The Sun.
London, England, 1838-02-05 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY.

(From the 6' London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.")
PROMENADE DRESS. —Pardessus of dantas de Sidon, of a
Lois colour; small pelerine of velvet, of the same colour,
foiniing points on the shoulders; large sleeves with velvet
cuffi and ,74intitre. Bonnet of grey satin ; the front rather
rep, the crown small And low, ornamented with a shaded
dahlia, fWm which arc tIT 0 long streamers, and plaiting of
ribbon round the top.
CARRIAGE DRESS.--Robe of blue pehin rayee, the body of
ibe lioyeanne form, witit ts fall of black lace, headed by a
bouillon, through which a ribbon is passed ; the sleeves tight,
with three biois fOl4, each trimmed with black lace ; a deep
flounce en Male at the bottom of the skirt. Bonnet of velvet
with satin. ribbon and bird of Paradise.

BALL DaEss.—Robe of broche pink satin, the body plain
and pointed, With rabat, of antique lace, tight sleeves, man-
ehi7lks to match, the ?cabal cordeliere and tassels of pink ; the
ilounca the same as the drers, headed by a cord ; coffare of
hair with a wreath, and marabout feathers; the front hair 10
iwi,Aed bands.

MANTELETS, &C.—The taste for mantelets trimmed with
fur continues, Shawls, either rounded or pointed behind are
equally in favour; for young people, shawls forming echarpa
behind, and not reaching below the waiste are preferred.
DmPivs.—Skirts are long and full, and sleeves moderately
large. Flounces arc decirlediy in favour. Cordelieres are
very fashionable.
BONNETS. —Satin ((Totes, wadded or otherwise, are always
fashionable, and continue much the same as to size, some
b-Javer bonnets are worn—ribbons, troches continue in request.
ColFrcaLs.—Those composed of black, green, or crimson
velvet are very elegant. The most simple of the many va-
rieties arc all black with black lace, ornamented with roses in
vPlvet.

GIBRALTAR.—Some shocks of an ear.thquaker
slight, though distinct, were felt near the line-wall of this
place on the afternoon of the 15th of January. About half-
past five, p.m., the first shock took place, preceded and Ac-
companied by a cumbling noise ; it lasted several secondst
and its effdct was similsr to that staggering motion sometimes
felt on board ship when siruck by a heavy sea. The second
shock took place about 20 miwites past ten, was more violent,
and lasted a longer period than the preceding. A third
took place about a quarter past 11, Lit was less violent than
either of the former. The inmates of the house who hap-
pened to be in the lower part of it, did not feel the effects of
the earthquake at all, and those on tho first floor in a less
degree than those who were in the rooms above, one of whoa,
could scarcely stand during the second shock, and the whole
were so alarmed as to run for safety to the rooms below. In
San Roque the alarm was so great, that a considerable part 0'
the population removed from the houses to the public-squarer
znd other open spaces, where they lighted fires, and spent the
night.—Gibraltar Chronicle.
The Hamburg Correspondent has the following of
the ist instant, from Odessa :—The plague has dissappeared,
and we Ciprclt that in it week's time, our communications In
every direction will be opened, Our thermometer is down to
24 degrees Fahrenheit—a temperature of extreme cold for this
latitude, which has caused fuel, and, indeed, every other neces,
nary of life, to rise to an excessive price."
The departments of Vaucluse and the Lower .Alps
have for some time been infested by a band of malefactOrs)
under the command of a desperado named Charavani, %char
having been prosecuted and condemned for murder, succeeded,
in making his escape to the mountains of the district 01
Laberon, where he has long set justice at defiance. These
organized banditti levy contributions in kind throughout the
country, and are received without difficulty in the lonely
farms and residences, the peasantry being too much afraid of
their vengeance to denounce them. The gendarmerie, who
are divided into brigades of three men, and stationed
isolated points at intervals of three or four leagues, and some'
times more, between each station, have hitherto been totally
unable to act in thjs mountainous country, inaccessible to the'
horses, and where the banditti, who are perfectly acquainted
with the localities, conceal themselves behind rocks and trees,
and fire upon their pursuers with deadly aim and in per'
feet security.—Galignani.
During the late cold weather, the wolves have Made
their appearance in several parts of Normandy, and 1)111.60'
lady in the district of Bray, where they have attacked sheep'
folds in the day time, At Menerval and Gournay the inlny
bitants have been much troubled by them.
Upwards of 30 new savings banks have been esta'
blished in France during 1837.
On referring to the Official Return just made 11
Government, showing the number of Newspaper Stamps used,
for five months by all the Journals in Great Britain, we fill
that the WEEKLY DISPATCH has consumed no less than
1,247,000 stamps, being upwards of 56,000 for each publio;
tion. We subjoin the names of ten other popular Lona°
papers, by way of comparison with the DPIPATCH :
WEEKLY DISPATCH 1,247,000
Age
Atlas
Bell's New Messenger 96,500
Bell's Old Messenger . . 361,000
Examiner 94,950
John Bull
News 62,500
Observer
Sunday Times
Spectator

1,208,450

38,550 ii
Thus showing the DISPATCH to circulate 38,550 more than Id,
the above ten Journals put together.—The Weekly Disl'a"-
is published at 139, Fleet-street.
We may judge of the severity of the weather a
Dublin, from the fact, that one of the Courts of Law, 01,70
for the relief of insolvent debtors, was obliged to adjourn
sitting on Saturday to the Clerks' Chambers from the pulni
Court.
A very extraordinary incident occurred to tbe
Lord Exmouth coach, on its journey from Liverpool to 14e/f;
castle, on Wednesday night. The coach left Sedbery on trig
way to Kirby Stephen, about two o'clock on Thursday nwrri;
ii ; the driver soon after quitted his seat and went into
public-house at the road side ; shortly after the coach PT
ceeded without anything extraordinary being observed. ThAs,,
were, it appears, three passengers, two gentlemen and a is"'d
in,ide. After the coach had proceeded some distance, a/1„
while the horses were trotting along the road, one of the ge'";
tlemen jumped out. This roused the other passengers ; tb°'
were at a loss to account for so extraordinary a proceeding;
one moment they felt their pockets to be satisfied they had 10,
been robbed, another they believed the gentleman derange',"
or in liquor. The door was fastened and the coach proceedel"
sometimes at a tolerably smart pace, at others slow, the 1151;
sengers giving the driver great credit for the caution
ovinced in getting along a bad road. At length, after beilliff
somewhat longer on the stage than usual, they reached Kir"'
Stephen in safety. The gentleman who had remained inside'
determined to endeavour to ascertain the meaning of the Pen,
soil }Raving the coach so abruptly, told the waiter of the to
rl'
with that view, that he wished to speak with the coachman:
What was his astonishment when he was informed that thefv,
was no driver, and that the coach and horses had broubna
them ten miles without one. The gentleman who had jump,
out of the coach suspected all was not right, and on that
sin
count had leaped out while the coach was going forward;
ble
doing so he fell, and though he followed fur a consider34o
distance, he was not able to overtake it. He called at a 11,11-ct
on the wayside, and procured a horse, with which he proceeded,
to Kirby Stephen, where he arrived a few minutes after t"
coach.— Tyne Mercury.

EIGHT-DAY CLOGI( ;
to strike the Hours and Half-hours, Five Guineas each. They tits
in elegant cases, about 71 inches high, suitable either to stand ooy
bracket or mantel-piece, and are Warranted, at T. COY SAnn
VORY'S, Working Goldsmith, &c. &c., 47, Cornhill,
(Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street).
N.B.—A pamphlet containing drawings and a detailed list .1 the
prices of Silver Plate, Plated Goods, Watches, Clocks, &e., mat
had gratis, or will be for arded in answer to a post-paid applies

BIRTHS.
On the 31st October, at Sholupore, Bombay, the lady of G. -
Pitt, Esq., Civil Seryic,., of a son.
At the Willows, U r Tooting, en the 31st ult., the lady °

Upper
Colonel Strover, of a daughter.
On the 31st ult. Mrs. E. D. Puddicombe, of Hamilton-terror
St. John's-wood, of a son.
On the 2d November, at Cuiblapah, the lady of Major J. -`'"
28th N. 1., of a daughter.
On the 31st ult., at Knowle Hall, Somersetshire, the lady of
E. V. Vernon, of Cluntarf Castle, Ireland, of a son.
On the 15th of June last, at York, Swan River, Western M -
tralia, Mrs. Trimmer, of a daughter.

MARRIED.
On the 31st ult., at St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, Mr. G. 130 i
Sharpe, surgeon of Baldock, Herta, to Hannah, eldest daughter
the late W. Shores, Esq., of Holton-square.
On the Ist inst., at St. George the Martyr, James Francill°l::
of Glocester, and of Southampton-buildings, London, barrister-A%
law, to Lucy, eldest daughter of Thos. A. Gale, Esq., of Quer°
square, Bloomsbury.

DIED.
On the 21st ult., William, third and youngest son of the late °'
Aspinnall, Esq.
On the 31st ult., Anne, wife of C. Jones, Esq., of Gower-stre
Bedford-Square, aged 57.
On the 28th ult., aged 19, William, only son of Win. Y°l-114
Esq., of Portland-place, Clapton. of
On the let inst., in Farringdon-street, aged 60, Sarah, relict
Mr. Daniel Butler.
On Friday, the 2d inst., after a long and painful illness, Mr.
Ackland, a well-known newspaper reporter.
On the 30th ult., at Brighton, Lady Campbell, wife of Lien;
Colonel Charlewood, and daughter of the late celebrated .0
Hunter.
A 93,
On the 23(1 ult., at Alderbrook Hall, Cardiganshire, age,- or
John Lloyd Williams, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant and Magistrate
the counties of Cardigan and Carmarthen, F.R. S., Ere.
On the 31st ult., Ellen, (laughter of Mr. John Hooper, of F°%.
ley-road, Kennington, aged H months. , ot
On the 31st ult., at the Deanery, Wells, aged 15, Sophia, ei
surviving daughter of the Very Rev. the Dean of Wells.
On the 27th October, at Calcutta, Alexander Stirling, The
aged 37, nephew of Mr. Auld, Crane-court, and late surgeon "
Hon. East India Company's Maritime Service.
At Calcutta, on the 2:3d October, Helen Kezia, wife of J.
Crawford, Esq., sen., of the Bombay Civil Service. vcife
At Alderwasley, Derbyshire, on the 30th ult., Elizabeth,
F. Hurt, M.P. Der
On the 29th ult., at the residence of her son-in-law, Sir .49,
Nicolls, Ann, relict of T. S.. Badeock, Esq.

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