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Tnn Queen and the Royal Family returned from Windsor Castle to Buckingham Palace on Saturday.
Her Majesty's youngest child was christened on Tuesday, in the chapel within Buckingham Palace. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of London, Chester, and Oxford, and several clergymen, the Diplomatic Body, and the entire Cabinet, assembled in the chapel before one o'clock. At that hour the procession of the sponsors, preceded by Heralds, entered. The sponsors were the Princess Royal, the Duchess of Kent, and Prince Frederick William of Prussia. Then came her Majesty's procession, also preceded by Heralds, and the high Officers of the Household. Her Majesty, leading Prince Arthur, walked abreast with the Archduke Maximilian; then came Prince Albert, leading Prince Leopold, and the Duchess of Cambridge ; then the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and their sisters; and lastly, their retinue. The royal ladies wore white dresses, and were bespangled with many diamonds. The Austrian Archduke wore the dark blue and gold uniform of the Austrian
Navy ; the Prussian Prince, the dark blue and silver uniform of the Prussian Guards. The sponsors stood near the font ; the Queen, her family, and her guests, were opposite the sponsors. The infant Princess was carried into the chapel by the head-nurse, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, and escorted by Prince Albert. The Archbishop of Canterbury performed the baptismal service, and the Duchess of Kent named the infant—" Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodore." In twenty minutes the service was over, and the two processions quitted the chapel, the sponsors leading the way. Among the musical pieces performed during the ceremonial, was "In 'hfe's gay morn," composed by Prince Albert. The Queen, Prince Albert, and their distinguished guests, were present on Wednesday at the second performance of the Handel Festival in the Crystal Palace. On Thursday the Queen held a levee at St James's Palace. At a Court held at Buckingham Palace on Monday Mr. Sheriff /Gehl had audience, to learn her Majesty's pleasure respecting an address of congratulation on the last royal birth, passed by the London Corporation. The Queen accordingly fixed the day. Last night, her Majesty entertained a distinguished circle at an evening concert in Buckingham Palace. The Queen, Prince Albert, the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia went on Saturday to the Princess's Theatre ; and on Tuesday, accompanied by the Archduke Maximilian, to Her Majesty's. The Archduke Maximilian of Austria visited the Countess ot Neuilly and the Princess of Salerno yesterday.
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