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CoLLECTION pDEs NouvEAux 
COSTUMES; .-* 
Or the Dreffes worn by ibe Conftituted 
Authorities of the 
French RePuBLic. 
1. COUNCIL OF Fiye HunpDRED. 
fp members compofing this council 
wear a long white robe, a blue gir- 
dle, anda f{carlet cloke, refembling the 
Roman /oga; all of which are manufac- 
tured of wool. The togve, or drefs for 
the head, confifts of a honnet of blue 
velvet, extremely like that worn by the 
Scotch Highlanders, and which, from 
the place where they are ufvally manu- 
faétured, is called a Kefmarnock bonnet. 
2. COUNCIL OF ANCIENTS. 
The veft is of the fame form, the robe 
as of violet blue, the girdle fcarlet, the 
cloke white, bordered with {carler; the 
bonnet of violet blue velvet, to match 
Ali the garments, /a@ toque 
excepted, are of -wool. 
3. EXECUTIVE DIRECTORY. 
The Executive DireCtory has two 
dreffes, the one for its ordinary func- 
tions, and the other for national fefti- 
vals, 8c. 
1. Orelinary drefs.—The outer drefs, 
termed /badit manteaxv, which is a coat, 
with broad lapells falling over the fhoul- 
ders, is white, embroidered with gold. 
The fcarf, which is tied acrofs the mid- 
dle, is blue, adorned with fringes of 
gold ; andthe pantaloons are white ; as 
is alfo the inner garment, or wailtcoat ; 
the whole of filk. The hat is round, 
turned up on one fide, by means of a 
gold button and loop, and adorned with 
a panache iricolor, or bunch of three co- 
loured feathers. The {word is hung ex 
baudrier, or by means of a rich fhoulder: 
Delt, of a lively orange red. Blue ftrings 
in the fhoes. 
2. Grand, or drefs of ceremony.—An 
upper blue garment, and above that (uz. 
manteau nacarat) a cloke, of a lively 
orange red colour. ‘The fhirt falls down 
in what is ufually termed a Vandvke col- 
far, witha rich border of thread Mee in 
both dreffes. Blue ftrings in the fhoes. 
4. SECRETARY TO THE EXECUTIVE 
DIRECTORY. 
A drefs of the fame form as that ufual- 
ly worn by the Executive Direétory.— 
The whole coftume is black, except a 
fingle red feather, in the panache of the 
hat. Black ftrings in the fhoes. 
5. MINISTERS. 
The feven minifters are clad in a drefs 
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of the fame form as that of the Execu- 
tive Direétory. The upper garment is 
black, and the lapells, veft, and panta- 
loons, of a deep poppy colour: the 
whole is filk, ornamented with borders 
wrought in coloured filk. The hat 
black, furmounted with poppy coloured 
feathers ; the fhoulder-belt for the fword 
is black, and the fcarf white. -Vandyke 
collar, bordered with a running pattern 
of thread lace. Poppy coloured firings 
in the fhoes. 
6. MesseENGERS OF STaTe_E. 
A long white veft, blue girdle and 
pantaloons, and blue cloke, limed with 
red, in the Spanith mfanner. Black 
round hat, adorned with a white plume, 
ftreaked with red and blue. Half boots. 
7. Des Hurssigrs, USHERS, OR SER- 
JEANTS AT ARMS, attendant on the 
Executive Diredtory and Legiflauve 
Godies. 
Cloke, long veft, and breeches and 
ftockings, or pantaloons, all of black. 
The feacf, worn by way of girdle, black... 
The head covered with a red bonnet, 
adorned with a plume of the fame co- 
Jour. A black ftaff, with an ivory head, 
is worn in the right hand. 
8. MEMBERS AND PUBLIC ACCUSERS 
of the Hich Court of Fufice. 
The veftments, which are white, bor. 
dered with red and blue, are the fame 
as thofe worn by the Legiflative body.— 
The bonnet:is white, adorned with a 
three-coloured band. 
The two Public Accufers, attendant 
on this court, weara fky-blue robe, and 
bonnet, and girdle ; and a white cloke. 
9. MEMBERS OF,THE TRIBUNAL OF 
CASSATION, AND OF THE Com- 
MISSAKY. OF THE EXECUTIVE 
Dix Ec TORY, aitendant on this and 
other Tribunals. 
The fame drefs as the Legiflative 
Body. The robe and bonnet of fky- 
blue, the cloke white, and the girdle 
red. é 
ro. TRIBUNAL oF CORRECTIONAL 
JUSTICE, 
The members wear their ordinary 
drefs, which is generally black. A fmall 
fafcis, without the axe, is ‘ufpended, ez 
jautor, or faltier-wife, by means of a 
blue ribband, with a red and white bor-. 
der. 
11. TRIBUNAL oF CRIMINAL 
: JUSTICE.) oi 
A fa'cis, with a hatchet, fufpended ez 
fautoir, by means of a red ribband, witha 
blue and white border, 
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