The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-25 00:00:00

IflE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EV_FNING, JANUARY 25, 18,N8,

the extraordinary change that had been made in so
short a period of time, and with the chaste and
beautiful decorations and appointments of the
whole of the interior of the building, which ex
ceeded her Majesty's expectations, although she
had been informed by his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort of their nature and extent after his
visit the week previous. Many of the alterations
that have been made in the state apartments are
of a practical character, and though in the first in-
stance intended only to answer the temporary pur-
pose of the Royal marriage, they will be retained
and made permanent, thereby greatly removing
many of the loud and just complaints that hate
lately been made against the inconvenience ex-
perienced, especially by ladies, on drawing-room
and levee days at St. James's Palace. In this re-
spect a double object has been attained at a single
cost, at all times a highly satisfactory circumstance
to John Bull. The whole of the arrangements and
decorations are as complete and perfe A as possible,
an opinion, we feel confident, the public will parti-
cipate in on inspection of the state apartment, and
Chapel Royal during the time they will be thrown
open to public view. But a few, if any, will, we
think, be able to recognise the old palace under its
new and greatly improved aspect.

1 Gent emen el
Duchs Kent

Lady
Jocelyn

Countess of
Mulgrave.

Countess of
Bessborough.

Viscountess
Sy duey.

V scountess
Combermere

Lady Ernest
Bruce.

Lady Foley.l

Lady A.
Paget.

Duchess of
Wellington.

Marchioness
of Breadalb.

Marchioness
of Abercorn.

Duke of
Norfolk.

Duke of
Wellington,

Marquis of
Abercorn

Earl of
St. Germans.

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Gentlem, n or
Duchs.Camb.

Gentlemen of
DukeofCamb

Gentlemen of
Prnc,s.Mar)

Gentlemen of
King of Belg.

Ditto.

Gentn. of Dk.
of S. Coburg

ditto.

Gentn. of Dk,
of Brabant

Gents. of Ct.
of Flanders

Gentn. of Pr.
ohenzollrn.

Lord
Chancellor,

Lord
President.

Lord
Privy Seal.

Gold Stick.

Capt. Gentn.-
at-Arms.

:`apt. Yeom.
of the Guard

3liss
Macdonald

Miss
Cavendish

Lady C.
Copley

Lady C.
Barrington

Lady of
IDuchs. Kent,

Lady of
Dchs. Camb.

Lady of
Prncs. Mary

Lady of Dchs
of S. Coburg

(Gentlemen of
the Bride.

Ditto

Mister of
Buckhounds

Prince's
Lord

Prince's
Groom

Prince's
Equerry

Prince's
Usher

Silver Stick.

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THE ALTAR.

The annexed list of distinguished personages present at the ceremony, accurately indicates the position
each occupied in the Chapel.

The Suite of
the
Bridegroom

PULPIT,

i;.ountess of
Bern storff

'Lady of Pres
of Prussia

Ditto

Fruss•an
Minister

Count
Redern

Pr. Reuss, of
Prus. Legatn.

Ct. Brandbg.
Prus. Legatn,

fling.

Prussian
Suite

Bn.deLangen
Prus. Legatn.

Chaplains of
Legation:

Prussian
Suite

Ditto

Ditto

Govrs.

?lon. Mr.
Phipps

Goers,

Treasurer

Comptroller

Clerk
3larshal

Queen's
Equerry

Privy Purse

Queen's
Lord

Hcn. Mrs.
Grey

Non. Mrs.
Wellesley

Goers,

Queen's
Groom

Mr.
Glover

Master of the
Household

IField Officer!

Hon. Mrs.
Biddulph

Page of
Honour

Hen. ➢Sias
Paget

Page of
Honour

Garter King
of Arms

Entrance Dour.

Lady Clark

Mr.
Gibbs

;fling.

air B.
Hall

Sir James
ClArk

Lietlt.
Cowell

Door
tion of gold and silver threads is exceedingly beau-
tiful, and the sheen is of the softest and most deb
cate character. British manufacture may be juAly
proud of having produced fabrics of such extreme
beauty.

drums and trumpets filed off. The Gentlemen-at-
Arms remaining outside the ettavel door, in the ante
chapel, during the ceremony.
The Yeomen of the Guard remained at the foot of
the staircase, in the ante-ebapel„ _

Her Majesty was conducted to her chair of state
and the Royal Family to the seats prepared for them on
the Raul. Pap. The bearerof the sword of state stood on
the Queen's right hand, and the Mistress of the Robes
near her Majesty. The several persons composing
the procession were then conducted to the places ap-
pointed for them in the choir.
The Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain,
preceded by the drums and trumpets, then returned to
the Presence Chamber, and the Bridegroom's Procession
having been there formed, moved to the Chapel Royal
in the following order :

THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Sergeant Trumpeter.
Master of the Ceremonies.
The Bridegroom's Gentleman of Honour,
between Heralds.
The Prussian Minister with the Members of his Legation.
Vice-Chamberlain of Her Lord Chamberlain of Her
Majesty's Household. Majesty's Household.
THE BRIDEGROOM,
Supported by his Father, his Royal Highness the Prince
of Prussia.
followed by the
Attendants of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Grand Duke.
On reaching the chapel the drums and trumpets filed
off, outside the door, and the procession advancing, the
Bridegroom was conducted to the seat prepared for him
on the Haut Pas leading to the Altar. His sup
porters ocoupied seats upon the Haut Pas near his
Royal Highness. The officers of the Bridegroom stood
in the nave of the chapel. The other gentlemen in
attendance were conducted to seats.
The Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain, pre-
ceded, as before, by the drums and trumpets, again
returned to the state apartments, to attend the Bride
whose procession having been formed in the Royal Clo-
set moved to the chapel in the following order :
THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDE.
Drums and Trumpets.
Sergeant Trumpeters.
Officers of Arms. Officers of Arms.

Domestic Chaplain to the Queen ; and the Rev. Dr.

Marquis of Abercorn, K.G.,
Groom of the Stole
to His Royal Highness the Prince Consort.
Vice-Chamberlain of her Lord Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household. Majesty's Household.

THE BRIDE,
Supported by her father, his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort,
and by
His Majesty the King of the Belgians.
The Train of her Royal Highness, borne by 8 unmarried
Daughters of Dukes, Marquises, and Earls.
The Lady Susan Pelham The Lady Cecilia Gordon
Clinton. Lennox.
The Lady Emma Stanley. The Lady Katherine Hamil-
ton.
The Lady Constance Tilliers.
The Lady Cecilia Molyneux.

The Lady Susan Murray.
The Lady Victoria Noel.

Wesley, Sub-Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal.
The Prince repeated the responses in an audible
and distinct voice, and, having taken the ring from
his father, plAced it on the bride's finger, after
which his Grace pronounc,ed the words of the s:-r-
-" those whom God bath joined together, let
no man put asunder." The other part of the ser-
vice was then gone through.
The ceremony was most magnificently and im-
pressively performed, the choral responses being
most beautifully and efficiently rendered by the
professionalgentletnen present, under the direction
of Sir G. Smart, who presided at the organ.
The ceremony occupied about thirty minutes,
and the proceedings terminated.
At the conclusion of the service Handel's Hallelujah
chorus was sung, and Mendeligohn's Wedding March
was played as the procession left the chapel.
The following Gentlemen in Ordinary of the Chapels
Royal officiated in the choir :—Messri. T. Franci., W.
Lackey, J. Goss, G. W. Martin, Benson, R. Barnby,
N. Smith, Foster, Machin, Lawler, Thomas. White-
house, and Bennett.
Sir G. Smart 'melded at the organ. assisted by Mr.
Cooper. The chorister boys attended with their master,
the Rev. T. Helmore.
no ceremony over, the procession of the bride
and bridegroom returned to the state apartments in the
undermentioned order :

vice,

Followed by
The Lord of the Bedchamber, Groom of the Bedcham-
ber, and Equerry in Waiting, the Private Secretary,
and Gentleman Usber to his Royal Highness the Prince
Consort, the Treasurer and Private Secretary to her
Royal Highness the Princess Royal, and the gentlemen
in attendance on his Majesty the King of the Belgians.
Oa arriving at the Chapel the Bride was conducted to
her seat in the Chapel, on the left side of the Haut
Pas leading to the Altar, near her Majesty's chair of
state, and his Royal Highness the Prince Consort and
his Majesty the King of the Belgians were conducted
to their seats on the Haut Pas, near the Bride. The
Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain stood near her
Majesty.

Officers of Arms.
Gentlemen of Honour to the Bride and Bridegroom.
The Master of the Ceremonies.
The Prussian Minister,
accompanied by the Members of LAB Legation.
Groom of the Stole
to his Royal Highness the Princess Consort.
THE BRIDE AND BRIDEGROOM.
The Supporters of their Royal Highnesses on either side.
The Train of the Bride, borne as before.
The remainder of the Suite of his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort.
The Gentlemen in attendance on his Majesty the King of
the Belgians, his Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia,
and his Royal Highness the Grand Duke of Baden.
Her Majisty's procession then followed to the
presence chamber in the same order in which it
entered the chapel.
Her Majesty the Queen, his Royal Highness the
Prince Consort, the Bride and Bridegroom, with the
rest of the royal family, the royal guests, and the great
officers of state, passed on to the throne room.
The foreign Princes and guests who did not take
part in the procession were conducted to the throne
rooms by the Master of the Ceremonies.
Finally, the dignitaries of the church having entered
the throne room, the registry of the marriage was
attested with the usual formalities.
The remainder of the procession proceeded no further
than the presence chamber.
The knights of the several orders present at the
solemnity wore their respective collars with white
rosettes.
The Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet
Ministers, arid other visitors in the Chapel Royal ap.
peered iu full dress uniform. The ladies in full dress.
After the ceremony had been concluded, her
Majesty, the Royal Family, and the Prince and
Princess of Prussia, and the members of the no-
, bility who had received a special invitation, re-
turned to Buckingham Palace.
THE WEDDING BREAKFAST.
A wedding repast was prepared at Buckingham
Palace, at which several of the illustrious partici-
pators in the previous ceremony, the officers of t ie
household, and the Ministers of State were prEsent.
It is needless to say that the taste and ingenuity of
the confectioners and table deckers were promi-
nently displayed at the festival—a splendid wed-
ding cake forming the chief object of attraction.
After partaking of the sumptuous dejeuner, the
Prince and Princess set out for Windsor, attended
by the military, and on the road they were loudly
greeted by the vast assemblage.