The Sun.
London, England, 1807-01-05 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR JANUARY, Iso7.

For the following article we are indebted t;) the
Eleventh Number •of an elegant Periodical Work,
entitled LA BELLE ASSEMBLE.E':—
AN COSTUME.
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A MORNING WALKING sarshet,;
cambric; or velvet, embroidered round the bottom-, and up
the...right side, where it confines the front, 'which wraps
.under it, with three bows and ends of correspondent rib-
bon ; long waist, with robing front ; 'and -long sree'ves, near.
ly to tit the aria. An creel Vandyke rutF, sloped. to s point.
at the extremity of the waist, terminating with a
.steej
Clasp, which secures the belt. An Indian scarf orlon,,,r.shaWl
of crimson, with' iversified ends and border, thrown loosely.
over the'shoulders, and negligently supported by the right.
hand. A poke . bonnet or woven willow, or fancy straw,
blended with crimson velvet ;-'I3OWS of the sante in front,
edged with velvet; a, band of the same passed under. the•
Chin, terminating in a bow and ends on the crown. h-fair
cropt behind, And forined.in close curls in front. York- tan•
gloves, and kid shoes. •

;
P R ISI At. BA D Ess —A frock of whifel talian crape
over a white satin slip; the latter edged with a narrow. bor.
der of,pink velvet at the feet ; the frock festooned in gentle
curves round the bottort4
,wi,th single Persian roses ;'orna-
mented rip the front with the same,
~plced at regular dis_
. talices, finisking in front' of the waist, and appareutlyCiinfin
log a pink velvet' girdle. The body of the dress quite plain,
. lacing behind Witn'a pink cord, and cut so low at the bottom
as greatly to expose the bust. A narrow tuckr of net, with
full corkscrew edge. A full melon sleeve thrilled of al ternatp
stripes of white satin and pink.velvet, finished at the„tyittom
with a ttinaming of cork-screw correspoilding with the tucker.
The hairdivided behind ; part formed in braids, and brotwlit
in loose loops over the right. eve ; the, rest folded fowl:1111e
he-ad-in a plain hand, so as-. entirely to disdose the ears: and
fastened at the back with a coronet coluti of pe.:r; ; two ruses
similar to those which ornament the dress :IN placed on the
• 101 side. l'eari. necklace, car-rings, and bracelets ; pink
satin shoes with silver trimmings'. Vllite kid gloves •

It is a well-known fa&, within a small &stria of
the City, that several office Plerks,
;by gainiiv,., Shares
in the Lotteries of last, year,, are now extensively
engaged in .Iy.isiness for themselves ; and, from the
prudence and assiduity of-their:conduca, are in a fait
Way of rising, in a few years, -to .mercantile emi-
netice. Is is almo t needless to add; how extreme-
ly interesting to every official department, in parti-
cular, in town i.Hd country, ,must the present most
opulent Scheme :prove, which now stands so near on
the eve of determination.

Ladies' Boarding-School; -near --the-City-Roacl7--.
Mrs: CROSS respeCtfully informs the Gentry, Merd.'
chants, and her Friends in general, :that her School
will-re...commence on Monday- the ttli of January,
and that she has accommodation for Five mere
YOUng LadicSas Boarders; She hopes that,thellab.
tering success slit has met- With for thdse 2:3 years,
in edneating the Daughters of sonic of the II:1.411-
, mines in the City, to whern references May befliOn,
will be no small recommendation to those Ladies
and Gentlemen who may honour her with their pa-
tronage. :-Verins t The Young Ladies are hoarded
-and.taught the English and French. Languages with
grammatical
,nurity andi,cme6tness, History, apd
the Needle-works, for 30 Ouitums per annum,, wash-
ing included. Parloiir liopdefs -6:(2 Guineas ayear.
Day--,Boitrders three Guineas per "quarter; and Day
,Seholars.a Guinea and a:Half. No Entrance-money
expeied either
.from Boarders, or Day. Scholars..—
.Writing, .Arithmetic, Music, Dancing; DraWing,
Italian; Geography ; the use of 'the Grobes, and
.Astronomy, taugh:.by Professors of. eminence and
established merit.— Wanted, a young Lady of a
docile diSposition and genteel address, as :an 'Ap-
prentice or Half Boarder. She will eujoy.many 'ad-
vantages which are-not to be,met. within the gene-
rality, of Schools. Tern-is—Thirty-six guineas for
two years or filti' Tor three. Mrs. Cross may be Spokes
With, or .directed' ..toy at :the Seminary, No. ii,
charles's-square, near the Citrroad. This Esta-
blishment consists of but a small and seieLi numbeS
of Ladies.