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

A ROYAL CHRISTENING IN 1600.

The following account, written by a contempo-
rary and eye-witness of the baptism of King
Charles 1., is of some interest at the present moment,
inasmuch that, like the princely eldest born of the
present Prince and Princess of Wales, King Charles
I. was at his birth the son of the heir to the English
throne (James VI. of Scotland and I. of England),
and of a female scion of the royal family of Den-
mark. It is literally copied from a manuscript in
the Lyons-office at Edinburgh, " written by John
Blinsele, Hay Herald :
" Upon Wednesday, betwixt eleven and twelve hours at
even, the 19th day of November, 1630, the Queen's Majesty
was delivered within the Palace of Duutermling of a man-
child. God of His mercy make him His servant, give him
long and prosperous days to live, both to God's glory and
to the welfare of !he country. Upon Tuesday, the 23d of
December, the King's Majesty came from his chambers to
the Chapel Royal, conveyed by the Marquis of Huntly,
the Earls of Montrose, Chancellor, Cassils, Mar and
Winton ; my Lord Lyon ; Sir George Douglas of Ellen,
Knight ; John Blinsele, Hay Herald ; James Borthwick,
RothsayjHerald ; and Thomas Williamson, Rcss Herald;
Daniel Graham, Dingwal Pursevant; William Makeson,
Bute Pursevant; and David Gardner, Ormond Purse-
vent; our coats of arms displayed, trumpets sounding
before us, conveyed his Majesty to the Chapel
Royal. And there his Majesty was placed on the east geivil
of the chapel. And thereafter my Lord Lyon, Master of the
Ceremonies, Heralds, Pursovante, and Trumpeters, came to
the Queen's chamber, and there was a pall of gold, silver,
and silk, very magnificent wrought (as it was spoken) by
his Majesty's late mother, of good memory, which was
sustained and borne by six knights—viz., the Knight of
Edzell and the 'Knight of Duddup ut ono end, the Knights
of Trequair and Ormiston at the other end, and in the
midst of the pall on every side the Knight of Black Ormis-
ton, called Sir Mark Ker of Ormiston, and Sir William
Balindon of Broughton ; and within the pall the Bairn,
borne by Marquis de Rohan, a nobleman of Brittany,
who bore the Bairn in his arms from the chamber to the
chapel; and on one side of the said Marquis de Rohan his
brother, called M. de Soubize ; and on the other side of him
the Marquis of Huntly; and tehind him my Lord Living-
stone, who bare up the Bairn's royal robe of purple velvet
lined with damask. The Bairn was covered with cloth of
gold and lawn. And behind, the dames of honour, the
Marquis of Huntly's wife, the Countess of Mar, with the
wives of my Lords Treasurer, President, Secretary, with
many other dames of honour. And before the pall was
the Bairn's honours borne, viz,, My Lord President bare
the crown ducal ; my Lord Spynie bare the laver and towel ;
my Lord Roxburgh bare the basin; myLord Lyon, Master of
the Ceremonies, heralds with our coats displayed, trumpeters
sounding before us, with sundry other noblemen, We naked.
to the chapel till we came before his Majesty; and there, on the
north side of the said chapel, the pall and Bairn was placed.
The Lady Marchioness of Huntly bare the Bairn within the
said pall all the time of the sermon. On the east side of the
said pall was two chairs of cramoisy velvet where the two
brothers sat beneath his Majesty. On his Majesty's right
hand and on the west side of the pall sat these noblemen ;
The Marquis of Huntly, Chancellor, Cassils, Mar and Win-
ton, treasurer, secretary, clerk register, advocate, and sundry
ether noblemen of the secret council. Upon the south side
of the chapel, my Lords Livingstone, Spynie, President
Roxburgh, and sundry other noblemen and servants of the
two Frenchmen who were his Majesty's gossips. The ser-
mon and baptism was made by Mr. David Lindsay, Bishop
of Ross, and minister of Leith, which was upon Romans
13th and 2d. The time of sermon being ended, Mr: David
Lindsay cheered it over again in French to the two French-
men that were gossips, and thereafter he proceeded to the
baptism of the Bairn. 'rho pall and Bairn was brought to
the pulpit, borne by the said Marquis de Rohan, and his
Alajesty came in his place to the said pulpit with the 'laid
noblemen ; and the minister baptised him, naming him
Cbarles ; and then after a Psalm sung, and blessing said,
my Lord Lyon proclaimed his styles, and called him my
Lord Charles of Scotland, Duke of Albany, Marquis of
Ormond, Earl of Ross, Lord Ardmannogh; and thereafter
Dingwal Pursevant proclaimed his styles out of the west
window of the said chapel, crying with a loud voice—
Largess of the most high and excellent Prince, my Lord
Charles of Scotland, Duke of Albany, Marquis of Ormond,
Earl of Ross, Lord of Ardmannogh. Largesse I largesse !
largesse I Aud thereafter John Blinsele, Hay Herald, did
cast out of the said window one hundred marks of silver to
the poor, of the duke's largess; trumpets sounding, the
castle shot nine cannons ; his Majesty ranked from the
chapel to the chamber as he did before. The pall, Bairn,
and honours were borne, and the lord's dames ranked from
the chapel to the Queen's chamber, the gossip Marquis do
Rohan bore the Bairn as he did to the kirk; my Lord Lyon,
Master of Ceremonies, heralds, Pureevants, trumpets sound-
ing before us."

A RASCAL PROPERLY PUNISRED.--George Arm-
strong, a private of the 30th British Regitnent, who
took advantage of his leave of absence to cross to the Atno-
'lean side, enlist there, receive the bounty, cross to
return
to his regiment boasting ‘..f his rascality, has been tried by
court martial, and sentenced to be drummed out of the ser-
vice, and afterwards imprisoned for two years,—.3lontreal
paper,
A POLITE CHRISTIAN.--A lady, who was a strict
observer of etiquette, being unable to go to church ono
Sunday, send her card.-4tnerican paper.
MARK LEMON'S " Wait for the End" forms vols.
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