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. n i ov ed. 4 , That the Chairman de ropeet• pro rest, an d ask leave to sit again on Monday." which was agreed to without a division. The Cotton Factories Bill was read the third time and passed, after a few words from Mr. FINLAY. The Slave Trade Treaty Bill went through a C o mmittee.—Report to.morrow. The Duke of Cambridge's and the Ditches* of Cumberland's Annuity Bills passed through Com mittees.—Report to-morrow. The Report of the West India Free Port Bill was agreed to.—To be read the third time to niorrow. The Irish Court-Houses Bill was read a second timr.—To be committed to-morrow. The Labourers' Wages Bill was read the third time. and passed. _ _ . Mr. LLIBINOTON moved for and obtained leave to bring in a Bill to alter the allowance on certain broken plate glaas—and also to eaeanpt from the penalty attached to the uon-possesston of a license, certain dealers in glow.. Lord CASTLSREAGH rive notice that he would, to-morrow, move fur a Committee on the Slave Trmie Convention. LuSHINOTOW presented a Petition from Mr. R. Fenner, bookseller, of Paternoster-row, complaining of the oppresrive operation of the ex isting Copyright Act.—Heferred to the Committee on the Copyright Act Amendment Bill. Adjourned at TweLva o'CLoci. INDIA. The following is an extract of • private letter received from an Officer in India. It is dated "Right Baulk of the James, is Camp, October 27, ISt?. 6 , We are now on our march—supposed, in the first instance, to he directed against the fortress of Gwahor, belonging to Sct sDIA. The greet object of the campaign however, is the entire annihilation of the Plod a race of plundering scoundrels who have been annoying us for malty years. " The whole of the army now in the field con. Bias of 10 divisions, each of about 10,000 men. We are advancing from the three Presidencies to wards the same point with the finest army ever perhaps heard of in India. The Governor• General is with our division, which is about 13,000 strong, with 60 pieces of cannon. The camp followers of this division alone amount to 67,000. For the carriage of the baggage of our regiment, we have 40 elephants and 400 camels; every elephant has two keepers, and every two camels one. Of us there are 37 officers present, among whom there are 510 servants; every horse its the regiment has two attendants, one as • groom, the other to provide grass; these alone amount to 1,400, besides WO fur the mess, and 900 for the Radar to supply the provisions; in all, for our regiment alone, about 3,500 followers, besides their wives, children, &c. " The Marquis of ilsicrisics travels iu a most princely style; he has 150 elephants, and 400 camels, besides state elephants splendidly accou tred. having superb solid silver howslers or castles on i their backs. There are now actually 36 Rajahs ...a independent Chieftains of various ranks on their respects to the Marquis. Some of The Oe. a man as way to - nr was by Amur DNS Usu.—Holiday at the Bask, Ettchepter, Let I•diii, sat! South Sea Hutton. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, 4/ iRIDAY, MAT 1, 1818. The Convention lately communicated to the Chamber of Deputies by the Duke of RICHE LIEU, was noticed last night in the House of Com mons, by Mr. WARRE, who requested some tam. 'nation respecting it Goat Lord CAITLEREAPII. The Noble Lord; however, with a due observance of State mystery, declared his utter inability to state the notate of 'he agreement concluded be tween the French mod the Allied Governments, and (lily ventured to expros a belief that some such Convention bad beett i oethiele4. - Lt seems he had not as yet intelligence of the event, speak positively of that Lisa situation, must be folly acquainted. probably learn with some de pot umningled with satisfaction, SR of the EXCHEQUER has to the new modelling of up—because we Ii a measure for • absolute resigns _-_-_t by the Right __ .-- ..:4 delay is, that .lifficiesst time could not b e baj A h n in g the pre sent Session for canvassing se. 4p or te n t a sub ject in all its branches. But the rep' cause ie, that Ministers fear to affect the interests of so power ful a body of [nen as the Country Bankers on the eve of a Geberal Election, having ascertained, by a Meeting held on Wednesday at Lord Livuatroot.'s lion.e, that their opinions were unanimously hostile to the principle of the measure. Lord CASTLEREAGH postponed his motion for a renewal of the Alien Act, to Tuesday next. We understand that it is the intention of 3liiiis trts to prorogue Parliament early in June, probably fur the purpose of enabling Lord CASTLEREAGH to Intend at the approaching Congress of the Allied B ""eig44*. 4.r their .Ministers, to which the Duke °I Illcuctit LI: alluded in his communication to the be nothing short reason sniped lest 'le "eh&letnan for and • ith Chamber of Deputits. No biols hive as yet been throwu out of a dissoltiiion, but it mjy be ex- Meted, as we have reason to believe, iu the course of the next autumn. • We have received Paris Pavers of Monday last. They contain some further proceedings in the trial of M. FGALGEs' assassins. The Court were, iu the Sitting. of the 17th and 18th last, princi pally engageckin hearing witnesses for the defence, which, in the case of &WOGS, consists in endea vouring to prove an alibi ; and in that of JaUsioll a depends on creating some confusion in the minds of the Jury relative to the state of M. FUALDEs' Ac counts, as affected by the robbery said to have been committed on his person., The assesaination is known to have been perpetrated about eight o'clock in the evening ; and about five or six o'clock BArriDN was seen by Uttsul.♦ PA PILLON conversing with M. FUAILBZII, and on parting with him litard to say, " At eight o'clock this evening—be sure you do not frirget it." EIAsTIDE has, during the trial, maintained, for the most part, excellent spirits, and indulges frequently in merriment and laughter, but on the 18th he way effected to tears by the impassioned prayer fur me►cy, addressed in his favour to the Court, by one of his female relatives, who swore that he had hot left her house during the entire evening of the as sassination, and declared, with vehemence, that all the witnesses against him were perjured. On Sunday the KING, accompanied by the Princes and Princesses of the Royal Family, the Cardinals, the Prince Duke de TALLITRAN D. and the Nespirlitan mid Speuish Ambassadors, heard Mess at the Chapel of the Thuilleries. which was executed iu grand orchestra, under the direction of 31. the Chevalier CHILILUBINt. Madame the Countess of GOTHLAND (the Queen or Swains!), attended by several Swedes of distinction. was preseut on Saturday in the Di plomatic Tribune. at the Sitting of the Chamber of Deputies. A Dutch Mail arrived last night, with Papers to the 30th of April. They repeat the prevalence of a confident expectation in France that the Army of Occupation will be withdrawn in October. A Flanders Mail his arrived. with papers from Brussels to the 28th lut. The following are ea tracts : insekeone, APRIL 2t. Though the contrary has bees asserted, it appears to be certain that Mr. Lamb, the Owlish Plenimiteetiary to the Diet, has, be the express order. of his Governnmet, deliver. ed to Coast Las Cases, who resides i■ the city of Frank fort, all the parcels, papers, letters, niesescripts, and do. cements, which were takes frost the Comet on beard the vessel which cooveyed him limn the Cape of Good Hope to the Thames. Among these papers which were sent from Loudon to the Covet, are several remarkable pieces, eves designs sad plans drama by Napoleon's own head, as well a very less repave addressed by Las Carts to Loden latiesparte us the voyage to St. Helena and the abode there. lIRIIIISZLI, AMU L 27. Madame Curet, who .as arrested oa the 2d of this montb, has just been set at May. The Duke of Welling toe was to Mate Paris yesterday (Ilse 26t6) to embark at Calais, the megyeiations.at the liquidations being termi nated. The long-pending stair of Messrs. Doney and Crawford has beep at length decided. M. Dowry, for prearatiog to the Kitt( a remonstrance in very improper and eves insulting terms. claiming from hie Majesty the payment of a large nom doe to him by the India Company, is coodemised to three years imprisonmest asd the costs. Mr. Crawford is acquitted. New Orleans Papers to the 22d of February have arrived. The question as to the Florida', and the boundary between the Spanish possessions and the American territory, occupies the undivided attest. tton of the inhabitants of New Orleana, as they state it is • most interesting question, particularly to that place and the adjacent provinces.—The fol lowing is an extract : a Spain requires as sine qua non, that the Mississippi (mark this) shall be the boundary of her Mexican domi nions. Spain is no doubt induced to persist in these arro gant demands, from a belief that she will wit stand alone, iu the event of a rupture. Indeed, her Minister has inti mated, in the late unpublished correspondence on this sub ject, if we are correctly informed, that his Government has not►ing to fear from s war will the United States, as it will •ot have to etratenti with us single-hauded; and ibis threat is so strongly corroborated by the fact, that Great Britain and France have offered their mediation in the pending con mummy between ns--but it is not tree that the former Power has so far interk►ed as to protest again►t the cessioa Floridaof to this country." Iu another part of our Paper will be found an extract from a private letter, written by an Officer attached to one division of our army in India, which presents a most magnificent picture of the extent and efficiency of our military operations. The whole army in the field in the latter part of Octo ber, the date of this letter, is computed at 100,000 men, exclusive of the enormous and unwieldy assem blage of servants and followers who usually crowd the camp of Indian armies. The Governor-General was leading one division in person, and is repre sented as travelling with all the magnificence and pageantry of the most powerful Sultans of the Edo. The army was stated to be at that time marching against Gwalior, one of Scut DIA'S prin cipal forts, in the full confidence of success. Ac counts, however, of a much more recent date, have been already prcsente4 to our readers, stating, that 'preparation effect of terrifying SCINDIA into usibmissaion, end that this restless chief had consented to surrender some of his principal fortresses into the hands of the British. • these immense military : have had the The splendour of military achievements, and the apparent increase of power which success in war generally implies, ought not, in our minds, to pre vent an inquiry in this country into the nature and character of those hostilities which have now dis turbed the tranquillity of India. We are aware that many persons in this country hold the opi nion, that the mutual interests of Great Britain and Hindostan require an exitnsion of the British possessions in the East : but we believe that none will be hardy enough to contend for that event, if in its accomplishment the ordinary prin ciples of humanity and justice should be sacrificed ; they would desire to have at least some good pre tence for hostilities, and that the fair fame of this country should not be tarnished by wanton ag gressions. The advocates of the contrary opiniou hold that a further extension of British power in India would be ineomposible with the professed ob ject of such a measure, namely, the good govern ment of the country, and that the ruling Power, by enlarging the grasp of its possessions, would only endanger their security. To both these classes of disputants an inquiry into the causes of the pre sent war would probably offer much for serious reflection. Any manifestation of unjust ambition on the part of Great Britain would not, we believe, find many advocates at home, were it only for the extreme impolicy, in the present affairs of the Com pany, of increasing its financial difficulties by ex. pensive military preparations ; while, on the other hand, if the war arose solely from the enmity of the independent Princes of the Peninsula, assisted and encouraged by the impatience of our subsidiaries, allies, and subjects, it would seem to determine the impropriety of still farther extruding our autho rity, and teach us rather to secure what we How hold, than to seek • precarious enjoyment, calcu lated to endanger even our previous possessions. The subject is entitled to the must earnest consi deration of Parliament, and we trust that the pre sent Session will not close without UMW notice of the military events in the East Indies. Count MUNSTER had an audience of the PRINCE REGENT yesterday. Employment for the poor has lately increased, but without damping the spirit of emigration. Five ships belonging to Dumfries have sailed for America this season, and two American ships from Annan, altogether with upwards of 500 emigrants on board, almost all hushundmen, and many of them possessed of considerable property in cash. Until the lark and the present year, emigrati was never thought of in these quarters. • A few weeks since three ships, principally with emigrants oil board, sailed from Newcastle ; and on Sunday se' •ght two Sunderland ships sailed from that port with emigrants for the United States, many of them poor miners from the neighbourhood of Alston Moor. This alarming spirit or emigration would find its best remedy in an increase of the comforts of the poor ; but this would re quire a reduction of taxes, and a system of eco nomy slid retrenchment on the part of Ministers, for which they do not appear to have any great taste. It is grateful, however, to think, that their waist of wisdom may be supplied by the impolicy of other's, and that the evil will receive a check shroud which it should have found at home.— The Whitehaven Paper, received yeste►day, states, that several persons iu the parishes of Bewonitle and Stapleton have lately been preparing to sail for America ; but, in consequence of the unfavourable accounts which they have received from those who emigrated last year, they have altered their deter. rniustioto. [The following Statement is respectfully submitted to the Public by the Proprietor of The tlbserver. by which Statement, made upon the Affidavits of the Deputy Publishers and the Twelve Presumes, it clearly appears that the fair and ordinary Sale of The Ob. *freer is .early Eleven Tboosand, weekly, and on fre. smut occasions, wises important events occupy the public mind, a evasiderable Number of extra Copies are printed.] " We, George Goodger and Matthew Brown, Assistant Publishers in The Observer Priatiug Office, do hereby make oath, and say, that the regular Svelte! 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SMITH, Mayor." “ We, William Stephens, John Wynn, Robert Johnson, Samuel Jennings, William Tuffnel, John Beason, James Moore, Thomas Cooke, Juhu Baxter, Thomas Hawkins, Stephen Hickson, and Charles Priest, the twelve Pressmen in The Observer Printing-Office, do hereby make oath, and severally say, that we have printed, during the last quarter, consisting of twelve weeks only, one hundred and thirty thousand four hundred and ninety-three stamped copies of The Observer Newspaper; and that the regular and average number of The Observer, as pi inted by us, is upwards of ten thousand and right hundred copies, weekly, ipdependeut of extra numbers, of *bleb, *lwo interesting events have taken place, we have not unfrequently printed from one to stern thoutaud extra Papers. William Stephens, James Moore, John Wynn, Thomas Cooke, Robert Johnson, Juba Baxter, Samuel Jenniugs, Thomas Hawkins, William Tuffutl, Stephen Hickson, sail Jobs, Benson, Charles Priest. " Sworn at the Mausiou-Honee, London, this 18th day of April, 1918, before me, " C. 8)111 'l, Mayor." ~' -.L I• ~ 1 • t 6•!2 . ; - A -: .03 - - - €2...'Pzoriet DRURY-LANE THF,ITRE. The new tragedy. The Jew of Melia, at ted:r4l crowded and brilliant audience last night. The remorseless vengeance of Barahut was finely es pressed tiv Mr. KEAN. A strenuous effort was made to obtaiii r repetition of his sang, hot, it was successfully resiced (111 the ground of isidisposition, that scarcely able to go through Isis part. No lolling off,. however, was observable in Ins per formance ; he displayed all his wonted energy and passion. —After the play, a new dranitatic rp mance was :Produced, under the title of Th Aluoittota Chief. Rhys the Red, an ontlaw and leader of a banditti, is in love with Amuck, the daughter of Keating, a miller, into wheat house he introducer himself as a wandering minstrel. with intent to carry her off. This happens on the eve of her intended marriage with Omen. the husband of her own and her father's choice. My: the Red succeeds in his enterprise, and the reinainder of the plat consists of the nirdiss to recover her from the outlaw. These necessarily produce much hostile. bustle and preparation between the contending h an ds, which ends in the desth of Rho the Red, and the restoration of 'loader to her father and lover. The story is relieved by a sort of under-plot, between a-subor dinate pair of lovers, Evan and *ad, both of which were well sustained by Mr. KNIGHT and Mrs. ALSOP : but they are meagre sketches. affording very little room for the display of comic talent. The advantage* of scenery : decorations, and pleasing music, rendered this piece amusing, and obtained fur it • favourable reception. With a few alterations it may aspire to as great au age as trifles of this sort usually attain. A LMACK'S. On Wertnewiny evening thee* Rooms were nt. tended by nearly tire hundred persons of the tint dioniction mod 1.1611i0n. Aiming whom were— His Serene Ugliness Pripet Hesse-Honibuurg. Prince Estes hazy. ' Daher—ltirllmund, St. Albans, and Lautino Durkerses—Beaufort, itichuiund, Marlborough, Leeds, asid Sftu Carlos. .Varquieses—Carmarthen,Woreester, Lan ado, n, A orlesey, Luthiau, and DOWllllllile. Marchionesses— Worcester, Cornwallis, Carmarthen, Lans. down, Salisbury, Wiudieater, Taristuck, Lothiau, and Stafford. Coyest and C 11111114114 Lieven. Lords—Seftuo,Clotimore, Rubes, Castlereagh. C. Church. bill, Chlllll/iIIiMIT, A Hamilton. Nforpetli, &maniacs, Ain:. ley, A. Hill, Ads!yileiss, Saye.and.Sele, Brudenell, Clary, Clonmell, Shaftesbury, Prudhoe, Grantham, Palmerston, Weatuturland, Denbigh, Aylesbury, Furtesrue, Barnaid, Maitland, Ainberm. Guyer, G. Beresfurd, Cratibuurn, King, Onetilos, and Auckland. . I.adies—Glengoll, F. Disburse, Davy, Webster, Clonmgre, Sefton, two Mollinenx's, Hill, E. Manama, H. Butler, Castlereagh, Pratt, Rowley, Somerset, E. Kdgeumbe, Paget, Hardy, Stewart, S. Wyse, E. Halliday, &we-and-Sete, Pack 111'11/eviald, Stanhope, Elienburough, E. Fieldiug, Cooper, Grantham, E. Montague, Lonsdale, Aylesbury, two Braces, Fortescue, A. Wilbraham, Barnard, Ambers*, H. Windsor, Grey, King, Omitlawn, . Panlett, C. Churchill, A. Wynd ham, A. Scutt, J. Kerr, Ducie, Breadalbane ' Campbell, Pe ters, C. Osborne, Hampden, Moore, Harvey, Mansfield, Cassilia, Kennedy, and E. L. Gower. Mire—C. Ogle an d H. Bouverie. • M ro. Fiszberf Dert and Min Seymour. Ambasearlor•--Austriao, Russian, Prumian, Bavaria., Sarthoian, a. 4 Spaaisis. Yesterday the QUEEN. the PRINCE lbsatit, and others of the Royal Family, dined with the Duke and Duchess of GLOUCESTAR. In the evening, after dinner, their Royal Highnesses had another party. The Dukes of CLARENCE and Costa Maui; visited the PRINCE REGENT yesterday. Yesterday morning tne Duke of YORE left town for Windsor. Yestentsy morning Prince Leo Pout. attended by Sir ROBERT GeaDINItIt. Clone to town from Claremont. and visited her MAJIIIITT and the PRINCESSES at the Queen's Palace; and from thence his Royal Highness proceeded on a visit to the Duchess of YORK, at York-House. St. James's Palace. In the evening the Pat Nut returned to Claremont. Yesterday morning the Prince of HesSt How- BOURG. attended by Baron O'NAGHTEN, Went to view Westminster Abbey, where he was received by the Res. Mr. BLOMBERG, one of the Prebends, who conducted the PRINCE over the whole of that spacious and stupendisous building. His Serena Highness expressed his admiration and astonish ment at the numerous collection of monninents and other curious works of art, which have been exe cuted by the first artists. The PRINCE continued his exaininstion shout two hours. His Serene Highness proceeded from the Abbey to St. James's Palace. on a visit to the Duchr.s of CumataLAND, where he partook of some refreshment. The Duke of RIcHNoND and smite will shortly leave town for America. The Duchess of Mott Thrum has issued cards of invitation for a splendid rout on the 14th instant, at her house in Grosvenor-square. The Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND intend leaving town on Monday nest, for their seat, Sion House; the Dowager Duchess is expected there in a few days. from Sidinnuth, Devonshire. The Duke and Duchess of NORTHUMBERLAND entertained on Wednesday, at their rrmilence in St. James's-square, it being the anniversary of their wedding day, the Bishop of WoacksTEß, the Rail and Countess Yowls, Lord and Lady CUTE. Sir W. and Lady HARRIET WM. WYNN, and a large party of disiiiiction. In the evening, her Grace bud a select circle of fashionable'. The Marquis of Ancni.Eseir gives a grand enter taintnent to a large party of distinction on the 16th instant, at Uxbridge Noose. The Marchioness of HERTFORD has issued cards of invitation for a grand amenably on the 14th inst. at Hertford !louse, Manclayster-square. Lord Ei.i.Erisoitosinti will give • grand enter taintnent to a large party of dislinguishad person ages on the nth instant, at his residence iii St. Janes's-mime, pantie MONUNE,VT TO THE MEMORY OF THE LATE LAM ENT e.. 1 7, PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES AND tiAXt. COBURG.' The Cenotaph Committee, after msdnrely rvnuiderint• the vac communications they base received, and in cnufur• lusty with what tlivy have reason to believe is tlie wikh of the Public, beg leave to state that it is their inieutiqa, rtwuld theitruuds be Adequate, to construct the ,proptisirl Temple of the Cenotaph on a .scale sufficiently extensive to admit of its being appropriated to the purposes of Divine Worship, and constituted • Free Church. (Fur tti6 o :4,tumitter) • BENJ. ROWS., Jun. LONDON PASHIOIIS Fun MAY. . ~`r, From "Acherisaast's Repository e Arts, Fashions," &o DINNER DRESS. A white British net dress, which is worn over a blight reach-colour satin slip. The dress is finished at the lvdtuan of art strut by a row of broad and singularly b, 3utiful mint!, cutnpusedof satin to cegrespoutl with the slip, which is interspersed with narrow white silk fincy trsinntung v a row of this latter is pitied' at Ole edge uf the Indium of the skirt, and another ruw surmounts the peach and shit' border, The tardy is 'Plied thieorsage ri la eircoorie ; it is composed of peach-colour satin, made without serial, ( 05 very low in the bust, displays exactly the prupurts or the shape, and is so cunti lied as to forma novel half-sleeve, ♦hieh wraps berms at the lower part, and displays a fall white satin sleeve wuro underneath. The hntlt and sleeves are ornamented' with narrow white silk trimming, to ern respond with the skirt. .• Head.dresii, a bright peach-cutour silk handkerchief, disposed in the turban style, and orna. ',Dented in front with a large bunch of white roses. The 'hair is mock parted un the forehead, and disposed in full Marls at the Sides. Pa►l necklace and ear-rings. Whitt; kid gloves. White satip shoes. Small ivory fan. • • •• alottnntet eittgeS. A cambric muslia slip, richly finished mond the bottom of the skirt with festoous of wink, surmounted with *rim. meats of work intermixed with lace. Over this is worn. die Hare breakfast robe, composed of jscosot The form of this robe is very utivel and becoming: it is open in front; the trimming is ;composed afire same mate. rill, it goes round the rube, is very broad and frill ; the ful ness is disposed in • surd style. The body is made with, out seam, it fits the shape exactly, end tiss a high shunting collar. Long full sleeve, at the wrial by a him miag to correspond whh that round the robe, and MM.. inottoted by a small epaulette of a singularly pretty shape. Breakfast connate, composed of bobbin net; the caul is of moderate height; the ears, which are very narrow,•fiiteit trader the chin; and it iz tastefully ornamented with * hooch of dowers placed upright is front. The hair is slightly parted on tbe.forehead, and disposed is lull ring lets ou the temples. Gloves and shises, white kid. The basset is composed of small diamonds of cork, laid on one over the other; it is a French shape, the crown higher than stay we have lately seen ; tint brim is of a moderate size ; the top of the crown is ek goody ornamented with a roalean of iniegled white and wit-coloured satin; the brim Is also enriched with satin to coriesposd; it is heed with white as in, and ornamented with a superb plume of white ostrich feathers. Front " Ls Belli Aiseablee." Now INO basso. • Disks/AM round dress finished at the bonier with opro Vandyke* aud embossmasts of rich embroidery, over Klnch are them 11111/11,0( sorrow tucks, two lucks iu each row. Fall sleeves IX Breve, finished at the wrists with a double ruffle of lace; the gown made partially low, And trimmed with lace next the bust ; plain Aga of fine French lawn worn sioderneath. Village cornette of fine lam. ornamented simply withda broad satin ribband, of celestial blue. Kid slippers of Modest red. . • . WALKING DRESS • • Bridal morning rube of fine cambric, richly embroidered aid trimmed with puckered muslin round the Wider and down the from t, which fold over rt-la-Suitane. Elizabeth vireo:. an and bonnet of ethereal blue; the !peace elegantly ans. merited in a novel style with white satin, &c. The bonnet of biro oaths Rad fine Del, crowned with a superb lioaqiiit of full-Mown white 11004.11; a Brussels lace cornett, is worn with this elegant bonnet. Cachemire shawl drape, with a rich vs. riegated border triple ruff, of broad Brussels, lase. Half boots of ethereal blue kid, the upper part of flue cache nilre-Coloired cloth. GlEgEltrit. OBSER+ATioNS ON FASUION AND Mien!. Black gauze dresses, richly figured, are, is usual, at this shwa, a &volatile dress at the Opera aud the dress•boxeS of the Theatres. At the Opera, hats of white satin, turned up slightly, and edged with pearls. or those of French at strip. ed with blue satin, and sisrmassied by a pima of 'hill cypresi feathers, seem much is favour. A mandate visiting cornetts is amongst the novelties for half-dress; it is composed of fine Brussels lace, aud urns meated with a fell &inch of white byaeintbs; the roiveita fa rebeiving parties, or fur the familiar visits of (headship, is of lime blond and net, crowned profusely with material and install poppies, or frith a fall branch of the Indiau lotus, both white and purple. The Hesse Housbourg turbine of white net gad pearls, ornamented at the summit With a fall phone of drooping white Which feathers, is muck in allow. tioa for fall dress. We have remarked at evening parties a very decant lope is the Arabian forth, of striped gauze ; the vottietra pail in front made iu bias; two full ostrich feathers are fastened from the back part, and droop over the front. aaadoirr, or half handkerchiefs of French gauze, beauti fully einhroidere.l in colones. or of white noire(' astreelatila silk. are carelessly tied or thrown across the bust, at route and evening assemblies. The favourite colours are garter-blue, bright grass-gegen, blue, pink, and lilac. The Countess of Gtstioan. had an elegant au sernbly on Tuesday evening, at her house in Loeser Grosvenor-street. The Earl and Countess of MARCH and family left town yesterday, for their seat in Sussex. The Earl of EGLINTON, Lady JEAN MORT% • GOHLRIE, the Duke of ATHOLL, &C. &C. Art in' - from Edinburgh, on Monday. Lady Anson gave a grand hall and sew* terilay evening at her house in St. Jumes's-squure. Lord Gsoaas LENNOX left town on Wednesday for ßart. elite/tan t s a Sir Gno utooti Sussex. no; wlmm large party of distinction on the Bth inst. at his residence at the Admiralty. Mrs. J. W. BETHELL has issued cards of inrita time fur a grand rout on the yth inst. at her mi.... deuce in Groi.tenor-place. Mr. Pis will give a grand entertainment to a large party of distinction on the i3tli inst. at his residence in New -street, Spring-gardens. On Monday, the moth last, WILLIAM Moonn, a young man eighteen years of a g e, had the Wilt.. pidity to ascend to the top of the spire at Grantham, which is one of the loftiest in the kingdom, bring two hundred and eighty-eight feet high, and, nitre tying a white handkerchief round the bsl, I.e descended without any accident.