Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1840-03-27

wedding Oh 3uceH NiCtOTla, At NlDlo
was curious, pleasing, and yet at times, iaugha-
bic sight. II was really and truly an alternate mix
tsre of the sublime and the ridiculous. But To the
| facts.
On Wednesday afternoon large OK was suspend
ed in sort of box with mica windows, and inside of
this box temple of Pluto, were three circular rows
of gas burners to roast the OK; these lighted
about two O'clock, well managed, and roasted
the OK by 8 o'clock yesterday morning. He was
kept warm, however, until about noon, when he was
cut up into slices for the benefit Of the widows aud
| orphans, loafers and lookers-oa.
Between III and II o'clock the company began to
assemble, to the number of from 1000 TO 5000 Every
allotted to the spectators, both in the gallery
and the body sof the grand saloon, filled before
noon. BY II o'clock, all the widows and orphans
had arrived, and were seated, and soon afterwards
dinner was served up. The Aston House, the Wa
verify, Globe City Hotel Howard House, sc. each
supplied their complement Of walters, and all went
off remarkably well. The British Consul was in
high glce-somctimes very sublime sometimes very
ridiculous, as thought. He kept calling out,
"sWho wants beefl'' :" Who wants bread?'-and
when the Clergyman commcn ed the grace or pray
er, he broke in the solemnty Of the scene, by
crying out, Take off your hats, every one of you,"
which almost produced general laughter.
Still the scene delightful and beautiful one.
Every thingwas well managed ;and over 5000 widows
and orphans sat down to dinner, with a most excel
lent appetite. Some ofthc widows looked as bloom
ing young girls, majority of them were hand
some, and of the female orphans were the
most lovely looking girls have in
years. There abundance to eat Of the very best
quality; the was well roasted the bread was good
and there was excellent port wine in abundance,
from the London Docks, vintage 1915.
With such fare, it may be belived that the heart
of the widow was made glad for one day, at least
After they had all eaten as much as would satisfy
nature for 81 hours, at least the cloth removed,
and ''Non Nobis Domino sung by that excel
lent musician Charles Horn, and others One Irish
man cried out, "let every body join the chorus of
Ammo Domin for Queen Victory"
The usual loyal dsloyal, republican, anti-republi-
can. and patriotic toasts given, and then the
great cake was cut up in slices, and sent all the
garden and the city. Then there great scram-
bic get the cake; got pocket full got
several pounds, and SEINE got none These last
made up fer that loss by drinking extra portion
Of wine.
After the cake was cut up, then commenced the
speeches, of which were peculiarly brilliant,
particularly that of Coey Grattan, and Mr.. Buch-
anan, the Consuls for Boston and New York. The
latter spoke follows" Boays-boays-yo
the big observation-disclosures the biggest
cake you ever saw-and when you grow up TO be
you'll not forget the big cake-the great cake
there it is-it weighs 1900 pounds, although part of
it is cut up and eaten-ncver mind that. It's big
cake any way; and when you're prenticed out to
thinkers, and tailors and shoemakers you won't for
get the big cake-t's the biggest cake in the world;
there was such cake; and it isn't all dough,
either (great cheering) But there's this moral be
learnt boays; when trusted with your masters
money, and put your hand into the till to take out the
dollars don't forget the big cake And when any one
tempts you to take gin sling or a mint julep, you
wont forget the big cake. And when any body
offers you a cigar, remember the big cake; for
smoking leads to drinking, and drinking leads to
the devil-so remember the big cake, and God bless
Queen Victoria. who made it, caused il to be
made, by getting married"
Mr.. Buchanan's eloquent address was loudly
cheered, and he followed by Mr.. Grattan,
British Consul for Boston. He eli vered a humor-
Gus speech and closed it by the following remarks
:" Ladies, many bright and beautiful faces
around me, and to your sweet sympathes i APP
peal for an approval of this occasion. You
must love Queen Victoria, because she loves
the United States. She has passed from the sin
gle to the United State; she has become natur-
allied citizen of the great state Of matrimony.
Moreover, she has claim your aiie ctons, for
other most important and decisive movement-she
has fixed in her own person the great Main Bounda
ry Line between virgnity and womanhood, and set
tied that little troublesome affair for ever"
This produced immense cheering. Three cheers
then given for the occasion, and the meeting
broke up about dusk, in delight and harmony.
WING CANDIDATE FOR MAYoR.-The Nomina-
ting Cow enton met last night and received David
Graham's declnation. They then nominated j.