Lord Carrington's house, and is said to have responded to the good wishes of his bachelor friends by making a speech in broad Scotch. At the bride's request, the Prime Minister, Lord Beaconsfield, had promised to give her away, and he received her at the church door along with the four little bridesmaids, two daughters of Sir Coutts and Lady Lindsay, the Hon. Mary Wyndham, and Lady Emily Stanhope. The officiating clergyman was Prebendary Rogers of Bishopsgate, an old friend of both bride and bridegroom. Miss Rothschild's wedding dress was of white satin. only ornaments were pearl and diamond earrings, but her veil of old lace is said to have cost seven hundred guineas. The bridesmaids' ornaments were gold lockets, with the monogram A.H.R. set in rubies and diamonds. It was said that Mr. Rogers seemed to find it no easy task to reconcile the conflicting religious opinions of bride and bridegroom without departure from the rubric. "At times he murmured apologetically, while he delivered those passages applicable to both Jews and Christians ore rotundo." Her Every one agreed that it was a pretty wedding, and that the bride and bridegroom made a handsome pair. As they walked down the aisle, the contrast of their appearance was remarked by many. Lord Rosebery, with his fair hair, bright blue eyes, ruddy complexion, and clear-cut regular features, was a typical Anglo-Saxon. bride, dark eyed, and with tresses peeping from under her rich lace veil, might have been known, like Rebecca in "Ivanhoe," for a Jewish maiden. Lord Rosebery was thirty; his His raven bride just four years younger. The guests waited while the Prime Minister, who had a Cabinet Council at noon, walked slowly out of the church and took his place in his carriage. The Prince of Wales drove off to the bridal breakfast, where he proposed the health of the Earl and Cour.tess, and the pews rapidly emptied. Perhaps we should not linger behind in the deserted aisles, for we might remember too sorrowfully how many of that company have long departed. Lord Beaconsfield survived by less than two years the fall of his ministry. In the long list of friends and relatives, how many names are forgotten now! But the saddest thought of all-which cannot be quite put aside by those who look back over twenty years-is that the radiant girl who was the centre of all the rejoicings would herself, after twelve brief years of happy wedded life, be laid to rest beside her parents in the Willesden cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone were not present at the service or at the breakfast, though Lord Hartington, the Liberal leader, was a guest on both occasions. Mr. Gladstone's position at that time. was in some respects almost a counterpart of Lord Rosebery's at the present day. He was still in nominal retirement, and his sharpest critics were to be found in his own party. An examination of the newspapers of the seventies is a startling experience for those whose interest in politics begins with the later Midlothian campaigns. Liberal papers attacked Mr. Gladstone with asperity, and the "intelligent foreigner" might well have fancied that the great party was falling to pieces. But Mr. Glad stone's strength did not rest on the attachment of colleagues or the loyalty of the press; its true source was in the heart and the imagination of the people. He looked beyond the passing moment, and knew that unseen forces were working on his side. The love of the people conquered the selfishness of party groups, and called him back to power. On the night of the wedding Lord Rosebery's tenants dined together at the Douglas Hotel, Edinburgh. The chairman, Captain Tod, of Howglen, gave a history of the Rothschild and Primrose families. Mr. Glendinning read a letter gifts with which the tenants have honoured us. They have been greatly admired by all who have seen them, and gratefully appreciated by Hannah and myself. "Those presents are only the last of a long series of tokens by which the tenants have shown my predecessor and THE LATE PREBENDARY ROGERS, WHO OFFICIATED AT THE WEDDING. From Photo by H. S. Mendelssohn, Pembridge Crescent, London, W. esting as showing the warm affection with which the Countess from the first regarded Scotland. "2, BERKELEY SQUARE, W., "MY DEAR MR. GLENDINNING,― "I wish you to-morrow night to express the thanks of myself and one who will then be my wife for the beautiful myself their regard, which is hereditary, I think, personal, I hope, and mutual, I know. "I cannot believe that anything but the strengthening of those relations can result from the coming among you of a lady whose life has been spent in unselfish acts of mercy and beneficence, and who already, by anticipation, is fondly attach ed to her Scottish home. "We shall both drink the healths of our Scottish friends to-morrow, and meanwhile believe me, "Yours sincerely, Four bonfires were lit that night on the estates, and next day there was a dinner to three hundred guests in the 48 Mr. Glen- an extract from "A Midsummer Night's Dream," affords in almost every sentence proof that the orator had come strongly under riding-school at Dalmeny. dinning said, amid great cheering, that Lord Rosebery had wished to put off his bride's first visit to Scotland till August, when the place would be in its fullest beauty, but that her ladyship was so anxious to see her new home, new friends, new neighbours, and new country, that she wished to come to Dalmeny as soon as possible after the marriage. At these dinners and other festivities held at Queensferry, there were many speeches and many forecasts of Lord Rosebery's political future. The shrewdest guess was that of Mr. Chessar, who prophesied that the day would yet come when Lord Beaconsfield would have to make way for Lord Rosebery as Prime Minister. The honeymoon was spent at Petworth Park, Lord Leconfield's seat in Sussex. It was rumoured that burglars had attempted to steal the bride's jewels, but this was afterwards contradicted. As a matter of fact, the jewels were not taken to Petworth. Before coming to town for the season, Lord and Lady Rosebery paid a flying visit to Scotland. By their wish, all public celebrations were deferred till August, and the bride enjoyed a few quiet days in the northern home which she learned to love so well. Lord Rosebery spoke several times in Parliament in his wedding year. His most important effort was on the Eastern Question. At the end of July, he raised a discussion on the arrangements concluded under the Treaty of Berlin, and remarked incidentally that his leader, Earl Granville, had ventured to ask information in a manner so conciliatory as to be almost humble. His speech, which contained. foreign policy. He pleaded earnestly Mr. Gladstone's influence in for little Greece, having learned “with sorrow and dismay" that its future had been left under the control of France and Italy. Britain, he said, has the sacred prerogative of standing out on behalf of weak nations. that the speech showed a complete unLord Salisbury, in his reply, observed acquaintance with the inside of a Governthat, in the noble Earl's case, this will not ment office, and added, " I have no doubt last long." This debate is remarkable as showing that the young peer of thirtythe House that he could at any time. one had so completely gained the ear of initiate which the leaders on both sides put forth an important discussion, in all their powers. A week later he and his bride were on their way to Edinburgh. They reached the Waverley Station on the evening of Monday, August 5th, and found a crowd assembled to greet them. Amid hearty cheering they set out on the drive to Dalmeny, and on the following Thursday the home-coming festivities were held. An immense pavilion had been erected on the terraced lawn to the south of the ivy-clad Barnbougie Castle. This pavilion was divided into two apartments— a dining-room and a ball-room. o'clock. 250 guests sat down to a banquet at four Over The ivy and laurel, its supporting pillars ex- Edinburgh," he said, "think that this must have been the feeling of the House of Rothschild when they knew that their daughter was to marry our Earl." In thanking his guests for the enthusiasm with which they received the toast, Lord Rosebery said, "You have conferred a nationality to-day. My wife, as you [Elliott & Fry. From Photo by] myself feel that we have indeed a hard task before us to succeed those dear ones who were our predecessors." Lord Young proposed the health of the lately married pair in a happy speech. He quoted the saying of the old Highland woman when she learned that the Queen's daughter was to marry the son of Maccallum More: "The Queen maun be a prood woman the day." "We in know, is a Jewess by race, an Englishwoman by birth, and to day by adop tion you have made her a Scotchwoman." Не closed with a reference to the Greek prince on whom fortune smiled so persistently that he felt he must sacrifice something in order to avert the calamity which might otherwise fall, and threw his sea. Pointing precious ring into the to the ancient castle under whose shadow they were met, he said with deep emotion, "I feel as if I could throw into the sea that bulwark opposite-the most precious thing I have next to my wifeto avoid marring the happiness I now enjoy." The ball began about nine o'clock, when some 250 couples danced in the |