The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-05-01
cred with pearls and diamonds. The Marquis

OF Bute's own present TO the bride consists OF
bracelets, neckIets and earrings In gold. stud.
ded with diamonds. in addition to the above,
which may be called individual presents, there
are the following: The agents of the Butte es-
tate, diamond ornaments for the hair and
neck; the volunteers OF Cardiff, a fan; the ten
antry on the Glossop estate, q handsome
| Douav Bible: the tenants of the Dumfries es-
tate in Scotland, a necklet of gold and dia.
monds; the tenants of the Rothesay estate,
gold bracelet, brooch and earrings; the house.
hold at Cardiff, a carriage clock.
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY,
| which took place al the London oratory, was
long; but. sustained byseXquisite music, ce.
lestlal perfumes, the graceful movements Of
| priests in respondent dresses, and the sono-
| rous beauty and sweet solemnity of the words
| of the mass and of the marriage service Itself,
1t was anything but wearlsome. The assem-
| blage at times seemed breathless and ave-
| struck. The marriage service itself was said
In English, but the mass which followed was,
of course, In Latin. The officiating priest.
vested in a surpllce and white stole, accom-
panied by q brilliant group Of assistants, two
| OF whom carried the book and the vessel Of
holy water, advanced to the altar rail-, before
which stood the bridegroom aud bride, and
the wedding commenced. The bride was
given away by her father. The ceremony does
not differ greatly from the marriage service of
the English Church, except that the wedding
ring and some gold and silver placed on the
priest and given by the bridegroom to the
bride, who pronounces the words: with this
ring / the wed; this gold and silver I thee
give; with my body 1 thee worship, and with
all my worldly goods l thee endow."
At the close of the mass Archbishop Man
ming pronounced the prescribed homily, ad.
monishing the newly married pair to preserve
AdalItr towo rde nonh other. IN OhsprVp cOntl-
nency at. seasons OF devotion, times OF fasting
and solemn festivals; to love one another, and
to persevere, with one heart, In the fear OF
God. Monsignore Capel-the Catesoey or
sLothair,r followed with q very brief but elo.
quent address, and then all was over, and as
the organ burst forth into O wedding march,
the brilliant company left the church. After
the wedding breakfast the Marquis and his
bride left London by q special train for
CARDIFF CASTLE,
where by this time they have arrived, and
where, as well as upon all the other estates OF
this more than princely nobleman, immense
festivities are going on. Cardiff Is q curlously
interesting place. A Marquis Of Butte, whose
statue stands In the middle of the town, made
Cardiff what 1t Ia, and the present marquis 10
making 1t what 1t shall be-. In 1901 the toWn
had only 1900 inhabitants; IN 1881 1t had only
5000, and 1t now has over 10000, and Is des-
tined, apparently. to double its population In
another ten years. There Is more wealth and
thrift in Cardiff, and less poverty and misery,
than In any other town of Its size In the three
Kingdoms. Its people are OF all religions;
but, as their lorI sets them an excellent ex-
ample of charity, they live In peace with each
other. His benefactions, which are almost
endless, are free from theological bias, aud,
on his own domain, he gives as freely to Pro-
testant as to Catholic needs. There are forty
churches and chapels of all kinds In Car
diff, abundance OF schools, and ample charl-
ties of every kind. The castle, In which
the honeymoon of the newly-married couple
ls to be spent, is a half-aneient and
half. modern ediace. The gate by which II Is
approached from the northern side of the
town ls fauked by the Black Tower, In q dun.
geon of which gloomy pile Robert Duke OF
Normandy, eldest son of the Conqueror, was
confined for twenty-si1 years, and deprived OF
sight by his two brothers, William Rutns and
Henry I. STOPPING under allow arched door
way you enter the cell In which, according 10
tradition, he died. Beyond the gate, across q
broad fair lawn, In which excavations are
now being made by Lord Butte In the Interest
of historical research, stands the ruined Keep
on q mound OF some elevation. To the LETT,
| and branching out 80 as to meet the extreml-
ty of the ancient southern wall and lts resto-
| ratIons, Is the modern mansion, q stone cas-.
tellated structure, partly overgrown With Ivy.
At the angle formed by itssouthern eXtremi-
" and the once moated wall q high tower has
BEEN built by Mr.. Burgess, the London archi-
val ornament Is being applied, within and
| Without, to this notable erection.
The Marquis of Bute's mother died In 1853.
| His present heir Is his cousin, Crlchton-
| Stuart, but the marriage OF to-day Will put an
end to all his hopes.