The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-26 00:00:00

The Marriage of the Prince of Wales.

A communication from Sir Geo. Grey, the Home
Secretary, with regard to the order of the Royal
pageant on the entrance of the Princess Alexandra
into the metropolis, was read at a meeting of the
Reception Committee of the corporation of London
on Tuesday, and is said to have produced among
them a feeling amounting to mortification. Sir
George is understood to have directed that the
Prince and Princess shall take precedence in the
procession, attended by the suite of their Royal.
Highness, and by a military escort, and be then
followed by the civic and other official personages,
who may take part in the reception at the Brick-
layers' Arms station. This arrangement proceeds
from a desire to expedite as much as possible the
passage of their Royal Highnesses through the
metropolis, having regard to the distance to be tra-
versed and to the comfort of the Princess; and it is
thought that by the Prince and Princess being in
the van of the retinue the pace of the rest will be
regulated, whereas, assuming them to be preceded
by any considerable part of the escort, their progress
might be unnecessarily delayed by circumstances
beyond their control. The royal personages, it is
said, with their attendants, will occupy six.car-
riages, each drawn by four horses. The authorities
of the corporation of London feel aggrieved by this
arrangement, inasmuch as it precludes the Lord
Mayor from conducting their Royal Highnesses
through the city, which they conceive to be his
privilege and duty, founded on the usage observed
on all kindred occasions. The entrance of the
Queen into the city of London in 1837 is cited by
them as a precedent. On that occasion her Ma
jesty was met at Temple-bar by the then Lord
Mayor and Sheriffs, with a mounted deputation of
25 aldermen and commoners, and preceded and con-
ducted by them to their destination. It is also
argued that in all great state pageants, and so in
this, the popular interest and admiration which cul-
minate in the sight of the principal personages are
whetted by the curiosity of those who precede
them, but that if the order suggested by the Home
Secretary be adhered to, the cavalcade will be de-
prived of much of its interest and symmetry. The
corporation it is said will probably expend £30,000'
or £40,000 on the auspicious occasion, irrespective
of the preparations they are making to celebrate
the marriage, and they deplore an arrangement
which they feel would mar the effect of the cere-
monial.

So strongly do the Royal Reception Committee
feel in the matter that before separating on Toes"
day they unanimously appointed a deputation, coo'
posed of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Humpherp
Alderman Phillips, Alderman Gibbons, Deputy
Fry, Mr. Anderton, and the Remembrance?, to wait
upon Sir George Grey and urge reasons, in what
they conceived to be the public corrrienience, for
changing the order of the processi on. They had
afterwards an interview, first wi',l). the Home Se'
cretary, who is reported to have been averse from
entertaining the application, and afterwards with
the Lord Chamberlain. Tire matter is still under
consideration, and the deputation are to have an"
other interview with Lord Sydney this morning.
The Corporation had proposed to accompany the
procession to Paddington, being preceded fro'
Temple-bar by the official authorities of West:
minster ; but it is understood to have been jilt.
mated on authority that they and the Westminster
escort could go no further than the entrance to
Hyde-park, as it is in contemplation for only the
Prince and Princess, with the immediate attendant°
of their Royal Highnesses, to pass through the
park, on their way to the Great Western railway
terminus. This arrangement appears also to have
caused dissatisfaction to the deputation from the
Reception Committee.

As to the preparations 'which are being made t°
witness the forthcoming spectacle along the line?'
route, it may be desirable to state that at their
meeting on Tuesday the City Commissioners o`o
Sewers passed a resolution, in the exercise of It'
power conferred on them by Act of Parliament,
prohibiting, in all cases, the erection of temporal
balconies and scaffolding of all kinds, projecting
from the fronts of houses and shops, having regal.
in that to the public safety and convenience.

Staudford's Map of the Seat of W&r iil

America,

This is a splendid map of the unhappy seat °f
war in America, ranging from the Gulf of Mole°
to the vast Lakes in the far North, to the confines 011
Canada, and from the Atlantic on the East almost ti
the shores of the Pacific on the West—the States in
the South, and the Border States, as well as thoso
in the North West, are one and all clearly defined'
Their boundaries are marked, and the slave states O°
coloured distinctly from the free states. The Gra°'A
Trunk lines of railway are traced in a distinctive
manner throughout the emit e map, while the ricer°
seem to run in their immensity through the various
States. The most conspicuous cities, towns, 1:173,..
places of note are legibly marked, while even tue
counties are particularised on this extensive nlakh
The harbours along the Atlantic shore are prot°l-
- set forth, with the several bays, inlets, 1311"
montories, &c., while places now rendered faw°ll4
by the war are conspicuously displayed. Alt°;
gether, it is the largest and most comprehensive
map we have yet seen of the almost boundle°o
regions of the far 'West, and does immense credit t 1
Mr. Stanford for the ingenuity as well as practi,
labour bestowcd on a work of such momentous irate
rest at the present conjuncture. We have, besideo
the large map, a smaller one, but a very compact
epitome of a general map of the United States 0,
they once flourished in their envied integrity, whica,
contrasts very significantly with their present (11
jointed condition. Bat however m©n change with
circumstances, the land alters not, but holds its OWo
through every vicissitude.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.--A OfA
moeting
the governors of this hospital was held Nestertlai
to elect a president in the room of Mr. Cubitt, who it n'eys..
be remembered held office, but resigned it when be da..
solved his connection with the City, at the same time i%g
mating that his resignation wa3 owing to the objeetieo
tl
started by others than rather the free exercise of his (3‘
will. The Lord Mayor was put in nomination, n„c'ito
Cubitt was also proposed for re .election, and °n spy
votes being taken Mr. Cubitt was declared to be elected
a majority of 87 votes over 44.
REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Ye—,terti
clog
most of the bakers in Lambeth-marsh and
laf
neighbourhoods reduced the price for the four-pound „t,a
(last week at 8d) to 71d best bread ; the second quality rao,
at 6id to 7d; and the third-cliss loaf, 5d to 6d. Are to
tion also took place at several fancy bzeadmakers
south side of the Thames, some varying their ellar°
and Id, mostly the latter figure.