The Sun.
London, England, 1826-12-01 00:00:00

THE INSPECTOR

t very, promising little periodical, full of fun and frolic,
lance and sentiment, and all for eighteenpence ! We
II give an extract, entitled " The Bridge, to-morrow.

LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE

Ines forward this Month, with its usual claims to atten-
1, in a very amusing and miscellaneous set of articles.
are especially, delighted to find that the common place
ih, presuming to entitle itself, rr Criticism on Cotem-
ary Writers of Fiction," has been done away with. It
ald disgrace the intellect of a boarding-school girl.

HE REPOSITORY OF ARTS AND LITERATURE
'assesses some excellent engravings, which, with its
rat.), contents, deserve a good circulation; we recom-
ul them to our Readers' notice.

FEMALE FASHIONS IzOlt, DECEMBER.

( From La Bell* Assemblee.)

VALIcm„ tlitcss.—A pelisse of grog de Naples, the
lor of the rersian May, ..4a, us me
t, and of the skirt in front, with ornamental foliage, em-
sed, of the same material, representing trefoil, depend-
from stems formed of mama. The pelisse fastens
ie down the skirt, with springs ,concealed under a full
reau. The body fits close to the shape, and is girt
ad the waist with a gold buckle. The slaves are of a
lerate fulness, with double manchero»s, of a vety simple
I, shaped in scalops ; the wrists are adorned by brace-
of hair, with a red cornelian,clasp set in gold. A qua-
de ruff of Urling's lace encircles the throat, and the
;se is trimmed round the border with light grey fur of
American squirrel. This border is very broad, and a
rof the stone is worn with the dress. The bonnet:is of
k velvet, lined with the red of the pomegranate rind,
is trimmed With black velvet, and satin of shaded
..nv and pomegranate red. The shoes are black kid,
the gloves of fine doe leather, lined with squirrel skin.
VENING DRI4B.—A dress, of Japtmese,rote-colour,
er of gros de Naples satin, or gauze, with a, very
.d festoon flounce of white blond. Over this flounce
it embroidery of foliage in branches, and beautifully
,d in black floize Silk. The, body made slightly en
r; the Sleeves of White ludic, short and full, and trim-
next the elbow with blond set on full. 0)1,1' these
res, at the shoulder, commence mane/terms, which ap.
like a divided short sleeVe, as they descend nearly us
as the blond frill round the arm; and the division dis-
Ts the sleeVe'ef Idle underneath. These manelierons
ttimmed round with narrow blond, but they are of the
e colour and materiel as the dress. Alalling ornament
cry broad blond ttaTounds the bust. *The hair is ar.
ed in very large curls, and ornamented with full blown
mese roses. The jewellery ornaments consist of a
lace of pearls, in festoons, with a Greek patriarch's
s, formed of large pearls and rubies; below that is a
• gold chain; and the ear-pendantt are of wrought gold.
bracelets, of white and gold enamel, are fastened by ti
• broach, set in gold.
~

'From Achermann's Repositoiy of Arts, Fashions, &c.)
ORNING DRESS.—Dreis of plain green ducape; the
tge full, and ornamented round the bust with three
of deep vandykes of the same material us the dress,
ed by a satin rouleau of the same colour; a gigot sleeve
conot- muslin with four bands of green ducape,
aqui-
tit round the lower part of the arm, and confined at
wrist with a gold clasp. The skirt has three deep
ices, composed of triangular pieces of ducape, with a
on ea(th ; SS they extend partly one over the other,
form a very neat and pretty trimming; each row is head-
y an indentedimbricated satin roulean. Tucker of tulle,
rn at top; cap of tulle; border of scollopped blond lace
iged in the form of two 'crescents, crossing in front,
continued extremely full in zig-zags on the sides. A
and of leaves is placed 'above surrounding the crown,
h is full, and ornamented with scollopped blond lace.
rings and necklace of embossed gold ; yellow gloves
shoes.

VENLNU DRESL—Crimson velvet dress.; the corsage
plain and rather high, being half a tinger's length on
shoulder; seven folded bands of velvet are placed per-
icularly, and form a stomacher reaching below the
t, the centre band forming the point, the others gtu..
y shortening, and the outer band on each side extendiver the shoulders, and ornamenting the back. The
es are short and slashed, admitting very fnll puflings
rhite satin ; broad velvet band row►d the arm. The
er of the skirt is composed of two rows of a Gothic
.rn, of white crepe those, very, full, and edged with a
vd satin. Crimson satin sash beneath the stomacher,
tied behind in short bows with long ends. The hair
large torts, and the head-dress composed of blond,
ved en serpentani, end artificial dowers. The neck-
of gold, with pendant ornaments of different coloured
NI; bracelets and ear-rings en suite; Cashmere shawl,
e Uid gloves, Mid white *gin shoes.