train of figured satin, perruche et blanc, richly trimmed with blond; dress of perruche crape over white satin: plume of feathers, blond lappets and brilliants.-Shadwell: Train of satin façonné vert et blanc, lined with white satin, and trimmed with blond and silver lama; dress, white satin; plume of feathers, blond lappets, brilliants.-Janet Walrond: Train of mauve et blanc, figured satin, trimmed with blond; dress, white tulle, embroidered in gold, dessin Gothique, over white satin; plume of feathers, blond lappets, brilliants.Stuart de Rothsay: Black Chantilly, embroidered over gray satin slip; corsage of black damask satin, richly ornamented with black Chantilly; manteau of splendid black damask satin, with bouquets, and trimmed to correspond: headdress, diamonds and rich ostrich plume; barbes en Chantilly noir.-Frances Sandon: Manteau of citron colour ducape silk, trimmed with blond; petticoat of white crape, over white satin, embroidered in gold and silver: head-dress, feathers, diamonds, and pearls.-Frederick Bentinck: Black satin manteau, trimmed with tulle satin and blond; black blond lace petticoat, over black satin, trimmed with blond and satin.Sophia Marsham: Manteau of Pombona green figured silk, lined with white silk, trimmed with ruches of tulle and satin; corsage trimmed with blond; petticoat of tulle, over white satin, trimmed with bouquets of flowers: head-dress, ostrich feathers and pearls.-Charlotte Butler: Manteau of pink poplin, trimmed with blond lace and satin; petticoat of white crape, trimmed with flowers and satin: head-dress, feathers, pearls, and pink topazes.-Charlotte Marsham: Manteau of red lilac-figured silk, lined with white silk, and trimmed with ruches of tulle and satin; corsage trimmed with blond; petticoat of tulle, over white satin, trimmed with bunches of lilac and satin: head dress, white ostrich feathers and pearls.-Jane and Caroline Charteris: Unique dresses of white crape, decorated, en tablier, with rubans de fantaisie, and groups of marabons en nœuds; folded bodice and sleeves, ornamented to correspond, over white satin slips; manteaus of white du cape, lined with silk, and surrounded by an elegant garniture of tulle and satin: head-dresses, plumes of ostrich feathers, lappets of blonde en deuil, and suite of diamonds.-Jemima Wykeham Martin: Dress of white tulle, over white satin, embroidered with silk; corsage and sleeves ornamented en suite; mantilla and sabots of blond; manteau of brocaded emerald tissue, lined with white silk, surrounded by a splendid garniture of silver, en guirlande: head-dress, panache of ostrich feathers, blond lappets, and suite of diamonds.-Lumley: Dress of white crape over white satin, embroidered, à colonnes; folded corsage and sleeves of black satin; mantilla and sabots of beautiful blond; manteau of black satin, lined with the same, and surrounded by a handsome garniture of rubans de fantaisie en nœuds head-dress, panache of ostrich feathers, blond lappets, and suite of pearls.-S. Savil: White satin train and dress, over dress of tulle illusion; Chantilly blond lappets; diamonds, black ornaments, white court plume. - Miss Fitzwigram: Dress, English lace, over sky-blue satin, train to correspond; plume of feathers, blond lappets, pearls.

Her Majesty, attended by their Royal Highnesses the Landgravine of Hesse Homburg and the Princess Augusta, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, Earl Manvers, &c., presided at the annual examination of the wards of the

Adult Orphan Institution in the Regent's-. park, on Wednesday, 13th May.

Their Royal Hignesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess of Victoria have most graciously condescended to become the Patronesses of the Entomological Society; and the Rev. Mr. Kirby has given liberal proof of his zeal for the promotion of his favourite science, by presenting the Society with the whole of his extensive and valuable collection of insects.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent has graced the month of May by four especially splendid parties at Kensington Palace, the interior of which was beautifully decorated for the occasion. They were so admirably planned that all within the pale of Her Royal Highness's intercourse should partake of them, on one or other of the occasions, without any other consideration than to make the visiters happy, and in the midst of an almost romantic splendour, entirely at their ease. The last joy was dearest: the amiable young Princess reached her 16th year on Sunday, the 24th. Her birthday was celebrated of course after. At the late period of the month, we must defer our account of this, along with that of Majesty, to do justice.

We cannot help noticing the appearance of their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria at Lewes races, from the pleasing description which the Brighton paper gave of their appearance as they approached the course, standing in their carriage to return the congratulations of the people. The Duchess wore a green silk dress and bonnet, and a sable boa; the Princess Victoria a plain pink bonnet and white veil, the rest of her person enveloped in a rich Cashmere shawl. Both in perfect health. The young Princess was the admiration of all beholders; her beautiful complexion, her light hair, simply divided on the forehead, without curls, which blends admirably with the contour of her countenance, rendered her of peculiar interest on that very fine day. After being seated on the stand during the first race, the Royal ladies returned to their carriage, whence the Princess presented the silver bowl to the owner of the winning horse. "I have much pleasure," said she," Mr. Ellman, in presenting to you this silver bowl." "I," answered Mr. Ellman, "am much pleased by winning it; but my delight is greatly enhanced by receiving it from the hands of your Royal Highness." The young Princess's beautiful countenance was suffused with blushes, as they departed amidst the acclamations of the numerous assemblage which surrounded her, part of which escorted them from, as they did to, the race-course of the East Sussex hunt.

The Princess Leopoldine, relict of the Prince Movitz Lichtenstein, and her daugh

ter, have been invited by the Austrian ambassador to our Court.

THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL.-A very recent letter from Lisbon states, that, among the princes proposed for the Queen's royal consort, one of the house of the Grand Duke of Baden has been mentioned; but that family being Protestants, a dispensation from the Pope would be required, which would give his holiness too much power to make demands incompatible with the present state of things there.

We understand, that the Princess of Beira (Portugal) has been so seriously indisposed for the last few days, as to have been obliged to keep her bed. Her Royal Highness's proposed journey to Italy must be of course postponed until the re-establishment of her health.

Count Leon, a strong likeness of the late Emperor Napoleon, and described as having an indirect relation to him, numbers among our lions.

Almack's was fashionably attended; on the eve of her Majesty's drawing-room, the company was not quite so numerous as at the two preceding balls. Dancing commenced shortly after eleven o'clock, to the music of Collinet's fine band, with Musard's Quadrilles, "Les Echos Suisses," "Rome," "Les Danois," &c., and many distinguished elegantes gracefully figured in the festive arena. The new waltzes, "Les Souvenirs de Vienne," and "Les Coquilles Parisiennes," were subsequently executed in fine style. Dancing terminated at half-past three o'clock in the morning.

The Star Club had a grand fancy dressball at Sir John de Beauvoir's, Connaughtplace, on Sunday evening, 10th of May, which it is said attracted several foreign ambassadors, and 350 leading fashionables. The rich Turkish pavilion, Weippart's band, Mr. Wither's decorations and supper, are held forth as in supreme bon ton.

The Duchess of St. Albans has announced a magnificent fête champêtre, on the 29th ult., at Holly Lodge, being the anniversary of the restoration of King Charles II.

The Earl of Harrington has been re-gilding and decorating Pembroke-house in a superb style for the purpose, on dit, of receiving company. His lordship has employed the best artists in fresco, &c., but every thing is under his own immediate superintendence and taste. Who would have thought this of the " gay and gallant Lothario" of some years back, when the appellation of "Petersham" was sought as a recommendation by fashionable tradesmen. Pope says a reformed rake makes the best husband: we are disinclined to yield to this as a general axiom, but certainly, in this instance, it is verified. But this is not all. At Elvaston Castle, his lordship is equally occupied on his rural villa; and, what is

better, in making the surrounding peasantry, who would otherwise be in want, happy, by the occupation of making ornamental grounds on his own plaus, and removing, as it were, groves of trees to surround it. Devoted to domestic life, it is thus the once gay Earl of Harrington is now employed.

A paragraph is afloat, which we know not whether to call scandal or not, concerning the Comtesse de Flahault (formerly our Miss Keith), wishing for a new English beauty to grace her salon at Paris, and captivate a certain royal Duc, whose penchant for English ladies has, it seems, been strongly evinced. We have put the latter sentence in a rather more presentable form than the original. If there be any thing in it, which we doubt, we shall be sure to learn it from our Paris letter. Meantime, the Count and Countess are coming to England

We have received an account of a variety of good marriages of musical ladies; as Miss E. Paton, Miss Cawse, Miss Romer, &c. &c.; but we will not venture what might by possibility pain ladies, without authentication. The marriage of Mr. Fergus O'Connor, M. P., with the Queen of the Queen's, is, we understand, only postponed.

We have had two fancy fairs this last month; one for the Charity to Distressed Widows, patronised by the Queen, at Willis's Rooms, to which her Majesty sent some of her own work, and which hence could not fail of success.

The other was a fête champêtre and fair in the Regent's Park, for the benefit of Mr. Curtis's Institution for the relief of seeing and hearing, under the next highest patronage. Here were the bands of the household troops and the ever-charming Collinet. The latter set the young ladies, as usual, eager for dancing; but, as they could not violate etiquette, they were obliged to foot it in groups, as they appeared only to pass through the grounds. The last of these exhibitions was arranged as juvenile, under the influence of Prince George and Prince Augustus of Cambridge.

The once delightful and still interesting capital of Bavaria, Munich, lately presented a most curious spectacle, enlivening the house of death, and worthy, as we think, of the pencil of Martin, relieved by his lighter compeer in art. A child, two years and a half old, supposed to die of one of the numerous diseases of infancy, was taken to the receiving-house of the cemetery, prepared as usual for speedy funeral. On the arrival of the persons employed to carry her to her grave, she was found sitting up among the dead, playing with the flowers with which she had been decorated; and on seeing them, only asked to be taken to her mother! It may easily be conceived that the scene was touching in the extreme. The child still exists in the arms of that mother.

NEWS FROM PARIS.

PARIS, May 26. You will be sorry to hear, ma bonne amie, that my house has been almost converted into an hospital since I wrote to you last. Monsieur de F- has had a severe attack of gout, my children have had the measles, and I myself have been très souffrante: you must not, therefore, expect much news, for all our gaieties are over, and our beaumonde leaving town. Paris devient vraiment triste comme une petite ville de province. You have heard of the arrival of the Prince Leopold, the future husband, on dit, of the Princess Marie. I understand the marriage is to take place in August at Fontainebleau. Some grand fêtes are expected in honour of the arrival of the Prince, and which will, no doubt, induce some of our fashionables to return to Paris. I wish I could procure some specific for the gout to prevent M. de F having a return of it, at least until after the fêtes; for he will expect me to remain at home to nurse him, et quand je ne m'amuse pas, ma chère amie, je m'ennuie à la mort!

The Count de Castellane gave a splendid soirée lately at his hotel in the Faubourg St. Honoré. Two comedies were acted,"Le Roman d'une Heure," and "Défiance et Malice;" the principal characters were by the Duchess d'Abrantés, Madame Waldor, and MM. Roosmalen and Nottelin. The Duchess was inimitable. You know she was in the habit of playing at Malmaison before the Emperor and Empress, and took lessons from Mademoiselle Mars. After the comedies there was a grand concert. The supper was splendid, et les toilettes magnifiques, nous nous sommes bien amusés je t-assure.

Dresses made en redingotte are decidedly more fashionable in walking and carriage costume than any others; they are made of gros de Naples, poux de soie, cordeline, &c. ; and, in general, trimmed all round with a double or treble liseré (piping) of satin of a different colour, as noisette and blue, lavender with blue, pink, red, or green liserés, écrue and blue, cendre de rose, and pink, &c. &c., and tied down the front, at the side, or at both sides en tablier, with bows of ribbon of the same colour. A large pelerine, of the same material as the dress, is much worn: the pelerines do not conceal the waist at back. In front, some are round, others reach in a point as far as the ceinture; and others, again, descend some way below, in the style of small mantelets. These latter pelerines are frequently tied down the front with three or more bows of ribbon. The corsages of these redingottes are all made plain, fitting tight to the bust. The sleeves VOL. VI.-No. 6,

continue immensely large; a few (but very few) are taken in with one or two narrow bands at the lower part of the arm. The skirts are worn very full, and the dresses long. Redingottes of thin white muslin, worn over coloured linings, as straw colour, blue, lilac, or pink, are becoming very general. These dresses are tied down the front with ribbons to match the linings; they are also frequently richly embroidered down the fronts.

Dresses of mousseline de laine are much worn, and coloured muslins are coming in as the fine season advances. The dessins for these dresses this year are all small delicate flowers; the large patterns so much in vogue last summer are entirely out.

Mantelets of black taffetas, trimmed with black lace, are again much worn; they are very elegant with mousseline de laine, or coloured muslin dresses. I have seen a few made of white clear muslin, or striped leno, and lined with pink, straw colour, or blue silk they are very pretty, worn with white dresses; they are simply trimmed with a narrow lace all round.

HATS AND CAPOTTES.-The most fashionable, as well as the most elegant, hats, are those of paille de riz; the crowns are not worn very high, but the fronts are very large, and as long as possible at the sides. These hats are ornamented with flowers, and trimmed with Foulard or crystal ribbons, pink, light green, paille, or lilac. Paille d'Italie or Leghorn hats are much worn, especially by young ladies; they are lined and trimmed with either straw colour or white, enfin, as plain as possible. Hats and capottes of poux de soie, and other fancy silks, are much worn, especially drawn capottes.

FLOWERS.-Roses, hyacinths, pinks, lily of the valley, violets, oak with acorns, holly with blossoms and berries, wall-flowers, Easter daisies, and field flowers, are those in vogue at present.

In TOILETTE DE BAL.-Dresses of rich brocade silks, made à l'antique, are adopted by our elegantes; the corsages are made à pointe, the sleeves à double sabot, with ruffles à la Louis XV.; the skirts open in front, and held back with jewels, bouquets, or bows of ribbon.

Crape and gauze dresses, ornamented with flowers, are also much worn; the corsages plain, with or without draperies put on à la Sévigné; short, full sleeves, not reaching to the elbow.

In full dress, turbans continue to prevail; those à la Juive are most admired: they are frequently ornamented with jewels, or with a splendid oiseau de Paradis. Dress hats are also fashionable.

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HAIR. The coiffures à la Sévigné, à la Ninon, à la Mancini, &c. &c., continue to be adopted by those who wear their dresses made à l'antique. The coiffures à la Clotilde, with braids coming down at each side of the face, and turned up again, are quite out: it was a most unbecoming fashion. Bandeaux lisses and ringlets are the styles of coiffure in vogue: the braid en couronne is still the fashion for the back hair, but coques (bows) are frequently worn.

POCKET HANDKERCHIEFS.-The newest pocket handkerchiefs are without hems, but have several rows of open-work at the edge; they are trimmed with Valenciennes lace, put on with some degree of fulness.

BRODEQUINS of the colour-and, as frequently as possible, of the same materialas the dress, are fashionable.

GLOVES-Silk gloves are entirely out: those worn are long white kid gloves, with either a quilling cr puffing of satin ribbon, the colour of the dress, or white, round the top. In walking costume the gloves are pale, straw colour, lemon colour, or orange. CRAVATTES. These pretty accessoires de toilette, are de rigneur at present: they consist, some of a simple ribbon tied round the neck; others of a ribbon fastened at the neck by a brooch, the ends reaching to the ceinture; some are a little longer, and others two yards and a half in length. The ends of the ribbon unravelled, and knotted in the style of netting. These last are called Etoles: they are made of rich broché ribbons.

RUFFLES are still in vogue; the prettiest are of cambric, embroidered and trimmed with Valenciennes.

COLOURS. The prevailing colours for hats are white, pink, light green, and paille. For dresses, lavender, cendre de rose, or cedar, écrue (the colour of unbleached cambric), moss green, and apple green; for coloured muslins and ginghams, pink and lilac.

Now, ma chere amie, I shall not trespass longer on your patience. Write to me soon. Adieu je t-embrasse bien tendrement, mon mari, t-envoie un baise.

Toujours à toi, L. de F.

excessively full. The skirt of the dress is made entablier, and ornamented down each side of the front with small bows (without ends) of sarcenet ribbon; a small double liseré of satin marks the tablier (see plate). The corsage is nearly covered with a large pelerine of the same material as the dress; it does not quite reach to the waist at back, but is excessively deep on the shoulders; in front it comes to a point, and reaches a little below the ceinture; it is fastened down the front with six bows of ribbon, resembling those on the skirt of the dress. Hat of paille de riz, trimmed with Foulard ribbons, and ornamented with flowers. The front of the hat is very large, and descends very low at the sides of the face; the crown is rather lower than those lately worn; a high branch of roses is retained at the left side by a small bow of ribbon, and a wreath of roses, with foliage, is placed beneath the front of the hat, over the brow (see plate). Brodequins of silk, the colour of the dress, white kid gloves, and round the neck a double quilling of blonde Hair in bandeaux lisses, The sitting figure shows the reverse of the dress.

(No. 11.)-TOILETTE D'INTERIEUR; OR MORNING DRESS.-Dress of white muslin, embroidered in coloured worsteds; the pattern, rose-buds; worn over a pale pink under-dress of gros de Naples. The corsage is tight, and has draperies à la Sévigné put on (see plate). The sleeves above the elbow are excessively full; but from the elbow to the wrist are gathered into plaits, and made to sit as tight as possible to the arm; the poiquet or wristband is narrow, and edged with lace; the skirt is excessively full all round the waist. Cap of tulle, or blond net; the crown consists of a plain round, merely gathered round the head; the borders, which are very deep and full, stand off from the face (see plate); they are plain, over the centre of the brow. The ribbons are of gauze, and are edged all round with a narrow blonde. The ribbon merely goes round the crown of the cap, crosses in front, and descends at each side to form the brides. Cravatte and ceinture of pink ribbon; the latter is fastened in front, where it forms a small bow with two very long ends. White kid gloves, white silk stockings, and black satin shoes.

The dress of the sitting figure is of lavender gros de Naples.

It is said, that the author stipulated for eighty representations, at 300 francs per night. As is always the case with popular pieces in France, Angelo has already been parodied at some of the theatres. One of these parodies, played at the Gymnase, is entitled, Diavola, Ange de Modene.' The Vaudeville has a skit upon it, with the title of Le Tyran pas doux,'