The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-04-29 00:00:00

The Leith Banking Company have stopped payment. It
was a very old concern, but the business has latterly been
much curtailed.

The reformed corporation of Cork have resolved on dis-
continuing an official residence for the mayor, and on redu-
cing that officer's salary to £5OO a year ; a saving of nearly
£1,500 a year will thus be obtained.
DYING FOR LOVE.—Among the wonders of the times we
find it recorded, says the Nashville Whig, that a certain " Dr.
Conyers dissected a person who died for love in London, and
found an impression of a lady's face upon his heart." This
beats animal magnetism.
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AN EFFECTUAL PREVENTIVe.—There exists in some parts
of Germany a law to prevent drinking during divine service.
It runs thus ;—" Any person drinking in an ale-house during
divine service on Sunday, or other holiday, may legally de-
part without paying."
BLACKBURN AND LICHFIELD ELECTION PETITIONS.—
The respective committees have closed their labours, and the
sitting member in each case (Mr. Hornby for Blackburn, and
Lord Alfred Paget for Lichfield) have been declared duly
elected.

Sir David Wilkie's posthumous works announced for sale
by Messrs. Christie and Mason will occupy no less than six
days. They are from his earliest performances to his last
productions, and in number six hundred and sixty-eight.---
Literary Gazette.

A WOMAN TOSSED BY A Cow.—On Wednesday last, as a
young woman of the name of Alice Foulk, who lives at the
Old Park, near the Oaken Gates, was going with a pail under
her arm towards a part of the farm yard of Mr. Bournes, of
Oaken Gates, near Wombridge, where a cow that was rather
wild was kept, by some chance she went too near, and the
animal made a plunge at her and threw her up into the air
with the pail under her arm. Fortunately, though much
hurt, she is likely to recover.—Salopian Journal.
An extensive seizure was made on Wednesday by the
officers of customs, on board a vessel in the Thames. The
cargo, at first sight, appeared to consist of tierces of beef and
other articles, but it was soon discovered that, instead of
beef, the casks (forty in number) contained bags of snuff,
closely packed, the contents of each cask weighing upwards
of 34 cwt., the duty upon which would have amounted to
nearly £5OOO. The goods were removed to the custom-
house stores.

IVCENDIARY FIRES.—On Wednesday information was
reesived in London of several incendiary fires—the work
of incendiaries. The first consumed the farming premises
belonging to a gentleman near Hucking, West Kent. The
loss is estimated at several hundred pounds.—Another took
place on the estate of the Rev. W. Dansey, Danhead,
Wiltshire, whereby two large barns, a granary, stables,
cow and cart-house, and other buildings, have been de-
stroyed.—A third consumed the premises of Messrs. Tas
ker and Co., timber merchants, at Andover.—A. fourth oc-
curred at Havant, near Chichester, which destroyed two
granaries and two dwelling-houses.
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE.—PUGILISM.—The follow-
ing notice was issued on Monday last by the Vice-Chancellor
of Cambridge:—" Whereas it has been represented to the
vice-chancellor that some students of the university have
lately resorted to a professed teacher of the art of boxing,
contrary to the good order and discipline of the university;
we, the vice-chancellor and heads of colleges, whose names
are underwritten, hereby order and decree that if any person
in statu pupillari be hereafter found resorting to or having
any communication whatever with any such teacher of the
art of boxing, or be found attending any prize-fight, he shall
be liable to the punishment of suspension, rustication, or
expulsion, as the case shall appear to the vice-chancellor and
beads of colleges to require." (Signed by the vice-chan-
cellor and masters.)

The neighbourhood of Saunderscourt, Newcastle, and all
that part of the country along the side of the Slaney down to
the Bridge of Deeps, has been in the greatest and most
alarming state of excitement for the last ten days, in conse-
quence
of the number of mad dogs now prowling about and
attacking every animal in their course. The first appearance
of the kind took place in the early part of this month, when
a dog from the Deeps ran through the neighbourhood of
Kilown, where he attacked two or three dogs ane a calf be-
longing to Mr. Paul Walker; three dogs and two helfers of
Mr. Thacker's ; and two dogs of Mr. Richard Bennett's,
Newcastle ; also a lamb of Mr. Paul M`Donnell's, Ferricar-
rig, most of which have since been destroyed. Two favourite
greyhounds of Mr. Thacker's have been shot since Saturday;
and there are many of those furious and rabid animals still
going about. In fact, such is the state of the country, that
the families residing in the neighbourhood are absolutely
afraid to venture out of doors. We hope the authorities will
take prompt and effective measures to abate this awful and
terrific evil.—Wexford Independent.
JEWS IN PRUSSIA.—A. letter from Berlin, 16th inst., in
the Gazette of Upper Germany, has the following; with re-
ference to the proposition now before the Prussian Council
of State, on the subject of excluding the Jews of that coun-
try from the liability to serve in the army :—This ;proposition
has led to a conference between M. de Humboldt and M.
de Stollberg. In a letter M. de Humboldt says :—lll-na-
tured rumours have been current on this subject ; but if
public opinion be against the principles involved in the pro-
position, I do not hesitate to regard it as contrary to sonnd
policy and liberal feelings. It does not belong to man to In-
terpret the decrees of God. The ages of barbarism show
to what an extent the human mind may err ! M. de
Humboldt adds that complete emancipation appears to him
to be a necessity of the times. The Academy of Sciences
has just given a noble example of tolerance. I,t has admitted
as member, on the proposition of M. de Humboldt, the
learned philosopher, Dr. Riess, of the Jewish persuasion.
In the present state of things, this choice cannot fail to create
a profound impression."
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On Thursday night, between eight and nine o'clock, the
city of Canterbury was thrown into the greatest state of
alarm in consequence of a disturbance created between the
military and police ; the origin of which was, that two pri-
vates, one named Dyson, of the 3d Light Dragoons, in an
intoxicated state, molested everybody they came near in the
streets, especially females, broke several windows, upset the
goods of the tradesmen, and otherwise annoyed them. The
assistance of the police was obtained, and they were con-
veyed to the station-house. News of this having come to
the knowledge of other soldiers, they mustered 150 strong,
and at once proceeded in a menacing attitude, to the po-
lice-station, and threatened, in very violent language, to
raze it to the ground if their comrades were not instantly
released. A desperate row ensued, in which some severe

blows were given on each side, and the soldiers tried to

break open the station-house. " Luckily, however, the ser-
geant-majors promptly attended, and it was chiefly by their
persuasion that the soldiers were somewhat quieted; till
at length the police were induced to relinquish their prisoners,
and they were conveyed to the barracks under the direction
of their superiors. The row at one time bore a very threa-
tening aspect, as (so it is in most cases) a number of civilians
got mixed up in the broil. The military consisted chiefly
of volunteers into the regiments under orders for India,
and some of the 4th and 9th Light Dragoons, and Nth
Highlanders. Some of the party are to have a hearing
before the magistrates. It was only the night previous that
Cornets Morgan and Dixon, of the 9th Lancers, wantonly
and brutally assaulted a pot-boy named Gregory, broke
his whip, bit his finger in a horrid manner, and other
wise maltreated him, for which they were had before the
magistrates.

THE GREAT FIGHT FOR £3OO A SlDE.—This contest,
which has excited such interest in the sporting world, and
upon which bets to an enormous amount have been pending,
was decided on Wednesday in favour of Broome, who, from
his frequent victories, had become the champion of what is
technically termed the " like weights." He is a fine scien-
tific fighter, of great muscular power and stamina. His op-
ponent, an Australian, named Bungaree, is also a man of
great strength, and, for a foreigner, possesses much know-
ledge of sparring and the tactics of the ring. Both men for
the last few weeks have been in active training in the subur-
ban districts of the metropolis, under the most experienced
professors, and their condition was considered by the best
judges to be first-rate. The Australian, from being compa-
ratively unknown to the " fancy," did not meet with so many
backers as his opponent, but, nevertheless, he obtained con-
siderable patronage from some of the principal supporters of
the prize-ring, as he was reported to have fought several
well-contested battles, and to possess the most determined
courage. The odds on Friday and Saturday. last at the
sporting houses were 6 and 7 to 4 on Johnny Broome, and,
notwithstanding this confidence, there were plenty of takers
among the London fancy. According to the articles of the
match, it was arranged that the fight should come off within
20 miles of Newmarket, and it was generally understood the
ring would be formed on the six mile bottom, the favoured
resort of boxers in the palmy days of pugilism, and where,
among other celebrated battles, the fight between Gully and
H. Pearce, at that period known by the cognomen of the

" Game Chicken," Was contested. The combatants and their
friends experienced very great difficulty in obtaining a site
for the erection of a ring ; but after one had been formed, a
desperate struggle ensued, which lasted for an hour and a
half, when Broome, amidst the tremendous cheering of his
partisans, was declared the victor. Our correspondent was
unable to ascertain the number of rounds, but was informed
that both men were much punished, and the fight in the opi-
nion of the cognoscenti was of the first description.

VAN AMBURGH AND HIS LIONS AT DOVER.—FATAL OC-
CURRENCE.—On the morning of Monday last, an accident,
which was attended with fatal results to a fine young man
named Pratt, and which had well-nigh terminated in still
more serious consequences, occurred at Lock-hill-lane, a
short distance from the town of Dover. It appears that Van
Amburgh, who had been performing with his lions at Dover,
had given directions to the above unfortunate youth to pro.
ceed with the van that contained the lions, together with an
immense elephant, to Folkestone, about fourteen miles from
Dover, where a fair was that day to be held. On proceeding
down Folkestone hill, which is rather steep, Pratt imprudently
neglected to lock the wheel of the van, and before be had
gained many yards the vehicle began to proceed with great
rapidity, throwing the weight of it on the backs of the shaft
horses, who fell underneath its ponderous Mass. This, how-
ever, fortunately had the effect of turning the van partially
round across the road, when the poll struck against the op-
posite wall dashing the former to atoms and seriously damag •
tug the latter. Several persons rushed to the aid of the poor
driver, whom they found lying in the road with life quite ex-
tinct, the wheels of the van having passed over him. The
horses miraculously escaped almost unhurt, and the van re-
ceived comparatively trifling injury. Had not the van been
turned round in so providential a manner in decending the
hill, it would most probably have come in contact withtthe
wall at its base, and by the impetus given to it it would no
doubt have been dashed to pieces, and thus have given liberty
to the animals inside, which in all probability would have
been productive of much mischief.
A SUCCESSFUL CHASE.—The following details are given
relative to a person who had absconded from Paris with
200,000 francs, and was arested at Vienna, after passing
through Ratisbon :—lt is stated that he was a banker or mer-
chant, named W—, who left Paris for Meaux on the
18th ult., to meet the Strasburg mail, in which he had
engaged a place by the name of Reutter. On the day be-
fore his departure, his partners, en commandite, had placed
in his hands 24,000 francs to meet bills which were com-
ing due. When his flight became known, his creditors,
who had made him a bankrupt, in the hope of discovering
the direction he had taken, opened a letter that came to his
address, and found it to be from his mistress, promising to
meet him at Rotterdam, and thence cross over with him to
England. Upon this one of the creditors set off for Lon-
don, and another for Frankfort, thinking that the fugitive
might either go to America or to the north of Europe. Being
made acquainted with the exposure of the abovementioned
letter, and convinced that he would be followed to London,
he, with the lady, took the road to Frankfort. The person
who went to Frankfort, immediately on arriving there, in-
spected the registers kept at the hotels of the travellers who
stopt there, and found an entry, in the handwriting of W—,
of a M. and Madame Collin, who had on that day taken
their departure for Aschaffenburg, and followed them there.
At this place they assumed the names of M. and Madame
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tuhregy, where r they
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became Durand,
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to Ratisbon, where they resumed the name of Collin,and
four hours after them. Having obtained the assistance of
and which
a tdhaemy
passed on to Vienna. At this capital their pursuer arrived
the police, the bankrupt and his companion were soon disco-
easily
beard to grow, put on a wig, wore spectacles, in the hope of
vered at one of the principal hotels. W—had suffered his
said to be 300,000 f
sufficiently disguising himself, but it was useless, for he was
The 7,000 f, he
had with him were impounded, but lie refused to disclose
where he had deposited the remainder of the large sum, now
recognized, and committed to prison.
waiting for the formalities to warrant his being sent back to
France as a fraudulent bankrupt, he will be made answerable
with which he had absconded. While
to the Austrian criminal laws for entering and travelling in
the country with three false passports.—Galignanes Mes-
senger.

REPRESENTATION OF Trswrcu.—Speculation is already
very busy in suggesting candidates for the representation of
the borough. The Hon. J. C. Herries (one of the late can-
didates) and John Wilson Croker are mentioned as parties
likely to be put in nomination by the conservatives. On the
liberal side two reformers will come forward.—lpswich
Express.

DINNER BY THE EAST INDIA COMPANY.—On Wednes-
day the East India Company gave a sumptuous entertain-
ment at the London Tavern to the Marquis of Tweedale and
Sir George Arthur, on occasion of their appointment to the
Governorship of the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay,
Sir James Lushington in the chair. The tables were deco-
rated with a prolusion of gold and silver plate. Amongst
the company were the Marquis of Tweddale, the Duke of
Wellington, the Earl of Lincoln, Earl Delawarr, Earl Dal-
housie, Lord Stanley, Lord Eliot, Sir lt. Peel, Mr. Astell,
the Right Hon. Sir G. Murray, the Right Hon. Sir J. Gra-
ham, the Right Hon. S. R. Lushington. the Right Hon. W.
E. Gladstone, the Attorney-General, and the Solicitor-
General.

MILITARY IN LELLI GEN CE.-TRE NEW APPOINTMENTS.
—The Gazette of Tuesday night states that the following
military appointments have been made :—His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert succeeds to the colonelcy of the 3d regi-
ment of Scots fusilier guards, vacant by the demise of the
Earl of Ludlow ; Lieut.-general Sir Arthur B. Clifton,
K.C.B. and K.C.H., 17th lancers, is appointed to the 11th
hussars, vice his Royal Highness Prince Albert ; his Royal
Highness Prince George of Cambridge goes to the 17th lan-
cers, vice Clifton ; Lieut.-general Sir J. Stevenson Barns,
K.C.8., is appointed to the colonelcy of the 20th regiment
of foot, vacant by the decease of General Sir Wen. Houstoun;
Lieut.-general Sir A. Woodford, K.C.B. and G.C.M.G.,
governor of Gibraltar, to the 40th regiment, vacant by the
decease of Lieut.-general Sir Lionel Smith ; and Lieut.-
general Sir Dugald Little Gilman, K.C.8., succeeds to the
appointment of second colonel commandant of the rifle bri-
gade, vice Sir J. S. Barns.

The body of a young man, named Henry Lawrence, was
one day last week casually discovered suspended from a tree
in Tiddesley Wood, near Pershore, being in a state of de-
composition, and greatly mangled by the birds; the legs were
tied, and it was evident that the• unhappy man had climbed
up to the branch, sat upon it while he fastened his limbs, and
then, placing the rope round his neck, and affixing the other
end to the branch, have thrown himself from it. The body
was immediately conveyed to the Talbot, in Pershore. The
inquest was held on Thursday before C. Best, Esq., and a
respectable jury, who returned a verdict to the effect that the
deceased was " found hanging." It appears that the unfor-
tunate man was from Hartill, Northamptonshire, and came
into this neighbourhood soon after the Birmingham and
Gloucester Railway commenced, and had been employed on
the line as a plate-layer, but had lately been out of work.
During his residence here he had married a young widow,
who stated on the inquest that they lived on very good terms
together; but the general opinion of the neighbours was
quite the reverse of that, and it was known that they fre-
quently quarrelled. The widow said that the deceased left
home in very good spirits on the 28th of February, in search
of work.—Worcester Journal.
CALEDONIAN CANAL.—We understand the committee of
the House of Commoes have unanimously agreed to recom-
mend the completion and improvement of the Caledonian
Canal, as proposed by Mr. Walker, engineer, and Sir Edward

. .
Parry. There seems no doubt, therefore, that government
will make the necessary advances, and preparations will be
made for commencing the works. We anticipate important
results from this decision, so intimately connected with the
prosperity of Invciness, and the whole north of Scotland.—
Inverness Courier.

The Malta Times has a circular by Mr. Warrington the

British consul at Tripoli, dated March 26, addressed to the
different chiefs of the interior and northern coast of Africa,
representing to them the folly as well as cruelty of the slave
trade, and avising them to substitute for it an active trade
in the natural resources of Africa, such as gold dust, ivory,
ostrich feathers, gum, skins, indigo, &c. This circular has
been translated into Arabic and profusely distributed. The
petty officer of the Cambridge, who was condemned to death
for the murder of a boy, was to be sent from Malta to En-
gland in the Weasel in a few days, the sentence being that
he is to be hung on board of any British ship at the pleasure
of the Admiralty. The Polyphemus left on the llth for
Naples, conveying there the distinguished Hindoo the
Dwarkanauth Tagore, on his way to England. Whilst in
Malta this gentleman displayed great liberality in donations
to the charities of the island.

Some years ago an elderly gentlemen, on his way through
Arundel, took advantage of a short stay at the Norfolk Arms
to visit the castle. He was much pleased, as all sensible vi-
sitors must be, with every thing he saw, but most with the
grave moping owls of the keep. But, of all the family, one
had that peculiar sagacity of expression which appeared to
engross the whole attention of his visitor. His horns long,
and horizontally projecting from either temple ; his scarlet-
coloured eyes, that seemed as if they had become inflamed
by long-continued study ; his wings that hung loosely about
him like a professor's gown ; his face, his feet, every feature,
in short, seemed to say, " this is no common owl.' "He 's
a sagacious fellow, this," observed the stranger. " Yes,
sir," said the keeper, " we always call him the chancellor."
" The what—the chancellor? " " Yes, sir, sometimes the
chancellor, and sometimes Lord Eldon—he is so very wise."
The stranger was highly amused at finding a namesake un-
der the ivy in Arundel keep, for we need scarcely add, that
the visitor was, in fact, the chancellor hi mself, the late vene-
rable and learned Lord Eldon. —Beatties Castles and Abbeys
of England.

We are authorised to contradict various newspaper para-
graphs of recent date—(one or two of which, we are sorry
to say, appeared in the Bull,) relating to the testamentary
distribution of the late Earl Of Westmorland's property, and
subsequent arrangements between the present earl and his
sister, Lady Georgiana Fane. The statement circulated
this last week is, we have the means of knowing, in every
particular incorrect. The Earl of Westmorland has, at pre-
sent, an income of about £16,000 per annum ; and the pro-
perty left to Lady Georgiana does not amount to more than
£2500 per annum—from which an annuity has to be paid to
her ladyship's younger brother, Col. Fane. Every arrange-
ment between Lord Westmorland and Lady Georgiana Fane
has been, and is, on the most amicable footever
was, nor could have been desired by his lordship, that his
sister should give up to him any part of her comparatively
small income. In case of any further misrepresentations,
we may take this opportunity of mentioning, that the fortune
of the Dowager Countess of Westmorland isentailed on Col.
Fane.—John Bull.

LOVE IN A BREWING PAN.—That the course of love
never will run smooth has become the almost every-day ex-
perience of the unfortunate victims of the ensnaring little
Cupid. " Merrie Wakefield," on former occasions demon-
strated to the world the dangers of
.too blind an adherence to
the ill-advised counsels of the blind god ; nevertheless, it
appears that neither Wakefield or any other field ever will
escape from the heart-burning and finger-burning conse-
quences of the tyrannies of love. Lately, a reverend gentle-
man of Wakefield, took it into his head that his house was
frequented by visitors who,
.though more free than welcome
to him, were not so to his maid-servants. He determined to
make an experiment, and see whether these " testimonials of
respect" were for his own or their dear sakes, and accord-
ingly informed them that he was going a journey and would
not return home that night. Didn't the hearts of his faith-
ful and affectionate servants leap for joy, whilst with solemn
countenances they assured him they would pay every atten-
tion, &c. Their worthy master having got a small quantity
of luggage, took his departure. In the meantime the true
and faithful servants anxiously awaited the arrival of their
cousins, who were punctual, as usual, to the appointed hour,
or rather minute—for love thinks more of the happy minute
than any other section of time. How readily did they tell
their delighted swains that " master had gone out of town
and wouldn't be back to. night !" We didn't exactly hear
them reply that the statement was "too good to be true,"
but as the sequel will prove, they discovered it was so exces-
sively good as all that. At the happy and yet fatal hour of
eight, " master" cruelly determined to return home. He
suddenly entered the house, and was just in time to think he
saw something drop into a large brewing-pan in the kitchen.
The reverend gentleman wagged his head, doubled up his
sleeves, (laughing in them at the same time,) and said, " I
think we will brew to-night.". He only wanted to brew mis-
chief ! The poor fellow .inside, hearing the brewing spoken
of, thought of the mashing he would get, and was already
beginning to melt from the combined effects of love and fear !
There was the consolation of thinking that she for whose
sake he was thus to be dissolved in the mash-tub, would soon
receive some portion of his alcoholic remains, and thereby
that " they twain should become one flesh !" He quietly
resigned himself to the martyrdom of the mash tub ! His
reverend executioner then commenced operations by pump-
ing water into the vessel, but as the animal inside was but a
rum fish, and couldn't swim, he jumped up in " heavy wet,"
and instantly bolted. On inquiry it turned out that he was
" only a friend of the cook's."—Halifax Guardian.

KNOCK AND RING.-At the Middlesex Court of Requests,
last week, a black Coast of Guinea niggar, very trimly dressed,
and who, in consideration of being in the land of liberty,
doubtless " shakes hands with himself every morning," sued
his master, a gentleman residing in Bedford-square, for the
sum of 155., one month's wages. The case very humourously
exhibited what may be called a " distinction with a differ-
ence." Mr. Dubois.—" Why refuse to pay this sum, Mr.
Morton ?" Defendant.—" Sir, of all the insolent fellows
that ever existed, this fellow—" " Sar," said the ebony
plaintiff, " sar, him no fellar—him tell him face ob face."
" Silence, sir," said the officer of the court. " Silence keep
himself," said blackey. " What a for my monies no paid,
eh ?—what a for dis white a massa no pay noting', eh ?—what
a for—" Mr. Dubois.—" But it seems you have disobeyed
orders." Blackey.—" Eh, ah ; dere him wrong. Massa
put him brass a plate on door, and say to sombody and ebe-
rybody come, knock and ring. Berry well; him sit side of
de kishen fire, and poker, poker, scrape a scrape, and talk to
de cook : berry good : by by, cone knock (roars of laughter) :
Mungo, cook say, dare one knock ob de door : ees, ees, I
say ; but de fool no ring. Massa put a brass on de door, and
say, ' knock and ring.' (Laughter.) Berry good ; buckra
knock again, and I say, you fool, what for you no ring? and
stick a fast by de side ob de fire." (Laughter.) Mr. Du-
bois.—" But, sir, it was your duty to answer the door."
Blackey.—" So him did answer, and say, Mungo no move
till de knock come wid de ring. (Laughter.) So den comes
one loud ring—one a long long ring ob de kitchen bell."
(Laughter.) Mr. Dubois.—" Well. sir, and did you open the
door then ?" Blackey.—" No, sir ; him poke de fire again."
A Juryman.—" Why didn't you open the door:" Blackey.
—" Cos him no knock." (Laughter.) The cunning of
Blackey, however, did not avail him, and the jury dismissed
the summons on the ground of inattention to duty.

A man in Transylvania, named Kovats, has discovered a
certain remedy for hydrophobia ; its efficacy has been proved,
and
it the Austrian government has appointed him to adminis-
terin any case that may come within his reach : it is six
drachms of the Asclepias Vincitoxicum ; two, of the bark
of the young branches of the Service tree (Cratcequs Tarmi-
nails), and the inner part of nine bulbs of garlic soaked in
half-a. pint of pure water in an unglazed vessel, and then
boiled, near, but not on, the fire ; then strained ; the dose
for a man five large table-spoonsful, to be taken in the
morning on an empty stomach, so soon as the person bitten
shows symptoms of illness.

NOTES ON THE LATE DRAWING-ROOM.-At the court of
the King of the French. ladies present themselves in ordi-
nary dinner costume ! How different here ! Take for an
instance, of our superiority, Lady Peel's costume at the
Drawing-room. How becoming her ample and graceful
mantle of damask,
e effect highly
with a white ground, broche with sap-
phire ! Was not th
becoming ? We were in-
deed, at the late Drawing-room, surprised at the improve-
ment in the dress of most of the ladies present ; instead of
towering plumes, like those of a hearse, feathers, now of
moderate size, have lost all formality, are adapted to the
face, and tall ladies are no longer gigantic ; pocket Venuses,
ridiculous ; nor are the objects of one's daily adoration not
recognisable. To add further instances of costumes at the
Drawing-room, we may mention Lady Yarde Buller's, which
was agreeably eccentric. Her dress, in white moire, was
turned over with cherry-coloured velours Cpingl6, which
threw most advantageously its warm tints over the entire
costume. Viscountess Dungannon wore a dress of the rich-
est effect : her mantle, velvet and silver ; her under-dress
covered with a silver blonde of antique pattern. The Duchess
of Buccleuch and Lady Tankerville, in the sombre hues of
mourning, presented a remarkable contrast as they passed
on. Next swept past Lady Stanley, with a rich rose-coloured
mantle, her dress of white satin, trimmed with 6pingle vel-
vet ; producing together a charming effect. Next came a
Venus in miniature—Miss Fitzgibbon. Her costume, of
charming simplicity, was entirely white. Next we saw the
lovely sister of the young Princess who has just bid adieu
to England—Lady Clementina Villiers, whose dress, colour
vert chore, required all her youth and beauty to be worn
with effect.