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VOLUME XLV.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1863.
THE PALMERSTON CABINET.—1863.
First Lord of the Treasury.. . Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Chancellor .......... Lord Westbury.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster.Right Hon. E. Cardwell.
President of the Council.. Earl Granville.
President of the Board of Trade.Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson.
Lord Privy Seal ..Duke op Argyll.
Home Office ........... Sir George Grey, Bart.
Foreign Office ..Earl Russell.
Colonial Office .......... Duke op Newcastle.
War Secretary ........... Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
India Secretary.Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
Admiralty ............ Duke op Somerset.
Postmaster-General . ... Lord Stanley op Alderley.
Poor Law Board ... ....... Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers.
POLITICAL
rFHE same feeling of enthusiasm which had been mani-
fested before the marriage of the Prince and Princess
op Wales was exhibited on every occasion on which the
Royal pair, or either of them, afterwards appeared in public.
The Princess was everywhere hailed with cordial expressions
of admiration and good-will. Her beauty and the graces of
her manner won all hearts that came within the sphere of
her influence, and the efforts that were made whenever she
went abroad to catch even a transient glimpse of her fair face,
evinced a truly chivalrous spirit of loyalty. The Prince also,
as he became better known, was cordially appreciated, and
received many tokens of public favour and respect. Alto-
gether, there could scarcely be a more hopeful prospect for the
British throne than this auspicious marriage appeared to loyal
subjects to foreshadow.
London Bridge presented a most striking spectacle—a
triumphal arch spanned the whole extent of the railway—the
appearance of the bridge itself was completely changed.
Venetian masts, surmounted with the Danish emblems of
ravens and castellated elephants, medallions of ancient kings
of Denmark, tripods of incense, apocryphal statues of illus-
trious Northmen, gods and goddesses, rampant sea-horses, and
Britannia ruling them, and many other devices which said
more for the liberality of the decorator than the congruity of
the design.
On through St. Paul’s Churchyard,—the lofty warehouses
crowded from doorway to roof, down Ludgate Hill to Mr.
Punch's Offlce in Fleet Street, where the ceremony took place
recorded on the title-page of Vol. XLIV !
On again, up the Strand and through Pall Mail, St. James’s
SUMMARY.
Street, Piccadilly, through Hyde Park, where 17,000 Volun-
teers were drawn up iu double line on each side the carriage
drive, and so to the Great Western Railway, and then away
to Windsor.
It was past six o’clock when the Royal party reached Eton,
and as the authorities could not present their address, the
Eton boys gave nine hearty cheers—no doubt to the relief ot
the Royal lovers.
The cortege passed on, and speedily reached the triumphal
arch in Windsor, where it was joined by the members of the
Corporation. There were six Royal carriages. The Princess
was in the first, which was escorted by a company of Life
Guards. The Princess did not appear at all fatigued,
but bowed to the cheers with which she was greeted all along
the route, with as much spirit as though it had been the
beginning and not the termination of the long day’s
journey. All through Windsor she was greeted with enthu-
siastic shouts, and those shouts must have rung in her ears as
she entered the portals of Windsor Castle.
In one of the rooms of the Castle, looking out upon the
entrance drive, the Queen anxiously awaited the coming of
her Royal daughter, for an hour or more before dark, with the
young Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and it was not
until it became too dark to note what was going on below, that
the group on which all eyes were fixed retired.
In the evening, spite of the rain, which still descended
in torrents, the town was illuminated, and conspicuous to
all the country for twenty miles round was the Castle on the
hill, for every window was a blaze of light, in brilliant welcome
of the young Princess who had just arrived withiu its walls.
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VOLUME XLV.-JULY TO DECEMBER, 1863.
THE PALMERSTON CABINET.—1863.
First Lord of the Treasury.. . Viscount Palmerston.
Lord Chancellor .......... Lord Westbury.
Chancellor of the Exchequer.Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone.
Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster.Right Hon. E. Cardwell.
President of the Council.. Earl Granville.
President of the Board of Trade.Right Hon. Thomas M. Gibson.
Lord Privy Seal ..Duke op Argyll.
Home Office ........... Sir George Grey, Bart.
Foreign Office ..Earl Russell.
Colonial Office .......... Duke op Newcastle.
War Secretary ........... Sir G. Cornewall Lewis, Bart.
India Secretary.Sir Charles Wood, Bart.
Admiralty ............ Duke op Somerset.
Postmaster-General . ... Lord Stanley op Alderley.
Poor Law Board ... ....... Right Hon. Charles P. Villiers.
POLITICAL
rFHE same feeling of enthusiasm which had been mani-
fested before the marriage of the Prince and Princess
op Wales was exhibited on every occasion on which the
Royal pair, or either of them, afterwards appeared in public.
The Princess was everywhere hailed with cordial expressions
of admiration and good-will. Her beauty and the graces of
her manner won all hearts that came within the sphere of
her influence, and the efforts that were made whenever she
went abroad to catch even a transient glimpse of her fair face,
evinced a truly chivalrous spirit of loyalty. The Prince also,
as he became better known, was cordially appreciated, and
received many tokens of public favour and respect. Alto-
gether, there could scarcely be a more hopeful prospect for the
British throne than this auspicious marriage appeared to loyal
subjects to foreshadow.
London Bridge presented a most striking spectacle—a
triumphal arch spanned the whole extent of the railway—the
appearance of the bridge itself was completely changed.
Venetian masts, surmounted with the Danish emblems of
ravens and castellated elephants, medallions of ancient kings
of Denmark, tripods of incense, apocryphal statues of illus-
trious Northmen, gods and goddesses, rampant sea-horses, and
Britannia ruling them, and many other devices which said
more for the liberality of the decorator than the congruity of
the design.
On through St. Paul’s Churchyard,—the lofty warehouses
crowded from doorway to roof, down Ludgate Hill to Mr.
Punch's Offlce in Fleet Street, where the ceremony took place
recorded on the title-page of Vol. XLIV !
On again, up the Strand and through Pall Mail, St. James’s
SUMMARY.
Street, Piccadilly, through Hyde Park, where 17,000 Volun-
teers were drawn up iu double line on each side the carriage
drive, and so to the Great Western Railway, and then away
to Windsor.
It was past six o’clock when the Royal party reached Eton,
and as the authorities could not present their address, the
Eton boys gave nine hearty cheers—no doubt to the relief ot
the Royal lovers.
The cortege passed on, and speedily reached the triumphal
arch in Windsor, where it was joined by the members of the
Corporation. There were six Royal carriages. The Princess
was in the first, which was escorted by a company of Life
Guards. The Princess did not appear at all fatigued,
but bowed to the cheers with which she was greeted all along
the route, with as much spirit as though it had been the
beginning and not the termination of the long day’s
journey. All through Windsor she was greeted with enthu-
siastic shouts, and those shouts must have rung in her ears as
she entered the portals of Windsor Castle.
In one of the rooms of the Castle, looking out upon the
entrance drive, the Queen anxiously awaited the coming of
her Royal daughter, for an hour or more before dark, with the
young Princesses Louise and Beatrice, and it was not
until it became too dark to note what was going on below, that
the group on which all eyes were fixed retired.
In the evening, spite of the rain, which still descended
in torrents, the town was illuminated, and conspicuous to
all the country for twenty miles round was the Castle on the
hill, for every window was a blaze of light, in brilliant welcome
of the young Princess who had just arrived withiu its walls.