The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, MARCH 10, 1864.

They will strive to render him "equal be
" either fortune "—that of an honoured
and prosperous reign, like the one under
wbioh he was born, or that of thoublons
times, in which the collisions of social principles,
and the passions of contentious men and parties
render the lives of Princes more trying than men
in humbler stations can easily understand. How-
ever it may be with this young Prince—to-day
so

Mum while the red of us are full of
forecast and solicitude for him and his—he cannot
but be the better for the universal and tender
goodwill which waits upon him at the font. If he
should succeed to the easiest crown of the
happiest empire on earth, he will still be the better
for having had a nation's anxious prayer and
earnest blessing on his christening day.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISION.

CHRISTENING OF THE INFANT
GRANDSON OF THE QUEEN.
(THIS DAY.)

Throughout the morning the West End has been
crowded with carriages conveying the distinguished
company invited to witness the ceremony of the
Royal christening. The weather cleared up during
the night, and was this morning highly favour-
able ; the sun shining as on an April day. The
bells of many of the churches rung from an early
hour, and there were numerous signs, especially at
the West End, of the great public interest in the cere-
mony. In the vicinity of Buckingham Palace the
assemblage of spectators was very numerous.
The ceremony of the christening bas been re.
gelded st-the palace as strictly private, so far as
the press is concerned ; but the following official
copy of the ceremonial observed supplies much in-
formation respecting the event :

CEREMONIAL
To be observed

At the Baptism of his Royal Highness the Infant Prince,
Grandma of her Majesty The Queen and of his Royal
Highness the Ponce Consort, Son of their Royal Highnesses
Albert Edward, Primed Wales, and the Princess of Wales,
on Thursday, the 10th day of March, 1864, at 1 o'clock, in
the Chapel within Buckingham Palace.
The Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Minister, aril others
invited to the Solemnity, will assemble in the Lower
Dining-room at Rockingham Palace, at half-put 12 o'clock,
and soon after their arrival will be conducted to seats pro-
vided for them in the Chapel.
The Archbishop of Canterbury. the Bishop of London
(Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal), the Bishop of
Oxford (Lord High Almoner), the Bishop of Chester (Clerk
'V the Closet), with the Rev. Henry Howarth, rector of St.
George's, Hanover-square, the Hon. and Very Reverend
Gerald Wellesley (Dean of Windsor, and Resident Chap-
lain to her Majesty), and the Very Reverend Dr. Arthur
P. Stanley, Dean of Westminster (Chaplain to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales), will usemble in the Ladies'
Breakfast Room, and will take their places in the Chapel
shortly before the Prooesaioe moves.
When the Visitors are seated, the Queen, attended by
the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Wellington, by
the Lady in Waiting, the Lady Churchill, by the Honour-
able Mrs. Robert Bruce, Bedchamber Woman, and by the
Lord sod Groom in Waiting, the Lord De Tabley, and
Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Beranek, K.C.8., having
previously been conducted from her Majesty's Apartments
to the Chapel, through the State Dieing Room, by the Lord
Chamberlain, will take her place in the seat prepared for
her Majesty as one of the Sponsors.
The Queen will be accompanied by his Majesty the
King of Belgians, attended by the Count de Moarkerke, and
Lieutenant-General the Hen. Sir Edward Cost, K.C.H.,
and by her ,Royal Highness the Priem, Helena, attended
by the Lady Augusta Stanley.
The King of the Belgians and her Royal Highness the
Princess Helena, representing her Royal Higbee, the Crown
Princess of Prussia, will also take their grata as Sponsors.
Count Funtenstein, Chamberlain to her Royal Highness
the Crown Princes of Prussia, and specially despatched by
her Royal Highness to attend the christening, will be near
her Royal Highness the Princess Helena.
The other Sponsors for his Royal Highness the Infant
Prince will then be conducted to their places in the Chapel,
in the following order, from the Green Drawing Room red
Picture Gallery.
Lancaster Herald, Richmond Herald,

Albert W. Woods, EN., Matthew C. H. Gibboo,Esq..
Comptroller of the Household, Tresenrer of the Household,
The Lord Proby. The Viscount Bury.
THE SPONSORS.

Her Itoyal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,

representing

Her Sevens Highness the Dowager Duebees of Sleewig•
Holetede-Sond•rburg4hiehaburg,

with

His Royal Highness Prince John of Sleswig-Holatein•
Ponderbarg-Gleckshorg, representing
His Majesty the King of Denmark.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Strelite, representing her Royal Higbee.' the
Duchess of Saxe-Oohing and Gotha,
with
His Royal Highness the Prince Alfred.
_ _

His Royal Highness the Doke of Cambridge, reprementiog
His Serene Highness the Litodgrave of lime.

Followed by the Ladies and Gentleman in attendance, who,
OD arririug in the Chapel, will remain near them, viz. :
The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Cambridge,
The Lady Geraldine Somerset.

The Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cambridge,
Colonel Home Purves.

The Gentleman in Attendance on his Royal Highness the
Pi loco John of flkbleswig-Holstein-Sonderborg-Glneksbzug,

The Baron Guldeocrooe.

The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenbarg-Strehts,
The Lady Caroline Cast.

The Equerry in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Grand
Dachas of Mecklenburg-Strelits,
Captain Arthur Ellis.

The Goveroor to his Royal Highoeia the Priooe Alfred,
Major Cowell, C. B.

The Equerry in Waiting oa his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, Colonel Charles Tt rwhitt.

. -
I heir Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales,
and the other members of the Royal Family not being
spooson, will meet in the Visitors Drawing Room, and will
thence be conducted by the Lord Chamberlain to the Bow
Room, where her Majesty's household and others taking
part in the royal procession sill have previously assembled.

TM Manath of atimbury.
The Two llthis of Honour la Wailing.

The Ma. Rank* Mpg&

The Hon. Horstis lieritard.

The lielehL;iber Wanes in Waiting,
The Hon. lits. Clainpbell._ . _

The Bedchamber Woman The Lady d the Bedchamber
In Wait* to her in Waiting to her
-

Royal Highson the Royal Higisese the
Primer of Wales, the Primes of Wes,

Th. Has. lire. Francla The Counter de Grey and
Manor. Ripon.
The Lady In Attendance oa their Royal Highs:men the
Primal= Louise and Beatrice, the lady Caroline
Barrington, Lady Briperhatendent.

The Lady in Attendance won her Royal Inshore the
Primmer Augustus at Saxe-Coburg sad Gotha, .
..

The Captain of the The Gold Stick The Captain of the
Yeomen of the in Hon. Corps of
Guard, Waiting, Gentlemeast-Arms,
The Earl of General the Marquis of The Lord Foley.
Dacia Tweedsle.
K.T. and K. 0.8.
The Master of the Buckhounds,
The Earl of Bemborough.
The Mamie" of the Household,
Colossi Sir Thomas Y. Biddulph, K.C.B. _ . .

The Myer Stink in Waiting, The Dail Meer in Brigade
Lient.-OoL The Hoe. Dailey _ _ Waiting, .

de Rat Colonel hark Wood.
The Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain's Department,
The From Spencer Porssoby:

Governor to Moir Royal Blightmeme The Prime Arthur and
The Prince Leopold,
Maior Elphiestoos, V.C.
Tutor to hie Royal Highness the Prince Leopold,
Mr. Buff.

The Royal Personages having been conducted to their
seats, and the Great Offioers and other attendants having
taken their appoicted planes on either side of the chapel.
the service will commence with the performance of Sacred
Music

When the Music masts, the Lord Chamberlain, accompa-
nied by the Groom of the Stole to Hia Royal Highness the
Prince of Wake, sod the Chamberlain to Her Royal High-
ness the Prisons of Wales, will conduct the Infant Prince
into the Chapel, his Royal Highness being carried by the
Head Nnne, and attended by the Countess of Macclesfield,
one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales.

When the Archbishop of Canterbury commences the
prayer, " Almighty ever-living God," the Countess of Mac-
clesfield will give the infant Prince to the Queen, who will
hand his Royal Highness to the Archbishop, and will
receive the Prince from his Grace when his Royal Highness
bail been baptised.
The Countess of Macclesfield will then take the Prince,
wbo after the ser►ice will be recoaducted from the Chapel
in the urne way.
The ceremonial will conclude with the performance of
sacred music.

As soon as the ceremony is concluded, the Queen,
attended u on entering the chapel, will be conducted by
the Lord Chamberlain to her !Majesty's apartments.

The royal personages, with their attendants, and all
others forming the royal procession will then retire from
the chapel, and proceed to the state apartments.
The visitors will proceed to the Green Drawing Room
and Picture Gallery, and will afterwards partake of a col-
lation with the royal fam;ly in the Supper-room.
During the Collation the Lord Steward will give the
following Toasts :

His Royal Highness the Prises Albert Victor of Wales.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians.
His Majesty the King of Denmark.
The Queen.
The Prince and Princess of Wales.
The Gentlemenoit-Arms will line the approaches to, and
the entrance of, the Chapel.
The Yeomen of the Guard will be stationed in the Grand
Hall of the Palace, in the Passages leading from the Lower
Dining Room to the Approach to the Chapel, and upon the
Grand staircase.

The Knights of the several Orders will weer their Collars.
The Dress to be worn will be Full Drees with Trowsers.
A Guard of Honour will mount in front of the Palace.

Public notice will be given as soon u the date of
the next examination for direct commissions has been fixed,
and the necessary communication will then be forwarded to
all candidates ooneerned.

Dr. Wynn Williams, of King-street, Portman-
elver% has been elected physicianacconisheur and physi-
cian for the diseases of women and children to the Waters
General Dispensary, Marylebone-road.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, MARCH s.—The Queen has
been pleased to approve of Don Eduardo Badia y Ortiz de
Zifiigs as Vice-consul in Loudon for her Majesty the Queen
of Spain.—Ga:rtge.
HORTICULTURAL Socirry.—Notwithstanding the
empropitiorm state of the weather yesterday, a large mad
fashionable attendance, in which the fair sex preclo-
, initiated, marked with success the first spring allow of
Chia society, which was held yesterday, and the
beauty of the blooms exhibited within!! went far to
reward the visitors. Hyacinthe sod crocuses were of course
the principal features of the display, and of these the
specimens were numerou• and remarkably fire. The
majority of the prizes in those clams, which were c3u.
fined to nurserymen, or which were open to them to com-
pete for with others, were awarded to Mr. Cutbush, of
Highgate, and Mr. W. Paul, of Waltham Cross, whose
hyacinths in the first elms for eighteen distinct kinds were
adjudged to be equal, both moaning first prizes. In the
competition of amateur growers with twelve hyacinths of
six kinds the first tome was gained by Mr. Young,
who also took the eemnd prise in a clots which was
open to nurserymen. The specimens of lily of the valley
and amaryllis, though few, were well grown, and attracted
much notice. Tulips were plentiful, and very firth examples
were contributed by amateurs as well as nurserymen. There
were some good azaleas, narcissus, and mem, bet the only
competition in these cases was in the collectioos no two
powers exhibiting specimens of the same plant. 'the roses
were supplied by Messrs. Paul and Son, of Cheahunt ; the
Denims by Mr. Cutbusb, and the azaleas by Mr. Todman.
In the clam for cut camellias there were several competitors,
and the blooms exhibited of different kinds were singularly
beautiful and perfect. The band of the Middlesex Ba-
rium' contributed to the amusement of the visitors by the
performance of appropriate selections during the day.
HOSPITAL FUR DISLA.SLS OF THE CREEL—Last
evening the seventeenth anniversary of the City of London
Hospital for Disease@ of the Chest was celebrated in the
London Tavern ; the Right Hon. Lord Faversham in the
chair. Lr.t year there were 446 in-patients sod 10,523
out-patients. The number of patients bed yearly increased,
and there was therefore an urgent necessity for the utmost
liberality on the put of the supporters of the institution.
The report stated that the objects the manger had in
view were to obtain the ordinary yearly expenditure of
about 5,000/. • to complete the new wing, at an expense
of LOON. ; ad t 3 purchase the freehold at a °cat of 1,200/.
ROYAL NAVAL COLLEGE, PORDIMOUTH. The
examiostioa of candidates for service as naval cadetatook
place bud week, and the young gentlemen who were suc-
cessful received their certificates yesterday. The result is
as follows :—Cadets (Pint Clam). —W. P. Chapman, W. L.
Bigoold, C. Druitt, E. F. Creagb, W. Harvey, C. E. W 11-
looghby, W. B. logham, A. R. Gordon, B. E. Maxwell, C.
C. Gordon, W. F. Stirling, F. H. Davila, H. O. Vinare,
W. W. H. Myatt, H. D. Law, L. C. Strachey, J. B. D.
Tolle ache. R. D. 'hubby, D. Court, F. E. Walker, It.
R. Wield, W. C. V. Baker, B. E. Maitland, W. Butte,
H. C. K. Mussy, J. F. Haves, H. Leah, W. H. Jameson,
W. H. Loyale., A. H. D. Lighton, G. J. Capes, W. H.
B. Sadleir, G. IL Teem E. G. B. Berle.. and E.
J. P. Gellwey. Cadets (Second Class).—J.. C. Boughton,
H. E. Weaver, H. C. Sachs, J. Jeans A. J. Menzies, A.
J. Cliarcood, J. F. Thomas. J. B. F. Kesst, W.. 1. W. Bar-
nard, G. A. C. Webb, and F. J. Atkinson.
HER MAJWITY'S STAGHOIINDIL—These honude
met at Cookham on Tuesday, when they had a brilliant and
severe run of three hours. The stag after being uncerted
crossed the Thames below Marlow. and, going direct north,
pared High Wycombe. Great Missenden, Prince's Rim-
borough, Little Hampden, and Wendover to the right and
left, and was finally taken at Eyre' 31, four miles from
Aylesbury; distal:roe from point to point 19 miles. The
dietaries named over by the hounds must have been 25.
PlloDrortObr OF NAVAL STORES IN CALIFORNIA.
—The quantity of " crude gum " collected in Butte and
Sierra Counties, from the beginning of March till the end
of November last year was 356,003 pounds. From this has
been manufactured 7.280 gallons of spirits of turpen•
tine, and boxes and barrels of resin equal to 1.150
barrels, of an average weight of /50 nomads. There will he
a wide field open for this particular branch of home manu-
facture, as evidenced by the countless acres of pile forests
abounding all over the foot-hills of the Sierra Nevada ;
and which are, no doubt, destined to give future employ-
ment to thousands. —Califorssia paper.
FOREIGN COMMERCE OF THE UNITED STATED.—
During the year 1842 there were imported into the United
States from foreign porta, dutiable goody to the amount of
208,093.944 dollars; free roods, 35,168.359 dollars ' • sod
specie and bullion, 9,675,569 dollars. The exports from
the United States to foreign poets were during the same
peried-domestic prodeee to the amount of 249.891.436
dollar' ; foreign prodnee, 17,796.200 dollars ; and specie
and bullion, 641%6,611 dollars. Total imports, 252,935.872
dollars ' • and total exports, 311,844,247 dollars New York
Jottrnal of Commerce.
ROYAL FERE HOSPFTAL, Gater's-rwar-EGAD.—The
number of patients relieved at this hospital dewing the week
wading Minh 3, was 3,1:01, of vkice 4988 UFO esw cases.