AS IONABLE MARRIAGE.

Inangahua Times, Volume VII, Issue 1199, 24 November 1882, Page 2

AS lONABLE MARRIAGE.

St. Paul's pro-Cathodral Church, Thorudon, was crowded with an immense congregation recently. The occasion was the marriage of Miss Annie H adfield eldest daughter of the Right Rev. the Bishop of Wellington, with Mr. John Willoughby Marshall, son of Major Marshall, late H.M.. 58th Regi ment, and now of Tutu Totara, near Marton. The ceremony took place at 2 p.m., at which hour the bride and her eight bridesmaids left the Bishop's residence in Mulgrave-street, and walked in procession through the grounds under a handsome triumphal arch of evergreens and ferns, and through the churchyard to the western door of the church, were they were met by the surplited choristers. he bridal procession then advanced slowly up the nave of the church, the choir singing Sir Henry Baker's well-known wedding hymn ( o. 351 of Hymns Ancient aud Modern) to Dr GauntlettV music, Mr Parker presiding at the organ. At the altar the brigegroora was waiting, duly supported by his brother, Mr William S. Marshall, as " best man," while Messrs A. 0. and F. 0. Hadfield (brothers of the bride) and Messrs. A. C. and i . C. E <nson were in attendance as groomsmen. The eight bridesmaids comprised three sisters of the bride — Misses iua, Kate, and Army Hadfield, four cousins — isses Kthel, Maud, Hilda, and El fie Williams, and Miss Marshall, sister of the bridegroom, The bride wore an exceedingly beautiful dress of cream satin, partly plain and partly bi-oeaded, trimmed with very fine Limerick lace. This dress was a present from the Marchioness of Normanby; and the bride also wore a superb necklace of amethysts set in gold, the gift of the bridegroom's father, Major Marshall, The bridal veil was

of white tulle, and the orange-blossoms were roal flovnrs, procured expressly from the *orth. The bridesmaids w«r« all dressed alike : their drosses w<ue of cream •n uns-veiling " trimmed with lace ; the bodices of brocaded satin ; they wore brown velvet hats trinmtod with cream roses, brown gloves, and patent leather shoes. It is superfluous to dwell on the charming picture presented by the bride and bridesmaids, which we . may fairly leave our readers to imagine. : The marriage ceremony was impressively ; performed by the Right Rev. the i Bishop, the bride's lather, assisted by the Yen. Archdeacon tock, the cv. K. J. Thorpe, and the Key. T. Fancourt. The service was entirely choral, j the psalms and responses being sung . by the choir. The bride was given away by the uncle, the Rev. Samuel Williams. At the conclusion of the ceremony the bridal procession left the church, Mr. j Parker playing Mendelssohn's " Wed- \ ding March," while the young girls | belonging to the bride's class in the 01) arch unday School, strewed her path with flowers. Osi the voiding party n turning to tlv Episcopal esidence the breakfast took place, and subsequently the newly-married couple drove out to Upper llutt, where they wiji remain until Monday, when they leave by the Kingarooma for Melbourne on a visit to Lord and Lady manby.