On Tuesday took place t he ceremony of dedicating the
new chapel of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in St. Paul's Cathedral, in presence of the King as the Sovereign of the Order, the Prince of Wales as Grand Master, and many of the Knights and Members. His Majesty drove in state to the Cathedral, where a procession was formed, which proceeded to the chapel. After a prayer by the Bishop of London dedicating the chapel to its special use, the pro- cession returned to the Cathedral, and the Sovereign ascended his throne on the north side of the choir. The Prelate of the Order, Bishop Montgomery, then preached a sermon, and after prayers the ceremony concluded. A number of valuable gifts have been presented to the chapel, and the impressive ceremony of Tuesday will, we hope, establish in the public mind the especial Imperial character of this great Order. It is essentially the Order of the Imperial administrators, and deserves, in our estimation, to rank as high as any in the land, since its membership is rarely honorary, and generally the reward of distinguished public service. The dignity which the possession of a chapel in St. Paul's entails will mark out once for all the Michael and George as one of the historic British Orders of knighthood, and that which is most closely bound up with our Empire, and therefore with our future.
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