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

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, March 9.

Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended
by Lady Churchill, the Hon. Harriett Phipps, and
Col. H. Ponsonby, went to L•ndon yesterday, and
honoured the performance at the Lyceum Theatre
with her presence.

The Duchess of Wellington, the Belgian Minister
and Madame Van de Weyer, and the Earl of St.
Germans had the honour of dining with. her
Majesty.
The Dake and Dach;:ss d'Anm ale visited the
King of the Belgians this morning, and took
luncheon with her Majesty.

The ambassadors from the Queen of Madagascar
were presented to the Queen to-day by Earl Rut-
sell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. They
were accompanied by Mr. John Duffus, their inter-
preter.

Earl Russell had an audience of her Mojesty.
Lord Da Tabley was the LorJ in Waiting.
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The Prince and Princess of Wales,

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive
yesterday afternoon, attended by Countess Do

Grey.

His Royal Highnes3 the Duke of Cambridge
visited his Royal Highness Prince John of Glucks-
burr, at Marlborough HOTIF.e.

CHRISTENING OF TEE SON or THE
PRINCE OF WALES.

The ceremony of christening the infant son of their Royal
Highnesses f'he Prince and Pr;ncess of Wales took place
this day at one o'clock, in the Royal Chapel attached to
Buckingham Palace.

The Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, and others in-
vited to the solemnity, assembled in the lower dining room
at Buckingham Palace, at half-past twelve o'clock, and
soon eta their arrival were conducted to the seats provided
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
of the Closet), with the Reverend Henry Howarth, rector
of St. George's, Hanover-square, the Honourable and Very
Reverend Gerald Wellesley (Dean of Windsor, and Resident
Chaplain to her Majesty), and the Very Reverend Dr.,
Arthur P. Stanley, Dean of. Westminster (Chaplain to his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales) assembled in the
/hdies' breakfast room, and to'ok their places in the chapel
shortly before the procession moved.

When the vreitors wore seated, the Queen, attended by
the Mistress of the Robes, the Duchess of Wellington, by
the Lady in Waiting, the Lady Churchill, by the Hon.
Mrs. Robert. Bruce, Bedchamber Woman, and by the Lord
and Groom in Waiting, the Lord do Tabley, and Lieut.-
General Sir Henry Bentinck, K.C.8., having previously
been conducted from her Majesty's apartments to the chapel,
through the State dining-room, by the Lord Chamberlain,
took her place in the seat prepared for her Majesty as one
of the sponsors.

The Qum was accompanied by hia Majesty the King Of
the Belgians, attended by the Count de Moerkerke, and
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust, K,C.H.,
and by her Royal Highness the Princess Helena, attended
by the Lady Augusta Stanley.
The King of the Belgians and her Rayal Highness the
Princess Helena, representing her Royal Highness the
Crown Princess of Prussia, also took their seats as sponsors.
The other sponsors for his Royal Highness the Infant
Prince were then conducted to their places in the Chapel,
in the following order, from the Green Drawing-roora and
Picture Gallery.

Lancaster Herald,
Albert W. Woods, Esq.,
Comptroller of the Household,
The Lord Proby.
Richmond Herald,
Matthew C. 11. Gibbon, E,q,
Treasurer of the Household,
The Viscount Bury.
THE SPONSORS:—

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, repre-
senting her Serene Highness the Dowager Duchess of
Schleswig-Holstein- Senderbuzg-Glucksburg, with his
Royal Highness Prince John of Schleswig-Holsteiti-Son-
clerbarg-Glucksburg, representing his Majesty the King
of Denmark.

Hfa Royal Highness the Grand Daohess of Mecklenburg-
Streli'z representing

Heeßval Highness the Duchjss of Saxe-C obarg and Gotha,

with
His Royal Highness the Prince Alfred.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, representing
His Highness the Landgrave of Hesse.

Followed by the Ladies and Gentlemen in Attendance,

viz, :-

The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the
Duchess of CambriCge, the Lady Geraldine Somerset.

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

The Gentleman in Attendance on his Royal Highness
the Prince John of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-
Giicksburg, the Baron Guidencrone.
The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Lady Caroline

Cust. •
The Equerry in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Grand

Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strolitz, Captain Arthur Ellis.
The Governor to his Royal Highness the Prince Alfred,
Major Cowell, C.B.

The Equerry in Waiting on his Royal Highness the Duke
of Cambridge, Colonel Charles Tyrwhiti.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princees of
Wales, and the other members of the Royal Family not
being sponsors, met in the Visitors' Drawing Room, and
were conducted from thence by the Lord Chamberlain to
the Bow Room, where her Majesty's household and others
taking part in the Royal procession had previously
assembled.