Memoirs of Philip de Commines Book 4 Chapter VIII. As you have heard, our ambassadors met on the day after the return of our herald, for we were within four leagues of one another, or even less. Our herald was well treated, and had his money, and the office in the Isle of Re, where he was born. Many overtures passed between our ambassadors. The English at first demanded, according to their custom, the crown of France, and by degrees they fell to Normandy and Guienne; our commissioners replied as became them: so that the demand was well urged on the one side, and well refused on the other: yet, from the very first day of the treaty, there was great prospect of an accommodation, for both parties seemed very inclinable to hearken to reasonable proposals: our commissioners came back, and the others returned to their camp. The king was informed of their demands, and the final resolution¹ was, to have 72,000 crowns paid them down before they left the kingdom; a marriage was to be concluded between our present king and the eldest daughter² of King Edward, who is now Queen of England, and for her maintenance either the duchy of Guienne was to be assigned², or a pension of 50,000 crowns, to be paid annually during nine years, in the Tower of London; at the end of which term, the present king and his queen were to enjoy quietly the whole revenue of Guienne, and our king was to be discharged from paying the pension for the future. There were several other articles; but, as they were of no great weight or importance, I shall pass them over; only this I shall add that in this peace, which was to continue nine⁴ years between the two crowns, the allies on both sides were to be comprehended if they pleased, and the Dukes of Burgundy and Bretagne were named expressly by the English. The King of England offered (which was strange) to make a discovery of some persons who (as he said) were traitors to our king and his crown, and to produce proofs of their treason under their own hands.

Note 1. The terms finally agreed upon by the Kings of France and England are contained in four distinct acts, reported in Kymer (vol. v. part 3. pp. 65 — 68), and all dated on the 29th of August, 1475. Their provisions may be thus briefly stated: 1. King Edward engages to return to England with his army as soon as Louis XL has paid him the sum of 75,000 crowns. 2. A truce of seven years, commencing at the date of the treaty, and finishing at sunset on the 29th of August, 1482, is concluded between the two sovereigns. 3. The Kings of France and England undertake to mutually assist each other in case either prince shovild be attacked by his enemies or by his rebellious subjects; and to make this alliance still closer, Prince Charles, son of Louis XL, is to wed the Princess Elizabeth (age 16), daughter of Edward IV., as soon as they are both of marriageable age. 4. The King of France engages to pay annually to the King of England, in two instalments, the sum of 50,000 crowns; such payment to continue only during the life-time of either prince.

Note 2. Elizabeth (age 16), born in 1466, married Henry VII., King of England, oa the 18th of January, 1486, and died on the Uth of Febniary, 1503.

Note 3. It will be seen by the previous note, that no reference was made to this demand in the final treaty.

Note 4. This is a mistake; the truce was to last seven years.

Chronicle of Queen Jane and Two Years of Queen Mary 1553. 29 Aug 1553. ^bNote, that on tuisdaie the xxixth of Auguste, I dyned at Partrige's house with my lady Jane (age 17), being ther present, she sitting at the hordes ende, Partrige, his wife, Jacob my ladyes gentill woman, and hir man. She comanding Partrige and me to put on our cappes, emongest our communycacion at the dyner, this was to be noted: after she had once or twice droncke to me and bad me hartellie wellcome, saithe she, "The queues majesty is a mercyfull princes; I beseche God she may long contynue, and sende his bountefull grace apon hir." After that, we fell in (discourse of¹) mattiers of religion; and she axed what he was that preched at Polles on sonday beefore; and so it was tolde hir to be one (blank in MS.) "I praie you," quod she, "have they masse in London?" "Yay, for suthe," quod I, "in some places." "Yt may so be" quod she, "yt is not so strange as the sodden convertyon of the late duke; for who wolde have thought," saide she, " he would have so don? " Yt was aunswered her," Perchance he thereby hoped to have had his pardon." "Pardon?" quod she; "wo worthe him! he hathe brought me and our stocke in most myserable callamyty and mysery by his exceeding ambicion. But for th' aunswering that he hoped for life by his tourning, thoughe other men be of that opynion, I utterly am not; for what man is ther lyving, I pray you, although he had been innocent, that wolde hope of life in that case; being in the felde ageinst the quene in person as generall, and after his taking so hated and evell spoken of by the comons? and at his coming into pryson so wonderyed at² as the like was never harde by any man's tyme. Who was judge that he shoulde hope for pardon, whose life was odyous to all men? But what will ye more? like as his life was wicked and full of dissimulacion, so was his ende therafter. I pray God, I, nor no frende of myne, dye so. Shoulde I, who (am) yonge and in my fewers,³ forsake my faythe for the love of lyfe? Nay, God forbed! moche more he should not, whose fatall course, allthoughe he had ly ved his just noumber of yeres, coulde not have long contynued. But life was swete, it appeered; so he might have lyved, you will saye, he dyd (not) care howe. Indede the reason is goode; for he that wolde have lyved in chaynes to have had his lyfe, by like wold leave no other meane attempted. But God be mercyfull to us, for he sayeth, Whoso denyeth him before men, he will not knowe him in his Father's kingdome." With this and moche like talke the dyner passyd away; which ended, I thanked her ladyship that she would witsafe accept me in hir companye; and she thancked me likewise, and sayd I was weUcome. She thancked Partrige also for bringing me to dyner. "Madam," saide he, "wee wer somewhat bolde, not knowing that your ladyship dyned belowe untyll we fonde your ladyship ther." And so Partrig and I departed.

Note b. MS. f. 46, b. — This highly interesting passage has been unknown to the modern biographers of Lady Jane Grey, though it has been once extracted, and printed, when the MS. was in the possession of Sir Simonds D'Ewes, in his pamphlet intitled "The Primitive Practice of preserving Truth. 1645." 4to. Sir Simonds has there appended to it the following remarks: "How justly may the masculine constancie of this excellent lady, whose many vertues the pens of her very enemies have acknowledged, rise up in judgement against all such poore spirits, who for feare of death, or other outward motives, shall deny God and his truth, and so crown the trophees of the antichristian or mongrill adversaries by their lamentable apostasie. For what shee here spake christianly, sbee within a few moneths afterwards performed constantly, her life being taken from her on the 12th day of February, 1553, having lived first to see Mr. Harding, her father's chaplain, revolted to Antichrist, to whom she wrote an effectual letter of admonition and reproof, published by Mr. Fox in his Acts and Monuments, p. 1291, not unworthy the perusall of the ablest Christians and greatest doctors." In Foxe also, and in most of her biographies, will be found the lady Jane's conference with Dr. Feckenham, who was sent by queen Mary to persuade her to lie reconciled to the church of Rome.

Note 1. These words are inserted in the MS. by sir Simonds D'Ewes.

Note 2. i. e. apparently, gazed at without sympathy.

Note 3. So the MS. probably for "few years." Sir Simonds D'Ewes so understood it, but altered the phrase to "the flower of my yeeres."

Henry Machyn's Diary. 29 Aug 1558. The xxix day of August was the berehyng of my lord Wyndsor (deceased) at ys (blank) with a hersse of wax, and vj dosen penselles, and ij dosen longe torchys and iiij dosen of gret stayffe torchys, with iiij haroldes of armes and a standard, a baner of ys armes, and viij baners rolles of ys armes, and iiij baners of emages, and xij dosen of skochyons; and putt in ij coffens; and mony morners, and a grett compene of pepull; and the morow masse, and after a gret dener.... wyffe of master Rayff Grenway, altherman¹ .... Sonday after he kept a gret fest, and alle the .... Sonday was after soper ther was a goodly maske .... cloth of gold, and grett dansyng in the maske.

Note 1. This passage, when perfect, probably recorded the marriage of alderman John White with the widow of alderman Ralph Greenway: the christening of whose son occurs on the 25th May following (p. 198).

Note. P. 172. Funeral of lord Windsor. "William lord Wyndsor maryed to his first wyff doter and heyr of Samborne, and after the doter of Cowdrey of Hampshire: he dyed at his howsse of Brad[en]ham in Bokynghamshire on sonday the 14. of August in the 5. and 6. yeres of Phelyp and Mary, 1558, and was beryed on monday the 22. of the same mounth." (MS. Harl. 897, f. 80.) His son Edward lord Windsor, who died at Spa in Germany in 1573, desired in his will "his heart to be inclosed in lead and sent into England, to be buried in the chapel of Bradenham under the tombe of his lord and father, in token of a true Englishman," which was done accordingly (see Lipscomb's Buckinghamshire, vol. iii. p. 558); but there is now no other monument of the Windsor family in that church.

Note. P. 172. Marriage of alderman John White. This civic senator, whose name has frequently occurred in this volume, was the son of Robert White, of Farnham in Surrey. He was of the Grocers' company, served sheriff in 1556, and lord mayor in 1563. His first marriage has been mentioned in p. 378, in the note on the funeral of his brother the bishop of Winchester. The imperfect passage in p. 172 relates to his second marriage with the widow of alderman Ralph Greenway. She was Katharine, daughter of John Sodaye of London, apothecary to Queen Mary (see p. 403), and was again married to Jasper Allen, and buried at St. Dunstan's in the East, Oct. 9, 1576. In her will, dated the same year, she mentions her brother Richard Sodaye. Sir John White was buried at Aldershot in Hampshire in 1573: see his epitaph, with some extracts from his will, in the Collectanea Topogr. et Genealogica, vol. vii. p. 212. See also his funeral atchievements engraved at the conclusion of the Introduction to the present Volume.

Pepy's Diary. 29 Aug 1666. To St. James's, and there Sir W. Coventry (age 38) took Sir W. Pen (age 45) and me apart, and read to us his answer to the Generalls' letter to the King (age 36) that he read last night; wherein he is very plain, and states the matter in full defence of himself and of me with him, which he could not avoid; which is a good comfort to me, that I happen to be involved with him in the same cause. And then, speaking of the supplies which have been made to this fleete, more than ever in all kinds to any, even that wherein the Duke of Yorke (age 32) himself was, "Well", says he, "if this will not do, I will say, as Sir J. Falstaffe did to the Prince, 'Tell your father, that if he do not like this let him kill the next Piercy himself,'"¹ and so we broke up, and to the Duke (age 32), and there did our usual business. So I to the Parke and there met Creed, and he and I walked to Westminster to the Exchequer, and thence to White Hall talking of Tangier matters and Vernaty's knavery, and so parted, and then I homeward and met Mr. Povy (age 52) in Cheapside, and stopped and talked a good while upon the profits of the place which my Lord Bellasses (age 52) hath made this last year, and what share we are to have of it, but of this all imperfect, and so parted, and I home, and there find Mrs. Mary Batelier, and she dined with us; and thence I took them to Islington [Map], and there eat a custard; and so back to Moorfields [Map], and shewed Batelier, with my wife, "Polichinello", which I like the more I see it; and so home with great content, she being a mighty good-natured, pretty woman, and thence I to the Victualling Office, and there with Mr. Lewes and Willson upon our Victualling matters till ten at night, and so I home and there late writing a letter to Sir W. Coventry (age 38), and so home to supper and to bed. No newes where the Dutch are. We begin to think they will steale through the Channel to meet Beaufort. We think our fleete sayled yesterday, but we have no newes of it.

Note 1. "King Henry IV"., Part I, act v., sc. 4.

Pepy's Diary. 29 Aug 1667. So home, and there wrote all my letters, and then, in the evening, to White Hall again, and there met Sir Richard Browne (age 62), Clerk to the Committee for retrenchments, who assures me no one word was ever yet mentioned about my Lord's salary. This pleased me, and I to Sir G. Carteret (age 57), who I find in the same doubt about it, and assured me he saw it in our original report, my Lord's name with a discharge against it. This, though I know to be false, or that it must be a mistake in my clerk, I went back to Sir R. Browne (age 62) and got a sight of their paper, and find how the mistake arose, by the ill copying of it out for the Council from our paper sent to the Duke of York (age 33), which I took away with me and shewed Sir G. Carteret (age 57), and thence to my Lord Crew (age 69), and the mistake ended very merrily, and to all our contents, particularly my own, and so home, and to the office, and then to my chamber late, and so to supper and to bed. I find at Sir G. Carteret's (age 57) that they do mightily joy themselves in the hopes of my Chancellor's (age 58) getting over this trouble; and I make them believe, and so, indeed, I do believe he will, that my Chancellor (age 58) is become popular by it. I find by all hands that the Court is at this day all to pieces, every man of a faction of one sort or other, so as it is to be feared what it will come to. But that, that pleases me is, I hear to-night that Mr. Bruncker is turned away yesterday by the Duke of York (age 33), for some bold words he was heard by Colonel Werden to say in the garden, the day the Chancellor (age 58) was with the King (age 37)-that he believed the King (age 37) would be hectored out of everything. For this the Duke of York (age 33), who all say hath been very strong for his father-in-law at this trial, hath turned him away: and every body, I think, is glad of it; for he was a pestilent rogue, an atheist, that would have sold his King and country for 6d. almost, so covetous and wicked a rogue he is, by all men's report. But one observed to me, that there never was the occasion of men's holding their tongues at Court and everywhere else as there is at this day, for nobody knows which side will be uppermost.

Thomas Bateman 1846. On the 29th of August 1846. The barrow at Cow Lowe [Map], near Buxton, was opened; although a little disturbed on the surface by the operations of stone-getters, the interments were quite intact. The number and importance of these deposits render needful a minute description of most of them, and a chronological arrangement will make each particular much more intelligible; by the latter system, we commence with the presumed primary interment, then tracing each succeeding one, in the order in which it was inhumed, instead of relating the particulars of each, in the rotation in which they were brought to light by the spade. Upon the floor of the barrow, which slightly exceeded the depth of four feet from the summit, was laid apparently the primitive interment, covered over with a large flat stone, but not inclosed in a cist; it was the body of a person of small stature, probably a female, with the knees contracted; it altogether rested upon a layer of calcined human bones, amongst which was found a bone pin, which had been perforated at the thicker end, but now broken, and part of a dog's head, also several horses' teeth; a few inches higher up, the whole of the centre of the tumulus was covered with human bones, unaccompanied by anything worthy of notice, if we except a few pieces of an urn, coarse, both in material and workmanship. The number of jaw-bones belonging to different skeletons in this part of the barrow was five, though it is probable that a greater number of individuals were here interred. About a foot higher than these, and slightly out of the centre of the barrow, was a small cist, made of stones set edgeways, which contained the bones of a female in the usual contracted position, with which were two sets of Kimmeridge coal beads (one hundred and seventeen in number), of very neat workmanship; the central ornaments are in this case made of the same material as the beads, though it will be remembered that, in the similar ornament found at Wind Lowe [Map], the central plates were of bone or ivory; a faintly marked diamond pattern is discernible upon the plates of shale; with these lay a fine instrument of calcined flint, of the circular-ended form; a few of the beads lay on the outside of the cist, where was part of the skeleton of a child, to whom possibly one set of beads might belong, or, what is more probable, that they were disturbed at the time of the construction of the hexagonal cell, which was placed partly upon the cist pertaining to the lady, at a slightly higher level; in it were deposited two skeletons, one above the other, much crushed up in order to accommodate them to the confined limits of the cell; with the lower one was a neatly ornamented urn of unbaked clay, much decayed and broken. The latest and most interesting interment, which may be attributed to the Romano-British period, or perhaps by some antiquaries to the early Saxon era, lay in the centre of the harrow, and about midway between the surface of the natural ground and the top of the former; the bones were mostly decayed, so much indeed, as to leave no trace except the teeth, and a small portion of the cranium; near which, probably about the neck, were two pins of gold, connected by a chain of the same, of remarkably neat design and execution; the heads of the pins contain a setting of many coloured glass, platted upon a chequered gold foil; close to them, and apparently having slipped off the chain, by a large bead of blue glass. The earth for a few feet from this place appeared to have been tempered with water, or puddled, at the time of the funeral, which gave it a very solid and undisturbed appearance; this, coupled with the absence of bones, makes it difficult to decide near what part of body the following articles were originally placed; they were about eighteen inches distant from the pins, which were certainly close to the head. These articles had been inclosed in a wooden box, made of ash plank half an inch in thickness, which was wrapped in a woollen cloth, the warp of which is perfectly visible; the hinges of this casket (two in number) are of brass, and were fastened with brass pins, which were clenched upon a piece of stout leather in the inside of the box; it was fastened by a brass hasp of similar type to the hinges, which received a small staple, to which was hung an iron padlock; it contained a small vessel of thick green glass, an ivory comb much decayed, some instruments of iron, a piece of perforated ivory, apparently the end of some utensil, which was encircled by a brass hoop at the time of its discovery, but which fell to dust on exposure, and a neck decoration of various pensile ornaments, eleven in number; the centre one is of blue porcelain or glass, with three serpents in white; it is retained in a setting of silver, with vandyked edges, on either side of this is a spiral wire bead of electrum, whilst the suit is made up of small circular pendants of silver, extremely thin, each having a level back and a convex front, and each stamped out of a separate piece; of these the number is eight, and with the exception of one, which has a beaded circle running round it, are all struck from the same die, a small flaw being visible on each; the box also contained a dog's or fox's tooth; and a short distance above the body, in the same tempered earth, lay a portion of the horn of the red deer. In various parts of the tumulus, but not in situations where they could be allotted with certainty to any of the interments, were found a scattered deposit of burnt bones, a bead of Kimmeridge coal, of more globular form than the others, much worn, a neat pin of bone, a pointed instrument of the same, apparently a lance-head, and the usual chippings of flint, and rats' bones.

Note. Necklace, possibly, from Cow Low on display at Weston Park Museum, Sheffield.

Calton Moor. July I3th, a tumulus on Calton Moor, called Thorncliff; about a mile from the village of Calton, was opened. It is a large bowl-shaped barrow, 26 yards diameter, considerably elevated in the middle. We commenced a section four feet wide through the centre, cutting first through a mixture of earth and small stones, in which lay a very slender skeleton, measuring 5 feet 6 inches in length, which had been deposited at fnll length on its right side, about four feet east of the centre of the barrow, and not more than a foot beneath the turf, probably an interment of much later date than the barrow itself; we next encountered a stratum of clay 4 feet thick, below which were loose stones, then small stones mixed with clay down to the natural surface, where we found a rock grave extending under the east side of the moimd, which was cleared out to the depth of three feet without our arriving at the bottom. Being now four yards from the summit, at an advanced hour in the day, we attempted to reach the floor of the grave by undermining the stratum of clay forming an arch over the grave, but having undercut it to the extent of six feet, we very fortunately abandoned the work as unsafe shortly before it fell in, and terminated both the day's labour and the chance of discovering the original interment. Animal bones and pieces of flint were found below the clay. Although the arrangement of this volume is chronological, we may be allowed to deviate from it in this instance, for the sake of finishing the account of the contents of the grave; which were discovered on the 29th and 30th of August, when the direction of the grave being known, we sunk down upon it, and after working upwards of a day and a half, had the satisfaction of finding, at a depth of more than four yards from the surface, the primary deposit in this difficult barrow; namely, the remains of a large skeleton, accompanied bu a neat instrument of flint and a bronze dagger, with three rivets of the usual form, but broken, perhaps by the pressure of some very large stones with which the grave was filled, and in consequence of which our labours were rendered much more arduous.

The Cambrian News and Merionethshire Standard. 29 Aug 1884. The marriage of Miss Louise Alexandra Williams Wynn (age 19), eldest and only surviving child of Sir Watkin (age 64) and Lady Williams Wynn, of Wynnstay, with her cousin, Mr Herbert Lloyd Watkin Williams Wynn (age 24), eldest surviving son of the late Colonel Williams Wynn, of Cefn, St. Asaph, and heir presumptive to the baronetcy and estates of Wynnstay, was celebrated on Tuesday, August the 26th, at the parish Church of Ruabon [Map], in the presence of a circle of distinguished friends and relatives, and a large number of neighbours and well-wishers. The bride was born on the 21st of December, 1864, and on the 30th of January, 1865, she was christined by the names already given, having for her sponsors the Queen of Denmark (age 66), the Princess of Wales (age 17), and her uncle, Sir Hugh Williams, Bart., of Bodelwyddan. The bridegroom, who was born on the 6th of June, 1860, is the second, but eldest surviving, son of Sir Watkin's only brother, Colonel Herbert Watkin Williams Wynn, who married Anna (age 50), daughter and heiress of Mr Edward Lloyd, of Cefn, and died in 1862.

The wedding day broke with a chill wind and a leaden grey sky, but the clouds having discharged a few drops of rain about eleven o'clock in the morning, the sky put on a more pleasing appearance, and the sun pepeed out from behind the clouds.

In the Ruabon district extensive preparations were made to fittingly celebrate the auspicious occasion. Each train was laden with passengers, and by ten o'clock nearly 12,000 persons had gathered in the "streets converging on the church and at points from which it was possible to get a glimpse of the bridal procession. It was with some difficulty that a large body of county constabulary kept open a way for the wedding carriages to reach the church. Admission to the church where the ceremony was to take place was only gained by ticket, and long before the time fixed for the arrival of the wedding party the building was tilled in every part by a congregation including most of the gentry and landowners of the surrounding districts.

In Ruabon itself the day was observed as a general holiday, and the streets of the town were decorated with flags, flowers, and evergreens. The railway.station was most profusely decorated with bunt- ing and streamers, which were effectively arranged to span the railway. Immediately outside the station the trees and the housetops were relieved with bannerets, with here and there a motto conveying good wishes to the hero and heroine of the day, or to the family of Wynnstay. At eight in the morning the bells of the parish church were set ringing, and the echoes were awakened by the periodical firing of anvils. The decorative efforts of the Ruabon committee were principally concentrated upon the length of road con- necting the main entrance to Wynnstay Park with the parish church. The most prominent object was a triple arch of noble dimensions, which spanned the rOå trom the Uourt Mouse to the W ynnstay Arms. "The framework of the arch, the walls of which were about two yards in width, was filled with flowering heather, the upper portion of the arch being similarly billed with laurel. Upon ground work were displayed on excellent relief, designs representative of the spread eagle and the cross foxes worked in coloured flowers by Messrs James Dickson, of Chester. On the Wynn- atay side of the main archway spanning the roadway was the following inscription in white on a scarlet ground, Hir oes a phob gwynfyd i ferch Syr Watkin a'i phriod over the smaller subsidiary arches on the same side were the mottoes, "May happiness be theirs" and "God bless the happy pair." On the other side of the arch, and facing the church on the main archway was the inscription, 11 Mng life, health, and happiness to Mr and Mrs H. Ll. Watkin Williams Wynn;" on the smaller arches the mottoes, "Ni ddeil yr eryr ednogyn, pob edn edwyn ei gymmar (The eagle catcheth not at a fly; every winged fowl knows its mate) and Cadarnach yw'r edau yn gyrfodedd nag yn ungor" (Stronger is the thread twisted than single). The summits of the arches were effectively relieved by large banners which floated from them. The Wynnstay Arms, close by, was also most effectively decked with evergreens and bannerets, and leading from the massive arch just described to the park entrance was an avenue of firs. The walls of the cottages on each side of the road were festooned with garlands of evergreens relieved with bunting, and the old stones of the arch leading into the park were almost lost in evergreens. Along the top of the arch ran the words, "God bless the bride and bridegroom.

As the hour for the service approached, the crowd which thronged the space between the park gates and the church grew momentarily larger until as the bridal guests began to arrive with increasing rapidity, the police were scarcely able to secure a passage for them. Long before the hour of ten the place was crowded, and about that hour the Crewe Steam Shed Band arrived, and commenced playing in front of the Court House. Shortly afterwards the local volunteers, led by the Wrexham volunteer band, marched up and joined in lines on each side of the path leading from the church gates to the church door. Placed alter- nately with the red-coated volunteers were maidens from the bride's school, dressed in white. and each carrying a basket of flowers. The bridegroom, who was accompanied by his brother, passed almost un- recognised through the throng on his way to the church, but when Sir Watkin drove up, accompanied by Lord Combermere, he was received with hearty applause, which followed him to the church gates. All the guests having entered the church, all eyes were turned in the direction in which the bride would come, and a few minutes after eleven, the waiting crowd were rewarded by seeing her carriage followed by a crowd coming down the fine avenue leading from the mansion. As the carriage emerged from the park the crowd set up a cheer which was taken up and passed along the ranks as the bride approached the church gates, whence she walked along the scarlet carpeted pathway into the church.

The interior of the sacred edifice was beautifully decorated. festoons of evergreens, with long pendant ten- drils of ivy, hanging from the roof. Within the chan- cel the walls were lined with moss, artistically contrasted with white asters in lover's knot devices, dahlias, gladiolii, and immortelles. On the communion table was a fine altar cloth, the gift of the father of the bride (age 64), and then used for the first time.

The bridegroom entered the church at about a quarter to eleven, accompanied by his brother (Mr Robert Williams Wynn), the best man. Sir Watkin Williams Wynn was shortly afterwards conveyed into the sacred building in his bath chair, being still unable to walk. Then followed the guests staying at Wynnstay (who drove down in carriages), including the Earl of Powis (age 65), Mr T. Tyrwhitt Drake, Mr W. R.M. Wynne, Peniarth, Colonel Wynn Pinch, Countess M. and Countess Helen Bismarck, Lady Mary Herbert, Count Ulottlie, Major and Mrs Rowley, Conwig, Viscount Combermere, Mrs Williams Wynn (age 50) (of Cefn, mother of the bridgegroom), Mr and Mrs Bennett, Mrs Godsall and Mr H. Godsall, the Rev J. S, Raymond, Mr Charles and Lady Amora Williams Wynn, Miss Amora Williams Wynn, Mr and Mrs Bertie Williams Wynn, General Brownrigg, Major Fife, Admiral Somerset, Sir Theodore Martin, Sir Edward and Lady Hamilton, Mr Archibald and Lady Peal, Col. Meredith, Captain Wynn Griffiths, Mrs and Mrs Owen-Slaney Wynne, Plasnewydd, Canon Richardson, and Mr Fitz Hugh.

The bride arrived shortly after eleven o'clock, accompanied by her mother, and walked down the aisle upon the arm of her cousin, Sir W. W. Greville Williams Wynn, Bart., and accompanied by her bridesmaids. She wore an ivory white satin petticoat, covered with old Venetian rose-point lace. The bodice and train were made of terry velvet, trimmed with lace. She had a tulle veil fastened over a wreath of blossoms with pearl and diamond star, the gift of the bridegroom. Her pocket-handkerchicf was of point lace. The bridesmaids were-Miss Helen Williams of Cefn, and Lady Margaret Byng, Miss Edwards, Vicarage, Ruabon, Miss Rowley Conwy, Miss Hampton Lewis. Miss Constance Williams Wynn, Coedymaen Miss Herbert, Styche, Miss C. Brownrigg, Miss Peel, Brynprys, Miss Leighton, Sweeney. They wore white India dresses trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and loops of pale blue ribbon, blue crepe bonnets and aigrettes of feathers to match. Each bridesmaid carried a bouquet of pink roses, and wore a gold bangle, fastened with cross foxes in gold, the gift of the bride-groom. Lady Williams Wynn's dress was of rich antique silver grey velvet brocade, trimmed with old Mechlin lace. She wore a grey bonnet, with feathers to match, and carried a white lace parasol.

The offiiciating clergy were the Rev Watkin Herbert Williams Wynn, cousin of the bride and rector of Bodelwyddan; the Rev E. W. Edwards, vicar of Ruabon the Rev Trevor Owen, vicar of Llangedwyn the Rev Thomas Jones, and the Rev J. B. Armstrong.

As the bride passed up the church the strains of the stately "March of the Priests," from "Athalie," played by the organist, Mr W. Hall, at the request of Lady Williams VVynn, sounded through the church. The marriage ceremony was then proceeded with by the Rev Watkin Williams. The bride was given away by her father Sir Watkin Williams Wynn (age 64). The bride and bridegroom responded in rather low but distinct tones of voice in the all-important part of the service which made them man and wife. The service, though of a simple character, was none the less impressive. No hymn was sung, but the 67th Psalm, "God be merciful unto us and bless us," was chanted by the choir. The latter part of the service was read by the Rev E. W. Edwards, and the final declaration of the duties of man and wife by the Rev R, T. Owen. The ceremony having been brought to a close, the bridal party proceeded to the Wynnstay chapel, to sign the marriage register. While this was being done wedding favours were distributed to the guests, and the bride and the bridegroom received the customary congratulations. Mendelssohn's wedding march was effectively played by the organist at the close of the ceremony, and as the newly-married pair left the church, they were greeted with the heartiest acclamations. It was a pretty sight to see the children strewing their path with flowers, while the church bells pealed forth merrily.

Subsequently the wedding party returned to Wynnstay, where the breakfast was served in the large hall, and presented a scene of great brilliance. A large number of guests were invited, including Mr and Mrs Osborne Morgan, who, however, were prevented from attending by domestic bereavement.

After breakfast, Sir WATKIN proposed the toast of "Her Majesty the Queen, and of the Prince and Princess of Wales and the rest of the Royal Family." In doing so he referred to the fact that the Princess of Wales, whom they all loved and adored, was his dear daughter's godmother. (Cheers.)

The Earl of Powis, in proposing the health of The Bride and Bridegroom," said-A marriage in an ancient family is an event which appeals to our imagination in a very special manner, and this holds good, not merely amongst those who form an intimate family circle, who are connected by ties of relationship and friendship with the bride and bridegroom but extends itself to a 4arge surrounding neighbourhood, to whom the annals of a great house form part of their local traditions. The district to which I apply the term "neighbourhood" includes four counties oi inortn HaleS, anu gue23 uver the Shropshire borders. Flags are flying in the breeze, bells are pealing, town and country are gathered to- gether to celebrate a union which will be memorable in the annals of the Cymry, and form an epoch and period in our lives. (Cheers.) There is no country in which local traditions and ancient memories are so jealously re- vered and guarded as in Cambria. (Cheers.) Our family pedigrees, which go back for many years to a long and ancestral past, keep alive the memory and the names of those who have gone before, till family history mingles itself insensibly with legendaty lore. The young couple upon whom attentions and marks of regard have been lavished will soon see how universal is the feeling which is inspired towards their parents by the manner in which throughout their life they have discharged the various duties of their position. (Loud cheers.) The parents will appreciate the sincerity of the good- will which knows that the affection and sympathy shewn to the new generation is the most grateful and most sincere homage that can be rendered to the old. (Cheers.) I will now give you, ladies and gentlemen, full scope to those feelings of sympathy and seatiment which this occasion and this assembly inspire in all our breasts. I will ask you to joiu with me in all sincerity and truth, in wishing long life and happi- ness to Herbert and Louise Williams Wynn. (Loud cheers.)

Mr W. R. M. W YNNE, of Peniarth, then briefly proposed the toast in Welsh, and it was received with the greatest enthusiasm. greatest enthusiasm.

The BRIDEGROOM, who on rising was received with loud cheers, said-I beg to thank you on behalf of Mrs Williams Wynn and myself most sincerely for the kind way in which you have drunk our health. I can only say that we both feel very much more the kind- ness of the way in which you have received us than we cau ever express in words. I beg to thank you. (Loud cheers.)

Count MOLTKE proposed the health of Sir Watkin and Lady Williams Wynn, which was drunk with great enthusiasm.

Sir WATKIN, in reply, said:-On behalf of Lady Williams Wynn and myself, I beg to thank you for the kindness shown to us, aud our dear girl. I hope and trust that her marriage, so auspiciously celebrated to-day, may bring the happiness that we all wish for them. (Cheers.) I believe that a marriage in this house has not been celebrated in Ruabon Church since before this century was in its teens. Those who were then married have, unfortunately, passed away, but I am happy to say that the grandchildren and great grandchild of that branch of the family are here to-day. I am glad that we have with us to day Sir Edward Hanmer and Lord Combermere, my old friend and fellow-collegian and another friend, who married us thirty-two years ago, I am also happy to see present on this occasion. I beg again to thank you for your very great kindness towards us and my dear daughter and for your presence here to-day, (Cheers.)

Colonel WYNNE FINCH proposed the toast of the bridesmaids, which was very heartily received, and responded to by Mr ROBERT WILLIAMS WYNN. The wedding cakes were on view at the Wrexham Savings Bank during Wednesday and Thursday, and Mr Stephens, the purveyor, was highly complimented on his work, Lady Williams Wynn calling on Thurs- day and expressing great satisfaction. The total weight of the cakes is over 1,800lbs. They were placed on a.blue ground, surrounded by a number of choice ferns and plants with variegated foliage. In the centre was placed the Wynnstay cake. the first tier of which was decorated with horse shoe shales, bearing the monograms of the bride and bridegroom, and the other tiers were supported by draped figures and festooned in a pretty manner. Sur- mounting all was a miniature temple, in the centre of which was a playing fountain of exquisite design and workmanship. The other cakes were equally beautiful, the decoration representing rich clusters of the vine and emblematic flowers, while the heads of hounds looking out from the foliage gave it a sportive aspect in keeping with the re- nown of Wynnstay. The mottoes on the bannerettes that decked the cakes were in Welsh. The wedding cakes are sent to Machynlleth, Llanuwchllyn, Bala, Llangedwyn, Oswestry, Ruabon, Llangurig, Traws- fynydd, Llangollen, Llwydiarth, Llansilin, Llanfyllin, Llanbrynmair, Wrexham, Ruthin, Llanrhaiadr, Llan- armon D. C., Llangadfan (including Cwm, Cann Office, Gartheibio, Llanerfyl, and Llanfair), Llanwddyn, and Rhydycroesau.

About three o'clock the bride and bridegroom left Wynnstay for Llangedwyn, and the guests and house- hold assembled to offer their congratulations, and to pelt them with rice and old slippers. The bride's travelling dress was of sapphire blue Bengaline, trimmed with velvet. The bodice was of blue velvet, trimmed with old point d'Alencon lace. Her bonnet was of blue crepe and velvet, with feathers to match. Their journey of about twenty miles to Llangedwyn was something like a Royal progress. Crowds assem- bled in many places along the route to see and cheer them. Triumphal arches were erected, and everywhere flags were flying, and devices with numberless good wishes expressed in the form of mottoes were ex-, hibited. They reached Chirk about four o'clock in bright sunshine. An address was read on behalf of the villagers by the Rev Wynne Jones, and another popular demonstration was made at Gobowen, while at Oswestry, which was gaily decorated, a procession was formed of nearly 4,000 school child- ren and their friends, and, being afterwards joined by the Mayor and Corporation, and the members of the various friendly societies, met Mr and Mrs Wynn, and drew their carriage through the town, and finally presented them with an elaborate address from 300 subscribers.

The road to Llangedwyn displayed many signs of the interest felt by the residents in the young couple. At many points on the way they received hearty greetings, but probably the heartiest greetings of the day were those with which they were received by the people of Llangedwyn, who, with Welsh ardour, were not content to await the coming of the bridge and bridegroom, but met them about a mile before they reached the village. The point of meeting was at a very pretty arch erected across the road on the Os- westry side of Abecynlleth, and there the pair of horses were unharnessed, and the conduct of the carriage was committed into the hands of a host of willing substitututes. Led by the Llanrhaiadr Brass Band, the escort, which was of enormous proportions, and most enthu- siastic in character, proceeded to Llangedwyn Hall, passing under several exceedingly effective arches, where a considerable number of ladies and gentlemen, as well as of school children, had assembled to greet the bridal pair. On ascending the steps leading to the terrace, Mr and Mrs William Wynn received three addresses. The first was from the tenants on the Llangedwyn estate, the second from Llanwyddyn, and the third from the Llangedwyn Friendly Society, all of which were suitably acknowledged by Mr Williams Wynn.