The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-29 00:00:00

milk noting.
Ragland I-

bad raised its discount to 8 per cent.,
but no teibi,of any telegram to that effect was pro-
duced. do►ptoir d'ffscompte rose 6fr. 50e.

FASHIONS FOR AUGUST.

(Prom Ls Fake.)

Foulard is still ; favourite, and just now budge
and Chembfry puss are mush worn ; oleo a charming
nalsrid, oiled hill= gauze, is used for demi-toilette.
Drams of pique or betide, simply ornamented with white
or ooloured braid, and with a little vette to match, are ex-
osediagly vissful. More elegant dreams, but dill made with
mid.; are of muslin er batiste, Isininssd with guipure, Va-
lenciennes, embroidery, or ribbon bows. The square fichu is
that deeidetUy preferred to be worn with low-bodied slimmer
'Tsai'''. drew.
The winters is now owe of the most important parts of
the toilette. Bands of thick plain ribbon are quite the
order of the day. Wide square buckles are worn with them.
Muslin shawls and manila, trimmed with !inertial and
&anon of lace, are in vogue. The richest are lined with
Whits' ; others, more simple, are trimmed with festooned
&MUM or ball fringe, an insertion over ribbon being placed
all round.

This smarm white tarlatans is much aged for trimming
taffetas. . .

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The following dresses are in vogue :—A straw-coloured
lawn drone : at the bottom of the skirt a plaited flame
about five inches wide, and upon each plait a coquille of
black Imes partly on the skirt A small vote of the same
material as the dress, trimmed round with black lace ;
opened is front, bat attached by patter', whiob MOM over •
weisteoat of batiste, with insertion aed Valenciennes lace
forming • jabot, and elm placed round the barques.
A dress of white &Ipso: the bottom of the skirt cut in
very deep festooes, and edged with a wide cerise ribbon.
A spotted muslin dress, over sky-blue tarlatan. : a Bounce
about six inches wide trimmed with guipure and headed
with • =geld:eat insertion, which is carried up each
seam in • horseshoe form to the height of a quarter of •
yar
A robe of white foulard ; the skirt trimmed round with
a wide band of blue taffetas, edged on each side with •
(ogling. and embroidered with white silk. A smell collet
to match, and • jockey hat of Leghorn, trimmed with •
white feather and blue bow, complete this toilette.
A white muslin dress, with • plaiting and revers, about
Ave inches wide, round the bottom of the skirt and up each
side of the seams, gradually diminishing in width.
A robe of pointed muslin, the body full at the waist :
ceinturs of lilac gauze, with a satin edge trimmed with
black lace. The bottom of the skirt trimmed with • qua-
rto( of the same ribbon, covered with black lace.
Bodies of crape hose are much worn, with skirts of Chun-
bin gauze or light-coloured silk. They have • most
charming effect trimmed with black braid, and quilling!, of
black and white blonde, and are exceedingly becoming.
Chins crape and foulard are both mad for loose bodies.
Fonlard, although not so graceful wellies, crape, is so mach
cheaper, that it will he more generally were.
White dyness are more worn than ever this lemon, not

only 707KiidresTi; muslin, gauze, barege, tulle, sc., bat
also for morning wear in jenocet, muelinette, alpaca, and
pod de cltvre. The robes de villa of foulard end silk, with
white grounds, are also much in favour. A great many
robes and emaques of white cloaca, poll de cheers, and
eachemire are trimmed with coloured silk. The colours
most in vogue are lilac, blue, and pink, in clear, bright tints.
A reactioe has take') place with regard to bonnets, and
from the high-fronted bonnets lately worn we have now
come to more heed-dream, and are fast goieg back to the
small close bonnets of former days. The curtain, too, is
quite banished by some, althouth others still retain it as the
rued elegant fiaish.
Fancy ribbon are much used for morning bonnets, either
flowered or io shaded stripes ; they have a very rich ap-
pearance. The same style of ribbon, only much wider, is
also warn for sashes. . . .

FOrli;;;•-side. some most elegant •nd betriming coif-
fures hen been prepared. We select some of the mat
eVehapeau Lavailli Louis XIV, • style of faery
straw, edged with black velvet worker{ with stnw. A
bow of maise-ecioured ribbon, fast Zed in •• straw *end,
be of

and falliag rather to the side, 1108111 i to bold a plume
black feathers, surmounted by the wing of a bird, which
falls over the front. This bat is rather large, bat very
graceful and beoowisg to a certain style of beauty.
The Alexandrine, of rice straw, trimmed with a scarf of
violet velvet, and Alexandrine bow fastening a bunting
plume of violet coq feathers.
We most not close our description of hate without the
Meares de Galles and the Mousqueteire. The former
made at very white straw, edged with green velvet, with a
bouquet of peacock's feathers in the midst of which repose'
a 'mall green bird. Round the brim a row of small straw
hanging bottoms. The latter of straw, edged with blue
velvet. Roiled the crown two narrow straps of velvet
fasteeed under a bow of the same trimmed with straw,frcen
which fall one blue and two brown feathers.

The carioatta ss galling favour, but is more trying to
most faces thou the Lat.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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