The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1807-08-28 00:00:00

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PARISIAN FASHIONS.

the *Waved hat, called, a rissiiible, daily diminishes hi
member. They ate of white straw, of impious fashions, NNW
large and list, and sew those which are nett at the awas, nit
wide fiche the cheeky and forehead. The girls of fifteen am
still at open war with the women of a tenant age. At thirty
7t•ts, my they, as ought to have no pretension to dress.ase
ought to shine no longs in the concert, and figure at
the ball. These sentiments have leased the young ladies
to adopt fashions that suit only theaselses, and of
this number are the robes which accurately exhibit the
shape from the waste downwards like • pair of drawers.
The Ladies of 33 years, however, whom experience hes
endowed with address, are eat to be discoweerted so easily.
They wear robes that skew the shape of the limbs, they dance,
and they sing. Luce recipe" or fancy stones are Weems the
favourite ornaments of these Ladles, gold is, as it were, exclude '
e 1 host all jeweils! ; and to string pearls, to tie agates in a
bunch, and jniu mullet cut into pieces, a silk cord us preferred
to the richest cl.ain of gold. The mounting of • diamen4
was never more light; and as tooth's, stones, less precious and
her deruble, the asides which adore them, the setting which
sustains them, all that is 'upraised. They pierce the
agate, the amethyst, or the carnelian, in the plainest possible
manner, and thus suspend them tied by a thread of silk or
gold, in earoingss or in neck-(aces.—The object is to mix
simple.ity with ornaments the mint costly snit luxurious.
About six months ago coloured stockings were ioadinisible
amen/ oar petits ntaiires-esflesh colour alone were excepted.
At the pre cot day, • stocking of use same colour r the pan-
taloon, is the very pink of feshiun.

Mrs. Gtouta, it is said, is engard at Drury.
Lane Theatre. She is a most useful aaress. and a
great acquisitson to any Theatre.
The youthful fair. who hare in donkey-carts.
exist& to be handed down in verse to posterity.
as " ohirt•tosr: high," and II The path is she
cal has the air of ei Lad."
Mr. Dreamt, we understand, has left the Hay-
market Theatre. in consequence of the geepsrly 111 Ra
having neglefled to charge his pisre4 on the night of
his benefit. Mr FA ILLY has taken his place.
Spotted and stampe I morning dresses Icing all
the rags with the Ladies, Nalare has supplied the
place of err. by covering their white dresses with
Lady-Birds.
Mrs. Gammen, Lady of the gallant Admiral.
resides at Hampstead.
It is not true that brother Jurists Botta
has nothing of a sailor about him. —The tallow. it
appears. finds a wife in every port.
Mr. Comte has often called 14 spirits from the
vasty deep." It is not. therefore. matter of sur-
prise, that reading Cooke's nays, a Una should
find him sorntimes Aoff sea ear.
Sorre Ceeiveyr, who went out yesterday :rase-
14(vii-,- to l,linkon, returned home with five Rork
(-tidy:: and a clocking hen, which they mistook
fOr a eroor-eoch.

Mr. lopes, Manager of the Dublin Theatre, is
aliso Master of the Revels, and very prudently, this
season. entered a CHVega to all haressee hut his own.
to the great disappointment of the travelling Me.
ledittr, who have been obliged to take Voyles to
India, &c.
Mr. Coosa was very successful in his visit to the
North, while the most delightful metal has shared
nitiiterselence half/ream... only.
An evening print of yesterday announced the ar-
rival of Earl MiCAUTNEY, on Wednesday, at his
house nil Spring Garden 'terrace, from Windsor:
Earl M AGA,' I Nair died about two years ago!
The Far of Cbarlentwe was celebraiesl at Aix.
, la-Chapelle, with great splendour and solemnity, on
the 4th instant.

The charmirr Viscountess Caretreariens
ar-
rived, on Wesiaesday evening, at her house in Sr..
James's-square, from the Priory.
Some of the papers state, that the ruins lately di'.
covered near Dover, must be these of an ancient
ac several human bones, some pieces of
painted gins, arid an old sine, have been found
there. It is interred, we presume, from the spur,
that the people of the place were Priest-ridlea.
The Duchess of Motor nom, Lady C AAAAA
GRA II 11, Duke and Duchess of BEDFORD, Lord
Jena Russet. a, Wu. ADAM, Esq. M.P the Mar.
via of DoWNIO IR 6, Baron De Tamp, Admiral
GRA 11•101, General Dation, Dr. GILOORT, c. ar-
rived, on the 24th, at Glasgow.
Master Berry is to perform three nights at Lud-
low Theatre, and one at Shrewsbury. His first ap-
pearance at Ludlow will be on Monday se'nnight.
Miss ?dittos has not been playing at the Chel-
tenham Theatre, as stated in wow or the papers.
The General and Mrs. HAacouer cional yester-
day at Frogroore with Her hlaa astir and the
Paiscesses.

Mr. Murrtbae played Old DOlllio,l ill The load to
Rein, tstrpprktre, and The Deaf tower, at W itwoor
Theatre, last night, for his own benefit.

The last arrivsls at Bah are,

His Koyat Hihnerra the Duke of Glouce-ter, Marquis and
Macchio .e-a of Bath, Lard and Lady Georg, Thyme, Lord
and Lady Elwat,Ladylebr, Lady Ancor, Lady Lawley, Lady
Manion, Sir E. B. Etlrr, S.r John (Junta. General Oren.
Inge, General %tape'. Colonel B•add111, Colone: Bunbury.
tAajor French. Major GWwell, Major Huggins, Major and
Hu.pto.i, get. U,. Glow, Caputo Hulloed. and Capt.
Macdonald.
Miss Frosts, who is performing with so much
eclat at Oxford. is the favolrite Comic Actress of
the Bids l'heatte. and not t me Rises. Fiihrr.
Mrs. Mouar•in continu,s so extremely ill at
Edinburgh, that all expeaation of her performing
is given up. and the four Misses AD/lli are hourly
espefted there to make amends for the disappoint-
ment.
A meeting, to determine an affair of honour.
tosk place lot week in tne parish of Cranston.
near Edinburgh. between a gentleman of the East
Lothian yeomanry cavalry. aria a respeilable far-
mer of that county. APer both gentlemen being
slightly wounded, by the inteaerence of the se-
conds, a reconciliati•in was rffefteJ, and the parties
quitted the hid without lochs; enisehief.