A Notable Wedding

The Marriage of Jerome Napoleon Bonaparte to a Grand-Daughter of Daniel Webster in Newport.

Of the marriage of JEROME NAPOLEON BONAPARTE to Mrs. CAROLINE LE ROY EDGAR, of Boston, in St. Mary's (Catholic) Church, Newport, R.I., on Thursday morning a correspondent of the Boston Transcript writes as follows:

The wedding was a quiet one, and the bride was attired in traveling dress. No reception was held here, and the parties left for Boston by the noon train. The ceremony, which was nearly an hour in length, was performed by Rev. Father Grace, of Newport, assisted by Rev. Father Hughes, of St. Patrick's Church, Providence, and Rev. Father Finnigan. Mr. Maistre played the grand organ of St. Mary's in his best style. After the ceremony, the friends of the parties informally congratulated the bride at the altar. The church was filled with spectators, though the wedding party was small. The guests were attired in morning toiletes, without any attempt whatever at display.

Mr. Bonaparte is the grandson of Mme. Patterson Bonaparte, and the grand-nephew of Napoleon I. He was born in this country in 1832, graduated from West Point, and entered the French Army, where he has won for himself much honor. At the siege of Sebastopol he received a decoration from the Sultan for gallant and meritorious conduct. His appearance is handsome and martial, and his physique very fine. His face has something of the Napoleonic cast, and he is said to possess fine abilities, amiable manners and a disposition which gains him friends always. He is now forty years of age, and his destiny at present is a mere matter of speculation. By the laws of the Catholic Church he is in case of the death of the Prince Imperial, heir to the throne of France, should the family again come to power. The church never declared the marriage of Jerome Bonaparte to Miss Patterson null and void, and Mme. Patterson-Bonaparte has always prophesied that her grandson would eventually occupy the throne. But, as I said before, this is mere speculation.

Mrs. Edgar, who was Miss Appleton, of Boston, a granddaughter of Daniel Webster, is well known in Boston Society. She is a lovely type of the American woman, a pretty pleasing brunette, with a refined face and dignified carriage. She has been a widow several times and has owned and occupied a handsome Summer residence here for a number of seasons. She was attired in an ashes-of-roses traveling dress, of some soft material, which draped very gracefully, and a white straw bonnet, trimmed with black lace and feathers of a tea-rose shade. She was brought forward to the altar by her uncle, Mr. Appleton, of Boston, and Miss Julia Armsted, who accompanied her as witness. The parties kept their seats in different parts of the church during most of the service, and after reaching the chancel they remained kneeling through the ceremony.

This is the first instance of a Protestant being married in a Catholic Church. Even King Charles was not allowed that privilege when he took a bride of another faith, and a special dispensation was procured on this occasion. Mrs. Bonaparte, clings to her old belief, and this favor is considered a very great one in the Roman Church.

Among the guests present were Mme. Bonaparte and Charles Joseph Bonaparte, of Baltimore, mother and younger brother of the groom —the latter acted as witness at the altar; Mrs. P. R. Hoffman and Miss E. Morton, of New York; T. G. Appleton and E. W. Codman, of Boston; Judge Blatchford and family, and other persons of prominence. The ceremony was performed at 9 o'clock this morning. No cards were issued, and it was an unostentatious, quiet affair, though really one of the most talked-of events of the season.