Star.
London, England, 1830-07-27 00:00:00

COURT INTELLIGENCE.

After partaking of a d—ejetini, given on the iihht
splendid scale by the Duke of Wellington at Apbh.v
House, to the King and Queen, the members of tlu.
Royal Family, and a large party of General Officers, yyll.)
were present at the Review, his Majesty, accompanied by
the King of Wurtemberg, and attended by the Lori
Chamberlain and Earl Cathcart, went to Grillon's Hotel
in one of the Royal Carriages, escorted by a detachmen,
of the Life Guards, and followed by Lord Clinton, Co!
Fitzclarence, and some of the attendants of the King of
Wurtemberg, in a second carriage, where the King o!
Wurtemberg and suite alighted. The King proceed,4
to his Palace at St. James's.

The King of Wurtemberg, attended by his Lord Chant.
berlain and an Equerry, and also by Lord Clinton at: :I
Colonel Fitzclarence, paid a visit to Prince Frederick (t!
Prussia, at the residence of the Duke and Duchess in
Cumberland, in the King's Palace, St. James's.
His Majesty held a chapter of the Order of the Garter
in the evening, for the purpose of conferring the order 0,1
the King of Wurtemberg. The King of Wurtember4
came in state to the Palace at St. James's, escorted by t
detachment of the Life Guards, with his suite, in tt,
carriages, together with Lord Clinton and Colonel Fi,z
clarence. His Britannic Majesty, attended by the gre it
officers of state and other officers of the household, v..-
ceived the King of Wurtemberg on alighting from hi
carriage, and conducted his illustrious visitor to t!
drawing-room.
The Knights of the Order arrived at the Palace, and
were robed in the gallery in the superb velvet robes o'
the order, and, having been placed according to their se-
niority, they proceeded in grand procession into the
throne-room, where the Chapter aas held. The Knights
proceeded singly in the following order :—the Duke of
Richmond, the Duke of Devonshire, the Duke of Leeds,
the Duke of Dorset, the Marquis of Hertford, the Duke
of Buckingham, Earl Bathurst, the Duke of Wellington,
the Earl of Lonsdale, the Duke of Beaufort, Earl of
Hardwicke, Duke of Rutland, Earl of Westmorlami,
Prince Leopold, the Duke of Gloucester, the Duke of
Sussex, and the Duke of Cuntberland.

His Majesty took his seat on the throne in consequence
of the individual about to be elected being a sovereign
The king wore a new robe, the train of which was nittc:'
longer than that of any of the Knights.
Mr. Mash and Mr. Martins, the Gentlemen Ushers.
introduced the Knights, who, after bowing to the Kin.
took their seats at the table according to their order.
The chapter was then opened by reading the statue
under which the chapter is held.
The King at Ams, in his full robes, went into the King's
closet with his staff of effice in his hand, and introducei
the King of Wurtemberg, who kneeling on a crimson
velvet cushion, His Majesty waved the Sword of State
over his head, by that ceremony conferring the honour of
knighthood.
The King of Wurtemberg then kissed the King's hand
and retired.

The Chancellor of the Order then collected from each
knight, beginning with the Duke of Cumberland as the
senior, and ending with the Duke of Richmond, as ju-
nior, their votes, which each knight wrote on a sheet of
paper, folded in four folds, and delivered them to the
Sovereign, who, after examining them, instructed the
Chancellor to declare, in his name, the King of Wurtem-
berg duly elected as Member of the Most Noble Order of
the Garter.

The Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex, the two senior
knights, with Garter King at Arms, then retired, bowing,
and introduced the King of Wurtemberg.
The Queen, and the female members of the Royal
Family, were present to witness the ceremony.
Her Majesty sat on the throne to the left of the King ;
the Princess Augusta. the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess
of Cumberland, and the Duchess of Gloucester, stood as
spectators. The Princess Victoria was with the Duchess
of Kent ; and Prince George with the Duchess of Cum-
berland ; Prince Frederick of Prussia was also present.
Mr. Martins, one of the Gentlemen Ushers in waiting.
handed to the King at Arms the Garter, Riband. and
Order, upon a crimson velvet cushion.
The Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex introduced the
King of Wurtemberg to his Majesty, when the King, as-
sisted by the Royal Dukes, was graciously pleased to place
the Order of the Garter round the left knee. The
King of Wurtemberg then rose, and the Chancellor then
pronounced the following admonition :
"To the honour of GOD omnipotent, and in memo-
rial of the blessed martyr St. George, tie about thy leg.
for thy renown, this noble Garter. Wear it as the sym-
bol of the Most Illustrious order, never to be forgotten
laid aside, that thereby thou mayest be admonished to be
courageous ; and having undertaken a just war in whirl:
thou shalt be engaged, thou mayest stand firm, valian:ly
fight, and successfully conquer."
The King of Wurtemberg again knelt upon his rigl..
knee, when the Sovereign was pleased to place tEe
blue riband upon his left shoulder ; and after rising.
the customary admonition was pronounced.
The King of Wurtemberg was embraced by the rove
reign and the members of the Royal Family. Each
Knight shook hands with his Majesty, and congratulated
him on his election.

The King of Wurtemberg then took his station on the
Throne to the right of the King.
The Officers of the Order present were the Bishop of
Winchester, who officiated as Chancellor ; the Registra-;
and Sir Thomas Tyrwbitt, the Usher of the Black Rod.
The Chapter then broke up.
His Majesty gave a grand State dinner afterwai s t
the King of Wurtemberg, to which all the Knights %; i.o
had assisted at the above ceremony were invited ; dice
were also invited the whole of theForeignAmbassadoi s an 1
Ministers and their ladies, the great Officers of State
and their ladies, &c. At seven o'clock His Majesty.
habited in an admiral's uniform, preceded by the
Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and the
Lord Steward and Treasurer of the Househo:d.
entered the Banqueting-room, where the dinner was
ser►ed, the King of Wurtemberg following, having the
Queen on his arm; the Dukes of Cumberland, Sussex,
Glocester, and Prince Leopold, came after, leading the
Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cumberland, the
Princess Augusta, the Duchess of Glocester, and the
Princess Sophia Matilda, his Royal Highness Prince
Frederick of Prussia.

The table on which was the splendid service of gold and
silver plate, was placed in the middle of the room ths
Majesty sat in the centre; on his right was the King of
Wurtemberg, and his left the Queen. The members of
the Royal Family, and the other guests, took their seats
according to their rank. The five large or-molu chan-
deliers in the banquetting-room, were lighted up on the
occasion.

The bend of the Coldstream' Regiment of Foot Guards,
was in attendance, and played several fine pieces in the
course of the evening.
The Duchess of Kent and the Princeton Victoria at-
tended divine service in the private chapel at the King's
Palace at Kensington yesterday. The service was per-
formed by the Chaplain to the Royal Duchess.

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