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o'clock, the Duke of Gloucester 

 arrived in state with his suite in 

 two carriages. He was dressed 

 in the unifojni of a Field-Mar- 

 shal, and wore the order of the 

 Garter. At the entrance of the 

 palace, the officers of the Prince 

 Regent's hoviseliold waited to le- 

 ceive him, and the Royal Duke 

 bowed his acknowledgments for 

 tfeis mark of attention. The 

 Duke and Duchess of York fol- 

 lowed immediately. At half-past 

 eight the Prince Regent arrived, 

 not without his usual train of 

 Life Guards: he was accompa- 

 nied by the Duke of Clarence and 

 his attendants. .4t a quarter be- 

 fore nine Prince Leopold arrived 

 with his suite ; and soon after- 

 wards the marriage- ceremony be- 

 gan. 



The Foreign Ambassadors with 

 their Ladies entered the saloon 

 first, then followed the Cabinet 

 Ministers and their Ladies, and 

 proceeded to the right. Tlie 

 Great officers of State, and those 

 of the Royal Households, went 

 to the left. The Queen took her 

 station to the left side of the altar, 

 where was a state chair placed for 

 her; the Princesses Augusta and 

 Elizabeth, the Duchess of York, 

 Princess Sophia of Gloucester, 

 were on her left, and their fe- 

 male attendants after them ; 

 while the Prince Regent was on 

 the right side of the altar, and his 

 royal brothers near him. Every 

 tiling being arranged and I'eady, 

 tlie Lord Cliambeilain retired, 

 and introduced the Duke of Glo- 

 cester, and presented him to the 

 altar. He then retired again, 

 and with the Duke of Cambridge 

 introduced the Princess Mary ; 

 and the Royal Duke presented her 



Royal Highness to the Prince Re- 

 gent, who gave her away in mar- 

 riage to the Duke of Gloucester. 

 Her Royal Highness was (h'essed 

 with her usual beautiful simplicity : 

 she wore no feathers, but a ban- 

 deau of white roses fastened to- 

 gether by light sprigs of pearls. 

 Her neck was ornamented with a 

 brilliant fringe necklace : her 

 arms with bracelets of brilliants 

 formed into tlowers, and her waist 

 with a girdle to correspond with 

 her bandeau. Her Avhole appear- 

 ance was very lovely. The ladies 

 present were also most splendidly 

 dressed : the prevailing colour 

 was blue. The formal document 

 of the royal assent, signed with 

 the great seal, being shown to 

 tlie Archbishop of Canterbury, 

 that prelate, assisted by tlie Bishop 

 of London, proceeded to perform 

 the solemn ceremony. 



Mr. Provis, the Verger of 

 \\^iitehall, who had formerly 

 been present at the christening 

 of her Royal Highness, now as- 

 sisted at her marriage. At about 

 a quarter past nine the guns fired 

 a signal that the marriage was 

 concluded ; and the Princess 

 Mary, after giving hei- hand to 

 be kissed by the female attend- 

 ants of the Queen and Princesses, 

 retired with her husband and the 

 rest of the Royal Family to the 

 private apartments of the Queen. 

 In the mean time a profusion of 

 choice refreshments was served 

 to the company, among whom 

 the Queen soon re-appeared, with 

 most of her family, to receive their 

 congratulations. At a quarter be- 

 fore ten o'clock, the bride having 

 taken off her wedding robes, and 

 put on for her travelling dress a 

 white satin pelisse and bonnet, 



came 



