The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-28 00:00:00

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

THE RECEPTION OF THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA.
The corporation of London have carried their point in the
arrears:sent, so tar as they are concerned, of the royal
pageant on the entrance of the Princess Alexandra into the
metropolis. The order, emanating from the Home-office,
which had assigned to the Prime and Priam. • place at
the head of the cavalcade, with the civic authorities in the
rear, wee yesterday changed or modified, and the Lord Mayor
and thrifts, with the aldermen and commatera, will now pre-
cede and conduct their royal highnesses through the City
on their way to Windsor Castle, instead of following them,
and thousands upon thousand. of people along the line of
route will have an opportunity of witnessing the spectacle
with emarerative satisfactioa. Yesterday morning the
' Lord Mayes, accompanying a deputation of aldermen and
councils 's from the Royal Reception Committee of the
Corporation, had en interview with Lord Palmerston on
the subject, sad later in the day, while the committee were
sitting at Guildhall, the rubjoined communication, addressed
by the Lord Chamberlain to the Chid Magistrate, arrived :
" Lord Charnlxidain's Office, St. James's Palace, Feb. 27.
" My dear Lord Mayor,-1 have the honour to inform
your Lordship in reference to our conversation this morning
that there will be so objection to your Lordship, with the
Sheriffs and Common Concil, preceding the royal procession
on the wean et the entrance of her Ropy. Highness the
Princess Alexandra into the city of London, upon the dis-
tinct understanding that the proosetion of the civic autho-
rities should terminate at Temple-bar.
" I trust that I need not ware your lordship that her
Majesty fully appreciates the loyalty manifested by the
city of Loudon in the reception proposed to be given to her
Royal Highness the Primer Alexandra of Denmark on her
arrival in this metropolis ; but, as it is desirable to avoid
any chance of delay and confusion, it is absolutely necessary
that the arrangements suggested as above should be ad-
hered to ; and I have also to request that your lordship will
be good enough to place yourself in communication with
Sir Richard Mayne with a view to carrying out the above
arrangement.
"I shall be glad to hear from your lordship that you me-
net to the above, in order that I may receive her Majesty's
pleurae relative thereto.
"I have the honour to be, my dear Lord Mayor,
" Your lordship's faithful servant,
"The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. "Sneer."
This letter is understood to have afforded the reception
committee much satisfaction, sad they readily adopted the
suggestion of Lord Sydney by appointing a deputation of
their body to confer with Sir Richard Mayne, consisting of
Alderman Hnmphery, Alderman Phillips, Aldermro Gib-
bons, Deputy Fry, Mr. Audition, and the Remembranoer.
The Lord Mayor has received a communication from the
general manager of the South-Eastern Railway, ti the effect
that they lave coseldered the question of the extent to
which they can accommodate the representatives of the
city of Lando* the borough of Southwark. and the county
of Surrey, at the Bricklayers' Arms Station on the airiest of
the Princess, and they find it will be impossible to admit to
the station more than the following gentlemen :—The Lord-
' Lieutenant of Surrey, the county members for Surrey, the
High Bailiff of Southwark, and the members for the bo.
rough, Mr. Johnson, Chairman of Quarter Sessions, South-
! week ; the Lord Mayor of London, and the Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex. The directors say they would have
been glad if greater accommodation could have been at.
forded, but in consequence of the circumscribed epees avail.
able, and the amount of room which will be occupied in a
great meteors by troops, together with parties who are emu-
' pelted to take part in the reception and procession, they are
I reluctantly obliged to place a limit to the numbers. In order
to avoid undo. inteiniption on the platform, the gentlemen
. before named will he expected to remain in the reception-
L room at the station until the Princess has been conducted
there from the train by the proper authorities.
For some further and interesting details relative to the
order of the royal procession we refer our readers to a re-
' port, in another colomn, of what passed in the Home of
Commons last night on the subject.
We are enabled by the courtesy of Mr. Bunning, the
City architect, to furnish the following particular. relative
to the decorations on the line of route of the royal proces-
sion. They will commence on the south side of Loudon-
' bridge. The parapets of the bridge will be ornamented
from the south to the north with portraits of the ILIop of
Denmark from the earliest period to his present Majesty
Frederick VII., affixed on the Danish national standards
; surmounted with ravens and elephants. Between th;
standards 100 tripods will be placed, from which incense
arise. At the south and earth approaches of the bridge
will be erected pedestals, on which will be placed statues of
Fame surmounted by Danish warriors holding the "Dane-
; brog," the national flag of Denmark. In the several re-
, I ceases of the bridge the same ornamentation will be ear-
ried out.

On the northern side of Adelaide•place will be meted a
triumphal arch, on the mouth side of which arch and in the
centre, immediately on the marriage way, will be
placed the united arms of England and Den-
mark ; right and left, and over the footways, will
be medallions in relief of the Prises and Princess.
On the columns will stand statues of flax° Grenadian; the
grammarian (1156) ; Holberg, the poet ; Thorwaldaeo, the
sculptor ; and Jed, the painter. In the pediment will appear
the following lines from Shakspere :
Honour, riches, marriage, blessing,
Long eoctisnance and increasing
Hourly joys be still upon you :
Engbind aho.ere her blessings on you.
Under which will be a painting representing Britannia so-
corting the Primers Alexandra to the shores of Fagland
accompanied by sea gods and goddesses. At night this paint-
leg will be removed, arid• transparency had representieg the
riches of Earth, Air, arid Water, in offerings to t►e Primmer
On the pediment will be represented Britannia in her ear,
drawn by four horses, welcoming the Princess Alexandra to
our shores, and on either side recumbent figures of Fame.
heralding her happy approach to this country. On the
southern front of the arch, and In its centre, will be a por-
trait of our gracious Queen Victoria, within a wreath of
laurel and the crown above, supported by allegorical agues
of Wisdom and Strength. On the eight Corinthian columns
on this side o! the arch will be four statues of Fame. Above