The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-03-08 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR MARCH

(From the " London and Path Ladies' Magazine of

Fashion.'')

Indoor or walking dresses are very simple in make ; the
skirts are plain, the corsages tight and high ; the sleeves
vary, some are en ecailles or tubes, one within the other ;
those that are in gathers all down the seam are also spoken
of. With these dresses the small collars Mazarine or ala
Duchesse are worn. in satins, green and oreille d' ours are
the favourite colours, trimmed:with revers of velvet of the
same colour, flounces or lace; and the pelerine cardinale so
deep as to conceal the arms, trimmed with a fringe headed
by gimp, and closing with brandenbourgs in.front foe redin-
gotes the pelerine is small and open. Gimp continues to be
much used for ornamenting dresses ; a new style has ap-
peared in Paris, termed Mosaic gimp, which is very pretty
on tunic dresses, and is also applicable for coiffures. Black
has been very fashionable for dress in Paris ; on velvets
and satins lace has been much used, but the newest trimming
is a fringe composed of silk and beads. A yery pretty trim-
ming for tunic dresses in tulle es crape, is a rouleau or cor-
don of marabouts ; sometimes they are sable with gold.
Berthe pelerines are fashionable; they are simply berthes
opening in front, and descending to the waist. Two or more
skirts continue to be fashionable in dress, not only for
dresses of light material, tulle, crape, &c., but they are also
made in silks, and then they are of different colours. Many
dresses train a little behind.
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The Spanish coiffure of blue velvet; with tassels of silver
and nceuds of dentelle d' argent ; the Arabian, composed of
rouleaux of cerise velvet, gold cord and lappets of Alencon
lace • caps a la religieuse, a la Babet, and turbans, are the
coiffures most in favour ; the latter are almost round, and of
small dirfiensions, with resille crown, and ornamented with
beads, jet, or embroidery of gold or saver. Though there is
no material change in the style of dressing the hair, it is ob-
served that the smooth coques are universally in favour for
the back hair, intermixed with nattes of gold tissue or beads ;
the arched bandeaux are still worn, particularly for dark
hair, and ringlets are thought more suitable for light hair.

SINGULAR DELUSION.—For some weeks past a singular
impression has been entertained by the lower classes of Irish,
residing in the metropolis and its environs, that London is
to be destroyed by an earthquake, and the day fixed for this
event, which is to swallow up the capital of the British em-
pire, is the 16th of March. A great many Irish people have
already left the metropolis for distant parts of the country
and for Ireland, and others are preparing to follow, to evade
the earthquake ; and the excitement among the natives of the
sister isle in the eastern part of the metropolis is very great.
They are daily receiving letters from their relatives in Ire-
laud to return home, and save themselves from the destruc-
tion which is sure to await them if they remain there. Many
have removed eastward of Stepney Old Church, on the sup-
position that the earthquake is not to extend beyond that
venerable edifice, which, it is so prophecied, is to fall with
.St. Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey. By some,
however, it is believed the earthquake will not be satisfied_
with swallowing up the metropolis and the " big churches,"
but that fifteen miles of the country are to go with it. On
• Friday, at the Thames Police-court, an Irishman, named
Matthews, was charged before Mr. Ballantine with beating
his wife ; and it appeared the cause of the dispute was that
the woman, who possessed more sense than her husband,
would not leave Shadwell and proceed to Cork with her hus-
,
band, to avoid the earthquake. Blaby and Ellis, 'the ushers
of the court, have had no less than one hundred letters put
into their hands by persons who have been written to by their
friends and relatives in Ireland, requesting them to avert the
threatened calamity by leaving the metropolis before the 16th
of March, or the sunshine of St. Patrick's Day will never
dawn upon them. The publhans in the Tower Hamlets and
elsewhere have lest many of their Irish servants from the
same cause. The prophecy is said to be an ancient one in
i
Ireland, and implicit credences given to it by many deluded
persons. It is a fact that on Friday afternoon an Irish coal-
whipper came into the Thames Police-office, and gravely in-
.:mired if the earthquake was put off, and he vas assured by
the ushers it Was—that the rainy weather had stopped it.—
Morning Post.
EDITORIAL LABOURS.—The conductor of an able and in-
fluential paper, who has had many years' experience in its
management, gives the following estimate of the labours of
an editor ; the truth of which will be readily acknowledged
by all who are acquainted with the subject :—‘. Many people
estimate the ability of a newspaper, and the industry and ta-
lents of its editor, by the variety and quantity of editorial
matter it contains. Nothing can be more fallacious. It
is comparatively an easy task to pour out daily, columns of
words—words, upon any and all subjects. His ideas may
flow in one washy and everlasting flood, and his command
of language may enable him to string them together like
bunches of unions ; and yet his paper may be a meagre and
poor concern. But what is his labour, the toil of such a man,
who displays his ' leaded matter ' ever so largely, to that im-
posed upon a judicious, well-informed editor, who exercises
his vocation with an hourly consciousness of its responsibi-
lities and its duties, and devotes himself to the conduct of
his paper with the same care and assiduity that a sensible
lawyer bestows upon a suit, or a humane physician upon a
patient—without regard of display ! Indeed, the mere writ-
ing part of editing a paper is but a small portion of the work.
The industry even is not shown there. The care, the taste,
time employed in selecting—is far more important—and the
tact of a good editor is shown more by his selection than
than any thing else ; and that, we all know, is half the bat-
tle. But, as we have said, an editor ought to be estimated,
and his labours understood and appreciated, by the general
conduct of his paper—its tone—its temper—its aims—its
manliness—its courtesy—its dignity—its propriety. To pre-
serve all these, as they should be preserved, it ought to oc-
cupy fully the attention of any man. If to this be added the
general supervision of the newspaper establishment, which
most editors have to encounter, the wonder is how they find
time and head room' to write at all." The success of a
journalist, says the editor of the Spectator, depends on his
skill -in selecting and arranging his information. A mere
heap cf facts is as mere rubbish. If any one thinks that it is
easy to render them fit for publication let him try—that's all.

GROUSE.-Our sporting readers will be no doubt glad to
learn that their prospects as regards the ensuing season are
most gratifying. Never within the last 29 years have there
been a larger number of fine healthy birds left for breeding
purposes than is the case on the Craven district of moors now
that the season for killing them has expired. The reasons
for this abundance of grouse we believe to be the following :
The spring of the past year and up to the middle of June,
was one of the most favourable seasons for:the breeding and
rearing of grouse that bas occurred for a long period ; so that
when the rain (which commenced in the latter part of June,
and continued with little abatement until the middle of Oc-
tober,) set in, the early broods were strong on the wing and
covered with a sufficient coating of feathers to withstand the
injurious effects of the lofig and continuous pelting of the
pitiless storm. Such, however, was not the case with the
latter broods, which from the same cause were swept entirely
away, so that when the sportsman made his appearance on
the moors on the 12th of August, he found nothing but strong
healthy birds which the continuous wet weather had caused
to be so shy that it was with difficulty he could approach
within gun-Shot of them, and the game-bags returned off the
moors dearly empty, much to the chagrin of the owners.
This shyness of the birds and their refusal (like Mrs. Bond's
ducks,) to come and be killed, continued nearly to the end
of the season, when the severe weather setting in they left
the higher grounds such as Meltham Moor, and came down
into the enclosures in large packs, and a greater number in
proportion were killed during the few last days of the season
than at any previous time, as a proof of which we may men-
tion, that one gentleman, A. Stockhouse, Esq., Settle, killed
three birds at each of the last three shots which he fired,
making a total of nine birds at three shots.—Leeds bilelli-
t/PPOCr.

CURIOUS WAGER.—A ,wager has been made with the
Hon. Grantley Berkeley, of a somewhat novel description,
and certainly one of great sporting interest, the fidelity of
the dog and sagacity of the horse being alike called into play.
A hundred and fifty to a hundred have been laid against the
success of the following undertaking :—Mr. Berkeley en-
gages on any given day of open weather, upon sufficient
notice, during or between the months of November and
February, 1842 and 1843, in any park, not more than ]3O
miles from London, where leave may be given, and of the
nature of the ground in which he may approve, to course and
pull down, and safely hobble or secure, five full headed bucks,
for the purpose of being put up for stall feeding ; using but
one deer greyhound and one horse for the five courses, fresh
horses alone being at his disposal for the singling out of the
buck from the herd. He is to have no assistance in coursing,
holding, throwing, and hobbling the buck, save that of his
dog ; and also to hold his own horse during the time that he
is securing the deer. The horse to lie down at least once
during that operation, and the deer to be left upon the ground
safely secured for removal by the keepers. Should either the
dog, Odin, or the horse, Brock, at present in Mr. Berkeley's
possession, die or meet with a disabling accident previously
to the day of the wager, then it is to be at the option of Mr.
Berkeley to continue on or off his engagement. If, in catch-
ing the five bucks, a deer should charge the park fence, or
kill himself by running against a tree or other sort of im-
pediment, then in the one case, as regards the deer, these
facts should be deemed accidental, and in no way affecting
the wager, and in the other, Mr. Berkeley might use a fresh
dog.
A BOLD PREACIIER.—The boldness of Samuel Davies (a
qualification so important that even Paul requested the Chris-
tians to pray that it might be given him) will be illustrated
by a single anecdote. When President of Princeton College,
he visited England for the purpose of obtaining donations for
the institution. The King (George 11) had a curiosity to
hear a preacher from "the wilds of America." Ile accord-
ingly attended, and was so much struck with his commanding
eloquence, that he expressed his astonishment loud enough
to be heard half way over the house, in such terms as these,
"Heis a wondeiful man !" " Why, he beats my bishops !"
&c. Davies, observing that the King was attracting more
attention than himself; paused, and looking his Majesty full
in the face, gave him, in an emphatic tone, the following
beautiful rebuke :—" When the lion roareth, let the beasts
of the forest tremble; and when the Lord speaketh, let the
kings of the earth keep silence." The King instantly shrunk
back in his seat, like a school-boy that had been rapped over
the head by his master, and remained quiet during the re-
mainder of the sermon. The next day the monarch sent for
him, and gave him fifty guineas for the institution over which
he presided, observing, at the same time, to his courtiers,
"Heis an honest man—an honest man." Not one of his
silken bishops would have dared to give him such a reproof.
—Americas paper.

Days.

TIDE TABLE.
Evn. I Height.l Sundays, Helydays, 4.e

U. U. I U. M. I P. I.
Tuesday.. 8 9 9 932 32 0 Jupiter rises 4h 25m morn
Wednes' .9 I 953 10 13 13 6 Muon in Apogee 11 ii morn
Thursdaylo 10 30 10 47 14 11
Friday .. 11 11 4 11 18 16 1 Mars sets 8h 34m even.
Saturday 12 11 32 11 46 16 11 New Moon.
Sunday.. 13 - 0 1 17 5 .-,th Sunday in Lent.
Monday. 14 015 030 17 7

LIVERPOOL INFIRMARY REPORT,

March 5, 1840

DISCHARGED

In-patients cured
Relieved and at own request 9
Made Out-patients .. ..• o '
Irregular
Dead