The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-12 00:00:00

THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF

WALE&

MEETING AT ST. ismaars HALL—(THIS DAY).

This morning a public meeting of the inhabitants
of Regent.street was had at St. Jamees.hall to take into
oonidderatioe the best means of making a suitable de.
moestraticie on the 7th of )(Arch next, the day appointed
for her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra's snivel,
and to appoint a deputation to wait upon Rix George Grey,
to request that the royal procession should peas up Regent.
street, as one of the chief thoroughfares of the metropolis,
end to take such steps as may be considered necessary for
promoting the object io view ; Mr. BAZIN in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said, as the circular which had been sent
round fully explained the object of the meeting, it was an.
necessary for him to dilate upon the subject, but the im-
portance of Regent-street was well known ; sod if the royal
procession should pass through, he felt certain that every
inhabitant would do hie beet to show his affection for the
newly-adopted child of the country. Although every in.
habitant of the neighbourhood would do hie best on the
occasion, yet, in order to sustain the wealth and import.
anon of Regent-street, they should do something in the
agg►egate.

Mr. Marvin, of the firm of Meppin Brothers, moved the
first resolution as follows :—"That this meeting, repreient-
ing the householders and residents of Regent•street, St.
James's, being desirous of celebrating the arrival within this
country of her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra in a
manner befitting the auspicious end joyful occuion, and in
such form as shall at the same time present
tangible proof of the warmth and cordiality
of their greeting, unanimously resolve to use every eau.
tion in their power to insure the procession passing along
Regent•street en route to Paddington, it being universally
acknowledged to be the finest thoroughfare in the metro-
polis, and so eminently adapted for the purposes of a demon.
titration such as is contemplated by its inhabibuits."
Mr. lifumoN seconded the resolution, which wan carried
unanimously.
A deputation was then appointed to wait upon Sir George
Grey, to ask him to allow the procession to pass through
Regent-street.

A oommittee having been appointed to carry out the
object of the meeting, the proceedings terminated with a
vote of thanks to the chairman.

A meeting convened by a circular signed by the
mayor was held yesterday in the mayor's parlour, at the
Pown-hall, Manchester, to discuss the steps to be taken on
the forthcoming marriage of the Prince of Wales. There
wan not a very numerous attendance, the majority being
members of the corporation. The mayor, who presided,
stated that a rub-committee, tppointed from the Gomel
Purposes Committee of the town council, had been wad-
daring the question which they had met to discuss, and it
was thought desirable that the committee should be joined
by gentlemen unconnected with the counciL The sub-
committee suggested that on the 10th of March. when the
marriage of his Royal Highness would be celebrated, there
should be a public holiday, a general illumination, a general
display of flags, a gathering of the troops of the line, sad
a muster of the volunteers. A procession of trades unions
wu also mentioned, but the committee, considering the
state of the times, thought it best not to suggest such an
expensive affair. The committee could not undertake any
expenses out of the corporation funds, and it was therefore
necessary that an appeal should be made to the general
public. A committee was subsequently appointed to raise
funds and carry out the esessaary arrangements.

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