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

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 London 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 Duke and Duchess d'Aumale 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 Rus-
sell, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. They
were accompanied by Mr. John Duffus, their inter-
preter.

Earl Russell had an audience of her Majesty.
Lord Da Tabley was the Lord in Waiting.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive
yesterday afternoon, attended by Countess De
Grey.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
visited his Royal Highness Prince John of Giucks-
burg, at Marlborough House.

CHRISTENING OF THE SON OF THE
PRINCE OF WALES.

The ceremony of christening the infant son of their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess 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 after 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
ladies' breakfast room, and took their places in the chapel
shortly before the procession moved.
When the visitors were 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 de 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 Queen was accompanied by his 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 Royal 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-room and
Picture Gallery.

Lancaster Herald,
Albert W. Woods, Esq.,
Comptroller of the Household,
The Lord Proby.
Richmond Herald,
Matthew C. H. Gibbon, RI.,
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- Sonderburg- Glucksburg, with his
Royal Highness Prince John of Schleswig-Holstein-Son-
derburg-Glucksbarg, representing his Majesty the King
of Danmark.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz representing

Her'Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,

with
His Royal Highness tho Prince Alfred.

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

Followed by the LAdiea and Gentlemen in Attendance,

viz, :-

The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Cambric:ge, 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 Prince John of Schleswig-Holetein-Sonderburg-
Gliicksburg, the Baron Guldencrone.
The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Grand
Duohess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Lady Caroline

Cust.
The Equerry in Waiting on her Royal Highness the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, 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 Tyrwhitt.

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Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
\Vales, 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.
THE ROYAL PROCESSION

was then formed in the Bow Room, and moved to the
Chapel in the following order :

Clarenceux King of Arms, Robert Laurie, Esq,
Norroy King of Arms, Walter Aston Blount, Esq.

Equerry in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince of
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Wales, Lieutenant-Colonel Keppel.
The Extra Equerry in Waiting.
Col. H. F. Ponsonby,
The Clerk Marshal,
Ihe Lord Alfred Paget.
The Equerry in Waiting,
The Lord Charles L. Fitzßoy.

Librarian to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
M. Holztnann, Esq.

Private Secretary to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,

Herbert Fisher, Esq.

Comptroller of the Household and Treasurer to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales, Lieut.-General William
T. Knollys.
Lieut.-General the Hon. Charles Grey.

Keeper of the Privy Pulse, Colonel the Hon. Sir Charles

B. Phipp, K;C.B.
Sonior Gentleman Usher, Quarterly Waiter in Wailing,
Henry Greville, Esq.,

Garter Principal King at Arms, carrying his Sceptre,
Sir Charles G. Young.

Gentleman Usher, Daily Waiter, and to the Sword of State,

Sir William Martina.

Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince of
"Wales, the Hon. Robert H. Meade.

Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, the Lord Alfred Hervey.
Vice-Chamberlain, the Viscount Castlerosse.

Chamberlain to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,

the Lord Harris, K.S.I.
Acting Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the

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Prince of Wales, the Marquis of Abercorn, K.G.
The Lord Chamberlain, The Lord Steward,
The Viscount Sydney, The Earl of St. Germane,
G.C.B. G.C.B.
Their Serene Highnesses Their Serene Highnesses
The Princess Amelia of The Princess Clothilde

Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, of Saxe .Coburg and Gotha.
The Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

H.S.H. the Prince H.R.H.the Princess H.S.H.the Prince
Gustav of Augustus of Edward of

Saxe- Weimar. Sage• Coburg and Saxe- Weimar.

Gotha

Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge.
Their Royal Highnesses Their Royal Highnesses
The Princess Beatrice, The Princess Louise,
The Prince Leopold.. The Prince Arthur.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of
Wales.
The Master of the Horse,
The Marquis of Ailesbury.
:The Two Maids of Honour in Waiting.
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The Hon. Harriet Phipps. I The Hon. Horatia Stopford.
The Bedchamber Woman in Waiting, the Hon. Mrs.

Campbell.

The Bedchamber Woman in Waiting to her Royal Highness
the Princess of Wales, the Hon. Mrs. Francis Stcnor.
The Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales, the Countess de Grey
and Ripon.
The Lady in Attendance on their Royal Highnesses
The Princesses Louise and Beatrice,

The Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Superintendent.

The Lady in Attendance on her Royal HighneEs

The Princess Augustus of Size-G)burg and Gotha.
The CAptaiu of the Yeoman of the Guard,
The Earl of Ducie,
The Gold Stick in WaitiDg,