The Sun.
London, England, 1812-01-02 00:00:00

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GENERAL OnSERN'ATIONS • -.614 THt IDRESSES OF

PERSON:f OF TASTE, FROM LA 11.,BLLE ASSEMBLEE

OF THE PRESENT MONTH, JANUIRY, S 12.

1.3 a om‘EN A'nE Cost. omE.----An high d:ess of tartan plaid,,
made of sarsuet or Merino crape, 'trimmed round the bottom,
with white swansdown,-and two 'rows of the same doWn the;
front, --alternately relieved by a narrow silk .cord in loops;
and buttons of a bright nakey a colour, with a belt. to corre-
spond. .A mantle of dark Clarence blue Merino cloth, made
with lialtsleeves of sarsnet, lined with amber- sarsnet, and
trimmed with swansdown ; Scottish cap of the'same, with a
trimming of swansdown next the face, and a full pulling pf
plaid ribband, to answer the dress, above it:, A plume of
ClareriCe-brue feathers tipped with amber. Gloves of York'
tan, and half-boots of Clarence blue kid, laced with ma—
bra. . ,

pe ENI N G COStUM E: —4 white or, pearl colour gossamer
satin gown, with a.demi-train; fancy apron of the same ;
the bottom Of the. gown and round the apron trimmed with
a rich gelß fringe of the Brandenburgh-kind. A cap in the
Persian form, of.white satin, with ornaments of gold to cor-
respond with the dress ; tWo gold tassels depending over the,
lett car, and the same side of the head is adorned with a
plume of white ostrich feathers, and one light gold sprig.
Small, .earrings of pearl, with a solitaire necklace of the
same: the sleeves very short, fastened up in front, with gold
button and loop : the belt the same colour as r-e gown;
with a superb gold ornament in front. White and fart ;•
kid gloves; and white satin Italian slippers fringed with
gold.

FANCY BALL Da Es s.—A willoW-green satin cymar, made:
close to the shape, and hanging in pointed drapery over a
three-quarters dreSs of white crape, embroidered with small.
sprigs of green and gold; bottom of the crape dress trimmed
-with a broad Vandyke lace ; each division ornamented with a
narrow border of light green ribband, and trimmed- at each
point with a small green tassel. Petticoat of white satin,
spangled with gold ; trimmed at the bottom with a narrow
lace, and a border of green ribband. Small Atigouleme tip-
pet; siirrounded with a full plaiting of tine net.' The
sleeves short, with points trom the cymar to correspond with
the drapery of the skirt. The • hair tastefully dressed, in
ringlets round the face, confined by a broad plait., above
v. 411,11 is gracefully twisted a white lace handkert:hief,
Turpe, emb oidered•with gold, and brOught' down in- two
points, ornamented with tassels of-gold on the.lett side.. A
full lo low n damask rose, in front. 'Diamond ear-rings in the
• form of a crescent; whiteltid gloves; white satin slippers,
bound with green, and- green rosettes.' Over this dress is
sometirnes,worn.a slight drapery of the shawl kind, of white
and amber, drawn carelessly through the cestus, winch is
of black velvet, clasped with gold.'

The following is an-extra& of a jetter receive() by
the. Cossack, which states the intention of the ene-
my to attack Tariffa

" CADIZ, DEC. 12.
‘,‘ The French are beforeTariffa, with 5000, men
and a few pieces of heavy artillery. It is much. to
be feared, that .theldace will 1311,, There are about
3000 Spaniards. and English', under Colonel Sker-
rett, who, have. always a secure retreat, by return-
ing into the little.island before Tariffa."
jthe sitting of the .Cortes on the sth. instant,
Senor LAGUNA addressed the Assembly on the ne-
cessities-of the Spanish armies, and the state of the
provinces : he accused the Cortes of inaEtivi:y„ and
submitted several remediable resolutions

. ,
By a letter from Cipt..MußaAy, of the Illecityr,
dated South Nist, Nov. 27, we lean the melan-
choly fate of that vessel. He sailed from Quebec
on the 18th of Otibber, and before he lust sight of
land, encountered dangerous seas. His sails were
torn in pieces, and his masts.shorn by the board.—
Under jury-masts, and apoor rigging, he diScovered
the North of Ireland, and steering on, in, an increas,
ing gale, he appeared off Barra Head. -A little space
brought him before the Isle of Nist. The sea now
appeared dreadfully agitated, moving in mountains
before him. It was found impossible to- avoid 'be,
ing driven on a rocky and dangerous coast, but he,
struggled hard against the 'storm, andca§ting his
anchor, attempted to brave ir for a while; at last he
was necesitated to cut. the cable, and let her break
ashore. • It was night, 'dark, and frightful ;' the
seamen, terrified, demanded the boat,- with which
he re.luaantly eomplied—they,entered, and while
he was preparing to descend, a tremendous sea bore
the unhappy mariners to the bottom, .the Captain
and an old woman alone escaping.
On „Sunday evening last, a man of the name of.
JameN'Peaste was taken into custody at .Canferbery,
on a charge of being concerned in assisting French
prisoners and others to. escape, from
.this country.
Intimation was given to' Mr. MANTELL, the Agent
of the Transport Board at Dover, and the prisoner
was comtnitted by the, Mayor for farther examina-
tion on, Monday, when it was determined to forward
him to' London, and he was accordingly sent off
under proper guard to Bow-street. It is said he is
a native of Guernsey, and had, within the.last six
months, occasionally lived at ,Whitstable : he was
the owner of a small Vessel of about
,35_tons bur-
. then, employed in the, smuggling trade, and sailed
from Hearne Bay about a fortnight
,sino2 with a
crew of,fiVe mariners belonging to Hearne, previous
to which time he had been Concealed some weeks,
at Whitstable. •Oti Friday last (according to • his
own statement) he left -Dunkirk, with a cargo of
silk and contraband sgirits ' • and in the afternoon of
that day was taken at the back of the GoOdWin
Sands, by a King's cutter, and his vessel carried into
Royer, w here i.e was permitted to come on shore
iu consequence of his sheaving letters addretrd io
several Ministers of. Stare, and stating that he was
'employed by the Admiralty to. obtain information
of the enemy's preparations. On the 'evening; of
Saturday he arrived iii Canterbury by the mail; and
while at the coach-Office on Sunday evening, tik-.
ing his plae to proceed that night to, London, was
'recognised by one of the county Magistrates, who,
in consequence of 'an express just received by. him-
from Dover, was making inquiries. respecting.; per-
son of his description ; and he was shortly atter
apprehended at the King's Arms public-house,
where he had direeled the coach to call for him.

NEWMARKET COURSING M ERTING.-On-Thurs-
day, Dec. tg, the coursing, which had been stop-
ped' by the frost, was resumed. In Babraliam
Field 22 matches were finished. Mr. Gurney, who
had brought three greyhounds to ' challenge the
meeting, paid forfeit for the whole. Friday, 20th, ,
in Chippenhain Fields, t 5 matches were' run, in,
whiCh Sir- P: Blake was the ptincipal winner. On
Saturday, 21st, a sweepstake-s for the first turn of
t o greyhounds was, run, which was given to Mr.
Wilkinson's Lanrina, beating Lord Rivers's Rosetta,
who won the cup at. Swaffharn, but the close of,the
course being amongst the furzes, Made it.ditticult to
decide.—The hares ran uncommonly stout, and the
fleeting was very numerous.