The Sun.
London, England, 1824-03-24 00:00:00

THE KING.

Wrignson, MARCH 23.—This afternoon, at half-past two
o'clock, his MAJESTY, accompanied by the Marquis Conyr.g-
ham, left the Palace in his pony phaeton, for the Royal Lodge
in the Great Park. His Majesty was followed by the Marquis
of Graham, Lord St. Helen's, Lady Jane, Sir C. Paget,
and several of his Majesty's Suite on horseback. It is
expected that the Duke of Wellington and Marquis of
Anglesea will leave the Castle to.morrow.—This evening
(Tuesday) his Majesty will have a large party at dinner.—
The company will consist of the Duke of York, Duke
and Duchess of Clarence, Princess Augusta, and the distin-
guished visitors now
at the Palace.—Last evening his Grace
the Duke of Wellington, Baron Fagle, Marquis of Anglesey,
Marquis Graham, Lord St. Ilelens, Lord and Lady Marybo_
rough, and Lady Jane and Sir Charles Paget, arrived at the
Castle and dined with his Majesty.

FASHIONABLE ARRIVALS.
The Marquis of Graham, from a visit to the Duke and
Duchess of Rutland, at Belvoir Castle ; Mr. Culling and Lady
Ann Smith, at their house in Upper Brook-street, from Bel-
voir Castle ; Lord Boston, at his house in Lower Grosvenor-
street, from his seat, }ledsor Lodge, Bucks ; the Ladies Cle-
ments, at their house in Grosvenor-square, from their seat,
Long Ditton.

trn,Es.—The Marquis of Huntly, from Greillon's
Hotel, for Kimbolton Castle ; the Hon. :Mrs. Tollemache, for
her seat in Herts.

FASHIONABLE PARTIES.
Emily, Marchioness of Londonderry's assembly on Monday
evening, in St. James's-square, was attended by about 100 dis-
tinguished tashionables, including the Duchesses of Montrose
and Leeds. _ _ _

Th;n:.liirs. Agar Ellis entertained a large party of the Haut
ton, on Monday evening, at her house in Spring Gardens..
The Honourable Lady Smith had a grand dinner party on.
Monday, at her house in Piccadilly ; among whom were Lady
Knatchbull, the Dean of Carlisle, Sir Charles Hudson, Colonel
and Mrs. Vansittart, Major and Captain Gardiner, Mr. and
Mrs. Neave, Capt. Barton, Mr. and Mrs. Benyon, B. de Bou-
voir, Esq. &c.
The Countess of Arran had an elegant circle of fashionables
yesterday evening at her house in Dover-street.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdown entertained a
distinguished party to dinner on Monday at Lansdown House,
Berkeley-square ; among whom were the Archbishop of York,
the Duchess of Hamilton, the Earl and Countess of Hose-
merry, Earl Spencer, Earl of Essex, Lord Sandon, Sir James
Mackintosh, Sir Henry Bunbury, &c. &c.

SAINT PETERSBURGIC, FED. 24.—0 n Thursday last, the •
19th inst., the marriage ceremony of his Imperial Highness the
Grand Duke MICHAEL, with her Royal Highness the Princess
HELENA of Wirtemberg, was celebrated with extraordinary
pomp and splendour in this capital. At an early hour in the
morning the discharge of five large pieces of ordnance awakened
the Inhabitants to the honours of the day. At 11 o'clock the
superior members of the Hierarchy, the Court Dignitaries,
oft h hien
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orits; on,.
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wore a rich crown upon her head, as well as a superb inte -
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scar-
let cloak trimmed with ermine) came forward from her apart-
ments,Pace. After
her Imperial Majesty, the Empress Maria, accompanied
by the whole of the Grand Princes, repaired to his Majesty
the Emperor. In a short time the whole of the illustrious com-
pany proceeded to th e Court-chapel, whe the marriage ceremony
wasperformed according to the ritual of the Greek Church. The
loud roar of 101 guns announced to the metropolis the solemniza-
tion of the august marriage. The ceremony being over, their
Majesties the Empresses received the gratulatiens of the no-
bility, &c., and again repaired to the apartments of the Em-
peror. In the afternoon there was a grand dinner in the marble
saloon of the Winter Palace, to which, exclusive of all the
Members of the Imperial House, were invited the three first
Grades of the empire—that is to say, the privileged nobility,
Lieutenant-General in the
Army, and the Civil Class, as low down as Privy Counsellors.
all who had attained
In the evening there was a grand dress ball, where the bril-
liancy that reigned may be much better conceived than tie-
there scribed. For three days was an almost incessant ringing
the rank of
of bells ; and in the evenings of those days the whole of the
city was most splendidly illuminated. On Saturday, the 21st,
their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duke Michael and his
Consort held a Court for receiving the felicitations of the nobility.
The scene that now presented itself was one of the most daz-
zling and imposing ever beheld in the capital of the Czars._
The distinguished visitants were subdivided into twelve dis-
tinct orders, or classes, viz:_lst.The superior Members of
the Russian Hierarchy ; 2d. the Counsellors of State of the
Empire ; 3d. the Members of the Directing Senate; 4th. the
Officers of the Staff of the Guards and the Army ; sth. the
Grand Dignitaries of the
; fth. the Court Functiona-
ries ; 7th. the Imperial Secretaries of State, accompanied
by the State-Secretary of Poland; Bth. the High Chamber-
lains, the Chamberlains, and other distinguished persons ; 9th.
the Members of the Corps Diplomatique and their Ladies;
10th. the Queens of Imiretta and AI ingrelia ; Ilth. the Ladies
of State, the Ladies of Honour, and other Ladies of distinc-
tion ; and finally, 12th. the Princesses of Georgia. Brilliant
as were some of the Court Galas in the days of Catherine the
Second, those who are competent to judge, declare they never
recollect any thing more magnificent and imposing than what
has been witnessed on the occasion of the present nuptials in
the Imperial family. The happy event has been announcAl, to
all parts of the Russian Lmpire, by a short, though pithy
proclamation.

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