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from the Prince Regent, and af- 

 terwards from all the Royal 

 Knights and others, and was seated 

 in a Chair of State. The Chan- 

 cellor then read a Statute, whereby 

 the resolution of the Prince Re- 

 gent, in the name of the Sove- 

 reign was expressed to comme- 

 morate within the order the 

 present brilliant epocha in the 

 history of nations, when through 

 the providential and signal inter- 

 position of the Almighty Disposer 

 of events, the deliverance of the 

 Continent of Europe from a sys- 

 tem inimical to the repose of 

 mankind had been gloriously ef- 

 fected; and his Royal Highness, 

 considering how eminently this 

 happy state of affairs had been 

 promoted by the Emperor of Aus- 

 tria, in the powerful co-operation 

 of his arms towards the common 

 cause, and until its final triumph, 

 had thought fit to dispense with 

 certain Statutes of the Order, and 

 to declare His Imperial and Royal 

 Apostolic Majesty a Knight of the 

 same. 



Another Statute was then read, 

 wherein, after many high enco- 

 niums on the distinguished merits 

 and services of the Earl of Liver- 

 pool and Viscount Castlereagh, it 

 was declared that they should also 

 be added to the number of Knights 

 of the Order. 



Their Lordships were then se- 

 verally introduced between the 

 two junior Knights, the Dukes of 

 Montrose and Newcastle, and re- 

 ceived the honour of Knighthood, 

 and were afterwards invested with 

 the usual ceremonies. 



A statute was then read, de- 

 claring that no further election of 

 any subjects not being of the 

 Blood Royal into the Order shall 

 take place, until the vacancy of a 



stall of a Knight subject not of 

 the Blood Royal shall have hap- 

 pened subsequently to the reduc- 

 tion of the number of Knights 

 subjects not of the Blood Royal to 

 the original number of twenty- 

 five Knights Companions, in- 

 cluding the Prince of Wales, who 

 is a constituent part of the Insti- 

 tution. The Knights were then- 

 called over, and the procession re- 

 turned in the usual order. 



11. The shoals of herrings 

 were never known to be so nume- 

 rous as they are at present on the 

 Cumberland coast ; they have, 

 this week, even come so far up the 

 water as Rockliff and Sandsfield, 

 only four miles from Carlisle (a cir- 

 cumstance unprecedented), where 

 they have been taken by thousands 

 in the creeks. They have been 

 sold in our market at from 15 to 

 20 for Is. Upon the coast the 

 average price is 4s. 6d. per hun- 

 dred. 



14. The Emperor of Russia, 

 the King of Prussia, and the 

 Prince Regent, accompanied by a 

 number of persons of distinction, 

 paid a visit to the University of 

 Oxford. They were received, on 

 their entrance, in grand ceremony 

 by all the authorities, academic 

 and civic, of the place; and in the 

 evening a sumptuous banquet was 

 given to the illustrious guests in 

 the RadclifF Library, a place never 

 before applied to such a purpose, 

 but excellently adapted to it. A 

 general illumination took place at 

 night ; and, on the following day, 

 the royal and noble party were re- 

 ceived at the theatre, where every 

 preparation had been made to ren- 

 der the scene august and striking. 

 Degrees were then conferred upon 

 the emperor and king, and some 

 of their illustrious attendants, one 



