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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



tker on his head, they seated him in 

 his stall ; and his grace, rising up, 

 made his double reverence, first to 

 the altar, then to the sovereign. 

 The knights, after embracing and 

 congratulating him, descended with 

 him into the middle of the choir ; 

 and, making their reverences, went 

 up into their stalls, and, repeating 

 the same, sat down, the officers re- 

 turning to their places. Then gar- 

 ter summoned the two kniglits next 

 in seniority, in order to instal capt. 

 York, proxy for the earl of Hard- 

 wickc ; who was thereupon con- 

 ducted, with the same ceremony, 

 into the stall under that appoin'^d 

 for his principal, where the register 

 administered to him the oath. He 

 was then conducted into the upper 

 stall ; and the mantle, being pre- 

 sented by garter, the knights put 

 the same over his left arm, so that 

 the cross, embroidered within the 

 garter, might be seen. They then 

 seated the ijaid proxy in tlie stall, 

 with the ceremony as before men- 

 tioned, and returned to their stalls ; 

 the proxy immediately rising", made 

 his reverences, and remained stand, 

 ing during the rest of the ceremony, 

 with the mantle on his arm. The 

 duke of Beaufort, the marquis of 

 Abercorn, the earl of Pembroke, 

 the ear! of Winchclsca, and the earl 

 «jf Chesterfield, were severally in- 

 troduced and installed, in the same 

 manner as the Duke of Rutland. 

 T!if knights thus installed, divine 

 service began. At the words of tlic 

 Otiortory, " Let your light so 

 >ihim'," &c. the organ playing, the 

 officers of the wardrobe spread a 

 carpet on the steps of the altar, 

 .'lud deputy black rod, making his 

 obeisances, went up to the rails of 

 the altar, on the right sicTe ; where 

 he received^ from the yeoman of the 



wardrobe, a rich carpet and cushien, 

 which, with the assistance of the 

 yeomen, he laid down for the sove- 

 reign to kneel upon. In the mean 

 time garter summoned the knights 

 from their stalls, beginning with the 

 junior ; each knight making his re- 

 verence in his stall, and repeating 

 the same, Avith his companion, in 

 the choir, retired under his banner. 

 All the knights standing thus under 

 their banners, and the prelate at tha 

 altar to receive the oflcrings, tlie 

 sovereign, making his reverence to 

 the altar, descended from his stall ; 

 and then making another reverence 

 in the middle of the choir, proceed- 

 ed to the offering in the following 

 order : 



Garter. The register. 



The chancellor. 



The lord chamberlain. Sword of 



state. J 



The sovereign; his majesty's train 

 borne as before. 

 The senior knight, being the 

 knight appointed to deliver the of- 

 fering to the sovereign, made his re- 

 verence as the procession passed ; 

 and thereupon placed himself a lit- 

 tle behind his majesty, on the right 

 side. The sovereign, coming to the 

 rails of the altar, made a reverence ; 

 when deputy black rod, on his 

 knee, delivered the offering to the 

 knight, who delivered it to the so- 

 vereign ; and his majesty, taking 

 off his cap and feathers, put the of- 

 fering into' the bason held by the 

 prelate, assisted by the prebenda- 

 ries. The sovereign rising made his 

 reverence to the altar ; and, retir- 

 ing, another in the middle of the 

 choir ; all the attendants turning as 

 his majesty did, and making their 

 reverences at the same time ; and, 

 being in his stall, another. The 

 knjghtj who delivered the offering, 



rdtired 



