The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-07 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR APRIL.

MORNING DnEss.—Those eleganeredingodes which became
such favourites last autumn will soon be the prevalent style for
promenade dresses. Slight silks are particularly intended for
them. They will be very simply ornamented with silk bands or
folds (some trenchant colour.) The chief refinement on this
costume consists in the recherche material, and embroidery
worn underneath, and the deep cape or collar. For carriage
dresses a very beautiful new material, called satin cashmere, is
much in vogue : the surface is brilliant and the texture warm.
As a contrast to this may be cited the favourite French peignoirs,
embodying the true idea of comfort and neglige elegance.
Imagine a wrapping dress of the finest white flannel, resembling
a white Cashmere, bound all round with light blue riband a cot-
deliere and tassel of the same colour, confining the plaits round
the waist with a similar one attached to the collar or cape.
These negliges are made likewise in merinos, and lined with
bright-coloured sarsenet. The sleeves are very large, allowing
the under-sleeve of cambric to appear at the wrist. A cambric
skirt, embroidered round the hem, or edged with Valenciennes,
is worn underneath. The pelerines and capes of morning
dresses are worn very deep; some trimmed with lace, others
with a riband ruche.

HATS AND CAPOTBS.—NO decided change has yet appeared
in the shape of morning hats; they.are worn very much evase
in front, and tied closely under the chin. In negliO ceps silk
and black velvet are most worn. Rose-colour satin, white silk
and satin, with white feathers, are the most fashionable car-
riage bonnets; the crowns round, and very small; a veil of
black blond, and a black velvet flower is frequently seen with a
bright rose-colour hat. Demi veils are again worn.

EVENING DRESS,—A white satin robe of extreme fulness
corsage plaited en gerbe, and edged with a blond ruche, and
three small green bows down the centre. Sabot sleeves, divided
into three parts, the lower reaching almost to the elbow : a green
bow and demi wreath of white roses with foliage appear on each
shoulder. Green silk sash, fastened in a little rosette at the
point of the waist, whence hang, en eventail, the long ends.
nese are confined to the robe with large bows and sprigs of
white roses: Turkish turban of green and gold seraphine gauze ;
on the left side an end fringed. with gold, rows of pearl across
the forehead, earringi en suite; neck chain of gold enamel and
pearls; white gloves, trimmed with a green ruche, black satin
slippers.
BA LL Dasss.—A dress of white crape, over white satin. The
front adorned en tablier with botiffants of rose-colour silk, di-
vided 'by gold agraffes and boitquets of the " forget-me-not;"
from each agraffe depend two ends of the silk, increasing in
length towards the hem of the skirt ; light corsage rose-colour
rosettes mark the centre, from the upper bow rises a bouquet of
flowers, double sabot sleeves, ornamented en suite; coiffure en
cheveux—the front hair parted, one braid hanging, low on the
cheek, the rest arranged like a coronet at the back of the head,
and ornamented with small crimson flowers.— World of Fashion.

NAVIGATION OF THE SHANNON .AND ITS
TRIBUTARY STREAMS. •

On Saturday, the 29th ult., a county meeting was held at the
Court House:Clare, to take into consideration the neglected
state of the navigation of the Shannon, Lucius O'Brien, Esq.,
in the chair. _

The High Sheriff having given an exposition of the general
object of the meeting :
Mr. Steele spoke at great length in entering on the details of
the contemplated improvements on the Shannon. He said
that the primary object was to establish 'at Clare a fine port
in deep water, and with safe mooring, in place of the present
wretched and dangerous one; his object is to make Clare a
point of great commercial attraction to merchants, instead of
being, as at present, the execration of every captain who is
anxious for the security of his vessel and her cargo.
A petition to parliament was read and agreed to.
The following resolutions were also passed unanimously :
Resolved—That those. merchants of Liverpool connected
with the trade of Ireland, who last summer sent a numerously
signed memorial to the parliamentary committee in favour of
those improvements prayed for by our petition, are entitled to
the warmest expression of the gratitude of the county of Clare,
and of all Ireland; we not only know how to estimate the
mighty value of that memorial in relation to its immediate ob-
ject, but we hail it joyfully as an auspicious and truly. noble
exemplification of that enlightened and benignant spirit to-
wards this country, which is so rapidly pervading the great body
of our English brethren.
Resolved—That our respected chairman be requested to
communicate this vote to our English friends; and most
respectfully to solicit a continuance of their support and co-
operation.

PACKET COMMUNICATION WITH THE

WEST INDIES.

The following is the plan proposed by the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty for establishing a regular communica-
tion between England and her West India Colonies, and
betwen Jamaica and the Leeward Islands, so as to ensure a
fortnightly intercourse between them 'and this country, instead
of a monthly one as at present.
On the first and fifteenth of every month, a sailing packet
will be despatched from England, which, as appears from an
average of twelve packets that sailed front England in twelve
consecutive months, may be expected to reach Barbadoes in 31
days; this packet proceeding along the islands, delivering the
respective mails at each, and waiting at St. Thomas, is now
occupied on this service 18 days, and her return from thence
to Falmouth is 31 days; making in the whole 80 days out and
home. But as the iletention at St. Thomas has been chiefly
occasioned by waiting for the La Guayra mail boat, 6,8, or
even 10 days, which will no longer be the case, eight days
may, therefore, be deducted from the above mentioned time.
The out and home voyage will then be performed in about
72 days.
But as the proposed plan is meant to embrace Jamaica,
where the steamer is to wait four days, the out and home
voyage will stand thus,
Packet to Barbadoes 3l days.
Steam Vessel from Jamaica to Barbadoes 6
Remain at Jamaica
Jamaica to St. Thomas
St. Thomas to Falmouth 3l
77 days.

To despatch two mails from the Leeward Islands in each
month, and receive two returns, will require 6 sailing packets
and 2 steamers ; and this number will be sufficient to allow
time for both to put themselves into a complete state of repair
and refit. For as the first of 5 packets despatched at intervals
of 15 days, may be expected to return to Falmouth in 75 or 76
days, the sixth after the return of the fifth will have 15 days to
refit before she be required to sail again.
An extra steamer will be kept ready to sail, in case of acci-
dent to the machinery of either of the others.
The Sheldrake packet arrived at Barbadoes on the 25th Feb.
in exactly 21 days from Falmouth.

. FATHER TOM IN THE COUNTRY;
A PENCIL SKETCH.
Sermon, s.—A discourse of instruction, pronounced by a di•
vine for the edification of the people !—Walker'4 Pronouncing
Dictionary.

" Well, you miserable lookin' set o' sinners—here you come
flockin' to me as thick as pays on a threncher! Soivkins! but
you're never so full of alacrity at payin the dues—Tim Rogan,
how dar' you spit on the chapel flure?—where's yerreligion, yolk
baste? OA ! but its meself that's parsecuted wid you and your
likes!—Well, boys, the holy and the thrue church is thrivin' in
spite of the .orangemen and their heretic clan—th' illitherate•
set o' hostlioprns—mockin' I didn't sack * the best o' them whin
I was iu Dublin—where wor they a thousand years ago?—
answer me that Gogsty ! but they
,wor silent enough whin I gev
thim that poser! But, boys, there's no use in talkin' to yours
about couthroversy—this is the only church to be saved in !
this is the only edince of salvation !--Thread lighter, Phil Dunn,
you heavy-heeled,miscrayaut, to obligate me to spako from the
althar." _

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"I was only ctonlin', yer reverince, wid the ould account ail
the regard ov the chliskenin' an the like."
"Phil Dunn, you've thq raal feelin' of religion—out o' the
way, you set o' brutes, an letshim cons near me up to the railin'i
Phil, I'm proud o' ye, my boy*.giv' the bag to Corney here,
and wait till the sarmen's over, till I give you me blessin'. See
there, you villanous sinners, is an example to folly—see the
home 0' grace about Phil ! Well the holy vargiu lief!) me! but
I've the heavy handful' o' yez all! you're ready enough at )er,
dancin' an yer fightin, an yer sportiu'—(whew ! Corney," to
his assistant, looking through the window, "there's a brace or
dogs—out, you divil, quick, an see whose they are!)—ready
enough, say I, at yer sportin' an' yer amusement an' yer
dhrinkin'—(Barney Davis, the pottheen's out, vou neglectful
varmint you I)—bud you don't come so aigerly to the house of
worship !—lts well for ye's that has me for yer inthercessor, or
you'd be all in the lowest pit of perdition afore now—(a gene-
ral thrill of fear.)—Aint 1 prayiu' night, noon, an' mornin' for
yer poor deluded souls?—an', antler all, whin yez die', you
grudge the price ov the masses—but, for the future, yer spefets
may howl in purgathory for me av you don't `post the coal.'
Boys, jewels, isn't it a crule thing to say that yer past hor must.
be dhi iven to this pass whin yez hand out the tithes readily
Och, but you ought to resist thins vi et armis—which manes wid
spades an' pitchforks ! Oh ! the sin an' the wickedness o' the
world—bud ye'll all pay lanty for it in the flames hereafter, au'
that's some comfort. Don't dar to think that I'll inthercede
wid the divil fur yez!—Mary Flynn, yer poor husband's soul is
sufferin' hell's torments now, an' you gigglin' wid Pat Maher!
—Pay for masses, you deludher you, or I'll excommunicate you
fur all yer wickedness. Pat Maller,whin war yon at confession
—answer me that, you dog ? It's afeard you are,of axis'
the Easther money!—Oh ! the sufferin's an' the tormint,
an' the tortures hereafter of those who don't act here accordin'
to the church's holy rules! Pat, the vargin help you!"
" It's Squire Fagan's dogs, sir, an' he's ss aitin' for you to have
a course "—from the assistant, just returned, sotto voce.
" Dogs—Squire Fagan! .Oh ! all right--well you poor uu-.
fortunate misguided sinners, TOVve soy blessin' any how. Bar-
ney, don't forget the pottheen—Mary Flynn, think on yer poor
husband's cowl—Pat Maher, I'll confess you to-morrow ! Bone-
• dicite—Deus—donabeste—fisticum— Bono—there's the lain in' that
cost me my goolden guineas ! " Exit amid general stares of
admiration.—The Warder.
• The victory obtained by one hedge schoolmaster over another if
termed sa,king.

A healthy old gentleman was once asked by the King what
physician and apothecary he made use of to look so well at his.
time of life ? " Sire," replied the gentleman, "my physician
has always been a horse, and my apothecary an ass."
It is a curious fact, that the most carnivorous quadrupeds are
more averse from devouring women than men. The bears of
Kamschatka, Dillow the women when gathering wild fruits into.
the woods, and, though most rapacious animals, seldom do fur-
ther harm than robbing them of their fruit.
His Serene Highness the hereditary Prince Aloys
,of Liech-
tenstein and suite arrived at the Clarendon Hotel on Sunday
week on a specialtnission from his Majesty the Emperor Fer-
dinand of Austria. The prince visited their Majesties on Thurs-
day last at the palace, and also the other members of the royal'
family, accompanied by Prince Esterhazy, cousin to the prince,
who gives a grand entertainment in honour of the arrival of the
envoy.

PUNISHMENT OF A MURDERER.—On entering the house
where I lodged, I found an old woman chained to a man who
had killed her brother. A little after they let the woman go.
and chained the murderer to a young boy, a relation of the per-
son who had been killed. The.mtuderer is from Walcait. The
man whom he had killed had been a priest ,• but he renounced
his vocation in order to live more freely in licentiousness. This
man, having a deadly enmity against him, and finding him one'
day alone in the fields, killed him. ' There was no witness, but
the relations of the deceased seized the murderer, knowing the
enmity which there was between them. They wished at first to
kill him, according to the custom of the country, for the law of
retaliation exists in all its force throughout Abyssinia; but the
murderer found means to escape,•and fled to Oubea to relate to
hint the whole story. Oubea sent for the relations of him who
was killed, and exhorted them to be satisfied, by making the
murderer pay whatever they might demand. He has been con-
deemed to pay twenty okiets, or two hundred dollars and now.
he takes his station in the market, asking charity till he has
wherewith to pay. From morning to night he is heard crying,
" Yanafsi! yanafsi !" (" For my life for my life !") When
a murderer is brought before a governor, the governor cannot
pronounce judgment, but always exhorts the relations of the
slain persons to be reconciled, and to commute the life of the
murderer for a certain sum of money : he never can compek
them to it. if the murderer is a thief, the governor himsef,
condemns him to death.—Gobat's Notes on Abyssinia.
DISGRACEFUL EXHIBITION.—On Friday last, the people as-
sembled at St. Austell market were surprised by the appearance
of a man of advanced age leading a woman about thirty by a
halter which was tied round her waist. The fellow is named
George Trethewey, a labourer residing in the parish of St.
Stephens, in Brouwell, and having become tired of his wife, he
adopted this mode of leadin her to market, in order to dispose
of her to the best bidder. Having loudly signified his intention,
a crowd was speedily collected to witness a scene happily so
novel in this country; amongst those assembled were two itlnc-.
rant tinkers, who travel in company; one of them offered two-
pence for the woman, and after some time his companion doubled.
the sum, stating that they were acting in partnership. The hus-
band agreed to accept the last offer, when four-pence was handed'
to him, and the woman delievered ever to her purchasers, with
whom she proceeded to a neighbouring pot-house, where they
regaled themselves with a jug of ale. Meantime the collector
of the market-tolls applied to the husband for a penny, the sum
usually demanded for selling a pig, &c., this was at once paid,.
and incredible as it may appear, it is a fact that in 18.35, toll
was paid in St. Austell market for the sale of a wife ! ! But Mr.
George Trethewey having become dispossessed of. one partner,
would not long remain without another to share with him "for
better for worse," and a damsel about 40 years of age stepped
forward to supply his loss; she appeared to be in the state
which" all ladies wish to be who love their lords." But"the
course of true love never did run smooth," and this lady (N 62.)
was doomed to experkience the truth of it, for immediately on
her approach a third-candidate for the high honour of becoming
the partner of Mr. George Trethewey appeared; Nos. 2. and 3.
at once had recourse to the pugilistic prowess to decide the mat-
ter; No. 2. was soon pronounced the victor, and being deco-
rated with a cockade, as a trophy of triumph, paraded off, in
high glee, with Trethewey. We understand he is summoned
to appear at the next petty sessions at St. Austell, to answer
the charge, and we trust lie will receive that punishment which
his disgraceful and disgusting conduct so highly merits.—Cor-
nubian.

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GOOD ADVICE FOR A DINNER.—A gentleman, humbly clad
in a curacy-coat, one day entered Wood's Hotel, Clare Markel.
and ordered a sort of dinner lunch in the shape of unlimited
mutton-chops, and potatoes to correspond ; not forgetting •
suitable fluids, porter, brandy, &c. All these things disposed
of, the gentleman called the waiter, and thus addressed him
" My friend, I have fared sumptuously ! good house, this--
capital chops—porter admirable—brandy exquisite! Slight
difficulty, however—haven't a shilling aVout me ! Awkward,
rather, 'tis true: perhaps not of much consequence till to-
morrow ?" " Why sir," quoth the waiter, with the " much
more easily_
W conceived than expressed" exaltation of the eve-
brows, " Why, sir, I'll call master." Master was accordini;lY
called. He came—bowed—remonstrated—complained—but
never threatened. The gentleman, moved by such forbearance,
said, " I think that) I may be of service to you. I could tell
you of a plan which, if priiperly pursued, would be productive
of the happiest results to you, not only in the way of general
business but also as regards your personal comfort. Pray 1.0
seated; I can't bear to see you stand : indeed if I were not so,
embarrassingly situated, I should insist on your taking a glass of
wine with me. However, perhaps you'll agree with the proverb--
' In for a penny, in fur a pound ; so pray bring a bottle of your
best port, and a wine-glass for yourself, and we'll talk over this
matter. I don't think you'll see cause to regret making eIY
acquaintance." The obliging landlord similed and complied;
and after following the course given to the conversation by.the
stranger for some half-hour, all the while awaiting the promised
development of the plan, he perceived that the said stranoer,
was, to ,ise a familiar expression, " buttoning up fur a hort,:,
and making_ the best of his way for the door. " But sir, ,
exclaimed Wood, " you promised to let me into a secret, 01
consequence, and you have not said a word about it." " Bless
me !" said the gentleman, with his hand on the door, " that's
very true—so I did. Very glad you mentioned it ! The fact
is, we are all liable to misfortune ; and if ever you are sent
to the treadmill, take the step nearest the wail: you'll find i!
by far the easiest part of the wheel. Good evening. you'll
hear from me in a day or so."—Strange to say, the dinner be 6
not been heard of since.—From Easer' Magazine for April.
Brougham's attack on the dissenters' marriage bill by means.
of a petition from the socinians at Hull, who build their infidel
shops with jaw-bones and blubber from Greenland, is one among
millions of the proofs of what he would do if he could, and ot.
what hypocrisy, meanness, and malignity, all socinians are made.
With bated breath and humblei attitude they prayed to be re"
lieved from their own stated grievances; and no sooner was their
prayer granted to the full extent than those Christ-denying'
those Christ-degrading, those bolderdash-mongering philoso-
phers, who believe only whut they understand and who contrive
to understand nothing to believe—no sooner was this gang, with
Brougham at their head or tail—which you like—relieved, b:/,'
the mistakes of a too tolerant government, than they turned
round upon their benefactors, and convinced all but the wilfullY
blind that it was not allowing them to divest marriage if all re'
ligious obligations which they wanted, hut it was a compulsion 00
us to burn our liturgy—insult our ministers—rase our temples t.
and hand over to them the property consecrated to God, whicr
they sought to accomplish. Think of all this, Sir Robert Peet,
and put an extinguisher on your church commission; and wben,
churchmen, after agreeing among themselves about the extent
and quality of reform, shall pray for it, then grant their prayer i
but think no more of the present commission—for God's sake •
Aye.
As; Intsti DUEL.—A meeting took place at five o'clock 00
Saturday morning, below Dollymount, at the North Bull, be-
tween Mr. J. rvlaccabe, of Rutland-square, and Mr. Pomroi, of
Cork. The preliminary arrangements having taken place, 0°
the signal being given, Mr. M.'s ball struck the pistol of Alr;
I'., carrying away part of the ramrod near the top; Mr. r•.'
pistol missed fire. Mr. Gyles, Mr. P.'s friend, immediatelY •
came forward to demand a second shot on the part of Mr. P 1
which being acceded to by Mr. M., the signal being change':
and again given, Mr. P. fired without effect. Mr. M. dischargerl
his pistol in the air, and, having expressed himself satisfied with
Mr. P. signified his intention to exchange shots with AU'.
Gyles before quitting the field. This being agreed to by 311.;
G., and the parties placed in their relative positions, on tall,_
word being given, Mr. G. fired without effect; Mr. M.'s '1,,,
deeply grazed the glutmus maximus muscle of Mr. G., harP-,
however, not inflicting more than a flesh wound. It appear 4
bre
explanation, that Mr. G. was not aware that a snap or miss
should be reckoned as a shot. The parties then left the groeu
perfectly reconciled.—Freeman's Journal.
LA DVERTISEMENTI—PERSIAN HILDUISNIIA.—We are p,r,td
to announce that our worthy and talented townsman, Mr. 1- lleci
mas Atkinson, lianelagh-street, has been specially appoot
pharmaceutical chemisl. at Liverpool o'their Royal Highneig:
i
the Duchess of Kent and the Prin9 .s Victoria; and we glulf,
join in the general voice of prat e which his incomparalw
Persian Heduisinia " has elicited, having seen many 01,!,e„
numerous and flattering testimonials which have been_graa'ro
fully sent to him from various parts-of the kingdom. NV e et
quite satisfied that it is the must delightful perfume ever I
offered to the public.