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 Howe
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 Tues-
day they unanimously appointed a deputation, com-
posed of the Lord Mayor, Alderman Humphery+
Alderman Phillips, Alderman Gibbons, Deputy*
Fry, Mr. Anderton, and the Remembrancer, to wait
upon Sir George Grey and urge reasons, in what
they conceived to be the Fublic convenience, for
changing the order of the procession. They had
afterwards an interview, first with the Home Se-
cretary, who is reported to have been averse front
entertaining the application, and afterwards with
the Lord Chamberlain. The matter is still under
consideration, and the deputation are to have on"
other interview with Lord Sydney this morning.
The Corporation had proposed to accompany the
procession to Paddington, being preceded from
Temple-bar by the official authorities of West-
minster ; but it is understood to have been inti-
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 attendants
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 to
witness the forthcoming spectacle along the line of
route, it may be desirable to state that at their
meeting on Tuesday the City Commissioners of
Sewers passed a resolution, in the exercise of 6
power conferred on them by Act of. Parliament,
prohibiting, in all cases, the erection of temporary
balconies and scaffolding of all kinds, projecting
from the fronts of houses rind shops, having regard
in that to the public safety and convenience.

Standford's Map of the Seat of Wax in

America.

This is a splendid map of the unhappy seat of
war in America, ranging from the Gulf of ,Mexico
to the vast Lakes in the far North, to the confines of
Canada, and from the Atlantic on the E ist almost tl
the shores of the Pacific on the West—the States ill
the South, and the Border States, as well as those
i❑ the North West, are one and all clearly &fined'
Their boundaries are marked, and the slave states are
coloured distinctly from the free states. The Grand
Trunk lines of railway are traced in a distinctive
manner throughout the entice map, while the rivers
seem to run in their immensity through the various
States. The most conspicuous cities, towns, and
places of note are legibly marked, while even the
counties are particularised on this extensive mall'
The harbours along the Atlantic shore are proms'
nently set forth, with the several bays, inlets, pro-
montories, &c., while places now rendered famous
by the war are conspicuously displayed. Alto-
gether, it is the largest and most comprehensive
map we have yet seen of the almost boundless
regions of the far West, and does immense credit to
Mr. Stanford for the ingenuity as well as practical
labour bestow( d on a work of such momentous We'
rest at the present conjuncture. We have, beside
the large map, a smaller one, but a very compact
epitome of a general map of the United States e
they once flourished in their envied integrity, which
contrasts very significantly with their riresent dis'
jointed condition. Bat however men change with
circumstances, the land alters not, but holds its owe
through every vicissitude.

ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.--A meeting of
the governors of this hospital was held yesterdol
to elect a president in the room of Mr. Cubitt, who it 1114
be remembered held office, but resigned it when he clir
solved his connection with the City, at the same time
mating that his resignation was owing to the objections
started by others than rather the free exercise of his
will. The Lord Mayor was put in nomination, ant..a
Mr. Cubitt was also proposed for reelection, and on t";
votes being taken Mr. Cubitt was declared to be elected by
a majority
of 87 votes over 44.
REDUCTION IN THE PRICE OF BREAD.—Yester-
moot of the bikers in Lambeth-upirsh and other
neighbourhoods reduced the price for the foul-pound atria
(last week at 8d) to 71d best bread ; the second quality o,
at 61c1 to 7d; and the third-class loaf, 5d to Bd. A red the
tion also took place at several fancy breadmakers la
south side of the Thames, some varying their charges
and Id, mostly the latter figure.