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Leader (1850-1860), 31st August 1850, Edition Town of 1, Page 535, Untitled Article

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      of the bride ) , Miss Tracy , Miss A . Tracy , Miss F . Bonham , Miss J . Bonham , Miss Diana Anderson , Miss Graham , Miss Peters , and Miss Hodgson . " Having alighted from their carriages ( three in number ) , these ladies waited at the porch some few minutes until the arrival of the bride , who came in a carriage accompanied by Sir George Musgrave , the Dowager Lady Musgrave and Miss Jane Haseil .

      " The bride , who is thought to bear a striking resemblance to her Majesty the Queen , though of rather a darker style of beauty , was dressed in a white glace silk , relieved with two broad flounces of Honiton lace . Over her shoulders hung a veil of Honiton lace , flowing gracefully from a wreath of orange-flowers , which formed her only head-dress . She wore her hair braided . A choice bouquet of white roses and orange flowers diffused an atmosphere of fragrance around her as she swept along . Her cheek was slightly pale as she entered the porch . "

      An elaborate account of the way in -which , the parties approached the altar now follows , and we are told how the clergyman " read the full marriage service in the most solemn and impressive manner "; how the wedding-party adjourned to the vestry , whence they shortly ^ emerged , " the gallant colonel leading his now smiling bride to the western porch , along a path strewn with flowers , and the gentlemen all wearing favours of white satin and silver acorns " ; and how the crowd were so eager to catch a glimpse of the bride that it was with the utmost difficulty the bridesmaids , in their " white transparent bonnets and white satin shoes , " could maintain their position near the bride .

      At last , however , the marriage procession reached the residence of the bride in Brunswick-square , where an immense crowd was in waiting to receive them , the band of the 8 th Irish Hussars all the while riding round the square , playing ** The Bridal Waltz , " and other inspiring tunes . We shall not enter upon any description of the elegant dejeuner to which the wedding-party sat down on their return . We may merely mention in the language of our authority , that " elaborate confections , fragrant bouquets , silver wine-coolers , and other costly adornments , imparted an air of richness and refinement to the whole . " We may add also that the gallant colonel and his bride intended to pass the honejmoon at Tun bridge Wells .

      A concluding paragraph relates that another grand mairiage was to take place at Brighton parish church on the following day ( Wednesday)—that of Lord Alvvyne Compton , fourth son of the Marquis of Northampton , to Miss Florence Anderson , daughter of the late Reverend Robert Anderson . We are sorry that no particulars are given of the bridegroom ' s dress , so that we are unable to say whether he wore light or dark trousers . This we may mention , however , on the authority of our Brighton contemporary , ' that it was arranged that the bridesmaids of Miss Musgrave should be those of Miss Anderson also . "

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      A RUNAWAY MARRIAGE . Much alarm was created , on Tuesday week , at Slebech-hall , the seat of the Baron de Rutzen , near Haverfordwest , by the mysterious disappearance of the eldest daughter of that nobleman . The young lady , who is said to be beautiful and highly accomplished , had , for some days previously , Jeft home at an early hour every morning for the ostensible purpose of gathering mushrooms . On Tuesday morning she went out at the usual hour , in her morning dress and carrying a small basket on her arm . After the lapse of several hours the family assembled at

      breakfast , and Miss de Rutzen not being present , anxious enquiries were made , but the onl y account the servants could give was that she had gone out early in the morning to gather mushrooms , and had not returned . This gave rise to considerable alarm , inasmuch as she had always previously returned from her morning walks in time for breakfast . The servants were immediately despatched in all directions in search of her , but without success , and at length it was feared that she had been accidentally drowned in one of the fish ponds near the mansion , and men were set to drag them , but without finding any trace of her .

      Matters continued to wear a most gloomy aspect until about two o'clock in the afternoon , when the mystery was explained by the arrival of a servant on horseback , with a letter to the baron , from Richard Lort Philipps , Esq ., of East Hook , apprising him of his marriage at St . Bride ' s Church , that morning , to the fair mushroom-gatherer , and enclosing a certificate of the completion of the nuptial ceremony . It appears that Mr . Philipps has been for some time an ardent admirer of Miss de Rutzen , and that his attentions were received favourably by her ; but the parents of the lady did not favour his suit , although he was a frequent visitor at the hall , and is a member of one of the oldest and most respectable families in the county .

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      THE TYPE-FOUNDERS * STRIKE . In consequence of the introduction of French workmen into the foundry of Messrs . Caslon and Son , letterfounders , in Chiswell-street , St . Luke's , in place of the men who have turned out against a reduction of wages , much excitement has been produced in that neighbourhood , by the appeals made to the public . On Wednesday , a considerable crowd assembled in Chiswell-street , drawn thither partly by the spectacle of a man walking up and down in front of the foundry , carrying a placard to the following effect : —

      " FRENCH INVASION . " Englishmen struggling' for the just remuneration for their toil . The typefounders , late in the employment of Caslon and Fagg , Chiswell-street , Finebury , have been out on strike for eleven weeks to resist a reduction of wages . Every man in the firm , to the number of ninety-six , still continue out , not a man havinir left the body during the whole time , and , Britons not having been found base enough to betray their fellow-countrymen . Fa ? g and Caslon have resorted to the atrocious experiment of introducing Frenchmen and women for the purpose of depriving us Englishmen ol a p ' . rt ol our means of honourable subsistence . A few weeks ago eight French men and two women were introduced in our places , and still continue—Fagg and Calson having publicly expressed their

      regret thai we were hot intimidated , and did not immediately accede to their terms . Another importation has arrived of six men and two women ; Englishmen , will . you permit this ? Do you approve of your own countrymen being oppressed , ground to the dust , compelled to work for an inadequate means of subsistence ? Are our children to be clothed in rag 3 , and we insulted by Faggs 1 Remember , English workmen were turned out of Ftance two years ago , and they were not working under the price of Frenchmen !—Committee rooms of London typefounders , Georce Inn , Fos'er ' s-buildings , Whitecross-street , where all communications and assistance will be received from ten a . m . til ) nine p . m . "

      The placard-bearer was taken in charge by the police , and another man who was encouraging the crowd to rescue the placard-bearer . They were brought up at Worship-street Police-office on Thursday , and both ordered to find bail for their good behaviour for three months . A fine of 40 s . was also imposed upon the roan who had obstructed the policemen in the execution of their duty . Bail having been given , and the fine paid , both prisoners were released .

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      MISCELLANEOUS . The bells of the principal metropolitan churches rang merry peals , and the Tower and Park guns fired a royal salute at one o ' clock , on Monday in honour of Prince Albert ' s birthday . He is now thirty-one years of age . In the evening the establishments of the royal tradesmen at the West-end were illuminated . The Guards' Clubhouse , Pall Mall , the Gallery of Illustration , Regentstreet , Her Majesty's Theatre , the Hay market Theatre , the Italian Opera House , Covent-garden , &c , also displayed ornamental devices in gas . An equestrian statue of her Majesty is about to be erected in Glasgow , in commemoration of the royal visit in 1849 .

      The Duchess of Gloucester has arrived at PlasNewydd , Anglesey , on a visit to the Duchess of Cambridge . The Prince of Leiningen left town on Tuesday evening on a visit to the Duchess of Kent , at Abergeldie Castle , Aberdeenshire .

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      The President of the French Republic has sent a superb sword of honour , which formerly belonged to the Emperor , to General Narvaez , accompanied by a very flattering letter . The Duke of Bordeaux left Wiesbaden on the 24 th , to Say a visit to his sister-in-law , the Duchess of Modena . n the 25 rh he was to return " , in order to receive a crowd of new visitors at the Hotel Durenger . Among these were expected the ex-Minister of Louis Philippe , M . de Salvandy , the Duke of Rohan , the Valmys , MM . Leo de Laborde , Bcchard , and Dufougerais , members of the Assembly . The Legitimist camp at Wiesbaden will break up at the end of the month , at least this is the period fixed for the departure of the Comte de Chambord . The French papers state that the President , on his way back from Cherbourg , will visit Queen Victoria at the Isle of Wight . Now , as he is to arrive at Cherbourg on the 3 rd of September , and remain only three days ,

      and as the Queen will not return from Scotland till the beginning of October , we may conclude that Louis Napoleon will not visit Osborne this year . The Nepaulese Ambassador and his suite , accompanied by Captain Fanshaw , their interpreter , have been lionizing in Paris during the last ten days . On Thursday week they visited the galleries and museum of the Louvre . They greatly admired all they saw , but what appeared to please them most was the gallery containing Chinese designs and utensils . In the Hotel Sinet , the distinguished strangers lodge in apartments entirely separated from the rest of the hotel . They communicate with no one , and keep their curtains constantly closed . As their religion requires them to kill their own meat , the Prefect of Police , on the request of the English Embassy , has consented to allow animals to be slaughtered in the hotel .

      A letter from Mazzini appears in the Rdpublique , defending himself against the charges brought in a journal of Turin and repeated in the Univera , relative to his adxninifitration . M . Dupont , editor of the Echo de Vuone , and M . Chavoix , a member of the Mountain in the Legislative Assembly , have been engaged in a duel , which proved fatal to the former . The unfortunate gentleman was shot in the head , and died instantly . The Minister of the Interior has decided that the marble bust of M . de Balzac shall be placed in the gallery of the celebrated men of the 19 th century in the Museum of Versailles . He at the same decided that the marble necessary for the statue shall be offered to the subscription formed for raising a monument to the celebrated

      writer . A new , or rather old , pretender to the throne of France has reappeared in the field , apropos of a piece , called " Louis XVII ., " which is about to be played at the theatro of the Vaudeville . M . Paul Ernest is to play the part of the Orphan of the Temple , who died when ten years of age . The Conopte de Richmond , who it ,

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      SCANDALOUS ECCLESIASTICAL DISCIPLINE . The town of Wakcfield was the scene of extraordinary excitement on Sunday in consequence of that being the day fixed by the Ecclesiastical Court of Richmond for the performance of penance in the parish church ol Wakefield , by Mr . Joseph Homer , senior , cora-m « r «

      chant and miller , a highly-esteemed inhabitant of that town . Some months since Miss Fernandes , whose brother is lessee of the Wakefield Soke Mills , was receiving the addresses of a respectable merchant of the town , but the match was rather abruptly broken off , and Miss Fernandes went to a distance to reside for a time . Slanderous reports speedily followed upon the announcement of the match being brokenoff , and these rumours were repeated by Mr . Homer . Upon being called upon for his authority he could not , or would not , give it . Consequently , a suit was instituted against him in the Richmond Ecclesiastical Court , and the judgment was , that he should , on Sunday , August 25 th , perform penance in the vestry of Wakefield parish church , and there read a recantation of the slander , in terms to be dictated by Miss Fernandes' proctor . Mr . Homer being highlyresnected in the locality , a very large concourse of

      persons assembled round Mr . Homers residence on Sunday morning , and , forming a procession , walked to the church , with Mr . Horner at their head . At the door of the church one of Mr . Homer ' s sons begged the sympathizers , whose cheering , clapping of hands , and waving of hats , had been unbounded , to retire , out of respect to the day . Notwithstanding that rain was falling heavily , thousands who had assembled remained opposite the church until after the penance had been gone through as required by the court , after which they reformed a scandalous procession , and returned to Mr . Homer ' s residence . Here a paper was read from a window adjoining his house , detailing the facts , after which many cheers were given , and , at the " earnest request of Mr . Homer ' s family the crowd dispersed . A large body of police was in attendance to keep order , but no disturbance took place .

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      The obsequies of Louis Philippe will take place on Monday , at half-past eight o ' clock in the morning , in the private chapel at Claremont , without any official solemnity . After the funeral service , the procession will set out for Weybridge , and will accompany the body on foot as far as the gate of the park ; thence the Princes , and the persons attached to the royal family , will proceed in mourning coaches to Weybridge Common , near the railroad station , where the cortege will halt , and proceed on foot to the Roman Catholic Chapel of Miss Taylor , wh o , on a request having been made to her to that effect , lost no time in placing the chapel at the disposal of the royal exiles of Claremont . The ex-Queen and her children have decided that the mortal remains of Louis Philippe shall be deposited for the present in the vault of this chapel , there to rest till the gates of France shall be thrown open to the Orleans family . The ex-Queen and

      the royal family will continue to reside at Claremont , in order to remain united near the last relics of the head of their house . . . It is said the King of the Belgians has been appointed testamentary executor and trustee of his father-in-law , the deceased King . Thus the duty will devolve on Leopold of maintaining that union of interests and harmony of action among the surviving members of the house of Orleans , which was latterly the chief care of the ex-King . One of the last acts of Louis Philippe is highly creditable to him . It is well known that he had claimed from the Republic , as his personal property , the Standisn Museum , and that the question , having been referred to the Council of State , was decided in his favour . Last week he made a present of the museum to the State .

      The Duke of Wellington has been appointed by the Queen Ranger and Keeper of St . James ' s-park and Hyde-park , in the room of the late Duke of Cambridge . Lord John Russell has arrived at Taymouth Castle , Perthshire , on a visit to the Marquis of Breadalbane . An officer of a crack cavalry regiment , in writing to the Duke of Wellington , addressed his grace " Feeld Marfral the Duke of Wellington . " The duke was disgusted , and immediately issued the educational order . — United Service Gazette .

      The Earl of Stamford and Warrington , with a friend , this season killed 261 head of grouse in two days and a half , on his lordship ' s moors in Lancashire . Sir George Simpson , of the Hudson ' s Bay Company , has arrived at Lachine from a tour through the territories of the company . He brought no intelligence from the Arctic Regions relative to Sir John Franklin . Lieutenant Pullen , of the boat expedition along the north coast , had wintered at Great Slave Lake , and would proceed in the summer to renew his explorations . In consequence of the death of Mr . Robinson a vacancv has occurred in the representation of Poole . Two

      candidates are in the field , Mr . Savage , of St . Leonard ' s , Kent , a Protectionist , and Mr . Seymour , of Knoyle House , near Shaftesbury , a Free-trader . The Reverend Dr . Bardinch , librarian to the Bodleian Library at Oxford , having represented to the Lords of the Treasury that he has purchased at Posen , for that library , a large collection of books of Polish history and literature , their lordships have given directions to the proper authorities of the revenue for the free delivery of the books for the purpose stated . The collection alluded to , contained in several packages , has arrived in a steam-ship from Hamburg .

      Mr . G . A . Osborne , pianist and composer , has been nominated by his Majesty William the Third , King of the Netherlands , a Chevalier of the order of the !* Couronne de Chene . " It is currently rumoured in clerical circles that a large metropolitan rectory may be expected to fall vacant in the course of a few days by the resignation of the present incumbent , who has intimated to the authorities his intention of joining the communion of the Roman Catholic Church . : !

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 31, 1850, page 535, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1851/page/7/