The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-29 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOB NOVEMBHR.

(From Le Fond.)

Although the winter toilettes have scarcely begun
to make their appearanoe, we are able to give some very drool& I
information as to what will be fashionable toe the ooming
season. High bodies will be exclusively confined to morn-
ing dress; for at home, dinner, or evening dress, &bus or
lace vestal will be worn over low bodies. The Testa carnal!
or trimmings placed ori the body so ss to imitate it, it still
mach io vogue. Many corsages for Deglige dresses will be
made with postilions barques, especially thou trimmed
jacket fashion, sou to form a wa'stoost in frost.
The dresses made in the princess style, body sod skit in
one piece, will be much used for visitiog drosses made of
rich materials. Fr'l evening dresses will be as much, or,
if possible, more trimmed than ever.
Skirts are still made very long and very kg at the
bottom.

Plaid is for the present quite the rage ; whether it %A
continue its reign much longer is a question we cannot
answer ; certainly, plaid rotoodee are beginning to get a
little common in Paris. However, they are unquestionably
very charming when made of handsome material ; but, in
chat case, they should be longer than the plainer rotosdes.
Velvet rotoodes are covered with guipure ornaments, and a
rich guipure is placed round the bottom, underneath which
there is a fringe of silk chenille.
Palette of velvet cloth, brown or grey, nearly fitting to
the figure, trimmed with plons, are worn by ladies of
fashion.
We moat not omit to mention that several dresses are
made with waistbands, especially those of taffet.t limns
of these bodies are laced in front, and have sods of the
material edged with lace ; others form a band in front and
ba..quioe behind, ending in a scarf (or sash) to match.
Laos and guipure are as greatly in favour for trimming as
they have been of late. Borne very elegant opera.cloaks
are made of lace lined through with bright-coloured silk or
cashmere, which shows off the beauty of the pattern. There
are also very charming lace tanchons for throwing over the
head when leaving the opera or ballroom. Feathers will
be much used in trimming moire or velvet dresses.
The newest bonoets are more moder►te in shape. and,
therefore, more becoming. Many of them have soft crows;
although these are certainly not =Had to the style in which
the hair is now worn. Crepe and velvet, black silk and
plaid velvet, plush and satin, are to be fashionable ma-
Serials.

We have seen some elegant bonnets, made of white
plush, and trimmed with plaid velvet and jet fringes. This
has • charming effect, and wi", we expect, be much
adopted. _ _ _

Some very pretty head-dresses are formed of Cbaoti"y
lace over a oat, surmounted with a diadem of white lilac,
said as ooe Odes small black bird with white wings, which
are so beautifully made as to shake continually.
A very charming little cap was made with black lace, with
frill all round. and on the top a bow at violet ribbon mixed
with gran in jet.

REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR OF FRIENDLY
SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND.

This morning was issued the report of Mr. Tidd
Pratt of his procesdiop during the put year es Regislsar of
Friendly Societies in England. During the year 1862 the
registrar has examined and certified the rules of 1,277
friendly societies, and also the sltaratioes of the rules of
1,277 societies ; making a total of 2,564 certificates. Nies-
teen societies have deposited their rules with the registrar.
Notices of diseolutioe have been received from 137 frisedly
societies doting the year ending 31st December, 1861, of
which number 67 were advertised is the Loildow Gazette.
Not more than ose or two of the societies dissolved during
the part year had tables prepared by an ►ctuary, but adopted
a uniform monthly payment for all members entitled to be
admitted, is addition to which, in most of thens, sitar a
certain age the members were entitled to s pension, or, in
other words, an &laxity, to secure which their ocastribu-
Coos were inadequate. Most of them were held at public-
homes, sod a monthly cootribution was required lobe spent
in bier. Numerous complaints have beam made to the re-
gistrar of the extravagant charges of the management of
friendly societies, particularly of those who have extensive
agencies over the kingdom. The number of accounts in
savings banks, including the friendly societies investing
direct with the commissioners, in the united kingdom, was,
on 20th November, 1862, 1,558,136, and the amount of in-
vestments. 42,592,494/. The operations of the Post.office
leavings banks commence& in September, 1861, and the pro-
gress of the banks from that times and especially during the
past year, has been highly satisfactory, about 186,630 dope-
siton having opened accounts in them in during the year
1862. Much use has bees made of savinp banks by friendly,
provider, and charitable societies, and by the manage,s el
peony banks, es shown by the anbioised number d as-
counts opened with these bodies :—Friendly sessisties,l,olo;
provident and charitable societies, 642 ; piney basks, 82,

The Reader says :—" The venerable Mrs. Hooter-
vine, now in bee 83rd yea, bas nearly completed ea honor-
taut work, embodying the latest discoveries coocerniug t►e
constitution of matter. It will embrace chapters cm the
solar spectrum, best, electricity, the correlatioa of feress,
end Um constitution of the minute atoms of seized, vege-
tehlis, and miserslsubstaoms."
fiam.re or Ray. Da. Chrrisaia.—We deeply
regret te Imre that tits health of t►is enneent minister of
the free thrush of Secalead is so setionsly affected Ulm, his
median' area ►are ordered perfect repose. and tent his
friends heir that the silkily of cis public life roast be re-
garded as terminetrid.—Breord.
Mr. Spencer Clarke has been elected coroner for
Hampshire.