The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-02-07 00:00:00

QUEEN'S WEDDING,

(From the Morning Herald of Yesterday.)
FURTHER ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE RECEPTION OF PRINCE

ALBERT AT WOOLWICH.
In consequence of the state of the Dock-yard it has been
finally arranged that the illustrious prince is to land at the
Royal Arsenal, and the rdyal yacht William and Mary, com-
manded by the captain superintendent of the port, Phipps
Honeby,.C.B., R.N., was yesterday towed down the river to
moorings, off the main landing steps of the Arsenal, under
the superintendence of her master, R. L. Hicks, Esq., R.N.
The royal artillery will furnish a captain's guard of honour,
and a company of field battery artillery will fire the salute to
welcome him to the English shore and his high destiny, as
well as on his departure from the garrison, after a dejetiner
a lofourchette on the most sumptuous and magnificent scale,
given by the officers of the royal regiment of artillery, at
which the Right Hon. Lieut. Gen. Sir Hussey Vivian, Bart.,
G.C.8., G.C.H., will preside as master-general of the ord-
nance, supported by Lieut.-Gen. Lord Bloomfield, G.C.8.,
G.C.H., the commandant of the garrison, to do the honours,
on this distinguished occasion, of entertaining the illustrious
guest. The utmost anxiety prevails in every quarter to pro-
cure tickets of admission to the Royal Arsenal to witness the
debarkation.

THE QUEEN'S BRIDE-CAKE.
As it generally happens that in matters of importance some
confusion of ideas, more or less, runs through the public
mind, such has been the case with respect to this splendid
article for the royal nuptials.
Messrs. Gunter, Wand, and ave been mentioned as
the artistes en gateaux who have Co.,hailt up this regal pile of
confectionary ; but such is not the fact. This ponderous
cake has been designed and executed in " all its parts" by
I Mr. Mawditt, chief confectioner to her Majesty in Bucking-
ham Palace, where it was constructed.
We have been favoured with a sight of it, and in our opi-
nion it surpasses in taste of design, as well as in dimensions,
any bride-cake ever seen. It is more than nine feet in cir-
cumference, by sixteen inches deep, and upon this solid base
a tine superstructure has been raised. Two pedestals rise
from the uleateau of the cake, the upper one supporting
another plateau, whereon stands Britannia gazing upon the
royal pats-, who are in the act of pledging their vows. At
their feet are two turtle doves, emblems of purity and inno-
cence, and a dog representing. faithful attachment ; a'little
lower down Cupid is seen writing in his tablets with his sty-
lus the date " February 10, 1840." On the same level with
Cupid are black pedestals raised at equal distances flanking
the royal group ; on these pedestals are other Cupids, with
the emblems of England, Ireland, and Scotland in their
hands, and supporting large medallions upon fantastic
shields, with the initials V. A. ; the friezes of each pedestal
are beautifully ornamented wit arabesques ; the lower one
is adorned with alternate wreaths and Cupids in relieve), the
wreaths surrounding the letters V. A. all round the pedestal.
There are bands and festoons of orange blossom and myrtle
entwined with roses upon the plateau of the cake, and sprigs
of the same placed loose, one of the latter to be given with
each slice of the cake ; a full border of orange blossoms,
roses, and myrtle, is tastefully arranged round the lower
portion, and beneath it will be placed a splendid crimson
velvet cloth.

This cake is solely for the Queen's table for the ckjeuni,
at Buckingham Palace. Its weight is 300 pounds, and the
materials of which it is composed cost 100 guineas, and it
requires four stout men to remove it to its place on the table.
As a work of art, in its line, it certainly displays great taste
and skill in the operator, both in the task of design, and in
the careful finishing of the work.

The mercers and drapers of the metropolis are on the alert
in providing neckerchiefs and ribands, with a great variety of
devices adapted to the occasion of the royal marriage. The
city abounds with beautiful specimens of white scarfs, hand-
kerchiefs, and ribands, figured with the crown, the lover's
knot, the rose, shamrock, and thistle, &c. Applications
have, we understand, been made to the lord mayor to order
a general illumination in ,the city on the day of the royal
marriage ; but we believe that his lordship will not interfere,
and that the other authorities likewise contemplate an illu-
mination as likely to lead to so much annoyance, and to be
attended with so great an expence, that the proposal cannot
be adopted with propriety.
Yesterday, several of the nobility and gentry visited Messrs.
Gunter's establishment to xiew the decorations of the wed-
ding cakes, prepared on the oc.:asion of her Majesty's
nuptials; they are fourteen in number, ornamented in the
most chaste and elegant style, and afforded much gratifica-
tion to the numerous visiters.

The following notice was issued yesterday :
" Lord Chamberlain's-office, Feb. 5, 1840.
" Notice is hereby given, that all persons with tickets of
admission to the colonnade, the guard room, the presence
chamber, and Queen's Anne's room, in St. James's Palace,
on Monday next, the 10th instant, are to appear in full dress;
the ladies without plumes; and no person can be admitted
after 11 o'clock."