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

BRITISH GUIANA

" STATEMENT OF THE ADVANTAGES' TO -BE
ipKIttVED: FROM EMIGRATION TO BRITISH

GUIANA•"

We have pleasure in transferring to our colutnn the fol-

lowing statement, whick was read by Mr. Holmes; at the
meeting at Georgetown, Demerara, alluded to in our leading
article. It is from the pen•of Mr: Carberry, of Baltimore :
" The province' of British* ' on 'the continent of
South America, is a dependency of Great Britain, to which
power it was ceded by the Dutch in 1803. It is situated
about seven degrees north of the equator. The thermometer
indicates but little.yariation *of temperature; generally rang-
ing from 78 degrees to 84 egre'es.- The trade winds, which
constantly blow from the east, render the cliniate both salu-
brious and pleasant. The luxuriance of tropical vegetation
is too well known to 'require any description—but there is,
perhaps, no part of the West Indies that equals British
Gniana in the fertility of its soil, or the variety of its pro-
ductions :: in either respect,. it can with truth be said that it
stands unriyaßed.

" The staple productions are stigar,. rum, molasses, coffee,
and cotton, besides a-considerable quantity of timber, hard-
wood-fan-)er, and; shingte6. Largo tracts of land ar 0 oceu-
pied.as farlas,.'wbere.great numbers of- cattle are annually
bred'. Cocoa, indigo, tobAce.o,and arnotto groW with great
luxuriance; but these have entirely given place to the more
profitable Cultivation 'of sugar and col The. Every variety of
tropical fruit (too numerous to detail) is found here in the
greatest profusion,. and the plantain, yam,' 'cassava, Edoe
sweet potato, and Indian corn, furnish cheap .and delicious
variety of food, and amply repay the trouble and labour of
cultivation. The soil is rich and alluvial, and appears to be

; nor has it ever been fotind necessary to use
manure in the cultivation of the lands. This country, by:its

. .
position, is exempt from the'visitation of hurricanes, which
so frequently ravage and lay waste the. West India Islands;
nor are the-hop -of 'the planter ever disappointed by the
prevalence of drought. - •
"British Guiana is divided into three counties, Demerary,
Essequebo;- and' Berbice, whiCh 'contain. seventeen' parishes.
The chief towns are, Georgetown, in the county df Demerary,
and New Amsterdam, in Berbice. There are, likewise, nt.t.

inercus 'small villages in the countrydistriets .Georgetown
is the seat of government, aria the principal seapprt—it may

be called the capital ofthe province. The whole population
of the three counties can be stated with tolerable accuracy at

90,000, of
_which not more than 6,000 or 8,000 are white.

This Calculation does'not include the Indian tribes who live

in the forests; and'irhosenpinbers, I believe, have never been
correctly ascertained. The principal rivers are the Esse-
qiiebo, the Berbice, the Demerary, and the Poraeroon., be-

sides numberless
n large creeks which afford access to the in-
,
'teor, and add to thefertility and beauty of the country they
intersect. British Guiana is bounded on the east by the Co-

rentyn river, which, divides it from the Dutch colony of Suri-
nam, and on the west by the Morocco creek, or a tract of
_ _

country adjacent thereto. • The banks of the Morocco are in-
habited by Indians, of Spanish origin, whose subsistence is
chiefly derived from hunting and fishing, and the cultivation
of the cassava. The churches, and places of public worship
(this account is from memory) considerably exceed fifty, with
numerous Sunday, infant, and day schools, for the gratuitous
diffusion and extension of moral education among the labour,.
in g classes. On most of the principal estates a:schoolhouse
is erected, and a teacher provided, where the children of the
people 'who are hired on the estate are entitled to receive in-
struction free of expenie. By reference to the Royal Gazette;
of the 7th of May, 1839,, published in Georgetown,.. it will be
seen that in the official estimate of:the anicuntrequired ke,
raised by takes' for that year, one hundred and thirteen'thonE
sand one hUndred and seventeen dollars were-voted for the
service of the Episcopalian, Presbyterian, and Roman Catho -
lie churches and chapels in British Guiana, for the year 1839:
An amount so enormous, when the limited number -of the.
population is considered, that this statement would have been
withheld, had not the official Gazette alluded to furnished
proof of it—nor does this include the amount of voluntary
annual contribution furnished by religiOus societies in:Eng-
land, and the inhabitants, towards the support of various dis-
senting chapels, which receive no assistance from colonial
legislature. On this subject it will be unnecessary to add
more, the most sceptical must be convinced, that ample pro-
vision is made for the religious instruction of all classes of
the community. .

,
" The revenue of British Guiana is chiefly derived from a
tax on the produce raised in the colony, and duties levied on
the imports;- parish or poor rates are unknown, and the la—
bourer is exempt from every species of taxation, unless his
annualincome amount to five hundred dollars: The militia
laws were abrogated, and the Colonial militia disbanded soon
after the emancipation took place, so that the poor man is
not compelled to contribute- any portion of his time to the
public' sertice,' as is the case in all other West India col°,
nies. The pdrishes are divided into judicial districts, under
the superintendence of a stipendiary magistrate, appointed
and.paid by the crown, to whom is entrusted the exclusive
jurisdiction in all matters of dispute arising between the em-
ployer and the employed. The order in council, passed at
Windsor, on the Ith day of September, 1838, and published
in British Guiana, on the 38th October following, declares
in sec;'l, that the stipendiary magistrate shall have
an exclusive jurisdiction for the enforcement of all contracts
of servicc,-,and.for imposing all penalties for the breach or
tuoitz-perfdtniance' thereof. It Is: therefore evideat that the
labourer has an independent tribunal to appeal to, unin-
fluenced by local inter: its or partialities. The magistrates
are under the safe control of his excellency the Governor,
-by whOmi they "eau be suspended from office. For the further
t,ott more_ effectual protection of the labouring classes, it is
declared- in ('!.h..22, 'of the 'same order in council, that no con

tract of 'service Shall he of effect unless made within the co
lony, in the presence-of•a stipendiary magistrate, nor for a
longer I.irhic.l than one year. The emigration agent in Bri=
tish Guiana; is also a stipendiary magistrate. It is the duty
of this offi.cer,to furnish emigrants arriving in the colony with
every inforniation, and to prevent any imposition being prac-
tised•npon them. ; • -
• "' Nainvidiona, distinctions of colour exist; equal civil and
religious liberty are enjoyed by. the. inhabitants and colonial
offices and dignities are indiscriminately held by white and
coloured:' The coloured' classes in British Guiana are
wealthy, influential, and highly respectable. Many of them
are-magistrates, wealthy proprietors, merchants with large
establishments, and managers of estates, receiving liberal sa-
laries. The collector of customs• at one of the principal
ports is a person of colour, and many others hold public si-
tuations ; it is therefore evident that colour is no obstacle to
advancement or distinction.
" This magnificent country 'is as- yet so thinly inhabited,
that the settlements only occupy a narrow ;slip of land on
the sea-coast, and the. hanks of The principal rivers, not
reaching further inland than eight or ten miles. A. large
tract of this coast, consisti.lg of the finest alluvial soil, which
was formerly in cotton, has been latterly abandoned, and the
labourers removed to the more profitable cultivation of the
cane. Land in the immediate vicinity of sugar estates can
be procured on the most reasonable terms. The industrious
settler, who has purchased a location of his own, can always
find lucratiat employment for his spare time. The lowest
rate of wages for field labour in British Guiana is 331 cents
for seven hours and a half, with the free occupancy of
.a cot-
tage, medical advice and attendance during.sickness, 'and as
much provision-ground as the labourer is. willing to culti-
vate ; bat when engaged in cutting cane, or the manufacture
of sugar, higher daily rates are paid, and it is no exaggera-
tion to say, that an industrious labourer. on an estate can
easily earn sixteen dollars per month. In addition to this,
all the people at work inethe boiling-house are on most
estates' supplied gratis with allowances of provisions and
molasses., No expense has been. spared by the planters of
- British Guiana in. the erection 'of their. Sukar-buildings and
machinery. Each estate is provided with a steam-engine for
grinding the cane,' and the labourer is assisted in every t.4e,
partment of his work by the skilful application of a variety
of ingenious and well-adaptcd machinery. Both on coffee
and sugar estates, the help of every description Of persons is
in demand, so that women and children of all ages can find
equally profitabte*employinent in proportion to their capa-
bility, while eratuitous instruction is provided 'for those
willing to avail themselves of it: Payment is made in specie,
either monthly or weekly, as may be agreed on; and so
great is the demand for labour, that no one need remain out
of employment an hour, provided he be a man of good Cha-
racter ; he will have numerous applications the moment it is
known he is•seekirue hire-
" There is no proprietor in British Guiana who would not
be glad to double the number of people he. has at present on
his. estate;, therefore, it may readily he ithagined with what
ease eniPl•9Yment is procured. The roads through every part
of the prosince are in order, and the fdcilities Of communi-
cation are increased by steamboats and schooners belonging
to the different estates, which keep up a daily intercourse
through every part of the colony. Clothing and fuel, two-
great taxes on the industry of the labouring classes in north-
ern climates, are comparatively light burthens in the warm,
latitudes. Puel is obtained without cost, on the plantations,
all
rttloetsi
tic,har ienepxticwii oie
aputiitsht
coopers,
of
oi
joßpfn:tiiihttsiees4hci, hoods,asnnthaatabeli
always
;aapn,3ai particuts, larly
retft,
'Tradesmen
oscoifhdfl.eamersNara,
ererl
yye_
aolaegtecr,iepltuipoitioyerarveainitt,s,,Ni
andcs ict
aith hli:go'hinwiteneisa.
'and house
hiasone, painters, wheel enhdt. Carpentersa,rnblfarcokm-
one to two dollars per day according to' their industry and
akin, and ilemployed on estates, lodging is furnishdtle m .
Wood cutters are much wanted, and the niimerousestablish
talents on the banks'of the rivers and creeks, offer profitable
euipleyment to hundreds cffamilies. The voyage from this
country aver ages about 18 days, and the number of American
-vessels trading there, would always enable' the emigrant to
write to or-visit his friends. Steam communication is es-
boats, to Barbados, and to most of the
neig
hbouring P'llll'icist India. Islands, including St. Thomas;
intercourse is 'maintained
tabliSbed by
andb
imperfect observations,
" Froin these very hasty
independently zeanndse
on
ft ltyr:dfi which,o
(f)rnecqrisie.
evident that tinder the free and impartial administration of
the taw, a fertile and thinly inhabited country, like British
the inestimable
who duly appreciating
Guiana, offers great and substantial advantages to industrious
and enterprising men,
.blessings that spring from an equality of socialan privileges,
'woeld seek to enjoy these blessings himself, and secure them'
for his °lfspring. let it not; however, he imagined that the
idle, the vicious or the dissipated, are likely to meet with
succes's• llighly favoured as this country
ful and beneficent handfnature, no exemption will be found
from the sentence p ° is by the bound-
e ionounced upon Adam a
~
In the sweat'
t ot-the face shalt thou eat biead.
• nd his posterity

letter in the -GerrnanVißg° ---
Orr.--According
ROYAL MARRIAG Kim
the Princess of Wurtern6re44l of Franifort, the marriage of
The
IT with the Count of Ntoeiappßeiezrliins
not to take place. T
t
its revenuesn.cei
having the children brougl'uunt' it seems,
1,17 which he would have
Catholichs7latildnsliisatde.dalosno
ref Used to take the title of Pril) as
lost some portion of
unfinished. Being situaptT.eedvieeiontuasre7ilaeasd
was about 220
purpose
strong
FALL OrA eximmr.---The lefty el ;
erected in a tieldngnetahrieMsritnolrantle.nla,
situ jei;e3k3:"ieTlnwerthwahticrehm" was
near the
eminence,
andduri
feetdo u 51
high, crash
it could he seen from a great distance. Th
• It was built for the base had been taken away a day or two
wind completed its downfall.
carrying off the muriatie acid from an intended lkaliPiasaer?f
fictory,:but was never used.—Netveastle Journal. n - ---

THE QU7,EN'S MARRIAGE.

(From Me Morning Heri,vd of Fridag

CEREMONI4I.f.
To.be observed at the Marriage of tho Queen's most excel-
lent Majesty, with..his Royal Highness Francis Albert
Augustus Charles Emmanuel, Duke of Saxe, Prince of
Saxe Coburg and Gotha, Knight of the most noble Order
of the Garter, at the Chapel Royal of St.,,Jatnes's, on

- -
Monday, February 10, 1846.
The illustrious individuals and others composing the pro-
Cession. except those who go to Buckingham Palace,
will
assemble in the throne-room, at St. James's Palace, not
later than half-past 11 o'clock.
The procession will afterwards proceed in the following

order :
THE PROCESSION OF THE BRIDEGROOM.
Drums and Trumpets.
Sergeant Trumpeter.
. .
Master of the Ceremonies.
The. Bridegroom's Gentleman of Honour, befween two
Heralds. _

Vice Chamberlain of her A ^Lord Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household: Majesty's Household.
• THE BRIDEGROOM.
• Wearing the Collar of the Order of the Garter.
Supported by their
Serene Highnesses the Reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg ant]
Gotha, and the Hereditary Prince of
Saxe Coburg and Gotha,
Each attended by officers of their suite, namely,
Count Holowrath, Baron All.;ensleben and Baron de
• Lowenfels.

On entering the chapel the drums and trumpets will file
off without the. door, and the : procession advancing, his
Royal Highness. will he conducted -to the seat provided for
•him on the left hand of the altar. HiS supporters, the Duke
of SAxe Coburg and.Gotha, and the hereditary prince, with
the officers of their .suite, will occupy. seats -near Prince
Albert. The Master •rof the .ceremonies and the officers of
the bridegrodm will stand near the person.of his royal high-
ness,
• The lord chamberlain and sice-chamberlain, preceded by
the druins anti trumpetsovill rebut 00.41:tend:her-Majesty.
• Her MajeSty'will then proceed to the chapetin.the
follow-
ing order :-- ' • . _
THE QUEEN'S PROCESSION. •
Drums and Trumpets; • -
Serjeant Trumpeter, - - . . 7, •
Knight Marshal, •
• Pursuivants, . • .
• Heralds,- -
• Pages of Honour,
Equerry in Waiting; • !Equerry in Waiting,
• Groom in 'Waiting, . Lord in Waiting,
Comptroller of her Majesty's Treasurer of her Majesty's
Household, - Household,
The Lord Steward of her Majesty's Household.
Norroy King of Arms; . Clarenceux King of Arms,
Lord Privy Seal, Lord President of the
Council,.
Two Sngeants-at-Arms, Two Sergeants-at-Arms,
• • - Lord High Chancellor,
Senior Gentleman Usher Quarterly Waiter, •
ori t.r
arms.
Gentleman- Usher,: • .Git Gentleman' Usher
Daily Waiter and to of the
the Sword of Stater... :; -Black Rod.
-The Earl Marshal,
Her. Royal Highness,the:Trincess Sophia Matilda.of
, • Gloucester, • • •
Princess Mary of Chambridge,.
• Princess Augusta of Cambridge,
Prince George of Cambridge, -
He& Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
Attended by a Lady-of her Royal Highness's household,
• • - Her Royal Highness-the Duchess of Kent, •
Attended by a Lady of her Royal Highness's,household,
• Her Royal-Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
Attended by a Lady of her Royal -Highness's household,
Her Royal Highness. Princess Augusta,
Attended by a Lady other Royal Highness's household, •
- :His Royal Highness the Duke-of Canibridge,.:....
His itoyal Highness the Duke of Sussex, . -
Each attended by a Gentleman of. their Royal :Highness's

household.
Viee-ChaMberlain The Sword of State Lord Chamberlain
of her Majesty's borne by Lord of her Majesty's
Household. Viset. Melbourne. • Household.
THE QUEEN,
' W4ARING THE COLLARS OF HER ORDERS.
Her Majesty's train borne by the following twelVe unmar-
ried ladies, viz. :--
.. Lady-Adelaide Paget,
_ .

Lady Caroline Amelia
Gordon Lenok,
Lady Elizabeth-Anne _
Georgiana Dorothea.
-•-- . : Howard,
Lady Fiances Elizabeth
_Cowper, 'Lady Ida Hay,
Lady Tliznbeth Nest, . Lady Catherine Lucy
WithelminaSlanhopft,
-.l\laryW.ugnsta:frel, I, idy,lane Hathet:
..derica GrinaStoni • - Bouverie;
Lady Eleanora Caroline - Lady Mary Charlotte
Paget,- . Howard,.
assisted by. the. Groom of the Robes.
Master of the Horse Mistress of the Robes
The- Earl of Albemarle, The Ducheas'of Sutherland.
• •
LADIES OF THE BEDCHAMBER. _
The Marchioness of , The Duchess.of Bedford,
Normanbv,
.The. Countess of The. Countess of
Charlemont, Sandwich,
The Dowager Lady The. Countess of
Lyttleton, Burlington, -
The Lady Portman,. The Lady Barham,
MAIDS. OF HONOUR. _

Lady Sarah Fredrrica
Caroline 17iliier4,

The Hon. Amelia The Hon. Harriet The Hon: Caroline
Murray, - Pitt,. ' • Cock.,
The . Hon. Hen- . : The Hon. Matilda-

rietta Anson, Paget,
The Hon. Har- The Hon. -;oralt.
riet Listen, ... „ , . Marry Cavendish.
WOMEN OF THE BEDCHAMBR. .1.
Lady Harriet • Vi,s6%u4So s '• ,
. . Uliteio , ...- •. '.,,,_-...,, fyLt 4-)m,iiiiiiiple§. - ' •
Lady Charlotte • ~ ; - T ,! - , 3r
,inz:Oiline . ~.,
. Copley, • • Barringt.n,
Mrs. Brand, The Hon. Mrs. Lady Garconer.
• Campbell, , - .•.•
Captain of the 1 Captain of the
Yeoman of the Gold Stick. Band of Gentle-
Guards. l men-at-Arms.
Keeper of the Privy Purse,
Six Gentlemen-at-Arms, • : . .. ':..

. .
--Si; 'Yeomen of the .Guard-to- elate' the procession.
On arriving at • the entrance •of the chapel the drums and
trumpets will file off. The Gentlemen-at• Arm- will remain
outside the chapel door,-in the anti4;hapel,, during the cere,
many: The Yeoinen of the Guard will remain at the. foot of
the staircase, in the anti-chapel, .during•the.cereinolly. The.
respective persons composing the proceeding will be con--
ducted to the places provided for them. The Princes- and
'PrinceSses'Of the. Blood Royal to the seats prepared for them
on the Haut-Pas ; and the several ladies attendant upon the
Queen to the seats provided near her Majesty's person.
• Her Majesty, on reaching the Haut-Pas, will take-her seat
in the chair of state provided for the occasion, on the right
side of the'altar.

The service will then proceed.
The service being concluded, the procession will •ret.urn,
that of the bridegroom preceding as before, excepting that
his Royal Highness will conduct her Majesty in the return.
N.B. The knights of the several orders present. at ‘the so-
lemnity will wear their respective collars with white rosettes.

THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE ROYAL
MARRIAGE.

The preparations for the due celebration of this august
ceremony are still going on with great rapidity. The num-
ber of applications at the Lord Chamberlain's-office foritd-
mission to St. James's Palace on the occasion are_unprece•
dented., and hourly increase. Every effort is being made to in-
crease the accommodation in the suite of apartments through
which the procession is to pass on its way from the throne-
room to the Chapel Royal. Those apartments are , the ball-
room, or Queen Anne's drawing-room, the tapestry chamber,
the armoury. It will then descend the grand.staircase, pass
through the ancient entrance into the state apartments and
along the colonnade in the colour quadrangle, leading into
the chapel. The colonnade is surrounded by a wooden en-
'closure, extending into the quadrangle, containing benches
with six rows of seats, each of which is calculated to contain
from 90 to 100 spectators. Passing onwards, the next place
devoted to the same purpose is the recess immediately above
the grand staircase : there are here about 11 rows of seats,
each of which will hold from 10 to 12 persons. Of all the
places (except the Chapel Royal) from whence a view of the
gratifying spectacle can be obtained, this is by far the most
favourable one. The eye can rest upon the procession
as it passes along the entire suite of state apartments, ex-
tending from the ball-room to the grand staircase and thence
'downwards till it passes into the colonnade. The spectators
here will, of course, have the same advantage on the return
of the procession. Thiview in the other places must of ne-
cessity be limited to the period the procession is passing-
through them respectively. About 100 may here find acco-
modation. The next apartment onwards in the direction of
the throne room is the armoury. There are here three or
four ranges of,seats, which will accommodate rather more than.
100 spectators, allowing 18 inches to each per Son. The ad-
joining tapestry chamber or guard room contains 80 seats.
Queen Anne's drawing room, into which you next enter, is
the last apartment where seats are provided for spectators.
There are here four ranges of semi-circular benches extend-
ing from the door of the anti-throne room to the outer door
of the tapestry chamber, upon which 400 persons at least can
coveniently be seated. This also is a remarkably good..posi- _
tion ; we should say the best after that above the great stair-
case. When the doors of the anti-throne room are thrown
open it will. command a full view of the noble bridegroom
and his attendants. Calculating the number of seats in the
Chapel Royal at 530, the colour quadrangle 550, the grand
staircase 100, the armoury 100, the tapestry chamber 80, and
Queen. Anne's drawing room 400, the total number of seats
provided for spectators will be 1,760, which number of
tickets at least will be issued from the office of the Lord
Chamberlain. The seats are all comfortably stuffed and co-
vered with crimson cloth, properly edged.. A rich scarlet
carpet is laid down the entire lengith of the state apartments
through which the .procession is to pass.
THE 'CHAPEL Ro report haying. been circulited
that the preparations made in the Chapel Royal, in conse-
quence of her Majesty's marriage, might be viewed by apply-,
ing for tickets at the Lord Stewardis;olfiee, a considerable.
crowd assembled at St. James's. Palace, yesterday morning,
but we understand in,ault :a.singlaiustanceavere the .parties
successful. it is expected. the chapel and the state apart 7
meats will be opened to the public fora short time after the
royal nuptials are solemnised.---Stantlard.
Grand full dress dinners for the 10th have been announced
to be given by the Cabinet Ministers, as also grand assem-
blies in the evening at the Countess of Minto's, the Duchess
of Sutherland's., &C. In many of the metropolitan parishes
the charity children, and those belonging to the other paro-
chial schools, will be regaled with a substantial: dinner, and
will drink the healths of the illustrious bride and bridegroom,
on the firing of the Park and Tower guns at ..he conclusion
of the ceremony.
cale
a.
evening
t the Preparations
g o
o,fern thel
i,el
Queen's
tuy have
effibnefesclub-houses,
commencedii)a-gheo
u sTe s
:oeanni
MondayAU. the theatres will be open to the public gratuitously on
evening, in honour of her Majesty's marriage.
ex-
pected to be more gQeuneeeranl,stl.ini
nip at the west end of the town, for the illumination on the
orsrgniovenebiasust
t';vas
In the Court of Bench no causes will be tried on
Monday next, that being the day appointed for her Majesty's
marriage ; and ail the cause
10th, 11th, and 12th, will be -
causes appointed to be tried on the
postponed for one day.
The London sittings of the court.w.aillyc
17th February. With respect to Monodmame9ce' on Monday,
made in
it is understood
that the same arrangement will be in all the courts as
in the Court of Queen's Bench.
even al
atuno exnertaelct
anoi

for years the resi-
denceefixitensive descrip-
tionAt otiierm Kensington,ajes t
y the r r
ebpi birth-place, anese
of, and
a
tel inhabitants on
'.t.ivh To u fact that her
gliaatihelown the
are, in progress, the intewreilsitif,ealsts
Palace to
withil appropriatel‘ mottoes
and the interesting occasion being heightenedb
Majesty and her royal consort
Buckingham
I,svaminedsaeltrecrnactostlne,. osnpitehnediridwbaaynnferroam
and inscriptions, will be exhibited 'from the window
different houses; and it is intended to erect triumphalne
arches, under which the royal cortege will pass--one at the
entrance of the town, and another at the turn of the road
near the church. In the evening the town will he very splen-
didly illuminated.
At Hammersmith, Chiswick, Breutford, and Hounslow,

and in fact, all along, the line of road to Windsor, similar do.
monatrations of joy and affection will be exhibited : and at •
Windsor a congratulatory address has been already prepared,
which will be presented by the mayor, the members of the
borough, and.a deputation of the inhabitants. The poor will
be provided with a substantial dinner; the corporation and
principal inhabitants .will dine together in celebration of the
evenrat the Town-ball, where there will be a. grand hall: in
the evening, and the town, as well as Eton, &c. will be ge-
nerally illuminated. •
The mercers and drapers of the metropolis• are .on the alert
in providing neck handkerchiefs and ribands with a great: va-
riety of devices .adapted to the occasion of the royal mar-
riage. The city abothills .With beautiful specithens of lily
white,sparves,-bandkerchiefs4 anti ribbons;.tiguretkw,ith the
I crown, the lover's knot, the rose, shamrock, and thistle ,&.c.
Applications have, we unilerstnid, been_ mack.to;the9sti
Mayor to order a generatillurninatiOninthe city on the day
of the'royal.marriage,,,but.we believe..that
lsis,;l©rdal►jpa will
not interfere, and that the.other.antheritiea(likewfst_Nopm„
'acid
an illumination as likely to lead to so much annoyance,
mid ttibe attended- with so 'great tin- eripeutt) •tisstrthee erg
nosal cannot be adopted with propriety.; •••
The directors of the poor of the parish.Of
Fields and .St. George,:•Bloomsbury, at -their alteriniteweekly
Meeting 'on Tuesday ,last, unanimous y gave directions that
on the day of the Queen's marriage the whole of the 750 in-
. mates of the, workhouse in Broad-street and at Heston should
have a holyday, and be regaled (in the same manner.as on
the day of the coronation and'on Christmas Day) with roast
beef and plum podding. The allowance to the adults is to
he four ounces of .dressed beef without bone, eight ounces of
pudding, and a pint of COmbe's porter; in addition to ,the
usual food of the day. The children and infants are to have
a proportiOnate quantity 'of food and twenty dozen of Oranges
distributed amongst them. -
We are glad to learn that the very laudable example of her
Majesty the Queen Dowager, in entertaining the poor children'
of St. Martin' parish with a dinner on Monday next, in ce-
lebration of the Queens marriage; is likely to be followed in
many of the parochial and national schools, both in and about
London. To mark a day-so eventful in Britishhistory, and,
so important to be appreciated by the rising generation, can-
not fail to have a beneficial - and moral effect ; and we hope
this generous and truly English feeling of hospitality and
good fellowship will be extensively followed- throughout the
land. We 'hear thitt-i4M-o.o'tif.thekt;hools where a dinner
cannot be conveniently provided, pinny eakesVill.be gitien to
the children. It is expected: that. 'London. will be generally
illuminated,and:tveknow, .in :many. instances, -preparations
.are making'upon a scale of great spientiour,in addition to the
brilliant effect which will be.produeed itythe•club-hOuses.
THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.---,PARISII OF ST. MARY-LE -
SlltAwn.'—The children of the parochialsehools of this parish
will dine together on Monday next,;totelebraterthe nuptials
of her M-ajesty•,.with: _Prince •A Ebert -of :Saxe ();tobOrtrg. and
Gotha:- • Her-Majesty is the Lady of the Manor of this parish.
The churchwardens, with Mr. Lowe, of the Strand, and Mr..
Thurston, of Catherine-street, have -in the -most handsome
manner deterthinedt6 discharge the cost of the entertainment
out of their private, purses. The dinner will.eonsist of good
old English fare, roast beef and, plum pudding.. lt is to be
hoped that this spirited example will be followed in the sur-
i rounding parishes of Westminster. .

As it now certain that her Majesty will be married on
Monday next, the Ifithinstant, vreparatioris for celebrating
the ceremony in a proper manner have already commenced.
At a meeting on Friday in the Exchange-rooms, Glasgow,
called by circular; the Lord. Provost in the chair, it was re-
solved that the happy event should be celebrated by a grand
full dress ball, in the Assembly-rooms. ..At a meeting of the
Edinburgh town council, held on Tuesday, it:appeared to be
the general feeling of the members,• that, owing: to the ex,
pence, danger, and inconvenience, an illumination was inex-
pedient ; and that.a bonfire and fireworks on the.Calton-hill
would, on the whole be better, provided sufficient funds
Could be raised for the purpoSe. The matter„ however, was
not finally determined.--.Greenock Advertiser.
Theinhabitants of Maidstone-And,the neighbourhood will
dine together on the day of the marriage tocelebrate the happy
event.
At Newcastle similar. arrangements have been made for the
benefit ofthe poor and for:the recreation of the tradeSnien.
There is.to he a general holiday, and the.. c,omrnittee of the
Teetotallers' Society have given notice that they will go in
praCession, andattend Divine service, .and afterwards a col-
lection will be made from among that body, the proceeds of
which are to be. applied to the benefit of some charitable es-
tablishment.
In most of the principal towns in Essex, Bucks, and• Ber-
kshire, similar proceedings are to:take place.

THE QUEEN'S BRIDE CAKES.
Besides the colossal cake we described yesterday, and which.
her Majesty's confectioner, Mowditt, constructed by com-
mand for her Majesty's table at Buckingham Palace, we
-ft have,
sin:been favouredmith the sight of another immense cake,`
.r 0 Gunter, of Berkeley-square, who, with Ward,
.4,Bondestreet, Ave general confectioners to the Queen. The
-cake-at Gunter's weighs, in solid edible materials, about 250 .
- besides the ornamental • parts. The latter are very
;tastefully arranged, in.stages above the solid base, which is
not sojgreat in diameter as Mowditt's, but is much thicker:
libeieislipinfusion-of orange sprigs and flowers entwined
with mYrtle and roses. The deep edge of "the cake is also
adorned with bands of roses with longs stems and leaves, the
:latter of silver. • The ,ornaments gradually diminish towardsthe apex, which is surrounded by an antique vessel, in which
four banners will be fixed; the devices are in white and Silver.
The height of this superb article -is about three feet six inches.
will.be placed before the. Duchess of Kent at the grand
evening banquet in St. James's Palace. BesideS this one;
t;iere are thirteen others, each weighing from 201bs. to 301135..,'
ornamented with great taste and skill by the Same,;skilful
artiste. ,il'hee,e eve for 'the Cabinet :Ministers, as-presents
from the; QUETH,

Ward, of Bond-sheet, furnishes 20 splendid cakes, 2.51b5;-
weight each, superbly ornamented in: the Italian- style of de-
coration, not any two of them being alike. Mr. Ward has_
,arranged them in• two rove in his< show-rooms, where they
_aresyeen to great advantage, under a canopy, one side sup-
ported by fluted and gilt Corinthian columns ;
.the _tide oppo
§ite to the 'spectator being composed -entirelv -of looking-
glasS, producing a very charming‘effect.
• There.are also, we understand,,sotpe.smtilar cakes making
,
hy 'Bridgman ; but, as we have not seen them, we cannot, at
„present give any account of them. We. can safelY. asset,
"'from thtiSe who ha'.e seen them',- that great-taste; ingenuity,
and skill have been calledintO operation by,thewell.known
allistes coqlectionaires whom we haVe mentioned ; and
_F
doubt not that the royal party and their royal and noble guests,
will be much pleased with those brilliant and itidiSipensable
3crompaniraertm td the muptial mremony.r: !.'t ;

WINDSOR—FRIDAY.
I stated in my communication to the Afurnidg Heraltt,
few weeks since, thathis-MajeSty't ho• King. of the Belgians
intended t&preihnt,Pkirice. Al b.ert: With- Claremont, as one of
his royalhighnemfs,„eountry residences in Englarid;imme-
diately upon his Marriage with her Majesty. king Leopold
deterMination is now abbut being carried into effect;- but it
is rumoured that the first.oecupant of .Claremont will be the
Belgian Sovereign's •sister, the Duchess of Kent, who will
retire, temporarily; to Claremont, shortly after the Marriage
of the Queen has been celebrated. It is further rumoured
that her royal highness will, ultimately retire; for a term, to
the,continent; The trail of. this report is strengthened by
the fact, of some reductions having just taken place in the.
Duchess of Kent's household. Her royal highness's prin-
cipal page; Fronchet, has very recently been discharged
upon a penion, and has left for the continent.
'lt is expected that the Baroness Lehzen will continue to
hold the same appointment; about the person of the Queen
which she has hitherto filled. ' •
'lthaS been considered as not a little extraordinary that
since her Majesty's departure from the castle to Buckingham
Palace, the names of het illustrious mother and the Baroness
Lehzen have never, upon any one occasion, 'appeared amongst -
those who have' been honoured 'by her Majesty's commands
to dine at the royal bible. -
The liberals in the town, who last week got up, a public
meeting for the purpose of voting a congratulatOiy'- address
to het Majesty-upon her marriage, entirely forgot; the prince.
They have, therefore, forwarded another requisition to:the
mayor, who has appointed another meeting of the inhab tants,
to take place in the Town-hall, on Tuesday-next,---fci vote an
address to his royal highness. •