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

The Princess Alexandra's Bridal Presents

and Bridal Dresses.

For the last day or two the establishment of
Messrs. Gerrard, the Crown jewellers, has been
eagerly sought by fishionable visitors anxious to
see the costly presents manufactured for the Prince
of Wales as gifts to his bride. Some of them are
already exhibited ; others will be shown in the
course of the present week. Conspicuous among the
beautiful objects now on view is a complete parure
of diamonds and pearls, comprising a necklace, a
brooch, and ear-rings. The necklace is composed of
eight clusters, with large pendants, the centre clus-
tre consisting of three fine pear-shaped pearl drops,
and the whole being connected with festoons of
diamonds. The brooch is composed of splendid
pearls, surrounded by diamonds, with other pearls
as drops. These jewels are all of the first quality and
were manufactured after the design and under the
superintendence of the Prince. Glittering on each
side of the parure are two brooches, entirely of
diamonds, formed so as to represent the Prince of
Wales's feathers. These are of different size but
both very large. The wedding ring, which, of
course, is of plain gold, is remarkably massive, and
its accompanying keeper is set with six precious
stones, selected and arranged so that the initial
letters of their names shall form the word " Bertie,"
an affectionate variation of " Albert." The stones
of which this happy combination is effected are a
beryl, an emerald, a ruby, a torquois, a jacinth,
and another emerald. A plain gold ring has like-
wise been made to be worn by the Prince himself.
Ae presents for the bridesmaids eight lockets have
been made. These are of coral and diamonds, to
signify the red and white which are the colours of
Denmark. In the centre of each is a cipher in
crystal, forming the letters A. E. A., after a draw-
ing by the Princess Alice.

The eight bridesmaids themselves present to her
Royal Highness a splendid diamond and enamel
bracelet. This is made in eight compartments, in
each of which is the miniature portrait of one of
the young ladies, with her initials beneath in dia-
monds. Messrs Garrard are also making two other
presents for the Royal bride—one from her Majesty,
consisting of a most costly suite of opals and dia-
monds, as valuable and rare as those which the
Prince of Wales presented to the Princess Royal,
and similar in form to the suite designed for the
Princess Alice by the Prince Consort. The second
is another present from the Prince of Wales, and
consists of a brilliant tiara, but this will not be com-
pleted before the end of next week.
The Denmark of the 26th says:—
«
On Tuesday several deputations waited on her
Royal Highness with parting gifts. Among these
we may mention a porcelain stand with rich figures
from Flora Danica, presented by a committee of
ladies; a costly fan, by the maids of honour; old
northern golden ornaments, by a committee
from Falster ; an English Bible, 100 years old,
by a schoolmaster, from Palster ; busts of her
Royal Highness's parents, from a Jutland commit-
tee; a splendid pair of gold embroidered shoes, from
the shoemakers of the capital, &e. To these may
be added :—From her Majesty the Queen Dowager
and their Royal Highnesses the hereditary Prince
and Princess, a large painting by Schjott, repre-
senting a group of the Princess Alexandra's
brothers and sisters. From the Landgrave of Hesse
and several members of the Hessian family, golden
ointments, diadem, clasp, bracelets, rings, &c., in
the old northern style, executed by the Court
jeweller, Michelsen. From Baron Blixen Finecke
and his lady, the Princess Augusta, a marblegroup,
two children kissing each other, one of the finest
works ever executed by Bissen, the great Danish
sculptor, in the purest Carrara marble. The mould
is destroyed, and the piece is little known, but all
who have seen it unite in praising its elegance and
expression. From the Princess Augusta a Prayer
book, containing the 12 chief prayers of the English
Church, painted in the style of the middle ages, by
her Royal Highness, on vellum with a ground of
gold and silver, splendidly bound in the old style by
Michelsen. From proprietors of Danish estates, a
marble group, Adam and Eve, executed by Jerichan.
From the capital, a marble statue, Hebe, executed
by Bissen. From some young ladies, an album with
views in Denmark by the best Danish artists. From
the brothers Bing, two medallion portraits in por-
celain, the Princess's grandfather and grandmother.
From the marine painter, Sorensen, a picture repre-
senting a part of Copenhagen and the Long Line,
seen from the roads."

Departure of Princess Alexandra.

COPENHAGEN, Feb. 27.

A stranger who had passed through our streets
yesterday without knowing what was going on,
would have concluded that England had entered
the compact of the Northern brotherhood, We
are accustomed to see Swedish and Norwegian
flags and colours on every occasion at the side of
the Danish, but yesterday the red flags, with
the blue, red, and white cross at the cor-
ner, were just as numerous, It was also the
the bride of an English Prince that left her native
town. She left it accompanied by the sympathy and
affection of the population, with its best wishes for
her prosperity and happiness in the lofty and hon-
ourable, but at the same time difficult position
which she will be called upon to fill. And this
sympathy was visible to a great extent. The time
of the year is not favourable for decorations. How-
' ever mild the winter has been, still it is not spring
yet, and the fresh green, which is of so much effect
in decorations, was necessarily missed. Danish,
English, Norwegian, and Swedish flags, the arms of
Denmark and England, shields with inscriptions,
&e., were alternately seen.
The progress of the Princess through the town
was a triumphal precession indeed. The streets
were crowded; and when the Princess, with her
parents and eldest brother, left the Palace in Amalie-
street, in an open carriage, while a Royal salute was
fired from the ramparts, a thundering "Hurrah!"
began, which continued through all the streets
through which the procession, escorted by hussars
of the guards, passed. In the first carriage was
Mr. Paget, the British envoy; next came in closed
cairiages the younger children of Prince Christian
and the suite ; and lastly, in an open carriage,
Princess Alexandra at her mother's side, and oppo-
site them Prince Christian and Prince Frederick,
both in plain clothes. Flowers were thrown into
the carriage, and the Princess's lap was filled with
the first blossoms of spring. Her Royal High-
ness looked well, though the feelings at parting
and a strong cold from which she still suffers, some-
what impaired the usual freshness of her looks.
An immense assembly of ladies and gentlemen
had for some time been waiting at the railway sta-
tion, and here we saw their Highness Landgrave
William and the Landgravine, Prince Frederick
William of Hesse Cassel, and Princess Augusta, as
well as all the Ministers. A guard of honour with
band paraded in front of the principal building.
Order was kept very well by a small force of
`polies, in spite of a row of railing breaking down.
The principal building was beautifully decorated,
and on the stairs were ladies, the wives and daugh-
ters of the members of the common council, who
strewed flowers at the feet of the Royal bride as she
ascended.

At 3 45 p.m. a royal salute of 27 guns from Tivoli
informed the anxiously expecting multitude the
Royal procession was coming, and soon after a
hurrah was heard which, by its power, was truly
imposing. The Royal party descended from their
carriages while the band played " King Christian
stood by the lofty mast," the Danish National
Anthem. The chairman of directors of the railway,
Councillor David, conducted Princess Louise; his
Excellency the Minister of the Interior, M. Orla
Lehmann, conducted Princess Alexandra ; and
Prince Christian and the rest of the Royal family
followed.
M. de Luttichau, the Chief President of Copen-
hagen, addressed the following words to the Prin-
cess :—" Your Royal Highness will be pleased to
allow me, in the name of the municipality of Copen-
hagen, to bring you the last farewell of the capital.
You take with you the love and respect of its inha-
bitants, but you also take with you those virtues
which will gain you the same feelings with the
noble people amongst whom you are now going to