The Royal Marriage At Windsor

From ihe Philadelphia Pres. The maiTiago of the Ueir to lüüg land's diadem - to au igland sceptre thtit rules one of tbo vas test umpires in tbe world-is a matter of importanoe where it bas occurred; of interest almost every whcre, and tlic spacc we givo this morniug to tbe account frorn the Times is uotbing more tban a proper tribute toan cveiit wbich Englar.d hus celeiiiMted with unprecedented pomp and joy. - llere, where we rceeived t li 0 Pricce of Wales witb a kindness wbicb was mainly elieited by our impression as muob of lus mother's goodness as a womap, as of hor passive excellence as a Queen, thcre is ahnost a personal feeling in favor of tbe youug man's well doing. Our gentier thoughts are toached, too, by tbe ?ssurauce, wbich we are williug to accept au trae, that tbo uuion is one of mutual affection, though, n poiut of fact, as tbe Prince of Vales could legally marry none but a Princeps and a Protestant. tbe suitable young ladies in Europe from wbom be could select did not exeeed tbe magical uuinber of Seven, and tbe pres ent bride was ehoseu for biin by bis motber, long bcfore eitbcr ol tbeui bad ever seen tbo young lady. It vías fortúnate that, in tina lottery, be drow a wiuniug ticket, endoised by ufi'ectiou Tbe persoiis wlio were married in tbo ohapel of Windsor Gastle, on Maren tbe 10tn, were Albert KdwarJ, Prince of Wales, boni 0,1 November Otll, 1 8-1 1, and Maria Charlotte Louifeu-Juha, Princesa of Denmark, I ■ r. on 'he tirst of Deüêinber, 1841. Tbe British people, though of a grave and USually undemonstrative obaracter, soui"times have strong fits of entbusitism. Tbus, on tbe accession of Qucen Victo ria, tbia entbusiasm, endowing a fair and gentle girl of eigbteen witb all tbe cardinal vii tues, burst out into a tudddii estro ol' spontaueous affectiou, wbicb took tbe convjgntipiial title of " oyalty." tíometbiug like this, witb auotber nanio, bas animuted London, the heart of tbu Britisb empire, on tbe occasion of the young and comely Btrangar passing througb Loudon, en route to ri;,d ir "Castle, a few d lys bei'oie her nüptruls. Owing to Queen Victoria's ahnost moibid autipatby to appcaring in public, sinoe her bustiaud's death, the uiarriuge wás personally witnessed by only eigbt or uiue bundred picked amJ favored persons, tbe Queen beiug present, tiiough uuseen. The British public wtuld have been better pleased bad tbe ceremonial been p';rfornied in v esl minster Abbey or St. PauPB, wbere thou.sands could have geen it. and bundreds of ' bouaauds ot 'outdoor spectators migbt huve liued tbe strents and peopled tbe wiudows on tbe line ot tbe gofgeous procession to aud from the altar, it i true, tbere is no preeedjöiit for this It is ceftain tbat, since tba srceession of tbe House of Ilanover, ia 1714, and long belore, Britieh Koyally bas not condeteoended, even in a sohtary iustanci", to be wedded in puMic. S til I, oue by one, the haughty babita of tbe court have so been relaxed, of' late yearg, that John liull uaturaliy expected be would be aüowed to see a oeremouial so interesting to all bis kitb and kin. Ha will be allowed tbe gratiücation of pay ii? for it. The ooit is rougbly estimated at S2öO,000. Marriage is frequeutly happy or unbappy, nccording, to usa a familiar phrase, to the means of boiliag tbe pot. The Dauish bride is dowerlesn, but th3 bridcgrooui, as the eider bom sou of England, and future King, bas euough for botb Eacb Prince of' Wales is boni, not with a silvcr spoon, but with a golden ladle in bis muuth, Froria the moment wheu be draws bis first breatb, ho suceeeds to various hereditai'y titles, with the revenue of tbe Dueby of Corn wall to inaiiitam their "dignitv," Tbis annual rental, wheu tbere is nol a Prinoe ot' Wa en, goes into tbe pocket of the reigning nionareb ; wbere there is, it ougbt to be laid by, and busbandëd for bi n during tbe twenty-osie years of bis minority. üeorgo tbe Tbird took all this mouey (a gross total of 1,190,000,) while bis son wás under age, and aubae quenty declined giving au a-uonnt, or suireudering a sixpenee of it, chnming tbe wbole as au oil'set to tbe I) iard aud lodging, dress and eduuation oí bis elderboru from youtb to uianbooj ! The arents 1 f the present Priuce of V ales act cd more bouestly. The pecuuiaiy affairs of the üuchy of Cornwail were so wisely ailininistereil, tbat on attaiuing kis n:ijority last November be t'ound bis leveuue or rental iucreased lrom L20,000 to over L-16,000 a year, and accumuliited rental to tbe auiount ot' Ljí)Ü,000 in t'it. tbreeper cent. consols, aeiually worth L420,000 at tbe market prioe of the day Out of this L220,000 bas already liee paid away on the purehuse üf' ni estáte in Norfolk, to be the l'r.nce's private resideuce, the animal rental of wlnuli vvill ba. about, L51)00, per cent on the capita iuvested IJ is outfit, gtyfth as the f,ir ui!iin of Marlborqugh house (iulj.iceu t to St. James' palacu,) carriages, stud, liveries, platQ, &a., vill absii'b L1UO,000 of the balance, and LKiy,c.)'JÜ is to u expended on the matisiun and land in Norfolk. The rent, with interest ot' the remainder added to the J)uuh}' ruv.iiiuü, give the Prince a clear rental of Lüü OJO a year. To thia, Parliauaont has added L40,000 a year for tbe Priuce, :nd L10,000 a yeir for the Priocess with a íinal provisión of L30,000 a year as j li.nture shuuld lier husband die befora lier. To our simple repablicau taste, the acorae of $550,000 per annum for a ym:r coupie just launched upon t'iu pctjau of marriago may appear, and iodleei) is, n very large suin. It is leas, however, than other persona ia thur positioa for uier ly possessed In faet, tliero aro al threesoore British Lrobie;nen whno reatal is as great ; there are a dozen who doublé and treble it ; thero aro sonie who are six, seven and eight times more richly eudowed. At the héad of all the rank and weáTth of the empire, it ha beeu conceded, even by the economista in tho Biittah Parliament, tbat the future King and Quocn of' England sbould havo sufficient inoonie to live on, liko the high nobility, without getting iuto debt. In a republic, most probably, tho affair would ave boon nianaged more economieally. Tho present allowance, howovor, ia much loss than at any fonner pcriod, and it must bo rcineinbcrod thuf the ynlue of maiicy is dearer nv tlian it formerly was ÖBOTge II, vVhile Frinee of Wales, had L100,000 pounds a year and the revermo of the Duchy. His eldest gon Frederick also had tho Duchy inoomè, anl a grant of L50,000 a year, whioh was subaequosiily ■ doublod, ftfid L'200,000 to puy his debts. George IÍT, who wftS mly twenty-two whon he bocarae Ki'ig, ad the same revenue as hi i'ather, Prederiuk. VVhou the next l'rinoo of Wales, i't'orv. ards George ilf, oaiae of a ;i, Parlisment voted him L50,000 a year, ü)d L100,000 aa an outfif, in additiou to .he Duohy inooma of L;5,000 a yeir. - íre long Pai-liaiin-ni h;:d to grapt 1161,)00 to piy lus debtj, L20 000 to complete Curlton House, and add L10,000 jer annnnl to liis allowa;ies. In a few rearï the debti of this young hopüi'al anioimted to L700,000, and his mrriage vith lus poitwio, Princes Garoliue of ii'Uiiswiek, took placü on tho atipulation tiat i!:o öatiöD ihóüld discharge thna i rhi wiüiion, and L28,000 w8 fui'thfir :rait,d for pl-.ite and jewels for " tii iappy oouple; " L2ü,000 raoi'e for the ompletiori of Carltin House; L125,000 ven-, witb the Dtrohy rovenue, for the 'rince, a;:d a Beparate joiature of L60, ;!!J a for tae Priaoss, winuh waa iltunately giveq her during hor lil'etime Vguiosi guiib lai'iaU extravaginoe :s this, L10 000 a year to the present Prinoe of iVales, and L10,000 a yaar to hi wifo, ppears a coiaparatively moderate allowneo. 'j'hoy will alo have a palaoe ront Voe. But, on tint whole, JoBñ Buil hinks th.it he lias baen let off vary lighty in thiü dotatiou. il i