The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-11 00:00:00

she drops her arm, and for the first time appears
beneath the folds of her veil a large bouquet of
orange flowers, carried in a princely gift from the
Maharajah Dhuleep Singh:
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On these occasions, we believe, the dress of the
Bride ranks in general estimation as only second in
importance to the celebration of the ceremony itself,
which is to be regretted, for a lady's dress, like a
lady's beauty, can only be described by its effect.
It is embroidered white silk, trimmed with silver,
which can just be discerned in rich designs glitter-
ing between the sno try folds. The traditional white
is not, however, departed from, though all over she
wears a slight boddice with open sleeves of white
silk, embroidered with silver, and which, falling
tight, sets off her tapering waist and faultless ,ym-
metry of form to absolute perfection. Her gorgeous
train of white and silver is borne by eight young
ladies, between the ages of 15 and 20, the very choice
and flower of the fair scions of our most ancient
houses. The young ladies thus honoured with so
fair a post in the long programme of the happy day
are all the daughters of dukes, marquises, or earls
whose titles are almost as familiar as the names of
our kings of old. They were Lady Victoria Alex-
andria Montagu Douglas Scott, daughter of the
Duke of Buccleuch ; Lady Theodora Grosvenor,
daughter of the Marquis of Westminster ; Lady
Diana Beauclerk, daughter of the Duke of St.
Albans; Lady Elma Bruce, daughter of the Earl of
Elgin; Lady Victoria Hare, sister of the Earl of
Listowel ; Lady Agneta Yorke, daughter of the Earl
of Hardwicke ; Lady Victoria Alexandria Elizabeth
Campbell, daughter of the Earl of Cawdor ; Lady
Constance Villiers, daughter of the Earl of Claren-
don; Lady Ernestine Emma Horatia Mount-Edge-
cumbe, daughter of the Earl of Mount-Edgecumbe
and Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley, daughter
of Earl Cowley.

It is quite superfluous to say bow they looked, as,
robed in snowy white and wrapped in veils, they
followed their _Royal mistress with soft footsteps,
though, as they were not going to be married, they
seemed to think themselves relieved from the neces•
sity of looking on the ground, and glanced about
and turned to one and another, and made believe to
look as if they did Lot know and hear that they
commanded almost their full tribute of admiration,
even behind such a lady in such a scene as this.
Imagination must draw their pictures, for words
would fail to paint them. Their dresses were all of
white—a wonderful mixture of silk and lace that
made them seem ethereal in the lightness, as partly
wrapped in long soft veils they passed as noiselessly
as a vision which cannot be forgotten or described.
Lady Georgina Hamilton, daughter of the Marquis
of Abercorn, was originally intended to form one of
the lovely train, bat was unfortunately prevented
by indisposition, which, though not severe in cha-
racter, was sufficient to prevent her attendance now.
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Slowly the Bride reaches the haut pas, and as she
stops to bow to the Queen some of her fair atten-
dants,who are apparently more nervous than herself,
attempt to kneel, but, finding their mistake, rise
quickly'and move on as if they did not mean it.
Then, and then only, does the Prince turn, as if to
receive her, but checks himself as he sees them all
bowing to the Queen, and for the first and only
time he seems irresolute. as to what be ought to
do. The long keen scrutiny seems to have dis-
turbed his composure at last, though only for a
second, and the Anthem ceases, and all retire a
little apart while the Bride and Bridegroom are
left standing in the middle of the haut pas, the
latter alone, the former of course closely surrounded
by her attendant bridesmaids so closely indeed that
in that g, rgeous mass of scarlet and purple and
gold they were the only group on which the eye
could trace with a feeling like rest from the sur-
rounding glitter.
Handel's march from " Joseph" had been played at
entering, but all music had ceased as the party stood
around the altar, till its strains broke out with the
solemn words of the chorale :

This day with joyful heart and voice
To Heaven be raised a nation's vay'r ;
Almighty Father, deign to grant
Thy blessing to the wedded pair.
So shall no clouds of sorrow diui
The sunshine of their early days ;
But happiness in endless round
Shall still encompass all their ways.

The exquisitely soft music of this chant, at once
solemn and sorrowful, was composed by the late
Prince Consort. It may have been this, or the
associations and lifelong memories called up by the
scene beneath her, but certain it is that as the hymn
commenced her Majesty drew back from the window
of the pew, and, after an effort to conceal her
emotion, gave way to her tears and almost sobbed,
nor did she throughout the rest of the ceremony
entirely recover her composure.
Then was continued the usual prayer and exhor-
tation, daring which the guns in the Long Walk
were heard booming forth, and the steeples through.
out the town seemed to fill the air with sound.
Then the Primate, raising his voice, solemnly pro-
nounced the benediction, during which the Queen,
who had been more deeply affected, knelt and
buried her face in her handkerchief. The Bride
and Bridegroom then joined hands, and, turning to
the Queen, gave more a nod of kindly friendship
than a bow of State, which the Queen returned in
kind. In another minute the Queen, giving a
similar greeting to the Princess, quitted the closet,
and the whole pageant went pouring in a gorgeous
stream or flood of colours of waving plumes, and
flaming jewels, out of the Choir. None can tell but
those who were present how grand and solemn was
the whole ceremony, or with how much deep hope
and true devotion the marriage of the second Prince
of Wales was celebrated in St. George's Chapel,
Windsor.

,(Fronz the Court Circular.)

The marriage of his Royal Highness Albert Ed-
ward, Prince of Wales with her Royal Highness
Princess Alexandra, eldest daughter of their Royal
Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian of
Denmark, was solemnised at St. George's Chapel
Windsor, yesterday.
The procession of the bridegroom and of the
Royal guests from Windsor Castle to St. George's
Chapel took place in the order and at the time stated
in the ceremonial. The Royal visitors were conducted
by the Lord Chamberlain and the Vice-Chamberlain
from the State rooms to the grand entrance, where
their Royal, Imperial, and Serene Highnesses were
handed into their carriages by the Master of the
Horse and the Queen's Equerries.
Her Royal Highness the Bride, accompanied by
her father, Prince Christian of Denmark, and by
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, left
the Castle at 23 minutes past 12 o'clock, escorted by
a detachment of Life Guards. The suite of the
Princess occupied three carriages.

St. George's Chapel was daly prepared for the
solemnisation of the nuptial ceremony, and every
exertion had been made by the authorities to accom-
modate as many spectators as possible with a due re-
gard to the nature of the occasion and the comfort of
those admitted to the ceremony.
The aisles of the nave were fitted with tiers of seats
covered with scarlet cloth, and which prsjected into
the body of the chapel between the columns. The
lofty doorway leading from the nave to the vestibule
at the west end of the chapel was screened by heavy
crimson curtains, and new figured red carpet with a
broad white border, on which thecipher of the Prince
and Princess alternately with the Prince's plume
and Imperial crown were designed, led through the
nave and choir up to the Haut Pas in front of the
altar. The Haut Pas was covered with blue cloth,
patterned with the riband and motto of the Garter,
while within the altar railing the floor was covered
with blue cloth, worked with the collar and badges
of the order. The altar itself was hung with blue
velvet, and bad on it numerous salvers, candlesticks,
and sacred vessels all in silver gilt. On each side of
the reredos were draperies of crimson velvet. The
Royal closet on the north side of the Chapel, over
the Haut Pas, was hung with Garter blue velvet,
richly trimmed with gold lace. The seats of the
stalls of the Knights of the Garter and all the other
seats of the choir were covered with blue cloth.
Seats of crimson velvet and gold for the use of the
Royal Bride and Bridegroom, and kneeling stools
of the same material, were placed on the Haut Pas
in front of the altar railing.
The chief point of interest in the Chapel itself is
the new east window, a memorial to the Prince Con