The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-10 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1852

COURT AND FASHION.

On Friday last, her Majesty had an ;evening party at
Windsor Castle, the guests having been invited to be pre-
sent at a dramatic representation of Shakspeare's his-
torical play of King John. Mr. Charles Kean was the
stage director, end he was assisted in his duties by Mr.
George Ellis. This was the fifth dramatic representation
given at the castle, and took place in the Rubens' room.
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, who is
still in Germany, will shortly return to this country, when
the Royal Duchess will form her domestic establishment
et Kew and at St. James's. _ _ .

It is said that the Marquis of Lansdowne is to be created
a duke, with the title of Duke of Kerry, his Lordship
having large estates in that district of Ireland.
Viscountess Palmerston held her first assembly for the
season, on Saturday evening, in Carlton-gardens. It was
numerously attended by the foreign corps diplomatique
and th,. haut ton in town. _

OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—Lord Cowley, K.C.8.,
now her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to the Germanic Confederation, to he
her Majesty's Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipo-
tentiary to the French Republic. The Right Hon. Fox
Maule to be her Majesty's Commissioner for the Affairs
of India. The Right Hon. Robert Vernon Smith to be
her Majesty's Secretary at War.—London Gazette.
THE PROTECTIONIST PARTY.—On Tuesday a meeting
of the members of the country party, who are members of
the House of Commons, took place at the mansion of the
Earl of Derby, St. James's-square. The noble lord ex-
plained, at considerable length, his opinions upon the
leading questions which must immediately be discussed
in Parliament. The speech of the noble earl was, in sub-
stance, as nearly as possible the same as that delivered by
him in the House of Lords on Tuesday night. His address
was frequently and loudly applanded.—Morning Herald.
LORD DERBY'S PARLIAMENTARY DINNERS.—On
Saturday evening the Earl of Derby entertained some of
the members of the House of Commons belonging to the
country party at a banquet at his lordship's mansion, St.
James's-square. The guests were—the Marquis of Chan-
dos, Lord Henry Lennox, Lord George Manners, Lord
o.sulston, Lord Brooke. Viscount Nawport, Lord Claud
Hamilton, Viscount Galway, Hon. W. Bagot, Hon.
Arthur Dunconabe, Hon. Captain Harris, Sir Henry Hal-
ford, Sir Robert Pigot, Sir William Jolliffe, Sir 'Henry
Meux. Mr. Lowther, Mr. Halsey, Captain Vyse, Captain
Rnshout, Captain Arehdall, Mr. Bateson, Mr. Sturt, Mr.
Baillie, Mr. Deedes, Mr. J. B Hildyard, Mr. Leslie, Mr.
Renton, and Mr. Whiteside. The noble earl will give his
next Parliamentary dinner on Saturday next, the 14th.

The electors of Barnstaple will retain the services of
their excellent Protectionist member, Mr. Bremridge, in
the next Parliament, and arrangements are made to secure
him the assistance of a colleague worthy of him, and there
is no doubt of their success; indeed as much is admitted
in the retiring address of Lord Ebrington at Plymouth.—
Morning paper.
A new candidate, Mr. D. NV. Jobson, is announced for
Greenwich. He comes forward because the electors have
at present only to choose between a lawyer, who wishes on
their shoulders to raise himself to the bench, and an offi-
cer, who will sacrifice them for the first command he may
be offered.—Morning Post. .

-The Shropshire Guardian announces a matrimonial
alliance between the Right Hon. Lord Hatherton, of Ted-
desley-park, Staffordshire, and the " accomplished and
amiable relict" of the late E. D. Davenport, Esq., of
Capesthorne-park, in that county.
M. Thiers was last week on a visit for a few days at
Lord Ashburtan's seat, the Grange, Hants. On his re-
turn towards town, he went over Winchester Cathedral.

FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY
(From Le FolleLl _ _ _

Ball dresses have made their debut, and their variety in style
and material renders it somewhat difficult to make a selection.
The robes, with the beautiful ribbons floating from the waist,
looping up the top-skirts at intervals, so as to show the under-
skirt, trimmed with &mill/miles of tulle; thi' make of dress is
much admired, and likely to be much adopted. We have seen
one of these robes trimmed with white satin ribbon, with nar-
row stripes of gold thread at the edges; each band of ribbon
was terminated by a bow and ends, edged with white and gold
fringe, forming a wreath of floating ends over the boitillonnes
of the under-skirt. The same description of bow raises the
small bouillonnes sleeves. The front of the body is ornamented
with an echelle of flowers, formed with diamonds and artificial
fuchsias. The coiffure is a wreath of fuchsias. mixed with

falling on each side'over the bandeaux.
Another of these toilettes is of white tulle, raised by pale-
green ribbon, worked in bunches of white coloured flowers ;
the upper skirt is long enough to form a full drapery between
each row of ribbon. The coiffure is a wreath of small varie-
gated poppies and small green and white heath, formed of

tte of white tulle had the upper skirt trimmed

the sleep
flowers ;

looped with a smaller wreath of time same
mil/mines of the under-skirt is sprinkled with
;. The appearance of this robe was perfectly
1 sylph-like.

ted pink