The Sun.
London, England, 1807-03-02 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR ItIIIRCH,

As described and represented by Prints in the Fourteenth
Number of " La Belle Assemblee; or, Bell's Court and
Fashionable Slagazine,l' published this day.

ENGLISH COSTUME.

WALKING DR ESS.—A Polish Robe of purple Velvet,
flowing open in front, rounded gradually from the t:ottom to-
wards the lappels, which are continued across the shoulder,.
and finished in regular points on the back. A ci."lyrirerte of
the same, with high full collar • the whole trimmed entirely
round with the red fox; mule. leopard spot, or grey squiiiel.
A rich cord and tassel tasterivd in the centre of the back,
which occasionally confines the robe. The back and skirt
cut in one ; and the sleeve nearly to fit the arm. Polish cap
of the same material; trimmed round the edge, and across
the crown, with correspondent skin ; a cord and tassels sus-
pended in irregular lengtlis from the right side of the crown.
York tan gloves ; and primrose, or purple shoes.
AN EVENING DR ESS. —A round train dress of soft white
satin, bUttoned cniiirly doWn the left side; the back very
Tort, and quite plain. High and dOnble putted sleeves, with
wrap front. Mil,tary sash of cob-web muslin, embroidered
in gold spots. commencing from the back. of the right should-
er, crossing the waist behind, and passing under the right
side of the bosom,- gathered Into a pearl -brooch at thi-; oppo-
ilite corner, and fl- wing within a quarter of a yard to the bot-
tom of the dress. where it is finished with a rich gold tassel.
Hair turned up in thc,Grceian style ; plain bands brought to
a point on the forehead, irregularly curled at the cars and on
the crown of the head; where it is confined with a coronet, cr
diadem of pearl. Pearl necklace, 'car-rings, and bracelets ;
gold armlet.. White kid gloves. Shoes of white satin, em-
broiiii.red with gold. Fan of white crape, with geld spangled
border.

A WALL DRESS of plain crape, over white satin slip,
made a dancing length; plain back and sleeve, with quar-
tered front, trimmed round thep6iitim, on the waist and
Sleeves, with a white vel let ribh.aiid thickly spangled with
gold. 4 white satin sash, tied in long bows and ends on the
right side, terminated with splendid geld tassel-.'. High
gathered tueket of Brussels lace. Hair in dishevelled Curls,-
contiiked with a white velvet band similar with the trnruning
Of the dress; bow oftlie same blended with the hair, and
placed over the left ey,e. India shawl; a deep amber colour,
with a rich and variepted fringe and border, negligently drawn
through each arm, so as to form a flowing drapery on the
right skis of the figure. Necklace composed of bright topaz,
set transparent, fastened with a diamond stud in the centre.
Topaz ear-rings of the fallionable shell forth; gold elastic
bracelets. French kid gloves. White satin sioes; with gold
resets. Fan of amber crape, with ,:evices in purple ant! gold.

KING'S TEIRATRE.—The fashionable World.expe-
rienced a severe disappointment on Saturday night,
for, iii consequence of the indisposition of Signora
PERINI and Miidame CATALANI, rio entertainment
took place. • The Opera House has ro 16ngheen the.
region of intrigue, jealousy, and artifice among the
_Performers, that it is difficult, if not impossible, to
ascertain;
,in an occurrence of this kind, whether
they are prevented by illues frbrn fulfilling their du-
ty, or tempted by caprice to neglect it. AS CATA-
LAN' bears an unoffending character in private life,
we are unwilling to impute any improper motive to
her on the present occasion ; but as she has been
able to perfortn during the .week, at private Colleens,
and as she receives a salary much superior to what
any of her predecessors haVe' obtained, if we may
trust report, a becomes her to consider the situation
of the Manager, who:suffers an essential injury eve-
ry night that she disappoints the Public. It has been
. observed, that Signiza PERINI has as great a right to
be ill as 'Madame CATALANI ;, but, admitting the
pretensions of both to the privilege of indispohtion,
it is certainly. much more incumbent on the latter,
not to expose
.lAerself, by exerting her talents too-of-
ten elsewhere; to a disqualification for 7.0 due per-.
formance at the Opera House, which is her
chief resource, and from which she derives such
prodigious advantages. As the Operatic bulletin;
announcing the suspension'of performances, was not
issued till five o'clock on Saturday, very few people
bad an opportunity of hearing of it; and therefore
the throng of carriages Was as grew as usual, and the
disappointment was a source of much embz-ffrassment
and confusion. We do not blame the Manager for
`the delay, as he robahly used every possible effort
to bring forward so4te performance or ether until
the last moment, ask was obviously his interest to
do. It is however proper that there should be a
satisfactory proof that the disappOlntment was ab-
solutely unavoidiible 01'1 the part of the Perforrners
in question, otherwi,e they may be epo`sect to
strong marks of public displeasw-e,