The National Register.
London, England, 1818-04-12 00:00:00

ANIL 12

ROY4L NUPTIALS,

The marriage of the Princess Elizabeth with Philip
Augustus Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Hesse Hum-
berg, took place at the Queen's House, on Tuesday.
The acquaintance of the new married couple commenced
two years ago, since which a correspondence has been
maintained between them.

Card:: of invitation were issued between two and
three • weeks since, to the Foreign Ambassadors and
Nlinistars and their Ladies, the Lord Chancellor, the
Cabinet Ministers and their Ladies, the Deputy Earl
Marshal of England, the Great Officers of State and
the Household, the King's, the Queen's, those of the
Windsor Establishment, the suites of the Ro7al Dukes
and Duchesses, the Lord Chief Justice of the Court
King's Bench, and other distinguished characters who
were to perform and assist at. the solemninatiou of the
marriage ceremony.
A great profusion of wedding cakes have• been pre-
paring for several weeks.
Among the company were the. Russian, French,
Spanish, Dutch, American, Swedish,. and Neapolitan
Ambassadors, with their ladies, together with most of
the ladies and gentlemen of the different Royal esta-
blishments, besides the following persons:
The Marquis and .Marettioness of Hertford. Marquis and
Marchioness Cholniondeley, Ir:arquis and Marchioness of
Winchesti r, Lord and Lady Harrington, Lady Eldon, Ear
and Countess of Harrowby, Earl and Countess Mulgiave,
Viseonnt and Viscountess Castlereagh, Mr. and Mrs. Can-
ning, Mr. Vansitiart, Archbishops of Canterbury and York,
Bishop of LOO4lOll, and Mr. Mr. . .ars Sutton.

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The saloon in the Queen's palace was the place sp-
rinted for the solemnisation of the marriage cere-
mony ; an altar was fitted up under the throne, which
was erected there as the Ql:Ceit'S throne, for the pur-
pose of receiving the stAresses upon the marriages of
the Princess Charlotte and the Duchess of Olocester.
The gold communion plate was very splendid ; part of
it had belonged to King William ; there were three re-
markably l:u•i;e salvers or dishes, one of them represent-
ing our Lord's Last Supper with his disciples, with
appropriate and emblematical devices in the compart-
ments. There were two large flagons from the Chapel
Royal, beautifully chased, and a number of ewers; also
several chali,:es, or cups, of •solid gold. Each corner
had moat superbly gilt tripods, for six candles.

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On Monday, the packages of the Princess Elizabeth
and the Princerdl Hesse Romberg were made up, aad
sent- off to the Prince Regent's cottage at Windsor,
which has been in readiness to receive the ttoyal Fair
for several days past.
On accJunt of the striling•from work of the jeur-
ney,men employed in manufacturing carriages, 'the new
traveling carriage could not be finished in time ; but
the Prince's's landaulet has been repaired and new
beautified for the occasion.

'The Prince of . Hesse-1 lomberg dined at his residence
in St. James's-palace a little before 5 o'clock At a
quarter before 8 o'clock, he went from. St James's-pa-
lace in• State to the Queen's palace, in two of the
Prince Rwnt's carriages, escorted by a party of Life-
Guards. His Serene Highness's suite eqt.iisted of
Baron. O'Naghton, Baron de Gen; ng, Earon de Franc,
and Lord Stewart. His Serene Highness was received
with the same mark of attention and respect as the
different branches of the Royal Family, by a guard of
honour, and the band playing God Save the King.

The company had ill. arrived before eight. The
rutered by the Colonade, and the front door to the
Grand Hall, where a few spectators were admitted.
Fhe hall was lined with the Yeomen of the Guard.
Pages were stationed on the grand staircase.
On the arrival of the different branches cf tha Royal
Family, consisting of the Duke and Duchess of York,
the Duke and Duchess of Glocester,- .the Duke of
Clarence, the Dale of Kent, the Princess Sophia of
Glocester, they proceeded to the Queens dining-
:nom &c.
-The Foreign Ambassadors entered tEe grand silicon
first to see the ceremony, to report to their different
Courts ; they were accompanied by their ladies, l'cl-
lowed by the Cabinet Ministers and their Ladies, who
proceeded to the right : the Great Officers, and those
of the Royal Household, took their stations on the left
s'de.

At eight o'clock, her Majesty, with the different
branches of the Royal Family except the .intended
bride and bridegroom, began to move from her private
apartments, and, on entering the Saloon, the Queen
took ber station in a chair of State, to the left of the
altar. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop
of London appeared at. the altar, the latter attending
as Bishop of the • DioceFe . and Dean of the Churel
Royal. Every tiling being properly arranged, the Lord
c:baniberlain seared, and intrishiced his Serene• Hig-
hness the erinee of Hesse-Homberg, between the Dukes
cf Clarence and. Kent. His Serene Hig,iiess was
dressed in his General's uniterrn, and wore several of
his Orders, Grand Crosses, &c having ten in the whole.
The Lord Chamberlain retired again and introduced
her Royal Highness the Princess Elizabeth, who was
conducted to the altar by the Dukes of Clarence and
Kent. The Duke of York appeared to give her away.
'Alit Prince Regent was absent, partly is consequence

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of not being quite recovered from his attack of the
gout, and partly because a similar sceac was fresh in
his recollection.

The Bishop of Leadon, as Dean cf Chapel
Royal, attended to Jake. the register cf the marriage,
as also the .clerk a St. Geerg:;s, l-lumwer-squne, in
which parish the saloon is situate. As soon as the
ceremonly had concluded, a signal was given, and a
double royal salute. was fired from the Park and Tower
guns.
The bride and bridegroom retired, and having taken
off their splendid dresses, his Serene Highness ap-
peared in a full ball dress, and her Royal Highness in
a white satin pelisse, and a nun's veil over her head:
they left the Palace soon after 9 o'clock in her'Royal
Highness's landaulet and four for the Prince Regent's
cottage at Windsor. The Duke of York handed his
Royal sister to her.carriage.

The Prince Regent held a Court en Monday, and
previously a Privy Council, at which the marriage of
the Princess Elisabeth with the -Hereditary Prince of
Hesse-Homberg was proposed and sanctioned.
The Baron de Geruing, Envoy from the Landgrave
of Hesse llomberg, and Baron Krane, Marshal of the
Court of th3t Principality • awl afterwards the Swedish
Minister, Baron Stiernhold, were introduced with due
ceremony, and were most graciously received.
On Friday the Queen and the Princess Agusta,
attended by Lady Ilchester, left the Palace fur Windsor
Castle. tier Majesty travelled in her landau with
four horses, and with the usual escort from the 10th
hussars. It is .unders'ood that her Majesty purposes
to return to town on Tuesday or Wednesday next at
farthest.

Friday morning the Dukes of York and Clarence,
and the Duchess of Gloucester, attended her Nlajesty
and the Princess Augusta to their carriage, on their
return to Windsor

Friday Ow Pukes of York and Cumberland, and the
Duchess of Gloucester, visited the Prince Regent at
Carlton !louse.

On Wednesday, his Royal Highness the Prince of
Saxe Cobourg arrived at Claremont from Weynwuth.
The offer of marriage made by his Royal Highness
the Duke of Clarence to the Princess Amelia Adelaide
Louisa Theresa Caroline. of '.L:(e Meiningen, has been
accepted. Her Serene Highness was born on the 18th
of August, 1792, and is accordingly in her t26th year.
Her brother the Duke is a minor, and her mother holds
the reins of the Duchy as kis guardian. The Lady
Mother is to accompany the Princess to England.—
Morning Paper.
The Duchess of Gloucester has honoured Sir
Beeehey, by sitting to him for her portrait, which will
probably grace the ensuing Exhibition at the Royal
Academy.
The entertainment to be given by the Marquis of
Chohnondelev, is intended to be of the most superb
description, in bowler of the Primo Regent, to take
place on the f.:3d inst. St. George's day.
The Duke of Athol is now enjoying the benefit which
provident ancestors sometimes confer upon their heirs.
His Grace's estates have been .hitherto consiilered as ra-
ther extensive than productive; but his forests have
new attained to such a growth, that, we understand,
he will be able to cut timber, t..) the amount of 20,0001.
a year for several years to come.
Lord Stewart is expected to leave town to-day for
Vienna. Lord Brecnock, son of the Marquis of Cam-
den, is to accompany his Lordship.
Sir John Murray, Member for Weymouth, anii who
made himself so..ecnapicuous at Tarragona, is to have
the 56th- Regiment, vacant by the death of General 1.
Norton ; and .Sir J. Kempt is to succeed Sir John in
the command of.,the 8d West India Regiment. Ge-
neral,Dou, from the 95th Regiment, is to succeed the
late General St. John, aseelonel of the 36th Regiment ;
and Sir I'. Hislop is tohave the 95th..--Morning-Faper.
The British Gallery closed yesterday. Oa a review
of the pale book, which is placed-ow the table for in-
spection, we are happy to perceive, that public encou-
rag,ement keeps pace with the exertions of the artists.
Among the following will be found some chef d'aeuvres
of the English school The Angel Uriel,' which has
obtained a donathm of 1501. has been purchased by the
Marquis of Stafford ; a grand picture of!Jerusalem at
the time of the Crucifixion: by Holland, is .an extra-
ordinary effort of fertile imagination, expressing a scene
which no human powers can ever hope to do justice to ;
several exquisite laulcapes by Stark and S'incent, many
of which appear in the sale book ; two subjects by
Wilkie, in his best manner; Lord Charles Townsend is
the fbrtenate purchaser of Duncan Gray,' for .250
guineaw;.• the Boulevards,' by Collins, is a delightful
resemblance of the scene, with a liveliness in the dra-
matis persona:, truly comic; Cue Sun .:ise,* by this
artist, has obtained a purchaser in Sir J. Leicester, for
150 guineas ;. Mr. James 'Ward's Admonition,' has
beta purchased by Furl Fitzwilliam,, at the price ofB4
guineas; Cooper's DortQuixotte, Banditti,' ,nod
Battle,!, a sketch, are in their styles unrivalled ; toge-
ther with the landscapes of Fielding, Constable, Nas-
myth, Deane, Wilson, and Laporte, will be found
highly interesting, and creditable to the British School.

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TUNG'S THEATRE.

La Clentenza di Tile was performed at this theatre
on Tuesday ; nothowever, with the brilliancy of effect
which characterized its representation last season. Ma-
dame Camporese seemed to us to have thrown a pecu-
liar interest into. the character of Sesto; and we have
seen nothing in Signor Garcia to atolles for her absence.
Ile is more anxious to display himself than the charac-
ter he is desired to personate ; he may wear the varied
dresses of Count.ifbnaeiva, in the flowing roh,:s of Sesto ;
but he is still the same individual—he is always Signor
Garcia • His gesture is meant not to impress the spec.
tutors with any particular sentiment, which it is his
provice to express; but with some undefined aloe of his
own importance. When he a song or a duct to
execute, he does it entirely in his own style. The ad-
mirers of Mozart would be surprised to Lind sonic of
his sweetest and most flowing airs constantly impeded
in their way to the heart, by obstructions wantonly
thrown iri their way. Come ti piaci was so disguised,
that it was really with difficulty we fathered here and
they. a f:w notes of the original strain. The same
observation is applicable to his share of h perdona.
I his decorations were inapplicable to the sentiment he
had to express. They wandered into endless mazes,
and they were so wide of the melody which Nadtune
Fodor poured out, that it was anything but a duct.