The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-01 00:00:00

FASHIONS 708 DECEHBIH.

(Preen Le Folleg.)
The rigour of the commencement of winterly
weather has prepared us ter welcoming the new cloaks and
manias for out of doers, and there is no fear now of out
naplaining of their length or amplitude. The paletot
Ism is decidedly the most in favour. Either the paletot
gm with narrow revere sad small sleeves, or, if one wishes
it leis neglige, it may be made to fit slightly in to the
Iwo at the wain, and with wide sleeve'. For young
poem the baaquine is still in vogue, and it does not ap.
por nay that it will altogether give up ifs place to the
pIaSM. The teequise t 4 isorolag dress is generally of
doth ; whoa ands of velvet it is more drew, nail is fre.
quently trimmed send Ida • bins of quilted Wine
which gives it es diets apperaneo. The piston of Meth
Old of velvet eat bedded in a pattern, trimmed with
tie& of odiumd nalarial. or with narrow fur. Panes
end Louis XV. mantles are becoming more rare, and an
.1•17 made in silk, with ornaments of guipure or not
poraseterie. Velvet shawls have always wide flounces
el selpare • nothing looks more stylish than thee' for
sli dress gene straight velvet scarfs, trimmed with
few have bes• ilk es young persona, but they appear
viey asisitilite fie lie weather. Many bleak velvet
swan eoa lehmel with white satin ; it has • very good

DI Ma an =do with round waists or with points, and
either high apes in front, so to show a cliwaseite.
These beau an be made in two ways ; generally, they see
opened ha the gaped! a heart, about half-war down the
bust, ad with a wrisli sonar turned back, and rears; bat
cocalonally the wan( is carried down to the waist, with
St spa areas the front this ia the moat suitable for evening
wear. Light and open sleeves are also both wan ; only the
latter are principally for dembtoillate. For taffetas dresses,
iireances see still preferred ; bat those of moire and whin is
I batter to trim with meserons el velvet and gidpnre.
brendebotup of rich puesainterk. Bands of aka on
as bilk some plain, others waved, Loa, Dm
Lisa osaws few out-of-deers
.wear are no longer i Is
mode--black, distant, or violet aka. Pompadour dreams
—auk Stand with sobered lowers—ere fashionable.
, Rea 11. we think, more than ever in favour.
Indeed,
41111 per, nothing but sombre shades are admiasiblmse
Ice paying visits of etiquette. We will proceed bode:scribe
•kw drama for walking or visiting toilette A Week
taffetas—very rich silk, with a wide flounce set on in bap
plaits, like the skirt. A very broad tad of black velvet
awl is the Mats, edged the Ilona% and at the top of this,
tad& at the heading of the flounce, a ruche of narrow
Lee ; the body and sleeves also trimmed with a ruche.
The sleeve. paguids, arabea end oak ornamented with a
wide how of black velvet. These bows are sometime. lined
with ail set, which keeps than in form ; for the same
rams lace Gonnas are frequently lined with crape or talk.
A blue figured tartan The body high at the back, and
opened square in front, with blame trimmed with black
koe and white blonde, which are laced together scums the
cask a gold braid is laid on for a heading to the lace.
aleemo, and pointed,* Is Chinoias, trimmed with /ace
and
A dregs et violet alas, with eleven ftotinoss set on is
dates, irld: • lAD* siedrue ea a heading. A Marie Antoinette
map, la that palls. Seam to mech.
pespodig her ohs emewilking winter seamen, our
resists will Ineledrews le Mow si little of the fashion for
=Lead
elegant and tall dem Ifloy MB Ind the following dresses
• •11011 1••
A•
wki Mamba? pease arm, with au under-skirt of
white taffetas. It Ira • elesighl boa:Moan. at the bottom
of as skirt ; tan two mare beallemas waved at the edge,
and at each festoon • heated if header's buttons is
placed. The body, which is Ireerand • drapery of white
taffeta, crowed at as lonia nod Intweinsting in wide each
embred with pa A at bachelor's buttons
on each shoulder. A teressa et buttons.

The eldest son of the Earl of Leven and Melville
(who has recently enomeded his brother le these titles) hes
...adopted as his deeigestica hie Mice's Nang title of Vis-
aunt Kirkcaldy, instead of the customery appellation of
Innessat Bagman which was bores by the late earl and
le son. Pmesdents for this departure from the ordi•
▪ MOM are ti be found in the cue of the late Duke of
'Miffs& Wee nonmed for his second title the style of Earl
d Amid sad akeerey, instead of the earldom of Surrey
aims, as berm by his hither), and In other noble families.
Lord Gramme and Browne has assumed the
mine sad arms of Guthrie of the Mount only, in the place
of thou of Drewes, la compliance with the teams of the
deed of seta by wig& the property et the late Mr. A.
Guthrie tithe Weak eennty of Ayr, was settled on his
only child and heirem, who, it will be remembered, was
married to Leal Oranmore shoat a year ago.
Lady Labelle Schuster wee safely confined of a
anginbr yesterdey at the family mansion, in Queen's-gate.
Moth her ladyship and the infant am doing well.
Lord De Lisle and Dudley has left the St. Several rosnalient cif the Kinwinginn Life Academy
George's Hotel. propose to establish a Sketching Bodily, of similar chg.
Lord and Lady Huntingficld have arrived at meter to the well-known Sketching Grtmb, of which Sir E.
the St. George's Hotel. Luber, the Chalons, Messrs. Creswick, Stanfield, &c.,
The Right Hon. Sir Edmund Heed and Leal), Were distinguished members.
Head and the Mimosa Head base left Farnuice's Hotel for The Etching Club meets on Tuesday next, at
Orford• the house of the member of the rota. This is the first
The Earl and Countess of Beotive and family whisils of the season.
have (aye the Westmoreland Gazette) left Underlay Hall The first representation of a new tragedy in five
far the Lodge, Virginia, co. Oman. Lady %dive has now seta, called the Massacres is Syria, is to take place at the
quite recovered from her wets pretreated Weer. Imperial Theatre of the Cirque to-night (Saturday). This
Among the recent arrivals in Torquay are the Yiwts, which is said to represent some very affecting eons;
is by the author of L'llistoire dun Dropese and the
Bight Hoe. Comte= Foreseen (Earl Foramens beets(
taken Villa Syracuse for the season), the Earl of Beverly, ri•euee des Cartes, and other facetious pieces net so
Lady Louisa Percy, Hoe. Jecelin Percy, the Bishop of ie. well adapted for public representatioc.
maim, Sir Edward Deane, Bart.. Vice-Admiral A. P. Hi, " The Saxon government, under the auspices of
milieu, Colossi the Hon. K R. Littleton, Lady Latish/a, H. rho Iteust," says the Nord, " 'ppm., to covet the honour
Weisel sad Me,. Y. Aylmer, he. of being the standard-bearer of the legitimist party in
The marriage of the Earl of Southesk and Lady Italy. It has just ordered ate consul at Naples to strike
Oman Murray, eldest daughter of the Countess of Dunmore, his Sag and break off all relations with the present govern.
took piece on Tkiinday last at Dim.. Park, Falkirk. Th. meet The Colo n( Ganda ridicules this ambitious attitude
hide was attended by the following young ladies as brides. oa the part of Saxony."
grids :—The Ladies Homy, sabers of the bride ; the Hon. According to the Thennik Poynanski, a Polish
Nines Valley and Mies Herbert, cousins of the bride ; paper, it is rumoured at Warsaw that a medical student
sad lady Mary Hamilton, daughter of the Duke and who took part in the political demonstrations which were
Dothan ef Bazolltoe. The Rev. C. Iliassem putoneed made while the sovereigns were in that city expired while
the eireneny. The Countess al license gave a breakfast temporal punishment was being inflicted on him. The na-
te the party, covers being laid for IS gemots. The newly- barmy youth was sentenced by his judges to "paternal"
married couple left Dunmore Park 'arty in the afternoon, (edterlirl) punishment.
for Battle Abbey, near Dalkeidt, to pan the honeymoem. A scientific expedition is about leaving Frame
These was
the meet. to be a greed ball at Dunmore is celebration el to explore Southern Bible* and particularly that poo.
anotigamis to the Amcor. It will be headed by Dr. G.
The Hon. H. G. Elliot, English Minister at Meynier and M. de Louis d'Eichthal ; and a commission hes
Naples, has arrived in Paris, and alighted at the Hotel been appointed by the Paris Academy of Sciences to draw
Brighton. 1 up instructions for the expedition.

Another Area is of whfte
towards the bottom of the skirt, in horlsoutal lozenges. At
the top of these are two skirts of tulle illusion, covered
with a tunic of tulle, figured with gold, caught up at the
side with • wide Utak velvet Abbott and • bouquet of gold
wheat. The body tout • bertha figured with gold, with
Orissa"' sleeves. For coiffure, a kind of turbau in tulle,
worked gold, with black velvet ribbon and gold wheat.