The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-13 00:00:00

The Marriage of the Prince of Wales.

Yesterday a meeting of the Common Council was
held at Guildhall, the Lord Mayor presiding. There
were no fewer than five distinct notices of motion
on the paper of business with reference to the
marriage of the Prince of Wales and the Princess
Alexandra, and there was in consequence an un-
usually large muster of members.

The LORD MAYOR, on taking the chair, adverted
to the marks of high consideration which had been
shown by th,., Prince of Wales and the members of
the Court to the corporation, through its Reception
Committee, on their attendance on Monday last,
the 9th inst., atWindsor Castle, to offer to the Prin-
cess Alexandra the jewels which the Common
Council had voted as a present to her Royal High-
ness at a previous meeting. He hoped the court
would be kind enough to accept from him a bust of
the Prince of Wales, which he had given a com-
mission to oae of the first artists of the day to
execute, and with which he intended to adorn their
Council Chamber. (Cheers.) It was with very
great satisfaction he had received a communication
from Sir George Grey, on behalf of the Queen, ex-
pressing the great gratification her Majesty and all
the Royal family had received from the loyal de•

monst ration on the arrival of the Princess Alexandra,
and especially from the part which the city of Lon-
don took on that occasion. (Hear, hear.)

Mr. ANDERTON stated that it was his intention
to present to the court, as a companion to the gift
of the Lord Mayor, a marble bust of the Princess of
Wales. (Cheers.)

Mr. F. W. TRUSCOTT (chairman of the City Lands
Committee) then, pursuant to notice, submitted a
a resolution " That a dutiful and loyal address of
congratulation be presented by this court to her
most gracious Majesty the Queen, on the occasion
of the marriage of his Royal Highness Albert Ed-
ward Prince of Wales with the Princess Alexandra
of Denmark." The marriage of their Royal High-
nesses afforded, he said, to the corporation of the
city of London, distinguished as it had ever been
for its patriotism and unswerving fidelity to the
principles of constitutional freedom, another oppor-
tunity of showing its devotion and loyalty to the
Crown, and its affectionate attachment to her Ma-
jesty's person. They lived happily in times when
their affection was not lessened by their judgment,
when the throne was ennobled by the highest attri-
butes of parental wisdom, while it was marked by
the greatest solicitude for the welfare and liberty of
the people. (Hear, hear.) The country had
mourned with a deep and sincere sympathy the loss
from which their beloved Queen still suffered, and
had respected the veil of privacy which had been
drawn over the poignancy of her grief; and now,
in approaching the steps of the throne, as they
hoped to do, with the congratulations of this court,
they as sincerely participated in the joy her Ma-
jesty must feel upon the present auspicious occasion.
(Hear.) The Prince gave the greatest promise of
fulfilling the fondest wisnes of his parents and
the anticipations of the country. He was edu-
cated under the care of his all-wise father,
whose early death the nation still deplored—a
Prince whose highly cultivated mind was chas-
tened by a pure and refined taste, the impress of
which was even now apparent in the lives
of his children. His Royal Highness had been
foremost in promoting whatever works of utility
or benevolence had been brought under hie notice,
and no one could have failed to observe with great
satisfaction the interest he had taken in all objects
which had the sanction and patronage of his late
father. (Cheers.) The Princes of this country had
ever been in close relationship with the corporation
of London; most of them had been freemen, and
their names were enrolled in the City guilds.
Edward of England, John of France, and David of
Scotland had all been received into the corporation
of the city of London ; but the most illustrious of
those whom in former times they had enrolled among
their freemen was the hero of Cressy and Poictiers,
Edward the Black Prince. The most important of
their civic institutions had regal connexion, and
when they administered their benevolence they could
not but revert with kindly thou4hts to another Ed-
ward, the founder of Christ's Hospital, of Bethle-
hem, and St. Thomas's. Hear, hear.) To the large
infusion of Danish blood might be traced much of
that fearlessness and contempt of danger which,
together with the patient endurance derived from
the Saxon element, formed the distinguishing cha-
racteristics of Englishmen, and made this country
the pioneers of civilisation. Though it had been
our misfortune at one time to be at strife with the
kingdom of Denmark, we could not fail to respect
and admire a country which produced some of the
best and bravest seamen in the world, and so far
was that feeling reciprocated that Denmark
itself was anxious to trace in the conqueror
of Copenhagen a Danish descent. (Hear, hoar.)
Twice in the annals of our monarchy had the
sovereigns of this country formed matrimonial alli-
ances with Denmark. The consort of James I. and
the husband of Queen Anne were of that country,
and we confidently anticipated the best results from
the alliance just concluded. The ciitzens of London,
in their rejoicings upon the marriage of the Prince
of Wales, had derived ad.aitional satisfaction from
the knowledge that thit alliance was not in the pre-
sent case one of political expediency as in some
reigns, but of earnest and sincere affection. That
the Princess of Wales possessed all those attributes
which were calculated to adorn the station to which
she had been called no one could deny. That she
was beautiful in person and, affable in bearing they
had had ample evidence. upon the occasion of her
reception, but they told the assurance from those
who had been lardnoured by her society that the,de
qualities wera among the least of her endowments
—that her natural talent, her cultivated mind, her
kindness of heart and sweetness of disposition were
alike conspicuous. Let them pray, then, that the
Prince and Princess might long be preserved in ail
happiness, and that Great Britain might have cause
long to rejoice in their union. (Cheers.)
The motion was seconded by Mr. JONES, and oar-