TIIE NEW CUSTONIS.—The following is a list of the articles,
with the quantities of each, which may now be shipped from bonded warehouses free of duty.
Tea t oz., or Coffee It oz., Cocoa I oz. per day, for each person on board. Wino, 1 pint per day for the master, each mate, and each passenger. Spirits—Brandy, eueva, Rum (British Plantation), t pint per day for each person on board. The last to be hi proportion or one-half of the whole quantity of Spirits shipped, an:I no Spirits to be shipped in less than the legal sized packages. Raw Sugar and Molasses (together or separate), 2 oz. per day for each person on board.
Dried Fruits, 2 pounds per week for each person on board. Rice, ditto. •
It appears that vessels going foreign voyages have for a long time past been in the habit of shipping foreign salted provisions for export, and using them on board. By permitting these shipments under certain restrictions, it is conceived that the Irish trade will be greatly benefited, instead of being injured, as its hasty advocates imagined.
NEW DANCE.—We quote the following from the grave pages of the Morning Chronicle. Something of the kind was wanting. The menhave got their new constitution—why not the ladies their new dance ?
"At the festivities last week at Gunton Park, the seat of Lord Suffield, a new dance was introduced, after quadrilles, waltzes, gallopades, and reels, and which far eclipsed
them all. It bears the the old name of cotillon, but is totally new and unequalled in spitit and eilbet. It begins by some six or eight couples waltzing ; a chair is suddenly introduced into the centre, in which the first gentleman seats his partner. He then leads up and presents each of' the other gentlemen in succession. If the lady rejects, the discarded retire behind the chair; but when ' the right man' arrives, she springs up, the tone and accent of the music are accelerated, and (dr she waltzes with theelected —the rest seize their partners, and the circle is continued. All in turn through the process. Three chairs are then placed. A lady (in succession) is seated between two bearers [query, borers], who importunately solicit her reluctant regard, till at length site gives herself to one, and waltzing is resit:nett A gentleman is then seated in a Centre chair, hoodwinked, and a lathtakes the place on each side. In this perplexity of choice, the Tantalus of the mirth remains; till by a sudden resolution he decides for right or left, uncovers his eyes, and waltzes away with the chance-directed partner, followed as before by the rest. The chairs are now placed triangularly dos a dos, and three ladies are thus seated. The youths pace round them in a circle, till each of the fair ones throws her handkerchief; and away they again whirl. The men then appear to deliver to each, but to one alone is given, a ring ; and the dance concludes by the ladies passing hand in hand through arches made by the extended arms of the gentlemen; and each seizes Ids partner, and once more swings round the circle."
WEDDING PRESENTS.—It is the custom of the Continent for a bridegroom to present to his bride, on the eve of their union, a collection of jewels, contained in what is called a corbcille de maces. The corbeille presented by King Leopold to the Princess Louise, consisted of a Gothic chest of ebony, inlaid with silver, in a damask pattern, and studded with oriental pearls. Its contents were a magnificent suite of diamonds, consisting of a necklace, comb, and wreath of wheat-ears, the hitter made so as to take to pieces, and become applicable in various other forms ; besides a variety of brooches, intended for looping up the drapery of court dresses, and clasping on bouquets. A complete suite of,different coloured stones, mounted in gold so lightly that the setting was invisible and a great variety of wheat-ears in emerald, chrysophrase, jacyntls, topazes, chrysolitcs' and other stones, representing wheat in every shade of its growth. A set of Neapolitan shells, and another of antique cameos, richly set in gold, besides a great variety of gold chains,—some light, others very massive. Two studs for night • dresses of large single diamonds. Eight cachemere shawls, four being square, and four long. Scarfs in every variety of lace, viz. Alencon and Brussels point, Lisle, Mechlin, Valenciennes, Chantilly• besides soine curious varieties in eachemere, embroidered with gold, silver, and pearls. A dress of silk muslin (one of the • new French stuffs), embroidered in bunches of grapes, of which the fruit was composed of amethysts. A dress of Chinese silk, painted in bouquets of flowers br.the hands of the first artist; enclosed in a case of japan, painted in flowers d la Chinoise, and richly gilt. A great variety of what are called .cadeaux de corbeille accompanied this beautiful chest. Among .others, a set of chimney ornaments, a he Frangaise, consisting of clocks, candelabra, and vases ; a breakfast service to match, with a beautiful plateau of the same ; another breakfast service of silver gilt ; a dressingcase, work-box, and writing-desk, en suite, of crystal and gold, lined with rich velvet; several beautiful cases of oriental japan, filled with bias of Paradise, heron's feathers, marabout and ostrich feathers, and
the.ltieliest plumes, in all their varieties ; several pieces of velvet, ,. • brocade, blonde, gold and silver stuffs, and rich silks of every description; besides an infinite variety of trinkets and ornaments for the embellishment of a dressing-room or boudoir, each contained in a travelling-case of the richest kind. The wedding-clothes, presented by Louis Philip to his daughter, were of corresponding magnificence.
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