The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-09 00:00:00

THE ROYAL MASQUE.

HER MAJESTY AND PRINCE ALBERT'S
SPITALFIELDS' DRESSES.

The industrious citizens of the metropolis have already
some cause for thankfulness to her Majesty. In Spital-
fields alone her Majesty's fete has already operated some
change. The tissue of her Majesty's magnificent costume
is made in that distressed quarter of the town, fmd it is
an exquisite piece of handicraft, in which the clever

weavers have surpassed themselves. - The ground is
gold, over which appear floivers, partly mattes, partly
brilliant ; but description cannot convey an idea of the
exquisite nature of the tissue, the beauty of the design,
and its striking effect—and we can only add that it is
worthy of enshrining her who is—" The cynosure of
every eye."
The chivalric costume of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert has issued from the looms of the same native ar-
tisans, and when set off by the manly form and hand-
some person of so fit a representative of the great Ed-
ward, he will be—" Ay ! every inch a king !"
This splendid fete is rivetting the attention of the
higher circles of society beyond any other festivities we
ever remember at .home or abroad—whether galas or
even coronations. The young nobility, with more than
their habitual flow of buoyant spirits, first began, at the
bidding of the gracious Sovereign, this joyous race after
elegant pleasure, and have now involved in their im-
pulse many of our oldest and gravest senators.
As a foretaste of what is to come, we will now pro-
duce the personages of one of the most romantic and
gorgeous of the historical quadrille lc,—
LE QUADRILLE DE FRANCE.
Louis

Duke of Beaufort.
Anne de Bretagne
bridge.
Comte d'Angouleme

Princess Claude
Gaston de Foix
Duchesse de Ferrare
Jean d'Albert de Navarre Load Granby.
Germance de Foix Lady Clanncarde.
Bayard
Jeanne de Conflans... Lady Exeter.
Le Connetable de Bourbon
Duchesse de Bourbon Lady A. Somerset.
Louis de Talremonille .....

Charlotte de la Tremouille Lady Wilton.
Comte de Chateaubriand Lord Claud Hamilton.

Anne de Villeroi Lady Lincoln.
Chevalier d'Aligre
Clemente d'Armagnac Mrs. Stanley.
Gu7 de la Motte Hon. F. Villiers.
Claire d'Aubigne
Comte de Montpensier Lord Ward.
Blanche de St. Paul

Comte de Dunois

Clemence Jeanne..
Robert Stuart d'Aubigne
Louise de Renoux . . Mrs. Samley.
Marechal de Chabannas ...... Lord Malmesbury.
Madame de Lapalisse Lady Craven.
Charles d'Amboise Mr. Fitzroy,
M. de Chateaubriand Mr. de Burgh.
DRESS OF THE QUEEN.—Her Majesty will wear a
robe of magnificent gold and silver brocade, over which,
from the shoulders, will hang a splendid mantle of the
same material as that of which Prince Albert's robe
(more minutely described below) is to be composed.
Her Majesty's display of jewels will be of immense
value. From the upper part of the robe we hear her
Majesty will have suspended a description of pendant
stomacher of the intrinsic worth of 60,0001.
DRESS OF PRINCE ALBERT.—His Royal Highness's
cloak will be composed of the richest scarlet velvet,
which (as well as every other external part of the attire
of His Royal Highness and of her Majesty) has been
expressly manufactured in Spitalfields, lined throughout
with ermine of the first quality. Round the entire ex-
tremity runs a splendid gold lace, three inches in width,
bearing upon it a raised pattern of oak-leaves and
acorns. This lace is edged top and bottom with two
rows of pearls of an unusual size, amounting in number
to no less than 1,200.

The Earl of Pembroke, who will personate the Count
D'Angouleme, afterwards Francis the First, it is said
will wear a brilliant in his cap of the costly value
of 10,0001.

The Duchess of Sutherland is expected to display
jewels to the enormstis worth of 100,0001
The Duchess of Gloucester and the Duchess of Saxe-
Weimar, who has just arrived in England, will join this
brilliant group, dressed in the costumes of noble ladies of
the Court of Louis XII. Her Majesty the Queen Dow-
ger and the Duchess of Kent have already chosen the
costumes of their Illustrious relatives. It is to the Duke
of Beaufort, as Louis Bonze, that devolves the honour of
chaperoning her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge as Anne de Bretagne, whilst Lord Cardigan, as
Chevalier Bay ard,will follow in the train of the resuscitated
Queen. The Princess Augusta, as Claude de France,
confers on the Earl of Pembroke—who enacts the part
of the Count D'Angouleme, afterwards Francis the First
—the honour of her hand, to lead off the quadrille, de la
belle France. Lady Augusta Somerset will be Anne de
Bourbon. Mdlle. D'Este will bear the costume of the royal
and beautiful poetess, " La Marguerite des Princesses,
Reine de Navarre." -Another Noble Lady proposes to
wear the costume of Marguerite d'Autriche. In the
Spanish quadrille the Earl of Chesterfield, as King
Philip the Second, will lead off with the Duchess of
Beaufort. In the quadrille of the Crusaders the Mar-
chioness of Londonderry's eldest daughter will enact the
Queen Berengaria; her fair sister will be Rowena. The
Greek quadrille has unfortunately disappeared for the
moment from the programme, owing to the decease of
that deeply-lamented officer Lord H. Russell. Another
new quadrille is forming of Noble Ladies of the age of
Louis XIV.

KANDAIIAR.—WC have been favoured with a copy
of the following letter, dated Kandahar, Feb. 14,1842 :—" We
are, thank God, all safe at this place, although in daily expecta-
tion of the people in the town rising against us, and the enemy,
only 25 miles off, are threatening to attack us. Our commu-
nication with Caubul and the provinces is cut off; and report
says that Sir W. M'Naghten. the Envoy and Minister, is
murdered, with several other officers. It is to he hoped, in the
spring, troops will be pushed up from India, for we can do
nothieg at this season, when, please God, we will give them a
lesson they little think of. General Nntt, with a large force,
went against the rebels collected only eight miles from Kan-
pahar. and killed and wounded about 700 or 800 of them ;
but they are increasing in numbers every day, and one of
shah Soojah's sons ( Sutler Jung) at their head. It is said
they dined in their shrouds the other day, and swore upon the
Koran that they would either murder us all, or be killed in the
attempt.
CARLISLE—STATE OF TRADE.--117 e regret to say
that the hand loom weaving in this city continues in a most
depressed state, and that the weavers have suffered a further
reduction of their wages,
although the previous earnings if a
vast proportion of them were scarcely sufficient to sustain life.
—Carlin Journal.