MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.

Lyttelton Times, Volume IX, Issue 567, 10 April 1858, Page 4

MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL.

The following official programme has been published.:—

Windsor, 30th Dec. The marriage eeremoin' of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William of Prussia, ■will take place at the Chapel Royal, St. James's, ■on Monday, the 25th of January. There will be present on the occasion, besides the Eoyal Familj-, the King of the Belgians, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders,

the Prince and Princess- of Prussia, Prince Frederick Charles (nephew of the King, son of Prince Charles,) Prince Albert (brother o£ the King) Prince Charles Albert (son of Prince Albert), Prince Adalbert (cousin of the King), and the Hohenzollen Sigmaringen, the Grand Duke and Duchess of Baden, and Prince Wil-

liam of Baden (brother of the Grand Duke^

and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Coburg, the whole of whom will arrive in London, from the Continent, on the loth of January, and the fallowing days, and will be her Majesty's guests at Buckingham Palace, while apartments have been engaged for their respective suites at Farragce's and Fenton's Hotels.

There will also be present on the occasion Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Prince and Princess of Hohenlohe Langenburg, Princess Feodore, and Prince. Victor of Heheulohe, and the Prince of Lenigen. Her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the royal family will arrive in town on Friday the 15th of January. A series of theatrical representations will take place at Her Majesty's Theatre on Tuesday •fhe 19th, Thursday the 21st, and Saturday the 23rd of January, at which her Majesty, the royal family, and foreign -visitors will be present, i

Her Majesty will give a state ball at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday, January 20th. Prince Frederick William will arrive on the 23rd. After the marriage ceremony on the 25th, the Princess Royal will leave Buckingham Palace for Windsor Castle, attended by a limited suite.

'Tier Majesty will give that evening a state concert at Buckingham Palace, to which the persons -present at the marriage ceremony, the corps diplomatique, the members of the Government, and a number of the aristocracy will be invited.

On the 26th most of her Majesty's guests ■will return to the Continent. On the 27th her Majesty and the Prince Consort, with the junior members of the royal family, will join the young married couple at Windsor Castle, where, on the 28th, her Majesty will hold a Chapter of the Garter, for the purpose of investing Prince Frederick William with this dis-

tinguished order. The Knights of the Garter attending the Chapter of the Garter will be her Majesty's guests at the Castle, and will be present at a grand banquet to be given in honor of the occasion. On Friday, January 29th, her Majesty, the Prince Consoit, and the royal family, with Prince Frederick William and the Princess Royal will return to town, and be present in state at a representation at. Her Majesty's Theatre in the evening. On the following day (January 30th), her Majesty will hold a drawing room at St. James' Palace for the purpose of receiving congratulations on the Uiappy event.

■^lie departure of their Royal Highnesses is "fixed for Tuesday, February .2nd. Their Royal Highnesses will embark at Gravesend, in her Majesty's yacht Victoria and Albert, and cross ■ over to Antwerp. The following "is extra official: —We believe that the Princess Royal will be attended to the altar by eight bridesmaids, selected from the: maidens of high degree who are honoured by laer Royal Righness's friendship, and most closely connected by household claims tor this great distinction. Rumour mentions the following : —Lady Cecilia Lennox, Lady Susan Pelham Clinton, Lady Susan Murray, Lady Catherine Hamilton, Lady Emma Stanley, Lady Cecilia Molyneux, Lady Constance YilUers, and Ludy Sarah Spencer. The costume chosen for this bright bevy the Princess herself designed aud had one made to judge of its effects. The costume which her Majesty will wear at the marriage of the Princess Royal and Prince Frederick William, will be of peach coloured moii'e antique with Honiton il >unces and pench velvet train, the lace flounces being the same

' which the Queen wore'at her own wedding. The bridal costume of the Princess Royal will we understand ,be of rich white moire antique; the lace dress of exquisite H-miton guipure, con.sisting of three flounces, the body being trim•med to match. The veil will be of Honiton guipure -lace, which wiU he worn-in a style com'pletelv novel in this country for bridal costume, .and will be attached to the he.-id with magnificent Moorish or Spanish pins. The dress and rveil are splendidly worked —the emblem being the rose, shamrock, and thistle. The latter has ■employed'so gwrls for the last 12 months. This aiew style of veil was entirely her Majesty's suggestion, and the carrying ont of the idea has ■imtft;the approbation .of the.Queen. The cost of this production, will be about £600. One of the most singular events of the week in conuectiou with the Princess Royal's, mar-

riage, has been the seizure of the property belonging to Mrs. Moon, who has for many years ■ carried on business as a dressmaker, in Mcuutstreet, Grosvenor-square, and was patronised ■by the royal family and many of the nobility. The declaration of her insolvency at a time when she had received extensive orders preparatory to the celebration of the marriage of the princess roj'iil with the prince of Prussia no doubt caused a sensation in many fair bosoms of the elite of Belgravia, but who can con--1 ceive the consternation on it being telegraphed to them that thei-e had been an extensive seizure of letters addressed to Mrs. Moon, containing orders on the auspicious occasion, which had been seized by the rude hand of the messenger of the court The messengers in bankruptcy are not generally over-nice in such matters, but, in this instance, as some of the letters were said to be written by her Majesty, the Princess .Royal, and other persons of distinction, Mr. Hamber, the messenger, was too loyal and gallant to suffer the eyes of the inquisitive to pry into the mystery of " crinoline," and the letters were sealed up and left in the care of Mr. Pennel, the official assignee; but what a curious "Diary of a Court Dressmaker" might probably be compiled from such rare materials and memoranda. There is, of course, a profound secrecy on the part of the officials on the subject, but it is understood that some of the letters connected with the orders for the royal marriage have been given up. j Prince Frederick William's Christmas gift j to the Princess Royal of England was a pearl necklace, reported to be of the value of £4000. It has been announced to the young ladies who were to form part of the procession on the bride's entrance to Berlin, that the Princess declines their attendance on account of the season, as dangerous to their health; bufc that she will receive them the next day at the Eoyal residence.