The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-07 00:00:00

FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MAY.

Before calling the attention of our readers to bonnets,
which now form a prominent feature in describing "La
Mode," we must notice two becoming and fashionable
caps. The first, the Charlotte Corday, made of deep in-
dented blonde, falling over bunchily of roses. The second
we have been permitted to name the Psyche; it is graceful,
modest, and youthful, composed of black guipure over
black lace, with a wreath of green ribbon foliage encirc-
ling a beautiful rose. We must now pass on to the bonnets.
The first is a capote of buillonnes, violet tulle, with loops
across each bouillione, of very narrow violet and
straw-coloured rubans-passementerie (those ribbons
are a great novelty, and are as delicate and light as
gauze). Two rows of grey passementerie embroidered
with straw are slightly quilled over the bouil-
lonnes of tulle—one across the crown, and another
on the curtain. The inside of the front, which
is wide, is trimmed with violets of three shade. The
capote papillonnee of blonde and light gauze rib-
bed). There are three rows of papillons of blonde,
and consequently three bands of gauze ribbon. A
broad white taffetas ribbon passes over the crown
in the style of a fanchon, and forms the
long broad strings. On one side the ribbon is con-
cealed by a tuft of double narcissus and long grass;
three rows of blonde and gauze ribbon fall from the
back of the crown, covering the curtain.
We have seen a robe of Napoleon blue gros de Tours,
with a crossed body, closed on the side with a narrow
band buckled round the waist. Three large plaits from
the shoulders form drapery across the chest; the body
closes on the left side, where the gold buckle separates
two toques of blue ribbon; five large bows, with gold
buckles in the centre, are placed down the skirt. This
trimming down the side is quite original. The sleeves
are slashed, with a narrow wristband—a white lace pro-
truding through the openings.
Two robes a corsage Watteau have elicited much
praise. The robe Watteau is quite a study of co-
quetry. To produce it in its primitive elegance we
must go and consult the panels at Versailles, where it
will be seen that the front piece of the body is very
narrow; square on the shoulder, widening near the
chest, and very narrow at the waist. It is trimmed
with three ribbon bows for dinner dresa, and
bouquets of flowers for a concert or ball. To return to
the two robes above-mentioned, one of silver grey taf-
fetas, with stripes of pale green satin; the other of Pre-
sident green.
The new form of sleeve is the manche tailladee, or
slashed sleeve. A small cuff fastens the five pointed
angles, between each of which the white under sleeve
protrudes. This has the advantage of novelty, but the
open, rounded, square, or moEquetaire sleeve, with open
sleeves of Brussels lace, or Valenciennes or English
point, are much more elegant and preferable for sum-
mer toilette.

The most successful novelty of the season is la mode
for lace mantes. Imagine this manto of .the finest black
in beautiful designs, forming a rounded scarf behind,
descending only to the waist; the ends in front are
sometimes long, sometimes short and narrow, and are
tied in a knot at the waist, descending to the knees, or
carried behind and fastened like the Dubariy manteletF.
A hood is added, which forms a double pelerino over the
shoulders, or a delightful coiffure madJne when thrown
over the head. Some are lined With thin coloured
taffetas.
Caps are worn very small, scarcely covering the top
of the head. We have seen two extremely pretty ones;
the first is of black net, with two rows of blond falling
one over the other; a broad blue ribbon is tied round
with long floating ends; three roses, one white and two
pink, are placed under the lace on the right side, and
one dark rose with long ends of blue ribbon on the other.
The other cap is also of lace, of the same form; the
trimming is different, being a plaid ribbon plaited en
fichu, with the point falling over the knot of hair.
The
bouquets ar composed of mixed flowers, combining all
the colours i n the ribbon, and producing an extremely
agreeable ensemble.

At Bow-street, yesterday, David and Mary Belasco,
and Amelia Collins were again brought up for final exami-
nation, charged with causing the death of Robert Clarke, by
knocking him down stairs at a brothel in Hart-street, Long-
acre. The depositions having been read over, Mr. Bridge-
water, house surgeon of King's College Hospital, who had
made a post mortem examination, gave it as his opinion that
the deceased died from congestion of the brain. On the con-
clusion of the case, 11r. Hall decided that each of the
en femalthat
e
prisoners might be discharged, no proof being g
they had acted in such a manner as to have caused fatal re-
sults to the deceased, all the injuries having been inflicted
by the male prisoner. Mr. Haynes, who ,appeared f,r the
prisoners, said he should be prepared allegedve a complete
answer to every portion of the charge against his
client. The witnesses were then bound over to give evidence
at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court against
the prisoner for wilful murder. Mr. Hall hoped that the
parochial authorities would institute proceedings against the
house in Hart-street, which was well known to have been a
most infamous place for a considerable time. Mr. Mouseley
who attended to watch the proceedings, said he would lose no
time in drawing the attention of the board to the circumstance,
In the afternoon Mr. Bedford, the Westminster coroner, held
, but that
Thek coronere dsiidt.
an inquest on the body of Clarke at the Plough Tavern
Carey-street. After the evidence, the Coroner proceeded to'
sum up, and explained to the jury the difference between
manslaughter and murder. The jury then considered their
verdict, and after the lapse of about twenty minutes, the
foreman said that twelve of the jurymen had agieed
tthewev twelve
remainingou would
d hf four usru
iheldllc ie
ndtiffe different th opinionsreturn .
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The foreman then said—" We a verd. fct of man-
slaughter against David Belasco."
FOREIGN CATTLE. -- The steam-ship
Attwood,
which has arrived at Blackwell from
on one occasion
Rotterdam' has brought
a cargo of Dutch cattle, consisting, with
the exce
no less
ption of
d I
n
13 oxen and cows, entirely of calves, a
•ncluding
than 251 of this description of young
stock
of Holland. There has been no previou i stock,
the production
a number of :calves having been brought of so
from this or any other of the continental states of Europe.

On the subject of the attributed determination of
the Emperor of RUSSIA not to take the new Four-
and-a-Half per Cent. Stock, we read in the Patrie :
"Some speculators for a fall have endeavoured to
raise a report that Russia was realising, by daily sales,
the Five per Cent. Rentes which she purchased in 1847.
Nothing can be more false than this statement; no
sales of the kind have taken place. Besides, how could
it be probable that Russia would sell, even at 100 f. stock
which, with interest at 5 per cent. since the 22d of
March, represented a reimbursement value of more than
100 f. 80c."

The Debats says—" A letter from London of the
3d states that it appears certain that the treaty which
is to be signed at the Foreign-office on the 4th or sth,
between the Plenipotentiaries of England, Austria,
France, Russia, and Sweden, will not only have for
object to regulate a new order of succession in Den-
mark, but also to secure the integrity of the Danish
monarchy. This important result will not, it is
said, have been obtained without considerable diffi-
culty, and it is to that circumstance that may be at-
tributed the delay of the signature. The Germanic
powers, particularly Prussia, are said to have sought
every means to impede the conclusion of the treaty,
which is only due to the firm resolution evinced by
the Cabinets of St. Petersburgh and Paris, which
have throughout the whole negotiations acted with
the most perfect and constant accord. Lord MALMES-
BURY has, it is said, shown himself anxious to unite
his efforts to those of the French and Russian Go-
vernments."

The Public mentions a report that it is intended to
raise the pay of the sub-lieutenants, lieutenants, and
captains of the French army.
The Austrian Lloyds contradicts a report pub-
lished by an English journal that the Prussian and
Russian Governments had protested against the esta-
blishment of an Empire in France. It says—
" The Journal des Debats has announced that Prince
Schwarz9nberg demanded of Prussia and Russia their
opinion on the re-establishment of the Empire in France.
These three powers are in accord, in case the form of
Government should be changed in France; but they
have not the pretension of meddling in the internal
affairs of that country. The treaties of 1815 are cited.
Those who pretend to know those treaties should re-
member that in the sitting of the 6th May, 1815, Lord
Clancarty said that England had only notified the treaty
of alliance of the 25th March, under the condition that
Article 8 of the said treaty should not be considered as
obliging his Britannic Majesty to continue the war with
the view of imposing on France a particular form of go-
vernment. England, therefore, formally declared at
that period that she would never force France to adopt
one form of government in preference to another. The
Courts of Prussia, Austria, and Russia have left it to be
understood that on that point they are and always will
be in accord with England."
There is better authority for this statement respect-
ing England than the assertion of a Peer, viz., a
formal diplomatic " Declaration." A treaty was
signed at Vienna, on the 25th of March, 1815, be-
tween the King of GREAT BRITAIN, the Emperors of
AUSTRIA and RusslA, and the King of PRUSSIA, for
making " a COMMA effort against the power of NA-
POLEON BONAPARTE." But a " Declaration," added
to it on the exchange of ratifications, says formally,
that it is " not to be understood las binding his Bri-
tannic MAJESTY to prosecute the - war with the view
of imposing upon France any particular Govern-
ment."

The bust of the PRESIDENT of the Republic has
been put up in all the mairies of Paris.
It is said to be in contemplation to erect an archie-
piscopal palace at Paris near the Hotel de Ville and
the church of St. Gervais.
The hut barracks constructed by order of General
CAVAIGNAC on the Esplanade of the Invalides, at the
Pantheon, and on the Place de l'Archeveche, are
about to be demolished.
The announcement in the Moniteur this morning, that
the concession of the railways from Paris to Cherbourg,
and from Bordeaux to Cette, had bean adjourned, pro-
duced a favourable effect on the Bourse. The Four-
and-a-Half per Cents. opened at 99f. 650., and closed
at 100 f. 25c. for the end of the month; the Three per
Cents. closed at 70f. 45c.; Orleans Railway Shares,
1,185 f. ; Rouen, 7721.500.; avre, 290 f.; Great Northern,
592 f, 50c,; Avignon, 2901.; Vierzon, 587 f. 50c.; Basle,
246 f. 25e.; Bordeaux, 6121. 50c.; Paris and Strasburg,
5651.; Tours and Nantes, 3671.50 c.; Paris and Lyons,
6131. 75c.
BUSINESS DONE IN FOREIGN RAILWAYS AT THE
—North
LONDON STOCK EXCHANGE, MAY 6.
i_gne and
T,nxembnure„ Liege, 6
France, 201. 3 per Cent. Bonds (formerly 8010. "n of
Amiens Shares), 133A—Orleans and Bordeaux, 15
and Orleans, re and Meuse,4—Paris
1i We tern Hof France, 7%, s—Tours and Name,,

SPAIN.
Our accounts from Madrid are of the Ist inst.
A Cabinet Council having been held M the QUERN'S
apartments at Aranjuez, on the 30th, rumours were
current of fundamental changes being in contem-
plation by the Government, but nothing certain was
known.
MADRID BOLSA, MAY I.—Three per Cents., 431;
Exchange on London, 50 65.

GERMANY.
By letters received from the north of Germany we
learn that the differences between the Duke of
AUGUSTENBURG and the Danish Government, in
which the Cabinet of Berlin acted as mediator, have
been settled. The Prince has accepted the offer of
the Danish Government of an Indemnity of 2,025,000
thalers for his property situated in the duchies, in
order to avoid the necessity of proceeding judicially
against him. The Duke has, consequently, no fur-
ther connexion with Schleswig or Holstein.

ITALY.
The Queen Dowager of SARDINIA has, according
to the Risorgimento, already expended upwards of
10,000 f. for the relief of the sufferers from the late
explosion at Turin.

In its sitting of the Ist the Senate of Piedmont
passed the Bill for the execution of a railway from
Savigliano to Cuneo.

Tie Count DEC;AmuoaD left Venice on the 27th
ult. for Goritz, to attend a funeral service on the an-
niversary of the death of King CHARLES X. From
Gotitz the Prince was to proceed to Frohsdorff.

THE LATE ACCIDENT. AT ALBERT-GATE,
—Yester-
day Mr. Bedford, coroner for Westminster, and an;,jfeyd
aoti
respectable inhabitants of St. George's Par
aarTvyse, No.
the private residence of Captain George '-'
5, Chesham-street, Belgrave-square, for the purpose of in-
quiring into the circumstances attending
Or-
lando George Sutton Gunning athecodmeamthandoefrin
the Royal navy, and brother of
Sir
r by a fall from his
died from the effect of injuries Sutton, at
Gunning, who
f sustainedtaf the case have horse on on Saturday last. The :Patient investigation, the
peared in our journal.
,Afte!_eu„, Eseath.”
`jury found a verdict of , Accid dent