The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1840-03-14

the body Of lurquises, the beak Of diamond the
eyes Of ruby, the claws Of gold, and the rest
on very large pearls. These breaches are
as large as silver dollar. The Queen also
gave TO her attendants and friends neat rings
Of plain gold, with no stone in them, but in
place Of gem very pretty little medallion
head Of Victoria, being. in fact, miniature
gold coin or medal, the die of which was cut
by Wyon for this occasion, and il pleased the
Queen so much that she sent hundred Of
them to Rundell and Bridges, her jewellers,
10 have them set in rings. see by the pa
pers that Rundell and Bridge have made
lot Of these rings, as they are advertised at
from guinea and half upwards.
The Master Of the Horse and Mistress Of
the Robes followed the Queen IL brides
maids, and then came her 8 ladies' of the bed
chamber. These were succeeded by maids
of honor, 7 women OF the bedchamber, few
officials, some gentlemen at arms, and yeo-
men Of the guard-beef eaters, az they are
called.
The members of the Royal Family who
preceded the Queen took their seats on the
haui-pas Tor place within the altar rails,) and
the bridesmaids, &c. had seats there ALSO
The Queen was received at the altar by the
archbishop Of Canterbury and Bishop Of Lon
don-the first Of whom performed or read the
marriage ritual, while the latter said the re-
sponses as Clerk. She immediately threw her
self on devotional stool, before her own
chair Of state, and remained kneciing there
for minute in silent prayer. % rising, she
caught the Princes eye, and smiled. She
then went TO the Queen Dowager, and chatted
~ L.. r.. .. h. al
her seat, and then the marriage service COM
menced.
The Duke Of Sussex gave the bride away.
The Prince was apparently much ayitatcd-
the Queen not in the least. "She appeared"
writes an eyewitness, TO have some diff
Guilty in suppressng smile, as the good
Archbishop read the preface. When the
Prince had to say whether he would love,
comfort, honor and cherish her, his Il will was
scarcely audible, while the Queen boldly and
loudly jerked out her 'I,siR to the question
Wilt thou obey him, and serve him, love, no
nor and keep him in sickness and in health;
and, forsaking all othecs keep thee only unto
him, as long as We both shall liver Again,
she nearly laughed out, (she certainIy tittered)
as he said, giving her the ring on her fourth
finger. with this ring thee wed, with my
body thee worship and with ALL my worldly
goods thee endow.' II is odd that the Prin-
cess Charlotte, who also married a pauper
prince, had nearly burst out laughing when he
promised TO endow her with all his worldly
goods-having not a sixpenny worth at the
time"
While the ceremony was going on, tho
Queen kept looking into the Princes eyes,
.ho bod
very facetious joke in her mind, but that was
no time nor place for irivoIity and fun.
BY curious mistake, the Psalm Deus
Misereatur," Psalm 67,) was chaunted at the
end Of the ceremony, instead Of 6 Beati
omnes," psalm 1881 The ceremonial was
precisely that which is used when the COM
monest Darby and Joan In the empire are
welded. Il was believed, and hoped for by
the ladies', that there would be special omis-
sion OF the wife's promise 10 :" Obey" but there
was not, and the Queen made that promise,
like any other lady-rrobably, too, with as
much intention Of keeping il, as the sex usual
" have on such occasions. The law OF Fog
land gives the husband power Of .'moderate-
ly correcting" his wife, and Judge Butler de-
fined the thickness Of the stick to be used lit
was ut Stafford, and he said it should be no
thicker than mans thumb, and the Stafford
ladies' sent him round robin 10 know the
thickness oi his thumb!) and it would be Gu
rious case, should Prince Albert claim his pri-
yiepe as q husband, how far he would break
the law as subject. For if the law lays down
that the rifs may be corrected, the law also
declares il high treason to raise hand against
the Queen. But, hope that there will be no
squabbIe between them.
The ring which the Prince put on the
Queens fourth finger Of the left hand (a'cus-
tom which is said to be derived from the Ro-
man belief that an artery communicated from
that finger directly to the heart y was plain
gold one. When he entered the Chapel, it
was noticed that he carried in rather an os-
tentaiious manner. a small red morocco box
in his hand, and that he opened it when speak
ing 10 the Queen Dowager, and exhibited it
TO her. Ii was the marriage ring that was in
this litilc box.
The moment that the service was over, the
Queen, whose hand had been held by the
Prince from the moment that he put the ring
on, made courtesy to the Archbishop, and
looked in a very arch manner al her husband.
He appeared absent and little confused--as
if he did not know what to do next but his
father whispered TO him, and he then gave the
Queen kiss, when, To the amusement OF all
present, she gave him another The Duke
Of Sussex then advanced. and gave the Queen
very hearty kiss. The rest Of the Royal
Family merely bowed TO her, with the ex-
cepiion Of the Duchess Of Kent who adj
vanced couple Of steps, with the evident IN
tention Of embracing her daughter, but, as
she did. the Queen turned round to speak to
the Prince. and her mother lancying that this
was ~iful motion Of repoision. went back
to her seat. The Queen then signalled tina,