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

ST: JAMES'S PALACE.

Long .before theilotirappointed:for .opening the door, of
the Chapel Royal to those distinguished personages and
members ef the hautton'who.had obtained the. Lord Cham-
berlain's tickets of admission to the Chapel Royal, and the
suite of state apartments through which the Itoyal procession
was to pass, the avenues in the vicinity of St. James's PalFe
were crowded with carriages, filled with the beauty, fashion,
wealth, and talent of the nation, and continued to sit doivn
without intermission until half-past eleven o'clock, the bOur
at which it had been fixed the doors of the chapel and Palace
should be closed. The Foreign Ambassadots • the Ministers
of State, and the members of the most hon. the PriVy Council
were set down at the entrance of the Ambassador's Court, and
the general-company either alighted at the great gate of the
Palace, where a covered way had been erected, to the. Chapel
Royal, or at the leveeentrance door near Marlborough House.
The servants of the nobility and gentry, for the most part,
wore their state liveries, and were decked with wedding fa-
yours, and, despite the Unfavourable state of the Morning,
the streets in the vicinity of the Palace presented not only an
animated but very gay appearance. ; Here, as in the parks
the arrangements of the metropolitan force were admirable,
and the regulations were, so far as came under our observa-
tiou; implicitly
obeyed by the drivers of the numerous vehi-
cles
brinAing spectators to witness theaugtpt and interesting
ce
'al Shortly after half-past nine oci ock, the Cabinet
mli o
eministers
i began to arrive, and as most of them were not re-
coguised by the assembled thousands, they elicited no notice
*hoer of a plauditory or condemnatory character. The

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Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer was amongst
the earliest arrivals, and was followed in succession by Vis-
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and
now the anxiety of the spectators to secure situations from
andvhich even a slight glance could be gained of the Royal pro-
'cession. was at its extreme height. Trees were ascended,
lamp-Posts were mounted, and insecure footings were attained
on the top of the iron railings by which the park is enfiladed.
The roofs of Stafford House, the Gate House, the Palace
itself, and Marlborough House, were crowded even to the
chimney tops, and as the rain had now subsided, the scene
became altogether most heart-stirring. Presently a squadron
of the Life Guards, with their splendid band, took their sta-
tion in the Court-yard next Marlborough House, and in
front of the great gates at the foot of St. James's-street. At
half-past 11 their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge, Prince George and Princess Augusta of Cam-
bridge, arrived in state, escorted by a party of Life Guards ;
their royal highnesses were loudly cheered in their progress
throi'igh the 'Park; and were received by the guard in the
garden with the usual honours. His Royal Highness the
Duke-of' Sussex followed a few moments afterwards, also
escorted- by a party of Life Guards, and.his reception by the
populace was most enthusiastic and cheering...The-cortege
escorting the•illustrious bridegroom was hailed with enthusi-
.astic cheers, and • that of our youthful Queen elicited loud
and long-continued applause. Precisely at half-past one,
the discharge of a royal salute, of twenty-one guns, by
the ordnance on the parade in front of the Horse Guards,
announced to the citizens of the great metropolis that the
" plain gold ring" has been placed upon the finger of her
most. gracious Majesty, and again the crowd began to prepare
for the return of the illustrious pair. At half-past one, how-
, ever, a heavy fall of rain disturbed the holiday-folks, many
of Whom ran off to all the points of egress from the Park.
The majority, however, held their positions,' and gave the
newly-married pair a welconie that made the " welkin ring,"
as they returned to Buckingham• Palace, at 20 minutes to two
o'clock. The procession to Buckingham Palace was reform-
ed pretty much in-the same order in which it moved in the
morning. Prince Albert took 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, waived his official right to be in the same carriage with
her Majesty. Her Majesty occupied the.back seat alone,
and Prince-Albert and the -Duchess of Kent sat opposite.
On arriving at Buckingham Palace, the illustrious party par-
took of a

WEDDING BREAKFAST,
at' which several of the illustrious participators in the previ-
ous ceremony, and the officers of the household and ministers
of state were present, the names of whom will be found in
our second page.