The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

THE ROYAL BRIDESMAIDS.

Several inaccurate lists of the ladies selected as
bridesmaids to the Princess Alexandra have appeared in
some of our contemporaries, and the number has also
been exaggerated. The following will, however, be found
to be an accurate enumeration of the ladies on whom the
hosour has bass coeferred :—l, Lady Victoria Scott,
daughter of the Duke of Bucclench ; 2, Lady Victoria
Howard, daughter of the Earl of Suffolk ; 3, Lady Arleta
Yorke, daughter of the Earl of Hardwick. ; 4, Lady
Feodore Wellesley, daughter of Earl Cowley ; 5, Lady
Diana Beauclerk, daughter of the Duke of St. Albans ;
6, Lady Georgians Hamilton, daughter of the Marquis of
A bercorn ; 7, Lady Emma Bruce, dmmitter of the Earl
of Elgin ; 8, Lady Eleanor Hare, daughter of the Earl of
ListoweL

THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA'S BRIDAL DRESS

AND PRESENTS.

(From the Denmark (Copenhagen) of Thunday.)
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To-day the Danish capital is in high excitement
with regard to the departure of her Royal Highness the
Princess Alexandra. The general enthusiasm shows itself
in a thousand forms. Yesterday the shops exhibited her
royal highness's medal in their windows.

The bridal garments of the Princess Alexandra have
attracted great notice here. Their febriostion has
beeq entrusted to Mr. Levysohn, of this city.
and they have been exhibited to the fair sex in his
establishment in Kjebmagergade. Finer specimens of
needlework will not easily be found. The stitches are so
fine and the work so delicate that they have excited
univenal admiration. No machine has been employed. On
eaclapiece has been embroidered her royal highness's initials,
below the English crown, and this alone bas given six hun-
dred such embroideries. The time allowed being so short,
several hundred persons have been employed, but the
greatest accuracy and uniformity has been obtained. The
handkerchiefs have been ordered in Paris, ►od are master-
pieces intheirkind, the embeoidery being remarkably tasteful
and beautiful. The English crown, from its peculiar shape,
has offered various difficulties, but they have been triumph-
antly overtime. Only a few of the robes were exhibited,
some being too delicate to beer any handling. Articles of this
kind more glaring and costly might easily be obtained ; but
certainly nothing more quietly and fittingly appropriate as
perfect specimens of what the needle tan accomplish.
Her royal highness attended divine service for the last
time on Sunday in St. Mary's Church, known to our readers
contaiuisg the famous marbles of Thorvaldsee, Christ
and his Apostles, An. The Rev. Mr. Paulli addressed acme
feeling words to her on the occasion.
On Tuesday several deputations waited on her royal
highness with parting gifts. Among these we may men.
riot' a porcelain stand with rich figures from Flora FouPs,
presented by a committee of ladies a costly fan, by the
maids of honour : old-northern golden ornaments, by a
committee from Fainter ; an English Bible, Bei years old,
by a schoolmaster from F►lster ; busts of her royal high-
ness's parents, from a Jutland Committee ; a splendid pair
of gold embroidered shoes, from the shoemakers of the
capital, eta.
To these must be added :--From her Majesty the Queen
Dowager and their Royal Highnesses the Hereditary Prince
and Princess, a large painting by Selma, representing a
group of the Princess Alexandra's brothers sod sisters--
From the Landgrave of Home and several members
of the Hessian family, golden one:menu, diadem,
clasp, bracelets, rings, Ac.. in the old northern
style, executed by the court jeweller, Micholsen. From
Baron Blizeo Finecke and his lady, the Princess
Augusta. a marble group, two children kissing each other,
one of the riuest works ever executed by Sisson, the great
Danish sculptor, and in the purest Carrara marble. The
mould is destroyed, and the piece is little known, but all
who have seen it unit° in piaisiog its elegance and expres-
sion. From the Priucees Augusta a pray erbook, con-
Taiping the 12 chief prayers at the English church, painted
in the style of the middle ages I,y her royal highness
on vellum with a ground of gold and silver,
splendidly bound io the old style by Michelson. From pro-
prietor.' of Danish estates : A marble group, Adam and
Eve, executed by Jeriebau. From the capital : A marble
statue, Hnbe, executed by 'linen. From some young
Julies: Au album, with views in Denmark, by the best
Danish artiste. From the brothers Bing : Two portrait me-
dallions in porcelain, the princess's grandfather and grand-
mother. From the marine painter Sorensen : A picture
representing a part of Copenhagen and the Long Line; as
seen from the roads.

THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE AND THR ARRIVAL
Or THE PRIMERS"; AIMAANDRA.-011/ readers are aware
that some of the officers of the Royal Naval Reserve re.
ceotly applied to the Admiralty for the Naval Reserve force
to be properly represested on the occasion of the arrival of
the Princess Alstanirs. We have sow the pleasure to