The Sun.
London, England, 1828-01-01 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY, 1, 1828.

LONDON FASHIONS FOR JANUARY.

(From Achermann's Repository of Arts, Fashions, r'e.)

HEAD DRESSES.

1. Hat of coleur ?no si re, or light green
striped velvet ;, the brim extremely, wide, -and
spreading. in-the front and sides, contains behind
half a quarter deep and full, being a continuation
of the lower velvet trimming that surrounds the
crown, placed low on the left, and high on
right side : the trimming on the, front above is
folded in a picturesque style. -Papilionaceous
bows of. rich satin riband, of cherry-colour and
black; adorn the lift side, and spread from the
top of the crown towards 'the right ;, three small'
branches of the golden or POrtuguese everlasting
fall _gracefully from opposite points. „
• 2. - Toque of fine- tulle spreading uPwards.
-frame a.. broad-'old 'band; Which.... has two boWs.
and an:end pendant: from the. right side. The.
'toque is edged at the top with gold lace ; the
crown 'is low and full, and has a star in the
centre. • -•

3. l'u,tha of crimson
.velvet, with: tworpstriCh
feathers ,of the same colour. .on the right. side,
anda projecting ornafftent of blaCk velvet, bound
with gold lace, on the left ; bandeau of ermine.

4. TariSitin hit of:.black velvet, bOund with.
'gold-colour satin,,an4 lined with pinkl the brim
is very large and, double in front 1 two curled.
ostrich-feathers of scarlet and gold emanate from'
the space between,' and One extends buyout's-the.
,eAgo of the brim. The crown is made and
izas. a fan-like bow .of gold, black satin ribhon,
'eery broad-; and k large Ostlich feather, attached
to the centre,' extends: in .direction -'wards. the -right aide ; strit g!. of goN,and.,htack
satin ribbOn.,

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• • II
'DRESS.

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CrPpe lisse dress of bird-lif: Paradise:Yellow,
•Gwth short full sleeves, set in a black satin,band
round the :arm ; stomacher front, compoiat of
five perpendicular divisions, widening towards
the top of the bust, and ,displaying black satin
puffings between ; scollopped blond trimming
in front; deepening to a zepbyr 'cape on 'the
shoulders and at the bact". The point of the
stomacher is,loW," and finished, with a ruche of
tulle. The skirt is short, and ornamented with
three rosaceousborders of the same material as
the dress, "with black. satin .puffings at the cor-
ners, and is terminated with a yellow satin r,ou.
leau : a baud of, the same colour is arranged
between each of the borders. The hair is dressed
in large curls in front, high' . the top, and'or-
namented with tulle drapery, and supported
with a tiara comb. Neeklace, ear-rings, and,
bracelets of embossed goldand turquoise ; white
kid gloves; French trimmed gold tissue shoes
and sandils.

AGRICULtMAL REPURT for DECEMBER

Q
• the best soils, though the. wheats. Look,
,mot beautifully healthy ,and luiuriant,. they are'
deemed somewhat too proud and forward to the
apprehended premature exhaustion of the sub-
stance of the roots. The turnip has wonder-
fully improved, the mildew abated, and on the

best-soilirothe
.ervitievesee-i-Never was' a more
;plentiful. grazing season, or one in . which dry
fodder has been more spared for spring use, Or
`in which 'the stock of roots was More abundant-4
moat fortunate, should • the winter prove severe,
as has been prognosticated,. on the Continent ;
an idea which receives some countenance from
the early visits •of wild fowl to our rivers. In
the north, the damage to the wheat in crop, fro
the variable and, wet latter harvest, has been
great ;. and feW good samples will be produced
from "those parts., Their barley, also, has been
much damaged, and is selling at a very low price.
A similar complaint is made of all kinds of, Hive
stock, pigs excepted,• which. still 'retain. their full
market value, or; even in increase, in all parts.
Tilths,,too, are backward in the north, There-
verse of all this, hOWeirer, is, fortunately, the
ease, on all our good lan& southwards. Wool
remains in every part of the country in the 'same
dull state, with the exception noted in our-la/it.

ON DEATH BY LIGHTNING.

(From the Medical Gazette.)

It is not to be supposed that the operation of an
electric shock on the animal body will be the same in
all cases-. It is more probable that it expends its
influence sernetimes'
.on one part, sometimes on
another, and that the effects produced by it. will
vary accordingly.
A boy was admitted into St. George's hospital
under:the following circumstances hid several
superfieila sores oh his abdomen and limier limbs,
and :he gave the following account of their origin.
In .the. mouth of July, during a thunder-storm, he
%vas sitting with.several other persons under a hove]
covered with thatch-. A- flash of lightning struck
the *hovel, and set fire. to the thatch: the bey; and
a woman who Was'of the party, fell senseless. . The
woman was instantaneously deprived 'of life; but-
.the bq recovered his sensibility after the lapse of a
few minutes. He; had been drawn out of the: hovel,
before he could feel_ any effects from the burning
thatch, and his clothes were uninjured; but shortly
afterwards large vesications took place about the
pubesniul thighs, precisely resembling those which
arise from a scald ;• and they terminated in a similar
.manner, that is, in producing ulcerations. •It is evi-
dent' that, in his case, the electricity must haVe
aaed chiefly" on the -surface of- the—body. - A cor-
responding case is recorded in the sixty-sixth volume
of the Philosophical Transactions. A bullock, which
was pied white and red, was exposed to a violent
thunder-storm. A stroke of lightning consumed
the white, hut leftithe red hairs. In another volume,
of the -Philosophical Transactions is the history of a
Man who was instantaneously.destroyed by lightning,.
which made a wound in ihis neck, and . burned the
surface of the body, so f4iat the integuments re-
.sembled scorched leather.
But a stroke of lightning may also occasion death
without injuring. (as far as. Ire are capable of perceiv-
ing)-the organization of any pert of the body. Wish-
ing to determine in. what iniiiiiser the electric in—
fluence operates-on these occasions; 'I• instituted the
following experiment. An ::electric • battery of six
jars being charged with electricity, the shock was'
made to pass through a guinea-pig, in the longitudi-
nal direttiorr' from the head to the tail: The animal
immediately fell on one:side; as if stunned. • There;
were convulsive actions of the muscles of the :ex-
tremities; which however presently' ceased. The,
function of respiration- was not interrupted... In. a
.feW minutes sensibility was' restored, and the animal
recovered.'
In this aperiment there were no marks of de- .
rangement, of-the vital 'fun-dime, w ith the excep-
Lion ofthose Of ihe 'brain ; and the animal suffered,
as he might be expected to suffer, from concussion of
the brain. . , .• .

• An electric battery of nine jars. being charged with
electricity, the shock was diScharked through ano-
ther guinea pig, in the direction from the -head .to
the tail. J4mmediately ;the animal •fell on one side.
There. were convulsive actions of thi muscles of the
limbs; but it uttered no sound,.and although 'closely
watched, it was not observed 'that' he breathed once
after he.had received the shock. Three minutes
afterwards I opened the chest, and found the heart
acting with regularity and .vigour, about 80 times in
#oillinnte, and circulating dark-,coloured venous
peiistaltic motion of the intestines also-
etiititiined. On dissection no preternatufal appear-
ances presented themselves in any part of the body,
and the muscles contracted readily when submitted
to the influence of a voltaic battery.
In .thi-s experiment it was evident that the electric
sh-ock ditl not destioy the irritabil444thiLmuuglar
fibre; nor did it affect the action of the:heart. Death-
took plfwe Aareriscly in the same manner as from a
severe injury of the head, and the animal died ma-
nifestly from the destruction of the functions of the
brain. There can be no doubt that if the lungs had
been regularly inflated, the action of the heart would
-have been maintained ; and very probably in this,
as in many other. instances where the cause of death
operates, especially on the •brain, by persevering in
the process of artificial' the animal' would
have been restored to life.

• o_ a third experiment there were icerrgspending
results, although death was not the immediate con-
sequence' of ihe.injtirjr. The`almiiml lay on 'one:Side
the heart was distinguished acting through the ribs,
apcl' lie continued to respire :.he was totally insen-
sible, except when roused, and then,he gave some
imperfect signs'of sensibility, like a person suffering
from concussion of the brain. There .were occa-
sional convulsive actions of the voluntary muscles,
In the evening, five hours after the, experiment was
made, he was still in the same condition,' but on
the'following:morning. he was fciund dead and'stiff.
It has been stated, on no less an authority than
that of'n.. Hunter; that in a person killed by
lightning there is an instantaneous and complete de•;,
struction of the vital principle in every part of the animal
machine; that the muscles are relaxed, and incapable
of contraction ; that the limbs do not become stiffened
as after ordinary death, :and ; that the body imme-
diately beginsto.undergo.the changes which are the
result of putrefaction. That lightning never pro-
duces such phenomena as, these I am not prepared
to asiert ; bat in the experifnents which I have just
described; such an-instantaneous extinction of vita-
lity certainly did not take place. It is manifest that
the functions of the brain were those on which the
electric shock exercised its principal. influence, and
that the suspension of those functions. was the im-
mediate cause,of death. .

Nowlet us compare the reSalts'Of- these eiperi-
'ments;_with those of huinaWbeings' who have been
struck by lightning, and who have afterwards re-.
covered.-

One person (as we are informed), felt an impulse
on one side of his head, and his sense of bearing was
impaired afterwards. Another person felt as if stu-
pitied, and forced to the ground he. knew not how.'
A third individual is described to have been rendered
instantly. insensible ; the pulse being strong, though
irregulku'. In eight minutes he began to move his
shoulders; and, in four minutes more, 'he articulated
some incoherent words ; 'but an hour and a half
elapsed before he had entirely recovered his senses.
The patient appears to have been under the care of
Dr. Struve, a German physician, who published a
treatise on the art of restoring suspended animation.
He was bathed in cold water, and then covered over
with earth, which was laid upon him six inches in,
thickness; vinegar was poured down his throat, and
the powers of his constitution enabled him to recover,
in spite of the doctor's remedies.
,It appears to methat the facts which have been
able to collect relating to this subject lead to this
conclusion, that the influence of lightning, or of a
powerful shock of electricity, in the majority of cases,
is expended chiefly in disturbing or destroying the
functions of the brain; and the treatment necessary.
'to counteract the effects of the injury may be corn-
prized in a few words.
Expose the body to a moderate warmth, so as to
preVent the loss of animal beat, to which it ins always
liable where the functions of the brain are suspended,
or impaired, and inflate the lungs'by means of a pair
of bellows, so as to imitate natural respiration as
nearly as possible,whenever the animal breathes with
labour or difficulty, or when he has ceased 'to breathe
altogether by his own efforts.

A few days ago there was a fight between two
factions at Newceetown, in the West of this County in
which one man was killed and several wounded.—Cork
Southern Reporter.

PRICE 71).

THE STONE TRADE.

(From the Sccitsman.) .
(The following article Whs. drawn up by a
, friend, vvho is well acquainted with the Stone
Trade, and has been an attentive observer of all
the changes that have happened in it,. but who
• has no interest whatever m the particular corn-
anodity of which he speaks so favourably.)
Many advantages .have resulted from the. re-
peal of the impolitic tax on stone carried coast-
wise., The granite of: Aberdeenshire, sandstone
from the Forth, and limestone from Cornwall,
-are now found lying together on the-banks-nf the
Thames; and, even in our northern metropolis,
whose neighbourhood presents,. aNple,,inineral
stones for the- builder, 4- instto. fd*4 for
Stones from beyond the Forth, the. Tay, and
from the other side of the Moray Frith. The
advantage. ofa Cheap water carriage gives a selec-
tion of materials suited to various kinds of work,
which the builder finds to be peculiarly commo-
dious. This is one consequence of the aboli-
tion of the . Stone Tax, which might alone be
a full recompence for the efforts required_ to
carry it. • The, aving stone brought from. Caith-
ness,.now lariat used at ,Glasgow, and coming-
lifie at Edinburgh, is a material which unites
together so .many useful qualities, that the time
is, perhaps, not far distant when it will supersede
the substance presently employed for footways in
London, and other principal towns in the empire.
In regard to strength, lightness, durability and
beauty,tlie Caithness stone, in my opinion, sur-
passes any Other kind of pavement that •I.am 4c-
'quainted with. Floors of it may .be supported
. on., joists 'of very moderate strength ; and it !is
already used in paving lobbies:and . other orna-
,mented. apartments. A- black variety formsele-
gent Moiaic work whert. laid along with coni-
partmentS ofa whiter stone. . rhave seen a spe-
cimen which had acquired A degree of lustre frOm
polishing which seems to mark it out as 4 cheap
and very tolerablesSubstitnte,for black marble.;
Both varieties are ,found so plain and smooth in
their natural state, that for the ordinary purpoies
of pairing, they, require no surface hewing, and
they lire ground to a greater fineness of surface
merely by rubbing one piece upon another, inter,-
posinOand and water, Thetexture is so close,that
it. appears , to be. abiolutely imperviable to water,
and henCe'it.:ii that it is free fron,the fractures
and exfOliations .occasioned by freezing, so conimbn
'to stones of more porous structure. , From its
smoothness, and. perhaps from its argillacious
composition, it is easily -swept 'or washed. I have:
observed, that:Where it isin the streets placed in
.juxtaposition with a sandstone pavement, the lat-
ter,. on account of its granulated surface, entangles
a coating of mug; while the Caithuess stone re-
mains comparatively- 'Clean, and that.. in the
short cessation of rain which usually 'precedes
frost, the cleaner. Caithness stone is dried, while
a layer of wet mud is retained by the other, which
is subsequently.glazed with ice, to the danger of
the limbs of passengers. In one respect; its close-
ness and, fineness of texture is rather a disadvan-
tage, for 'when. carefully polished, pavement made
of it-is dangerously smooth and slippery during
rain..-. This remark has been repeatedly made
respecting, the pavement in front- of the- iltdibnal
Bank ; 'but the remedy is to leave the sukfithe in
its natural state. On the other hand, its quality
of impenetrability to water has been found ad-
vantageous in making cisterns and baths, which
do not.require any lining. The superior dura-
bility of the newly adopted material is sufficiently
known in the north by long • experience ; and,
in town, I have seen that where slabs have been put
to replace worn out sandstone, the conterminous
'pieces are soon worn down, so as to leave the
harder stone protruded above them. In several
recent instances thin layers have been brought to
the south, and employed in roofing, where they
have given great satisfaction, and saved the ex-
pence of the boards called larking. In the pre-
sent infantine state of this 'new branch of com-
merce, it.may be impossible to foresee all the use
to which this material is suited, but a few of its
adaptations are self evident. For large platforms,
long 'steps for stairs, and long • pilasters in one
piece, stones have hitherto been procured at enor-
mous prices. If lam not deceived, much -better
may be imported from Caithness, probably for a
'fourth part of the cost. Stairs may be built in
the Manner of wooden ones. Incombustible
buildings for the support of hearths, will remove
theniost common cause of conflagration in houses.
Slabs of black variety may be made into ele-
gant side-tables, curriers tables, drawing boards,
and applied' to many other useful and ornamental
purposes. The thicker layers of either sort, for
any thing that I.can discover, may-form the ribs
and other essential parts of arches of the largest
span. •

DOG STEALERS.—Those' who posess. valu-
able dogs are advised to be on their guard against depre-
dators upon this description of property. It is strongly
suspected that a confederacy of horse-stealers is stationed
not a hundred miles from Swansea, and the public is can-
tionkl to be' watchful on tkis head also.—Hereford Inde-
pendent.

We have just seen a portrait painted by young
On said to be an admirable likeness, • and observe with
pleasure his great iinprovement in thiS branch of the art.
By this speciraOn 'dais-abilities he gives fair promise of
acquiring distinction as, a. painter, that may vie with the
celebrity of his deceased relative, the distinguished artist of
that name. • Young Orli is stilt' in the county, and we
hear will be employed in his profession next week in Truro.
—Cornwall. Gazette.

Lusus .NATtnuE.—A full-grown pigeon,
having what appeared to be a large tumour underneath its
right wing, was caught in a net at Carlingford, a few days
ago. On opening the tumour our informant, a professional
gentleuian, was surprised on discovering the almost per-
fect formation of a young bird ! What adds to the singu-
larity of the case is the fact, that the hollow bag from which
our friend . extracted the above extraordinary production
was altogether unconnected, with the internal part of the
pigeon. Both pigeon and bird have been sent to our office,
where the curious in such matters may have an opportu-
nity of solving whatever of doubt they entertain on the
subject.—Newry Telegraph.

Mr. JOSHUA BRYDGEs, one of the oldest
Severn carriers of Worcester, died on Friday, in his 66th
year. Although in youth of a slender and spare frame,
and of active and industrious habits, he became exceedingly
corpulent in his latter days, and the last time he was in
the scales, his weight was found to be twenty-one stone!
f3s.v.oc.Fs was always accounted a plain, honest, plodding
man, although somewhat eccentric. He had been for some
time in contemplation of the day of reckoning, and for these
two years had by }tin: a massive stone coffin, for the
safe-keeping of his remains when it should arrive. Seine
years ago; BRYDGES had the temerity, with another, to
ascend to the top of the lofty spire of St. Andrew's
Church, when in the course of repair, and underwent the
operation of shaving, under the hands of his companion.
Cambrian.

You must i6zon, that me and all the •- gulls hare
taken to making kittodrUms, as they call them, and
what we can't -mkt, we collex. We got the ideas
from having purchased some of the hanntial petodi-
cals. I boght the Omelet, and Lavinia bought the-
Bougie, and they Set us open putting knundrtuns
into-our AlbiOna.
It being Christmas, and it coming but once a ycal ,
I hare sent you some of ours; which perhaps you
won't print, but may serve to Make you laugh. •
What three letters spell Archipelago—(what that
is! don't know; butthisis tbeanswer)t. G.and C.
Why is a man about to his father
.put in a sack
like a traveller on his way to a city, in Asia?--Be-
cause he is going to ,lag Dad.
Why is a child with a cold ua its head like a winter'::
night 2—Because " it blows, it suir.ti•."—'-(nose, you
know.)
Why is the Lord-Lientenantuf Ireland like a man
inquiring what o'clock it is 1)--Bachtise he is as King
for the time. _ _ .

If a pair of spectacles could speak, whit antlio;
would they name ?•;--Eusebius—Clroa
Why is a flourishing landlord sure to have plenty
of relatives ?—Because he must h'ave Ten ants. •
What are the best shoes for wet weathrir.?--
Pitinps.
Why is a sermon on board ship like: Sic tdwird
Codrington's red ribband?Berattse it is a deck
oration. • • •• ;
Why is a very little devil sitting on the top of a
cow-house, hke a: man who has sqtymdered all .}iis
property ?---I3altuste he is osier. a !Tod..
What sea 'would. pie w s OrlYe"l:4*-Asole.iirir
night 2-4 dry attic !. • . . • .
Why is a libeller in Newgate itke:u traveller who
has caught a rheumatism at.a.bad,imi ---laet;lnse he
suffers for lying in damp sheets ! ,•
Why is .a gentlemen in a Calais packet on a stormy
day, like A gentleman sailing in part of the Mediter-
ranean ?—Because he is'ainowrst the Cyclades.
Why are glass coaches so plentiful its Loialon?--
Because they are without number.
When is a door not a door ?—When. it is q:jar.
When is it more than moor ?,,!--When 'tis to !
Why is the root of the, topgise, hlue a deic.cted
man ?--Becatise it is down in the lizthdh!'
Why is a hired landau not a laMfau ?--Bee.ause it
is a hi/mica/et

Why is a lean lilonarch.conStantly'Avorrying
self ?—Because he is always a thin king •
a Tragedy a more rkatuFar pe4ortrrapee iiz
a theatre than a Comedy ?---BeeauSe the.boxes are

always in Tiers! •• . • • , •
is. Parliament-street litre 'a.coinpendiiim ?
Because it' goes to a bridge !
If all-the alphabet were invited to dinner, why
could they not all accept the inNit4tion ?—Because
six'of them come after-T. '" - .
Why is a boy doing his first innirti;lilie a serpent.
erect ?—Because he'islin adder-up !, •, • '
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