The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-03-22 00:00:00

CONFIRMATION OF THE PRINCESS 1101 UL.

The ceremonial of the confirmation of the Princess
Royal took place on Thursday morning in her Majesty's
private chapel at Windsor Castle.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Oxford,
Lord High Almoner ; the Bishop of Chester, clerk of the

Queen ; the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, deputy clerk
of the closet in waiting ; and the Rev. H. J. Ellison, vicar

cf Windsor, took their scats within the rails of the cora-
minion table shortly before twelve o'clock.

The ministers and other company invited to witness
the ceremony assembled in the Green Drawing-room at a
quarter before twelve o'clock ; the ladies and gentlemen
in waiting on the Queen and the royal family assem-
bling in the corridor. The company were then conducted
to seats in the chapel.
About twelve o'clock the Princess Royal entered the
chapel with her father, the prince consort, who placed
her in a chair in front of the communion table. The
Queen and the King of the Belgians followed,
together with the rest of the royal and illustrious
personages.

The King of the Belgians, the godfather of the Prin-
cess Royal, was conducted to a seat near the Princess,
under the pulpit, and in a line with the King were the
Duchess of Kent, godmother of the Princess Royal, the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge,
the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar,
Prince Ernest of Leningen, and Prince Victor of
Hohenlohe.

The Queen was seated opposite to the King of the
Belgians ; while Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales,
the Princess Alice, Prince Alfred, Princess Helena, and
the Princess Louisa, occupied seats opposite the other
members of the Royal Family. The great officers of
State, and the Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting took
their seats immediately behind the Royal Family.
The remainder of the company invited were placed in
pews on either side of the chapel.

The Princess Royal wore a rich white silk glace gown,
with five flounces pinked, the body richly trimmed with
white ribbon and Mechlin lace.

The King of the Belgians, the Prince Consort, and the
Duke of Cambridge, appeared in the Windsor uniform,
and each wore the riband, Badge, and Star of the Most
Noble Order of the Garter.
The Gentlemen of the Queen's and the Prince Con-
sort's households wore the Windsor uniform, the mem-
bers of Orders of Knighthood wearing their respective

insignia,

The ceremony commenced by a hymn, sung by the
gentlemen and boys of the Royal Chapel of St. George .
Mr. W. G. Cnsins, the organist of her Majesty's Private
Chapel, presided at the organ.

The Bishop of Oxford read the Preface, and the
Archbishop of Canterbury performed the ceremony, and
concluded the service, the Princess kneeling before his
Grace. The Archbishop, at the close, delivered an
exhortation, and part of the 268th hymn was then sung
by the choir.

The ceremony being ended, the Queen and the King
of the Belgians, the Princess Royal and the Prince
Consort, with the Royal Family, quitted the Chapel,
and entered the Green Drawing-room, where her Majesty
received the congratulations of the distinguished com-
pany present.

Luncheon was served to the Royal Family in the
White-room, and to the general company in the Dining-

The Duchess o f Cambridge, the Princess Mary, and
the Duke of Cambridge took leave of the Queen and the
Prince in the afternoon, the Duchess and the Princess
Mary proceeded to Kew, and the Duke returned to
London. Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, and Prince
Victor of Hohenlohe, also took leave and quitted the
Castle.

The Ministers, Officers cf State, and other visitors in-
vited to attend the ceremony, took their departure.

The dinner party in the evening included the King of
the Belgians, the Duchess of Kent, his Serene Highness
Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Fanny Howard,
Baroness de Speth, M. Van de Weyer, the Belgian
Minister, and Col. de Moerkerke, Captain Prisse, and
Dr. Ricken (in attendance on the King of the Belgiansi)