The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-09 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

The ceremonial to be observed at the installation of his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, on the 18th inst.,
ms been published in Dublin, from the Office of Arms,
Dublin Castle. The streets are to be lined with military
?rom the Castle down Cork-hill and along Dame-street,
college-green, Grafton-street, Nassau-street, Dawson-
street, Stephen's-green, York-street, Aungier-street,
to the cathedral. No carriage of any description
will be allowed in the streets after half-past two
)'clock, except those of his Excellency's household, of
the knights, esquires, and officers of the order. His
Excellency the Grand Master, his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, and his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, will proceed in state from the Castle to the
cathedral. The knights, esquires, and officers of the order
will assemble at the cathedral at three o'clock, where his
Excellency will be received by the dean and chapter, and
conducted to the chapter-room by a procession of the
verger, registrar, seneschal, minor canons, prebendaries,
dean's verger, dean (kettle-drums--trumpets), pursuivants,
his excellency's household, the private secretary, the
ander secretary ; esquires, three and three; herald, installed
&nights, equerries to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales,
Lords in Waiting to his Royal Highness, Comptroller to
the Household to his Royal Highness, his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, the officers of the Order of St. Patrick,
the Sword of State, borne by the Earl of Mayo ; aides-de-
:amp, his Excellency the Grand Master, the Sovereign's
esquires. When the procession-has passed into the cathe-
dral, the Hereditary Great Seneschal of Ireland, the Earl
of Waterford (the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot) will
receive her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales and her
Excellency the Marchioness of Abercorn, and conduct
them up the middle aisle to the dais prepared for them.
In the chapter-room, the Grand Master having ascended
the throne, and the installed knights taken their seats,
with their esquires standing behind them, the knight
to be installed will stand at his seat, the first at the
table, and his esquires will deposit thereon his Royal
Highness's collar, mantle, and sword, and fix his banner.
The dean will subsequently read her Majesty's direction
that the installation be held, and inform his Excellency
that there is no other business before the chapter but
to carry out the Sovereign's commands. His Excellency
having said that this shall forthwith be done, the proces-
sion will re-form, and on entering the choir the officers of
the order and others will fall to the right and left, and
the knights proceed to their stalls, and remain standing
under their banners until the Grand Master reaches his
stall. His Excellency will then take his seat, and the
senior installed knight and the other knights, and his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, will take their
seats. The "Te Deum " will then be sung, and the
installation will take place. " Ulster," kneeling, will
deliver the collar of the order, on a blue velvet cushion,
to the Grand Master. By command of the Grand
Master, the two senior knights will descend from their
seats, and his Royal Highness will be girt by them with
the sword and robed with the mantle. At each
ceremony the prelate will read the admonition. His
Excellency having invested the Prince with the collar,
he will be reconducted to his stall. The senior
esquire of his Royal Highness will then unfurl his
banner, and " Ulster " (Sir Bernard Burke), with a
gourish of trumpets, will declare his Royal Highness's
itles, including that of " Principal Knight Companion
f the Most Illustrious Order of St. Patrick." After
,his proclamation, all resuming their seats, the principal
esquire will present the offering in a purse to the registrar,
and on the banner being deposited within the rails, a
grand anthem will be performed. At its conclusion
" Ulster," making three reverences to the Grand Master,
.nd waving his sceptre, the procession, marshalled as on
entering the cathedral, will return by the same route to
.he Castle.

The arrangements for the Prince's stay in Ireland,
announced on authority, fill up the first week of the Royal
visit, between the 15th and the 22nd instant. Arriving
on the former day, in all probability early in the
afternoon, the Prince will next day go by special train
and open carriage, to Punchestown —which some Irish-
men, in their exuberant loyalty, propose to call
" Princestown." On Friday the ball at the Mansion
House will take place ; and the installation on the 18th
will be succeeded by the installation banquet in the
Castle in the evening. On Monday, the 20th, there will
be a ball on a grand scale at the Castle ; and on Tuesday
the Prince will open the Spring Cattle Show of the
Royal Dublin Society. Under the auspices of that society
there will also be a conversazionc in the evening.
The citizens' ball at the Exhibition Palace is arranged
for Wednesday. Preparations are also being made
for a ball at the Royal Hospital, to be given by
Lord Strathnairn, but no evening has been named as yet.
The guards of honour in attendance on the Prince and
Princess at the various festivities will be supplied by the
3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, and the band of the
Guards is to arrive in Kingstown from London on Monday
next for this special service.

There is a gool deal of street-painting going forward in
Dublin in preparation for these events, and the city
already presents rather a gay appearance. The devices
appearing in front of various public buildings and large
establishments show that the illuminations will be exten-
sive, but it is not now considered advisable that they
should be universal.