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I J. W. &W. S JONES. AUGUSTA, Ga. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 14, 1840. , Vol. IV— No. 31
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AUGUSTA.
FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 13.
Pennsylvania.
Last night’s mail brought us no later intelli
gence direct from Harrisburg. We arc however
induced to believe from the spirit of the intelli
gence received indirectly, that a better feeling is
likely to prevail in the Legislature towards the
Banks of the State than we feared some days ago,,'
The anti-bank men had expressed a willingness
to submit to the views of the Van Buren Conven
tion,which is said, by those familiar with the sen
timents of the delegates, to be decidedly conserva
tive. We hope they may be correct- If so, con
fidence will be restored to every class ofbusiness,
and the public mind will be relieved from that
painful anxiety under which it has been laboring
for some lime past.
The Race
Which came off yesterday over'the Lafayette
Course between Gano and Omeiga, four mile
heats, is said to have been performed in better
time than any two heats ever made over this
course, which is thirty three feet over a mile.—
The purse was taken by Gano, who performed
the first heat in 7m. 485., and the second in 7m.
4955., with great ease, without being touched
with whip or spur.
f . ■
Destructive Fire at Newark.
The New York Commercial Advertiser of Sat
- urday says :—We are informed that there was a
very large fire at Newark, N. J. last evening, in
Mechanic street, near Market street, by which
from fifteen to twenty houses were destroyed. A
part of the property, we are informed, was owned
in this city.
From Harrisburg.
A letter from Harrisburg, says the Philadel
phia Inquirer, informs us, that the Van Buren
State Convention rejected both sets of Delegates
from Philadelphia, by a vote of 74 to 43. The
Van Buren members of the Legislature from the
city and county, were then substituted by a vote
of 97 to 23. Mr. Van Buren was unanimously
nominated to the Presidency, and the vote for
the Vice Presidency stood thus:
R. M. Johnson, 107
W.R. King, 22
Manhattan Bank. —The New York Express
of Friday, 2 P. M.says—
The Manhattan Bank Committee begin at the
right end by counting the specie, the bundles of
bank notes and other assets. In the kegs of
specie there has been found a deficiency of some
thousand dollars, which with the cash short in
the hands of the first teller, is found to be sixty
one thousand dollars, and which has been chang
ed over by order of the Directors to the loss ac
count. Thus we find one large item before
coming to any losses, on stocks held, on individ
ual paper.
The falling off in the revenue of our Custom
House, for the last five months, are astonishingly
great. The amount received in January and
February, 1839, was about one million each
month. This year, from corresponding months,
it is about one quarter, or two hundred and fifty
thousand dollars each month. Indeed, the de
bentures on goods exported have been mostly
equal to the receipts, leaving the government
almost minus. Since March came in, there has
been more imports. The packets from Liver
pool and Havre have brought fair cargoes.
The Boundary Troubles. —The Dangor
papers say that the statements made by Govern
or Fairfield, and denied by the British Minister,
in relation to British works and occupancy in tne
disputed territory, are true to the letter. Two
young men, who were sent by Governor Fairfield
to Lake Temiscouta, to ascertain what operations
the British were carrying on in that quarter, re
present that there arc nearly or quite two hundred
British officers and soldiers at the Lake, and that
the works erected there are much more extensive
than hitherto reported to be.
For the Chronicle Sentinel.
Mn. Editor. —Permit me, through your col
umns, to remind the community of the popular
course of Lectures on some subjects in Natural
Philosophy and Chemistry, which is announced
by Professor Davis, of our Medical College, to
commence on Monday evening of next week.
The established and well earned reputation of
Dr. Davis, furnishes the best pledge of a rich
entertainment to those who shall attend the pro
posed course. But it is for the purpose of appeal
ing to a motive somewhat less selfish, that I ask
space <br these few remarks. I cannot hut sup
pose that every intelligent member ofour commu.
nity feels, if not a pride, at least, a deep interest
in our Medical College : and under this persua
sion, I would respectfully suggest, that they are
now famished with an appropriate opportunity
of testifying t’..e sincerity of that sentiment, by
extending their countenance and their patronage,
on the present occasion, to a member of 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.
The 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.
Owe op the Trustees of the College.
Forty-Four Days Later from Europe.
ARRIVAL OF THE GREAT WESTERN - .
The steamship Great Western which left Bris
tol on the 20 th February, arrived at New York
on the 7th, bringing London and Liverpool dates
to the 20th, and Havre of the 17th. From the
New 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.
The Queen of England was married to Prince
Albert of Saxe Coburg on the 10th February.
The sales of cotton in Liverpool, on the 19th
Feb., amounted to 2,500 bags, chiefly American.
In Manchester, 14th Feb. prices of cotton weie
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 ship Havre was burnt off the coast
of Cork, Feb. 10th; she had 1564 bales of cotton
on board. Twenty souls wore saved; the rest
lost. She was from New Orleans.
The Duke of Wellington has had two or three
alarming fits of illness; so much so as to be con
sidered hopeless.—Daily bullctins'are issued from
Apsley House.
The steamship Liverpool arrived out safely
Jap. lOth.
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 info 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
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, had increased £l4O,
000—the bullion had increased £510,000.
China. —The fighting between the English
atKt 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, in which one
of the latter was sunk, and seven of the survivors
sent back with their tails cut off?
India. —The fighting hero between the Bri
tish and native waxes hotter and hotter. The
British stormed Khelat 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 be made cabinet questions.
On the last Monday in January, 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
it £30,000. The amendment was carried by 104.
Strength if 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 to 70 percent American Currency.
The negotiations pending between France and
Holland are also, according to the Dehats, draw
ing to a close. Holland lias 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 lime
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 Bhierckareto
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 wore lost in a con
flict between the troops and the country people,
growing out of the high price of corn.
Mehemet Aly 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 Britain intends to send a land, as well as
a naval force against the Chinese.
Spain. —The Cortez, it was believed, would
meet Feb. 18. Madrid was quiet. In the Ga
zette we find the report of an engagement which
took place on the 28th ult in Catalonia, between
Carbo’s division and 3000 men under Brujo.
The latter, driven from their position, loft 43 kil
led on the field. The Christinos had only six
killed and about 30 wounded.
Cabrera is not dead but recovering
The Arabs had not appeared in the plain of
Algiers since December 31.
There 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.
The Alexandria letters of 17th ult. describe
the great preparations for hostilities on the part
of Mehemet Ali, and his determination not to
give way in the dispute with the Porto
The Board of trade has decided that teas taken
from China in foreign ships and put aboard Brit
ish any whore will be 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, Duke of Saxe, Prince of Saxe Coburg
and Gotha, Knight of the Most Noble Order of
the 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,'
and declaration bo registered in her Majesty’s I
College of Arms. , '
s tendon Monet/ 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 tho 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 9d on all common and
good Congous and Twankeys;the market closed
firm, with more buyers than sellers.
We hear in Wall 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 of
the Commissioners, by playing three games of
dominoes with all the serenity of conscious inno
cence. Having thus composed himself, he re
turned to the bank, and finding his fate scaled,
made the best of his way to the afternoon train of
the Philadelphia cars, and proceeded ns far as
Brunswick, when all trace of him was lost.—
New York A rnerican.
Cotton Tuauk,—-The condition in which the
trade in this staple is at the present time, is thus
referred to in the New York Express:—
The Cotton business has entirely changed this
year. Last year a large portion of it was in the
hands of speculators, who in many instances,
with small means, were able by advances, to con
trol a vast 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 and
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 Traiie. —Our Rcportof the Markets,
in another column shows that the Flour inspec
tions of 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 wilt be 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 Intelligencer has 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 Doator, whose indefa
tigable labors in the United States cannot be for
gotten. lam glad to learn that lie intends to em
igrate t* 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 un additional importance to his designs.
Here, our climate in general has been nearly as
much discredited by the reappearance and diffu
sion of that scourge, us our credit by the suspen
sion of specie pay ments.
At the same silting 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 of the
eyes, in hooks provided by a committee; any
light to be allowed, &c. Several candidates for
the premium wore presented, but all failed in
their repeated attempts, and among them the fa
mous damsel Pigcuire, about whoso 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
magnetizers 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 reading with the eyes
open, and in broad daylight, through an obaquo
body, such ns a tissue of thread, silk or cottou,
placed at a distance of six inches from the fice, or
oven through a sheet of paper.
At the late annual sitting of the Academy of
Medicine, Dr. Pariset delivered the appointed
“historical culogium” of Laennec, the celebrated
author of the Treatise of Auscultation. All the
import mica of this process for the affections of the
chest, and even others, has been known and ex
perienced in our country since the appearance in
1819 of his (wo volumes upon his discovery. Pa
riset observes : "There 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 ausculta
tion under the direction of the master. His book
was translated into many languages and passed
many editions.” Bouillaud, an eloquent profes
sor of the has greatly enlarged and per
fected the application of Laennec’s conceptions
and process.—lt may be noted, that the discover
er was carried off, in 1826, by pulmonary con
sumption—the malady to which his researches
and now practice wore so successfully and pecu
liarly directed. The principal parts of Parisut's
eulogy are now extant in the Gazette Medicate.
Antiquities of South Amkhica.—lntelli
gence has been received from Mr. Stephens and
Mr. Catherwood who have arrived safely at Gua
temala,and finding no possibility of transacting of
ficial business, have proceeded to explore the ruins
of Palcnquo— one of the. greatest objects of curiosi
ty in Central America. Both travellers are familiar
with Egyptian antiquities,and consequently,in ex
amining the temples, heiroglyphics, pyramids via
■ ducts, and military roads, which are every where
I encountered in that interesting country, will no
able to decide promptly what agency the Pheni
cians had—those builders of Babylon, Tyro 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 has visited that country, and
we may have a panoramic view of the ruins of
that extraordinary city. European travellers have
become tired of Egypt, Thebes, and Memphis,
and arc directing their attention to Peru, Mexico,
and Central America. Publishers are also fitting
out travellers for journios 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.
The late Mr. Dcwett must have exaimined and
written much on that subject during his residence
in Guatemala. Hewasan industrious,inquiring
and ready writer; and if his executors have any
manuscripts of his which may not bo prepared
for publication, we would be happy to see them
or hear of them. In a few years, and when po
litical affairs are more tranquil, the governments
of Europe will sprnl expeditions to those coun
tries.—New Yuri attar
Swkkt Sensibility. —All the quack doctors
—wo 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 of an article are proofs of the excellence
of the genuine tiling. Estimated by this rule,
genuine “ sensibility” must bo one of the seven
cardinal virtues, and the chiofest 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 discrnbowled
spider, and go into tears at the thought that pigs
and poultry must be killed before they arc eaten.
We certainly should be the last to cavil at true
mercy. But these sympathy-mongers, because
“The quality of mercy is not strained”—
would fain filter it all through the threads of a
linen handkerchief. If there were any sincerity
in these professions; and real care for the hap
piness of others, one might put up with their
little tender weakness and affections. The truth
is, that they are made up of inordinate selfish
ness and heartless cruelty. Their sorrows and
sympathies arc 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 op an article of superfluous or- J
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 all other miseries, in relief of which he *
cannot possibly be 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 C
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. I
It is a 'matter of congratulation to the world, c
that theie are so many people left in it who have
no sensibility. Such hard hearted animals are j
very useful when a house is on fire, as they t
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 I
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, j
blunt, hearty usefulness does the labor of this
working day world, while the finer feelings are [
kept in lavender, to be sported liko a fifty dollar
handkerchief upon the pave in public. Useful- c
ness is the democracy, “ sentiment” the aristo-
cracy—one is the “ bone and muscle ” the other .
the “ fancy work.”— Dispatch and Taller.
r
Dramatic Effect. —ln a drama recently pre- t
sented in the Theatre at Berlin, the head of a '1
victim of the tyrant of the piece was to be pre- c
sented him in a dish, on a talile, and covered with H
a napkin. All the preparations were must mge- (
niously made for this awful spectacle. The head f
was to be a real one, and the actor who was to t
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- I
der was in the act of delivering, by a violent lit of f
sneezing, which al once turned the scene into a ,
ludicrous farce, and (he house rang with laugh- f
ter. Some wag who had admission behind the (
scenes had sprinkled the blood-stained dish with |
a quantity of snuff h
h
A Happt Expression. —The following is a a
copy of a resolution offered in the legislature of h
a Western stale: a
Resolved, That this general assembly will ad- o
journ sine die when they get ready, and not be- e
fore—any thing in Bill Turner’s resolution to the 1 n
contrary notwithstanding. j 1
From tht Knickerbocker.
Life’s Journey.
BY ROBERT M. CHARLTON.
I.
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 hour,
And in thy beauty’s prime,
But when the gloomy shadows lower
Os Age’s evening time.
it.
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.
m.
We rise up in the glorious light
Os Spring's enchanting dawn ;
The sun is shining clear and bright,
The dew is on the lawn ;
Wo 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 hour 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 nut droop;
And filled with happiness and glee,
Still onward moves our troop;
And still th’ horizon dim of Fame
Recedes as we advance ;
Ner 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 the West,
And cold, and cheerless, and alone,
We lie down to our 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 o’er he thus lies down,
Hath won a heritance 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 1 can write no more !
x.
But blessings on thee, Caroline f
And may affeelion’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 gloomy shadows lower
Os Age’s ev’ning time !
Savannah, Georgia.
The Queen’s Marriage.
The ceremony of the Queen’s marriage took
place on the 10th February, at the Chapel Roy
al, St. James.’ The officers of the household
and the attendants of her Majesty began to ar
rive nt 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. all assembled at 11
o’clock.—The Ladies ofher 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 Marshall and Alfred Paget, and
despatched to St. James’s Palace. At bas past
11 the six gentlemen composing the foreign suites
of Piince 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 insignia of the
Order of the Gartw The Prince was supported
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-( Chamber
lain, the Treasurer and Collector of the House
hold. Lord Torrington, the Clerk Marshal Equer
ries, Gentlemen Ushers, die. 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
Guards escorted the Prince to St. James’s Palace.
On the relurn 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 by the Dutchess of Kent, and
followed by a Page of Honour. Her Majesty
was preceded by the Earl of Belfast, the Earl of
Surrey, Lord Torrington, the Earl of Albemarle
Col. Cavendish, Sir George Anson, Lord Alfred
Paget, Mr. Byng, and several other officer* of the
household. Her Majesty carried her train over
her arm. The 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 bead
nothing but a simple wreath of orange blossoms.
The magnificent veil did not cover her face, hut |
hung down on each shoulder. A pair of very
largo 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;—
First Carriage; Two Gentlemen Ushers—
Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard — Groom of
the Rohes.
Second Carriage: Equerry in Waiting, Hon.
C. Grey—Two Pages of Honor—Groom In
Waiting, Hon. Major Keppel,
< Third Carriage; Clerk Marshal, Hon. H. P.
Cavendish—Vice Chamberlain, Eaflof 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 of 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 Wailing, Viscount Torrington.
Sixth Carriage; Lady of the Bedchamber in
Waiting—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
post 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
onnade, 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, wero covered with crimson
cushions with gold-colored borders and fringe.—
All the remainder of this temporary structure
had the semblance of having been constructed of
solid masonry. The lloor of . c colunade 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-room, where her Majes
ty and Prince Albert’s portions of the procession
wore marshalled. The scats 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 Royal gallery ot
closet. Two galleries, supported by cast-iron
pillars, stretch east and west the entire length of
the chapel. On the floor, placed longitudinally,
wero two pews on each side of the chapel, set
apart for the chief nobility, and those who took
part in the procession. The galleries, 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 loft, by the ladies and officers of her Ma
jesty's household. Below the choir, on the right,
and in the galleries opposite, usually appropriated
as Royal closets, the walls of the building wero
thrown out, and six benches on each side fitted'
up for the accommodation of peers, peeresses, and
other distinguished spectators. The Royal clos- “
ct was assigned to the ambassadors and their la
dies, five rows of scats, 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 fable was displayed a vast quantity of golden
plate, including six salvors, one of gigantic di
mensions, two ponderous and rich rases, 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.—
Within the railing, 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 siio, 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 wero 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’*
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 extrema
right for the reigning Duke of Saxe Coburg, the
hereditary Duke, and the Duchess of Cambridge,
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 half past 11 o’clock the Arch
bishops cf Canterbury and York and the Bishop
of London, took their places within the altar.
A few minutes before 12 the Queen Dowager
entered, the Chapel Royal through the Dean’s
vestry door, and took her scat 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 bridegioora, which moved according
to the programme previously arranged. As the
Prince moved along he was greeted with a loud
clapping of hands from the gentlemen, and wa
ving of handkerchiefs from the assembled-ladies.
His Royal Highness walked up the aisle, car
ry ing what appeared to be a cadeau or book in
his right hand, and repeatedly bowed to the Peers
in the body of the chapel. Having reached the
haul pas, his Royal Highness affectionately kiss
ed the hand ot the Queen Dowager, and then
bowed to toe Archbishops and Dean. Immedi
ately on his entrance a voluntary was performed
by Sir George Smart on the organ. After having
conducted the Prince to the altar, the hard
Steward and the Lord Chamberlain quitted the
Royal 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 and