being formed of
diamonds. The infant prince had a robe and mantle of Honiton lace over
white satin, with a cap to correspond. The Princess Royal, the Princess
Alice, and the Princess Helena, wore dresses of white watered silk with
satin stripe, trimmed with white satin ribbon and silver fringe; the
silk woven at Spitalfields. The dress of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent was of the richest white watered silk, of English manufacture,
trimmed with blonde, having diamond ornaments down the front, and the
stomacher adorned with brilliants. Her royal highness's head-dress was
formed of feathers, blonde lappets, and pearl and diamond ornaments. The
necklace and earrings were diamonds. His Royal Highness Prince Albert
wore a field-marshal's uniform, with the collars of the Orders of the
Garter and the Black Eagle (of Prussia), with four stars set in diamonds
of the Garter, the Thistle, St. Patrick, and the Bath, and the ensigns
of the Golden Fleece.

Her majesty was conducted by the lord steward and the lord chamberlain,
at eight o'clock, to a state banquet in the picture-gallery, accompanied
by the royal family, the foreign ministers, the cabinet ministers,
and the other ladies and gentlemen who attended the ceremonial. "The
christening cake" was placed in the middle of the dinner-table on the
plateau of the magnificent service of gold plate. The top of the cake
represented an octangular fountain, ornamented with a number of small
vases, filled with miniature bouquets. The fountain rested on a circular
plinth, containing a number of painted vignettes, set in silver frames.

After the toast of "The Queen and the Prince," her majesty rose from
the banquet, and proceeded to the White Drawing-room, accompanied by her
Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, her Royal Highness
Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the other ladies present. Soon after
which, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince
of Prussia, his Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge, his Serene
Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Serene Highness the Prince of
Leiningen, and the other guests, proceeded to the Music-room, when the
doors of the White Drawing-room were opened, and the queen received an
evening party.

The name of Patrick was given to the infant prince in compliment to the
people of Ireland, and was a graceful sequel to her majest