, and
141 Swan the youneer, another son, aged 18, Robert
law, aged 26, Mary Ann Hartley,
i -dur,hter; aged 22, -find Peggy Swan, aged 47; the wife
the t)1111 Swan the elder,' were 'charged with receiving
4ie-""len Property, knowing ft to have been stolen. They
~•08•11,10.und guilty except Robert Hartley and John
The three burglars. were sentenced to be tran-
"Ng for life, and the father and mother for ten years,
.4the'r•fernalie to be imprisoned for one year- •
*orelifte-r Jobn ,Kendrewe--acquitted of being an acces-
.l) ',r the fact, to the murder of •Mr. Inchbald, of
eltae„,,„„
"I? nears Boreughbeidge, was placed at the' bar,
• Stekr with ,having, on the 20th' of September l'e'st,
tleet double barrelled pistol,: the. property of Anne
He wz.ss '. found guilty,. and sentenced to be
joitiorted for, seven years.
Elsad Waite, a foot soldier, was charged with having de-
asitil,ql the Great WesternJiailway Company„ and also
eek,e4tnuastiult upon tme of thdir officers."rheprisener
fro 4:,111) by the Briol train, in a second-class carriage,
fer,i.uxfOrcl to London, having taken his place andp.aid
qt transit.to.lleading,, and no further. On arriving
the4e Paddington terminus, he was asked "for ss. '6d.,
kiee,l4Pz_,cess" fare,,but he refused to pay it, and Violently
141 into-! •-..pridget, the constable. He was ordered to
Jean Be:s•ranque was committed on . the charge
Midteg robbedhis t."3ploye,e, lir. Iriver; Charles•eirreet,
-`3e; Hospital, of a euld watch and other articluS.
r, The Corsa, I...„,,s3b7usarAt.Blose
'°° —uke ofwill
!Ite.eg 0, Cambridge.
rstietir the Earl and
g
Cardigan with a visit on I. -.sday next, at
All' e
11(1ae .near Warnford, ',Northampton.. at
eAnsuie• -1,1 seat a brilliant circle will assemble dim::llduiirag !week. :
s., . •
at
the. Adie.?l.r George.Coekbgrn entertained
at dinner, .
Elltrty ieslty, on Thursday' evening, the following
141. '-',lle Lore chief Baron, } Sir Alexander Grant,
nate,. mg: Caller, Lord Chief Justice Tindal, Mrs.Siin-
ir tr,lBB Usher, Sir James. Hamilton, Lady Hamilton,
thq Symonds, Hon. Capt. Gordon, Mr. Cockburn,
L„ar.t...ll:of Haddkigten, Ilort.,Sidney Herbert, and Mr.
e' pulps o Pevoeshire is expectea to oto
(.; 11ext. week,f .on a yisit to,the -Earl and Countess of
ran Ville.
'11444 Grace the Duke of Beaufort, accompanied by the •
eerliais'uf Worcester, is expected to arrive in Bristol,
tec,ul Badminton,. on Monday next, to be .present at the
ter that-evening, which is to take place at the Vic-
r°ollla, Clifton.
tie Duke of Hamilton is confined to_ jais.roorn with
46111'flamination in hi; eyes, which prevented his Grace
50..A1 attendine the Chapter of the Garter held. at Wind-
es
au.e,yesterdAy.
Geo,..e, 1-hike of Newcastle and the Ladies Henrietta
etei;gtana, Charlotte, and Caroline Augusta l'elham
144, `•°,l),.sinee their return from Bridlington, Yorkshire,
le; "en staying at Cluinber Park,. Notts, and are not
eted in Portman-square until the ensuing spring,
Earl of Carlisle is
,passing the winter at Castle
.a r4rd, Yorkshire, in iinpo e r v d health, surrounded by.
thellll Mr*. Lord Morpeth, Laay. Mary Howard,
ellIttOr). Capt. and Mrs. Edward Howard, and the Hon.
.the /!es Howard, M.P., are staying at the Castle with
• k4ilrl eed
Quuntess.
c."-nd Countess Paulett are expected at• Hinton
Ise ' °onlersetshire next week, at which elegant seat a
'e,,,,e,;Party will assemble after Christmas. Earl and
':ltel-„les3 of Shrewsbury', Earl Euston, LOrd and Lady
.tile.o-4,(91 Wellesley Lady John and lion. Juliana Lucy
lot t• r4et, Countl •
Vi;'nerset, &e., are among the noble circle invited.
nine°lint and Viscoutitess•Levesonintend to pass the
rem Paris the whole of their'establishment having
.ease°6-gued there until March next. Hun. Frederick
neas.s.• the Earl of 'Granville's the week after
~pikt,,
Join the'Viscount and Viscounte'si'in the I:re'fich

In 1
,s DVISCMZZAWSVDI7III.
(pence of the Elbe being full of ice, the llam-
la 171114 i is to be conveyed by way 01 Rotterdam, and
Illtinkwell pier at half-past nine on the 14th.
40,11:414ting, the Marylebone Magistrate, has received
hf, a lady and gealledian residing in the couutry a
'ilitoultle tor 'lO/ , to he applied td the relief of the neces-
Ivit11: The extensive district of this court abounds
414 •,;441ilies in a most distressing state of destitution, ,
11p,„;" ti,t‘lerefore need -seat eely be added that the claims
t"° Poor-box aro vary numerous.
of •::::::"av bene
'lent. individual, under the initials
Well, 11.4. V.," foraa rt 5L to the pour box of Clerkein-
tise of 4, a request that it might be appropriated to t
e destitute poor.
day Mr. Steele has left Dublin for Longford and
by tic.""n the naisSion'to which he has been app.oititc d
i tt'peal Associution, in the disturbed districts in
gtt,%`", leountries. About eleven cr twelve years ago Mr.
141,1:"Inderto.ik a similar duty in the cour ty of Kil-
AN3:, nail was completely successful in suppressing the
W hitefoot system.
c:l,,;)l°,43triivt rsary of Founder's Day (Charterhouse) was,
Pre,,,l.l4ted as usual on the 12th. The sermon was
h by the Itor. F., Baugh, preacher of Charter-
tlu The oration was delivered.by Mr. W. 11. Davies:
scholar of the foundation, whose ".capping'
therm"" 'to upwards of 1601. There was a good ga-
Ing-of old Charterhous‘men, and the dinner passed
, ,
At, ,71..4,J excellently.
tioliti Harcourt, late of the parish of Bermondsey,
istri'e„hr' has by his will bequeathed to thoofficers'of that
ttuet the interest of a sum,of one thousand pounds, in
efi,j" to he distributed yearly among twenty poor honest
t•ir (:".of the parish, who have never been chargeable
pArochial ellrlief. .Twelve of them to be
,i4,4Cl`'`Osve of tanners or ather dressers. The distri-

Christma.s.
yearly before
#4,)n i§ diree— te7lto—be made ):ea
The

tia7 military quartered at The Tower are now actively
tritnAlQ'l in removing the rubbish from the ruins of the
stitro' storehouse and laying it down in the moat that
aut cads this fortress, as a kind of foundation for the
or
the and shrubbery that it is intended to form in place
ditch.