The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-02 00:00:00

The Marriage of the Prince of Wales.

According to present 'arrangements her Royal
Highness the Princess Alexandra, accompanied by
her illustrious parents and relatives, and attended
by a numerous suite, will embark from Flushing
for this country at 6 o'clock on Friday evening
next. All the members of the Danish Royal family
and the chief personages of the suite will be accom-
modated on board the Royal yacht, which, with a
small squadron, has been ordered round to Flushing.
With the Victoria and Albert will be an escort
formed by the Warrior, Defence, and Resistance
iron frigates, and the Revenge line-of-battle ship.
Beyond the service honours of manned yards and
salutes due to all members of Royal families visit-
ing an English squadron, there will be formalities at
the embarcation. During Friday evening the Royal
yacht, accompanied on each side by the vessels of
the escort, will steam across Channel, so as to reach
the Nore early the same night, when all the vessels
will anchor. Here also will be anchored a portion
of the Channel squadron, under Admiral Smart,
with the usual port force, which will dress ships,
man yards, and salute to give eclat to the depar-
ture of the Royal yacht for Gravesend early on the
morning of Saturday, the 7th. This departure
will be, of course, arranged to suit the tide, which is
expected
to bring the Victoria and Albert off the
Terrace Pier soon after half-past 11. The Admi-
ralty have placed four gunboats at the disposal of the
Royal Naval Reserve of the port of London, which
will be stationed off Tilbury, to join with that old
fort in saluting the Princess on her arrival. Wo
have already described the very beautiful arrange-
ments which the Corporation of Gravesend have
made to celebrate the landing with becoming splen-
dour. The Prince of Wales and suite are ex-
pected to leave London by the Bricklayers'
Arms station at about 11, so as to be ready to go
on board the Royal yacht immediately upon her
arrival. The yacht can come alongside the pier
soon after 12, and the Princess is expected to land
a few minutes before 1 o'clock. The most com-
plete railway arrangements are being made by Mr.
Eborall both for the proper reception at the Graves-
end station and the transit to London. The train
will consist of one royal carriage and four statiesyae-
loon carriages for the suite. It is expected t
Gravesend at half-past one, and is so timed ee lease
Gravesendthat
it may pass through the chief stations at a speed of
about 10 miles an hour, in order to afford the specta-
tors with whom they are sure to be thronged a fair
glimpse of her Royal Highness. The Bricklayers'
Arms station will be reached about 10 minutes after
2. Here great preparations are. being made by the
railway company, and the whole of the station will
be made as handsome as the skill of Mr. Brady,
the architect, and a lavish expenditure of money can
render it. Every part will be draped with cloth
and banners, and the ground filled in with
banks of flowers and whole avenues of shrubs. The
reception and ante-rooms will be richly decorated,
the quadrangle outside the station occupied with
tiers of raised covered seats, and the outer entrance to
the station itself surmounted by a grand triumphal
arch. Here, in the station, the Princess will be met
and welcomed by the High Bailiff of Southwark,
the Lord Lieutenant of Surrey, with the High She-
riff, the borough and county members, and a depu-
tation from the corporation of London, consisting
of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs.

On emerging from the Bricklayers' Arms station
the Prince and Princess, with the rest of the royal
party, occuping six open carriages and attended
by an escort of the Life Guards, will be conducted
to the foot of London-bridge by the High Bailiff
of Southwark, accompanied by the two members
for the borough (Mr. Locke and Mr. Layard),