The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-30 00:00:00

FASHIO S FM; APRIL.

(From the World of Fashion.)
HATS and BONNETS continue- the same both as to
form and material, with the exception that those of
black velvet are less generally adopted ; coloured velvet
and red velvet being more extensively seen. We ob-
serve, also, that white lace is much more in request for
trimmings.
CLOAKS, MANTELETS, &C.—Mantelets and shawls
preserve their vogue. White or light-coloured cash-
mere shawls, with borders richly wrought in detached
bouquets of flowers in coloured silks, are much
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request.

SPRING MATERIALS FOR HATS AND BONNETS.'
Italian rice and straw will lose nothing of the high vogue
which they have enjoyed during some seasons past-
Neither hats nor bonnets will be of any larger size ; the
latter will be made much smaller than the former.
TRIMMINGS FOR SPRING HATS AND BONNETS.
Lilacs, violets, and the other early flowers of the season
will be adopted. Italian straw hats will be generally
trimmed with feathers.; at least during the early part of
the season the mode of wearing feathers laid upon the
brim will go out.
FORMS OF ROBES.—There will be a grand struggle
to bring in pointed corsages .for morning as well as
evening dress. Some dressmakers wish to bring ie
the immensely large sleeves that were worn formerly
others desire to make them quite tight ; a third party
think that by giving a little more fulness to the fall
from the shoulder, not compressing the upper part of
the sleeve by a mass of folds, and leaving the centre
of the easy fulness that it now is, and terminated by a
light cuff, it would be improved.
GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON ROBES.—Waists
remain very long, pointed at the bottom in evening
dress, and round for pelisses and pelisse-robes. Cor•
sages en occur are still in very great favour. A new
form of corsage has appeared for ball dress, but with
some slight modification it might be adopted in half-
dress ; it is composed of different straight pieces
placed perpendicularly, and forming the shape in such
a manner as to display its proportions to the best
advantage. Robes continue to be cut excessively low
in evening dress, and if they are draped at top, the folds
are excessively full. Sleeves continue to be made of
moderate size : those for balls and soirees are short,
made excessively low upon the shoulder, and tight to
some distance below it ; the remainder of the sleeve is
composed of several rows of bouillons touffres • they
are placed one above another, and are of a small size.
Sleeves in morning dross are always of the demi-large
kind, disposed in perpendicular folds, or tightly gauged
at the top and at the wrist, and full in the centre of
the arm. _

EVENING HEAD-DRESSES.—We may cite coiffures
of black velvet, ornamented with effile d'ore ; and of
cherry-coloured velvet, decorated with lace scarfs ;
coiffures of black lace, intermingled with flowers
turbans: or rather turban fronts, for they are mad'
without a foundation, either of velvet, tulle, blond lace,
or real lace ; indeed, we see some of these fronts
composed of flowers only. We must announce some
new caps, the prettiest, simplest little ones that have yet,
appeared ; they are composed of very pale blue
tulle, ornamented with a guirlande of small white pinks'
which forms a wreath round the caul : it is extremelY
small, and quite at the back of the head, the guirlande
descends en Mancini upon the cheeks ; two large lap'
pets of blue tulle fall upon the flowers, which are parte
ally seen through their transparent envelope.
FASHIONABLE COLOURS are several of the lighter
shades of green, blue, and rose ; canary yellow, pearl
grey, lilac, both grey and red, poussiere, eau de Danube,
and some neutral tints.

SILK AND RIBBON TRADE-

CORN-LAWS.

The Coventry Herald, though admitting that the
silk trade has not only increased in amount, but that an
immense improvement in the quality of the silk, has fol.
lowed the introduction of the free trade principle, co
tends that, with great increase of labour, profit nn
°
wages are considerably less now than before.
" By taking a simple illustration from the ribbon
trade of Coventry (says our Contemporary) it may be
easily shown how the consumption of silk, and ,thf
amount of labour may be increased, without any adu`"
tion to the comforts of the working man, but, on the cow
trary, making a fearful diminution of his means of sulY
sistence. Eighteen years ago, the twelvepenny oars-
net ribbon—an article then, as now, of consider;
able demand in the trade—was two shillings an
eightpence per piece, journeyman's wages. It was
then considered a good ribbon with eighty shootsa
to the inch. A twelvepenny sarsnet now vino
not be looked at with less than one hundred shoots to
the inch, and the price of making now is one shilling an
elvenpence per piece ; being a reduction of about tiro"?'
per cent. in wages, and an increase of twenty per cent.
in labour. Eighteen years ago a twentypenny sarsne"
of good quality, an article much less in demand ao
than at present, was five shillings per piece, journeY;
man's wages, and would weigh about four ounces and
half. The same article now, under the name of lute'
string, is three shillings and fourpence per piece, and
weighs six ounces. Thus, leaving out of the quest`°i,
the greater number of pieces made now than eighteen
"
years ago, there is an increased consumption of :P,'P,
to the amount of one-fourth, and a depreciation of wage'
to the amount of thirty-three per cent. And then
there is another fact not to be forgotten, which is, that
eighteen years ago wheat was fifty four shillings a quar'
ter. Wheat is now seventy-four shillings a quarter.
"By the way, we entreat those Corn-law advocate 9
who are endeavouring to make use of the working
classes by telling them that low-priced wheat must re"
duce wages ; or, in other words, that wages are regn"
lated according to the price of wheat,—we entreat the
scribes of the landlord interest to make their doctrine
square with the facts we have stated, and to show to
the weavers of Coventry how it is that in addition
other disadvantages, their money wages have been re;
duced thirty-three per cent., while the price of wheat
has been raised in even a greater proportion.
" The people occupied in the silk trade, however, al°
not absurd enough to ask or expect to have the old Prc;
hibitory system restored ; but after they have been
taunted about their clumsy machinery and awkwAer„r
habits, and reduced in their profits and wages, in nr";,
to produce cheap and good ribbons, they feel it t° LI%
injustice of the most monstrous and palpable kind to v;
turned round upon and told as they have been, that Peea
lands are not to be thrown out of cultivation, 811
slovenly farming abandoned for the sake of cheap corn;
in other words, that the people must have dear corn,
order that the bad machinery of agriculture should vi
worked to profit. Spaniel-hearted indeed must that
people be who will not ere long resent this insole°
'justice."

EXTRAORDINARY FECUNDITY.--An ewe, -be
0
longing to Mr. J. Bennard, of Owmby, near Caistor, 13$

ju=t produced five Advertiser.
THE GREAT WESTERN STEAM SHIP.I,
A half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of
Great Western steam-ship was held lately in PriecLi
street, Bristol. The report stated that the company's ',if
ship had disproved all unfavourable auguries, and proteP"(,
rewarded the enterprise of the projectors. It was ire„P°9:-t
b!e to speak too highly of the qualities of the urivesl
Western steam-ship. After having run 35,000 natit—as
miles, and encountered 36 days of heavy gales, her se3gcl
required no caulking, and n hen she was docked, she by
not show a wrinkle in her copper. The average of
passages out was fifteen days and a half, and home thud
teen days ; the shortest passage out was fourteen days Bo
a half, and the shortest home twelve and a quarter. ilb°to
1000 passengers had gone in the ship. After alludingo
the great expense necessary to combine speed, securi‘e
and enjoyment, it expressed a hope that through ter
liherelity of the American Congress, the duty of 2d. rag
bushel en the coals would be given up, and thus a sall-of
of nearly 1001. a-year would be effected. The Cala
have decided on constructing their next vessel of iron, ea
which the preparations are far advanced. It apPearfoj.
from the statement of accounts, that after paying 2,°"sl
for additions to the ship, and insurance to October peke;
1,5001. for goods damaged is the hurricane in Oct°, fe
last, and upwards of 2,0001. being set apart for a res,;;,
fund, there remained from the profits sufficient for a uj of
dend of five per cent., making, with the former oecors
four per cent., nine per cent. for the year. The refill
was unanimously adopted. The result of the wee'
gave universal satisfaction.

DIAMONDS.—T. COX SAVORY, having Ptt%
BBi
chased very advantageously a choice PARCEL of ,ors
LIANTS, most of them of the finest water, informs purZtir
that they have been mounted in Sin le-steno Pins, 019
men's Single-stone Rings, also Ladies Hoop and Cluster s'; flat
which he oan offer at very low prices. The Prices of
Pins vary from Two to Fifty Guineas; the Single-stone u,coess;
men's Rings front Three Guineas to One Hundred Giu sod
the Ladies' Cluster Rings from Five to Thirty Guineas;
the Ladies' Hoop Rings from Five to Thirty Guineas.
T. COX SAVORY,
Goldsmith, &c., &c., No. 47, Cornhill, London.
(Seven Doors from Gracochurch-street.)

B IR THS. •
On the 27th inst., Mrs. Thon:as Robinson Leadam,'n Dew'
street, So29th inst.,uthwark, of a son. Tatbs°'
On the in Oxford terrace, Mrs. William
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of a son.

On the 29th inst., at his house in Grove-road,
DIED. Arlo
after a lingering illness, the Right II Henry Lord de the
in the 46th year of his age. LOrd deoßn-os is succeeded i° -
title by his brother Lieutenant-Colonel William de Reg. •sa,
On the 26th inst., at the vicarse Chard, Aladelina Leu'st,
Regent'9•llloo,
the wife of the Rev. .1. Edwin Lanes,'Rector of Buckland
Maly, ,Somersetshire, aged 35. verriee
In January last, at the Cape of Good Hope, George A Charles
l)umerg e, of the Madras Civil Service, fourth son oi Cu
Duinergue, Esq., of Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, aged 25 et,
On the 19th inst., Henry 'Fa for t', Es of Stamford-str
_r,
Black friars- road, and of Adsei).ood, near Cheadle, Ch
aged 79.
On the 22d in•t., at Whitby, Yorkshire, Mrs. Mary Rud_3;ctrha'
e
relict of the late Lieuteiant-General Henry Rudyer, e.`
Royal Engineers, aged 68. -
k• erto°,
On the 21st inst,, at Hoxton-square, Miss Sophia Ble
aged 71. of Mr.
On the 27th inst., at North Brixton, Sarah, wife
William Allfield, aged 29

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the county of itliddlosex.—Szturday, March 30 1839.

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