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roents, and they were filled with 

 handsome and well-dressed fe- 

 males. At the west-end of the 

 nave, and at the back of the organ, 

 two galleries were erected for the 

 friends of the dean and chapter, 

 and for ladies of distinction. 



At the close of the ceremony, 

 the procession returned in the same 

 order as before ; the newly created 

 Knights wearing their hats and 

 plumes. 



The Order of the Bath is now 

 extended to fifty Knights, includ- 

 ing the Sovereign and the Grand 

 Master. The number installed was 

 twenty-three, as follow : — 

 Right Hon. Sir Arthur Paget 

 The Earl of Wellington 

 Hon. Sir Geo. James Ludlow 

 Sir Samuel Hood, bart. 

 Earl of Northesk 

 Sir Richard John Strachan, bart. 

 Hon. Sir A. Forrester Cochrane 

 Sir John Stuart, Count of Maida 

 Sir Philip Francis 

 Sir G. Hilaro Barlow, bart. 

 Viscount Strangford 

 Sir Richard Goodwin Keats 

 Sir George Beckwith 

 Sir David Baird 

 Hon. Sir John Hope 

 Sir Brent Spencer 

 Lord Cochrane 

 Sir John Cope Sherbrooke 

 Sir Wm. Carr Beresford 

 Lieut.- General Graham 

 Lieut.-Gen. Rowland Hill 

 Maj.-Gen. Sir Sam. Auchmuty 

 Right Hon. Henry Wellesley, am- 

 bassador in Spain. 

 2. Several antiquarians attend- 

 ed the opening of several bar- 

 rows, situated about a mile to the 

 eastward of the village of Rotting- 

 dean. A number of urns were found, 

 containing bones, supposed to be 

 those of Roman soldiers who had 

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fallen in battle about 2,000 years 

 ago ; but no coins were discovered. 



3. Yesterday morning, a little 

 before eight o'clock, a man, of 

 a very gentlemanly appearance, 

 dressed in black silk stockings, 

 black small-clothes, marcella waist- 

 coat, and dressing-gown, a white 

 night-cap on his head, and carrying 

 a small poker on his left arm, walk- 

 ed through St. James's Park. His 

 uncommon appearance attracted a 

 number of followers. He pro- 

 ceeded to York-house, and knock- 

 ed at the door; the porter, observ- 

 ing his strange appearance, did not 

 open the door; however, he re- 

 peated his knock with a degree of 

 consequence, which induced the 

 porter to open the door. He then 

 presented a letter for the Duke of 

 York, observing, that it was upon 

 state affairs, and it must be given 

 to his Royal Highness directly. 

 The porter told him it was impos- 

 sible to deliver the letter to his 

 Royal Highness immediately, but 

 he should have it very shortly ; 

 with which the other appeared sa- 

 tisfied, observing, he should call 

 again about ten o'clock. He then 

 left York-house, and proceeded 

 along the Park, the crowd increas- 

 ing. 



Yesterday, between eleven and 

 twelve o'clock, as two females, 

 genteelly dressed, were passing the 

 end of the Mall, opposite the 

 Queen's Palace, they were very 

 rudely accosted by a man with a 

 large open clasp-knife, in a posi- 

 tion as if he intended to cut them 

 down ; they screamed out, ran 

 away, and escaped from him into 

 Pimlico. After this, he went up 

 to a man who had the appearance 

 of a porter, near one of the seats, 

 and in a more direct manner at- 



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