The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-06-13 00:00:00

THE PRINCE REGENT'S LEVEE.

Yesterday, soon after two o'clock, the Prince.
Regent held a Levee at Carlton House, which was
very numerously attended. There were present the
Dukes of York, Cumberland, Kent, Sussex. Cam.
bridge, and Gloucester.; the Archbishops of Canter.
bury and York ' • the Earl Marshal of England (the
Duke of Norfolk), with the Stag of Office ' the
Lord Chancellor, the Cabinet Ministers, the Lord
Steward of the Household, the Lord Chamberlain,
the Vice-Chamberlain, the Master of the Rolls, the
Secretary at War, the Judge Advocate, the Lord
Mayor of London.
At the Levee, besides those we have already men.
tioned, were—

The Spanish. Portuguese, and Sicilian A mbassagort.
Maas—Montrose, Athol, Beaufort, Mal .od.
Manootscs —Stafford, Headfort, Wellesley, Huntley.
Eaaas—Camden, Meath, Sandwich, Spencer, Mansfield,
Winchelsea, Pembroke, MacclesfielJ, Moira, Chatham, Clan-
carty, Grey, Northesk,Harrington, Grosvenor, Moons Cashel,Guildford, Pomfret, Delaware, Ross, Hardwicke, Charlemoat,
Harrowby.
Viscot.sTs —Jocelyn, Palmerston, tetenhant, Mountjoy,
Falmouth, Althorpe.
Lassos—Arden, Glenbervie, Huntingfleld, C. Spencer. Oren.
villa, Radstock, F. Spencer, Delava!, Burgherth, Britce,North-
wick, C. Somerset, Compton, C. O'Bryen, Kenyon, BLutyre,
Whitworth, Bravbroke, Bayaing.
Btsuors--Oxford, eath, Exeter, St. David's, Bristol, &c.
&c. &c.
CHAPTER OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER.--.
After the Levee the Prince Regent held a Chapter
i of the Knights of the Garter, in his Throne Room.
—The Knights of the Order were assembled in the
Robing-room, with the Officers of States, and the
Household, together with the Officers of the most
Noble and illustrious Order.

The principal King at Arms arranged the Knights
in the following order:—
The Duke of Montrose, the Marquis Wellesley, the Marquis
of Hertford, the Earl of Wincheisea, the Earl of Pembroke, the
Dukeof Beaufort, the Earl of Ilardwicke, the Dukeof Rutland,
Earl Camden Earl Spencer, the Earl of Westmorland, the Earl
of Chatham, ;he Duke of Gloucester; the Doke of Cembridge,
thy Duke of Sussex. the Duke or Cumberlaml, the Duke or
Kent, and the Duke of York; the Bishop of Winchester, Prelate
of the Order; the Bishop of Salishaly, the Cksticcime ; etc Deaa
of I% ituber' the Registrar; Garter, principal !(in? ..rms ;
Sir Thereas Tyrwhitt, and other Officers of the Herald's °lnce.
A Chapter of the Order was then held in presence
of the Prince Regent, which was opened by the
Bishop of Salisbury, Chancellor of the Order, who
also announced, that there Ira's a vacant stall, which
it was the pleasure of the l'rince Regent should now
be filled up. Garter King-at Arms retired, and in-
troduced the Earl of Moira, who was knighted by his
Royal Highness, and then withdrew into an adjoining
room. The votes of the different Knights were then
collected, and the Prince on examining them, in-
structed the Chancellor to declare that Francis Raw-
don Hastings was duly elected a Member of the most
noble and illustrious Order of the Garter.
The.- Marquises Wellesley and Hertford, the two
junior Knights, then introduced the Earl of Moira,
who was invested by the Prince Regent with the
Garter and lObbon, after the usual ceremonial.
A Chapter of the Order of the Bath was afterwards
held, at which General Paget received the honour of
knighthood, and was with the ribs on of the
Order. • .