Star.
London, England, 1812-06-02 00:00:00

IRISH LOAN.-WAYS AND MEANS.

Mr.'W. POLE moved the Heuse to go into a
Committee of Ways and Means, for the purpose of
moving a resolution, sanctioning the contract fur a
Loan for the service of Ireland.
A considerable discussion arose on this motion, it
being objected to by Mr. C. WYNNF, in the present
state of the Administration. He thought that the
Committee should be postponed to some future day,
when a responsible Minister might be present to move
it in the Committee.

In this objection he was supported by Sir Joan
W PORT.

Mr. W: POLE stated, that he would take upon
himself that responsibility, and maintained that if the'
loan was not immediately sanctioned by Parliament,
public faith would be broken. One deposit had al-
ready been made on the loan, and the negotiation was
commenced before the lamentable catastrophe oc-
curred, which deprived the country of the services of
his Right lion. Friend (Mr. Pcrceval). The terms
of the loan were such as could not be disapproved by
the House.

Lord CASTI.EREAGH, fer the reasons stated'
by his Right Hon. Friend, hoped the House would
consent to go into the Committee.
After some further observations from Nit-. TIERNEY,
Mr. ROSE, Mr. BROMHAM, &c. the House went into
the Committee, and a Resolution was proposed for
agreeing to take a loan of 81,500,000 for the service
of Ireland, which Mr. W. POLE stated had been con-
tracted for on the same terms as that of last year,
with the exception of an increase of 4s. Sd. above the
term of the last year.
In the Committee a long discussion arose, on the
terms of the Loan. Sir J. NEWPORT having noticed
a communication made to him by a person named
Franks, who stated that he tad bid for half the loan,
but was refused, and that if his offer had been ac-
ceded to, the Public could have gained 811,000.
To this charge Mr. W. POLE• very satisfactorily
' replied, by shewing that the oat was made privately

and not publitly, and that he bacteurreptidonely gone
about to undermine the other Contractors.

The Resolutions were then agreed to and the House
resumed. The Report was ordered to be received

The Bill for making provision for the Family of
the late Mr. Perceval was read a thira time and passed.
The House then went into 4 Committee on the Or-
ders in Council, and heard evidence.—Adjonrned4

INSTALLATION OF THE KNIGHTS OF

TILE BATH.

Notwithstanding the unfavourable :irate of the
weather yeterday morning, so much was the public
curiosity excited by the magnificent display which it
was generally understood would be made during this
splendid ceremony, that several hundreds of genteely
dressed women had at an early hour, occupied all
the places in the vicinity of Westminster Abbey,
from which they could obtain a view of the proces-
sion as it passed.
The windows of the chambers attached to the
House of Loris sere crowded with beauty and fa-
shion, as was the root of the colonade, and the win-
dows of all the adjoining houses ; and those, of whom
there were many, who could not obtain elevated si-
tuations, contented themselves with a partial view from
their carriages. The Burgeei; %sere also very nume-
rous in their attendance, although the throng was
by no means so great as the public curiosity taught
us to expect.
At eight o'clock several troops of Horse Guirds
arrived in Parliament-street tiom their quarters, and.
were immediately stationed in small parties in all the
avenues leading to the Abbey. About 50 took their
post opposite Whitehall, and double that number
were placed in Great George-street, where they dis-
mounted, but stood prepartd to remount if their ser-
vices should be resiimeJ.
In the immediate vicinity of the platform there
were also so or.g parties. A c ompany tat fooz guards
were stationed cm the plattorm, which was not finish-
ed till a late !lour on Sunday evening, and was for-
med of deal boards, ;about a yard from the ground,
bounded on each side by strong v. ooden railing, and
surmounted by a root of weather boarding. It ex-
tended from tiie door of the House of Lords, known
by the name f the Prince's door, to the door of the
Abbey in Poet's Cotner, and a green cloth was laid
down from one end to the other.

• Previous to ten o'clock all the persons who were
to take part in the ceremony had arrived at the
House of Lords, where they attired themselves in their
respective habits; and shortly before ekeven, the neces-
sary arrangements having been made, the procession
commenced in the following order :
Four Ushers,

With wands ornamented with ribbons.
Four Drummers and Fier+, and Eight Trumpeters,
In their full uniform.

Squires of the Knights elect:
Kn'glits elect, and the Proxies of those who did not attend.
They wore the surceat and girt, with the sword of the Order,
carried the mantle on their right arms,
and walked bare-headed.
The Squires of the Knights who had already received the honour
of Knighthood, wearing black velvet caps.
The Knights themselves,
Superbly dressed in their proper costuttie, and all wearing white
satin hats, ornamented with white plumes.
His Royal Highness the Duke of York, Grand Master, .
Followed by his Aides-de-camp in tull uniform.
Then came several Heralds and a party of Javelin men,

by whom the Processionwasctosed.
They proceeded at a slow pace along the platform
to the Abbey, and from thence to King Henry VI lilt's
Chapel, where the Installation was performed.

After the procession entered the Abbey they walked
up the south aile, round the west end of the nave,
where a number of seats were erected for the fr►ends
of the Dean, and thence along the north a►le across
the.north cross of the transept to the Chapel of Henry
VII. where the ceremony of Installation took place.
Through all these parts of the Cathedral, seats and
scaffoldings were placed for the spectators, ,a ho were
admitted by special tickets to every several part ;
some to walk in the nave, others to seats under the
organ, others to rows above the aisles, others to the
public gallery, to the Lord Chamberlain's seat, Bcc.
Many persons of fashion besieged the doors of en-
trance at the Cloisters by eight o'clock, and at nine
they were admitted, from which time till 11 o'clock
the number was increased by a continued influx.—
While the Knights were in the Chapel, the nave of
the Cathedral became a kind of tashional promenade,
enlivened by the presence of many pretty women,
though the band of music, which had previously
entertained the company, were now ylent. All round
the space where the procession moved was lined by
the Guards, and between the lines which they formed
the public walk ensued. The ceremony lasted nearly
four hours.

The following is an account of the form :—ln
Henry the Vllth's Chapel, the Banners of the de-
ceased Knights are buried under the Altar, the Band,
during this ceremony, playing The DeallWarch in Saul:
the Installation of the respective Knights then took
place, and Divine Service began: The Te Dame,
composed by Dr. PUItCELL, and appropriate Anthems,
. were sung by the Gentlemen of the Choir.of Wait-
minster, assisted by the Choirs of the Chapel Royal
and St. Paul's.
Divine Service being ended, the Knights put on
their hats and feathers, the Proxies remained unco-
vered, and approached severally, with their Compa-
nions, tr.) the Altar, where each Knight standing, and
drawing his sword, offered it to the Dean, who re-
ceived At, and laid it on the Altar. The Knight
,then redeemed it of the Dean, who restored at with
the proper admonitions.
• '1 he ceremony being concluded, and Handers
Coronation Anthem, Goo saw the King, be ug sung,
the procession returned to the Prince's Chamber in
the same order it came from thence, except that. the
Prebendaries retired to the Jerusalem Chamber from
the Abbey door; _ and that the Esquires and Officers
of Arms, and Officers of the Order, when they came
out of the church, were covered.—AVishin the door of
I the Abbey the Keng's Master Cook made the follow-
ing admonition tO each Companion :
" Sir Knight, the great oath that you have taken, it you keep,
will be great honour to you • but, if you break it, I have power,
by virtue of my office, tsisty4 the spurs from 4u)f your beets.*
Each of the Knigtitaiwowed to him, ind touched
his hat. Some of thenytfted him whether there were
any lets to pay, to Alci he answereclA_he would do
himself the honour to call cg them. lie receives, it

is said, four guineas for this
cient custom.

The Duchess of YORK tat

the Dean's seat, at the entrai
together with the Abbey wat
Ladies of distinction, as te,

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the painted chamber to the

the tops of houses, and every
could command a view of

be no Installatiim 11311. The Money intended me.
fray its expellee will be given by the Knights rge !hi
relief of the poor widows of soldiers and radon.
The most Honourable Mlitary Order of * giii
was instituted in England an 1599, and GEORGEreveol
the Iran, as a suitable Order, to.consiaq
the Sovereign, .a Prince of the Blood Reyal as C ,
Master, and thirty-five Knights Companions
six Officers.—On this occasion the Order is maid
to fifty Knights, including the Sovereign Lai;
Grand Master. • %
The number installed is twenty-three, as Nihon
Right Ma. Sir A. Paget, .at tletorae Beckwith,
Earl Wclliogion, Sir David Bidet •
Hon. Sir (3. L. Ludlow, Hoa. hit Jahn Hope.
Sir Sareu:l Hood, Bart. Sir Brest Spatter,-
Earl of Northesk, • Lord Cuchranc„
Sir R. Jolts Sumba, Bart. Sir 1- Coape Sharbroaha,
Hon. sir A. F. Cochrane,_ Sir W. Carr Iletea.44
Sir I. Stuart, Count of Maids, Liast.-Gentral Graham ,
Sir Philip Pranciti, Lieut -General ikarlasl Ilk
Sir G. Hibrio Bntiow, Bart. Major-Gen. Sir S.
Viscount Shangfurd, Right Him. Nov 1144
Sir Richard Goodwin Kew*. Anibawador islphi..
fru
The honour or Knighthood km been confkrrad as Jo,
rested, Major Tylden, Mr. A. Hood, and Coked I.
Proxies fur Gtnerals B.resiord, Sic S. Auchatiay, In
and Sir I. Sherbrooke. The posies As Lord Wagirost
A. N. Cochrane, Sir IL G. Paw, Or J. Hope, Rs Q.
Sir 1. Graham, Sir R. Hill, and Sir H. Wellesley, 1.1 liar
Generid Campbell, Captain% Cole and Gado°, Colmallldok
Mr. C. H. Colville, LieuteColonel Hill, and Ms. C. W. Mt
On the conclusion of the ceremony, the Heald d
the Order marshalled the Squires, Knights, es
Companions, who, as their names were called. are.
rally bowed to the Royal Party above the altar, ei
thee to the door, and retired. The Parecteas is.
evdiately withdrew, and while the Procession out
round the Nave, had an opportunity of again take'
their places by the door that leads out frpai.the Pedi
Ccrner, and to see the Order march from the Cake
dral. As they
_passed, they saluted the Prim
CHARLOTTE of Wats:, the Princess Eusseers,ns
Duke of KENT, and the Princess Auouvra, who atel
in the order we have named them, and rettratdi
compliment by bowing and curtseying, till !heed*
had closed as it entered, by the Duke of You,*
companied by his Aides-de-Camps.—The spectates
immediately cleared the place, the soldiers set
marched off, and in half nn hour there did not men
any trace of this grand ceremony.

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go
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were all the mrs Nit
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['he money intended el 1