§ Mr. Leveson Gower, having been appointed, together with Lord Burghley, Sir Joseph Pease, Sir John Mowbray, and Mr. Whitbread, to attend upon their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales with a Message of Congratulation from this House, reported that Their Royal Highnesses had been pleased to give the following Answer:—
§ Gentlemen of the House of Commons,—
§ The Message of Congratulation sent to us by your honourable House on the Marriage of our Son with the Princess Victoria Mary of Teck has given sincere 1813 pleasure to the Princess of Wales and myself.
§ We see with gladness that the sympathy of the House of Commons, which helped to support us in our hour of sorrow, now again meets us in a season of joy.
§ We thank you heartily for your kind words and wishes.
§ It is our earnest hope that this union, founded in love, and marked by the unanimous goodwill of the Nation, may not only conduce to the happiness of our dear Son and his Bride, but may serve also in the common interests and trials of life to knit to them the hearts of the People.