The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-01-27
HAWAIIAN GAZETTE
A ROYAL BABY.
How the Duke of Edinhurgh's Son
Was ChiStened.
OmciaI Account of the Ceremony.

BucK1xenan PLACE. Nov. %. 1871.

I AAO SeCSuf ufaulCa 4 iiuCcoc DtdtliSk
left Windsor this morning for London. He
Majesty Travelled by special train on the Grea
Western Railway to Paddington. and drove frou
thence TO Buckingham Palace, escorted by de
tachment Of the Second Life Guards He
Majesty arrived at the palace at half-past 10 A
N. The Queen was received by the Duke o
Edinburgh, and proceeded at once to the Duches
of Edinburghs apartments, after which He
Majesty visited the Empress Of Russia
The baptism of His Royal Highness Primo,
Alfred Alexander William Ernest Albert, grand
son of Her Majesty the Queen, and of His Roya
Highness the Prince Consort, son Of their Roya
Highnesses the Duke and Duchess Of Edinburgh
took place at quarter past / O'Clock The fol
lowing royal persOnages we're present al the
ceremony:
der Majesty the Queen.
Her Imperial Majesty the Empress Of Russia
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.
Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales,
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Edinburgh.
Her Royal Highness Princess Beatrice.
His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke the
Cesarewitch.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
K.G.
His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Sake
Waimer, and Prince Louis Of Battenberg.
Her Royal Highness the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburgh Strelitz Her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Teck, His Serene Highness the
Duke Of Teck, g. q. B., and the Count Geichen
were invited to the ceremony, but were prevented
by unavoidable causes from attending.
His Exceency Count SchouYalOff, the Rus
sian Ambassador, was present at the ceremony
The Earl of Derby, Her Majesty's Principal
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was also
present. The Right Hon. B. Disrae the First
Lord Of the Treasury, was invited to the cere.
mOny, but was prevented by indispOsition from
attending.
The clergy officiating were:
The Archbishop of Canterbury.
The Dean of Windsor and Resident Chaplain
to Her Majesty. the Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald
Wellesley.
The Dean of Westminster, deputy Clerk of
the Closet, and Chaplain in Ordinary to the
Queen, the Very Rev. Dean Stanley
The Chaplain of His Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales, the Rev. W. L. 0nslow, M. A.
The members Of Her Majesty's Household
present we're:
The Lord Chamberlain Uhe. Marquis of Hert.
fordl the Mistress of the Robes (the Duchess
of WengtoD) the Lady of the Bed Chamber |
(the DOwager Duchess of Athole) the Maids Of
Honor in Waiting (tbe Hon. Mary Lascelles and |
the Hon. Frances NJ. Drummond) the Comp
troller of the Household lord Henry Somerset,
NJ. Pl the LOrdin Waiting (the Earl of Roden)
The Groom in Waiting (Mr. Donald Cameron, of
LOchiel, NJ. Pr the Equerries in Waiting Maj
Gen. II. F. POnsOnby and COL J. C. Mcneil,
v c., G. B., c. NJ. g.; the Keeper of the
Privy Purse (Lieut.-Gen. Sir Thomas M. Bid
lulph, K. G. b.; the Master of the Household
Lieut.-COl. Sir John Cowell, K. @. b.; the
German Librarian (Mr. Hermann SahD.
The suite in attendance on Her Imperial Maj.
'sty the Empress of Russia consisted of:
Baroness Plller, Mile Millutine, Prince Bari
tinski, the Earl of Dunmore Qord in Waiting
o the Queen, specially appointed to be in at
enhance on Her Imperial Majesty, DR.. Hardt-
nan, and DR.. Botkne.
The ladies and gentlemen present in attend
nee on the other royal personages
In attendance on His Royal Highness the
'rince of Wales, Lieut. Col. Arthur Ellis.
I
In attendance on Her Royal Highuess the
'rincess of Wales, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor.
In attendance on His Royal Highness the
luke of Edinburgh, Colonel the Hon. WI
iolville, Capt. John Clerk, and the Hon. Eliot
-orke.
In attendance on Her Royal and Imperial
Iighuess the Duchess of Edinburgh, Lady Emma !.
sborne, Lady Mary Butler, and NJ. Kalochine. :
In attendance on Her Royal Highness the
rincess Christian of SchlesWig Holstein, Lady
lorenzo Blunt.
In attendance on His Royal Highness the .
uke of Connaught and Strathearn, Lieut. +,
Iaurice Fitzgerald
In attendance on His Imperial Highneas the
rand Duke the Cesarewitch, Prince Wolkonsky, :
rince W. Barintinsky, and COL Hon. H. Byug
Squerry-in-Waiting to the Queen, specially ap- !
United to be in attendance on His Imperial :
ighness).
In attendance on His Imperial Higtness the :,
rand Duke Alexis, Baron Schilling :
In attendance on His Royal Highness the = =
IKE Of Cambridge Capt. E. St. John Nildmay
In attendance on His Royal Highness the !,
rince Christian Of Schleswig- Holstein, Capt. '
e Hon. G. G. G.. Eliot.
The following had the honor of receiving :
ecial invitations to the ceremony: =
The Marchioness of Ely, the Earl Of Sydney, 9
@. B., the Countess of Enroll, the Lady Caro- :.
e Darlington, Maj -Gen. lord Alfred Paget,
9 Very Rev. Eugene Popoff, Sir William Jen- = :,
r, Bart, K. G. B.. NJ. D., Heut-Col. Sir =
oward EIphinstone, R. E. X. O. B., Voc. VI
G., Dr.. Fare, NJ. D., DR.. Wilson Fox, NJ. u u
the Rev. Canon Fl. NJ. Birch, Mr.. F. W. y
bis, G. B., Mile. Norelle. The Prince Orloff y
5 invited, but was unable to attend al
The Royal family assembled IN the Carnarvon :.
'm. The household in attendance, and the - -
npany invited to be present, assembled in the =
cen D1wing-room. The ceremony of the -
ristening was performed in the lower Bow y