New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-02-13

before When the ceremony over, handreis Of
the nobility Of both EaveIsed the seets Of Lon
don singing the chorus q rejoicing and there seems
10 have very decent attempt at en- illumination
At the palace, the brilancy OF which ray be ned
for from the fact that fur boys had been engaged
vhor fortDig 1t in citing cendes for the occason
IL was a yeIy ordinary Circumstance for mOet Of
these royal brides TO have many successive love "a be-
fore they eond secure man honest or prudent enough
| 10 keep bis word. Few OF them, IN this RESPECT
soua.d Isabels the eldest dsu ghter OF Eissri the
Th6 who after being hall tied to- and wholly united
FROM various Continental princes, submitted to be
wife, at last, to the bandsome Ingram d. CJvey one
Of the hostages IN England for the rau. ON OF the
Fr.rch King, John. We aaye said s.J17Mcd-but, in
truth this was match Of affections, Sounded on
pret,y iOvepassAges between the two az tae psiace
In the Savoy and elsewhere. Chcy we're married at
Windsor in July, 1885, and the wedding was gay and
costly; but the English cbrUnlcleTs rather contempt
uously described the bridegroom as certain noble
man from beyond sea, who was usuay called DE Co.
yey but whore other name, II lie h9d any, Mas en-
trely upk nown 70 them
Joanna, the second daughter Of Edward the Third
affords another Illustration OF the htile decacy with
which nuptal arrangements were made at this period
She was on her way 10 espouse the son OF the Duke OF
Austria; but she returned Ineligible intimston
that courteous Austria had changed his mind
Subsequently, she went as tar ~ Bordeaux, awaiting
there the good will Of Peter the Cruel Ia whom she
was ahanced but the plague smote and killed her
near that city, she may be said TO have had lucky
escape.
The married daughters of Edward the Fourth ex-
perenced very different destnies. The marriage Of
the eldest, Elizabeth, with the Earl of Richmond,
Henry the Seventh united the 1.-TWO Roses" The
anxiety Of both parties for this union very great
Henry himself had been grieyously alarmed by hos
tile report that the princess lress TO the Crown was
already married; and wheu the Punishment, on the
Speaker recomnt nding this match TO him. universally
rose and bowed % him sign that such their wish
Also the new king replied with ready aacrity that ne
was very willing so to do This also was January
wedding. Ii soemnized at Westminster in 1886;
masses dances and bonfres rejoicing choruses, and
tremendous banquets throughout London. Henry
VII could not procure Royal husbands for his wiles
sisters and he accordingly united them with noble
gentlemen. The Princess Cecilia, indeed, united her
self, and that priority, to Viscount Wells, who had
been smitten by her beauty, but who, when received
at Court, occupied place at table inferior in dignity
TO that of his wife. She lost nothing by not meeting
with Prince and she loved private life well, that
v hen Lord Wells died, after dozen years Of wedlock,
in 1895 Cecilia only few months subsequently, took
for her iege lord one Thomas kyme nian so utterly
unknown to those magnificent personagcs the heralds,
that he is supposed to have been very low fellow IN
deed. Thomas not acknow lodged at Court, but
"Ciciy" lived with him IN such comfort rs small
means could procure about four years. This was one
of the lowest matches ever contracted by Royal
Princess of England. .
Henry's daughter, Margaret, found IN James ~. OF
Scotland husband who considered himself equal in
rank with her sire. The marriage OF this Princess
Royal did not take place in Eugand but the betrotai
something resembling the dramatic m8sque among tue
festivities Of the OCCASION and poetry and song shared
with mounte banks noble jOusters Ind with less no.
BILE tunlblers, in doing honor to the celebrations
weary Journey took the youthful princess 10 Hoy
rood, where she was formally welded to her manly
husband. IL was then the custom Tor Scottish KING
TO make morrowlng gift TO his BRIDE, ana james uid
this noby for the morning after the nuptas ne pre-
sened his wife the ttle-deeds OF the lands OF hnar-
mock. The bride az merry as the groom was llb-
era end the familiarity established ia widened by the
fact that thus early She and her ladies' clip
ping the kings beard-an amusement which con-
sdered an excellent joke by tho whole party. The
above royal marriage was celebrated between and
9 in the morning, and this has been considered as
very matutinal hour But some years later, ana IN
the same month, August, Mary Stuart, in widow
weeds, stood at the same altar with THAT long lad,
Lord Darnlsy, and their Duptisls were All cror be-
tween 5 and 6oclock-long before breakfast tune.
cesses was perhaps that of Mary, the next daughter
of Henry VII She was the lady OF many suitors,
loving herself but one, and he subject OF her BROTHER
Henry VIII. king won her and welded her, LOUIS
XII If France; and yet she married the SUBJECT her
true lover after all. She was sent across the sea 10
her royal husband and with escort of @chers
of Henrys bOdy-guard, q bevy OF very pale knights
and paler ladies' was cast Ashore about uIee easIe,
which is said to have been the temporary palace OF
" Madame Mary, pearl Of England There was
wild sort of Court held on the sands, and eome gay
dongs, at which Mistress Anne Boleyn was among
eoe,.re to Xb6eviIe. where Louis XII espoused
Madam Mary, to whom the CITY made substantial
presents Of oxen, sheep, corn, and rm oIand"e, IN
few months the queen widow, and then speed
ily epsued that private marriage with Chares.bIsn,
don, Duke of Suffolk-which, being an accomplished
fact the king was fan TO sanction. The princess kept
house in the Borough; and the dust OF wile, nno
was happier with duke than with king hes WITHIN
the splendid ruins at Bury st. Edmunds. -,
We pass by the marriage OF Queen Mary TUDOR WIN
Philip ii. at Winchester, to notcethat OF PThces'
Of Overwhelmingly Elizabeth daughter Oh oaIes !.
to Frederick, Count Paatine afterward the Winter
King" of Bohemia. The most singular incident con.
nected with the performance of this marriage was that
it was regularly asked by the publication OF banns IN
the Chapel Royal The nuPt were eee ooasd TIM IN
bride and her twelve maids that their passage was
said, "looked like Milky Way" The expenses oil
this gorgeOusly celebrated marriage cost the country
nearly fl00000 nearly 5000 Yves expended IN hie-
works alone on the Thames. The lords and ladies'
about Court got up masque, at their own charge,
and saws Winwood, 81 hear there is an order gwen
"for 81 500 TO provide one upon the King cost a
gigantic outlay for miserable result
la May, l6ll, occurred the last OF what nay 90
called the childmarisges, when Mary, daughter .,
Charles L. then in her tenth year, was maried ~ to
Chapel Royal, Whitehall, to William, sfterTsrd SCI
little bridesmaids, al in cloth OF silver and Bishop
Wren blessed the happy union The bridegroom .ae
only eleven. The wedding festvity had mucn t1o Oh
pect Of Ia good rompipg chilcren's parry Gnu
when King, Queen and Court escorted the cnnuIon "
their respective rooms there were few moro weary
than the little hero and heroine of the day.
After lapse of si1-and.thirty years another mary
daughter Of the Duke Of York James IL was .ha
RED TO another and greater William Of Orange, the
son Of the couple last mentioned. This was in No
vsmber, l677. The lady is said to have been un"n
ling and Charles H. had greater delight tasn IN
making the grave Dutch lover drunk ana - hnon,7
The incident worth remarking this occasion u tno.
he ceremony of marriage took place IN the
Der of the princess at o'clock at night ChaI,ss H.
acted as father" and kept the whole esse1no ~.
estacy or wonder at the excess Of his Jovlay enn ~