R.M. COURT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3388, 17 December 1889, Page 2

R.M. COURT.

EKETAHUNA-MONDAY,

(Before A. Anderson, J.P.) Arthur Weliesley Foden waa charged with being dtunk and disorderly on lptti December at 6 p.m.

His Worship spoke strongly on Sunday drunks, and said if any' jjfi similar cases came bofore him he i • would iullict the full penalty. In the present case (being first ofl'ence in Ekolahuna) tbe fino would be 10s or 48 hours, Fine paid, Lars Hansen was charged with being drunk and disorderly on the 15th December, at Eketahuna, also with resisting Constable'Rocho in the lawful execution of his duty, Having been previously convicted of drunkenness the fine in this case was Ll : or •, 96 hoHrs. On the second ehnrgtsof resisting, His Worship said this ps a bad case, consideriug there was only the one constable ( in the place • and peaceful citizens had to bo called to his assistance. A fine of LI 10 or ■ 1 8 days in Wellington Terrace gaol was inflicted. The fine was paid.

The Royal Wedding at AthensProbably never since the days of Alcibiadea and liia contemporaries ' baa -Athens been so gay as it, was during this festive period. Indeed, all things considered, it seems very doubtful if the glories of ancient j Greece, in its palmiest days, were k. ever half so brilliant as the celebra- j tions that have just taken place; and how astonished these Hellenic worthies of olden time would have been at the nationalities that have come to the fore, and. whoso Sovereigns and Princes took part in the pageants of this wedding 1 Shade of Soorates, were you looking on and moralising when the streets of Athens rang with modern applausse 1 &pisi of Plato, did you gazo approval otitW your Hadean shadows at the brave. Priuces and goodly Princesses, whosa gallant bearing promises'so well for the realisation of many of your dreams ?

The landing of the bride and her mother at the Firraus was a particularly bright and joyous scone. The King of the H elieneb and his sou the bridflgroom-eloot, went down to Corinth to meet their guests ; and when they returned in the Greek pian-ofwar Admiral Miaulis, at three in the afternoon,. Queen Olga and the entire party of Royalty, both'' home and foreign, were there waiting for their arrival. The family greetings nlono were something stupendous ■ 1 - - and genuinely affecting to behold ; the Princo of Wales stepped forward , to meet his sister with hearty jfift cordiality, and the bevy of cousins®®"" oluatered round' the bride in eager *' weloonio. Then came the official greetings, the-Mayor-of Athens, I with a speech iu Greek, and /to bouquet about the size of a «m wheel for tlio bride from tho Municipality, tho girls from all the schools of the city, dressed in white, throwing flowers at Princess Sophie's feet, the crowds startled out of their - usual Grecian stolidity, and shouting vooiferous welcomes as the imperial > ladies moved towards tho carriages. The streets, of course, were gay with triumphal arches, flags and flowors wero to be seen everywhere, and the weather was bright and warm, far different to the autumnal days of the cloudy north'. At length tho cortege was got into due order. . • The Empress Frederick sat beside her daughter, thebrido-eleot, and tho King of the Hellenes and his sons rode alongside of this carriage as an escort. Therp .was a suspicion of tears in good Vickie eyes, but her smiles and bows wera distributed right and left with charming cordiality, and as for the bride, she looliod radiant, and really almost pi'etty, her faoo was so lit up with* pleasure at the enthusiastic welconflpflf , sbo received. 3 ' 1 ' ■ •'. ; >r .

. Tho brido and bridegroom elect arrived at half past ton on Bunday morning, accompanied by their l'fllativM, at the Athens Cathedral, where an immense throng of Princes,, dignitaries, and officials awaited to greet thorn. After the procossion had passed up the aisle to the altar, the impressive ceremony lasting ior quito three hours, was gone through, the Metropolitan being the celebrant. The galleries in tho Cathedral wore crowded : with Athoriiah ladies in bright dresses. Tho Ladies of Honour of the Greek Court were ranged near the altar in national dresses of white; and gold silk, with strings of gold coins hanging, according to the custom of the country, around their foreheads, The King of the Helleneß came first, accompanied by tho Empress Frederick; next oauio the Emperor of Germany in the white uniform of the Prussian Body Guards, walking with the Queen c£ the Hellenes; the King of DenmapPand the Empress of Germany came next; the Prince of Wales followed in the uniform of an English. Field-. • Marshall, wkh the Queen of Denmark on hia arm; then came Prince Henrj of Prussia with the Princess of ' Wales; Prinoe Albert Victor, in the uniform of tho 9th Lancers, came next with the Princess Victoria of Prussia, followed by the Czarewitoh with tho Princess of next;

After these came the Royal brido and bridegroom, the brido being attired in a rich robe, with a train of white satin carried by; three ladies, • and wearing orange blossoms in her hair. The bridegroom was in the Greek military uniform, with the Ribbon of the Order of Holy Saviour. The responses and the" Te Deums" were sung by malo voices in the gallery in accordance with the law of the Greek Church, which does not ' permit' a woman's voice to bo heard in the, church, Wine was handed • in a golden goblet to the bride ad)} bridegroom <by the ' Rings were exchanged, and then followed the long i ceremony of exchanging coronets.' Coring half. an , hour the coronet of the bride was upheld over her head alternately by Prince Henry of Prussia, Prince Albert Victor, and Prince George of Wales, who severally advanced to the altar for this service. l The coronet ■ of the Duke of Sparta was uphold alternately by the Czarswitoh. Prinw .a Waldemar, and Prince George of Greece, After the marriage ceremony the

bride and bridegroom and tlio wcdding party loft tho Cathedral for the Palaco, wliero a dijeimer awaited thorn, and later on the Duko of Sparta took, his bride horns to .his own palace.

Insurance Cass- | Wellington, Tuesday. Ai'guiuont on tlio non.suil points in tho caso Bertie v. Equitable Life Assurance {Society, U.S.A., occupied a couplo of hours this morning, and tho magistrate reserved judgment.