The New York herald., 1870-01-06
Dres Fashions In Romo-A BrillIa
sconcs from tho Cnss0rk 20 the Grown.

Dress Fashions In Romo-A BrillIa !.
scene' from tho Cnssoek TO the Crown.
Inc persons who havo been engaged 4
prophesying that nothing good or useful cr
chuufing would come from the Ecumencal
Councll IN Koms are likely to DO soreIy dis
appointed. They receive. in truth the shock
Of the FIRST counterblast 10 thoir rroaic,;o,a
to-day by the publication In our pages Of
letters from our special fashions cores
pondent, who writes from the centre Of
unty-the point Of harmony as It wero of
cosmopolitan, worldwide costumes-updor
date of the 18th Of Docombcr Jouroeyinc
from Egypt tho writer was enabled, corr
PEELED it may be said, to contrast in piour
retrospect tho simplicity, tho garb and tho
mission of Joseph Of old, as well as
the vast amount of trouble which came to him
about one single cup, with the splendor of tho
cassocks, the costliness Of the robes, tho blazo
of the mitres and croziers, and Of the gems
which stud the chalices Of those who have
repaired to the land of Christian promise so as
to garner q stock Of food sufficient for tho
relief Of the spiritual famine Of the hoar.
After passing the wayside tombs OF men
who were great in the time of Saladin, and
chatting with Mademoisolle Imperia on the
road, our correspondent journeycd BY steam
from Alexandria to Brindisi and thence ran up
to tho Vatican. In tho cabins and on the
deck of tho vessel were saints IN pete, and
carnal beauties in full bloom. with dlsci-
p.inary notifications ia the way of the use OF
food and vows to ''live for forty days on i'll
dressed fishes" during the approaching Lanteu
season, provided the company or individuals
got safe to the objective point of their Journey,
VOWS uttered almost in unison, or, speaking
more properly, in discordance OF aspirato'
with resolutions of making "a good time ~
| it, and in the easy and luxurious efleminacy OF
silk wrappers, costly dressing gowns, with
boots and chignons-the first of great elegance
and the latter of the Paris STANDARD OF magnl-
| tude. Next we have clerical vestments, and
the train of Plus the Ninth as it was worn and
borne UP when the Pontiff moved on towards
| the high altar of the church of the Vatican
| Ex-royalty was ablaze in the galleries, con-
soled, no doubt, and encouraged by the reilec
ton that all this grandeur had ensued from tho
courageous self-abnegation Of Peter in throw
ing away his net-his only visible means OF
support-and boldly relying on the promise
that he should become "fsher of men," The
lay aristocracy of Europe and America were
fLly aud worthily represented, and art and
science and romance had their delegates and
faithful votaries A crown OF Protestanlsm
was there in the person Of the Queea Of Wur-
temberg, and Spain and Parma and Naples
had their scions of monarchy. There was a
brilliant medley of knights and mobiles, and reli-
gious fervor was at its height, excited, but
perhaps much more effervescent AL evanos-
cent than in the days of ''conviction" in North
Britain, when ''ye saintes were to prelates
surly." The medley realities were really graz
Notwithstanding, and receive full justice in O.
columns.