The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1862-11-11 00:00:00

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Tag MARRIAGE OF TB! PRIER)! OF WALES.—At
the Court at Osborne on Saturday, Her Mafesty, in
council, was pleased to declare her convent to a con-
tract of matrimony between his Royal Highness the
Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, daughter of
Prince Christian, of Denmark, which consent Her
Majesty has also caused to be signified under the great
teat
Tag PUTVRI PRINCESS OF WALL/I.—Their Royal
Highnesses Prince Chitistiau and Prinoems Alexandra of
Denmark arrived at Osborne on Thursday night, in
H.M.S. Black Eagle from the Continent. General and
Madame Orbolm were in attendance on their Royal
Highnesses, and Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, groom in
waiting to the Queen, met the Prince and Princess at
Calais. Princess Helena and Prince Leopold drove
down to Osborne pier when the Black Eagle anchored,
and oonducted their Royal Highnesses to Osborne,
where they were received by the Queen.
The Prince of Wales, as our readers are aware,
is to distribute the prima to the fortunate exhibitors of
the Great Exhibition a few days before the meeting of
Parliament in January. No effort, it is mid, will be
Inii!esi to make this ceremonial as brilliant and itn-
P°llelt as posaible. The time fixed is likely to be dnring
the afternoon, and, as our very short winter days are
then at their shortest, arrangements are being made to
hght the whale ef the interior with gas. The difficulty
of ProPerly lighting ep such I vast area is very great,
esP,cially with glass doors, which will both absorb and
emit light, but all these details are now undergoing
careful consideration and trial, in order that the
!attempt, when made, May be as complete 'es Possible
In the brillianor of its results' -- -
A Kiel letter in the llifoniteor says :-7" On the
occasion of the marriage of the Princess Alexandra of
Denmark, the city of CoPelottftffiin preparing
to Pre-
sent the young Princess with a reprodaction of the
celebrated statue of Hebe by Tborwahalen. The exam
-
twit al boo lActurce repreeenting views of the capital of

Denmark has been confided to two Danish painters, and
will be also presented to Her Royal Highness. In the
provinces a sub cription, headed by ladies, haa been
opened for the purpose of purchasing for presentation to
the Princess a porcelain service from the Royal manu-
factory, ornamented with views of the most picturesque
sites in Denmark, and the most beautiful specimens of
Danish flowers."
APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LlFE.—Colonel
the Right Hon. Cecil W. Forester, M.P., brother of
Lord Forester, is about to be married to the Han. Mrs.
Dyee Sombre, youngest daughter of the lie Viscount
St. Vincent. The marriage of the Hon. Elizsbeth T
Lister, daughter of the late Lord Ribblesdale, and step-
daughter of Earl Russell, and Mr. Melville, is appoLited
to take place on the 12th inst. . .

Tni 'MARQUIS OF /MumpsLassa—A telegram re-
ceived on Tuesday evening states that his lordship still
remains in a very weak state at Lausanne.
Lady Herbert of Lea and the Hon. Misses Herbert,
who left Wilton House the week before last/or the Con-
tinent, have arrived at Pan, where they purpose to pass
the winter.

The Hon. Mn. Bruce has left Penance's Hotel flr
Osborne.

ABCEIBISHOPRICK OF YORK.—It is currently reported
in Oxford that Dr. Thompson, the newly created Bishop
of Gloucester and Bristol. will be elevated to the see of
York.