The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-05-28
EARTH'S PROUDEST TO WE'D
Royalty Has SET the Example and
the Worlds ATiStOCraCy FOlIOWS,it,
Who the Brides and Grooms Are.
When and Where Great Names in
Contemporary History VIII Appear
on Parish Registers.
Copyright. 1881


Copyright, 1881
New York, May 27.-The many we'd
dingS of world wide interest to take place
before long in this country and abroad
are now centering contemporary history
largely in the sacrament of marriage.
Processes, princes, naval officers, u
Chinese belle, German and Portuguese
officials, a celebrated author, men of the
400 and American girls, figuring in
Hymen's blue book for a single season,
will afford an extraordinary matrimonial
confederation beginning with the present
month.
OF course, the union of Prince George of
Wales with Princess Victoria May of
Teck, which occurres late in this midsum-
mer, is first in Importance in these events.
The bridegroom God willing, as the
archbishop of Canterburys license puts
it, is to become King of England and EN-
peror of India some day. 1t addition he
will bear 1856 other titles appertaining to
his royal blood and once married, win set
up an establishment of his own. The
size and state of it will depend upon
what parliament does about the
grant already asked of MIR.
Gladstone's government. 1t is expected
that the royal couple will maintain separ-
ate town and country houses, with an
equerrY, a gentleman usher, a groom of
houn..s and a master of the horse The
princess is to be allowed honorable ladies
in waiting like her future mOther-in-law.
The wedding day depends entirely
upon Queen Victoria, and 1t may not be in
July or August, as announced, after all,
| Windsor will be the scene the archbishop
of Canterbury officiating. The dignaritys
formal assent to the union is signified in
a gold-framed parchment license with the
royal seal attached, setting forth that
! His Dearly Beloved Royal Highness the
Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert
| of Wales, X. G. B., X. c. 0. IS. NJ. G..
born at Marlborough house June 3, 1855,
may take to wife Her Serene Highness
| the Princess Victoria May Augusta
Louise Olga Pauline Claudine Ag-
mes Elberta Endora, born at
| Teck, May 26, 1867, on any day during the
third week in July the present year, be-
fore or after as it may please her majesty,
our gracious sovereign and Lady Victo-
ria, by the grace of God, etc, etc. The
blessing of God is then invoked and the
signature of the primate Of England
adorns the lower right hand corner This
license is kept by her majesty and handed
over in the church as her final consent TO
the marriage.
1t should be noted that the bride to be
is serene and not a royal highness. This
is because her father Francis Paul
Charles Louis Alexander, etc, is really
Duke of Tecl1, and becomes a prince
through royal connections only. His wife
is the daughter of the Duke of Cam
bridge, seventh son of King George III,
and uncle of the reigning sovereign As
Princess May ranks now, there are some
thirty odd lives between her and the
throne. After the marriage there will he
but two.
The wedding itself, to use q word en-
plOyed by Dickens on similar occasion,
years ago, is TO be a "screamern Her
majesty and suite, the peerage, the CONT
mental royalty and the aristocracy of Eu-
rope en- masse will take part either as
witnesses, guests, giVers. of presents or
well wishers The wedding dress will be
white satin creation of the Princess of
| Wales herself The usual white veil will
be set off by crown studded with royal
gems. The Duke of York, as the prince
is now styled, will wear a naval uniform,
but whether as lieutenant depends upon
the new dignities to be bestowed upon
him in view of his marriage. The honey
moon Will be spent partly in Wales,
partly at the seaside and partly perhaps
in the south of Scotland The Prince of
NuAtS uOto llOb NCtIt W nave his SOL 70 10
the continent this year, but arrangements
have been made to fit out ship in which
the youthful couple will cruise here and
there.
When the social ferment of the union
has subsidized the British public will have
a chance to behold the marriage of their
future queens brother to the daughter
of wealthy brewer. Miss Nellie Bass,
pet of the beer selling millionaire, whose
ambition to enter the peerage has given
him such recent prominence, will become
the bride. it is confidently predicted, of
Prince Francis of Teck, eldest brother of
the Princess May. The young man was
born in 1870, and his acquaintance with
the young lady dates back some wears
when he visited her fathers castle
in company with the brother
Prince Adolphus. Miss Nellie, now in
the early twenties, is a bright brunette,
with an aptitude for the stage She i'm
provised tbeater for the entertainment
of her fathers many guests that summer.
"Pygmalion and Galatea" was rendered.
The daughter of the house was the hero
inc. Prince Adolphus did the hero The
success of the pair created Juror. Then
first started the rumors connecting the
names of the two.
If it be thought that royalty would de-
test such a union it should be borne in mind
that royalty nowadays is often as hard
pushed financially as anybody else. The
princes father is heavily in debt. It was
represented that the marriage would
mean 81 900, 900 in money to himself, not
to mention the dot of $500, 900 and the
dcuceurs. Moreover, the queen can make
the brewer the nominal equal of Eng
lands proudest peer with a stroke of her
pen The brewer is even row Lord Bur
ton" Therefore, in spite of many denials
and uncertainties, il is declared that this
oddly assorted couple will some day be
one.
Still another wedding with royalty in it
is to keep the social molecules in agita-
ton. The Rt. Hon. Arthur Philip Prim-
rose, fifth Earl of Rosebery, T.. Id,
p. c., is before many months TO make
Princess Maud Charlotte Marie Victoria
a bride, according to the highest author
ity. The young lady, needless to say, is
the favorite daughter of the Prince of
Wales and is "a years old, having been
born Nov 20, 1869, at the Marlborough
house The earl is AZ but his smooth.
clean shaver face and youthful air make
him seem but 33 or 50. He is mainly emf
nent at present through his connection
with the London county council. having
presided over that body more than
once. He is highly educated and
was made president OF the social science
congress in 1874. He was moreover made
lord rector Of the universities of Aberdeen
and Of Edinburgh, in 1873 and In 1850 re-
sDcctiValV When he succeeded his ora nd