The Sun.
London, England, 1802-12-27 00:00:00

PARISIAN' I.ISHIOYS.

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Fott full dress nothing is more fashionable-than
bandeaus and caps of black velvet, enriched with
diamonds. The caps, which are made much like
turbans, are placed far back, and :lave in-front five
or six large plaits en gueuh de lsup. Some of these
caps are of poppy, and others, of orange. &Allured
velvet. The crocheis of hair. on. and above the
forehead, are very, large, so as to be seen.in, front
of the hat, or when the veil is thrown back. A
-new mode of dressing the hair has been diSCovered,
in order to replace the heads tz la Titus ; a tuft of
-hair is formed on the top of the head' of the breadth
of four fingers, whilst the rest is cut almoq close
behind, the ears, and above the neck. Coloured
feathers are still in fashion. Vbr some days past
hats of jonquil satini united with black velvet, have
been much worn, they are made with high crowns,
and almost without a brim. Short tunics, ala
jum
. • •
e, are much in fashion. Tippets begin to be
much worn, which have.very long hair towards the
middle of them, so as to form a collar round the
neck. The shawls which are now preferred above
all others, are those of fine cloth.

Nothing is more common amongst the men than
striped swandown gilets, with one row bf buttons.
Stuff gaiters are much worn instead of boots, from
motives of economy.

The Neapolitan Troops landed at Malta between
the t sth and zoth of September. The Maltese are
not pleased with their company, chiefly, however,
on account of their poverty.
OUr Troops, we are sorry to hear, have been
very sickly, particularly the 48th Regiment. The
heat in August was intolerable, and the English
•dlothing is by no means adapted to such a climate.
' A prson who left Brest about three weeks ago,
says, that the 'French-continue the building of Men
of War in that Harbotir with the greatest activity.

By a new regulation of the Chief Consul, the pay
of the French 11RArine Officers 'is to-be immediately
increased, and the Seamen are to be trained in the
use of arms, in all the Harbours of the Rei3ublic, in
the same manner as the Soldiers.

The following is,qn extaordinary and melancholy
instance of the fragility of human hope : A young
Lady, of Dover, had been some years engaged to an -
Officer belonging to the Tigre, and who wen taut tin- .
der. the patronage of the gallant
,Defender of Acre;
he returned home lately in that ship, and the meeting
between these yoing people was such as might be ex-
peaed in two attached and amiable characters. The
day before he arrived, a small pimple appeared on
the nose of Miss 0 : whether the surprize
had any immediate effea on .he system, or not,
must be left to medical conjecture, but the inflam:.
mation ,stddenly extended itself round the part so
slightly affected, and increased 3o rapidly, that on
the second day she lost her sight, and, on the third,
the affection reaching her brain, she expired.
- So much has been said about Mr. MOOiE, sitho
has been mentioned as having held conferences with
the Swiss' Patriots, and 'according to report, he has
been in so many :plates at the same time, and for
such a multiplicity of extraordinary purposes, that
.he seems to, be a Much greater man than his wonder-
ful namesake, the mighty Moos of Moor-Hall,
who slew thr Dragon of Wantley.
As an article of fashionable intelligence, The
Mornii.,g Herald of Saturday informs its readers,
that " the elegant residence of His Hicti4NEss
Aziim al Dowla, Nabob of the Carnatic, is to tit-
dergo some considerable alterations."
NOLLEKEI43, one of the best of our Statuarlq,
has increased his high reputation by the Monument
from his handi which has been ereaed in the church
of Wythybam, to the memory of the late Duke of
Do RSET.

As Sir WILLIAM and Lady lERNINGHAM- pass
their Christmas at Norwich, the Poor in that neigh-
bourhood,will, of course, share in the festiVity of

:he season.

Mr. BARCLAY, who appeared in Orlerndo,.a few
nights ago at Drury-lanc Theatre, obtained his en-
gagement by the recommendation of Mrs. JORDAN,
who performed with him at Margate last summer,
and conceived a very favourable opinion of his ta-
lents.

During thelate advanced price of Corn, a Cler.i
gyman near Walsham, iin Sufl'olk; found
,himself
under the necessity of advancing his tythes ; but:
he promised the fanners that whenever any ma_i
terial alteration took place in the markets, hel
would reduce them to the former commutation
and this, very much td his credit, he has lately.
done.
A plan has been for sonic months Carrying intd
effea for opening the space immediately around St.:
Clement's Church, in the Strand. It has bc'en
painful duty•to disturb the ashes of the dead, but
the absolute expediency of the proceeding hithericr
reconciled the public mind to it. Within these fe,,V,
days, however, a clamour has been excited against.
the improvement. The workmen came to a private
vault, containing three leaden coffins belonging td
a family of considerable respedability. .The family
have come to town and expressed great concern ail
anxiety upon the occasion. The 7esult of, theii,
interference has been to retard the. work. The shred
coffins remain upon the ground, .and a wooden paling
has been ereaed to protect them from public ex.:
posure.

Mrs. MEALING, the wife of the. clergyman at
Brome, in Suffolk, 62 years of age, on Thursdays
standing with her back near the fire,• the flames
reached her clothes, and in an instant set them in a
blaze. She ran into the kitchen for help, and thence
into the yard, where -a man,. by throwing water
upon her, extinguished the flames ; bUt s.bewas so
much burnt, that, after languishing for several days
she expired.
A fine child, -m%O:'years of age, was lar week
burnt to death at Kingsmead-place, Bath, the blaze
of a candle communicating with- his clothes ; and
sots W days after another infant, in Westgate.stieet,
having collected quantity of shavings in his frock,
attempted to put some of them into the grate, when
the v; hole took fire, and he was shot tly deprived of
existence.

~,CQ N EXrI.iJ L,t VI~L !

This mof•qing -produced a eAskier,iiiie
of Wheat, aria Cyrttili ; it Wd
off in general is. lower ; 1i st s;rtie' fe;;l'pieke i
sample-s of this and most tickles, reach rather.
ter than current prices ; although and Malt
are irt 'plenty,' they also sell at a .trifle lesi a;
do Pease- and &ans ; we have a go id supply 0:
Oats,. the --saki; of which are rather heavy, at li?tle
alteracion ; pricTs cif Flour are nearly as last week.
4,-;s: a .17s a scs od Tick Beans - Aqs a Vs o i
Fine ditto - sos a 57s c'd 1 Oats - -t, a tBs 23;
Barley -2,3 s a 2.75 od 1 Poland ditto z4s a ass
Malt - 415 a 413. i ad Rap= - - 3!1 a 134 i
Rs . 356 a 385 ad blue Floor, - a 485 oil
, 37s a 4is °di Sccunddo. • - 405 a 44
-30 s a 3125 od

DISc 0 RY IN GARDENING.

Lorn D'JNIviORr.; reSiLS at DuilmorePark,
on the Firth of Forth; seven miles below Stirling;
has thirteen' acres of aids!. ht:uriant land; kid out
almost wholly in garden:
D6ring his Lordship's Asenee on the public ser;
vice, his son, Lord FlNcp:smt, observed an old
pear_tree, wliich had long discontinued bearing,
with fruit on one branch only. He accordingly
pointed it out to the Galdener, who, examining
found that this branch, whLh was about the thick-
ness of a man's arm, had, most probably by some
idle person, been cut all round, and the incision so
deep as to go td ale heart of the bough; which was
within about an inch of being entirely severed froni
the trunk.

As there appeared to be no other posSible cause
for the fecundity of this braoCh, but the ac,•idental
incision, Lord Fitvs•rws ordered another bough
to be cut in a similar manner, and With equal suc-
cess. Upon Lord DuNivtot F's return, he ordered
the Same cxperimnt to be cried upon an old pear
tree which had been five or six yearS without bear..
ing, and the ,incision to be Made in the think, in..
stead of the single branches ; and, however extraor-
dinary it may seem, the whole tree was a short time
after in full blossom.

DEATH OF MR. JOHN ROBINSON, M.P.
On the i3d inst. died at Harwich, Joitrt ROB IN..
SON, Esq. in the 76th year of his age. He was
born at Appleby ; and at an early period of his life
was eleaed, through the influence of Lord LONS-
DALE, then Sir JAMES LOWTIIE.E, Member fur his
native County,'Westmorland, which he represented
in two successive Parliaaients In 1774, he was
eletaed for the Borough of Harwich, for which he
has been six times re.eleded ; and which he con-
tinued to represent till his death, when he was
nearly the oldest Member of the House of Com.:
mons. His aelive talents, indefatigable industry,
skill in business, knowledge of mankint% :and cast
address, recommended him to Lord Noici:Ft, as a
proper person to fill the arduous and
.important of-
fice of Secretary
.tO the Treasury, which he con-
tinued to hold till the termination of that Noble
Lord's Administration, when Mr, Robinson retired
with a Pension of ioool. per annuni. In 178.6. he
was appointed by the late Minister, Mr. PITT, to
the lucrative office of Surveyor-General of His Ma-
jesty's Woods and Forests, which he held till his
death. When a young inzu, he married Miss
Chow E of Barbadoes, by whom he one child, a
daughter, who was married to the Earl of ABER..
GAVENNY, and died six years before her father,
leaving six children, to whom and their Noble Fa-
ther, Mr. RoBINSON has bequeathed the bulk of his
'property. Few men have been more indebted to
their talents and industry than Mr. RoBINsoN,
either for their own elevation, or the promotion of
their connedions. He was a warm friend, zealous
patron, liberal benefattor, and kind master ; and
has left many to lament his death, who were raised
by his influence, and supported by his bounty.

G-trAnAnouTu..—A party of between thirty and
forty Negroes, headed by two Whites, on the 16th
of Oftober, murdered eighteen men and women in
- the country, and after plundering their houses, ad-
vanced against the town of St. Anne, where, after
,obtaining more booty, they pitrpnsed to have seized
some of the vessels, in the lnirbbtir, and to ha 4
escaped from the Island ; they were; however,- re-
prised _by the people of the town; and afterwards
pursued,
.although without success, into the woods,
by astiong parry of the military from Point-Terre.
One of the white leaders, and another supposed to be
concerned in the.lnsurredion, were made prisoners.
Some whites and-seVeral blacks were executed at
Point-Petre on the. 15th. Ai this date., a great
mortality preVailed amongst the white irOops in
the Island. A reinforcement frtihi France was daily
expeeted.
AbOut two o'clock yesterday morning an alarm-
ing fire brake out in Frederick-street in the town
of Portsea, which soon entirely consumed one
dwelling-house, with the furnitute; and consider-
ably damaged several others. A man and his wife
and child were in bed at the dine ,of, the fire,
and did not .awake till it had Made nioth pro.
. gress. The man and his wife escaped from the
chamber window considerably burnt and bruised,
but we arc shocked at relating, that the child,
about four years old, was buried in the' ruins ; part
of it has been since dug from 'the
A Coroner's Inquest was held on Wednesday, on
the body of Atm Treveit, who died in. the' Watch_
house. The deceased was a woman of the town,
and'usually was seen in the Strand. About one o'clock
on Wednesday morning, the Constable of the Night
desired her to go dome ; she had not walked many
yards
,before she fell, to appearance in a fit :
the Conistablesupposing her to be in liquor, had her
locked rp in the hole belonging to the Watch.
house, anti gave direetion to the Patrole to let her
our when he went off his duty. On going to her
for ,that purpose, about four o'clock, he found her
lying in the same state as when locked up, but dead.
Verniff—Died by the Visitation of God.
The Parish Officers of Bishopsgate attended the
Lord Mayor on Friday, and stated to his I...z4dship
the result of the Inquiry respeCling the death of
the unfortunate child named Ann Harris, and said,
that it was their intention to prosecute the master
1 and mistress for assaulting the other apprentice.
In consequence of this, they were remanded to
answer the charge at the next Sessions.

LAW REPORT.

COURT OF KING's BENCH, Nov. 13.
SITTINGS BEFORE LORD ELLENDOROUGH AND A srtcletL
JURY, IN GUILDHALL, LONDON.

IDOWsON AND OTHERS V. EVANS-AND OTHERS.

THE Plaintiff's are Dealers in Corn, resident at
Celderstem, and the Defendants Brewers at Burton.
upon-Ttent. This was an anion brought for the
value of 3So quarters of tnalt, which were shipped
by the Plaintiffs at Yarmouth for •the Defendants,
in consequence of correspondence between the Par.
tics, and the single question was, Whether the
Defendants 'were bound to receive the malt or not ?

The correspondence was as 'follows :-13th SeP-
tember, aot. Letter from the Defendants to the
Plaintiffs" We shall be obliged to you in making
us an rifer 'of a few hundred quarters of malt, send-
ing sample per Mail."
zd Oaober 18ot. Letter from the PlaintifFS to
the Defendants—" I am favoured with yours' of•the
26th. - In answer—We have no malt yet dried off,
but will engage to ship you in two or three weeks
from zoo to 300 quarters of prime, made from the
best barley, at 66i. per quarter on board."
• 4th OCtobcr rBcit, from the- Defendants to the
Plaintiffs-:-" Your _favour of the ad is received. We
are in inunediate want .of malt, therefore accept
your offer for what quantity you have now, dried Off,
but it must be sent immediately, or,,it will be too
late for the purpose intended."
On the rsili the Plaintiffs direned their Clerk
at Yarmouth to procure a ship for carrying the malt.
On the"l6th he engaged a ship called the Margaret,
which was the first to sail—Sent on board about 8o
.quarters, and by the 2.3 d too quarters more, and
the ship sailed without loss of time, but was driven
back by contrary winds, &c. so that the malt did
not arrive for a considerable time ; but the Plaintiffs
having failed to prove that at the time the last
letter of the Defendants was received by them, they
bad any malt dried off, Lord ELL ENE ottotiox held,
that the Plaintiffs had failed to make out their case,
for the meaning of the order was, for." what quan-
tity the Plaintiffs had then dried off," and not for
what they might afterwards' have, and therefore
dire fed that the Plaintiffs should be nonsuited.—,
Nuns4it.