CARRIAGE DRESS. The robe is composed of taffetas plaided in two shades of violet. The corsage fastens behind, is draped round the top, and has the centre of the front masked by a rouleau. The sleeves of the usual size at top, are of an easy fulluess from the elbow nearly to the wrist, where they are quite tight. Chemisette á la vierge of plaited tulle, bordered with blond lace, Rice straw hat, a wide short brim and cottage crown. It is encircled by a band of figured gauze ribbon tied in a bow on one side. A single long ostrich feather is placed in the band on the opposite side. The interior of the brim is trimmed with a half wreath of the flowers of the double blossomed peach and blond lace lappets; a French cachemire shawl should be added.

CURSORY REMARKS ON THE LAST FRENCH FASHIONS.

The promenade of Longchamps from which so many new fashions were expected, has given us very few. The weather was fine, but by far too cold for the exhibition of summer dresses. There were, indeed, a few muslin robes, but as they were worn under pelisses, all that could be seen of them was a little of the superb embroidery of the border. The pelisses were of gros de France, gros de Naples, and in some instances of foulards; the latter of new patterns. The gros de France is a plain silk, remarkable only for its richness. The pelisses were all made with pelerines of the same material, some pointed, others forming a heart, but all smaller than those of last year. The sleeves also were mostly larger at the lower part. Some were made with bouffans of moderate size. Others were very large at top, and moderately so about half way to the wrist, were they were confined by a deep tight cuff.

Although some distinguished élégantes appeared in velvet and satin hats and bonnets, yet the majority of headdresses were of a light description. Paille d'Italie, paille de riz, and pour de soie were the materials of both hats and bonnets. The shapes of the first are decidedly becoming, the brim is of moderate size, it descends very low at the sides, where it sits close to the face, and being extremely évasé on the forehead, the blond and other ornaments that trim the inte

rior of the brim have a very elegant effect. A long light sprig of flowers, or else a small bouquet, adorns the crown. Such is the general style of the hats that appeared at Longchamps. There is more variety in bonnets. We shall describe some that appear to us particularly deserving of the attention of our fair readers:

One of rice straw was ornamented with some light sprigs of flowers of different colors; they were interlaced in a knot of ribbon formed of two bows and ends, it was of that very rich kind called pompadour. A white ground with large bouquets of colored flowers of all kinds; it traversed the crown obliquely, and descending upon the brim at the ears, it formed the brides. A bouquet of flowers of different kinds was placed partly upon the brim, and partly upon the crown.

Some of the most admired bonnets were composed of satin de Alger and of gros de eté, glazed with different shades of green. Some were trimmed with a bouquet of flowers, half green and half white. Others with a sprig of white lilac, or with a knot of ruban blonde, with the centre green and the edges white, and in open work. The pattern was perfectly similar to that of festooned blonde. All had the interior of the brim trimmed with blond ruches, in order to do away with the unbecoming effect which green next the face must have on any but the fairest complexions.

Several new materials have appeared for evening dress. Some of them are silks of an excessively rich kind, as the gros de Chine, foulard d' Orient, and gros de Pompadour ; others are of a half transparent kind, a mixture of the finest cashmere wool and silk. These are called mousselines de Pekin, and mousselines d'Orient.

Corsages draped and pointed continue to be the mode, they are cut low round the bust: the sleeves are double, and sometimes triple sabots. We must observe, however, that long sleeves though not very generally adopted are nevertheless fashionable in evening dress. The colors most in favor are noisette, red-lilac, all the lighter shades of green, azure blue, primrose, and violet.

When nations are involved in the calamities attendant on civil wars, the energies of the human mind are generally displayed to an advantage, which, in seasons of peace, or even in times of common hostilities, are totally unknown. Exertion and heroic enterprize keep place with the occasions which call the spirits of the brave into exercise; and the lapse of ages, instead of diminishing the interest which they excite, augments their importance, by adding veneration to their lustre.

But it is melancholy to reflect, that, while some few memorials of this description are preserved, many a daring exploit, never reaching the ear of the historian, disappears with the moment that gave it birth. "One Cæsar lives, a thousand are forgot." The following affecting incident, which chance has rescued from the wreck of time, is an exemplification of this theory.

At that awful period when this nation was convulsed with civil discord, and Cromwell and his partisans were contending against the scartered forces of the king, William Mortimer, a young and zealous royalist, used every exertion to forward the success of his lawful monarch. He left his family, then living in retirement near Chepstow, to join the standard of L. 34. 1.

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Charles, who was marching with an army from Scotland into the southern part of the country, expecting to be reinforced by his friends, and all those who were discontented with the wild enthusiasm of Cromwell and his followers. These expectations were, in a great measure, disappointed.

The royalists, in general, were not aware of their king's approach, and the Scotch, on whose assistance he had confidently relied, were deterred from uniting with them unless they previously subscribed to the covenant. In this posture of affairs, Charles encamped at Worcester, and was compelled to hazard that fatal battle, the result of which is so well known. Mortimer was one of the few who, escaping from the field, accompanied the king in his flight; and although history is silent upon the subject, it has been handed down. by tradition, that Charles, dismissing all his faithful attendants, for fear of hazarding a discovery, and accompanied only by William Mortimer, who was well acquainted with the localities of the country, resolved, if possible, to escape to Wales. The attempt, however, was frustrated by means of the various passes of the Severn being so well guarded by soldiers, who were every-where eager for his apprehension, not so much in obedience to the commands of their generals, as on account of the immense reward that was offered for his person.

Not dismayed at this unexpected failure, they travelled by night (hiding themselves in marshes and among the river reeds in the day time), and, with much peril and exertion, contrived to reach Monmouth. Here they soon perceived that it was impossible for them to remain long without being discovered; and Mortimer, having arranged his plans accordingly, seized a little boat on the banks of the Wye, and, covering the king with bark of trees, suffered the vessel, durthe night, to be carried down the current till it reached the romantic rocks above mentioned. Here they landed, and, letting the boat drift with the stream, to elude pursuit, secreted themselves in the natural recesses of the cliffs. Mortimer had sufficient confidence in the faith of a young lady, to whom he was betrothed, to confide to her the secret of the king; and as he was afraid to make his appearance near a place where he was so well known, this loyal and affectionate girl, at the hazard of her own life and honor, brought them, at the dead of night, their provisions. One fatal night she was