27 AUGUST 1831, Page 8

Tar KING AND IIIS COUILT.—The Chapter of the Garter, held

at Windsor Castle on Saturday last, was one of investiture only ; the Prince of Saxe Meiningen received the order last year. There was a state dinner, which was attended by about ninety individuals ; on which occasien the magnificent service of gold plate was displayed. On Sun- :day, thefe was a more select dinner, in honour of the King's birth-day : his Majesty, on that day, entered into his sixty-seventh year. There was a dinner given to the Royal servants on Monday, and in the evening there was a splendid display of fireworks in Bachelor's Acre. The King came to town on Wednesday, for the purpose of holding a Privy Council and a Levee. At the latter, the following presentations took place.

The Earl of Harrowby,on returning from abroad.

Rear-Adm. Warren, on being appointed Commander-in-Chief on the Cape of Good Hope and African Station, by the Right Hon. Sir James Graham.

Sir Charles Chad, Burt. by Sir Evan Murray Mac Gregor, Bart.

Mr. Codd, Deputy-Lieutenant for Mid- dlesex, by his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex.

Captain Rennie, on his appointment to his Majesty's ship the Isis, the flag- ship of Rear-Admiral Warren, by Admiral Warren.

Lieut. Horne,34th Regt. by the Solicitor- General.

Rev. Vere Mont°, by the Lord Bishop of Chichester.

Lient.-Gen. Sir William Houston, to take leave on departure for Gibraltar, by Lord Hill.

Captain F. C. Ebhart, 45th Regt. of Foot, on his return from the Burman Em- pire, by General the Earl of Cavan.

Rev. Lord John Thynne, on being ap- pointed a Prebendary of Westminster, by the Archbishop of Canterbury.

Robert Hartle, hf.D. Deputy- Inspector- Oen. of Hospitals, on his promotion and return from the West Indies, after thirty-four years' service in that coun- try, by Sir Herbert Taylor.

Sir Richard Dobson, on having received the honour of knighthood.

Captain Torriano, H.P., HA., by the Master-General of the Ordnance. Lieut.-Col. A. Hope Pattison, unattached, on promotion, by Lord Hill. Lieut. Walker, Scotch Fusileer Guards, on return from Ireland, by Colonel Walker.

Major W. Burrowes, 17th Lancers, on his return from Ireland, by Major- Gen. Sir Edward Kerrison.

Lieutenant .1. C. Campbell, 45th Regt. on his return from the Burman Empire, by General the Earl of Cavan.

Deputy Commissary-Gen. Adams, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Kempt.

Sir E. East, on appointment to the Privy Council.

Lieut. Seymosr, by Sir G. Seymour. Ensign Hawker, on his appointment to the 74th Rest. by Lieut.-Col. Peter Hawker.

The King returned to Windsor in the evening.