The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1861-01-02

[ From the Court Circular. !


From the Court CircHdr.l
CEREMONY OF C0NFERRING THE ORDER OF
THE GARTER ON THE DUKE OF NEWCAS-
TIE.
WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. I7.-Her Majesty the
Queen, held Chapter of the Most Noble Order of
the Garter this afternoon at the Castle.
Her Majesty was conducted at three o'clock by
the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward to a
chair of state in the throne room, in which the
chapter was held. The Queen, the Sovereign of
the Order, wore the mantle and the gold and enam.
elled collar of the Garter. His Royal aighness.
the Prince Consort, and his Royal Highness, the
Prince of Wales, both wearing the mantle, hood
and collar of the Order, accompanied her Majesty,
who was attended by the Mistress of the Robes,
the Lady waiting, and the principal officers of
her household.
The knights Companions of the Garter were
robed in the vestibule, by Mr. Hunter in their blue
velvet mantles. Each Knight also wore the hood
OF crimson velvet upon the right shoulder, and the
collar of the Order Garter called over the Knights
Companions in the Waterloo Gallery when the
following answered His Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, the Marquis of Exeter, the Marquis
of Camden, the Earl of Clarendon, the MARQUIS of
Normandy, the Earl of Carlisle, Viscount PaImers-
ton, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Westminster,
the Duke of Devonshire, and the Earl of Harrow
by.
The officers of the Order present were The
Prelate, the Bishop of Winchester the Chancellor,
the Bishop of Oxford; Garter Principal Kfng-of,
Arms, Sir Charles G. Young, and the Gentleman
Usher of the Black Rod, Sir Augustus Clifford
The Knights Companions entered the Throne or
Chapter room, and took their seats according to
their seniority in the Order on either side of the
chapter table which was covered with blue velvet
The officers of the Order took their usual sta
tions.
The Chancellor of the Order notified the Queens
royal will and pleasure that the vacant staff in the
Royal Chapel of St. George, at Windsor should be
filled up; and, as none but knight can be elected
the Most Noble Henry, Duke of Newcastle was in
troduced between Garter and Black Rod His
Grace W conducted n q Epa i'm
before her, received from her Majesty the honor
of knighthood, which was conferred with the
sword of state. The noble Duke kissed his sover-
egns hand and retired from the Chapter room.
The Knights proceeded to the election. and the
suffrages collected by the Chancellor and pre-
sented to the Queen, who commanded him to de-
clare that the Most Noble Henry, Duke of Newcas-
tie, had been duly elected Knight of the Most No
Bile Order of the Garter.
By the Sovereign's command, the Duke of New
castle was received at the door of the CHAPTER
Room, by the Duke of Devonshire and the Earl of
Harrowby, the two Junior Knight companions
present, and was conducted between them to the
Queen, preceded by Carter bearing the ensigns of
the Order upon velvet cushion, and by Black
Rod. The Duke knelt near her Majesty, and the
Queen, assisted by the Prince Consort, bucked the
Garter on his left leg, the Chancellor pronounc
ing the usual admoniton.
Garter presented the Riband with the fGeorge''
appendant, and the Queen, assisted by the Prince
of Wales, passed the same over the Dukes left
shoulder ana under the right arm, the Chancellor
pronouncing the admoniton. His Grace again
kissed her Majesty's hand.
The Duke of Newcastle having received the con-
CALCULATIONS of the Prince Consort, the Prince of
Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, &C., the Knights
Companions retired.
Garter, by her Majesty's command, again called
over the Knights Companions, who, with the other
officers of the Order, retired from the presence of
the Queen.
The Princess Alice Prince Alfred and Prince
Louis of Hesse stood behind her Majesty to witness
the ceremony in the Throne Room.
FoREIGN MISUNDERSTANDING the past year
lO3, 81 immigrants have arrived at New York from
foreign countries of whom there were As $50 Irish,
1855 Germans IL ,1l2 English, l. 500 Scotch 40
French and l,366 Swiss. Last year the Immigrants
who arrived at New York were 70 1922 and the
previous year rs $50. Of the total for 1850 IA 000
avowed their intention to locate in
and New Jersey. The steady preponderance of tba
Irish and German elements show that former infu.
ences have not changed materially. OF the entire
103, Cpl immigrants, only 1000 were destined for
the Southern States, while New England absorbed
no less than II 900, New York 44,000 and the
northwest 10000
LATER FROM HAvANA.-The United States Mail
Steamship Star of the West, S. p. Griffin Com
mander left New Orleans December 23d, and Ha-
vana December 26th, and arrived at New York.
December 3lst. Experienced strong Fhead winds
from Havana to the Cape. The steamship De Soto
arrived at Havana the 26th The state of affairs
in the States still affects the commercial affairs of
the Island Transactions in sugar quite limited
No. IL at 81 to 81; no Muscovsdos in market
Exchange London IS to lax premium; Ex-
change on Paris l to ~; Exchange on New York
8 to per cent, premium at 50 days.