Star.
London, England, 1831-06-21 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Majesty held a Chapter of the Most Noble
Order of the Garter at St. James's Palen, yesterday, at 4
o'clock, for the purpose of electing his Serene Highness the
Duke of Bruunswick a member ef the Order, his Serene
Highness being rendered eligible under a statute passed
abour thirty years since, by which the Sovereign has power
to admit the descendants of George 11. without forming a
part of the number to which the Order is limited by the ori-
ginal statutes.
The following knights arrived at the Palace
abou half-past S eclock t—The Duke of Cumberland, the
Duke ofSussex, the Duke of Glocester, the Duke Northum-
berland, the Duke of Dorset, the Earl of Westmorland,
Marquis Camden, the Duke of Beaufort, the Earl of
Lonsdale, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Bedford,
Earl Hardwicke, Marquis Wellesley, the Duke of Rich-
mond, the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Bathutst, Marquis
of Hertford, and Earl Greyand having robed them-
selves
in the splendid robes of the order, the Garter
Principal King at Arms had an audience of the King,
to take his Majesty's commands respecting the hold-
ing of the chapter. The Knights then formed themselves in
on, according to their rank, the Sovereign being last.
Tscre etching the Throne-room (where the chapter was held),
the King seated himself at the bead of the table, round which
the Knights were ranged. The Duke of Brunswick was then
duly elected a Knight of the order, and was accordingly in.
Produced by the two Junior Knights (Earl Grey and the
Duke of ]ford), when his Majesty invested his Serene
Highness with the insignia of the order, after which the King
and the Duke embraced. _

The Queen, the Duchess of Gloucester, the
Princess Augusta, the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, the
Duchess of Saxe Weimar, and their Ladles in Waiting,
were present at the ceremony, and sat to the left of the King.
There was a state chair on the right of the King foe the
Duke of Brunswick.
The officers of the Order present were the Bishop
of Winchester, the Prelate, the Dean of Windsor, the Retie.
trar, SIT George Naykr, Garter principal King at Anna,
and Sir Thomas Tyrwhit, Usher of the Black Rod. The
Bishop of Salisbury, the Chancellor of the Order, was absent
tbftulndisposition.
Hit Majesty afterwards held a Court, which was
attended by the whole of the Cabinet Ministers (except Vis-
count Palmerston), the Lord Chancellor of Ireland, Viscount
Combermere, as Gold Stick in Waiting, tee.
His Majesty held a Privy Council, when the
King's speech, to be delivered on opening the Sessions of
Parliament this day, was taken into consideraation, and
agreed upon.
A Proclamation respecting the precautions to
be observed to guard against the cholera mochas was ordered
by His Majesty in Council to be issued.
The Hon. William Bathurst attended as Clerk
of the Council.

The Court then broke up.
His Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the
Duke of Northumberland, and the Marquis of Cholmondeley.
At a quarter past five o'clock, the King, ac-
companied by the Countess of Errol, Lord Frederick and
Lord Augustus Fit:clammy., left town for the purpose of
honouring Lord and Lady Ravenaworth with his company
at dinner. at their residence at Fulham. The Queen. ac-
companied by the Duchess of Saxe Weimar and the Duke
of Brunswick, left in an open carriage. The Duchess of
Cambridge, and Prince George, and Princess Augusta of
Cambridge, also left town for Fulham.
The Deputies from Belgium waited on Prince
Leopold yesterday, and bad a conference with his Royal
Highness.
Viscount Palmerston had an audience of the
Prince yesterday.
Grand Parliamentsr! dinners were given last
evening by Earl Grey and Viscount Althorp, at their resi-
dences in Downing-street; by the former, as First Lord of
the Treasury, to a party of Peers, supporters of the present
Administration; and by the latter, as Ministerial leader in
the House of Commons, to a party of thirty members of the
Lower House.

The King's Speech on opening the session of
Parliament. as agreed on by His Majesty in Coiled], was
stated by the noble hosts to their respective patties. The
guests at both dinners tame in full Court-dress.
The party at Earl Grey's consisted of His Royal
Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Lord Chancellor, the
Dultes of Norfolk, Devonshire, Leiaster. Bedford, and
Richmond; Marquises Wellesley, Clanriawde, and Lane-
downs ; Earls Albemarls and Morley; Viscounts Godnich
and °moral ; Lords Plunkett, Brains, Durham, and
Auckland.

Sir Robert Peel gave a grand dinner last even-
ing, at his residence in Priry-prdens, to a large party.
Prince Talleyrand, the French Ambassador, bad
a long conference with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at
the Foteign-office. The Spanish and Neapolitan Ministers,
and the Brazilian Chargé d'Arairs, visited the noble
Viscount yesterday.
At Viscount Althorp's there were present, the
Earl of Belfast; Viscounts Dungannon Palmerston. and
Howkk ; Lords Nugent and John Russell, the Lord Advo-
cate of Scotland, the Judge Advocate-General, the Right
Hon. Charles Grant, B. Stanley, and Sir James Graham;
the Attorney and Solicitor General; Sirs James Macdonald,
James Mackintosh, Henry Parnell, John Johnson; blesses.
Francis Baring, Hyde Villiers, Bernal Pelham, Crum,
Tennyenn, Ellice, Spring Rice, O. Lamb, C. Wood, It.
Grosvenor, Thompson, and Smith.
A Cabinet Council was held at a late hour on
Sunday night, at the Foreign-office, which was attended by
the whole of the members of the Cabinet except Mr.
Stanley. The Council broke up at one o'clock in the
morning.
The Commissioners of Inquiry from Ceylon had
a conference with Viscount Goderich at the Colonial.
office yesterday, for the feat time since their arrival in
town.

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Viscount Granville transacted business at the
Foreign.office yesterday with Viscount Palmerston.
Mr. Stanley, the Secretary of State for Ireland,
arrived in town yesterday from Dublin. Mr. Stanley visited
several of the Cabinet Ministers. _ _

Sir Murray Maxwell, recently appointed to the
Government of New Brunswick, died on Sunday, after a
short illness.

Viscount and Viscountess Gage entertained a
large party at dinner yesterday, at Girdloa's HoteL

It gives us great pleasure to announce, that the
sum of 3201. was yesterday collected at the National Scotch
Church, Brunswick-square, for the relief of the Irish per
sanity, after exhortations to charity by the Rev. Edward
Irving. Such a liberal contribution deserves notice, and
challenges imitation.
CITY 01440D1 T.—Report says that our army is to
be increased ten thousand men. It is also stated that
the amendment to the Address to his Majesty this
day will be carried by a majority of eight Peers ;
and that sixteen new ones are to be made.

SUN DAY SCHOOL/I.—Sunday Schools took the
lead in the efforts of modern Christian charity :
they were established about the end of the year
1781, and have continued to the present time with
increasing prosperity. The fiftieth year of these
important institutions is a period adapted to call
the put to remembrance ; and we are glad to ob-
serve, that a public meeting of the friends of Sun-
day Schools, by way of Jubilee, is to be held soon,
which we hope will be numerously attended.
Mr. W. Hutton late Secretary of the Govern-
ment of Gambia, has published an extract from a
work of his own, which appeared in 1821, des-
cribing " the exit of the Niger in the Bights
of Berin and Biafra." He states, however, that
the Moors maintain that the river in question is
not the Niger, and that the Niger runs westward.
Mr. Robertson, who was killed under Sir C.
Macarthy, had, it appears, explored the winkle dis-
trict, and Mr. M'Queen, of the Glasgow Courier,
was no stranger to it. It is due to Messrs.
Landers to state, that they made no claims of ex-
clusive discovery ; and it was for tbea•r fiss-dianake
I only of a puff to a feeble newspaper.