New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-06-27
FLUMlIERN.

While the dstresses of the British agricultural Ia
borer, either chronic or extraordinary, so often
presented to the public longer to excite surprise
if sympathy when seven to nine shillngs week are
the agrculturist's wages, upon which he sweats and
starves, it puts one in the Mephisophelian vein to
read in the Court Circular of the ceremonies at the
invc stture of the Order of the Bath, any other
gaudy barbarsm which obtrudes itself into times
Then instead of supposng ourselves in presence OF
oftlis epoch alive to interests, penetrated
with its spirit, and equal to its wants, we night be-
lieye we were in the midst of the gewgaws of an
African Fetish, or, at best, of some childs puppet
show
We learn from the late journals Of London that the
Queen recently held an nyestiture Of the Most Hon.
orable Order of the Bath certain day at Bucking
ham Palace. TIE Knights Grand Cross having been
robed in their mantles of crimson satin, were called
over by the Bath King of Arms and daly answeredto
their names. The officers of the Order attended in
their nantes. chains and badges: The Gencalogist
W. Aston Bount, Esq; Bath King of Arms, Agerncn
Greville, Esq; Gentleman Usher, Albert W. Woods
The Knights and officers assembled IN the Green
Drawing Room. The Queen and Prince Albert were
conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the Throne
Room where Her Majesty, the Sovereign OF the
Order, sat in Chair of State. Her Majesty wore
the mantle and collar Of the Bath. His Royal High
ness Prince Albert, stood by the side of the Queen
and wore bis mantle as Great Master of the Bath and
the collar of the Order The officers of State and the
ministers Of the crown occupied their usual station
near Her Majesty. Further details inform US that
the Right lion. Sir James Robert George Graham
Bart, was introduced between Sir Joseph blackwell
.pdS oh Tho tyyo iuuiur KNIGHTS Grand
Cross present preceded the Bath King of Arms Gear
rying the ensigns OF the Order crimson velvet cush
ion) and BY the Gentleman Usher of the Order. Sir
james Graham advanced to the Queen and knelt be-
fore her, when her Majesty with the Sword of State
graciousy pleased to confer the honor of knight
hood upon him by the appropriate whack over the
shoulders. Sir James kissed Her Majestys hand.
The Queen, assisted by Prince Albert, then invested
the right honorable barOnet with the ribbon and badge
OF a knight Grand Cross of the Order Of the Bath,
and also delivered to him the star OF the order. Sir
James again Kissed his SOverecns hand and retired.
And soOrih.
These Knights of the Order of Bath are different
from other orders in this wise: They founded in
tie early history of the English sovereign with restric
tons as to members. and made knights in par
ticulsr naDner-bathing constituting part OF the
ceremony, at a coronation, royal marriage, or when
the Kings eldest son was made knight. In the time
Of George l. they were turned into an Order consist
Ing OF thitysix knights with grand master at their
head. At the close of the war with Napoleon during
the regency, the Order greatly extended and the
persons composing il thrown into three classes
| The Knights Grand Crosses, the number OF whom
is not to exceed seyenty-two; the Knights Command
ers, the number of whom is not absolutely limited
but at the beginning not exceeding hundred and
eighty Engishmen and ten foreigners; and the Com
panons.
Ina CINE a set OF well-bred, intelligent men going
through these tom-fooleres at this epoch of labor
saving machinery cheap printing common schools
and common sense And all because il was originally
done in barbarous period, centuries before Faust
fouri,hed or Arkwright saw the light-before the
world was known to be round and TO revOlye or the
70 be the Of the solar sysiem-or America
portion Of the gobe-or chemistry solved matter, or
the microscope proved infnitesfnal life and beauty
or the telescope measureless space-when the reign
ing idea Of grandeur, morality, humanity and destiny
was hardly Il remove above the Fetish standard The
man Of fifty in babyjumper, with = rattle and
diaper would not be more ridiculous: slayerng idiocy
could not practice ludicrous folly-combned
with sham. Ii is not the Order Of the Bath that
great man in England refused-but simple Knight
te0d. We peak 81 Stevenson, the Engineer, whose