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

HAY MARK2TS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4 lOs Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Od ; and straw, Ll 2s to lOs per load.
Trade firm.

CUMBERLAND.-111ea4ow hay, £3 Os to £4los Od ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 10s Od ; and straw, £1 3i to £1 103 per load.
A fair demand.

WHITECHAPEL —Meadow hay, £3 Os to £4los ; clover,
£4 Os to £5 lOs Ud ; and straw, £l2s to £1 lOs per load.
Supply moderato.

THE LATE CONSUL HANSON.—The widow of
Consul Hanson has been granted £lOO, " as of her
Majesty's Royal bounty," by the Lords Commissioners of
the Treasury, on the recommendation of Viscount Palmer-
ston. Mr. Hanson perished in 1862, in attempting to save
the Royal AfricaL. Mail steamship Cleopatra, stranded at
the mouth of the Sherbroo river, West Africa.

A COOL INTIMATION.--A contemporary says:—
" We have received a notice of marriage for insertion, to
which was appended the original announcement :—' Sweet-
hearts at a distance will please accept this intimation!-"

Too FAST.—At a christening, while the minieter
was making the certificate, he forgot the date, and happened
to say, " Let me see, this is this thirtieth ? "—" The
thirtieth I " exclaimed the indignant mother ; " indeed, but
it'e only the eleventh,"

His Royal Highnes3 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.

I 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 Cheater (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 do Moerkerke, and
Lieutenant-General the Hon. Sir Edward Cust,
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, Eeq.,
Comptroller of the Household,
The Lord Proby.
Richmond Herald,
Matthew C. H. 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- Sonderburg- Glucksburg, with his
Royal Highness Prince John of Schleswig-Holstein-Son-
derhurg-Glucksbarg, representing his Majesty the King
of Danmark.

Her Royal Highness the Grand Dnehess of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz representing

Her'Royal Highness the Duchess of Sax.e:Coburg and Gotha,

with
His Royal Highness th! 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 Cambric'ge, the Lady Garaldine Somerset.

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

The Gentleman in Attendance on his Royal Highness
the Prince John of Schleswig-Hoistein-Sonderburg-
Gliicksburg, the Baron Guldencrone.
The Lady in Attendance on her Royal Highness the Grand
Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelil z, 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 Highnes3 the Duke

of Cambridge, Colonel Charles Tyrwhiti.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess 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.

General the Marquis of Tweeddale, K.T. and K,C.D.
The Captain of the Hon. Corps of Gentic/nen-at-Arm
The Lord Foley.
The Master of the Buckhounds,
The E trl of Beseborough.
The Master of the Household,
Colonel Sir Thomas M. Biddulpb, K.C,B.
The Silver Stick in Waiting,
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Dudley do Ros.
The Field Officer in Brigade Waiting,
Colonel Mark Wood.

The Comptroller of fhe Lord Chamberlain's Department,

•
The Hon Spencer Poasonby.
Governor to Their Royal Highnesses The Prince Arthur
and the Prince Leopold—Major Elphinstone, V.C.
Tutor to His Royal Highness The .riince Leopold,
111 r. Buff.

The Royal perspnages having been conducted to their
seats, and the great offictsrs and other attendants having
taken their appointed places on either side of the Chapel,
the Service commenced with the performance of sacred
music.

When the music coned, the Lord Chamberlain, accom-
panied by the Groom of the L;tole to his ki,oyal Ilighuess the
Prince of Wales, and the Chamberlain to her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales, conducted the infant Prince
into the chapel, his Royal Highness being carried by the
Head Nurse, and attended by the Countess of Macclesfield,
one of the Ladies of the Bedchamber to her Royal High-
ness the Princess of Wales.

When the Archbishop of Canterbury commenced the
prayer "Almighty ever-living God," the Countess of
Macclesfield gave the infant Frinca to the Queen, who
handed his Royal Highness to the Archbishop, and received
the Prince from his Grace when his Royal Highness was
baptises'. He received the names of
ALBERT VICTOR CHRISTIAN EDWARD,

The Countess of MaccleEfield then received the Prince,
who after the service was reconduc cd from the chapel in
the same way.