The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1863-04-04

the diamond rivierre, (Which cost 5000
gwen by the city of London, opal anc
diamond bracelet from the ladies of Leeds
ana ditto by the ladies of Manchester
Her bouquet was of orange blossoms, whit.
roseouds, lilies of the valley, orchideor.
nowers with spriggs of myrtle, and trim
med with honiton lace.
lhe Prince wore the red uniform of q
General OF the British service with stars
OF the Garter and India the ribband and
oadee OF the Golden Fleece; and the
mantle OF the Garter with the mantle O,
the order
1t Is said that the Queen desired tha,
the wedding dress should be made on the
Continent, but the Princess was determ,u.
ed to haue it made in England. The
matter was finally compromised by leaving
1t to the Duchess of Cambridge, who car
RED out the wishes of the Princess, and
had the dress secretly made by dress
maker OF the West end, Her Majesty
being kept in the dark upon the subject,
until the bridal morning.
The bridesmaids only being in
attendance-thee eeighth-poorg girI-having
been taken i'll with the measles-wore
white glaze silk, with tuIle skirts, bottom
trimmed with rouche of bouillons of tulle.
the middle one looped up in a spaces all
around with punches of blue roses, white
leaves and shamrock. From the waist a
tulie tunic festooned from one side with
two long hanging lunches of roses, the
BODY and sleeves trimmed with tulle and
flowers, wreath Of roses, white feather and
shamrock, with its long veil of tulle hang.
ing from it.
+ The especial business Of these ladies,
Il -.
Earls and Narquises, was TO carry the train
OF the bride They stood behind her at
the ceremony. On Monday the Lord
Mayor presented the city's gift Of a brace
let TO the Princess, who it is stated WAS
'Gracious!y pleased to accept il" but, a.
the accounts omit entirely to say that she
or any one Tor her, expressed thanks for
the same, suppose we must conclude that
1t is contrary TO Royal etiquette to say on
such occasions even as little as thank
you. Presents are still pouring in from
every quarter OF the country, and assume
almost every known Shape In jewelrv
alone, the Princess must have enough to
stock a bazaar, while, if any serious reverse
were 20 happen to the young couple, the
Prince could readily open business as
shawl merchant They are all too Of
magnificent character, none Of them cost
ing less than fse thousand dollars. fcw
less than ten, and from that up TO fifty
thousand dollars.
The queerest present, however, | have
as yet heard OF, Is that OF "a sturgeon, caugh;
by some fishermen last Saturday, and ac
tually sent To the Prince at Windsor 1t
was about eight feet long and weighed. it
i said, about two hundred pounds II is
by far the oddest weddin. present on re
cord, but .he newspapers speak Of it as
the right thing. and So | arrive at the con
clusion that English Royalty i. fond of
Albany Beet
must not forget to mention the bride
cake, which was made-ccnstructed. or
erected, should say. by the Queens con
feciioner ut " lndsor Castle. II is or was
two and half feet broad at the base. and
I've feet and a half in height, and is in
shape something like tho old Gothic
crosses, OF the time of the Edwards. one
or two of which are still remaining in
England 1t has a basement. two stories
and roof, each division being appropri-
ateiy decorated 4 vase filed with ora ge
flowers surmounts the apex and festoons
OF orange flowers are suspended between
the columns, IL appears that the cake is
TO be cut trOna the laSide As ii is so con-
. structed as to open Ia the foidin -doors
i, Is pronounced to be masterpiece OF
the contectIoner's art
The illumination. last evening were re-
ally on a magnificent scale. and as the
weather was gloomy and The night dark, the
sight was n grand one Nearly all the
public buildings in London, and thousands
I Of private ones. shone ont IN all the spler
der of unlimited gas. and rendered the
town almost as bri ght as daylight. The
finest affair was the electric light above
the dome of st Pauls which could be
seen for thirty miles in every direction
/ The excitement thus terminated brilliant
ly, literally in blaze of light
1t was ''co2lmand night" and the vari-
Gus theatres in the city were thrown open
To the public free last evening. and were
all. OF course crowded to sutfocaton As a
matter of course, none of the better class
attended, and, iE the state Of feeling among
the lower orders, the performances We're
comparatively a dumb show. This appa-
rent generosity was mere trick of the
Government, Tor the regulations for pr)
curing tickets of admission We're Of such
ature that no man who respected himself
would think of applying for one.
The real feeling of the Upper Ten for
the masses is better illustrated by what
took place in one of thefprovincial towns
where the chief celebration OF the national
| holiday was to be a promenade, with a
service of cake and wine in the Corn FIX
change of the town. Just before the day
arrived, the price of admission was raised
from eighteen pence to n half a crown,
just enough to pre- vent the operatives from
attending, which was evidently the object
sought for, on being demonstrated with
the authorities coolly replied "that the
working classes were not wanted, as the
ladies' wonld not, even on such an occasion,
mix with them, and that the bungling
blockheads would spill the wine on the
| ladies dresses" DC.
That is but the honest exhibition of the
true feeling of the aristocratic and purse
proud Englishman for the humber classes
OF his own nation. The sentiment prevails
in public and in private-in the Govern
| ment as well as among individuals. Cring.
ing and servie to the EXTREMIST degree
with their supariors-even carrying their
very loyalty to the verge, if not over it, of
| degredation,-to their interiors in social
position, they are the haushtiest and most
arrogant people in the world
Lloyds Weekly Newspaper, (Which boasts
a regular circulation reaching almost halt
a mllllon,) is ABOUT the only paper tha'
dares to rebuke this sort of thing, and to
speak out in behalf of the people. In dis
cussing the recent events, it pertinently
declares that all the recent henors have
been paid to the Queen, and not to the
Prince and reminds that young gentleman
that it would have deem dsgraceful to the
nation, as free people, if the expressions
of loyalty, DC, "hadbeen blindly carried
to the feet Of boy who is barely on the
threshold of public life 1t is not likely
however, that either the Queen or the
Prince ever see LIoyd's Weekly, and there
fore the suggestion will be lost in thai
quarter.