lingeries have at present a great assortment of beautiful collars and pelerines, embroidered en application, on washing blonde and other very open tulles. The pelerines are round at back, and sloped off in front, where they fasten beneath the ceinture. The collars that are put on to the pelerines sit very flat, and are a good deal open in front. Ruffles are becoming very fashionable.

Short scarfs, made of gauze, or immensely wide ribbon, are worn round the neck. The ribbons worn as pompadours this year are narrow and short. Pomposes, round bows of ribbon, made up in the style of those put into baby's caps, are very much in vogue. They are worn with two long ends, to fasten pelerines or collars at the neck; and smaller ones are worn, one at each side, beneath the fronts of the bonnets.

Hair. The long hair braided en couronne, and worn rather far back on the head; the front hair in smooth bands, or ringlets à l'Anglaise, or in one long thick ringlet at each side of the face, voilà les coiffures les plus comme il faut.

Flowers.-Those most in vogue are roses, the heliotrope, daisies, jessamine, lilac, and wallflowers.

Reticules.-The newest reticules are as small as possible, and so adapted as to be worn suspended to the ceinture in the style of the chatelaines of old. They are embroidered in tapestry-work on black or white silk canvass, are nearly square and perfectly flat, and are open at the top, so as to admit of the purse or handkerchief being put in, with the same facility as into an apron pocket; they are generally ornamented with rich tassels. In size, these reticules do not exceed from three to five inches in the square.

Colours. For hats, the prevailing colours are blue, pink, paille, and white.

For Dresses.-Drab or dust colour, écrue (the colour of unbleached cambric), lavender, and one or two shades of green, not very dark.

En voilà ma chère amie, assez de modes j'espère pour cette fois.

Mademoiselle de Trévise, daughter of the late Maréchal Mortier, is about to be married to the Comte de Gudin, colonel of one of the cavalry regiments.

Great preparations are making for the celebration of the king's fête on the jour de St. Philippe, the 1st of May; the court will quit Paris immediately after, and, it is said, that their Majesties will inhabit the palace of the great Trianon in the park of Versailles, for a time, previous to taking up their usual summer residence at Neuilly.

Her Majesty, Madame Adelaide, and the princesses, attended high mass at the church of St. Roch on Easter Sunday and Monday.

The new grand historical museum at Versailles will not be opened on the 1st of May, as was announced some time since.

Lord and Lady Canterbury have taken a house here for three years, which is furnishing in the first style of magnificence. The Hon. William and Lady Barbara Ponsonby have engaged the splendid mansion of the Duc de Crillon, Place Louis XV., for the summer months. The Hon. Charles Compton and Lady Cavendish, and the Hon. Colonel Caradoc, are amongst the latest arrivals.

Me voilà au bout de mon papier, adieu ma belle, aime moi toujours, ton amie, L. de F

DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES.

(No. 9.) WALKING DRESS.-Hat of paille de riz, the front large, très evasée, and descending very low at the sides. The hat is trimmed with gauze ribbons (see plate); the ribbon, after encircling the crown, forms a large bow at the left side; a second, but smaller, bow is placed towards the right side, where it retains a bouquet of three ostrich feathers. The lining of the hat and the bavolet are to match the ribbon. Dress of English muslin, the corsage fitting tight to the bust (see plate), with three rows of insertion put in at the shoulder, and reaching in a slanting direction to the waist; the muslin is gathered between the rows of insertion. Sleeves plain at top (see plate), and formed into four puffs; the lower one a short distance above the elbow, where it fits tight to the arm; four smaller puffs are between the elbow and wrist. The waist of the dress is excessively long; the skirt long and fall, and trimmed with two flounces, festonnés at the edges, and headed with two rows of insertion. Hair en bandeaux lisses; frill of washing blonde quilled to the top of the dress; white kid gloves, silk stockings, shades of black drap de soie. The dress of the sitting figure is of poux de soie; scarf of gros d'Antwerp, trimmed all round with black lace. Hat of paille de riz.

(No. 10.) Capotte à coulisses of pink poux de soie, ornamented with foulard ribbons, and a veil put on at the edge of the front of tulle illusion: dress of gros de Naples, cross-barred in a very small pattern. The corsage is made en chálie, with a reverse or pelerine to turn over (see plate); the revers is round at back, and sloped off towards the front, where it crosses a little above the waist. The skirt of the dress, which is very full and long, opens in front; the side which wraps over the other is rounded at bottom; the whole of the dress is edged with a liseré to match, and is fastened down the front with bows of ribbon. Sleeves à double sabot at top, and fitting tight to the arm from the elbow down (see plate); embroidered collar and habit shirt of washing blonde hair in plain bands; white gloves; black shoes.

CHILD'S DRESS.-Capotte à coulisses of poux de soie, lavender silk frock; the corsage high (à l'enfant), with regular fulness,

Anson, came in state to the drawing-room, escorted by a party of Life Guards. Her royal highness entered the palace by the Colourcourt, where she was received with the usual honours by the King's guard. Her royal highness's dress on this occasion, as usual, was composed entirely of articles of British manufacture.

The Duchess of Gloucester was attended by Lady G. Bathurst and Sir Samuel Higgins.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duke of Cumberland, the Princess Augusta, and the Duchess of Gloucester, and their Serene Highnesses Prince Ernest of Philippstahl and Prince Edward of Carolath, were present at the drawing

room.

The following ladies of officers of her Majesty's household were in attendance:-Countess Mayo (in waiting), Marchioness of Ely and Countess of Brownlow, ladies of the bedchamber; Miss Hudson (in waiting), Mademoiselle D'Este, Misses Bagot, Mitchell, Eden, and Hope Johnstone, maids of honour; Lady Caroline Wood and Lady Bedingfield, bed. chamber women; Earl Howe, Lord Chamberlain; Earl of Denbigh, master of the horse; Hou. Mr. Ashley, vice-chamberlain; Captain Pechell, equerry; Captain Vincent, Mr, Murray, Lieut.-Colonel Jones, Captain Curzon, and Mr. Mellish, gentlemen ushers; and the Hon. C. De Salis, page of honour.

At the entrée drawing-room, Mr. Wilkins, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the United States of America at the court of St. Petersburgh, was presented to the Queen by Mr. Vail, charge d'affaire of the United States.

Mr. Philip Friell, A. D. C., and the Moolvee Mahommed Ismael Khan, ambassadors from the King of Oude, were presented to her Majesty by the Right Hon. Sir John C. Hobhouse.

The Baron de Nolcken, officer in the Guards of his Majesty the King of Sweden and Norway, was presented to the Queen by Count Bjornstjorna, the Swedish minister.

Mr. R. Blackmore, hon. corps of Gentlemen at Arms, was presented to the Queen by Lord Foley.

The drawing-room was attended by the Russian ambassador and Countess Pozzo di Borgo, the French ambassador, the Neapolitan minister and Countess Ludolf; the Prussian Swedish, Wirtemberg, Hanoverian, Buenos Ayrean ministers; the Danish minister and Baroness Blome; the Portuguese minister, the Grecian minister and Madame Tricoupi; the Bavarian minister and Baroness Cetto; Noory Effendi, Ottoman minister, and M. Salame, his Majesty's oriental interpreter; the Netherlands and Saxon ministers; the Marquis de Barbacena, on a special mission from Brazil; M. de Hummelauer. the Austrian charge d'affairs, the United States charge d'affairs and Mrs. Vail; Mr. Wallez, Belgian charge d'affaires Count Sekendorff, secretary to the Prussian Legation; Mr. Lichtenberg, privy councillor of the Hanoverian Legation; Count Plessen, secretary to the Danish Legation; Chevalier de Ribeiro, secretary to the Portuguese Lega. tion; Count de Grammont, secretary of the French Embassy; Talat Effendi, first secretary, and M. Vogorides, interpreter of the Turkish Legation; Baron Lebzeltern, attache 2 X-VOL. VIII.-MAY.

to the Austrian Embassy; the Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, Lord Hill, gold stick in waiting; the Captain of the honourable corps of Gentlemen at Arms, the Captain of the Yeomen of the Guards, the Master of the King's Buckhounds, the Deputy Great Chamberlain, the Master of the Robes, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Treasurer of the Household, the Clerk Marshal; Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, equerry to the King; the Master of the Ceremonies; Rev. Dr. Blomberg, clerk of the closet; Sir Matthew Tierney, Bart., physician to the King; the Attorney-General; Earl Cadogan and Hon. Captain Poulett, naval aides-de-camp to the King; Earl Aboyne, Lord Saltoun, Lord Downs; Colonel Sir John Harvey, Sir Robert H. Dick, Sir Adolphus Dalrymple, and Elphinstone, aides de-camp to the King; Lieut.-Colonel Cavendish, silver stick in waiting; Major Hyde, assistant master and marshal of the ceremonies; Master Graves, page of honour; Captain Courtenay Boyle, R.N., and Colonel Fowle, grooms of the privy-chamber; Lieut.-Colonel Sir Frederick Smith, gentleman usher to the King; and the followingDukes-Wellington, Sutherland, Beaufort,

Viscounts Newry, Ashbrook, Melbourne, Howick, Sidney, Fincastle, Glandine, Cantilupe, Hood, Alford, Ferrard, Loftus, Maynard, Palmerston.

Lords-King, De Tabley, Dunsany, Byron, Glenelg, Morpeth, Henniker, Castlereagh, G. Somerset, G. Loftus, Howard, Heytesbury, G. Paget, Fitzalan, F. Beauclerk, Á. Paget, Bingham, J. Stuart, W. Lennox, Bridport. Redesdale.

Archbishop-Armagh.

Bishops-Down and Connor, Rochester.

The following were presented to the Queen :Countess of Burlington, by Mrs. Cavendish ; Lady Paul, on her marriage, by the Countess of Verulam; Duchess of Beaufort, by Lady Harriet Mitchell; Lady Stratheden, on being created a Peeress, by Lady Cawdor; Lady Fletcher, on her marriage, by Lady M. Monck; Hon. Mrs. Bligh, on her marriage, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne; Lady Arbuthnot, by Lady Christie; Hon. Mrs. Rous, on her marriage, by the Countess of Stradbroke; Hon. Mrs. Every, by the Dowager Lady Blackett; Miss W. Curtis, by her mother, Lady Curtis; Miss M. Hawkins, by her aunt, Lady H. Whitshed; Mrs. F. Kelly, by Lady Mackenzie, of Kilcoy; Mrs. J. Birch, by Mrs. W. Canning; Mrs. H. Coape, on her marriage, by the Hon. Lady King; Mrs. H. Tuffnell, by Lady Byron; Miss J. Erskine, by her mother, Mrs. Erskine; Miss G. Erskine, by her mother, Mrs. Erskine; Miss Johnson, by Lady M. Wynyard; Miss Prince, by her mother, Mrs. H. C. Hoare; Miss Coape, by the Hon. Lady King; Miss C. Coape, by the Hon. Lady King; Miss Napier, by her mother, Lady Paul; Lady S. Tower, on her marriage, by Countess Brownlow; Countess of Kilmorey, by Lady Anna Maria Cust; Lady Mackenzie, of Kilcoy, by the Hon. Mrs. S. Mackenzie; Countess of

interton, by Lucy Countess of Winterton; Mrs. Colyear Dawkins, on taking the name of Colyear, by Lady Campbell; Mrs. W. D'Urban, by Lady Y. Buller; Mrs. Wedderburn, on her marriage, by Lady Dunsany; Mrs. C. Wyndham, on her marriage, by the Countess of Denbigh; Mrs. Palmer, on her marriage, by Mrs. Gore Browne; Mrs Barton, by Lady Montford; Mrs. Long, by the Marchioness of Lansdowne; Mrs. Affleck, on her marriage, by the Hon. Mrs. P. Bouverie; Mrs. Francis Grant, by Lady Elizabeth Drummond; Mrs. Nassau Sutton, by Lady Manners; Mrs. Lambert, by Mrs. Williams Wynn; Miss Malcolm, by her Grace the Duchess of Northumberland; Miss Portal, by her mother, Mrs. J. Portal; Miss E. St. John, by the Hon. Mrs. F. St. John; Miss Prendergast, by her mother, Mrs. J. L. Prendergast; Miss H. Oliver, by the Countess of Winterton; Mrs. H. Lambton, by the Countess of Listowel; Mrs. Palmer, by Lady Christie; Miss Wauchope, by Mrs. Wauchope; Miss A. Meade, by the Hon. Mrs. Meade; Mrs. A. Caldwell, by Lady Hampson; Miss Methuen, by Mrs. Methuen; Mrs. Sutton, and Miss I. Sutton, by Mrs. N. Sutton; Miss Tibbits, by the Hon. Mrs. Stopford; Miss M. Bouverie, by the Hon. Mrs. P. Bouverie; Miss G. Bagot; Miss H. Beauclerk.

Lord Templemore and Lieut.-Colonel Taylor were the lord and groom in waiting on the King. The following is a description of the ladies' dresses :

HER MAJESTY.

White satin body, sleeves, and front of the skirt splendidly ornamented with diamonds and blonde; train, rich blue satin, brocaded silver, with handsome silver border, lined with white satin. (The whole English manufacture.) Headdress, feathers and diamonds.

H.R.H. THE DUCHESS OF KENT. White satin, richly embroidered in silver, body and sleeves ornamented with diamonds and blonde; train pale blue satin, with rich silver border, and lined with white gros de Naples. (The whole British manufacture.) Head-dress, feathers and diamonds.

H. R. H. THE DUCHESS OF
GLOUCESTER.

Magnificent dentelle de soie, beautifully embroidered in bouquets, flounces of blonde, looped up with agraffes of diamonds in festoons; train pale grey broche satin, lined with rich white satin; garniture composed of double row of blonde ribbon, and dentelle de soie; corsage superbly trimmed with diamonds; mantille and sabots fine blonde. Head-dress, feathers and diamonds, necklace and earrings

Head-dress, ostrich feathers, ornaments of jet, and lappets of Chantilly lace. NORTHUMBER LAND: Rich white silk, richly embroidered in gold; body and sleeves splendidly ornamented with diamonds and blonde; train, splendid white Irish tabinet, richly brocaded in gold, and trimmed with gold band and fringe, lined with white silk. Head-dress, diamonds, feathers, and blonde lappets. GORDON: Court costume (siecle de Louis XIV.), a train of Royal purple satin, trimmed with gold lama, and festooned with gold bullion tassels; Brussels point mantille and sabots; rich white satin petticoat, with gold lama flounce. Headdress, a toque, with Brussels point lappets; ornaments, sapphires and onyx. DowAGER OF RICHMOND: White satin, embroidered with gold; puce Irish poplin train, with broad gold trimming. Head-dress, diamonds and ostrich feathers.

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ASHBURNHAM Court costume (siecle de Louis XIV.), train rich black satin, festooned with tassels of jet; petticoat crape, over satin, jet ornaments. Head-dress, black feathers, and lappets. BURLINGTON: Court costume (siecle de Louis XIV.), train of rich blue velvet; blonde mantille and sabot; petticoat blonde, over satin. Head-dress, feathers and lappets; ornaments, diamonds and pearls. BROWNLOW: Court costume (siecle de Louis XIV.), train light green velours des Indes, richly embroidered in bouquets of silver, lined with white satin, body and sleeves ornamented with silver and rich Chantilly blonde; blonde cherusse ; dress white tulle, embroidered in silver, a bou. quets, en tablier. Head-dress, plume of feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. CADOGAN: Beautiful white satin, richly brocaded in gold; body and sleeves splendidly ornamented with diamonds and blonde; train rich blue satin, lined with white gros de Naples, richly trimmed with rosettes of gold ribbon and blonde. Head-dress, diamonds, feathers, and blonde lappets. WINTERTON: White crape, over white satin, trimmed with gauze ribbon and flowers; body trimmed with point lace, point lace ruffles and lappets; train watered gros de Naples, trimmed with gauze ribbon and satin. Head-dress, diamonds and pearls. MAYO: Superb white satin dress, blonde flounce, body and sleeves a la Louis XIV., trimmed with rich blonde lace; splendid mauteau of white gros de Naples, embroidered in silver, lined with white satin. Head-dress, feathers, diamonds, blonde lace lappets. KILMOREY: Rich white satin, trimmed with blonde and pearls, en forme de guirlande; manteau de satin faconne vert pale, lined with rich white satin, and garniture de fantaisie; corsage and sleeves a la Louis XIV. Head-dress, feathers, blonde lappets, and diamonds. SHEFFIELD: Elegant white crape, over rich satin, tastefully ornamented with fleur en plume, sleeves costume of Louis XIV., trimmed with beautiful blonde;