§ Message from The Queen—Delivered by the Earl Granville, and read by the Lord Chancellor, as follows:
§ "VICTORIA R.
§ "Her Majesty having agreed to a marriage proposed between His Royal Highness Alfred Ernest Albert Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent, Earl of Ulster. Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and Her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess Marie Alexandrovna, only daughter of His Majesty the Emperor of All the Russias, has thought fit to communicate it to the House of Lords:
§ "The numerous proofs which the Queen has received from the House of Lords of their loyalty to the Throne, and of their attachment to Her person and family, leave Her Majesty no doubt of their readiness to concur in enabling Her Majesty to make a further provision for His Royal Highness: V.R."
§ Ordered, That the said Message be taken into consideration To-morrow.