The National Register.
London, England, 1808-07-03 00:00:00

: TIIE NATIONAL REGISTER.

THE COURT AND WORLD OF FASHION.
Wednesday, at two o'clock, his Majesty held a Private Levee
at the Queen's Palace. After which his Majr•ty held a Privy
Council, and gave audiences to the Cabinet Ministers.
The public will shudder to hear that some monster, in the
shape of a human being, has bad the audacity to fire a gun or
pistol across the horses in the carriage of the amiable and inao-
cent Princess Charlotte of Vales. It would be diffiult to de-
vise the motives of the perpetrator. A very serious investiga-
tion of the fact took place on Friday. Vve lament to say that
no discovery has yet been made; we trust that no effort will be
left untried to discover the miscreant.

The modest diffidence lately shew n in St. Stephen's Chapel, re-
specting who gave orders for the expendliure in reforming the
outside of that sacred fane, reminds us of Macbeth aint Boo-
quo's Ghost;
" Shake not thy gory locks at me, thou can'st not say, I did it."
The humoutlitts Dean Swift, whose antipath% to fishing was
well known, having been asked, by a little child, s hat a fishing
rod meant—" it IllfHll7, my dear," said he, " only a long pole,
with a fool at one end, and a worm at the other,"
When Napoleon talks to the Pope of a resumption of right,
his Holiness seems disposed to consider it rather as a presumption
of right ;
" Strange that such difference should he,
"'Twist tweedledum and tweedli def." _ _ _

In the course of his electioneering canvass. the late lamented
Charles James Fox was compelled In meet many unpleasant
interruptions. On one occasion, soliciting an elector of opposite
principles to himself fur his vote, the Gentleman, certainly with
more candour than politeness, instantly and bluntly declared,
he would sooner give him an halter—that, my dear sir, said
v, I would not deprive ou of, as I have no doubt it is a
family piece.

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FAsil lON> FOR. JULY,
Extracted from the Twenty-fourth Number of LE BEivltfoster,
OR, LITERARY AND FASIIIONABLE MAGAZINE.

t.ifults' DRESSES. ..
HAT.? Fr t.t. D a ss.—A plain simple dress of Winn roadie,
with an elegant Tandy ked trimming of lace round the bottom and
sleeves, with a footing inserted above of the richest point lace.
The dress is made of walking length, moderately long in the
waist, with a full frock back, the front square with a mitreing
of point inserted intnid the bosom. The sleeves arc longer thaa
formerly, made full, and gathered into a footing of point lace,
to correspond with the bottmn of the dress. The capuchin cloak
is of sk% blue sarsnet; edged with n rich footing of point lace, or
of the pew invented floss silk trimming. The Tyrolese cap is
composed of white satin, lace, pearls, and gold net, witk
vaiiegated tassels of gold and silver bullion, and twist intermixed.
Gloves are White, and the shod of light blue to match the cloak.
Ear-rings, large gold hoops.

GENERAL ORSERPITIONR ON LADIE.,.. DEE.c.cl{•c pan J!YIY.

From the arrangements of the soason, the half dress is nearly
as rich in lace and ornament, ns the full dress of the winter
evenings. This naturally arises from the fashionable w odd
being now on the %%leg for the different watering places, and
other usual summer resorts, si here the bustle of walking; and
s tiling partii s, and all the enjouernonti of the Stevne, the Pan-
tiles, or the Marine Parade, lease little time to the eligarate to
nary her embellishments in her r:tpid transitions from the social
d•nner-party to the library, from thence to t:te evening ramble,
until she concludes the amusements of the day, wingl:ng in tile
mazes of the dance, or yielding all her soul to harmony iu the
concert room. ' At the use of dress is eettaiuly not only to
cover but to display the form, the preient modes seem com-
pletely in point, and in strict classic resemblance of the ancient
costume ; thus we see that the Palmatia Tunica has been
adoptcJ, and in many instances the purple zone display-s the
ssonnietra of the form, and gis es additional grace to the fa ion-
able elongation of the waist. The no,dern rage for stud the
productions of the old masters, hns inspired a considerable por-
tion of taste in the votaries of fashion, as here they see all the ele-
gance of the Italian school, founded upon ajtolicious imitatina
of the antique ; added to this, there fire some attempts to intro-
duce the interesting embellishments of the earlier tin:es of one
own country, therefore we have the Queen Mary cap, no I the
An .a Holley bonnet, and same of our fw:hiontbble traudcteet