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Knight of the Griffin_, in Liveries of his Colours. Man at Arms THE GONFALON, Man at Arms in half armour. Borne by a man at in half armour. Arms. _The Knight of the Griffin_. THE EARL OF CRAVEN, Groom. In a suit of engraved Groom. Milanese Armour inlaid with gold, on a barded charger. Caparisons, &c., of Scarlet, White and Gold. Esquire. THE BANNER, Esquire. The HON. F. CRAVEN. Borne by a man at The HON. F. Arms in MACDONALD. Half Armour. Retainers--" The other Knights were:--_The Knight of the Dragon_, MARQUIS OF WATERFORD; _Knight of the Black Lion_, VISCOUNT ALFORD; _Knight of Gael_, VISCOUNT GLENLYON; _Knight of the Dolphin_, EARL OF CASSILIS; _Knight of the Crane_, LORD CRANSTOUN; _Knight of the Ram_, HON. CAPT. GAGE; _The Black Knight_, JOHN CAMPBELL, ESQ., of Saddell; _Knight of the Swan_, HON. MR. JERNINGHAM; _Knight of the Golden Lion_, CAPT. J. O. FAIRLIE; _Knight of the White Rose_, CHARLES LAMB, ESQ.; _Knight of the Stag's Head_, CAPT. BERESFORD; _The Knight of the Border_, SIR F. JOHNSTONE; _Knight of the Burning Tower_, SIR F. HOPKINS; _The Knight of the Red Rose_, R. J. LECHMERE, ESQ.; _Knight of the Lion's Paw_, CECIL BOOTHBY, ESQ. There were, besides, Knights Visitors, Swordsmen, Bowmen, the Seneschal of the Castle, Marshals and Deputy Marshals, Chamberlains of the household, servitors of the Castle, a Herald and two Pursuivants, a Judge of Peace, and a Jester--besides a horde of small fry. The first tilt was between the Knights of the Swan and the Red Rose, but it was uninteresting, the Knights passing each other twice, without touching, and, on the third course, the Knight of the Swan lost his lance. Then came the tilt of the day, when the Earl of Eglinton met the Marquis of Waterford. The latter was particularly remarked, as the splendour of his brazen armour, the beauty of his charger, a
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