Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-08-03
NELSON'S MARRIAGE.
The NuptiaIs SOIemnized I'm West
minister Abbey-An immense Con-
course of Friends-The Scene In the
Royal Church.

/ Correspondence of the New York World.
| LONDON, July 27.-The marriage of Miss
/ Nilsson and AuglIste Rouzand of Paris, a
native of the Isle of Bourbon and a nephew
Of Admiral Bose, was solemnized in
| Westminster to-day. The nuptials were
| witnessed by an immense assemblage of
| people, including many Of the aris-
I tOcracy and Well-knOwn artists. Among
! the persons present were Baron BrunnoW,
| the Russian minister; Il. G. Schenk, the
! American minister; Lady Peel and Mile.
| Tietiana. Count de Steenback, secretary
of the Swedish legislation, gave the bride
away, and the marriage ceremony was per-
formed by Dean Stanley. 1t was first pro-
posed that the marriage should be at 81.
| Georges church. Hanover square, but this
ediice, spacious as it is, was not large
enough to accommodate the great
crowd of the friends of the
bride, who were anxious TO
grace her nuptials with their presence. 1t
is a very unusual thing for marriage to be
celebrated in the abbey, and some unusual
influences are said to have been brought to
bear upon the dean before he would consent
that this royal church should be used for
the marriage of one who, no matter how
estimable, Is after all only an actress aud a
singer. Westminster Abbey is not parish
church, it is the collegiate church OF st.
Peter. The ground On which it stand
was originally an island in the Thames. In
GIG Sebert, King of the East SaxOns, found
ed a Benedictine monastery on this Island,
and when it was completed st. Peter, in
whose honor il was named, came down
from heaven accompanied by troop Of
angels, and consecrated it in person. The
monastery thus built and consecrated
gave way in 1905 to a new building
erected by Edward the Confessor. This
stood 179 years, and Henry III. in l245,
commenced the erection of the present
building, which was completed by Henry
VI. The extreme length of the abbey is 375
feet; its bredth is 200 feet; the nave, in
which the wedding took place, is Is feet
long; the height of the nave is 1Ol feet;
and the height from the choir to the Ian
tern is 40 feet. In the abbey are the
tombs of Edward the Confessor, Henry Ill
Edward l., Edward Ill, Richard IL,
Henry ", Edward v, Henry VII, Mary
L., Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth, Sc
bert, King of the East Angles, who died in
GIG; Eleanor, Of CASTLE; Philippe, wife Of
Edward Ill; Anne of Bohemia, wife OF
Richard II; Elizabeth of York, wife OF
Henry VII; Anne of Cleves, wife OF Hen
ry VIII; Margaret Beaufort, mother OF
Henry VII; Cardinal Laugham, hosts OF
eminent statesmen, warriors, and poets,
and last, but not least, Charles Dickens.
THE latest growl from the Grant news
papers is that Gratz Brown is "Obliylous
of the fact that he is Governor OF Mis-
souri," and is absenting himself from the
State to the neglect of his official duties
This sort of thing, it seems to us, comes
with mighty i'll grace from those who have
nothing but appreciation for President who
runs away from Washington whei ever he
may feel inclined, or for bis Secretaries, De-
lano and Boutwell,, who have left the ma
toms business in the Capitol to do DR..
Grants business in North Carolina. Nine
Pcstmasters ont of ten in the country are
attending more to electioneering than to
the proper business of their places. We
presum, that the Governor of any State,
when the Legislature is not in session, may
indulge in vacation; that is, If Presidents
may.-Ne1o York Tribune,