, 1866-06-28
4 ROYAL WEDDING.


ROYAL WEDDING.
Marriage Of the Princess Aary Of
Cambridge.
The Marriage Celebrated In = Village
Church-Nho wers PFesenS-A,W
they Came-EIv>s They were Dressed,
md lavxs they went.
From the LONDON rimes. June 13tn.l
Yesterday morning the Princess Mary, one
Of the most amiable and popular Psince.seS OF
the royal family, was married st tha ylla3e
church at Kew to his screpe htshuess Francis
Lewis Paul Alexander Prince you Tcck, .
prince among the pobility Of Hungary, and
lately an officer in the Austrian service TIE
ceremony WIS unattended by auy kind nf
State pageantTy OF romp. Except, indeed,
for the presence of the ll1sttious visitors who
ordinary routiLe OF what aye termed "mar-
riaees il high liie." In the church not the
slightest attempt was made at splendoE Of de-
cofation, The seats, 1t ia true, were rcarrang.
ed 50 as to admit Of the bridal party passing
freely up the little nave; tho pavement Was
covered with scarlet cloth, md some rich
couches Tor the accommodation o. the MEM
distinguished guests we're sent from St.
James's Palace; but this Was all.
In fact, the little attempt made at display
was quite In keeping with tic quiet, uuosten-
tatious life which tie Pslncesa Mary and her
august mother have led at Cambridge Cot
tage, Kew. Il was the wish Of the Princess
that she should BE- married, as size had been
confirmed. in the little parish church, which
she has attended 80 long, and where amons
all tho poorer members Of the congregation
she Is Mo1txed for Fer aets Of charity nd her
generous feeling. Aa sho desired, shc was
married, as she expressed It herself, s'auong
her own people," and her marriage feast was
celebrated In the quiet old-fashlned little red
brick villa In which shH has lived so long.
A very pretty covered way Of gaily decorated
awning, open at the sides, led from Cam
brfdge-tottaEe to the little Tvs covered porch
ofSt. Anne's. Both sides Of this were re-
served for the Pensioners Of Kew, where
large raised Platform was e1ectca on the
to view lev lbs: T little 81, processiane Ths man
segment OF oil the arrangements with.
tn the chu1oh was iutrusted to Colonel
Home Puryes. C. B., mud everything was
most admirably arranged. There was no
crowding, and the benches were we'll dis
posea, 50 that an could find their haeasay,
No guests were admitted TIL 10 O'Clock. bEt
In very few minutes after that hour the lit
tie nave and afsles were folerably we'll ailedy
and, as is always the case on these OCCASIONS,
almost entirely by ladies. Indeed, the arst
gentleman visitor OF distinction-Lord Derby
at the same time, Mr.. aud Mrs. Gladstone
entered, and then the tide Of eminent person
ages began to how In fast. The Duchess
dghuma1c, most exqufs1tely dressed ia mauve
silk and lace, was conducted to ono Of the
seate for royal visitors at the right OF The o.
tar. The Duchess oI Sutherland, the Duch-
Saxe- Weimar. Lady Seton, Eady Hardwsckc,
Lord Rsdesdale and Hon. eaM1ttord arrived
In rapid succession. Then tl1ore was the
usual short 1ull, during which' nobody came,
aud. again sudden influx, which added Lord
Granville, Lord Clarendon, Lord Sydney,
Eo.d Besse9ronsn, LORD Rus5eli' TIE Duke
Ahe1co1u, lord William Pau1et, Lord Henry
LenDu1, Sir Hugh Rose, Sir Alexander Ban
ucFn1an, Lord Spencer, and Mas BUrdett
Coatts, to the now brilliant asaeu1blage. All,
both ladies' and gentlemen, were, OF coUrse,
In morning dress, the prevailing coiofs Worn
blue tthe coIors Of the hridesmaid4) that
thereWAs almost mouotony Of tint along
the rows on either side OF the nave. Many Of
the peers wore thEir stars and ribnnds, while
severaltWere In plstn walking dress, without
decoration OF my kind. The Count an1
Of saxe-Welmar. were among the last
to arrt7c aud take their places just be:
low the royal seats on the right Of the altar.
Shortly heforc twelve o'clock the Arch bishop
Of Canterbury, accompanied BY tho Bishop.
Of Winchester, as Bishop OF the Diocese, and
followed By tile Rev. F. ". Mott, the curate,.
entered tie church and took their places ia-
side the little altar rails. Almost Immediate
Is afterwards the confused noise OF cheering
from without announced that the Qu=en had
arrived. An1ose to receive her, and bowed
deeply, rs, leaning on the arm Of the Dnke'of
Cambridge, she passed slowly up the church
and took her seat In the highest chair q state,
looked remarkably we'll, bnt was attired In
the very deepest mourping-mournlag so
deep, iudedd, that not even q speck OF white
relieved its sombFeueas. With her Majesty
came their Royal Hichnes6es Prince Arthur,
Princess Helena, and Princess Louise.
silk, trimmed with white, and wore the small
l. lest OF small wn1te bonrets With long Gauxe
+ veiIs. The Qucen.w attended by the Ouch
ets of Nellfhgton-{ Mistress oil the Robes}, the
Dowager Duchess Of Athoie, Us Lady IN Wait
ing, who wGre also in deep. mourning. Gene
Fitzroy aud the Hon. Colonel dc Ros, Equer-
rlcs In Waiting. Uutil her Majesty had taken
her seat all remained Standing, and as the
visitors resumed their places the Prince and
Princess Of Wales, with tbs Duke Of Elin,
hureh, the Grown Prince Of Denmark, tha
Grand Duke and Duchess Of alcck1enburgh-
Countess or Macclcsficld, in waiting on ths
Princess OF Walese General Knollys,
and Count Danneskjolds came up the
nave. The Prince OF Wales wore no
orders or decoration Of any kind, and
the Princess. Ike The majority , Of
trimmed with white. They took their seats
on the left Of the altar, facing her Majesty,
making deep reverence to her ns they did so,
which the Queen IN the case Of the Prince aud
Princess OF Wales as deeply returned. Next
came Its serene hiEhness the Pr1nte of Teck,
accompanied by the Austrian Ambassador.
church, pissed TO wsers her Majesty. wae
seated, bowed lowly before her, and took hel
hand and kissed 1t. The position Of the
bridegroom on these occasions, standing
almost alone in front Of the nltar rails. witt
all eyes directed toward him, Is rather trying
I and one In which few men appear to advau
tage. TO this general rule, however, Primes
Teck was certainly an exception Yesterday
for = nere gallant, fne-lookiuss souug man
| seldom seen.
Al IL o'clock the bride came in, leaning OF
the arm OF the Duke Of CAMBRIDGE, aud fol
lowed by her bridal suite. Tbs Princes
walked With all the stately grace which ma!
be slmost said to be p.culiar to herself ant
her fine, kindly, geuial face shone With SMILE
rs she acknowledged the deep reyerenccs o
her personal friends On both sides of the navc
She wss dressed entirely In white satin. trim
med With lace, which was leoped up VII
boquets Of orange flowers and myrtle. Th
| body of the drces was high mud squire, ant
the lace vail, depending from wreath q
prADpe blossoms, almost formed train be
I hind her. The four bridesmaids IN attcudanc
! were Lady Geore1anu Susan: nnmilton: l!tl
daughter Of the Marquis Of Abe1eora, X. g;
Lady Cornelta Henrietta Maria Churchill
eldest daughter OF The Duke Of Marlborough
Lady Cecilia Maria Charlotte Molyneu1, onl
daughter Of Lady Scfto1 , and Lady Agnet
Harriet York, the youngest daughter 6
Lord Hardwicke. Colonel Clifton aud Lad
Atabclla Bannermau closed the procession
The bridesmaids dresses were Of whit
ta11atan over blue silk. They were trimuie
with sashcs Of corn flowers, and from the veE
small bonnets which they worc hung wells q
tnlle almost as long as 1hat Of the bride be-
sell. As soon as the royal parties had take
up their positions at the altar, the beantitt
hymn, No. sl3, b. DR.. Gauntlet, was sung b
ceremony was begun By the Archbishop {
Canterbury. Ofthis portion OF the days pr
ceedtngs it Is not necessary to say anYthln!
except that the brtdegroom's responses wei
uttered in u low voice, and In strong forele
accent. The bride, however, though IN ge1
tie tone, spoke clearly anu olstnet!.
und her words we're audible In a
parts OF the little building. tt
BI.nop Of Winchester read the last prayer
the service, at the copctuslon Of which h'
| Majesty rose from her seat and kissed tt
new bride with the most earnest heartincs
!. Stnl more enthusiastic wero the embraces wit
which the Princess Of Wales and the Prince
Helena received her. The bridegroom, to
was congratulated by oil the members Of Il
Rpyal family, who, after her Majesty, can
forward in turn to shake hands with him a1
wish him every happiness The whole par
then left tho church in q long procession, Il
| bride and bridegroom. Of course leading, q