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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-08 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

VAIUETXESI

TWELFTH DAY—Which is so called from its being the;
twelfth after Christmas-day, is.termed also the feast of the Epi-!,
phony, from, a Greek word
been
manifestation, in memory'
of our Levi's been ou that day made manifest to the •
Gentiles. The customs obseived on this day, in different coun-':!
tries, were originally intended to do honour to the Easterq
Magi, or wise men, who came from a distance under the gelid-d
ante of a star, to inquire after Christ, and, having been di
reefed to Bethlehem, paid him hoinage, and offered
scuts there. Various haVe been the conic:tures of the learned,
relating to these sages, both as to their station, and the parti-
cular country from which they travelled : but it is most probable
that they *ere Geutile.Philosophers, who, .by-the Divine influ-'
ence on their minds, hactheen led to improve their knowledge
of nature, ay the means of leading them to that of the one living
and,true God. From passages inthe Sacred Writingi, we may
conclude that the word Magi denotes those who were proficients
in Learning, and especially in astranany, and other branches
of natural philosophy: and it is reasonable to suppose, that
these wise ppn had heard the prophecies concerning the Ales-
kiali front the Jews who lived upon their borders. They
Watched, therefOre, with attention, for the tokens of his com-
ing, and followed the-Sign- giVen them, to de him hoinage, thus
becoming the first representatiVes of the Gentile world. With
regard to the country from which they came, GrOtius and other
writers think that it was Arabia, which is often in Scripture
called the East, and was famous for gold, frankincense, and
myrrh; of which, we learn, they brought portionS, as offer-
ings to Him whom they recognised as a king. It is customary,
even at this day, in Eastern countries, for people to offer some
Present to any illustrious person whom they visit, as a mark of
respect to a superior.
THE OLD CUSTOM OF DRAWING KING AND QUEEN ON
TWELFTH NIGHT.—SeIdQh (in .. his Table Talk) says, " Our
choosing Kings and Queens on Twelfth Night has reference to
the three Kings." To explain this, we must observe that the
Magi, or wise men, who folloWed the guidance of the star,'
after the Nativity, to Bethlehem, were, by a common, but not
well-founded notion, supposed to be three kings : and some
fanciful personi Went so far, as not only to invent names for
them, but to describe their persons. " Of these Magi, or Sages,
(vulgarly called the Three Kings of Colen,) the first, named
Melchior, an aged man, with a long beard, offered gold; the
second; Jasper, a beardless youth, offered frankincense; the
third, Battasar, a black, or moor, with a large, spreading,
beard, offered myrrh." In consequence of this strange con-
ceit, therefore, of the wise men having been kings, and fiom
au idea of doing them honour, the ancient custom of ChOoSing
King arid Queen on Twelfth Night is thought to have taken
its rise. This choice was fortherly made by means of a bean,
found in a piece of divided cake, the person who happened to
select it being the King of the Bean. It appears to have been
very common in France; and among the Cries of Paris, a
poem, written about six hundred years since,* beans for Twelfth
Day are mentioned. We also find, from some verses of the
time of Queen Elizabeth, that the Twelfth-cake was made with
plenty of plums, and with a bean and a pea. Whoever got the
former, was to be King; whoever found the latter, was to be
Queen. In Queen Elizabeth's progresses through the country,
she was entertained With poems, speeches, &c., at the houses
which she visited. The following is part of a dialogue, recited
at Sudley, on one of these occasions
(Melibteas.) Cut the cake : who bath the beane shall be King ; and
where the peaze is, slice shal be queene.
(Nina.) I have the peaze, and must be Queene.
(Mel.) I the beane, and King ; I must commaunde.
.And in a poem, of somewhat later date, called TWELFE NIGHT,
OR KiNG AND L2UEENE, we have,

Now, now, the mirth comes,
With the cake full of plums,
Where Beane's the King of the sport here;
Beside, we must know,
The Pea also
Must revell as Queene in the court here, &c.
• Brand's Popular Antiquities.

LONDON POST-OFFICE.—The ordinary business of each day
is, iu letters in the inland office alone, 35,000 letters received,
and 40,000 sent (23,475,000 annually,) exclusive of the numbers
in the foreign office department and the ship-letter office, and
altogether independent of the two-penny post. The number of
newspapers daily varies from 25,000 to 60,000 (on Satnrday
40,000, and on Monday 50,000,) of which number about 20,000
are put into the office ten minutes before six o'clock. After
that hour each newspaper is charged one halfpenny, which
yields a revenue of fully 1;500 a year, and of which 2-10,000
newspapers are annually put into the office from six to a quar-
ter before eight o'clock. The revenue derived from charges for
early delivery in London is £4,000, and the sum obtained by
the -charge of one penny on each letter given to the. postmen,
who go round with hells to collect the letters, is £3,000
a-year, giving 720,000 or nearly 2,000. daily. The revenue of
London is £6,000 a week, above £300,000 a year; and yet of
all this vast annual revenue there has only been lost by default-
ers £2OO in twenty-five years. The franks amount in a morning
to 4,000 or 5,000, or more. Newspapers can only be franked
for foreign parts to the first port at which the mail arrives;
after this they are charged postage according to their weight,
in consequence of which an English daily paper costs in St.
Petersburgh £4O sterling per annum.--Seauruay Mayazine.
HINTS FOR WlVES.—Obediepce is a very small part of con-
jugal duty, and, in most cases, easily performed. Much of the
comfort of the married life depends upon the lady; a great deal
more, perhaps, than she is aware of, She scarcely knows her
own influence; how much she may do by persuasion—how much
by sympathy—how much by unremitted kindness and little at,
tentions. To acquire and retain such influence, she must, how-
ever, make her conjugal duties her first object. She must not
think that anything will do for her husband—that any wine is
good enough for her husband—that is not worth while to be
agreeable when there.is only her. husband—that she may. close
Or piano, or lay aside her brush, for why should she play or
paint merely to amuse her husband? No—she must consider
all these little arts of pleasing chiefly valuable on his account—
as means of perpetuating her attractions, and giving perma-
nence to his affection. She must remember that her duty con-
sists not so much in great and solitary acts—hi. displays of the
sublime virtues to which she will only be occasionally called;
but in trifles—in a cheerful smile, or a minute attention natu-
rally rendered, and proceeding from a heart full of kindness,
and a temper full of amiability.—Mrs. Sandford's Woman in her
Social and Domestic Character.

LIFE IN IRELAND.—Your stupid Englishman retires to bed
after his daily labour is ended—your livelier Milesiau then only
lays himself out for pleasure, and betakes himself to shoot at a
justice of the peace, or, still better amuse himself with a too
roo among the Teeters. Do you go out to dinner ?—Calculate on
being fired at when returning. Do you require a physician?
The odds are, that the honest doctor is qualified for a patient
himself before he leaves your lawn. Do you delight in hunting?
-You will find the monotonous period of waiting at the cover
side agreeably diversified by the occasional whistle of a musket
btillet from some ambushed Rockite; and if you venture to send
a horse out to exercise, your groom returns soles to acquaint
you that the qUadruped is no snore, and that the gentleman, who
dispatched him sent you his regrets that he was so unhieky as
to miss yourself,- but by the assistance of the Blessed Lady—for
they are a pious and religious race—he hoped to be more suc-
cessful on a future Opportunity. Are you fond of a muadrille ?
Ascertain before you attempt your first chas.,h, that the- ball
room windows are bricked up, and a guard of honour stationed
a the•door. Are you, unfortunately, a parson? Insure your
life to the uttermost farthing you can raise, arrange your affairs,
perfect, your will, and, if you be curious in posthumous renown,
prepare epitaph; then denia.nd one-thirtieth of your tithes
—:-you are a dead man to a moral, and your heirs, executors, and
assigns seciire. of opulence within_ a fortnight.— Wild Sports of
61'6 I,Vest. .

ELECTRICITY oF TIM RAIA TORPEDO.—Sir Humphrey Davy's
last hairs weio occupied by an inquiry into the nature of the re-
markable electrical powers of the torpedo. Dr. Davy has given
an interesting description of this occupation of the dying philo-
soyher, as well as the results (Allis own prosecution of the sub-
ject after his brother's decease. He. says that he has not been
able' to see. any disengagement.of light, which could be solely
attributable to. an electrical origin, during the pas Sage of the
electrlcity, through the, air. Nor yet to see it affect the common
electrometer, or exhibit any signs of a power of attraction and
repUlsion of the air. He has subjected solutions of common
salt,. of nitrate of silver, and of .superacetate of lead to the elec-
tricity'disengagedby this fish, and .found .they severally Mani-
feSted appearances of a, decomposition similar to that effected
by the galvanic agency. Needles like Wise introduced within the
circuit were rendered magnetic. He conceives that his experi-
thentS prove that the under surface of this fish corresponds to the
zinc extremity, and its upper surface. to' the: copper extremity of
voltaic battery. It would appear from his anatomical
exami-
nations of this animal, that its electrical organs are not inns-
' cular, but pentagonal columns funned Of tendinotis and nervous
fibies,. perfectly dev6d:of sensibility and contractility, distended
by, a thin gelatinous fluid; The three elecerical!neryes are'dfs-
tributed, particularly to the. respiratory' and digeStive organ's,
with whose functions they appear to .havenn intimate connexion,
for it is observed
_that the.continued yinlenfaction Of the electric
organs is accompanied by a diminished activity of, the gastric
and ()they, sci:retiye.functions: These nerves ramifying oh the
seenito give, theie-org,aiis- the power of deComposing•
the water ahttthereby Supplying the aultnal with the air notes-
.sary for its respiration.—! a Tram. Part 11, 259, 1832.

ANIMAL LIFE.—The following is a scale of animal life from
the most celebrated authors on natural history :—A hare will
live 10 years, a cat 10, a goat B,' an ass 30, a sheep 10, a ram 15,
a dog 14 to 20, a bullls, an ox 20, swine' 5, a pigeon 8, a turtle
dove 25, a partridge 25, a raven 100, an eagle IW, a goose 100.
Sia WALTER SCOTT.—Of the various great names which it
has been our painful duty to inscribe in these pages, from the
commencement of the Annual Biography and Obituary, the
greatest is unquestionably that which we have just written.
In genius, Sir Walter Scott may, in a single instance during
that period, have been equalled—some may think surpassed ;
but in that rarest and most precious union, the union of genius
with the highest moral worth, he stands in our volumes without
a rival: Truly and finely has it been said of him by the author
of 'Eugene Aram,' his career was one splendid refutation of the
popular fallacy that genius has of necessity vices—that its light
must be meteoric, and its courses way-ward and uncontrolied.
He has given mankind two great lessons, we scarcely know
Which is the more Valuable : he has taught us how much delight
one human being: can confer upon the world; he has taught us
also that the imagination may aspire to the wildest flights, with-
out wandeiiiag into error. Of whom else among our great list
of names—the heirlooms of our nation—can we say that he
has left us every thing to admire,- and nothing to forgive ?'—The
Annual Biography and Obituary.
MATERNAL ANXIETY.—The countess, her mother, was deaf
and dumb, arid was married by signs. Shortly after the birth
of her first child—the lady (Orkney) now deceased—the nurse,
with considerable astonishment, saw the mother cautiously
approach the cradle in which the infant was sleeping, evidelatv
full of some deep design. The countess,, having perfectly
assured herself that the child really slept, lifted an immense
stone, which she had concealed under her shawl, and, to the
horror of the nurse, who, like all persons of the lower order in
her country, was fully impressed with an idea of the peculiar
cunning and malignity of dumbies,' lifted it with an evident
intent to fling it down vehemently. Before the nurse could
interpose, the countess had flung the stone ;—not, however, as
the servant had apprehended, at the child, but on the floor;
where, of course, it made a great noise. The child immediately
awoke and cried. The countess, who had looked with mater-
nal eagerness to the result of her experiment, fell on her
knees in a transport of joy : she had discovered that her child
possessed the sense which was wanting in herself. On ninny
other occasions she exhibibited similar proofs of intelligence,
but none so interesting.—The Annual.
A Nintir Msacn.—We moved off as it became dark, but
such was the state of the roads, that it became the most trying
and distressing march that I believe ever troops undertook; the
roads were literally knee deep' in mud in most places, while
every now and then they were rendered nearly impassable, both
by the enemy having broken down the bridges over the innu-
merable canals and dikes which intersect this country, (Hol-
land) and these canals in many places having overflowed their
banks. None but those who have experienced this or some-
thing similar, can form an idea of the fatigue attending a
night march in such a country, where the column is large. We
ma relied, I think, in sections of about eight file, that is, with
eight men abreast in the front rank, and the like number in the
rear rank covering them. Conceive, then, your arriving at an
obstacle which the darkness of the night multiplies a hundred-
fold: Not more than one man will attempt to pass this obstacle
at the same time, and he has to grope his way; consequently all
the other fifteen men must stand still, or nearly so, till he is
over, before they each move on in turn. Multiply this by the three
hundred sections behind, and you will have a halt for the rear
of probably an hour or more ; standing all this while nearly up
to the knees in Mire ; or, what is worse as each regiment has
accomplished the task of getting over, this of course causes the
others in the rear to be drawing up towards it by degrees, so
that probably you are compelled to stand (or, if you choose,
you may lie down in the mud) for a quarter of an hour, or more
perhaps ; and then move on again for the space of a few hun-
dred yards, and then another halt ; so that could you lie down
to enjoy a little rest, the constant cry of "forward" resound-
ing in your ears, just as you begin .to close your eyes, renders
it the most tiresome and trying situation that 1 know of. It is
true, the head of the column does not suffer in an equal pro-
portion with those in the rear, or a night march in an enemy's
country would be a dangerous operation.—Twenty-five years in
the Rifle Brigade.
THE RULING PASSION STRONG IN DEATH.—The closing
moments of Lord Tenderden's life were marked by a circum-
stance which singularly exemplified the tenacious hold of the
mind upon what has been its predominant occupation. The
family of the venerable judge were standing in mute sorrow
around his bed, watching his last struggles, when he was ob-
served feebly to move his hand along the pillow, as if in the act
of writing; and immediately afterwards he was heard to ex-
claim, almost in his usual tone, Gentlemen of the jury, you
may retire.' He then closed his eyes, and expired ! Let it be
remembered that his lordship had literally passed from the
judgment-seat to the bed of death; that up to the last moment
of his career, he had forced his fainting faculties to a close en-
counter with the complicated evidence adduced in a case of great
importance (the trial of the Bristol magistrates) ; and that, in
all
,probability, the last distinct act of consciousness which his
mind performed, was an effort to keep within his view the series
of facts and arguments which it would be his duty to place
before the jury, when the time came for his addressing them;
let all these circumstances be remembered, and there will be
little difficulty in comprehending how that transient rally of the
spirit which so commonly precedes the immediate approach of
dissolution, should have connected itself with the exclusive
object of his contemplation, at the instant when the hand of
death was letting fall the curtain that was for ever to shut out
all other terrestrial thoughts.—The Annual Biography and Obi-
tuary.
SERVICE IN AMERlCA.—Mechanics pay twelve shillings per
week for their board; and,
,from what fell under my own obser-
vation, as well as what I learnt from individuals of that class,
they have value received; their tables not lacking beefsteaks,
and other dishes equally substantial, three times a-day. As
Americans will nothe servants, the domestics, in all these es-
tablishments, and in private houses, are either blacks, or
coloured persons—as all the intermediate shades between the
former and white are designated—and Irish. The blacks are
styled servants, and appear a civil, good-tempered, happy race.
They perform their duties better or worse, according to the
treatment they experience from their employers, and the pre-
vious advantages they have possessed. The men show great
tact in acquiring a genteel address. As to the fair daughters of
the Emerald Isle, they being almost all the poorest desciiption
of emigrants, it will not be expected that previous education
had done much-for them in household matters. They do not
allow themselves to be called servants, but prefer the American
term, help; and knowing full well that they are in the land of
freedom, and that the obligations- of mistress and servant are
mutual, they do as they please, and go where they please. It
is no uncommon thing for these damsels to be requested to re-
main at home on Sunday afternoon, should their services be
particularly required. They fall into the Anierican habits of
dress with great. ease, and soon doff their humble caps for Pari-
sian hats and flowers; which, by the bye, they can well afford
to purchase, as they receive from twelve to sixteen pounds ster-
ling a year Wages.—Ainerica and the Americans.
A BIVOU'Ae • IN' WET WEATHER.---Bllt night came on; as I
have said, and such a one as I have seldom seen for wet, and
then
.1 plainly perceived I had played the young soldier. An
officer of ours of the name of Lacy, who had formerly been the
captain of the Northumberland light company, and who volun-
teered with us, offered any man half-asguinea for the use of a
blanket for that night only, but without being able to obtain
: onethis will give some idea of the kind of night it was. I
had nothing for it but just to put the cock of my musket be-
tween my knees,. to keep it as dry as possible, and lay myself
down as I was. I endeavoured to get a's close as I' could to one
who had a blanket, and lay down with my head at his feet,
which he had covered up very comfortably with his blanket.
The rain pelted so heavily and so incessantly on my face,- that
I ventured after a while to pull a little corner of this man's
blanket just to cover my cheek from the pitiless storm, and iu
this situation snatched a comfortable nap; but he avvakening in
the night, and finding I' had made free with the corner ofhis
blanket, rudely pulled it from off my face, and rolled it round
his feet again. i was fain to lie still and let:it pelt, away, and
even in this exposed situation I got some sleep, so completely
were the powers of nature exhausted by fatigue. At length
morning arose and showed us to ourselves, such a group of
sweeps we had seldom seen: Our clothing was literally all
filth and dirt; our arms the colour of our.coats with rust; and
our faces as black as if we had come out of a coal-Pit. In
biting.off the ends of the cartridges, there are generally a few
grains of powder left sticking on the lips and about the -mouth;
these, accumulated as they. must leave been by the great quan-
tity'df ammunition each of us had fired, and with the profuse
perspiration we were in during the heat of the day, added to
the wet which fell upon us during the night; had caused the
powder to run all over our faces; so that in the morning we cut
the most ludicrous figure imaginable. However, we immedi-
ately set about getting our arms again in trjm, for. though the
enemy had left us masters of the field of action, they were not
far distant from us. We soon got our firelocks again In fighting
order; that is they would go off, .though the brightness, on
wldch a clean soldier piques himself, was gone past recovery at
this time. I now felt rather sore front firing my piece so often;
the recoil against my shoulder and breast had blackened them,
and rendered them rather painful, and the middle finger of my
right hand was completely blackened and swollenfrein the same
cause.—Ticentklire years in the nifle Brigade.

•
MORAL. STATISTICS OF FRANCE.—M. Guerry has presented
to the Academie des Sciences an essay upon the moral statistics
of Yiance, itr which he gives some interesting calculations con-
cerning the comparative crimes of males and females, and tile
motives inciting them to capital offences.. It appears, that of
one hundred crimes committed by females there are six cases of
poiioning; while out of the same number of male criminals there
is only one convicted of this offence. More than three-fifths Of
the cases of poisoning amongst married people are perpetrated
either by the female alone, or with the aid of accomplices. Of
one hundred instances in which attempts were made uu the lives
Of married persons, sixty were made by the husband, and forty
by the wives; of those by the females-four-fifths were premedi-
tated, whilst only one-fifth of those by the husbands were the
result of design. Out of one Inindred cases of poisoning, mur:.
der, and assassination, committed in consequence of adultery,
ninety-six were against the injured, and four only against the
guilty ,party. Seduction and concubinage cause almost as many
capital offences as adultery; but in these instances more than
three-fourths of the attempts are against the females, whilst in
the case of adultery the attempts on the lives of the husband are
the most numerous. One-sixth of the cases of poisoning, mur-
der, and assassination, arising from seduction and concubinage,
is committed for the purpose of being avenged on concubines
for their infidelity, or in order to he rid of their association, and
precisely another sixth with a view to be freed from forsaken
mistresses, who may become obstacles to the marriage of the
ascused.—Journal de Chimie. Medialle:

GEOLOGICAL COURSE OF CIIOLERA.-M. Boubec has made
some reSearchs into the geology of the countries through which
the cholera has passed, from which he remarks, that this epi-
demic has spread most speedily, and with its greatest intensity,
through those districts
,where the tertiary and alluvial earths are
the most extensive, whilst it appears to have been propagated
with great difficulty, to have lost its intensity, and even to tave
been extinguished in those parts where the older and particu-
larly the primordial formations predominate. This coincidence
of the course of the cholera with particular geological districts,
agrees with the observation pretty well established, that the cir-
cumstances of humidity and evaporation favour the development
of this diease. In fact the tertiary and alluvial earths have, to
a remarkable degree, the property of imbibing Water, which-
being again yielded by a prolonged evaporation, produces a hu-.
midity of the atmosphere entirely dependent on the nature of
the soil. The older formations, on the contrary, compose ordi-;
narily compact rocks, which being impermeable, can neither
absorb moisture nor present it to the atmosphere by evaporas
tion. Sometimes the old formations and volcanic deposition,
present rocks that are friable, or decomposed, in particular
places, in which cases they will resemble the more recent ones
in absorbing and affording moisture, and this circumstance may
explain some of the exceptions to the general rule of the cholera
adhering in its progress to the modern formations.—Journul do
Chimie Med.

TIIEATRICALS.—The Critic has been prodUced at Covent
Garden, with JONES, in his favourite part of 'Pal: BLAN.
CHARD played FARREN'S part of Sir Fretful Plagiary excel-
lently well. Some of the actors in the "Tragedy Rehearsed,"
are described as spoiling the effect of the burlesque, by too
broad a caricature.—A son of the veteran DOWTON appeared'
this week at Drury Lane, in the character of Tangent, in The
Way to get Married; and was very well received. He is de-,
scribed as posSessing a neat and light figure, a moderately good,
voice, somewhat thin, and not too powerful, and an abundance'
of animal spirits, with more activity than grace. The extrava-
gance of the part renders it an unsatisfactory one for a debut.
Mr. DOWTON junior is spoken of as being too ware in his per-
sonation of it; but evincing talents of a respectable ordCr,
which will make him a useful acter.—Miss PHILLIPS has played
Jane Shure, but her acting is complained of as being too obviously •
" studied :" this, indeed, is her besetting fault.—MlEToN's
masque of Com', with the music of HANDEL and ARNE, Was
performed at Covent Garden on Friday ; the principal parts
being taken by H. Piiimps Miss INVERARITY, and Miss
HOMER. We are not surprised to hear that it went but flatly
off. It is not a production suited to the town taste : it lacks
excitement for the vulgar, and the music is more suited to the
concert-room than the stage.—H. PHILLIPS is' at Covent Gar-
den; and on Wednesday appears in the part of Steady, in the
Quaker.—Same night, is to be the first performance ofJEunoLD' s
new drama, Nell Gwynne, of which. Miss TAYLOR is the he-
roine.—MA THEWS is returned from Brighton, and is concocting
the materials for his next "At: Home."—The Opera opens
about the middle of this month. LAPORTE has engaged,
among others of less note, PASTA, DON ZELLI, TA MBURINI, DR
BEGNIS, HEBERLE, and TAGLIONI, 'and a Madame liuoc-
CADA DATE, a singer, who is new to this country. Part of tho
Italian Opera company have been performing at Edinburgh.
LAPORTE will not ueprive Covent Garden of the attraction of
TAGLIONI, although she is also to appear at the King's Theatre.
He talks of producingfer her the ballet-opera of Le Dieu et la
Bayadere, so popular in Paris.—Mounis, to make up for his
losses last season, and by way of reprisals on the Opera and
the two other large houses, which injured him by opening on a
greater number of nights than usual during his season, intends
to open the Haymarket at Easter; for which purpose he has
engaged the Adelphi companv.—Miss KELLY opens the Strand
Theatre on Saturday the 19th.—Spectator.

PREACHING IN AN UNLICENSED CHAPEL.—In the Arches,
Court, lately, Dr. Addams moved the Court to pronounce
the Rev. Dr. Wilcox in contempt, for continuing to perform
divine service in St. John's chapel, Hampstead; without license.
The case had already been brought before the court, by the Rev.
Dr. White, curate of Hampstead, and Dr. Wilcox had been ad-
monished not to continue the performance of divine service in
the chapel. " He, however; had paid no attention to this, and he
officiated on Christmas-day last. Dr. Haggard (for Dr. Wil-
cox) said, his•client had committed no moral offence; he had &"
large congregation, and unless the accommodation the chapel
afforded was continued, a great number of the inhabitants of,
Hampstead would be prevented' from attending divine service. ,
The first cause was now in course of appeal.--Sir J-NichOLl •
said, Dr. Wilcox had committed a direct moral offence, in con- •
firming. to preach in the chapel, in violation of the law. The
decree of contempt could not, however, be granted, if the Rev.
Gentleman was about to appeal to a superior court.

We have much pleasure in being able to state that a slight
increase has taken place in the price of iron, , which, although
at present confined to particular works, augurs well for a gene-
ral rise in the spring.—The Cambrian.

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR JANUARY.
• (From the Court Magazine.)
MORNING DRESS.—Dress of chaly, printed a colonnes, high body,
with crossed plaits, plain back. laced ; large full sleeves, tight to the
elbow. Apron of black gros de Naples, embroidered with a wreath
of sweet peas ; epaulettes on the shoulders embroidered also ; cap
of Brussels lace, trimmed with mats gauze riband.
WALKING DRESS.—Dress of blue sapphire satin, plain body ; tip-
pet of black velvet a godets, and long ends ; blond ruff, with a bow of
mats gauze riband ; capote of mate terry velVet, lined' with black
velvet, and plait of velvet to mix, in the curls ; trimmed with a maid.
and blaCk cerbere feather and mats gauze riband.
EVENING DRESS.—Dress of white cachemire a colonnes, alternate•
ly high corsage drape, with borders to correspond with the pattern of
the dress ; short sleeves of white gros de Naples under long crapeliss
sleeves ; hat of grenat velvet, trimmed with torsades of velvet and
green bird of Paradise.
(From the Lady's Magazine.)
For cloaks many new variations of the Mandarin cachemire dr"
fashionable. These are figured in coarse-grained silk, on dark
grounded cachemere. Wreaths of green, on granite, mulberry, Of
violet ; but sometimes chocolate on orange, or cerese and violet,
The magnificent Buridan mantles are produced in a constant varielY
of patteinS and colours.
Court dresses are made of a splendid material adopted, called satin
pompadour, which combines all the richness of the olden times with
the taste of modern dress. The most beautiful variety is an aurieul3-
coloured ground, brocaded with columns of gold colour figured silk,•
which produces the effect of gold tissue with the graceful flow 40
silken attire.
For ball' dress, gaze blonde is an elegant material, the ground i 4
clearer than tulle, and it is clustered over with flowers of the margue-
rite in satin, which seem almost sustained in the air, the intervals Are;
so very transparent. Sometimes the ground is white with colour,.
flowers ; but pure white is exquisite : it is worn by young lathes in
court costume.
For dinner dress, the Ernestine cachemere is very pleasing ;
is a sort of thin Irish poplin, with minute lozenges or diamoad4
over it.

tTItANDING OF TUB ROYAL TAR STI
141 powerful steamer, belonging to th
otta from the south east on the Black
Friday- night. After contending wi
tPtain Mead deemed it expedient for
I,sel to run her on shore, and she no
'keh, three miles to the northward of
„llgers were landed in safety. and it
without much damage when a porti
which purpose, the Adelaide steams
4Ployed.—Dublin Freeman'd Juanita.

Eight thousand four hundred ati
illtual certificates this year !

IT'OLLB AT ELECTIONS.—JaMCS

Ilkluslatollbar, was summoned bet
Wednesday, to answer the chart
k'isted upon toll being paid by elet
tlttibers for the West Riding at \V
I,lvies pleaded precedents, and em
tl.lirsday might have been only a
ti In his precept, however, cahed
k51)4 on that day, and the magistra
k ay the toll and discharge the wi
, 'Quions..—Leeds Mercury.

TOUT ENSEMBLE, OF WALKING DRESS.—Pelisse of squirrel-solo/Ir/
ed satin ; a i•achemere shawl of dark blue, with white palms ; a hat 0,,
sky-blue watered silk, lined with dark blue velvet ; velvet flowers ';'''
dark and light blue • a light Isabella boa; brodequins of dark blue vv'
vet and morocco ; dark blue gloves.
EVENING DRESS.—When the dresses are made whole, the most ar',
proved form is very deep.mantillas behind, and ,folds ,On; the ebes“'
buAtunic robes of lace, of satin, and dark-coloured velvet, are the fa„"
vnurite style for full dress, Cerise, or real luisant tunics, are often see'
over White watered silk. When the robes are of white, English 1300:
or Chantilly black lace. The dress beneath is of mauve yellow..'
even orange watered silk. All sleeves,• though still stiffened, are ma',
to fall very much .from the shoulder. Knots of ribbon on the show.;
'dens continue in vogue: For eveninl, dress, we must quote one vet; TIDE TABLE FOR
seasonable partire—arobe ponceati bareee- mousselaine de Mine over ,
petticoat of poncean satin, the corsage draped, and a deep lace n3q„ Days. Mrn. Ern. Ht.
tilla on the back andsboulders. Madonna bands and hair without o'., ---
.nament, save a few poneeau velvet bows, and a pearl agraffe: 1)0'' 1' u. M. H. M. F. I.
collar necklace Nona the throat of very large pearls.
day
8 0 6 026 20 1
, DREss CAPS.—The flowers worn in caps are very light and loathe l•il nesday 9 048 112 19 1(
and seldom have a mixture of green leaves. The pyramidal- style A' . • trsday 19 136 2 2 19 (
Louis the Fourteenth's era is adopted, and promises to supers 5, -
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every other. These caps are made with tiers of puffs or bows high '. , ...
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the fdrehead, and Withlappets on the cheeks.
llmu.—The hair is dressed higher than ever, with wreaths. rap?
the brow, and plumes of same flOwers by' the side of the high bor'
and braids.