The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-24 00:00:00

KING OF PRUSSIA.

MARGATE, FRIDAY EVENING.—EarIy this
morning a messenger landed here from her Ma-
jesty's steam-vessel Shearwater, which left Os-
tend last night, with the information that it was
not his Majesty the King of Prussia's intention
to embark before this evening. The Shearwater,
accompanied by the Firebrand, had only arrived
at Ostend yesterday evening, an hour or two be-
fore she was despatched back again to convey
this intelligence, and on landing her despatches
here she immediately re-crossed again to Ostend.
The Lightning steamer, which left Woolwich in
conjunction with the Firebrand and Shearwater,
has been compelled to put in here, having da-
maged her machinery.
The Warspite and the Vindictive, owing to
the dense fo?. on Wednesday, and to the unfa-
vourable wind which has since been prevailing,
have not been able to reach Ostend, but are
anchored off this port, at , the entrance of the
Queen's Channel, where they will await the ar-
rival of his Majesty, and salute him as he passes.
The two frigates got under way together, and
left the Downs in company shortly after two
o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, with the intention
of anchoring off the North Foreland at dusk,
and proceeding from their anchorage early in
the morning to Ostend, from which place, with
blowingthe breeze then from the northward and
westward, they would be about five hours' sail.
They anchored for the night, as they intended,
a little before sunset, the North Foreland light
hearing west half south, distant ten miles. On
the Wednesday morning at daybreak, when 1
they should have got under way for Ostend,
there was such a dense fog, which continued
throughout the day, that although the ships
were anchored close to each other, neither of
them could see her consort, and they were com-
pelled to remain at their anchorage until the fol-
lowing day, when the atmosphere became more
clear. They were still, however, unable to pro-
ceed to their intended destination, for during the
night the wind had shifted, and on Thursday
morning it was blowing a steady breeze from the
south-east, which was nearly the course they
would have to steer to make Ostend; and, as it
was understood that the King of Prussia would
embark the same evening, it was considered there
would not be sufficient time to beat up against
this adverse wind, so as to reach Ostend before
dark. Under these circumstances the ships were
not got under way until the afternoon, and then
only for the purpose of removing iem froth
their anchorage off the North Foreland to run
them further in-shore to the entrance of the
Queen's Channel, off Margate, where they would
be enabled to man the yards and salute his Ma-
jesty as he passed, this being directly in the
course the steamers would have to pass to gain
the river Thames.

CEREMONY TO BE OBSERVED
AT THE BAPTISM OF HIS ROYAL _HIGH-

NESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.

The Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers, the Knights
of the Garter, the Cabinet Ministers, the ladies and
others invited, will assemble in full dress in the Water-
loo Gallery, in Windsor Castle, at eleven o'clock. The
Knights of the Garter will appear in their mantles and
collars, and the Knights of other orders will wear their
collars.

The Lord Steivard, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master
of the Horse, the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady of the
Bedchamber, two Maids of Honour, Bedchamber Woman,
the Lord in Waiting, the Master of the Household, the
Groom in Waiting, will be in the corridor at twelve
o'clock, to attend the Queen.

The Officers of the Household of his Royal Highness
the Prince Albert will be in the corridor at twelve
o'clock.

The Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the House-
hold, the Comptroller of the Household, Equerry inWait-
ing, will be in the ante-room of the apartments of the
King of Prussia, at twelve o'clock, to attend his Majesty
to the carriage and to the Chapel.
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York, and the
Bishops of London, Winchester, Oxford, and Norwich,
will be in the Waterloo Gallery at twelve o'clock.
The sponsors will be in the State Drawing-room at a
quarter past twelve. Their respective attendants will be
in Waiting in the Waterloo Chamber.
_ .

Upon the King of Prussia proceeding from his apart•
ments, the sponsors and their attendants will join his
Majesty at the head of the grand staircase, and accom-
pany him to the chapel.
The Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers, the Knights
of the Garter, the Cabinet Ministers, the ladies, and
others invited, will be conveyed to the Wolsey Hall, and,
as they respectively arrive, will proceed to the choir,
and be conducted to their seats by the two Gentlemen
Ushers, the Heralds being present and co-operating.
The Dean and Chapter of Windsor will lake their
places within the altar rails.
The military and naval knights will form a line on
each side at the lower end of the choir. _ _

The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and their
suites, accompanied by his Royal Highness the Duke of
Sussex, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge
and any other Royal personage present, not a sponsor,
will leave the Castle and proceed to St. George's Chapel
at half-past twelve o'clock.
The King of Prussia and suite, with the other sponsors
and attendants, will after a short interval be conveyed to
the Chapel.
The King of Prussia, preceded by the Vice-Cham-
berlain, the Treasurer, and Comptroller, and followed
by the Equerry in Waiting, and his Majesty's own at-
tendants in their usual order, will, with the other spon-
sors, enter the choir on the south side, and will take
their places on the haul pas, opposite to the Queen on
the south side of the altar, viz.,
The King of Prussia.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, proxy for
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Cobourg.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, proxy
for her Royal Highness the Duchess of Saxe Gotha.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Augusta of Cam-
bridge, proxy for her Royal Highness the Princess
Sophia.
His Serene Highness Prince Ferdinand of Saxe Coburg.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and other Royal personages not being
.sponsors, with
their respective attendants, in the following order, will
proceed from the Chapter-room, and enter the choir at
the door on the north side, and will take their places on
the haul pas on the north side of the altar :
The Senior Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiting.
Gentlemen Usher Gentleman Usher of the
to the Sword of State. Black Rod.
Garter King of Arms.
Groom in Waiting Groom of the Groom in Waiting
R. H. Stole to on
Prince Albert, H. R. H. the Queen.
Prince Albert.
Serjeant-at-Arms. The Sword of Sergeant-at-Arms.
The Lord State The Lord

Steward. borne by Chamberlain.
The Duke of Wellington.
Lord in Waiting The QUEEN Lord in Waiting
on H. R. H. and H. R. H. on the
Prince Albert. Prince ALBERT. Queen.
Serjeant-at-Arms. Serjeant-at-Arms.
Master of the Horse. Mistress of the Robes.
Lady of the Bedchamber.
Two Maids of Honour.
Bedchamber Woman.

The Lord Chamberlain, accompanied by the Groom
of the Stole to his Royal Highness the' Pritlce Albert,
will then proceed to the Chapter• room, and conduct his
Royal Highness the infant Prince of Wales into the
Chapel, attended by the Lord and Groom in Waiting.
When the Queen enters the choir, short voluntaries,
selections of sacred music, will be performed, and con-
tinue until the commencement of the baptismal service.
Upon the conclusion of the baptismal service, his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales will be re-con-
ducted to the Chapter-room by the Lord Chamberlain,
accompanied as before.

The- Hallelujah chorus will then be chanted by the
'ull choir.

When the music has ceased, the Queen and his Royal
Highness Prince Albert will retire from the chapel with
their attendants, in the same ord€r as they arrived, and
will return to the Castle and be set down at the south-
east door, and thence will proceed to their respective
apartments.
The ladies invited will be set down at the same door.

The King of Prussia and suite will retire to the Wol-
sey Hall, and return to the Castle, and be set down at
the grand north entrance, from which his Majesty will
be conducted to his own apartments.
The Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers, the Knights
of the Garter, the Cabinet Ministers, and others invited,
will return to the Waterloo Gallery.
Preparatory to the Chapter of the Garter, the Knights
and officers of the order will robe in the Guard-chamber,
and when the Queen is about to enter the Throne-room,
the Knights will pass from the Guard-chamber, through
the Waterloo Gallery, into the Grand Reception-room,
and there be arranged and wait until the Sovereign and

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his Royal Highness the Prince Albert are in the Throne-
room.

The Knights Companions will then proceed to the
election, and the suffrages, having been collected by
the Chancellor, will be, by his Lordship, presented to
the Sovereign, who will command him to declare that
his Majesty Frederick William the Fourth, King of
Prussia, has been elected a Knight of the most noble
order of the Garter.
The King of Prussia will thereupon be conducted from
the Rubens' Drawi,g-room into the Chapter-room, be-
tween the two senior Knights Companions, preceded by
Garter (bearing the ensigns of the order upon a crimson
velvet cushion) and by Black Rod. On entering the
Chapter-room his Majesty the King of Prussia will be
received by the Sovereign and the Knights Companions
standing, and be placed in a chair of state, on the right
hand of the Sovereign.
Her Majesty will then announce to the King of
Prussia that his Majesty has been duly elected a Knight
of the most noble order of the Garter.

Garter, upon his knee, will then present the garter
to her Majesty. The Sovereign, assisted by the two
senior Knight companions, will buckle it on the left leg
of his Majesty, the Chancellor pronouncing the usual
admonition.

Luncheon for th 3 Ladies visitors, and Ladies of the
Household, in the Oak room.

Band playing God save the Queen," and her Ma-
jesty will take her seat on the north side of the table,
opposite the centre buffet.

"The doors leading from the Waterloo Gallery to St.
George's Hall will also be thrown open ; the guests en-
wring through them will pass to their seats on the right.
The guests entering St. George's Hall through the
Grand Reception-room will pass to their seats on the left.
During the banquet Yeomen of the Guard will be posted
in the hall at the following stations :—Two behind her
Majesty's chair ; two corresponding opposite ; one at
each flank of the bullets at the east and west extremities
of the hail.

When the Queen leaves St. George's Hall, her Ma-
jesty, accompanied by the Princesses and the other La-
dies present, will return to the Grand Reception-room,
where she will shortly afterwards be joined by the King
of Prussia, the Princes, the Ambassadors, and other guests.
The doors of the Waterloo Gallery will then be thrown
open for the reception of the company, and a grand mu-
sical performance will terminate the evening.
A guard of honour of the Royal Horse Guards, and
another of the Grenadier Guards, arc to mount in the
Quadrangle. A guard of honour of the 72d Regiment
is to be posted opposite to the chapel. The remainder of
the troops are to be distributed in detached bodies, and
the communication between them kept up.
The roads to and from Frogmore and the Castle-hill,
are to be kept clear by parties of the Royal Horse Guards.
The troops assembled at Windsor upon this occasion
will be disposed of, according to her Majesty's intention,
under the superintendence of General Viscount Comber-
mere, G.C.8., Gold-Stick in Waiting.
Gentlemen at arms will be stationed at the entrance
door of the King of Prussia's apartments, at the door
of the Chapter-room, at the north and south doors of the
choir, and in the Grand Reception-room.
Yeomen of the Guard will be stationed at the entrance
to the stone vestibule of the grand entrance in the outer
Guard-room, in the Waterloo Gallery, at the entrances
to the Wolsey Hall, and to the chapel.
State porters will be stationed at the top of the grand
staircase.

Marshalmen will be placed outside at the entrance to
the Wolsey

When the Sovereign is seated, the Knights will, by
her Majesty's command be called over by Garter, and
with the officers of the order will proceed into the pre-
sence of the Sovereign.
The Queen, being seated on a chair of state, and the
Knights Companions having taken their respective places
at the table, the Chancellor of the order will, by her
Majesty's command, signify to the Chapter the Sove-
reign's Royal will and pleasure that a lineal descendant
of his Majesty King George I. shall, in pursuance of
the statute in that behalf made, be elected into the most
noble order.

Garter will next present, in like manner, the riband
and George, and her ntjesty, assisted as before, will put
the same over the left shoulder of his Majesty, the Chan-
cellor pronouncing the admonition.
A collation will be provided for the Ambassadors and
Foreign Ministers, the Knights of the Garter, the Cabi-
net Ministers, and others invited, in the Vandyke-gallery,
and adjoining roams.
At half-past seven o'clock a grand banquet will be
served up in St. George's Hall ; previous to which her
Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, with
the King of Prussia and other royal personages, and
their suite, will assemble in the Grand Reception-room
adjoining St. George's Hall.
The Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers, the Knights
of the Garter, the Cabinet Ministers, the ladies, and .
others invited, having assembled in the Waterloo Gal-
lery, the doors will ba thrown open and immediately
after Wards, the banquet being announced, the Queen,
conducted by his Majesty the King of Prussia, will enter
the hall, the band playing. The Sore reign will there-
upon give the accolade to the King of Prussia, who will
also receive the congratulations of each of the Knights
Companions present.
The chapter being ended, Garter will, by her Majesty's
command, again call over the Knights Companions, who,
with the officers of the orders, will retire from the pre-
sence of the Sovereign - with the usual reverences.
The Queen • and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
will retire to their apartments.
The King of Prussia will retire to his apartments.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
with the King of Prussia and other Royal personages,
will be served with luncheon in the White Breakfast-room.