The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-02 00:00:00

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'ASHIONS FOR
(From the World of Fashion. S AN"
Caps, intended for .the mornisg costume, are mostly
composed of inlet, or embroidered muslin; the former
being generally lined with a pale coloured gauze, show- -
ing the richness of the inlet, in a very becoming manner,
and trimmed with fullings of lace instead of ribbons;
with the exception, in some instances, of a rouleau of
gauze ribbon, detached toques, or solely cut ends, inter-
mixed with two rows of lace or net, forming the papillon. '
Other caps are made perfectly plain, but this simplicity •
is relieved by the beautiful lace which is used for the
decorating of it, and which is also encircled with a quil-
ling of tulle; or else, instead of the lace, raised lappets
a la petite &Were, attached on the top of the head with r
loops of ribbon of a new form.
BONNETS.—Those of crepe are the reigning fashion -
for the present month ; the most elegant are of white
crepe, decorated with marabouts of the same delicate
colour. Those hats of verdant green crepe are also much
in request ; they are trimmed all round the front with
a pretty lace, falling upon the right side of the brim,
and raised in the centre, with a bouquet of daisies, ,
which entirely covers the left side of the front.
DRESSES.—Never was the rage for flowers greater ,
than at the present, both for silk, barege, or foulard
dresses ; there are generally three of them, stamped and -
put on in waves, and edged with a narrow fringe or lace.
Those robes composed of heavy materials, such as dark
blue or green silks, glacee, are decorated with three
volants or flounces of black lace, a costume at once dis-
tinguished and recherche, particularly when accompanied
with a Maltaise scarf of black lace, or an immense shawl
of embroidered China crepe.
NOVELTIES.—Amongst the variety of novelties, we -
must not omit mentioning the Maude Victoria, which :
means a demi-bracelet of lace inlet, and embroidered
inlet placed alternate, and fastened to each side of the
muslin, which forms the top of the sleeve, and which is -
covered with embroidery, reaching from the wrist as far '
the top of the arm. The two sides of this embroidery
are trimmed with a very narrow lace, put on full.
EVENING DRESS.—We may cite as amongst the most
elegant those composed of black net, trimmed with
flounces nearly as high as the waist ; they are simply
hemmed, and above the hem three rows of narrow ribbon
velvet put on flat, and which is repeated at the head
of the flounce. The sleeves demi-longues, and trimmed
to match, forming a becoming decoration to the
arm ; berthe edged to match, and forming a point -
in the front, completes this elegant toilette. White
dresses, are also much worn, particularly those composed
of white bartge, with flounces edged with a small gold
cord or lace. Flowers are also much in favour for the
decorating of ball dresses, such as bouquets of lilies of
the valley, so delicate and light in their appearance;
and then, again, those delicate looking roses, which are
now so admirably imitated, that they are considered a t
perfect triumph of art.
FASHIONABLE COLOURS.—Those which are now the
most in request are the different shades of green, violet,
lilac, blue, and French greys, besides those elegant
colours which are now so generally blended together,
such as cerise and brown, fawn and lilac, &c.

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THE RISLEYS IN PARIS.
The Risleys are at present performing at the Porte
St. Martin, at Paris, and their popularity in France sur-
passes, if possible, that which they attained in this
country. All the Paris papers speak in terms of the
utmost enthusiasm of their wonderful performances.
Galignani's Messenger thus speaks of their debut:—
" At the Porte St. Martin, the only novelty of the week,
properly so called, is the wonderful performances of Mr.
Risley and his two children, charming little boys,
who, though scarcely past the age of infancy, go
through a series of feats, so agile, so graceful, and
withal so extraordinary, as to make the spectator
wipe the glass of his binocle a second time, to make
sure that he is not looking upon something that dreams
are made of, instead of two little Americans and their
father, who have crossed the Atlantic to prove to, the
good folks of London and Paris that the most wondrous
and surpassing tours of activity and strength are not in-
compatible with the most fairy-like elegance and grace.
Mr. Risley and the two little marvels presented them-
selves, in obedience to the general demand, at the fall of
the curtain, to receive special manifestations of favour at
the hands of the public generally, and more particularly
of the fairer portion, who literally loaded their two little
favourites with flowers. The house is nightly crowded
to witness these most remarkable performances, and we
may predict to Mr. Risley and Co. as prolonged a sea-
son of popularity in Paris as in London.
At the conclusion of the Parisian engagement we un-
derstand they proceed to fulfil an engagement at Brussels

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LETTER TO 0 SIR J. GRAHAM.
MY DEAR SIR JAMEB,—I perceive from the works of
hose daily law-breakers, the reporters of Parliamentary
1
speeches, that you have the right—a right solemnised by
law—to burglariously break and enter into every pacik..
age, bundle, letter, note, or billet-doux, sent througt, the
Post-office. Yes; you are permitted this high irAvilege
by the Act I Victoria (whom God preserve!).
I protest, Sir James, that henceforth I shall never
think of that crowning pile in St. Mariin's-le-Grand,
without seeing you in imagination working away with a
crow-bar, smashing red and black wax—or, by the more
subtle agency of steam, softening wafers, that the letter
may open its lips, and yield up the contents of its very
heart to the Secretary of the Home Department.
lam not a squeamish creature, Sir James. I have
not what is called by the world false modesty—a mo-
desty, I presume, to be classed with false ringlets and
false teeth, and therefore never used but when the real -
thing is wholly departed. No; I have seen too much of
the world to care a great deal for its turned-up noses
and the ugly mouths it may make at me. Nevertheless,
Sir James, there is a point between philosophy and
apathy. Yes—the rhinoceros has his tender part—l
have mine: so tender, and withal so vital, that I cannot
get rid of it. Were I, like Achilles, vulnerable only in
one heel, I would instantly cheat fate of its malice,
have my limb amputated, and laugh securely at destiny
cn a wooden leg. This, Sir James, I would do; but a
man cannot take the weak parts of his heart away as
dexterously as a careful housewife removes the fly-blovi
from meat. Hence my complaint.
My one weakness—for weaknesses, strangely enough,
are like wives; no man, whatever the truth may be,
thinks it proper to own to more than one at a time—qpie-
one weakness, is a disgust, a horror, that any rata
should dare to profane the sanctity
.of my letters! I
know not—for if a man can save a lit of self-flattery
out of his weakness, it is so much virtue got, as one may
say, out of the fire—l know not if this aversion may not, ,
in some degree, arise from my love of mankind, and, con-
sequently, my annoyance at seeing it in a paltry, pitiab:4o
condition, pushing its brazen nose where only its t;rass
can protect it. Be this as it may; when I learned this
morning that you, Sir James, made yourself •4 sort of
horse or ass hair sieve, through which the cr.
rrespond-
ence of men was passed, that, if there, the daggers, '
pikes, and pistols of the writers might be duly deposited
in the State vessel appointed to detect them—l confess
it, I felt in a paroxysm of passion, for the proper ex-
pression of which no words have as yet been fashioned.
And for this just reason. I know that my name was
too much noised in the world to escape even the ears of
Cabinet Ministers. Hence, I felt assured that my letters
—and the thousands I receive!—had all of them been,
defiled by the eyes of a spy; that all my most domes:„.th
secrets had been rumpled and touzled, and pinched :nere,
and pinched there—searched by an English Mir,jfster as
a shuddering modest), is searched at a Frenel, Custom- _
was titense indig-
house. My first feeling, Sir James,
pees ever meet
nation; and then I vehemently slapped, ray breast, and
so, giving the virtue a jerk, pity came
rmost.
Up .
Then I thought--how can I and ;sir Jam
again? When we met, I was 'wont to don a crimson
waistcoat, worked with all sr,rts of impossibilities in
gold; to wear a Court coat of cut chocolate velvet, and
silk stockings shining like glass. Knowing that the
vulgar were taken by such things, I always went among
Cabinet Ministers dressed to the amazement even
of tailors. Sir James, you know my secret, and how
in that dress can we meet again? Deny it not; yor, ,
must know it, for you have read Mr. Nathan's lefts"
long before they came to my unconscious hand—le ;ors
demanding of me, I will not take upon myself to se', bow
many times, payment for the hire of that crimscro waist-
coat and chocolate velvet coat. This is one case; I might
cite a huudred.
At length, I took comfort. A true chemist will ex-
tract sugar even from the cudgel he has b'een beaten •
with. Sir James has, I thought, ill-used vac, but never-
theless, from his very shabbiness wilt I extract the
sweets of patronage. I will dedicate to him my " COM..
plete Letter Writer," and for this reason—a reason
stringent as an iron hoop.
As Sir James Graham has the whole run of the Post-
office—as he has the unquestioned fingering of all the.
letters of the Queen's subjects—he cannot but posse
a most refined, most exquisite taste for the grao'o3
of epistolary composition. Yes ; he above all ty.en,
from his large reading of the subject, will take and
hug to his bosom—if Ministers own such p}vsical
vulgarities—" Punch's Complete Letter Writer:. He will
appreciate its many-coloured style • he will acknowledge
it as a work to supersede all works' of the sor' hitherto
written; he will—perhaps in his place in 7earliament,
and so save a considerable sum in the way of advertis4.
ments—declare of the book, that no ramify should. be
without it; and that every gentlew;i's librar
all else, yet wanting it, has nothing! y, hawing
Therefore, Sir James, it iFf, with the prooundet
Ate—a volume fore rld—
opinion of your experience ability to ud' the ris dedicated toy ou,
sur-
passing merits of the volur
that " Punch's Complete Writer,'
By yoi:a old acquaintance,

• PUNC
Be it known, Sir James, that the aforesaid letter H.s
will
be published every week until the co!aclusion of the pre-
sent—" Punch's" seventh—volume.,p,inch.

ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE FROM nTt
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day morning last, shortly after six o'clock, William
Warren, a private in the 41st Regiment, who stands
committed for trial at our City Sessions, for robbing
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Richard England of various ar-
ticles of jewellery, &c., made a most daring attempt to
escape by jumping from the top of the gaol upon the
covering of the iron bridge connecting the new prison
with Westgate, by which means he succeeded in reach-,
ing the parapet on the debtor's side, and from thence
leaped to the ground, a distance of nearly 30 feet, tad
fell on the footpath leading round the east tower. He
was immediately secured by the governor and turnkty.
The prisoner, though much shaken, is doing well, and
has sustained no material injury beyond breaktng his
ankle.—Kent Herald.
At four o'clock on Saturday morning a fire broke
out at the Sun public-house, Gray's Inn-lane, the upper part
of which extends over the entrance of the Holborn Union
workhouse. The inmates had tied thet'oedding together to
eisneatpimeae to extrkate part,
effect an escape from the second-il,nr window, but threr, fire-
setasctaopeo
while otheAs, in
over the houses. There are.ftwo sta-
tions of the Soeict for Preventing Loss of Life by Fire--one
at the ;011114iing Hospital, and the other at the, south end of
lt3.4iord-row.
escapes arrived
nudity,