the great admirals of France, the constables, the maréchals, the warriors of all reigns, of all times. The southern wing is appropriated to events of a more recent date. The Salle of the Coronation of Napoleon-that of the events of 1792: fancy a gallery of four hundred feet in length-a splendid military pantheon, with paintings representing every victory that has immortalized the French arms, from the battle of Tolbiac to that of Wagram! You see Charles Martel before Tours Charlemagne at Paderborn-PhilippeAugustus at Bouvines-St. Louis at Taillebourg-Philippe de Valois at Cassel-Joan of Arc before Orleans Charles VIII. at Naples-Francis I. at Marignan-Henri IV. at Paris-Condé at Rocroy-Catinat at Marseilles-Villars at Denain-Maurice de Saxe at Fontenoy-Rochambeau at York-Town -Jourdan at Fleurus (at the time of the republic)-Napoleon at Austerlitz, at léna, at Friedland, and at Wagram. At the further extremity are the galleries consecrated to the revolution of July 1830. Parallel with this is a third gallery of sculpture; there are besides twelve salles, containing the series of Napoleon's campaigns-the Salle of Marengo terminating the gallery. You return, by a fourth sculpture gallery, containing the statues of all the great men from 1790 to the present time, and the busts of all the generals killed on the field of battle. You may suppose what it is as to extent, by this slight description; but the riches, the splendours, are beyond all imagining the furniture is that of Louis XIV. Maintenant viens voir le palais de Versailles je t'attend, car il vaut bien la peine! Adieu, ma très chère. L. DE F DESCRIPTION OF PLATES. (No. 15.)-Toilettes d'Enfant-HalfMourning Dress.-Tunique, or short redingote, of thin muslin. The corsage is made low, and à-l'enfant, with gathers at the bottom of the waist, both at back and front. Round the neck is a deep gauffred tucker, in the style of a revers (see plate). Sleeves short and tight, with gauffred ruffles at bottom. A grey ribbon is inserted in the hem all round the dress, outside which is a gauffred frill, with a ribbon likewise inserted into the small hem all round; the frills on the sleeves, and on the bosom of the dress, are to match. A ribbon of the same colour is also inserted into the hem of the under dress (see plate). White trousers, grey brodequins, grey ceinture and bows. Coiffure à-la-chinoise, with a grey flower (from which depend two long ribbons,) placed at the left side of the head. This light and elegant toilet would, with a slight change, make a seasonable and pretty dinner costume. 2nd. Child.-Frock and trousers of grey figured muslin (mousseline brochée.) High corsage, with gathers in the back; a flounce at the bottom of the skirt. Sleeves full at top, tight from the elbow down. Trousers to match. Hat of grey pous de soie, with a very small bow at back. Instead of a silk bavolet, the front of the hat goes all round, and is turned up at back (see plate). Cambric collar, white gloves, grey shoes. (No. 16.)-This very pretty plate gives another half mourning costume. Dress of black figured mousseline de laine. Corsage tight. Sleeves tight all the way down, with four rather deep frills put on above the elbow (see plate). Capote of grey crape, with a grey ruche round the front, and a bouquet of white flowers placed quite at the left side in a drooping position; four white roses are beneath the front of the capote. Embroidered muslin pelerine, with a falling collar, (see plate) trimmed all round with a gauffred frill. White cambric ruffles, grey kid gloves. Child.-Frock of grey figured silk. Corsage tight, sleeves with two puffings at top (see plate), round pelerine to match. White trousers. Bonnet of imitation paille de riz, made nearly the cottage shape, with a large rosette bow, and two ends of ribbon placed quite at the right side; grey bavolet. Cambric collar, white gloves, black brodequins. Births, Marriages, and Deaths. BIRTHS. At Cheltenham, the lady of Colonel W. Gordon, Bombay Army, of a son. At St. Leonard's-on-the-Sea, the lady of the Hon. and Rev. Grantham Yorke, of a daughter. In Dublin, the lady of the Hon. John Plunket, of a son. In Park-street, Westminster, on Friday the 23d June, Lady Emily Pusey, of a daughter, who survived her birth only a few hours. In Edinburgh, the lady of Sir Wm. Scott, Bart., of a daughter. At Garbally, Ireland, the Viscountess Dunlo, of a son. In Portugal, on the 30th June, Lady Howard de Walden, of a daughter. On the 15th July, at East Sutton-place, Kent, the lady of Sir Edmund Filmer, Bart., of a daughter. On the 25th, in Spring-gardens, Lady Stratheden, of a daughter. On the 6th, in Lower Grosvenor-street, Lady Sandon, of a daughter. At Kandy, on the 3d of April, the lady of E. Rawden Power, Esq., Private Secretary to His Excellency Sir R. Wilmot Horton, Bart., of a son On the 11th, at Pengelly House, Cheshunt, Herts, the lady of the Hon. Charles Lenox Butler, of a daughter. On the 12th, at No. 50, Baker-street, Portman-square, the lady of Charles Noel Welman, Esq., of Poundsford-park, Somersetshire, of a son and heir. On the 13th, at Kent-terrace, Regent's-park, Mrs. M'Cready, of a daughter. On the 15th, in Connaught-place West, the lady of Sir Henry Freeling, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Henry Cooper Marshall, Esq., fourth son of John Marshall, Esq., of Halesteads, Cumberland, to Catherine Ann Lucy, second daughter of the Right Hon. Thomas Spring Rice, of Mount Trenchard, Limerick, Chancellor of the Exchequer. At Paddington, Viscount Hood, to Mary, daughter of the Hon. Mrs. Stopford, and granddaughter and heiress of the late Charles Tibbitts, Esq., of Barton Seagrave, Northamptonshire. At Stonehouse, James Augustus Erskine, third son of the Hon. H. D. Erskine, to Fanny, daughter of Capt. Delacombe, R.N. At St. George's, Hanover-square, Lord Waterpark to Miss Anson. At St. George's, Hanover-square, by the Lord Bishop of Oxford, the Rev. Lord Charles Thynne, to Harriet Fanny, daughter of the Bishop of Oxford and Lady Harriet Bagot. On the 1st ult., at St. Pancras New Church, the Rev. Arthur Mackinson Parkinson, B.A., son of John Parkinson, Esq., of Hither-green, Lewisham, Kent, to Rebecca Gardiner, second daughter of the late W. Findley, Esq. On the 6th, at Marylebone Church, the Rev. W. Maxwell Du Pre, M.A., Vicar of Woburn, son of James Du Pre, Esq., of Wilton-park, Bucks, to Emily, daughter of Sir Thomas Baring, Bart. DEATHS. In Dublin, the Hon. Harriet, relict of the late Lieut.-Colonel James Caulfield, of Munnatain, Tyrone, and aunt of Lord Crofton. General Sir J. Smith, G.C.H., Commandant Royal Horse Artillery, aged 83. At Brighton, Eliza, youngest daughter of the late Sir Walter Farquhar, Bart. The Hon. Emily Twisleton, wife of the Rev. Frederick Twisleton, Rector of Adlestrop, Gloucestershire. On the 9th July, at Boulogne, Mary, wife of Henry Colburn, Esq., of Great Marlborough street. At Edinburgh, in her 76th year, the Lady Helen Hall, widow of the late Sir James Hall, Bart., and aunt of the present Earl of Selkirk. Benjamin Norton, Esq., of Rawburgh Hall, Norwich, Dep. Lieut. of Norfolk. At the Hirsel, N. B., Elizabeth, Countess of Home, second daughter of the late Henry, Duke of Buccleugh and Queensberry. At Brussels, on the 10th, of rapid consumption, the fatal effects of influenza, May Jane, eldest daughter of W. Harvey, Esq., and granddaughter of the late Admiral Sir Henry Harvey, K.B., of Walmer, Kent. On the 13th, at the Earl of Galloway's, Grosvenor-square, the Lord Bishop of Quebec, aged 62 years. On the 16th, at his residence in Piccadillyterrace, Vice-Admiral J. R. D. Tollemache, aged 65 years. On the 24th ult., at his Palace at Hereford, the Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. Edward Grey, Lord Bishop of that Diocese, aged 55. His lordship has left a family of fourteen children. An authentic portrail engraved exclusively for the lady's Magazine and Muscum VOL. X. N. 33 of the series of ancient portraits. 55 Dobbs & C Publishers, to 2. Carey street Lincoln's Inn, London 1837 THE LADY'S MAGAZINE AND MUSEUM, A Family Journal OF ORIGINAL TALES AND STORIES, IN PROSE AND VERSE, INCLUDING [During the present year (1837) we promise our readers the portraits of Four English Queens, which we trust will be as well executed as that of Queen Elizabeth.-(See January 1st.) New subscribers may be glad to know (seeing the chain there is in the histories of most of the celebrated women whose portraits, according to the list on the wrapper of this work, have been already published,) that with some exceptions, sets, or single copies of the numbers already published, can be had of the publishers of this work, or by order of any bookseller.] SEPTEMBER, 1837. UNDER THE DISTINGUISHED PATRONAGE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUCHESS OF KENT. MEMOIR OF MARGUERITE, PRINCESS OF BOURBON. (Illustrated by a whole-length Portrait, coloured from the Original in the Abbey of Val.) Marguerite de Beanjeu was a princess of the younger branch of Bourbon; all that is recorded of her by the annalists of France is, that she married Charles de Montmoreuci, and died January 5, 1336. She was buried in the Cathedral du Val, where her statue was preserved enamelled, both as to dress and complexion, from the life. It is a standing figure, in the attitude of life; the scutcheon of Bourbon and Montmorenci lies at the feet of the original. DESCRIPTION OF PORTRAIT. THIS princess owes more to her natural beauty than to imparted attractions from her toilet; the form of her garments, though not unbecoming in their simple homeliness, would suit a farmer's wife rather than a peeress of the blood-royal of France wedded to a Montmorenci. She wears about her throat and face the gorget and wimple, to which seem appended two cushions or oreillettes on each side of the head; the ugliness and oddity of these appendages are a little modified by the drapery of the cover-chief, which is flung over the head-dress. This cover-chief or kerchief was a white square of lawn, of cambric, or gauze, which was flung Z-VOL. XI.-SEPTEMBER. over the wimple when ladies went out, and was either arranged to fall as low as the forehead or upper lip, according to the discretion of the wearer; two centuries previous to the present costume, when it was the fashion for ladies to wear their hair flowing in ringlets, the cover-chief was arranged in front, something like the Spanish mantilla, and confined by the diadem or baronial wreath placed above it, and this style is remarkably elegant, as may be seen in portraits of Matilda, the Queen of William the Conqueror, and Blanche, Queen-regent of France, wife to Louis the Lion. Both these majestic women owe no little of their regal grace to the beautiful simplicity of their style of dress. It seems singular that dress |