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CHRONICLE AND tSUNTJNEC.
A IJ GU S T A .
FRIDAY MORNING, MA ICH 13.
Pennsylvania.
Last night’s mail brought us io later intelli
gence direct from Harrisburg. A e are however
induced to believe from the spin of the intelli
gence received indirectly, that a I iter feeling is
likely to prevail in the Legislati -e towards the
Banks of the State than we feared omedays ago,
Ihe anti-bank men had expresses a willintrness
to sTibmit to the views ot the Aan uren Convert- |
ticn,which is said, by thosefamilia with the sen- j
timents ot the delegates,to he deck _>dly conserva- j
tive. W e hope they may be corre t- It so, con
fidence will be restored to every cl; ss ofbuUness,
and the public mind will be rel. ved from that
painful anxiety under which it hat been laboring
for some time past.
The Race
Which came off yesterday over he Lafayette
Course between Gano and Om iga, four mile
heats, is said to have been perfor ud in better
time than any two heats ever n ide over this
course, which is thirty three feet c f er a mile.—
The purse was taken by Gano, v io performed
the first heat in 7m. 485., and the *cond in 7m.
49 £s., with great ease, without icing touched
with whip or spur. •
Destructive Fire at Net ark.
The New York Commercial Ad' >rtiscr of Sat
urday says :—We are informed th; , there was a
very large lire at Newark, N. J. la t evening, in
Mechanic street, near Market strt t, by which
from fifteen to twenty houses were t istroved. A
part of the property, we are informe , was owned
in this city. ,
From Harrisburg.
A letter from Harrisburg, says ic Philadel
phia Inquirer, informs us, that th Van Buren
State Convention rejected both set of Delegates
from Philadelphia, by a vote of 74 o 43. The
Van Buren members of the Legisk ure from the
city and county, were then substitu 3d by a vote
of 97 to *23. Mr. Van Buren was unanimously
nominated to the Presidency, ant the vote for
the Vice Presidency stood thus :
R. M. Johnson, 107
W. R. King, 22
Manhattan Bunk. —The New ork Express
of Friday, 2 P. M. says—
The Manhattan Bank Committe begin at the
right end by counting the specie, t s bundles of
bank notes and other assets. Ii the kegs of
specie there has been found a detlc ncy of some
thousand dollars, which with the rash ‘’bort in
the hands of the first teller, is fouill to be sixty
one thousand dollars, and which haabeen chang
ed over by order of the Directors tS the loss ac
count. Thus we find one large litem before
coming to any losses, on stocks holig on individ
ual paper. i
The falling off in the revenue ofßour Custom
House, for the last five months, are Sitonishingly
great. The amount received in anuary and
February, 1839, was about one lillion each
month. This year, from correspon ing months,
it is about one quarter, or two hum ed and fifty
thousand dollars each month. In ecd, the de
bentures on goods exported have >een mostly
equal to the receipts, leaving the government
almost minus. Since March came i, there has
been more imports. The packets rom Liver
pool and Havre have brought fair ca joes.
The Boundary Troubles.— 'he Bangor
papers say that the statements madi by Govern
or FairlieiJ, and denied by the Brit ;h Minister,
in relation to British woiks and occi mney in tlie
disputed territory, a e {rue to the tier. Two
young men. who were sent by Gove lor Fairfield
to Lake Temiscouta, to ascertain wh t operations
the British were carrying on in tha quarter, re
present that there are nearly or quite vo hundred
British officers and soldiers at the Li to, and that
the works erected there are much me e extensive
than hitherto reported to be.
For the Chronicle *5- Sentin !.
Mn. Editor.—Permit me, throu i your col
umns, to remind the community of he popular
course of Lectures on some subject in Natural
Philosophy and Chemistry, which i announced
by Profess .. Davis, of our Medical College, to
commence on Monday evening of icxt week.
The established end well earned i mutation of
Dr. Davis, furnishes the best pledg of a rich
entertainment to those who shall attt d the pro
posed cou -e. But it is for the purpos of appeal
ing to a motive somewhat less selfish that I ask
space tor these few remarks. I cam t but sup
pose that every intelligent member of Jr commu.
nity feels, if not a pride, at least, a t ep interest
in our Medical < ’ollcge ;; and under his persua
sion, I would respectfully suggest, th t they are
now furnished with an appropriate pportunity
of testifying the sincerity of that s< tiraent, by
extending their countenance and the! patronage,
on the present occasion, to a member 'its Facul-
ty, and one, in whom the institution so justly
prides herself.
It was at the special solicitation of the Board
of Trustees, that these Lectures were originally
undertaken by Dr. Davis, and are now continued.
r Elie Trustees were therein influenced by a desire
that not only the Medical students in their at
tendance on the regular course, but our commu
nity, in these more brief and popular lectures,
might derive valuable instruction and rational en
tertainment from the exhibition of the ample and
costly Chemical Apparatus of the College, by so
accomplished a teacher as Professor Davis. I
would commend the present opportunity to the
young of both sexes, who are about finishing
their education, and to all of every class in the
community, who have any taste for these beauti
ful and useful studies.
One of the Tiiusit.es of the College.
Forty-Four Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN.
The steamship Great Western which left Bris
tol on the 20til February, arrived at New York
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on the 7th, bringing Loudon and Liverpool dates
to the 20th, and Havre of the 17th. From the
Now York Herald, Extra, and the Star of Satur
day afternoon, we copy the following summary
ofintelligence by this very late arrival.
Money matters are slowly reviving—interest is
reduced to 5 per cent—circulation is increased.
Tlie Queen of England was married to Prince
Albert of Saxe Coburg on the 10th February.
The sal es of cotton in Liverpool, on the 19th I
Feb., amounted to 2,500 bags, chiefly American.
In Manchester, 14th Feb. prices of cotton weic
as low as they were six months ago.
The rate of interest is reduced to five per cent.
The Newport Chartists. —Frost, Williams
and Jones have been found guilty and sentenced
to transportation or labor at the hulks, at the
Queen’s pleasure. They reached the hulks at
Portsmouth Feb. 15th.
The packet ship Stephen Whitney has arrived
at Liverpool.
The packet suip Ilav.e was burnt off the coast
of Cork, Feb. 10th; she had 1564 bales of cotton
on board. Twenty souls were saved; the rest
lost. She was from New Orleans.
The Du keol Wellington has had two or three I
alarming fits of illness; so much so as to be con
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sidered bulletins are issued from
Apsley House.
The steamship Liverpool arrived out safely
Jan. 10th.
Parliament met Jan. 10th, and was still sit
ting on the 19th February.
The packet ship New York left Liverpool Jan.
Bth, and put back into Cork from stress of weath
er.
The packet ship Sheridan arrived out on Feb.
12th, a passage of 18 days.
The latest dates from China, in Liverpool, on I
the 19th of February, were up to Nov. 21st, from
Singapore.
Prince Albert was appointed a Field Marshal
of the British Army. His commission was dated
Feb. 8, 1840.
Mr. Raffles’ celebrated chapel at Liverpool, has
been burnt down.
The Britannia, the first of the Royal Mail
Steam Ships from England to North America,
was launched Feb, 6th.
The circulation of the bank for the quarter
ending on the 4th February, nad increased £l4O,
000—the bullion had increased £510,000.
China. —The fighting between the English
and Chinese continues. The Canton Press of
Dec. 2, reports that accounts have been received
from the west coast of an affair between opium
smugglers and the Mandarin boats, i., which one
of the latter was sunk, and seven of the survivors
sent back with their tails cut off?
India. —The fighting here between the Bri
tish and native waxes hotter and hotter. The
British stormed Khclat Nov. 13th, took it, killed
Mehrab Khan, the chief, all of whose principal
Sirdars were killed or taken, and hunrdeds of
other prisoners.
Anticipated Changes. —Lord Melbourne re
tires from office with Lord Lansdowne. Lord
J. Russell is to be first lord of the treasury, and
Lord Durham joins the cabinet, with Mr. Ward
and Mr. C. Duller in office. Parliament will be
dissolved, and the repeal of the corn laws and
ballot will bo made cabinet questions.
On the last Mo iday in January,?the Ministry
were defeated on the question of the allowance
to Prince Albert. Lord John Russell moved that
the allowance be £50,000 per annum, to which
Col. Sipthorp moved as an amendment, to make 1
it £30,000. The amendment was carried by 104.
Strength of Ministers. —On certain divisions
in parliament the ministerial majority after the
Queen’s marriage had increased considerably.
U. S. Bank shares were sold at £lB to £lB
10. equal io 70 per cent. American Currency.
The negotiations pending between France and
Holland are also, according to the Dchats , draw
ing to a close. Holland bas demanded that her
vessels be treated in French harbors on the same
footing of reciprocity as the English and Amer
ican shipping are, and France has acquiesced in
that demand on condition that Holland open her
markets to various prvductions of the French
soil and industry, excluded therefrom at the time
when Belgium formed part of that kingdom.
Holland, it appears has likewise consented to
open to France the navigation of the Rhine and
Moselle; “ Strasburg,” Metz and Shierck are to
be assimilated for the importation of foreign pro
ducts. to maritime harbors.”
The British Ambassador, Lord Palmerston, at
Constantinople, has refused his assent to the
proposition of Russia, to send 50,000 of her
troops into Asia Minor across the Taurus. Af
fairs look warlike between Russia and the other
powers.
At Tois in France, 40 lives were lost in a con
flict between the troops and the country people,
growing out of the high price of corn.
Mehemet Alv is fortifying Alexandria.
There were 900 of the Chinese killed by the
British ships of war that fired on the Junks.
Captain Elliot returned to Macao after the ac-*
tion; the Chinese were fortifying Hong Key
Bay.
Great Britai n intends to send a land, as well as
a naval force against the Chinese.
Spain. —Tire Cortez, it was believed, would
meet Feb. 18. Madrid was quiet. In the Ga
zette v. a find the report of an engagement which
took place on the 28th ult in Catalonia, between
Carhos division and 3000 men under Brujo.
i he latter, driven from their position, left. 43 kil
ii on the field, ihe Christines had only six
killed and about 30 wounded.
Cabrera is not dead but recovering
The Arabs had not a ipeared in the plain ot
Algiers since December 31.
i here were 59,000 French troops in the neigh
borhood of A Igiers preparing for the expedition
against Abdel Kader.
The Queen held a court at Buckingham Pal
ace Feb. 18th. and .received the addresses of both
Houses of Parliament to Victoria and Albert, to
which they both briefly replied, and promises to
fulfil the favorable hopes expressed from their
union.
i he Alexandria letters of 17th ult. descrilie
the great preparations for hostilities on the part
ot Mehemet Ali, and his determination not to
give way in the dispute with the Porte
The Board of trade has decided that teas taken
from China in foreign ships and put aboard Brit
ish any where will he considered as having been
imported in British bottoms.
Whitehall, February 6.—The Queen has
been pleased to declare and ordain, that his Se
rene Highness Franc’s Albert Augustus Charles
Emanuel, Dukeol Saxe, Prince of Saxe Coburg
and Gotha, Knight of the Most Noble Order of
tlie Garter, shall henceforth, upon all occasions
whatsover, be styled and called ‘ His Royal High
ness,” before his name and such titles as now
do, or hereafter may, belong to him.
And to command, that the royal concession
j and declaration be registered in her Majesty’s
College of Arms.
London Money/ Market, February/ 18—Two
o’clock.—The price of Three per cent. Consols
has not varied to any extent since our first report.
Spanish Active Stock is at 27.
Liverpool, February 17.
Tea. —ln the early part of the week small sales
were effected, and these were at a decline of 3d
to 4d per lb on previous rates. Yesterday news
having been received from China that an engage
ment had taken place between two of her majes
ty s vessels stationed'there, and the Chinese war
junks, a reaction had again occurred, and prices
have advanced from 3d to 9J on all common and
good Congous and Twankeys; the market closed
firm, with more buyers than sellers.
W c hear in \\ all street, that as Mr. Newcomb
was leaving the Manhattan Bank on Monday, at
3 o’clock, he quietly insinuated his hand into the
drawer of the second Teller, and helped himself
to about §9000; with which in his pocket, he
proceeded to Delmonico’s, and endeavored to kill
time pieviously to answering the summons cf
the Commissioners, hy playing three games of
dominoes with all the serenity of conscious inno
cence. Having thus composed himself, he re
turned to tlie bank, and finding his late scaled,
made the best of his way to the afternoon train of
the Philadelphia cars, and proceeded as far as
Brunswick, when all trace of him was lost.—
New York American.
Cotton Trade.— The condition in which the
trade in this staple is at the present time, is thus
referred to in the New York Express:—
I he Cotton business has entirely changed this
; year. Last year a large portion of it was in the
| hands of speculators, who in many instances,
I with small means, were able hy advances, to con
trol avast amount. The season turned disas
trous, and swept this class away. The facilities
that was 'afforded by the Southern Banks indu
ced large shipments, which in most cases turned
out ruinous. The consequence is, that the sta
ple is now left to its own intrinsic value; shippers
buy and export as appears most for their interest;
manufacturers purchase to meet the demands »nd
the business is thus perfectly regular. The ar
ticle has fallen to a very low point; quite as low
as we have ever known it—and quite as low,
when the value of the currency is considered, as
it ever has been at the South.
Flour Trade. —Our Report of the Markets,
in another column shows that the Flour inspec
tions oi the present week are upwards of twenty
seven thousand barrels, of which about twenty one
thousand were Howard street Flour. This is, we
believe, the largest weekly inspection ever made
in Baltimore.
One of the Inspectors performed a great day’s
work in the course of the week, having inspect
ed between sun rise and sun set no less than
2700 barrels of Flour.
The brig Neptune loading at this port with
Tobacco for Germany, has also on board a small
shipment of Flour. Last year, it will he recol
lected, considerable quantities of Flour were sent
from Germany to the United States.— Baltimore
American.
A late letter from the Paris correspondent of
the National Intelhgencerhas the following items:
At the slated meeting last week of the Acade
my of Medicine,.Dr. Chervin resumed the read
| ing of his comprehensive memoir on the origin
and nature of the Yellow Fever, which is men
tioned in the official report as replete with inter
esting facts and sagacious reasonings. No man
alive has so widely pursued and so minutely stu
died the pestilence as the Doctor, whose indefa
tigable labors in the United States cannot be for
gotten. lam glad to learn that .ic intends to em
igrate te New Orleans, in order to practise his
proiession on that theatre. His general science
and skill, special acquirements, predilection for
the American People and their institutions, excel
lent spirit and temper, will assure his success in
every respect. The recent ravages of the yellow
fever in our South, and its invasion of Texas, im
part an additional importance to his designs.
Here, our climate in general has been nearly as
much discredited by the reappearance and diflu
sion of that scourge, as our credit by the suspen
sion of specie payments.
At the same sitting of the Academy came un
der consideration the premium of three thousand
francs, which a member, Burdin, had offered in
1837, with reference to Animal Magnetism, to
the person who, in the opinion of the Academy,
should succeed in reading, without the aid oflhe
eyts, in books provided by a committee; any
light to be allowed, «fcc. Several candidates for
| the premium were presented, but all failed in
| their repeated attempts, and among them the fa
mous damsel Pigeuire, about whose wonderful
performances of sight when somnambulized so
much has been published in journals and pamph
lets. Dr. Burdin stated that, as in two years the
magnefizers could not win the prize by what they
represented as one of their most common and
simple achievements, he would give it to any
person, magnetized or not magnetized, asleep or
awake, who should, in the opinion of the Acade
my, accomplish the task of readingwith the eyes
open, and in broad daylight, through an obaque
body, such as a tissue of thread, silk or cotton,
placed at a distance of six inches from the flee, or
even through a sheet of paper.
At the late annual sitting of the Academy of
Medicine, Dr. Pariset delivered the appointed
‘•historical eulogium” of Laennec, the celebrated
author of the Lrea/ise of Auscultation. All the
irnportanco ol ibis process for the affections of the
chest, and even others, has been known and ex- |
pcrienced in our country since the appearance in !
1819 of his two volumes upon his discovery. Pa- j
liset observes : “ i here was, at first, some oppo- ;
sition; but the method has been universally adop- !
ted. It soon traversed the ocean, and physicians '
came from the United States to learn auseufla- '
tion under the direction of the master. His book 1
was translated info many languages and passed I
many editions." Bouillaud. an eloquent proses- i
sor ot the Faculty, has greatly enlarged and per- !
fectcd the application of Laennec’s conceptions i
and process.—lt may he noted, that the discover- I
er was carried off in 1826, by pulmonary con- j
“sumption—the malady to'which his researches!
and new practice were so successfully and pecu- j
liarly directed. The principal parts of Pari set’s I
eulogy are now extant in the Gazette Medicate. j
Axtiq.uities of South America.—lntelli
gence has been received from Mr, Stephens and
Mr. Catherwood who have arrived safely at Gua
temala,anu finding no possibility of transacting of
ficial business, have proceeded toexplore the ruins
ot Palenque—one ot the greatest objects of curiosi
ty in Central America. Both travellers are familiar
with Egyptian antiquities,and consequently,in ex
am niiig the temples, heiroglyphics, pyramids via
ducts, and military roads, which are every where
encountered in that interesting country, will oe
able to decide promptly what agency the Phcni
cians had—those builders of Babylon, Tyre and
Carthage—in the erection of those vast edifices
scattered abunantly throughout South America.
Both travellers are inured to fatigue, and have
given evidences of patient historical research
hold out great promise of successful labor.
Catherwood will probably be the only artist of
eminence who lias visited that country, and
we may have a panoramic view of the run** of
that extraordinary city. European travellers have
become tired ot Egypt, Thebes, and Memphis,
and are directing their attention to Peru, Mexico,
ami Central America. Publishers arc also fitting
out travellers for journies in those countries, and
we are happy that circumstances have given to
Mr. Stephens and Catherwood the advantages of
an early and close research of those antiquities.
I he late Mr. Dewett must have exaimined and
written much on that subject during his residence
in Guatemala. He was an industrious, inquiring
and ready writer; and if his executors have any
manuscripts of his which may not be prepared
for publication, we would he happy to see them
or hear ot them. In a few years, and when po
litical affairs arc more tranquil, the governments
of Europe will send expeditions to those coun
tries.—New York Star
Sweet Sensibility.— AH the quack doctors
—we beg their pardon—the patent medicine ben
efactors of their species—who guarantee cures
for every evil that flesh is heir to. say that coun
terfeits ot an article are proofs of the excellence
of the genuine thing. Estimated by this rale,
genuine “ sensibility” must be one of the seven
cardinal virtues, and the chiefest among the se
ven ; for there is more mock sensibility in the
world, than mock modesty, and that is saying a
great deal. It is exceedingly pretty to
“ Die of a rose in aromatic pain”—
To shriek at the agonies of a disemhowlcd
spider, and go into tears at the thought that pigs
and poultry must he killed before they are eaten.
W c certainly should he the last to cavil at true
mercy. But these sympathy-mongers, because
“ Phe quality ot mercy is not strained”—
would fain filter it all through the threads of a
linen handkerchief. It there were any sincerity
in these professions; and real care for the hap
piness ot others, one might put up with their
little tender weakness and affections. The truth
is, that the} 7 arc made up of inordinate selfish
ness and heartless cruelty. Their sorrows and
sympathies are all wasted on air, and they have
none left for service or use.
A young lady who shall oh dear! through
every line of a trifling narrative of mock sorrow,
would not give up an article of superfluous or
nament to save a family from starving. A young
gentleman who belongs to this exceedingly sen
sitive class, sheds tears over the fate of the In
dians, and ail other miseries, in relief ot which he
cannot possibly he called upon, but when any
thing practical presents itself, he is not at home.
Prominent and active talking members of all so
cieties for speculative philanthropy are these very
tender hearted people—but their acute sensibility
keeps them always at a distance from any scene
of the real giief, which might shatter their deli
cate nerves. In a word, their benevolence is all
speculative—not active—all show—no service—
all talk, no performance.
It is a "matter of congratulation to the world,
that theie are so many people left in it who have
no sensibility. Such haul hearted animals are
very useful when a house is on fire, as they
make no bones of plunging into it. for the res
cue of life and property, while •* sweet sensibili
ty” is faint and prostrate, Heartlessness goes
directly into the hovel of the destitute—sets the
children to work, gives relief to the parents, and
advice to all; while sweet sensibility is holding
his nose at the door, and talking about repre
senting the case to our society. In short, bluff,
blunt, hearty usefulness does the labor of this
working day world, while the finer feelings are
kept in lavender, to be sported like a fifty dollar
handkerchief upon the pave in public. Useful
ness is the democracy, “ sentiment” the aristo
cracy—one is the “ bone and muscle ” the other
the “ fancy work.”— Dispatch and Taller.
Dramatic Effect. —ln a drama recently pre
sented in the Theatre at Berlin, the head of a
victim of the tyrant of the piece was to be pre
sented him in a dish, on a table, and covered with
a napkin. All the preparations were most inge
niously made for this awful spectacle. The head
was to be a real one, and the actor who was to
perform the part of the decapitated person had to
thrust his head through an aperture in the back
scene, and lay it in the dish, painted so as to
make a ghastly appearance. This was done; the
tyrant had raised the napkin, and the audience
were all becomingly horrified, when the dead
man’s head replied to the tirade which his mur
der was in the act of delivering, by a violent fit of
sneezing, which al once turned the scene into a
ludicrous farce, and the house rang with laugh
ter. Some wag who had admission behind the
scenes bad sprinkled the blood-stained dish with
a quantity of snuff.
A Happy Expression. — The following is a
copy of a resolution offered in the legislature of
a Western state :
Resolved. That this general assembly will ad
journ sine die when they get ready, and not be
fore —any thing in Bill Turner’s resolution to the
contrary notwithstanding.
From the Knickerbocker.
Life’s Journey,
SY ROBERT M. CHARLTON.
X.
Oh, blessings on thee, Caroline !
May kind affection’s ray
For ever on thy prospects shine,
For ever o’er thy way !
! Not only in thy girlhood’s hoar.
And in thy beauty’s prime.
But when the gloomy shadows lower
Os Age’s evening time.
”•
This world is not, ah, Caroline !
The Eden it appears ;
Though brightly all its pleasures shine,
’Tis but a vale of tears :
For listen to my history,
The travel of a day,
It will unfold the mystery
Os Life’s uncertain way.
HI.
Wc rise up in the glorious light
Os Spring’s enchanting dawn ;
The sun is shining dear and bright.
The dew is on the lawn ;
V\ c see no cloud, we hear no storm,
We think not of decay ;
And with affections pure and warm.
We hasten on our way.
iv.
And step by step the prospect grows
More beauteous to our sight
And hoar by hour the sunshine glows,
More glorious and more brigh ;
And though a few companions ear
Have wander’d from our side,
We shed for them no passing tear,
As onward still we glide.
v
But suddenly another land
Hath burst upon our sight;
The breeze that fans us is more bland,
The sunshine is more bright;
We miss the friends that with us press’d
Across that dewy plain,
For some have laid them down to rest.
And others cold remain.
vi.
But other travellers join our band,
And newer hopes are ours ;
And still we travel in a land
Os sunshine and of flowers ;
Hope and Ambition are before.
But Youth and Love behind ;
And ah ! the freshness as of yore,
We look in vain to find !
VII.
But yet our steps are firm and free.
Our spirits do not droop ;
And tilled with happiness and glee.
Still onward moves our troop;
And still th’ horizon dim of Fame
Recedes as we advance ;
Nor yet is won the deathless name.
By genius or by lance.
VIII.
And now the orb that o’er us shone.
Hath sunk down in tlie West,
And cold, and cheerless, and alone,
We lie down to oar rest:
No more we see Hope’s cheering light,
Nor feel the zephyr’s breath,
But onward comes the shades of Night,
The midnight shades of Death !
ix.
Thrice happy he, oh, Caroline !
Who e’er he thus lies down.
Hath won a heiitance divine,
An everlasting crown
And happier still the forms that die,
E’er childhood’s hour is o’er;
But ah ! the tear is in my eye,
And I can write no more !
x.
But blessings on thee, Caroline !
And may affection’s ray
For ever o’er thy prospects shine.
For ever o’er thy way,
Not only in thy girlhood’s hour,
And in thy beauty’s prime,
But when the gloom}’ shadows lower
Os Age’s ev’ning time !
Savannah, Georgia.
The Queen’s Jiarriage.
The ceremony of the Queen’s marriage took
place on the 10th February, at the Chapel Roy
al. St James.’ The ofliccrs of the household
and the attendants of her Majesty began to ar
rive at Buckingham Palace about half past ten
o’clock. The Earl of Uxbridge, the Earl of Bel
fast, the Earl of Surrey, the Earl of Albemarle,
Colonel Cavendish, Lord Alfred Paget, Sir
George Anson, the Lords in Waiting, Ladies in
Waiting, Maids of Honour, Bedchamber Wo
men, Gentlemen Ushers, &c. ail assembled at 11
o’clock.—The Ladies of her Majesty’s suite were
summoned by the Master of the Horse, and hand
ed into four of the Royal carriages by Col. Ca
vendish (Clerk Marshal) and Alfred Paget, and
despatched to St. James’s Palace. At has past
11 the six gentlemen composing the foreign suites
of Prince Albert and the Duke of Saxe Coburg
Gotha mustered in the Grand Hall. At a quar
ter to 12 the Royal carriages having returned, no
tice was given to the Royal bridegroom that all
was in readiness for his departure. The Prince
immediately quitted the private apartments of
the palace, and passed through the state rooms
in the uniform of a British Field Marshal, and
wore no other decoration than the insigma of the
Order of the Garter The Prince was supported
i by his father and his brother the hereditary Prince.
His Serene Highness wore the collar of the Or
der of the Garter, and the star, and the star of
the Order of Coburg Gotha. Prince Ernest
wore the insignia of a Grand Cross of an~Or
der of Knighthood. Prince Albert was prece
ded by the Lord Chamberlain, the Vice-l ffiamber
lain, the Treasurer and Collector of the House
hold, Lord Torrington, the Clerk Marshal Equer
ries, Gentlemen Ushers, &c. the remaining por
tion of the foreign suite bringing up the rear.—
The Prince entered the carriage amid the sound
of trumpets, the lowering of colouis, the pre
senting of arms, and all the honour paid to the
Queen herself. His Royal Highness, with his
father and brother, occupied one carriage, and
the attendants two others. A squadron of Life
1 Guards escorted the Prince to St. James’s Palace.
On the reiurn of the Lord Chamberlain six of
the Royal carriages were assembled, and his
Lordship informed her Majesty that all was ready.
The Queen then left her apartments, leaning on
the arm of the Earl of Uxbridge as Lord Cham
berlain, supported hy the Dutchess of Kent, and
followed hy a Page of Honour. Her Majesty
was preceded by the Ear! of Belfast, the Earl of
| Surrey, Lord Torrington, hie Earl of Albemarle
j Col. Cavendish, Sir Geotge Anson, Lord Alfred
j Paget, Mr. Byng, and several other officers of the
I household. Her Majesty carried her train over
; her arm. Ihe Royal bride was greeted with loud
acclamtions on descending to the Grand Hall, but
her eye was bent principally on the ground, and
a hurried glance around, and a slight inclination
of the head, was all the acknowledgment return
ed.—Her Majesty wore no diamonds on her head
nothing but a simple wreath of orange blossoms.
The magnificent veil did not cover her face, but
hung down on each shoulder. A pair of very
large diamond earrings, a diamond necklace, and
the insignia of the Order of the Garter, were
the principal ornaments worn by the Queen.
The Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Suth
erland rode in the same carriage with her Majes
ty, and the Royal cortege left the Palace at a
slow pace under an escort of cavalry.—Her
Majesty was enthusiastically cheered as she pro
ceeded to St. James’s in the following order:—
hirst Carnage.- Two Gentlemen Ushers—
Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard—Groom of
the Robes.
Second Carriage: Equerry in Waiting, Hon.
C . Grey—Two Pages of Honor—Groom in
V\ aiting, Hon. Major Keppel.
Third Carnage: ( lerk Marshal, Hon. H. F.
Cavendish—\ ice Chamberlain, Earl of Belfast—
Keeper of the Privy Purse, Sir H. Wheatley—
Controller of the Household, Right Hon.' G.
Stevens Byng.
Fourth Carriage: Bedchamber Woman in
Waiting—Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard,
Earl ol Ilchester—Master of the Buckhounds,
Lord Kinnaird—Treasurer of the Household,
Earl of Surrey.
Fifth Carriage: Maid of Honor in Waiting
—Duchess of Kent’s Lady in Waiting, Lady
Charlotte Dundas—Gold Stick, Lord Hill—Lord
in Waiting, Viscount Torrington.
Sixth Carriage: Lady of the Bedchamber in
M aiting—Master of the Horse, Earl of Albe
marle—Lord Steward, Earl of Erroll—Lord
Chamberlain. Earl of Uxbridge.
Seventh Carriage.- The Queen —The Duch
ess of Kent—Mistress of the Robes, Duchess of
Southerland.
Her Majesty reached St, James at 10 minutes
past 12 o’clock, and entered her closet, where she
awaited the summons to the chapel. The pre
sence-chamber, Queen Anne’s drawing room, ar
mory room, and the grand stair case to the col
annade, were filled with spectators, for whom ac
commodations had been provided. The colon
nade through which the procession passed to the
chapel was excellently arranged. The seats,
which were separated from the pillared colonnade
by a dwarf railing, were covered with crimson
cushions with gold-col >red borders and fringe.—
All the remainder of this temporary structure
had the semblance of having been constructed of
solid masonry. The Iloor of the colonade was
covered with rich Brussels carpet, which extend
ed into the vestibule, up the grand staircase to
the armory, through the presence-chamber to
Queen Anne’s drawing-room, and thence to the
ante-chamber and throne-roorn, where her Majes
ty and Prince Albert’s portions of the procession
were marshalled. The seats erected for the ac
commodation of the spectators were covered with
crimson cushions and yellow»fringe, thus sustain
ing uniformity throughout. They were railed off
from the line of procession. The principal en
trances to the Chapel Royal, were from the am
bassador’s court, and the color quadrangle oppo*-
site St. James street. At the eastern end is the
communion table, and at the lower end, abutting
over the main entrance, is the Roval gallery or
closet. Two galleries, supported by cast-iron
pillars, stretch east and west the entire length of
the chapel. On the floor, placed longitudinally,
were two pews on eat-h side of the chapel, set
apart for the chief nobility, and those who took
part in the procession. The gaiieries, east and
west, from both sides of the altar to the Royal
closet, were occupied—the upper end, on the
right, by the Cabinet Ministers and their ladies,
on the left, by the ladies and officers of her Ma
jes y’s household. Below the choir, on the right,
and in the galleries opposite, usually appropriated
as Royal closets, the walls ot the building were
thrown out, and six benches on each side fitted
up for the accommodation of peers,peeresses, and’
other distinguished spectators. The Royal clos
et was assigned to the ambassadors and their la
dies, five rows of seats, elevated one above the
other, having been erected for their accommoda
tion. The whole of the seats in the chapel were
stuffed, covered with crimson cloth, and elegantly
ornamented with gold fringe. On the commun
ion table was displayed a vast quantity of golden
plate, including six salvors, one of gigantic di
mensions, two ponderous and rich f aaes, four fla
gons, four communion cups, and two lofty and
magnificent candelabra. The cornice above the
altar, of beautifully carved oak, was richly gilt,
superb crimson velvet drapery depending from it
in graceful folds upon the communion table.—
M ithin the railinc, which was also covered with
crimson velvet, stools were placed on the right of
the altar for the Archbishops of Canterbury and
York, and on the left for the Bishop of London,
Dean of the Chapel Royal. In front of the com
munion table were placed four chairs of state,
gilt, and covered with crimson silk velvet, each of
different construction, and varying in elevation,
according to the dignity of their intended oc
cupants. The highest, largest in size, and most
costly in workmanship, was of course appropria.--
ted to her Majesty, and was placed somewhat to
the right of the centre; that on the opposite side,
immediately on her Majesty’s right hand, being
set apart for Prince Albert. Before these chairs,
which were placed about six feet outside of the
railing, foot-stools were set of corresponding
structure and decoration. There were also fald
stools for her Majesty and Prince Albert, on
which to kneel at the altar. On her Majesty’s
left a chair was placed for the Duchess of Kent;
and at the opposite side, on Prince Albert’s right,
one for the Queen Dowager. On her Majesty’s
extreme left were seats for the Dukes of Sussex
and Cambridge; and on Prince Albert’s extreme
right for the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg, the
hereditary Duke, and the Duchess of Camb-idge,
Prince George of Cambridge, Princess Augusta
and Princess Mary of Cambridge. The floor of
the chapel was covered with rich purple and gold
carpeting, the prominent figure being the Nor
man rose. About halt past 11 o’clock the Arch
bishops < f Canterbury and York and the Bishop
ot London, took their places within the altar.
A lew minutes before 12 the Queen Dowager
entered, the Chapel Royal through the Dean’s
vestry door, and took her seat near the altar.
Her Majesty was arrayed in a robe of rich silk
purple velvet trimmed with ermine. A flourish
of trumpets and drums, at twenty five minutes
past 12 o’clock, gave intimation of the proces
sion of the bridegioom, which moved according
to the programme previously arranged. As the
Prince moved along he was gieeted with a loud
clipping of hands from the gentlemen, and wa
ving of handkerchiefs from the assembled ladies.
His Royal Highness walked i p the aisle, car
rying what appeared to be a c idea a or book in
his right hand, and repeatedly bowed to the Peers
in the body of the chapel, j laving reached the
haul pas, his Royal Highness affectionately kiss
ed the hand of the Queen Dowager, and' then
bowed to toe Archbishops and Dean. Immedi-
I ately on his entrance a voluntary was performed
by Sir George Smart on the organ. After having
conducted the Prince to the altar, the Lord
Steward and the Lord Chamberlain quitted the
Loyal Bridegroom for the purpose of conducting
the Queen to the altar. In a few minutes that
which was denominated the Queen’s procession
was announced by a flourish of trumpets am^