and 50 men each, were captured in Canada, is certainly a necessary and important consequence of this species of warfare. DOMESTIC AND MISCELLANEOUS period. by our small craft on Lake Ontario, not without obstinate defence. The principal operations of the coasting squadron in the Chesapeake, under the command of Sir On the 22d July his Royal HighJohn Borlase Warren, are, an at- ness the Prince Regent in person tack upon Craney Island (22d prorogued the Parliament. After Jane), undertaken with a view to an elegant address from the Speakeffect the destruction of the Con- er, his Royal Highness delivered stellation frigate; but completely a speech from the throne, embracfrustrated by the vigorous opposi-ing the principal topics of our fotion our troops met with. Includ-reign and domestic concerns at this ing the loss of two or three boats with men, we came off with a minus of about 60 men, killed, taken, or drowned. Our squadron next proceeded to Hampton, where the troops landed on the 26th June, took the town, attacked and carried the American camp in its rear, Our latest accounts from Malta made some prisoners, took seven represent the plague in that island pieces of cannon, and re-embarked. as still in most destructive viru- · Here our loss was about 50 men.-lency: from thirty to forty deaths Insignificant as, upon the whole, occurred daily in the middle of these results may appear, the effect June. of keeping the coast in constant alarm, and of occupying a great force of the enemy, which other-Raab, in Hungary. wise would be employed against us The Emperor of Russia having been elected a Knight of the Garter, a deputation has set out from England for Germany, to present his Imperial Majesty with the insignia of that order. J German papers announce the arrival of the Queen of Sicily at PLATE 16.-FASHIONABLE FURNITURE. THE bed-room chair is of the highest character of decoration, and of course adapted to the principal chambers of a mansion: the frame is of mahogany, of satin wood, or may be painted in imitation of them. The form of this chair is suited for repose. The cottage chair is composed after the designs which prevailed in the sixteenth century, when the national taste was yet unsettled, and the fancy adopted forms and em-. bellishments not in unison with the refined and classic taste of modern times: the very circumstance, probably, makes this design analogous to the purposes of a cottage ornée;. and it has lately been introduced with great advantage as furniture for buildings of the castellated character, and also for those whose original features are of similar construction, and to which furniture has been introduced much less in harmony, although, separately considered, of a superior design. distinct spaces is produced by the The plate (No. 4,) given in the Repository for July, is a French window-curtain: it is designed for a room where the space between the windows is of excessive dimensions, which very frequently occurs in old buildings. To relieve this defect, and also to remove the The flower-stands, on the exobjectionable appearance of a cen-tremes of the design, are suited to trai pier, a mirror is substituted for the dining and the drawing-rooms. an opening, and the effect of three FASHIONS FOR LADIES. 1 PLATE 20. PROMENADE COSTUME, A white jaconot muslin high dress, with long sleeves and collar of needle-work; treble flounces of plaited muslin round the bottom; wrist and collar confined with a silk cord and tassel. The hair disposed in the Eastern style, with a fancy flower in front or on one side. A Vittoria cloak, or Pyrennean mantle, of pomona green sarsnet, trimmed with Spanish fringe of a correspondent shade, and confined in graceful folds on the left shoulder. A white lace veil thrown over the head-dress. A large Eastern parasol, the colour of the mantle, with deep Chinese awning. Roman shoe, or Spanish slipper, PLATE 19.-EVENING COSTUME. .A ROUND robe of white Venetian crape, worn over a white gossamer satin slip, appliqued with lace in front of the bosom; full slashed sleeve and demi-bodice, of amber or other coloured satin, confined at regular distances and at the bottom of the waist with bows of correspondent ribband. The bottom of the dress finished with treble rows of lace, put on very full. Head-dress, à la Parisienne, composed of a small bandeau of diamonds, white roses, and folds of silk the colour of the bodice; over which is disposed fancifully a large transparent Mechlin veil. Ear-rings, necklace, cross, and studs of brilliants or pearl. Slip-of pers of amber satin, with silver rosettes and trimming. Gloves of French kid, and fan of carved ivory. pomona green kid, or jean. Gloves of primrose or amber-cotoured kid. MEDICAL REPORT. AN account of the practice of a physician from the 15th of July to the 15th of August, 1813. 037 Acute diseases.-Cholera, 3.... Catarrh, 5.... Inflammatory sorethroat, 2.....Fever, 6....Measles, 3... |