The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-02-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1853. Yiticrport ..sltanlrat-V. SDAY 11ORNING, FEB. 8, 1853. THE WEEK THE anticipated favourable change in the weather, which was to compensate for the long wet autumn and winter, has not yet been realized, although se veral cold, dry, frosty days have tended to inspire hopes which have been quickly disappointed by a return to rain. It has been a sad drawback to agricultural operations; but there is yet time enough even for sowing wheat, and should a warm, dry summer succeed, a harvest of spring sown wheat may not be less productive than one that had been tilled at the usual time. Liverpool has not been without a full share of seasonable amusements. The Masonic Ball, on Tuesday last, was perhaps the most numerous festive party ever assembled within the Town-hall, and afforded much gratification to those who were present, The termination of Mr. THOMAS' series of entertainments at the Philhar monic-hall seems to have given them an increased popularity, as they were densely crowded the last few nights, and will, no doubt, be repeated after the close of the engagement at Manchester. The proceedings with reference to the mode in which the proposed Docks at Wapping should be constructed, have been unfortunate in more than one respect. The inevitable delay has already in volved a loss in the interest upon the £450,000 borrowed for the purchase of the site, which is at the rate of £lB,OOO a year, and the difference created between two such important public bodies as the Town Council and the Dock Committee is also much to he lamented. It appears, by the explana tions of the Chairman of the Dock Committee, that the clause in the advertisement, reserving to them selves the right of rejecting all the tenders, was understood by them to be a provision against mak ing any contract unless the amount was below the estimates of their own surveyor. This was not the case after the tender of Mr. THOMPSON was with drawn, and the committee, therefore, felt themselves fully justified in entrusting the work to Mr. HART LEY, whose previous works had given general satisfaction. They had tried the experiment of getting it done cheaper by contract, and they had not found that they could save anything in the expense. On the other hand, it is contended that the clause in the advertisement was under stood by men in the trade to be simply a protection against being compelled to accept a tender from in efficient contactors or at an exorbitant rate, but it was evident that it was not so understood by the members of the committee, whose high character as Liverpool merchants must place them above all suspicion of improper motives. Another question in the discussion was as to the legal right of the Council to veto the proceedings of the committee, and this also has given rise to considerable misunder- landing Many oUthe Council contend that while they have not the power to interfere in details they have the right to interfere in this particular matter of the contract. Others contend, and with some show of justice, that the right to veto can only apply to the simple question whether the proposed docks are to be constructed, and this being conceded, it rests with the committee to decide upon the best It is to be hoped that some benefit has arisen from the lengthened dis cussion, which was adjourned from Wednesday until yesterday (Monday), when the Council, by 31 to 21, affirmed their previous veto; but as this did not constitute a majority of two-thirds, as required by the Act, the veto fell to the ground, and the works will, therefore, be proceeded with. The question of imposing a halfpenny rate for a Free Public Museum has led to some difference of opinion in the Council. Of course the popular feeling is in favour of saving any rate, however small, in these times of reduction of taxation ; and, as the corporate property is more than sufficient for the ordinary demands upon it, there is less rea son for enforcing any addition upon the means of carrying it present local burdens. The discussion gave rise to an ex hibition of temper unbecoming an assembly of Liverpool gentlemen, and was finally disposed of by an undestan ding that the obnoxious rate should not be enforced until an opportunity has been af forded of conferring with the representatives of the parish. Some misunderstanding appears to have arisen in the Health Committee with reference to a pro posal to affix signboards to the lamp-posts in the chief thoroughfares, which should point out the names of public buil d ngs, and the addresses of such of the adjoining tradesmen as chose to pay for the privilege of being so distinguished. It has been opposed on the ground of its being converted into a species of puffing advertisements, but the one put Up in Dale-street appears to he a simple direc tion after the plan of the postoffice directing signs on the lamp-posts in the metropolis ; and the pro jector offers to place the whole affair under the di rection of the authorities, and pay an annual sum for the privilege. The decision of the Committee has been adjourned for a month, in order to obtain the opinion of the tradesmen of Liverpool on the subject. In common with weak minds, who are prone to back their assertions with a wager, Mr. COBDEN—in order to give a show of sincerity to his absurd pre dictions about the everlasting peace to be brought about by the aid of cotton bales, disbanding the army and dismantling the navy—offered our con temporary the Manchester Guardian to pay him £lO,OOO in the event of a French invasion of this country, upon condition of the latter paying one shilling a week to the Manchester Infimary until that event does occur. Our contemporary declined the tempting proposal, but it appears that a Lieut. General BROTHERTON has taken up the challenge, and in a published correspondence Mr. COBDEN has declared his willingness to pay the £lO,OOO whenever a French invasionis attempted. In a subsequentletter, Lieut.-Gen. BROTHERTON expresses his satisfaction of lklr. ConDEN's sincerity, and declines the proffered bond, though he engages to pay the promised subscription to the Infirmary. Mr. COBDEN has thus cheaply earned a reputation with the vulgar, but it can never ascend higher. Of what value would he the bond thus confidently offered, when no Court of Law would enforce the payment, upon the ground of there being an illegal consideration ? He might as well have offered a bribe to any one to promote an invasion by the QUEEN'S enemies, a manifest act of treason; and Mr. COBDEN, notwithstanding his mania about Peace, and his political predictions, which have always been falsified, has yet sense enough to know that such an obligation would not be binding. The important question of establishing local tribunals for the decision of differences on mercantile affairs, was again brought before the Chamber of Commerce, at their meeting yesterday, of which a report will be found in another column. The chamber, by a unanimous resolution, requested the new council of their body to petition in favour of the proposal. CENTRAL AMERICA.—.The only achievement that marked Sir H. Bulwer's residence at Washing ton was a treaty relating to Central America, which opened a free passage across the isthmian states to the commerce of the world. Against this treaty a most unreasonable outcry has been lately raised in the United States, for no better reason than that it does not dispossess Great Britain of her old rights over Honduras, which she never dreamed of sur rendering. A groundless charge of dishonesty has been fastened on Mr. Clayton, the minister who negotiated the treaty, and it stands in imminent danger of being upset altogether. Here is a useful illustration for Mr. Cobden. He will find, we sus pect, as he pursues his histo r ical studies , that de mocracies are apt to be more unreasonable, more grasping, more peevish, more subject to uncon trollable impulse than monarchies. Happily for them, their resolutions are less quickly executed, and a dread of taxation supplies to some extent the place of a statesmanlike prudence and self-control. Had the American government been as strong and cen tralised as the French, the monomania which pos sesses them for monopolising their own continent would have embroiled quarrel. us long ago in a serious THE BIBLE IN TUSC ANY; A fact—a very great fact—is stated by Dr. Cahill his eagerness to accumulate criminati ons upon the l Madiai. "They have distributed says) i a t least atrocious eleven thousand copies of the Bibl e ." About the guilt of such an offence "let graceless zealots fight." The fact is enough for us. It is an admission of the utmost value, considering the quarter from which in an unguarded moment it has been wrung, that a desire for Scriptural knowledge extensively pervades the people of Tuscany. If two persons in so humble a station as the Madiai have been enabled to circulate so many copies of the Bible, where the mere possession of it is visited with the heaviest penalties, it is manifest that Popery is not alarmed without cause in its strong hold. Those eleven thousand Bibles represent a doubt of the infallibility of Rome, and an earnest determination to imbibe the truth at the fountain head, in at least eleven thousand families, Truly it was high time for the Grand Duke to bring out his guillotine ; and, no doubt, he was actively , prompted to do so. The high crime of " propaga ting Protestantism" must be as rife in the territory of his Serene Highness, as that of Ribbon Propa gandism is in Ireland. But Doctor Cahill, and amateur jurists of his trempe, can only find in their hearts to applaud the vindication of the laws in one of these cases. His quondam friend, Mr. Keogh, might lie for ever under the obloquy of having con tributed to the incarceration of a sworn Ribbonman, before the Doctor would put his eloquence out of breath to defend him. His warmth in the cause of moral order is all nursed to advocate that benign exercise of power which the Grand Duke of Tuscany has exhibited against such atrocious revolutionists as want to "turn the world upside down" with the Bible.—Dublin Evening Mail. LOUIS NAPOLEON'S MARRIAGE.—There etas something deeper than all this in the feeling of the multitudes who suffered the Emperor and his bride on this signal occasion to pass among them with out enthusiasm, almost without recognition, not only giving no sign of loyalty, but grudging even the most ordinary marks of respect. The truth seems to be, that whatever be the opinion in this country of the love match of Louis Napoleon, it has deeply wounded the sensibilities and alienated the feelings, not merely of the frequenters of saloons, but of the lower classes of Paris. They feel that their Emperor has been rejected from the associated community of Monarchs, and their pride is hurt by seeing the diadem of France flung into the lap of a lady whom they have seen for years a resident in their city, and upon whose past career they are not disposed to put a too favourable construction. They feel that they have made an Emperor, but do not wish him to repeat the process by creating an Empress. They feel that public considerations had nothing to do with the marriage, and with the quick instinct of the multitude perceive that they have been treated merely as a pis aller,—that it was only when the Emperor found that the palaces of legitimate monarchy were shut against him he dis covered he was a parvenu, and, while in reality gra tifying his passion and his resentment, affected to fling himself on the sympathies of his people, and to constitute himself the representative of the elec tive as opposed to the hereditary principle. That sympathy he has not obtained. The crowd looked coldly on him as he came and as he went, and the listless spectators of his nuptials keenly criticised the getting up of the ceremony, but forgot its po litical import and thought little of the prospects of a future dynasty. The proprietors of private houses would not illuminate, and the public buildings dis pensed their splendours to empty streets and de serted quays. For once, Paris was not "i' the vein." She was for once deep in thought, thinking of a disastrous past, an unstable present, and a lowering future—of all the idle ceremonies she had seen and may yet see—of all she has lost and of all she has gained—of the Monarchy, of the Republic, of the Empire—and of the unseen void which lies beyond them all.—The Times. The marriage of the Emperor and Empress of the French was solemnised at Notre Dame on Sun day with that lavish magnificence to which parvenus of all classes are particularly prone. We smile at the splendour of the mushroom court; but it is precisely because it is so spurious and ephemeral a thing that it puts on so gorgeous a dress and apes so carefully the etiquette and ceremonial of royalty —a childish masquerade after all, unless they sym bolise the tradition ml dignity of a time-honoured throne. Tailors, jewellers, and decorators, are called in to supply the absence of all that can touch the feelings, impress the imagination, and com mand respect. Moreover, the taste for pomp has been in the Parisian populace pampered and culti vated to such a degree that every show must be costlier than the last. Nothing but real magnifi cence will go down.—Guardian THE ACTIUM CASE, the Queen's Bench hav ing properly refused a new trial, was wound up on Monday by the infliction of a punishment, mild indeed, but sufficient under th e c i rcums t ances to satisfy the ends of justice —a fine of £lOO, which was paid on the spot. So ends the most painful and disgusting of our causes celebres. Its close at least was worthy of an English court of justice. Mr. Justice Coleridge's address is a touching and dignified piece of judicial eloquence, redeeming the character of the Court, deodorizing (if we may use the word) the filthy details of the case, and fixing, while it softens and corrects, the impression it has left on the public mind.—London Guardian. On this subject the Morning Post says :—" We must pronounce the bold, able, candid, and digni fied review which Mr. Justice Coleridge took of the whole case to be a fine model of judicial beha viour under very trying circumstances. The case admitted the expression of a great deal of feeling. The Court had to inflict punishment, not to ascer tain facts. It had to weigh motives and conse quences, to determine what amount of retribution would satisfy the alleged injustice to Dr. Achilli, and yet not disregard the mitigating circumstances of Dr. Newman. A wide margin was thus left. In injudicious hands this latitude might have been singularly prejudicial to the dignity of that high Court. But in the hands of that learned judge and dignified gentleman, and devout Christian, not a single word was uttered which could have embit tered the personal feelings of any, not an opportu nity was lost of tempering the stern rigour of the law with all the softening accompaniments of Christian sorrow, and divesting it of all shadow of a connection with the bitterness of religious con troversy. Not a word of harshness against the faith of the offender, not a single comparison of the two Churches, no one word that did not apply to the actual Lusiness of the occasion, escaped the lips of the judge, or betrayed any suppressed feel ing of the Court. A very proper care was taken to prevent the question between the prosecutor and the defendant from being considered as between the two Churches of England and Rome. The con troversy between these lies far wide of any persona lities. At the same time, it was only just to the Church of England that the court should declare how wholly uninterested she was in the case from first to last. And this Mr. Justice Coleridge did, in language how forcible, in a spirit how charitable, and in argument how irresistible, let the reader ponder and judge for himself. Had Dr. Newman been proved to be the wicked and bitter slanderer which the criminal information alleged him to be (but which evidently the court did not consider him), the answer was, unhappily for him, that he belonged not to her fold, but to Rome. On the other hand, had Achilli been all that Dr. Newman's libel asserted, the Church of England was not answerable for his training, but the Church of Rome. It was under the discipline of Dr. New man's own church that he became what he was represented to be. Either way the Church of Eng land has no credit at stake; and the argument on either side proves more than is good for the Church of Rome." The Morning Herald, taking up the same subject, says :—" The Court of Queen's Bench has suffered we fear, sentimentality' to lead it in pronouncing its judgment yesterday. To the court generally it would doubtless appear a glorious opportunity of contrasting the clemency of the laws of a Protestant state with the cruelty of the laws of such a state as Tuscany. At Florence, a poor man and his wife have been incarcerated for more than seventeen months, for the crime of reading the Scriptures, in their own house, to one or two of their domestics. In London, an eminent Papist is brought to trial for calumniating a convert from Popery. It is proved, as Lord Campbell remarked, that at least six flagitious crimes had been charged by him against this poor convert, for the truth of which not a tittle of evidence could be produced. Yet, after being found guilty of these frightful calumnies, the sen tence of the Court of Queen's Bench is, that he do pay a fine of one hundred pounds 1 We repeat, that it is not possible to understand this sentence in any other way than that the court was romantically bent on showing, that while Protestants cannot get any thing like fair play in Popish countries, Romanists will find in England a contrary system is pursued. We doubt not that the judges would reply, that they felt this to be a case which might be made an exception to all general rules—a case in which it would be noble and graceful in a bench of Protestant judges to lean to the side of mercy in dealing with a pervert to Popery. Such feelings maybe honoured, to a certain extent ; but they may be carried to such lengths as to work a practical injustice. The Standard says :—" May not the mediators for the Madiai with triumphant confidence present to the despot of Tuscany the record of Newman's conviction and punishment ; the victory of Pro testant toleration, which sheaths even the sword of justice rather than wound too deeply the adver saries of the faith it holds ? Such an example cannot fail of its effect upon Europe generally, whatever effect it may produce upon the Tuscan gaoler. Let him commute the remnant of the three or four years' imprisonment to which the Madiai have been condemned for reading the Holy Scriptures for of 100 6 , ti a sh nd p i r t o w t e i 8 1 l t : r o l fi s n wb sill oepeennbtohwe the sympathy f British prison doors of the• captives, The 'case of Acbilli against Newman is of European interest, and in every part of Europe will be read the triumph of British law, and the glory of 3ritish toleration. How much more valuable is this than it would be to shut up Newman for a year or two, and make a martyr of him, perhaps ensure his canonisation, should he happen to die in his prson FOREIGN NEWS. FRANCE.—The impulse given to :he trade of Paris by the late imperial fetes is said to have proved highly satis factory to the bourgeoisie. The etiqlette at official balls and receptions requiring- gentlemen t) wear embroidered coats and vests, has caused the ladies to enter upon a rivalry in their toilettes, and :dread, an enormous de mand has been created for all kinds of the most costly articles of attire for both sexes. It is announced, on high authority, that the Queen of Spain is about to present the Empress Eugenie with a costly coronet, richly and magnificently adorned with diamonds. The Duchess of Alba, sister of the Empress, sends her an equipage of eight beautiful horses. The crowd of visitors to the cathedral of Notre Dame on Tuesday was immense. There was a line of people wait ing for admission, extending at least a quarter of a mile, arranged in line four deep. Twenty-eight young females were married and dottes on the occasioa of the marriage. A. credit of 300.000 francs (£12,000), was pl4ced at the disposal of the Pre fect of the Seine for acts of charity, and for the liberation of tools, furniture, Btc., from the different m9nts-de-piele. Double rations of wine and soup were served out to all the troops, and all offences against discipline were amnestied. The bride, it is stated, received her education in England. When a girl, Mdlle. Montijo, with her sister, the present Duchess of Alba, according to a local paper, wera pupils at a highly respectable establishment at Bristol. Her Majesty is not only of English education, but was obliged to summon the confectioners of London to produce her bride-cake, which weighed 3201b5. It was a monstrous white circular mass, as large as the wheel of a brougham, from which arose an alabaster vase, whose handles were eagles, and in this vase were silver corn ears, and white roses, and other pretty flowers, and over its sides trailed wreaths of lilies of the valley, falling down to the snowy mound beneath. The cake was covered with cornucopias, between certain nondescript ornaments, with white lace " insertions," which were pretty and fanciful, but conveyed no moral. . . . The manufacturers of Puy have forwarded a very splendid present of choice lace to their new empress, as a specimen of their tasteful productions and a testimony of their devotion. A correspondent relates one or two incidents which show that the arrangements have not given universal satisfaction in high places :—" The Princess Marie de Baden (Duchess of Hamilton) left the Palace of the Tuil leries on Saturday evening before the signing of the act of marriage, because no special place bad been marked out for her in the ceremonial. On Sunday both her Grace and the Duke attended the relicious ceremony ; but although the Grand Master of the Ceremonies went three times to ask them to take places in the imperial gallery with " the civil family" of the Emperor, they declined the honour, in consequence, no doubt, of the slight of the previous evening. Both the Duke and Duchess of Ha milton declined to sign the act of marriage." Another incident many would look on as an inauspi cious omen :—" The wedding-ring, which the Emperor was to place on the bride's finger, and which the Grand Master of the Ceremonies was supposed to have in safe keeping, was not to be found. The Grand Master bor rowed a ring of one of the princesses present, in order to be prepared with one. This he handed to the Archbishop of Paris, and that prelate had already given it his bene diction when the Grand Master informed the Emperor of what had occurred. The latter immediately put his hand into his side-pocket, and drew out a box which contained the wedding-ring and a fine medal, ornamented with diamonds, on which were marked the names of the Em press and of himself, and the date of the marriage." The names of 4,312 persons condemned by the Com missions Mixtes, and pardoned by the Emperor, are pub lished in the Moniteur of Friday. The parties are to be immediately set at liberty. SPAlN.—General Narvaez has received orders from Madrid to proceed to Vienna at once, under penalty of being regarded as a rebel. TURKEY.—The accounts concerning Montenegro are becoming daily more important, and seem to assume the charnc:er of a war between the Crescent and the Cross. On the night of January 5 (the Christmas-day of the Greek Church), the Turks fired the shops in Mostar, and then proceeded to a general pillage. A week later, we hear of several villages being pillaged and burnt, and that 36,000 Turks, under Omar Pasha, have landed and surrounded Montenegro, with a view of attacking it in five different parts at the same time. On the other hand, we hear that districts, hitherto doubtful, have declared for the Montenegrins ; who are reported to have repulsed the Turks in more than one engagement, with considerable slaughter. The Austrians are marching such large bodies of troops towards Dalmatia, that a Vienna correspondent appears to consider a war with Turkey inevitable :—"Not only," he writes, " has a part of the Italian army been sent to the neighbourhood of Cattaro, but reinforcements have even been forwarded from this capital. It is pro. liable that few persons excepting the chiefs of the Emperor's Central Military Bateau know the exact strength of the military cordon now formed on the Turkish frontiers, but it cannot be less than 20,000 to 25,000 men. No one here ventures to talk about the intentions of this Government towards the Porte, but it is evident enough that the very existence of Turkey is seriously menaced. The night before last two rocket batteries were despatched from Vienna, and orders have been issued that a staff officer must always be on duty in the bureau of the first army corps, which has its head-quarters here." Other accounts state that the valiant Jellachich, the Ban of Croatia, is at the head of a corps " of observation" of 18,000 men, and that Gen. Count Leiningen has been despatched to Constantinople to demand the immediate withdrawal of Omar Pasha and his army, on the alterna tive of its further advancement being deemed a cases bellf. We learn from Vienna, under date of January 28, that the last news from Montenegro is, that on the Mth neither party made any great progress. "In the evening," says the Tristie Zeitung, " Osman Pasha, of Mcutari (who entered by Szabljak), retired into the open country, and took up a position at the foot of a hill. The Montenegrins, taking advantage of a stormy night, stole into the Tur kish camp, where disorder and confusion soon reigned. The Turks at last took to their heels. The importance of this affair may be judged of by the number of trophies which fell into the hands of the victors. They carried off seventeen flags, eighty horse-loads of powder, sixty horses, many weapons, silver-mounted yataghans, &c., and three hundred and seventeen Turks' heads." EGYPT.—There has been a meeting of English resi dents at Alexandria, to consider what steps can be taken for the completion of the English church now in course of erection there :—" Though the foundation-stone of this church was laid in the year 1.839, and £B,OOO sterling has been expended upon it, it is not yet finished. Stre nuous exertions are being made by the residents to com plete the structure, and it is hoped that the government at home will come forward to their assistance. A pro posal has been made, in order to raise funds, to sell a portion of the ground adjacent to the church, which, from its central position, would fetch a high price ; but, as this ground was a gift from Mehemet Ali to the Eng lish community, it would be very desirable not to be under the necessity of having recourse to such a measure." WEST INDIES.—The Royal Mail steam ship la Plata has brought advices to the 16th ult. She has also brought 732,000 dollars in silver, and 328,000 dollars in gold. No cases of yellow fever occurred on the pas sage, either outwards or homewards. At St. Thomas's, the yellow fever had almost ceased to exist, with the exception of one or two sporadic cases. Advices from Jamaica extend to the lith ult. The intelligence taken out by the La Plata had thrown the colony into one generalstate of dismay. The inhabitants relied on the Derby government for such measures of relief as it had often been declared by members of that government were necessary. But the altered views of the government had spread an entire gloom over the whole country, and sunk the public heart in dismay. The house of assembly was to re-assemble on the 25th of January. The object of members in agreeing to so long an adjournment was to enable them to learn the intentions of her Majesty's government. Those intentions being now made known, it is generally supposed that the assembly will refuse to grant supplies, which may lead to a dissolution of the assembly. Accounts from Barbadoes state that the yellow fever still lingered there. The fever had disappeared from the populous localities of the town. In St. Lucia the weather had been unsettled. Several states had commenced grinding, and a fair progress in the manufacture of sugar had been made. From Antigua we learn that, with the continuance of fine weather, the island will ship one of the largest crops known for some years. _ _ The Dauntless is stated to have lost 73 men and 16 officers by yellow fever. The Devastation had touched Barbadoes, with orders from the admiral to tow out the Dauntless, if unable to proceed herself to Antigua ; but Captain Halsted refused the offer on account of his stores being On shore, and the Devastation returned to Trinidad. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE PACIFIC By the United States mail steam-ship Pacific, which arrived in this port early on Friday, we have intelligence from New York to the 22nd ult. She brought 54 passengers but no specie. The Europa arrived at Halifax on the 21st ult. ; and the Andes in 26 days, from Liver pool. In the senate of the United States, a long and some what dreary discussion had taken place on the state of relations between Spain and the United States with respect to Cuba. General Cass was the principal speaker. Further consideration of the subject being adjourned, he will have had afi opportunity, on the 27th ult., of extend ing his remarks. The debate took the form of a reaffirmation of " the Monroe doctrine." " So far as respects my own personal views," said Mr. Cass, " I have already explained to the senate, I desire the possession of Cuba—earnestly desire it, whenever we can justly obtain it, and the sooner that time comes the better, for then will be settled one of the most delicate questions—the most delicate, perhaps, in our foreign policy, always liable to embarrass us by grave con junctures more easy to be foreseen than be guarded against. As to the means—though, as I have already said, I am prepared to advocate its purchase even at the most liberal price, still I should prefer its acquisition by the action of the people of Cuba. ' Besides the Cuban debate, little has taken place in congress. The Pacific railroad scheme was taken up, but nothing done. The Hon. Edward Everett, secretary of state, had delivered the annual address before the African Coloniza tion Society. In the course of his remarks he stated that six vessels had been sent from the United States to Liberia during the past year, carrying 660 coloured emigrants, of whom 403 were free-born, 225 were emancipated, and 38 had purchased their freedom. —A state temperance convention had been held at Albany, the capital of New York State, at which 28,000 females had petitiQned the legislature to enact, in New York, the famous Maine Law, forbidding the sale of intoxicating drinks. In the state of Massachussets, on the other hand, where the law is in operation, a motion for its repeal had been lost in the legislature by but a few votes. Cholera had broken out on board the African colonization brig Zebra, for Liberia, and the brig had put back to Savannah with twenty-seven deaths on board.—The annual report of the secretary of the United States treasury, shows that the receipts of the fiscal year, ended 30th June, 1852, were 560,649,031, the expenditure during the same period $46,007,806, and the actual surplus in hand ten millions of dollars. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA By the British and North American Royal Mail steam ship Company's new steamer Arabia, C. 11. E. Judkins, Com mander,we have ad vices from New York to the27th ult. The Arabia sailed from New York at 12.25 p.m. on the 26th ult., and returned at 3.30 p.m., (the pilot considering it unsafe to take the ship over the bar,) and came to an chor off the company's wharf, at Jersey City. On the 27th, at 7.5 a.m. she again proceeded to sea ; at 8.52, passed Sandy Hook, and at 9.28 was abreast the Lightship. She started with a N.W. wind, and in the first 24 hours ran 289 miles. On the 28th she had the wind N.E. ;at 2 p.m. passed a screw-steamer, bound west, (probably the City of Glasgow, hence for Philadelphia;) and at 9 p.m. exchanged night signals with a large steamer, (probably the Africa, hence for New York.) On the 29th, with a moderate breeze from N.N.E., she made 290 miles ; at 11 a.m. passed an American ship, supposed to he the Con stantine, hence for New York. On the 30th she expe rienced light winds ; and on the 31st, with a strong S.S.W. gale, ran 302 miles. On the Ist, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th inst., she had N.W. and N. winds, and ran 300, 292, 300, and 320 miles per day. On the 4th, at 10 30 p.m., exchanged night-signals with a steamer. On the sth the wind changed to E.N.E., fresh breeze, when she ran 295 miles. At 5.55 p.m. on that day she made Cape Clear. On Sunday, at 3.40 a.m., she was abreast Tuskar ; at 10.30 a.m. passed the Skerries ; and at 3.20 p.m, slowed at the bar to wait for water. The run of the Arabia, taking into considera tion the adverse wind and weather experienced, is the finest achievement in ocean steam navigation ever recorded. The Arabia arrived in the river about half-past seven, and her mails, which were sent in a small steamer from the Bar, reached town about half-past five o'clock. The Arabia has brought 4150,000 in specie on freight, and the following 66 passengers :—Mr. Sparr and lady, Mr. Russell and two ladies, Mr. J. M. Schaap, lady, and infant, Mr. A. E. Beach and lady, Mrs. Henry, Mrs. E. E. Pratt, Miss Fiora, Captain S. W. Mather, Captain J. J. Robertson, Messrs. Scnieder, C. G or i ssen , J. P. Van ... sittart, D. Gilmour, J. Hamilton, R. W. Harris, W. Bondreau, Neild, P. B. Badaux, J. Btucedrv, N. Rod gers, jun., W. Carrere, Dempster, F. Flora, W. C. Yew nit, L. L. Robinson, G. F. T. Reid, Blunt, W. W en h o lt, Houghton, F. Barredu, J. Robertson, J. G. Forbes, G. D. Street, Geo. Vandenhoff, H. Starrus, Cowell, Mayer, F. Taxen, L. Isaacs, 11. Lodge, W. B. Duncan, Dougall, Sedley, M. H. Coby, W. C. Moore, W. H. Mervin, Armstrong, A. W. Hill, R. Benner, L. Darl, W. G. Reese, Turner, Jas. A. Welsh, R. Hotchingson, J. H. Nichols, C. W. Hunter, J. F. Schoellkoff, J. R. M`Nally, C. W. tewart, Robert Neil, and Kew. The Royal Mail steamer Europa arrived at Boston on the 22d'ultimo. The United States mail steamer Arctic arrived at New York, at 6 p.m. on the 26th ult. In the Senate, the discussion on colonization in Central America by Great Britain continued. Mr. Mason, chair man of the Committee on Foreign Relations, remarked, that if the reported colonization of Honduras, by Great Britain, should prove correct, the United States would then have a practical issue to work upon : it would then become the duty of his government to denounce such a proceeding, and insist upon a relinquishme n t o f th e co l ony by Great Britain, whether in violation of the treaty or not. In accordance with a resolution of the Senate, asking for information, the President had transmitted a message to that body, enclosing over one hundred despatches, which embrace the correspondence of ex-Minister Lawrence and others with the British Government, relative to Cen tral American affairs. These documents appear to have been entirely too voluminous to allow the reporters to give even an outline of their general contents. The im portance of the subject to which they advert will cause them to be looked for with much anxiety. The President also communicated the award of Louis Napoleon with re gard to the claim of the United States against Portugal, in the case of the brig General Armstrong, which decided that the claim was invalid, principally for the reason that hostilities were commenced by those on board the Gen. A., who fired into the long boats which were sent from the British vessel to reconnoitre her. A bill has been reported in the Virginia House of Dele gates which provides for the appointment of overseers, " who are to be required to hire out, at public auction, all free persons of colour, to the highest bidder, and to pay into the State Treasury the sums accruing from such hire. The sums are to be devoted in future to sending free per sons of colour beyond the limits of the State. At the ex piration of five years all free persons of colour remaining in the State are to be sold into slavery to the highest bid der at public auction, the proceeds of such sales to be paid into the public treasury, provided that said free persons of colour shall be allowed the privilege of becoming the slaves of any free white person whom they may select, on the payment by such person of a fair price." The Seminole Indians had refused to remove from Florida to the country consigned to them, and had, according to the report, declared war against the United States. The death of Junius Smith is announced. He was one of the principal promoters of the British and American Steam Navigation Company, and it was at his instigation that the steamer Sirius was despatched from England to the United States. The Vice-president (elect) King had arrived at Key West. All hopes of his recovery were at an end. In the Albany Legislature, Mr. Vanderbilt had intro duced a bill amending the ocean steam law of last year, so as to permit the use of caloric engines. Great excitement had been produced in Philadelphia in consequence of the arrest of a free negro, charged with enticing slaves to desert their masters in Maryland. An attempt was made to convey the prisoner to Anne Arundel county to answer the charge, but he was taken back by a writ of /babas corpus, and lodged in prison. MExico.—Advices to the 15th ult. from Vera Cruz, via New Orleans, announce the triumph of the revolu tionists. President Arista had resigned office ; he left the capital on the 6th. Senor Cavellos, Judge of the Supreme Court of Justice, had assumed the presidential chair, ad interim. Governor Minon, in command of the government troops, had been beaten in a regular engage ment. The revolutionists were everywhere triumphant, and looking for the return of Santa Anna. President Arista's resignation was caused by the refusal of Congress to grant him extraordinary powers. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, JAN. 26, MONEY MARKET. — The general tone of the market during the fortnight has been firm, but rather inani mate. For the last few days, however, the demand for stocks has become decidedly more active, and the market to-day closes with an upward tendency. The prices of Government and New York State loans are well sustained, although the supply of the latter is increasing principally from foreign sources, the high prices tempting European holders to realise. Money continues in good demand, at six per cent. on call, but the supply is full. Foreign Ea_ changes are in better demand, and bills on London and Paris are firmer. London, 94 to 91- per cent. prem. ; Paris, 5,120. to 5,13 r. sixty days, and 5,10 f. to 5,11 f. short sight. COTTON.—(From the Shipping List, of January, 26.) The market, since the reception of the Europa's advices, has been dull, and, except for the better grades, sales have been made lc. to 4c. lower. The stock is increased by recent arrivals, but is still moderate. The sales since our last are 1,900 bales. We quote : Atlantic - Other Ports. Florida. Gulf Parts. Inferior none. none. none. Low to good ord 9to 91 9to 9i 9to 9i Low to good mid.... -10 16. 10 —ll 1 . 0 —11 i Mid. fair to fair ll* Ilf 11i 0 Ili— 121 Fully fair to good fair Total import since Ist instant 33,017 bales. Export from Ist to 25th Jan., 1853, 9.800; 1352, 31,359. EXPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES. Since Ist of September, 1852 906,402 bales. Same time, 1851 639,475 ~ RECEIPTS, EXPORTS, AND STOCKS OF COTTON. Exports to Total Exports Stock, and Receipts. Gt. Britain to For. Ports. on shipb'd 1852 1,707,867 692,033 906,402 606,234 1851 3,265,895 426,952 639,475. 480,234 Increase 441,972 265,081 266,929 , 126,000 tFrom W. P. Wright's Circular of January 26.) During the past week the New York market has been active and prices have steadily advanced, owing, in a great measure, to our very limited stock, but influenced also by a demand for the better qualities from our domestic manufactures, and to the advance which has taken place in all the southern markets. The Charleston and Sevan nah markets have been very much excited, and the ad. vance in each has been, in the last two weeks, ic. to lc. per lb., the greater proportion during the last. The cause, it is asserted, is the execution of numerous orders from our own manufacturers, hitherto limited, but now beine executed on the best possible terms, and generally for the better qualities, which, from their scarcity, caused much competition and led to the advance ; added to which, the falling off in the receipts at the ports this week and last, has given rise to a strong speculative feel ing, not only in the ports of the Atlantic States, but throughout all the interior towns. As a consequence, buyers for export have retired from the markets, and freights are heavy at declining rates. In New Orleans and Mobile the business has been to a very fair extent, at a slight advance in price. The complaints as to scarcity of good cotton in the late receipts at the south are more universal, and in all the markets it is difficult to find much ranging over good middling quality. There is a further decrease this week in the excess of receipts at the ports of 22,000 bales, it now being 431,000 bales more than to corresponding dates last season. BREADSTUFFS.—Up to the close of last week prices were maintained, but since the receipts of the advices per Europa purchases have been effected at a reduction in price of 64-c. per brl. The following are the current rates:—Western canal, 85,37 1 to , 8'5,50 per brl. ; Ohio and pure Genesee, 8'5,50 to 45 2 ,75 ; common New York, &c., 85,311 to 45,371 •, southern kinds, 45,621 to =B'6 ; Canada, in bond, 45,621 to 43'5,75. Wheat has been in fair demand, but without change in price. --Indian Corn : 2c. to 4c. per bushel lower : northern round yellow, none ; southern yellow, 68c. to 70c. per 56 lbs. •, white, 68c. to 69c. per 56 lbs. ; mixed, 72c. to 74c. per 561bs. PROVISIONS. — Pork has continued quite dull, and prices are rather lower, the market being better supplied, and the demand light. Beef continues in fair request, and prices are very steady and uniform. Lard is dull, and a little lower. Cheese is in better request for export, and has advanced to Bc. to 8/c. for shipping qualities, and 9c. for choice dairies. _ . . . IRoN.—Scotch pig is in small supply, and generally held at 4735, cash, with unimportant sales. In bars we have only to notice a sale of 100 tons common E ng li s h, an d something over 4310 on time. FREIGHTS.—To Liverpool freights are again hi g her, nearly all the vessels up having been filled. Corn and Wheat are taken to that port at 9d. to 10d. in bulk ; Flour, 2s. 9d., 3s. 6d. asked ; Tobacco, 3s. 6d. ; Cheese, 30s. ; Rosin, 3s. 3d. to 3s. 4id. ; Cotton, 3-16 d. to id. ; and, by the propeller Andes, Corn at lid. in bags ; and Beef, Pork, Lard, and Cheese, 40s. ; a !British brig took Flour at 2s. 9d. MOBILE, JANUARY 24. Middling Cotton, 81c. : market active. Freight to Liverpool the same ; to New York, ic., DR. LAYARD, M.P., has been lecturing at Nottingham to the members of the Mechanics' Institute on Nineveh. THE BISHOP OF SYDNEY.—In noticing the reception given to the Bishop of Sydney by the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, we adverted to the fact that he had contributed to the Endowment of the Sees of Melbourne and Newcastle, " by the voluntary surrender of a fourth part of his own episcopal income." Though this statement is literally true, it falls considerably short of the whole t ru th. Th e bishop really offered, for this purpose, one-half (under certain conditions) of his whole episcopal income, and his contribution was ultimately fixed by the authorities in this country at an amount much less than by his letter written from the antipodes, he had nobly placed at their disposal. CHARLESTON, JANUARY 26. A small business in Cotton, and the market dull. Sales 840 bales, at prices ranging from Bc. tolOic. NEW ORLEANS. JAN. 24.—Cotton is firm : sales this morning 3,000 bales, at Saturday rates. Freights to Liverpool, id. JAN. 25.—Cotton operators are disappointed at the non-receipt of the Arctic's news ; 6,000 hales of cotton sold to-day at a decline of a quarter of anent. from the highest point ; middling is quoted 93c. Jan. 26.—Cotton is very active. The sales this morning already reach 7,000 bales, mostly for England. Prices are unchanged. HAVANA, JAN. 21. New sugars arrive slowly, and small sales have been effected at full prices to complete cargoes. Exchange on the north is at to discount. Freights to Cowes and a market (not in the Baltic,) 555. to 60s. ; Great Britain, 40s. FOREIGN MISCELLANY. HENRI FRANCON' is about to open a monster hippo drome i❑ New York. A PUBLIC LIBRARY, the first institution of the kind in the city, is now in the course of formation at Boston. A LETTER FROM WARSAW announces the death of Count Francis Potocki, one of the most influential men in Poland. EBENEZER GRAHAM, a little schoolboy in New York, was " snowballed" by his thoughtless companions to such an extent that he died almost immediately. MADAME SONTAG, responding to the call of some American ladies, has agreed to sing for the benefit of " the Hope," a charitable institution in New York. - NEW ROUTE TO INDIA.-A letter from Bagdad states that an English steamer had entered the Tigris, for the purpose of ascertaining whether it will be practicable to establish a regular communication with the Gulf of Persia. CURRANTS.—A committee of scientific end practical men, appointed by the Greek Government to consider the cause of failure of the currant-crop, have reported that they consider the extension of the blight next season as very probable. THE ALBANY " STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY" have resolved to enter the political arena, by nominating tee total candidates to promote their peculiar opinions as to whether the people shall be abstainers or not. Temperance meetings are in " blast" just now, as the New York papers phrase it. DUTCH TRADE WITH AUSTRALIA.—In consequence of the great number of Dutch ships now proceeding from England to Australia, it has been resolved that. Dutch men-of-war proceeding to the Indian station from Europe shall first go to Australia, and remain there for some time, for the protection of Dutch interests. HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.—A criminal of a black dye, a wretched parricide, misnamed Dolci, was shot on the 11th ultimo, outside the Porta Pontese, for having mur dered his mother. He was a native of Perugia, and, ufter having served for some time as a gendarme, was, when the crime was committed, a soldier in the line. Whilst the lugubrious mortuary procession was approaching the place of execution, surrounded by soldiers and confrater nities, a couple of oxen, harnessed to a waggon, were coming in from the country, and took fright at the black hooded brethren, called confortatori, who, as usual, ac companied the criminal with crucifixes and black banners. The oxen charged into the midst of the melancholy appa tus, kocked down several, and severely wounded one of the " comforters," nearly upset the cart in which the criminal was sitting, and galloped towards the city gate through a lane of terrified spectators. DISCOVERY OF A BURIED CITY.—A buried city has been discovered in Egypt, named Sacckareh. llt appears to be situate about five hours' journey from Cairo, near the first cataract. An Arab having observed what ap peared to be the head of a sphinx appearing above the ground near the spot, drew the attention of a French gentleman to the circumstance, who commenced excava ting, and laid open a long-buried street, which contained 38 granite sarcophagi, each of which weighed about 68 tons, and which formerly held evidently the ashes of sa cred animals. The Fr:nchman has got a grant of the spot from the Egyptian Paella, and has exhumed great quantities of.curiosities, some of them ancient earthenware vessels of a diminutive size. The street, when lit up at night, forms a magnificent sight. ft is upwards of 1,600 yards in length. Many of the curiosities dug out have to be kept buried in sand to preserve them from perishing. CENSUS OF ROME.—Rome, as appears from a recent census, contains a population of 175,000, divided into 54 parishes, and amongst them are 29 bishops, 1,280 priests, 2,092 monks and members of religious orders, 1,698 nuns, and 537 ecclesiastical pupils. In 1848 the population was 179,000, but was reduced by the revolution to 166,000 in the following year. The number of bishops in residence in Rome was 49 in 1846, the highest known ; in 1849 it was, as now, 29. The number of priests was never gre3ter than in 1843, when it was 1,541 ; nor lower than in 1849, when it was MK; that of monks and members of religious orders was 2,599 in 1848. and 1,764 in 1849: The number of nuns was 1,592 in 1843, and being now 1,698, presents an increase of 11 per cent, after deducting the losses from deaths. The number of ecclesiastical pupils was 1,069 in 1844,. and in 1849 it fell to 492. The heretics of all shades—Turks, schismatics, Protestants. and unbelievers —amount, exclusive of Jews, to 412; and a very great number of them belong to the foreign em bassies. IRELAND. THE COUNTESS OF EGLINTON.—A superb jewelled casket of Irish manufacture and device, has been pre sented as " an offering of grateful remembrance to Kothe therine, Countess of Eglinton, from her Irish friends." ON PlT.—That Mr. John Reynolds, ex-brigadier, and late M.P. for Dublin city, has obtained the appointment of marshal of the Four Courts, with about £9OO per an num, vice J. E. Caulfield, Esq., promoted to something better in London.—Tablet. AN OVERLOAD.—A few days since the corn-mill be longing to Mr. Trayers, of Ballymoe, fell in from the weight of - Indian corn on the stores, and broke down all the machinery. All the corn was washed away by the flood. :The loss of property is estimated at £l,OOO. AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT.—The Board of Na tional Education intend erecting three district model schools at Limerick, Waterford, and Kilkenny, with agri cultural farms of about 70 acres in connection therewith. Sites have been taken for the purpose, and the designs are by the board's architects. DEATH FROM GLANDERS.—A whole family, named Uncles, residing at Maugherow, near Lisadell, have been swept away by glanders. The father purchased an in fected horse at a fair in Mayo ; he soon afterwards took the disease from the beast, then his wife and four children caught it, and they all died in great agony. We have heard that two girls, about two miles from this town, have also been lost by this dreadful disorder.—Sligo Champion. ARRIVAL OF THE LORD LIEUTENANT. — The Earl of St. Germans made his public entry into Dublin on Thurs day afternoon. His excellency rode on horseback from Westland-row to the Castle, and his reception was ex tremely cordial. The Lord Mayor and Corporation pre ceded the procession from the railway terminus to the castle. The Countess of St, Germans and the Ladies Eliot rode in a close carriage, and were also cordially greeted. ABDUCTION.—At Kapla, in Queen's County, Miss Claney, the sister of a respectable farmer, possessed of many " golden charms,'' was abducted by a body of ruf fians and carried off in, her night-dress. Though many must have heard her screams, none responded to them till the party met Mr. Dowling, a Romish priest, who stopped them and succeeded in causing the young girl to be given to his charge. Mr.. Dowling, having lent her his cloak, brought her to a neighbouring farm house, where he got her clothes, and then restored her to her afflicted family. Four men are in custody. THE CONVICT KIIRIVAN.—TIIO rumours of investiga tions into former alleged crimes against Mr. Kirwan are said to have resulted in proving his innocence—one of the supposed murdered persons being still alive, and the other died from disease of the heart on well- attested evi dence. Yet it was stated that Kirwan was in possession of certain letters that would have told much against him, and that two officers, sent to obtain them, were delayed entering his cell till he bad succeeded in destroying them ; a single scrap on the floor attesting the fact. And now it is said that Mr. John M'Manus has " resigned" the deputy-governorship of Kilmainham gaol, in consequence of the treatment of the convict Kirwan. THE REV. T. D. GREGG.—The first of two sermons in Latin, being the third of a series preparatory to taking out the degree of doctor of divinity, was preached by the Rev. Mr. Gregg, in the College chapel, on Friday even. ing. It was a critical dissertation on the two versions given in the authorised Bible, of Daniel ix, 9—the theme of the two preceding English sermons—ve hal kenaph shik-ootsim meshomen translated in the English text, " for the,overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate ;" and in the margin, " upon the battlements shall be the idols of the desolator." The faults of both versions were pointed out by the reverend gentleman, and we understand that he purposes establishing the true sense of the passage in his next Latin sermon. BRUTAL MURDERS.—Westmeath is just now the field v b i e c g t F irn an a. man One in wtahsec employ o mialit t m ed en o of blood in Ireland. T wo mur d ers are reported near Kul t of n Thursday E sday ng n l i is g i h , t m , aann, whodthe occupies a farm close to the town of Moote. The victim of the other was Thomas Farrell, a man of sixty, and a Romanist, farming a small tract of land a quarter of a mile from the town, and near a well-frequented road. About seven o'clock in the evening, the moon shining brightly, five young countrymen, in no way disguised, with arms in their hands, went to the house. Two re mained at the do or on guar d. F arre ll was at his fireside, telling a story to his family—his wife and two daugh ters and a servant-boy—and three of his neighbours, young men, all sitting round the fire, when the three men, armed with guns, raised the latch of the door and came in. One of them said, " I am in search of a person I want," and proceeded towards the only other apartment of the house, the door of which was closed. When be returned to the kitchen be said to the old man, " Tom, lend me your gun for a few days, and I will return it." Farrell desired the servant-boy to reach him the gun, which was beside him ; Farrell stood up when the b oy h anded h i m the gun ; getting it in his hand, the assassin desired the boy to stand back, and in an instant the two that kept guard fired their muskets at Farrell, who fell dead. The assassins then departed, apparently unrecogn i se d b y an y of the persons who witnessed the murder. lin. seen -RE RAI ll T T ea il l E o li f b A : thrSowmg le FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY. botak i ______,______ ~,,, volunteers ( Ball dresses claim our first attention, though t"" so varied and magnificent that it is with difficnlte cc. e 4 make the selection. It may be observed that continue very much employed as trimmings for the 5 ., bodies, and sleeves. In speaking of these bouillon! fast approar must observe that, to give grace to them, they erg route to Li. crossed at distances by wreaths of small flowers, 7 11 ° A MONG 1 la vieille of ribbon, or leaves of ribbon. kree l' ter m, ts M ..P Tuniques are also much worn, either real, or mar , Period of te o t the e s skirts ma l i b y flowers,r ue h t e o s of match iulle , the r at intervals by long floating ribbons, or hanging s'i s e i' e A ict u. " ' SI on some beautiful dresses of this description, imitatilt • te s costume of the Illyrians and the Croats • but, les ,° te ISLE or rows of ore. . lace lv e f a shtsevn:t being open in front, the sides are opened', fastened' _see Propert ther by zigzag lacings of pearl beads, showing thel . uestroyed b skirt of crape, trimmed with perpendicular bouillons. A PINE I body is also in two pieces, joined on the shoulde r the Sailors' down the arm in the same manner as the skirt. e , tion by th e Tulle robes with double skirts are trimmed deepil 0. THE bouillons of tulle, with d o t s o f v i o l ets an d go ld leis I fp - ast ass pA the short b ou ff an t s s l eeves are tr i mmed in the same.. v C omstock ner ; the w a i s t i s roun d , an d t h e sash of gold llama Dt T is tied on o ne s id e . 4 RE SAC .. Many tarleta ne ro b es h ave twe l ve or fifteen s ta ,„ ~ v ocal se .lf 0 0 gold or silver ti ssue wor k e d i n t h e material. The skirl': application double, the top one looped up with bows of ribbotte WILLIAS long floating ends, or by bouquets of mixed flowers. ! at Crosby, Gold and silver embroid er y, m i xe d w i t h rich shal t ` assaulti ng silk, upon tulle or organdi, a re a l so muc h used Of THE Re dress. In this style may h e seen ro b es of Earl t the Town.l worked with wreaths of small flowers in gold and 'lrs. Charl mixed with fuchsias in bright silks, which decrease is THE Pas and width t owar d s th e wa i st. Th e b odies have s .4 , from ne and L bouquet embroidered o n th e f ron t, spread i ng tower' Gaw • , shoulder. The sl eeves are ra i se d i n d rapery by NI chi. I broch ' e gold, and pu ce r ibb on , an d are e d ged with a buiird.ss PR embroidered wreath. A rob e o f mo i re an ti que, with ba Ing in skirt and bouillons of t u ll e , wor k e d w i th violets an d rn-lik e F thread. The body, of moire, is of quite a novel FEMAL E having no shoulder-piece; it is cut heart-fashion, eMploy men very low, in the form of low c orse t s . Th e top an d was decided are embroidered with gold. A deep bouillonne - of women. tulle is placed on the top, and crosses the shoulders; THE W E short sleeves are also composed of bouillonw I s, witb, died on the violets placed in th e pl a it s . Th e t u ll e s k irt is edges are now bei gold, and covered with small bouquets of violets. Menagerie. The colours of the crape and tulle dresses, emeroi CAPT. C w ith gold and silver, are chiefly white, rose colours stable, has and maize. For court dresses, brocades broches, wit' Half of tiren or silver, or the Pompadour llame, are much erne Present at 2 There is a new material, called the robe imperiale, ~,. i s likely to become in great request. e Ue. IN ETt striee ' d 1 . The make of walking dresses approaches nearer Wall en Puritan and Chtitelaine style than the Louis XV. l be read bodies are high, and closed either in front or bebindtt call ed the V waists are round, or ornamented with basques, dee .O.BALL AT towards the back. The ballo n s l eeves are obtainin g e vi gan, on 'J success. They fit at the wri s t, an d are worn with, "Ille arno m and bracelets. On a cc oun t o f th e roun d wa i sts, the ri Gribbin, of empire and crossed bodies, the skirts close on oteee namedPomeer. A very elegant innov a ti on , i s tr i mm i ng them with na med Will silk buttons, like the sleeves. in , 01 the n ews , Evening dresses have the bodies drawn and cat ' was • .0 com mi s la reine Hortense, or ala vierge, flat at top, and" , T R , e , at the waist. The sleeves are short, formed of one: h urne(l - e el bouffants, and often trimmed at distances with small ' t he Pro • TI of ribbon, or buttons of pearl beads. eb Meet es, e propert) The materials which were so vaunted by our grand' s 1 1 mas, are much surpassed in our time. Our robes , _; h av `:a Rll nificent as theirs, " standing alone" like theirs, a l l s ee taken , more finished in designs and delicacy of colouring. ~ o wi „ 8 n ave It attention has been particularly struck by a m o st be, "g to tin fully-painted velvet reps, like the interlaced branel' e ' THE Tots young forest. The flowers, Iz - oche's in silver, are sh a 't at Mulches by the deep colour of the groun d. T hen the la.' association imitating three flounces open in front, and foto , 'users' Tea, tablier, is both novel and pretty. THE TOT Again, a superb robe, with oneflcunce, with large fl° Port amount and delicate stalks ; bands in light designs, in the met vessels, 5,9 form a heading to the flounce. Indeed, we might add ships, 9 , 5 a others to this list. and yet leave much undescribed. I I liß. , r. skirts are all made long, particularly behind, form) Architecturt slight train, and are put in large plaits into the wair eve n i ng e Plain reps, or striped with velvet or satin, shadeuel Pran ce e ' e n quet, Irish poplin, and imperial satin, are all emplor ei n " dinner dresses, as well as for morning visits. a ..ARv Ey $ r the Ai Plaid velvet redingotes are also worn. The body 1 , 1 1 ,, b 3, f -, anehP and plain, the waist round. Sleeves half-large, sae h ots a ,,se pret scending to the middle of the arm. The trimming cot, IT Societ of small leaves of velvet edged with silk, crossing i t es ti' Is p R , other, and buttoning on the robe. The openine °f' "' es usi cal wor sleeve is held by three crossed leaves. Collar of g u s t ro ar wood, 1 de Venisc, forming a point in front. Uoder-sleeves ' o r "sieal ee s, same, over a bouffant of muslin, fastened round do ll s T HE ` AL with an embroidered band. The Sully is a magn i o , n eetin g o f 1 pardessus of black velvet, in the form of a shawl in el sthursday e and with a point behind reaching the waist, to wip h 4 -senc e of t attached a round and long mantelet, sufficiently 1 1 , 51 E R hang in large plaits. The Sully is trimmed w ith ii , e t elsester ATI guipure lace, another row is placed round the poil'f strees ha ve not 11 forms the sleeves, which fall low over the arms. bey' those to of lace is placed a passementerie'of flat jet beads. , i f , de Concy is a very full nzantelet, plaited into the,rs) nail, 1 The manteau imp6rial of black velvet, gathered I , d , s e !" convict neckpiece, and trimmed with a rich galon. The Te a/ t rYrnond.st a Talma with the sleeves; the peleriaeand sleeves trim I , e ,aum of with fringe. The pelerine forms a kind of hoode s i " default. Paulette, trimmed with insertion and guipure _P o i ~Tno- s uks i forming a pelerine. The Chevreuse body, of ruby yeet, has b fitting the waist, with indented basques behind. i ills license to brandebourgs and insertion of guipure, embroidere d i 4 piece of it jet. A mousquetaire collar of guipure or point d'A , , ronfounders with sleeves to match. This is worn with a O I , THE AYR with flounces. The sorties de' bat, of white cac he rucoat, asl are trimmed with pl us h r ibb on and sil k fringe, lined 'T. F. Glad garsenet. The capuchon are round and full ; it is opt Patrick, wh with a plush ribbon with a goffered plush rbbon r . O It lue, 1850. the edge. The neck is trimmed with a frill of ribben'o) s e ._.,e . ,011pLET1 same trimming descends down the front, and coon.' t fall warmly wadded. A white cachemire sortie de bat, frl It ol l t er a nd works round with a deep embroidery of yellow sewing-silk' 11 t heir i n s design is bunches of grapes, with pines and foliages, /Pi 1 , evil hood and pelisse are lined with yellow silk. A nes ! s, e4 R es \IAN long ends of very broad gold-coloured ribbon to o 05 0 i; e s ‘-oure the pelisse in front, and another on the hood. An i IttriPer share of white cachemire, with rows of ruby velvet, ° I ee i n " , and with gold beads, and rich gold and velvet galoS o t r . ne c'sne to galon is about three fingers in width, and placed .4 4 ~NTR. -L t:A edge of the manteau. There are three rows at eq" l °.",pe o ut 3000 1 tances ; the outsides of ruby velvet rolls, the inner i t i e se Fuses to give gold tissue. A rich silk cord, and tassels of gold ans, ; f e et the first silk, attach the rnanteau and ornament the Innor "r the third third, all white, both material and ornaments, witbpei as ~ a . THE NST lined with satin, and trimmed round the bottom all io l s o s; ` ec ePtion e e the front with two rows of white satin ribbon, embrq, ) Itaternents, with silver. Silver fastenings. This sortie de bal Plif rth eaccon elegant and youthful. A pink cachenzire matzleatholl ‘eMPorary al with pink satin, and trimmed with a flat silk ernbrorisee e , l k 4. RE......0 These manteaux are a mixture of the Talma and 6 . 1 1 t or /48 dj s I Cut on the bias. They may be raised or allowed Inan.strceoevte: over the arm at will. The fronts are in long poip t rief e seautted, not' We must now mention the bonnets, caps, and l e I.o' The inmate: The capote can never be styled ordinary or simp le f t , se the shape is becoming and the trimming tassel 1 p ul. i - uN TORS oi ark School instance, a capote of satin, Cuba shade, quilted s P. s of r nally, and lined with quilted satin. The edge e Ili Teary, on Then the P satin. The crown is composed of toques of ribb on, iear, i 4 1e discussi commence at the bottom of the crown at each 00 A ~ join on the summit of the head. A bow is P laced ..,,A HANDS middle of the curtain. This capote is very bsaute presented ti R' e s orn ee white satin, but can only be worn in carriages. A , r of a of nut roses, concealed under floats of blonde. Th`a, W it h win th e A s of satin, with a stamped edge, to imitate quilting. e d sf i , "'dove of tl of bovffantes, alternately black and violet, separatce To E NE` small plait of black and violet velvet, placed at the separated Piuneii, on a narrow ruche of black lace. The crown is ra's , p ro Mr. Bi black lace and small roulsaux of black and violet Vv r ee hail s Estate, A bouquet of black and violet ostrich feathers falls gltl i said that ae ( fully on either side. The curtain is like the front, t iv eof 01; the road. inside trimming is small tea rosebuds, separated by , G aATIFyi of black and violet velvet, with blonde. / Par h i j f part ass A bonnet of pink terry velvet and satin. A 'of .0114 p enes edge • the front is of drawn satin, with two biases o'of _he m e i e hl i " , loped terry velvet, the point edged with a wide e lt UOX, man r ufa blonde, reaching the open edge. The crown is ratio ° f , ma rk of este covered with a fanchoist of terry velvet, scolloped V t.„ edge, and cut on the bias. Two pink feathers are p of, :i.t.ttr:escioN at each ear, very near the edge of the bonnet, so as t ° oc- it sea ." e th inside and mix with the trimmings of the cap, which eo ,_ e - not en h '`" to h is i moss rosebuds and long black velvet ends. e 0; -seer e s s _ s e A more simple bonnet is of black velvet, trimrnee () l e y I no coq'ses of very broad groseille satin ribbon, tnise"A 1 i u pon 1, coques of black velvet. A black ostrich feather. _ e li ce ;‘,.. r ERSoe with groseiile silk on the left side, and a bunch of ' t t h t,' . er, was rings floating at the right ear. 4 fr o -uers, w i, art 1 0 1 • The coiffure' arrnenienne, formed of a rich tors #4 d ee its Cal gold like the Greek casque behind, and interlacid .1 4 ::avaping it bandeaux in front. This torsale fastens an Indian el I. ,nperate of gold and silk, which is twisted round the torsadft , ~Atel tenets turban, and falls on the left side in two ends. Ur e t ' s " Estee...e e l other there are three rows of gold fringe- .01 IliZ e s : on 1 A wreath of flowers, mounted on a gold llama Ti etre,4shie The flowers are completely v eiled under a tullo veil. e l Pitse, °C . M A small bore/ of black velvet, trimmed round thee s MR, 3. t o u l' i with bunches of cassia with long foliage of gold. 1 ' at Roth small bird of paradise on each side under the brim• ,011,00, patient, and A simple coiffure, composed of a mixture of Ore proceedin s ruban plume, and wreaths of flowers. It is a , b 0 ey the ed g y; wreath, of the Niobee form. _po and settled For full dress, four small white feathers, two ,e, A right and two on the left side, held together by aP' a SMALL embroidered with gold.—Le Follet. _ t the south her departut a hont 60 tot The vessel it 00 her arriv; WILL P aren IA " Church resi vi,, Was The toastir . child v died, after lit rn„ T ,, l a Ala ii a -..agerie p Iln illa : and c A n . nary is eel e, the Pal P al , erred to texture tile r; E A d a LI AT _.l' evetin 7,!ve w orks g o St, n, e it* Helenn'al, filinkhorn 8. Qi ,ends, were UIITCH Si had rench s port, II:. vessels c . a .t 4 ; large —l-3 lng moi 111411 vessels SH 0_ _oo TINI Mu Tuesd ay ired for b o . g,„ o wl •41 Struck a llot 1,, also et 4° Priaonsi THE LATE DR. PEREIRA, F.R.S. r While referring some wee k s s i nce to a sp ec i m en i t r ! , Museum of the College of Surgeons, Dr. P ere i ra 130 ,0` misfortune, by a fall on the staircase, to rupture,Ai ti the extensor muscles of the thigh. On the night of 1 : day, the 20th ult., upon being lifted into bed, the P l 'ol suddenly raised himself, exclaiming " I have rupt d vessel of the heart," and died in half an hour. eft Dr. Pereira was the distinguished and hi g hest _,,r e c sentative of the science of Pharmacology. " The elei'lL of Materia Medica and Therapeutics," to whin,l i t or Pereira gave the best years of his life, is considered one of the most elaborate and thoroughly wor k e d-014 ductions of modern science. A s a pa i ns - ta ki ng an d, sc i en tious writer Dr. Pe re i ra was unsurpassed, ale work contains nothing that may not be thoroughly afi on for its accuracy. He added largely to th e hott l A pharmacy. To other sciences allied and bearinB ,;p:t; pharmacy Dr. Pe re i ra a l so applied himself with 05prti vigour. He was a n i n d ustr i ous i nvest i gator o f tiwo; nomena of pola r i ze d li ght, w i th reference to WI ti 64 the analysis o f ph armaceut i cal agents, i n the distili° Y o l lug of oils, and in the detection of adulteration 9 V it Pereira was occupied in completing the third ea" Y 1 his " Materia Medica" at the time of his doceaqi p r i i, Pereira was an early riser, of quick business i bab l rtf e j , remarkable for his promptne ss an d rap idi ty of o p 0 , Another fine trait in his charact er was hi s reek' e rcti h il sions of thankfulness, at all ti mes an d un d er all lt* , stances, for the smallest favour that contribute7be researches. He was a co rrespon di ng mem b er of 'o o ‘ , ciety of Pharmacy of Paris, and of other reign i ,bor ll / 0 1 bodies, and Professor of Materia Medics t fo o the A 6i9 fro' or ceutical Society of London, but his main PrilosPefil occupation was that of Physician to the London 1 0 15 He was elected a F e ll ow o f t h e Linnean Society"orktee and of the Royal Society in 1838. He was a no l coup and powerful statu r e, of pleasing e x p resss ioa nance, and in the 49th year of his age. He was Thursday at thei cemetery of Kensal Green.