The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-08-04 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

Toffetas glace is the most fashionable material at this
season, and checks of every dimension, as also stripes,
either wide or narrow, are both in favour. Barege is also
much worn, of dark colours with white designs, with un-
der skirt of gros pe Naples to match the colour, and the
barege skirt nearly covered with flounces, either three
deep ones or five placed there own width apart, or one
very deep and two narrow above; taffetas de fil, foulards,
and taffetas Chine are all favourite materials. Evening
dresses of white taffetas d' Italic are made with flounces
of crape edged by a narrow open gimp. Very pretty red-
ingotes, suitable for the warm weather, are of muslin,
over lilac, pink, paille' or green, trimmed with new tulle
called tulle Payan; the corsages full, and ceiuture of sar-
cenet iibbon of the colour of the lining. Lace and crape
dresses have three very deep flounces of black lace of grad-
_ _

_ Morning
dresses of coutil de soie or de fil, are with high bodies. full
at the shoulders and waist, plain skirts, & Amadis sleeves
the scarf is the same material. Many dresses are of nan-
kin, or coutil Anglais, of the redingote form, the corsage
I descent
pious bleed-

ing very low & hollowed out at the hips, on which
are several rows of coloured velvet continued round the
back of the skirt. Dresses continue to be richly trimmed
with gimps, Marquise buttons. fringes of every description
devants de robes of point d' Espagne, fancy nceuds, &c.
Scarfs of either silk or ctchernire are equally fashionable
with visites. mantelets, and shawls; the latter are mostly
white, almost covered with embroidery in silk in large flow-
ers, the visites increase rather in width, in opposition to
the mantelets, the pelerines of which are very small,
though the width of the frill makes up for it. Little sur-
cots, a kind of visite, are made of pink laffetas, having
merely openings for the sleeves, trimmed with a plisse, of
ribbon. Bonnets of tulle bouillonne. with nrnsmes_ nnilip

the first Roman Catholic who filled
Secretary tor Ireland.

—Lau

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de riz, lace, Leghorns, and fancy straws are those most
in favour at this moment for travelling and country wear;
trimmed with dark green, dark blue, or ruby
d bouquets of field flowers.—L ondon and Paris
Ladies' Magazine of Fashion.

Itraws are

LAW INTELLIGENCE,

DERBY SUMMER ASSIZES,

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.
TOPLIS V. ALLEN.-(SPECIAL JURY.)
Mr. Whitehurst opened the case. The plaintiff in this
action was the daughter of a widow lady, whose husband
was formerly a wine-merchant, residing at Nottingham.
_ _ _ _
t Belper. He

,nt was a surgeon

was a man of education, and possessed considerable ta-
lent, as his letters would show. He was apprenticed to
Mr. Boden, surgeon, of Smalley, who was the medical
attendant of the plaintiff's uncle, at Heanor ; and it was
during the defendant's visits to plaintiff's uncle that an
acquaintance commenced between the parties and an at-
tachment was formed. He was very much enamoured of
her, and she reciprocated his affection. Subsequently
the plaintiff paid a visit to some friends at Nottingham,
whither V- t - L-- '

detenaant conveye_ ner, in company with her
mother and sister. It was whilst she remained at Not-
tingham that the correspondence he (the learned counsel)
'pout to put in, commenced ; on her returning ham(
•-•,t m9' a formal offer of marriw—

.ge; he was
accepted by the plaintiff; and the arrangement met with
the approval of
.relatives and friends. The time arrived
when the defendant was out of his time, and it wa-
mined that he should proceed to Edinburgh}, to pursue hi
studies. A correspondence, couched in most arde

time, Mr

s deter-

u ai EAnnuurgn ; anti at tne expiratiot _
Allen returned to Heanor, where his friends

excuses kwnicu turnea out co on pretences) were made by
him to excuse this conduct; and at length he became mar-
ried to a lady of considerable fortune. He (the Learned
Counsel) would show that at the time he was deluding
this affectionate young lady, he was offering his hand to
two other ladies at Belper. When he commenced paying
his addresses to a third lady (to whom he is now married)
he began to represent his business prospects as exceed.
ingly gloomy, and a correspondence took place on this
subject, highly creditable to the heart and head of the
young lady as far as her part of it was concerned; but

quite the contrary as regards the defendant. He talked
of going abroad, and did everything in his power to pre-
vail on the plaintiff and her mother to relieve him from
his engagement. Miss Toplis remonstrated with him,
advised him to hope for brighter days, and said that she
malt their arrival, or if needs be to become

was willing

united to him at once, anc she would do her part to make
a small income quite sufficient for all moderate require-
ments. . _ _ _ _

The correspondence between plaintiff and defendant
It is very voluminous, and extends over a

period of six years.. The letters of the defendant are
couched in terms of ardent affection, and the young lady's
replies are certainly—as both Judge and Counsel admitt-
ed—creditable to her good sense and refined feeling.
The Learned Counsel read copious extracts from these
documents.
The Learned Judge, in addressing the Jury, said, as the
verdict had been conceded, the only question was as to
the amount of damages.
The Jury consulted for a few minutes and then returned
a verdict for the plaintiff; damages, £2OO.

resided, and became a constant visitor at the house of
Mr. Toplis. Subsequently be went to London to walk
the hospitals, and his correspondence with the plaintiff
during his stay in town showed only increased affection.
After walking the hospitals he returned home to establish
himself as a practitioner, and purchased the business of a
gentleman at Belper, before taking which, he consulted
the feelings and the wishes of the plaintiff. It would be
... .
seen from his letters, that he succeeded at Belper beyond LONDON AND GREENWICH RAILWAY.—The half-
his most sanguine hopes. After this time his letters be- yearly meeting of the Company was held on Tuesday last,
came less frequent; his affections cooled; his visits were at their offices in Colman-street, for the purpose of de-
made at long intervals; and, on being gently remonstrated Glaring a dividend on the unprivileged shares. The
with on this account, his apology was that his business balance-sheet showed that, after deducting from the half-
engagements were so numerous that he had not time to
ea
She was perfectly satisfied with thi, explanation ; yandrs'somreenttrtioflinthgeaCddoimtipoannay fo
additional
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sofincome,of e railway,th
ehalr
at was one day annoyed on hearing it bruited in the year's interest due upon bonds and preference shares, the
illage that he had passed through the village with a young property tax, &c., there remained a balance of £6,685.
lady in the gig without calling upon her. He explained A dividend of 3s. 3d. per share on the unprivileged
this matter satisfactorily, as she then thought; but his shares was proposed and agreed to.
visits still became fewer and fewer, and the same business THE LATE COLLISION ON THE EASTERN COUN.

TIES RAlLWAY.—Yesterday, at the conclusion of the
adjourned coroner's inquest the, foreman announced that

the jury had unanimously agreed to return the following
special verdict :—" The jury are of opinion that the death
of William Hind was occasioned by the reckless driving
of William Clare, the driver of the Firefly engine, on the
Bth July instant, against whom, therefore, they return a
verdict of Manslaughter.' The jury desire al,o to re-

cord their deliberate opinion that a degree of culpability
attaches to the managers of the Eastern Counties Rail..

way, in not taking due care that their own rules are most
scrupulously observed, as regards the time of departure

of one train after another from all the stations; the exhi-
bition of the signals at all the stations ; the keeping of
exact time in the arrival and departure of the trains, and
the appointment of only thoroughly competent persons in
all departments." The foreman added, that they exon-
erated the stoker, Quinlan, from all blame.
In the House of Lords on Friday night, the Earl of
Hi, led from the Select Committee appointed
to o.his:tier w 110 Bills should be proceeded with this ses-
-Bio 1 which bad ot, in accordance with Lord Redesdale's
res >infirm of ti.e 7th of May, come up from the lower
Holm: bt fore the 20th of July, that the Committee were
of opinicn that the following Bills ought to be allowed to
proceed, the delay not having been occasioned by the pio-
moters :—The Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston ; the
Glasgow and Belfast 'Union ; the Taff Vale; the Caledo-
nian; the Caledonian and Bovan ; the Manchester and
Southampton, and the East and West India Docks. The
noble Lord accordingly moved that the resolution of the
7th of May, in respect of these Bills, be dispensed with ;
wia4 ch was agreed to.