dom any other ornament worn with it; but if any are used, they must be feathers: if the scarf is of plain gauze, flowers are always intermixed with it.

Fashionable colours are, grassgreen, lavender, ponceau rose, a peculiar shade of gray lilac, rose, and Spanish brown.

FRENCH FEMALE FASHIONS.
PARIS, March 18.

My dear SOPHIA,

which are filled by bands interlaced. There is no collar, these dresses being always worn with embroidered muslin, or tulle collars, to fall over.

Morning bonnets are generally composed of gros de Naples of very full colours, lined and trimmed with blue jonquil or ponceau. The crown is ornamented in front with four large lozenges on each side; a fall of black blond lace, deep enough to form a curtain-veil, is attached to the edge of the brim.

Black velvet bonnets are still in favour, but, except in mourning, they are no longer lined with black. Trocadero, rose colour, and ponceau are the favourite hues for linings.

THOUGH Our court mourning has not yet expired, it is not now generally adopted, except at court, or on occasions of ceremony; fancy black, or half mourning, being more worn for the spectacle, and colours for the promenade. Black satin mantles, however, which had been for some time on the decline, are now very generally adopted in walking dress. They are always lined with coloured sarsnet. The most fashionable have a single pelerine, made very large, composed of black velvet, and trimmed with black blond lace, or rich black silk fringe. The most fashionable style of walk-The brims are something larger, and ing dress is of the pelisse form, very much trimmed. They are in general of levantine or gros de Naples, and the trimming of satin. Two rouleaus go round the skirt and up each side of the front; between them, on the front of the dress, is a chain formed of narrow rouleaus of satin. This chain, broad at the bottom of the gown, and narrower as it approaches the waist, is again extended upon the bust, so as to be very broad at the top of the bust. The corsage fastens behind. The ceinture is of satin, tied in a bow and short ends at the side. The sleeve, made to sit close at the arm, is finished at the wrist by a satin rouleau. The epaulette, very full and puffed out on the shoulder, is cut in slashes, " black satin. The bonnet, toque, or

still very wide. Many walking bonnets have no other trimming than a full knot of satin, to correspond with the lining.

The most elegant hats for the spectacle are of white gauze. The brim is rather large, and nearly of the same size all round. These hats are entirely covered with a bouillonné of blond net, and adorned with a garland of rose laurel and yellow cloves.

Black China crape is now very generally adopted by those élégantes who appear in mourning: it is trimmed with a mixture of soft crape and black satin. The most fashionable style of half-mourning for social parties is black soft crape, trimmed with an intermixture of white crape and

feathers, and the necklace, &c. &c. jet.

turban, must also be black with white || epaulette. A new trimming for full dress gowns consists of a wreath of wild endive, formed of the same material as the gown. The endive is interlaced, and at the base of each head is a knot of satin. Another very fashionable style of trimming consists of tulle disposed in large plaits, so as to form fans, and between each a bouquet of flowers. Ribbons spotted with gold, called rubans pluie-d'or, have just been introduced for ceintures, scarfs, and to wear in the hair in full dress.

Half-mourning is also much worn in full dress, but then it is white crape over black satin: the trimming consists of ruches bouillonné or rouleaus; there are generally two of the latter, each entwined with two narrow satin ones: each rouleau is drawn in the drapery style on one side of the dress, where it is ornamented with a bouquet of white roses or lilies. I must observe, that a double rouleau of white satin is placed between the crape ones.

The bodies of coloured silk or tulle gowns in full dress are now very much ornamented with white blond lace, which is disposed on the corsage in perpendicular rows. A full quilling of blond lace stands up from the point of the shoulder round the back, and a double fall forms an

The head-dress for very young people in mourning or half mourning consists of black or white flowers: roses, lilies, jessamine, pinks, and violets, are most in favour.

Fashionable colours are, gold colour, Trocadero, lavender, pale blue, carnation, gray, and rose colour. Adieu! Always your

FASHIONABLE FURNITURE.

A CABINET GLASS.

EUDOCIA.

THIS piece of furniture is intended || apartment. If executed in satin wood, for a cabinet room, the chief parts of which are supposed to be fitted up with receptacles for medals, coins, gems, and also for collections in conchology, entomology, and other specimens in natural history. The glass frame is suitably designed, and composed of similar materials to the cabinet, and is intended to combine with the general fittings-up of the

or in stained imitations of it, it would have a pleasing effect; and the chairs and tables being designed to correspond, the whole would be considerably improved. Lilac, bright green, and fawn colours agree admirably for the wall-colours and draperies of rooms so fitted up, which should have the appearance of study and retirement.

INTELLIGENCE, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, &c. MR. ACKERMANN is preparing for pub- || of his Majesty's service in Bengal. This lication, A Picturesque Tour of the Rivers Ganges and Jumna, in India, from original drawings made on the spot by Lieutenant-Colonel Forrest, late on the staff

work will embrace the most remarkable and picturesque scenes in the valleys of those two celebrated rivers, and will exhibit the grand and interesting remains of

there during part of the years 1821-23, including an account of the revolution which brought about the independence of the Brasilian empire-and, Journal of a Residence in Chili, and Voyage from the Pacific in 1822 and 3; preceded by an account of the revolutions in Chili since 1810, and particularly of the transactions of the squadron of Chili under Lord Cochrane.

ancient splendour and art scattered over their extensive margins; the villages and cities, mosques and pagodas, temples and magnificent mausoleums; together with the costumes of the inhabitants, and the various and luxuriant scenery which throughout adorns their banks. Some of the earlier and more remarkable occurrences in the history of this extraordinary and interesting country will be interspersed through the descriptive part of the work, and likewise a sketch of the present state of those provinces of Bengal bordering on the two rivers. The work will be published in six monthly Captain Basil Hall, R. N. is preparing parts, containing twenty-four coloured for publication, Extracts from a Journal engravings, several vignettes, and a map written on the Coasts of Chili, Peru, and of the valleys of the Ganges and Jumna, Mexico, in the years 1820, 1, and 2; and forming a companion to Acker-containing some account of the recent mann's Picturesque Tours of the Rhine revolutions, together with observations and Seine. on the state of society in those countries.

Mr. Jennings has in the press, a new work on European Scenery, by Captain Batty. It will comprise a selection of sixty of the most picturesque views on the Rhine and Maine, in Belgium and in Holland, and will be published uniformly with his French and German scenery. The first number will appear on the 1st of May.

Miss S. E. Hatfield, of Truro, is about to publish, by subscription, in two post 8vo. volumes, The Wanderer of Scandinavia, or Sweden Delivered, in five cantos, and other poems.

Captain Brooke has nearly ready for the press, A Narrative of a short Residence in Norwegian Lapland; with an Account of a Winter's Journey performed with Reindeer through Norwegian Russia and Swedish Lapland, interspersed with numerous plates.

An English translation of Travels in Brasil in the years 1817-1820, undertaken at the command of the King of Bavaria, by Drs. Spix and Martins, will speedily appear.

Two new works on South America, by Mrs. Graham, are announced: Journal of a Voyage to Brasil, and Residence

Dr. Robert Southey is about to publish A Tale of Paraguay, in one 12mo. vol. Mrs. Hoffland has in the press, a tale, entitled Decision.

In the press, and speedily will be published, The Cross and the Crescent; an heroic metrical romance, partially founded on Mathilde, by the Rev. James Beresford, M. A. Rector of Kibworth, Leicestershire, late Fellow of Merton College.

Mr. Bullock's exhibition of the curiosities which he collected during his recent visit to Mexico, will be opened to the public before Easter, at the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. It will be arranged in two rooms. The upper will contain models and casts of buildings, pyramids, and other monuments; casts of idols of stupendous dimensions; smaller idols, elaborately carved in the hardest materials; rude pictures, and many other extraordinary specimens, illustrative of the state of the arts among the ancient inhabitants of Mexico. The lower will be devoted to the natural productions of the country. The series of fruits and vegetables comprehends not only specimens of all those which are capable of being preserved in their natural state, but likewise models, in full size as well as in little, of numberless others, many of which are here alike unknown in form and name.