The Sun.
London, England, 1802-10-14 00:00:00

PARISIAN FASHIONS.

Vs MS are still worn as head-dresses ; we still
sec half-handkerchiefs fringed and brought .forward
on the face—oval turbans—crape or Florenceltats
negligently trimmed, a few English riding hoods,
round and quite flat, with a verY large border
before; which taking a direftion towards the bot-
tom, forms a recess, and entirely conceals -the coun-
tenance; -a few Muse's, head:dreSses denominated
a la CAthio;re, with long hair perpendicularly turn-
ed up and fastened- to' the bead. For morning
dress, mob caps tied, under the, chin, or plain
round caps with quill borders, to which some-
times a large and , long lappet is adapted. For
riding, beaver hats, with long hair of a tosser
grey, the rims turned up sometime:, on the right,
sometimes on the left, and sometimes in fr-mt, and
ornamented with one or two curled ostrich feathers
the same colour as the hat ; such are the principal
head-dresses at present in fashion. Combs still
employ the industry of the Jewellers, every one
vies in the elegance and purity of the execution
of the designs which adorn the parts of- _the comb
that cannot be set with diamonds, precious
stones, or cameos. AMong the jewels they men-
tion as articles of great esteem, crosses set with
pearls or diamonds, and bracelets formed of a
ribbon of plaited gold. The doffillettes which
are to .be seen in many of our magazines, have
besides the upright collar, a round one ; they
sweep the ground, the sleeves long, and of mid-
dling Size, are more or less turned, up on the wrist.
.The spencers to which, as to the douilleites, they
adopt round collars,- have very small black facings
after the long shawls of kerseymere and square
shawls of fine cloth, those which are most in vogue
are-shawls of six qUarters of dyed calico, of a crim-
.sort Colotir, or of blue Egyptian ground, or dark
'blue, having for the bottler a coloured silk em-
broidery. - Different manufaftories in the environs
of .PariS, make dyed, shawls with large flowers,
which ate called Turks, becauSe the designs are
fanCiful. For half dress same elegantes have
white embroidery on half-handkerchiefs Of poppy,
amaranth, or dark green.
Many young men wear large flapped hats, which
are called ,P:entimille; these hats have only.
two corners, the front is as flat as the back, and the
crown is so small, that the hats appear like two
flaps one upon the other.

THE KENT ROAD.--A considerable alteration
is shortly to be made in the great road which leads
through . Rochester and Canterbury. The Mails,
stages, and other carriages, which have never come
nearer than within three quarters of, a mile" of
Gravesend, will in future,pass through that town ;
and for thaepurpose.a new road. has been lately cut
between it the village of Northfleet,.whieh is
expeded to he soon finished.—Stages will only
touch at the top of the town, and then proceed by
Milton Church, and come into the old road near
Denton. About three miles of the old road will
thus be rendered completely useless ; and may be'
converted to the purposes of agriculture. Ten thou.
sand
,pounds have been subscribed to make a new,
road from London to join the Kent Road near Bex-
ley, .for the purpose of avoiding BlaCkheath and
Shooter's-hill.. Application -is to he made to Par-
liament on the subject, early in the ensuing Session.
Ox to R n.—Friday IIIeReV.WHITTINGTON LAN.
DON, D. D. Provost of Worcester College, nomi_
nated by the Chancellor of •the University Vice_
Chancellor for the year ensuing, was, in full Convo-
,
cation, invested with that office. .
CAMBRIDGE.---Messrs., JOSEPH GREEN WAL.
FORD, RICHARD TOOTH, HENRY VINCENT BAY-
LEY,.and CHARLES-LE BM, Bachelor's of Arts, of
Trinity College, were on Friday last eleaed Fellows
of that Society.
'The Rev. CHARLES LESITER, A. B. of Clare_
Hal',, is instituted to the Vicarage of North Col-
lingham, on the presentation of -the Rev, the Dean
and Chapter of Peterborough.
The Rev..THomAs COMPTON, M.A. is institut-
ed to the ReEtory of South Beigh, and also to the
Rectory of Cranworth, with Le.tton annexed, all-in
Norfolk.' •

The Rev. JAMES WATTS, M. A. of Christ
Church, Oxford, has been collated, by the Lord
'Bishop of Hereford„, to the Prebend of the Lower
Hall, in the Parish Of Ledbury.
Th• facilitating and diminishing the quantity of
Labour by Machinery, is the principal cause why
Great-Britain has obtained such a superiority and
cheapness in the manufaattres she produces and sends
to foreign markets. As whatever tends to preserve/
our superiority unimpaired is of consequence &
Society, we record with pleasure every discOvry
which leads to that effeet :—Six new calico-printing
Presses, on an improved plan, have lately been
erected, at Woodbank Print-field near Catlisle,
_by which there is an immense saving of expellee.
—They are carried by water,—and only require the
attendance of one man each, and the sax Presses
turn off as much work • as 27 men can do in the
ordinary way, and each of these men earning from
one guinea to two guineas
.per week.
A poor woman, who was lately on Iter way to
St. -Austell Market, picked up a . purse, containing
36 guineas, and immediately made inquiries till she
discovered the owner, who rewarded -her. with
three guineas for her honesty. -

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