The extraordinary interest now taken in stately ceremonial is well
marked in the accounts of the German Royal wedding on Thursday. Both Prince Henry of Prussia and his cousin- bride, Princess Irene of Hesse, are descendants of our own George III. ; but their marriage is in no way an event of any importance, the Crown Prince of Germany having already four sons.. Nevertheless, the Times publishes a descriptive telegram of two columns, describing everything, from the uniform worn by the Emperor, down to the distribution, German fashion, of bits of the bride's garter. The ceremonial appears to have gone off well, though as a pageant it was marred by the small dimensions of the Charlottenburg chapel, which will only hold forty persons. It was necessary, there- fore, to exclude all witnesses except the two Royal families, three or four of the highest officers of State—Count Herbert Bismarck representing his father, who is away at Varzin—and two Ambassadors, those of Russia and Great Britain. The omission of Austria is characteristic, Austria being already secured.
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