The Express. — London, England, 1858-01-25 00:00:00

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Wassina—Aad Ibe pm swim MU: or. Ibispla Mem Pr& estamy • sal WM W it laWirVl ZION WILT= AT LONDON INIDON. me Day •aessov-i= am ..ahmeenall. 3lss. LONDON. MONDAY. zizatur 25. TO OUR READERS. A DOUBLE NUMBER of the EXPRESS will be published on the FIRST SATURDAY in the Parliamentary Session, and mothused onus& weeks es the length of the Parliamentary Debates shall render desirable. Ir seems to some of us but the other day that the first judgment was pared on the first of the new generation of England's royal family. It was the decision of a great judge, in the of sense, and of a well-qualified one in the domestic sense. Whet the gutter's first born was serried, at the age of one minute or so, into the next room, for the inspection of the chief Ministers of State, Lord Chancellor COM:KHAN pronounced on her, " A fine little lady " as ever I saw ;" and he had seen an unusual number in his own house. How very recent that &nee dote appears to those who are accustomed to the passage of busy years ! Yet that " fine little lady " is to-day to leave the altar a wife. She then in augurated a happy domestic period in a royal house, and to-day she is to inaugurate, we trust, another happy period in another royal house. On the former occasion, in the midst of dark and threaten ing times, a glow of exhilaration passed through the country's heart. On the present occasion again, we have oar griefs, but are ready to forget them, in Byrn pithy with the joy of Prussia, which gains more than we shall lose, and with that of the parents, who briny what a happy domestic life is worth, and especially with the young people, who are Seely to enjoy a rich and full draught of the best everyday happi nem of human existence, before entering upon the period of care which all men and women have to paw through, if they deserve the boon of life, and which is, in the ease of princes, of a peculiarly grave and searching quality. The joyous period lies nearest at hand, stretching from the very feet of the wedding pair on into a bright future. We may confine our selves to it to-day, and regard the young people as bleat without drawback. It is very properly desired that nobody within the ken of the Court shall wear mourning to-day ; and, foe oar part, we will obey the suggestion by putting away for the comes of this day's run, the thought of any national calamity and anxiety which pressed on es yesterday, sad must weigh down our spirits again to-morrow. A mare truly joyous royal marriage is not an oar records ; and it would be difficult to say what weld render it more so. As for the broad external view of it, the two nations are more than pleased : they are satisfied. Prussia may claim to be most entitled to rejoice, because she receives what we are parting with ; and yet mess because, sooner or later, these young people are t• reign there; and it is tree that, in natural coarse, the welfare of the bridegroom affects a greater number, and affects them mere seriously than that of the bride. Yet England would be unwilling to admit today that any nation could be more interested or mere joyful than her own people in this first marriage from the house of their Queer. Let all, then, abroad and at home, take their fill of rejoicing, and pour oat their good wishes as if the wedding were going from their own door. If all rejoice to the utmost, it matters little which may have most cause. One comfort ia that the grief which so miserably dashes most weddings (and the more in proportion to the family love which exists) is absent here—the 'immediate parting. It meet come ; but not today ; and we aced not think of the affsetkaate heneehold as struggling with that insuperable pain in the midst of their disinterested plearnre. The bride will not go abroad jest yet. When she does, we shall all be saying that we hope to see her here often again ; but still we may be glad that she does not go to-day. A very warm sympathy will follow her to her sew house i and the most sluggish imagination will try to pietism her there, so young a creature to go and live among another nation. If we mast find a topic of regret in the mu, it would probably be that she has had so very short an enjoyment of the happy years or girlhood. in which are combined the inno cent gaieties of childhood, and the more sober and nebetantial enjoyments et this opening and maturing intellect and osnaciesmaina. fibs will not believe that she has missed anything, and we may admit, on our part, that than is past advise tap in a very early marriage, is eireionsteassa ea peculiar u hem Her mind and hangs will as themselves more thsesughly to the.. at her adopted country that they perhaps mild at a later ege a and ter ituhamsta aname at Mk sad her this Gay's sun, the tho and anxiety which pi must weigh down our A more truly joyou, records ; and it would render it more so. view of it, the t pleased : they are to be moat entitle receives what we are i because, sooner er late reign there ; and it is the welfare of the number, and affects tb the bride. Yet Engles to-day that any nation more joyful than her o floes the house el I abroad and at home, t pour oat their good wi going from their ow: utmost, it matters littl One comfort is that I dashes most weddings the family love which immediate parting. I and we need not tbinl as draggling with the of their disinterested go abroad just yet, be saying that we again ; but still we n se to-day. A very warm pymp sew home ; and the m try to piety, h er t h ee I and live among anotb topic of regret in the she has bad so very sh years of girlhood, in cent gaieties of childi mebstantial enjoyment Intellect and conicios that she has miss admit, au our part tags in a very early peculiar as hers. I ocenniodate theasselv her adopted country later ogee and her hi THE EXPRESS, imp: own good sense and simple tastes, afford every pro• Wee that the years of leistunrand iomparndve free• dm from care which ampear'io lie before 111141111 will be employed in fitting limn ion and more abun dantly for the weighty duties which Time is ex pected to impose upon them, in the charge of a nation's welfare. Both have been brought up among boob, and in the lore of art as well as of nature, and in healthy habits of exercise of body and mind. It is to be confidently hoped that such will be the character of their early married life ; and they are an fully aware, no doubt, u other people, that their future duties may require all the wisdom, all the ripeness of understanding, steadiness of will,enlargement of view., and disinterestedness of spirit which they can bring to their task of ruling and blessing a nation. Only one will rule the Prot elfin nation, but both may bless it; and a few years of happy youth cannot be better spent than in the study how best to elevate and ameliorate the condi tion of a very peculiar people, or aggregation of peoples. The PRINCE has seen a good deal for him self; he knows Rome very well, and the wretched ness of the 'objects of the POPE. He knows Eng land well, and the happiness of its people under institutions which are, in their practical working, the freest in the world. And he has bad abundant occasion to observe the security in which our 80YRUJON lives, and the loving loyalty on which her regal existence reposes. He has seen much, again, of the interior of German political life, and be is aware of the restiveness and ineffectual discontent which weigh upon men's hearts, and wear their spirits, and render loyalty a task, whore constitu tional freedom is perpetually talked about, and never securely obtained. He has thus gathered material for reflection, and discovered the best aim for his 'tidies, during his period of leisure and preparation. If he is admonished, in Germany or elsewhere, that " Constitutional Government is on its trial," he can relate something of its effects in the country which has had a longer and faller experience of it than any other; and if a doubt ever crosses his mind whether the desires of his countrymen for Constitutional Go vernment, for full and genuine representative insti tutions, should or should not be folly gratified, let him Nome and see how much of our political pesos and quiet, and of our SOVEREIGN'S unparalleled security and repass, is owing to them. The memory of his happy days of courtship will always be asso ciated with the evidences he has witnessed of our privileges in our domestic political relations; and this marriage will be twice blessed if it tends towards the fulfilment of the political hopes of the best portion of the Prussian people. Pleased as the Prussian nation are already with the alliance so strongly confirmed this day, they will bless it more and more hereafter if it induces a nearer resemblance in the institutions of the two countries, and gives to that people who arc keeping holiday with us this day as much as they desire of the rational liberties which they see prosper so well with us. In hoping for this issue from the reign of the young people who will this day join hands for their journey of life, we are wishing for them the best blessing that princes can enjoy—a life of sound beneficence, ani mated by the love of a grateful people. We observe, with true satisfaction, that the QUEEN has accepted a good natural opportunity for testifying to oar national policy io regard to the African race. The American diploma tists in Europe profess to be sorely per plexed and annoyed at having to meet the Hay tian and other tropical Ambassadors at various Courts. The interest that the Americans feel in our Royal Family will doubtless lead them to study all the de-' tails of the wedding of oar PRINCESS ROYAL ; and they will find that the presence of the daughter of an African King has been commanded by her MA JESTY; and that arrangements have been made by the QUEEN herself for the convenience of the aocom plished young Princess, whose colour does not debar her from the chapel where no room is to be had for some of the proudest of the land. The lesson is ad mirably given at a very critical time; and the people of England will be grateful for it. THE WEDDING OF lin PRINCESS ROYAL. THIS DAY. This morning witnessed the solemnisation of that great aed important state ceremonial, which is des tined, we trust, to make happy " The eldest daughter of England," and to cement the alliance between two great and enlightened nations. The appearance of the daily papers, the general tone of conversation dur ing the last few weeks, together with the facts which were patent to any one who walked our west-end streets, all showed how rapidly the interest in the royal marriage grew, until its final culmination in the gorgeous pageant which it is our pleasing duty to record to-day. The hybernation of western London, which generally maintain its torpor until the middle of March, was this year joyously inter rupted by the ringing of marriage bells in the middle of January; and premature cleaning of win dows, premature painting of shop fronts, premature display of spring fashion and finery, all announced that some great event was at hand, calcu lated to make the mighty heart of the Leviathan city throb with more than its normal intensity. Fashionable emporia hastened to display their glittering wares, and huge defunct hotels shook off the dust and neglect of seasons, putting on a bright look of congratulation on the royal marriage and of welcome for the elect of the royal visitors. The crisis to which 7,2 these unusual symptoms tended developed itself at an early hour this morn ing, when it may be truly said that the whole town was astir betimes to participate in the general holi day and rejoicing. Even the wintry min put on a more than usual brightneee, as if to inform the world that he meant " The Queen's weather " to desoend as an heirloom in her family. The centre of attrao tion was, however, the grim old agglomeration of bricks and mortar situated at the bottom of St. James's-street, and which is, by a great stretch of loyal courtesy, known and recognised as a royal palace. Thom of the foreign participants in the ceremony of this day who had not been in England before must have opened their eyes a little wider than usual when they east a glance round its quaint and solid exterior, and compared it vrith their reminiscences of Potsdam or the Winter Palace. They are familiar with the palatial windows of the Spree, and probably know a little also of those of the Neva, and must, therefore, have been, at first, somewhat surprised and disappointed ; but still there is a solid value about English splendour, a special radiance about English beauty, aad a stern reality about English wealth and power, which would soon improve the first impression, give gran deur and expansion to the old brick palace, and make its temporary visitants perhaps congratulate themselves in being permitted to form part of the general picture. Besides, Sir Benjamin Hall, ably assisted by Mr. Phipps, and both having their com mands executed in a workmanlike manner by Messrs. Johnson and Jesse", the hereditary tar nishers of St. James's Palace, had done wonders to make the old edifice a meet locality for the bridal ceremony of the Princess Royal of England. Dim and deity walls had been brightened—crimson and gold, the royal colours, had been unsparingly laid on, until the old house was at last made to put on a brighter smile than it had ever worn since bluff King Harry first spproprioted it to royal use, and prim old Holbein decorated its ceiling with his grotesque pencil. And, for those amongst its occupants of this morning who were versed in our national annals, how many reminiscences, grave as well u gay, must have been conjured tip as they marched sedately to the grand music of the trumpets through its state apartments, or took their places in the little chapel in which the great interest of the day was concen trated. But many of these reminiscences must per force have been of a gloomy character, and our business is with orange flowers and wedding favours, the hoping happiness of the young, the parental satisfaction of the mature, and the oougratulation and rejoicing of an ever loyal and generous people. We have, thank God, a different sort of Kings, and, above all, of Queens, to deal with now from those we read of in the history books, and we have neither time nor temper to discuss anything but bride cakes, and, following our good old national custom, to throw the slipper after the young couple and bid them God speed in their homeward journey. To enable our readers the more clearly to under stand the ceremonial we are about to describe, we must take them a preliminary journey through the palace, and on to the little chapel in which the marriage ceremony took place. At the garden entrance a temporary colonnade or covered way had been constructed, under which the the royal carriages drove, and from which the royal party entered the palace. This erection, covered with crimson and yellow drapery, decorated with holly, and well and cheerily lighted, formed a very suitable point at which to commence a bridal gather ing. Within doors all was new, and rich, and ap propriate. Waiting rooms lay invitingly open to the right and left, in which such of the court atten dants as were not to take put in the procession could remain, while the more important functiona ries followed onward in the train of the sovereign. In front rose the staircase, newly carpeted crimson, its balustrades painted in royal blue and richly gilded, the hand-rail throughout being covered in crimson velvet. At the top on the right stood ' the beide'e boadeir, sparkling .in whits and gold, its walls furnished with wetly mirrors, and its toilette table draped in Huhu' lees, ad finished with regal reagnifieence. Across the landing a pair of folding doors thrown open disclosed the suits of state apart ments, the council chamber, the throne room, Queen Anne's room, the tapestry chamber, the armoury, 1 1 and then the great staircase leading through the Colour-court to the Chapel Royal, the entrance to which was in the centre of a rather gloomy passage running at right angles through the last named apartment'. The floral decorations require especial notice. Commencing with the state entrance from the Pa lace gardens, on the right and left of the covered way, beneath which the Queentuid her illutrious guests alighted, there had been erected a screen, composed of branches of laurel sod bay-tree, which stood out in fine relief against the purple and scarlet draperies with which the archway was adorned. The whole length of this entrance was covered with evergreen., eta in the centre of the highest point a boss of flowers and evergreens, ornamented with a knot, composed of the united colours of England and Prussia, formed an appro priate finish. Beneath this covered way garlands of luxuriant evergreens, with handsome pendants formed of tendril s of ivy, were hung from pillar to pillar throughout its whole length. The garlands were formed with a double twist of laureatiou in flower, alternated with golden furze, the centre coil being composed of holly studded with berries. Over each column the garlands were united by knots with streamers of the *leers of England and Prussia. A mood row of geellesis of the sus description orna mented the eppselle elk, sail the dew by which her Majesty esteuellwir need Ws be set fa a frame of the most exquisite seen M Ileteere, leaves, and berries. The vision es bell dies had a similar framework, es well es the sew Beale for the royal EPITHALINIUM. An hearts and hopes ars with this at this how, Thou fair young bride ! of English brides the Bower ; Thou of t h e frank high-Lewes, sad Baum The Ent-ban daughter of our best-lav'd Qom. AU in thy joy anti ,yful, for we taw This Royal pomp is no mere gildad show, No cold itate-pageent, but a vita that binds With holy ties " a marriage of true minds :" The willing work of thy whits hand mates A bond of union for two mighty Skates: Bat, man than this—its paid clasp imparts A glow of miter* to two loving hearts. Swift speed the years; bat yesterday the voioe 1 Of those home 'maids bade the realm rejoice At thy auspicious dawning into life, And now their Omnibus welcome this—a wife. Held was thy virgin youth—beg not too short Te learn those lessons rarely cooed at coat--: its piety, whose roots are hearts, Snit creek, Whom fruits are tattle Bret mid aphis deeds; The wisdom never Mu& by text et teas; Tim living swoon of • Arleen' lame. Thy mother is tby modal : he Moo Iwo : No Arose boos thy damnably an emir Oa thy lord'. futon liagao : the Arm dad, The armada arum dude yet rednoi. The high d .says, mid dr atria mol Par lograra On, and dr Bropire's weal, The pow alhoduan and dr opoUres lito Of lb. had wear and t h e brag rife— Orem 100 rhos bra made Victoria gram; And Mgt ha aria an the Norm of star, Youndbg bit throw cm that orsholna baao The to in blimp at a trarborm moo. 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Lear and idioms hod baso Wild, Mr. Parma soli the Is sok" wee siesolow kr as theloortsg of widows was ww ; &sold mike Ws report to the Poor Lew Dowd as son as pessilie. 1411 r EVENING, JANUAIiIt 25; 1858. -Tun_ suite on each side of her Majeety'santreace, although I less gorgeously decorated than the docuiray though which the Queen passed, over which was as arch farmed of real palm branches. Thu baluster of tat royal staircase, by which the Queen ascended to her retiring room, was intertwined with the delicate foliage of a creeping plant, into which was inter woven roses and camellias, In the Throne Roo - i; and in Queen Anne's Room miniature parterres of flowers were flourishing on the mantel-pieces, while delicate twining plants in diminutive festo onsi fringed the edge of the marble. Each window throughout the whole length of the State apartments was filled with flowers set in beds of moss. At the top of the State Staircase the coup-d'cil was both striking and beautiful. The first object that met the eye was the initial of V.A. and F . :W., formed of red and white camellias, upon a background of evergreens, plaited in so artful a manner as to compose a rich natural tapestry, the deep emerald tint of which admirabl threw out in alto-reliero the initials of the roya l' bride and bridegroom. This entablature was supported and ornamented by palm branches, united by the colours of England and Prussia. In the corners of the landings below, and right and left of these royal ciphers, stood gigantic leaves of the celebrated fan-palm, each leaf of which measures sixteen feet in height. The rail of the Grand Staircase was entwined with the stephanotus, interspersed by white flowers. On entering the colonnade, gar lands of the same description as those at the Q ueen's entrance were formed in double lines between the columns on one aide, and against the wall on the other. And the effect of the suitable arrangement of colours was here peculiarly apparent, the garlands being united with the colours of Prussia and Eng land between the grey marble columns ; but on the wall opposite, which is scarlet, they were united by the bridal favours of white satin and silver. Under the centre or each garland a knot of various flowers was attached to the wall with another bridal favour of the same materials ; and these garlands, knots of flowers, and favours continued throughout the whole length of the passage leading to the chapel. The reader must now conjure up the royal gather lug, the Queen and her immediate suite arriving first, the procession of the bridegroom with his Prussian cortege, and last and most interesting of all, that of the young bride herself, with her fair bevy of brides maids, he must hear the sound of the trumpets and the marshalling of the heralds, and fill, in imagina tion, the Throne Room and Presence Chamber with the high and mighty of the land, decked in all the magnificence of rank and office, and when he has established this fancy sketch in his mind, he can come and sit patiently with us in the chapel, and wait the solemnisation of the wedding while the bridal party is slowly making its way from Buckingham Palace. THE PARE. Long before the day had dawned, streams of pedestrians had set in the direction of the park, and it is cot at all uncertain that great numbers of persons were on the ground u early as four or five o'clock in the morning. A cold frosty fog enveloped the West-end, and a keen, biting atmosphere ren dered it far from pleasant to the knots of loiterers who hovered about the neighbourhood of Bucking ham Palace. As the sun rose the crowds thickened, but for two or thine hours the mist still hung over the park, and; it was as yet impossible to distin guish objects at any distance. The hum of vetoes, however, betokened that the multitude were rapidly augmenting, at every footstep parties were encountered, bent either upon securing front places, or upon turning the occasion to profit by letting out frail stands. All the dilapidated hand-barrows, trucks, and stalls of Clerkenwell and Whitechapel appeared to be in requisition; they came looming through the mist like spectral monsters, and, uuder cover of the temporary darkness, their enterprising owner, succeeded planting some of them right against the Palace walls. As the morning advanced the increasing power of the sun drew up the damp curtain that hung over head, and disclosed to view as fine a day as the most san guine could desire at this period of the year. By this time the park was literally thronged; not a foot of space between the gates of the Palace and Chapel Royal was withont its tenant, while our industrious friends from the East-end had taken care to flank both sides of the route with their rickety platforms before the police could warn them off. Not • table, however, of them could be dislodged, for they had erected their scaffoldings in such numbers that they formed effectual barricades against all the efforts of the police force. Those who recollect the peace demonstrations in 1816, the Jubilee, and some other of the most prominent celebrations of which St. lames's-park has been the scene during the earlier part of the present century, may form some idea of the numbers eongre- gated. Up to about an hour before the time named for the event, and again after the royal pertyhad en tered the (Wolof St. James's-palace, all the features ofanc•dinary fair were observable. There were vendors of spice nuts, oranges and sweets in abundance; itinerant ballad singers chanting odes complimentary upon the happy event—whether the veritable effusions of the Poet Laureate himself we are unable to say, but they evidently ac- ' corded with the public taste, and excited a large share of patronage. There were huge parti coloured umbrellas, bedecked with bright yellow tassels, under which the Jockey Club weighing ma chine would give you your exact weight for the small fee of • halfpenny. Illustrated penny pro grammes of the procession and ceremony, n the more remote quarters of the park, carpeted the ground. Even the ancient milk stands at Spring-gardens, where ancient and somnolent cows, which for anything known to the contrary, might be some of the same which Virgil de scribes in his eclogues—were decorated, for the first time we believe, with gaudy banners, in which the word " Welcome ' p was conspicuous, and amongst which were to be seen nautical ap, which reminded the spectator rather of an alliance that was exceedingly popular a year or two ago, when the tri-colour and the crescent were at a premium and the black eagle at • discount, rather than one with the heron of Preemie. The old barrows and rickety tables and benches which had been imp rovised into platforms were speedily taken, and their proprietors, who took care to be paid beforehand, must have reaped a rich harvest. They did not,however,in many cases seem to be deeply impressed with the axiom " property has its duties as well as its rights," for at least onefialf of them were so fragile that long before the proces sion arrived they . had broken down, landing their occupants in the midst of a dense crowd, from which, except the backs and heads of those in close proximity and the tops of the trees, it wee impossible to case anything. It is almost needier to add that the applisatime fee the return of the " rent" paid for these deceptive stand ings were not responded to. Those who doubted the stability of these specimens of amateur architec ture, or who desired to economise and were pa seined of sufficient courage, =anted the trees, the branches of which along the whole of the mall and in the enclosure were thickly peopled. In the immediate neighbourhood of St. lames 's the efforts of the police, though assembled in great force, were all but powerless against the enormous mass with which they had to contend, and when the advance of the leading troopers of the escort announced the approach of the royal party, the pressure became so great that it was with the utmost difficulty that the crowd could be kept bask sufficiently to allow a pas sage for the royal canines, and this was only dens' by the aid of the Life Guards and the mounted men of the police. At one moment the screams of women and children were terrific, and , several were rescued in a fainting state. In the garden of Betherland House • handsosee stage was erected, covered with a canopy. Upon this, which commanded a view of the whole route of the procession, a oossiderable number of the Suther land family and their friends were seated. The outdoor procession was unworthy of the homage which the public were paying to th e occasion; it wasysatly inferior to what may be seen every year at the opening of parliament,and since only a fraction of the spectators could catch • glimpse of it as it rapidly panned along the Mall; the cheering sews reached an enthusiastic point. About a quarter to twelve o'clock the centre gate of Buckingham Palace was slowly opened, and the fortunate few who were in its immediate vicinity could see the first portion orthe distinguished personages who were to take pert in the internal ceremony enter th eir ferriage . These were her Majesty's principal guests from abroad, who were conveyed in a half-dozen carriages drawn each by ,two horse*, an eighth carriage eontained the Bride, who was attended by her great-uncle the Itinq of the Belgians. She was, however, not re cognised by the people, and probably would have passed on without exciting a cheer had not the sound of trumpets at the end of the alley announced that her carriage bore some one of distinction, and thus secured her Royal Highness a feeble cheer, as her carriage disappeared through the gate of the ap to enjoy the scene amazingly; The foreign princes ts and attendants amazingly; they laug hed and chatted as their car riages rolled along, and called one anther's at tention to the striking incidents of the route. Perhaps not the least subject of their notice, if not their admiration, was the utter ab sence of anything like mili tary display. A few Life Guardsmen stationed at long intervals were all that they could see, and yet the line was clearly kept, while there was nothing beyond it to betoken anything but order, decorum, and regularity. About a quarter of an hour afterwards tome dozen other carriages drove along; these conveyed the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and the other members of the Royal Family, the last being occupied by the Prince Consort. His Royal Highness was, no doubt, better known in the multitude, and therefore more easily recog nisable, and as his carriage passed along he was honoured with a cheer that continued from the beginning to the end of the Mall. Another quarter of an hour elapsed, and again the signal was given that other carriages were - leaving Buckingham Pa lace. These were devoted to the great officers and ladies of the royal household, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Princess Mary of Cambridge. Then came the only carriage of the day drawn by cream-coloured horses, and at once a ay was heard of " The Queen — the Queen !" Her Majesty was aocomps, nied by the Duchess of Kent, and the cheering then became general. THE STREETS. The Strand, Piccadilly, Bt. James a-street, and all the main Wert End thoroughfares have been during the whole morning almost impassable. The majority of the shops are closed ; from many of the windows flags and banners are displayed, the Prussian Eagle being the most prominent emblazon ment ; and the preparations for the illuminations in the evening appear to be upon the most extensive scale. THE CHAPEL. On entering the chapel it was impossible to avoid feeling a sort of pleasurable surprise at the mar -1 venous results which taste and energy, and ample resources, had produced within so limited a spans, and on enclevery short notice. The details of the decorations and arrangements have already been given, and it only remains to state that still greater gorgeousness was added to the general effect by the abundant display of the royal plate with which the oonununfon table was completely covered ; much of it was of solid gold, and the remainder of missive silver gilt; some of it had been made in the time of the " merry monarch ;" other portions bore date from good Queen Anne, and the rest belonged to periods more nearly approaching oar own time. It is almost needless to state that immediately on the opening of the doors each portion of the chapel was quickly filled with its privileged occupants. As early as half past 9 o'clock the approaches to the palace became densely filled with carriages, and paring the threshold we ware surprised to see all the pasagea thronged with ladies in court, or full morning dres, and gentlemen in varied and brilliant uniforms. At the Queen's entrance the charming effect of Lady Hall's floral decorations were strikingly conspicuous, giving quite a summer glow to the otherwise wintry aspect of the picture. Here and there stood groups of the stalwart Life Guards in casqae and cuirass, and the various benches were al ready sprinkled with'plumahand diamonds,sad satin, and orinoline, the fair owners of which appeared somewhat incommoded by the narrowness of the allotted' accommodation. In the chapel itself we noticed amongst the earliest arrivals the Lord Chief Justine of England and Lady Stratheden. His lordship first entered the aisle, evidently in expectation that there a place had been allotted to him. A member of the Commons however speedily undeceived his lordship, and the distinguished couple were soon afterwards taking their places in the gallery. Shortly afterwards the Marchioness of Clanrioarde, as wife of a cabinet mi- Water, took her place in one of the reserved seats near the altar, and was immediately followed by Lady Combermere, for whom also a distin gnished place had been 'reserved. Her ladyship wore a costly robe of Honiton lace overaslip of white satin, a shawl of rare Indian fabric sprigged with ornaments in Prussian blue, and a magnificent head dress of pearls and feathers. Now the Prince's Heralds appeared in the arch, creating universal curiosity by the grotesque splendour of their tabards, and in the mysterious gradation of courtly uniform glided in and oat for the gratification and perplexity of the visitors. Lady Ernest Bruce took her seat next to Lady Combermere, also splendidly attired, and wearing a costly tiara of diamonds ; Lady E. Mulgrave fol lowed, and so on until this favoured bench was com pletely filled with the fair and titled of the land. We n oticed mitering about this time Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderly, Duchess of Invernew, Lord Ebury and Lady Lyndhurst, Lord de Has, Lady Torrington, Duke of Rutland, Viscount Monck, Lady Beers borough, Mr. and Mrs. Talbot Baines, and Lord Panmure. Shortly after eleven o'clock the interior of tho chapel began to wear a highly animated ppearance. The galleries in front, some of which were reserved exclusively for ladies, were now thickly studded with beauty and fashion. At the upper end a long row of military officers in brilliant uniform made a strong background for the various gay colours of the ladies' toilettes. A general burr announced the arrival of a novelty in the way of costume. It was his Grace of Athol' in the full costume of his clan, tartan and philabeg, claymore and heron's plume. It is almost needless to say that his Grace at tracted considerable notice, especially amongst the foreign visitors, to whom the sight of the High land costume is always an event. A conspicuous figure in the same gallery was her Grace the Duchess of Buccleucb, wearing a magnificent robe of maimeAthe new court colour. Lord Derby now appeared in the vestibule in a magnificent uniform, looking as fresh and as ready to be the Rupert of debate as in the palmiest times of parliamentary warfare. Sir George Grey and Mr. Labouchere now took their seats on Lady Combermere's bench, the former in cabinet uniform, and the latter in the homely garb of an elder brother of the Trinity Roue. We regret to be obliged to add that the Secretary for the Colonies had forgotten his bridal favours. Ano ther bustle ensued, and another group of cabinet ministers made their appearance. Lord Clarendon seemed for the moment to have for gotten the cares of diplomacy, aod the Chan cellor of the Exchequer himself looked a shade less serious than usual. We observed also ' Lord Panmure, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, wearing a Crimean medal, Lord and Lady Westmoreland, the Duke; of Argyll, the Venerable Marquis of Lansdowne, "Countess of Derby, Countess of Granville, Lady Gains borough, &c. At twenty minutes to twelve Lady Palmerston entered, and took her seat under the right hand gallery, next to the Marchioness of Clinricarde. The ambassadors' gallery was totally invisible from where we eat, but the exelusive galleries run ning down the sides of the chapel, and reserved for the great ladies soon began to fill ; and on, by one we were able to recognise our female aristocracy as they took their places and filled up the two lines of nodding plumes with which the little chapel was covered on both sides. sanli T ici li: the n confusio ca: la the at ru e s u t al l r ii a g npenn of of si gs : eas s, tho th reocgaiurreras e bitin. utes.. th th s e haw pas, with its rich communion plate, its chair of state, and its taborets, intended for the Queen, the bride, and bridegroom, and the royal participants in the ceremony. In the centre, and close to the rail, were two taborets of larger dimension, and more costly decoration than the rest. These were for the young couple, and of course became the great point of observation. On the right was the Queen's chair of state, an d around in all directions stood the taborets for the Xing of the Belgians, the Prince and Princes s o f Prussia, and the remainder of the guests according to their order. But here, in the short ;space:of time elapsing between the betting of the programme and the performance of the marriage ceremony, death had canoed a gap in the distinguished circle. Prince William of Baden was absent, having been recalled to the Continent by the sudden death of the Grand Duke Louis of Baden. In a modest corner, meet seclusion for those whose fate it is to be heard of and read, not seen or known, were ranged the representatives of the journals, now, almost for the first time, having a recognised place in a great state pageant, of which they were expected to be the faithful chroniclers. All was decorum, all was expectation, until, exactly at ten minutes to twelve o'clock, a more than ordinary stir and bustle about the do/pre announced the approach of some:peracaages of high distinction. It was her Serene Highness the Princess of Prussia, her train borne by two ladies of honour, and escorted by several Prussian officers in varied uniform. The princess bore herself most regally, and bowed gracefully on both sides as she walked up the aisle. At twenty minutes past twelve o'clock the sound of the trum pets announced the approach of the Queen's pro cession in the following order : Drams end Trumpets. Sergeant Trumpeter. Knight Marshal. Heralds and Plusuivents of Arms. Equarryin Wating to the Queen. Clak Marshal. Comptroller of the Household. Treasurer of the Household. Keeper of the Privy Puree. Groom in Waiting to the Lord in Waiting to the The Lord BUiward. Lord Privy Beal. Lord President of the Council Two Itorgousta- Lord High Two Sergeants at-Arroo. Chows Mar. et-Arun. 8411110 r Geatismaa Ugric Quarterly Water. . oentlearge Meat Barer, Principal Gentleman Behar Deily Waiter King of Arnie, of the and to the corning hie Black Rod Sword of State. aceilfre• beating lie Rod. The Bari Man/id, baring his baton. Her Bayal Rights= Priaoms leery of Cambridge, her trata been by Lady Arabella &skullle West, end attended by lb* Hans naval. Hle Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Charism Tyrwhitt. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Her train born by Lady Geraldine &merest, and attended by Baron Knesebeek. Her Boyd Highness the Duchess of Heat, Her train borne by Lady Anna Maria DIMON andi attended by Colonel Sir George Cooper, Bart. Ths Vice Chem- The Sword of State, The Lard Clow bdrlain. borne by berleht. Viscount Palmerston, E.G., Pint Lord of the Treasury. Ms Royal Righneee the Priam Alfred. HIS itoyal Highness the Prince of Wake. THE QUEEN, His Royal Highness .. lading .. His Royal Highaese PrWOs Loo old. Prinoe Artior. Her Majeoty's Train borne by the Groom of the Sober end Two Page; of Hollow. Her Her Bar Royal Highness Royal Highness Royal Highness Princess Louisa. Prisms Alice. Primates E. The Hester of the Horse. The Mistress of the Robes. Tbe Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting. Two Maids of Honour in Waiting. Bedchamber Woman in Waiting. The Lady Superintendent. _ Captain of the Yeomen Gold stick. Captain of the of the Guard. Gentlemen-at-Arms. Heeler of JIM Backboanda Ilaater of the Household. 1311ree Btick In Waiting. Meld Officer in Brigade Waiting. Tutors to their Ropl Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Pei ms Alfred. Biz Gestleoiewat-Arma. Si: Yeomen of the Guard to close the Proetraioa. The spirit-stirring drum and martial trumpet ceased u they approached the sacred threshold, and through the doorway could be seen the glittering helmets of the gentlemcn•at•arms who wets to re main in the Ante-Chapel during the ceremony. The company simultaneously rose as her Majesty entered the chapel leading her two young children, and a respectful pause ensued, while the first and most distinguished group was being formed in the /taut pas. Her Majesty looked well but wearing a grave aspect, in her magnificent dress of Spitaltields manufacture, her regal diamonds, and bearing herself with that natural dignity of deportment which is her special attribute. The two young Pricces wore the Highland cos tume, and the others a suit of youthful court dress. They seemed to take deep interest in the tear nificent oeremony in which they were not the lent interesting partakers. Lord Palmerston wielded the sword of state with a most martial air on the Queen's right hand, and stood firm and erect as if more than seventy summers had not passed over his venerable head. The new Lord Privy Seal was much inquired after, and audible whispers of "That's he!" were not unfrequent. The Princess Mary of Cambridge made a most striking and dignified figure in the procession, and was much admired, es was also the Duchess of Sutherland. The Queen bowed re peatedly as she walked slowly up the aisle, and the other members of the royal family followed her example, the whole congregation standing and r -arefully acknowledging the royal salutation. The Queen and royal children being meted, the Prime Minister on her right, and the Duchess of Sutherland as Mistress of the Robes close at hand, the Master of the Ceremonies proceeded to lead the members of the procession to their allotted places is the choir, which speedily seemed so full of gold lace and rich uniforms as to lead to some apprehension as to the accommodation of the second and third pro cessions. The Marquis of Breadalbane„ however, seemed to have no fears on this soore, but imme diately departed, attended by his vice-chamberlain, to escort the procession of the bridegroom, which was shortly ushered in by sundry trumpets in the following order : Drams and Trumpets. Sergeant Trumpeter. Master of the Ceremonies. The Bridegroom's Chottemen of Honour, between Heralds. The Prussian Minister with the Members of his Legation. Vlos.Chamberlain of Her Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household. Majesty's Household. THE BRIDEGROOM, Supported by his Father, hi. Regal Weiner the Pries of Frusta, followed by the atteethats of his Royal Highness the Prince. On reaching the chapel the drams and trumpets filed off, outside the door, and immediately after wards Sir Edward Cast was seen marching up with an air so solemn and important, as to attract very general observation. Every eye was of course tented on the young prance, who walked up rather rapidly, as if under some slight excitement. His Royal Highness having for a moment at the altar, rose, and, turning to left, made a profound obeisance to her M The gentlemen of the bridegroom who a fell back, some standing a short distance hos Royal Highness on the haul pas, and the remainder being aocommodatall with their allotted seats in the aisle. The Prince remained standing, in a dignified but most reverent attitude, until the arrival of the bride's procession five minutes later. We now bad to wait for the most interesting of the three processions, that of the youthful bride, the fair daughter of England, whom we were about to lose, almost as soon as site was becoming sufficiently known to be beloved by the public. Following the I Prog" chapel Via& 14 The Tr CII The Le The I The Li TM La The L ahem% secret nese ti Secret and th KiD A t I was pl The tit chapel pertor torio." chapel when Hand( full oh taken front a follow 11111/ ac Thil 1111 t WI lug ch mental At lowing archon' N O health a I