The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-10 00:00:00

THE COURT FASHIONABLE WORLD.

BAPTISM OF THE INFANT PRINCE.-011 Friday, the
baptism of the Infant Prince, second son of her Majesty,
took place at the private chapel at Windsor Castle. The
Queen Dowager, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
the Duchess of Gloucester, the Prince of Prussia, the
Duchess of Kent, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert
Peel, and the cabinet ministers were present. The Prince
of Wales and the Princess Royal were also present. The
sponsors were the Dul,e of Cambridge, proxy for Prince
George, the Duchess of Kent, proxy for the Duchess of
Saxe Coborg and Gotha, the Duke of Wellington. proxy
for the Prince of Leiningen. The Archbishop of Canter-
bury officiated, the Duke of Cambridge naming his Royal
Highness" Alfred Ernest Albert." A state banquet, in
honour of the event was afterwards given by her Majesty.
His Royal Highness was dressed in a robe and cap of
Honiton lace over rich white satin. The Queen wore a
rich white satin dress trimmed with broad Honiton lace,
the body and sleeves likewise trimmed with the same.
Her Majesty had on her head the splendid diamond cir-
clet, and wore the Riband and Star of the most noble
Order of the Garter. The Queen also wore, as an armlet,
the motto of the Garter " Honi soit qui mal y pense,"
set in brilliants. Prince Albert was habited in a military
uniform.

HER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO SCOTLAND.—Her Majesty
and Prince Albert were to embark yesterday, at Woolwich,
on board the royal steam yacht Victoria and Albert, Cap-
tain Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, commander, for Scot-
land. The royal yacht will proceed with her Majesty from
Woolwich direct to Dundee, as it is not in contemplation
that the yacht shall touch at any of the ports of the eastern
coast on her passage to Scotland. It had not been decided,
when the last intelligence left London, whether the royal
children were to accompany her Majesty or to proceed to
Osborne-house. The yacht had been fitted asp with every
accommodation for the royal family and the nurses. It
appears that her Majesty goes, in the first instance, on a
visit to the Duke of Athol, over whose mignificeut estates
Prince Albert will enjoy tile sports of the field. It is said
the royal squadron will proceed asp the Frith of Tay and
anchor off Dundee. The Scotch papers state, that a
steamer has been engaged, for her Majesty's use, to con-
vey the royal party from Dundee to Perth. The royal
visit, it is added, will be strictly private. It is anticipated
that her Majesty will return from Scotland early in Ode,
ber, when, notwithstanding what has been stated to the
contrary, there is every reason to expect that his Majesty
the King of the French will come over to England to
visit her. Preparations for this visit are still being made
at Cherbourg. It is said that, but for the lateness of
the season, her Majesty would have proceeded to St.
Petersburgh, on a return visit to the Emperor of Russia.
A ROYAL PINE APPLE,—Last week a pine apple was
cut, from the gardens of the Baroness Rothschild, at
Gunnesbury, of the unprecedented weight of 1511b5.,
being Ilb. heavier than the specimen exhibited at the
meeting of the Horticultural Society on Tuesday. The
first was sent by the Baroness as a present to her Majesty.

GRAND REVIEW IN HYDE-PARK.—Thursday was a
grand field-day in Hyde-park; the troops of the various
regiments forming the Household Brigade being reviewed
by his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, his Royal
Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge, Field-Marshal ltis Grace the Duke of Wel-
lington, and a brilliant staff'.

We regret to hear that owing to, the alarming illness of
Miss Peel, daughter of Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the
right hon. baronet',. who had rriude every arrangement to
accompany her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince'
Albert to Blair Athol, that he was net able to embark
yesterday for Scotland, as was his-intention. The Earl
of Aberdeen, in the absence of Sir Robert Peel, is to ac-
company the Queen and her Royal] consort to Scotland.
The total revenues of the young Prince of Wales, the
heir apparent to the British realms, amounted, in the
year ending 31st of Dezember last, to no less a sum (from
the two duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster) than £73,100
and upwards. This is a tolerable revenue for a three-
year-old prince. Among the items ot'expenditure is the
following :—" Payments made to his Royal Highness's
use," £-18,579 ; that is fiom Cornwall,' alone. The pay-
ments made out of the Duchy of Lancaster's revenue to
her Majesty's Keeper of the Privy Purse, was, in the
same year, £13,000, and the balance, after all payments,
£4941: