The Express.
London, England, 1858-02-27 00:00:00

PABEIONB 708 NABOB.

(From L. Ibiie.)

For ball dresses, very light materials are most in
favour, such as gauze, tulle, and tarlatans. Sanaa, moire
antique, sad velvet are mere suitable for concerts, dinner%
or walking dress. Tulle drones are now frequently cm.
broddered in gold and silver, and trimmed with a ball fringe
of steel, gilt, or white ink, which has a very pretty effect oat
double or triple skirts.

In full dress, sleeves are worn very short. If the dress
of gauze or tulle, they are bonillonnfes ; if of velvet, or say
other thick material, they are made in two parts : as, a
bouillon of tulle, with a jockey over it, to match the dress.
Sometimes the bertha is of lace, and falls over the sleeve,
entirely covering it. With drapery bodies, no bertha is
worn.

Visiting dresses are made of bright colours, even in velvet,
which is becoming a very fashionable material for morning
dress. A new and charming colour In this article is the
gria•modee. We have men a dram of this colour made with
a double skirt, the upper one trimmed with a plaiting o
taffeta'.

Notwithstanding the continual changes in ;fashion, the
plaiting d la vieille is always en vogue in some part or other
of the toilette. If it is no longer worn on the robs, we And it
on the bonnet; then again we And it on the dries, the
sleeves, the &btu", the mantokaa of all kinds, and just now
we and it everywhere. It is used to trim the skirts.
The sleeve the most dla mode for velvet or silk deuce
with high or square bodies is the pagoda—alee of naiad
memory—with its plaiting 1 la vieille on the revers, with
another plaiting forming • second revers. The body with
the same trimming, forming • round pelerine.
The burnous Is still worn, and also long basquines of silk,
and velvet shawls trimmed with lace and jet ; but the
greatest novelty is • large plain velvet mantle, very long be.
hind, and terminating in front, in two points, with tassels.
The hood is very narrow and long, and ornamented with
three graduated tassels. Drawn are made very long behind,
almost forming • train ; and short enough in front to show the
feet. The bodies of many dresses are made without bisque%
having rounded paints both before and behind. Ems
these are separate from the skirt. Very little trimming
is used on the sleeves of walking dresses. They are man
very wide—sometimes out up on the under side—and are
fregueztely lined with white Wk.
ta are worn closer at the sides and Ism
behind than they were at the beginning of the esreeM
although there is not much novelty yet in =creiers
rbmisterld,
we have selected some good modals for our
One of pink velvet, plaited from the front to the mown,
which Is made of ruchings of narrow blonde. The
covered with wide blonde reaching beyond the edge, and
trimmed at the aides with bunches of pink and white mars-
bouts. The curtain trimmed with • velvet fold, edged with
blonde. Blonde cap, with three bunches of rosebuds placed
et the left side.

--A
capote
of terry velvet and white taffetas in squares, co.
reed with blonde and crape, with others (transparentic
white and Neck blonde. From the edge • black lace io
over the cap. Sloping rrown of whits crape, covered with
three smell barbs. of black lace, from under which, on the
left ride, le teen a large bunch of grass velvet narcissus.
A bowl.t of white royal velvet was trimmed with a fold of
plaid velvet round the front and curtain. Round the =Wit
was twisted a plaid cord, ending in two long tassels. Blonde
cop, with bandeau of plaid telvetiendlini.g in tame* placed=
the opposite side to those on the mm
A very simple bonnet for a young lady was of whit*
"t
arranged in wide plaits from the back the front.
Theto
only trimming to this bonnet ins a wide plaiting, i Is
viaille, of rich white satin, carried across the middle of the
bonnet and round the curtain. A small bow of white blonder
on the top of the curtain and in the cep.
Amongst the most ch.rmlng wreaths, was one of mar
Mho ; another of geraniums and gold wheat-ears ; and s
third of white grape mixed with diamond stars. Nor must
we forget to mention one formed with bunches of white lilac
mixed with rock coral. Feathers are also worn for evening
coiffures; but flowers, or Trollies of gold, coral, or pearls, are
more in Weer.

SALE OF ENGLISH PICTURES AND WATER
Ocmoutte.—Yeseseday Hesse's. Foster sold at the Gallup,
64, Pall-mall, a oollection of water-colour drawings, seeders
English t.ea, end other works of art, some of oossider•
able Wrest. them were several votter-coleue
L ndscapes by David such as ths "Montag, Haw to
Mffirks" sad the "Baton Home, Rainy Weather" vbk
teethed guineas and 12 guineas respectively; the draw.
tag of War," by Derby, after Landecer, 31 guineas; "Hai.
dos Hall," David Cux, 48 guineas; "Flemings from tSea, 'b7 J. WWY. H. Turner, 60 guineas; "Amiens C
by David Rebate, 37 gupiess; 'A View in G "Zen,/
Stanfield, 36 sec The Approaching Storm," by
Goodall, 37 plasm; "The Great Fin et the House at
Leads,' by 41 guineas; " Courtship In Itrit,tazy„.
170 guineas; "Lake of Como," sad Lake
t4rlirivae" brdarbiyr4D34 gdaam. Coo, 99 ;It; Sane‘t'aCitZ
Hill," by LinneU, 185 guineu ; " Fallow Dew," by Anoka,
77 pines' " SabWh Morning," by A. Johnson, 64
• " Meeting of Weltingtoa and Blather at Waterloo,.
Firerk:lff, 120 pupate ; and " Nelson at the Battle of Ole
Vincent," by Barksr,llo guineas
BALI OF RAM PORCELAIN. Yesterday Mr.
Phillips sold at 73, New Bond-street, a valuable coast:kw of
tae oddY oriental poreelain, bronzes, carved ivorymad sess
oak eminget which were also a magnilloent vase
of gram jade, carved with korai, horses, and tress, which
sold he 641. • a bowl of the same ateiseiel sold for 431.; •
s jag 'sad cover of the some, NI. ; s bowl cd
ouCttl apt*, 211. • a very large and Sae tem of elite
jade, 611.; erinnl other remsrhsbls weglatest of F
done ..aerial sad werboaaildp.
PICTURES AT !RR POURDLING ItOSTFIALr•The
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Whalen Prints Ream It wee hat Is do imam of the
Nallemel MO, on the mispeendic Roam".
to be Mama wham wagered. The albs
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seelltrierek. This gallery, Agree WI by
Is peapembd, be in future acceietble le •ine ollaftaelha
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