The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-31 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOILAAUGLTST.

(Fiona the "London and Path Ladies' Magazine qf
Fashion.'')
Foulards, poils decheare, boreges, broehes or plain, and
silks of every colour, shot, plain perlees, glacees satinees, are
all in favour, but during the warm weather they are replaced
by batistes de lain with flowers, tissees, termed batistes
spoulinees, and thread batistes. There is little new in the
make of dresses this month ; the struggle to introduce long
tight sleeves still continues ; short sleeves are much worn in
Paris, with long gloves, matching in colour with the scarf,
ceinture, &c. ; the sleeves a passe coude are also seen ; other
sleeves are made with coulisses, forming bouillons, but of
moderate size. Corsages are also made with coulisses, some
only half down the body, others entirely over it. Fichus
are in great variety, made of light materials to wear over
dresses with short sleeves and low bodies. One of the newest
forms is in a point with small collar and long scarf, ends
trimmed all round with a narrow Valenciennes lace, the ends
cross in front and tie behind; the present form of the
corsage requires the addition of the chemisettes, which are
very richly embroidered, and trimmed with fine lace ; narrow
frills are also worn on the tops of dresses.

Scarfs are very fashionable ; very elegant ones are made of
white organdy, having a riviere a jour all round, with a nar-
row embroidery of gold and white thread, with a knotted
fringe of white and gold on the ends.
Leghorn bonnets are much worn at this moment, but paille
de Hz and crape are also fashionable. Straw bonnets for
travelling or country wear, have the fronts edged with broad
band of velvet, and the crown is encircled with a torsade of
the same material ; plaid ribbons may also be used in the
same style, and sometimes a bunch of fancy feathers match-
ing the velvet or ribbon, falls to the edge of the bonnet ; the
form of bonnets does not vary. Small fichus either of lace
or tulle, trimmed with two or three rows of fluted lace, are
worn en fauchon on the head ; long coques. of narrow gauze
ribbon are placed in clusters, and fix the fichu on each side
the cheeks ; a small ribbon bride ties under the chin.

MR. ANDREW BROWN'S ROBBERY.—By the unwearied
exertions of the commissioner of police, the whole of Mr.
Brown's money, nearly £l5OO, has been recovered. The
amount missing at the time of the trial, viz., £154, was on
Tuesday recovered by Mr. Dowling, and immediately restor-
ed to the owner. The circumstances attending the discovery
of the perpetrator of this robbery reflect infinite credit upon
the police.

THEATRE ROYAL.-Mr. Anderson and Mr. G. Vanden-
.hoff are the attractions of the present week. The former is
a most judicious performer, and nightly elicits enthusiastic
bursts of applause. Mr. Vandenhoff may rise into a great
actor, but he has many difficulties to overcome, some of
which are physical; and others arise from inexperience. They
have drawn tolerably full houses. The performances an-
nounced for this evening are, " A Legend of Florence" and
" The Yeoman's Daughter."

THE ALPACA AND ITS WOOL.—The alpaca, though of the
llama tribe, is a different animal. It has a very long wool,
finer than silk, whilst that of the llama is short and coarse.
Already has its wool become a considerable article of com-
merce. Mr. Atkins, of the Zoological Gardens, has offered
some handsome premiums to the captains of vessels trading
to the western coast of South America, to bring over these
animals, as there is no doubt they will flourish in many parts
of this country. Samples of their wool, some of it in a ma-
nufactured state, may be seen at the Mechanics' Institution
Exhibition, and we understand that four of the animals will
be there, for public inspection, this-day and to-morroW, and
we recommend captains of vessels not to lose the opportu-
nity of seeing them.

PAY IN ADVANCE.—" William," said a mother to her
little son, "If you go out in the street I'll whip you." The
boy with a knowing look replied, " But, mother, if 3 let you
whip me now, may I go out afterwards ?"
Mr. Burden has made at his works a rod 180 feet in length,
for one of the tiller rods of the new steamer Troy. The
operation of drawing out these rods is beautiful, indeed,
especially when they are so many yards in length and of red
hot metal. —7'roy Mail.

MOSS ON LAWNS.—Soot completely kills every particle
of moss, and at the same time supplies its place with beauti-
ful herbage of the most luxurious growth. Any stranger
passing over the lawn would observe (as far as the eve would
allow), at first sight, the spot where it has been applied; the
colour being so dark, the quality so much better, and eaten
so much shorter than the other part of the lawn. The only
trouble is, that it must be sown with the hand out of a hop-
per, in the months of February or March, at the rate of 45
to 50 bushels per acre, at 6d. per bushel, which will be the
whole of the expense.

Mg. GRATTAN'S NOSE.—On the subject of personal ad-
vantage, one is strongly reminded of the admirable and good-
humoured bon-mot of Mr. Grattan, the author of " High-
ways and Byways," who, during a residence by the sea-side
(I believe at Boulogne), had rendered himself so very agree-
able to his landlady and her family, that when he was about
to leave, she expressed great regret, observing, she had at
first taken a dislike to him ; but such had been the urbanity
of his manners, she had even " got over" his nose