The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1858-01-05 00:00:00

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE

The Correspondent of the Times writes as follows from
the Prussian capital :
BERLIN, Dec. 26.
The approaching marriage of Prince Frederick Wil-
liam with the Princess Royal forma just now a most
prominent topic of conversation, not only on account of
its interesting character in itself and its high political
importance in future years, but also because, in the pre-
sent unhappy state of the reigning Powers, these nuptials
and the entry into Berlin prouuse to be the only event
to mark the coming season.
Aocording to the latest arrangements made here
Prince Frederick William willleave this city on the 21st
of January, attended by General Baron von &bracken-
stein, Major-General von hfoltke, Major von Heins,
who is to be the Prince's Hofmarachail, or Master of the
Household, his two personal adjutants, and an orderly
officer. The ladies and gentlemen of the Princess's
future household, the Count and Countess Perponcher
(Chamberlain and Mistress of the Robes), the Countess
Maria nu Lynar and Wally von Hohenthal, Ladies in
waiting, will, in compliance with an invitation from our
Queen, proceed to London previous to the wedding, and
enter on their duties about the Princess as soon as the
nuptials are concluded. Not only will the Prince
and Princess of Pruarda be present at themarriage, but most
of the other members of the Royal Family of Prussia will
avail themselves of the Queen's invitation, and repair to
London on this occasion. Prince Frederich Cald and
Prince Albrecht, jun., cousins of the bridegroom, and
Prince Adalbert, amain of the King, have already
accepted the invitation. Primo Carl, the uncle of the
bridegroom, has been prevented as yet by indisposition
from accepting it definitely.
The newly married couple will leave London February
2nd, and proceed from Dover to Antwerp in the Royal
yacht Victoria and Albert; the 3rd of February is to be
devoted to a visit to the Belgian Court at Brussels; on
the 4th they will cross the Prussian frontier at Aix-la-
Chapelle, and stop that night at Cologne. On the fol-
lowing day, the stb of February, they pass on to
Hanover, and, after a stay of a few hours there, will
proceed u far as Magdeburg, where they will rest again
and on the 6th will arrive at Potsdam. February Ith
will be passed in Potsdam, and possibly on the evening
of that day the young couple will continue their progress
to Charlottenburgt from which more convenient spot
they will make their public entry into Berlin on the Bth
of that month. The question of their stopping a night
at Charlottenburg previous to the public entry doubtless
depends upon the King's health and other circumstanoes.
On • former occasion I mentioned that the Prince of
Prussia had, in consideration of the cold weather pro-
bably to be expected on the occasion, struck out of the
programme of the ceremonial to be observed at the
public entry of the newly married couple the item of
the young girls, who should, according to prescriptive
custom, receive the bride at the gates of the town in
bridal costume, and present her with flowers, &c. It
is understood, however, that the Princess Royal has
since then expressed the wish that this youthful party
may be admitted to present to her their whiteclad
selves, their address, and their flowers, the next day
after her entry at the Schloss, where the Prince and
Princess will reside until the summer admits of their
removing to Babertsberg, the Prince of Prussia's
seat at Potsdam. There is a great commotion to be
noticed already in the ranks of the virgin aspirants to
the honour of being included in this favoured band,
but the vast majority of those already looking forward
to it are doomed to disappointment, for only about 200
of them can possibly be admitted, and the very nume-
rous municipal officers of the city of Berlin seem to re-
joice in an unusually large number of female descen-
dents; the ill-starred damsels, therefore, who cannot
boast of Berlin aldermen or common councilmen as
their progenitors have but small chance of sporting their
white satin shoes on this occasion.

The different guilds and trades unions which are
entitled by prescriptive right to form part of the pro-
cession on this occasion of the public entry of the bride
and bridegroom, have already had various meetings at
the Rathhaus for the purpose of arranging the numbers
of the masters, journeymen, and apprentices that shall
be admitted to its ranks, and the order of precedence to
be accorded to each. Various trades have voted from
1,000 to 2,000 thalers for the furnishing up of their
flags, emblems, he., or for the providing additional
braverT. The butchers boast of the proud privilege of
appearing on such occasions on horseback, and great is
the activity observable at present in the riding-schools,
in which masters and men are alike busy in perfecting
themselves in the elements of equitation, and very con-
siderable studs of horses are being got together by
liverymen and jobmasters to supply for sale or hire the
quadrupeds required for the cavalcade.
On the evening of the day of the entry into the capital
there is to be a general illumination, which promises to
be something unusually attractive. The municipal
authorities have voted a very handsome sum for the
illumination of such remarkable buildings and works of
art as do not fall within the ordinary range of Govern-
ment or Ministerial care. Thus, for instance, it is in-
tended that the Victoria which rides triumphant in her
riudrigis on the Brandenburg Thor shall he rendered
resplendent in electric light; while the colossal statue of
Frederic the Great and the other monuments at the
west end of the town shall also be lit up with gas. The

Schloss, the Palaces of the different Royal Prtnoes, the
Ministerial botch, and all the public buildinp in the
town will on this occasion shine forth in unwonted light.
The gala opera which is to be given on this occasion,
when, doribtleen, the young married couple, as well u
the whole Court, will be present, is to be Spontini's
Vista/in, • delllpOgitioll generally aboun for these coos.
alone of pomp, not so much on the merit of its score a"
on the score of its merit—viz., as • muaioal spectacle.
The decorations and dream are to be quite new for the
coming file, and the rehearsals of the choruses and the
prooeuione have already commenced.
Pritioe Frederick William will probably take up his
abode in the suite of &pertinent' destined fur his tempo-
rary abode in the Schloss even before lie sets off from
here to London ; hot this arrangement doom not prevent
I him from liestowinevery unromitted attention to the
progreas of the Palau that is being gut rawly fur him.
The Princess of Prussia accompanied him Mile day last
we k to the new building and inspected the works very
' carefully, accompanied by the architect, Professor
Straek. The exterior is now finished, with the excep-
tion of the portico, which is to be added to it ; and the
intanior is sufficiently far advanoed for one to be able to
appreciate the judicious and convenient alterations that
have been mule in it. Ons of the most prominent crap
menU, that will strike the eye of every visitor immedi-
ately on entering the main hall, will be • statue that
will stand on the first landing-place of the main stair.
ease, representing the late King, who lived and died
under that roof, and whom memory is so closely enter-
twined with this " the old King's Palace," that be may
be looked on as the genius of the place. At the foot of
this staircase two marble Victories will stand and form
an arch of entrance to it by the Interwroathing of the
sprays of palm which they extend towards each other
over their heads' these two Victories may be looked on
as allegorising the glorious days of Quatro Brae and
Waterloo, that laid open the joint path of victory to LA
Belle Athena, that well-named precursor of the event
now about to crown the happy results of a bygone strug-
gle. The Gedenk Halle, in the new Palace, which the
talent and munificence of Berlin intends to adorn with
choice works of arts, as a testimonial of respect and
werhoblye
attachment to the future occupants of the Palace, will
hardly be so richly fitted up as it. originators contem-
plated in the first instance. Prussia is not over rich at
the best of times, and since this plan was set on foot the
burned
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downsn summer
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country bee had It. purse celled on most imperatively
numerouson th r e differentoo nfiaer
atc.wallions,l°wnrdichubriunrng
villages ; since then by the explosion at Idayence ; and
last, but far from least, by the labs commercial ett
In another point of view the greatest loss of all has
the death of Rauch.

(From the Court °trey/Ale.)
Winn"Oth Doe. 30.
The marriage ceremony of her Royal Highness the
Princess Royal and Prints, Frederick William of Preside
will take piece at the Chit* Royal, St. James's, on
Monday, the 25th of January.
There will be present on the 000041011, besides the
Royal Family, his Majesty the King of the Belgians,
their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Brabant and the
Count of Flanders, their Royal Highnesses the Prime
and Princess of Prussia, Prince Frederick Charles (ne-
rrew of the King, eon of Prince Charles), Prince Albert
brother of the King), Prince Charles Albert (son of
inos Albert), Prince A.dalbert (cousin of the I[lll4l
and the Prim", of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen,
Royal Highnesees the Grand Duke and Ealiess of
, Baden, and Prince William of Baden (brother of the
Grand Duke), and their Royal Highneues the Duke and
Duchess of Saxe-Cobourg ; the whole of whom will ar-
rive in London from the Continent on the 15th of
January and the following days, and will be her Ma-
jesty's guest" at Buckingham Paler*, while apartments
have been engaged for their respective suites at Far-
r&noe'R and Fenton's Hotels.
There will also be present on the occasion their Serene
Highnesses Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Prince
and Princess of Holienlobe lAngenburg, Prince's Feo-
dors, and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe, and the Prince
of Leiningen.
Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort,
and the Royal Family will arrive in town on Friday, the
16th of January.
A series of theatrical representations will take place
at her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday, the 19th, Thurs-
day, the 21st, and Saturday, the 23rd of January, at
which her Majesty, the Royal Family, and foreign visi-
tors will be present.
Her Majesty will give a State ball at Buckingham
Palace on Wednesday, January 20th.
His Royal Highness Prince Frederick William will arrive
on the 23rd. After the marriage ceremony, on the 25th,
the Prince and Princess Royal will leave Buckingham
Palace for Windsor Castle, attended by a limited
suite. . . .

Her Majesty will give that evening a State concert, at
Buckingham Palm*, to which the persons present at
the marriage ceremony, the Corps Diplowatique, the
members of the Government, and • number of the aris-
tocracy will be invited.
On the 26th most of Her Majesty's guests will return
to the Continent.

On the 27th Her Majesty and the Prince Consort,
with the junior members of the Royal Family, will
join the young married couple at Windsor Castle, where
on the 28th, Her Majesty will hold • Chapter of the
Garter, for the purpose of investing Prince Frederick
William with this distinguished order. The Knights of
the Garter attending the Chapter will be Her Majesty's
guests at the Castle, and will be present at • grand
banquet to be given in honour of the occasion.
On Friday, January 29, Her Majesty, his Royal
Highness the Prince Consort, and the Royal Family,
with their Royal Highnesses Prince Frederick William
and the Princess Royal, will return to town and be
present in State at a representation at Her Majesty's
Theatre in tlpi evening. On the following day Jana;
cry 30, Her Majesty will held • DAwing Room at St.
James's Palace, for the purpose of receiving songraim-
lations on the happy event.
The departure of their Royal Highnesses Is fixed for
Tuesday, February 2. Their Royal Highnesses will
embark at Gravesend in Her Majesty's yacht Victoria
and Albert, and cross over to Antwerp.