The Sun.
London, England, 1838-06-28 00:00:00

Maids of Honour, viz.:—
Hon. Margaret Dillon. Hon. Harriet Pitt.
Hon. Miss Cavendish. Hon. Caroline Cocks,
Hon. Miss Lister. Hon. Matilda Paget.
Hon. Miss Spring Rice. Hon. Miss Murray.
Women of the Bedchamber
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Lady Harriet Clive Lzdy Caroline Barrington.
Lady Theresa Digby. Lady Charlotte Copley.
Hon. Mrs. Brand. Viscountess Forbes.
Lady Gardiner. Hon. Mrs. Campbell.
The Gold Stick The Master of
of the Life Guards the Horse ;
in Waiting ; his Coronet borne
his Coronet borne by a Page. by a Page.
The Captain-General of the Royal Archer Guard of Scot-
land ; his Coronet borne by a Page.
The Captain of the Yeomen The Captain of the Band of
of the Guard ; Gentlemen-at-Arms ;
his Coronet borne by a Page. his Coronet borne by a Page.
Keeper of her Majesty's Privy Purse.
Ensign of the Yeomen of Lieutenant of the Yeomen
the Guard. ; of the Guard.
Clerk of the Cheque
Exons of the Yeo- to the Yeomen of Exons of the Ye-
omen of the Guard. the Guard. men of the Guard.
: Twenty Yeomen of the Guard.®
The Prebendaries, entering the choir, ascended the theatre,
and passed over it to their station on the south side of the altar,
beyond the Queen's chair.
The Lord Steward of the Household passed to his seat as
a Peer ; and the Vice-Chamberlain, Treasurer, and Comp•
troller of her Majesty's Household passed to their seats.
The Lord Archbishops of York and Armagh, and the
Lord Chancellor of Ireland then proceeded to their seats.
The Dean of Westminster, the Great Officers of State, viz.,
the Lord High Chancellor, the Lord President of the Council,
the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Great Chamberlain, the Lord
High Constable, the Earl Marshal, with the Lord Archbishop
of Canterbury, ascended the Theatre, and stood near the great
south-east pillar thereof.
The Princesses and the attendants of their Royal High-
nesses were conducted by the Officers of Arms to the Royal
Box.

Princes of the Blood Royal were conducted to their
seats, as Peers, by the Officers of Arms; and the Noblemen
who carried the coronets, and the trainbearers of their Royal
Highnesses, went to the places provided for them.
The High Constables of Scotland and Ireland were con-
ducted to their places as Peers.
The Pages, upon ascending the Theatre, delivered the Co-
ronets and Staves which they had carried to the respective No-
blemen, and went to the seats provided for them.
The Gentlemen-at-Arms who guarded her Majesty re-
mained at the foot of the steps ascending to the Theatre ; the
Offiers of the Yeomen of the Guard and the Exons stood
within and near to the choir door, and the Yeomen of the
Guard in the nave on the outside of the entrance to the choir.
The Queen, ascending the theatre, passed on the south
side of her Throne to her Chair of State on the south-east
side of the theatre, being the Recognition Chair, and after
her private devotion (kneeling on the faldstool) took her seat ;
the Bishops, her supporters, standing on each side; the No-
blemen bearing the Four Swords on her Majesty's right hand,
the Sword of State being nearest to the Royal Person ; the
Lord Great Chamberlain and the Lord High Constable on her
left; the other Great Officers of State, the Noblemen bear-
ing the Regalia, the Dean of Westminster, Deputy Garter,
and Black Rod, standing near the Queen's Chair; the
Bishops bearing the Bible, the Chalice, and the Patina, stood
near the pulpit, and the Trainbearers, the Lord Chamberlain
of the Household, and the Groom of the Robes, behind her
Majesty.
The Mistress of the Robes, the Ladies of the Bedchamber,
the NlB:cis of Honour, and the Women of the Bedchamber,
passed to the seats Provided for them.
The Master of the Horse, the Gold Stick, the Captain..
General of the Archer Guard of Scotland, the Captain of the
Band of Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Captain of the Yeomen
of the Guard, passed to their seats as Peers, and the Keeper
of her Majesty's Privy Purse to a seat provided for him.
THE RECOGNITION.
Upon the conclusion, of the Anthem, the Archbishop of
Canterbury advanced from his station at the south-east pillar,
and, together with the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Great
Chamberlain, the Lord High Constable, and the Earl Mar-
shal, preceded by Deputy Garter, moved to the east side of
the theatre where the Archbishop made the recognition thus :
—" Sirs, I here present unto you Queen Victoria, the un-
doubted Queen of this realm; wherefore, all you who are come
this day to do your homage, are you willing to do the same?"
and repeated the same at the south, west, and north sides of
the theatre; during which time her Majesty remained stand
ing by her chair, and turned towards the people on the side at
which the recognition was made, the people replying to each
d-emand with loud and repeated acclamations of " God save
Queen Victoria ;" and, at the last recognition, the trumpets
sounded and the drums beat. The bearers of the regalia
during the recognition remained standing about her Majesty.
Iler Majesty then resumed her seat ; and the Bible, the
Chalice, and the Patina, were carried to and placed upon the
altar by the Bishops who had borne them, who then retired to
their seats.

The Great Officers having resumed their station sear her
Majesty, two Officers of the Wardrobe then spread a rich
cio:,l of gold, and laid a cushion on the same for her Majesty
to kneel on, at the steps of the altar.
The Archbishop of Canterbury then proceeded to the altar,
put on his cope, and stood on the north side. The Bishops
who were to read the Litany also vested themselves in their
THE FIRST OFFERING.
;:e Queen, attended by the two Bishops her supporters,
and the Dean of Westminster, the Great Officers, and the No-
blemen bearing the regalia and the four swords going before
her Majesty, passed to the altar. Her Majesty, kneeling upon
the cushion, made her first offering of a pall or altar cloth of
gold, which was delivered by an Officer of the Wardrobe to the
Lord Chamberlain, by his Lordship to the Lord Great Cham-
berlain, and by him to the Queen, who delivered it to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, by whom it was placed on the altar.
The Treasurer of the Household then delivered an ingot of
gold, of one pound weight, to the Lord Great Chamberlain,
who having presented the same to the Queen, her Majesty
delivered it to the Archbishop, and was by him put into the
Oblation Basin.
iier Majesty continuing to kneel, the prayer, " 0 God,
who dwellcst in the high and holy place," &c., was said by the
Archbishop. At the conclusion of the prayer her Majesty rose
and went, attended as before, to the Chair of State on the
sc,,th side of the area.
The regalia, except the swords, were then delivered, by the
several Noblemen who bore the same to the Archbishop, and
by hit Grace to the Dean of Westminster to be laid on the
Altar; the Great Officers of State (with the exception of the
Lord Great Chamberlain), and the Noblemen who had borne
the Regalia deposited on the Altar, going to the respective
places appointed for them ; the Bishop of Durham standing
on the right hand of her Majesty, with the Noblemen carrying
the swords on his right hand; the Bishop of Bath and Wells
on her Majesty's left hand, and, near him, the Lord Great
Chamberlain.

The Noblemen bearing the swords (except the Sword of
State) continued to stand on the south side of the area until
the Inthronization.