The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-02-03 00:00:00

Will duly

feigning still the public good,
!heir private wishes, 0—
,y'll seek, as 'twere, " the people's food"-
Their own dear loaves and fishes, 0 !
And when the mos they would address,
Through the Reporter's gallery, 0,
They'll seem to speak of " Trade's Distress,'
But mean their want of salary, 0 !
Little Johnny Russell, 0, UGC

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FASHIONS FOR FEBRUARY

(From the " London and Paris Ladies' Magazine of
Fashion "

One of the most

fashions'

id prettiest materials of the
sde either black

moment is satin with vet

stripes

on black, or

any oth

; is more eleg. ant fo
hades ot colour

evening dress ; it is also seen of two different
the velvet of pale green and the satin stripe of darker green
this style is also used for mantelels trimmed with lace, and it
forms bias on satin dresses with very good effect : the.Aress
---,ld be of the colour of the satin stripe. There is no altera-
‘— make of dresses : the deep point continues for full
?mind corsage with ceinture for demi toilette

tion in tt

dress, and ti
Gimp trimmings v;

all the season : the

gimp renaissance of w
elegant, I,'lt lace is thi

silk intermixed with beadsis ver
Jest style of trimming, and muc

of trimming is also form

rouleaux

skirts in w

r light green, in

dresses are the triple skirts of I

A novelty in the ball
in three different shades of colour from pink to cerise, &c
trimmings embroidered in chain-stitch, in gold or ‘="
tulle, and placed flat on tulle dresses, are
gant, the berthe corresponding.

rich and ele-

rfs, and canai

Bournois, Armenien, manteaux, .
less variety. Capotes of quilted silk, though much in fa-
2, are not at all common : one of white satin, ornamented
with tips of marabouts, united by a satin bow and long ends
terminating in a fringe. had small pink and paille velvet
flowers inside : at this moment there is little change in this
part of the toilette. Many very elegant coiffures are now seen
of velvet filet d'or, brocarts, &c., some Mauresque, l Agnes
Sorel, Marie Antoinette. Mazarine, and Marquise ; lace
scarfs are also used for coiffures, caps a la Fontange and
Charlotte Corday, and the Breton cap of muslin or lace,
lined with colours, and the brochettes Louis XV. are now
fashionable.

The Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel gave par-
liamentary state dinners on Wednesday ;
'leers, and by the latter to a lar;

the former to a

numerous party of

of the lower house

A private investigation took place at the public Office, on
Saturday, before the Mayor and two of our borough magis-
trates, in consequence of a statement made to the Birming-
ham correspondent of the Times, by Mr. Boultbee, who, in
the days of the political union, figured as a " patriot," to the
effect that he knew a person in Birmingham who had posi-
tively declared that he would, " take away the life of Sir
Robert Peel," and that he firmly believed he would carry
his threat into execution. The mayor sent for Mr. Boultbee
and his deposition was taken, and forwarded to the Secretary
of State.—Birmingham Advertiser.
POOR-LAWS FOR IRELAND.—The deputation appointed
upon Earl de Grey met his excellency on Saturday,
,Cn his lordship said, that " legislation on so important a
subject being generally founded on inquiry, it would be diffi-
cult to legislate early in the session, as they intimated should
be done, if such inquiry were also to be instituted. The sole
object of the Government was to obtain the best information
from all parts of the country, and from men of all parties,
whose object was to amend the existing system ; and his ex-
cellency concluded by inviting suggestions in writing from
gentlemen conversant with the working of the law, and as-
sured the deputation of his anxiety to give such suggestions
his most anxious consideration."
FORTUNATE RESCUE.—On Wednesday afternoon last, an
old woman of the name of Forrester, who is in the habit of
wandering about Leith, bad, it is supposed, gone down to the
rocks at Seafield to gather shell-fish, and becoming benumbed
with cold, she was unable to escape from the tide, which was
rapidly flowing. In this perilous situation, when the water
had reached her neck, she was observed by some carters, who
immediately conveyed her to the Humane Society's Rooms
in the Dispensary, where she arrived perfectiy stiff and rigid,
and completely inanimate. Medical assistance being imme-
diately at band, the means adopted for her recovery happily
succeeded. She was restored to consciousness in a short
time.—Caledonian Mercury•
CORN LAW AND TARIFF.—On Saturday last the meeting
which was adjourned on Saturday, the 14th January. re-
assembled in the Court-house, Fermoy, Cork county. As
will be recollected, it was a meeting of the landowners, far-
mers, shopkeepers, tradesmen, and labourers, of the Barony
of Condons and Clongibbons, convened by the Right Hon.
the Earl of Mountcashell, to " petition parliament on the
- • ...rieultural produce, caused

to wait

pressed state of the

s effects

tariff and corn laws." At
he meeting was adjourned,
nrouvenience. The noble

one o'cioc
the Court

louse was crow

i;nfter a lengthened speech, he
'eclared to be car-

lord again_ took

That it is the opinion of this
meeting that the late alteration in the corn laws and tariff
has not vet had a sufficient trial to enable the people to form
a decided opinion on the matter." The resolution which
called forth this amendment, and which Lor Mountcashel
now
wished to see passed, was as follows :—" Thad t the evils
so severely felt are mainly attributable to the effects of the
recent alteration in the cor"n laws, and to certain clauses
contained in the new tariff ; but this was negatived.
DR. CHALMERS ON EMIGRATION.—Dr. Chalmers has
published a letter, dated December 29, 1842, in which be
strongly recommends the formation, in Glasgow, of an effi-
cient emigration society. composed of the most respectable
men in the neighbourhood. Their duties he defines to be to
examine all the special claims, and to meet them, as far as it
is enabled to do, from a general fund, formed by a general
subscription from the country at large. He says, however,
that he must testify his own opinion " of the utter ineffici-
ency of emigration as a lasting expedient of relief for the dis-
ti•eas of a redundant or unemployed population. At the most
it will but yield a transient and temporary relief from the
pressure which is now felt in the manufacturing districts of
our country. I cannot see my way to any scheme of perma-
nent amelioration for the working classes, but through the
medium of a commensurate parochial system, by which a
universal education, both Christian and common, should he
provided for our people. The scheme of a poor-law is be-
ginning to look at us in good earnest; and I shall now cease
to lament what I hold to be the infatuation of expending a
five times greater sum, and doing worse than nothing with it,
than
t would suffice for the establishment and vigorous opera-
ionof those moral causes, by which alone the comfort and
economic
prosperity as well as the transcendently higher in-
terests of the conim, on people, can be placed beyond the
reach of every fluctuation"

e following amends

which was

put tb
ried b

MASSES FOR, TH
specimen of the

DEAD.—The following i
ionesty of Roman Catholic pries

s a pretty

masses for the dead

We should imagine

tion was of the same Opinion as Cardinal Richelieu, who,
being asked, " Pray, Cardinal, how many masses will it take
to get a soul out of purgatory ?" replied, " As many as it will
take snow-balls to heat an oven. The subject is contained
in a letter which has been addressed to one of the magistrates
at Marlborough-street, by Mr. Dvce Sombre, himself a Ro-
man Catholic ; we publish that letter, and the magistrate's
reply :

" Clarendon Hotel, New Bond-street, Jan. 27.
"Sir,—lt has been my custom, since the death of an
esteemed and affectionate friend, and in pursuance of the rites
of the religion I have been brought up in, to have a dead mass
performed on the anniversary of my friend's death ; but, to
my horror, I discovered last year, when I attended the cere-
mony at a chapel, that the officiating priest, finding (1 should
think) that I had not given him the same that I had given to
others on similar occasions, actually did not perform the ser-
vice appointed for the dead. I had known of deceits occur-
ring in what is called " the world," but here those who call
themselves to be out of it, take revenge and insult the religion
they profess. I have washed my hands of them, as far as the
ceremony goes ; and therefore have resolved, for the future,
to lay out that sum also, in relieving the wants of the dis-
tressed, and therefore beg you will do me the favour to lay
out the enclosed draft of £5O in the manner I have desired.
- 0. 13:rcz_Sostunx."
THE COTTON CROP OP THE UNITY]) STATES.—The recent
arrivals from New York have put us in possession of an ac-
count, made up to the end of the year, of the arrivals and
exports of cotton, at and from the ports of the United
States, which show a very large increase as compared with
the corresponding period in Preceding years. The total
receipts at the ports, at the closeof the years undermentioned,
were—

-
1839. 1840. 1841. 1842
516,000 489,753 617,036 909,036
Thus it appears, that the arrivals down to the close of last
year exceeded by about 50 per cent those of the previous
year, which were the largest previously known, and still
further exceeding those of the abundant year 1839; when
however, the forwarding of cotton to the ports was greatly
checked in the commencement of the season, by the utter
prostration of mercantile credit in the United States. The
exports to Great Britain also continue very large; being as
follows to the end of each of the last three years :
1840. 1841. 1812 -
154,089 182,651 322,101
giving, at the end of last year, an increase of about 60 per
cent on the year 1841, and more than 100 per cent on 1840.
At the latest dates, too, shipments were proceeding with
such rapidity, :hat, notwithstanding the unusual number of
vessels up from Great Britain (99 against 64 in 1811, and
41 in 1840), freights had risen in all the shipping ports.—

Manchester
MR. AINSWORTH AND THE CORN
already stated that a petition had been presented to Mr.
kinsworth, M.P. for Bolton, calling upon him to resign his
'at in consequence of an alleged " change in his opinions on
Mr. Ainsworth handsent a written answer,
he
'-^ request; in the course of it
,a myself, at the Little Bolton Town-
te for a total and immediate .repeal of the
--fight forward

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