The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—SATunnAy.

After Lord Mortm..mt had -moved the adjournment of the
hou.se till Wednesday next, _ _ _ _

Sir G. SINCLAIR complained of the "slovenly manner" in
which the public businesS had been performed, and said that,
after the recess, he should call attention to the subject.
Mr. KELLY deferred his motion, for leave to bring in a bill
to abolish capital punishments in all cases but murder and
high treason, until Tuesday, the 23d instant.
Mr. EWART postponed till the same day his motion for a
resolution declaratory of the expediency of reducing the
duties on sugar and coffee.
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL for Ireland brought in the Qua-
lification of Voters (Ireland) Bill. It was read the first time,
and ordered to be printed.
The report of the committee of ways and means was pre-
sented, containing the resolution regarding the timber duties.
It was read, agreed to, and a bill ordered accordingly.
The house then adjourned till Wednesday.

THE MURDER OF LORD WILLIAM RUSSELL.

(From the Morning Herald of yesterday.)
On Saturday the following printed handbill was left at the
shops of most of the silversmiths and pawnbrokers in and
round the metropolis :
" FIFTY POUNDS REWARD.

"TO PAWNBROKERS, SILVERSMITHS, AND OTHERS.

" Missing, from the house of the late Lord William Rus-
sell, No. 14, Norfolk-street, Park-lane, supposed to have
been disposed of between the 24th of April and the sth of
May last, the following articles :—Four silver tablespoons,
old fashioned, with slight narrow stems, two of them are a
little thicker than the others ; four silver dessert-spoons,
plain stems, with double thread down the handles, front and
back ; four silver dinner-forks, plain stems ; two silver tea-
spoons, plain stems, with double thread down the handles,
front and back. The whole marked. with a crest, a goat
walking. Whoever will give such information as will lead
the discovery and production of the above articles, or any
portion of them, shall receive the above reware on applica-
tion to Messrs. Wing and Twining, Solicitors, No. 1, Gray's
Inn-square, Holborn."
The valet Francois Benjamin Courvoisier, we understand,
maintains, since his incarceration in Newgate, the most per-
fect composure and self-possession. He enjoys good health,
and whenever spoken to on the subject of the murder of the
late Lord William Russell, is most earnest in his declaration
of innocence. He has one of the turnkeys in the apartment
in which he is confined, with him day and night, and al-
though a most strict watch has been kept over him, no ap-
pearance of disturbed dreams have been discovered, his sleep
being perfectly calm and sound. He has been visited since
his committal to Newgate by the Swiss clergyman, on whose
ministry since his residence in this country he has been in
the habit of attending ; and Mr. Flower, his solicitor, has
been permitted to see him.
The next sessions of the Central Criminal Court commence
on Monday, the 15th inst.
Sarah Mancel and Mary Houston, the housemaid and
cook, are still staying at the house in Norfolk-street, as are
also Inspector Tedman of the D division, and Serjeant Pul-
lin of the C division, who will remain in charge of the pre-
mises until after the termination of the trial. The former
accompanies the two females whenever they go out on busi-
ness or for health.

FASHIONS FOR JUNE.

(From the " London and
.11a,...c Ladles' Mayazine of

Pa. hion.'')

The newest materials at this moment for dresses are the ;
mousseline prairie, organdy's in small patterns, gaze barite,
and batiste barZge ecussaise. Lilac is a colnur much in fa-
vour, and predominates both in dresses, bonnets and scarfs.
Tight • sleeves may be considered among the changes this
season, though they encounter some opposition, and are
only suitable to thick materials; they are sometimes itl'Aina-
dis, with two seams, or cut }dais with a single seam, taking
the form of the arm, having some plaits at the arm-hole;
others are quite plain with jockeys. Corsages will continue
fitted to the shape, with three coutures, a row of buttons
placed en V on two of the seams, the skirts open en redingote
buttoning down the front, or ornamented with gimp trim-
mings in Grecian or Arabic patterns, mends, tassels, &c.,
these are for dresses of stout materials. For poils de chevre,
fancy checks, &c., the trimmings will be generally of baias,
occasionally with flounces, but always in threes, fives, or
sevens. Peignoirs for ti6glig6 are trimmed with two or three
frills. Nankeen dresses are making in Paris embroidered i
la Polonaise with silk or braid. Spencers and cannezous are
very fashionable. Lace and embroidery will be very gene-
rally used. Scarfs, shawls, burnous of clear muslin are
lined with lilac,pink, or paint! silk, and trimmed with lace.
Theu'ostine
Small intuit
leeglaonutrsl:owuirtnhoftrisiogaeretooti'omapeilthe cachemire, em-
broidered
es 4 Louis XV. are made of black lace lined in
every shade of colosuera,ifb,ut particularly violet, trimmed with
da a
Iflatilag
re, bouillon.tleblue, nfrtllthey
and trimmed with fringe of whitea re
alsofi letare
fashionable 1! sou, worn, lined
foulard
I.deer.marron of taffetas in all colours,
wirrihearpelaiisd
gorreacthit bieoyty
observable in bonnets ; we have
pailles de riz, leghorns andoust.itil,tslchso,bt7aci.:lies of crape, intermixed
crape lisle, bouillionn6es,
much used, apple-green ornamented vewil's:l
owaipt with t
ebsa bands of
shaded straw,cra
pcea,p.
lilacs,Crape apricot
sprvieeroyt
a c andred green
isilks
are
o r
nrse'ts are of a more Open form
etlai
colour with violets, pearl gray with bleurit 1(
ad-
missible in every form and style. ',Lune lilac lace is. f
flowers without leuillage
etrredeiazcetoblikol•ely of lace, lined with lilac or pink gauze,
; SO„'„, b(o'thers,
i .
aat the favourite
:fili
olitzi:ii‘eoi.
have
u)dorlesvi
and ornamented with wild flowers; capotes 4 coil)u:leisasteesa
ineof
1! crapepaiis aorfe
(,lveryclear
organdynumerous,
cant:
Id) r sonico ir
ebdo bonnets
in
tesoti
coloured
worsted, in small wreaths, taking the form cl the front, the
ribbons to match, or nceuds of organdy similarly embroidered.
Dark ribbons are fashionable for straw bonnets; many have
plaid
preferred.ribbon,yelve
those
Coral continues very fashionable in Paris, in cameos,
beads, or seed.
•

It is said that in a single pawnbroker's shop in the town of
Bradford, there are no less than one hundred thousand
pledges. The labouring portion of the population have al-
most all been obliged to have recourse to the pawnbrokers'
assistance.