The Sun.
London, England, 1803-11-30 00:00:00

FEMALE FASHIONS-FOR DECEMBER.

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IP-44;n Drerses—Military pelices and spencers
are the, prevailing habiliments among the dashers of
the hour ton. The colours are pale blue, wiih black
ornaments,, or Nail( velvet, with jet ornaments of
the diamond. The above are considered as.the meet
.genrcel, but green and scarlet are likewise worn,'
but they border too much on the canaille.
The MOrning Dress—Of cambric, Made short,
with a number of tucks round the bottom, made
high in the neck with a collar ; king sleeves,: the
waist confined with a cord Embossed
cambric. =silos will be much worn this Season for
morning dresses. The colours are dark. .

1/e/id.Dress..'—The military 'bonnet of black vel.
vet, ornamented with scarlet, or R yal purple, with
a small feather in front. Silief bear mud's and tip.
pets are much worn.

Evening Dreis.• --Plain muslin dresies, wttly,
worked borders round the bottom, interspersed rows
of lace, and sleeves to match;' plain trints. Hand,
kerchiefs are universally worn for the•neck, corn.
posed. of alternate stripes of lace and illU5:10..

Head Orerr,—Cap of entire lace, crossed on the
right side with a Parisian wreath of pirik and scar..
let ; from the left side there is''an end which fAllscirr
the left shoulder. The hair curls in front, and a;
t4ft of hair appears on the top of she he:id.
Large roll turbans will he much worn-this season,
in compliment to the nttneluke Chief.
The prevailing colours for shoes are black j.,oe,
white kid, and purple ; but are so extre I I ine.y
quartered as to but barely admit thee toes.
G.e.qtrai Qhrerpatiswi.—The ors.neis' are
(pike out, with the exception of a few or the checlo,
which are of the richer sort. The_ following dis.
tingaished reonagesare expeded to set the fa.
shton after Christmas ; the Dotchess of. Be uryLtD,
Marchioness of HEaTFORD, Lady HAhli LTOII, and
Lady A NNE ;SM .

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On Friday: flight, between the, hottis„of eleven
and twelve o'clock, a, •Mr. PAIMEtto of. Fleet.
street, was.returnin,t; to Southall, lie was slopped by
two highwaymen, in a lane leading- fruM the Grand
juklion Canal to Southall.green, They, were
armed with bludgeons, and struck him several
times on his head. Mr. PALMER made his escape
through a hedge, to a hut on Southall-green, and
alarmed the inhabitants.. The villains were both'
well mounted-; one of them appeared to hem sol.:
diet belonging to the Light Horse. Early on
turday morning Mr. Ntkea, went to Hounslow,
and related the 'circumstance,, adding, that the
robbers had taken nothieg front him but his hat.,
lie was then informed, of the following eircum.
stance, ,which had occurred at the White Bear Inn
Alban oporsetack, who had the 'appearance of
a•toldiir, "called there at a very early hour, whose
reckoning came to t iv., ; he wasgoingito
leave the house without paying it, Say log, he Lid
tut mooey, and would cr.ll and pay another
whet the lapOlorti refused ' and observing him to
have two bats on, snatched one off. his head, and
said he rt keep that till he called .to pay the
reckoning. On the hat being shewn Mr. PARKItR,
he itlecttifted„ it. Information beitigitten .at the
Public"-Office; Bats street, en! of the (111'),
patrole, went. on Sunday in, pursuit of the
(.4Libcrs ; In called. at the White Bear Innitt
llowitlow, where he learned that the man whom
the hat was taken from on Sattittray waning bud
cmiled again on Saturday afternoon, ak;d offered
two shillings iii. payment for his bill, and to have,
the hat again, whichtlie landlord refuied, btu ill.),
pro&ntly let him go; Bacon applied to Ciptain
I La.w n Et4C t, of the 1-loonslowgafraCk.S, for an eaa.
mination
,of the men quartered there,. and for
.a
tnuster.roll' to,,be collect, which the:Captin ad.
vireo - to he deferred till yestettray morning. and
all' the parties who had. seen the man at the
Inn to attend. Ye4terday the Landlord' and 7,..,;)„d_
lady, attended at the Barracks, when the
horn was bOtottletl,-atici, !lit the men were nithtJfm,,
the parties fixed upon,a man, who, they said, they
had no doubt was the person who left the ltat ;
and the Captain ordered hitt!, tutu Confintnrot.