The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-01-30 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY.

(From the " Landon• and Paris Ladies' Magasine'e

Fashion."

The winter season has again brought into favour the
soft and warm douitleties, which are made of levantine or
satin, with small square collar,. wadded throughout and'
trimmed with gimp. Dresses of pekin damasse are made'
withtight high bodies, very open in front, forming cceur,
lengthened to a sharp point nearly to the waist, and often
laced across ii la Bearnaise r the edges may remain un-
ornamented or have a revers of velvet or very narrow
band of fur; the ceinture is-round, and chemisettes with.
or without collars, formed of inlets of lace or work, are
worn inside these corsagesorhich are the most novel of
the season. Revere and facings-of satin quilted are very.
much in use on peignoirs. Dresses of plain cachemire
are ornamented with bands-or velvet on the bodies, high
sleeves a la religieuse, and large pelerines. In ball dresses.,
the double and triple skirts continue in undiminished
favour in all transparent materials for young people;
sometimes- a white satin skirt is- entirely concealed by the
two deep lace flounces, the corsage being also covered 1)1
the deep- Dwaine of lace, reaching nearly to the waist.
Dresses of tariatane with double skirts are pretty,
trimmed - with marrow gold fringe, the berme to match.
The most elegant dresses for court, worn at the Tuili,riest
were of whtie satin, ornamented with silver scarfs. Some
velvet dresses are made open- in front, with an under
breadth of white satin ribbon crossing over it from side
to side. A. pretty novelty is the- deep mantille of lace
falling below the waist, and rounded in front so as to
show the corsage: Black lace scarfs are also made SO
wide as to permit converting them into tunics ; the den-
tate de v lours is much approved for full dress toilettes,
manteaux, aLid satin pelisses ;. they may match the ma-
terial in colour. The hair is• worn rather raised and in
ringlets, though, bandeaux are- always seen. Cotrurtir
are rather rather- wide in front, some are raised in the
centre a la Norma, others have a simple wreath in foliage,
and toures at the side a l'Aspasio; detached flowers are
also much worn, they are generally large ones, dahlias,
roses, chrysanthemums. Bonnets are a little more open,
particularly for dress ones, which are of satin or velvet,
in the different shades of dark- blue and black but for
ne-glige- the shape is closer; some bonnets of plain velvet
are lined with light colours, and ornamented with three
feathers. ettpotes of satin, with wide runners, are
trimmed with lace for morning wear. Manteaux and
pardeusses are often finished with revers of satin of
velvet quilted ; the Polonaises of black satin are not veil,
full, and do not reach lower than the knee. Paletots of
ecru cachernive are bordered with- velvet.

CHILD FOUND. IN A PEw.—On Tuesday the dead'
body of a full grown child was found in a box, snugly de-
posited in a pew of St. Martin's Church, Birmingham.
EXTRAORDINARY CASE of INCLNDIARISM.—At the
Eton Petty Sessions on Monday, two men, named Ed-
ward Langley and Alfred Amsden, the former keeping:
petty chandler's shop, and the other a shoemaker lodgili
in the same house, were brought in custody, charged with'
arson. It appeared, from the evidence of the several wit-
nesses who, were examined,, that a strong light was ob-
served in two or three rooms in the house between.five
and six o'clock on Sunday morning by some person who
was passing by. The persons who lived next door were
immediately aroused from their beds, and upon their. me-
tering the house of the prisoner Langley, it was found to
be entirely stript of its furniture, with the exception of a
part of a bedstead, which was tied up behind a door-
Upon going upstairs a large fire was found burning in, the
grate, with a bed post. one end resting on the grate and
the other resting on the floor, in flames, and also piled up
by the side of the fire-place, and likewise burning, mold
picture-frame and a boot-tree, partly consumed, and se-
veral pieces of dry wood. The mantel-piece, composed
of wood, had also caught fire. A large fire wasalso fotuld
in the grate in the back room on the ground, floor, the
chimney in flames, and upwards of two bushelsof ignited
soot on the floor. In the front room on the same floor
there was likewise a fire in the grate, but not &single per
son was found in the house. By the aid of the neighbours
and the police, the fire was fortunately got under before
much damage had been done to the premises. The pri-
soners, having merely stated in their defence that, as the/
had no candles, they set fire to the wood to give thea)
light, were fully committed to Aylesbury gaol to take their
trial for arson at the ensuing assizes.
HORRIBLE CRIafE.—A great sensation has been 0:
cited at Newcastle. by the attempted perpetration of
horrible and unnatural crime. No doubt is entertained
that a gentleman of highly respectable family connections
in the country, and holding an important office connected
with the government, in execution of which he has tem-
porarily resided there, is inculpated. The offence was at-
tempted to be committed on Tuesday evening week, on &
soldier belonging to an artillery regiment stationed there
who suspected the object of the gentleman, and named it
to a policeman, who watched the parties and took the
gentleman into custody, but he subsequently managed,
through the cupidity or negligence of a man named Car-
ter, to escape. Carter was brought before the magistrates,
and Stephens, the superintendent of police, deposed that
sufficient information bad been collected to lead to the,
belief that Carter had wilfully assisted in the escape °`
the prisoner, but that the chain of circumstances was o°',
yet in that conclusive which he had no doubt it would
eventually assume. Carterwas remanded, the magistratea
refusing the prisoner's offer to put in bail. The
indi-
vidual charged with the offence is a man about 45 years 01
age, and be is supposed to reside in a large town in one_
of the midland counties, where he has a wife and familP
The Gateshead Observer says, that on Tuesday night SA
individual, described to us as " George Louis, a barrister
and assistant tithe-commissioner," was apprehended bf
the Newcastle police, on the charge of tempting a privat6
soldier to the commission of a revolting offence. He we
locked up in a cell at the Manors police-office, for sate
custody until the meeting of the borough magistrates
but in the morning, at twenty-minutes past five o'clock,
James Carter, a turnkey, reported to the sub-inspeefor
on duty, that his charge was missing ! It was subse-
quently discovered that he had left Newcastle by the fife_
o'clock coach for Darlington—just twenty minutes WWI
the turnkey reported his absence ! Inspectors Little and
Crake were dispatched in pursuit of the fugitive in _
dif-
ferent directions. Hitherto, however, no intelligeno
has been received of him, nor is his recapture yeti Pr:"
bable,