The Express.
London, England, 1866-03-31 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOB APRIL.

(Fran Le ?aka.)
The law of fashion with regard to the make of
dress seems now established in a very decided manner.
It is quite inadneasible for any deem to be made with
plaits all round the waist ; the front sad sides, at any
rate, mart be plain. There are, however, two styles in
vogue, the " Princemen and the " Fourteen.* For most
figures we give the preferesos to the former. which has
use large plait at the hack : while the second is entirely
on the bias, like a long masque, and is certainly graceful,
there being nothing to mark the waist ; the " Fourean" is,
therefore, less becalming than the" Prinoman" For both
styles the long train is necessary.
The sire of the crinolioe is very sensibly diminished, bat
it °snare be altogether dispensed with whibithedremes are
so very long. Nothing can sustain them so well as the
cage, though that may be of very sm►ll dimensions. The
fashion also of looping dreeses rip over the petticoats, oat of
dome, w►iob will etriaisly °minnow through the summer,
modem the crinoline indispensable, in order to sustain them
gracefully.
Woolles Taney materials are making their appearance for
the spring 11.1110011 ; bat that which Mill, as always, meets
with the greatest siscems is the foulard. There is no doubt

it will be the favourite.
The simple spring dresses will not be much trimmed—
pattes, or lozenges, or milk piping will be all the ornament;
bat for richer materials the rations kinds of passeeneateris
will be in requisition.
The rage for Cluny lace his produced many pretty white
batiste and muslin bodice trimmed with it, and for small
reunions they are mach spoken of ; bat it must be said that
black lam is preferable for evening wear, excepting, per-
haps for quite young ladies. They an made with basquines
of wide lace, and, If desired, a sub or band may be worn
over them ; but they Sr. always high, and 'sometimes made
open a little wsy down the hoot.
As to Weever, when worn at all, they are emit* sm►ll and
straight, with an insertion up the seam ; but these resumes
are as frequently made without as with sleeves. Of course.
this depends upon the taste of the wester.
The " Pamela" or " Lamballe"boonst—es it has been
ohriMened at the Freud( eourt—is the vogue at present,
brat It will have to submit to various modifications before it
can become universal. It is too soon, however, to speak of
anything very decided in bonaets.

THE EXTRAORDARY ROBBERIES ON THE
GREAT `STERN RAILWAY.

On Thursday, at the Norwich polioe-count, Wil-
liam Morley, fireman. Richard Trew, eugice-driver, and
Reuben Shadwell, guard, were brought up, on remand,
charged with being concerted with °teem la the wholesale
robberies committed on the Great Eeetern Railway Com-
pany. Subsequently another primmer, named Brown, a
publican, was placed with the rest in the dock, on the
charge of receiving some of the doles goods.
Thomas Allen, engine driver, in the service of the Great
Eastern Railway pany, said—l remember the pri-
soners 0061lOR in at Thorpe station by the 7.40 train from
Ely, on the 7th of August. I was be to by Shad-
well and Trew to go the break. I went, and saw in the
break four gnus done up in a waste beg. Shadwell aid
Trew showed me one of the guns. They were doable-
barrelled gnus. I saw Jeffery's stamp upon them. They
said they were going to take the guns to Brown's. An
hour later I saw Trew carrying a parcel towards Carrow
Bridge-mad. I went to Brown's in a cab, and I saw Shad-
well and Trim there. Taw and Shadwell then told Morley
and me that they had sold the guns to Brown for eight
" quid* (sovereigns). They said they had received part of
the mosey, sad they were to have the rest in the evening.
I saw Brown a fortnight or three weeks after that at his
home. I asked him how be got on with the gum, and be
said, " D— the guns, it will take away all the profit to get
the senses out of them." After that I met Clarke (one of
the prisoners ea remand) at Brown's by appointment. I
heard Clarke tell Brown be had some tobacco to sell, and
he asked Brown if he would have it. Brown said, " Yea,
how mach is there of it!" Clarke said, " I don't know,
there is a good lot of it," and he alto said, " I haven's got
anything to put it in ;" and Brown said. " 171 lead you a
menet bag," and he produced a carpet bag and lent it
to Clarke, who went away with it. and I went with him
to his house, where I saw him put a quantity of Wham*
iota the bag, and he also put some in a box. I should
think the bag would hold three atone, and the box would
hold about two stone. Clarke put the beg and box into a
cab, and we drove off together and stopped at the Pr:M.-
41m Tavern, where I had business to do, and we thee
went on with the cab and the parcel to Brown's. Clarke
asked Brown how much the panel was worth, and Brown
said it was not worth more than "two bob," because it
was "foio." I understood Brown to mean 2a. a Gunn
Brown paid Clarke some mosey for the tobacco,and was
to pay him the rest in the evening.
The prisoners were then remanded tin to-day.
It would be difficult to exaggerate the excrement that
has been created in Norwich, says a local paper, by the
discovery of these robberies. There cannot be a doubt
that a eery large number of persons have been conceive I
in them from first to last, and Superiatandeot Russell has
been informed that it will be necessary for him to proceed
with caution, for there are parties still abroad who have
provided themselves with leaded pistols to resist arrest.
Among the stolen articles that have been found are
portions of goods which were loot upwards of two years
ago, and for which the company have long linos com-
pensated the parties who lost the property. At promet
no fresh arrests have been made ; but on Friday the wife
of the prisoner Burton was taken before the magietestes at
Wymondham and charged as as accomplice in these
robberies, and, after sufficient evidence woe taken for thot
purpose, she wasreeranded. and sent to Norwich Castle, to
be brought before the magistrates at Norwich to-day.

Tint LATE REV. RICHAV.D PREI'TIM Alf. —ln re-
cording the decease of Mr. Pretyman we shall only be ex-
pressing the common feeling of all who knew him whet
we say that his death will be a groat public less ,Ain
ibis musty and at Limole, in each of which localities he
exercised, in different portions of the year, his msgisterial
sad offiond functions with greet advantage to the com-
munity; whilst, in the social relations of life, be wee emi-
nently kind and hospitable. Mr. Pretyman took a chill on
attending the bench of magistrates at Bicester on Friday
last, which culminated in congestion of the land, sod
ultimately spurns at the heart. He hid been rector of
Middleton in this county for 47 years; and he was highly
regarded by all his neighbours, whether the rich or
the poor. As an able magistrate he was 'barely second to
any one in the county, if we except Mr. Henley. Mr.
Protyman was the last surviving eon of Bishop Pretymag-
Tornline, who was tutor to Pitt. Mr. Pretyman wss at
school at Eton, and graduated at Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, in 1814. We believe his age mu 73. He has left
his mooed wife his widow, end two sons, one of whom
is a clergyman, sod the other a boy at Etna. The rectory
of Middleton is in the patronsse of the Bishop of Oxford.
It may he interesting to oar raiders to be told that
Bishop Tomlin was a man of great learning and repute.
He wee bore at Bury St. Ildmondri in 1750, and,
after being at the grammar school them, entered Pem-
broke-hail, Cambridge, and became s senior muggier, and
gained the first of 'Dr. Smith's mathematical prizes. In --
1773 he was elided fellow of his eollege, and immediately
appinted tutor to Mr. Pitt. And when Mr. Pitt Weems
pre minister, Mr. Pretyinao was appointed hie secretary; CONgeltvanvE BANQUET ♦AT CANTIEBURY.—Vira
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