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London, England, 1858-01-19 00:00:00

Officers of Arms.

Marquis of Aberoorn, 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, Marquise„ and Earls.
The Lady Susan Pelham The Lady Cecilia Gordon
Clinton. Lennox.
The Lady Emma Stanley. The Lady Katherine Hamil-

The Lady Susan Murray.
The Lady Victoria Noel.

ton.
The Lady Constance Tinier&
The Lady Cecilia Molyneux.

Followed by
The Lord of the Bedchamber, Groom of the Bedcham-
ber, and Equerry in Waiting, the Private Secretary,
and Gentleman Usher 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.
On arriving at the Chapel the Bride will be 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 will be conducted
to their seats on the Rant Pas, near the Bride. The
Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamberlain will stand near
her Majesty.
As each procession enters the Chapel a March will be
played.
When the Bride has taken her place near the Altar, a
hymn will be sung and the service will commence,
The service will be performed by his Grace the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury ; the Lord Bishop of London,
Dean of her Majesty's Chapels Royal; the Bishop of
Oxford, Lord High Almoner ; the Bishop of Chester,
Clerk of the Closet ; the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean
of Windsor, Domestic Chaplain to the Queen ; and the
Rev. Dr. Wesley, Sub-Dean of her Majesty's Chapels
Royal,

The Bride will be given away by her father the Prince
Consort.

At the conclusion of the service Handers Hallelujah
Chorus will be sung, andMendelssobn's Wedding March
will be played as the procession is leaving the chapel.
The procession of the bride and bridegroom will
return to the state apartments in the undermentioned
order :

Officers of Arms.
Gentlemen of Honour to the Bride and Bridegroom.

The Master of the Ceremonies.
The Prussian Minister,
accompanied by the Members of his 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 Grind Duke of Baden.
Her Majesty's procession will tips follow to the
presence chamber in the same order in which it
entored the chap.l.
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
offieers of state, will pass on to the throne room.
The foreign Princes and guests who do not take
part in the procession will be conducted to the throne
room by the Master of the Ceremon,eQ.
Finally, the dignitaries of the church4having entered
the throne room, the registry of the marriage will be
attested with the usual formalities.
The remainder of the procession will proceed no
further than the presence chamber.
The knights of the several orders present at the
solemnity will wear their respective cohere with white
rosettes.
The Ambassadors, Foreign Ministers, Cabinet
Ministers, and other visitors invited to be present in

the chapel, will appear in full dress uniform. The
*ladies in full dress.

(Front the Court Circular.)
Notice is hereby given that ladies who are in_
vited to be pre,-;entin the Chapel Royal, St. James',
at the approaching ceremony of the marriage of
her Royal Highness the Princess Royal will wear
full dress with plumes, but without trains.
Full dress will also be worn by those who have
tickets to view the procession in the state rooms,
but without trains or plumes.
Gentlemen will wear uniform or court dress.
All who have tickets of admission to the colon-
nade will be in morninrdress.
It is expected that no person will appear in
mourning.

Lord Chamberlain's-office, Jan. 18, 1858.

OPENING OF TIM FRENCH CORPS
LEGISLATIF.

THE EMPEROR'S SPEECH.

Yesterday the Corps Legislatif assembled in the
Salle des Marechaux, at the Tuileries. The Em-
peror received in person the oaths of such members
of the Setia.e and the Legislative body as had not
yet gone through that formality.
Salvos of artillery announced the beginning and
close of the proceedings.
The Emperor thus addressed the assembled Legis-
lative body :

Gentlemen, Senators, and Deputies,
At the Annual meeting of the Chambers I ren-
der you an account of what has taken place during
your absence, and I ask your support for the mea-
sures to be taken.

Since last year the Government has followed its
regular and progressive march, exempt from all rain
ostentation. It has often been pretended that to
govern France it was necessary continually to keep
the public mind alive with some great theatrical
display. I think, on the contrary, that it suffices
to endeavour exclusively to do good to deserve the
confidence of the country. The action of the Gc-
rernment has consequently been confined to doing
what was most necessary in the different branches
of the administration.

In the interests of agriculture, the exporta-
tion of and the distillation from, grain have again
been authorized, and the support of the Bank has
given support to the landed interest. The cultiva-
tion of the Landes has commenced.
In Public Works, the most important results are

1,330 kilometres of railway, thrown open in 1857
to traffic, and 2,600 kilometres of new lines granted
for construction ; the floating-dock of St. Nazaire,
and the canal from Caen to the sea thrown open to
navigation ; careful surveys made to prevent the
scourge of inundations • improvements of our ports,
and among others of Havre, Marseilles, Toulon,
and Bayonae ; in the north and in the east of
France the working of new coal mines ; at Paris
the inauguration of the Louvre aryl of a wing at
Vincennes ; finally, in the capital, as at Lyons,
quarters thrown open for the first time since cen-
turies to the light of day, and throughout France
religious edifices are being constructed or re-
stored.
Public in traction, protected by the State, is
being developed by the side of free education
honourably protected. The number of co:legesh.,s
been increased by 1,500. Education has become
more moral and religious, with a tendency r °wards.
sound humanities and useful sciences. The Cillege
of France has been reorganized ; elementary in-
struction is spreading far.
It is the wish of the Government that the prin-
ciple of freedom of worship shall be sincerely ad-
mitted, without forgetting that the Roman Catholic
religion is that of the great majority of Frenchmen.
Therefore, this religion has never been more re-
spected nor more unshackled.
The Municipal Councils meet without hindrance,
and the Bisiops enjoy the full plenitude of their
sacred office. The Lutheran, Protestant, and Jew-
i,ll confessions pay their just proportion of taxes to
the State, and are equally protected.
The increase in the price of all necessaries has
compelled us since last year to augment the salaries
of the lesser functionaries ; the rations of the
soldiers have been improved and the pay of sub-
alterns increased.

The bud et of 1859 provides for better payment
for teachers and professors, and for magistrates.
I may point out an increase of chat itable societies
—in the country those of the medical corporation,
and in the towns the establishment of soup-kitchens.
One million has been distributed in relief of the
populations which have suffered must from want of
work.

The budget of 1859 which will be laid before you
will show a balance in favour of receipt, and the
action of the sinking fund can be renewed. On
the close of ace ,uuts a reduction of the floating
debt was assured. Commerce recently suffer. d
check, but the firm position-it took up in the midst
of what may be termed a universal crisis is, in the
eyes of all, an honour for France, and justifies the
eccnomical principles advised by the Government
in matters of commerce, finance, and credit.
The increase of direct and indirect revenue
during the past year was 30 millions of francs._

Ain-o-eg tice various bills which will be submitted
to you of general interest I may mention a law on
patents, a now military and naval code, a proposal
to employ the 20,000,000 f. remaining from the
loans on works to guard the towns against inun-
dations.

Algeria connected with France by the electric
wire has afforded new glory to our troops by the
submission of Kabylia. That expedition, skilfully
planned and vigorously executed, has completed
our domination. The army, which has no more
enemies to overcame, will have to struggle against
new difficulties in constructing railways so neces-
sary for the dovelupment of the prosperity of our
colony.
In France, the army will find in the Camp of
Chalons a grand school which will keep up the
military spirit and standard at the high level it has
attained.

The Emperor Napoleon bequeathed to his
ancient companions in glory his private and other
property. Under the Restoration it was absorb d
by the State. It is to carry out in some measure
that pious legacy that you, on the one band, voted
an annual sum of 80)00,000f. for old soldiers,
nevertheles., I wished that a medal should rt mind
all wl,o had served in our armies of their former
leaders. More than 300,000 men in France and
abroad have applied for this medal in remembrance
of the Imperial epoch, and on receiving it they
might exclaim with pride, "I also belonged to the
Grand Army"—words which at Austerlitz the
Emperor had reason to point out to them as the
advent title of nobility.
Our navy is occupied in its arsenals with those
necessary changes which will enable it to maintain
the honour of our flag on every sea. In China it
is acting in concert with the English fleet to ob-
tain redress for common grievances, and to avenge
the blood of our missionaries who have been cruelly
massacred.
The relations of France with foreign Powers
were never on a better footing. Our ancient allies,
true to the sentiments which sprung from a com-
mon cause, give us the same confidence as usual ;
and our new allies, by their straightforward and
loyal conduct in all great questions, make us almost
regret that we were ever their foes.
I Was enabled to be convinced at Osborne, as
well as at Stuttgart, that my desire to keep up the
intimacy of old relations, as well as to form new
ones, was equally shared by the chiefs of two great
empires.
it the policy of France is appreciated as it de-
serves to be in Europe, it is because we have the
common sense Only to deal with questions which
concern ourselves directly, either as a nation or a
great European Power. This is why I avoided in-
terfering iu the question of the Duchies which now
agitates Germany, for that question, which is exclu-
sively a German one, will remain so long as the
integrity of Denmark is not threatened.
of alf, on the other hand, I took up the Neuchatelsked
question it is because the King of Prussia asked
for my boas offices, and I was happy
occa-
sion to contribute to the final settlement
onthis
difference which might have become dangerous for
the peace of Europe.
As regards the Principalities, astonishment
has been expressed at our disagreement with many
of our allies. The fact is, that France, in her dis-
interested policy, has always advocated, in so much
as treaties allowed her, the wishes of the popula-
tions which appealed to her. Nevertheless, the
conferences Which will shortly open at Paris will
show in what conciliating spirit we work to atte-
nuate thetifficulties which are inseparable from a
difference of opinion.
Such, gentlemen, is the resume of our position ;
I might end my address
of anew
but I think it useful,
alnat
iisueonwlyithweylol
l a new Legislature, to ex-
at the chnitnentetut nt
1-de what
ned causes distinctly formulated
we are and what we desire.
that create profound convictions. It is only
standards boldly unfurled which inspire sincere
devotic n.
What is the Empire ? Is it a retrograde Govern-
ment, an enemy of progress, desirous of suppressing
generous impulses and of impeding the pacific
extension of the great and civilising principles of
1789 ?

No ; the Empire inscribes these principles as the
motto of its constitution. It frankly adopts every-
thing of a nature to ennoble the heart or exalt the
;mind for what is good ; but it is also the enemy of
every abstract theory. It seeks a strong power,
6 capable of overcoming the obetaeles which might

stop its advance, for—let us not forget it—the ad-
vance of every new Power is a long struggle.
Moreover, there is a truth inscribed upon every
page of the history of France and of England—
namely, that liberty without obstacles is impossible
as long as there exists in a country a faction which
obstinately disowns the fundamental bases of the
Government ; for then liberty, instead of enlight-
ening, controlling' ameliorating, is nothing else in
the hands of factions but a weapon of destruction.
• Therefore, as I did not accept the power of the
nation with a view :o acquire that ephemeral popu-
larity, the paltry prize of concessions exacted from
weakness, but with a view one day to deserve the
approbation of posterity by founding something
lasting in France, I do not fear
to declare unto
you to-day that the danger, no matter what is
said to the contrary, does not exist in the exces-
sive prerogatives of power, but rather in tho absence
of repressive laws. Thus, the last elections, despite
their satisfactory result, offered in many localities
a sad spectacle. Hostile parties took advantage
moef
it to create advantage in the country, and
men had the boldness openly to declare themselves
the enemies of the national institutions, deceived
the electors by false promises, end, having gained
their votes, thenspurned them with contempt.
You will not allow a renewal of such a scandal,
and you will compel (obliger) every elector to take
an oath to the Cons itutiun before presenting him-
self as a candidate.
As the quiet of the public mind ought to be the
constant object of our efforts, you will assist me in
finding the means to silence extreme and annoying
oppositions.
In fact, is it not too sad to behold in a quiet,
prosperous country, which is respected in Europe,
on the one hand, men crying down a Government
to which they are indebted for the security which
they enjoy, while others only take advantage of
the free exercise of their political rights to under-
mine the existing institutions ?
I welcome heartily, without inquiring into their
antecedents, all those who recognise the national
will.

As regards the originators of disturbances and
conspirators, let them understand that their day is
gone by.
I cannot conclude without alluding to the cri-
minal attempt which has just taken place. I thank
Heaven for the visible protection with which it
shielded the Empress and myself, and I deplore
that sa many victims should be made when only
one life was aimed at.

Yet these plots bring their lessons with them.
Firstly, they prove the weakness and impotence of
the parties who have recourse to assassination and
such desperate means ; secondly, that no awassi-
nation, even if succesdul, ever served the cause of
those who hired the assassin. Neither those who
slew Cegar nor those who assassinated Henry IV.
derived any advantage from their crime.
God sometimes allows the just to fall, but He
never allows the cause of crime to triumph. These
attempts, therefore, neither shake my security in
the present nor my faith in the future. If I live
the empire will live wi'h me, and if I should fall
my very death would only tend to strengthen the
empire, for the indignation of the people and of
the army would be an additional support to the
throne of my Eon.
Let us, then, look confidewly towards the
future ; let us at end calmly to our daily work for
the welfare and greatness of our country. God
protects France

SPEECH OF TH,c KING OF DENMARK.

On the 14th inst. the King of Denmark opened
in person the session of the Supreme Council of
the kingdom. His Majesty spoke as follows :
"It is with pleaeure that we again behold our faith-
:ul Supreme Council assembled around us.
" During the two years which have nearly elapsed
since we; for the first time, opened in pereon the ratting
of our Supreme Council, the development of the riches
et our soil has made great progress. We may therefore
hope that the embarrassments of the financial crisis
which weigh at the present moment upon our country
will only be temporary, and that the general welfare
of the country will not be much affected.
" We have seen with extreme regret that there exists
in the Duchies of Hol..tein and Lsuenburg, as regards
our Constitutional relations, an appreciation wLich could
not fail to cause anxiety and excitement. The relations
of those Duchies with the German Confederation
necessarily brought our Government into negotiations
with Prussia and Austria, after which the matter
was referred to the Frankfort Diet. In these
negotiations— all documents relating to which
will be laid before the Supreme Council—it will be
shown that, to come to an amicable arrangement,
we were willing to make every concession compatible
with our solicitude for the welfare of the Monarchy,
and especially for the maintenance of its Constitutional
relations, established after great efforts,
"Among the Bills which will be brought before you
there will be some for regulating and increfti+ieg the
defensive force of the country. We trust that the
Supreme Council will ackno sledge that due attention
has been paid to our financial resources in these pro-
jects ; but, on the other band, we also hope, with full
confidence, that the Supreme Council will not hesitate
to tote the necessary grants for this object, and that it
will admit that it is an imperious duty to guarantee to
the country the indispensable means to defend, if neces-
sary, its honour and its independence.
" The Supreme Council will have to examine a project
for a new Customs' tariff, from which we expect great
things and a considerable addition to our finances.
" May the Almighty bless your deliberations and give
success to your projects."
His Majesty was loudly cheered.

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