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

WINDSOR--FRIDAY

.:•;I stater Lin my communication to the Morning Herald, a
few, weeks since, ,tliat his Majesty the King-of the Belgians
intended topreselit Prince Albert with Claremont, as one of
his royal highness's country residences in England; imme-
diately upon his marriage with her Majesty. King Leopold's
thittermination is now about being carried into effect ; but it
is rumoured that the first occupant 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 truth 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, Mr. Fronchet; has very recently been discharged
upon a pension, and has left for the continent. •
It is expected that the Baroness Lehzen will continue to
hold the satne-.appointrnent about the person, of the Queen
which she-has hitherto filled.
It has been considered as not a little extraordinary that
since her Majesty's departure from the castle to Buckingham
Palace, the names of her 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 table.
The liberals in the town, who last week got up a public
meetinvfor the purpose of voting a congratulatory address
to her 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, to vote an
address to his royal highness.

PRINCE ALBERT.
CANTERBURY, FRIDAY MORNING.—The intelligence of,
the landing of his Serene Highness the Prince Albert of
Saxe Coburg at Dover, yesterday afternoon, reached this
city shortly after 10 last night. This morning, the city pre-
sents a most unusual scene of bustle, as the Prince and his
illustrious relatives, the Dake of Saxe Coburg and the here-
ditary Prince, are expected to pass through about half-past
one o'clock this afternoon en route to the metropolis. The
Earl of Cardigan, at the head of his fine regiment, the 11th
light dragoons, proceeded yesterday morning to. Dover, and
that splendid corps will form a guard of honour to Prince Al-
bert in his Serene Highness's progress to this city. The
yeomanry cavalry, under the command of-Sir Brook Bridges,
Bart. will also meet; the cavalcade, and accompany the Prince
and royal suite some distance.
The mayor and members of the Town Council have pre-
pared the following address, which will be presented by the
civic body immediately. on the arrival of the royal visitors :
" To HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE PRINCE ALBERT OF

SAX COBURG AND CDTHA,

" May it. please your Serene Highness,—We, the mayor,
aldermen, and burgesses of the city and borough of Canter-
bury, beg leave to approach your serene highness to express
our joy and respectful congratulations at your serene high-
ness's safe arrival in England, and particularly in our ancient
and loyal city of Canterbury.
" In welcoming your serene highness to the British
shores, we take the opportunity of expressing to your serene
highness the deep interest we feel in your serene highness's
future welfare, being fully persuaded that the exalted station
which your serene highness is destined to fill in these realms,
will ensure domestic happiness to our beloved Sovereign Queen
Victoria, and eminently contribute to the interest and well-
being other Majestylsfaithful and beloved:subjects.
" We fervently pray that Divine Providence willgrant to
your serene highness health, long, life, and every other bles-
sing.
" Given under the seal, &c."
To save the coach I have only to add, although the Queen's
marriage is so near at hand, not the slightest notice is taken
to celebrate the royal nuptials, as would become her Majesty's
faithful and beloved subjects.
Some thousands of persons have assembled to witness the
passage of the prince through the city- ,

FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
LOBD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, FEB. 4, 1840.—Notice
is hereby_ given, that the solemnisation of her Majesty's
marriage will take place on Monday next, the 10th instant.
WHITEHALL, FEB. 6.—The Queen has been pleased to
declare and ordain that his Serene Highness Francis Albert.
Augustus. Charles Emanuel_ Duke of Saxe, Prince of Saxe
.CObourg and Gotha, Knight Of the most noble Order of the
Garter, shall henceforth, upon all occasions whatsoever, be
styled and called His Roy al Highness," before his name
"
and such
_titles as now do, or hereafter may, belong to him..
And to Command, that the said royal concession and de:-
claration he_ registered in her Majesty s College of Arms. .
COLLEGE OF ARMS,
Fen. 7,-The Queen has been pleased
to declare and ordain that his Royal Highness Francis Albert
Augustus Charles Emanuel Duke of Safe. Prince of Saxe
Cobourg and Gotha, Knight of the most noble Order of the
Garter, shall, for the future, use and bear the royal arms,
differenced• with a label of three poinM argent, the centre
point charged with the: cross of St. George, quarterly with
the arms of his illustrious house, the royal arms in the first
and fourth quarters.
And also to command, that the said royal concession and
declaration be registered in this college.

' • PRINCE ALBERT.
BRUSSELS, FEB. 2.7---We announced yesterday
.the arrival
of Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg at the palace at 3 o'clock
in the afternoon, accompanied by. his 'father, the reigning
&Ike, and by the prince his brother. Four of the royal car-
riages were ready at the station at half-past one,; to receive
the princes, who arrived at half-past two, under a salute of
21 guns. • General Giblet, his Majesty's aide-de-camp, Ge-
neral Buzin, gOvernor of the capital, and Sir Henry Sey-
mour, were at the station, where their highnesses were re-
ceived by several detachments of troops.- Though there was
a heavy shower of rain ag,gatnumber of persons had asseiii--
bled to witness their arrival.
BRUSSELS, FEB. 3.—Yesterday their Highnesses.. the
reigning Duke and Prince Ernest bf Saxe Coburg attended
divine worship in the chapel of the palace, PrinceAlea,-
accompanied hy Viscount Torrington, attended. divine-
in the English chapel. Yesterday their highitesseS W,?re
present at the representation.of the ballet Le Porsaire. The
Princes of Saxe Coburg -will set but tb-morro* for Calais,
where they will embark for Dover. Their equipages have

been sent on board the Soho, from Antwerp for London.

ARRIVAL OF PRINCE ALBERT AT DOVER.
DOVER. FEB.

I have to announce to You the safe arrival here of his
Serene Highness the Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and Gotha,
accompanied by the duke his father, his elder brother, and
suite, and attended by Lord Torrington and the Hon. Colonel
Grey. _ _ _

I am informed that they arrived from Brussels at Ostend,
yesterday, at 11 o'clock, by the railway, and reached Calais
last evening.- They embarked at noon, to-day, on board her
Majesty!! steam-packet Ariel, Commander John Hamilton,
and Commander Luke Smithett, extra, conveyed by her Ma
jesty's steamer Firebrand, Lord Clarence Paget, and entered
this Ott at half paSt four o'clock, this afternoon.
The 'piers were thronged with people, and as the Ariel en-
tered the harbour there was most ertthusiastic cheering, with
loud cries of " God save the Queen,"—" Huzza for the
Prince." On landing, the party was. received by a guard of
honour from the 90th regiment, and a salute from the western.
heights. Co!. Munro was in attendance, Bole-
ler, R.N. ; Lieut. Col. Thomson, royal engineer; Major
Slade, 90th regiment, and the officers of the garrison ; and
the Prince and his party proceeded in an open carriage and
four to Payee's York Hotel, where the Mayoi of Dover and
a large assemblage 9f the inhabitants Were in waiting to give
him a hearty reception.
The Prince had suffered froth sea-sickness, and has, there-
fore, postponed receiving the address from the town until
to-morrow morning, at ten o'clock, when the mayor, magis-
trates., and town council will present it. He will afterwards
receive the officers of the garrison, who are to be respectively
presented to his serene highness. 1 understand that Lord
Clarence Paget, and Captains Hamilton and Stnithett have
been honoured with an invitation to dine with the Prince, at
the York Hotel, at seven o'clock, where the landlord appears
to have spared no expense in furnishing and fitting apart-
ments in a style worthy of his illustrious .guests, and highly
creditable to himself.

It is understood that the Prince and his party will leave
the York Hotel about noon to-morrow ; and as an address
will be presented at Canterbury, as they pass through that
city, they will probably remain to-morrow night at Itoches-
ter, and reach the Clarendon Hotel on Saturday. Two troops
of the 11th light dragoons are expected from Canterbury this
evening, Under the command of the Earl of Cariligan, to
• serve as an escort of the party .to Canterbury::i-•

(From the
.lllorning Herald of Saturday.)

ROYAL MARRIAGE-STATE OF THE liitEPARA-
. * • •TIONS.

In the course of yesterday afternoon the Queen visited the
Chapel Royal. Her Majesty was attended by the Duchess
of Sutherland; Lady Charlemont, the Lord Chamberlain,
and Lord Alfred- Paget.- After an attentive survey of the
'alterations which have been made, and the decorations in
progress, her Majesty was understood graciously to have ex-
pressed her approbation: The preparations' are riot yet Nril-
pleted. The banqueting hall is a noble and lofty apartment.
As many as 300 guest's have often been invited here to par-
take of his late Majesty's hospitality. The walls are covered
with velvet paper of imperial purple and gold. From the
ceiling. are suspended -three gilt candelabra of exquisite
workmanship. The banquet which is to be held here by the
Members of the royal household On the evening of the Queen's
bridal day will be of the most sumptuous character. The
whole of the royal plate is ordered from Windsor. This is
of the most costly description, and consists of heir-looms of
the Royal Family, and presents from many of the greatest
potentates of India and Europe to the Sovereigns of Britain.
A splendid sideboard is in course of preparation for its recep-
tion. The display will be costly and magnificent in the ex-
treme. The Lord Steward (Lord Erroll) will preside. At
present no more than 150 invitations have been issued. The
publication of the names of the distinguished individuals in-
vited is considered as yet to be premature.

The greatest preparations are making throughout the me-
tropolis and the provinces, in order that Monday next should
be kept as a day of general rejoicing. The government and
other public offices, it is understood, will all be closed ; most
of the proprietors of the various shops in the leading tho-
roughfares of the city and the west end have expressed their
intention of not transacting any business on that day, so that
their servants may have an opportunity of enjoying them-
selves on this festive occasion. All the theatres, it is said,
will be open to the public gratuitously. From the arrange-
ments in progress, no doubt is entertained but the illumina-
tions in the evening will be upon a grand and extensive scale,
little if at all inferior to those exhibited upon her Majesty's
coronation. Many private gentlemen intend to give splendid
parties to their friends in celebration of the event ; while in
some country towns public balls are to aid and close the
pleasures of the day. The parochial officers in nearly every
district are using their most unremitting exertions with,
an unsparing liberality, in order that the children in the va-
rious schools, and the poor in their different dwellings, shall
be provided wth extra fare to enable them to participate in
the general festivity.

The following notice was issued by the' Lord Mayor this
morning
- . - _ _ _

. ,
"MARSHALL, MAYOR.
" Mansion House, Feb. 7, 1840.
" Whereas, Monday, the 10th day of February instant, is
appbinted for the solemnization of the marriage of her Most
Gracious lqajesty Queen Victoria, the Lord Mayor con-
siders it will be desirable' on the part of his fellow-citizens,
as a mark of dutiful respect to her Majesty, that all business
which can possibly be avoided should be suspended on that
joyful occasion :--

The Lord Mayor doth hereby give notice, that the Guild-
hall of the City of London will be closed on that day, and
Both recommend to the loyalty of his fellow-citizens the re-
spectful observance of the same.
" By order of the Lord Mayor,
" FRANCIS HOBLER."

Yesterday orders were sent to the royal horse guards, (blue)
.at their barracks, in Regent's Park, also to the life guards at
Knightsbridge barracks, that their services would he dispensed
with, having.been ordered to form the escort to Prince Albert
and his suite, from Woolwich, this day, to the Clarendon
Hotel, Bond-street, but in their place the 14th light dragoons;
from Hounslow barracks, will he the escort, for which pur-
se,po they will proceed at seven O'clock this morning for

PREPARATIONS COR THE -CELEBRATION OF
• THE QUEEN'S MARRIAGE.
The preparations for a general illumination 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 commencedi„the workinen.
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 deOces. These
preparatory works are on a most extensive-scale; and it is
said that the splendour of the ensuing illuminations will have
been unequalled by anything that has preceded it;
. The preparations at the Horse-guards and thelidmiralty,
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-3-

From the immense number of orderS given to those en-
gaged in supplying articles for illumination, it is evident that
.ti)e numher 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
ordersin these articles to the amount of several thousand
pounds.: Alt the club-houses, theatres, and public offices,
as,well is all the newspaper offices, have made the necessary
arrangements, and the west end of the town will,-po 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 made 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 Highnessthe 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.
(Front 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:—

" To-morrow morning a select paity, 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 dress royal carriages will be in
readiness to convey those
,parties who do not accompany her
Majtsrrin 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.
. FOURTH CARRlAGE.—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 CA RRI A GE.--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. Her .Majesty 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 :
IL R. H. the Duchess of Kent, H. S. H. the Duke of
their R. H. the Duke and Ducbess of Cambridge,
H. R. H. the Duke of Sussex, H. R. H. the Duchess of
Gloucester, H. R. H. Prince Geo. of Cambridge, H. R. H.
Princess Augusta of 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 -NOrrnanby, the ViScofint Palmerston, the Lord
John Russell, the Lord Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, the
Master of the Horse, the Mistress 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. 11. H.
the Princess Sophia Matilda.
At the conclusion of the breakfast, her Majesty will retire
-to prepare for her departure for Wivasor, whither she will
be accompanied by Prince Albert, and 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 her .Majesty and her consort.

Along the whole line of road from, 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 charecter.equally loyal and gra-
tifying; and thus, to the threstihold of her castle, will her
Majesty bear with her an assurance,of the deep affection and
loyalty of her subjects. 44-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 grand banquet 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 lustres, 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 Ddke and Duchess of Bedford, the 'Duke and Duchess of
Sutherland, the Marquis of Headfort, the Marchioness of
Normanby, 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. Griinstono, the Lady Ellen Paget, the
Lady Mary Howard,. the4,..ord and, ,Lady Byron, the Lord
Gardner, Viscount and.ViscountessTorrington, 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, and Mr. Vaughan, the Lady Fanny Howard, the
Dowager Lady Lyttleton, the Lady Constance Paget,
the Right Honourable George S. and Lady Agnes
Byng, 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. Kennel, 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 lion. 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-lestnities 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 have 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 became 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 finger of the bfide, a signal will be given, which will be
responded to brroyal salutes, fired. from a train of artillery
in the Park, and from the guns at the Tower, which will, no
doubt, receive- ad-ditto-nal—effect from the spontaneous cheers
of the assembled multitude.
II t COSTUME.—For the gratification of our
fair readers, ve mo.y state that liter 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.
The, bridesmaids or train-bearers will also be 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 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 eves 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.

COURT CIRCULAR.

" St. James's Palace, Feb. 6

" The Lord Chamberlain has received so many more appli-
'cations for admission to St. James's Palace on Monday next,
than he has tickets to dispose of, that he is obliged to take
this mode of expressing his regret to those persons whose
wishes he is unable to comply with, and to whom the Lord
Chamberlain is prevented addressing answers individually."
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager visited the Queen, yes-
terday, at Buckingham Palace. The Duke of Sussex also
visited her :Majesty yesterday.
The Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse, presented
Master Byng, yesterday, at an audience of the Queen, to
kiss hands on being appointed one of her Majesty's pages of
honour, in the room of Mr. Cavendish, promoted.
The Earl of Errol, the Earl of Uxbridge, Viscount Mel-
bourne, and Lord Hill had audiences, yesterday, of her Ma
jesty. _ _ _

The Right Hon. Henry Labouchere joined the royal circle
at dinner, last evening, at Buckingham Palace.
The Duke of Sussex visited her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ager, yesterday, at Marlborough House.

SATURDAY.—The Duchess of Cambridge presented Lady
Augusta Somerset to the Queen yesterday, at Buckingham
Palace, on being appointed Lady in Waiting on her Royal
Highness.
Madame Dedel, the Lady of the Nethe'rlands Minister,
had an audience of her Majesty, on Thursday, at Buckingham
Palace.
The P►incess Augusta visited her Majesty yesterday.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen.
The royal dinner party at the palace, last evening, included
the Earl of Errol and Viscount Melbourne.

Her Majesty the QUeen Dowager took an airing, yesterday,
in a carriage.
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester,
yesterday, at Gloucester House.
The Duke of Sussex visited the Duke and Duchess of Cam.
bridge, yesterday, at Cambridge House.
The Duke of Cambridge visited the Princess Augusta, yes.
terday, at Clarence House, St. James's.
Lord Lismore and Lord Hill had interviews with Viscount
Melbourne, yesterday, in Downing street.

MONDAY:—We are authorised to announce that persons
will be admitted to St. James's Palace on Wednesday and
Thursday next, to view the State Apartments and the Chapel
Royal, with tickets from the Royal Chamberlain, from ten
till one o'clock on each of those days ; and also from Vis-
count Duncannon, from one to four o'clock on the same
days.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha arrived at-Buckingham Castle arhalf-pMt font-6 clock
on Saturday 'afternoon, in one of the Queen s carriages and
four, with out-riders in scarlet liveries, escorted by a nume-
rous party of light dragoons. His Royal Highness entered
by the marble arch, and was extremely well received by the
spectators assembled in front of the palace. The Prince
was accompanied by their Serene Highnesses the Duke and
Prince Ernest of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and was attended
by Viscount Torrington. In the carriages that followed
were the Hon. Col. Grey, Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvens-
leben, Baron Lowenfels, Mdn. de Gruben, Captain Pcelnitz,
and Mr. Seymour.

. Her Majesty, accompanied by her august mother, received
his Royal Highness and his illustrious relatives, attended by
the great officers of state of her household, the Lord Stew-
ward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Master of the Horse ;
and also by Lord Byron, Lord in Waiting ; the Right Hon.
George Stevens Byug, Comptroller of the Household ; the
Hon. Charles A. Murray, Master of the Household ; the
Hon. Major Keppel, Groom in Waiting; and Lord Alfred
Paget, Equerry in Waiting.
' The Hon. Colonel Cavendish, the Clerk Marshal, received
the Prince on alighting from his carriage. •
The Lord Chancellor came to the Palace at five o'clock,
attended by the clerk of the crown, his secretary, purse and
mace bearer ; and having formed a Court, his lordship ad-
ministered to Prince Albert the oaths of allegiance and
supremacy directed to be taken by the act naturalizing the
Prince.

After his Royal Highness had taken the oaths, the Lord
Chancellor directed them to be enrolled in the High Court of
Chancery.
The Queen lield a Court on SatUrday afternoon.
Count Sebastiani, AMbassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-
tentiary from the King of the French, had an audience of her
Majesty to deliver his re-credentials. His Excellency was
introduced by Viscount Palmerston, G.C.B. her Majesty's
principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and con-
ducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.
The Countess Sehastiani had an audience of the Queen, on
taking leave. Her Excellency was conducted by Sir Robert.
Chester, Master of the Ceremonies.

The Court was litientlea.i;ylanTihyron, Lord in Waiting,
and the Hon. Major Keppel, Groom in Waiting.
Viscount Melbourne had an audience of her Majesty.
Her Majesty had a dinner party on Saturday evening. The
company consisted of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Kent, and Prirrce Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha,
their Serene Highnesses the Duke of Saxe Cobourg and
Prince Ernest.of Saxe Cobourg, the Duchess of Sutherland,
the Earls of Errol, Uxbridge, and Albemarle, Viscount
Melbourne, Lord Byron, Right Hob. George Stevens Byng,
Count Kolowrath, Baron Alvensleben, Baron Lowenfels,
Hon. Colonel Grey, Baron Stockmar,' Mons. de Gruben,
Captain Poalnitz, Mr. Seymour, Mr.'T. Brand, the Coun-
tess of Sandwich, Lady Fanny Howard, Hon. Miss Cooks,
Hon. Miss Cavendish, Mrs. Brand, Baroness Lehzen, Vis-

count Torrin,gton, Hon. Charles A. Murray, Hon. Major
Keppel, and Lord Alfred Paget.
The band of the royal regiment of Horse Guards attended
at the palace during the evening.
Her Majesty and her august mother, Prince Albert, the
Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and Prince Ernest, and
the ladies and gentlemen of the royal household in waiting,
at the palaCe, attended Divine Service, yesterday morning,
in Buckingham Palace. The Bishop of London officiated.
The Rev. Mr. Vane, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, was in
waiting.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert of Saxe Coburg and
Gotha went, yesterday afternoon, to pay visits to the mem-
bers of the royal family. His royal highness was accompa-
nied by his father and brother, the Duke and Prince Ernest
of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, and was attended by Viscount
Torrington, one of the Lords in Waiting on her Majesty.
The illustrious party went from the palace to Marlborough
House, the residence of her Majesty the Queen Dowager ;
from Marlborough House to Clarence House, St. James's.
the residence of the Princess. Augusta ; and from Clarence
House to Cambridge House, the residence of the Duke and
Duchess of Cambridge. The route from Buckingham Pa-
lace to Marlborough House was densely lined with specta-
tors, who greeted the prince with frequent cheering, which
his royal highness very courteously and repeatedly.acknow-
ledged. •
The Duchess of Kent has been much indisposed for the
last fortnight, from an attack of cold and rheumatism, which
has frequently prevented her royal highness from dining at
the royal table.

By the Duchess of Kent's commands, the print from Mr.
Fowler's portrait of her Majesty was submitted to her royal
highness, who was pleased to express her approbation of it.
The engraving was also presented to the Queen.
The Duke of Cambridge and Prince George visited her
Majesty the Queen Dowager on Saturday.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George and
the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, attended Divine Service
yesterday morning, in Grosvenor chapel. Miss Kerr, Baron
yesterday morning, in Grosvenor chapel. Miss Kerr, Baron
Knesebeck, and Colonel Cornwall were in waiting on their
royal highnesses.
'Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived at Marlborough
House on Saturday night from the Royal Military College
At Sandhurst. His serene highness visited the Princess
Augusta yesterday.
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess of Gloucester
yesterday.
A cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoon at the
Foreign-office. It was attended by all the Ministers, and
sat two hours.