The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-15 00:00:00

MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE•

The marriage of Mr. P. Henry Pepys, eldest son o-
the Bishop of Worcester, and nephew of the Lord Chanf
cellor, with Miss Louisa Disbrowe, only daughter o,
Colonel Disbrowe, K.H. (late of the Grenadier Guards)
and the Hon. Mrs. Disbrowe, was solemnised yesterday
at St. Peter's Church, Eaton-square, by the Lord Bishop
of Worcester, in the presence of a select circle of the
relatives of both families. Colonel and the Hon. Mrs.
Disbrowe gave an.elegant dejetiner to the wedding party
after the performance of the ceremony. The happy pair
left town in the afternoon for Cot se Hill, near Wimble-
don, which was placed at their disposal by the Lord
Chancellor.
On Tuesday the nuptials of Mr. Richard Brooke,
eldest son of Sir Richard Brooke, Bart., of Norton
Priory, Cheshire, and Miss Louisa Toll'mache Duff,
second daughter of General the Hon. Sir Alexander
and Lady Duff, and niece of the Earl of Fife, took
place, the marriage ceremony being performed at St.
Peter's Church, Eaton square, by the Hey. George Can-
liffe. Viscount and Viscountess Brabazon, General the
Hon. Sir A. and Lady Duff, Mr. Duff, Sir Richard
Brooke, Mr. and Mrs. Ricardo, and a large family circle
were present at the solemnity. The bride was attired
in a white poult de soie d'ltalie glace, entirely covered
with magnificent Brussels lace, and scarf veil of the
same costly lace. A wreath of orange blossoms and a
bouquet to correspond completed the beautiful costume.
The bride's trousseau was extremely splendid.

TEE SAILORS' HODlE.—Yesterday a meeting of the '
board of directors of this excellent institution was held '
at the Home, in Well-street, London-docks. The report '
for the past year stated that 4,392 seamen had during
that period passed through the home; of these, 1,604
were old or returned boarders, making a total since its
commencement, in 1835, of 37,359 who have been pro-
vided a receptacle on being paid off from their respective
ships on arriving in the port of London, or otherwise out
of employ, whore they are boarded at as low a charge
as possible, and their religious and moral condition
carefully attended to. The establishment is capable of
containing 300 inmates, but one dormitory for 35 men is
at present unoccupied for want of funds. During the
year 128 large ships have been manned from the insti-
tution. 26,2821. had been placed in the hands of the
cashier, and paid to the men, or their relatives. During
the last seven years 750 of the boarders have invested
money in the savings bank, and the amount at present
deposited is 2,630/. 18s. 9d. The receipts for the year
were 7,0761. 19s. ld. The expenditure left a balance of
6711 ss. ld.
The advices from Brussels furnish some statistics
of the trade in provisions in Belgium during the past
eleven months of the present year, from which it appears
that the export of potatoes, although considerable, was
less during the month of November last than in October.
In the former they amounted to 1,769,180 kils., whereas
in October the exports were 3,444,810 kils. The total
export during the eleven months was (to 30th Nov.)
16,118,690 kils., against 2,104,550 kils. imported. The
total export of alimentary produce during the whole pe-
riod has been 128,535,157 against 47,707,1530 f imports,
leaving a balance in favour of exports of 80,888,004
kils. Of barley alone the exports have been to the ex-
tent of 21,542,207 kils. A local paper observes, with re-
spect to these re.fults, " Then, notwithstanding that the
two last harvests have been very abundant, we have still
recourse to foreign markets to complete our stock of
provisions, and in estimating the imports of the year at
70,000,000 kils., it may be considered equivalent to
6,000,000 f. It is suggested that by the application of
judicious duties the Government might derive a benefit
of some hundreds of thousands of francs per annum."
It was thought quite possible that the Government
might be induced to add an additional export duty upon
provisions, as the public treasury needed every aid that
could be brought to bear in its favour.
Mercantile advices from Amsterdam of the 11th
state that the coffee market was animated, the whole of
the lots bought in at the last public sales of the Dutch
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was in slight demand, cotton was firm, Banca tin held at
46f. More had been done in corn, principally in rye.
Most kinds of grain were firm at farmer rates.