The Rhode Island Republican

Killarney, (Ireland,) Nov. 3.

This morning a most interesting spectacle took place at the convent of Saint Ursula, of this town. It being previously understood that three young ladies, of great beauty, of the most amiable manners, and of connexions highly respectable, were to undergo the ceremony of what is called 'The White Veil,' the convent was accordingly, notwithstanding the earliness of the hour, (5 o'clock A. M.) crowded to excess by all the beauty and fashion in the neighborhood. Several Protestant ladies attended, who were, as is usual on these occasions, placed in the most advantageous situations, for witnessing a ceremony that never fails to excite the liveliest feelings of sensibility. The young devotees sat in front of the gate, attired in all the pomp and elegance of modern fashion, their head dresses consisting of feathers, pearls and diamonds, the tout ensemble of which received no small addition from the symmetry of their persons, and the extreme beauty of their countenance. High mass was celebrated in the most impressive manner, whilst the responses made by the female choristers, in unison with a grand piano, and a select band, contributed not a little to the solemnity of the scene. It would be no easy matter to depict the sensations experienced by the paralyzing spectators, upon the return of those elegant and interesting females from an inward apartment, where they were supposed to have deposited the garb of fashion and the pomp of dress, as symbols of their relinquishing the society of the world forever. In spite of the sombreness of their newly assumed attire, [the sable robe and white veil] yet were the bloom of youth and the power of beauty too conspicuous not to insure, as they had called up, the unspeakable admiration of the agonizing assembly. A more affecting spectacle was seldom witnessed, there being scarcely a lady present, Whose tears did not bear testimony of a sympathizing farewell to the lovely nuns. Two of the young ladies, Misses Marriott and Margaret Lombard, are the daughters of George Lombard, Esq. of this town and nieces to Daniel Cronin, of the Ark Esq. and the other young lady, Miss Callaghan, is also the daughter of a highly respectable family in the county of Cork.