Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-03-08
Elaborate Preparations for the
uptiaIs.

The London Times of February 18th,
says: Since the return of Her Majesty
the Queen and the royal family to Wind
sor Castle, the preparations for the nup-
tials of Her Royal Highness Princess
Louise and the Marquis of Lorne have
received a considerable impetus. On
Saturday, under the immediate superin-
tendencs of Mr.. W. Seabrook, Her
Majesty's Inspector of Palaces, the
workmen in the Lord Chamberlain s De-
partment commenced the decoration of
the retiring-room for the royal brides
maids, which has been erected at the
west end of the south aisle of the Chapel
Royal of St. George. The south and
west sides of this apartment are formed
by the Beaufort Chapel and the memo
rial erected by Queen Victoria TO the
late King Leopold, and the north and
east by wooden framework covered
with drapery. The interior walls
will be richly and handsomely
decorated with choice fabrics, and
on Saturday experiments were made for
the purpose Of selecting the precise
colors for use in the adornment of this
chamber, which, when finished, will be
richly carpeted and suitably furnished
for the occasion from the Castle stores.
The retiring-room for the royal brides
maids is only few PAGES from the west
door or grand entrance Of the cathedral.
On the morning of the royal marriage,
and previous to the ceremony those
ladies' who will have the honor of acting
as bridesmaids will assemble within this
elegant little extemporized boudoir Ia
await the coming of Princess Louise.
The Albert Memorial Chapel, it appears,
is TO be.used as a cloak-room for the il
lustrious personages invited toattend the
ceremony, and who will doubtless com
prise their Royal Highpesses the Prince
and Princess Of Wales, their Royal
Highnesses Prince and Princess Chris.
tian, of Schleswig Holstein, Princes Ar
thur and Leopold, Princess Beatrice,
Duke of Cambridge, Prince and Princess
Teck, and such other members of the
royal brides family as may be enabled
to be present, together with the mem.
hers Of the Duke Of Argyle's family, and
those who may receive invitations TO be
present upon the auspieious occasion.
Here the majority Of the guests will as
semble, and pass across the entrance TO
the cloisters into the aisle of St George S
Chanel. either up a short flight of tenn
porary stairs to the gallery in the south
aisle, near the altar, or by the door be-
meath the Queens closet, or west door,
into the choir of the chapel and so take
the seats allotted 10 them. The spae6
in front of the communion rails between
the ends of the seats of the Knights OF
the Garter and the rails in front of the
altar will be covered with boards and
earpeted, thus forming level platform
for the purposes Of the marriage and
hiding the steps leading up to the altar.
Just outside the south door as the visitor
enters the cathedral is the Bray Chapel,
This Is q sort of alcove, partly shut of
from the cave by paneled work. Ac-
cess is gained 10 1t BY an ancient
door leading from the interior Of the
cathedral, and it is within this
recess that the bridegroom and grooms-
men will assemble previous to the hour
fixed for the Royal wedding, Thus 1t
appears there viii be three points Of as
sembly at st. GeOrge's-that in the Al
bert Memorial Chapel, for the main body
Of guests; the bridegroom room, in the
BRAY Chapel, near the south door; and
the bridesmaids boudoir, within few
paces of the west door OF the precise
form of ceremonial which will be car
ried ont on the 2lst Of March, little can
At present be gathered, but from the ar
rangemeuts already in progress 1t may
be inferred that the bridegroom S process
sion will be formed at the Bray Chapel
and proceed through the choir TO the
front OF the altar, and that Her Royal
Hiehness Princess Louise, probably &C
companied by Her Majesty the Queen,
will drive from the Grand Quadrangle OF
the Castle through the entrance to the
Horseshoe Cloisters, ahght at the steps
of the west OF grand entrance OF the
cathedral, and be met at the door by the
bridesmaids, proceeding up the center
Of the nave, and through the choir 70 the
front ofthe altar, where the uuphai knot
will be tied.