, 1880-04-21

oNAeN& W G0BPAJ thO oOduty
wants of a Sovereign family who adhere to
the Lutheran form of worship. On the
altar stood the Cross and Communion YES
sells, while on each side were ranged a pro-
fusion ofyerdant palms and tropical plants.
Directly in front, about four PAGES off,
were placed a couple Of seats for the young
Processes. who were enclosed by two
horseshoe rows of chairs allotted 70 the
most illustrious participators in the cere.
monys Tile body Of the church was etinles
filled by the members of the Diplomatic
Corps accredited here, including the Hon.
W.sN. J0celyu and Mr.. Charles Scott, Her
Majesty's representatives at the Courts of
HeSse and Coburg. Gotha respectively, By
the Ministers Of State, the Privy Council
lors, the civic, educational, and ecclesiasti-
cal chiets,-among the latter the Reve.
rend j. j. TT. ~Cunynghame, the English
pastor here-and the officers commanding
the garrison. Side galleries were reserved
for a few privileged guests Of the Grand
Duke, mostly ladies, and for the members
OF Her Maj sty's Household accompanying
her. Shortly before the entry of Her Ma
jesty and the members of the Royal family,
the Rev. j. Teignmouth Shore, Chaplain to
the Queen, VINO, as d friend of the late
Grand Duchess, had received an invitation
to attend to-day's cerc mony, arrived and
took his seat in the side gallery immediate
ly beside tile Grand Ducal pew, which,
facing the altar, was occupied by the
Hereditary Prince Ludwig, with his tutor
and his Younger sisters, Princesses Alice II
Irene. Receiving word that all was ready to
begin, the Grand Ducal family, with their
illuStrious relatives and guests, who had
all i'll the meantime assembled IL the Ban
ner-hall of the Castle, began to file into the
chapel, preceded and followed by the High
Court officers and Ladies in Waiting. First
of all came the Queen, leading in her
granddaughter, Princess Victoria, and sup
ported by the Grand Duke Louis. Her
Majesty. whose mourning dress was re-
lieved by bands of edging of white, took
her seat by the side OF her Son-in-law at the
end of the first horseshoe row before referred
to on the right of the altar, while the chair
opposite was assigned 70 Princess Eliza
beth of Prussia, who escorted her name.
sake, Princess Elizabeth. Next the Queen
sat the Prince of Wales, in full Field Mar
shalis uniform, with all his orders on, in
charge of the Grand Ouch ess of Baden,
while opposite them was the Princess OF
Wales. with the German Crown Prince, in
the light.blue uniform Of q general of the
PruSsian Dragon Guards. Further off
from the altar, on the left side, was Prin-
cess. Beatrice with the Grand Duke of
Baden, their pis-d-Uis being the Hereditary
Duchess of Saxe-Meiningen, with Prince
Henry of Hesse. The space directly in
front of the altar Was occupied by the va
rious other members of the Grand Ducal
family, while behind them sat their various
suites. The Queen was attended by Major
General Ponsonby and Viscount BRIDGEPORT,
with DR.. Marshall, her private physician /;
while in waiting on Her Majesty was Lady
Churchill. The Prince of Wales was at
tended by Lieutenant-C Colonel Clarke and
Mr.. Knollys, while the Princess was at
tended by Miss Knollys. The. two Prin-
cesses, who wore white silk dresses and man
tillas of the same colour, deeply edged with
swans down, took their seats before the altar,
and, the opening chorale being finished.
the service began a confirmation ceremO-
ny, which though performed in a German
Lutheran church, does not very materially
differ from the English ritual, need not be
described in detail Suffice to say that,
after the preliminary forms, DR.. Sell, the
clergyman who has superintendent the
religious education of the two Princesses,
delivered an address, which, though long,
was never weaIisoIne, being full of practi-
cal wisdom and pervaded by a tone of
simple eloquence. The two young ladies'
had to listen, to a frequent mention of their
departed mother and her numerous exem-
plary virtues. In their short life they had
had already to contend with the bitterness
of death, but a firm belief in a future