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LONDON FASHIONS FOR JANUARY. FULL I.rworns.—Robe. of blue Latin, with a duper"- of white lace, which is fattened on the right tido and pees =mid the front. The body quite plain. A full piece of lace joining the drapery is fattened on the left (boulder, whence it is drawn aro& the hofom. White Ikeves made full. A round and NU turban of white lace, ornaMented with Which feathers. Opera titers of fcarlet v, Ivet, trimmed round with firm's-down ; tur ban (levee of white Patin. Cap of (cadet velvet, with a plume of oftrich feathers in front. HALF Lenora —Bret; hat of fearlet velvet, ornamented With Ariel feathers. A Parifian mewl, placed fo as to wale the molt retainable manner of wearing it Cap, made of a /calf handkerchief of lace, and ornamented with a wreath of Bowers; the ends of the handkerchief tied under the chin. A Iftort robe of muflin,witk a lace tucker drawn round the Seem. Turban of white muffin, finithed with a bow, and a long end oh the tight fide, and ornamented with a white flower in front I"hitc muffin drefs, with a drapery of fine kerfeymere. Silver bear muff. Pelice of dark filk, made with a high collar and lined with crimfon. White velar° at buttoned dote over the borer. Bonnet of velvet and ribbon, with fcariet and ',deck feathers in trent. Bear muff. Lebrun's new hat of velvet, and Prwr beads Short cloak of Kerfeymere, embroidered with F;yptian brown. GENERAL Oaszavavioa I.—The prevailing colours are rgyptim brown,preen. crimfon, and amber. Caps or turbans are at thi• time univerfally adopted; the Litter ornamented with plumes of white or mixed feathers. In pellets, fib has given place to kerfeymeres. Straw hats are MI worn, lined with velvet. Yefterday a very fingular occurrence took place in St. Paul's Church-yard, which might have been attended with very ferious milchief :—About four o'clock in the afternoon, a man left his honk and cart unattended at the upper end of the Church yard ; the horfe loon after took fright, and ran moll furioufly down the footpath, on the North fide, leading . to Lndgate.hill. The paffengers Peeing it was in vain to try to (lop the animal, en deavoured to get out of the way. A Gentleman's chariot efcapcd being dallied to pieces, by the dex terity of the Driver, who backed fo quickly, as jug to make room for the cart to pats. On ar riving at the polls, nearly oppofite the Church gate, which are placed there for the purpofe of preventing carriages palling, it was expe.fted boric would have been (topped, but, to the furprife of every body, the ftrong animal dragged the cart over the polls, without pulling them down, taking away, at the fame time, one of the iron gates be longing to the Chapter-houfe, which happened to be open at the time. He then purfued his route as furioufly as ever, till coming alangfide of a hackney coach, (landing at Mr. Johnfon, the book. feller's door, the wheel of the cart came in contatl with one of thofe of the coach, and threw both cart and horfe over on the foot path. The boric was thus fir.pped—fome lives, no doubt, were fared in tonfequence. Eight prifoners confined in Chelmsford gaol for various offences, formed a defperate plan for their ekape on Chrillmas eve. They had, by affiduity And perfevcrance, procured (mall pieces of hemp !efficient to make a rope, which they flattered themfelves (although vainly) would procure their &ape. So earneß and defperate were thefe men in their intentions, that they had taken an oath to kill or be killed in cafe of an attempt to fruftrate their defigns. The plan was, however, previoufly dikovcred by Mr. Purnell, the Keeper. One of the offenders was fele6ted, and taken afide, when be made a full difcovery. The manner in which thefe defperadJes were punifhed deferves to be re corded : Mr. Purnell gives a dinner on Chriftmas Day to all confined within the walls of his prifon: on this occafion, the above eight men were put upon the long chain, and Rationed oppofite the table where their fellow prifoners were enjoying a hearty meal of beef and foup, of which they were• ' only fuffered to enjoy the fora MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL RIFORT POR Dx cEMßEl.—The Agricultural dote of the year rBoa, is highly favourable to the local interefts of Great Britain. The produce of bread corn, and other crops of the late harveft, is now fully afeertained to he one of the largeß that we have enjoyed for a Century part. The profped of the fueeeeding fea fon is no lets flattering at prefent, as the new Wheats throughout the various diaries, never Mewed plants more luxuriant, free from worm, or injurious taint. This principally arifes from the di ought of laa rummer, which proved deflrudive to the noxious infeds of the foil, and gave to it an increafe of vegetative power in the autumnal cul ture. The plants under the drill fyitern, have evidently the prefent advantage over the broad call, and even thole dibbled in. The crop of Bar ley is found to rife even more abundantly than fire laid at, though, from the great bulk of llraw, the famples are generally coarfe. Oats alto prove a great average crop ; fo that when the fupplies can be derived from the Fcit countries, this article swill probably experience a great declenfion in price. Peale turn out the only defedive crop ; thole of the grey kind, will, in many countries, fearcely pay for harvolling, and auditing. Clover feed riles in general fo indifferently, that little more than half an everage crop is looked for.— The Young Clovers have planted in moil coun tries much better than was expeeed, from the ex treme drynefs throughout the rummer. The Tur nips are every where improved, particularly in Norfolk; and the Gralk Lands in the fenny, and other mar& diftrids, Rill afford abundance of feed. Pc..tatnes are in great demand, and railed full ao per cent. Winter Tans, and Rye, were never fo generally (own, or this invaluable fpring produce more promi fi ng. The price of Hay has been kept Itationary through the month ; the continued inildneis of die weather, it is hoped, will prevent its increafe : the old meadow growth is worth 71. per load. Hops continue at Taft month's prices : the Wool Market is balk, and more money freely given for all forts, but particularly for long fleeces. Smithfield has been well fupplied through the month, with prime articles of all kinds of meat. bat on advanced toms the Oxen and Sheep, ex hibited as r4rities of artificial fatnefs, were not, as hitherto, objects of great attradionwith the prin cipal butchers ; their COLODNY'S had, this year. the Food Late to order, what they could eat 1 Pi g Pork IS the moil reAfonable article now at market.— At all the latter fairs, Lean Stock found an is create in price, a xcept Cow Mine, which in pro coed on more moderate terms. THE HERMIT. COR3Ntet brew s sr.—Yeilerday Mr. JARRETT, the Coroner for Surrey, with 24 refpeaable Jurymen, met at the French Horn, at Dulwich, for the purpofe of taking an inquelt on the body of Samuel Matthews, found murdered, (as men tioned in our Paper of yellerday) near the mouth of his cave, in Dulwich Wood. The fill While's was Nathaniel Field, one of the boys who had for Tome years been in the habit of viliting the old man on holiday opportunities. He and two companions, on Tuefday morning, had got into the hut, which, from being (mall boys, they were enabled to do, when they could find nothing but his bottle ; they therefore (allied out in qucit of their old friend, and difcovered his body, covered over with two coats and a quantity of fern. The boys returned immediately to Dulwich, to give information to the Parifh Of ficers. Mr. Kitchen, the Surgeon, who examined the body, depofed,• that he found the deceafed, in coufcqucnce of information of the murder, lay. ing on his back—his mouth entirely filled with coagulated blood, and the right jaw bone broke in two, one part of which perforated the outer skin. He had known the fingularity of the mode of living adopted by the deceafed, and believes that the inlirument from which he received his death was the oaken plant produced ; the hook part of which (between (even and eight inches long) had been hitched into his mouth, and from the violence which had been ufed by the perfons who had in this manner attempted to draw the old man out of his cave, the jaw was broken. His pockets, at the time the above Witnefs faw him, were turned infide out. To prove a robbery had been committed upon the deecafed, Mr. Turk, jun. Butcher, in Dul wich, laid, that on the Monday evening Matthews called at the lhop, and gave him half a-guinea, laying he owed his faller as. 4d. He could find no fuck account againft him, but the old man in• filled on paying it, and he gave him Bs. ad. in change, and alto made him a prefent of a break of mutton to take home with him. Thomas Day, a watchman, depnfed as to a converfation he had with Spraggs (now in euflody) a Gipfey chimney fweep, which, as it will be the fubjelt of further inveßigation, we•forbear to men• tion. The Jury then returned a Verdict of Iriyal Murder, by a Perlin or Prrforts rabsowa. Saturday night, about eight o'clock, as Mr. Price, of Warminfler, was returning home from Salilbury, be was flopped near Stapelford by two highwaymen, who lobbed him of upwards of 181. in cafb and notes. On Tuefday evening two foreigners of diflinc don were flopped on Bexley Heath, and robbed of notes and money to the amount of near tool. They had jail come from the Continent, and were on their way to the capital. Among the pro- perty taken were a number of pieces of foreign coin, which, it is probable, may lead to the &tee tion of the parties. Tuefday night the houfe of Mr. Defrand, in Qren's-row, Pimlico, was entered by fome vil lains, and robbed of wearing apparel, bed furni ture, table linen, and cafh to a confiderable amount, with which the robber, made their efcspe. A few afternoons fine, between four and five o'clock. as Mr. MAW, of Birmingham, was tra velling in a tingle horfe chaife, accompanied by his fervent, he was flopped, between Waltham and Epping, by two highwaymen, who robbed him of his cafh and notes. They then infilled on Mr. Oram getting out of the chaife, and delivering to them the trunk which he had fattened to the chaife, which he very reluaantly was obliged to comply with. One of the highwaymen rode away with the trunk, and the other remained over Mr. Oram and his fervent, with a piflol for a fhort time, threatening to blow their brains out if they looked after them, or • made any alarm. The trunk contained tiny guineas, thirty-five half gui neas, fix feven.thilling pieces, about 801. in Bank Notes, 81. in flyer, and fome other property. A few evenings fince, as Dr. Gt.o►sa, of Ruth hill, was returning home on ,the Wandfworth Road in a tingle horfe chaife, he was (topped by two footpads near the four mile (tone. As Coon as the Dodor flopped his chaife, the robbers pro ceeded to put his lights out ; one of them then got up behind the chaife, held the Donor's arms back, and demanded his money, which he deli vered to them. They then demanded his pocket book and watch. They were not content with this, but rifled his pockets ofall the other property he had, and then made off acrofs the fields. The chambers of Mr. SHAW, the leader at Drury. Lane Theatre, in the Temple, were ThurC day morning robbed of two coats, a waiacoat, and Come linen and plate. The laandrefs, who lights the fire, having left the door on the fpring latch, Come fneaks, who were in the purfuit of their prey, entered and carried them off unobferv ed. fhe theft was &Id difcovered by the porter, who law the door open as he went by. The chambers are three pair of flair: from the ground, and Mr. Straw was in bed in the adjoining room. Lan. Tuefday night, or early on Wednefday morning, the Rorehoufe belonging to the Ship Inn, New Romney, was broke open, and a num ber.of parcels (direded to different perfons) lodg ed by John Fox, one of the newfmen of the Kentith Gazette, and others, were Bolen therefrom. The oßler, who rote very early, difcovered the robbery, and gave the alarm, in confequcnce of which the thierwas traced by Mr. Fox, Mr. E. Gibbs, Mr. J. Shindler, Mr. W. Foorth, and others , to the Rae and Crown public boat, Old Romney, where they apprehended him, and recovered the principal pan of the goods he bad Bolen. One parcel, containing four watches, direded to Mr. Abrahams, Lvdd, was opened, and one of them fold at OH komney, for a guinea ; but it has fince been returned to the owner. He was taken before the Mayor of New Romney, examined and committed to gaol. POLICE. UNION gALL.—Yefterday a man was eonvined in the full penalty, for riding through the turnpike at Vauxhall, without paying the toll. BOW-STR E rT.—One of thole favages called dro vers, was yefterday brought before N. BOND, Efq. on a warrant, wherein he Rood charged, on oath, with having cruelly beaten and ill treated an ox, a few days fince, in the Strand. Mr. Thompfon, the auctioneer, Rated, that a few days fence, as he was palling along the Strand, the prifoner very cruelly beat an ox he was driving, particularly by giving him a violent blow with a itick on one of the hind legs, which it lamed for Come time, and die poor animal apparently in the greatelt pain, hopped upon three legs ; that the ox was then driven up Clement's.lane, and had got out of his fight, but following, he was informed by a woman how cruelly it had been treated, on which he feized the prifoner, and infifted upon having his number, which he refuted, but in the aruggle he got it. The fad being fo clearly prbved, the prifoner was convicted under the 21 Geo. 111, in the penalty of zos. which he paid. Mr. BOND, and Mr. REID, another Magiftrate prefent, exprefred the greatett abhorrence of the prifoner's conduct, and declared their refolution of punifhing fuch offences with the utmoß feverity of the law. Mr. BOND particularly lamented the prifoner's ability to pay the fine, Rs he was thereby prevented the pleafure of fending him to prifon. MA L BOHOL/ G 14-SM ElT.—Thurfday a poor fail or, who had been duped by his faithlefs miftrefs, applied to the Magiftrate for protection againß her fury and further pillage. He entered into a long pillory of his land misfortunes, as he termed them, which had all been produced by having too great a regard for the fair lex. Sarah Allen, the wo man who had wronged him, he Paid, was the wife of a taylor. He had become acquainted with her and her hufband before he went to lea, and his in timacy continued up to the tithe his 114 was paid off. While he lay in Margate Roads, Allen had kindly come to fee him, and being at that time in confederacy with other journeymen againa their maim, he had borrowed of the complainant 321. promifing to return it as foon as he got into work, and to make him clothes for nothing when he fhould come on (hove. A fhort time after the complainant was paid off from his fhip, and, com ing to town, he fought out his friend the taylor, who at that time had unfortunately feparated from his wife. After enquiring into the quarrel, and not approving wetly of the taylor's morals, he (wore the Lady fhould not remain without a pro tector, therefore took her to himfelf, the taylor &if figning an agreement to that effect, to prevent any future action for damages. The complainant thus moored, furrendered up the remainder of five years hard earnings, and with it alto that fpirit and courage which had been fo often difplayed in the moments of peril and danger, as it appear ed the lady loon became commander in chief, put. ting him upon (tort allowance, and Wing him worfe, if poffiblc, than the had done her former helpmate. The money was foon gone, and though he endeavoured to gain frell fupplies by mending china, he found his irufinefs in no degree fufficient to , maintain them in the way they had lived before his (hip money was expended. Mrs. Allen, too, I grew falfe hearted, and threatened to return to the taylor, which (he had adually done on Sunday morning left, carrying with her every thing the could (crape together,leaving him whoUy dellitute, and with only one penny in his pocket. Her in gratitude, he Paid, had cut him to the heart, and had affected him more than all the hardfhips he had undergone on (hip-board in his life. We therefore prayed his Wor(bip would over-bawl his faithlefs mifirefs and the taylor, that he might get Come of his property back again. The cafe Rands over for a further inveftigation. A Isrx.lake lowlier, of the name of Dix, was yef terday brought before R. Naves, Efq. charred by Mils Handley Sufenan, a young Lady readier in Ncw Life-greet, with robbing her. Some wit odic were produced, who Cwore that the prifoner obtained admiffion into the houfe under falfe pre tences, and took therefrom a pair of filter table fpoons, a (Aver milk-ewer, two film falt-fpoons, a pair of plated egg-cups, and a metal watch, with two gold feats. The keeper of the watch-houfe, to which he was taken, laid, he found upon the prifoner, betides, the following articles :—A gold breall pin, five pocket-pieces refemhling guineas, two fever (billing pieces, and four (billings in Inver, in a purfe ; and - hkewife, concealed in the crown of his hat, a worked fpring muflin cloak, which the profecutrix (aid did not belong to her. The prifoner Paid, he was intimately acquainted with the profecutrix, and that he only took the articles out of a joke, and with no intention whatever of Reeling them. The profecutrix utterly denied her being acquainted with him, but (aid (he had Peen him once or twice before at a friend's. He was fully committed for trial. Woa s I P•Sllar.—Yeßerday fix men were put to the bar on fufpicion of having committed divers daring robberies in the neighbourhood of the me tropolis,but nopofitive proof being adduced againft them, they were committed to the Houfc of Con reaion as reputed thieves and vagabonds. WH I TtCH a PEL.—Yefterday one of the Lambeth- Rreet Officers apprehended a perfon, charged with having robbed a (top at Aldgate of" leveret watches. He was referred to the city for exami nation. On Wednefday evening, about nine o'clock, a young woman was (Lopped by two men at the bottom of Bermoncifey-Ilreet, Southwark. and robbed of a bundle, containing a quantity of wear. ing apparel, together with her bonnet and cloak. Tuefday night, about (even o'clock, as two Gen tlemen were walking up Snow-hill, they were at tacked near Cock-lane by a gang of pick-porkcts, who robbed one of them of his fiat. Their gene ral method is this : one of the thieves pretends to be intuited. and begins to fight, and while appa. rently he aims a blow at a perfon's face, he Rrikes of his hat, whack's caught up by an accomplice, ' who runs away Talk it. LoNnom MARKETS. CORN-EXCHANGE, Fl A Retur•u of the PIMPS of Fl LIDAY, DECEMBER 3i .OUR from the skit December to the 24th of December &nein fivc. -- PR ICE OF HOPS. Kent 61 tss to silk 9s f i_ I Kent 71 to' to 2tl 01 1 Sulks rd tss to 91 9 1 .. 7 Sofres 71 tos to td ros Efies 61 ass to 91 9i,. Pi Farn. 121 os to sal Gs a. PRICE OF SEEDS, December sit. Red Clover (new) los to 1121 per cwt. Red Clover (old) sos to flos per cwt. White ditto sos to 130 s Trefoil 30$ to 68s Turnip ads to ass per bathe? Rye Orris sits to 411. per quarter Carrsoay oos to 441 per cwt. Coriander itss to 291 ditto Catary Seed 86s to 93s ditto New Rape Seed 321 to j6l per la t. Inswo Mußard Seed tss to 23$ per bollied. White ditto tae to 145 per ditto. Broad Beans 381 to 46s per do. Long Pods 26s to slis per do. SMITHFIELD, December 31. To fink the offal—per Rune of Sib. Beef as lid to 6s of I Veal 61 ad to p rod Mutter 6s od to ys od Pork p Ild to 6s LI NEWGATE and LEADENHALL, Dosember 31. Per (tone of Sib. by the weak. Beef 3s 4d to 52 46 real p od to r ad Mutton as 8d to s• 801. Pork se Sd to 69 114 Stock at Market this =orning, Bea& aoo—Shesp 2,800. RAW HIDES, December 3t. Hides (perfton e) 3s lid to 4s od Heavy Calf PI d'd co!! Middling 31 zd to 31 4d Hole Skins 145 to 174 On Ordinary 31 od top od Sheep Skins as od to gs od PRICE OP LEATIULR, pee lb. AT LEADENHALL. Butt,, so to 56111, cads asod to • Ditto. 6o to 651 b sad to EP • Merchant, Backs 19d to Dram' Hides aSid to avid FLie Coach Hides sod to sits . Crop Hides for Cutting sod to std Flat Ordinary slid to tB4d Calf Skins, so to 401 b per dorm zed to 33d Ditto so to 7olb • 27d to sod Ditto yo to Soib 26d to Oa Small Seab (Greenland) per lb. 36 Id to 3s ad Large ditto zoos to 14os per doz. Tanned Horfe Hides 20S to 32s each PRICE OF TALLOW IN LONDON. St. Jarnes's market 4$ Clare Market dta Whited:lapel Matta as (per ftone of glb.) 74 Town Tallow 7606 d tette sid Rollie ditto (ca.) 7os od t• 01 34 Reale ditto (foap) 664 to oe White Candle Rufusoon to oe Melted Stuff 37.04 to gm x3s std Greaves 26s od to tie Avenge Prim os 64 Good Dregs 10s to OS Yellow Soap, 765. to os.—Mottled, no. Candles, ma. od.—Moulds. IA od. PRICE OF HAY AND STRAW, December 3t. Smithfield. St. Jaws's. Whitechapci. 0.H,7 7 oto 7 to 4 00.07 0014 4to 7 7 1 New s o to 6 to Straw Itoto 1 .6 tisoto s tp • Clover 6is to 7 7 ad Crop g o to 7 • COALS, December 3t. Belt Coals to the Pool, 21. 6s. od. per Children. ' Del:vend 21. 13s. ad. Sunderland, el. is. od. Delivered al. too. ad. z ate: z 6 • 6 Otto? is • We are happy, for the fake of humanity, to be able to contradiet a ftatement which has appeared in feveral Papers of laft week, of a young woman having been fo ill-treated by three men on the Port Gl.ifgow road, as to have occafioned her death. This paragraph having excited the attention of the Sheriff, he, with laudable aaivity, immediately took up the bulinefs; and on farther enquiry being made, we find the.unfortunategirh perilbed through fatigue, and the want of that immediate affillance which the weak Rate of her body at the time fo much required. Left week, John Frith, employed in the oil mill of Mr. Eggington, at Sculcoates, being at work, the mill none of three tons weight by fosse acci dent caught his,arrn, and went over it, crating it in a dreadful manner ; in confequence of which he died pa Tuefday Wednefday, while a workman in the employ of Mr. CHISTIIM•111, Silversmith. in St. Martin's. le-Grand, was preparing to folder a hollow bill, belonging to the head of a Farina Beadle's Ruff. on putting it upon a charcoal fire, without leaving a hole for the efcape of air, it Mark with a loud explofion, into a million of pieces, by which the workman, and an apprentice lad, were feverely burnt on the face ' neck, and hands ; and it is feared the fight of the young man is in danger. Woams.—Naturalins fuppore ninety forts of Tape Worms, of which fiven only arc believed to be found in the human body. Different Marcum, have been at great expence and trouble in colleß ing there Worms, but none of them is y et p o ff e ff e d ofmore than for (of thole) generated in the hu man body. The moll valuable colleaion of this kind is that in Long-Acre, which is daily vifited by Natumlifts of eminence and Gentlemen of the Faculty, Ste. It is raid to contain one of each of the (even different kinds, and we underhand that Dr. Gasossa, the proprietor, has been offered a confiderable rum for the fame ! but he will not part with one of them, as they are all expelled , from his own patients —one Ito feet long : but his Pills, which expell them, may be had (figued J. Gardner) of all medicine venders, price ate. tot. 6d. as. 6d. and as. 6d. a box. Diforders that proceed either from an impure Rate of the blood, or a relaxed Rate of the nerve; hkving, in innumerable inßances, fubfided by courfe of SPILSBURY'S Antircorbutic Drops. too much cannot be Paid in praife of that invaluable preparation. This unparalleled fuccefs. in the facia complicated cafes, has eftablilhed its celebrity throughout the eniverfe ; indeed, where is it pal. ide to obtain fuch a rellorerof the conilitution and infallible cure of the Scurvy, Gout, Rheumatitin, Evil, Leprofy, and a variety of other complaint; too generally incident to human nature t Theis Drops are fold in bottles of rs. and 6d. los. and 2s. each, with a black Ramp affixed to each bet. tle, by the frllowing venders in tondo. : F. New. he y, 4;, St. Paul's; Dicey and Sutton, Bow Churchyard ; E. Newbery, corner of St. Paul's ; Wray, Blrchinlenes Dolma, Royal Exchange; F. and Co. Loog-lane ; Barclay, Fleet-market ; Bacon, Orford-Rreet ; Ward, Holborn; Bayl or . Cockfpur.fireet ; Swinney, Pall Mall; Walfy and Withers, No. 2,9, Strand; Sharp and Co. Bilhopf gate-fireet ; Clark, No. 369, and B. Shaw, No. 74, Borough. Southwark ; awl at the Diffentary s No. 15 ; Soho-kw.. • 1 i