MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

Evening Post, Issue 204, 3 October 1865, Page 2

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

This morning, at St. Paul's Church, Thorndon, by the Right Reverend the Lord Bishop, James Alexander Robertson Menzies, Esq., M.D., late Superintendent of Southland, was married to Letitia Ann, second daughter of his Honor Isaac Earl Featherston, Superintendent of Wellington. The church was decorated with flowers and evergreens for the occasion, and long before the hour appointed for the ceremony it was thronged with ladies and gentlemen, the former predominating ; while outside the church a great many people had assembled. The bridal party arrived at half-past eleven, and children dressed in white preceded them from the door to the altar, scattering flowers as they went. The bridesmaids were Miss Bathgate, Miss Johnson, Miss Riddiford, and the Misses Featherston. W. H. Levin, Esq., was groomsman. The bride was dressed in white glace* silk, trimmed with swansdown. She wore a light wreath of orange blossoms, with a tulle fall extending to the ground, and a bouquet composed of orange blossoms and jessamine. The Misses Featherston were dressed in white tarletan, trimmed with violet ruche. Each one had orange blossom! in her hair, and a bow of tulle extending to the skirt, and used bouquets of violet flowers. The materials of the other ladies' dresses were the same, but instead of violet they were trimmed with pengreen ruche, which formed a pretty contrast. The groomsman was dressed in gray trowsers, with black coat and waistcoat. . When the ceremony ended the people spread themselves down the avenue leading

from the church and along the street, to pay their respects to Mrs. Menzics, many of whom will long remember the kindness, courtesy, and attention shown them by Miss L. A. Frnthersfon. The ve?sels in the harbour were covered with buntimj in honor of the even, and from all parts of the ci r .y evidence of the (jv'at rpsjK'Cfc and esteem in which Dr. Featherston Mid his fa Tidy are held was seen. It is said that Dr. and Mrs. Menzie* will leave for Southland by the Ahuriri this evening. They will take with them the best wishes of thousands, and the prayer that her new home may be as happy as the one she is novr leaving ,