The Sun.
London, England, 1845-07-01 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Queen held a Court and Privy Council yesterday
afternoon, at Buckinghatn Palace.
An investiture of the most Honourable Military Order
of the Bath having been appointed, the Knights Grand
Crosses assembled at two o'clock, and were robed by
Mr. Hunter in their mantles and collars, and after Wards
passed into the Green Drawing-room, where they were
called over by Bath King of Arms,
Her Majesty, who wore the mantle and collar of the
Order, having entered the Throne-room, the Knights
Grand Crosses were conducted to the presence of the
Sovereign. There were present—
His Royal • Highness Prince Albert, Acting Great
Master.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his
Grace the Duke of Wellington, Viscount Strangford,
Viscount Combermere, Admiral Sir George Cockburn,
and Admiral Sir Edward Codrington.
The officers of the order wore their mantles and
chains. There were present, Algernon .Greville, Esq.,
Bath King of Arms, and Albert William Woods, Esq.,
(Lancaster Herald), Gentleman Usher of the order. Ad-
miral Sir Robert Waller O; way, Bart, was introduced
between Sir George Cockburn and Sir Edward Cod-
rington, the two Junior Knights Grand Crosses present,
preceded by Bath King of Arms (bearing the ensigns
of the Order on a crimson velvet cushion) and the Gen-
tleman Usher.

Tne Sword of State, borne by Sir William Martins,
Gentleman Usher, having been handed to the Queen
by the Lord Chamberlain, her Majesty was graciously
pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Sir
Robert Otway therewith. Her Majesty, assisted t,y
Prince Albert arid the Duke of Cambridge, afterwards
invested Sir Robert with the Ribband and Badge of a
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, and also
presented him with the Star of a Military Grand Cross of
the order. Sir Robert having kissed hands, then re-
tired from the presence of his Sovereign.
Her Majesty was pleased to command an investiture
to take place of the Knights Commanders of the Bath.
Colonel Sir James Dennis was introduced by Bath
King of Arms, and the Gentleman Usher of the Order,
and kneeling near the Queen, had the honour of Knittht-
hood conferred upon him by the sword of the Gold
Stick in Waiting. Sir James was afterwards invested
by her Majesty with the Ensign of a Knight Commander
of the Order of the Bath, and having kissed hands re-
tired with the usual reverences.
Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chetham Strode was re-
ceived at the door 4 the Chapter Room, by Bath King
of Arms, and the Gentleman-Usher of the Order, and
was conducted to the Sovereign. Sir, Edward kneeling
was invested by her Majesty with the ribband and
badge of a Knight t'ommander of the Bath.
The ceremony being concluded, the Knights. Graed
Crosses and the officers of the Order withdrew from the
throne room.

Immediately after the investiture of the Bath, the
Queen had an investiture of the most distinguished
Order of St. Michael and St. George. The Knights
Grand Crosses of the Order assembled in their mantles
and collars. There were present—
Field-Marshal his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, Grand Master of the Order.
Field-Marshal. Prince Albert, Admiral Sir Edward
Codrington, Lieutenant-General Sir Howard Douglas,
and Major-General Sir Patrick Ross.
The officers of the Order present were Sir Nicholas
Harris Nicolas, the Chancellor, and Sir Charles Eur-
wicke Douglas, King of Arms.
The Knights Grand Crosses and officers of the Order
having entered the Throne Room, his Royal Highness
Prince George was introduced betweer, Sir Howard
Douglas, and Sir Patrick Ross, the two junior Knights
Grand Crosses present. when her Majesty was graciously
pleased to invest his Royal Highness with the Ensign
of a Knight Grand Cross of the most distinguished
Order of St. Michael and St. George.
The following Knights Commanders of the Order
were present at the investiture of the Prince
Richard Plasket, Major General Sir Frederick Stavin,
K.C.8., Sir Joseph ltudsdell, and Lieut.-GenFral Sir
Francis Count Rivarola, K.C.H.

The ceremony, being ended, the Knights and Officers
retired frem the presence of the Sovereign, with the
usual reverence.

Her Majesty's Ilonourable Corps of Gentleman-at-
Arms lined the throne-room during the investiture.
'Lord Wharnoliffe, Lord President of the Council hed
an audience of the Queen.
Her Majesty held a Privy Council. It was attended
'by his Royal llighness Prince Albert, the Lord Presi-
dent, the Commander in Chief, the First Lord of the
Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Fo-
reign, and Colonial departments, the First Lord of
the Admiralty, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lance.--
ter, the Chiet Commissioners of the Woods and Forests,
the Secretary at War, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chain-
berlain,and the Master of the Horse.

Mr. Henry Lytton Bulwer, her Majesty's Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Queen of Spain, and the Hon.
William Bingham Baring, Paymaster of her Majesty's
Forces, were, by command of the Queen, sworn of her
Majesty's most Hon. Privy Council, and took their re-
spective places at the Board:
Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the most
Hon. Richard, Marquis of Westminster, to he Lord
Lieutenant of the County of Chester, his Lordship took
the usual oaths.

The Queen haying been pleased to appoint Sir Stephen
Richard Glynne to be Lord Lieutenant of the County of
Flint, Sir Stephen was sworn into office.
Some reports of the Judicial Committee were confirmed.
The Hon. William Bathurst was the Clerk of tio
Council in Waiting.

Sir Edward Di'sjbrowe, G.C.H., her Majesty's Envoy
Extraodinary and Minister Plenipotvutiary to the King
of the Netherlands, was presented to the Queen at an
audience by the Earl of Aberdeen, Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs to take leave on his return to the Hague.
The Right Hon. Henry Lytton Bulwer, her Majesty's
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleeipotenttary to
the Queen of Spain, was presented to the Queen, at an
audience, by the Earl of Aberdeen, on his return from
Madrid.

The Marquis of Downshire had an audience of the
Queen, and delivered to her Majesty- the insignia of the
Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick, worn by his late
Path.-r.

The Lord Chamberlain had an audience of the Queen.
Th. Court was attended by Lady Portman, Lady in
Waiting ; the Vice-Chamberlain, the Captain of the
Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Sir Benjamin Smith,
• Viscount Combermere, Gold Stick in Waiting ;
the C.S.daptain of the Yeomen Guard, the Treasurer of the
Household, the. Comptroller of the Household, Lord
Rivers, Lord in Waiting ; Lord George Lennox, Lord
in Waiting to Prince .‘.lbert ; Sir George Philip Lee,
Lieutenant of the Yeomen Guard ; Mr. R. Ormsby
Gore, Groom in Waiting ; Mr. James Bunco Curling,
Adjutant of the Hon. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms ; Mr.
Ellerthorp, Adjutant of the Yeomen Guard ; Colonel
Berkeley Drummond, Field Officer in Waiting ; Messrs
Wortley and Gordon, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
The Yeomen of the Guard were on duty in the grand
hall and staircase, commanded by Captain Sadler, the
Exon in Waiting.

Prince Albert went yesterday morning to the review
in Hyde Park. His Royal Highness was attended by
General Sir George Anson, ILjor-General Sir Edward
Bowater, and Colonels Bouwrie and Wylde. The Duke
of Cambridge, attended by Baron linesebeck, was also
present.

The juvenile Royal Family were taken their accus-
tomed walks and rides yesterday in the royal gardens.
The Judge Advocate General had an audience of the
Queen yesterday, and submitted to her Majesty the pro-
ceedings of some courts-martial.
The royal ( miner party at Buckingham Palace, yes-
terday, included their Majesties the King and Queen of
the Belgians, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glou-
cester, his Excellency M. Van de Weyer, the Lord
Chancellor and Lady Lyndhurst, Baroness d'Hooghvorst,
Lady Caroline Murray, the Earl and Countess of Had
dington, the Earl of Liverpool, Lady Rivers, Lord Port-
man, Lord George Lennox, Colonel Sir Edward Cust,
and Major de Moerkerke.
Sir J. Hope had an interview with Sir George Cletk
yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade.
Dispatches for the Governors of Van Dieman's Land,
New South Wales, and the Mauritius were sent off last
evening from the Colonial-office.
The Duchess Dowager of Cleveland had select dinner
parties on 'Thursday and Friday at her residence in
Seamore-place.
Sir Montague and Lady Cholmeley have arrived at
Farrance's Hotel from their seat, Euston Hall, Lincoln-
shire.

FIRE NEAR THE NEW-ROAD.—On Sunday night,
shortly before seven o'clock, a flee broke out in the back
workshop on the basement story of the residence of Mr. Tooke,
cabinet.maker, 13, Judd-street, New-road. The discovery was
made by some of the inmates, who noticed a considerable quantity
of smoke issuing from the lower part of the premises. Buckets
of water were shortly afterwards obtained, and with the assistance
of the police and neighbours, some of the valuable stock was re-
moved, and the flames prevented from extending beyond the room.
The damage, however, is considerable, a quantity of stock in trade
being destroyed or considerably damaged.

THE ABDUCTION CASE IN BRUNSWICK. SQUARE.-
In The Sun of last week there appeared an account of the abduc-
tion of two young ladies from the house of their mother, a boarding
bouse.keeper, in Millman-street, Brunswick-square. Since then
inquiries have been made by our informant that have put us into
possession of the following additional particulars, at the same time
giving a somewhat different complexion to the motives which were
supposed in the first instance to have influenced the abductors.
Up to Tuesday evening last, although every exertion had
been made to trace the young ladies, not the slightest clue was
obtained of them beyond the fact of it being known that the
woman Reynoldson was at Vauxhall gardens at the bal masque,
when the mother received a letter in the handwriting of her eldest
slaughter Ellen, and bearing the Paris post.mark ; the note simply
stated that she had acted upon her own choice ; that in a few days
she should change her name, becoming the wife of a peer of
France; that her sister was with her, and in perfect health. In
1543, by the death of an uncle, the eldest daughter, Ellen, at 21,
comes into uncontrolled possession of upwards of 13,0001., she now
wanting but a few months of that period. It is supposed, there.
fore, that the younger sister became her companion at her request.
COSTS BEFORE MAGISTRATES AT PETTY SESSIONS.
—A poor man, named John Rose, was charged on Wednesday
last, before the magistrates of the Egham division of the county of
Surrey, with having cut some grass, of the value of one penny,
growing by the side of a ditch on the farm of Mr. Lane. He
was convicted of having done damages to the extent of four
farthings, which he was ordered to pay, together with costs,
amounting to upwards of one hundred and fifty times that sum, the
expenses being 13s. 6d. The defendant had a fortnight allowed
him to raise the amount of the costs, and in default, he was
ordered to Ise committed to prison for three weeks!

FALL FROM A Housr-TOP.—On Friday morning,
soon after two o'clock, Mr. Richard Godfrey, the son of Mrs.
Godfrey, of New-street, Lambeth, fell from the roof of the house
into the back yard, when in pursuit of two men who were supposed
to be thieves. Mrs. Godfrey had been awakened by a noise on the
roof of the house, and roused her son and an apprentice, and the
former got on the roof through the trap-door. He saw two men
there, who retreated into the next house, which was empty, and in
endeavouring to follow them his foot slipped, and he fell to the
ground from a height of nearly forty feet. His arm and right leg
were broken, and hg was otherwise much injured. -