The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1805-04-15 00:00:00

pAßisbfh' F,ISHIONs.

For full chess our efts lutes ate still' fu At
=envies, the spring reties lai4vad, and the straw tn, liAou;
the crows covered with taffeta, and
narrow straw ribbon.; in the front is a bum% ,it et s the
season. Thu colou a for the ribbons are rose, ti,e sag
the apple green. We oh,.ervrti at the Opera ge•rt„l
of violets In noires nothing is nsure cornrows thaii indented
collars; in half dress nothing more usual than au a:uou
clear mus:tn, embroidered all round, and oinansented b
with lace

From time immemorial the India put on, first the ciro..,
and Litt the robe ; now the robe and the ;Itemise ere put ,
the same tune, the airrict and the elastic sleeves go 03 last
This is the newest mode. Women of fashion gre nut nos
content to be embroidered down to the very bottom of
chems.e; the apartment of a petite matinee is hong u, e,.,
broidered muslin; the curtains ave of embroidered inuti.n;
arm chairs and tad hangings are the same. They b.gin t,, to.
les; prodigal iu gold, or at least to have loss the appearsi.,
of Ain the armaments of fashion. We no longer see no oho:,
chimeras, , Lions heads, Grecian profiles, and ar;.!ms„.
g Hangs. The furniture is of the chr•iceit woods, simply at.
namenti.d; but it it necessary that the mahogany of wl.ali it
is made, should be ma and sel,cs, and perfectly veined or
marblod. ss Ah ! I beseech sou," says a petite ma,teesse to he:
upholsterer, 0 let me be simple, let in" be unifbrui ; ► would
rather give you 40,000 franks more that my furniture may be
simple."

Some .ine spring days that have shone on the boson nj
winter, have brought die morning preetterades into v.,gue
The tradosinen's daughters walk on the Baoaripards, and tie

cfemi-elegahtes on the irerrisee in the Thuilleries; but it is at
the Houlogne Wool that the fashionahle world, 0.1
horseback, in currieles and buggiev, and lalies is ttwir bins.
lenuliercs have their rendezvous.

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PICTURE GiLLERY.

NUMIVA H.
io. :an turned out of l'aserdile. By A. TTOt-
R. A.
•!,&.e, worse th.m of death !
" Nun I tßivi iic.ve litre %"--Vl•ltow% P4I Ai* Lost.
[hit Nove,4, wh,c. represents Adam receiving
!ers to leave I'Ar4,lise, from the Archangel ts4!-
;1, is a Yea y unraitml pertarniance. The ex-
rsion of Aa,ram k prodigiously fine. The words
the immortal Poet,
---- Fur Adam, at tld news,
ii!jit struck, with chatting grip:: ni sorrow stood;
ail hi; senses bound;"
imptessed nu every feature. Indeed, as a re.
erc;entattaon of grief, this P.tinting has even supe-
. dainis to the celebrated Pi lure of Agamemnon
a iticing his kiAnzliter. There the Artist, despair-
to give the feature ad .quate expression, muffles
heal up in a robe. llere the Artist exhibits the
ianteriatice,m irked with the anguish possible to
,c.,neciec,i by the Poet's fancy. The expression of
to Archangel Michael is, perhaps, not less happy.
lips seem to ureathe the sentence ;
" T., remove tine I am come ;
" And send thee from the video forth, 'o
tilt
.• The gr m whence th...t avast tak • , Cuter soil "
The heart of the Archangel is penetrated with sor-
row, and, like a merciful. judge, he appears to weep
hile delivering this sentence. The figure of the
Irchangel is, however, very defeetive ; u wants dig.
ty, and has noticing divine about it. The scenery
also has no tete appropriate charafter. It resembles
Somerset-house in the Strand, Wire than the Gar-
den of Eden, and gives to the Portraits more the
air of Mr. Canning discharging his Paymaster, than
the Archangel Michael turning Adam out of Pa-

No 9.—The celebrated &Wit between Humphries
end lbridexa. By Messrs. Kern()le and Braham,R.A.
'lie two Artists, for this is a joint produ&i:,ll,
have very happily seized the moment when vietory
bee:ns to incline in favour of liendoz.a. - Hum-
ph les l,a s the marks of several hard blows upon
his body, Arai appears much cut about the head.
Evviy thing is pressed into the scene to excite inte.
test for conqueror. His antagonist is of Much
larger stature, and has the advantage of the pre-
sence of several friends upon the stage, while
QIN one adventurous female attends Mendoza,
err has he even the aid of a bottle-holder. A
licence of this kind is, hawever, always justi-
fiable, when it gives force and interest to the de.
sign. The picture is in a fine tone of colour-
inc:, the figures stand boldly out fawns the caucus
aw 4 the light ane. sha.!e are admira'aly
ed. The spectators are perhaps as fine a groupe
as ever was executed. You fancy, from the enthu-
siasm expressed in their countenances, that you are
in the midst of the most violent uproar and confu-
sion. Th.. Artists are said to have borrowed much
of the scenery from a late theatrical Exhibition.
No. 13. Tie Robbers' Den, a scene from att. Bias.
Fo,ly thteres ate seen in the at of bringing
in their spoil, and delivering it up to their leader or
captain. '('he immense sums which they produce
sheer the enormous contributions which they have
Irrild from t' e public. The fn: ty thieves are evi-
&ally sketched tons several favourite performers
at Dairy-lane Tneatre, to whom they bear a strong
and The leader of the gang is an exact re-
ab'ance of Mr. Sheridan. The expression of the
leader is very fine. He views the gang with pa-
rental affection, or as an author would the success
of his own piece.

N".£!. and lAren:e, by Miss
T. marl. lre-n, and Capt. W—, of tlit navy, R. A.

" I w.ll mak? fast thi d Hvs, and gild niy..-Ifw,th some
attad &lett% tad be with you .uaight.''—.Nierchant of Veuice,
AQ.l,Bctatai.

he countenance of the fair Jewess is finely

lighted up wiat hope and desire. The attitude
of LormaJ, as, full of anxious expectation, he
waits for his mistress outside Cie door, is also admi-
rably conceived. There is a fine breadth of light
upon it, wi‘i..ll displays to great advantage the fea-
tures of the galta,d tar. This piece is very chfutely
a,.1 the drapci y dispos..e.d with great taste.
T:.epersilez:Live is also very fins. It gives a distant
• • v of Gretna Greta, with a Jewish Synaeogue
fa the back ground.

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