Evening Dress.-Robe of tarlatane, with three skirts edged by narrow fringe; pointed body, with berthe, taking the same form and covered by three rows of fringe, and bouquet in the centre. Headdress of hair in bandeaux, with wreath of flowers and pearls.

Carriage Dress.-Robe of violet velvet, with quilles of satin and black lace; jacket body, with band of trimming and lace to match the quilles. Bonnet of Terry velvet and satin.

Walking Dress.-Robe of amber taffetas, with flounces edged by a plissé à la Vieille; high body, with basque; manteau of drap, with border of checked silk. Bonnet of black velvet and lace.

PLATE III.-Dinner Dress.- Robe of taffetas, with triple skirt, each edged with fringe and ruche heading; high body, with fringe and sleeves of one bouillon, and frill with fringe; the hair à l'Eugenie and small lace cap.

Little Girl's Walking Dress.-Frock of popeline, with flounces. Pardessus of cloth, trimmed with quilted silk and tassels. Bonnet of plush, with feathers.

Evening Dress.-Robe of tarlatine, with double skirt; pointed body, with drapery and flowers. Coiffure à l'Eugenie, with feathers.

Evening Dress-Robe of spotted muslin, with double skirt in scollops, edged with lace, and ribbon ruche above; full high body, and loosehanging sleeves, matching the skirts. Wreath of flowers, and nœuds of ribbon in the hair.

Carriage Dress.-Robe of rich brocaded silk, with full plain skirt and jacket body. Burnous of velvet, with hood lined with quilted silk. Bonnet of taffetas and lace.

THE ROYAL MARRIAGE.

THE Royal nuptials of the Princess Royal of England, with Prince William Frederick of Prussia, were celebrated on the 25th of January, under the most auspicious circumstances.

The nuptial cortege approached St. James's Palace by the usual drawing-room route. In front of the garden door a spacious portico, forty yards long, had been erected, covered in at the sides, and lined with red cloth. The old door of the Palace had been considerably enlarged. This entrance was reserved for the use of her Majesty and royalty. A window on each side having been converted into a doorway, through which the suites entered, and met her Majesty at the foot of the staircase. The staircase had been re-gilt, and gilding introduced in the balustrades. Her Majesty's retiring-room is on the left on ascending this staircase, and had been entirely re-decorated, the style differing in every respect from the other apartments, being of a cream colour, picked out with gold. The royal cortege passed to the right through the throne room, and what is generally known as Queen Anne's-room; to these apartments but little had been done beyond giving them a good cleansing. At the end of the latter a number of seats, rising one above another, had been erected for the accommodation of those among the nobility who were invited to witness the procession; the passage through the armoury and the tapestry room is lined with similar seats, covered with scarlet cloth and trimmed yellow. On the staircase which descends to the passage to the court-yard, a number of mirrors had been introduced, which, though triflingly detracting from the architectural effect, was a welcome meeting to those who desired to take a last fond look at the effect of their costumes. The passage at the end of the flight leads into the court-yard, a portion of which was covered in and fitted with seats. The building has a very substantial and elegant appearance, the stone pillars being, by a magical process familiar to the painter, converted into marble for the occasion, the light colour assorting well with the crimson fittings. The whole was heated, so that although this new room is won from the court-yard, there was not the slightest fear of suffering from any inclemency of the weather.

The

The chapel had been entirely refitted for the interesting ceremony, the seats were covered with scarlet; the pillars painted blue, surmounted with gold shields, with V. R. and the Crown. pulpit, not a very necessary adjunct to the ceremony, but which could not be removed altogether, valuable as is the space, was placed in a recess at the extreme right end.

The altar was of crimson velvet, on which was placed the Royal communion service of gold plate. There is a low rail of oak round the altar, the supporters of which was of gold, the whole of the top being covered with crimson velvet. The Archbishop of Canterbury officiated, assisted by the Bishop of London, notwithstanding that the latter is dean of the chapel. Sir G. Smart presided at the organ. The attestation of the royal marriage took place in the throne room. The royal attestation book is in the keeping of the Archbishop of Canterbury, and is a curious momento, containing witnessing for centuries past.

At a few minutes to twelve o'clock a flourish of trumpets was fol

PLATE IV.-Carriage bonnet of purple velvet, trimmed with crape of the same colour, ornamented with violets. Second ditto of blue satin, trimmed with a drooping feather, and white lace.

Promenade bonnet of green Terry velvet and white blonde, with black velvet ribbons.

Dress cap of white and black lace, trimmed with pink ribbon and

roses.

Morning cap of worked muslin, and blue ribbon.

Second ditto of lace, trimmed with scarlet and black ribbon, and sprays of white flowers.

Pelerine of black blonde, with black velvet ornaments, fastened at the wrist with a bow of pale blue satin ribbon.

Collar of muslin and lace, with a necktie of scarlet crossbarred ribbon.
Second ditto of muslin, and dark green velvet.
White sleeve of spotted net, and pink ribbon.
Second ditto of cambric muslin, trimmed with purple bows.

DESCRIPTION OF THE MODEL.

The model for this month is of a high body, forming basques in points; it consists of three pieces, the back, sidepiece, and front; the two vandykes in the front form the plaits, folded over to centre point, and arch out to the side-piece, which forms another point, and the back the same.

lowed by the entrance into the chapel of the Princess of Prussia, accompanied by Prince Adalbert of Prussia, the Countess Bernstorff (the lady of the Prussian Minister), the Countess Hohenthall, the Countess Mari La Lyner, and the Countess Perpincher, the Countess Hack bearing the Princess's train of pink, her Royal Highness was conducted to the haut pas, where she took her seat on a settee at the left of the altar. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Chester, the Dean of Windsor, and Dr. Wesley, whose duty it was to perform the service, entered immediately afterwards, and took up their positions within the rails at the communion table.

At twenty minutes past twelve, her Majesty's procession was announced, and, at the expiration of a short pause, her Majesty appeared in the midst of her Royal children. Her Majesty was preceded by all the Great Officers of the Royal Household, her Royal Highness Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, the Duchess of Kent, and Viscount Palmerston, who bore the sword of state. The Royal children surrounding her were the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, Prince Leopold, Prince Arthur, Princess Louisa, Princess Alice, and Princess Helena, and the Maids of Honour and other ladies of the Court. Her Majesty was conducted to a seat on the right of the altar in the haut pas, but remained standing.

At the expiration of a few minutes the approach of the bride's procession was announced by a march played on the drums and trumpets. Prince Frederick William, the illustrious bridegroom, then appeared, being preceded by his Gentlemen of Honour, the Prussian Minister, with the members of his legation, the Lord Chamberlain (the Marquis of Bredalbane) and the Vice Chamberlain, Lord Ernest Bruce, and supported by his father, the Prince of Prussia, and Prince Albert of Prussia, and the attendants of their Royal Highnesses. The procession advancing, the bridegroom was marshalled to the haut pas, where he knelt a little to the left, in front of the communion rails, and engaged in silent prayer for a few minutes. His Royal Highness's supporters occupied seats upon the haut pas, near his Royal Highness, on the same side of the rails.

Another flourish of trumpets, and the bride's procession entered. Her Royal Highness was preceded by Norrey and Clarenceaux, King of Arms, the Marquis of Abercorn, the Groom of the Stole to the Prince Consort, and supported by her Royal father and the King of the Belgians; her train being borne by eight unmarried daughters of dukes, marquises, and earls, followed by a number of officers of the Royal household. She was then conducted to a seat on the right of the haut pas, near her Majesty's chair of state, and facing the Royal bridegroom.

The ceremony opened with the following chorale :

"This day, with gladsome voice and heart
We praise Thy name, O Lord, who art

Of all good things the giver!
For England's first-born hope we pray!
O, be near her now, and ever!
King of kings, Lord of lords,

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,
We adore Thee;

Hear us while we kneel before Thee!"

The scene which now presented itself was beautiful in the extreme. Of course her Royal Highness was the observed of all observers, the cynosure of every eye. Her Royal Highness displayed remarkable self-possession, indeed animation throughout the whole ceremony which succeeded. Her responses, however, were made in a merely audible whisper, but the bridegroom spoke with strong emphatic accents those portions of the service allotted to him, and in which he makes those solemn promises which are familiar to all whoever have read the marriage service. Her Majesty the Queen seemed to be most deeply affected, and frequently applied her handkerchief to her eyes. The ceremony was brought to a close by the performance of the 'Hallelujah chorus," after which her Royal Highness, the newly-made Princess of Prussia, advanced to the Queen, and kneeling kissed her hand and her cheek. She then proceeded to her Royal father, and performed the same act, and subsequently to the Prince and Princess of Prussia; the bridegroom also turned to the father and kissed his hand and cheek, and afterwards the Princess of Prussia; then crossing the haut pas, and kneeling before her Majesty, kissed her Majesty's hand, and raising the hand of Prince Albert also. Extending his hand to his bride, Prince Frederick William descended, hand-in-hand, with her from the haut pas, and, in the same order in which it had arrived, his procession was re-formed, and quitted the chapel.

The procession of the Prince Consort and of her Majesty followed, and thus terminated the important ceremonial.

THE DRESSES.

The dress worn by her Majesty at the ceremony consisted of a rich moiré antique of a delicate "mauve," or the colour of the early bloom of the "mallow." It is more delicate and chaste in its hue than even the peach. The dress is shot with silver threads woven in the material. The train is of rich Lyons velvet, of the same colour as the robe. The dress is the manufacture of the Spitalfields weavers, who are at this moment in a very distressed condition.

The bridal costume of the Princess Royal was of rich white moiré antique, shot with threads of the purest gold, also of Spitalfields manufacture; the lace dress of exquisite Honiton guipure, consisting of three flounces, the body being trimmed to match. It was manufactured by Mrs. Darvie, from a design by Miss Janet Fife, a pupil of the Government department of science and art. The veil was of Honiton guipure lace, worn in a style completely novel in this country for bridal costume, and was attached to the head by magnificent Moorish or Spanish pins. The dress and veil were splendidly worked with the rose, shamrock, and thistle. The latter (according to the Court Circular), employed 50 girls for the last twelve months; it was a new style, entirely her Majesty's suggestion, and the carrying out the idea has the approbation of the Queen.

As might be expected, the example set by the Queen and the Princess Royal, of patronising the looms of the Spitalfields weavers has been followed by many of the nobility and gentry; and a slight impulse has been consequently given to that particular branch of metropolitan manufacture.

The one in which the Princess will make her entry into Berlin, will be a white poult de soie, with stripes of silver. The effect of this introduction of gold and silver threads is exceedingly beautiful, and the sheen is of the softest and most delicate character. British manufacturers may be justly proud of having produced fabrics of such extreme beauty.

In order to extend as far as possible the orders for materials given upon this occasion, purchases of the different articles required have been made at various establishments, and the following eminent firms amongst others have been employed :-Howell and James, Redmayne, Lewis and Allenby, Messrs. Cook and Moss, Farmer and Rogers, Haling and Pierce, (Waterloo House) Hodge and Lowman, Messrs. Caley, (of Windsor) Lock (of Regent-street) Urling (laceman) Price, Romances, and Patterson (Edinburgh) Graham (of Ludgate Hill) O'Reilly (of Dublin) Atkinson (of Dublin) Swears (for gloves and Balbriggan stockings) Reid (for silk stockings) Drake (for furs) Macklin (tailor for habits) Sangster (for parasols and umbrellas) Heath (hatter) Edwards (hatter) Gundry (boots and shoes) Hall (boots and shoes) Potts (for pocket handkerchiefs) Mrs. Brown (embroidery) Mrs. Moon (Greer-street) Foley (linen) Nesto, Tirard, Isider, Madame Porinska, and Miss Yates (for flowers, coiffures, etc., etc.) Uniett, Barenne, and Chotteau (for bonnets) Alexandre and Hoicant (for fans.) For the toilette, Gattie and Pierce, West, Arnold, and Francis: ScottAdi e (for woollen shawls, etc.) Doudney (waterproof clothes and mackintoshes, etc.) The troussea of the Princess Royal is complete. It is composed of every kind of article required for the wardrobe of a

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The most distinguished dressmakers and milliners in London and Paris have prepared the dresses, bonnets, and other articles of millinery. Amongst the modistés who have received orders, are Misses Gieve, Uneitt, Mesdames Palmer, Rogers, Heale, Phillips, Woodin, and Lister: Mrs. Burton (of Paris) Madame Deschamp, Scellier, Miss Clarke (velvets) Mrs. Albion Davis, (Honiton lace) Everard (Brussells lace) Madame Vranken (for Ghent lace) Wadmore (Newport lace). Irish lace and embroidery from the school of Ladies Demraven and Shamron. The simpler and less artistic work has been given to several semptresses; and the children in the Royal schools at Windsor have been largely employed.

The Duchess of Kent wore a petticoat of white moire antique, brocaded with violet, and trimmed with point lace. The train violet velvet, trimmed with ermine, the stomacher violet velvet, with ornaments of diamonds and amethysts. The head dress was formed of white ostrich feathers, diamonds, amethysts, and point lace. The materials of the dress and train were of Spitalfields manufacture.

The Duchess of Cambridge wore a lilac silk dress, with double skirt, both skirts trimmed with bouillonnes of tulle and Honiton lace. The train, lilac moire antique, trimmed with ermine. A stomacher of diamonds and pearls; a necklace of diamonds. Her Royal Highness's head-dress was composed of a tiara of large pearls and white feathers, with a veil of Honiton lace pendant from the back of the head.

The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore à double skirt of blue crepe over a glacé silk petticoat, ornamented with blush roses and ruches of crepe and blue satin ribbon, with two very deep flounces of Brussels lace. The train, blue moire, trimmed with Mechlin lace, blush roses, and ruches of tulle to match the dress. The body trimmed to correspond with the train, diamond and pearl stomacher, and diamond necklace.

The Princess's head-dress was formed of a diadem of diamonds, white feathers, lappets of Brussels lace, and diamond ornaments.

The Princess Alice wore a dress of white lace, over rich pink satin, trimmed with corn flowers and daisies. The Princess wore a wreath of the same flowers round the head.

The Princesses Helena and Louisa wore dresses similar to that of the Princess Alice, with corn flowers and daisies in the hair.

THE ENTRY INTO BERLIN ON FEBRUARY 8.

The arrangements connected with the reception of the Prussian heir apparent and his Royal wife have been finally settled down in a conference of the Prussian Lord Chamberlain with the municipal authorities of Berlin.

The royal couple will sleep the night before the day of the festival entry in the Palace of Bellevue, situated about midway between. Berlin and Charlottenburg, in the magnificent public park at the west end of Berlin, the Thiergarten. The palace has not been inhabited for some time. In size and situation it may be compared to Kensington Palace. The river Spree washes it on one side, and the view beyond the river offers a wide pretty space and a pleasing variety of scenery, which in the present season, however, is most probably altogether clothed with snow. The distance from the Palace to the stately Brandenburg-gate, the greatest triumphal arch in Europe, and an imitation of the Troylnes in the Acropolis of Athens, is about a mile. There are two roads from the Palace to the town, the one skirting the river and passing the Zelten, a row of establishments of public resort, with an open space before them, which, in times of political excitement, is a great focus of stump oratory, of which the Berliners are particularly fond and great masters too. It then leads to Krollsgarten, next to the Crystal Palace, the largest establishment for public amusement in existence, and runs along the Exercierplatz, which the present king has rescued from its military uses, and made into a square of enormous size, surrounded by public and private houses of great architectural claims. This road, which would have been the more agreeable one, has, however, not been chosen, but another which goes right through the park, having nothing but trees on each side, and consequently wearing in winter a rather monotonous aspect. This road, at a short distance from the Palace, leads into the broad highway which connects Berlin with Charlottenburg, and bisects the Thiergarten in its greatest length from east to west. At the point where the royal couple will enter this highway, which point is called the "Star," the official reception by the people of Berlin commences. Our young Princess will then have the Brandenburg-gate in view, through the five apertures of which the splendid perspective of the street Unter den Linden, and even the distant statue of Frederick II, and the huge grey piles of the state palace are visible. The two guilds of the

mounted on horseback, have the privilege to be the first in receiving the young husband and his wife. A member of the town council heads this civic cavalry, and has to address the Prince and Princess, who arrive, escorted by a squadron of Horse Guards. A second reception by the Governor of Berlin, Field-Marshal Wrangel; the Commander of the Garrison, General Alvensleben; and the President Police, Zedlits, takes place at the Brandenburg-gate, Field-Marshal Wrangel being the spokesman. Inside the gate a platform will be erected for the burgomasters, the town council, and the common council, and there again the chief burgomaster, Krainsaick, will have to say something suitable to the occasion. Another platform at the left will contain the clergy, the head masters of the schools, and the employés of the municipal government. From the gate all along Unter den Linden will be ranged the guilds and trades with their emblems and standards. The breadth of the street is 180 feet, and the length more than a mile; four rows of trees adorn it, dividing it into five avenues, the central broadest one being a promenade, with seats and railings, while the next two roads, right and left, are destined for equestrians. Those nearest to the houses are carriage roads, with foot pavements. It is the central avenue along which the cortege will proceed, the guilds and trades drawn up on each side, the general public filling the space behind them. The four rows of trees terminate near the statue of Frederick the Great, which rises in the centre, facing the State palace. From this point the aspect becomes magnificent, the street leading to an unbroken series of open palaces and squares, surrounded by public buildings, and covered with statues. The Academy of Arts, the University, the Academy of Music, and the Arsenal stand on the left, having large recesses between them filled with trees. On the right is, first, the new palace of the Prince of Prussia, then a large recess, forming a square, and enclosed by the Public Library, and the Grand Opera House. A balcony, containing seats for four thousand ladies, will be erected between the two. Another square, skirted by a canal, lies between the opera house and the private palace of the late King, which is now to become the residence of Prince Frederick William and his Princess. But the cortege is to go on to the State palace in front of the perspective, and crossing the broad bridge-it is 100 feet broad-called the Schlossbrucke, adorned with marble groups, the finest productions of Schinkel's genius, emerges into the Lustgarten, the central and most brilliant square of the town, enclosed by the State palace, the arsenal, the museum, and the cathedral. After the royal couple have entered the palace, the working men of the town, of whom it is calculated that about 30,000 will be present, are to pass before the balcony, the masons taking the lead, and the engineers, the most important branch of industry in Berlin, bringing up the procession. At the express desire of the Princess a reception by representatives of the fairer sex in the open air will be dispensed with. Thirty young girls, however, led by three "Mothers of Honour," are to make their appearance in the palace on the day following the public reception.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.

HIER Majesty the Queen graciously signified her intention of honouring with her presence a Series of Four Festival Performances intended to be presented at the period of the nuptials of her Royal Highness the Princess Royal with his Royal Highness the Prince Frederick William of Prussia.

The first of the four performances was given on Tuesday evening, the 19th ult. The tragedy of "Macbeth" was presented. When the tragedy was over, the acclamations resounded from all parts of the house, which her Majesty graciously acknowledged, by rising and saluting the audience. The performance concluded with Mr. Oxenford's farce of "Twice Killed."

The second took place on Saturday, the 21st. It consisted of the opera "The Rose of Castille," and concluded with the faree of "Boots at the Swan." At the conclusion of the opera, the public gave vent to their enthusiasm, and broke forth into thunders of applause.

The third performance took place on Thursday, the 23rd. It consisted of "La Sonnambula," with Mdlle. Piccolomini as Amina, and Sig. Giuglini as Elvino. The attendance was more brilliant and numerous than at either of the preceding representations. A cantata with some well-written and appropriate words by Mr. John Oxenford, the music composed by Mr. Howard Glover, was performed after the opera. The fourth performance on Friday, the 29th, there will be presented Sheridan's comedy of "The Rivals," after which the farce of "The Spitalfields Weavers." During the evening the National Anthem will be sung by Madame Clara Novello, assisted by Mr. Benedict's Vocal Association of 300 voices, and the chorus of her Majesty's Theatre.

THE moon glittered on the horizon-nothing disturbed the silence of nature, but the musical rustling of the long palm leaves, as they gently waved with the breeze of evening. At unequal intervals, the plaintive song of the bulbul awakened the echo of the woods, and its sad notes, lengthening out for a time, died away at last among the windings of the shore.

A female of that race, whom the cruel cupidity of the European has placed on an equality with the brute, and made an object of infamous traffic, proceeded along a pathway in the forest of Benin, with a firm, resolute step. Behind her, a young girl, who had not yet seen the family tree change its foliage for the twentieth time, amused herself as she followed, in plucking the gay flowers that strewed the path, weaving them into garlands. A thousand different ideas, as to the cause of her leaving her home, suggested themselves from time to time to her imagination.

ever.

Perhaps," said she to herself, "my mother is going to give her assistance to her old father in his painful infirmities. Or, is she going to meet her husband, Maureo, who has been so long absent? And, with the idea of seeing her father, she romped more gaily than Poor girl! she foresaw not her impending fate! Suddenly the unfortunate Zilia, who had gone on in advance, stopped, and ran back screaming to seek refuge in her mother's arms, pointing at the same time to a group of men sitting round a fire at the foot of a large palm-tree, whose glazed hats reflected the silver rays of the full moon.

Her mother mocked her with a scornful laugh, and dragged her towards the strangers.

"Behold!" cried she, "your promised slave! Give me the reward I bargained for!"

The unnatural mother received the recompense of her crime, and turning towards her daughter, who stood statue-like with horror and astonishment

"Zilia," said she, "these are your masters! you are no longer mine!" and wrapping the price of her unnatural perfidy in her cloak, turned, and would have departed, but the daughter, startling from her stupor, threw herself at her feet, and encircling them in her arms, essayed to rekindle some feeling in her callous heart.

"Oh! mother! my mother, do you abandon me? Ah! what have I done to merit this cruelty? Have you forgotten my tender caresses? Have you forgotten my devoted love? Who will fill the blank in my desolate heart if you desert me? Whom shall I henceforth love? Mother! mother! do not, oh do not abandon me to the cruelty of these avaricious people! They are going to transport me to a land of misfortune-far, far from the cherished spot of my infancy-the home of my childhood! Toil, severe toil and misery will quickly wear away my life, and the hand of my father will not be there to close my eyes."

The mother remained irresolute, while her child continued to supplicate.

"Ah!" cried she, "when that beloved father shall return from the war loaded with spoil; when he shall demand his daughter to give him the kiss of welcome. What wilt thou answer him? Think you to abuse his tenderness by empty lies? Oh, no, allah kinim! God is merciful, and the crime will unveil itself-and then-dost thou not dread the fury of that father deprived of his Zilia! Ah, mother! when years have weighed you down-when your strength has forsaken yon, where will you find another Zilia? Who will go out and gather the yams and the maize? What hand will prepare the yucca-root and the palm-wine? Hear me! Thy land will be struck with sterility by the avenging genius; in vain thy cursed and fatal hand will scatter rice o'er the ground, it will shut its bosom against thee. The fetiche will destroy thy garden; the fountain will be dried up-the river will refuse thee its fish! and in thy sleep the grisgris will incessantly haunt thee in thy dreams they will present to thee the bloody image of thy Zilia, expiring in the midst of horrible torments!

"Ah, mother, you are not moved-is your cruel, cruel heart steeled to pity-do not leave your Zilia,-oh tear me not from my sweet liberty, my quiet happy home-do not deprive me of the caresses of a father who dotes upon me. Oh, mother! not one kind look-not one little kiss for your Zilia-not a tear for your daughter. Sair ola. Sair ola, but your heart is hardened-Allah! Allah! it is merciless!" The unhappy girl crept up to her mother's bosom, her arms clung