thers, arranged in the form of a branch of weeping willow, or else of two birds of Paradise placed in such a manner that their plumage forms an arch. Another very fashionable hat is something of the Spanish shape, but small; it has the brim turned up all round, and an opening, made in a slanting direction, on the left side. If the hat is of satin the crown is of the helmet shape, and the material laid on in folds; if it is velvet the material is laid on plain, but the crown is partially covered with a blond lace drapery; a bouquet, consisting of five ostrich feathers, is attached, by a rosette of gauze riband, to the right side, four stand upright, and one falls through the opening already described, on the left side. Tissu de Cashmere, pointed gauze, and the other materials described last month, are fashionable in full dress. The corsages are made very low round the bust, some are a la Greque, others are made with a lappel, which forms a demi cœur. The sleeves are generally short, of excessive width, and disposed in falling plaits. If the sleeves are long, they must be of blond lace, or of gauze to imitate it. They are of the gigot shape, and the bouquets symmetrically arranged, three large ones on the upper part, from whence a row of smaller bouquets descends gradually to the wrist. Coiffures a la Greque begin to be very numerous in evening dress. The hind hair is disposed in plaited braids, which form a knot at the back of the head, from which a tuft of curls descends in the neck, either behind or on one side. Beads, or a gold chain, is twisted among the plaits of the hind hair; that upon the forehead is disposed in the Madonna style. A bandeau of gold chain, or beads, whichever is employed to decorate the plaits, is brought in the ferroniere style, across the forehead. Jet beads are very fashionable for fairhaired belles. If the hair is dark, gold chain, or imitation of pearl, is generally employed. The colours most in request are dark slate, green, and the different shades of brown, called Aventurine, violet, feuille d' acanthe, various sorts of red, celestial blue, and canary. BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, AND DEATHS. BIRTHS. At Bryanston, the Lady Emma Portman, of a daughter. In Weymouth-street, the lady of R. T. Glyn, Esq. of a son. At Michael's Grove, Brompton, the wife of E. E. Deacon, Esq. of a son. At Brompton, the lady of H. R. Pearson, Esq. of his Majesty's Treasury, of a son. MARRIAGES. At Meikleour House, Perthshire, P. Charles, Esq. M.D. of Putney, Surrey, to Sarah, daughter of the late Captain P. Hunter, of the Hon. East India Company's service, and the Hon. Mrs. Hunter. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Lieut. W. T. Griffiths, R.N. son of the late Lieut.General Griffiths, to Louisa Catherine, daughter of the late John Griffiths, Esq, of Argyll-street. At Hackney, the Rev. James Mather, of Clapton, to Mrs. Catherine Brooksbank, of the same place. DEATHS. At his residence at Hare Hatch, Berks, in the 74th year of his age, Sir G. S. Hol royd, Knt. late one of the Judges of his Majesty's Court of King's Bench. At his seat, Chellowes Park, in the county of Surrey, James Donovan, Esq. in the 85th year of his age. In Portman-square, Louisa, wife of Captain C. Bulkeley, of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards. In Cold Bathsquare, in the 78th year of his age, Thomas Webbe, Esq. who until a short time before his decease held the situation of Surgeon to the House of Correction, and the New Prison, Clerkenwell, for a period of 37 years. He was a man of all others best suited to his official situation, and his loss will be severely felt by the sickly and unfortunate. In private life he was an honour to society, blending every kind, friendly, domestic virtue, in one-the desire to do good. On the 25th inst. at her uncle's house, Lambeth, of consumption, in the 19th year of her age, Miss Ann Caroline Holman, only niece of W. T. Moncrieff, Esq. INDEX TO THE SECOND VOLUM E. NEW AND IMPROVED SERIES. PROSE. ANECDOTE, 82,83, ib., 130, ib., 177, 178, ib. Fragment, by Coleridge, 304 Appearances, 195 Bar versus the Stage, 22, 147 Births, &c., 50, 98, 146, 194, 242, 324 Champion, The, 4 Chaplet, The, of Pearls, 216 Chitchat, 46, 95, 143, 191, 239, 321 Clara, or the Clandestine Marriage, 16 Conjugal Affection, 129 Deaths, &c., 50, 98, 146, 194, 242, 324 Fashion, Mirror of, 48, 96, 144, 192, 240, Ferdinand de Guimaraens, a Portuguese Knight's Contest, The, a Tale of the olden Leaves from the Chronicles, No. I., 51; No. Marriages, &c., 50, 146, 194, 242, 324 Pacha, The, 279 Ode to the memory of a father, by J. S. Oh! Sing Again, by James Knox, 71 On the Death of Wm. Hayward, Esq., by Orphan, the, by John S. Clark, 257 Parted from Thee, 66 Pirate, the, by Charles May, 151 Sailor's Dream, the, by Mrs. C. B. Wilson, I saw thee wedded, by the Rev. J. Moul- Song, 173 Song, by the Rev. Thos. Dale, 130 Soldier's Funeral, the, by L. E. L., 34 Stanzas for Evening, 33 by the late Lady Stanzas by T. K. Hervey, 33 Lines by Wm. Minot, jun. 164, 299 The First Gray Hair, by Thomas Haynes Thou art not Here, by Mrs. C. B. Wilson, ARTICLES BY THE FOLLOWING WRITERS. Hermit in London, 16, 109, 165 PROSE. May, Charles, 270 M., Wm. jun. 298 Hofland, Mrs., 1, 71, 114, 153, 210, 266 S- T- Leading Contributor to Blackwood, 147 Bayley, F. W. N. 117, 167 Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 82, 129, 303 22, Willis, Hal, 51, 122, 216, 287 Wilson, J, 99, 168 |