The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-10-12 00:00:00

GREAT FESTIVITIES AT KNOWSLEY:

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MARRIAGE. OF THE LADY EMMA STANLEY.
It has for some time been publicly kneWri that Lady
Emma Stanley, only daughter of the Earl and Countess
of Derby, was about to be united in marriage to the
Hon. Colonel Talbot, brother of the Earl of ,Shrews-
bury and Talbot, and yesterday forenoon the marriage
was solemnised at Knowsley Church, in the presence of a
brilliant circle,. consisting of the families of both parties.
The invitations were.confined to the immediate relatives
of the bride and bridegroom, with the exception of the
family of the Earl of Sefton, Lord-Lieutenant. of the
County. Long before the hour fixed for the ceremony,
every part of the church was filled . with spectators;
the churchyard was also crowded, and.all the approaches
to the sacred edifice were besieged, by the friends and
tenantry of the noble Earl, Whe had Come to witness
the proceedings.
A rich carpet had been laid (loft fiat the entrance
to the dhilidliyafd and. Oariled to the ehdrolii and along
the prinCiPel aisle to the altar and en eaeli side, rip
to the- entrance into the Chuirch, Were placed tsferit,
girls, scholars at Knowsley. School. They Were
beauti-
fully attired in pink frocks, straw bonnets, trimmed
with white ribbon, and each had a basket of flowers.
About twenty minutes past eleYen o'clock, the party
from the hall began to arrive at the church. The caval-
cade consisted of twelve carriages, nine of which belonged
.to the Earl of Derby..and three to the Earl of Sefton.
The first carriage which arrived at the church contained
Colonel Talbot, the bridegroom. He was accompanied
by Colonel Love; who acted as his " best man." The
next carriage contained the Dowager Countess of Sefton,
the Lady Cecilia Molyneux, and the Misses Hopwood.
The Countess of Derby arrived in the Knowsley stare
darriAge,, and ~Vtai tkieortVatiied by
,Lord Stanley r.nd
the bride. these Were ftillOed lid &lief carriages;
containing the _various noble and other gitests wire
had been invited, and including the bridesmaids, who
were. brilliantly attired. They all took their seats
in the chancel; and 'amongst the distinguished circle
the Countess of Derby appeared deeply affected.
In about a quarter of an hour' after the guests
had all been seated,' the noble bride, resting on the
arm of her brother, Lord Stanley, (who in the absence
of the Earl of Derby from, illness, gave the bride away,)
entered the church, and as they passed through the
churchyard, the twenty girls, already referred to, pro-
fdsely stkeWed flowers alotig the path of the bride.
Lord Stanlev having accompanied the bride to the
altar, the brideSmaids, (all of whom having splendid
bouquets) surrounded her, and the ceremony was coin-
menced by the Rev. Frankllepwood,.uncle (by marriage)
of the In=idet Aciti—cOnelusion, LadyEinma took the
,arm of the bridegroom, .who; along, with his bride,
entered one of the carriages, and the whole party
returned,to.,,Knowsley-hall, where a splendid dejouner
was partaken of. The bride was magnificently attired
in White satin, her head being covered bya rich lace veil,
and a wreath of floWera around her head. Amongst the
guests present were the Dowager Marchioness of Lothian,
sister. of 'the bridegroom, the Earl of Shrewsbury and
Talbot, the Countess of Shrewsbury, Lord Ingestre,
M.P., lriacL Royston, the Dowager Countess of Sefton,
Lady, Cecilia Molyneux, Captain Molyneux, Lady
Eleanor Hopwood and . the Misses Hopwood, the
Countess of Derby, Lord Stanley, the Hon. Captain.
StanleY; the Misses Wilbrahani, &c., &c. The Earl of
:Sefton was unable, to be present in consequence of
unavoidable.absence from Croxteth. • .
The'folloWhig *ere the distingdished ladies, all Con-
nected by relationship with the two families, whO acted
as bridesmaids on the interesting occasion :—Lady
Cecilia Molyneux, the Misses Hopwo.ods, Lady -Letitia
Kerr, Lady Alice Kerr, Lady Gertrude Talbot, Lady
Egerton, and the "MisSes Wilbraham. They were all
uniformly attired in white muslin, and:each carried a
magnificent _bouquet.
In'the course of the afternoon, the happy couple left.
Knowsley for Blythe-hall, near' Ormskirk, (one of the
seats of Lord Skelmeradale) 'where they intend to spend
a pertidn of the hOticynioon,
Knowsley cihtirch, which is pleasantly situated in thd'
village of Knowsley, and about a mile distant from the
family mansion, was originally built about eighteen
years ago, chiefly at the expense of the Earl- of Derby.
A few years ago it was found too small for the increas-
ing population, hut until 'within, the last six months the
contemplated alterations and extensions had not pro- .
seeded. Since that time, however, they have been
rapidly pushed forward. The 'designs were furnished
by Messrs. Paley, architects, of, Lancaster, and have
been executed under. the Superintendence of Mr. Gorton,
who has acted as clerk of works. During the last six
weeks, more especially since it became ,knovirn that the
marriage was to take place, every exertion lure been
made to complete them. A great portion of the roof
had been taken off to admit of the , enlargement being
made, but within the last few 'weeks it has been
re-placed, and the whole of the interior arrangements
are now completed. The alterations and improvements
have been made at an expense of upwards of £2,000;
'the whole of which sum has been defrayed by the
Earl of Derby, . .