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London, England, 1826-06-01 00:00:00

LONDON FEhIALE FASHIONS FOR JUNE.

Dungen %ass—Dress of Pomona green gros de Naples; the
corsage made moderately high, and slightly full in back and front,
and ornamented with folds of shaded grenadine, which diverge from
a cameo in the centre of the crepe lisle tucker, pass across the bust,
and meet in a bow behind. The sleeves are ►hort, and rather full,
with sleeves en gigot in white crepe lisle over them, which are ccn-
fined at the wrist with tartan bead bracelets, fastened by a cameo
The skirt has two rows of fluted lozenges in shaded grenadine ; the
longitudinal points connected by a broad flat hind of gold coloured
grenadine: beneath is a broad wadded hem nr r•uleau. The head-
dress is very large, and compose,: of shaded barege or grenadine,
with a profusion of white ostrich feathers on the left side. The hair
parted in front, and arranged in large curls. Gold ear-rings a la,
Flatuatnie; gold chain and necklace. Circular reticule of ponceau
veliet, edged with gold, and trimmed with British lace ; strings of
ponceau and white satin. Short white gloves; white satin shoes;
painted gauze fan.—Front Ackerinomes Reposilory of Arts.
BALL Dates.—White tulle dress worn over a " Haiti blue"
satin slip; the corsage high across the bust, very full, and set in a
hand ; the sleeve short and full, with a wreath of China roses down
the centre, from the shoulder to the band round the arm. Th.
' skirt is decorated with cornucopias of blue and white satin, and a
, wreath of flowers, emanating from the top of each, falls grarefully,
and unites with the point of the nest cornucopia; a full puffing of
tulle, over a rouleau of blue satin, terminates theedge of the dress.
Ceinture of Haiti blue, the ends long, the one of white, the ether (4
bine satin riband, entwined, and brought across to the opposite
side, just above the border, and fastened with a bow and end of
each. Head-dress of blue gauze lisle; a bow on the right ►ide,
confined by a broad plait of hair, which passes behind a small chaplet
of roses, placed rather forward on the head ; the hair in large curls.
Pagoda ear-rings of highly-wrought gold; necklace and bracelets
of the sane; the latter outside the gloves, which are long and of
white kid. Grenadine *cad, white satin shoes.-114d.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

PIGEON SHOOTING.

A grand match, far 2.00 sovereigns, at 50 birds each, 30 yards
from the trap, was shot yesterday, at he Battersea enclosure, near
the Red House, between Mews. Osbaldeston and Ross (betting,
at starting, 5 to 4 on the litter), without any restriction as to the
mode of shooting. The parties killed 12 each in the first 25 birds;
in the second Mr. Ross killed 6, and Mr. Osbaldeston 10—the
latter winning by four birds.
BOXING.

A severebattle was fought on Monday last, on Old Oak Corn-
mon, for £lO a-side, between an Englishman named Clegge, who
was seconded by Dick Curtis and Young Dutch Sam ; and an Irish-
man named Shute, who had for his seconds Donovan and Tem
Reedy. It lasted one Lour, and the Irishman, after being dread-
fully punished about the head, was defeated.
The Tennis Court was well attended yesterday, for the benefit
of Whiteheaded Bob; and the preliminaries f',r a match with
Cannon, to be made this evening, were entered into. Jena Burn
made an excellent set-to with Crawley, Sampson with Jena Ward,
and Cannon with Bob.

The Duke of ATHOL has purchased an elegant house
in St. Jamees-square, the late residence of the Duke of PORTLAND.
Miss STEPHENS took her benefit, Tuesday, at Drury-
lane Theatre, and we were gratified to find that it was numerously
and fashionably attended. She was in excellent voice, and the en-
tertainments went off with great eclat.
Salt has been found to be an effectual eradicator of
the farmer's foe—the common thistle.
An attempt was last week made to assassinate Mr.
Runn, jun. one of the proprietors of a lace manufactory
in the Isle of Wight, by shooting at him through the
windows of his bed-room.
The City of Moscow possesses, in its turn, a phenome-
non in *sic. The Editor of the Telegraph notices a
boy of six years old, named VASSILT LATISHEPF, who
executes on the violin the Concertos of Rode and of
Maurer, with a perfection and force truly surprising.
The annual fair of Pokoff, in Russia, has attracted
merchants and speculators from the most distant and
opposite Governments of the Empire, as also from
Leipsic and Constantinople. Goods to the amount of
525,370 roubles had been brought there, but the sales
were by 16,295 less than last year.
CURIOUiTENCRIL—Two farms, lying in the town-
ship of Swinton, in Yorkshire, belonging to Earl Fire-
WILLIAM, every year change their parish ; for one year,
from Easter-day, at twelve at noon, till next Easter-
day, at the same hour, they lie in the parish of Met-
brough ; and then till Easter-day following at noon,
they are in the parish of Wath-upon-Dearn, and so on.
A ROWLAND FOR AN Oravea.—The following ludi-
crous occurrence took place a few days since in a
fashionable watering place not quite two hunched miles
from Cheltenham . It is known to the generality of
worldly people that there are such useful appendages to
the process of the civil law as Sheriffs Officers, vulgarly
called Bailiffs. Two of these professors resided in the
town to which we allude, and very naturally regarded
each other with some little feeling, in which jealousy
was not the least powerful. By some accident, one,
whom we shall name A. was called upon to visit the
other, B. in his official capacity, and having made good
his caption, he said after some time, " Come along,
Mr. B. it's time for you to come along with me. I can't
stay any longer for you, so come !" The prisoner, who
had borne this exercise of " brief authority" with all the
sang froid imaginable, coolly replied, 66 Well, I think it
is time, my boy, but it would he just as well for you to
wait a little longer." " Oh, no," said A. " 1 have
waited long enough already." " Then," retorted the
other, "t we 11 stay very comfortably together, for I have
got a writ very much at your service," and so saying,
he produced the legal document, and took the captor
captive, to his no small mortification and surprise, but to
the amusement of those who witnessed the novel scene.
THE FORCE OF MORAL FEELING.—Robert A. the
foreman to a respectable nurseryman at some distance
from town, who had lived with his employers ten years,
and borne a good character, on Saturday se'nnight ap-
plying for his wages, claimed pay for a man up to that
day, although he had discharged him some days before.
His master said, looking him steadily in the face—
" Robert, do you want to cheat me by asking wages
for a man that you yourself discharged eight days ago ?"
He had no sooner said this,than the miserable conscience-
stricken man's blood forsook his face, as if he had been
stabbed to the heart. When his master saw him so
much affected, he told him that he should not discharge
him ; that he might still labour as he had done, but
that, after such a manifesily dishonest attempt, his
character, and the confidence in it, were gone for ever.
On Monday Robert made his appearance, but was ut-
terly an altered man. The agitation of his mind had re-
duced his body to the feebleness of an infant's. He took
his spade and tried to use it, but in vain, and it was
with difficulty that he reached his home. He went to
bed immediately, medical aid was procured, but to nn
purpose, and the poor fellow sunk under the sense of
his degradation, and expired on Wednesday forenoon !
His neighbours, who attended him say, that a short tithe
before he died, he declared, that the agony consequent
on the loss of his character as an honest man, which ht.
had for so many years maintained, was the sole came
of his death.
INSCRIPTION ON A SIGN-BOARD AT CROWLIC, IN
LINCOLNSHIRE
14 Bibles, Blackballs, aid Butter,
Testaments, Tar, and Treacle,
Godly thinks, and Gimblets,
Sold here."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

GUILDHALL.

Abrahams Japes was charged with being an habitual gambler. and
corrupting the youth of the neighbourhood in which he resides.—
The charge was maintained by three respevalsie housekeepers in
blonkwell street, who stated he had for tke last nixie months heel
in the daily practice of collecting a crowd of buys about trim to toss
and gamble for halfpence.
The Alderman convicted him in the penalty of 204. for causing
an obstruction on the footway, and in default of payment committed
him to the treadmill for one month.