The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-27 00:00:00

The Royal Family in the Highlands.

The Queen, their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales, the Prince and Princess
Louis of Hesse, Princess Helena, Princess Louise,
Prince John of Glucksburg, and Princess Hilda, of
Anhalt, attended Divine service in the church of
Crathie on Sunday. There were also present from
Balmoral and Abergeldie—the Right Hon. Sir
Charles Wood, General the Hon. C. Grey and Miss
Grey, Lady Churchill, Baroness Schenck, Colonel
Keppel, Colonel De Ros, Sir Charles Phipps, Cap-
tain, Mr., and Miss Phipps, and Dr. Robertson.
The Rev. Donald M'Leod, of Linlithgow, preached
an excellent sermon from Romans i. 16—" For I am
not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ, for it is the
power of God unto salvation to every one that be-
lieveth ; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."
The church was very much crowded, there being a
large number of strangers present.

Marriage of Lord Granville.

Among the marriages celebrated yesterday morn-
ing at the parish church of St. Mary Abbot, Ken-
sington, was one, conducted from first to last with
as complete an absence of display as any of its pre-
decessors, yet nevertheless of considerable public
interest. The wedding party, which exceeded but
in a moderate degree the dimensions of a strictly
family gathering, assembled to witness the marriage
of Earl Granville, K.G., Lord President of the
Council, to Miss Castalia Campbell, youngest
daughter of the late Mr. Campbell, of Islay. The
company assembled shortly before half-past eleven
o'clock, in the church itself—one of those square,
formal interiors which modern taste is rendering
obsolete. It contained yesterday, both above and
below, a goodly number of well-wishers and lookers-
on, among the more immediate circle of friends
being Sir J. Acton, M.P., the Hon. Frederick
Leveson Gower, M.P., Lord Henry G. Lennox,
M.P., Sir John and Miss Walsh, Mr. and Mrs.
Davenport Bromley, Mr. J. Crawford, Mr. and
Mrs. Nugent, Sze. Lord Granville was 'one of the
earliest to arrive, with him being, among others,
a youthful nephew, the son of Mr. F. Leveson
Gower, in whom the family resemblance was
strongly marked. The bridesmaids, Miss Violet
Campbell (sister of the bride), Miss Walsh,
Miss Nugent, and the Hon. Miss Pitt, awaited
their charge in the centre aisle, forming, in
their simple but elegant uniform of white satin,
with light blue trimming, and just a sprinkling of
orange flower added to the bonnet, a charming
group. At the appointed time Miss Castalia Camp-
bell entered the church, leaning upon the arm of
her brother, Mr. John Campbell, and from the
moment of her appearance the majority of those.
present had eyes for little else than what might be
discerned through the ample folds of a long white
veil. What was seen by those who were fortunately
near enough was a beautiful face, with a profusion
of light hair, and a figure taller than any of her
bridesmaids, but, at the same time, with a carriage
so light and easy as to gain from that circumstance
added grace and dignity. The procession to the
altar was formed in the usual order, and the Ven. '
Archdeacon Sinclair, vicar of the parish, who
awaited the party within the communion rails, at
once entered on the performance of the ceremony.
There are some within the pale of the Church of
England who think that marriage is worthily cele-
brated only when it is accompanied by the full
anthem of praise to Him to whom the institution of
the rite is due. Others hold that choral music but
distracts the mind and weakens the force of the
solemn message and still more solemn benediction
which the Church at this great crisis of human life
is commissioned to pronounce. Without attempting
to discuss this much-vexed question, it is enough to
say of the impressiveness of the service yesterday
that its effect, not merely upon those who knelt, but
on those who stood round the altar, was too evident
to be mistaken. True, the couple who were just
becoming one were in the eye of the Church neither
more nor less than the couple who had knelt there an
hour before, or who, with the same object in view,
might kneel there next in order ; but not the less was
it true that the bridegroom, by the ceremony then
in progress, was giving to the ranks of the British
peerage one of the fairest additions it has long
received, and not the less was the Countess Gran-
ville to be envied for drawing a brilliant matri-
monial prize. Lord Granville has the good fortune
to be not merely in an official point of view, but one
might almost say by nature, the leader of that au-
gust assembly the House of Lords ; and the same
multiplied and nicely-varied forms of conciliator,'
address, conspicuous even in the polished life of the
Upper Chamber, which have carried him with ease
and favour through the discharge of his duties there,
have recommended him from time to time to the fa-
vour of his Sovereign for missions of a highly-con-
fidential and exceptional character. In Paris the
sensation is still remembered which was created at
the time of the French Exhibition by Lord Gran-
vine's address in the purest French and of the hap'
piest allusion. In the following year, after the
Russian war had closed, and it became important to
turn to account the coronation of Alexander IL, it,
was Lord Granville who was selected as the most
competent and most acceptable Ambassador Extra'
ordinary from this country to undertake the task °f
smoothing painful reminiscences, and of laying the
foundation of a better understanding. At hone
Lord Granville has held his present office for maul
years, if not with the consent, certainly with the
admiration of all parties. No event happening un
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The Duke of Montrose has arrived in town from
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visiting the Earl of Powis, at Powis Castl® Welshpool
His
grace will leave town in a few days to join the duchess
and
family at his seat Buchanan House, Stirlingshire,
N.B.
The- Marchioness of Clanricarde is expected ill
town to-day from Raby Castle, where her ladyship NIS
been visiting the Duke and Duchess of Cleveland.
The Earl and Countess of Seafield will enterf
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a large party at their seat in Scotland until the close o
shooting season.
The Dowager Countess of Ellesill
Blanche Egerton arrived at Holkar Hall on Monday, to Ix!
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present at the wedding of Lady Louisa Cavendish and
Hon. Captain Francis Egerton.
_We regret to learn thst
MR. CHARLES DICKENS.
Mr. C. Dickens, who is now in Paris, has had a sunstron
He was quite insensible for some hours, but, we are balrlt
to say, speedily recovered, and is now quite well
Journal.