The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-08 00:00:00

The Marriage of Princess Mary.

Yesterday the preparations for the approaching
marriage of her Royal Highness Princess Mary of
Cambridge with Prince Teck were commenced in
the quiet suburban village of Kew, so well known
to the denizens of the great metropolis, and work-

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men are now busily employed in erecting triumphal
arches across the road which divides the Green. All,
too, is chaos in Cambridge-cottage, where to-day,
it is understood, a grand dinner party and ball are

to be given to 150 guests in honour of the occasion.
The nuptial ceremony, it is stated, will take place
at half-past 12 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon. The
Royal pair are to be united by the Archbishop of
Canterbury and the Bishop of Winchester, assisted
by the vicar of the parish, the Rev. R. B. Byam,
and the Rev. P. W. Nott, curate of Kew. The
church, as many of our readers are aware, is an
unpretending-looking brick building, standing on
the south side of the Green, with its porticoed en-
trance facing the gateway of Cambridge-cottage.
The exterior, over which the ivy climbs in great

luxuriance, is partly hidden by the dense foliage of
the lime, chesnut, and yew trees, which surround the
building. Inside the church itself there is much to
interest the stranger, there being several marble
tablets, among which are those erected to the
memory of Jeremiah Mayer, the miniature painter,
and Francis Bauer, botanical artist to King George
111., and also that of Thomas Gainsborougb, the
painter. The ceiling is arched, and supported on
six pillars ; the Royal gallery, decorated in front
with the Imperial arms and escutcheons, is at the
west end of the church. Soon after 12 o'clock on
Sunday night workmen will commence clearing away
the whole of the high old-fashioned pews in the
centre of the church, in order to leave the body of
the building completely clear, as all the room is re-
quired for the members of the Court and those of
the aristocracy who may be honoured with invita-
tions. Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince and
Princess of Wales, and other members of the Royal
family, will most likely be present. The Queen, it
is expected, will be seated in the gallery, while the
other company will occupy the body of the church,
from the doorway of which a covered and carpeted
way will be •erected under the supervision of Mr.
Cripps, of Buckingham Palace, to the portico of
Cambridge-cottage, whence the marriage procession
will emerge, the members of it walking to the
church.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cam-
bridge has honoured Messrs. Hancock and Burbrook with
the order for the lockets to be worn by her Royal High-
ness's Bridesmaids, and they will be on view at their estab-
lishment, 37, Conduit-street, Bond-street, to-day and to-
morrow (Saturday).

MESSRS. W. AND A. GILBEY'S NEW PREMISES IN
DUBLIN.—One of the most striking characteris-
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tics in connection, with our city at the present time is un-
doubtedly the architectural beauty and taste displayed in
our principal public buildings. In the leading streets and
thoroughfares may be seen springing up on every side
elegant and imposing structures, the external ornamenta-
tion and internal arrangements of which give evidence of
an almost lavish expenditure. New banks and insurance
offices, the establishments of commercial companies and
private capitalists, are beginning to take the place of ordi-
nary concerns, which were either dilapidated or ill adapted
for the purposes of an extensive business. The fact is
equally significant and gratifying. It gives assurance of
an undiminished energy and enterprise amongst the com-
mercial public, which we sincerely hope no political crisis
or national calamity may suceeed in extinguishing, or
diverting from its legitimate and proper sphere. Sack-
ville-street, regarded by many as the finest thoroughfare
in the United Kingdom, and of which we may b 3 justly
proud, has, in the respect referred to, been greatly improved
of late, by the erection of the extensive and, it might with-
out exaggeratien be said, magnificent establishment of
the Messrs. W. and A: Gitbay, wine merchants, London,
for the purposes of the Dublin branch of their well-known
and eminent firm. It is built in the early French style,
and composed of white brick, with dressings and embel-
lishments of Portland stone, which give it a light, elegant,
and exceedingly graceful appearance. It is five atom ies
high, the windows being arched, and closely ranged in
horizontal sections, diminishing in height somewhat as
they approach the roof, which is very elaborately and taste-
fully finished, and quite in harmony with the entire range of
building. The entrance is, perhaps, the most notable feature
of the exterior, and for design and execution could hardly
be surpassed. It is composed of Portland stone, finely cut,
with marble columns of various colours, with donated
capitals, supporting an exquisitely carved architrave
in keeping with the general style, over which are placed
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vaults, which are very extensive, and have been lighted
and ventilated on the most approved plan. The trade of
the firm in light wines is immense, and extends through-
out every part of the United Kingdom. The last proof of
their increasing trade is furnished by the Custom house
returns, showing the quantity of wine, from all countries,
on which duty was paid in the port of London during the
years 1864 and 1865, and which are sufficient toplace them
at the head of the trade, and above the most celebrated
London wholesale houses. It is a fact to be noticed that
all their wines and spirits go into the hands of consumers
bearing the distinctive brand of the firm, wherer s the large
houses which know them are in the wholesale trade only.
In the year 1864 they paid duty on upwards of 284,000 gal-
lons of wine, and on 364,000 gallons the year following,
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the most interesting sights in that city. Their premises
occupy tho whole of a large area, having entrances in three
different streets, and a handsome architectural frontage at
the principal entrance from Wells-street, and from this
central establishment no less an average than 12,000 bet-
les of wines and spirits are daily sent out through Eng
land. The firm enjoy an extensive connection, and do a
large trade in Ireland ; and no better proof of their pros-
perity and appreciation at the hands of the public could be,
perhaps, afforded than the encouragement which has in-
duced them to erect their magnificent premises in Upper
Sackville-street, Dublin. —Dublin Daily Expi'ea, May 23,
1866