The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-30 00:00:00

FASHIONS FOR DECEMBER.

(From the London and Paris Ladies Magazine of
Fashion)..
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Manteaux vary from one which is little more than a
large pelerine to the long one reaching the feet ; cut
biais, almost without a seam, they hang very well, and
are simple ; short manteaux a l'Espagnol are cut as a
very large pelerine, en biais, falling in folds, with small
square collar ; they are made of coloured velvets, lined
with satin or ermine. Pelisse cloaks are made of black
or violet velvet, with revers and facings embroidered
in cordonnet, and lined with silk of the same colour ;
more simple ones are made of levantine, with pclerine
of velvet, of the same colour. Large pelerines, or capes,
are worn in Paris, of black velvet, lined with deep blue
or violet silk, fastening at the throat with a cordeliere
or brandenbourgs ; another manteau, termed cloches.
is without hood or cape, the fulness guaged on the
shoulders.

Velvet is very much used to trim and ornament
dresses, and, though flounces of the same material as
the dress are not approved, those of lace continue to be
worn, particularly black lace on dark dresses. The cor-
sages continue to be made tight, with point or rounded
point ; and sleeves are still tight, but sometimes a cou-
lisses ; the skirts are worn very long, almost training.
Redingotes are made with revers, and pelerines of velvet ;
those of toile de laine are made very high, closing with
buttons ; corsages are also made with flat folds from the
shoulder to the waist ; skirts are still ornamented, en
tablier, with bouillons, fringes, &c.
In Paris the pelerine is quite the fashion of the
moment. The pelerine camail is well adapted for the
morning n•eglige ; made a little smaller they embellish
the other dresses, and ornament the plain body, parti-
cularly when finished with rich fringes or lace ; they
will also be worn in full dress of black or white lace,
sometimes formed of one piece, or of rows of lace laid
on plain, forming square,
The bonnets now worn are very pretty : the crown
is low, and the former, narrowing over the forehead,
widens at the cheeks ; the corners are sometimes a
little turned up. Velvet, velours epingle, satins, &c.
are the materials used, and the colours are ra-
ther dark ; feathers are universally worn, and flowers
of velvet, or with feuillage of velvet : some arc
made without bavolet, and satin bonnets a coulisses
have ruches of tulle between each runner. Caps
a is Puritaine are formed of lappets of lace, with eoques
of velvet fixed in the centre, in each of which there is a
pearl button. Coiffures ala rosiere, ala Chatelaines,
a l'lsabeau, are amongst the fashionable caps now worn ;
in dress hats, petits bores Victoria, hats a la Jean Bart,
turbans a jours, are all in favour, in the shades of mais
paille, mineral blue, sable d'Egypte, and Giselle a
rouge. Velvet flowers of brilliant colours are made
both to ornament caps, or for the head.

ATTEMPT AT ASSASSINATION
NEAR TIPTON, STAFFORDSHIRE.
BIRMINGHAM, SATURDAY EVENING. —Last night, be-
tween eight and nine o'clock, as Mr. John Prince, of
Tipton, in the County of Stafford, was returning home,
he was met near to his residence by a man named Ed-
ward Bridgewater, licensed victualler, of this town, with
whom he had had some money transactions, who pre-
sented a pistol at him. Mr. Prince struck him on the
arm and the pistol fell upon the ground. Bridgewater
then drew another pistol from his pocket and fired it at
Mr. Prince, which happily did not take effect. Bridge-
water made his escape and returned to Birmingham.
This evening he was apprehended, and will be brought
up for examination before the Magistrates, at Bilston, on
Tuesday morning. Mr. Prince is au extensive coal mer-
chant.

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DOMESTIC ECONONIY !—S3rne time
brothers of the commune of llugey, in th
Loire, had to divide between themselves the properet
of their deceased father. Among the effects
' an
old upright clock, which one might have supposed was
easily divisible, but the difficulty was got over by 01‘,
taking the works, and the other the case. When the lat-
ter brought his share home, his neighbours inquired what
use he could convert to. " Oh! ' said he, "it will serve to
put my wife in when she is dead, and it will soon be
wanted, for she is confined to leer bed, and cannot
live long ?" The poor woman heard the conversation,
and with tears and cries remonstrated with her unfeeling;
husband. He, however, placed the clock• case by the
side of his bed, and there it remained as a warning to
the poor creature, who nevertheless staggered on against
her complaints for two long years. She died at last, and
was by her determined husband locked up in the clock-
case as her coffin. In spite of the outcries of his fellow-
parishioners, and even the more solemn representations
of the Cure, he insisted upon having his late partner thus
interred, and interred she was aecordingly.
On Wednesday last, the old British Constabu-
lary of Merthyr were superseded by Sir IL Peel's imita-
tion of the French Gens-d'arrnes. Of the latter, we en-
tertain the best hopes.—The Silurian South Wales.