MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 107, 8 May 1871, Page 4

MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE.

Windsor, March 21. — Tbe weather is charming, and the marriage of Princess Louise has been celebrated with brilliancy. At eleven o'clock the Micisters, ambassadors, nobility, clergy, and bridegroom's family were admitted to the royal chapel. At twelve o'clock ten royalcarriages, with all the. members of the Queen's family, and other royal personages, left the Queen's gate and proceeded to the south entrance of the Chapel, where they were received by the Lord Chamberlain and conducted to places in the Haiti Pas. At 12.10 the bridgegroom arrived, accompanied by Earl Percy and Lord Gower, and were conducted to a seat in the Haut Pas. At 12.15 the bride, Queen, and suite, in five carriages, arrived at the west entrance of the Chapel, and were joined by the bridesmaids, in carriages, which arrived at the west entrance of the Chapel, and moved up the nave to the choir, the bride, supported by the Queen, Prince of Wales, and Duke of SaxeCohurg. The bridesmaids were Ladies Campbell, Cecil, Butler, Montague, Gower, Lenoir, Gordon, Seymour, and Fitzgerald. The bride w«s seated on the left side of tbe altar, tlie Queen being near. The ceremony was performed by the { Bishop of London in choral style, the Queen giving the bride away. At the last prayer, a royal salute was fired from artillery in Windsor Park. The guests repaired to a table for luncheon. The bride and bridegroom departed at three o'clock for Claremont for their honeymoon. Thousands of guests witnessed the ceremony. The grounds of \he Castle were filled with immense crowds, and Windsor \%ai fete.