SECOND BALL DRESS. 5. A dress of bird of Paradise coloured crape over satin to correspond, Corsage en cœur cut rather high, the lappel forming points on the shoulders. Very short beret sleeve. The trimming of the skirt is French-grey gauze riband, arranged in a flat wreath of foliage, which is traversed by a row of leaves the colour of the dress. The hair is arranged in full curls at the sides of the face, and low round bows on the summit of the head. Knots of the tulip shape, coinposed of cut riband, are intermixed with the bows. Ear-rings and necklace of burnished gold. of FULL DRESS. A rose-coloured velvet dress corsage à la Sevigné, cut square, rather high, and bordered with narrow blonde lace, which stands up round the bust. Long sleeve gaze de Paris, over a white satin under sleeve; it is confined just above the elbow by a band and knot of rose-coloured gauze riband; the lower part, which sits close to the arm, is ornamented by rose-coloured bands placed in demi losange, from the wrist to the elbow; the epaulettes are points of rose-coloured velvet, edged with blonde lace. Ceinture of figured velvet; a single rouleau of a deeper shade than the dress, borders the hem. Rose-coloured velvet hat; the crown is low, and of a melon shape, the brim is ornamented on the inside with white blonde lace,arranged en étoile. Ostrich feathers drooping in different directions adorn the crown. Ear-rings, et cetera, pearls. OPERA DRESS. A white satin dress, the corsage cut high in the centre of the bosom, but low on the shoulders and behind; it is ornamented en revers with blond lace at the sides and round the back of the bust, the centre of which is trimmed with a ruche à la neige, of blond net. Short béret sleeve covered with a triple row of blond lace, which falls very low. The outer dress is an open pelisse-robe of crimson velvet, lined with blue satin; it is made sleeves. The béret, composed of lavender en peignoir, except that it has short loose bloom-coloured velvet, is placed very far back upon the head, and ornamented with two white ostrich feathers, one placed at the bottom of the crown, the other under the brim. EVENING DRESS. A white satin dress, the corsage cut low and square, is ornamented with a fold of satin, open on the shoulders, rather deep behind, and lightly festooned in the centre of the bosom by a bouquet of flowers; béret sleeves, finished en manchette, with blond lace, arranged so as to fall in a point below the elbow. The ceinture is a band of or mat, fastened by a burnished gold buckle. The skirt is trimmed round the border with festoons of gold fringe, the point of each festoon is adorned with a bouquet of wild flowers mixed with ears of gold corn. The hair is very much divided on the forehead, and dressed in full curls at the sides of the face: it is arranged in two round bows on the summit of the head, and a soft braid, which is twisted round the bows. A light bouquet of flowers is inserted in the braid, and a gold comb is placed behind. Pearl ear-rings; gold neck-chain. The following quaint inscription may be read on a tablet in one of the cloisters of Westminster Abbey: With diligence and trust most exemplary Art maketh some, but thus will nature all. Obit. Dec. 28, 1621, Ætatis Suæ 29. ARCHIVES OF THE COURT OF ST. JAMES'S AND FASHIONABLE NOTICES. THE KING'S LEVEE. On the 23d of February his Majesty held his first Levee for the season, at his Palace in St. James's. A Guard of Honour attended in the Palace-yard, and a detachment of Life Guards in the Great Court-yard; the Bands of the two Regiments played alternately during the afternoon. The King entered the State 'Apartments about two o'clock, and gave audiences in the Royal Closet to the Field Officer in Waiting and to the Officer of the Guard, who made a Report to the King of the effective state of the three Regiments of Foot Guards. His Majesty gave audiences to the Prince of Orange, Prince Talleyrand, the French ambassador, the Marquis de Santo Amaro, the Brazilian Minister, and Count Moltke, the Danish Minister: the three latter delivered letters from their Sovereigns to the King. Afterwards his Majesty gave audiences toEarl Grey, Viscount Althorpe, the Duke of Northumberland, the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Goderich, Lord Hill, the Marquis of Winchester, Sir George Nayler, Mr. Forester, the Duke of Devonshire, Visct. Melbourne, Lord Palmerston, and Lord Stuart de Rothsay, upon his return from his Embassy to the Court of France. The Hon. General Grey, attended by Earl Grey, had an audience of his Majesty, who was pleased to confer the Grand Cross of the Order of Hanover upon him. Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Maitland, K.C.B., attended by Sir George Nayler, had an audience, when the King was pleased to invest him with the insignia of Knight Commander of the Bath. His Majesty, attended by Lord Byron, as Lord in Waiting, and Mr. Forester, as Groom, then held his Levee, commencing with those who have the privilege of the Entrée, which was attended by Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland, Sussex, and Gloucester; the Prince of Orange; the French, Russian, Austrian, Netherlands, and Brazilian Ambassadors; the Prussian, Spanish, Danish, Swedish, Sardinian, Neapolitan, American, Bavarian, Wirtemberg, and Austrian (Baron de Wesenburgh), Ministers; the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires, the Archbishops of Canterbury and York, the Lord Chancellor, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal; the Secre taries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Control, the Lord Chamberlain, the Lord Steward, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard; Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting; the Master General of the Ordnance, the Secretary of State for Ireland, the Chief Commissioner of the Woods and Forests, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Secretary at war, the Vice-Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Vice-Chancellor, the King's Advocate, the AttorneyGeneral, the Solicitor-General, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Judge of the Admiralty, the Lord Mayor, Mr. Sheriff Poland, Mr. Sheriff Marshall, Mr. Under Sheriff Willoughby; Sir Astley Cooper, Sergeant-Surgeon to the King; Sir Martin Archer Shee, President of the Royal Academy; the Rev. Samuel Smith, Chaplain to the Lord Mayor; and the Rev. G. J. Brookes, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Poland. At the General Levee were Dukes-Gordon, Devonshire, Grafton, Wellington, Dorset, Northumberland, St. Albans, Richmond. Marquisses-Clanricarde, Salisbury, Thomond, Winchester, Camden, Londonderry, Lansdowne. Earls Rosebery, Gower, Belfast, Wicklow, Bandon, Mayo, Winchilsea, Ossory, Plymouth, Radnor, Verulam, Uxbridge, Brecknock, Sheffield, Carlisle, Spencer, Waldegrave, Denbigh, Amherst, Aberdeen, Macclesfield, Rosslyn, Clarendon, Essex, Bathurst, Westmoreland, Stanhope, Euston. Viscounts-Deerhurst, Bernard, Bolingbroke, Holmesdale, Boyle, Frankfort, Hawarden, Boringdon, Beresford, Maynard, Duncannon. Lords-Tullamore, Mayhon, Teynham, Stanley, Byron, Garlies, Hotham, Manners, Rendlesham, W. Fitzroy, J. S. Churchill, Prudhoe, F. L. Gower, W. Hervey, J. O'Brien, Stuart de Rothsay, Auckland, Ellenborough, Maryborough. Counts-Morner, Du Monceau, Craquen bourg. Barons-Ralamb, Linsingen. Right Honourables-Sir C. Robinson, Sir G. Murray, Sturges Bourne, G. Stanley, C. Grant, J. Herries, C. Arbuthnot. Honourables-Henry Windsor, C. Forrester, Blayney, M.P., Prittie, M.P., Baron Dimsdale, J. Turnour, Lieutenant-General Ramsay, T. Dundas, Major Fane, W. H. Hare, J. Westenra, Colonel A. Ellis, Captain Elliot, Rev. H. C. Cust, W. Temple. Bishops-London, Luscombe, Bristol, Chichester. Dean of Carlisle. Archdeacon Headlam. Rev. Doctors-Spry, Symons. Rev. Messrs-M. Irving, Samuel Smith, J. R. Wood, Hon. F. Hotham, G. T. Brookes, Sir W. H. Cooper, Bart., W. H. Roberts, E. Bury, A. Bouverie, D. F. Hatton, V. K. Child, R. H. Barhame, B. Bray, J. T. Trevelyan, T. Barne, F. T. Connell, H. Harvey, J. M. Halsey. Doctors-Gordon, Gibney. Sirs-M. A. Shee, Astley Cooper, Bart., P. Grey Egerton, W. Chatterton, W. Geary, F. Gibbons, G. Staunton, M.P., E. C. De ring, J. Shelley, Thomas Hesketh, Bart., James Shaw, Bart.. G. Chetwynd, M. S. Stewart, C. Hulse, Bart., M.P., G. Shee, C. Morgan, Bart., R. Kennedy, J. Johnstone, E. Sugden, G. Nayler (Garter), C. Domville, W. Lumley, Herbert Jenner, H. Hardinge, Chevalier de Neumann-Alderman Hunter. Messieurs-S. March Phillipps, G. Lamb, C. Bradshaw, Brent, Sidney, Joshua Brookes, F. R. S., Greene, M.P., Burge, M.A., Taylor, B. Danvers, D. Radcliffe, Morgan Thomas, Firth, Cox, Bisse, Challoner, W. Rae Wilson, John Frost, F.A.S., Cooper Cooper, Compton, Harrison, Chapman W. Miles, H. Grape, Poore, Rowley Lascelles, Villiers, J. Norton, Culling Smith, George Hibbert, Brocas, C. G. Wynne, M.P., C. Dickins, Hurt Sitwell, Edmund Jerningham, H. Compton, J. Brogden, O'Brien, Backhouse, Bosanquet, S. Skinner, Kerte, C. Gore, J. T. Mayne, Harcourt, Tierney, Dewar, Platt, Wilmot Horton, Henry Baillie, Francis Baring, Tennyson, Spence, M.P., Miles, H. Tufnell, S. Platt, Hill, R.N., Gibbons, G. R. Smith, Long, Maberly, M.P., Herries, Jephson, M.P., Knowles, W. Camac, R. C. Mellish, Alcock, Maule, St. John Baker, C. Shakerley, O. Morgan, F. Ewerlof, Arthur Stanhope, Harris, Harford, Marshall, Sheriff Hulse, Bethell Walrond, Callander, Barrow, F. Fardell, M.P., Henry Clive, M.P., G. P. Constable, F. Dundas, John Bowden, Charles Bedingfield, W. J. Hamilton, Thornton, Raikes, Neil Malcolm, M.P., Barrow, P.C. Scarlett, Stanley. Admirals-Sir H. Blackwood, Sir R. Otway, Sir J. Whitshed, Sir J. Gore, Hon. Sir H. Hotham, Sir W. Hotham, Sir R. Keats, Digby, Sir F. Maitland, Murray, Schomberg, Sir G. Martin, Sir F. Laforey, Sir G. Hammond, Maling, Hardyman, Stuart, Sir G. Moore, Capel, Sir J. Hardy, Rodd, Lord Colville, Walker, G. Dundas, Maitland. Generals.-Sir C. Imhoff, Hon. R. Taylor, Sir W. Ingliss, Bayly, Wallis, Kearney, Walsh, Young, Nicolay, Sir T. Dallas, Sir H. Askew, Hon. Sir R. Dundas, Calcraft, Sir C. Dalbiac, Sir J. Buchan, Hardwicke, Wetherall, J. Campbell, O'Loghlen, Ellice, Gilmour, Sir R. Donkin, White, Ross, Champagne, Pigot, Sir J. Hamilton, Cookson, Sir T. Bowser, T. Hiddrington, Tolley, Sir R. Wilson, Sir R. Bolton, Sir H. Hardinge, Lord Beresford, Sir J. Quentin, Sir Alured Clarke, Grey. Colonels-Thornton, Harmer, Fremantle, Sir A. Dalrymple, Sir James Kempt, Le Couteur, Wynyard, Downman, Gibbs, Elphinstone, Higgins, Poten, Woodford, Sir C. Broke Vere, Lord Downes, Salwey, Tremenheere, Maberly, Crawford, Whinyates, Ellicombe, Yorke, Hon. G. Rice, Trevor, Latter, J. Michell, T. S. St. Clair, Buckley, Whatley, Couper, Sir G. Hoste, J. Wemyss, Lluellyn, Savage, Arbuthnot, Sir J. Hope, Stretton, Clitheroe, Anson, Campbell, Sir R. Hamilton, O'Reilly, Eden, J. W. F. Smith, Wedgwood, Sir Wm. Herries, Wilson, Blom, Sir H. Ross, Cardew, Daniell, Hugh Baille, Clayton, Douglas, Currey, Peddie. Commodore Ussher. Commanders-J. B. B. M'Hardy, Carter, Tomkins, G. Daniell, Ellice, Dalzell, W. Savage, Broughton, Russell, Elliot, Booth, Cotgrave, Frederick, Hon. J. Maude, J. Forster, Bagwell, Gilbert. Captains, R.N.-Bowles, Williams, G. Lloyd, Sir G. Westphal, Saurin, W. Hotham, Wilson, D. Pring, Lysaght, Mulcaster, P. Wallis, Kirby, W. A. Montague, H. A. Elliot, W. Butterfield, Hon. H. Duncan, Chads, D. P. Bouverie, Austen, S. S. Coffin, H. Hume Spence, Beechey, Dundas, Hon. J. A. Maude, Sir T. Fellowes, H. Smith, Rainier, W. Forbes, O. V. Harcourt, Sir John Louis, Ferguson, Usher, Hotham, Drinkwater, Sir J. B. Pechell, J. W. Roberts. Captains-Cates, Hulse, Hill, Finucane, Elliot, Boyd, Pearse, C. Dalrymple, Carter, Garsten, Harcourt, W. Wood, Clements, "Kemmis, Leech, E. F. Fletcher, "Hohen, Todd, Harvey, Riley, G. Calcraft, Verner, Mahon, P. Hart, Dyke, Sullivan, Aylmer, Estridge. Lieutenants, R. N.-Butterfield, G. F. Westbrook, J. F. C. Wylde, C. Short, J. W. Nott, A. Reed, A. P. Le Neve, T. Ross, G. P. Eyre. Lieutenants.-G. Malcolm, Trevelyan, Dundas, C. Stoddart, Moody, Dashwood, Rogers, R. J. Hulse, C. A. Lewis, R. C. Moody, Dupuis, Robe, W. E. Robertson, Shee, R. G. Parnther., Ensign F. Rawlins. The following had the honour of being presented : The Duke of Gordon,' with an Address from the inhabitants of Bristol, accompanied by the Bishop of Bristol, the Recorder, the Members for Bristol, and other Gentle men. Mr. Burge, as Agent for Jamaica, with an Address of Condolence and Congratulation to his Majesty from the Assembly of that Island, accompanied by the Earl of Dudley, Viscount St. Vincent, Lord Seaford, Sir A. C. Grant, Bart., M. P., Sir W. H. Cooper, Bart., G. Watson Taylor, M.P.. W. Dickenson, M. P., Philip J. Miles, M.P., W. Miles, M. P., Neill Malcolm, M.P., Mr. John Mitchell, and Mr. George Hibbert. Mr. John Thomas Mayne, with a Loyal and Constitutional Address to his Majesty from thirty of the County Magistrates, the Dignified Clergy, and 13,525 inhabitants of Wiltshire, by Viscount Melbourne. The Marquis of Salisbury, on his appointment to be Major of Yeomanry, by the Earl of Verulam. Mr.W. Rae Wilson, by General Wetherall, Comptroller of the Household of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent. Sir J. Shaw, Bart., Chamberlain of London, by the Duke of Sussex. Sir T. Hesketh, Bart., Colonel of the '3d Royal Lancashire Militia, by Sir J. Shelley, Dr. Gordon, Deputy Inspector of Hospitals, by the Duke of Gordon. The Bishop of Bristol, by the Bishop of Chichester. Vice Admiral Sir Robert Otway, on being appointed Groom of the Bedchamber, by the Marquis of Winchester. Mr. Joshua Brookes, on his return from the Continent. The Earl of Bandon, on coming to his title, by the Earl of Mayo. Rev. Dr. Spry, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rev. M. Irving, on his re-appointment as Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, by the Marquis of Camden. The Earl of Wicklow, by the Earl of Aberdeen. The Hon. Baron Dimsdale, on his appointment to be Captain of Yeomanry, by the Earl of Verulam. Rev. G. T. Brookes, Chaplain to Mr. Sheriff Poland, by Mr. Poland. Earl of Winchilsea, on being appointed to the command of the East Kent Yeomanry, by the Marquis of Camden. Hon. Mr. Blayney, M.P., by Sir Andrew Barnard. Viscount Hawarden, by the Marquis of Ely. Hon. Mr. Turnour, by Earl Anilerst. Mr. Archdeacon Headlum, by the Bishop of London. Viscount Bolingbroke, by the Earl of Clarendon. Rev. Thomas Barne, on his re-appointment as Chaplain in Ordinary to his Majesty, by Mr. Arbuthnot. Viscount Boyle, by the Earl of Bandon. Mr. Burge, on his appointment as Agent for Jamaica, by Viscount Goderich. The Lord Advocate of Scotland, by the Lord Chancellor. Rev. J. T. Connell, by the Earl of Mayo. Count Morner, by the Swedish Minister. Mr. Greene, M.P., by the Earl of Northesk. Sir John Shelley, by Sir Thomas Hesketh. Right Rev. Bishop Luscombe, by the Bishop of London. Sir John Johnstone, by the Archbishop of York. Rev. Dr. Symons, Chaplain to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, by Sir Robert Price, Bart. Sir R. Kennedy, on permission to accept the Order of the Tower and Sword, by General Sir J. Doyle. Sir Charles Hulse, Bart., M.P., by Sir Andrew Barnard. Sir George Chetwynd, by Earl Howe. Viscount Holmesdale, Captain of the Sevenoaks Troop of West Kent Yeomanry, by Marquis Camden. Hon. William Henry Hare, by Lieutenant-Colonel Whatley. Dr. Gibney, Physician to the Sussex County Hospital, by the Bishop of Chi chester. Viscount Bernard, by the Earl of Bandon. Rev. Daniel Finch Hatton, on being appointed one of his Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary, by the Earl of Winchilsea. Rev. W. H. Roberts, by Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore. Captain Kemmis, Grenadier Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Woodford. Captain Harvey, Coldstream Guards, on appointment, by Colonel Thornton, Aid-deCamp to the King. Lieutenant G. F. Westbrook, R.N., by the Hon. Admiral Dundas. Captain Carter, R.A., by Sir A. Dickson. Captain Garstin, Bengal Engineers, by Sir H. Fellowes, R.N. Captain W. Wood, by Colonel Wood. Mr. Tennyson, on being appointed Clerk of the Ordnance, by the Duke of Sussex. Mr. Spence, M.P., by the Vice-Chancellor. Major-Gen. the Hon. Sir R. L. Dundas, on promotion, by Lord Hill. Mr. Gibbons, by Sir John Gibbons. Mr. Henry Tufnell, on his marriage, by Lord Goderich. Lieut.-General Calcraft, by the Right Hon. John Calcraft. Mr. Miles, by the Duke of Gordon. Major-Gen. Sir C. Dalbiac, on being appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order, by Lord Hill. Mr. G. R. Smith, by the D. of Richmond. Mr. Henry Baillie, by Colonel Baillie. Mr. Harris, by Viscount Melbourne. Major-Gen. Sir H. Askew, by Lord Hill. Mr. Octavius Morgan, by Sir C, Morgan. Mr. C. Shakerley, by Sir W. Fremantle. Mr. Dewar, by Lord Portmore. Rear-Admiral Sir F. Maitland, K.C.B., by Sir James Graham, Bart. Mr. Long, by the Earl of Northesk. Mr. Maberly, M.P., by the Duke of Richmond. Mr. Knowles, by his father, Admiral Sir C. Knowles, Bart., G.C.B. Vice-Admiral Hon. Sir H. Hotham, on his nomination to the Mediterranean command, by Sir J. Graham. Admiral Murray (of the white), by Sir J. Graham. Mr. Alcock, by Col, Wood, Mr. Maul, by Lord Mayo. Lient.-Col. Peddie, on appointment to 31st Regiment, by Lord Hill. Mr. W. Carac, by Admiral Rodd. Commander Russell Eliott, by the Hon. Vice-Admiral Fleming. Major-General Kearney, on his promotion, by General Loftus. Mr. John Bowden, by Capt. Montagu, Major-Gen. Young, on promotion, by Col. Sir A. Dickson, K.C.B. Col. Latter, on promotion, by Major-Gen. Hardwicke. Lieut.-Col. the Hon. George Rice Trevor, on his appointment to the command of the Royal Carmarthen Militia. Lieut.-Col. Maberley, on being appointed Surveyor-General of the Ordnance, by Sir J. Kempt, Mr. Bethell Walrond, on his marriage, by the Earl of Rosslyn, Lieut.-Col.Yorke, on being appointed Aidde-Camp to the Master-General of the Ordnance, by Sir J. Kempt. Mr. Henry Clive, M.P., by Lord Clive. Mr. Frederick Dundas, by the Hon. RearAdmiral Dundas. Lieut.-Gen. Cookson, on his promotion and return from the Continent. Mr. Bosanquet, Sub-Governor, South Sea Company, by Lord Bexley, Lieut.-Col. Cowper, on being appointed Secretary to the Master-General of the Ordnance, by Sir J. Kempt. Colonel Tremenheere, on being appointed one of his Majesty's Aides-de-Camp, by Sir James Graham. Mr. S. March Phillips, on his re-appointment as Under Secretary of State, by Lord Melbourne, Colonel Douglas, Aid-de-Camp to the King, on his return from Canada, by the Duke of Wellington. Mr. Harcourt, by the Archbishop of York. Mr. Harrison, by Sir A. D'Este. Lieut.-Gen. Bayly Wallis, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir W. Gordon. Maj.-Gen. Nicolay, by Viscount Goderich. Mr. J. Brogden, by Viscount Palmerston, Mr. Villiers, by Colonel Thornton, Mr. Brocas, by Sir C. Hunter, Mr. John Norton, by Lord Hill, Mr. Chapman, by Lord Downes. Mr. Butler Danvers, on his appointment as High Sheriff for Leicestershire, by the Right Hon. Sir W, H. Fremantle. Mr. Henry Compton, by Col. Woodford, Mr. Compton, by the Earl of Errol, Mr. Morgan Thomas, by Colonel Wood, on his return from abroad. Major Ryan, on promotion, by Lord Hill. Commander W. Savage, by Sir James Graham. Mr. Hulse, by Sir Charles Hulse. Mr. Harford, by the Duke of Gordon, Mr. Samuel Skinner, by Sir G. Staunton. Commander Broughton, on his return from the coast of Africa by Sir J. Graham. Commander J. B B. M'Hardy, by ViceAdmiral Hon. C. Fleeming. Commander Dalzell, by the Earl of Rosebery. Commander Bagwell, on his promotion and return from South America, by Sir G. H. Rose, M. P. Commander G. Daniell, on his promotion, by Lord Harris. Commander Carter, by Sir J. Graham. Lieut.-Colonel Thornton, on his promotion, by Colonel Thornton. Colonel Sir James Hope, on promotion. Lieut.-Colonel T. Wemyss, by the Adjututant-General, on being appointed to the Staff in Ireland. Lieut.-Colonel Anson, on his marriage, by Lord Anson. Lieut.-Colonel Eden, on promotion, by Lieut.-Gen. Sir James Kempt. Col. Campbell, by the Duke of Gordon. Lieut. Colonel Wedgewood, on promotion, by Colonel Keate. Lieut.-Colonel Blom, by the Swedish Minister. Colonel Sir H. Ross, by Colonel Sir Adolphus Dalrymple. Lieut.-Colonel Cardew, at Guernsey, by Sir Alexander Bryce. Lieut.-Colonel Clayton, by General Sir George Nugent. Major Deedes, by the Marquis Camden, Captain George Lloyd, by the Earl of Cawdor. Captain Sir John Brooke Pechell on being appointed one of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by Sir James Graham. |