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THE LONDON JOURNALS. RETRACTS FROM TILE DAILY MORNING MFRS, January. 18'23. [UItITI9II PRESS.] The French Papers have now.lost.Much of the interest which the apprehension of war gave theM. The Ministers of Spain can contrive, perhaps, to say nothing in a diplomatic note as earnesly and pompously as the Miuisters of France., The complexion of this species of cor respondence we must observe with interest, but k would be ridiculous to pretend that much na tional importance is attached to it. The' polici cians who write in certain Journals enjoy, the en :viable happiness of finding novelty hi every column of theEteite i in every sentence of a diplomatic note, and idevery movement of a pUblic messenger. We confess that we are less , blessed. It is our severe misfortune to be relie,ved from all the charming agitation's of youth and inemierience, and to feel quite assured that uo crusade will be set in mo tion against . the Spanish Constitution. At the Oratne time we know the French Ministry to be decidedly Ultra, Mr. Canning Is infinitely more dented above his predecessor than M. de Chateaubriandabove M. de Montmorency ; yet who dreams of the Tory Administration having been dismissed by George the Fourth THE TIMES.I " A courier left Madrid for Paris," say the French Ultra Royalist Papers, " on the (nd of December, when " the Spanish capital was in great agitation on account of the refusal of the King to sanction the decree of the Cortes, re specting the arrest of the conspirators." All that we can say respecting this news, if it be true, is, that the capital of Spain took a long time to consider of it, before k chose to be agitated upon the subject specified ; for the King refused to sign the decree on the 17th. His refusal was known at that date, and no unusual agitation took place in consequencd, various couriers hav ing departed between the 17th and the 2‘.ld ult. 'We trust that throughout these disputes people do - not shut their eyes to the character and con dust of this Ferdinand VII.; or cast out of their consideration the absolute necessity under which the Cortes labour, if not of severely visiting his past errors, yet at least of securing the country against the repetition, of them. Ile signed his own abdication, and resigned all Spain to Buona parte : he sought to ally himself by marriage to that illustrious Chief, whom all Europe combined to expel as an unworthy member. Are the Spaniards to be the only people who are to esteem and trust such a perso4? In his personal character, they can, of course, place no confidence. We hope in the changes they operate they will preserve the forms of a constitutional Monar chy, for the good of their posterity, whatever may be the person that shall first exercise the functions of sovereignty ; for we believe a limited Monarchy to be the best form of Govern ment ; 'but if all the successors of Ferdinand were to be like Itimself ,, . However, be the conduct of the Spaniards what it may with respect to their internal concerns, it. belongs-to no foreign Government of any kind to impose laws for their observance ; and particularly it belongs not to such a Government as that of France, which was established but yesterday, to prescribe rules to others, or to propose itself us a model. We trust, therefore, that when the answer of Spain shall be-known, it will be found to repel modestly, but firthly,llll right to inter fere in'her local concerns; and that she will sub sequently so conduct them herself, as to show that'she has not needed the aid of foreign peda gogues with arms in their hands. . [isw TustEs7.] The French Papers, almost without exception, concUr In the same view which we have taken'of the late change in'the French Cabinet. It they, the 'substitution of M. de Chateaubriand for M. dc. Montinerency—of one decided Royalist for another Royalist equally decided, Neither would M. de Montmorency .have counselled a, war of aggrandisement, nor will M. de Chateaubriand shrink from a war of necessity and justice. We yesterday said that every thing .would turn on ,the events 'which may occur during. the present month at Madrid. The latest reports give no flat. teririg hopes in this respect. It was rumoured that a Courier had reached Paris on the 29th ult. from Madrid, which latter place was in a state of great agitation on the 2241,. when ,the messenger came away.. The Constitution gives the King a Veto on the Laws presented to him by the Cortes for acceptanee. Ills Majesty was desirous of exer cising tie Qonstitutional right. What was the consequence ? The Conititutionlsts would, not permit him to do so. The of Madrid as tembled, and by dint 'of terror compelled their King to act contrary to his Constitutional rights, and, in his judgment, to his Constitutional duties ! [MORN' NG rosT.] french Papers to the 31st ult. have reached us by Express, .together with private letters of the same dote. The latter confidently state that, with the exception of the appointment of Viscount Chate:iutniand to the office vacated by the Duke of Montmorency, the present Ministry will re tain its integrity. _ They add, with respect to the . _ great question which has already caused so much agitation in the public mind, that the deci sion in favour of war or peace now 'depended eniirely upon chain, and that the return of the messenger uho bad carried the French' note to Madrid, was expected with the greatest anxiety. The Papers continue to display a va riety of opinions respecting the exact tendency of that document. The Liberals contend that it is wholly pacific, and the Ultras begin to express their fears that it may really be so. The Qua& dienne, which had taken a different view when it first appeared, ha's partly retracted what it had published on the subject. [HORNING CHRONICLE.] We feel no disposition to enter at present into any_ farther discussion on the prospects afforded by the changes in the French Ministry. We have 'already expressed our sentiments fully on this subject, and we do not wish to repeat them. The Constitutionnel contains an interesting article from Corfu, detailing the recent military operations in Epirus. We are sorry to see from it that our country men are accused of having engaged in intrigues to foment, divisions among the Greeks,and still more sorry to he obliged to own our belief in the truth of the accusation. In an article from Frankfort, on the affairs of Greece, the Christianity of Mr. Canning is complimented at the expence of that of his predecessor. We would fain believe that a change has taken place in the views , of our Ca binet with respect to the Greeks, and that our plan of opposition to Russian ambition does not exclude the protection of this interesting people. We have our doubts, however, how far Chris tianity has operated any change which may have taken place in either Mr. Canning or his brethren in favour of the Greeks, be cause we cannot see how men possessed of the slightest respect for Christianity could support so 'long its most inveterate enemies in a horrible attempt to exterminate a large population, merely because it was'a Christian one, and sighed for a Christian protection from cruelty and lawless violence. : But Christianity, according to , the Ministerial acceptation, means, we suppose, merely a love for rich Ecclesiastical Establish ' meats ; and, as the Turks are the Tithe-holders, they may owe their favour here to that endearing circumstance. • [swum ND HERALD.] Letters and Journals of the 30th arrived yes terday from Paris. It would appear that the public mind was not yet made up as to what pre cise construction to put upon the change in the Cabinet and the Note of M. de Villole. The opi nions are different. We see no reason, however, to doubt the decidedly pacific character of this transaction. Liberals are not satisfied with the note, or with the. new Minister. They can, discover but a light shade of difference be tween MM. de Montmorency and Chateaubriand. There may be but a shade—yet this shade might satisfactorily justify the expectation that the policy of the latter will be essentially diffeeent. The late Minister was a man, acknowledged much his inferior in capacity—and moreover, devout even to zealotism. Such a person would naturally see, in the restriction of the Papal, and extinction of the inquisitionary power—in the secularizing of monks, and the subjecting the Clergy to the lay jurisdiction of the State— the destruction of all religion—or what such people dread and abhor infinitely more—that independence of judgment, which they call he resy. M. 'de Chateaubriand is also a zealous defender of religion—which he has advocated' with a pparently earnest sincerity, in a well-known work, the declamatory taste of which is redeemed by its eloquence. lle is, at the same time, a man of the world, having a much wider range of pub lic affairs, and of general knowledge than- his predecessor. It is therefore not unreasonable to expect that he may stop short, where M. de Montmorency would rush on with precipitate zeal. It appears to us as if the Liberals of Paris expeiited' too' much. We have particularly in our contemplation an article in the COyrkr Fran.. MS, which will be found among our extracts. , • I he writer appears much too exacting—he would, from the Note of M. de Villele, specifically, or from new introductions to the French Cabinet, virtually, have an abandonment of all inten lion to 'interfere in the Spanish Revolution. This would be so sudden and violent a change of coun. sels,, that it would be absurd under the present circumstances to hope for it. All, it is said, that the recent transaction tells the public is, that the present is an inconvenient season to interfere. We should regard this as a decidedly pacific manifestation. PROVINCIAL JOURNALS. (Ft ant the Bury Gazettc qf Jau. 1, 1023. ) By a close calculation, the political state of the House of Commons is said to be as follows Out of the 058 Mem. becs, 37 have given no votes for some time past, and cannot therefore be accurately known.--The 621 Members remaining may be diiided into three classes—Members constantly up porting Ministers-51=1)m constantly opposing Ministers arta Members voting oc c asionally on either side, so that nei ther can calculate upon them. Of the first class, or Ministerial Members, there are only 205—0 f these, 41 sit tot Counties, 85 for Borough'', containing more than 100 . voters—and seventy-nine for Boroughs, containing less than 100 voters. In the Opposition class, there are 221 Membera. Of these, 59 sit "for Counties—ll 9 for Boroughs. ckceeding one hun dred voters ; and: forty-three for -smaller Boroughs.— The neutral class consists of 195 Members-69 of these are County Members—. 7 9, sit for. larger Boroughs, and 48 for smaller ones. It is, therefore obvious, that as the Ministry have, of staunch partisans, less by 16 than the Opposition, they mire their majorities and their continuance in office entirely to those neutral Members who, generally supporting them, still vote against them whenever they think fit.- On Lord Trivia tock's motion, for instance, in MI, which went to a direct cen sure of Ministers, the majority in their favour was 140. In this number there were 116 Members, who, on other occasions, showed their independence by voting against Ministers. Had only 70 of that number declared in favour of the motion,: a change must have been the immediate consamence." For the authenticity of the above statement we do not pm. tend to vouch. It is probably not far from the truth, and we quote it with great satisfaction ; for a more honourable testi mony to the high estimation in which Ministers are held by the really independent part of ,the country could not be asked, or hoped for by their most zealous partizans. It appears from . this precious document, intended to be a manifesto of radi calism, that all the patronage of government is 'not able to se. cure it , the support of so many thick and thin, right or wrong, members as are to be found in the ranks of Opposition ; in short, that what reformers call the corrupt influence of Mini. sters does not balance, by sixteen votes, what ; we will call the corrupt influence of faction. For however notorious it may be, that there am Members of , Parliament returned for various places-through the interest of individuals attached to the pre: sent views of men in power, it is at least equally notorious Allot there are to be found in the phalanx of reform; graceless Dukes, Ignoble Marquesses,' and dishonorable Lords, who, whilst they rail at undue influence, live in the hotirly practice of it. No matter by what means the numbers are obtained, it is suf. ficent for our present purpose to knew that there are in the Rouse two hundred and twenty-one members, who will always vote against Ministers upon all occasions, " right or wrong," and that all the means Ministers are supposed to have of sway ing the human mind has only procured for them two hundred and flve certain voices, their own included. If the House of Commons were merely an arena for two rival factions, upon this showing, it would appear that there is a much larger por. tion of corruption on the Opposition than on the Ministerial benches; for it is as great a proof of corruptness to oppose a measure from prejudice as to support it from interest; and it is far more criminal to thwart the necessary proceedings of Govern meat, in order to indulge the bad passions of , the heart, them to aid the fuitherance of a Minister's views, in requital tor past benefits or hope of future advantage. Both practices are indefensible ; but one is a venial error . common to all the sons of men—the other, an incontrovertible evidence of an Inhe rent baseness. It is also obvious from this report, •if true, that Ministers do not squander the public money quite so prodigaiZy in corrupting Parliament as their adversaries give them credit for. They have not, it appears, even thrown in a sufficient portion of the alkali of influence to neutr alise the acid 'of sedi tion. With millions at their disposal, with which they might buy, voices, and patriots opposed to them anxiously wait. ing to be bought, they behold their adversaries' partizans out numbering theirs, without a single effort to avail them selves of any of the marketable commodities which are known to be upon sale; they sit and hear themselves slandered by those men, thecondition of whose return is unvarying opposi tion ; and, whilst the storm of hackney patriotism ragettround them, whilst hireling orators are barking to be bid for, they " Seem to think, though millions they can raise, A mite too much to squander for their praise ; A farthing, by instalments paid, profuse ; Nay, worse than waste, to silence their abuse." To what are we to attribute this apparent supincss, thicinsensi bility to assault? Simply to the fact, that there are in the House " one hundred and ninety-five members," whose support Mi. nisters cannot hope for, if they :do .wrong, but whose sea. lons cd-operation they are assured of in every measure likely to promote the genera! weal. These are the men who, by their vote upon the motion of Lord Tavistock, declared the Ministry efficient. These are the men who, unconnected with office, maintain the dignity and independence of Parliament by conscientioumipport of the measures of government, and a determination to defend the country from the unconstitutional domination of any party but above all to secure it from the deadly curse of a medern Whig administration. Stich appears to us the common sense view of the facts con. tained in the foregoing statement, which although ushered into the world to blazon the strength of a faction, proves too much for its own purpose, and cannot fail to open the eyes of reasona ble men to the very important truth, that the measures of Mi nisters can only be carried wide the concurrence of as indepen dent and honourable a House of COmmons as the annals of ParliaMent can furnish a parallel to. BOXING. ..- By way of ushering in the new year tastily, the admirers of &tic sports had a full day's play yesterday, - in Newman Mea dows, at Ashton, Surrey, in two good fights. The first was between George . .7oultliard, coachman, known at the Fives. court, and Illatthiars, the plumber. It was for a new year's gift-Of 20 sovereigns, and it was worked hard for. In the first round Coulthard was hit down from the scratch immediately after shaking hands, but he paid his adversary off in the second round, by splitting his nose and flooring him in . suffocating claret. 3. This round was contested manfully for eleven minutes, each refusing to break an inch of ground until hit away. .The rallies were strong, and told upon both, and the men were su crimshned. that they were only recognizable by black head and white head.. .Coulthard was floored by A chattering hit on the jaw. _ • 4. -I3oth were mummers open, and pcmtpeys at work at bel lows mending ; Matthews was floored, and it was a horse toa hen. ThebTow was a stunning one on the temple. Three other rounds were fought, but Matthews was kept in „ tate of do ri c, without holies of recovery., In the lieventh round he was deaf to time, and Coulthard won it in twentY-six minutes. SEcoxn PIMP', or a Christmas Box for five sovereigns.— This was between Green and Perfect, bargemen, and for their own money: The men were under eleven starve, but it WAS a rattling fight. Perfect had the best of the first six rounds, but in the seventh he received a rattler on the throat which spoiled . him, and kept up an inward flow of claret. Green won it in 13 minutes. 1170 T AT Christma's-day, a private of the First Dragoon Guards, of the name of Walker, who was drinking atithe Egerton arms, near the barracks, quarrelled with some Irish men ; both parties were abusive, and the soldier was anxious to fight. Another soldier, a recruit, of the name of Bell, interfered, to prevent his Comrade from fighting, and was knocked down and 'much injured. Severa) other dragoons, at tracted to the spot, entered • the house, and in resenting the attack on their comrade, unfor tunately mistook the man, and beat a person per., fectly innocent very severely with sticks. In the meantime the landlady sent to the barracks, when a corporal's guard, armed with carabines and fixed bayonets, arrived. The house was then cleared of the company, and the doors closed. The tumult increased in the street ; the corporal and guard were pelted with stones, and a man of the home of Preston, with a wooden hand, to which an iron hook was attached, struck one of the soldiers a very severe blow. Ile was taken into custody, and lodged in the guard house. Cornet Martin, with a mounted guard, arrived, who, it is said, forced their way into several houses in search of the rioters, and took several persons into custody. The prisoners were examined before the Sitting Magistrate on Thursday and Friday, when Preston was dis charged on account of the punishment he had re ceived : but a man of the name of &mock, and two others, Thomas Batt.y and Joseph Tootall, were held to bail for the assaults. A soldier, of the name of Murray, has since been held to bail, for an assault on Wilde, the innocent man who was mistaken for one of the persons who had at tacked the recruit. He was bailed by Major Turner, who afforded the constable .of Holm every facility in investigating the business, and on Sunday ordered the troops on parade, with a view to the identifying $f any soldier who might be charged with having acted improperly.-- (Manchester Paper.) ACCIDENT. _Yesterday, a Lady and Gentle man, riding in a one horse chaise, were thrown -out ,of the chaise near Wr(stininster-bridge, in .consequence of the horse having taken fright. They sustained no material injury ; but the horse went on at a rapid pace over the bridge, down Great George-street to Story's-gate. The horse plunged in through the bars, near the centinel, and ran furiously along the Parade, through the Mall, towards Constitution-hill, where he was stopped by Guest, the constable. The horse and chaise are now at the Green-yard. ANECDOTES of DRESS in Oa LAST CENTURY. The love of novelty, it has been , truly observed, is the parent of Fashion. As the fancy sickens, says a writer on this subject, with one image, it longs for another. This is the cause of the conti nual revolutions of habit and behaviour, and why we rose so industrious in puriuing the change; this makes fashion universally followed, and is the true reason why the awkwardest people are as fond of this folly as the genteelest. This passion for novelty, particularly in the article of dress, seems for ages to have been a predominant feature in the English character, and with the exception of our neighbours, the French, may. be said to be almost peculiar to it. Most of our early writers make some allusions to it in their works, and Dr. Andrew Borde r in a satirical tract published by him in the reign of Henry to show the then excess of the folly, has prefixed, in a rude wood-cut, the figure of a naked Englishman with a piece of cloth and pair of sheers, debating on the fashion he shall have his clothes made in. Purposing in the few slight notices which follow, to confine our ob servations merely to the costume of the last cen tury, we shall pass over the fashions of those which preceded it, with only quoting some ge neral remarks : " The party-coloured coat," says the author of a Treatise on Dress, published in 1781, " was first worn in England in the time of Henry I.— Chaplets, or wreaths of artificial flowers, in the time of Edward III.; hoods and short coats without sleeves, called tabarts, in the time of Henry IV. ; bats in the time of Henry VII.; ruffs in the reign of Edward VI.; and wrought caps and bonnets in the time of Queen Elizabeth. Judge Finch , introduced the baud in the reign of James I.; French hoods, bibs, and gorgets were discontinued by the Queen of Charles I. ; the commode, or cover, was intro duced in the yeas 1687; shoes of the then fashion, in 1633 ; breeches instead •of trunk hose, in 1634; and perukes , were first worn after the Restoration. • About the year 1700, the ladies wore Hol land petticoats embroidered in figures, with dif ferent coloured silks and gold, with broad or rices at the bottom. Muffs were at this period in use, but very different in shape and materials from those of the present day, being in general very small, end frequently made of leopard skin. Diamond stomachers adorned the ladies' bosoms, which were composed of that valuable stone set in silver, in a variety of figures, upon black silk, and which must be admitted to'have been a brit- liant, if not elegant ornament. Satin gowns were lined with Persian silk ; and handkerchiefs, and Spanish leather-shoes, lined with gold l were common with persons of respectability. o these different articles the ladies added bare necks, with gold and other crosses suspended from them. Those odd little circular pieces of black silk called patches prevail also at this period to a most extravagant degree. These were stuck on different parts of the female face, and varied in size. Frequent allusions are made to these, fancied 44 beauty spots," by early comic writers. In 1709, a radios' dress is thus described in an advertisement to recover one that was lost : A black silk petticoat, with a red and white calico border ; cherry coloured stays, trimmed with blue and ; a red and dove-coloured damask gowns ap roily l tr o i :v n e n r i e e c d l I ‘ v v t t h la h wh rg e e trees;a ye Persian mu l yellow satin d cloths, with crows-Not edging ; double ruffles, with fine edging; a black silk furbelowed scarf, and a spotted hood." In 1711, a lady's riding dress is advertised for sale, in the Spectator, of blue camblet, well laced with silver ; being a coat, waistcoat, petticoat, bat, and feathers. And another advertisement, In 1712, mentions an Isabella coloured Kincob gown, flowered with green and gold ; and a dark coloured do% gown and petticoat, with two silver orrices ;. a purple and gold atlas gown, a scarlet and gold atlas pet ticoat, edged with silver; a wrought under petti coat, edged with gold ; a black velvet petticoat ; allegah petticoat, striped with green, gold, and white ; a blue and silver silk gown and petticoat ; a blue and gold atlas gown and petticoat, and clogs, laced with silver. A M rs . Beale, at the same period, advertizes her loss of a green silk knit waistcoat, with gold and silver flowers all over it, and about fourteen yards of gold and silver thick lace on it ; with a petticoat of rich strong flowered satin, red and white, all in great flowers or leaves, and scarlet flowers with black specks brocaded in, raised high, like velvet or shag. The ladies wore hooped petticoats, scarlet cloaks, and masks, when walking. The hoops were fair game for the wits, and they spared them not:— " An elderly lady, whose bulky squat figure, By hoop, and white damask, was render'd much bigger, Without hood, and bare neck'd, to the Park did repair, To shew her new cloaths, anti to take the fresh air Iler shape, her attire, rais'd a shout and loud laughter ; Away waddles madam, themob hurries after. Quoth a wag, thus observing the noisy crowd follow, As she came with a hoop, she's gone oil with a hollow 1" An advertisement, in 1703, gives a whole length portrait of a youth in middle life. Such a figure would attract much wonder in the streets of London at present.—" He is of a fair corn. plexion, light s brown lank hair, having on a dark brown frieze coat, double breasted on each side, with black buttons and button-holes ; a light dregget waistcoat, red shag breeches, striped with black stripes, and black stockings." The ridiculous long wigs of 1710 were very expensive. One was advertised as stolen that year, said to be worth live guineas. This, how ever, was a trifle ; for Dristnver's " fair wig," in the Taller,_ cost " forty guineas." But, lest it should be supposed that the gentlemen only were expensive in decorating the head, take the prices from the Lace Chamber on Ludgate-hill :-- cs One Brussel's Head, at 401.; one Ground Brus sel's Head, at 301.; one. looped Brussel's Head, at 301." Wigs maintained their ground, though not so enormously large, in 170 ; at which pe riod white hair for them was all the fashion, and bore a monstrous price. They were still a more [important article of dress in 1734 ; but the fa vourite colour had then changed—those of" right 1 gray human , hair" were four guineas each ; light grizzle ties three guineas ; right grey human hair 4‘ cue perukes," from two guineas to fifteen shit. lings each, which was ,the price of dark ones; and right grey bob perukes, from two guineas and a half to fifteen shillings, the price only of dark bobs ; those mixed with horse hair were much lower. It will be observed, from the gradations in price, that right grey hair was most in vogue, and dark hair of no estimation. A ladyi corresponding with her friend, whim sically describes the dress of the box -lobby loungers of 1738 ; from which it will be seen, whatever we may think of them, that our ances• tors were by no means behind band with us is folly.—" Some of them," she says, " wore those loose kind of great coats which the vulgar called ' wrap-rascals ;' with gold-laced hats slouched, in humble imitation of coachmen ; others aspired at being grooms, and had dirty boots and gpurSp with black caps on long whips; and a third sort wore light scanty frocks,- little shabby hats, P° l on on one side, and clubs in their bands." In 1760, the ladies are stated to have worn the following species of caps :—The French ' , Wi t cap ; the Ranelagh •mob ; the Mary Queen of Scots cap, anal the fly cap. The latter we mar suppose was the most esteemed, as the late Queen Charlotte, when she landed in England in 1761, was, in compliance with the English costume, habited in "a gold brocade, with a white ground ; had a stomacher ornamented with diamonds, and 2 wore a fig-cap, with richly-laced lappets." The London Chronicle for 176 e numerates the following articles of male attire, , on which it indulges several witty remarks. Of hats, th ere were, the Kevenhuller . ; the sailors, described as i 11 uniformly tacked down to the Crown, ' 5 laughably said to look as if they carried a Ulan' gular apple party upon their heads ; the aav ker's hat,, which is said to spread over their hob like a pent-house, darkened the outward mail: t° signify they have the inward light. Soine aro described as wearing th e i r h a ts (with the com e ; that should come over thei r foreheads in a dirirt line) .pointed in the air. These were " Gawkies." Others ar e said to not above hat brows, to expose a piece of blank forehead, tl'o;f Cover their heads,' but between 'beaver and e /. e : looks like a sandy road in a surveyor's plat'• trip then in use, P are satirized, among othe ti ! " the 'prentice minor bob, or hair cap ; the c h i t , zees sundry buckle, or bob major ; the aV i ehe cary's bush; the physical and chirurgical tyo ; i ` the scratch, or the blood's skull covering ) an;', it i o John's . jerniny, or White and all white., is 1 , 11 0 curls liken fi ne fleece on a lamb's . ba c k. 1 40 last is the species of wig now frequent', by a gentleman's coachmen.", Taking the fashions generally within t he last or fifty years, find the ladies heads `t. „ t vered with a cu s hi o n as it was termed, generani:3 lastformed of h orse h a i r , a nd something like a Vr t ` i In i knot set upon the ends ; over this the hair o r fl combed straight, the sides curl e d, and the ' 0 turned up, and the whole powdered ; caps of gauze, adorned with ribbands, and min o' , ture hats, generally , of black silk trimmed, stuck on the tower of hair ‘s ith long pins. ' l , waist was covered by a loirOudied go wn , drs::, l exceedingly close over stays l ace d st ill do% the hips sometimes supported,: a. hell hoop shoulders alternately sma ll c l oa k s an d cardi"3,i the former of muslin-and and the luitc' most always 'of black silk, richly laced. fs This description of dress altered by degret l ' ( , the present fashion. The head insensibly lo ii r ed ; the horse-hair first gave place to huge, tural curls, spread over the lace and ears; cap enlarged Coen enormous size, and the swelled in p ro p or ti on . Silk s b ecame a nfaihi; able, and printed calicoes,' and the Iffiest 1011;f muslins, were substituted,' !loops were ellt ir ) discontinued, except a t C our t. • These wer e o improvements; but it is only of late years t o the ladies, much to their honour,. have -tio te aside most of the hateful attempts to suPP l fiti tare's deficiencies, and now appear in that grace and proportion which distinguishes a o ' lisp woman. The hair cleansed from all e ,%11 neous matter, shin e s i n b eaut if u l l us t re 0 1 ' 0 ;0 turned round the head, in the manner' ab li o by the most emi nent G rec i an scu l ptors; anti form appears through their snow-white dral 4 t o in that fascinating. manner, which excludesoi least thought of impropriety: T Their 1109 4 1,11 bonnets of straw, c hip an d b eaver , If son velvet pelisses, sh aw l s , an d s ilk elt spencers t less, would , b e ex t reme l y becoming; -01." contrived to impr o v e , ra th er th a n inju re form. 4° The male dress, lik e the f ema l e , ehangtO most insensibly f rom f orma lit y t o e ase. t ho was effected merely by a l ter i ng th e cut ° l el clothes ; th e ma t er i a l s are t h e same as they or , a hundred y ear s ago ; t h e co l ours; h o weveri v e i o more grave. Instead of ." clatet-coloured ClO,l O , Pompadours, li g ht blue, with silver bunirift holes,' bc.; de e p bl ue , d ar k b rown s, tt!ls` j t pt and blacks, are now worn by the. sedate an o , gay, the 'young, and the old, In point of, oil: there is, and always will b e , a continueu 00' tlon. The hat has many different forrllfoi denominations as it had in the times we ii i p ti , been speaking of, though not of the. sam e AttOlf The modern neckcl o th s h ou ld no t be c"" 1 110 especially as it has b e e n more r idi cu l e d 60 " ~'o p parts of the male dress. It is eno4 ll , l° o l o though some have consid era bly reforale o A t ot this particular, th a t it h as b een : com pare" towel tied under the chin. . 41 Too much. praise ca nno t b e g i ven to the Lion of the unnatural custom of wearing 00 powder. The appearance of this, in Y person at least, though on ly di scon tinued years, is becoming now quite Gothic. ElO i EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMMODATION.---A - W is advertised in a neighbouring Count,' wickshire to be let. The situation is state" t if: a good one for a ladies' school ; and ao3°°F o iel) numerous advantages it possesses, is one oc t r „.0 11 of a novel Character for such an- establie viz—Foxhounds a n d h arr i ers a r e kept in the n if 'h bourhood ! _ lb Printed and Published for the PitOPILINTOROI i d Ogice, No. ILI, Strand, by J. 13. CAUSTAIP"