The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-27 00:00:00

THE ROYAL CHRISTENING•

The christening of her Royal Highness the infant
Princess, third daughter of her Majesty and his Ro i
Highness Prince Albert, took place on Saturday evelll°6
in the chapel, Buckingham Palace.
The representatives of the foreign powers conneei,
by marriage with the Royal Family of England, the Ce,ea"";
net, Ministers, and officers of the royal household invited
to the solemnity, assembled at Buckingham Palace WTI,
after six .t'clock. The Royal Family arrived at half-Pes"
-ix o'clock, and were received by the Vice- Chamberlsiot
the Maids of Honour, and the Grooms and Equerries to
waiting. The band of the Coldstream Guards and !1/(:.
Queen's Guard, commanded by Colonel Pringle,
the usual honours.
The company were ushered into the lower suite
motes, through the grand hall, which was lined be
yeomen of the guard, the Royal Family passing total
small drawing-room, where her Majesty and her ROY
Consort received their illustrious relatives and the retci
of the company, proceeding to the old dining-room en
from thence to the chapel.
The visitors took their seats in the chapel. /0 the
front row on the south side were the following foreigt
ministers :—M. Van de Weyer, Baron de Moncorlc;
Count de Kieltnansegge, Baron de Beust, and Count '!„
Jtanac. Their Excellencies wore their fall diplomatly
costumes and the ensigns of their respective orders e
knighthood. In the st cond row were the follool
members of the administration :—the Earl of Olaread°,
the Earl of I3esborough, Earl Grey, Earl of Aucklen,e
Viscount Palmerston, and Viscount Morpeth. On t“c
north side of the chapel the following occupied the fro°
row:—the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowtr'
the Duke of Wellington, and the Marquis of Clanricaree*
Behind them sat Lord Campbell, Sir John Hobbottsel
Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, th,gl,,
Right Hon. H. Labouchere, and the Chancellor of t“"
Exchequer.
The Duke of Wellington was habited in a 6etihde-
marshal's uniform, and the Ministers generally ;a
full dress official costume. The illustrious Duke 1-r
Lord Lansdowne wore the collar of the most noble ate
of the Garter. The Earl of Besborough and t
Marquis of Clanricarde the collar of the most illustrioad
order of St. Patrick ; Lords Clarendon, Auckland, 11°.,
Palmerston the collars of the most honourable milltitrl
order of the Bath.
The chapel was brilliantly lighted by gas, which "gf
been lately fitted up on Professor Faraday's princiPle:i
perfect ventilation of the lights, effected by ehelos
them in large cut glass globes, ornamented with radiair
inn- stars, encircling the initials "I. 11. 5.," the foul :it
and noxious products of combustion being drawn ,h
the interior of ten handsome ormolu candelabra, vii.it'as
are fixed in front of the pews. The same principle Pre
been also applied to eight large burners, which ere
fixed near the ceiling, and which throw a flood of hg
upon the scene beneath.
The altar was covered with crimson velvet, &ill"(
trimmed with gold, and in its front stood the fonttA.
silver gilt, placed on a fluted pedestal of white and goi-op
Chairs of crimson, satin, and gold, were placoed the
each side of the font for the accommodation
lot
Royal Family and Sponsors. There were purple ve of
cushions at the foot of those appropriated to the use
her Majesty and Prince Albert.
At ten 'mantes to seven o'clock
tthheenArchbishop °f
or:
Canterbury, the Bishop of London,
with, the Rev. Mr. Courtenay, and the Rev. Mr. Howe
ll°
took their stations at the altar.
The sponsors for her Royal Highness the Infant
PrincßeosiletrhteLnaeunritee,reri the chapel in the following order.
"Windsor Herald,' Lancaster Herald.
Lon Marcus Hill, Earl Jern'Yrl, _
Albert William Woods, Esq'
Comptroller of the Household, Treasurer of the Household.
The Sponsors, viz.,
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Proxy for
Her Royal Highns-s the Duchess of Orleans, „r
His Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand Duke of go'le -
burgh Strelitz.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge•„
Followed by the Ladies and Gentlemen of their suite'
Her Majesty's procession followed—.
Two Heralds.
James Pulman, Esq., Walter Aston Blount, EA.'
Norroy. Chester. .flog
Equerry in Waiting Clerk Marshal, Equerry in Wnaeeet
to his Royal High- Lord Alfred to the 14—ta-
ness Prince Albert, Paget. Colonel Mee
Lieut.-Col. F. H. not.
Seymour.
Tisber
Gentleman Usher, Garter, Sir C. J. Gentleman
Col. Diggle. Young. Sir W. 'Martins!
Groom of the Bed- The Vice-Cham- Groom in Wairtiolli
chamber to Ilis berlain, Lord to the Queen,,,,,-
Royal Highness E. Howard. Berkeley P's--
Prince Albert, mond.
Captain Francis
Seymour. . to
Lord of the Bed- Groom of the Lord in Waltnip,
chamber,
ber,to hiS Stole to his the Queen,
Highness Royal High- Byron.
Prince Albert, ness Prince
Lord G. Lennox. Albert, Mar-
quis of Aber-
corn.

The Lard Steward,
Earl Fortescue.
His Royal Highness Prince
Albert, leading his Royal
Highness the Prince of ThßeTol:Qaiael nulinraidgrllehCaSndiPelisliensilibel:er
Princess Roy Al.
Wales.
Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Gloucester.

theHiDuke s RoyalofC Highnessarnbri
..dgso
leading her Royal Hig
Princess Alice.
Her Royal Highness
the Hereditary Grand lit%
Stre
His Serene Highness Duch e stsh oetpArliencckel eonf Mb rg
Leiningen leading her Royal Highness Princess MOP
Master of the Horse Mistress of the Robes
to the Queen, to the Queen,
the Duke of Norfolk. the Duchess of Sutherland.
Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting,
Countess of Desart.
Maids of Honour,
Ltely Caroline Cocks, Hon. Frances Devereux.
Bedchamber Woman,
Lady Caro
uponine Barrington.Ladies in attendance
Gold Stick, Royal Family.
,„5;
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Ar'"
Marquis of Anglesey. Lord Foley. Master of the Household, Master of the Buckboards,
Colonel Bowles. Earl Granville
Silver Stick, Field Officer in Brigade Waiting
Colonel Macdowall Colonel Knollys.
Gentlemen in attendance upon the Royal FamilY• tb
The royal sponsors sat near the altar, on the ue..,r
side of the chapel, and behind th( m were the Treasurer
of the Household (Earl Jermyn) and the Compact'
(Lord Marcus Hill).
rf
The Queen, Prince Albert, the Duchess of Gloueesteo
the Duke of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand Dtle%eog
of Mecklenburg Strelitz, Prince George, the Priec`be
Mary, and the Prince of Lieningen sat opposite
,fho
royal sponsors. The Mistress of the Robes cdie
Duchess of Sutherland) and the Lady in W
ait~,ng rd
Countess of Desert) were behind the Queen ; the
Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Vice Chara".-ocl
lain, the Lord and Groom in Waling. to the Queen, 7,0-
the Lord and Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert st"
near her /12,,jesty and his Royal Highness. ls'
The whole of the costuinev of both ladies and gelit
t 038
men were very elegant and magnificent—those 0: the
former were uoitorinly white, of valuable Net', and iii
richest satins or • silks, the gentlemen were either
uniform or full Court dress.
; if
The Queen's dress was of rich white satin,
ofl3-t °
n 3 • Of
fields .
anducttire striped with silver, and rich 0
trimmed with Honiton lace. Her Majesty •ev°rb-er
wreath of white roses, studded with diamonds, in jet
hair. Her Majesty also wore the rihand of the ertor
Of the Garter, and a splendid diamond George
pentied. bite
The Princess Royal and the Princess Alice bad woe
net dresses, trimmed with Nottingham lace over "'-
satin.
The Prince of Wales wore a white cashmere Pelotoe"
bordered with silver.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent vituorere,
dress of white brocaded satin of Spitalfields manufat'oe-
trimmt:d with valuable point lace, bouquets of
ttota,
thysts and diamonds in front, reaching to the he,esa-
a stomacher of amethysts and diamonds, and the Pyritb
dress of white point lace, with feathers adorned
brilliants and amethysts.
were
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge_ oil
a dress of rich white silk, having a deep border of ve
st'
beautiful Brussels lace, reaching half way up 01 ra of
corsage of diamonds and pearls, and a splendid us
brilliants and pearls. wore
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester
a white satin dress and diamond ornaments. niches*
Her Royal Highness the Hereditary Grand
"
ver
of Mecklenburg Strelitz wore a point lace dress
so
white satin, and had a tiara of pearls and diamonds,
a stomacher of the same. white
Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary wore -
net dress and pearl ornaments. Her Royal ."1-
ig
iv
wore her hair without ornament.
&bite('
His Royal Highness Prince Albert was h of the
field-marshal's uniform, and wore the collars the
and
ore ers of the Garter and of the Golden Fleece,nah.
the stars of the Thistle, St. Patrick, and t13e,1,), wort 0
His Royal Highness the Duke of Calatcr!b,
• -beik 9

His Royal Highness
Prince George.

the - .s., s ••' - lit
.ter, rot.
:1101 "1
p
ten
eB4 !-taral
•Zt, Prince v‘o,e
Garter. at'itorrn, nith the ensigns of the Order of the
NiAl nt. t.
sa e
ayal Highn. • the e • d'tgry Grand Duke of
00/1 zitrelitz. Awe the un I •rin 19.. Pr tis?,isi
4'141, with the Insiatoa,..f An Order of Knighthood.
the Highness the Prinee Lciiiingee wore
Of the of a Gen,, al or Bavaria, with the Ensigns
r e Order of the Garter.
till a° puke of iNorf,lk appeared for the first time in
U
hatolluitbrin as Master of the Horse, and carried his
1., as Earl Marshal of England
thr, 4rl Granville appeared in his uniform as Master of
and theeYal Buck Hounds. The great officers of State,
ofh • , officers of the household, wore their respective
utat eostu
Rer
It "es.
ittaid• pia limes.
Prince Albert, and the Royal Family
th, Al.ng on one side, the royal sponsors opposite, and rehbishop having advanced from the altar to the
ttte4nrit6 infant Princess in the arms of the head nurse,
Py tirrti Loa the Dowager Lady Lvttelton, and conduct. d
E' (t Chamberlain and the Groom of the Stole to
.loan-ce Albert, enter. d the chap 1, and was stasioned
gtietto the font, above the sponsors, and
}opposite the
4tolell. The Lord Chsmberlain and the room of as
,r6reipained in attendance.
1140 Primate immediately commenced the service ; the
Stte,o°fLundon, the Bishop of Norwich, and the two
guatit clergymen remained at the altar.
11,01:1 demanding the name of the Princess from the
44„„,,5°11, the Duchess of Cambridge named her " Helena
the"ta Victoria," and the Venerable Prelate performed
titi4aad rite in a most impressive manner. The first
lad pronounced " Helena," with the accent on the
sYllable
site •
to tie r the baptism, the Princess Helena was returned
Aut arrns of her nurse.
dset the conclusion of the service the Princess was con-
the ;t1 Oat of the Chapel by the Lord Chamberlain an
the b„r"711 of the Stole to Prince Albert, attended by
kThe Infer Lady Lyttelton.
ei:ohln,fant Princess .was . dressed in a rich robe of
over white satin.
iloYal Highness th- Princess Royal and the
laid s:2 Wales stood on either hand of her Majesty,
1,4'10.0(1 with the Queen in the prayers of theservice.
Cattbridarincess Alice remained with the Duke of
The r ge.
th 'Val sponsors left the chapel in the same order
ReeY entered.
then irefiliestY Prince Albert, and the Royal Family.
.as ahe. "te chapel, after most graciously acknowledging
..11!ces of the Archbishop.
41aJesty's private band attended in the chapel,
AUdßaveral additional performers, conducted by Mr,
1114"8". On the entrance of the royal procession the
, eo--n,
tnenced playing the march in Joseph (Handel),
44b-s'illatitrtued Until the Queen had taken her seat. The
411)e, 0 was composed by his Royal Highness Prince
t ter'
got. ?re the Blessing the Hallelujah Chorus (Beet-
ter-il) was performed, and at the coenucsluwsiaosn
polsfytehle
tipett'sll3' the march in Judashekloaecanb.
Ai_eorge Smart presided at t_
• Majesty and Prince
kAaar leaving the chapel, h
tft),ll, and their royal visitors, together with the whole
ha.' Comp y p sent at the ceremony, passed up the
Vesittrcaais-e or the Throne-r.mm.
o'clock state banquet was served in the
kturegGatller on one long table extending nearly its
Ibikle length,y,and covered with centrepieces, vases,
nes, and ice pails, all of silver gilt, the vases being
h with the choicest exotics and plants in flower; the
le brilliantly illuminated with wax lights in gold
klu,d.elebri. The Queen was conducted to a seat in the
e`ale of the table on the east side, the royal guests
aing opposite and adjoining seats.
et the south end of the Gallery was a splendid buffet
tikPelate, including shields, salvers, tankards, and cups,
aloes of the smaller articles wrought with precious
Celli:. The Armada Urn, the Shield of Achilles, the
tr; Cup, and the St. George tankard forming the
dinn„rannlpartment. A military band performed during
h
Ile," following is a list of the company present i—
t1,141145Yal the Duchess of Kent, her R..yal Highness
"ultellellesa of Gloucester, their Royal Highnesses. the.
4atite tind Duchess of Cambridge, their Royal Hig
?i R nee George and the Princess Mary. their
neases the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess
ttltienb
4Nlee org Stretlitz, his Ser.esnie Highness the
14,3 Exceilteme"en9
his Excellnencrym M. Van de Weyer,
his Excellency
t„a_at to_nacYti Baron de
Excellency Baron de Beust, delarrnset,ge,
h iArchbishop of Canterbury, the.
(41.1.11falnLeello:",e'the Me arquis of Lansdowne, the Duke
4, the Duchess of Sutherland,
.the Duke of
*lN's,_t4.ttsTlA, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Nor-
141',°1xas Willoughby de Eresby,_ Sir George Grey,
ChAttilS4lllrnerston, Earl Grey, Earl of Auckland,
Ch. neattlektglesey, Earl of B esborough, Marquis of
talacelles 'l,ord Campbell, Sir• John Hohhouse, the
1,41 of 6ial, the Exchequer, the Countess of Desert,
orthe
atendon Viscount Morpeth, the r
(11'414.14e bYlsi4ltnn, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Ladyy
Ca-
e, Ifarrotay, Baroness de Speth, Lady Augusta Ca-
labsokl'er "Q" Ahlefeldt,. Lady Caroline Cocks, Hon.
h 84X Lady Caroline Barrington, Right Hon. H.
;tel.kblieti:ceorre: Fortescue, Earl Spencer, the Marquis
ey, s, u, the Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, Lord
`le1• 111. Granville, Lord Byron, Lord George
s4l°; rtlFi‘',AMr. George dward Anson, Earl Jermyn,
OlittletirlarFleowaid, Lord Marcus Hill, Major-General
'Alfred Paget, Sir James
net
olt, IV:ha atley,
rt, e'r kjh ries Georg„ Young,_Colonel Bowles, Sir
'end,
"nPer. Lion. and Rev. U. Leslie Courtenay,
'end, Henry
.Howarth, Colonel Berkeley Drum).-
4tati sto!),'_ain Francis Seymour, Colonel M.Doual ,
At tastld (,Kmar, Captain the. Hon. G. A. Liddell, Mr.
)140(10[1.1P. John Mildmay, Captain the Hon. J.
h Colonel Arbuthnot, Lieut.-Colonel Francis
r.-C.Y):l3°nr, Sir William Martins, Colonel Diggle,
At ric,`,„atias, and Colonel Knollys.
"torfl et'nolu:* f the repast, the Earl Fortesette,
toll° tawarel
Mug toestsoLsl9hnero Maje' sty's Household, gave the
The Princess Helena."
The Queen."
" Prince Albert."
bThe let" The Duchess of Cambridge."
14h 8 toast was given in honoar of the Royal
Aft -eses h' - the anniversary of
birthday, Saturday being
.After Highness's natal day.
.%14 ei-rt grace, Mr Mackay, her Majesty's piper, made
,Ilsr-°l„it of the gallery' performing on his instrument.e
isste 4ajesty had afterwards an evening party, th
ttty ).11.! which appeared in full court dress, Her Ma-.
kaunee Albert-, and the royal circle were conducted
,stint Lord Steward and the Lord Chamberlain, soon
110ie-11°'°10ek, into the grand saloon; followed by the
• the the company, Her Majesty's private band,
uti add' • t performers, con-
sl awn of several eminent
)1, V Mr. Anderson, was in attendance in the
performed the following
t ,- „a. Gust über.
''''otteent frotre—A
Harpsicord Lessons—Handel.
11rea, and Wedding March, Midsummer Night's
te
144.,e "--Mencelssohn.
Robert le Diable—Meyerbeer. .:31tti.„111Phigenie—Gluck.
ilo;us,
,and Chorus, Ruins of Athens—Beethoven.
~ePrin°n Airs' composed by his Royal Highness the
ht r 2 aAlbert,
ss
her_ aßverture—Weber.
eO restuneets were served to the company during the
,_iera,,ll,,g in the green drawing-room, and supper was
eateat eleven o'clock in the state dining-room. Her
s4Y and her Royal Consort enteassd the room, se-
nt, l'anied by their illustrious relatives, and preceded by
ta,rual Officers of State, and followed by their distan-
kad guests.
"eh"? Principal ornament of the supper table was tsitt.rl„3,l,ening cake," made by Mr. Mawditt, her Majes y
ttaci `e"oner. It was encircled with garlands of flowers,
tOwas covered with an open circular temple, supported
rcuds. the front of each pier having a colnnin
with small artificial flowers, while mini.ature
butinets were inserted in vases placed in the opening of
`°ll arch.
The company took their departure shortly before
Ggive k. Her Majesty's Honourable Corps of
eotlemen-at-Arms were on duty at the entrance to the
L'aapel, and in the lower suite of rooms. The officers
l'ese
Standard, ~ns were the Lieutenant Sir Henry Robinsan ;
fie _
.I,hearer, Mr. M. Wyatt, and the Adjutant,
B. Curling.
The
Yeomen Guard lined the grand hall and staircase.
7 officers present were the. Lieutenant, Sir Ge..rge
hf tee; the Ensign, Sir George Htulton; the Adjutant,
Ellerthorp ; and toe Exon in Waiting, Captain
oots.-h" Queen's Guard of the Coldstream Guards was
,mended by Colonel Pringle.
to 'b° following had the honour of receiving invitations.
%tege eye i t —His Excellency Cutlet Dietrich-
Usislio4ll(l Cr'outlig„elisasrlLtrichstein, Madame Van de Weyer,
and Ira de Moncorvo his Excellency Baron de Brun. w
-1-teeit h Itaroness de' Brunow, Mademoiselle 01gs de
:".414da
„''4 Excellency the Chevalier Bunsen anti
114.1.41 Z: ;174 Mademoiselle
.Bunsen, his Ext.:elle, cy Mr.
lasaan • and Miss M Lane, Countess de Jarnac,
"."llr.
Doi"
a-;:"-Ruckinatatm, Leinstor, Sutherland. Bedford,
• Rutland, N ,rthumberlan t, Buccle.uch.
ford, sto—Leinster. Buckingham, Norfolk, Bed-
wthumberland, Baccleuch.
14. RgtrlsEs—Breadalbane, Westminster, Granby.
tlll'nlatiloNEssgs—Lansdowne, Clanrica.rde,
Westminster.
• (",.,I*.B--besart, Lincoln, Jersey, Delawarr, Liverpool,
S rot Y, R.seberss, Ab -rdeen. Dalhousie.
F wtesene
Clarendon, Tinto, '
sas• illet YLincoln, Westimireland, Jersey,
"i7twer De Grey, Rosebery, Dalhousie.
IrtecaatTs—Melbourne, Canning, Jocelyn. _
Iheenntargssgs--Palmerston, Canning, Jocel) n
10
11(4—Oxford.
ata,. Stanley, Beauvale, Heytesbury, .Lyttelton,
Leg Robert Grosvenor.a~ililE
08":4111(,hby de Ereshy, Ponsonby, (2) Ma.r"
y, John Russell, Grey, Katherine Jer.ny r,
Pkily I"°_ Stratheden, Emily de. Burgh,. Wheatley,
..„`'ott,,a,"°Yolour, Gardiner, Caroline Levison Gower,
l-uanl, Elizabeth Eliot, Mary Howard, Byron,
es , nn ox , Adeliza Manners,. Jane Firzaerald,
pr•
iatn Grosvenor, Clementina Villiers, A. Primrose,
.tiosl;(l:l„r,°se, Mary Sackville West, Robert Grosvenor,
ttui: neauvale Lyttelton, Portman, Peel, Graham.
-I°r HoP M I Sir Rabert Peel,
tosberto NoultAßLES—..ox‘u e.
1.40)10 Legh, and Sir Jaine, Graham.
tkint.Es—Mrs. Fox Thuile, Miss Willoughby.
Ittre. r, Captain James P. Murray. Miss Campbell,
Nas,...sa•Anac'n, Miss Lyttelton, and Misses Pepys.
.I„""°`'at Gardiner.
gqtt,' skier
—Labauchere, Berkeley D rum mond, Blom-
°Y
--and Howley.
s'AtilsiZsa...Blornfield, Stanley, Coupon, Wheatley, (2)
I{ol4 Gardiner, and Louisa Percy.