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BUCICENGHAlli PALACE again displays the Royal standard ; the Court having returned in order to the christening of the infant Princess. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Princess Royal, came to town from Claremont, in a carriage and four, on Tuesday afternoon. The Prince of Wales and the infant Princess followed in another carriage and four, with the Dowager Lady Lyttelton ; the suite in a third car- riage; a party of Dragoons being the escort.
The Dutchess of Kent visited the Queen and the Prince at Claremont on Saturday ; lunching with them, and returning to town.
Our second infant Priucess was christened yesterday. At ten o'clock the band of the First Regiment of Life Guards took up their station in front of Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, and other Cabinet Ministers, arrived in state about half-past eleven o'clock. They were followed by the Foreign Ambassadors, Ministers, and public officers. The Great Officers of the Household were in at- tendance. The following members of the Royal Family arrived iu state, severally escorted by detachments of Horse Guards,—the Mechem! of Kent, with her suite, in two carriages ; the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenbarg-Stre- lite, in one carriage ; the Dutchess of Cambridge and the two Prin- cesses, in another • the Queen Dowager and her suite ; the Dutchess of Gloucester; the Princess Sophia Matilda. The Crown Prince of Wm, temburg was present. All the visiters having been conducted to the seats provided for them in the Chapel, the Queen and Prince Albert, with their immediate attendants, and the other members of the Royal Family, entered it in procession ; and the Queen and Prince took their seats shortly after twelve o'clock. The service commenced with the performance of sacred music. When it had ceased, the Lord Chamber- lain, accompanied by the Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert, con-, ducted the infant Princess into the chapel : she was carried by the head nurse, attended by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton. The Arch- bishop of Canterbury then performed the baptismal service, assisted by the Archbishop of York, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Nor- wich, and other dignitaries of the Church. The King of Hanover not having arrived, his Majesty was represented as sponsor by a proxy. The other sponsors were, the Dutchess of Kent as proxy for the Princess Hohenlohe Langenburg, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg- Strelita as proxy for the Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, and the Princess Sophia Matilda. The Royal infant received the names of " Alice Maud Mary." The ceremony was concluded a little before two o'clock.
After the ceremony, the whole of the illustrious party repaired toile Picture Gallery ; where a grand collation was given in honour of the event.
The King of Hanover arrived at the Customhouse yesterday, from Calais; and proceeded to his residence in St. James's Palace, which he reached at four o'clock. He was visited by Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince George : and his Majesty visited the Queen Dowager and the Princess Sophia ; dining with the Dutchess of Glou- cester.
The Queen gave an audience to Sir Robert Peel on Wednesday.
Prince Albert again officiated as Director of the Ancient Concerts on Wednesday, and a grand entertainment was given to the Directors at Buckingham Palace ; the Queen Dowager, the Dutchess of Kent, the Dutchess of Gloucester, the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge, being of the party. After the banquet, the Prince and other Direc- tors went to the Hanover Square Rooms with the Prince's suite, in three carriages. The rest of the party followed in four carriages ; the Queen and Queen Dowager riding in the first.
The Queen and the Prince went to the Italian Opera on Thursday. In the morning the Prince drove to Deptford, to lay the first stone of the Royal Naval School.
The Queen Dowager visited the Princess Sophia on Tuesday, and the Dutchess of Inverness, at Kensington Palace, on the same day. On Thursday, her Majesty visited the Dutchess of Kent and the Dutchess, of Cambridge.
The Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge, with Prince George and the Princesses Augusta and Mary, accompanied by the Dutchess of Glou- cester, attended Divine service in the Temple Church on Sunday. The Duke and Dutchess were at the French Play on Monday. On Tuesday, their Royal Highnesses, with Prince George, the Princess Augusta, and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitx, honoured the Duke of Devonshire with their company at his public breakfast at Chiswick. In the evening, the Duke and Dutchess and the Princess Augusta were present at an entertainment given by the Earl of Liverpool at Fife House. Next day, they repaired to Messrs. Mortimer and Hunt's, to inspect a silver-gilt toilette-service made for the Queen of the Netherlands. The Duke and his intended sou-iu-law went to the annual Charity Schools meeting at St. Paul's Cathedal on Thursday.
The Dutchess of Gloucester visited the Dutchess of Inverness on Wednesday.
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