The National Register. — London, England, 1814-09-18 00:00:00

590 ' A Al'lf'k:/?:). Tlit- f,,!lowing from Antwerp commtinieafes some inte.rstio,z particulars, especi.illy in a commercial point of if-AT, respecting that important city, which ate not generally k u r,:son " ANTWFnr. SEPT. 2.---Tite river which passes by MI. wetter.) and looaesa aide, or rather the front of the city, has at low water, an eyi.o 41, , pth of 25 feet in the middle . ; the tide rises 15 fei't, and ve-sel. ;.?0 fve! draught of water may lay close alongside the wh , 4 , f of qua% 80 ,1 dkoh a ra:e their cargoes, the length of suck ac eaninoolation i 4 about halt or k,nrths of a mile, besides several car.:Ls gyro') the river into the city, each of which has at waler, trom la feet of water, with wharfs and warehouses 4,0 earli ,i:le ; :hest' canals arc c!is•-ed at the ends next the river bv douhle dia , .virridges of a peculiarly light and elegant construetion, foiaithig miinterrep . cit rominnnication from end to end of thi• principal quay or wharf before spoken of. The river is of a '„," l d ie siwe nren4llo as the T;iames et Illackwall; it has no briAga r it, hot is passed ratter by terry boats or the floatiog s bridge, 1,0-teed av two prawns or goo hoots connected with each other by at It ,o;.ino of considerahle width ; they go flon the soloil end of the pron.! quay near the dock yaro on the - eastern side of the Scheldt ever the il•te etch l'inalets, as it is ealle•!, outwork on the other side 44 the rivt r eonialAulnot the toad towards (Mont aro: guardiea tk,t , ryt , y. The ar-ena: or dock yard k situated at the smith end of tl e city ,inti has slips for 17 ve , ,As of the large t size, and room 14,r foi miog 1 14 more ; If; ves,el:. all of the line, excepting two friLeite •, are now on the stocks, and only one slap is u n occupied; the dock yard ale the smith , ' , hops, sail loft', toast eve• aed a most beautifol huildina, built of brick and slated. 1,2;0 French fret hn! by .lri broad havoig three stories erected as a rope in.e , otactory. there is also spare within the walls to have ereetcd el towr or hive times the cxtent of those now existing, hut es!!!4er than incur so repeat all expense and occasion so long a detay, comerted a col:ege or nunnery. arid a church adjoining, t.“.stlier with many private houses, iota) warehouses for 114 val stores :out are,:pm4•;:ts, Anialierrhurch in a daerviit part of the town has to-en clreebt, and a chapel, standila in the tor the; dock yard., appropriated to the workmen. A college of ,14.sii•s in the ini.hhe of die town, has been turned into a ball room 1,, the p o hle,l. The shops and counting home are mostly open all Siaolay, tiraigh some a,e shut up part of the day. 1 was yesterday UN • • ing much eritifivii by seeing one of the Frenen thr - e-deckers F aPi. a d• o n the risa r, at hale ebb tide, pant the city. although she bad freqoently to eo considerably to one side oe other of the river to dear tha essels whivi, were at ;meln in different position'; it was that which cave me a much greater insight into its uniformity of I be .. ore entertained. At the extremity of the city, op posite the (look said or 'arsenal, viz at the north, arc two excellent wet 41.4eks, havreg about 2 t 9.5 feet- of water each, the exterior one :drool halt the :size of the London dock, and the interior about • twice the size of the exterior, commithicitieg by - a short canal or rot, d with gates, all within the fortifications ; between the t‘vo locks stands the ancient Wilding, formerly belonging to the liana town', eow used also as a naval store house for the fleet. In the tHit'r clock yesterday evening %%ere Nina five sail of the line and e t,tl room tilt full as many more ; seven wail of the line bearing the French flag. ate in the river fit for Sea, amid one of the five mentioned wi p4 ‘vaiting t':e next tide to get out, when she would be ready elm). T: e hefore•mentioned dricks were began and completed by Monaparte iojess than 18 months; cite (mterone is walled and pro p,•ety tinianed, - like the London Docks, the inner one has sloping earth e kes, lik e the Isle of Dogs canal ; it is to be regretted, however, that nuonaelarte did not finish the rand designs he had undertaken for beautifyirig A - tamper'', as well as fortifying it. The .number of the favourable terms w arehouse= ready .h• it 44;* the best.kiad, of commerce, its vicinity .to the British metropolis, its advantages of ;rinse the best harbour ill Eirope, aoll its superior facility of com• noolieation with the interior of Germany. Flanders, Switzerland and F rA eee. eretAiire; to reader it in every respect the moat eligible, and in I , e; ;neer.. propod ion to its size, the most eg ten sl yelv.ennim e rchi city in the world. Part of the celebrated old boom thrown across the Scheldt to preve nt the British ships from sailing up from flushing, is now bins in the Li Acyard. The peace it is calcuted will finally throw out of employ. meat 05,000 na val And military officers; 2000 Gwverninent Clcrs; and 250,000 non-commissioned officers and privates. `-'er-3 E BUON.4PART E. SEPT: 18. AVGSBURG, SEPT. 11.—We learn the following circumstances re srecting the kind of life which Buonaparte leads in Elba, on the authority of private letters frim Tuscany :—He endeavours, in a particular manner, to gain the esteem of the English—he has ac (wired the English and German languages, and now speaks , otlt with tolerable Harney. He sleeps bat little, and rides about much,. iwpecting the various buildings which he has ordered. Every day ife goes to mass, and appears to be very devout : afterwards lie re tires to his apartments, where he reads and writes 'or the greater part of the da t y. He iN in good humour fir several days, but snd. denly he becomes so peevish - that no person dares to approach him. Fie takes an airing frequently in a carriage, with the daughter of President Vaudini. Every Sunday he 11(11(17, a Court. PARISIAN '►BODES. Everyday striped hats heroine more general ; the breadth of the stripes m bands is ahont two fhigees. These bands or stripes all proceed from the border, anti ternithate in a point at the crown. They are rose and white alternate.. This is the last taste. Sonic of the modists make the capotes of dark blue., and place either a little Iry the left, or in front. a grassis►ne (this is a new term in the maga zines of fashion, where it is called rrodiss►ne). that is a coekittle. "file flowers most in fashion are still the g,eraniam and the daisy. Seven or right daises, of a deep red may be placed together ; other- Ose, in the same bouquet there [mist be as many colours as there are flowers. There have lately appeared round plumes of soft fea thers; at first they were all white, now they are tinged with pale yellow, ur rose. The mode of wearing cornets (caps), under the hats, is gone by. They make those caps of tulle, striped with a g.r iiihac of white satin ribband. In the putting of clear muslin, at the bottom of rolies there always passed a coloured ribband, but within these two or titles days there appears in the front an opening. ga thered, but still the puffing at the bottom of the robe remain in vogue, and it serves also as a head to the furbelow. LE MENAGE A L'UNISSON. Madume.—What a stupid mantua-maker ! with her long waist ! Would she make me a caricature ? onsieure'W hat a tailor without taste ! with .his short colt ? Will not people say that my coat has been made these two months ? Mad.—Positively-I would rather go abroad in my peignoir (dress ing gown),. than dress in-this way, Notts.—And ILI shoal prefer wiaing in my robe de chambre. • Mud.—You must agree with me that this ti flowery swells me out most horribly. Mons.—And I—l have an elegant shape, otherwise I should be taken for a young man from Wapping. /I/ad.—Von intv.t own, however, that at your age, a dress some what les! , recherchee would be more pri per. Mons. —At your age, Madam, I must say less finery would become yon. Mad.—Yon think so, Sir ? And yet there are persons whom my preient dress pleasas, nOwithstandine. Mons.—And you must own that there are persons who find my dress to their taste. Alad.—What lilnity ! Mons.—W hat coquetry. Mad.—One is Very unfortunate to have a husband so flighty and inconstant. Mons.—How I commisserate the poor devil who has to live with, a wire so haughtFand imperious. Mad.—You contradict me in a manner to make me detest yen. • • Mons —And you drive me to such extremities that I shall be foreeo to break with von. Mad.-Ah.my fi lend ! how happily your coat of Flora blue quits with your white culottes ! You just looked thus When I knes you first. Mons.—A.:4 this muslin, striped rose and lilac, makes von lovely beyond description, and reminds me of the time when I fiat saw you. ilfud.—lt is impossible to have a husband more gallant. Mons.--:And I do not know a wife more amiable. Both.—Let us embrace, and go to the new Opera, Pelage ; this will perfectly reconcile us. • Such is the fooltry•with which the Paris Editor embellishes his history of the fashions. V z,~''"' .-Utz-_ . ~•~;~ILi:. i=;"