The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1880-05-01 00:00:00

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TRE ROYAL MARRIAGE AT WINDSOR.
In accordance with the previous consent of the
Queen, signified under the Great Seal and entered in
the books of the Privy Council, the marriage of the
Princess Frederica of Hanover, Princess of Great
tritain and Ireland, with the Baron von Pawel Ram.'
iningen, was celebrated on Saturday at Windsor.4The
Queen herself gave away the bride, and Prince Leo-
Pold was best man. Except in so far as it might
IOsBII3IY affect the succession the wedding had no
public or State character. It was performed in
°le Private chapel in the Castle, and there were
resent just over a hundred persons of distinction in
nglish politics, art, or society. Of these the per-
t:ages principally concerned in the ceremonial had
„en her Majesty's guests during the previous night in
‘ne Castle, as were also the Duke and Duchess of
Connaught, whose marriage in the spring of the
Previous year was fresh in the memory of most of the
vvvlsi• The following members of the Royal Family
ere Present at the ceremony :
_their Royal Highnesses Prince and Princess
Uhristian of Schleswig-Holstein; their Royal High-
tiesses the Duke and Duchess of Conna,ught and
trathearne ; her Royal Hignness Princess Beatrice ;
tßoyal Highness Prince Leopold; her Royal
17 gullese the Grand Duchess of MecklenburrStrelitz ;
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge ; her
.ztoYal Highness the Duchess and his Serene Highness
the Duke of Teck, attended by the Hon. Mary
711esiger.
The guests entered the Castle by the porch in the
quadrangle which leads to the grand staircase. They
'were marshalled in by four of the old Royal Marshal-
men, who made a brave show in scarlet coats braided
Iv'th gold, quaintly shaped peaked shakos, black and
"anded with gold, with short swords at their sides,
4ad in their hands black wands tipped with gold. The
waY lay through the armoury, filled with burnished ,
ra,Pens and coats of mail, and so to St. George's
1,--a", the great gallery from the roof of which the
*liners of the Knights of the Garter hang down.
'rein this spacious hall, built by Wyatville and
anriched with portraits by Vandyck, Lely, Kneller,
Lawrence, the way was made into the little
uhapel. At the Queen's entrance to the Chapel
the stairs were flanked by large bushes of white
azaleas in flower. Within the chapel was hung
neve its high oak pannelling with festoons of green
eaves relieved by white azealeas. Above this rose the
White and gilded walls and roof. Arum lilies and
fisrfeeP ferias or palms decorated the altar on each side
the golden altar-plate.
e entrance of the guests into the chapel was made
;Rule Sir George Elvey played a minuet from Handel.
bl einciYal personages came afterwards, the Queen in
e!4 silk with a diamond crown, attended by the
tv!astress of the Rotes (the Duchess of Wellington) in
plack silk
-dress with white fichu, with pearl and diamond
llead ; the bride with her six bridesmaids, all in
Zhite satin, she veiled in white and with orange
in her hair, they with wreaths of yellow
tl°l.:gs—aPPropriate, since yellow is conspicuous in
anoverian colours. The bouquets were of white
IT'ses interspersed with ferns, with lilies of the valley
istarnling out above
I... The Queen took her seat upon a low stool placed
wetween the reading-desk and the altar. The bride
and bridegroom, both of them tall and handsome,
,13t?c,z1 close beneath the stained-glass windows of the
Z'ar end of ,the chapel, where the Bishop of Oxford,
lig his lawn sleeves, accompanied by Dean Wellesley,
celebrated the marriage. The Princess Mary, Duchess
of Teck, and most of the ladies sat on the same side of
'lle chapel as the Queen (the left side), looking to the
ccaumunion-table. Prince Leopold, the Duke of
gar:abridge, and other Princes were on the opposite
Elde, supporting the bridegroom. In the part of the
;11aPel more remote from the altar were Lord
zeaconsfield, Sir R. A. Cross, and the general corn-
kanY• The galleries were occupied by the servants.
tie white of the bridal procession contrasted well with
the mauve and other dresses of the ladies, the red and
q_ark blue Windsor colts of the gentlemen, who wore
.the jewels of their orders on their breasts. Prince
jppold wore the Riband of the Garter, the Dean of
indsor the Collar of the same Order, Sir R. A.
r 0
s 5 his new Order of the Bath.
The Court Circular, in describing the ceremony, says
:
members of the Royal Family having been conducted
,_e9osir places in the chapel, the Lord Chamberlain con-
ted the bridegroom, supported by his Royal Highness
ce Leopold, to his place in front of the altar.
lier Majesty, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the
euiientlemen of the Household in Waiting, then entered the
~12.aspel with the bride, follaved by the bridesmaids, the
141 tress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, and the Maids of
.„..T.he bridesmaids were—the Countess Feodora Gleichen,
Muriel Hay, Lady Mary Ashburnham, Lady Victoria
bkll,lgelnan.`Fncer, Lady Albertha Edgcumbe, and Lady Florence
'`)
The service ras performed by the Lord Bishop of Oxford,
assisted by the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor.
The bride was given away by her Majesty the Queen.
stlirle march in Handel's Occasional Overture and Gounod's
pro ehe Iteligieuse were played as the wedding _partyap-
_,. ached and entered the chapel, and Mendelssohn s Wed-
Sir March as they retired.
cipc,
--rge Rlvey, Mus. Doc., presided at the organ.
The following hymns were sung by the choir :
HYMN I.
"Oh blest the house, vvhate'er befall,
Where Jesus Christ is All in All;
Yea, if He were not dwelling there,
ROW poor and dark and void it were
Oh blest that house where faith ye find,
d all within have set their mind
ie trust their God and serve lgrn still,
.and do in all His holy will.
llest such a house, it prospers well;
Peace and joy the parents dwell,
And in their children's lot is shown
Row richly God can bless His own.
Then here will I and mine),to-day
A solemn covenant make and say—
Though all the world forsake Thy Word,
• I and my house will serve the Lord.—Amen."
C. C. L. von Pfeil, 1735.

HYMN IL
"May God be merciful to both,
And give His Light to guide their Way.
• His blessing be upon them both,
Their love increasing day by day.
So shall no shade of sol%w cloud
The sunshine of their youthful home,
But happiness in endless round
Shall compass all their life tocome.— Amen."
His lioyai Highness the Prince Consort.

" God save the Queen," played by the band of the Grenadie r
unarda in the Quadrangle, marked the conclusion of the
ceremony. The Queen, the bride and bridegroom, the Royal
pleats, and a few others passed to the Green Drawing-room
r sign the register. The other.guests assembled meanwhile
Lit the Red Drawing-room. The register was entered in
,_"Plicate in the comparatively modern book of St. George's
.ntapel, Windsor, and that of St. James's Chapel, London,
the registry of Royal marriages (and of others celebrated in
the Chapel Royal of St. James's), which dates from 1761.
Towards five o'clock groups of the guests gathered in the
Quadrangle and ladies took up their position at the windows
to see'the departure of the fortunate couple. The travelling
carriage, with four gray horses.ridden by postilions in blue, pre-
ceded by an outrider in scarlet, stood at the Queen's Entrance,
and just after five, the Princess Frederica, in a dark travel-
and the Baron von Pawel Rammingen, entered
the carriage, and, followed by a shower of slippers and rice,
drove by the Castle-hill, the Broad-walk, and so to Claremont.
The iraansion in which the honeymoon will be spent is on
the estate on which Lord Clive, with the assistance of
,he
Brown," lavished so much of his Indian gold. The
Queen once resided in it with Prince Albert, and lent it in
recent years, first to Lord Lorne, and afterwards to the Duke
Of Connaught.

THE WEDDING PRESENTS.
The following list of presents made to her Royal
Righness Princess Frederica, is published in Monday
evening's Court Circular :
Indian shawls, silver knives, silver forks, silver spoons,
Prayer-book, and a ring, from the Queen.
Silver candelabra, from the Prince and Princess of Wales.
A diamond butterfly, from the Princess of Wales.
A diamond and lapis-lazuli brooch, from the children of
he Prince and Princess of Wales.
A claret jug, from the Duke and Duchess of Connaught.
A silver kettle? from Prince Leopold.
Salt-cellars, silver muffiners, and a diamond and coral
Drooch, from Princess Beatrice.
A silver tea service from the Duke of Cambridge, the
Vichess of Cambridge, and the Grand Duchess of Meeklen-
"lirg•Strelitz.
A. reading lamp from Count and Countess Gleichen.
A silver- ilt bowl, from the Marquis and 3farchiones sof
Balisbury. g TOM
A gold tea set and salver, from the Earl of Beaconsfle d
mitt I.ord Rowton.
A silver tea set, fromithe Earl of Ashburnham.
A diamond and pearl brooch, from the Earl of Bradford..
A cockatoo pepper-boxarom the Countess of Bradford.
liver mirrors, from Siff vor and Lady Cornelia Guest.
A dessert service from the six bridesmaids.
A breakfast service from lady Geraldine Somerset.
A silver-gilt dish, from Mrs. Ronalds.
A clock, from Colonel 11'Neill.
A post-box, from Sir Dighton and Lady Probyn.
A plush table, from the Hon. A. G. Yorke.
A gold salver, from Mr. Corry.
A prayer-book, from the Hon. Mrs. C. Eliot.
Candlesticks, front Mdlle. Norele.
'The Lovers' Tale," from Mr. Tennyson.
Twa china ornaments and an old silver chatelaine purse,
from Sir John and Lady Cowell.
A screen and table, from Lady Londesborough.
A. Meat table, from the children of Captain the Hon C.
A reading lamp, from the Countess of Kinnoull.

•
.X-PRESIbENT GRANT ON ARBITRA-
• TION.
• The brief telegrams recently published respecting Ex-
President Grant's words to the Pennsylvania Peace Society,
clrlitted much that was interesting in his reply. He said
• "My views on this subject of peace and the. resort
to the conflict of.arms have been well known, having
beeu made public in an official way. Although edu-
,Fated and brought up a soldier, and having, probably,
°seen in as many battles as anyone, certainly as many
as most people could have been, yet there was never a
'nue, or a day, when as it w not my desire that some
Pjust and fair way should be established for settling
Eoulties instead of bringing innocent persons into
Conflict, and thus withdrawing from productive
u Our able-bodied men who, in a large majority of
e34es, have no particular interest in the subject for
'which they are contending. I look forward for a day
.When there will be a Court established that shall be
I.cognised by all nations, which will take into con-
i!lderation all questions of difference between nations,
th aud settle by arbitration, or decision of such Court,
questions, instead of keeping up large standing
as- in Europe, although we are not troubled
.rirselves in that way. In the course of my travels,
hl what I have seen, I am constrained to believe,
• °Weyer, that the day is yet distant when such a result
"ty-LaY be hoped for. The differences between some
puropean electors are such,. at the presen time, that
a...°ne was to reduce its armaments it would be in
from those who are stronger. This is the
.vest objection. The Eastern question is one-
' •Wilich it will be a long time before the nations in-
. terested will consent to arbitrate. The European
t")wers have to look abroad, beyond their own
o?.ntinent, for trade and support. They each and
tu of them are looking, more or less, to the East.
2,._ch nation is lealous of the advance made by all the
l'ne,tB in that direction, in the acquisition of territory,
o.p!p. that
of commercial relations. Ido
the' ',l_lrilc) however, that this should be any cause for
AL—auaternent of efforts on the part of the Peace
'4°9lol'l What thoy loolod forward to irs a groat ro•

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)rrnr.and such reforms are not a,ocathplished in a day.
onIS, wish it was susceptible of gpee,dy solution, but,
3 I. remarked, I do not think it is." _

-
A member of the Peace Society remarked: "It will
be a long time I fear, before arbitration can be esta-
blished." "True," replied the Ex-President, "but
you need not be discouraged. You must work on—
you must agitate! agitate ! "
The secretary of the Society asked the Ex-Presi-
dent, "if some system of simultaneous and propor-
tional disarmament were not, in his estimation,
possible in Europe." He replied, "Oh, yes, each
nation can reduce the army gradually and in equal
ratio, just as easily as increase it."