The Sun.
London, England, 1858-12-31 00:00:00

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.

Yesterday the marriage of the Hon. Miss Byng, eldest
daughter of Viscount Enfield, and granddaughter of the
Earl of Strafford, G.C.8., G.C.H., with Captain Hedworth
Hylton Jolliffe, M.P. for Wells, Somerset, eldest son of Sir
William George Hylton Jolliffe, Bart., M.P. for Peters-
field, joint Secretary to the Treasury, was solemnised in
the presence of a most distinguished assemblage of the
aristocracy at the parish church of St. James's, Piccadilly.
The body of the church, as well as the galleries, was
crowded by ladies, many of whom belonged to aristocratic
families, who were anxious to witness the marriage
ceremony. At half-past eleven the bridegroom arrived,
followed shortly after by the Hon. Miss Byng, who was
accompanied by her noble father and mother, the Viscount
and Viscountess Enfield, when the bridal party soon after
proceeded from the vestry room to the communion table,
the bride carrying in her hand a magnificent bouquet of
hot-house flowers.

The bride was attired in a superb dress of white silk,
trimmed with Honiton lace. Her headdress consisted of a
wreath of white roses, white lilies, orange and jessamine
flowers, and a square veil of Brussels lace. The bride and
bridegroom with their friends having taken up their posi-
tion in front of the communion table, the marriage cere-
mony was performed in a very impressive manner by the
Hon. and Rev. Mr. Byng, brother of the bride, assisted by
another clergyman, the bride being given away by her noble
father, Viscount Enfield.

The bridesmaids were dressed in white silk, with white
cashmere cloaks, trimmed with pink plush, and white silk
bonnets, with small red roses, each carrying in her hand'a
splendid bouquet of hothouse flowers.

At the termination of the marriage ceremony the newly-
married couple and their noble friends repaired to the vestry
room, where the marriage was duly attested in the presence
of Lady Caroline Stirling, the Misses Stirling, Hon. Miss
Paget, Col. and Mrs. Howard Vyse, Major Cartwright,
Lady Torrington, Colonel Frederick and Mrs. Paget, Sir
Wm, and Lady Jolliffe, Viscount and Viscountess Enfield,
Hon Mrs. and Mr. Chichester, Hon. Frederick Byng, Hon.
George H. Charles Byng, M.P., besides many others of the
nobility and gentry; after which the happy pair went to
Viscount and Viscountess Enfield's, St. James's-square.
where a grand dejeuner was given. In the afternoon the
newly-married couple, after receiving the congratulations
of their friends, left town for Tillgate House, Crawley, Sus-
sex, the seat of Captain H. H. Jolliffe. The presents on the
occasion were very numerous, and of a costly description.
The trousseau was very lbtiautiful.

The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, with the
Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., and family, have removed from
Bowhill, Selkirkshire, to Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh.
The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield's party
at Bretby Park, Derbyshire; has been put off by the
lamented death of the Hon. Mrs. George Anson, sister of
the Countess.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston close their
visit to the Marquis of Lansdowne, at Bowood, Wilts, to-
day, and go to join the family circle staying with the Earl
and Countess of Shaftesbury at St. Giles's, Dorset.
The Count Elios has arrived at the; Brunswick
Hotel.

We are glad to learn that Gen. the Hon. Edward
P. Lygon is now nearly recovered from his recent severe
ndisposition.
Sir Edward and Lady Colebrooke have left Far-
rance's Hotel, Belgravia, for their seat, near Chertsey.
His Excellency the Austrian- Minister and the
Countess d'Apponyi arrived at Chandos House yesterday,
from visiting the Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, at
Heron Court, near Christchurch.
His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the
Countess Bernstorff have left London on a visit to the Earl
and Countess of Clarendon, at the Grove, near Watford.
The Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch, with the
Earl of Dalkeith, M.P., and family, have removed from
Bowhill, Selkirkshire, to Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh.
MR. BRIGHT, M.P., AT BRADFORD.—Monday
evening, the 17th proximo, is fixed as the occasion on which
Mr. Bright is to deliver an address on Parliamentary re-
form, in St. George's Hall, at Bradford.
Mr. Tite, M.P., who isat present at St. Leonard's-
on- Sea, has considerably recovered from his recent attack
of illness, and will be enabled, it is expected, to meet the
electors of Bath early in January.
The church of St. Joachim, at Nantes, was
completely destroyed by fire on Christmas night. It is
thought that the accident was occasioned' by a candle not
thoroughly extinguished, which was placed in a cupboard
among some artificial flowers made of paper.
DEATH OF THE HON. MRS. ANSON.—We regret
to announce the sudden death of the Hon. Mrs. George
Anson, widow of the late General the Hon. George Anson,
the Commander-in-Chief in India, who died in May, 1857,
of cholera, shortly after the outbreak of the revolt in the
Bengal army. This much respected lady died, after a few
hours' illness, yesterday morning, shortly after 9 o'clock, at
Ecton-hall, Northamptonshire. Mrs. Anson was second
surviving daughter of Cecil "Weld, first Lord Forester, by
Lady Katherine Maria Manners, second daughter of
Charles, fourth Duke of Rutland, and was sister of the
Countess of Chesterfield and Viscountess Newport. .She
was born on the 3d of April, W 6, and married Nov: 30,
1830, the late General the Hon. George Anson, M.P„
brother of the late Earl of Lichfield. By. the death of this
lady the families of the Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Lich-
field, the Earl and Countess of Rosebery, Viscount and
Viscountess Newport, Lord Londesborough, Lord Carring-,
ton, the Earl and Countess of Chesterfield, Lord and Lady
Waterpark, Lord and Lady Eleho, &c., are placed iii
mourning.

DEATH OF THE EARL OF ORFORD.—NORWICH,
DEc. 30.—The Earl of Orford died at a late hour last even-
ing at Woolterton, Norfolk. His lordship, who was the
fourth earl, was born June 14, 1783, and was consequently
in his 76th year. He married, in 1812, Mary, daughter of
Mr. William Augustus Fawkner, Clerk of the Privy Coun-
cil, and the issue of the union was two daughters and three
sons, the eldest of whom, Horatio William, born in 1813,
succeeds to the title. The late earl was lord high steward
of the borough of King's Lynn, and the colonelcy of the
West Norfolk Militia becomes vacant by his decease. In
politics his lordship was a Conservative.

DEATH OF MR. G. PAYNE, RECEIVER FOR THE
POLICE COMMITTEE, GUlLDHALL.—Yesterday morning at
four o'clock, this gentleman, who has for 16 years held the
appointment of "receiver" under the police committee
of the corporation, treathed his last. The deceased was
vestry clerk of the united parishes of Christ Church, New-
gate-street, and St. Vedast, Foster-lane. He was also an
active member of the managing committee of the Field-
lane Refuge, and was much respected. His age was M.
REV. T. BINNEY.—The Rev. Thomas Bin ny is
still in South Australia, preaching everywhere and drawing
immense congregations. During a portion of his stay he has
been the guest of the Governor, Sir Richard Macdonnel.
He has also been visited by the Bishop of Adelaide. On the
occasion of one of Mr. Binney's lectures, tickets were issued
at ls. 6d. each, for as many as the place of meeting would
contain ; bat so general was the desire to procure admit-
tance that tickets were subsequently sold at a premium
of £l—Correspondent of the Freeman.