The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-03-14

| hignt De conveniently packed in a few baskets
the ,hroes OF her Majesty's table under a wcat,
| oau OF gold plate which would ill some wagons :
10 aouncahtly was the plate distributed on The tabf,
Thsn sesAed to be llte room for anything clse
| wax uehts and at each end screen covered viii
n massive god plate In the south side of The pcb
| ;a., auu llieoateiy opposite TO where her Ma
was ;i.d MI, he outlet, which upon this occasion
Tas hteu win genuine vases, cups and Other sr,,,
| cies " Immense value. One nrt,cle aIons a 10.
coch, me plqmsee OF which is initiated by prec,ou,
| stones, Is valued al thirty thousand no,nJ' P''o"'
Al eight o'clock her Majesty entered I..n;,x =.
the arm of the King of Prussia Her Mann isn,Se , on
her seat IN The centre of the table havna,h n',
OF russia on her night and the Duke OF snssss a
NE, Iei Ta. on 'hr right of the King of Prussia was
me Dachess oil Kent, and on the left of The Dske of
SUSSEX sat the Duchess OF Bucceuch. Pri.ee All.
bertsat opposite her Majesty, having The Drcss. =,
Cambridge on his leii and The Duke Of Csmbridre
4 on nus night, and next the Duke of Camb,id@a ~.
The Duke OF Wellington. Sir Robert Pr ~ ss
| stanley, oir James Graham, Lord Vesey FizoeraJ
ana other 1.-THE ministers sat on he left nj her N
LIZ en- ane same s,de OF the table The band play
ne choicest description. Her Majesty converseS
alnesl constantly with the King CT Prussia during
hi Be f. &C. dnnsr ended OF the bssppers
me hfst line OF Dr. SINNERS celebrated song %; 10
"whig and Tory a. sgree.r
recommendation that might he con.;de,sJ M,
afsp,p tus on SO Joyous an occasion. Shortly
a a I'VE oagpipers walked round the bspouetlng
'aI r, paying one OF their spirt-strring airs.
nm, ne dinner beng over, the health Of his ROYAL
niginess p rhe Prnce Ct Wales drank, The band
playing huie, Britannia"
The heslth Of lhe King OF Prussia wa. n.x, drank
any To- Ueauul German ar was played by the band
- linen followed the health Of our most FRACTIONS
Queen sa,i, followed oy God save the Queen"
ui-asuy, frnce Alberts health was drank and
iAI9wea oy The duke of York's March,"
y Lef niaJrsty. accompanied by the Duchess of
n n, me Prncesses. and ladies', then retired
table ee sI 5e ,h assumed her Maesys place at the
before they joined her musical party
When the Qaeen left st. Georges Hall. her Ma
Iesty, accompanied by the Pnncesses and the other
room, where they were shortly afterwards io;ned bv
.ne hing OF Prussia, the Princess the ambassadors,
and other guests.
!, The doors Of the Waterloo Gallery were then
thrown open for the reception Of the mpsnv. and
aRrand musical performance terminated the evening.
The ROYAL CHRISTENING CAKE
a most magnificent christening cake, manufac,u-
by MI. John c. Mawliit, first woman coufec,ioner
10 her Majesty, was placed upon the ROYAL banquet
ing table on Tuesday. Ii weighed two cwt. and
has been thus described =" It's case or outside, and
all the ornaments, are made entirely Of sugar, ssye-
raj OF the latter are svered over. 1t is en,ed
founa lne bottom with q neatly executed border of
the rose, thistle and shamrock. On the sides Of the
s1sr afG psGeq, alternately, medallion portraits in
arms OF Essland over them, the whole ssrmounted
by neat scroll in dead fugar work. Above are
nlre ,,e,s, zach envIoned by smaller scroll work,
SUNNI; are Pedestais supporting sugar figures Of
Ceres, Fortune, Plenty, Britannia, holding the infant
Prince, Cho, the goddess Of history, and ST. Da I'D,
we .aHlar SAINT 81 Wales In the centre Of the
group is representation Of the royal FONT and sew
sral small vases, with flowers, surround the figures
me IosI ensemble presents an elegant and chaste
appearance
We give the following additional items of the &C
rsmony from the 'Court Journal'' on account of
'her peculiarly, and the amusing style in which
they are written
Afera week of alternate fog, rain frost. and
inaw,e tuesday morning broke in all the LUXURY OF
one OF nose rare winter days, when the young year
takes IT into lis head to anticipate sprng' and
dresses Itself IN It's freshest smiles for the purpose of
showing the sun that it has the intention of renew
Jog taeir last years acquaintanceshp. BY the happi-
est OF chances, royalty had fixed upon This dsy for
naming The heir OF England and the verv ee n;eni.
seemed 10 smile on the hour as it drew near
Contrary to his won't the Lord Chancellor was
the first OF the guests who entered the Chanel. and
as he sank back IN the sall allotted to him. il was
impossible 10. avoid recalling the whole career Of
mat extraordinary man, who had, step by step,
fought his way TO the proudes position subject can
ENJOY, by the sheer force Of intellect since the frat
time he pleaded in moustachios, to his third entry
on the office he now holds. The calm and subtle
eye which watches, without the appearance Of do
phistopeian sarcasm about it, gave the impression
Of his calm genius well. But others are entern0
the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke Of
Rutland, and, again, another Duke, stopping, grey.
Of the princely order in whose Chapel the august
ceremonial of future monarch's baptism was about
to take place. Yes, anoher-it is Arthur Duke of
Wellington the boar of age may have fallen on
L..L~ ku~k k.t, c..1L r
but the youth OF reputation is as vsbly round him
as when he smote asuAder the chains OF Earope.
Bat whilst these noble guests have been gradually
entering the Chapel, there is gentleman in plain
sketchng the details of the scene which is 90 soon
to be thronged by the greatest in broad Britain. II
is Hayter the painter, and apainter right worthy OF
chroniclias fes'al faces is he.
And see, while we are speaking, a gentleman
usher has approached the font, and poured from =
glass flask some of the sacred water which was
brought from the Jordan to baptze the Princess who
Peel, his face radiant with good humor and with
prde and here is the Duke Of Buckingham. and
here Lord Fitzgerald; there the Earl of Ripon' and
here the Right Hon. Henry Goulbum; aad there
laessss Of Lansdowne and Anglesea, and the Earl
IF Haddagton and Rchmond's peremptorv Duke.
md the Foreign Secretary, Lord Aberdeen; and Sir
snIs msSS Jo and the DUKE :. and
heir knighthood, some in uniform, some in the
'lan Ministerial costume. And there is an otherno-
,leman, conspicuous for being the most military
igure in the assembly, Lord Cardigan-a man who
would have been more valued in the old Roman re.
public than In modern England. Nature played
him scurvy trick when she placed him in COM
nerclal and not IN a military empire.
But few ladies were present, and, owing to their
position, in the body of the choir, afforded few op
,ortunities to the spectator for recognizing them
The Dushess Of Sutherland attracted notice from
,er superb diamonds, and her more superb beauty;
md we were told that the Duchess of Hamilton and
he Duchess of Buccleuch were present. but found 1t
impossible to catch even glimpse Of them
Rarely is more beautiful child to be seen ard
V ,oexf Through TIE sohois ceremony s0M an srempLxy
lecorum Of Ne most high bred eiass. SAGE that wsm TIE
siy drops touched has bsby broc the ivan. rdsssd u"
IN hords gently tescards his Grace Canseroury,dnd
Ies, iss v }aH. The crossing oil the brow had now