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an d gratuities given to prisoners and wound ed, who are disposed to return to their homes. Experience seems to have taught a useful lesson to these barbarians ; and if they had practised justice, their clemency would have been unnecessary. As, however, the Poles are a people sui generis, and as the people of France ar e petitioning the Chambers in their favour, and LA VA YITTE is still their advocate, n e may calcu late, that all this clemency originates from French Znd English interference; and that Polish affairs *ill still be adjusted by the sword or the goose. will, to the satisfaction of the friends of Liberty. We are grieved to learn, that a similar storm has taken place at New Orleans as that at Barbadoes. The weather had been portentous for several ,:at?, and a storm was generally anticipated ; but on Saturday morning, the 16th, the >torrn had commenced, and continued with little interruption until the next day at night.... it was not a sudden hurricane. It has, however, been but too destructive, particularly to the plan lors. The suburbs and outskirts have suffered much in loss of fences, trees, &c. the crops in jured to an immense amount ; the lake has swollen ao as to inundate the whole of the rear of the city: and the shipping have generally suffered. A letter from a very highly respectable Gentle man of Demerary, to a werchant in the City of equal respectability, has been sent to us. For the present we have not given the names of these responsible persons : the letter, however,will speak for itself. It will be seen that the important Constitutionel question, whether the Crown has any prerogative to govern the immense colonies ceded to Great Britain at the last peace, by Orders ;a Council, instead of extending► to them the be nefits of the English Constitution, and the pro tect'on of the laws of England, is fairly at issue. A majority of the Court of Demeter) , have decided against the legality of these Orders in Council, in opposition to the commands of the General, Sir Benjamin D'Urban, and Mr. Wray, the Chief Justice. The consequence is, that the colony is thrown into the greatest confusion, and the whole judicature of the country suspended. The letter, of course, will deeply interest all our colonial readers : DIMERAST, JOLT 28, 1831. We have all here been in troubled agitation. Our Cri minial Court held its ordinary meeting on the 4th instant; on the Bth, a Mr. Petrie, manager of the Roiniveld estate, sal tried, for a breach ef the late " Order in Council."— Mr. John Smith, as Counsel for Petrie, made the most bril liant speech ever bend here ; and in the middle of it, he threw the whole Court into astonishmmit, by vaumently averting " that the said Older in Council was not law—no one could be convicted thereon—and that the King could not legislate for this Colony." This argument cleared the Coen, who took Into consideration the point: it was put to the vote with closed doors, and four Member, voting against the President and two! declated they concurred with Mr. Smith, and that " an Order in Council was not law with out the authority of the Court of Policy." Whereupon Mr. Wray, the President of the Court, rase in a great rage, stmek the table with his fist, and said, " If the (Mee in Council is not law, there is no law in the country; and if this vote is persisted in, I will be the instrument of having martial law proclaimed in a short time !" Upon this threat, and the violent manner of Mr. Wray, Mr. Koolbcu (one of the four Members of the Court) got frightened, and immediately said "he had changed his opinion !" and thereafter lie voted with the President. The remaining three (Messrs. Rose, Meertens, and Douglas) stood firm, and the President dissolved the Court Since that we have had no Court ; and when, on the 21st instant, the Court of Policy met, to swear in and proclaim Sir B. d'Urban as Covernor of British Guiana, Mr. Croal ob jected to take his oath as a Member of the British Colima Court," saying " he was there to represent Demersry and Essequibo, not British Guiana ;" and further, "disputed the King's authority to unite the two Colonies, and to issue Orders in Council as law." To this Mr. Wray (the Pre- Wdent of the Court—that is, Chief Justice), said to the Governor, " There is a stranger in Court." Mr. Croal rose and said, " he was no stranger, but a representative in the Demerary and Estequibo Court of Policy." To this the GOVtlllof requested Mr. Croat " to withdraw 1" which, in :1 violent rage, Croal did ! So matters are at present : we have no Court of Justice— no Criminal Court—and no Court of Policy ! We are, in fact, without any law, and every thing is in confusion. Pri. vate radical meetings are held with security, and some talk of mobbing old Wrcy. A deputation is on the wing, to re port things to his Majesty, and pray for a discharge of d'Urban and Wray. anly think of one Court being convened for a given pur. and before any consideration is allowed to the Men. 415, or before there are even as the said one Court dies. -01ced, they are called upon by the apse dist, of a Governor, .0 suddenly take a new oath, and to consider themselves at unce as quite a different body ! Only imagine, too, a Pre. stdent of a Court of Justice! (mark that word!) after the Mmt,tre thereof having given their deliberate and con. szientiou s votes ! only fancy this Judge rising up In wrath, :r.,1 threatening that martial law shall be in three hours pro. Jaime(' 111.it33 they perjure themselves and vote with him 11 We can furni.h no better commentary on the facts, as stated in the above letter, than by giving an abstract, to-morrow, from a pamphlet of CLAY -I'ON JEMNYNS, Esq. late Fiscal in Demerary and Essequibo, on the great constitutional law arising tint of them. We particularly invite to it the :tf:cntion of Parliament, of the present Ministers, And of the public, as one of the most interesting 'ilhjects which can be agitated. e ,re ii , .ured that LORD ARllLEY'sascendancy Saturday in the Dorset Election, arose en tire') from a miscalculation of Mr. PONSONBY'S t: tillltu that he would venture on a poll ; and l't'ugh the numbers could not bo sustained that (11 ), yet the Reformers were confident of their Power to recover their lost ground on Monday tali,' day). Large subscriptions are spoken of in favour of Lord Ashley, with a view to influence by this election the ‘!ecision of the House of Lords.— The numbers polled on Saturday were 449 and 245, affording a gross majority of 176. In the city to-day, Sir PETER LAUR!II, at two o'clock, was 102 behind the Lord Mayor, and only 48 a-bead of Ald. TuoaPE. If a supporter of the reform bill, Sir Peter ought unequivocally, and in plain terms, to declare himself. ROTA L EXCHANGE, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The Funds continue receding. Consols, which were in the early pert of the day at 801 for Account, are at present 801 ; and this decline is entirely attributed to a general apprehension that the Reform bill will not pass the House of Lords ! Exchequer Bills have also fallen. In the Foreign market nothing is doing. TWO O'CLOCK. The grand contest between the Lords against his Majesty and the people, causes a great agitation in the City, as well as the Funds, which have already experienced a decline this morning of 4 per Cent. Consols, which left off on Saturday, at 811 for the Account, opened at 801, but soon after receded to 808 ; at present they are 801 +, the money market being heavy. THREE O'CLOCK. Bank Stoelt, shut. Three per Cent. Reduced, that. Three per Cent. Consols 804 k 4 1. Three and a Half per Cent. 1818, abut. Three and a Halt per Cent. Red. shut. Three and a Halt per Cent. New, Wit 88. Four per Cent. 1828, abut. Long Annuities, January, 1860, shut. Annuities, Jan. 1860, 164 048. India Stock, —; do. Bonds, —. £lOOO Exchequer Bills, 78 6; £5OO do. 7 ; .1100 and 4200 do. 10 7. Consols for Account, 804 81 804 4 e. This day, despatches were received at the Fo reign Office from Paris, Belgium, and the Hague. CI TY E LECTIO N STATE OF THE GROSS POLL—FOURTH DAY. CLOSE OF THE POLL—THREE O'CLOCK. The LORD MAYOR . . . 2,249 Sir PETER LAURIE . • . 2,059 Alderman THORPE . . 2,102 SELECTIONS OE ON DITS, RELATIVE TO TEE LORDS AND TEE azraax DILL. The Tories give out with effrontery that the Reform Bill will be rejected on the second read ing. They b mot that they have nearly all the Bishops with them. There was a meeting of Anti-Reforming Peers on Saturday night, at the Duke of Wellington's.-- Various rumours are afloat as to their resolves. One account is, that the Duke obstinately stands out against all reforni; while, according to ano ther account, they.agreed to a bit-by-bit measure, an illusory sort of Reform, to which the familiar term of humbug may be given. " Stand by the People, and I will stand by you!" said the King to his Chancellor, the ether day. His Majesty will keep his word. We are informed that a meeting of the Bishops took place on Satniday, for the purpose of consi dering what course it would be proper for them to pursue upon the Reform Bill. The sincere friends of the Right Rev. Prelates, and the only true sup porters of the Protestant Church, fervently pray that when the question shall be put as to whether or not the rights of the people are to be assured to them, their Lordships will soy " Content." To persuade rather than to coerce the Peers, in their decision on the Reform Bill, must be the desire of every sincere friend to the Monarchical form of Government. But they would be most insincere friends of the Aristocracy who concealed the fact that the vote of the House of Lords this week is the Crisis of the Constitution. The ana logy of the political situation of France during the Turgot Administration, and that of England, with the present Cabinet of Lord Grey, has been aptly cited. The Tories would petrify time, and cannot see the constant and irresistible progress of alteration and reform in political sprawl'. In the event of the Bill being throats out, One of the most curious speculations we have heard is; that Lord Grey would resign, and that an endeavour' would be made to construct a new Cabinet, of which the Duke of Wellington and the Lord Chancellor should be the pillars ; and the plan of reform, originally framed by the latter, the basis ofl politics, as regarded this momentous question. It is said that four of the Hierarchy will vote in, favour of the Reform Bill in the Lords- -namely, the Archbishop of York ; Bathurst, Bishop of Norwich ; Maltby, the new Bishop ; and Dr. Cop plestone. On this day all business will be suspended in Birmingham, by invitation, equivalent to command, of the Political Union. We suppose the whole population of that town and neighbourhood will proceed to the field assigned for its meeting. On Saturday last, there was a meeting in. the same town, which all accounts represent to have been one f the most n.imerous and respectable ever known. Bankers, merchants, magistrates and clergy ofall denominations, attended in great numbers. The language held at this and other meetings, not by mere mob orators, but by men whose lives have been passed in the pursuits of commerce and industry, and who have a deep interest in the peace of the country, will, we trust, make a due impression on their Lordships. "If thrown out," sail John Turner, Esq. " the Lords must not be surprised if the people turn round, and, borrowing an expres sion from one of their body, say, Have we not a right to do as we please with our own ?' (Cheers.) 3he people were determined, whatever the Lords might determine, ' to have the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill.' " In some of the lists which were exhibited on Saturday afternoon, ihere was an apparent majority of 17 Lay Lords and 18 Spiritual Lords against the second reading of the Reform Bill ; in others the majority of Lay Lords was reduced to two. A compromise is likely to take place among the Bishops. They will, it is said, on the recom mendation of the Archbishop of York, leave the Temporal Peers to settle Reform as they see fit.— If the Bishops imagine that by this neutrality ti.ey will use in the estimation of the Reformers, we must respectfully warn them of their error.- 1 " Those who ate not for us are against us."— The gratitude of the people of England it not to be ' purchased by doing nothing. If the Bishops decline interfering in this secular dispute, their vote on all other secular affairs may be dispensed with. While we thus mention the calculations of the anti-Reformers, ve do not mean that the pub -1 lic ought to receive them, except with allowances, as coming from the enemy. The fact is, that the i l sentiments of all Peers, even at the moment that we are writing, are not known to either Minister or their opponents; nor will they until the division declare them. TO THE EDITOR OP THE STAR. ' gia r „..Th e Newspaper which has obtained as dials gaished a pre-mninisce in the earliness and copiousness of its Foreign Inialligsoce, will, 1 hope, attain an equal reputa tion for priority in Literary News. The Journals which bays announced the arrival of Sir Walter Scott in London, hale failed to add the Interesting information when be pur. poses to sojourn during his stay—informadon, which I trust the Mime of the Sten will not fail to gratify his Readers by supplying this ripping. So earnest a desire is fait by numben of his admirers to have the sadder:don of for once beholding that distinguished man, that I cannot but deem the. perhaps incommodious gratifitation of this enthusiastic desire, a necessary penalty of his greatness. lam sure that did Sir Walter—no less remarkable for his extraordinary good -nature than for his transcendent geniu5,.....114 he but know the earnestness of the wish almost universally felt, to behold hint now, ere he leave his native shares, he would not begrudge, by a transient inconvenience to himself, to give what must be a lasting gratification to others. Tours, etc. Oct. 1,11131. M. IL •; The Editor of the Simi does not possess the ft. (piked Information, but fully participates In the sentiments of the above Correspondent, and will thank any Reader who can communicate Sir Walter's present address. ST. PANCRAS. lISOLVTIOXI AND PITITIONS OP THE LAT' MIZTINO OF THIS onus IAIIIIII. We, the undersigned rate-payers of St. Pancras parish, viewing the Irresponsibility of the vestry, the wanton ex penditure, the disfranchisement of the parishioners in their natural and constitutional rights, and the oaf-election of a few to the exclusion of the many, do protest against the acts of, and the rates assessed by the vestry, and other irrespon sible authorities of the wish, and dechwaour determination to withhold payment of any rates now assessed, oe to be hereafter assessed ; we hereby further declare, that we will avail ourselves of the option given by law to allow our goods to be distrained for the said rates, until the rate- payers shall hae^ obtained their just rights in the appoint. meat of vestrymen and other parochial officers, and shall also have obtained a sufficient mama over the receipts and I expenditure of the pariah. That the select vestry act for regulating this parish is op. posed to all principles of justice, and subversive of the con-1 siltation of this country ; that it has proved bad in practice, and excludes the rate-paler from all controul over the re ceipts and expenditure of the latish funds ; that a self. elected few appointed for lit., with power to 11l up vacancies are auditors of their own eczema', and free from all respon sibility, and exclude the inane from the enjoyment of their inalienable right to manage their parochial affairs. That petitions be presented to both:Houses of Parliament expressive of our regret that repeated applications for redress of parochial grievances have hitherto obtained for us no re lief, and calling upon the Legislature to pass into a law the bill presented by Sir J. C. Hobhousc for the better regulation of Vestries :—That the following be adopted, se the petition of this Meeti and be signed as such by the Chairman—. Showetb—That your Ir.:admen have, on repeated occa sions, especially in a petition signed by 5,500 householders, approached your honourable House with complaints of the Ws) grievances under which they have been oppressed; and deeply regret that your honourable Honest: has not yet deemed it expedient to adopt any measure for their relief. That the system of self-elected vestries is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution and subversive of the first prin ciples of justice. That your petitionen have no means of controlling the expenditure of the parochial revenue. That an irresponsible body are the auditors of their own accounts, and your petitioners have been rated in an oppres sive and unequal manner to such an expenditure, both wan. ton and vexatious. That your peationen view with alarm the present excited state of the parish, and earnestly pray your Honourable House to pass into a law a bill brought into yoar honours• ble House by Sir John C. Hobhouse, Ban. For the better regulation of vestries, and for the appointment of auditors of accounts in certain parishes in England and Wales,' which bill will secure to yore petitioners their just and in alienable right to elect vestrymen and other parochial officers to manage the expenditure of the parish funds. and to ob tain a re-establishment of peace and concord, so essential to the interests of the And your petitioners will ever pray. &c. That Joseph Hume, Req. the indeperident member for this county in Parliament, be requested to present the fore. gebrg petition, and to support its prayer ; and Lord King that to the House of Lords. BOARD OF HEALTH. The following regulations have been issued by the Board Or Health, with a view of preventing the progress of the cholera-mein throughout the empire, should it unfortu nately appear. It is of great importance that each town or village, par &end" those on the coast, should be prepared with the best-arranged means to meet such a calamity as the break. lag cut of the disease now raging in the north of Rurope, so as to prevent confusion upon the emergency of the moment, and be reedy to act upon a well-coasidered system for pre- venting the spreading of infection. With this view, the Board recommends the formation of • local Bond of Health at each place, to consist of the chief magistrate, the clergymen, one or more medical gentlemen, and two or three of the principal lababittuits, who may im mediately' and as occasion regains, correspond with th e Board of Health hi London ; the medical members of the local boards being deputed to write upon ail subjects Tele dog to shy symptoms of the disease. The best means of preventing the spreading of infection are, the immediate separation of the uninfected from the sick, by their prompt removal from the house of any infected person, or by the removal of any individual affected with the disease, if possible, to sonic house in • dry and airy situ ation, appropriated to the purpose; but in the event of such removal not being practicable, on account of extreme illness or otherwise, the prevention f all Intercourse with the sick, even of the family of the person attacked, must be rigidly ob-erved, unless the individuals who desire to stay shall submit to such strict rules of quarantine as the public safety may demand, and the local Board of Health, advising with the Board of Health in London, may consider expedient. As success in the treatment of this disease, and pre. venting its spreading, has been found greatly to depend upon early medical assistance, it is of great importance that the heads of families ani others should be vigilant in guarding against concealment or delay in making known every use which may occur. On the removal of diseased persons, the rooms they may have inhabited, and the house generally, should be thorough ly exposed to a constant current of air, arm recourse h to all the well-known MOM of purifying houses, particularly the use of chloride of line; and the bedding and clothing of the sick person, after removal, should be soaked in • alight solution of the chloride in water, and well washed. It is impossible that ventilation and cleanliness can be carried too far in the houses of the sick after removal; whitewashing, and a variety of means of effecting so important an object, will no deubt occur to the local Boards of ilealth ; and a continuance ofventilatinn for some days, as the best means of preventing contagion. In large towns the local Board of Health should be com posed of sufficient numbers to admit of subdivision into dis trict committees, always attaching to each committee at least one medical gentleman. For the Information of the public, and to secure a ready and linnet reference to authorized persons, the names and residence of the persons composing the local Boards of Health should be placed on the church door. In the event of so great a calamity falling upon this country as the introduction of this disease, rules and rege laden upon an extensive scale, anted to the rigid system of quarantine which such an event would demand, will be immediately circulated by the Lords of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, who will, upon the earliest intl. motion of the existence of the disease, send down a medical practitioner, who has been acquainted with the disease u it occurred in the name of the Board, HEMIT HALTO/D, President. At a meeting in favour of the Poles, which WAS held in New York on the sth of Sept. a subscrip tion was opened for that gallant people, and other steps were taken indicative of the sympathy which the Americans feel in their behalf. THE NAVY. FALNOUTH, OCT• 1, 1831.—Friday, Sept. 30, Wind, SS.E.—Arrived, the Anne Johaine, Moored. from ' Longwood; the Fame, Dye, and Union, Rosken, from Loudon; the Harpy, (curter), Gandy, from a cruise; the Rosa, Diun, from Bury, for Brest ; the Rx-imple, from Swansea for Rouen ; the Princess Victoria, Berry, from London for Grenada; the James Lewes, Breen, from Sr. John's, New Brunswick, 28 days, for orders. Aug. 19. In lat. 37.10, :leog. 46-18, spoke the brig Lilly, of Whit.. haven, from Liverpool for Newfoundland, all well; also arrived, IL M. packet, Magnet, l'orteus, from Lisbon, with mails, sailed Rom Lisbon 18th ult ; sailed, the Diligence. (cutter), Sir John Reid, with despatches for the fleet under the command of Sir Edward Codrington, now crui,ing off the coast of Ireland. Saturday, Oct. 1. Wind S.S.E.—Arrived off this p and proceeded for Cork, the Esther. Mantborp, from Co!iz, out 118:days ; also arrived, Hell Packet Stunner, Suit.':., from Lisbon, with mails, sailed on the 15th nit ; sailed, the Sandwich Packet, Schuyler, for Lisbon, with mails. POIMMOUTH, SATOIDAT —A small squadron, under the (=nun tnd of Captain Hillyar, C.H. i. ordered to assem ble in the Duns. It will consist of the Revenge, 78 ; Bar ham, 58 ; Stag, 48 ; Curscoa, 27 ; Tweed, 28 ; Charybdis . and one or two more gun.brige. The Stag received her or ders this morning, and sailed this afternoon for the Downs. The object in view N not known, but it is huppaied to have reference to the Dutch and Belgian question, the armis:i:e agreed upon between these Powers expiring on the 10th ins'. The Melville, 74, was paid off on Thursday, and recom missioned on the following day for the flag of Vice-Admiral Sir J. Gore, appointed to the command in the East Indies. The Imogene, 28, Captain Blackwood, was towed out of harbour this afternoon by the Echo steamer. She will pro. need in the course of the ensuing week to the East Indies, touching at the Cape of Good Hope. His Majesty's ship Dlagidenne, Capt. Plumrid;,e, fl•ting at Woolwich, will be ready for sea about the middie of this month, and is reported for the East India station. His Majesty's steam vessel Echo, Lieutenant Otway, kfz Woolwich yesterday, for Falmouth. Several experiments have been made on her cylindrical bailers, the utility .1 which appear doubtful. His Majesty, we understand, has signified his inttntion of conferring ihe honour of Knighthood on Mr. Oliver Lang, the Master Shipwright at Woolwich Dock-yard, in consequence of his Majesty's visit.to that yard to witness the launch of the Thunderer, which yowl is ordered to b: brought forward for commissioning. • &proper sesstxs.—Commander B. Meredith to the Pe. locus; Lieutenants G. Manning, W. H. Crawford, A. S. Hamond, G. Fraser; Dr. J. Cowan, Surgeon, Mr. Joseph Higgs, Master, Mr. James Haulier, and Mr. A. Johnson, Assistant-Surgeons; and Rev. J. K. Godfrey, Chaplain to It: Melville; Lieutenants H. G. Paget, C. A. Thorndike, and Tollemacbe, Mr. D. Bennett, Surgeon, and Mr.°. Burn, Assistant-Surgeon, to the Alligator; Second Lieutenant Mitchell, R.M. to the Curaqoa, First Lieutenant Cookson, from the Chatham Division. has joined this bead-quarters fur embarkation.—flowipskire Tekgrapk. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER. Simplicity of dress is now the order of the day, and it mus be confessed that our Marcharadss in Nodes have romewhat of a difficult task to combine simplicity with elegance, so as to give a dress that air distisgue which ought to characterise whatever is worn by women of fashion. This secret, however. Mrs. Bell has lone been known to possess. She has just given fresh proof of it in her selection ofdresses for the ensuing month. HATS MID HONNETS.—We Still see a fcw bats of rice. straw, and, by a singular caprice of fashion, they are row ornamented with dowers in place of feathers, which, instead of being arranged as they have been worn, in sprigs, are united in a bouquet, tied closely together, and placed very high on one side. Bonnets ar e , f or th e must p art , o f r i c h sill:s, as moire, which is most in favour, or else yros des hides. or the aerw material, gros Polo.lais ; this List is an extremely rich silk. One of the prettiest eapoteeof the month is of rose.coloored :roe POThrifsia, with the material disposed in plaits upon the crown. A faller blond lace is arranged in the style of a fan, round r bouquet of ostrich feathers, which ornaments one side of the crown. Another autumnal novelty is a teapot* of bird of Paradise moire, trimmed with peaceas ribbons and wild daisies. A large knot of ribbon, with a bouquet of these flowers in the centre, was placed near the top of the crown on the left side, and another: near the bottom of the crown on the right. The Insides of the brims of bonnets are trimmed with pompons of gummed tulle, edged with pmeowass--they resemble a full-blown enuelist at a distance. We see also many bonnets ornamented on the inside of the brim with blond lace, and some entirely co vered with it in the how of a fan. MAZE AND MATEaIALS OF Ohm= AND EVENING Daces.—Gros Pelmets, grew d'Autontae, gra dc ChEss, salt:. Polanais and Mien de is Reins, are all likely to be in favour, and some themes of them have already been ordered. At present Maly and pakeyrienne are most fashionable in dinner-dress, and game de lain. and gas . Cienostakse for evening parties. The most fashionable corsages are those crossed en ewer, trimmed with a mantilla which, forming jockey on the sloisuldets, terminate in front just under the sleeve, Beret sleeves arc still in favour, but nut quite so ge nerally adopted aethose composed of a single bouffant, or namented with ribbons falling in aigeilettes. CLomts..—On the mantles and cloaks that will be worn this winter arc designed various patterns of embroidery. A wadding, hid down on the inside, has the effect of raising the work, and giving it great richness. OENTLE3IEN'S PAWMAT3 FOR OCTOBER, 1831* The most fashionable colours fur froLks are black, ligh blue, and rifle green ; although single-breasted frocks have been snore worn of late, yet we must say that the double. breast has the preponderance in the scale of fahiort. In the double breasted frock, the lappel and collar are made to form an entire roll, and have the appearance of a s all in. cation, of about an inch in length. The sing' :-breasted has a rolling breast of about three inches; the lappet and collar ends are of equal width, and have the appearance of a half diamond having been taken out. For Dress Coats, blue, black, and dark browns. If the figure be full and prominent about the hips, make the coat without flaps; but if rot so, flaps should be added, as they assist much by their eppearance. The waists of sU coats are worn longer, anti the hip butt Ons about 36 inches apart, that is in a waist of 29 or 30 inches. The side seam is less cutveel than usual, and the skirt rather shorter and fuller. The sleeves have no puckering at the heads, hut are still cut to fit hoot the elbow to the slut. Fir waisteusta, there are some novelties bob for morning end dress, whicie dtserve notice. For undress, they arc of silk, of a large pattern, a sort of sprig or flower of white, and on a brmsn or light blue ground. these are made double-breasted, with large lappets, 4 and 4 inches in s ietb at top. but nut more than 14 inches at bottom ; they are cut to button across the breast close, the collar ends just meeting, but they are mostly worn with collar and breast turned bact. Fora Dimas W•istcoras.—lre have the most splendid things introduced, consisting of a dark purple silk and gold, in a 'witty of patterns ; these must be seen to form an ode qua.e idea of their beauty ; they are much in request, and unr thing in their favour is, that the price bring from two to two and a half guineas per yard, placer there out of the reach of the vulgar. On this account alone, gentlemen ought. to patronise this description and distinction of dress ; as, latterly, there has been no (litre:lnce of dress between the shopman and a 'squire. These waistcoats should be ne:de with a full rolling collar, and singk.breasted. Fos TnowsLas.—The plaids, as we foretold, have almost disappeared, and have been capenteded by a ribbed kersey. mere; they are a mixture of brown and blue, and well cal. ciliated for this season of the year. Fawn colour and Cam. bridge mixture are amongt the favoured colours too, jits. now. Troy/sus are not buttoned up in front ; that cut s• tan to have reverted to rchool boys, who find it very convenient. The most fashionable nowsers are made with a whole fall down, which bet tons at the sides on a broad strap. and *hen buckled, brace in the waist most effectually. They are worn to tit the shape all the way down, and not to cover t. e much of the foot ; a vent at bottom is dispensed with, but it *oleo :lump demand% ore, or a tongue instrted in the instep. VI EN NA, ►SEPT. 20.—Up to the 19th at noon, there were reckoned 665 attacked with the cho lera; 36 had recovered health, 268 were dead, an . 361 were under cure. The ravages making in Vienna by the cholera morbus are frightening the French. The authori ties have, however, taken every precaution upon the frontier, and the Prefect of Police in Paris issued orders yesterday for the construction of new fountains in the capital, that the inhabitants should have an abundant supply of good water, for the purification of the city. ~~ THEATRES. Clanav-Last .—Thetcee:titcsleampaign, to a"opt the usual phrase, commenced at this Theatre on Saturday night, and a very numerous audience was collected to greet the old favourites, and to welcome the new candidates for public approbation. The house presented • very cheerful aspect, and good humour was of course the order of the evening. The National Anthem was sung, but wit in a manner to excite any particelar notice. l'he Honeymoon, a comedy that has long been a favourite stock.piv"w. was very well got up, and the various characten, sustained by our old-established favourites, were well performed. Wallach as the Ueda drawler, and Miss Phillips as Juliana, flayed very effectively ; Harley, as the Meek Duke, was fulled his usual life and cleverness : and Russell, as Limped*, alma. iug. Mr. Jones, who tome yeses since appeared as Lord :igleby, sustained the part of Rolando, but was not altoge ther successful in his performance, nor equal to those we have been accustomed to see in that line of acting. Slits Brudenell has also, we believe, trod the London boards tome time since. She holds forth promise of being a very useful and agreeable actress in pace of minor importance in genteel comedy. Slits Kenneth's was the most decide dl y favourable reception, and we look for ward to her becoming a great acquisition to the stage I she 31:3313 to possess good sense and a knowledge of het art, with suffeient of personal qualifications to rend•r her both useful and ornamental. Previous to the second piece the Overture to Auber's Hurtle de Porlici was performed by • very well collected orchestra, and was loudly encored. The Brigand then followed. Its romantic scenery, its pieturestie group ing, and the excellence of Wallack's melo-dramatic acting, have made this little piece an established favuorite ; it was Ailed nearly as before, and acted with the same spirit. Wallach sang his little ballad as usual very sweetly, and, though somewhat hoarse from his ' rambling on the moun tains' he was called upon to give it a second time. The only novelty was a very promising though timid cantPdire ter public favour, 3liss Gordon, and, as fat as circumstances would allow us to judge she possesses a considerable share of merit. The season hes thus commenced under auspicious appearances, and from the general strength of the company, (even exclusive of quadrupeds) we think it promises to be successful. OLYMPIC TMILATMC.--This neat little Theatre, which has been embellished and decorated in an elegant classical team, opened for the season, under the direction of Madame Veen* ou Saturday. The attendance on the occasion was an earnest that the fair Manager has lost no ground either in fashionable or general favour. The house was crammed in every part before the commencement of the performances; every nook had its t. Several of the nobility were present. After the Nat Anthem the amusing burlnta of the Chases Saha, was performed, in which Mr. Horn mad. his Mae on this stage. Tnis was followed by a new piece, or rail IP tranalaties, appropriately entitled Talk Oats Drell. It is from the French drama of Dominique, or Is Pomade, ano ther version of which was produced at the Coburg • few nights since; in noSdng this latter we gave a sketch of the plot, which it is therefore walleye to repeat. LIIITOX was the Donsitsigths, and excited continual laughter, though for the most part worettlidlly. :The spirit of the pan is, decidedly, grave rather than humoutous; Mr. Lissom, moreover, cor rectly understood it, and did full justice to his conception, displaying good feeling, and moralising with the air of a perfect Jaguts. But Lissom and laughter are decreed inseparable. Miens mkt's, Lutox' a sayings and Lt:. sox's doings will always create merriment. Thus the au. thence laughed at his gaiety—but laughed no less at hi % tor . rows and hie anxieties. He did everything for the piece, which, however, appeared to move heavily, notwithstanding the ex ertions of himself, and, generally speaking, of his coadjutors. It will have its day, but we do not anticipate for it a bril- Sant run. The 0/gropie Revels seem likely to be as im mortal as the gods who Shure in them. They were again enjoyed on Saturday with undiminished s eat . P on d ers displayed her numerous gifts with as much elegance as ever. We should not omit to mention the new drop-curtain, by Mr. Gordon; it is very taatefully designed and beautifully painted. -a DoALT ELECTION. At the close of the poll on Saturday, Lord Ash ley was in a majority of 198 on the d..y's poll.— This unlooked-for event is easily accounted for : Saturday is the market day at Dorchester. where the poll is held; and Mr. Farquharson, the fox hunter, brought up all his tenants and friends, who attend the market, to vote for 'Lord Ashley. Mr. Ponsonby's friends, on the contrary, reside prin cipally in the different towns and villages which are scattered about the county, and it was incon venient for the voters to leave their homes at the end of the week. We doubt not, however, that the Mends of reform will press forward during the next week, and speedily regain the ground they have los.. Throughout the whole county the cause most enthusiastically supported. The efforts made by Lord Ashley's friends are quite frantic. Supported as they are by the money which the boroughmon prs have subscribed to support the existence of a system which i. found so profitable to them, it is not to be wondered at that they have thrown some obstacles in the way of the reformers, who felt convinced that they had done enough to satisfy the people of England that Dorsetahire was true to the cause when they returned Mr Calcraft at the late election. Before Lord Ashley announced himself, all the carriages and horses in the county were taken up by his friends; and the reformers were obliged to send to Salisbury, Shaftesbury, and even As far as Exeter, to procure a sufficient number of vehicles to coavey the voters to the poll. This circum,tance has also retarded the polling or behalf of Mr. Pon ruby in no inconsiderable degree. We repeat, that we do not feel the least hesitation in saying, ,that before the middle of the week Mr. Ponsonby will be in a glorious majority. The temporary success of the anti-reformers I.as roused the spirit of the voters, who " are good men and true," and we understand they will appear in great force this day (Monday) to record their names on a poll which is regarded with more arention than any we ever heard of. One word to the people of England at parting: it is a fact—a notor ous fact, that the boroughmongers have raised a subscription, and a You age one, to endeavour to buy Lord Ashley's return for Dorsetshire. We kno • not whether every boroughmonger has Leen taxed, with a view thet he should pay a sum equivalent •o the greater or less number of no minstions which he will lose by the passing of the bill. But sure y the people of England who have, eaco and every one of them, an interest in reform ing the representation, shoulJ not allow a contest like this to proceed without subsc. ibing a few hundreds of pounos towards t' e protection of the undoubted privilege of choosing their own tepre sentatises in Parliament. This they cannot do, unless the Reform Bill becomes the law of the land, and the failure of Mr. Ponsoni,y at this cri tical m-ment may do something towards deferring this most desirable event. We, therefore, call upon the Reformers of England to show that. they {vow how to appreciate the boon of Parli inter:troy Re form, by coming forward with their ►ubsc , ip;ions to aid the exertions of the freeholders of Dorset shire, who arc striving t the utmost of their abi lity to repel the effects produced by the lihmal use of the gold of the Charles-street assembly, who are making their last desperate stand in the county of Dorset.— Chronicle. The Dutch aim ) is formed or 120,000 men, ready for battle ; the Prussians have 150,000 in the Rhenish provinces; the French have 150.000 on their northern fiontiers, which they are also fortifying ; and the Belgians will soon have 60,000 men ready. 7 . • ~ , A r I 1 , • i '. . . 1 ' .. s , 1,. • '4 1 \ i i{ I. 1 11 . • 1 ii . . II I`