LONDON WEDDING.

Evening Post, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 107, 2 November 1909, Page 9

LONDON WEDDING.

LADY DOROTHY ONSLOW. (From Our Own Correspondent.) LONDON, 24th September. The second daughter of tho popular Earl and Countess of Onslow, who were in New Zealand for a gubernatorial term in 1889-92, was married at the family seat at West Clandon, Surrey, on Tuesday, to the -Hon. Edward Wood, son of Viscount and Viscountess Halifax. Lady Dorothy, it will be remembered, was in New Zealand a few years ago, when Lady Onslow went out to present her son Huia to his tribe at Otaki. Since then she has seen a good deal of the world, including several visits to America. The little Clandon Church was profusely decorated for the occasion. The bridal gown was of plain white satin, the^ bodice being embroidered in pearls and silver, and trimmed with old Brussels lace, the gift of the bride's mother. Lady Dorothy also wore a long tulle veil, a wreath of orange blossom, anil a row of pearls, the gift of tho bridegroom. Twelve bridesmaids were in attendance — Miss Fuller Maitland (cousin of the bride), Miss Claire Stopford, the Hon. Blanche Lascelles, Lady Dorothy Browne, Lady Muriel Herbert, the Hon. Mary Vesey, the Hon. . Mary Gardner (cousin of tho bride), Miss Eileen Guinness, the Misses Marcia and Mary Lane Fox, and the Misses Margaret and Mary Sutton (nieces o£j the bridegroom). ' The bride was given away by her father, and Air. Waller Itiddell was best man. The> Rev. J. Wylde, rector of St. Savumr, Leeds, and the Rev. G. F. Dalton, rector of West Clandon, officiated. The marriage service was followed by a celebration of Holy Communion, at which the bride and bridegroom alone" .communicated. After the ceremony, the Hon. Edward and La,dy Dorothy Wood walked back across the lawns to Clandon fark, where luncheon was served and a small ieception_held. Later in the day the bride and bridegroom left for Garrowby, Yorks, lent to them for the honeymoon by Lord Halifax. The bride travelled in a costume of blue velvet, with a long blue velvet coat and a black hat trimmed with blue ostrich feathers. The numerous presents included the following. From the bridegroom to the bride, ,a string of pearls, with a diamond clasp, and a diamond ring ; the bride to the bridegroom, a complete set of Stevenson's works and a gold sovereign purse ; Lord and Lady Onslow, a diamond dog-collar, a silver vigar and cigarettu-box, a lighter and set of ashtrays, a fur coat and set of Russian sables, a gold-fitted dressing-case, and old Brussels lace ; Lord and Lady Halifax, a diamond tiara, a dispatch-box and pearl studs; Lord and Lady Cranley, a diamond and platinum chain ; the Earl of Devon, gold sleeve-links ; the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, a silver cup and a set of George Herbert's poems ; tho Duchess of Montrose, a pair of embossed frames ; the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, a^ picture ; Katherine Duchess of Westminster, an enamel and tortoiseshell paper-cutter j the Marquis and Marchioness of Normanby, an enamel and diamond watch and clasp ; the Marquis and Marchioness of Zetland, a fitted luncheon -case; the Dowager Mar ehione.°s of Exeter, a silver tea-caddy ; the Ear! and Countess of Hare\vood, a dispatch-box ; the Earl and Countess of Desart, a silver trinket-box ; the Earl and Countess of Northbrook, a handpainted fan ; the Countess of Antrim, a pair of bronze figures ; the Earl and Countess of Powis, a gold and tortoicoshell box ; the Earl and Countess of Donoughmore, a writing-table ; Countess Grosvenor, Dresden china roses in basket; the Earl and Countess of Ellesmere,' a pair of silver crested toastracks ; the Earl and Countess of .Pembroke, a leather writing-case; the Countess of Crawford, n pair of large pierced silver baskets; Earl and Countess Waldegrave, a pair of gilt and cutglass bowls; the Earl and Countess of j Portsmouth, a fitted tea-case and Thermos bottle; Earl Fortescue, a' fitted stationery case ; Earl and Countess of Beauchamp, Milton's poems ; the Dowager Countess Beauchamp, a diamond pin ; the Countess of Dalkeith, a pair of silver candlesticks; Earl Stanhope, an enamel and gold butterfly ; the Earl and Countess of Jersey, an enamel and gold-handled magnifying glass ; Viscount and Viscountess Iveagh, a diamond and ruby ornament; Viscount Knutsford. a tortoiseshell paper-knife; Viscount Bury, a silver writing-table, set ; fjord Faber, a silver smoker's lamp ;' Lord Sanderson, Lamb's Essays; Lord and Lady Weardale, a fan ; Lady Elcho and the Hon. Cynthia Charteris,a set of pink quartz and gold buttons ; Lord and Lady Allendale, a silver gilt inkstand ; Lord and Lady Rothschild, a fitted tea -case; Lord and Lady Noith- | cote, a silver cigarette-Case ; Lord and Lady sPoltimore, three gold toiletboxes ; Lord and Lady Wenlock, ' an enamel box ; the Hon. Rupert and Lady Gwendolen Guinness, diamond corsage ornament; Mr. and Lady DorothyMeynell, silver dishes; the Hon. Walter and Lady Evelyn Guinness, a silver salver ; the Hon. Ernest and Mrs. Guinness, a diamond and sapphire „ ring ; Earl and Countess Grey, Viscount and Viscountess Ilowick, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, the Earl and Countes^ of Selborne, Lord Hugh Cecil, Lord William Percy, Mme. de Franquoville, and Mr. Do. Malcome, a portrait of the bride by Sargent; tenants at Temple Newsam, a large gold twohanded cup; the tenants at Gan'owby, a gold cup ; the tradesmen of Doncaster, a silver inkstand and candlesticks; the inhabitants of West Clandon, a silver rose-bowl ; cottage tenant? at Warmfield, a silver and ivory fish-slice and fork ; the household at* Clandon Park, a silver .tea service ; West Clandon school children, -stylographic pen ; workpeople on the Clandon estate, a silver rose-bowl ; widows of Ingram Hospital, a silver inkpot; tenants on the Alltoft, Normanton, Newland, and Stanley Heath estates, a diamond brooch ; and the bellringers and choristers of West Claudon, a Farnham vase. The employees and cottage tenants on the estate were entertained at lunch, and the school children were invited to tea in the afternoon.

A good deal of amusement -was caused in the Anglican Synod on Friday, says a Southern contemporary, by the vehemence with v Inch Mr. A. M. Barnett (ot Oamaru) opposed a motion to allow women the right to vote at parish meeting*. Mr. Barnett did not hesitate to *ay thut the State's concession of the right to women had caused men to pander to the women's vote, and his last argument wav v perfect thunder oi' con-\im-ement: — "Men are ruled by tho women ; you send to your General Synod the chancellor of a unhersity which endows a chair to teach women how to use a ciunn oven." There who v general explosion at thi*.,