The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-04 00:00:00

THAMES.

Mr. Ingham, who was for many years a magistrate of
this Court, and was succeeded by Mr. Selfe, and who has
been officiating at the Wandsworth and Hammersmith
police-courts, presided this day for Mr. Partridge. Mr.
Ingham, whose courteous manners, impartiality, and gene-
ral intelligence rendered him a great favour ite, was very
warmly greeted by the solicitors and others on his arrival.
There were 9 charges from the K division, and 3 only
from the H division, 2 remanded cases, and 17 summonses
for hearing. This is considered a light day for this Court.
Mr. Ingham, having received the hearty congratulations
of the solicitors, clerks, and officers of the Court, proceeded
with the business.

DREADFUL OUTRAGE.-A beer-shop keeper, landlord of
the Anchor and Hope, White-horse-place, Hardinge-street,
Commercial-road East, was brought before Mr. Ingham
charged with assaulting and wounding William Hall, a
police-constable, No. 425 K.

The prisoner,. who is a violent and intemperate man,
turned his wife out of doors last night, and the police con-
stable interposed on her behalf, and asked the prisoner
to allow her to remain in his house. The prisoner and
another man made a furious attack on the police-con-
stable, kicked him, and trampled upon him. The con-
stable was picked up in an insensible condition. Ile is
in a very precarious state, and under medical treatment.
Mr. Ingham said as the constable was too ill to ap-
pear this day, he should remand the prisoner for a week.

Fashions for May.
-4.--
(From Le Follet.)

Although up to the present time we have seen hut
few spring dresses worn, our readers will doubtless
already have found that there are many beautiful
materials prepare...l. Some of the foulards are really
charming; especially those with a brilliant white
ground, worked in coloured silk, or trimmed with
wide ribbons of a dead silk called artnure, in
beautiful shades—Persian lilac, maize, pink, pale
green, Empress blue, &c. Stripes will continue
to be fashionable, we believe, as the dresses
are still gored. The short costume continues
in favour for walking dress. Some modify it
somewhat, by making the upper skirt long, and
looping it up, either by tirettes or by tieing it
loosely on each side, or at the back. Usually the

skirts are of the same material, the trimmings being
of two different colours or shades. The fashion of
wearing merely a ceinture and basque so as to imi-
tate a casaque, for paying visits, has revived,
the body of the dress serving for the casaque.
Indeed, the ceinture takes quite an important
place in "la mode" just now, it is so elaborately
trimmed and variously shaped. It forms a very
elegant finish to the dress. Those intended for
out-door wear should be rather longer, scal-
loped or plain ; the latter, perhaps, rather pre-
ferable, but always, of course, trimmed. This style
will scarcely become much adopted until the summer
weather has fairly set in. Even now it is worn by
some ladies for making ceremonial calls ; but, as we
think, there are few ladies who will feel inclined to

follow this fashion just yet in our changeable climate,
we must call their attention to the beautiful Indian
cashmeres which are so much admired and worn by
many ladies of fashion, and which aro more beauti-
ful than ever this year. The paletot " Breton" is
a very pretty little coat for the present season, and
likely to be worn at the seaside or for travelling.
It is made of white or ponceau cloth, and worked
with coloured embroidery (cashmere style) either
in wool or silk. Some are finished with buttons
and chains across the front and on the sleeves.
Woollen lace is becoming much used as a trim-
ming, especially suitable for petticoats, although
employed in various ways. One reason for its
success is doubtless that, as well as being firm and
durable, it is made in different colours--sometimes
of two shades mingled. Novelties in lingerie are
very abundant. The high white body cut square,
or slightly open in front, is much in vogue, and
is generally worn with the small Swiss boiy or
ceinture. Black tulle bodies, bouillonnes, with
bands of insertion sparkling with jet are ex-
tremely pretty. Young ladies can have them
made of jaconet or linos for morning wear. We can-
not but suppose that it is probable, as the summer
advances, jet will be less worn than it has been lately,
though certainly it still is a very favourite trimming.
The ceinture of jet is much liked, both with black
and coloured dresses. There is also a trim-
ming made of a satin cord, mingled with jet or
quite plain. Very wide jet fringes are used for
ceinture basques. We must not omit to men-
tion the very wide ribbons for sashes tied behind.
For black dresses there are black ribbons,
the ends embroidered in field flowers ; others
in gold. The Iris ribbon is made for white or pale
coloured dresses. These wide sashes will be espe-
cially needed to wear with the barque worn to imi-
tate a cas ,que.
Now th it Easter is past, velvet will no longer be
employed as the material for bonnets—or toquets, as
they may more justly be termed —but must give
place to straw, crape, tulle, and blond ; but,
as satin will be worn as trimming for dresses and
paletots during the summer, that, at least, will
be retained. Berries and bronzed leaves are much
worn on straw. A charming novelty is the jonquil,
made of rice paper. Then there are narcissus,
green olives, primroses; all of which may be also
used for the spring bonnets.
A very charming " Fenella" was made of pink
crape bouillonne; with rouleaux of black satin
worked with jet, trimmed with the jonquils already
spoken of, and brides of black lace fastened under
the chin with a jet ornament.
Another of pink crape had a mantilla of black
lace crossing under the chin ; and a third clegan t
Coquet of grey satin and tulle was trimmed with a
wreoth.of pheasant's feathers.