The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-02 00:00:00

'III, NiAftiiiid'g egliiiNidi4i,

This evening the Marriage of the Printes,
CUARLOTTE or Wit.ti and the.Ptilice of Coi via
will take place et Carlton House, in the prisence
of the Qin:air, the PatSce WaGiitf, the‘Puts;
ci7iSES, of nearly th.t.. whole of the -Rovßl Fan'ilYl
and of their immediate atteri,lants ; beiides nitro'
.a hundred and twenty persons ofalistinction have
been invited., exclusive of the Fiheign Ministers,
Thy halite; of the fair BrideititidS haVe been rt..
titer carefully kept secret, but we understand that
Lady CT, ‘ltt.ofra CHOLMOt4DELEY; Lady CAko
LINE PRATT, Lady SUSAN ItYpEtt, the Honour-
able iTsi Lx.W, and AIM MANNEtts, datighta
the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, Will be of 64
number. The Archbishop will, perform the cerc-
minty, which will be attested by the LORD
CHANCELLOA, the three Secretarici of State, Out
ate Ldid President of the Council; lu onc.bf
the Crimson State Rooms, the Cabinet and Fo•
reign Minisiers will be assent Wed ; in another'
room; the QUEEN Mid PIIINCEssRS ; the Oho,
the PrIINCE il(Eosxr and his Great .Ulcers of,
State. The dinner, Lich will precede the yew
runny, will be given, at six ; the marriage win
take place abOut nine. A grand draWilirr9a)
win iutiorw at which ail the company MHO
their cOmpliments of congratulation to the QL3Ok
the Nutter' IteGatit, and the Prince and PrOCest
of SAXE CoiVEGI'.

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PaINCE LEOPOLD:S, 'WEDDING DRES'A. •
His ...erine highness will be dressed in the full uniform!
a British Geperal; de orated with a superb diamond star ask
ribbon of the newly instituted Hanoverian Order of
Guelph, and benentli the abort. star, ihat of Sammy, (eta'
of costly jewcia i• his IliglinesS will also wear, pendent IN!
a ribbon tuand his neck, the insignia of the Orders ;loot!,
to hint by nig Emperors of Austria and and the hill
of Prussia, the Netherlands, Bavaria, l'ittrinhurg, 116
Denmark, fur his military services.
Her Majesty has presented his Highness tritlis
superb sword and belt to wear at the reremoill;
the hilt of the foritier is richliideeorated with 1113.
,i
m ue
ozpis of uouunon lustre, lust' the belt Outhie
with costly gems,
Previsnis to his Highness's drparture 1061
Carlton• house, he will change his dress to 111F'
full ‘Vindsor tinitor4r.
The PRINCE (REGENT, and the Dulies of Vogt
KENT, SUSSEX, and CUMBERLAND, still wear
tall uuif,Zrnts of Field Marshals this city ; the I)ku'
of CLAUENCE ChM of Admiral of the

GENEALOGY Or MM.:F. LEOPOLD.
This day is destined, we trust, to becolPe ftr
ever happily tuettiorible in our annals for ((41;.
union or,th If
e eires of the British throne ~
'peicentlant of one of the ioust; ancient ProterituPoi .
boasts Europe. It may be satisfactory to
of our ltra lera to trace the genealogy of t Princii
whom Providence, we fondly hope, has destitit:ll
to become ;he founder of a long. line of Bill
Sovereigns. Gertintit genealogists trace tlie
gill of tile litctieot Saxon Princes to Wit ikhult.t"'
celebrated. Chief of the Saxons, who tOr 31J p:!"
cootendtd.aglinst itit the power of etrarletitogac'
and who; after his subinksion- tit that Lot'"
‘
giteror, still retained large territorial poisessioBs,
together with.
.;the ducal title, „Front 'hint we"
deSteutled the Dukes of Saxony, of tvhoul Ihr.
tiara, in 121.2, was the first that 'teas raised '!0•1"
tfigniv. The Electotate ”'as cidGY.ot
Nythe descendants of this Prince until I •1T2,1;..n'
Ofi the ftrihire of his line, it was conferred on Fre'
dcrick " the Warlike," Margrave of Thuringistt
also it tieseepdant at' Witikind. The grandsoili,r
this latter were Ernest and Albert; from tt hale
are desrended the Ernestine anti Albert hie brauelits
of theitonse Of Saxony. :1116;e Ernestine,
was the elder branch, coutiouttl to enjoy do'.
Electorate until 1547, when John '• the Moir''•
fatuous" was'deprived of that dignity by the t'av
peror Charles. V., who couferred it on Maurice,
the patriarch of .the (libertine branch, to 'vh!ch
the present King of Saxony belongs. " 114 r::
Prwestant says atlefirtied write': at--
present day, ," lfas the 'greatest. ohligtiO"Ds
the Princes of the Ernestine line. Frederick
eldest son of Ernest; was Luther's first -pairou "11'
defender. 4On, the second of Ernest, was
chief promoter of the protestatinn ihu
Church of Rome, front which the Protestatad have
derived their appellation." This John teas 5".•
nanred."‘‘ tho 'Constant." He was the father °,t„
the ahove'..Entiutioned John " the Magnaniumus,
and grandfather of 'John Frederick, the Wind".
of the house of Saxe ,Cobttrg. Of this iibistriou,
house. the late head was the Otike of Situ Ct.:
burg, who, at our Readers must remeistbcr, COliefF-
mantled the Allied Armies at an early period
the French Revolution : and Prince LeoptiO"
Ol,"
is this day to be-united to the Princess C ti A at.;01'1.6
is the third 800
,of that eminent Commander.

.Mr. $E42,1 in a Sritig.i tau 'Cliaraeler Win'
burgh Paper says—" About six o'cloelcnii -Sundt?
the celebrated tratot, Mr. KEAN, evitictd
his iti)gitistie skill with sonic stray, antagonist,:
.that be lighted upon in .strcet. He bad 'l4o'
entertaining Mr. Tvamt, Mr. ..lotioNit, 104'
the other conspicuous .lettibers of the GlasOlf
Company, at a supper. The putrole .did not
seize the combatants ; and Mr. KEAN %tips corn'
ducted by a friend to the Buckhead Inn, withgtil
having received any material iajhry."
COVENT-GAIIDEN MAnxer.--French Beans sold'
at four shillings the hundred; new Potatoes .:ot
three shillings per lb. ;c Green Pease were tact'
sures! at one guinea and a half per quart, and C!,l'
cumberii four shillings each.
Yesterday a Court of Directors was held at t 1
East India House, when the follovvirigConr,;
manders took leave previous to departing far them •
respective destinations CCaptainsM.DoiJaat.n' Lady Carrington, Madeira atul Or„'
Rai; thrsg, 14ataria, MARQUIS, Campbell, ."
lieagai • Nlasioei, Aun, Cotut, Alexander, M4`lica*
and itotobay ; and Caßeavaw„ Ceylon: and lienga"
A recent. important discovery in Wheat We'l
'
lington ;Simile, in the parish of St. Allover, lid:
induced the late adventurers to detel'illit'w
on working the mine afresh, 'on a much more es,
tended'scale, and. in a diiferent made to that` vbich
has been hitherto pursue' by thew.

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IZOVAt FAMILY.

4.,i y ytEtert.ay Inorttitig, Prince. LEOP•:Ln of
touutt‘6 suspected wi; of servalPs, tlyeir
new stAte liccries, iri .whicii they are to appear
this days His qel•eile illglineit afterwards, at-
tended by Tiaron HARt3ENtßoolc, tent to Cartel-
fordshouse, and a.rri‘fed in time to receive the
(;)u'EENr, t,e PrittceSS MARY, and the Princess
CRARt•OIefR of IVALES, attended by the Countess
'Of CARDIGAN; in whose carriage they rode for the
!Me apriVacy. They proceeded to inspect the
toillefttr. about two hours. Several objections
it seems are made to it.

Prince 'Leopold returned to Clarence-house,
'here, after partaking of some refreshment, he
went out in a private carriage, attended by Sir Ro-
bert Gardner, antl rode in the Parks. Llis Serene
Highness got out of 'the. ,carriage and walked in
nyde Park, without being recognized by any per-
son except the Marquis of Attglesea, who was
striving in his curricle, and stopped and spoke to
Serence Highness. On his return to Clarence-
house he was received with acclamations by a
crowd collected round the house ; he afterwards
siontinued to appear frequently at the. window of
the balcony on the first floor, to gratify the curio-,
sit), of the spectators till seven o'clock, when he
retired to dinner, at which he entertained the
Y(ireign Ambassadors and Ministers. , There were
resent•the Saxon Minister, the Portuguese Am-
bassador, Mr. Desbrow, the Dutch Ambassador,
Lord G. Beresford, Prince Esterhazy, Prince
Paid Eiterhazy, Marquis Chohnondeley, Danish
Prussian Ambassador, the Bishop of
london, Swedish Minister, Count Munster, Rus-
sian Ambassador, Sardinian Ambassador,' Bava-
rian Minister, Neapolitan Minister, American
Minister, the Archbishop of York, Spanish Am-
bassador, 'Viscount Jocelyn, Wirtemberg
titer, and the French Ambassador. The Prince
presided, and the Marquis of Chohnondelcy, ns
Lord Steward of the Royal Household, was the
Vice-President, with his wand of

The dinner. Was served up in the' dining parlour,
in a very elegant and splendid manner. The
table WAS decorated with a very brilliant plateau,
and delicately white ornament's. The illumina-
tion of the room continued to attract the multi •
inde, but they behaved very orderly. Great part
of the populace were drawn away at four 'o'clock
to Cumberland-house, in. conseeptence of the ar-
rival Of the Prince Regent, attended by Sir Ben-
jamin Bloomfield, on a visit to the Duke' and
Ditellesi of Cumberland. The Regent remained
there till near six, when: be was received with
Laud cheering by the populace.
Great numbers of Noblemen and" Gentlemen
re,orted to 'Clarence-boost: during the day, ,to
make their respectful inquiries. A large assent-,
hiage of rank and fashion, to the amount of seve-
ral hundreds, also paid their respects to, the
Winces* Charlotte at Warwick,;house.

The Doke of Ynik went to Win+lsor, in the
morning, and returned to Lootion in the evening,
to dinner.

The Duchess of York arrived at, York-house,
about six &clock, from Oa, lands.
The Princess Augusta arri,ed at the 121NCH'S
ridiacc, trout Windsor, at five o'clock, to dine
with the Queen and Pribeesses.

yesterday morning, at 11 o'clock, the Princess
tHARLoTTIS %vent to litlCkiiii:lntlll.l,lultSe to break
Est wit 4 lux MAJESTY.