Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-02-18
From Che Nelo York Courier and EsqHirer-
The Marriage of the Princess Royal
ENGLAND.

On the 25th of January, in the Chapel of
St James's Palace, London, where eighteen
years before, Victoria, Queen of England, was
married to Prince Albert, of Saxe-Coburg,
the marriage of that Queens eldest daugter,
| the Princess ROYAL of England, with Prince
| Frederick William, of Prussia, was celebrated
with royal splendor. All England was jubil-
| ant, and all London set out on holiday.
| Nothing was talked of but the royal marriage,
| and the columns Of the morning papers were
! filled with the most minute particulars of how
| and when and where the ceremonies were to
take place. 1t was right that England should
! thus take such deep interest in the marriage
| of the daughter Of its Queen. right that its
press should thus marshal its columns in honor
| and record of the occasion. For twenty
| years has Victoria been model of Queen, a
| wife, and mother, such as royalty rarely has
| been able to boast of, and winning for her the
love of her people; the marriage OF her
| daughter, apart from the important political
results it may produce, was universally be
| lieved to have been founded on those bonds of
affection which invest the marriage of the
humblest with the deepest interest, which
| have added lustre to the Queens own charac-
ter and been productive to her of the highest
domestic happiness and therefore, it is honor
able and creditable to the English people that
all England should thus, at least in imagina-
ton and talk and reading have gone to the
and boosted of its magnificence. Even here, on
this side of the Atlantic, where we marry with
less pomp though all are sovereigns at the
weddings we take pleasure in presenting
few of the beautiful pictures of this royal Eng
lish bridal Here they are. The first is of
the Queen and mother:
The Queen looks, as she always looks kind
ly amiable, but selfpossessed and stately. On
her head is crown of jewels such as relieves
oil annrphpnG : the effect which the
late Hanoverian .'rid'' upon the royal caskets
might have had upon Her Majesty's toilette.
Courtesying in acknowledgment of the pro-
found homage with which she is welcomed,
Her Majesty passes at once TO her chair of
state on the left of the altar, and which is
placed between the five embroidered settees
occupied by the youngest royal children.
From this time all remain standing in the
presence of Majesty, even the Princess of
Prussia, who stands on the opposite side of
the altar.
Lord Palmerston, on the Queens right
hand bears the Sword Of State, while the
Dutchess of Sutherland, herself attired in al
most royal magnificencc, stands on the left by
right of Office as Mistress of the Robes. Again
there is another pause of intense interest, and
again the drums and trumpets are heard.
and. ushered in with the same imposing cere-
monies, comes the procession of the bride
groom.
The second is the picture of the bridegroom,
and beautiful, stately, and reverential it is:
On his right walks His Royal IIighness, the
Prince of Prussia, his father, and on his left
his brother. Prince Albert. All eyes, howev-
er, are fixed upon the royal bridegroom, as
he walks slowly, but with the most perfect
ease and elegance OF action, up the centre of
the chapel. He wears the uniform of a Prus-
sian General, with the insignia Of the Order
of the Black Eagle of Prussia. The uniform
shows his tall figure to advantage and sets
off his frank, open countenance and prepos-
sessing bearing. Near the altar he steps be-
fore Her Majesty S chair of state, and slowly
bows with the most profound reverence, and,
turning to his royal mother, he bows again
with equal respect, but less deeply than to
the Queen. aud then, kneeling in the centre of
the chapel prays with earnest devotion for IA
few minutes. His prayers ended he riseses
and stands at the right hand of the altar,
waiting his bride and likewise submitting to
such a scrutiny from hundreds of brilliant
eyes as never a bachelor withstoOd alone be-
fore. Again a pause ensucs-a pause of i'm
pressive solemnity, for expectation seems
wrought to the highest pitch, and no one
speaks, and few even move to disturb the
stately solemnity that reigns over the whole
interior, while even the most illustrious of the
royal guests seem struck, and gaze with open
admiration on the scene around. 1t is. in
deed, one which might well rivet the attention
of princes, one of those Gorgeous visions sell
dom seen and never forgotten. The great
officers of State enter the Chapel, but no one
needs them, for there is peculiar movement
without, and a soft rustling of silk is clearly
audible.
And the rustlng of the silk reveals the
third picture of beauty in this royal wedding.
The bride enters, with her father the Prince
Consort, on her right hand the king of the
Belgians on the left.
All-absorbing is the interest excited by the
appearance of the bride herself The gorge
Ous veil she wears depending from her
head-dress is thrown of, and hanging in mas
sive folds behind, leaves the expression of her
face completely visible as she walks slowly,
her head slightly stopped in bashfulness, and
her eyes cast upon the ground. Her Royal
Highness wore IA magnificent dress Of MORE
antique. 1t WAS composed of rich robe of
white MORE antique ornamented with three
fiounces of HOniton lace, in which material
the princesses of the royal family of England
have on these occasions invariably been dressed
The design of the lace for the Princess ROYALS
dress consisted of bOquets in open work, OF
the rose shamrock and thistle, in three me-
dallions, alike remarkable for their beauty.
At the top of each tounce, in front of the
dress, were wreaths of orange and myrtle
blossoms-the latter being the bridal flower of
Germany-eyery wreath terminating with bo-
4uets Of the same flowers and the length of each
being so graduated as to give the appearance
of robe defined by flowers. The apex of
this floral pyramid was formed by large bo-
quet worn on the girdle-thus giving color,
variety. and great lightness To the costume
The train, which was of the unusual length
of more than three yards, was of white more
antique, trimmed with two rows of Honiton
lace, surmounted by wreaths similar TO those
on the hounces Of the dress, with boquets at
short intervals. Her Royal Highness wore
no diamonds simple wreath of flowers
being ker only head ornament
As the bride passes up to the altar she stops
and makes a deep reverence TO her mother,
though with evident agitation, and her face
fushes like CRIMSON then, again turning, she
rendered the same homage TO the Prince of
Russia. As she does so the bridegroom elect
advances, and, kneeling on one knee, presses
her hand with an expression of teryent admir-
alton that moved the august audience. TAX
ing their places then ut the altar, and with
their illustrious relatives standing round in Il
group of unequallcd briliaRcy. the service
commences with the chorale, which peals
through the little building with the most sol
emn effect
The marriage service over. and we have the
fourth and most touching picture of the whole
"a sweet picture of human nature asserting
the mastery over royalty aud pageantry, and
bringing before the altar the bride of the pal
ace to the same holy level of domestic affect on
a. the bride of the cottage.
Hardly had the ceremonial as arranged by
chamberlains and heralds ended, when the
bride, giving vent to her evidently long pent
up feelings, turned and flung herself upon her
mothers bosom with suddcnness and d. pth
of feeling that thrilled through every heart
Again and again her Majesty strained her to her
heart and kissed her, aud tried TO conceal her
emotion; but twas both needless and in vain,
for ali perceived il, and there were few who
did not share it.. We need not mention how
the bridegroom embraced her, and now, a. she
quilted her, with tears now plainly stealing
down her checks, she threw herself into the