Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1860-11-05
ANOTHER DIAMOND WEpDlNG.

ANOTHER DIAMOND WEDDING.
Our lady readers will be interested at hearing some
thing about the marriage Of Lady Emma Charlotte stan
ley TO the Hon, Wellington Patrick hanvers Chetwynd
Talbot which took place at the parish church, Knowes
lev on the llh instant The bride is the only daughter
Of the Earl of Derby eKPremier Of England, and Tas
one of the bridesmaids Of the Princess Royal Of Eng
land The bridegroom brother to the Ear Of ShreWs-
bury.
All the girls Of the village, dressed in white aud pink,
formed an the church and scattered hOFers
in the pathway of the bride she passed along There
were seven bridesmaids and the bride attred in
white eace trimmed with Brussels lace with veil of the
same material aud wreath Of orange flowers and bios
sous The dresses OF the bridesmaids consisted Of white
tareton trimmed with magenta and they also wore white
opera cloaks and bonnets.
After the ceremony, which was performed by reve-
rend uncle of the BRIDE there deeuaer at the hall
in a banquetDg room which contains the portraits Of
the long uninterrupted direct line Of SANKEY'S from that
one who came in with the Conqueror down TO the pre-
sent Earl.
Derbys estates had holiday, and the old women and
children had supper. The presents made the bride
were superb Her father gave her tiara Of diamonds,
aud her mother unique set Of ornaments comprising
necklace brooch and bracelet OF pearls, diamonds ana
emeralds The Duchess Of Cambridge, Duke OF Buc-
ceuch Earle Of Hardwick, Prince Edward Of SaxeWei-
mar, Earl OF Dalkreth, Lady Jersey and many other
wealthy individuals added to the list OF marriage gifts,
aud aided in the briIlarcy OF this Diamond Wedding.
SHERIDAN KNOWLES
The public, who have derived so much pleasure from
the productions of James Sheridan Knowles will be glad
TO learn than that there is truth in the report of his
death. He has written so much and so well for the
siege that universal regret would be felt at his loss No
drmatist Of anv age has invariably incucated les
sons Of morality, purity and virtue. LatteIy he enter
ed the Ministry as Baptist preacher, we believe. II
has been reported that he has in his Sermons attacked
the stage and the drama This untrue, for Knowles
whom the writer of this has known almost from child
hood confines to draw this day, considerable in
come from the performances Of his own plays in Eng
| land. He never hypocrite, and would not accept
a livelihood for what he condemned. We subioin the
contradiction of his death addressed 10 the Daily Ne
Of London
/ To rHx EprroR OF THE DAILY NEws.-Sir.-I observe
statement in several papers which includes the name o.
Mr. Sheridan Knowles in the list of passengers by the
wrecked steamer Arctic from Hull 10 81. Petersburg.
hasten to correct this painful error.
have the great happiness of being able to say tha
my esteemed friend is now near Torquay though no
so well bodily as all wish him to be- yet mentally bril-
liant as ever am &c, GEoReE Francis TRAIN.
MARBLE COLUMNS FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITOL
The design of the capitol extension, which has beer
for several years in progress at Washington, INCLUDE
about one hundred monoth marble columns, Tor th'
portcos and the law Of Congress under which the eX
tension is made requires that they shall be Of Am rcaI
material Apprehensions have been entertained, how
ever-the result Of extensive inquiries the subject
that no marble quarry in the country would be able
furnish mOnohs OF the requisite size and 1t has beeT
suggested that the law should be modified as to admi
of the of foreign marble, that the idea of mono
liths should be abandoned.
At length il has been shown beyond doubt that th
mouohs can not ouly be furnihed in the country, bu
that ey may be procured the very door, as it were
of the Capitol namely at what is called the Beaver Dan
quarry In Cockeysylle Baltimore county, Maryland
gentleman Of Baltimore has contracted with the govern
ment to furnish the whole number Of monoths required
from this quarry aud he has already entered upon tn
execution of his contract having transported aoou
twenty of the columns 10 Washington. The columns ar
25i feet long feet inches in diameter at the base an
feet at the top They weigh about 10000 pounds,
23 tons each and the largest marble monOltbs eve
ouarred in the Uni ed States II said theres no othe
quarry in the country from which they could have bee
procured
lTbe marble of these columns is white very hard an
strong Of fine texture, and admits OF good polish bu
it Is rather cloudy in its complexion, and not as hand
come as white marbles which found in many other 10
calities It has not yet been decided whether the co
umns shall be Aued not although We believe the orig
ina design was that they should be. They viii const
ute very prominent feature Of the new wings Of th
Capitol and add very materially 10 the grandeur an
beauty Of the edi6ce
These monOhs are necessarily quarried with yer
great labor aud care No powder is used In bs ing, les
the shafts should be shvered. The huge blocks fror
which the columns wrought are obtnined by drin
into the solid rock something than three feet tn
drills being more than thret-quarters oil an inc
apart and the intermediate spaces between the drills bC
ng cut out With chise At the bottom Of the block thu
marked out, drills like those at the side, are llkewis
made and the mass Is split of by the Insertion OF wooC
en- wedges into the drills Tue columns In the rouR
condition are transported to Washington where they al
! fnished,