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

their thr~ssoi,s and there cave hem Win hoD~ct
blessings and g.od vshes wac omitted at the veoume
of George The Third vnh Queen Charlotte. b1 even
that occasion he bride who bad been travelling ~
dsy, mad to sap IN pubhc, ard could hardly bold ~
that remarkably pain face Of hers, when TOO IN the
morning siruck, and she sas permitted to retire.
son sfterwsrd-when the Dake Of Brunswick mar
red the princess Augusta-a very beggariy wedding
was followed by angh. royal supper a, Leicester
House; and never SINCE tina. time have kings queens,
and sucp-hhe august personages assembled 10 hold
high festival IN Lincoln Fields" On this occasion
however, dramatic festivities marked the event. and
with our usual happy felicity the bridegroom was en-
tertained az Covert Gar'len with a comedy bearing
the remarkably appropriate title, Hes nobody's
enemy but his own! Az the opera, the crowd
gred. that ladies got out Of their s-dans 10 Pccadly
and powdered be Ux gong before them aud Initiating
the knights Of old a far as IN them lay, dreT theil
bodkl-svords and Threatened TO cut away for the
lsdie- 20 the doors of TIER boxes.
The then daughter of George the Third, who entered
into the marriage state, died chlldless. The eldest
Charlotte the Princess ROysl-was rather nnwillngty
gwen in 1877, 20 the Prince Of Nurtem6urg the niys'
ferrous death Of whose first WIFE, the sister 0i caroline
Of Brunswick, caused him be looked upon as sor,
OF modern Blue Beard. The bride was doSercd, MOI
with an annuity but with u portion OF tSO,"V
Neither feudsl law sts;ute granted this do"ry,
lives in Parliament. In ike manner the public purse
was opened when the Pri1cess Mary marrled her
cousin, the Duke Of Gloucester. But ~hen Two
years later the Princess Elizabeth was IN very npe
years united 10 the lTnce vi Htsse =, WV
Ministers Acknowledged that her previous settlement
of f9C00 a-year was suficient and INSCRIPTIONS AZ
they had been in asking the Commons for money,
they had not the face this instance, 10 apply Tor an
especial dOwry; and with not much more ceremony
than became an ordinary lady and gentleman, the
match, on which the public looked With indifference,
was concluded. .
There remains but one more marriage TO be noticed
that of the daughter OF George the Fourth the prn-
cess Charlotte Of Wales, who married al Carleton
House late on May evening in 1916, prince Leopold
the present king Of the Begians. The whole cere.
mony save that il did not take place in consecratsd
building as dignitied and refined a. could Dc de-
sired. The brides waist, indeed, was just under her
arms, and the groom" had livery sort of look IN
his Knee breeches-but fashion then saved them from
the ridiculous look which they wear in the pictures OF
the time The prince looked about him with his usual
inauring glance as 10 see what people Thought OF
him. The bride in high spirits, showed her loot,
81 she was wont 70 90, and, as one who heard her
informs us, gave ont chsrmngly distinct " Yes, l
will" in answer TO the alimportant query OF the GER
emony which raised smile on the faces OF al around
Was II not singular that at one OF her earliest VISITS
TO the theater the managers could think OF no dnei
after-dish TO set before her than Tom InumD'
She very properly left the house before was con-
eluded.
Lbe last word reminds Of duty we, too, have to
nerforIn TO conclude this record tracing nupal cere-
MONIES before our readers initiate the Princess oil
Wales We do 70 with the sincere wish that the
next royal bride who may leave the Chapei Royal,
supported by her prncely husband, may possess, IN
its utmost funess the sole or the crownng happiness
which wife is permitted TO epjoy-love, in her mar
red state.