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Death of Sir Godfrey Webster, Bart.—We have to announce the death of Sir Godfrey Webster, which took place at Battle Abbey on Wednesday night. Sir Godfrey bad been very unwell for some time, and was in a state of extreme weakness, but his decease occurred very unexpectedly.
Marriage in High Life.—The marriage of Lord Ribblesdale [aged 25] with Miss Emma Mure [aged 20], youngest daughter of Colonel Mure, M.P., of Caldwell, was solemnised on Saturday, at St. James's Church, in the presence of a distinguished circle of the friends of both families. Among the company present at the church, we remarked—His Excellency the Prussian Minister, Lord and Lady John Russell and family, the Marquis of Lansdowne [aged 72], the Earl [aged 53] and Countess [aged 43] of Clarendon, the Countess of Mansfield [aged 79]1, and the Ladies Murray and Miss Barnett, the Countess Howe, Lord Colville, Lord and Lady De Tabley, Mr. G. C. Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis, Captain the Hon W. J. Colville, Mr. David Mure, Mr. James Mure, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Mure, Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., and the Hon. Mrs. Currie, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P., Mr. B. Currie, the Hon. Mrs. Cradock, Mr. M. Drummond and the Hon. Mrs. Drummond, the Right Hon. Sir George Clerk and Lady Clerk, Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Stansfield, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Wickham, Mr. Hallam, Lieut.-Col. Hunter Blair, M.P., and Mrs. Hunter Blair, Mr. C. L. Coming Bruce, M.P., Mr. Villiers Lister, Mr. Arthur Russell, Col. Broke, Q.A.D.C., and Mrs. Broke, Mr. Horace Broke, Mr. Campbell of Bltkewood, Mr. Markham, Mr. Edwin Markham, Mr. W. Warburton, Mr. Archibald Swinton, Mr. James Swinton, and Captain Birch, R.N. The bride was attended to the altar by the following young ladies: —The Misses Mure, the Hon. Elizabeth Lister, Miss Russell, Miss Lister, the Hon. Georgiana Colville, Miss H. Armytage, Miss Boyle, Miss Fraser, Miss Currie, Miss Markham, and Miss Wickham. The ceremony was very impressively performed by the Rev. E. H. Cradock. The bride was given away by her father. After the service bad been concluded, the bride and bridegroom with their friends returned to the Burlington Hotel, where a splendid déjeuner was served to a party of nearly seventy guests. At the breakfast, the health of the newly-wedded pair was proposed by Lord John Russell, and very warmly responded to. Early in the afternoon, Lord and Lady Ribblesdale left town in a carriage and four for the Marquis of Lansdowue's villa at Richmond, where they will pass the few first days of the honeymoon.— Morning Post.
Note 1. This appears to be a reference to the Dowager Countess of Mansfield since the wife of the incumbent Earl, Louisa Ellison, died in 1837.
