Bonnets of satin, which are now very prevalent, are trimmed with gauze ribbons, which generally differ from, and give life to, the bonnet, which is of some unobtruding color; such, for instance, as tourterelle, trimmed with blue, slate-color, with pink and royal-blue, with bright jonquil. A demí-veil of black blond is often worn with these bonnets. Leghorn bonnets are worn only by very young persons; they have colored linings. and very simple trimming of ribbon of the same hue. Bonnets of white satin, or of figured gros de Naples, are confined to the carriage; they have a superb demiveil, of white blond, attached to the edge of the brim.

Cloaks have already become very general, and are expected to be much in favor this winter; those which have appeared at present are of gros de Naples. The new pelisses are made in the long tunic style: two bias folds surround the border next the shoe, and the tunic is formed by two similar folds on each side; under one of these sides the pelisse fastens, imperceptibly the sleeves are chiefly a l'imbecille. These pelisses of the tunique kind are made without cape or collar: a pelerine of fine India muslin, richly embroidered, or one of tulle, trimmed with lace, being always worn with them: on pelisses, merely intended for the morning promenade, a square cape is generally added, of the same material as the pelisse. The colors most admired are pink, lavender, milk-chocolate, etheriel-blue, Spanish-brown, and bright jonquil.

Large cornelians, of a fine, clear and pale red, every bead of the same color, are very favorite articles in jewellry.

PARISIAN FASHIONS.

FRENCH MORNING VISITING DRESS.-A dress of embroidered muslin, with a broad hem round the border, covered with sprigs above the hem are large detached branches of vine leaves, worked in the most exquisite embroidery. The corsage is nearly as high as to the throat, with a Sevigne drapery across the bust, and a deep frill ornament, forming a V., at the back and the front; this trimming is laid in very small plaits, and finished at the edge by a very narrow lace. The sleeves, a l'embecille, are finished at the wrists by a ruffle, ascending towards the arm: a fichu of pink silk is tied round the throat. The hat is of white chip, trimmed under the brim

with ring-loops of pink and green striped ribbon, and an ornament of rich blond, en evantail, on the right side, under the brim the crown is adorned by puffs of the same ribbon, and branches of green foliage :-strings of striped ribbon float over the shoulders.

CARRIAGE-DRESS.-A pelisse of oriental-green levantine, trimmed round the border, and down the front of the skirt, where it closes, imperceptibly underneath is a trimming of velvet, of a darker green. The body is made plain, with two pelerine capes, turning back, and edged round with velvet to correspond with that on the skirt. The sleeves are a la Donna Maria, and are finished at the wrists by a velvet cuff, pointed a l'Espagnole. A bonnet of pink gros de Naples is elegantly trimmed beneath the brim with white striped ribbon in a bandeau across the front, and a full rosette on each side; from these rosettes depend the strings, which float loose: the crown of the bonnet is ornamented with bows of white striped ribbon, with very long loops.

CURSORY REMARKS ON THE LAST FRENCH FASHIONS.

A new material, called Gros de Chine, is much admired for pelisses and walking dresses; it is a mixture of silk and stuff, and warm and appropriate to the winter: pelisses of this kind are trimmed with twisted fringe, shaded in various colors, to correspond with the Cachemire patterns, with which the ground of the dress is figured, Pelisses of Indian Cachemire are also much admired; the color that of the shawls of this kind, in general, a cream-color, trimmed with narrow bordering of different colors, in shawl patterns: these latter pelisses are lined throughout with white gros de Naples, discovering a petticoat of the same silk. The newest wadded silk and satin pelisses have the sleeves much tighter at the smaller part of the arm than heretofore. Five bias folds are carried up from the wrist to the bend of the arm, and have a very graceful effect.

Hats of satin are very much in vogue,-they are most admired when white; and, with a plume of feathers, are worn in carriages at the Boi de Boulogne. Many bonnets are seen of striped satin, the stripes very narrow; on hats, the stripe

are broad. The favorite way of ornamenting hats for the public walks, is by two bouquets of different kinds of flowers, packed very close together, into a round ball; these are named bouquets a la princesse : one is placed in front of the crown, the other beneath the brim, on the left side. Hats of Englishgreen satin are lined with white, and ornamented with white Dahlias hats of white satin are lined with rose-color, and have branches of roses placed on them; these hats have white blond at the edge of the brim, and are much admired as a head-dress for paying morning visits.

Dresses for dishabille are made of a mixture of silk and stuff; several ladies wear with them a pelerine of the same, with a broad trimming all round: the corsages of these dresses are made quite plain; and the skirts, instead of being gathered full round the waist, are laid in large flat plaits. Muslin dresses are embroidered in large detatched bouquets, and are chiefly seen at friendly evening parties: a muslin flounce surrounds the border, set on in a festoon, and where it is caught up is a bouquet, embroidered on the vacant space. The flounce is headed by seven or eight very narrow military braidings of white satin: the sleeves are short, and en beret ; the corsage is trimmed with Mechlin lace. White crape and gauze dresses, embroidered in colors, are expected to be very fashionable this winter for balls and evening parties. Cachemire and reps silk are favorite marerials for dresses at the theatres. Chintz is much worn, not only in home costume, but at the Opera-Buffa, and other public spectacles.

Dress hats are of white gros de Naples, ornamented with long drooping feathers, of the willow kind. The berets are of an oval form, and are of colored crape; they are ornamented with a white plumage of the heron, forming a half arch, or two esprits disposed in a V. The head-dresses in hair are unornamented; and dress caps are in general favor. Ringlets are much admired in the disposal of the hair; and when flowers are added, they are placed among them, with long stalks, and the hair is platted on the summit of the head, and wound together en corbeille, in this is implanted the stalks of the flowers, some of which bend over the ringlets in front, and others are entwined among the other curls.

The colors most in request are blue, cream-color, rose, pearlgrey, English (foresters') green, cherry-color, and yellow.

AN ELEGY, WRITTEN ON THE LAST DAY OF AUGUST.

Hard by yon copse that skirts the flow'ry vale,
As late I walked to taste the evening breeze,
A plaintive murmur mingled in the gale,

And notes of sorrow echoed through the trees.

Touched by the sound, I nearer drew,

But my rude step increased the cause of pain;
Soon o'er my head the whirring partridge flew,
Alarmed; and with her flew an infant train.

But short the excursion; for unused to play,
Feebly the unfledged wings th' essay could make :
The parent, sheltered by the closing day,

Lodged her young covey in a neighbouring brake.

Her cradling pinions there she amply spread,
And hushed th' affrighted family to rest;
But still the late alarm suggested dread,

And closer to their feath'ry friend they pressed.

She, wretched parent! doomed to various woe,
Felt all a mother's hope-a mother's care;
With grief foresaw the dawn's impending blow,
And to avert it thus performed her prayer :-
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"Oh Thou, who e'en the sparrow doth befriend!
Whose providence protects the harmless wren;
Thou, God of Birds! these innocents defend
From the vile sport of unrelenting men;

"For soon as dawn shall dapple yonder skies,
The slaughtering gunner, with the tube of fate,
While the dire dog the faithless stubble tries,

Shall persecute our tribe with annual hate.

“O may the sun, unfanned by cooling gale, Parch with unusual heat th' undewy ground; So shall the pointer's wonted cunning fail,

So shall the sportsman leave my babes unfound.

"Then shall I fearless guide them to the mead; Then shall I see with joy their plumage grow; Then shall I see (fond thought!) their future breed, And every transport of a parent know.

"But if some victim must endure the dart,

And fate marks out that victim from my race, Strike, strike the leaden vengeance through this heart! Spare-spare my babes! and I the death embrace !"

CONSOLATION IN CAPTIVITY.

When friends proved false, and in a prison's gloom
My debtors drove me by their harsh decree,
What was it shed a halo round my doom?
The resignation, dearest wife, of thee.

When head and heart were overcharged with woe,
You smiled and bid me look for better days;
I felt some pleasure in my bosom glow,
For you alone my spirits then could raise.

Those days are past, and happiness again
Has in our humble dwelling found repose;
Ambition never more shall give us pain!

Content shall be our lot till life shall close.