Star.
London, England, 1804-10-13 00:00:00

ON FASHION.

A'welitiattock, for ever changing,
A breeze from lamer to now'r ranging;
A itrearn that ever bubbles on,
A moment here, neat come, then gone
The Moms fur everighanging faces,
Th' unfettlnl sidor at harfe races :
ThKt,tho' iv:fettled. flirt tuna yield
To Alfrise the embattled fteleL
Tablas, more changing than the wind,
l (peed it leaves the buck behind ;
In changes it outdees the Moon,
Which never cbang'd its face fo feat :
There was adme Po= years ago,
Vhen Small at up and large below,
The Gape of ladies then did thew,
In all refpefs, except the handle,
Übe as cads/oiler of candle.
Dst Ems eke( the beets did pafs
alteed Slope melt math lafs,
The heads, no more of model form.
Illbgalr'd much weal to keep them warm,
Or cite they'd never have been in large,
Pot 'twas a vett expec6vc charge:
With wool, Me hair. black pins end powder,
Each bdy's hair-drake did crowd her.
Slow &Reed new spin is Whim;
is thls eissulisaus. Wide ;
Sobers, fo pdated—bot, I've done,
Each lay has fah &Ms n 0...
TM* basal% moulder, necks &WM
Aad lAA feelings trip away;
Thy coma few thefe beauties but,
lie Wage the eeiirr awe.

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Tilt multitude of people that afembled yefterdsys
and the preceding night, in the neighbourhood of
I.eicefterlquare, to view the adopted and laudable
plan of the inhabitants to defeat the purfuita of the
frail Sljterbead. was beyond coaceptien. The bodes
frequented by thole dafbinz letterer appear to be de.
ferted ; bat whoever remains on them mug be terri-
fied at the appearance of a shaft& Jfetrr blockading
the door. with a lighted candle hustled in a lantharn
on the top of a long pole. to which is alto fixed a
board bearing the infeription. di Ban Hovsas." On
Thurfday night,* party of the frail Siferhood (allied
Until/on /doom vik, under the protection of their
grifearer. to cootasd for the privileges they had fo long
• oyed in_the hbouthood of their abode. One of
raw". le by a ddibiss,Bo4, who reprecnted
as an =owl, sad for a while Combed the
coliplalats of the &mats. by confounding the m-
imics* of the pole bearers. While he was heron-
Mtaahe pezie. one ofehem (a neighbouring wine
coveted him to be a waiter at .a Co-
vent raw• des Coles-hoofs; but his Lady infified on
his title, mid be, with her mamorato, was coavey-
oil to the eitatebborafe by the patilh officers.
T. Waite= has been committed to Stafford gaol,
ad on the Coroner's Inqueft with killing are
Samuel Oakes, at Wohlanton.
Court of ]Gag's Bench at Guildhall has undir-
Alpe fouls aherations, which will net only condom to
ale accoenmodatiso of the Judges, but of the inferior
orders of the profeffion. Although. tto additional
room Is gained In the interior of the Courti yet the
change a fuliciently coafiderable to remelt the fits.'
mica of all the official attendant. The Jury box,
which was to the right hand of the Judge, is now to
the left, and the Conde!, who before were to the left,
ore now on the contrary fide. The roftrum for the
*imam is alto conveyed to the oppofite fide of the
Corm The feat of the Judge is tikewife advanced
eightfeet seater the grand entrance, and the exterior
few* is carried the fame diftance forwarder in the
like direetion. The confcquence of thefe alterations
is the acquifitinn of a new apartment, to which the
Judge may occafionally retire ; in length the whole
width of the Court, and in breadth two yards two feet.
This room, although the correct cubical proportions
are -not at all pieferved, is an accommodation
which has hitherto been withheld from the firft Law
Offset of the Crown, occupying the feat of judgment
where the Sovereign himfelf is foppoled to prelide,
and where Majefty itfelf did repofe when Coke and
Abbot Rourifhed. The only inconvenience attending
there changes is, that the (pace allotted to the public
is diminifhed eight feet through the whole width of
the Court. This detriment is not wholly to be over-
looked, when we confuter that it is•the glory of the
Englifh law, that the more narrowly the proceedings
of our Courts are infpeded, the mote our inftitutions
will be revved, and that the fublime maxims of Bri-
e& jorifprudenec, which are proclaimed from the
higheft authority in the teat of judgment, are admi-
ts .ly calculated to advance the peace, order, and
happinefs of the community.
A County Meeting and Meeting of Lieutenancy
was held at Perth on the ad Prefent the Duke
of ATHOL, Earls MANtli tELD and KINIIOO4 Lori
KIIIIII3IIO, the Honourable Mr. K5333/1" and a
numerous and retpeclable body of Commoners. The
only important bufinefs before the Meeting was an
application from the Count) of Angus. reel Jttliag the
co-operation of the County of Perth in procuring an
equalization of the dory on barley, by leihning the
impoll on the grain of Scotland, or railing that of
triglaod.—ltrfened to the Standing Committee.
Mr. K 13113133 called the attention of the Meeting
to the wiled-(or stallion °I a new prifon and apart-
ments for the accommodation of the Meetings of the
County, and of the Courr of Julticial y. Eyes y Gen
tleman pref.:TA mug feel how iii tile apartmuit in
which they were affembled was Attlptld f.l. County
purpofes: this was merely an ire rivrr:cn:e ; hut,
that there lhould be a necetlity r guards
when it fell to be occupied as J ot Clillllll2l
malice. was an evil of the moll enormous iv agnitude
Ife had hat ye.tr oppofed the et: cli• .1 1...
buildings, but it was becauf.: he it I it: •
not procure the ieparation of the two
plan—one fupertiuous and imprm,er the ut'd:.
the mai prang necellity. It was I>. ,
Grow that the (cure of the County th, t,'.i i :Jun
the propriety of melting a prifon an•l ether apart-
ments: poftponing. at kali, if nut entirely rtjcetm,;,
the propofed Bridewel.
It was accordingly refolveo, on the motion of Mr.
K 1333131) after a few words frr,o the Mike
At rf
mot., Lordi MrTMvea, kc. titat the Meeting 1,1
old
,urn to the all irflAilf, then to ..-ofilider of the
sop iety oteretting cemtis Durk:rug-, St.:.

bt,tsiwuards,

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LA!? INTELLIGENCE.

PALACE COURT, OCTOBER ta.

NARDI! V. LONG.
The Plaintiff in ttis aßion was a refpeßable fur
gems and apothecary, a member of the Royal Col-
lege, and brought the prefimt anion to recover the
fum of 51. for medicines, and attendance on the fon
of the Defendant, a boy, at Mr. Coomb's boarding-
tchool, Walworth. The Defendant, conceiving the
Dottor's charge to be exhorbitant, had refuted to b.
snidate it, but bad paid 41. into Court, ac fufficient
in his mind to evinguifb the claim. Mt. Coomb,
who keeps the bnarding [chord, Was the fit R witnefs
Called. He provedshe illnets of the boy, who had
been attacked by a leaflet fever, fucceeded by an in-
Ramntation in the bladder. e alto proved the at•
tendance of Mr. Hardy ; and alto that a prnfeffional
gentleman, named Brown, had vili-ed, but that was
after the boy relapfed. On his cm/s-examination he
Rated, that he was furprifed when the bill was pee
Tented, and .his furprife was excited by the high
charges it contained. He denied ever having heard
the father of the boy fay to the Eloktor, Give him
any thing, but don't run me to expences " A lad,
named Headerfon, who was in the Plaintiff's (bop,
Rated, that,he had made up all the medicines enu-
merated in the bill before the Court, and nothing
was charged in it beyond the common and ordinary
rate.

Mr. Williams, a furgeon and apothecary, (Nerved,
chit the charge. in the bill were extremely moderate-
Mixture., were charged at only sik which, in his opi.
nion, ought to have been chased as. 6d. This wa-
nds added, that the Plaintiff would have been fully
warranted had he charged three or five guineas for
his attendance on the boy, as an inflammation in Ott
bladder was a facriral cafe, and required more care
and vigilance than the leaflet fever which was a cafe
entirely of a weerwai defcriptinn. The !owners of the
Plaintiff's charge was alto confirmed by Mr. Pearce,
anothei difciple of Efctifzyt;er, and who, by the bye,
it would appear, was Ilearly related to Homo. He
dated, that none of the charges were above the ordi-
nary rate, though feveral were below it. The learned
Counfel for the Defendant anted this Gentleman, how
he charged for mianwo ? 4, Sir, 1 always charge
half a crown."—" What! half a crown, whether they
are made of water and kid eltfl, or 4 milt and copii-
laire."" Sir, they are charged in the host, exactly
as yes charge low-extewee." gieftion by the Court.
••••‘' Have you any more queflions to put to this wit-
nets r —No, Sir; no more."
The Learned Counfel for the Defendant then ad.
dreffed the Jury. He Lid, :hat he was not enabled
to call any witneffes, but he thought it a little herd
that a thane, as it were, &mad Co alter an apothecary's
bill; leveret of the Plaintiff's witneffes had changed
the complexion of the cafe, by laying, that an inflam-
mation in the bladder altered the nature of the dilor
der, under whieh the boy laboured, and made it a
forgisel inlaid of a mafiosi cafe. There was certainly
a good deal of art employed in bringing forward
evidence of that nature becaufe, he underltond, that
a iallamaaation in the bladder was no unufual con-
comitant on a fearlet fever, which was a general in-
flammation over all parts of the body. He had every
relpea for profeiGonal men, but it would he a cafe of
extreme hardihipif his client Should be obliged to pay
for medicines, legend of which had been returned
unufed.—Here Mr. Coomb was again called up. He
Paid, that his mother had returned feveral medicines
when the boy was getting better, under the idea that
he had taken enough. l'he Dollor's boy, on the
contrary, denied that, to the bell of his knowledge,
any medicines had been Cent back.
Mr. Serjeant Matsu at, the Judge, went over the
evidence to the Jury. who, without helitation, bound
a verdict in favour of the Plaintiff, for 61.