The Sun.
London, England, 1866-07-05 00:00:00

HAY.

SMITHFIELD.—OId meadow hap, £4 103 to £5 15s ; new
do., £3 lOs to £4 lOs ' • old clover, £5 Os to £7 Os Od ; new
do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £l. 18s to £2 5s per load.
Trade firm.

CUMBERLAND.—OId meadow hay, £4 lOs to £5 15s Od;
new do., £3 lOs to £4 lOs ; old clover, £5 Os to £6 15s Od ;
new do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £2 Os to £2 5s per
load. A fair demand.

WHITECHAPEL.—OId meadow hay, £4 8s to £5 15s ;
new do., £3 10s to £4 lOs ; old clover, £5 5s to £7 Os Od
new do., £4 Os to £5 Os ; and straw, £1 18s to £2 5s per
load. Supply limited.

COAL MARKET.
Price per ton at the close of the market.

s. d. s. d.
Walls End Haswell... 19 6 South Hartlepool lB C
Caradoc l9 0 Wylam l7 0
West Hartley

Ships at market, 24 ; sold, 23.

MARRIAGE OF PRINCE CHRISTIAN
AND H.R.H. PRINCESS HELENA.

WINDSOR, Thursday._
To-day being appointed for the celebration of
the marriage of her Majesty's third daughter, her
Royal highness Princess Helena Augusta, with
his Royal Highness Major-General Prince Chris-
tian of Schleswig-Holstein (the Royal prefix having
been conferred by her Majesty a few days ago),
the loyal town of Windsor presented a scene of
the greatest excitement, and the arrival of visitors
from all parts of London has consequently been
very great, all being anxious to catch even the
faintest glimpse at the distinguished persons en-
gaged in the interesting and splendid ceremony of
to-day. Every road leading into Windsor has been
crowded with carriages since daylight, and there
probably has never been more people in the royal
borough, not even on the memorable occasion of
the marriage of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales with the Princess Alexandra of Denmark.
The day is kept entirely as a holiday by the inhabi-
tants, and generally speaking the whole of the
houses are most elaborately decked out with
flags, banners, flowers, and every other device
usual on such festive occasions. In order
that the rejoicing may be kept up with spirit
during the evening extensive preparations are being
made for a general illumination, and doubtless the
scene presented this evening, providing the weather
remains favourable, will be one of much grandeur.
Their Majesties the King and Queen of the
Belgians were already on a visit to her Majesty at
Windsor Castle, and last evening their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince
Arthur, and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
arrived at the Windsor station, Javing travelled from
town by special train on the Great Western Railway,
under the charge of Mr. Grierson. Their royal
highnesses were met at the station by the Duke of
Edinburgh and Prince Leiningen, who had walked
from the Castle, and were received by a guard of
honour of 100 rank and file of the 3d battalion of
the Grenadier Guards, under the command of Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Alexander. The station yard was
densely crowded with persons of much respecta-
bility, and the streets through which they passed in
the Queen's pony carriages to the Castle were also
lined. Both on the arrival at the station and as
they proceeded to the Castle they were loudly
cheered. Several other carriages followed with the
ladies and gentlemen of the royal suite.

The Duke of Cambridge, accompanied by the
Hon. James Macdonald, arrived at the Castle this
morning, and amongst the other distinguished visi-
tors were a very large attendance of the corps
diplomatique, consisting of the Turkish Ambassador,
Madame Musurus ; the Austrian Ambassador, the
Countess Apponyi, Countess Helene Apponyi ; the
Ressian Ambassador and the Baroness de Brunnow ;
the Prussian Ambassador, the Countess de Berns-
torff, the Countess Therese de Bernstorff, Madame
de Matte ; the French Ambassador, the Baroness
Baude ; the Belgian Minister, Mdme Van de Weyer;
the Bavarian Minister, the Baroness de Cetto ;
the Netherlands Minister, the Portuguese Minister,
the Saxon Minister, the Honduras Minister and
Madame Gutierrez ; the United States Minister,
Mrs. Adams, Miss Adams ; the Danish Minister,
Madame de Bulow ; the Spanish Minister, the Mar-
chioness de 211olins ; the Hanse Towns Minister, the
Haytian Minister, the Persian Charge d'Affaires,
the Peruvian Charge d'Affaires, and Madame
Almonte, the Columbian Charge d'Affaires, the
Swedish and Norwegian Charge d'Affaires, &c., &c.
The attendance of peers and peeresses was very
great, amongst the former being all the leading
members of the House of Lords. The Lord Cham-
berlain, the Lord Steward, the Comptroller of the
Queen's Household, the Vice Chamberlain, the
Grooms in Waiting on her Majesty, and the Equer-
ries to the Queen were also in attendance.
All the approaches to the Castle were guarded by
troops, and none but those who were specially
invited had a chance of getting within the walls.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of
London, and the Bishop of Winchester, the pre-
lates appointed to conduct the ceremony, arrived by
an early train, and at once proceeded to the Palace.
There were also in attendance the Very Rev. Dr.
Wellesley, Dean of Windsor, the Hon. and Rev.
Leslie Courtenay, and other ecclesiastics.
The Foreign Ministers and other members of the

diplomatic body assembled in the drawing room,
while the white drawing room was devoted to the
general visitors.

In the corridor appertaining to the bride's apart-
ment the bridesmaid assembled, all being dressed
in white. They were :—Lady Mary Fitzwilliam,
daughter of the Earl Fitzwilliam ; Lady Ernestine
Edgecumbe, sister of the Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe
Lady Alexandrina Victoria Murray, sister of the
Earl of Dunmore ; Lady Mary Scott, daughter of
the Duke of Buccleuch ; Lady Alberta Frances
Anne Hamilton, daughter of the Marquis of
Abercorn ; Lady Caroline Elizabeth Gordon

Lennox, daughter of the Duke of Richmond ; Lady
Muriel Sarah Campbell, daughter of the Earl of

Ca.wdor ; and Lady Laura Scott.
liis Royal Highness Prince Christian was at.
tended by the Duke of Augustenberg as " be&
man," and a suite of foreign and English gentle.
men.

The Chapel in which the ceremony was to take
place was elaborately prepared, and was so arranged
that all the parties should on entrance proceed to
the various places allotted to them. On the left
of the altar seats of State were prepared for
the Queen and the Prince of Wales. On
the right hand of the altar places were set
apart for Prince Christian, the Duke of Augusten-
burg, and the bridegroom party. In the body of
the chapel were the seats of the diplomatic body ;
and on the left side of the altar, by the Queen, were
the places of the Prime Minister, the Lord Chan-
cellor, and the high officers of State. On the north
side of the altar was a splendid chair for the use of
the Archbishop of Canterbury ; and on the south
side were the seats of the Bishop of London, the
Bishop of Winchester, and the Dean of Windsor.
Along the corridors leading to the chapel a con-
siderable number of seats were arranged and occu-
pied by members of the aristocracy who had been
fortunate enough to receive invitations.
As soon as all the arrangements were made, the
Prince Christian and his party entered the chapel
and took up their places on the right hand side of
the altar, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the
other officiating prelates having already taken their
seats.

In a few moments afterwards Viscount Sydney
advanced towards the chapel, followed by the
Queen, who took the seat assigned to her.
The Lord Chamberlain then retired, and shortly
afterwards a flourish of trumpets announced that
the bridal procession was approaching. In a minute
or two the Princess was in the Chapel. She was
dressed in a white glace petticoat, entirely covered
by six deep tulle flounces, over which fell a tunic of
tulle trimmed with ruches of tulle, looped up ou
one side with a bouquet of pink roses and white
heather. The body was trimmed with draperies of
tulle, with hanging sleeves of the same material
trimmed with ruches.

As the bride, followed by her bridesmaids, passed
up to the altar, she stopped and made a deep reve-
rence to her mother, and the service commenced
with an ancient chorale of the date of 1599, which
pealed through the building with the most solemn
effect.

After the usual preliminaries the most Reverend
Primate went through the marriage service as pre-
scribed in the Book of Common Prayer, and at
the close of the final Homily, and the Archiepis-
copal Benediction, the Hallelujah Chorus was
sung with splendid effect by the choir.
The newly-united pair, having received the con-
gratulations of those around the procession, left the
church, the bride and bridegroom walking together,
and the band playing Mendelssohn's " Wedding
March."

Her Majesty's procession then returned in the
same order in which it entered the chapel, and the
register was signed by the Prince and Princess and
the official persons present. _ . _

The wedding breakfast was laid in the Music
Gallery, or Waterloo Chamber, and in the Course

of the afternoon the royal pair proceeded to Osborne)
to spend the honeymoon. They will then, it is said,
proceed to Paris for a short period. Frogmore, near
Windsor, will be their future home.

The conclusion of the marriage ceremony was
made known to her Majesty's subjects in the me-
tropolis by a Royal salute fired from guns in St.
James's-park.

The bridesmaids of her Royal Highness the
Princess Helena, eight in number, two being
daughters of dukes, two of marquises, and four of
earls, have given sittings to Messrs. Watkins, the
eminent photographers, of Parliament-street. A
group of prettier or more dislingue English ladies
has rarely ever been seen. The sweetness of ex-
pression caught in each subject, but especially in
the faces of Lady Caroline Lennox and Lady
Albertha Hamilton is remarkably beautiful. Each
portrait is a separate study posed with the artis-
tical taste and skill for which thel Messrs.
Watkins' works have long been noticeable, and the
series arranged in one frame form a most interest-
ing souvenir of the Royal nuptials solemnised this
morning.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, July 4.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal High-
ness Princess Louise, drove out this morning.
Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians, with
Princess Helena, also went out driving.
The Duke of Edinburgh rode on horseback.
Prince Leopold and Princess Beatrice drove in
the Horne-park.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, attended by the Countess of Morton and
Major Grey, Equerry in Waiting ; his Royal
Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphin-
stone ; her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and
Colonel Home Purves ; and his Serene Highness
Prince Frederick of Schleswig-Holstein, arrived at
the Castle this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty.
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir James Clark,
and Dr. Robertson have also arrived.

Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included
their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians,
his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, her
Royal Highness the Princess Helena, her Royal
Highness Princess Louise, his Royal Highness
Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, and their
Serene and Grand-Ducal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Leiningen.