The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-06 00:00:00

EVEN IN G EDITION.

THE QUEEN'.S MARRIAGE.

LORD CIIAMEERLAIN's OFFICE, FEB. 4.--Notice is
hereby given, that the solemnization of her nip:sty's mar-
riage will take place on Monday next, the 10th inst.
Her Majesty having commanded Lord Palmerston to
express to General Sebastisni her especial desire that he
should be present at her marriage, his Excellency has
counter-ordered the preparations for his departure, which
will not now take place before next Tuesday.
Viscount Melbourne will give a full-dress dinner to a
party of Peers on Monday next, the 10th inst., at his resi-
dence in South-street.

The Duchess of Sutherland will have a very numerous
assembly on Monday next, the 10th :nst., at Sutherland,
House, in honour of her Majesty's nuptials.
Lord John Russell will give a full dress dinner to a
Ilrge party on Monday, the I0:h instant, at the Clarendon
Hotel.

The Earl of Minto will have a dinner party at his
otficla residence in the Admiralty, on Monday next;
and in the evening the. Countess of Minto will have an
assembly.
Tae Marquis of Normanhy will have a full dress dinner
party at his residence in 11:11-strict, on Monday, the 10th
insthnt.

The Augsburg Gazette of the 25th instant announces
that Prince Paul Esterhazv, Austrian Ambassador to the
English Court, will shortly arrive at Ashburnham House
is order to be present at the Queen's marriage.
It has been suggested that Monday should be kept as a
general holiday; and that merchants and others should
allow their clerks, &c,, to have a day of rejoicing on the
occasion.

FURTHER ARRANGtMENTS FOR
THE RECEPTION OF PRINCE ALBERT AT
WOOLWICH.

In consequence of the state of her Majesty's dockyard
it has been finally arranged that the illustrious Prince is to
land at the Royal Arsenal, and the Royal yacht William
and Mary, commanded by the captain superintendent of the
port, Phipps Hamby, C.8.,R.N., was yesterday towed
down the river to moorings off the main landing steps of
the Arsenal, under the superintendence of her master,
R. L. Hicks, Esq., RN. She has also taken her state
barge with her out of store. The Royal Artillery will
funish a captain's guard of honour, and a company of field
battory Artillery will fire the salute to welcome him to the
British shore and his high destiny, as well as on his de-
parture from the Royal Artillery Barracks. A dejeuner a
la fourchette, on the most magnificent scale, is to be given
to his Highness Prince Albert by the officers of the Royal
Artillery. The Right Hon. Lieutenant-General Sir Hussey
Vivian, Bart.; G. C.B. G. C. 11., will preside, as Master-
General of the Ordnance, supported by Lieut.-General
Lord Bloomfield, G. C. 8., the commandant of the garri-
son. The utmost anxiety prevails in every quarter to
procure tickets of admission to the Royal Arsenal to wit-
ness the debarkation.

THE QUEEN'S APPROACHING

MARRIAGE.

The official announcement in the London Gazette on
Tuesday evening, that the solemnization of her Majesty's
marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg Gotha will
take place on Monday next, the 10th inst., has set all
classes on the qui vive of preparation for the proper cele-
bration of the auspicious day. There is no doubt it will
be a general holyday throughout not only the metropolis,
but also the whole country, as in most of the towns and
villages demonstrations of rejoicing will be exhibited. In
the city business will be suspended, and most of the shops
will be shut up, which example will, no doubt, be folloe ed
by the other portions of the metropolis. During Wedree.
day the gas.fitters and other illuminati were engaged in
making active preparations for the illumination which gill
take place in the everting., which it is anticipated will be
fully as general as on the late occasion of her Majesty's
coronation. Already has scaffolding been erected at the
Atheneeurn, the Senior United Service, and other Club-
houses at the west end of town, and devices for that purpose
Lave also been placed against the houses of many of her
Majesty's tradesmen and private individuals, the most pre-
valent of which are the Queen's and her intended illus-
tteious Consort's initials " V. and A." In many o, the
meteopolitan parishes the charity children, and those be-
longiog to the other parochial schools, will be regaled
with a substantial dinner, consisting of old English fare,
and will drink the health of the illustrious bride and bride-
groom on the firing of the Park and Tower guns at the
conclusion of the august ceremony. Should the weather
permit, it is stated to be the intention that discharges of
' {fireworks shall be exhibited in the Parks in the evening.
At Kensington, the birth-place and for years the resi-
dence of the illustrious bride, preparations of an extensive
descripOon are in progress, the interest felt by the inhabi-
tants on the interesting occasion being heightened by the
fact that her Majesty and her Royal Consort will pass
through the town t!.‘e same afternoon, on their way from
Buckingham Palace to Windsor Castle. Splendid ban-
ners, with appropriate mottos and inscriptions, will be ex-.
hibited from the windows of the different houses; and it is
intended to erect triumphal arches, under which the Royal
cortege will pass, one at the entrance of the town, and
another at the turn of the road near the church. In the
evening the town will be very splendidly illuminated.
tit Hammersmi'h, Chiswick, Brentford, and Hounslow,
and, in fact, all along the line of road to Windsor, similar
demonstrations of joy and affection will be exhibited; and
at. Windsor a congratulatory address has been already pre-
pared, which will be presented to the illustrious bride nod
bridegroom by the Mayor, the Members of the borough,
and a deputation of the inhabitants. The poor will be
provided with a substantial dinner.
The mercers and drapers of the metropolis are on
the alert in providing neckerchief's and ribands, with a
great variety of devices adapted to the occasion of the
royal marriage. The city abounds with beautiful spe-
cimens of white scarfs, handkerchiefs, and ribands, figured
with the crown, the lover's knot, the rose, shamrock,
and thistle, &c. Applications have, we understand, been
eeatle to the Lord Mayor, to order a general illuntina-
ricer in the city on the day of the royal marriage ; but we
believe that his Lordship will not interfere, and that
the other authorities likewise contemplate an illumination
as likely to lead to so much annoyance, and to be at-
tended with so great an expense, that the proposal
eannahe adopted with propriety.
Yesterday several of the Nobility and Gentry visited
Messrs. Gunter's establishment to view the decorations of
the wedding cakes prepared on the occasion of her Ma-
jesty's nuptials ; they are fourteen in number, ornamented
the most chaste and elegant style, and afforded much
gratification to the numerous visiters.

BET? T'S

PRINCE Al
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NATURALL

A BILL INTITULED AN ACT FOR THE NATURALIZA-
TION OF HIS SERENE HIGHNESS PRINCE ALBERT

OF SAX COBURG AND GOTHA.
Whereas it bath pleased her Majesty moat graciously
to declare her intention to any herself in marriage with
the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha : and
whereas a more grateful proof of the esteem and affec-
tinn of the kingdom cannot be given to his Serene
Highness than by an Act of Naturalization to make
him capable of enjoying the rights and liberties which
are enjoyed in this realm. We, your Majesty's most
dutiful and loyal subjects,
Do most humbly beseech your Majesty,
That it may be enacted ; and be it enacted, by
the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with
the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual
and Temporal, and Commons, in this present
Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same,
that Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, when
and so soon as he shall have taken the oaths of alle-
giance and supremacy before the Lord High Chancellor,
which oaths the Lord High Chancellor is hereby author-
ized to administer, shall be to all intents and purposes
whatsoever deemed, taken and esteemed to be a natura'-
born subject of this Kingdom, as if his Highness had
been born within this realm ; any law, statute, matter,
or thing to the contrary notwithstanding.
And be it enacted, that the Lord High Chancellor
shall, immediately after such oaths shall have been
taken before him, certify the same, and cause such cer-
tificate to be recorded in the High Court of Chancery.

THE MARRIAGES OF KINGS AND
QUEENS, AND THE ENTERTAINMENTS
GIVEN TO THEM IN THE CITY OF LON-
DON.

The following particulars have been extracted from
the Guildhall Record :

1684.—The Princess Anne married to the brothrr
of the King of Denmark.

1701, March B.—The Princess Anne of Denmark
was proclaimed Queen on the death of William 111.
March 19.—The Court of Aldermen resolved that
her Majesty's picture should be set up in the Guildhall,
and her statue in the Royal Exchange.
March 24.—A Committee reported to the Court of
Aldermen that they found that the pictures of King
Charles 11., the Duke of York, afterwards King
James 11., and of King William and Queen MAry,
were paid for by the Chamberlain, by order of the
Court of Aldermen, and that the statues of the Kings
and Queens at the Exchange were set up by the Com-
panies, except those of King William and Queen Mary,
which were set up by order of the Common Council,
at the City's charge.
1702, May 19.—The said Court appointed Wm.
Closterman to draw her Majesty's picture, and directed
him to make a sketch thereof in a standing posture, to
be viewed by the Court.

June 2.—The Queen's picture to be drawn in the
posture best pleasing to her Majesty.
1702, Oct. S.—The Court of Aldermen unanimously
resolved that her Majesty be invited at the same time
and place to dinner. They directed the Sheriffs to at-
tend her Majesty to know when and what place :he
would please to appoint to be attended by the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen.

And further ordered, upon the Court attending on
the Queen, that after the Recorder has congratulated
her Majesty upon her return, he do humbly desire her
Majesty, in the name of the City, to honour this
City with her Royal presence at dinner, at the Guild-
hall, on Lord Mayor's Day next, and that afterwards
the like invitation be made by them to his Royal
Highness the Prince of Denmark.
1702, Oct. 20.—The Court appointed a Committee
to arrange the entertainment.
Oct. 22.—Reference to them to consider of inviting
the two Houses of Parliament.
Oct. 23.—Report that, for want of room, they
could not be treated with that honour and grandeur
which was due to those great assemblies ; with which
report the Court acquiesced.
1760, Oct. 2.5. King George the Second died,
and King Qeorge the Third proclaimed on the follow-

28.—The Court of Common Council agreed
to an address of condolence and co gratulation to his
Majesty, and compliments to the Princess Dowager of
Wales.

1761.—The Court of Common Council agreed to
address his Majesty on his most happy marriage, and
to congratulate the Princess Dowager of Wales upon
the same occasion.

Oct. 1. -- The Court of Common Council una-
nimously resolved to request his Majesty to honour
them with his Royal presence at dinner in the Guild-
hall on the next Lord Mayor's Day, and appointed the
Lord Mayor elect, the Recorder and Sheriffs, atteilled
by the Remombrancer, to wait upon his Majesty, and
humbly desire him, in the name of the Court, to ciot.stur
them with his presence accordingly ; and if his Maj. sty
should be graciously pleased to accept the same I;tat
they humbly beg leave of his Majesty to wait upon his
Royal Consort, their most gracious Queen, the Print ess
Dowager of Wales, and the rest of the Royal
and desire them to accompany him on that occasion.
1761, Oct. 3.—His Majesty having been pleased to
accept the invitations, a Committee was appointed to
conduct the same.

The succeeding Sovereigns who honoured the citi-
zens with their company, after their accession, also ap-
pointed the Lord Mayor's Day for the entertainment,
and no doubt is entertained that her Majesty upon be-
ing invited after her marriage will appoint the same (lay
for her visit.