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

MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL. THIS DAY. The interesting event of the marriage of her Royal Highness Princess Victoria Princess Royal of England with Prince Frederick William of Prussia was celebrated this day at noon. It seems to some of us but the other day that the first judgment was passed on the first of the new generation of England's royal family. It was the decision of a great judge, in the official sense, and of a well-qualified one in the domestic sense. When the Queen's first-born was carried, at the age of one minute or so, into the next room, for the inspection of the chief Ministers of State, Lord Chancellor Cottenham pronounced on her, "A. fine little lady as ever I saw ; mad he bad seen an unusual number in his own house. How -very recent that anecdote 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 inaugurated a happy do mastic period in a royal house, and to-day she is to inaugurate, we trust, another happy period in another royal house. ST. JAMES'S PARK. Early this morning, the scene in St. James's Park became one of great animation, and shortly after daylight great numbers of persons began to assemble for the purpose of securing the best places from which a sight of the interesting procession, in its progress from Buckingham Palace to the Chapel Royal could be obtained. About eight o'clock, a large body of policemen, from all divisions of the metropolitan force, under the direction of experienced officers, mustered on the mall, and shortly afterwards they were stationed in the different avenues leading to and in the park, for the purpose of keeping order and regularity. The line of road from palace to palace was kept by regiments of Life Guards, by which means a clear space was kept down the centre mall for the pas sage of the royal and illustrious party. At nine o'clock the area in front of Buckingham Palace was densely thronged with spectators, and from this hour up to the time of the departure of the royal cortege the crowd kept augmenting, the police having the greatest difficulty in carrying out the order for the prevention of confusion. The Commissioners of Police, to prevent accidents, had issued directions that no standings should be fixed in the park, and the constables placed in the different entrances had directions to prevent the admission of tables, planks, or benches, in order that the spectators on portable platforms might not obstruct with their lumber any part of the space between Buckingham Palace and the Royal G Arden Gate in the Mall. But several adventurous Hiber nian'', wishing to evade the ♦igilance of the police, slily dropped their benches over the railings of the Green-park and other places left unguarded, and the consequence was that a regular line of reckless platforms were erected at either side of the centre mall. Hundreds of per sons risked life and limb, mounted the crazy struc tures, and there remained for hours. Groups of men and boys ascended the trees which line the avenue, but on the aspiring individuals being noticed by the police they received such gentle hints from the custodians of the public peace, that they descended and joined the motley crowd, which by this time (half -past 10) had greatly increased. An hour more (half -past 11) and the scene pre sented was such as in all our experience we had never witnessed before. Solid masses of people kept pouring in from all parts, and eaoh one seemed determined that no exertion on his or her part should be 'wanting to gratify their curiosity. The usual attendants on such scenes of bustle were present in great numbers, and every moment some person Was startled by a stentorian voice bawling out "The Marriage Percession, only a Penny." The venders of hot and strong peppermint lozenges also seemed to be driving a good trade, but the salesman whose stock was soonest exhausted was that of an individual who held in hand a bottle and shouted at the top of his voice, " Who's for a drop of gin f" The success of this spirited venturer induced others, who had the "ways and means" at com mand, to embark in the same enterprise, and in about an hour after gin was not the only spirit to be had in the park, but here and there quite a little part► were to he observed round one of these unlicensed victuallers, keeping out the cold by drinking " Long life and happiness to the Royal couple," in bumpers as quick as one glass amongst six would allow. Passing onward, the next group to be met with 'mei occasioned by a number of big, hulking fellows bawling—certainly not singing—a dog gerel ditty about the Royal wedding, to the tune of the " King of the Cannibal Islands"—the refrain of which was, " When I get married on Monday." If those of our readers not present can imagine St. James's-park under the circumstances above described, they will form a pretty correct picture of the scene, without having encountered the discomfort of being present. As the hourof twelve approached the excitement and the crowd increased, and at this time the whole of the park became a scene of danger. It appeared that orders had been given that the carriages of some of the nobility. should, after setting down, drive into the park and there remain until the ceremony was over ; but the number of those attending had not been thought of, and the consequence was that in the midst of surging crowds carriages were driven until the time for closing the gates of the Chapel Royal arrived. A troop of the Royal Artillery was in the park for the purpose of firing a salute at the interesting moment, as one of the gallant fellows good humouredly informed our reporter, " the two Were made one." BUCKINGHAM PALACE. , ;• - 1 1; ', 4, b sl; itN. V ' 4, :i° vi , 4,:1 ,, i. , ,, t ? 6" ►' ' f: 1 • ._ , , ... 4 ; ,•••••,,, 7,4,,t _ ' tc - . This morning her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent arrived early, and very shortly afterwards the bridesmaids were in attendance. The other members of the Royal Family also arrived early at the Palace, and were admitted to her Majesty's private apartments. The Ladies of the Bed-chamber, the Maids of Honour, and the principal Officers of State hav ing arrived, took their places according to their rank in the suite of roomy and galleries leading from the royal apartments to the Grand Hall. The hour fixed for the departure of the royal party was twelve o'clock, and several hundreds of persons were admitted to the Grand Halt and por tions of the grand staircase to witness this pre liminary step in the grand ceremonial, by tickets from the Board of Green-cloth. About 10 o'clock elegantly dressed ladies and gentlemen, in full Court costume, all of whom wore wedding favours, began to arrive —they were immediately conducted to the places allotted to them, where they had ex cellent positions for seeing the two illustrious per sonages whose marriage was about to take place. Shortly before twelve her Majesty, the Prince Consort, the Princess Royal, the other members of the Royal family, and the distinguished visitors descended the staircase, and having entered their carriages proceeded to the Chapel Royal. As the Royal cortege emerged from the Palace gate it was received with loud cheers, which con tinued until it reached the entrance of St. James's Palace. THE CHAPEL ROYAL. The taste and juadment displayed in designing and effec ting the necessary alterations and embel lishments for the celebration of the nuptials of the illustrious personaaes which took place this morn r i g cannot b e too h i ghly commen d e d. The whole 4 , t110 magnifi cen t d ecora ti ons a nd excellent ar 4Ceornents which th e con fi ne d limits of the Pal ace Plet e Ppel Royal admitted of were finally core.- un qua p Saturday, having previously received the Con a ,;,,,"'d approval of her Majesty, the Prince who spent and the Prince and Princess of Prussia, speoti Lant a considerable thine on Friday in the in . Eier Majesty appeared much plemod At IflE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV_FNING, JANUARY 25, 18,N8, the extraordinary change that had been made in so short a period of time, and with the chaste and beautiful decorations and appointments of the whole of the interior of the building, which ex ceeded her Majesty's expectations, although she had been informed by his Royal Highness the Prince Consort of their nature and extent after his visit the week previous. Many of the alterations that have been made in the state apartments are of a practical character, and though in the first in stance intended only to answer the temporary pur pose of the Royal marriage, they will be retained and made permanent, thereby greatly removing many of the loud and just complaints that hate lately been made against the inconvenience ex perienced, especially by ladies, on drawing-room and levee days at St. James's Palace. In this re spect a double object has been attained at a single cost, at all times a highly satisfactory circumstance to John Bull. The whole of the arrangements and decorations are as complete and perfe A as possible, an opinion, we feel confident, the public will parti cipate in on inspection of the state apartment, and Chapel Royal during the time they will be thrown open to public view. But a few, if any, will, we think, be able to recognise the old palace under its new and greatly improved aspect. 1 Gent emen el Duchs Kent Lady Jocelyn Countess of Mulgrave. Countess of Bessborough. Viscountess Sy duey. V scountess Combermere Lady Ernest Bruce. Lady Foley.l Lady A. Paget. Duchess of Wellington. Marchioness of Breadalb. Marchioness of Abercorn. Duke of Norfolk. Duke of Wellington, Marquis of Abercorn Earl of St. Germans. *hz . c.) Gentlem , n or Duchs.Camb. Gentlemen of DukeofCamb Gentlemen of Prnc,s.Mar) Gentlemen of King of Belg. Ditto. Gentn. of Dk. of S. Coburg ditto. Gentn. of Dk, of Brabant Gents. of Ct. of Flanders Gentn. of Pr. ohenzollrn. Lord Chancellor, Lord President. Lord Privy Seal. Gold Stick. Capt. Gentn.- at-Arms. :`apt. Yeom. of the Guard 3liss Macdonald Miss Cavendish Lady C. Copley Lady C. Barrington Lady of IDuchs. Kent, Lady of Dchs. Camb. Lady of Prncs. Mary Lady of Dchs of S. Coburg (Gentlemen of the Bride. Ditto Mister of Buckhounds Prince's Lord Prince's Groom Prince's Equerry Prince's Usher Silver Stick. Openi H 1:0 tt z 1.- THE ALTAR. The annexed list of distinguished personages present at the ceremony, accurately indicates the position each occupied in the Chapel. The Suite of the Bridegroom PULPIT, i; . ountess of Bern storff 'Lady of Pres of Prussia Ditto Fruss•an Minister Count Redern Pr. Reuss, of Prus. Legatn. Ct. Brandbg. Prus. Legatn, fling. Prussian Suite Bn.deLangen Prus. Legatn. Chaplains of Legation: Prussian Suite Ditto Ditto Govrs. ?lon. Mr. Phipps Goers, Treasurer Comptroller Clerk 3larshal Queen's Equerry Privy Purse Queen's Lord Hcn. Mrs. Grey Non. Mrs. Wellesley Goers, Queen's Groom Mr. Glover Master of the Household I Field Officer! Hon. Mrs. Biddulph Page of Honour Hen. ➢Sias Paget Page of Honour Garter King of Arms Entrance Dour. Lady Clark Mr. Gibbs ;fling. air B. Hall Sir James ClArk Lietlt. Cowell Door tion of gold and silver threads is exceedingly beau tiful, and the sheen is of the softest and most deb cate character. British manufacture may be juAly proud of having produced fabrics of such extreme beauty. drums and trumpets filed off. The Gentlemen-at- Arms remaining outside the ettavel door, in the ante chapel, during the ceremony. The Yeomen of the Guard remained at the foot of the staircase, in the ante-ebapel„ _ Her Majesty was conducted to her chair of state and the Royal Family to the seats prepared for them on the Raul. Pap. The bearerof the sword of state stood on the Queen's right hand, and the Mistress of the Robes near her Majesty. The several persons composing the procession were then conducted to the places ap pointed for them in the choir. The Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain, preceded by the drums and trumpets, then returned to the Presence Chamber, and the Bridegroom's Procession having been there formed, moved to the Chapel Royal in the following order : THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM. Drums and Trumpets. Sergeant Trumpeter. Master of the Ceremonies. The Bridegroom's Gentleman of Honour, between Heralds. The Prussian Minister with the Members of his Legation. Vice-Chamberlain of Her Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household. Majesty's Household. THE BRIDEGROOM, Supported by his Father, his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia. followed by the Attendants of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Grand Duke. On reaching the chapel the drums and trumpets filed off, outside the door, and the procession advancing, the Bridegroom was conducted to the seat prepared for him on the Haut Pas leading to the Altar. His sup porters ocoupied seats upon the Haut Pas near his Royal Highness. The officers of the Bridegroom stood in the nave of the chapel. The other gentlemen in attendance were conducted to seats. The Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain, pre ceded, as before, by the drums and trumpets, again returned to the state apartments, to attend the Bride whose procession having been formed in the Royal Clo set moved to the chapel in the following order : THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDE. Drums and Trumpets. Sergeant Trumpeters. Officers of Arms. Officers of Arms. Domestic Chaplain to the Queen ; and the Rev. Dr. Marquis of Abercorn, K.G., Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. Vice-Chamberlain of her Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's Household. Majesty's Household. THE BRIDE, Supported by her father, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, and by His Majesty the King of the Belgians. The Train of her Royal Highness, borne by 8 unmarried Daughters of Dukes, Marquises, and Earls. The Lady Susan Pelham The Lady Cecilia Gordon Clinton. Lennox. The Lady Emma Stanley. The Lady Katherine Hamil ton. The Lady Constance Tilliers. The Lady Cecilia Molyneux. The Lady Susan Murray. The Lady Victoria Noel. Wesley, Sub-Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal. The Prince repeated the responses in an audible and distinct voice, and, having taken the ring from his father, plAced it on the bride's finger, after which his Grace pronounc,ed the words of the s:-r -" those whom God bath joined together, let no man put asunder." The other part of the ser vice was then gone through. The ceremony was most magnificently and im pressively performed, the choral responses being most beautifully and efficiently rendered by the professionalgentletnen present, under the direction of Sir G. Smart, who presided at the organ. The ceremony occupied about thirty minutes, and the proceedings terminated. At the conclusion of the service Handel's Hallelujah chorus was sung, and Mendeligohn's Wedding March was played as the procession left the chapel. The following Gentlemen in Ordinary of the Chapels Royal officiated in the choir :—Messri. T. Franci., W. Lackey, J. Goss, G. W. Martin, Benson, R. Barnby, N. Smith, Foster, Machin, Lawler, Thomas. White house, and Bennett. Sir G. Smart 'melded at the organ. assisted by Mr. Cooper. The chorister boys attended with their master, the Rev. T. Helmore. no ceremony over, the procession of the bride and bridegroom returned to the state apartments in the undermentioned order : vice, Followed by The Lord of the Bedchamber, Groom of the Bedcham ber, and Equerry in Waiting, the Private Secretary, and Gentleman Usber to his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Treasurer and Private Secretary to her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and the gentlemen in attendance on his Majesty the King of the Belgians. Oa arriving at the Chapel the Bride was conducted to her seat in the Chapel, on the left side of the Haut Pas leading to the Altar, near her Majesty's chair of state, and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and his Majesty the King of the Belgians were conducted to their seats on the Haut Pas, near the Bride. The Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain stood near her Majesty. Officers of Arms. Gentlemen of Honour to the Bride and Bridegroom. The Master of the Ceremonies. The Prussian Minister, accompanied by the Membe rs o f LAB Legation. Groom of the Stole to his Royal Highness the Princess Consort. THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM. The Supporters of their Royal Highnesses on either side. The Train of the Bride, borne as before. The remainder of the Suite of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort. The Gentlemen in attendance on his Majesty the King of the Belgians, his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia, and his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden. Her Majisty's procession then followed to the presence chamber in the same order in which it entered the chapel. Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the Bride and Bridegroom, with the rest of the royal family, the royal guests, and the great officers of state, passed on to the throne room. The foreign Princes and guests who did not take part in the procession were conducted to the throne rooms by the Master of the Ceremonies. Finally, the dignitaries of the church having entered the throne room, the registry of the marriage was attested with the usual formalities. The remainder of the procession proceeded no further than the presence chamber. The knights of the several orders present at the solemnity wore their respective collars with white rosettes. The Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet Ministers, arid other visitors in the Chapel Royal ap. peered iu full dress uniform. The ladies in full dress. After the ceremony had been concluded, her Majesty, the Royal Family, and the Prince and Princess of Prussia, and the members of the no , bility who had received a special invitation, re turned to Buckingham Palace. THE WEDDING BREAKFAST. A wedding repast was prepared at Buckingham Palace, at which several of the illustrious partici pators in the previous ceremony, the officers of t ie household, and the Ministers of State were prEsent. It is needless to say that the taste and ingenuity of the confectioners and table deckers were promi nently displayed at the festival—a splendid wed ding cake forming the chief object of attraction. After partaking of the sumptuous dejeuner, the Prince and Princess set out for Windsor, attended by the military, and on the road they were loudly greeted by the vast assemblage. THE PALACE ENTRANCE. The Royal personages entered the palace by the garden opening on the Mall in St. James's Park, where a handsome corridor or covered way had been erectedfor the occasion about 70 feet in length, and covered with rich crimson hangings, relieved by yellow facings and cords. It is well lit by win dows at the sides and top, and supported by 12 pillars, connected by festoons and laurels. The principal door has been widened, and its architrave covered with Christmas berries, ferns, and ever greens. The window of the Palace to the west had been converted into a door for the accommodation of her Majesty's suite. This door and also the windows are decorated with plants. Along this covered corridor are seats, which were occupied principally by ladies in elegant attire. RECEPTION OF HER MAJESTY AND THE OTHER ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONAGES. Near this entrance is the Ministers' room, iu which the Great Officers of State assembled to await the arrival of her Majesty and the other illustrious personages immediately connected with the ceremony. Oa their arrival the Queen was conducted to the Royal closet. The bride, with her father, the Prince Consort, and her uncle, his Majesty the King of the Belgians, was conducted to the Queen's retiring room, and the bridegroom to the presence chamber, where his Royal High ness's procession was formed, and followed that of her Majesty's, which was the first to enter the Chapel Royal. The route being down the centre of the Council Chamber, Throne Room, Presence Chamber, and Queen Anne's Drawing Room to the Chapel Royal, along which a broad strip of handsome crimson carpet was laid down, over which the Royal procession passed. THE ROBING ROOM. Passing into the hall, on the left, is the Royal Robing Room, used by her M je3ty, with a similar apartment on the opposite side of the hall for the lathes in wait-ng. THE BRIDE'S BOUDOIR. 4.scending the staircase, on the right of the land ing is the bride's boudoir, an apartment of singular beauty, entirely refurnished and fitted up in ex quisite taste. The walls are of white and gold, with gigantic mirrors, rising from the floor to the ceiling, placed round the room, which contains an elegant console table, with toilette requisites. The ceiling is painted a delicate white, picked out with gold, in keeping with the elegant paper with which the walls are covered. To this apartment the Princess was conducted upon her arrival, and here her Royal Highness remained until summoned to lead the bridal procession. THE QUEEN'S BOUDOIR. Turning to the left, on reacting the top of the staircase, the Royal Bourdoir is entered. This was devoted to the use of her Majesty, and here the bridesmaids assembled to receive their illustrious charge. The walls are hung with paper of a hand some gold pattern on a white ground. The cornice is gilt. The curtains are white lace, and have very rich silk draperies—crimson, flowered with gold and bordered with crimson velvet and gold lace. The toilette table is covered with Honiton lace over rose coloured satin, festooned with silver cords, tassels, and fringe, with looking-glasses and rose-coloured candles. The table is also adorned with a superb pincushion of white lace, and some exquisite Limoges vases filled with flowers. The frames of the mirrors are carved and gilt. The furniture is covered with crimson silk damask. The door and panelling of the room are white and gold, and the floor is covered with a crimson carpet. This is a most elegant room, and one worthy of the august personage for whom it was fitted up. The most remarkable and novel feature in connection with it is its floral decorations, more espe cially at this season of the year. These decorations are due to the taste and energy of Lady Hall, who personally superintended the whole of them. Toe idea of introducing floral decorations originated with her ladyship, and was at once caught at by the chief commissioner of Works, who sent for a large body of his Welsh retainers annually to decorate the seat of the right hon. baronet on festive occa sions. The whole reflects the highest credit upon her ladyship's skill and taste. THE THRONE ROOM. Loaving the Royal boudoir, the Throne Room is next entered, the neeleus for the assemblage of the illustrious foreign potentates and other dis Ling uished personages. the guests of her Majesty ; and here, and in the adjoining apartment, usually called the Drawing Room, the bridal procession were mar shalled. The Throne Room and Queen Anne's Room have a miniature parterre of flowers on the mantel-piece, so contrived that they appeared to grow there, while delicate twining plants in diminitive festoons fringe the edge of the white marble. Each window is filled with flowers the whole length of the state apartments, as well as in the Armoury and the Tapestry Room. At the top of the great staircase the coup d'o•il is both striking and enchanting. The first object that meets the eye is the initial of V. A. and F. W., formed of white flowers upon a background of evergreens, plaited in so artful a manner as to compose a rich nitural tapestry, the deep emerald tint of which admirably throws out in alto-relievo the initials of the royal bride and bridegroom. This entablature is supported and ornamented by real palm branches from Kew Gar dens, united by the colours of England and Prussia. Within the Throne Room is placed the table on which the attestation of the marriage was signed by her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, the foreign princes, and the dig nataries of the church officiating in the ceremony. The table has a cover of crimson velvet, and the sides are ornamented by draperies of the same ma terial, with cord and fringe of purple silk. On the occasion of the marriage of her Majesty the right-hand side of the Throne-room was filled up with seats for privileged spectators ; but this was found to take up too much space, and materially inconvenienced those of the guests who took part in the ceremony. To obviate this, seats have been raised at the end of the waiting or crush- ing room ; and as the doors of the Throne-room were left open, the effect of some 200 elegantly-dressed young ladies in full costume added materially to the general effect. QUEEN ANNE'S ROOM. The first glimpse which the privileged few ob tained of the Royal party was in Queen Anne's Room, at the eastern end of which, 12 rows of seats, rising one above another, are erected for the accommodation of ladies of the highest rank. This apartment adjoins the Drawing Room, from which it is entered. The procession passed along the centre of the Throne Room and the Drawing Room, into Queen Anne's Room, diverging to the left as it approached the raised seats in this apartment, pass ing into the Tapestry Room, along one side of which four rows of seats for spectators are erected. THE ARMOURY. The small Armoury, which bristles with all kinds of weapons grouped in stars and trophies, is also fitted up with seats for about 100, or rather less. From this chamber the procession passed out on to the Chapel Gallery, or grand staircase of the Pa lace, where the most ingenious arrangements were made for the convenience of more spectators, who, while enjoying the sight, themselves enhanced the beauty of the scene. This staircase has been superbly re-decorated, and at its foot, from the ground to the coiling, rises a magnificent mirror. The Palace proper was now left, and the procession passed along a covered corridor, or rather a pavilion, which has been built up on the west side of the Flag or Colour Court, into THE COLOUR COURT. This is one of the greatest improvements of the Palace. It presents the same appearance of solidity as the Palace itself, and so com pletely has the delusion been kept up that you imagine you are walking through a series of =6l ) halls. Here accommodation is provided for about 500 personages. It is richly hung with crimson cloth, and the hangings decorated with fes toons of flowers. The glasses placed in the cos ridor, and which have so much improved that part of the building, were accidentally discovered in one of the unused rooms, where they were placed when the old house of the Speaker of the House of Commons was burnt down ; and it was thought that they might be made available instead of being left as useless lumber, : THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY. The fortunate holders of tickets for the State apartments and corridors, began to assemble at a very early hour. The Cabinet Ministers, their ladies, and those of the nobility who had seats re served for them in the interior of the Chapel Royal, began to assemble about half-past ten. Amongst the early arrivals were Lady Combermere, Lord Campbell and the Baroness Stratheden, the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., and Lady, the Mar chioness of Clanrioarde, Sir B. Hall, M.P., and Lady Hall, Sir Charles and Lady Mary Wood, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Lady Ernest Bruce, the Duchess of Inverness, Lady Hard wicke, Lord and Lady Ebury, Lady Elizabeth York, Lord and Lady Monck, the Duke of Suther land, Lady Agnes Duff, Countess Cowper, Lady A. Paget, Countess Bessborough, Countess Mulgrave, Lady Lyndhurst, Countess Desart, Lord and Lady Panmure, Right Hon. Vernon Smith, M.P., Lady Foley, Sir F. Smith, M.P., Sir George and Lady Grey, Lady Alfred Paget, Lord John and Lady Russell, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, M.P., in the the uniform of the Brethren of the Trinity Board, the Bishop of London, the Duke of Atholl, in a Highland dress, Duchess of Atholl, Duchess of Bucifeuch, Countess Forbes, Viscountess Sydney, Duke and Duchess of Richmond, Lord Derby, Duke of Newcastle, Earl and Countess of Claren don, Sir George and Lady Lewis, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, Marquis of Lansdowne, Duke of Argyle, Lady Granville, the Bishop of Oxford, Jac. The Chapel Royal presented a most brilliant appearance. The varied hues of the costumes of the elegantly-dressed ladies, their diamonds, jewels, and plumes, together with the gorgeous uniforms of the Cabinet Ministers and others pre- I sent, the Knights of the different orders with loh2ir eollars and white satin rosettes, and the various orders and decorations worn by the noble possessors, presented a scene of the most dazzling and gorgeous description. The seats in the gallery atld the body of the chapel were divided off with a thin iron rail covered with crimson cloth. Twenty inches was the space allowed for each person, but this was far too cramped for the amplitude of the ladies' dresses It was with difficulty they could get into their seats, and crush was the order of the day. When seated, the crinoline extended on each side over the knees of the Cabinet ministers, and, were it not for the glittering of their uniforms and orders, their presence could scarcely have been recognised. Shortly before 12 o'clock, the movements of the officials indicated the approach of some illustrious personage. Almost immediately the organ pealed forth, and the Princess of Prussia (her train borne by two ladies), and her suite entered the chapel and proceeded to the seat reserved for her, on the haut pas. Her Royal Highness looked extremely well. At 12 o'clock the booming of the park guns were faintly heard within the walls of the chapel" the . prelude to her Majesty's arrival and as the time advanced the interest manifested in the proceedings began to increase. At 20 minutes past 12 a flourish of drums and trumpets announced Her Majesty's arrival, and as she entered the Chapel; the band placed in the gallery played a march from the oratorio of Handel. The whole of the illustrious and noble personages receiving her Majesty standing. Ten minutes after, the distant sound of the flourish of trumpets announced the arrival of his Royal Highness, the bridegroom, who entered the chapel, the band playing another march, the com pany still standing. On arriving at the altar he knelt down and a few seconds after took his appointedprin c e a u d p p l a r c i e n c o e n ss the left of Prussia. hand s He d e e w i frontdree dressed he inl a Prussian uniform, and wore the order of the Black Eagle. As the time for the approach of the Princess Royal drew near, the interest manifested became instense. The strains of the band in the Clripel Royal had scarcely died away, when the faint and distant sound of the flourish of drums and trumpets, announcing the approach of the Princess Royal was heard, the Royal bridegroom eagerly watching her ap pearance. She was received in the same man ner as her Majesty and the Prince. On reaching the altar the Prince knelt down and kissed her hand. Her Royal Highness, whose appearance is very juvenile, appeared much affected and devil impressed with the solemnity of the scene, and on arriving at the altar, took up the position assigned to her, when the following chorale was sung : This day, with gladsome voice and heart, We praise Thy name, 0 Lord, who art Of all good things the giver ! For England's first-born Hope we pray ! Be near her now, and ever ! King of Kings, Lord of Lords, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, ofArchbishop Cheater, er, of C lerk Canterbury, ot the the Hear us, while we kn e e l before Thee ! Tbis finished, the marriage ceremonial con;- menced, about quar ter to one, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Th e marriage cerem on y then commenced, and was performed a ssisted by the Lord Bishop of London, Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal; the Bishop of Oxford, Lo r d High Almoner Bishop the Cl o set ; the Hon. and Very Rev , the Deau of Windsor, THE BRIDAL PRESENTS Have been of a munificence worthy the occasion and the recipient. Among them is one which for some days past has attracted the aristocracy in large numbers to the establishment of Mr. West, in St. James's street. This is a gorgeous dressing , case, intended as a wedding present for the Prin cess-Royal by her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, an inspection of which has been permitted during the brief period between its completion and presentation. Apart from the interest attending the occasion, the manufacture of an article at once so tasteful and so sumptuous, might well excite attention. The dressing-case itself partakes rather more of those elaborate jewel chests wherein Venetian artificers of old were wont to display their cunning device than anordinary box or cwe in which the requisites of the dr, ssingtable are usually heaped together. The material is of ebony with silver gilt mountings, the ornaments consisting of an elegant " V" surmounted by the royal crown of England. The inferior fittings are of crimson velvet, form ing a rich contrast with the various requisites and elegancits—the jewels of the toilette—which they encase. All of these are so designed as to be ex quisitely ornamental. Tee brushes are of the purest ivory ; the combs of the finest tortoiseshell, mounted in gold; the bottles are of opal glass ; and all the other articles are of silver gild and studded with coral berries, a c intrast at once novel and excellent in effect. Upon all these the letter " V" and the 1.03 , 41 crown are exquisitely chased. As a specimen of English manufacture this dressing ease is one of which the British artizan may be justly proud. As the designer and manufacturer, Mr. West has already received every possible testi mony of the appreciation of his labour by persons of good taste, and numerous orders from royal and and illustrious foreign personages who have visited his boutique during the present week, among whom ought to be specially mentioned the Crown Princess of Prussia. THE ROYAL RECEPTION IN PRUSSIA. The official programme of the ceremonial to be observed, on the arrival of the Royal couple in Berlin, is as follows :—On Saturday, February 6, their Royal Highnesses will be received at the Potsdam station of the railroad, at half-past two o'clock, by the Royal Princes, Generals von Gro ben and von Willisen, the Commandant of Potsdam, von Bouin, his Majesty's Chamberlains, the Burgermeister and Director of the Police of Pots dam. The procession will bo opened by a picket of Hussars of the Guard, followed 1 y the Marshal of the Household, Major von Heinz, and the Princess's Chamberlain, Count Perponcher, in a carriage and pair ; his Majesty's Chamberlains ; Count Redern, Generals von Schreckenstein and von Moltke in a carriage and pair ; a com pany of the Gardes du Corps with their band ; a Royal carriage and six, containing the newly married couple and the Mistress of the House hold, Countess Perponcher ; a company of the Garde du Corps • a carriage and pair, with the Princess's ladies in wai ing ; a similar car riage with the Prince's adjutants, and be closed by a picket of Lancers of the Guard. The Com mandant of Potsdam will ride on the right side of the carriage containing the bridal couple, and the officer in command of the squadron of Garde du Corps on duty will ride on the left. As soon as the procession begins to move 24 guns will be fired. At the marble steps leading into the Stadtschloss the newly-married couple will be received by the highofficers of the Court, and led into the marble saloon where the Royal Family will be waiting to receive them. The officers of the garrison and the various municipal authorities of Potsdam will be presented in the Marble Saloon, but the ladies entitled to claim this privilege will be presented in the Bronze Chamber. At 4 o'clock the Royal Family will dine in private. On the following day, boil:s Sunday, the Court will remain at Potsdam, and attend Divine service in the Garrison Kirche. Dinner in private. On Monday morning, Feb. 8, the newly-married couple will arrive at Bellevue Palace, in the neigh bourhood of this place, after paying a visit to the King and Queen at Chat lottenburg. The procession thence will be opened about 1 o'clock by a picket of Dragoons of the Guards, the Marshal of the Household and the Chamberlain, in a carriage and six ; the King's Chamberlains in a carriage and six • Count Redern, Generals von Schreckenstoin and von Moltke, in a carriag e and six ; a company of the Gardes du Corps with their band ; the state carriage and eight horses, w ith the young couple and the Mistress of the Household ; a company of Gardes du Corps ; the Princess's ladies, in a carriage and six ; the Prince's adjutants, also in a carriage and six ; with a picket of Dragoons of the Guard bringing up the rear. Outside of the Branden burger Thor the Prince and Princess will bo wel comed by the Governor and Commander of the city of Berlin and the President of Police ; on their pass ing through the gate 24 guns will be fired ; when once inside the gate they 'will receive an address of welcome from the Oberburgermeister and the muncipal authorities of the city. After passing along the U n t er den Linden and arriving 1 at the Royal Schl oss the nottvea.,, manes will be received by th e Royal Princes at the foot of the grand stai rcase and cond into the Yllute Saloon, whi c h has lately . been beautifully redeeo r ated,and here they will be received by the Royal Princesses. They will then proceed through the apartments of King Frederick I. to the Branden burg Chamber, receiving the welcome and congra tulations of the Knights of the Order of the Black Eagle, the Generals of the Army, the Ministers of State, the Presidents of the two Houses of the Diet, and the Cabinets-raethe of his Majesty the King. At 4 o'clock there is to be a state dinner in the White Saloon ; the remainder of the evening to be passed in private. On Tuesday, February 9, there will be a dejeuner-dinatoire in the apartments of the young . couple at 1 o'clock. At 7 o'clock a cou r will be hold in the Ritter-Saal and in the picture-gallery. (Cour signifies here a reception of all and any per sons who are entitled, by their birth or station, to be present at Court festivities.) At 8 o'clock there is to be a Polonaise Bill in the White Saloon. On Wednesday the Prince and Princess of Prussia will give a grand dinner, after which there will be a gala performance at the Opera-house. On Thursday Prince Carl is to receive the mem bers of the Royal Family at dinner, and in the evening there will be a rout given by the Prince and Princess of Prussia. THE FLORAL DECORA' 'IONS. The floral decorations are of a nature so refined and various that they require especial notice, to give an idea of the wonderful effect produced by the productions of nature even in the inclement month of January. Right and left of the archway of the State entrance has suddenly arisen a verdant screen of Portugal laurel and bay trees, which appear in fine rebel against the scarlet and purple drapery, by which this opening is adorned, whilst the whole length of the outside appears to be a wood of evergreens. A boss of evergreens and flowers at the highest point is adorned in the centre with a magnificent knot of the united colours of England—red, white, and blue—and Prussia—black and white—in compliment to the royal bridegroom, Prince Frederick William. On entering this covered way, beautitul garlands of the most luxuriant evergreens, and of very large dimensions, with handsome pendants formed of tendrils of ivy, are hung from Pillar to pillar throughout the whole length. The garlands are formed with a double twist of lawusqnus in fl ewer, alternated with golden furz.., the centre coil being made of holly, covered with berries. Over each column the garlands are united by bridal knots of white satin and silver, with streamers of the colours of England and Prussia. A. second row of garlands of the same description ornaments the opposite side, and the door by which her Majesty entered appeared as if set in a frame of the most exquisite combination of flowers, leaves, and berries. The windows on both sides of the covered way have a similar framework, as well as the new doors for the royal suite, on each side of her Majesty's entrance, although of course less gor geously decorated than the doorway through which the Queen passed, and over which is an arch formed of real palm branches. The bannister of the royal staircase, by which the Queen ascended to her re tiring room, is intertwined with the delicate foliage of a rare creeping plant into which is interwoven roses and camellias. THE INTERIOR OF THE CHAPEL ROYAL. The Chapel-Royal has been completely re modelled and beautified. The large pews have been removed, and seats erected in their stead ris ing one above the other, so as to afford accom modation to the largest possible number. Iu addi tion to this, two substantial galleries have been erected on the same elevation as the royal pew, giving increased accommodation to about 200 per sons. These galleries are constructed of polished oak, harm .nosing with the rest of the Chapel, re lieved wirh medallions of the royal arms of England and Prussia. Tue embrasure opposite the organ has been carried out about 10 feet for the accom modation of the orchestra, which comprised the principal artists and vocalists of English celebrity] as well as the elite of the boys of Westminster Abbey and St. Paul's. The wind Jays at the b tuk of the altar have been lowered six feet, and gated up with stained glass. The beneficial effect tit this change was apparent at a g lance, and was evidently appreciated by those present. It has entirely re moved the sombre line which formerly pervaded the chapel and became one of its great attractions. This is one of the alterations it is stated will be permanent, from its being a decidedly beneficial improvement. The Royal pew over the entrance porch, has been draped with curtains and fittings of crimson velvet and gold, and set apart for the accommodation of the corps diplormatique, more than thirty of whom were preaeut on the occasion. In front of where the communion rails stood a haut-pas has been raised, ext, , nding down the church as far as the reading desk, for the accom modation of the Royal relatives of the high con tracting parties, the bride-tmaids and others ie immediate attendance. The haut-pas and centre aisle have both been covered in " bishop's blue," and to this, along with the slender columns of the same colour that support the gallery, much of the cheerful aspect which has been attained is to be attributed. The hangings and draperies are of crimson velvet, looped with rich silk lace of the same colour, arid the chairs of state and Cabarets on which the royal visitors were aceoeimedated are of the same colour, with the addition of much gilding and bullion decorations. The carved oakwork of the galleries has been greatly relieved with a cornice of gilding in keeping with the crown and shield, bearing the royal cypher and the emblazonments of England and Prussia fixed to the spandrels of the arenas supporting the galleries, bringing out the chaste oak carvings with great effect. The railings in front of the royal pew are elaborately gilded, adding much to the beauty and charm of the scene. On the floor the three rows of seats on each side are covered with crimson velvet, richly trimmed with silk fringe of the same colour, and are regu larly divided into compartments, guaged with a proper regard to the prevailing fashion in ladies' costume. The drapery which surmounts the altar is of the richest crimson velvet, bordered with deep gold lace and fringe. The altar is covered with the same material. The railing has been richly gilded, and the same rich blue colour which has been so exten sively used in the decorations throughout the palace has been added in such a manner as to bring out the whole altar with great effect, the rich coloured velvet of the hangings forming an admirable back ground. On the left of the altar seats were placed and occupied by her Majesty, on her left were the Princesses Alice, Helena, and Louisa, and on the right of the Queen were the Princes Arthur and Leopold. The Prince of Wales occupied a place reserved for him more immediately in front, and Prince Alfred was seated amongst the illustrious friends and supporters of the bridegroom, on tie right. His Royal Highness the Prince Consort and the King of the Bagiaus occupied seats in the front of the altar, in the centre of the haut-pas, and the Prince and Pi incess of Prussia on the right immediately behind the bridegroom. The seats occupied by all the royal personages in the haut pas were exactly alike, being elegant seteaes of white, and covered with crimson velvet, and richly embroidered with gold. The chair of state of her Majesty has been manufactured expressly felt the occasion, and is a very elegant modern piece of furniture, in the shape of an easy low chair, being covered with the same material as the other, and surmounted with a richly-worked gilded crown. The communion plate has been newly burnished, and looks as if it were perfectly new, instead of having been in use in the time of Henry VIII., Charles 1., Anne, and George I. Some additional ornaments have been added to the chapel, in the shape of the arms of Henry VIII. placed under the royal pew, arid the royal initials at the top of the different columns. The effect of the new galleries being found to be so completely in keeping with the general character of the chapel, it has also been determined to retain them. THE BRIDAL DRESSES. Her Majesty, with her usual good taste, a n d desire to promote the interests of British manufac ture, has selected fabrics of Spitalfields production. Her Majesty wore a rich moire antique of a deli cate " mauve," or the colour of the early bloom of the " mallow." It is more delicate and chaste in its hue than even the peach. The dress is ishot with silver threads woven in the material. Th e train is of rich Lyons velVet, of the same colour as the robe. The Princess Royal wore a dress of white moire antique, shot with threads of the purest gold ; and the one in which the Princess will make her entry into Berlin will be a white poult de soie, with stripes of silver, The effect of this introdue- THE BRIDESMAIDS. The bridesmaids to the Princess Royal aro nearly of the same age as her royal highness, though none of ihim are as youthful; her royal highness was 17 last November. The youngest of the bridesmaids, Lady Caroline Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Clarendon, was 17 on the 2d of September last, and Lady Catherine liamilton, daughter of the Marquis of Abercorn, was the same age on the 9tit of June, in last year. The next most youthful of the bridesmaids is Lady Victoria Noel, who was 18 on the 30th of June. Lady Susan Clinton, daughter of the Duke of Newcastle, was of the same age on the 7th of April, 1857. Lady Cecilia Molyneux, daughter of Lord Sefton, attained her 19th year on the 7th of November last ; and Lady Cecilia Len nox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond, was also nineteen on the 13th of last April. Lady Susan Murray, daughter of the Earl of Dunmore, arrived at her 19th year on the 7th of last July ; and Lady Emma Stanley, daughter of the Earl of Derby, who has the honour of being the eldest of the fair group of ladies, was 22 on last Christmas Day. Of the bridesmaids, two were born in the same year as her Royal Highness, two in 1838, one in 1837, .and one in 1835. The dresses of the bridesmaids are from a design furnished by the illustrieus bride herself. They con sist of a white glace petticoat, entirely covered by six deep tulle flounces, over which falls a tunic of tulle, trimmed with ruches a tulle looped up on one side with a bouquet of pink roses and white heather. The body is trimmed with draperies of tulle, with hangeng sleeves of the same material trimmed with ruches. This dress is an exquisite artistic combination, and curious rea d ers w ill b e in terested to know that: the heather has been modelled from a sprig gathered by her Royal Highness in her parting walk on the mountains of Balmoral. At the marriage of her Majesty there were 12 bridesmaids. They were Lady Adelaide Paget, Lady Sarah Villiers, Lady Francis Camper, Lady Mary Augusta Grimstone, Lady Eleanor Paget, Lady C. Gordon Lennox, Lady Elizabeth Georgina Howard, Lady Adelaide Hay, Lady Catherine Stanhope, Lady Jane Harriet Bouverie, and Lady Mary Howard. Every one of her Majesty's brides maids have since required for themselves the like good offices of hiiiesmaidA. The whole of them are married, and with one except ion (Lady Eleanor Paget) all are living. One of them is new a widow, viz., Lady Francis Couper, now the Dow;iger Viscountess Jocelyn. One of the leddesmeels, Lady Catherine Stanhope ' has been twice married, hot first husband being Lord Dalmenv, and the secon I and present one, Lord Harry Vane ; ant one Lady Caroline Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond, is a second wife of the Earl of 13,11- borough. This lady is the sister of Lady Cecilia Lennox, one of the bridesraeids of the Princess Royal. Two of the Queen's bridesmaids were mar ried in the same year as her Majesty. Lady Mary Grimstone, daughter of the Earl of Verulem, became Viscountess Folkestone on the 3d Oct., and is now the mother of 13 children ; an d Lady Elizabeth Howard, daughter of the Earl of Carlisle, w as marr i e d to t h e .on. and Rev. Francis Grey. Of th e b ridesma id s w ho attended her Majesty t en were younger than t h e royal bride. Her Majesty was b orn the 24th May, 1819 , and was in hse 21st y ear w h en married. L a dy Catherine Stanhepe was y ounger b y a wcek on ly, and Lady , Caroline L ennox b y a few days ; she was born ou the 18th Jun e o f t h e same year. L ,cly Frances Co-iper (Dowager Viscountess Joce l yn ) : L 'd Y Mary Grims'o rte (V iscountess Folkestone ), and Lady Eleanor Paget (L a d y S andford arahara) were in their twentieth y ears. Lad Adelaide nineteenth year, Adelaide Hay (Vis ceuntess Campil ee ) h was in Lady Mary H oward, daughter of t h e l a t e Duke of Norfolk (L a d y F oley), Ives but eighteen , an d L a dy Sarah Villi ers, d aughter of the Earl o f J erse y, now the Princ ess E sterhazy, was of t h e same age . Lady Ad e l a id e P aget, daughter of t h e M arqu i s o f Anglesea, now Viscou n te ss M a idstone, who was o , now the seventeen. Th e b r id esmaids o ld e r than her Majesty w ere L ady Jane Bouverie, now t h e H on. Mn.s Elli ce , w h o was about six weeks t h e sen i or o f her Maje s ty, and Lady Elizabeth Howard, Hou. Mrs. G rey, who was three years o ld er th an the royal bride. The Princess Royal might have selected for her bridemaids some noble daughters of the ladies who, in 1840, attended at the marriage of her Maje s ty, and thus established as a b ranc h o f the peerage, th e h onour of hereditary b r id esma id s. THE PROCESSION TO THE ROYAL. CHAPEL Her Majesty' s procession having been marshalled in the Throne-room b y Garter, Principal Ki ng of Arms, moved through the state apartments, down the state staircase, to the Chapel Royal, in the following order : HER MAJESTY'S PROCESSION. Drums and Trumpets. Sergeant Trumpeter. Knight Marshal. Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms. Equerry in Waiting to the Queen. Clerk Marshal. Comptroller of the Household. Treasurer of the Household. in Keeper o f th e Privy Purse. Groom in Waitin g t o the Lord Queen. _ Queen. Waiting to the The Lord Steward. Lord Privy Seal. Lord President of the Council. Two Sergeants- Lord High Two Sergeants at-Arms. Chancellor., at-Arms. Senior Gentleman Usher Qu rterly Waiter. Gentleman Usher Garter, Principal Gentleman Usher D lily Waiter King of Artni. Of the and to the carrying hi e Black Rod Sword of State. Sceptre. bearing his Rod. The Earl Marshal, bearing his baton. Her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, her train borne by Lady Arabella Sackville west, and attended by Major Home Purves. Hi s Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Colonel Charles Tyrwhitt. H er Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, Her train borne by Lady Geraldine Somerset. and attended by Baron Knesebeck. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, Her train borne by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, and attended by Colonel Sir George Couper, Bart. The Vice Chem- The Sword of State, The Lord Cham berlain. borne by berlain. Viscount Pa'rneriton, K.G , First Lord of the Treasury: His Royal Highness His Royal Highness the Prince Alfred. the Prince of Wales. THE QUEEN, His Royal Highness Prince Leopold. Prince Arthur. Her Majesty's Train borne by the Groom of the Robes and Two Pages of Honour. Her Her Her Royal Highness Royal Highness Royal Highness Princess Louisa. Princess Alice. Princess Helena. The Master of the Horse. The Mistress of the Robes. The 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. Master of the Buckhounds. Master of the Household. Silver Stick in Waiting. Field Officer i n B r i ga d e W a iti ng . Tutors to their Royal P Highnessesre the Prince o f Wales and rince Alfd. Six Gentlemen-at -Arms. Six Yeomen of the Guard to close the Procession. 'On arriving at the entrance to the c hapel the Lady. Hall LITERATURE.. The Edinburgh Review. Longman ds Co. This "potent, grave, and reverend seignor" on tho bench of critical judgment exhibits its usual amount of erudition and classical elegance. The engrossing topic—" Prospects of the I n di an Empire ;" a learned expatiation on " Milm an ' s H s'ory of Latin Clinsiaitity ;" a paper on "Scottish University R.-form ;" and a digest of "Lot d 0 verstone on Metallic and Paper Currency," constitute somewhat heavy but able articles, which are delightfully relieved by discourses on "Tom Brown's School Days," "Memoirs of Bossuet t " and Hawker's "Literature of France." There is considerable truth in the following, taken from the remarks on " Tom Brown's School Days" : " In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, the ambition to bo a man of genius, and to decline what so many idle and vapouring minds consider the vulgar pursuits of trading, professional or social life, is a silly and not • very harmless fancy ; but in the hundredth ease the refusal to admit the claim is nothing less than a public crlamity ; for if it does not neutralise powers of incalcu lable importance to the happiness of mankind, it is only too likely to g md them into rebellion against the whole social fabric. * * * It would be hard to mention any weightier responsibility than that which is involved in the education of a peculiar boy. To treat the symp toms of what differs but little from disease as being symptoms of genius, is almost certain to produce an overweening vanity, fatal to the boy's futare capacity for any of the careers of life ; whilst, on the other hand, there are few more melanch•dy histories than those which record the torture+ inflicted on youths whose genius was mistaken fur disease. A mistake in the one direction may convert a lazy dreamy lad into an emas culate coxcomb. A mistake in the other may lasts a Cowper or Shelley into melancholy madness. These are the exceptional cases, for which no general rule can be laid down. Ali that can be done is to recognise the fact, that sensibility often greatly needs vigorous cor rectives. What correctives are likely in any case to be vigorous is natter of experiment ; but where there is sufficient constitutional vigour in the subject, public school life is often an admirable prescription." The paper on the "Memoirs of Bossuet" is full of interest ; but though painting in vivid colours the genius of the orator, it shows us a somewhat mournful contrast in the character of the man. It is remarked, in speaking of his " Oraisous Funt4bres," a class of compositions in which he stands unrivalled, that " the inspiration of the lyric poet, united with the deep voice of the histo rian, swells out in the noblest passages ; and the poetry of Wranca can hardly produce a page comparable to the diction of her greatest writer in prose." The characters who then were passing away from the stormy turmoils of courts and factions, gave ample scope for the elo quence of the orator, whether in their personal characteristics, the vicis , itudes of their lives, or the incidents attending their deathbeds. His first funeral oration was on Henrietta, the daughter , wife, and mother of kings; justly styled "ls reine Malheureuse." His second " Oraison Funebre," strange to say, was for her daughter, another Henrietta, the wife of M. D'Orleang, brother of the Grand Mouarque, who died of poison is the bloom of youth. And so on through a long cata logue of noble and illustrious names eminent for birth, valour, or misf_uitune, down to his last dis course on the great Conde, a worthy termination to his gorgeous " Oraisons." Those who prefer political retrospections to literary essays will find subject fur gratification in a paper on "The Adding ton and Pitt Administrations." 1 The Quarterly Review. Murray, Albemarle-street. The "leader" in this number is on "The difficulties of Railway Engineering," and conveys a deal of attractive and edifying matter connected with the subject, from James Brindley's great canal schemes, to George Stephenson's greater achieve ment and victory over the swampy bog of Chat Moss. Thousands of us know little cf the toil and ingenuity which have been expended on the iron road along which we fly in thoughtless enjoyment of speed and comfort. It is, indeed, difficult to form an adequate idea of the immense quantity of earth, rock, and clay that has been picked, blasted, shovelled, and wheeled by English navvies during the last thirty years. "Of the 8,635 miles of rail way now constructed in Britain, about 70 miles pass through tunnels, and more than 50 miles over viaducts ; whilst of railway bridges there have been built some 30,000, or far inore than all the bridge. previously existing in England." • An article on " The Historic Peerage" traces out each title ever held by our lordly rulers from its earliest date to its extinction, or its present pos sessor. Those who are prone to investigate the ancient particulars of Howards, Percys, and Tal bots, may get an agreeable reading from it. There is much of valuable philosophy and elevat ing sentiment in the paper which handles Rowell's Essay on the " Beneficent Distribution of the Sense of Pain." We give a short extraot : ' " Montaigne held cruelty to be the extreme of all vices ;it is also one of the oeramonest. Humanity seldom or ever shows itself in inferior dispositions, and where it exists is readily destroyed. No unnatural taste is so rapidly acquired as the taste for shedding blood. There are few who are ignorant of the circumstance which occurred at the execution of Thistlewood and his fellow 'conspirators for treason. A. thrill of horror ran through the crowd when the first head was severed front its body, but so rapidly did the spectators become accustomed to the sight that on the executioner accident ally letting the third head drop, there was a shout of 'Ah 1 butter-fingered r * * * * It is told of Henry IV. of France that he twice whipped his sun, afterwards Luis XIII., with his own hand—the first time because he had taken such a dislike to a gentle man that his servile attendants could only appease him by pretending to shoot with a pistol without ball the object of his aversion ; the sec.md time for crushing the bead of a sparrow. Though the just punishment he had receive I was small in comparison with the unjust punishment he had inflicted, his mother objeoted to this discipline of her son. 'Pray to God,' replied . Henry, ' that I may live, for when I am gone he will !II -treat you.' The experience of the king had taught him that cruelty seldom knows any distinctions, and that he who begins by crushing the heads of sparrows in sport would end by directing venom against the very breasts he had sucked." With many points of argument advanced in " The Future Management of our Indian Empi re ," we m ust beg leave to differ. Our estimation of the Sepoys is many degrees lower th an th at w hi c h th e writer in the Quarterly expresses, and we fear our desire for vengeance is not so mercifully modified. The 2'ational Review. Chapman and Hall, Piccadilly. The opening article in this quarterly is on the most absorbing subject at this moment—viz., " The Principles of Indian Government." A deal of good sense and plausible elucidation relative to the terrible movements in the East are afforded, and we have perused the paper with infinitely more satisfaction arm we do the average of discussions now put forth on the same theme. From all we hear and read we are inclined to think that India has been treated by us as a Pyrotechnic Ma nufactory on a large scale. We have derived from it boundless and brilliant and l e t e h d , uteotyoesthe security of the ;daZZbutwe eon uscations sufficient ofwea h enchantite d t o u r o l) s y gold-worshipping the gunpowder which formed those bewildering delights, until an " awful expl osion " and "fright ful loss of life" awoke us to the perception of our folly, and remorse for the consequences. The governing policy of England seems to have been curiously at fault of la' e, both as regards theoretical knowledge and practical science. An article on " George Sand" treats fully and impartially of the writings and influence of that greatly gifted woman ; and after a very able digest of her power and productions, the conclusion is given in these opinions : " View her from whatever side we may, and judge of her by whatever of her novels we may chance to light On, we shall always leave her with mingled feelings of admiration and regret. But if we look at her works u a whole, and read several of them in succession, her cha racter, we think, will rise in our estimation, although the works themselves lose interest by their prolixity, their want of plot, and their surfeiting fullness of vague theorising being thus forced on our notice. We catch through them glimpses of a woman with many faults— haste, rashness, morbid sentimentalism, and &pronoun to indulge in a secondhand philosophy often caught up from men inferior to herself—but still, in the main truth ful ; loving in a blind and capricious way what is good ; indignant at the sophistries and the success of polished vice and conventional virtue. If in the midst of the display of her great intellectual gifts she sometimes startles us by moral errors, she never shocks us by moral depravity. The more we try her by a foreign standard, and the better we appreciate the circumstances under which she wrote, and the influences to which she was exposed, the more gently and sparingly we shall censure her." " The Czar Nicholas" has a somewhat length)" and somewhat partial commentary ; abed lengths Monetary Crisis" is attempted to be exp in a more lucid style than we often meet. Otherpapers of interesting and enlightenin ten.denoy, render the number most accePtab le t° ti ke "nu"' table.