The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-11 00:00:00

PREPARATIONS COR-THE CELEBRATION OF

THE QUEEN'S
The preparations fiir 'a general illthnination in-honour of
the• Queen's marriage on Monday, are very general through,.
out . the metropolis. At., all the public buildings in the city
and east end, operations have commenced ; the, workmen
throughout yesterday being employed at the India House;
the Bank, the Mansion-house, Guildhall, and the Post-office,•
in affixing boarding to form aground for the devices.. These.
preparatory works are on. a most extensive scare, and it
said that. the splendour of the ensuing illuminations will have
•been.tinequalledby anything that has preceded it. • .
The preparations at the Horse-guards and the Admiralty,
are on a- most extensive and magnificent scale, as also are
most- of the principal public buildings and •theatres. The
whole of her Majesty's tradespeople are also preparing for
the occasion, the devices of which are particularly elegant ;
numerous splendid transparencies are being got ready for the
,occasion. The Clarendon Hotel, in Bond-street, (where
Prince Albert will arrive this-day) will be superbly illumi-
nated ; over the entrance, a magnificent transparency is being
affixed.

From the immense number of orders given to those en-
gaged in supplying articles for illumination, it is evident that
the number of private houses that will be decorated on Mon-
day evening, will be very great. Lamps, devices, &c. have
gone up greatly in price within the last fortnight, and a
dealer in the neighbourhood of. the City-road has received
orders in these articles to the zunount of several thousand
pounds. All the club-houses, theatres, and public offices,
as well as all the newspaper offices, have made the necessary
arrangements, and the west end of the town will, no doubt,
present one universal blaze of light, delighting the eyes of
the spectator in various hues and forms. The firework
makers are also extremely busy to bring their art to the aid
of the public enjoyment, and several beautiful displays of
this kind are to take place in the various public gardens
round London, meanwhile every shop puts forth some articles
of ornament or utility, newly christened with the names of
the royal pair, and the confectioner invites attention to the
wedding cake he has !mule for those whose ambition is
,to
join their destinies upon the day that unites those of Victo-
ria and Albert.

At Kensington, a subscription has been entered into by the
inhabitants, by the means of which the children of the Paro-
chial Charity, the National, and the Church Sunday Schools
will have a dinner provided for them of roast beef, plum
pudding, and ale. The dinner will take place in the large
National School Rooms, in the High-street, at two o'clock.
Another subscription has also been collected, to which his
Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex has contributed, towards
towards the expenses attendant upon the erection of trium-
phal arches of evergreens, the scaffolding for which will be
erected this day. Already devices for illuminations have
been affixed against most of the houses her Majesty and
her illustrious consort will pass in their progress to Windsor,
and there is no doubt the other inhabitants will follow the
loyal example thus set to them, and that Kensington will far
exceed in brilliancy and effect any other portion of the
metropolis and its environs. All down the road similar
preparations are in progress.

THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.
(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)
In anticipation of this happy event, we copy the following
programme of the various arrangements during the day, from
the journal under the especial patronage of- her Majesty
and the court:—

`0 To-morrow morning a select party, comprising the mem-
bers of her Majesty's family and officers of state, with Prince
Albert, his illustrious father, brother, and suite, will assem-
ble at Buckingham Palace, while the whole line from thence
to the garden entrance of St. James's Palace will be lined
with horse guards: Nine full diesS royal carriages will be in
readiness to convey those parties who do not accompany her
Majesty in the procession to their destination at St. James's.
These carriages will again return, and at about a quarter. of
an hour before her Majesty's departure (twelve o'clock,)
Prince Albert, his father the Duke of Saxe Coburg Gotha,
his brother Prince Ernest, and suites, will, in-like manner,
be conveyed to the palace, after which her Majesty's cortege,
attended by a full guard of honour, will proceed to the like
destination in the following order :
FIRST CARRIAGE.—TWO Gentlemen Ushers, .Exon of the
Yeoman. of the Guard, Groom of the Robes.
-SECOND CARRIAGE.—Equerry in Waiting, Two Pages of
Honour, Groom in Waiting.
THIRD CARRIAGE.—CIerk Marshall, Vice-Chamberlain,
Keeper of the Privy Purse, Comptroller of the Household.
PouRTH.CA.RRIAGa.-7-Bedchamber Woman in Waiting,
Captain of the. Yeomen of the Guard, Master of.the Buck-
hounds, Treasurer of the Household.

FIFTH CARRIAGE.--Maid of Honour in Waiting, Duchess
of Kent's Lady in Waiting, Gold Stick, Lord in Waiting. •
SIXTH CARRIAGE.—Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting,
Master of the Horse, Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain.
SEVENTH CARRIAGE.--The Queen, The Duchess of
Kent, Mistress of the Robes.

On arriving at the palace, her Majesty will be immediately
conducted to her closet behind the throne-room, where she
will remain attended by her maids of honour and train-
bearers, till summoned by the Lord Chamberlain to take her
place in the procession described in the official Ceremonial
(the details of which we have already published).
All being concluded within the palace of St. James's, the
procession to Buckingham Palace will be re-formed pretty
much in the same order in which it moved in the morning.
Prince Albert now taking his place in the same carriage with
her Majesty ; the Duchess of Sutherland taking her place
with the Earl of Albemarle, who, on this occasion alone
waives his official right to be in the same carriage with her
Majesty. Iler-Alajesty will occupy_ the back seat alone, and
Prince Albert and the Duchess of Kent will be opposite.
• At Buckingham Palace there will .be a wedding repast, at
which several of the illustrious participators in the previous
ceremony, and the officers of the Household and Ministers
of State, will be present. It is needless to say that the taste
and ingenuity of the confectioners and table-deckers will be
prominently displayed at the festival, a splendid wedding-
cake forming a prominent object of attraction.
The following is the list of guests invited :
H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent, H. S. H. the Duke of
Coburg, their R. H. the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
.11. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, H. R. H. the Duchess of
Gloucester, H. R. H. Prince Geo. of Cambridge, H. R. H.
Princess Augustaof Cambridge, H. R. H. the Princess Sophia
Matilda, the. Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of
London, the Viscount Melbourne, the Lord Chancellor, the
Lord President of the Council, the Lord Privy Seal, the
Marquis of Normauby, the Viscount Palmerston, the Lord
John Russell, the Lord Steward, the, Lord Chamberlain, the
Master of the Horse, the.Nistress of the Robes, the Lady

in Waiting, Maids of Honour—Hon. Miss Cocks and Miss
Cavendish, the Viscount Torrington, the Hon. Major Kep-
pel, the Lord Alfred Paget, Mrs. Brand, the Lady in Wait-
ing on H. R. H. the Duchess of Kent, Gentlemen of the
Duke of Coburg's suit, the Lady in Waiting on H.R. H. the
Duchess of Gloucester, ;the Lady in Waiting on H. R. H.
the Duchess of Cambridge, the Lady in Waiting on H. R. H.
the Princess Sophia Matilda.
At the conclusion of the breakfast, her Majesty will retire
to prepare for. her departure for Windsor, whither she will
be accompanied by Prince Albertsand a very limited suit,
including only, we believe, the Lord and Lady in Waiting,
Groom of the Chamber, 'Equerry, two Maids of Honour,
and two or three other attendants on the royal person. The
domestic servants will have previously set out for the castle,
to be in readiness to receive het Majesty and her consort.
Along the whole line of roadfrom London to Windsor pre-
parations have been made to give a joyous welcome to the
royal pair, as they pass, by the erection of triumphal arches,
the display of appropriate emblems, and. the assemblage of
various processions which will line the Way. ; At Windsor
the preparations will be of a character equally loyal and.gra-
tifying ; and thus, to the threshhold of her castle, will her
Majesty bear with her an assurance of the deep affection and
loyalty of her subjeets. An address has been prepared by
the corporation.of'Windsor, but this will not, of course, be
presented till a future period. .
In the evening-a grandAsanquet will be given, by command
of her Majesty, in the banquet-room of St.-James's palace,
built by George IV., at which the Earl of Errol, as Lord
Steward of her Majesty's Household, will preside. The room
will be gorgeously decorated, and illumined by five magnifi-
cent lustros, and table candelabras. There will be three ta-
bles—one across at the upper end, and two tables running
down from thence,. capable of receiving 130 guests. Behind
the chairman will be displayed, under rich crimson drapery,
with a crown at the top, all the costly gold plate from Wind-
sor Castle ; while the 'tables and serving tables at the sides
will evince all the well-known taste of Mr. Elliott, her Ma-
jesty's table-decker. The banquet will, of course, embrace
all the luxuries which art or nature can produce ; and a band
of music will be in attendance throughout the evening, the
company being waited upon by the servants in royal liveries.
We subjoin a list of the guests :
Her R. H. the Duchess of Kent, His S. H. the Duke of
Coburg, His S. H. the Prince Ernest, the Duke of Norfolk,
the Duke and Duchess of Bedford; the Duke and Duchess of
Sutherland, the Marquis of Headfort, the Marchioness of
Norinanby, the Countess of Errol, the Earl and Countess of
Uxbridge, the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, the Earl
and Countess of Surrey, the Earl of Belfast, the Earl and
Countess of Sandwich, the Earl and Countess of CharlemOnt,
the Earl and Countess of Burlington, the Earl and Countess
of Fingal, the Earl of Ilchester, the Lady C. Lennox, the
Lady A. Paget, the Lady Elisabeth Howard, the Lady S.
Villiers, the Lady Ida Hay, the Lady Fanny Cowper, the
Lady W. Stanhope, the Lady Jane. Bouverie, the Lady E.
West, the Lady M. Grimstono, the Lady Ellen Paget, the
Lady Mary Howard, the Lord and Lady Byron, the Lord
Gardner, Viscount and Viscountess Torrington, the Lord and
Lady Lilford, the Lord Alfred Paget, the Lord Foley, the
Lord and Lady Kinnaird, the Lord and Lady Barham, the
Lord and Lady. Portman, the Lord Howden, the Viscountess
Forbes, band Mr. Vaughan, the Lady Fanny Howard, the
Dowager Lady Lyttleton, the Lady Constance Paget,
the Right Honourable George S. and Lady Agnes
Byug, Sir J. and Lady C. Copley, Mr. and Lady 'H. Clive,
Mr. and Lady Theresa Digby, Colonel and Lady J. Wemyss,
Colonel and Lady K. Buckley, Lady Caroline Barrington,
the Hon. Major and Mrs, Keppel, the Hon. Colonel and.
Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Captain and Mrs. Campbell, the Hon.
Colonel and Mrs. Cavendish, the Hon. W. Cowper, the
. Hon. C. A. Murray, Colonel Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner,
Admiral Sir R. and Lady Otway, Sir William and Lady
Lumley, Sir Henry and. Lady Wheatley, the Hon.-Harriet
Pitt, the Hon.-Miss Cocks, the Hon. Miss Spring Rice, the
Hon. Matilda Paget, the Hon. Miss Anson, the Hon. Miss
Cavendish, the Hon. Miss Lyster, the Hon. Miss Murray,
Miss Davys, Mr. and Mrs Brand, Sir F. Stovin, Colonel
Armstrong, Mr. Rich, General Sir F. Wetherall, Colonel
Cooper, General Upton, Master Cavendish, Master Cowell,
the Hon. A. Chichester, Master Wemyss, Master Byng,
five Gentlemen of the Duke of Cobourg's suite, four Gentle-
men of Prince Albert's household.
All will be in full dress, and dinner will be served at eight
o'clock.
The company will assemble in .the suite of state drawing-
rooms, which will be brilliantly illuminated for the occasion,
previous to the dinner; and, on being summoned, will pro-
ceed through the portrait gallery to the banquet-room. At
the conclusion of the festival, all will return to the drawing-
room, and from thence go to a full dress party, to be given
by the Duchess of Sutherland the same night.
Having thus given a general outline of the various cere-
monies and festivities which are to attend the national fes-
tival of to-morrow, we feel it due to the Earl of Erroll, and
the Earl of Uxbridge, to say, that in their respective depart-
ments they hare been indefatigable in carrying out the various
duties imposed upon them, and by all the means in their
power perfecting those arrangements by which the full wishes
of her Majesty might be accomplished, both as regards her
own feelings and the convenience and happiness of her sub-
jects, of whose desires her Majesty has been far from un-
mindful from the commencement of the preparations.
Her Majesty has repeatedly personally inspected the works
in the palace and the chapel, and has expressed the utmost
solicitude that as much accommodation as possible should
be afforded.to the spectators. Up to Friday a vast number
of persons were admitted to see the preparations, and were
not checked, till the crowd becaine so great as inconveni-
ently to interfere-with the workmen. .Yesterday none were
admitted but by an order from Lord Duncannon or the Lord
Chamberlain, by which privilege a great number of the no-
bility had an opportunity of judging of the effect of the pre-
parations almost in a state- of completion.
From the department of Lord Errol clear and distinct di-
rections have been issued for the admission of those persons
provided with tickets, so classed as to prevent confusion ; and
,every facility will he secured to afford the free egress and in-
gress of carriages, as well as to screen the company from the
Vicissitudes of climate at thiS uncertain season.
The Master of the Horse has not been less mindful of his
duties • and, under his orders the dress carriages and other
appliances connected with the out-door procession will be so
.marshalled as to secure regularity and becoming magnificence.
At the moment the happy bridegroom places the ring on
the firsiet.of the Bride, a signal will be given, which will be
responded to.hyiroyal salute's, fired from a train of artillery
in the Park, arid from, the guns at the Tower, which will, no
doubt; receive additional' effect from the spontaneous cheers
of the assembled multitssde.
HER MAJESTY'S COSTUME.—For the gratification of our
fair Teadeis, vs•e:may;state thaviter Majesty's dress will be of
rich white
.satin, trimmed with orange flower blossoms. Head
dress, a wreath of 'orange flower blossoms, and over this a
beautiful veil of Honiton lace, which will be worn down.
T,he bridesmaids or train-bearers will also he attired in white.
The Queen Dowager will wear a dress of violet-coloured vel-
vet, with train to correspond.•.. . .
The royal bridesmaids are each
.to, receive a brooch, the
gift of her, Majesty. The present to each of the fair train-
bearers at the late coronation was a ring, which we then des-
cribed. We have seen one of the brooches, which is in the
shape of a bird, the body being formed entirely of turquoises:
the eyes are of rubies, And the-beak a -diamond ; the claws
are of'pure gold, and rest on pearls of great size and value.
The whole workmanship is very superior, and exactly in ac-
cordance with the directions of the royal bride. -