, 1874-12-17
A ROYAL BABY.
How lilo Dnko Of EllnDurgh's Son
Was Christcncl.
Official Account of the Ceremony.

Official Account Of the Ceremony.
From N Lou'ou Cai.rt Ci,rnfar.
Hurg1HnrAM rALAeI:, Eov. 81.
The Qneen, accompanied by Princess Beatrice,
loft Windsor this morning for Londun. Her
Majcsty Travelled by special train on tho Great
Western Railway to l'add'ngton, and drove from
thence to Buckingham Palace, escorted by n
ttotachu,ent OF tho accotd LILO Guards. lfor
Majesty arrived ut tho lalaco at half.paat 10 D..
III. Tho Q,tcen. was receivod by Tho Dulo OF
Edinburgh, mud proceeded at onco to tho
Duchess Of E1i,lbrrgh's apartments. nflor
whieh Ner Majesty visited tho Enpycss of
Russia.
Tho baptlsm Of 1Tin Royal l1ighness Prince
Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert, grand
son Of Tier MatoHty tho Quccn, and Of Ills
Royal Jlighnoss tho Prince Conaort, son Of tl,oir
Royal llighnesaos tho Dulso and Duc!loss of Ed
inburgt,, took place Mt Qnhrtor past o'clock.
Tho following royal personaHeB wero present at
tho ceremony:
lInr Majesty Tho taunon.
IIcr Tmnerinl Majesty the Empress Of RussIa.
His Royal IIlghneHB the Prince OF Wales.
1ior Royal Ilighnoss tic princoBs OF Wasos.
Tlloir Royal LgliuOB4ea the Duke and Duchesn
of Edinburgh.
Her Royal Highnos Princess Beatrice.
His Imperial Ilighuoas tho Grand Duke the
Ccearewtch.
IIiH Royal IIighncss tho Duke Of Cambridge,
X. &.
Ills Soscue Highnoss Prince Edward OF Baxo-
Naimer, and Prince Lous Of Dattonberg.
Her hoy nj Hglucss tho Grand DuchcHs OF
alccl;!cnbl,ach streltz Her Hoyal 1lighnosy tho
Ducl,oas Of I'ects, His sorenc HjginosH the.Dnke
of Tecls, G. c. b., aud tho Count Gleichotl, woro
invited to tho ceremony. but wore prevented bv
| unavoidable cn31sea from Intending.
Ills Exco!lency Count ''chouvaloir, the RUS
I sian Ambassador, was present Mt tho ceremony.
Tho Earl Of Derby, Hor AlnioRtys Principal Sec
! rctary OF State Tor Foreign Affairs was a1Ho
| Lord Of tho Treasury. was invited to tho ccra-
! mony, but WAS prevented by indisposition from
! attending.
Tha clergy officiating wero:
I Tho Archbishop of Canterbury,
Tho noan Of W;ndsnr anil 1lesidopt Chaplain
| to Her Majesty. tho Hon. hud Very Rev, Gerald
| Wallcsley.
Yho Dem OF Westminster. deputy Clcrls Of tho
C!oset, aud Chnplnn il Ordinary to tho Quoeu,
The Chaplain Of His Royal tIlgnucas tic Prince
! Of Walcs, tho lev. ". l.. Onnlow, II. \.
Tho iaen,bars OF 1ler Maiesty'a Household
tic Lord Chamberlain (tho Marquis Of Hcrt-
ford) tho Mistross Of tho lsohea ltho Duchess
| Of Woiugton); tho Lady Of ttoi DcG~C Chamber
| (the Dowager Duchess Of Atholnl: tho hlaids Of
Honor IN Waiting tho IIop. Mary l.ascollcs md
troller Of tho Household Lord lIonry somolsct,
! NJ. T.); tho Lora IN Waiting {the Earl Of
Isodsn); tho Groom in Waiting 1Alr. Donald
Cameron, Of Lechiol, n: r. tho Equer5ies u
6. aicRcfiii. 7. G., 9. j., c. n. u.} tho Kooner
| Of tho priyy l'.lrao (Liont.-t;eu. Sir Thomas II.
Hidiuip,, i. 6. ~ tho alnster Of tho 1Ionso-
| hold (Licl,t- Col. Sir John CoweIl, X, c. D. !:
! tue German Librarian {alr. Hermann hahl).
The suite iu attendance oil Her Imperial
! Majesty the Empress Of RuKGia consisted Of:
| baroness Plllcr, Mile. Mlutinc. Prince Bari
atinaki, tho Enrl Ut Dunmoro (Lord III Whiting
to tho Quoon, specially appointed to DO in at-
| man, and DR.. Dotkin1.
Tho iadics and gentlemen present in attend-
auco on tho other royal personages;,
In attendance on Ills loyal HlGhnoaB tho
Prince Of Wales, 1.icnt. t.-Col. Arthur Ellis.
| lii attendance on Her ltoyal Ilignoss tho
PRINCESS Of Wales, the Hon. iits. Stonor.
In attoutlando or, Ills Roynl lE!ghness tho Dmko
of Edinburgh, Colonel tho lion: ". !: Co'yillo,
Capt. John Clerk. md the Hon. Eliot Yorac
liz attendance Oh uor Royal aud Imperial
lI1ghncas the DuchuEs Of Ednburg, Lady 1:nma
Osborne, Lady alnry 1suttor, and u: Kaloc1siuo.
In atte1ldauce OIL Her Royal liigl,ness the
| Pruccss Christian OF Sclloawlg uDlatcin, lRuy
Florence Blunt
in Attendance on His Royal 11ighnosa tho Dulo
Of cou.apghs mud stratheasn, Lieut.. Alnurice
Fitzgerald.
Grand Dnhe the Cegarewitch, Prince Woliouaky,
Prince ". BariatinH!ly, and Col. Hon. II. Dying
Nluerry-lu-Wniting to the Queen, specially mp.
pointed to bo In attendance OIL His Imporal
uiGhncss).
In Attendance on His Imperial IIghuoBs tho
Grand Duke Alexis. baron SchltinT.
In attenlnnca on Ills Royal Hishness tho
Dnko OF Cambridge. CAPT. j. st; John Aiildmay.
II attendance m on llis ltoya r 1Ilslness te
tho lion. G. G. @. Elliot.
The following had tho honor Of receiving
special Invitations to tho ceremony
Tho hlarchioness Of Ely, tho Earl Of Sydney, e.
Q. D., the Countess Of Errol, tho lady Caroline
Darlington. Mai j.-Gen. Lord Alfred paget, the
Very Rev. Eugone popoT, Sir William Lonnor
Bart, X. c. D., n. D.. licut.-col. Sir Howard
Elphinstone, I. \, X q L., y. 9; Q. n. e.,
lsov. Canon IL. II. Birch, Alr. +: Y. Gibbs, G.
D., Mile. Norclto. lilo Prince Orlon was LII.
yitad, but was unable to atteud.
Tho loyal family assembled IN tle Car,larvo1
room, Tho household In attendance url tho
company invited to bo pEesout, assembled in thu
Green Drawiug-room. THO ceremony Of thu
Christening WAS performed in the lower Bow
room in tho Palace, which had bceu solicited By
tho Queen for this purpose, in consequence Of III
proximity to tho apartments occupied hy tlt
Emprcea of ltusRa. The font WIS placed ueRl
tho window, which opel4a on to the Palace EAR
tleng. aud tho officiating clorgy stood round 1t
Tho Qnoon sat on ono siue' Wl1 tho rohfe,se1sa M
who. with her sfajeasy, wero tho two sponeor1
Tho members of tho 1ioyal and Imperial familios
WIN were not sponsors ~ on tao opposso ps aa'
gontlcmon in attendance. were placed on boti
a!,lcs of tho room. and several Of the Queen'
upper servants, nu1 those of tho ElnprcH
OF lsussia aud Duke Of Edinburgh. wer'
t.1., Inn Nm tot