The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-07 00:00:00

THE TERRACE PIER,

The scene presented by the Terrace Pier was
extraordinarily brilliant. On either side long
ranges of seats, covered with crimson cloth, were
erected, and a broad carpeting covered the floor-
ing. The company assembled to greet the Royal
pair amounted to nearly 1,400 persons. The
dresses of the ladies were extremely elegant, the
prevailing colours being the Danish colour—red.
The frontage of the Pier was splendidly deco-
rated with hundreds of flags, and tall masts,
around which ran wreaths of laurel, surmounted
with streamers, were placed at very short dis-
tances from another. On either side of the car-
riage way of the pier bowers of evergreens
were erected, each of which was filled
by elegantly dressed ladies. Ono feature
that added immensely to the decoration in this por-
tion of the bridal path was a number of large cor-
nucopias, which were placed between each of the
bowers, from which sprang angels, each of which
held out a bridal wreath of white roses. Another
extremely pretty effect was produced by the sixty
young ladies selected to attend on the pier and
strew fhwers in the path of the Prince and Prince As.
They were each dressed in white tarlatan (two skirts
and six flounces) trimmed with white rosettes of
Coventry ribbon and bordered with lace at the neck;
a red Danish coloured Bernous cloak, with white
silk trimmings and tassels, and a very pretty and
rather coquettish looking straw hat, encircled with
a wreath of oak leaves and acorns. The following
is a list of the names of the young ladies selected
for the honour :
Misses Johnson, Bond, Brightwell, Chapman, Barber,
Hart, S. Gould, Letton, Schooling, M. Martin, Cavell,
Carlin, Grey, Acworth, Willis, Pallister, Pottinger, Spicer,
Edwards, Willoughby, Duval, Galton, Coles, Frost, E.
Lake, Whibley, Kluht, Wright, R. Gregory, Cooper, Maud
Patteson. Winnet, Roxberry, Williams, Hilder, White,
Hill, Bryan, S. Fletcher, Norris, S. Brownfield, Lake, L.
Martin, B. Pallister, \Vinnett, Troughton, Beverley, Joel,
Sharland, R. Rackstraw, E. Ward, Clarke, Newman, Jerry,
M. Fletcher, Matthews, F. Sharland, and C. Beverley.
Fhe official personages present to meet the Royal
Prince and Princess were—The Mayor, G. Sams,
Esq., Viscount Sydney, Lord-Lieutenant of the
County; Earl Darnley, Lord High Steward of
Gravesend ; Viscount Holmsdale, M.P. for West
Kent ; the other member, Sir G. Filmer, Bart., be-
ing absent through a domestic affliction ; the Lord
Bishop of Rochester, attended by his Chaplain the
Rey. W. A. Wigram, and the clergy of the town ;
his Excellency Count Reventlow, Danish Ambassa-
dor; Gen. Eyre, Commandant at Chatham, and
Staff; Commodore Sir F. Nicholson, R.N., Super-
intendent of Woolwich Dockyard ; the Recorder of
the Borough, Standish Grove Grady, Esq. ; the
Judge of the County Court of Espinasse; the Re-
corder of Rochester ; Colonel Miller, Comman-
dant of Tilbury Fort ; Major Desbon, in
command of the troops at Gravesend ; Col. Long,
High Sheriff of the County ; Capt. Fanshaw, Supe-

rintendent of Chatham Dockyard ; Captain Turves,
R.N., in command of the Coast Guard ; the Alder-
men, Councillors, and Magistrates of the Borough ;
the Town Clerk (G. E. Sharland, Esq.); the l'rear-
surer of the Corporation (W. Newman, E2q-) ; the
Coroner (E. A. Hilder, Esq.) ; and Wales,
The Stet movement towards the commencement
of the important proceedings of the day was tha
assembling of the Corporation at the Terrace-pier,
which took place as early as 9 o'clock in the morn'
ing. Every member seemed to vie with each other
in the attention bestowed on the visitors, and, Dot'
withstanding their extraordinary number, not the
slightest confusion occurred. Having attended t 0
the visitors, and placed each one in the place
cet
forth by the ticket of admission, the Cel;
poration proceeded to the soutill end °1
of the pier to await the arrival of his Royal HI&
ness the Prince of Wales, whose appearance Was
looked for with the greatest anxiety.
A loud cheer was heard shortly after the C°r"
poration had taken up the position just mentioned+
and in a few minutes after the carriages of ills,
Royal Highness and attendants was obserFtv'
coming down Harmer-street.
The Mayor and Councilmen received his Royal
Highness at the Terrace-pier amidst the loudest
cheering, and in a few minutes after the Recorder'
on behalf of the inhabitants of Gravesend presented
his Royal Highnesss with the following address
To his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales'
Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha, Duke of Cornwall, &C.
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR. ROYAL HIGIIITESS,—WC, the
Mayor, Alderman, and Burgesses of the borough of Graver
end, in the county of Kent, humbly beg leave to tender
to your Royal Higness our acknowledgments and thanks
for the honour which you have done this borough in select/
ing it as the spot where the illustrious Princess with Ich°tl3.,
you are to share your exalted rank, station, and digniti
should first rest her foot on British soil as your afflatic6l'
bride; and in thus affording us an opportunity of evilei°s
our devoted loyalty and affection for our august and be'
loved Queen.
Reigning Sovereigns of England, amongst them the be'
loved Queen of these realms, and other illustrious er
sonages, have from early times deigned to honour Graletl °i
end with their Royal presence, and it is with feelings
pride and satisfaction we recall the fact that the Corpora'
tion of this ancient and loyal borough was the first publia
body that had the honour of welcoming to Great Britain
the first member of the House of Hanover who ascended
the British Throne, as we their successors are the firs,'
public body who have now the high honour and distinetd°ll
of welcoming to our shores the Princess Alexandra.
In common with all her Majesty's subjects, we regal.'
with the greatest joy and satisfaction the approaching
auspicious marriage of your Royal Highness the illustrioall
daughter of Denmark. We hope and pray that union map
be blessed with every earthly happiness, and that 9°11:
lives may be undisturbed by any of those cares and anxietie"
which so frequently attend exalted station.
The noble example of your august parents has tang bat
the world that the discharge of every domestic duty, 01
the development of every domestic affection, are compatible
with the exeicise of the highest and most extensive eve:
reign power, and we feel assured that you and your 119
bride will follow that; example, and transmit a like less°.
to remote generations.
Given under our common or corporated seal this 7th°
March, 1863.
His Royal Highness received the address in ti):
most affable and gracious mani2er, and then h$
once proceeded to the Royal yacht, preceded by tml,
Mayor. able
was at the express desire of the Prince
no formal reception was given to him on
ish
arrival at the railway station, it being his to
that the whole of the honours should be giveo
the Princess.
Amidst the thunder of the ships of war and tIO
guns of Tilbury Fort, her Royal Highness Prince
Alexandra landed from the Royal yacht, acconti
panied by her illustrious parents, the Prince arl
Princess Christian of Denmark; by her sister, tile
Princess Dagmar ; and by her brother, Prince Fr e;
deiick of Denmark. His Royal Highness Du/‘
Charles of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glue°i
burg, (brother of Prince Christian and uncle °,4,
the bride elect) also accompanied the members
the Danish Royal family. ral
The Princess Alexandra was attended by Gen
of
Oxholm (formerly Danish Minister at the Court ",
St. James's), Madame Oxholm,and by the Count"
Hilda Reventlow. General the Hon. Charles Grdi;
accredited by the Queen, was in waiting on
Princess.
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At the moment her Royal Highness arri,
opposite to the Pilots' House on the pier, the locllo
of the Mayor, Mrs. Sams, and a number of ladleo
advanced and presented to her Royal Higbneo t
magnificent bouquet, which was fixed in a 11°Ideof
of the greatest value, and which was composed.
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pink coral and gold, ornamented with 1001°

stones. fo
The Mayor then preceded the Prince and Prima
he
and the rest of the distinguished visitors UP t;
pier amidst the welcoming plaudits of the genti ";
men and the waving of handkerchiefs by the 19d!tbe
—the 60 young ladies scattering their violets 01

the utmost profusion. 00
On the arrival of the Royal cortege at the 0° ei
end of the pier, the following address was presgoS
to her Royal Highness :

To her Royal Highness the Princess Alexandra. ty
MAY IT PLEASE YOUR. ROYAL HIGIINESS,—WeI
Mayor, Aldermen, and i.,,p.rgesse, of the borough of Grillol
end, in the county of Kent, humbly beg leave to aPPrltit
your Royal Highness, and to thank you for the 13°/10
which you have conferred upon this town in selecting A
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that part of your adopted country which you first 'Ol3Ol
to honour with your presence, and to express to your 11l to
Highness the delight with which we hail ;,our ad'reljtore
the shores of England as the affianced bride of our 11.1"
King. ~,peotf
'We feel gratification in recalling the fact that his. "'hdi
Christian V., one of your illustrious ancestors, twice

oured this borough by landing within its limits.
The words of welcome with which we now greet 9°u 4,
y the adopted daughter of England are dictated b the rerlir
tation which you have acquired in your own countr!:
acts of charity and kindness exercised amongst your e:g
date
neighbours; by the noble example of your illustqce
parents, whose lives, like that of our own august an
f- wf
loved Queen, are characterised by tho discharge of eio
domestic duty, and who with your Royal Highness lilDe
the hearts and affections of the people of Denmark; ecl
conviction that your Royal Highness is richly
en
with all those gifts which cannot fail to afford satisfeeo
to this nation, to secure your own happiness, and to OW
that of the Prince of Wales. iaieg
Permit us, in congratulating you on your apPr°3e, tiy
auspicious marriage with his Royal Highness, ear%sitll
and fervently to pray that you may both be blessed
every earthly happiness. cbt9
Given under our common or corporate seal, the 7'.'"
of March, 1863.
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The effect produced on her Rova:. Highile" red
evidently one of the greatest pleasure; and seAtl eh°
had she proceeded a few steps further tower tea
Royal carriages when some Danish ladies oPPe:tea
from one of the evergreen bowers, and Pre6efeei'
her with a Bridal Ode, on behalf the Danish-

dents in England.
This mark of attention seemed to hir°lll„l33:seti
fi
pleasure to her Royal Highness. The Fr':;ehes;
her father, and the whole of the royal suit, an" the
the
royal cavalcade proceeded on their way dby
station of the South Eastern Railway, prece°' toy
the Mayor, Recorder, and Councillors of Gr6;clea
end. The scene, as the royal carriages POce,,,,til•
up Harmer street, then the brigade of Kent
lery, under the command of Lieut.-Col. Gladul-ti.
lining either side of the road, was strikingly be‘litioe
ful, and the immense cheering of the pePuber
tended very greatly to heighten the effect. Ant't bol
very notable feature at this point was the tritiOP of
arch above referred to, and the large 01%,
etas seats which ae flied almost to over°Ar,
ing, almost immediately faced it. Here the
ing was again and again renewed, and the et:liaes
standing manner in which all the Royal perseol'of
acknowledged their homage was the Thel3seprea
general approval. The Royal cortege bore en'er°
gt
into the road, which like all the other P aceftti
which even a passing glimpse of the august P'"
could be precured, was densely crowded.
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From thence to the railwa stat;on in the l'°li 11(
road, the royal travellers receyived one continOuJ
hearty ovation. As the Royal carriages trs-
rtio-
into the road leasing to the departure Pi3tf°,ool
another beautiful sight met their view. This eu-
caused by the innumerable flags of all nations,
c of
spicuous, of course, being the royal stanclar
eeri
England and Denmark, which floated from v
point capable of display. party
On the arrival at the station the Itor" oyal
alighted. frontthe carriage, and their their
Highnessee and their suites having "'ken -
ehtilu
seats the train started amidst the roes..

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