The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-07-05 00:00:00

BAPTISM OF PRINCE LEOPOLD.

The baptism of his infant Royal Highness took place
with much ceremony on Tuesday, in the private chapel of
the Palace, in the presence of the Belgian, Saxon,
Prussian, Portuguese, and Hanoverian Ministers, all the
Cabinet Ministers, the members of the household, and a
most distinguished party. The holy rite was administered
by the Archbishop of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops
of London, Oxford, and Chester. The Rev. H. Howarth
was present as Rector of the parish, the Hon. and Rev.
Gerald Wellesley as Private Chaplain to the Queen, the
Revs. Lord Wriothesley Russell and H. G. Liddell as
Chaplains to Prince Albert. Previous to the service, the
89th Psalm, with music composed by the King of Hanover,
was performed. On reaching that portion for the naming
of the child, the Archbishop demanded of the sponsors
how it should be named, when the King of Hanover
answered in a clear sonorous voice.
LEOPOLD GEORGE DUNCAN ALBERT,
and his Grace baptised it accordingly. Some three
columns are devoted by the Court Newsman to the
account of the ceremony, but the other sponsors are not
named. An anthem by Costa, and the Hallelujah chorus,
from Beethoven's Mount of Olives., concluded the ceremony.
The Royal infant wore a Honiton lace dress over a white
satin, trimmed with lace and narrow white satin riband,
cap of Honiton lace, and mantle of Honiton lace over
white satin.

The Queen wore a dress of white pros de Naples, with
silver stars, trimmed with Honiton lace and white and
silver ribands. Her Majesty wore a diadem of diamonds,
with a raised centre, in which was set the large diamond
known as the Koh-i-noor. The Queen wore the riband
of the Order of the Garter, with a diamond " George "
suspended, and the Garter as an armlet.
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The Ministers of State and the officers of the Royal
Household wore their full-dress uniforms, and the
Knights wore the collars of their respective orders.
Her Majesty afterwards gave a grand State banquet to
all present, including the King and Queen of Hanover,
the Prince and Princess of Prussia, the Duchesses of Kent,
Gloucester, Cambridge, and Caroline of Mecklenburgh-
Strelitz, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Hereditary
Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburgh-Strelitz, the Duke
and Duchess of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, Prince Edward of
Saxe-Weimar, Prince Hohenlohe Lan4enbourgh, Princess
Adelaide of Hohenlohe, the Duchess of Sutherland, &c.

SHOCKING COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—On Friday after-
noon a most fatal explosion of gas occurred at the coal-
mine of Mr. Butterworth, Bent Grange Colliery, Oldham,
resulting in 17 deaths-15 of the colliers (men and boys)
having been killed at once, and two having died subse-
quently. The accident occurred about 3 o'clock, and
was accompanied by a very loud report. The gas is be-
lieved to have been fired in a level running in a westerly
direction from the main road, and about 300 yards from
the shaft.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY EVENING, JULY 4

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

ST. PETERSBURG.—On the 22nd, the Emperor of Rus-
sia, in full uniform, surrounded by his staff, proceeded to
the Church of St. Isaac. He wore the Grand Greek
Cross on his breast. This cross is one of the distinctive
signs of the head of the church.

CONSTANTINOPLE, JUNE 20.—Any shipowner sending
out vessels to arrive in Port, would obtain enormous
freights ; and considering the presence of the fleet, there
would be no risk. Coals for the fleet are in great demand.