The National Register.
London, England, 1823-01-06 00:00:00

REGIST

LONDON DAM

lONS FOR 14INCI4BT.
MORNING DlM—Romeo drew, or blew. of doe eambrio
muslin : the body asd skirt are is use, and of *early equal
fulness, which is priecipaily collected is the front and in the
middle of the hack, sad cooilned resod the weist wiftt a red
Renew hand, fastened by a steel heckle : it is made high.
nearly N the threat, mid I. gaged with four rows of pink braid-
ing. The Bloom, is easy, and bee as epaulette with full trim •
ming, braided at the edge, sad a doable radii 011ie wrist :
round the bottom of the skirt are Iva Darrow lloances, edged
with pink braiding. Cap of sprigged set, with border of Sel-
fish 'Lisle lace ; cottage front ; the caul rather till, mod sepa-
rated half-way iota eight divisions, edged with a melees of
Satin ; four, alternately, are fastened to the head-piece ; the
others are trimmed with lace, sod rather elevated, forming a
light and elegant crown : a wreath of delicate dowers, the
forger-m..00t and the heliotrope, decorate the front.
oar-rings, rose-ooloare4 gloves, sad corded silk shoes.
EVENING DRESS.
White crêpe line drers, worn over a bright pink satin slip :
the eorsaye of white satin, cat bias; and fits the shape : it is
ornamented with simple elegance, being separated inn narrow
strapsenearly two inches deep, awl edpd with two small folds
of VIA crepe due set in a narrow, bred of Added white saline
finished with a tucker of the decal Wed lace. The sleeve is
short, of very full white crepe hue, partly congealed by two
rows of white satin &woe els. edge* wish pig tripe hue, end,
united by half • deekrasinate while rola : at Ik►
bottom of the dress le INN row of kegs NI pats, se hestradry
of white crêpe hue ; betweee ark Se flee Wassails leap.
attached to. the &climbs, sod serespeadteg a degree of MK'
blown China roses. The hair, wilametetramlant, 4 k
Ear-rings, necklace, armlets and bramble, or deed
with rink topazes and seeraideletssepereed, sad founded byr•
padleck-snaps studded with emerald& bog white kid &weft
Pink ratio shoes.
On Thursday at two o'clock, as Hama of Lords,
met, pursuant to adjournment, and dot the usual
ceremonies, the Parliament was dieted to be pro-
rogued to Tuesday, the 4th of Febnusky, than to sit
for the dispatch of business.

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A room was opened on Wednesday last in Capel-
coon, closely adjoining the Stock Exchange for
effecting transactions in the foreign securities, Which
have been hitherto conducted openly on the Royal.
Exchange. This is a measure which seems to be
naturally suggested by the severity of the season,
and is calculated to prevent that interruption to the
regular business arising from the bustle of the foreign
stock operations, which has been lately complained
of in some quarters as a very serious inconvenience.
But it will require much time before. the change can
be wholly effected, as the merchants and others (a
very numerous class) who make speculative salesend
purchases in the foreign funds, and who are unwil-
ling to forego . the advantages of transacting their
business in the open market, are decidedly opposed
to the alteration.

All possible pains have been taken on every side
•to evade-or nullify the provisions of the new Mar-
riage Act, but the following is something of a novel
sort. One of the clauses enacts that the Act shall
be read three times in every church and chapel in
the course of the year, and the clergyman ofa parish
in Brighton has complied with the injunction by
reading instead the margin of each page, which
has passed off extremely well, none of the country
bumpkins being aware of the difference. We know
another Reverend Gentleman who has declared his
determination not to read the Act at all ; since he
cannot find that any penalty is attached tothe die.
obedience of the order. The measure is, it must •
be coufiased, equally unnecessary and absurd, finr
it is impossible that any person, from hearing the
Act read, we will not say three, but three and twenty
times, .should be able to comprehend its enactments.
A frigate is ordered to carry out Lord W. lien-
thick immediately to St. Andero, oe some port in
the Bay, on a special mission to Madrid. Lord
William's manly conduct. whilst intrusted with
England's interest in the Mediterranean, is remem-
bered by all, and much benefit may be expected
from his talents at the present moment in Spain.-7
It is hoped that this is only the preliminnuary to his
Lordship's resuming his command at Malta and its
vicinity.
A gentleman observing his gardener with an old
broad-brimmed hat on, jocosely asked him " who
gave him that cuckold's /eat V " "It is one of
your old ones," replied the gardener,, " that my
mistress gave me yesterday, when you were at the
races."
The Emperor of Russia has presented Lieut. T.
Cook (B) R. N. with a most .superb riug, contain-
ing the Imperial Cipher and Crown, both of which
are set in and surrounded by diamonds, in testimony
of his Majesty's; entire approbation of Lieut. Cook's
invention of the Night Life Buoy, which is now
adopted in the Imperial service.
DCATII OF Tae M&RQUiII Or DROOKEDA• —This
venerable nobleman departed this life on the 22J
ult., at his house in Sackville-street, Dublin, in the
94th year of his age. His Lordship was a Field-
Marshal, and the oldest General in his Majesty's
service. He raised the 18th Dragoons, in the year
1762, since which time he commanded it.until its
reduction last year. His Lordship was monied in
the year 1766, to Lady Anne Seymour, the eldest
daughter of Francis Marquis of Hertford. K 13. who
died in 1787, and was buried in the family vault at
Melfont Abbey, where his Lordshii.s remains are to
hp deposited.

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