The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-29 00:00:00

TVF MA Rill:MK OF MOM?. PATT(.
(MIS PAY.)

Thi, soonailig u:an•i:y;e of Wile. Adelina
Patti with the Marquis of CIIIIX was twlebrated in
the Ronan Cutholm Church, Park-place, Clapham.
The prospective marriage of the celebrated cants-
trim * >la. as is well known, announced several times
in the journals, and as frequently denied. It was
not till the feet of the proclamation of banns in
rte,;one known that the public obtained
son,p. hhe a certainty of the marriage colo-

broth
Thr entwuneement made in the morning
piper. et the scene of tho ceremony filled the
little r: si.-11 of the Redemptorist Fathers to in-
tem-eh:Alt overcrowding lung before the time
fiztA !. the celebration, viz., 11 o'clock, and it is
hard!) ressury to add that the larger portion of
the sr. .dors belonged to the fair sex.
The ;lurch was ornamented in the usual style of
'Roman Catholic chapels, that is to say, there were
plenty of flowers on the altars and plenty of
;:ghted candles also. Besides the seats re-
v mai before the altar for the bride and bride-
groom, the lebh :spurt's and groomsmen, there
were writs in the body of the building kept for
those friends who ../1) invited to the ceremony.
The entrante of the bridesmaids, four in number,
attracted the eyes of the crowded chapeL They
*ere dressed iu white with blue wreaths sienna
the head, blue rib:aids round the neck, and blue
The elite 1111 CO of the bride herself, aocom-
inied by her father, Signor Patti, created
tirliveliest interest amongst the spectators. She
-sore a white satin dress covered by a lace
IA which fell over her person. She wore the
~range blossoms consecrated to hymeneal cele-
brations, and a green wreath. She looked, it need
badly be said, extremely pretty, and though
v.•ry pale, she wore a smile on her face.
the at once proceeded to the prie-dieu
prepared for her, and knelt before the altar.
the bridegroom is not like a Frenchman in ap-
pearance. He is fair in complexion, about the
middle height, well made, and suffi-
ciseinutil geed looking. He was ae.com-
y the French Ambassador, the
Prince de he Tour &Auvergne, the Duke of Man-
chester, Mr. Mure, and other friends. Amongst
those present were Signor Mario, Madame Geri,
and three of her children, Signor Tagliafico,
Signor Costa, Mr. Gye, Mr. &mooch, Mr. Harris,
and several others connected with the opera-
Iwuses. The bridesmaids were—Mdlle. Leuw,
alias Maria Harris, Mdlle. Rita di Candies, and
Zany.
The marriage ceremony of the Roman Catholic
(tnrch is a very short one, not occupying
core time than from five to ten 1111•
rules. It is of course in the Latin
v.rigue like all the ceremonies of that church.
When the bridegroom endowed the bride
with all his worldly goods, and placed
:be gold ring on her finger, they retired
frets the into the vestry-room, where the
resisters both civil and ecclesiastical were signed
by the bride and bridegroom and four witnesses,
three of whom were the Prince de la Tour
41*Auvergno, the Duke of Manchester, and Mr.
Nure. When the parties returned into thechurch the
luarriage mass was celebrated, the bride aocom-
psnying the priest attentively, with her Prayer-
-I.ok before her. The bridegroom, or rather the
tusband, for such he now was, did not

Lave, perhaps he did not require, the
ammipaniment of a manual of prayers.
The celebrant of the marriage ceremony and
of the man was the Very Rev. F. Plun-
iPtt (son of the Earl of Bingen), assisted
y the Revs. F. F. Burke and Clarey. The
,19004 occupied much more time than the marriage.
It was the ordinary low mass of the Roman
Catholic Church, but being a marriage one the
huptial blessing was given during its celebra-
tion.

After mass, the bridal party proceeded down
11le church, the principal persons receiving the
t•mgratulations of their friends.

The Marquise de Caux kissed Madame Grisi and
.r daughters, and the Marquis shook hands with
Lie friends.

The bride looked extremely interesting after the
• ; remony, and perhaps not less lovely than when
,s artiste she recently went through a similar
errmony as afraid& in Gounod's opera.
The newly married couple drove off amidst the
landits of the crowd.