The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

Admiral Sir Charles Ekins, G.C.8., died on Monday last,
at the extreme age of 87 years.
The EARL or DERBY had audience of Her Majesty on
Thursday, to present an address from the University of Oxford.
THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE has arrived at Vienna, en route
to the Crimea.
IT is understood that the Emperor of the French has writ-
ten to Lady Raglan, in which more than ordinary feeling is
displayed.
Mr WILLES, of the Home Circuit, was, on Tuesday, sworn
in as one of Her Majesty's judges, in the room of Mr. Justice
Manle, retired, before the Lord Chancellor, at the House of
Lords, in his private room.
The Presse of Vienna mentions a rumour to the effect that
Lord Westmoreland is likely not to return to Vienna, and
that the Hon. Mr. Elliott, a near relative by marriage of Lord
John Russell, is to succeed him.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGII LIFE.—A matrimo-
nial alliance will shortly take place, between Lord Muncaster
and Lady Jane Grosvenor, daughter of the Marquis of West-
minster. _ _

VlscouNT CANNING is appointed Governor-general of
India, in the room of the Earl of Dalhousie, who will return
to England before the end of the year. Lord Canning was
Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs from 1841 to 1846, and
has been Postmaster-General since the formation of the Aber-
deen Administration, in January, 1853."
On FRIDAY, an address was issued by Mr. E. Wodehouse,-
M.P., announcing his immediate retirement from the repre-
sentation of East Norfolk, on account of impaired health.
Simultaneously with this intimation appeared an address from
Mr. H. Stracey, of Rackheath Hall, as a candidate for the
of the Order
vacant
oOn
seat
Saturday,
o nhe
eConservativetat.Majesty
lidn taenr s
investiture
of the Bath, when decorations were conferred on the follow-
ing :—Duke of Cambridge, Admiral Dundas, Sir de Lacy
Evans, Earl of Cardigan, Earl of Lucan, Colonel Shiel, E.1.C.5.,
Major Maude, Hon. Colonel Upton, Sir Thomas Troubridge;
Lord John Hay, R.N. In the evening Her Majesty and
Prince Albert, with the Royal children, dined at the Crystal
Palace, after promenading the building.
The Bath Chronicle records the death in that city of the
Marquis of Thomond. His lordship had in early life seen
much active service in the navy, and had attained to the rank
of admiral, but for the last thirty years he has lived retired in
Bath. His lordship has left no issue, and the Marquisate will
become extinct, but the Barony of Inchiquin descends to Sir
Lucius O'Brien, Bart., of Dromoland, County Clare; or, as
some allege, to Mr. Smith O'Brien, the Irish exile, brother to
Sir Lucius.. _

On Monday, Miss Coutts gave a juvenile party at her villa,
Holly Lodge, Highgate. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess
of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, and the Hereditary
Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, accompanied by her
son, Prince Adolphe, honoured the reunion with their pre-
sence. The Duke and Duchess d'Aumaule were also present.
The Rajah of Coorg, the Nawaub of Surat, and the Princes
Gholam Mahumed and Feroze Shah, were among the guests.
PRINCE ALBERT went to Earlswood, Red-hill, on Tuesday
morning, to open the Asylum for Idiots. In the afternoon His
Majesty the King of the Belgians arrived at Buckingham
Palace, from Ostend, on a visit to the Queen. His Majesty
was accompanied by the Princess Charlotte of Belgium and the
Count de Flanders, and suite. The King quitteditaigt POCI
six o'clock in the morning, crossed to Dover, travild ,
special train on the South-Eastern Railway to the 1) A, hip
Arms Station, where they were met by Prince
Queens . ,%
afterwards proceeded in four of the• ianasti';
Buckingham Palace. The Queen %1 Prince
In open 1 .%; and four
King of the Belgians, took a drive
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in the afternoon, and Her Males Y
evening.

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