The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-22 00:00:00

A WEST-END MILLINER'S BILL.

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In the course of the proceedings in the bankruptcy of
Co!. Waugh, a proof was tendered by Mr. Linkiater on
behalf of Miss Jane Clarke, of 170, Regestt-street, for
1,8541., the balance of a millinery account. To render
this claim fully intelligible to the general reader, it must
be stated that in' July, 1850, the bankrupt carried Mrs.
Carew. That lady had a settlement of 6001 a year out
of the Beddington estate, and she has a daughter by her
first husband, who in the year 1855 married Sir C. R.
P;got. The millinery bill. of Miss Clarke aribea thus :
The account commences Feb., 1850, a few months only
before Mrs. Carew became Mrs. Waugh. From that
period to Dec., 1855, the amount of millinery furnished
to Mrs. Waugh was 1,2601 124 51d, and the payments
on account were 1001 in- Nov., 1851 ; 1501 in April,
1852 ; 1001 in April, 1853 ; 2501 in Aug., 1855 ; and
3001 in Jule, 1856 ; total, 900/, leaving a balance of
3601 123 51d as carried to the account of Mrs. Waugh.
From Dec., 1855, to •Feb., 1856, the amount supplied
to Mrs. Waugh was 1,4931 8s 01.1, which, with 3601
12.3 51J, the balance- of account, makes 1,8541 03 Gad,'
the amount of the proof now tendered. The first
account includes the following items : Spanish
cap cleaned, made, and trimmed with additional lace,
1/ 18.4 ; black silk cassawick, 717 s ; one pocket hand-
kerchief, 4145; one ditto, 115 s ; a pair of hair-bands,
1/ 5s ; deep black lace added to mantle, 51 ; enamelled
bracelet, 41 43 ; another ditto, 3/ 31; black glace mantle
7/ 17e 61 ; head-dress with pearls, 3/ 3s; point-lace bon-
net, with emerald flowers, 12112 s; white moire antique
dress, 12/ 12s ; Brussels lace veil, 151 154; ditto head-
dress, 71 178 6d ; gros de Naples dress, 9/19s 6d ; sprig.
god muslin slip, ill lls ; jaconet embroidered dress, 81
• 18s Gd ; nsarsilla waistcoat, 18s ; six real turquoise but-
tons, 3/ ; drab and blue chie6 dress, 8/ 18s 6d ; dress
and waistcoat, 717 s ; coloured muslin dress, 4145; white
-ditto, 31 33 ; moire antique dress, 111 6cl ; French lace
mantilla, 71 7s ; three lace chezeisettes, 51 33 ; black
and white chind silk dress, 81 81 ; Chantilly veil, 4/ 14;
6 i ; six richly embroidered lace collars, 151 ; pink cap,
31 34 ; ditto, 2/ 12s 6d ; pair of turquoise pins, 6/ Gs ;
plaited lace`chemisette, 11 11s 6d; lace flounces, 6/ Os;
ptach moire dress, 101 10s ; ten buttons, 51 ; lace cap
with pink riband, 1/ 153 ; pair of lace sleeves, 3/ 3•4;
pair Lisle ditto, 2/ 123 6d ; white lace mantilla, 61 16s
6d ; poplin dress, 61 163 61 •; three bouquets of white
Poppet and velvet, 2/ 28; three lilac ditto, 2/ 2e ;
two pair of corsets and laces, 4/ 103 6.1 ; drab bonnet
with green velvet, 3/ 34 ; jacket trimmed with
lace, 4/ 14; Gd ; Brussels lace headdress, with flowers,
51 5,• a green and white court dress, with blonde, pearls,
ribands, &c , 51 / 5s ; feathers, 3/ 134 61 ; barege dress,
with silk fringe, &c., 91 194 61; psarl buttons, 243;
striped silk dress, with fridge, &c., 9/ 193 51; blac.e glace
jacket, with ribande, 51 154 6d; a collar, 3/ 133 6d ;
barege dress, 81 184 ; sick dress, 121 12a; lace head-
dress, with roses and sweet peas, 1/ 93 Gil ; vandyko col-
lar, 115; ; French cambrick dress, 8/ 183 6d ; embroi-
dered handerchief, 5155; embroidered India, erase, 8/.
18e 641 ; drab cambric do., 71 73 ; lace chemisette, 3/. ;
another white dress, 81 84 ; another moire antique do.,
121 123; black lace sotnethinra with mosaic fastenings,
51 84 ; mantle to suit do., 11/ lls ; embroidered sleeves,
21 12s 6d ; embroidered relies, 3/ 33; another poplin
dress, 101 103 ; Maltese lace, 3/ 193 ; another poplin
dress, 101 10a a rich black velvet dress, with Maltese
lace and fringe, 28/4s; brown muslin dress, with flounces
and fringe, 17/ 17s ; velvet dress, trimmed with real
black lace and ribands, 9/ 81 61. ; pair of Mechlin lace
sleeves, 8/ 83; lappet, with roses and pendents, 3/ 34;
Cada mere cloak, with velvet, 71 7s;lace, roses, and velvet
4/ 183; lace lappet, with pomegranates and bouquets, 4/
41; point lace parasol, 101 104; point lace cap, with silver
and peach, 51 153 61; a hoop; 1/; another moire antique
dress, 13/133; blue do., 11/ lls ; 24 shell bettens, 31 ;
making brown barege dress with flounces, glace slip,
riband, tilde, and fringe, 61 ; lace Spanish mantilla, 121
123; pink and violet wreath, 1/ 84; black lace bonne*,
with poppies, 3/ 33 ; blue 1-see ditto, with violets, 3/ 103;
another dress, 13/ 134; another ditto, with pearls,
bugles and tulle, 16116; ; blonde head-dress, with roses,
2/ 183; lace lappet, with ribands and pearls, 21 12s ;
blonde head-dress, with gold and white roses, 4/ ;
another, Nt ith other roses, 2/ 183; drab and peach muslin
lappet, slip, riband, and petticoat, 121 194 91 ; muslin
dress, with lace, &c, 141 Os 9d; another dress, 161 163;
point lace cap, 3/ 13a ; black glace jacket, jet but-
tons, and lace, Si 15; 61 ; black velvet ditto, 101 103
a bearskin cloth, 71 7s ; bonnet, with blue violets, 31
another velvet jacket, 61 6; ; another violet bonnet, 4/
Si 43 ; another moire antique dress, with extra moire
velvet and ribbon trimmings, 111 183. The account
from Jan. 1856, to Feb. 1857, consists principally of a
trousseau for Miss Carew on the occasion of her mar-
line with Sir Charles Pigot. It includes a white glace
ball dress, with blonde, silver, and blue, 181; wreath of
blue azalea and silver, 2/ 2s ; flowers and strings to bon-
net, 1/ 14 ; bonnet, with white and pansies, 8/ 16s
6d ; wreath, trimmings, and rose, 61
.63 ; white glace
court -dress, pearls, blonde, and green glace train,
251 13s 3d ; court head-dress, with gold wreath
and feathers, 51 15s 61 ; dressing four dolls,
121 123; another court dress, with gold and white
lice train, and brocaded gold, 551103; additional flounces,
gold, and roses, 21 3.3; point lace cap, lilac and pearls,
ill 114 ; making train into a dress, with pearls, &c.,
11/ lls ; making second train into •ditto, 11/ Os; pair
of lappets, Si 83 ; point lace, 101 103 ; green brocaded
moire antique dress, with pink ribands and tassels, 191
19a ; glace mantle, with real lace, 121 124 ; a point lace
parasol, 181 184 ; a Venice point flounce, 841; a rose
point bonnet, 141 14s ; point lace trimmings for velvet
dress. 361 153 ; nine yards Wussel, lace and flouncings,
281 14; ; ditto, 311 10; ; bl,cl( lace ditto, 311. 103 ; do.,
311 103 ' • Brussels lace bonnet, 6/ 16,3 61 ; another moire
antique dress, 121 12s ; another ditto, 161 16s ; another
ditto, 15? 15s ; pink glace dress, tulle with pearl fringe,
&a., 171 173 ; another moire antique dress, 141 141;
another ditto, with pearl drys, 201; wreath of lilies,
2/ 24; ditto of pink flowers, 1/ 10.3; morning dress,
flounces, &c., 14/ 143 ; green glace dress, with velvet
fringe, 191; another dress; with pearls, Ste., 121 123 ;
another with beads, &c., 16/ ; another with green velvet
and pearl buttons, 271; white embroidered dress, 141
144 ; crystallised glace dress with orange blossoms and
pearl, 211 e violet glace dress with tassels, 161 163 ;
white muslin dress with lace, Sze , 221; silver
dress with Maltese lace, 131 13s ; head-dress—
scarlet, velvei, and ivy, 2/ 18s ; ditto, with
vise leaves, Sec., 2/ 123; black velvet cloak, 11/ ; blue
velvet jacket with lace, 12t 12i ; pink jacket with gold
embroidery, 11/ ; chemisette and sleeves of Indian mus
lin, 41 124 6d ; another morning dress, 9/ 19; 6d ; braid
and sash, 61 103 ; evening dress, 20/ ; under the head of
" bridesmaid " are the following entries :—Black velvet,
sable trimmings, 731 103 ; manse, 161 164 ; white glace
evening dress, tulle, stiff net embroidered and
swansdown, 11/ 118; Brussels lane sleeves, 41 43; ditto
with white satin, 41 41; 3a Venice point trimmings,
lace, Sec., 131123 6d ; covering parasol handle with lace
and silk, 121 124 ; white glace ditto, with French lace,
10/ 103—total, 203/ for.bridesmaid. There are further
items:—White blonde mantilla, 151 154 ; white tiny
bonnet with sapphire and lace veil, 51 153 61; wreath of
orange flowers, 3/ 31 ; wreath of roses, 2/ 2s ; lins y
wolsey cloak, 51; black hat, 3/ ; another tiny bonnet,
with gold and flowers, 0/ 124 6 1 ; 35 ladies' favolirss
71 173 Gd ; 35 gentlemen's ditto, 71 173 61 ; three chil-
dren's favour:;, 12s ; bridesmaids' ditto, 2/ 103 ;20 white
ribbons and flowers, 2/ • two pairs of white kid gloves
with orange blossom, As ; blue bonnet with Maltese
lace, flowers and pearls, 3/ 3s ; point lace crown, mar-
casite stars, and green rosettes, 51 51 ; spring hoop,
2124 ; trimming cap with Eugenie blue, 1/ 5; ; making
velvet dress, silk linings, tassels and lace, 101 153 ; black
dress with crape, Sec., 171 Ys ; ditto, 11/ 15s 6d ; ditto,
141 Os 6d ; ditto, 23113 6d. •
Among the proofs allowed is one of 1:5071 for jewel.
lery. There is also a claim against the estate of 45
guineas for only one month's boxes (July, 1856) at her
Majesty's, and the Haymarket, Adelphi, and Olympic
Theatres. Some of the items in the 1,5071. bill for jewel-
lery are as remarkable as those contained in the bill for
millinery.