MONTHLY CALENDAR OF FASHION.

NEVER, we believe, was the art of dress more studied than at the present time. The rapidity of traveling, by sea or by land, affords us the advantage of quickly procuring the most elegant fashions of every clime and nation. Peace lends her assistance by supplying us in safety with these varieties. At a short distance from town, dresses may be sent for in the morning, and arrive early enough in the evening for the concert, the ball, or splendid eveningparty.

Among the novelties we have seen for out-door costume, is a beautiful pelisse of rich gros de Naples, of slate-color. It is made en tunique, but longer than tunics are in general. It has a very broad hem, headed by a narrow rouleau-binding; and down each side, which forms the false tunic in front, is a bias fold, narrower than the hem. The body is made plain, without collar or cape, that finishing ornament being supplied by one of fine India muslin, richly embroidered. The sleeves are, we are sorry to say, more à l'imbecille than we have yet seen If the weather is cold, all the

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additional covering to a dress which, were it not for the sleeves, would betruly elegant, is a short scarf, of real Cachemire of a bright amber-color: but that signifies little, since we were convinced by our own eyes, that the fair wearer, and "fair she was, indeed, and lovely," could take her capacious sleeves, and wrap them over her chest, guarding herself from all the chill effects of the autumnal night air. Cachemire shawls are as general envelopes, as they were in the last month. The pelisses are no longer seen trimmed with ruches; and ruffs are not much worn: a collar, or a pelerine of embroidered tulle, trimmed with lace, is now preferred; these are fastened in front with a bow of riband. Clokes of gros de Naples have capes, and scarcely one is now seen with a hood.

The bonnets have again changed their color. The new ones are of touterellecolor, slate, milk-chocolate, or Hortensia; the latter hue is rendered more gay by the addition of ribands of a bright jonquil. Bonnets of white gros de Naples are now confined to the carriage; they are finished at the edge of the brim by a deep blond. Other bonnets have been seen in carriages of a celestial-blue,

trimmed with yellow gauze ribands, on which are painted clouds of scarlet and light green.

At evening-parties, young persons wear dresses of figured crape, made with a very broad hem, headed by a ruche: the body is à l'enfant, and the sleeves are short. Dresses of slate-colored and of puce gros de Naples are much in request; these have the corsage à la Sevigné, and the sleeves long. Plaid silks of dark and rich hues are worn in home costume, and in half-dress: the fine Merino is an article much in favor for home attire; these dresses are made only partially high; the body is plain, and the border of the skirt finished by broad bias folds. Satin dresses, especially those of the gossamer kind, are becoming very general; we have seen a dress of this kind, trimmed at the border with double bias folds of white satin; the dress itself was of a lavendercolor a pelerine of the same material, trimmed round with white satin, was worn with the dress; it was left open in front, and surmounted by a ruff of blond. The sleeves were not too wide, and wefe surmounted by mancherons slashed after the Spanish fashion, the slashings filled in by white satin.

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The puffs of hair, when ladies wear no coiffure, are very long, and some ladies wear corkscrew ringlets. Blond caps ornamented with ribands or flowers are very prevalent, as are turbans of gauze, both white and colored. These caps are made in a most elegant style, with the borders turned back, and the flowers or ribands lying on the hair. The caps worn in home dishabille are smaller, and more simply trimmed; the ribands are on the left side under the chin, and the borders, either of blond or thread lace, rest on the hair; they are, however, placed very backward, and the hair, which is much shewn, ought to be particularly well arranged. A very favorite ornament on the head at evening-parties, especially if a lady has dark hair, is a large fullblown damask-rose, placed on the right side, rather backward.

The favorite colors for pelisses, dresses, and clokes, are Spanish-brown, slatecolor, sage-green, London-smoke, lavender, and milk-chocolate; for hats, bonnets, and turbans, Hortensia, tourterelle, celestial-blue, geranium, and yellow.

THE Parisian ladies continue to dress with taste and elegance. Their fashions are occasionally imitated by our belles, and they sometimes condescend to borrow from us in their turn.

Satin hats are most admired when of English green; they are lined with white, and ornamented with white dahlias. White chip hats are seldom seen now in the public walks, but prevail much at the theatres, where the demi-parure style only is required. There are now two materials used for out-door head-coverings by the fashion-mongers; the first of which the bonnets are composed, is of striped

gauze, the stripes in satin, and very narTow; the second is of satin with very broad stripes. Bouquets, made up round, are favorite ornaments on hats. Two of them are placed on one hat; one in the front of the crown, the other beneath the brim, over the left temple. Straw bonnets, à l'Anglaise, are yet in request.

White dresses still prevail, either in muslin or organdy. Cachemire dresses are worn in evening costume, and chintzes are very general. The sleeves are very wide at the upper part of the arm, but gradually become narrower from the clbow to the wrist. Satin dresses

have generally the addition of a pelerine of the same material; when the color of the dress is light, the pelerine is trimmed round with broad black lace. An organdy dress has lately been completed for a lady of distinction: it is embroidered over in bouquets of rose-buds, shaded after nature, in floize silk. Above the broad hem is a wreath of roses, whence escape branches of green foliage, which, crossing the hem diagonally, diminish gradually as they approach the feet.

Dress hats are of white gros de Naples, with very low crowns; they are ornamented with white drooping feathers. The berets are of an oval form, and one of this shape in pink gauze has been much admired: a white heron's plume was placed on it, forming a semi-circle Another beret of blue crape is very tasteful; it is ornamented with two esprits, disposed in the form of a V. Head-dresses in hair are chiefly worn without any ornament, while dress-caps are in high favor.

BIRTHS.

SONS to the ladies Mary Ross and Jane Peel, to the countess Visconti and the lady Frances Bankes, and to the wives of the rev. J. Birkett, Mr. C. B. Baldwin, Mr. J. M. Bence, Mr. H. White, M.P., Mr. J. B. Praed, the lieutenant-colonels Wilson and Swinton, captain Mansell, Mr. Francis Barlow, Mr. W. C. Bingley of Brompton, and Mr. Edward Heilbron. Daughters to lady Emily Pusey and lady Cornewall, to the lady of the bishop of Barbadoes, and to the wives of the rev. D. R. Murray, the rev. H. W. Beauchamp, the rev. T. C. Glyn, major R. C. Pollock, Dr. Henry Ronald, Mr. G. Baillie of Jervis-wood, captain G. Baker of the navy, Mr. H. M. Bunbury, and Mr. John Turner Ramsay.

MARRIAGES.

The second son of admiral Sir James Saumarez, to the youngest daughter of the late colonel Vassall; and the rev. Mr. Henslowe, to the eldest daughter.

The hon. colonel Bathurst, to Miss Julia Hankey.

Mr. J. Searle, junior, to a niece of the late earl of Shrewsbury.

The rev. James Penfold, to Miss Mary Brown of Streatham.

Mr. W. White, junior, of Tulse-hill, to Miss Eliza Grant of Cheapside.

Mr. C. Runciman, to Elizabeth, daughter of captain P. G. King, of the

Mrs. Hele, daughter of the late bishop Horne.

The wife of Mr. Davenport, M. P. Lady Isabella, wife of captain Cust. The widow of Mr. P. Gresley, of the county of Worcester.

In his 79th year, Mr. William Hunt, of Petersham, who bequeathed above £240,000 chiefly to charitable institutions.

Mr. W. Stewart, auctioneer.

Mr. T. Dax, junior, of Bedford-Row. Mr. Hamilton, author of the new system of philological education.

Dr. R. Robertson. Mr. A. Angelo, in his 83rd year. By an accident on the road near Reigate, Mr. Alexander Morris, coal-merchant.

Ba suicidal act, Mr. John Finney, distinguished by his skill in modeling. Mr. Robert Fisher, of the Elephant and Castle, Newington.

At Shrewsbury, in her 19th year, Miss Laura Matilda Loxdale.

Captain James Bradley, of the navy. Mr. J. B. Lane, of Barbadoes, and his second son.

Lavinia's tale is also inadmissible.

GOOD AND EVIL.

In the religious creed of the ancient Persians, two principles, considered as inferior deities, were supposed to divide the world, and to impel or influence mankind to a diversity of conduct. These were the good and evil principles, to which the Supreme Being gave free agency. By a similar mode of reasoning, drawn from the actual view of human conduct, modern philosophers and divines attribute the occasional prevalence of good or of evil to the force of reason on one hand, and, on the other, to the impulse of passion.

It is a natural supposition, that human beings, who are endowed with reason, should generally act in consequence of some motive. It then becomes a fair ground of inquiry, whether their motives lead more to good than to evil. With regard to the former case, the following points and circumstances may be stated. Reason, when it is not improperly influenced, approves the right, and condemns the wrong; and we may therefore conclude, that, when any one deviates from the line of apparent duty, he acts against his conscience, his judgement, and his knowlege. We are also taught by experience, that good actions are usually profitable, and that bad ones are not merely disadvantageous, but pernicious. Here the innate love of happiness joins with experience, and prompts us to pursue that which is both right and expedient, just and useful. Education likewise, in every civilised community, gives men a good bent, as even the most

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ignorant instructors teach their pupils to prefer virtue to vice. The desire of obtaining applause or reputation, and the fear of incurring disgrace or punishment, have a similar tendency. Natural affection also, love of parents and relatives, and a regard for our benefactors, stimulate us to render ourselves useful and agreeable to them; and we cannot easily effect this purpose without exercising the social and civil duties of life. Religion has great efficacy in the promotion of the same object, as it urges us at once by the desire of pleasing our Creator, and by a dread of that indignation which our disobedience to his will might provoke, and which might crush, by signal punishment, all our hopes of future happiness.

Let us now view the other side of the picture. What, it may be asked, are the motives to the commission of evil or the perpetration of wickedness?

When virtue consists, as it does in some cases, in undergoing present inconvenience, while the pleasure which it yields does not immediately appear, it operates less forcibly than vice on the feelings of many, because the latter brings a ready gratification of some kind, and is not attended with any sudden ill consequence or speedy disaster. The passions, when they are not regulated by reason, eagerly avoid the sense of pain or uneasiness, and seek present pleasure, regardless of its eventual consequences. Being assailed by various temptations from external objects, they are induced to give way, without listening to the voice

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