The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1863-04-03

crushed uOhueaCu. Az Ino MduSlOu Ilouoe,
which was brilliantly adorned throughout,
the crush of the throng became so tre-
mendOus as to sweep everything before it,
and for time the possibility of making
passage for the royal maiden appeared to
be almost hopeless. By dint, however, of
some smart blows on the part of the po-
lice, and of some persuasive visitatiOns
from the fiat side Of the sword on the part
of the few hnssars who were stationed in
that locality, the throng was at length
forced back enough to admit of the royal
carriage approaching. But though the
carriage did come on, it was surely in such
a fashion as royal carriage never moved
before. In spite of every exertion Of the
servants and troops who accompanied it,
the crowd, partly by its own eager free
will, and partly by the overwhelming force
and strength of the pressure behind it,
was urged forward in such manner as to
threaten not only the lives Of those who
were foremost, but even the security of
the princess herself. For awhile there
was the intensest excitement and horror,
but in the end the royal party were ena
bled to move. Wherever they passed
there was the same crowds, the same dis
plays and decorations, and the same en-
thusasm. 1t was late in the day before
the couple reached Windsor Castle, where
there was grand illumination at night.
THE DAY OF TIE MARRIAGE
Tuesday was the day set apart for the
marriage ceremony, and Windsor was alive
from an early hour. Though the accom-
mediation for London sightseers provided
at Windsor was but limited-nOt above
two thousand at the outside having admis
sion to the castle and the chapel-still the
pressure on the railways was sufficient to
render it necessary to provide extra ex-
press trains, and these were filled to sutfO-
cation. On reaching the southwestern
station at Windsor the visitor found the
quaint streets of the quiet little borough
already overfowing with loyal crowds;
every one, from highest to humblest, wear
ing some token of the day, from the most
elaborate tavors, gay with gold and silver
and embrodery-the plulces of Wales and
the white cross Of Denmark conspicuous
above all other emblems- down to penny
lunches of artificial white roses, or few
inches of cheap white ribbon. The setting
Of these groups was in festive-keeping. The
picturesque old place seemed to have burst
into greenery and blOssoming. The Old
World houses hid their warped and wrin-
kled fronts under gay devices, in which
evergreens did more effectively the duty
for which Londoners are tain to press drug
get and calico into service. Notices of
good omen Haunted from every window or
stretched across the houses in colOred
lamps, waiting the darkness.
THE SCENE AT THE CHAPEL.
When the chapel in the castle was
opened the seats were readily filled by the
privileged set. ''The Marchioness of Car
marthen," says one reporter, els the first
peeress to arrive, and she is well qualified
by her perfect beauty to bear the brunt of
the numerous eyes and opera-glasses which
play upon her. She is soon followed by
the Countess de Gray, then the Countess
of Morton and (cynosure of all eyes, the
splendor of her blue silk dress and the
glitter of her diamonds toned down by her
clouds of costly lace) Lady Spencer The
benches shortly filled with ladies scarcely
less lovely than these worthy avant cou,'-
riers. The Countess of Derby is for some
time the solitary occupant of the Garter
Stalls. She is soon followed by the Mar
chioness of Westminster, the Countess of
Clarendon, the Countess of SALISBURY
and the Duchess of Somerset the
Queen of Beauty of the Eglinton tourna-
ment, now the loveliest of full-blown
British matrons. The Countess of Claren-
don wisely puts the time to profit by
sketching the scene. More peeresses-
young and old-the young sweeping in on
the arms Of the Gentlemen Ushers, and
showing much management of crinoline
as they insinuate themselves along aven-
ues, and into seats planned in days of less
swelling drapery the elder ones comfort
ably cloaked and shawled, and bustling
into their places with the air of women
who know how to make themselves COM
Portable under all circumstances.
THE SEVERAL PROFESSIONS.
But soon they are all absorbed in an ad-
vancing column. 1t is the prelates and the
clergy, the Archbishop of Canterbury at
their head, with the Bishop of Chester,
the Bishop of London, the Bishops of
Winchester and Oxford, in their blue robes,
as prelate and chancellor, and the Dean of
Windsor, in his scarlet robes, as registrar
of the Most Noble Order of the Garter !;
and lastly, the Canons and Minor Canons
Of the Foundation. The surpliced, and
hooded, and robed clergymen take their
seats within the altar rails.
Another procession files in (headed, this
time, with the pomp of heralds in tabards
stiff with quarterings), the Knights of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter, we'll
known faces most of them, and old historic
names not few of them; Somerset and
Salisbury, Westminster and Clarendon,
Camden and Devonshire, Newcastle and
Fitzwilliam, Carlisle and Palmerston, We'll
lington and Russell, Harrowby and Aber-
corn. Normandy and Buccleuch.