The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-30 00:00:00

WHIM 101 MAT.

Mesa the Ilhatrated ifs6lo4 Xna.)
The genial rays of spring ranehine have colled
Teeth a variety of elegant novelties. Onidoor drew, whether
for the prawns& or the carriage, begins to ammo the hum
which Nature loves to mar at the present mage. Mooed-
laity the meet fashionable colours are tho micas shades et
green and lilac, mauve and violet. Among the meet favour-
ite materials for outdoor costume may be nseatiened Jager,
moire, figured with small sprigs or spots. Striped silks are
also much in favour; but this year Fashion demo that the
shim shall run lonetnetinally, and not horizontally.
An out dress made in Peri' for a lady of high Whim is
composed of taffety moire, shaded in two tints of green. The
skirt bee a tablier front, ornamented with rosettes, formed of
black lane sad ruched ribbon. The sloevee are slashed, and
tho oientngs filled up with puffs of green velvet, edged
with black lam. The bonnet made to accompany this dress
Is of white crape, haying on one side a splendid iris in eluded
tints of mauve. The mantle, of black alUr, is trimmed with
ruches of Mack lace and green ribbon admirably combined

together.
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Another o• .door dress, also made In Paris, atid by the
auweltextds, is at Myst bias eUk. At the lower edge of the
skirt thaw to • kcal mite of the 'tame silk, and at intervals
other near raavaisi In width slowed to the height of
the knees. Our this skirt is • took open to *tot
and towided at Wm estwass. It is aleo edged with • rubs.

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The mugs is easemintail ealY liatties gamma.
We. The slams we wide, sad edged with three rows et
ruching. The uatieridemes have two frilled lace tastefully
ntermingted with bows of black velvet aid blue ribbon. The
mantelet, of black moire antique, has two deep dunces of
lams, and is onsaineatid with rick jet kimading. This ele-
gant toilette is completed by • barest of white crape covered
with boallond of white gated tulle. On meads there is
• mull feather; gad as the caber • spiv of Mee lowere,
foreging part of the under trireming, is breggkt over the
edge aid Land on the outside of the bassi."
• opts: did dinner the. Ms just been me& of silk of •
pal* ebb sad Manful denaptica. It ben a white
(mad, llgneed with seers at dm* btu velvet. The skirt
has • riser&trata. The duns have mss puff at the upper
part, &mad with bias velvet ; gad below the puff there is a
lease epa dew% with beset revers of blue veleet. The
tilaseing of this the. alai* unsists of a row of Mar
velvet anommis to the gran el earn end extending hoes
&slower edge at the skirt le the top et the =sue. Bash
af these mamma is aseireled by • border of black Chantilly
Lam
A few of the mast admired bell drum prepared for the
want MUM may be here &scribed.
pas just made is alba, talk, light as upon,. The skirt,
which is entirely besdlloed and sound., le bordered by three
heed rows of heailload, separated by mho= at blue mils
and rows al bloods. Our this diaphanous jugs there is a
tunic of Was heßs, edged with bleeds. BM Imbue of rich
Wade &sant our the tusk. Three ere hateed at the
lowa gabby bengeste of ram without kliegs, and the
ether time am anal by bows al ribbon. The =sage and
skean me beelike& ; ad • light mart of blue tulle, in the
aph of the Kemp Imperalrica is teed by bouquets of
fONIL
A bell dries vary distingue in effect is made of white rail,
the shirt trimmed with three dunces of white crape, beaded
bye easy tlalehed at each edge by marrow black and white
binds. Over the skirt there is a tunic a white crape, open
at seek side, and the openings attached by ornaments of the
lounge dem, mar of white ribbca, edged with black and
white blonds ea/ tails of wild rams et • deep shade of
orlon The earwigs sad dunes of white silk, covered with
mem ue ornsassini with tufts of cerienoorloured eglantine.
A dress with double skirt cl white tulle hu the lower one
duped in its whole length. The upper skirt is gathered
up at intervals by tam of foliage and bows of shaded green
ribbon. The corsage and sleeves are draped with Mlle sad
ornamented with similar bows and tufts of foliage. The
beed.dreas cellists of a druidical wreath of foliage gal geld
In equesbian costume there is but little -variety. It
may, however, be observed that beauties ars lass worm than
heretofore. Also that the waist of the riding-habit is rather
shorter than last year, and that the corsage Is freptently
dashed at top by • very flat and low cellar. The
newest habits are fastened from the bottom of the skirt
to the top t the corsage by a row of teautiful piesementeris
buttons. The skirt should be entranely full sad very lug,
and set on to the acreage in large ben plaits. Myrtle green,
Insane bine, or black see the favourite colones for habita.
I. Paris many ladies have resewed for equmtrian costume
the roma chapeau d' homme, which has been es long super
aided by bats tf • more fanciful and becoming form. The
&imam d'horaxes is frequently ornamented by a c
plume. Biding &ranches have tope of jasper or amber.
l done ere ceesplete works of art, having the cipher of the
weir heentifully wrought in gold, intermingled with pearls
• end turquoises.
We must sot omit to say stew words on bonnet,. Those
most In favour are oomposed partly of silk and partly of CT pc
A very pretty bonsai has been rude of white seeps trimmed
with suave-cakered silk. A small Chantilly voilette Ii
ocalead at each aide of the frost by bows a mauve-coloured
ribbon, the ends of which flow loosely over the tavola. The
under trimming consists of a wreath of mauve-taloned
=hide. A bonnet of blue silk la trimmed with t ands 0 f
blue crepe, end has • small valeta of white blonde. A
much-admlred bonnet is composed of white drawn crap
trimmed with grosi ills coloured silk. The under trimming
cusiste of small tufts of peed Is ribbon and black lace. The
white esicenst ribbon edged with narrow quilling.

VACANCIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS '
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of
Crew fleartos.—The Royal Household The
edict of chief clerk le the Lied Chamberlain's department
bee become yenta by the death of Mr. Thomas C. March.
The Troesury : Mr.werd Philip, jug., extra clerk, Inland
Revenue, Somerset-house, bag been appointed supplementary
'lark at the Truantry, the result of a competitive esezeinatirs.
War Office There ere sull vacancies for juni Jr clerks—
commencing salary, lOC/. per annum. Mr. La Grim Heather
has Men appointed to a clerk.hip in the War-office, after a
competitive examination. There ere vacancies for military
store clerks, mead clam—commencing salary, 801. per
annum. Mr. W. B. Le Oeyt has been promoted, from Ports-
mouth, to be military store clerk, filet ohm. at Colombo,
Ceylon, vice Davao', removed to lodM. Gene.
cal Post office There aro vacancies for Junior
clerks—commencing salary, 7U. sad UV. per annum.
The Dockyard'' Than are one or two clerkships still to be
tilled up at Devomport Dockyard. Customs: Mr. Jobe
Graves, senior clerk at Southampton, hes retired oa super-
enettation, after a Isegthemed service. Mr. Harry H. Suttee
has been promoted from mooed to firet-elate landing cor-
nier at Liverpool. Mr. Llewellyn W. Moetyn has ben
promoted from third to second class leading surveyor at
Live o& Mr. E lewd Armstrong has been promoted from
mend-dam landing waiter in London to to tW ea-clamp:a=
surveyor at Liverpool. Mr. I ohs WCounell tree hero
from tide surveys at Doggies. Isle of MAD, to be Midge
tide surveyor at Seidel Mr. Peter G. Doyle, lending wailer
at Drogheda, has been promoted to be landing waiter at
Sunder lied. Cape if God Hope The office of regi.trar el
the mined eommleeloS, Ceps Towathas become vacant by the
death of Mr. Robert Khan. East ladies: Captain A. Fraser,
otEcielina wider-temerary to the government of India in the
Public Works Department has been appointed permanent
under-secretary. Mr. B. Jackets bee Mee appointed magis-
trate, collector, and mat agent cd Poore. Mr: W. H. Broad-
hurst bee Wm appointed callerlw al Pernaah.—Cniu Barrios

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PUBLIC Dieerritesll.—Duriug the year 1858
these have bees added to the staff of publio employed 79.1
persons,
_viz. :-4 have been added to the State Paper and
Public Record-offlos, 12 persona to a consist ereblithateet,
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end V Limning yald, at ham" 4 to the Naos' sad Vic.'
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the Po,t-eflice. 1 to tin Commiseioner of Works cake. Ito
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