The Press. — London, England, 1855-10-06 00:00:00

OCTOBER 6, 1855. &al an fashion. Her Majesty and the Royal Family still continue at Balmoral, and it is understood that the Court will not leave the Highlands until the middle of this month. The Royal Family have indulged in their usual drives and rides in the neighbourhood, and Prince Albert has enjoyed the sport of deer•stalking on several occasions. On the 28th ult. her Majesty gave a dinner to the tenants of the Balmoral property, her Majesty and suite entering the ball-room shortly after ten and remaining till twelve. On Sunday, the Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by Prince Frederic William of Prussia, attended Divine service at the parish church of Crathie. The service was performed by the Rev. Dr. Barr. Prince Frederic William of Prussia arrived in town on Tuesday, from visiting her Majesty and the Prince Consort at Balmoral. His Royal Highness proceeded direct from the railway-station to Claridge's Hotel (late Mivart's), in Brook•st.reet, where apartments had been engaged for his accommodation. The Baron de Moltke was in attendance on the prince. The Duke of Cambridge, who has been staying on a visit to Sir George Wombell at Newburgh-park, Yorkshire, since Tuesday last, returns to town early in the week. The Duchess of Gloucester, travelling in her own carnage, and attended by Lady Caroline Murray and the Hon. Colonel Liddell, arrived at Brighton on Tuesday. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have arrived at Gopsall-hall, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Howe, from Troy-house, Monmouthshire. Lieut.. Colonel the Hon. Liecester Curzon has also arrived at Gopsall, from a visit to her Majesty at Balmoral. The Duke of Rutland has been unwell at his resi dence at Newmarket during the week. Dr. Williams left for Newmarket on Saturday, and since then his grace has been gradually improving. The Marquis of Granby and Lord John Manners were both called to Newmarket by the illness of their father. The Marquis of Granby, M.P., returned to town on Wednesday. The Earl and Countess of Derby have returned to Knowsley from Eglinton-castle. The Earl of Minto and family have arrived in Eaton-square, to make preparations for the marriage of the Lady Charlotte Elliot with Mr. Portal, M.P., which is to take place at St. Georges, Hanover square, on Tuesday next. Viscount and Viscountess,Maidstone have arrived in town, from a tour of visits. The Earl of Hardwicke and the Ladies Yorke, who have been visitiug the Duke and Duchess of Rich mond at Gordon Castle, and the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury at Anachmary-lodge, left the latter seirt early in the past week, to pay a series of visits on their way south. Sir George Grey arrived in Edinburgh on Wednes day morning, and visited during the day Holyrood Palace, Donaldson's Hospital, the courts of law, dx. Sir George proceeded on Thursday morning to Bal moral, to relieve the Duke of Argyll in attendance on the Queen. General Sir G. Brown and Lady Brown have arrived in town from Scotland, where the gallant general has been cordially received. Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre have joined the circle assembled at Eglinton Castle, the seat of the Earl of Eglinton, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, ,at their sporting lodge in the Highlands. Lady Adeliza Howard was married on Thursday, at St. James's, Westminster, to Lord George Manners, youngest son of the Duke of Rutland. A select circle of the friends of both families assembled on the occasion. The bride came from Norfolk-home, ac companied by her grace the duchess, at half-past eleven o'clock. Her ladyship wore a bridal costume, oomposed of a robe of white glace silk, trimmed with rich flounces of Brussels lace ; a Brussels veil of the most exquisite design and manufacture. A wreath of orange flowers, diamond necklace with bracelets en suite, and a bouquet of rare beauty, completed a toilette of matchless taste and magnificence. The service was read by the Rev. Frederick Norman, son in-law of the Duke of Rutland, the bride being given away by his grace the Duke of Norfolk. After the ceremony,the happy pair drove direct to Norfolk-house, whence, at two o'clock, they proceeded, via the Great Northern Railway, to Belvior Castle, the baronial seat of the Duke of Rutland, in Lecestershire, where the first few days of the honeymoon will be passed. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk left town imme diately after the ceremony. The presents received by the bride have been exceedingly numerous and valuable. The Earl of Arundel presented her lady ship with a valuable service of plate. The Duke of Rutland sent a diamond necklace, and a beautiful suite of the same jewels was presented by the Duchess of Norfolk. The presents of the bride groom included a diamond necklace and a bracelet of great beauty ; and the Duke of Norfolk gave a mag #tucent dressing-ease, fitted in gold. THE PRESS. Lord Stanley, M.P., has arrived at Knowsley from visiting the Derby estates in Ireland. General Windham, the gallant hero of Sebastopol, is not, as stated in some of the papers, brother to the Countess of Listowell, but brother to the first hus band of that lady—viz., Mr. Windham, of Cromer ball, Norfolk. Cromer-hall is now the property of Mr. Bond Cabbell, M.P. Lord Arthur Lennox and Captain Derriman left Gordon Castle on the morning of Thursday last for London, and the same afternoon Lord George Gor don Lennox arrived at the castle. The Hon. W. Bathurst has arrived at the castle from Balmoral, and the Hon. Adolphus Liddell from Mar-lodge. The Earl and Countess of March and Miss Greville have left the castle on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. Cum ming Bruce at Dunphail. The grand ball was given onjTuesday at Aldershot., in the Camp Club-house. The ball room was taste fully decorated and brilliantly illuminated, and pro vided with a powerful orchestra, composed of the band of the Grenadier Guards, and the other princi pal regiments of the camp. The ball, brilliantly attended, went off with the greatest éclat. Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., has left Gordon Castle for Lamington, Lanarkshire, and is expected on a visit at Knowsley-park on the Bth instant. A correspondent from Paris writes that the Em press of the French may be daily seen on her after noon drive through the country round St. Cloud, " reclining on a couch fitted into her carriage." She resides at St. Cloud in the most perfect retirement and seclusion. The marriage of Miss Peel last week appears to have been witnessed by the London correspondent of the Liverpool Albion, who in the columns of that paper commented largely on the subject. The double ceremony, he declares, afforded Sir Robert a fine opportunity to play Pater Familias, and, with his grotesque and outré bearing, to astound every one, from the " best man" tothe bridesmaids. The match, we believe, was a love match, and oppesed by rela tions on both sides. Yet the wedding•presents were handsome, and among the donors that pattern of propriety, Fred. Peel—who, our correspondent de clares, " set his undertaker-face against the marriage altogether,"—as a peace-offering, presented his sister with a dressing case the size of a coffin, and made of ebony—a lively souvenir so very characteristic of the donor that it would'nt at all surprise his ac quaintances to hear he had placed a neat little death's head on the top of the box, and memento mori underneath. Ottituarg. Death has been busy, lately, among many vene rable servants of the State. SIR ROBERT ADAIR, G.C.B. died, after a brief illness, on Wednesday at his residence in Mayfair. The de ceased was the son of Mr. Robert Adair, Sergeant-Sur geon to George 111., by a daughter of the second Earl of Albemarle, and was born in May, 1763. Sir Robert was trained for the diplomatic service, and represented Appleby in the House of Commons in 1802, and sat for Camelford in 1806 and 1807. He was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Vienna, April 5, 1806; and was sent on a special mission to Constantinople in June, 1808, for the purpose of negotiating terms or peace between this country and the Porte, being ac companied by Mr. Canning (now Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe), and Mr. David Morier. He was made a Privy Councillor in July, 1808, and at the termina tion of his successful mission he was nominated a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in 1809. In April, 1809, he was appointed Ambassador at Constantinople, which high diplomatic post he held till March, 1811. In July, 2831, he was sent on a special mission to Brussels, and also to Berlin, and remained so employed until the latter part of 1835, when he returned to England. Since then Sir Robert has not held any diplomatic appointment. For his public services he had for many years past enjoyed an annual pension of 2,0001. He was the author of numerous political pamphlets, and also wrote two elaborate works—namely, " An Historical Memoir of a Mission to the Court of Vienna in 1806," and "A Memoir of the Negotiations for the Peace of the Dardanelles in 1808-9." SIR HENRY Emu, K.C.8., died on Friday week at Brighton, after a long and severe illness. Sir Henry Ellis accompanied the Earl Amherst in his embassy to China. He had been Minister Plenipotentiary in Persia in 1814, prior to going to China. Sir Henry held the office of Clerk of the Pella from 1825 until the abolition of that office in 1834, and was appointed one of the Commissioners of the Board of Control by the late Earl Grey, in 1830. In July, 1835, he was appointed Ambassador to Persia, which he relin quished in November, the following year. He was sent on an extraordinary and special mission to the Brazils in August, 1842, and in 1849 was appointed by the Government to attend the conference at Brussels on the affairs of Italy, since which he has been iinemyloyed. Sir Henry was made a Privy 951 Councillor in 1832, and in 1848 was nominated a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath of the Civil Division. He was in the receipt of a pension (1,4001.) for his diplomatic services. Loan DELAWERE expired on Sunday last, after a lengthened illness. His lordship was the eldest son of Thomas Cholmondeley, Esq., and was born at Beckenham, Kent, in 1767. In 1810 he married a daughter of Sir W. W. Wynn. The deceased peer is succeeded in his title and estates by his eldest son, the Hon. Hugh Cholmondeley, who was born in 1812, and in 1848 married Lady Sarah Hay, daughter of the Earl of Kinnoull. The present baron is colonel of the Ist Royal Cheshire Militia, and from 1840 to 1841 represented Denbighshire in Parliament. Besides the present Lord Delamere, the late baron's family consists of Lieut.• Col. the Hon. Thomas Gren ville Cholmondeley, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Pitt Cholmondeley, rector of Bradwell, Gloucestershire, and the Hon. Henrietta Charlotte Cholmondeley. ADMIRAL GIFYARD, father of Captain Giffard of the Tiger, died last week after a short illness. The following short account of his services is extracted from Allen's New Nary List :—" He was midshipman of the Britannia, off Cape St. Vincent, 1797 ; of the Goliah, at Nelson's bombardment of Cadiz, and at the Nile, 1798 ; and lieutenant of the St. George, at Copenhagen, in 1801. Captain of the Modeste, and captured the French 20-gun corvette, the Jena, in 1809, and at the storming of Fort Cornelis, and reduction of Java, in 1811. Captain of the Hussar, and commanded an expedition against pirates at Sambas on the coast of Borneo, and subsequently at the capture of Palembang, Sumatra, for which last services he received the thanks of the Indian Government, and of the commander-in-chief in 1813. Commander-in-chief in the East Indies at the cap ture of Chusan, dm., in 1841." By the death of the gallant officer, a good-service pension became vacant, which has been bestowed by the Admiralty upon Admiral the Hon. George Elliot, C.B. ADMIRAL Sin SAMUEL PYM died on Tuesday las at Southampton, in his 85th year. In his last illnes s the gallant admiral was attended by his aged elde r brother, Sir William Pym, a physician of eminence• The services of Sir Samuel Pym are of a highly distinguished character. He entered the navy as the captain's servant on board the Eurydice, in 1788, and for his good behaviour as a boy was rated as mid shipman by his captain. He speedily rose by his own exertions ; was made lieutenant in 1795, com mander in 1801, and posted in 1802. Ho was con tinually in command throughout the war, and highly distinguished himself upon several occasions. He obtained the Companionship of the Bath in 1815, in 1837 obtained his flag, in 1839 was made K.C.8., and a vice-admiral Feb. 12, 1847. From I)eo. 10, 1841, until Dec., 1840, he filled the post of admiral•• superintendent at Plymouth. Sir Samuel received his seniority as flag-officer in 1847, and was appointed to the good service pension in 1851; and by his death another good-service pension is placed at the disposal of the First Lord of the Admiralty. MR. BACKHOUSE, lately so cruelly murdered at Havana, was second son of the late Mr. John Back house, who was permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs from April, 1827, to March, 1842, when the Right Hon. H. U. Addington succeeded to the office. The deceased gentleman was appointed to a clerkship in the Foreign•ofl'ice in April, 1838; was attaebed, to the Legation at Frankfort for some months during the year 1841 ; and was appointed by the Earl of Malmesbury, in December, 1852, Com missary Judge at Havana. His abilities were held in high regard at the Foreign-office, and the bon homie of his personal character endeared him to his friends. His sad and deplorable death has been severely regretted. THE BANK OF ENGLAND opened its branch office,' under the management of Captain Fidal, R.N., at Uxbridge-house, Burlington-gardens, formerly the town residence of the Marquis of Anglesey, which the directors have purchased for the sum of 50,0001. Banking business in its ordinary branches is trans acted. Private and commercial accounts are kept, purchases and sales of stock effected, post-bills issued, money transmitted to any of the country branches of the bank, and plate and securities may be deposited by those parties keeping accounts. THE PAtiorrrcon re-opened on Monday with a new or rather an improved programme, of entertainment. The Managing Committee, taking a leaf out of the book of the Polytechnic Institution, have entered into arrangements with Mr. G. F. Ansell and with C. F. Partington, to deliver lectures of a popular character upon the electric, galvanic, dynamic, pneumatic, hydrostatic, and other appliances exhi bited in the Octagonal Hall, and in the galleries of the Institution. They have also secured the services of Mr. Leicester Buckingham to supply, in way of a lecture, a historical commentary and explanation of the dissolving views of I,he war in the Crimea, rado, and Venice.