The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-10-09 00:00:00

COURT AND FASHION.

TEE EARL AND COUNTESS of DERBY have returned to
Knowsley from Eglinton Castle.
THE WILL of the late Earl of Sefton has been proved under
£50,000 personalty.

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THEIR Royal Highnesses the Duchesss of Cambridge and
the Princess Mary are about to honour the Earl and Countess
of Wilton with a visit at Heaton-park.
THE Amsterdam Courant announces the death, from
cholera, of Count de Liedekerke Beaufort, minister of the
Netherlands at Rome.

IN consequence of the fine weather which still prevails in
the Highlands of Scotland, the Queen's visit is prolonged
until Wednesday, the 17th instant.
THE QUEEN has appointed Dr. Allman, of Trinity College,
Dublin, Regius Professor of Natural History and Keeper of
the Museum, in the University of Edinburgh.
Ow Wednesday, the electors of Coventry, to the number of
150, entertained Sir Joseph Paxton, one of their represen-
tatives, at a public dinner,.at the Castle Hotel.
THE ROYAL LEGATEE.—The Queen has erected a memorial
window in the church of North Marston, Bucks, to the late
John Camden Neild, Esq., who, it will be remembered,
bequeathed all his estates to Her Majesty three years ago.
THE Right Hon. Sir Robert Adair. G.C.8., died on Wed-
nesday, at his house in Chesterfield-street, London. He had
been many years in the diplomatic service, and had reached
the age of 92. He had for many years past had an annual
pension of £2,000. He was the author of numerous political
pamphlets, and also wrote two works, namely,—" An Histori-
cal 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."
ME RIGHT How. Sin HENRY am's, K.C.8., died at
Brighton on Friday. He accompanied Earl Amherst in his
embassy to China, and was wrecked with that nobleman on
the return, and had to make for Java in an open boat, reach-
ing Batavia after a perilous voyage of several hundred miles.
He was Minister Plenipotentiary ad interim in Persia in 1814,
prior to his going to China. Sir Henry held the office of Clerk
of the Pells 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, which he held five
years. In July, 1835, he was appointed Ambassador to Persia,
which office he relinquished in November the following year.
He was sent on an extraordinary and special mission to the
Brazils in 1842, and in 1849 was appointed by the government
to attend the conference at Brussels on the affairs of Italy.
Sir Henry was made a privy 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
(£1,400) for his diplomatic services. Sir Henry was brother
of the late Mr. Charles Ellis, formerly Consul at Tangiers.
Loan DBLAMENS died on Sunday, last week, after a length-
ened 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.
Lord Delamere was descended from a common ancestor with

the Marquis of Cholmondeley. His residence was at Vale
Royal, in Cheshire, and there the greater part of his long life
was spent, endearing himself to his tenantry and a large circle
of friends by his unostentatious virtues. 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 Regiment of Royal
Cheshire Militia, at present stationed in Chester, and from
1840 to 1841 represented Denbighshire in Parliament. Be-
sides the present Lord Delamere, the late Baron's family
consists of Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Thomas Grenville Chol-
mondeley, the Hon. and Rev. Henry Pitt Cholmondeley,
rector of Bradwell, Gloucestershire, and the Hon. Henriette
Charlotte Cholmondeley.
:MARRIAGE IN Molt LIFE.—On Thursday, the marriage
of Lady Adeliza Fitzalan Howard, youngest daughter of the
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, to Lord George Manners,
youngest son of the Duke of Rutland, was celebrated in St.
James's Church, Westminster. Amongst those present were
the Duke of Norfolk, the Marquis of Granby, the Earl of
Arundel and Surrey, Earl Jerilyn, Count Jarnac, Lord and
Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Fitzalan Howard, Mr. Andrew
Drummond, and Lady Elizabeth Drummond, &c. The bride-
groom was accompanied by Colonel Howard Vyse, as his
best man." The bride wore a superb bridal costume, com-
posed of a robe of white glace silk, trimmed with rich flounces
of Brussels veil of the most exquisite design and manufacture.
A diamond necklace, with bracelets en suite, and a bouquet
of rare beauty, completed a toilette of matchlesss taste and
magnificence. The Lady Adeliza was received in the vestry
by a train of six bridesmaids, viz., the Lady Elizabeth
Hervey, the Misses Rushott, Miss Grant, and the Misses
Lumley. They all wore dresses of the same character—
white, with cerise trimmings. The bride was led into
church by her brother, the Earl of Arundel and Surrey, and
was given away by her father. After the ceremony the happy
pair drove direct to Norfolk House, whence, at two o'clock,
they proceeded, via the Great Northern Railway, to Belvoir
' Castle, the baronial seat of the Duke of Rutland, in Leicester-
shire, where the few first days of the honeymoon will be
passed. The presents received by the bride have been nume-
rous 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 bridegroom included a diamond necklace, and a brace-
let of great beauty ; and the Duke of Norfolk gave a
dressing-case, fitted in gold,