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CHRONICLE. 



JANUARY. 



'^\st. St.- Peters^'ur^h,'^HE king 

 ^ ■ . Nm. 19. O.^S. A of Great 

 '3BHtain hiavinfr'becli gratfously plea- 

 ted to homiimtt-C^ariesWhitworth, 

 Esq. his Envoy Extraordinary and 

 ; Minister Plei^iipatentiary at this 

 I cdurt^ to be a Knij^htConnpaitron'of 

 '''-f mort 'Noble Order of tlib'-Bath, 

 ..d his rwajesty being desiro).fS thdt 

 i -iie should be knighted, and iiiTe&ited 

 j ■with tlie ensigns of <he saiddrJerili 

 j -the most honourable and most dis- 

 tinguished manner, Mr. Whitworth 

 applied to her imperial majesty, tht 

 .. «iiipress of Riissi:^, by order of tke 

 king his master, to desire sliewould 

 oe pleased to represent his majesty 

 . ,on this occasion: to which her'iin- 

 • penal majesty very readily consent- 

 ed, ex^prcSsing in the strongest terms 

 her sentiments ai friendship and af- 

 ! /ection towards his Britannic majesty, 

 I -and was at the same time pleased to 

 ' appoint Sunday, the 17th, immedi- 

 ; ately after divine service, Jor the 

 i performanceoftheceremonyi which 

 was as follows: , 



Mr. Whitworth having at jioon 

 repaired to the palace, according to 

 appointment, he v.as there received 

 by the grand master of the cere- 

 monies, whocond\icted him into the 

 audicnce-room, where lier imperial 

 najecty was attended by count Os- 

 termann, the vice-chancellor ; the 

 I grand Duke and Duchess, and all 

 the principal officers of the court, 

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being in anadjacent apartment, with 

 the folding doors open. Mr. Whit- 

 worth, being introduced by the 

 grand master of the ceremonies, 

 made a lowreverence on hisentrance, 



•a second in the middle of ihero'ortl, 



'and a third on his approaching her 

 imperial majesty ; and Mr. Whit- 



•worth then kneeling, her imperial 

 majesty immediatel^f^ invested hifti 



'vrith the ribbon attd badge of the 



'Order ; and then taking' from a ta- 

 ble a gold-hilted sword, richly orna- 

 mented with diamonds, the empress 

 touched his left shoulder three times 



-with it, pronouncing these w;ords, 



■Snyez bonet konorabie chevalier, au 

 nom de Dieu ; and on Sir Charles 



,Whitworth's rising up, and kissing; 

 her imperialmajesty'shand, the em- 

 press added, Et pour voits prouver 

 comhien je suis contente de vous, je 



. vousfais present de I'epee ave'c la- 

 (jiielleje vous at fait chevalier. Then 

 sir Charles, after expressing to her 

 imperial majesty his respectful and 

 gnitfiful sense of those most gracious 



' and extraordinary marks of favour, 

 witl\drcw from the empress's pre- 

 sence, ohgervjng the same ceremo- 

 nies as at his entrance. 



List week arrived , from Sierra 

 Leone, the FeHcity, captain Wen- 

 ham, with a cargo of wax, cam« 

 wood, &c. The dispatches by this 

 ship contiiin very flattering accounts 

 of tiie health of this colony, and of 

 its progress in comi)>ercial pursuits ; 

 but wearegorrytoadd,thatthey bring 

 B ale* 



