same material. White satin hat, a long brim descending very low at the sides, and the interior trimmed en bonnett with flowers, ribbons, and blond lace; long drooping sprigs of flowers adorn the crown. YOUNG LADIES' DRESS.-Black velvet pelisse, trimmed with swansdown and braiding. Pink satin bonnet of moderate size, ornamented with white feathers. Cambric pantaloons, flounced with the same material. EVENING DRESS.-White satin under-dress; open robe of striped brocade, with a low corsage and stomacher front. Maintenon sleeves. The robe is trimmed down the front and round the border with English point lace; the ruffles and trimming of the bosom correspond. Head-dress, a bonnet à la Suisse, trimmed with lappets of the same, and tufts of flowers. REMARKS ON THE PREVAILING PARIS FASHIONS. Winter has set in with all its rigour, but that is of little consequence to our élégantes, who, occupied with the grand dinners, balls, and fêtes that are always given in the commencement of the winter, have deserted the promenades. Novelty in out-door costume is consequently out of the question, when we say that our fair fashionables are enveloped in velvet or satin mantles, which are trimmed and sometimes lined with fur, that their busts are defended by a large fur palatine, their hands doubly shielded by fur cuffs, and a muff, and their pretty faces guarded by a large wadded bonnet, which completely meets under the chin, we have said all that can be said of out-door dress. Full dress never exhibited greater splendour; it has, however, one great fault, that of being, generally speaking, too heavy it is often overloaded with ornaments, in addition to which, the enormous width of the skirts of robes, and their unbecoming length, has a most ungraceful effect. But we must not forget that our business is to describe, and not criticise: let us see, then, what we can find most worthy of the attention of our fair readers. Several dinner dresses for grand parties are of moire, rose of a deep shade, emerald green, and maize, are the favourite hues for them; they are made with the corsage tight to the shape, pointed, and cut very low round the bust, particularly on the back and shoulders, which are trimmed en collerette with deep blond lace. Short tight sleeves, decorated with blond sabots, looped either by jewelled ornaments, or knots of ribbon. In some instances the robe is trimmed round the bottom with a blond flounce, in others with one of the materials of the dress: in either case there is a heading, which forms a second but very narrow flounce. The most splendid material for fuli dress is white satin, striped in alternate large stripes, one thick, the other transparent, and figured with gold. We may cite, as the most splendid of those dresses, one recently worn by the Duchesse d'A The corsage was drooped à lu grecque, the drapery confined in the centre of the bosom by a diamond pin, forming an epis. Short tight sleeve, trimmed with gold blond ruffles; they are of a round form, and looped in front of each arm by a diamond agraffe. A flounce of gold blond lace, of the lightest and most transparent kind, decorated the border of the skit. Ball dresses are both of gauze and crape; the tunic form, though so long in vogue, seems to be preferred. One of the most elegant that we have seen is open on the side in a bias direction; it is of white crape, worn over a robe of white moire. Short sleeves, composed of three bouillons, formed by wreaths of white pinks and heath blossoms; the tunic was embroidered all round in a wreath of flowers to correspond. We have seen some white gauze tunics trimmed with gold or silver blond lace, and a few with a fringe of marabous. Besides toques and petits bords, both of which are in great favour, we see several dress hats of black and coloured velvet ; they are trimmed with two knots of ribbon figured at the edge, one of which is attached at the base of the flowers or feathers on the left side, the long floating ends fall over the brim. The other is placed on the right side, the top of the crown is decorated with a band of blond lace, set on with a little fulness, and kept in alinost a horizontal position by a very slight wire. In some instances this band is of real lace, or tulle de Soie. We may cite, among the prettiest hats that we have seen decorated with a band of this kind, one of white reps Indien, trimmed with a wreath of roses under the brim, and a sprig of them drooping from one side of the crown. Fashionable colours are various shades of grey and brown, all the full shades of red and green, violet, straw, light blue, and lilac. PAOLI, THE CORSICAN PATRIOT. Pascal de Paoli, the celebrated Corsican patriot, was born at Rostino, in 1726; in a romantic-situated house, of which the above is a correct view. He was the son of Hiacente Paoli, who, soon after the birth of his son, removed to Naples. Pascal was educated among the Jesuits, and at their college be made a rapid progress in his studies, and displayed an understanding equally solid and capacious. He appeared in so favourable a light to his countrymen, that he was unanimously chosen generalissimo, in a full assembly of the people, when he had attained the twenty-ninth year of his age. He began by re-modelling the laws of Corsica; and when the Genoese basely sold the island to the French monarch, Paoli remained firm in his determination of securing the independence of his country. In the war which ensued, the French were beaten; but a reinforcement having arrived, the Corsican patriots were overwhelmed, Paoli being left with only about five hundred men; these were, unfortunately, on one occasion, surrounded, but, though the French were anxious to secure the person of their chief, Paoli succeeded in cutting a way for himself and little band through the ranks of his enemies. As resistance was now in vain, he escaped to L. 38. 1. G England, where he was received with feelings of admiration and respect. He was introduced at court, and the Duke of Grafton, then prime minister, obtained for him a pension of 1200l. a year, which he liberally shared with his companions in exile. From this time he lived a retired life, devoting himself chiefly to the cultivation of elegant literature. During his retirement, which lasted more than twenty years, he was introduced to Dr. Johnson, by Mr. Boswell, and lived in habits of intimacy with that great man; much of their conversation is recorded in Boswell's life of Johnson. On the breaking out of the French revolution he repaired to Paris, and soon after embarked for Corsica, now named one of the departments, where he was promoted to the rank of Commander-in-Chief, and President of the department. He was, however, not quite contented; he was ambitious of seeing Corsica wholly independent, and this being also the wish of his countrymen, Paoli was declared a traitor by the French government. On this, he resolved upon an expedient, which, though it was a renunciation of independence, promised to secure all the advantages of real liberty; this was an union of Corsica with the Crown of Great Britain: after effecting which he returned to England. Having lost all his property by the failure of a mercantile house at Leghorn, he was compelled to pass the remainder of his life in great privacy. He died in London, February the 5th, 1807, aged eighty-one. Few foreigners, however distinguished, have been so much caressed, in England, as General Paoli; by living in habits of familiarity with men of letters, his name and exploits acquired high celebrity; and Goldsmith, Johnson, and many others equally eminent, although differing in every thing else, cordially united in his praise. On the continent his reputation was greatly respected; it was usual to compare him to Timoleon and Epammondas. He was unquestionably a great man, but many have thought that he was more of a politician than a soldier; that he shone more in the council than in the field. The Corsicans still honour the place of his birth, and Buonaparte, who was his countryman, mentioned his name always with the highest respect. POOR MARY. BY THE AUTHOR OF TALES OF IRISH LIFE." Like the lily, That once was mistress of the field, and flourished, On the road from Thurles to Cashel the traveller will frequently see written, by a variety of hands, on walls and posts, "Poor Mary!" The epithet poor is considered by the Irish peasantry the most expressive word for sympathetic pity, and this testimony of regard for the sufferings of Mary becomes more conspicuous and more frequent as the traveller approaches the latter town. Should he feel any desire to know the cause, he cannot fail of receiving information from those he meets; for all know the history of "Poor Mary." The glebe of Rouleen consisted of twenty Irish acres, on which stood the warm thatched house, or rather cabin, of Jack Wilson. The annual whitewashing which it received every Christmas rendered it conspicuous from the road; and the four large trees which shaded the bawn, or yard, gave it an air of comfort whieh Irish dwellings, particularly of the poor, generally want. A closer view showed an approach to English neatness: a green paddock for a favourite horse or cow was on one side; and on the west, enjoying the shelter of the outhouses and trees, was a little garden for vegetables and flowers: whilst at the bottom of the slope, before the door, was an umbrageous thorn, protecting from the beams of summer's sun a holy well; for all wells in Ireland are dedicated to some particular saint. It must be confessed, though the general appearance of Wilson's habitation conveyed ideas of industry, there yet remained too many proofs of culpable indolence. A cart, or, as it is called, truckle, was placed in a gap to perform the duties of a gate; and the exhalations of the dunghill rose to Heaven the tacit reprovers of Jack's attachment to smoking and talking: still the little farm was yearly improving; the limestones was collected round the kiln, the ditches showed traces of recent repairs, and fields were ploughed that had lain fallow for ages. On the whole, the country people acknowledged that Jack was the most thriving man in the parish, for which he was in |