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

Maids of Honour, viz.:—
Hon. Margaret Dillon. Hon. Harriet Pitt
Hon. Mise Cavendish. Hon. Caroline Cc .cks.
Hon. Miss •Lister. Hon. Matilda Pag et.
lion. Miss Boring Rice. Hon. Miss Murra3 .
Women of the Bedchamber :
Lady Harriet Clint Lady Caroline Bar rington.
Lady Theresa Digby, Lady Charlotte C( .ploy.
Hon. Mrs. Brand. Viscountess Forbes .
Lady Gardiner. Hon. Mrs. Campb
The Gold Stick The Master 4 if
of the Life Guards tile Horse ;
in Waiting; his Coronet ba me
his Coronet borne by a Page. -by a Page.
The Captain-General of rho Royal A to ;her Guar& ..Df Scot.
land ; his Coronet borne b ) a Page.
The Captain of the Yeomen The Laptain of the [Band of
'of the Guard ; ( entlernen- at- Am ms ;
his Coronet borne by a Page. hisC °roma. horr:e by a. Page,
Keeper of her Majesty's P dry Parae,
Ensign of the Yeomen of Lieu tenant of the Yo omen
the Guard. of the Guard.
Clerk of the Cheet 1,16?
Exons oUbe 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, eru'oring the choir, ascended the theatre,
and passed over it to their statna' on 1 he south side of the aloe-,
beyond the Queen's chair.
use held passed to his scat as
The Lord Steward of the i'iCf
a Peer ; and the Vice-Chambc 'f/ais, Treasurer, and Comp-
troller of her Majesty's Househo l.apt..ssed to their seats.
The Lord Archbishops of 1 or' g and Armagh, and the
Lord Chancellor of Ireland then lroceeded to their seats.
The D: an of Westminster, the ( ;reat Officers of State, viz.,
the Lord High Chancellor, the Lor i President of the Council,
the Lord Privy Seal, the Lord Grc nt 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 attendar, sof their Royal High-
nesses were coilducted by the Office n of Arms to the Royal
Box.

The Princes of the Blood Royal wt re conducted to their
teats, as pcczt, by the Officers of Arr i; and the Noblemen
who carried the coronets, and the trains carers of their Royal
Highnesses, went to the places provided: for them.
The Higk Constables of Scotland as d Ireland were con-
ducted to their places as Peer*:
The Page., upon ascending tbe Theatn !, delivered the Co-
ronets and Etaves which they hadcarried I o the respective No.
blemen, and went to the seats provided for them.
The Gentlemen-at-Arms who guarded. 1 her Majesty re-
mained at the foot of the steps ascen ling-to the Theatre ; the
Officers of the Yeomen of the Guard .a.nd. the Exons stood
within and near to the choir door, and thr.: Yeomen of the
Guard in the nave on the outside of the ec trancs• to the choir. 1

The Queen, ascending the theatre, passed on the south
tide of her Throne to her Chair of St ;ate on the south-cast
side of the theatre, being the Recogni Lion Chair. and after
her private devotion (kneeling on the fah (stool) took her seat ;
the ißislsops, her supporters, standing on each side; the No-
blemen bearing the Four Swords on her Ilajcsty's right hand,
the Sword of State being. nearest to the Royal Person ; the
Lord Great Chamberlaimand the Lord Hi It 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 Queer i's Chnir ; the
Bishops bearing the Bible, the Chalice, and t he Patina, stood
near the pulpit, and the Trainbearers, the Lo rd Chamberlain
of the Household, and the Groom of the Rol )es, behind her
Majesty.
The Mistress of the Robes, the Ladies of th, a F3tydchamber,
the Ma:cis of Honour, and the Woloon of the Bimlchamber,
passed to the seats rrovided for them.
The Master of the Horse, the (fold Stick, tt•e Captain-
General of the Archer Guard of Scctland, the Cs tptain of the
Band cf Gentlemen-at-Arms, and the Cap'.ain (IF the Yeomen
of the Guard, passed to their seats as Peers, the Keeper
of her Majesty's Privy Purse to a scat pi o' 'ided ibr him.
THE RECOGNITIO3N.
Upon the concludon of the Anthem , the At 2hbishop of
Canterbury advanced from his station at the south...east pillar,
and, together with the Lord Chancell( tr, the Lord Great
Charaberlain, 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 th, te la !cognition thus :
Sirs, I here present unto you Queer Victoria, the un-
doubted Queen of this realm; wherefore, all you 'mho aro come
this day to do your homage, are you willing. to do the same?"
and repeated the same at the south, west, a nd north sides of
the theatre; during which time her Majest, • remained stand
ing by her chair, and turned towards the pee/ .le on the side at
which the recognition was made, the pecols replying to each
demand with loud and repeated acclamatim of " God save
Queen Victoria ;" and, at the last recognitii m, the trumpets
sounded and the drums beat. The beare rs of the regalia
during the recognition remained standing abs int her Majesty.
Her Majesty then resumed her seat;: ani I the Bible, the
Chalice, and the Patina, were carried to• and placed upon the

altar by the Bishops who had borne them, -wb o then retired to

heir seats.

The Great Officers having resumed tl trir nation near her
Majesty i two Otficeis of the Wardrobe then spread a rich
cloth ot gold, and laid a cushion on the s. arne for her Majesty
to kneel on, at the steps of the altar.
The Archbishop of Canterbury then pro .•.tt, eded to the altar,
put on his cope, and stood on the north a ide. The Bishops
a+.9 ..,yrri to ~,itany also vested • lernselves in their
copes.