The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-02-05 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

ONWednesday, the Earl of Derby entertained at dionej
twenty-eight members of the House of Peers, and Mr. Dier"„,,".
received at dinner forty-two members of the Ifouse of Como3°'"v
MR. WHITESIDE, Q.C., and Sir James W. Hogg, are sporDe
of as candidates to represent the county of Middlesex on ter
Conservative interest at the- next election. Mr. Gran'
Berkeley has also been named as likely to come forward,
the event of either of the above declining to stand. •
THE Morning Herald announces that the important atif;
tion of peerages for life will this week form the subject o!ti)
warm debate in the House of Lords, and it adds that, w
of
the exception of the Lord Chancellor, all the law lords are
opinion that the creation of life peerages is UnCODStitiltiOnljd
FIELD-MARSHAL VISCOUNT. HARDINGE gave a Eliot
dinner, on Monday, to General de la Marmora, at the gal,' of
Viscount's residence in Great Stanhope-street. The Do.eeet
Cambridge and a distinguished party had the honour to 19.01
the gallant Sardinian General. The General was accomPtiviilii
by his Excellency the Marquis- d'Azeglio, and Count Very, "
aide-de-camp. t
RUMOURED MINISTERIAL CHANG-B.—lt is reported vilo
Sir George Grey is likely soon to resign the Home-0ffi,,,04,
favour of the-present Attorney-General, Sir Alexander tfre
burn. In- this event Sir Richard Bothell would berc'„'"yl
Attorney-General, and the vacant Solicitor-Generalship w°"tio
be conferred on Mr. Collier, Q.C., the member for Plyin°''•ef
It is also rumoured that Sir John Jervis, the present Oa' t
Justice of the Common Pleas, is to be raised to the 11Pre))
House with a life peerage, and to be succeeded on the bell
by Sir Frederick Thesiger.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—The marriage of CaPot
Sayer, of the 23rd Royal Fusiliers, to Miss Phipps, el of
daughter of Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, C. 8., (keePeriot,
Her Majesty's privy purse,, and niece to the Marquis Of is
manby, took place in the Chapel Royal of St. George,Wilu°;rl
on Tuesday. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, accomPaice,
by the Princess Royal, the Prince of Wales, the Princess A'o
,
and Prince Alfred, were present at the ceremony, whichLp
performed by the Hon. and Rev. G. Wellesley, Dean of Wiliwo:o,
assisted by the Rev. Lord W. Russell, and the Rev. F. Airs h 9
The Deus Misereatur, by Dr. Elvey, and the respouse94
Tallis, were effectively rendered by the choir. The cereooo,
being concluded, the bride and bridegroom received the ent,
gratulations of their friends, and then returned to the chaPta
room to sign the register, Dr. Elvey at the same time p1a1,109
Mendelssohn's beautiful " Wedding March." ImmediPdil
after the ceremony, her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the
family privately returned to the Castle. The bride was str•'o
in a richly flounced Swiss lace dress, over a white glace 50j
slip. Her hair was adorned with a wreath of orange blosty
and lilies, and over all a superb Brussels lace veil. She,:;io
attended by eight bridesmaids, namely, Miss Phipps, ,Ps
Sayer, (sister to the bridegroom,) Miss Farquharson, IVl's,fig
Browne, Miss Knollys, Miss Hill, Miss Barrington, and
Harford, all of whom were attired in white glac6 silk dresoi
and white Parisian bonnets, trimmed with rosebuds,
forget-me-nots—four wearing pink and white, and four joe'
and white Cashmere opera cloaks, trimmed with forge
'6orillo nots and lilies. The bridegroom wore the full dress 10,
of his regiment, and was decorated with the Crimean
having been present at the battle of the Alma, where berOP
Beverly wounded. Captain Marshall, of the 2nd Life au"i Oil
acted as groomsman, and was also dressed in full uniform' tF
leaving the chapel, the bride and bridegroom, folloone
their relatives and friends, proceeded to the deanery, wil„cato,•
deYeuner of a most recherche description had been Prei,,;,
under the able superintendence of Mr. Richard 011706 i;
Lowndes-street, Albert-gate. Upwards of one hundred 0; the
were invited. The bridecake was placed on the centre
table, and, from its chaste and elegant design, attracted P'
versal admiration ; it was surrounded by appropriate Wei,M
lions, beautifully executed in sugar, and encircled by 0":„1. rote,
of orange blossom and white roses. The table was de`oriet:j
with vases containing fruit-, flowers, and birds of every viieo,,
of colour, beautifully modelled in.sugar. The band of tat,
Life Guards was in attendance during the repast. ai
after the de:jeuner, the bride and bridegroom took Oriole,
parture on a wedding tour. Among the company _asseraiege;
were the Duchess of Wellington, Lord and Lady 11-3-eratcy
Lady Sophia Phipps, Earl and Countess Mulgrave, Lord JP-oile'
Hill, Colonel plupps, Miss Phipps, General and Mrs. 5,
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Colonel, and Mrs. Bathurst, Lady Caroline Barringt? Leber'
George and Lady Couper, Lady L. Phipps, Sir Henry 0
Captain Anstruther, Captain Farquharson, M. and dadaeo
Van de Weyer, the Hon. and -Rev. the Dean of Windsor' ford'
and Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Phipps; Miss Barrington,' Miss
Miss Sayer, Miss Knollys, Miss Graves Brown, Miss P
harson, Captain F. Bathursi; Captain D. &Mie, Capttioer,
Bathurst, Joseph Hume, Esq., Errington, Esq., 31°'
1911001 s, 4914,

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