Morning journal and courier., 1880-12-25
Two souls with but single thought, Two hearts that beat as one.

Two souls with but a single thought,
 Two hearts that beat as one.
 For the last ten days all California has been enjoying the rainy season, but society folks this evening felt it to be cruel to be so disap pointed in having such weather for the mar riage. miserable pelting rain falling all the evening, and probably not one-third of the invited guests were able to witness the marriage rites. At six o'clock special train conveyed from Fourth and Townsend streets a gay party of the special and intimate friends of the bride and groom to Belmont, the country residence of Senator Sharon, where everything about the palatial edifce is gorgeous. The young bride has had created for her the handsomest and most costly trous- seau which Paris has ever sent to San Fran cisco, and it's details were the theme of en- thusiastic admiration. Miss Bessie Sedgwick a young lady of our city, very intimate and dear friend of the bride, and Mir. Frederick w. Sharon, the brides brother were the bridesmaid and groomsman. There was no attempt at display in the wedding ceremony; but the great drawing room was picture of feminine beauty and elegant toilets, and the other sex were everything conne-ik.f fdut. At first it was Archbishop Alemany, of the Ro- man Catholic church, who was to solemniZe the union, but as Sir Thomas was by all his surroundings and habit an Episcopalian, the Rev. Mir. Beers, of Trinity church, was asked to oficiate
 
 veyed to Belmont still larger number of guests invited to the reception. At midnight the festive repast will be announced, and while this is put in press in New York the scene will be magnificent with the brilliant illuminations of the house, and everywhere on the lower floor will be occupied by the lovers of the mazy dance.
 The Hesketh family, as far as record fur nishes it, was founded in the twelfth century by Richard de Heskayth, Lord of Heskayth, Rufford &c, In the sixteenth century one of his descendants-Sir Robert Heskayth- was knighted by Henry VIII. for his valor in France In I761 the baronetcy was added to the family in the person of Sir Thomas He's keith, who had for wife Harriet the daughter and co-heir of Astley Cowper, Esq, cousin and favorite correspondent of the poet Cow per, and grand niece of William, first Lord Cowper. In 1867 Sir Thomas and Thomas George, his second son, were authorized to take the surname of Fermore before that of Hesketh and to bear the arms of both houses. The gentleman now the special subject of this sketch was born May 9, 1849, and bears the title of Sir Thomas George Fermore He's keth Baronet of Rufford Hall, county of Lancashire, England, and is a captain in the Second Lancashire militia
 Inheriting very fine baronial estate, the present Sir Thomas has as yet-only in his thirty first year-had little opportunity of distinguishing himself like some of his great
 
 ry of last year in his steam yacht, the Lanca- shire Witch, for tour around the world, ac- companied by Q single friend, MT. Sadlier. When at Sandy Point, the coast of Africa, he heard of the defeat of the English army at Isandula and immediately sailed for Port Natal He hurried inland and placed himself at the service of Colonel Butler. of the regu- lar cavalry and served as an aid-de-camp on his staff during the war, principally on scout ing and reco1fnoitering duty; was present at the battle of Ulundia, and was with Woods column at the time of the death of the Prince Imperial of France.
 He afterward sailed for Zanzibar, thence to India, Japan and over to this city. Since he arrived here he went to Behring Sea and the Sandwich Islands, and last August, on hearing of the shipwreck of portion of the crew of an American bark near the Sorrocco Islands, he immediately dispatched the Witch to their relief, if they could be found, which unfortunately was not that successful His iberality, vim and thoughtfulness won for him on the Pacific coast the gratitude of eve- rybody. In person he is tall, free from all display, and has cultivated repose to the high est degree. There is no snobbishness or gilt about him. He takes from San Francisco the daughter of Mr. William Sharon, Senator 1 from Nevada, young lady of twenty sum mers of whom her intimate acquaintance speak in the highest terms for her sweetness of temper, amiability and kind heart, who will no doubt wear gracefully the title of l Lady Hesketh, of Rufford Hall.
 The newly welded couple will return in day or two to the Palace Hotel and occupy the rooms prepared for President Hayes, and, ! if nothing prevents, will leave for New York on the 28th inst.