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BRIEF CHRONICLER OF THE TIMES

... incognito, and travel under the title 'of Count de Cliambord. The hop-picking in Kent and Sussex has been brought to a close: the duty is fixed at £130,000. The Maidstone Gazette says all the accounts state that the crop is short of what was expected. ...

GRAND FANCY DRESS BALL IN AID OF THE PUBLIC CHARITIES

... Mrs Thomas, in a black and gold fancy dress C court dress, maroon velvet and god C Boote, John, St Jamess-terrace, Stanhope-street, in a superb Rover's dress C Boote, Miss Elizabeth, St. James's-terrace, Stanhope- street, as Diana Vernon, looked remarkably ...

HER MAJESTY'S COSTUME BALL

... the long white gaiters which re- nraisied ill vogue even up to the reign of George IV. Tho Cavalry all wore high military boots, and somse of them the crimson sword belt fringed with gold, whijh gave them very usuel the appearance of a imodern Grand Cross ...

SCRAPS FROM AMERICAN PAPERS

... practice, usually, in pulling off my fie-forshames,' hung them up to the ceiling ef the state-room, opposite the door, with my boots dangling in them. The oid lady's berth was immediately opposite to mine and one morning she woke much earlier than usual, having ...

. Riterarg, Kxtvart%

... bit amny, laeolth'giving g t7irpiSS ?? On-its bygala mission? To ?? richeountry - tl s'tr;ismg with af pro unie e of t he golden -gm-ai i t hat yet lies P fede- foldtd-il the silken bosom ofrearbislender plamteurs To dioteis a be ~to the-sparkhing river ...

OPENING OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... hs, Mi Iea E 1i ivgtalsnrwlren'ofanoete, ad : Zinc. dos, Ite. Queen:inboy,: 13' fahoi ndes ote--erfny an ae. tbesauarya mne boots bas sand okiensnlmecr. e acsb PESAnii AND l~aros~n O-:mnfactces, rit trsawles, olaokth,cament Fh'Kina-NOnOR eoi aelos stf ...

OPENING OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION

... prinits, cottont prinits *fron Neufelatel, naus- H imt, &C. F'KANCH -Glove and braces, all Parisian fa- shi1jnts in dress, boots,I lists, stained liaper, de- signs for manufactures, 1tri nti ng anti lithogra- phic specimncts, papers, Marble chininuey-pieces ...

ANNUAL SHOW AT WIGAN OF THE MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

... Frescot. (Fiive competitors.) ' o-,uet Best Golden-peocilsed Hamburg Fowls, £1-Joseph Tate, Of Syke Hill, Preston. Best Silver-peucilled Hantburg Fowls, £L-John Rbinson, of Vale House, Garstanug. Best Golden-spsngleJ Haonburg Fowls, X1.-William C. Worrall ...

Literature

... in some p: a' other uffending place. -Mren, for the most'part of large framne, tl a wtith red fdannel shlirts and immnense boots worn outside their Hl - trousers, their feces unwsashed end unshaven, still reckillg b: y with, the dusti and smoke of'Lawrence ...

LEYLAND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY

... h c, D. Parsons. -Game, D. Par-sons.- ochin China, J. Wood, Brinscall Hall. -Golden pencilled Hamburg, R. Carr, Leylnnd.-Silver pencilled Hamburg, J. Platt, Deane. - Golden sp ngled Hamburg, D. Parsons.-Silver spanled Hamnburg R. Teby -Any other variety ...

EXHIBITION OF WORKS OF ART, &c

... Mr. Wade contributes paintings by Lt himself, entitled Cartinig Turf from Farin'toni Moss, le subscription portrait- of Boots- 'at the Oastle Inn, ar I(Contemplation, portrait of Mrs. Dixon, A Boggart, Dr and Where's the-boy that minds the sheepi ...

VARIETIES

... other matter we are unable to find room for it. Do yon ever have any ' hops' in Maidstone ? asked a London belle, who was dres6ing for a ball, of a country consin from Kent. Oh yes, lots; was the reply, pa has forty acres of 'em. An orator who had ...