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X4 l 4••• I t \ A . 1 . 1 ". ‘1 0 1211111"3311 7:11.• 17880 Le be of ter • the 4• ich the led :be oof ew ird oon ere WI.. ;t. ica Op, :he PE II 1' E Y AND COSMETIC MANUFACTORY, No. 6, BUDGE-ROW, LONDON. PROFESSOR MULLER'S PERUVIAN VEGETABLE BALSAM, for Gentlemen's use, guested upon oath before the Lord Mayo, as being ths first and only article that ever has been Introduced to cause the s traightest hair to curl. Many compositions have been ad. united without effect, except J. F. MULLER's ROYAL cr KLING CREAM, prepared specifically for the Queen, to keep the hair In curl after being dressed, but none to give it that wog-wished-for ornament which will be found in this invaluable article. This inimitable Curling and Cleansing Bohol is extracted and sold by Muller and Co. at their Chouical, Cosmetic. and Perfumery Warehouse, No. 6, ga g e.row, Wading-street, City. Professor MULLER'S PERUVIAN RESTORA- TivE ; or, the true Vegetable Curling and Cleansing Balsam, is presented solely by Muller and Co. having pur chased the exclusive right of introducing it to their Friends and the Public from another branch of the late Professor Muller's family, whose title to this novel and inimitable discovery was for some time doubtful ; or it would long ens : his have made its appearance. It is now offered with onfidence by the Proprietors to those who are bald from mess or other causes, and to those who are desirous of preserving their hair to an extreme old age, from falling off or turning grey from the continual use of heated irons to curl : t, and ardent spirits and other improper preparations to clean It, &c. Muller and Co. beg most-respectfully that strict m otion may be paid to their directions for using the Babam, which will accompany every bottle containing this elegant article. It will cause the most stubborn straight hair to curl beautifully in a short time, and from its fine vegetable com position it derives mild and astringent properties ; it gives beauty and strength to the weakest hair, and imparts to it a delicate fragrance, equal to the Professor's Royal Extract of Flowers. or King William's favourite Perfume, made originally for his gracious Majesty. This highly.ap prechted Balsam will also produce Eyebrows', Mustachios, Whi,kets, and Hairs on the Hands. Price 3s. lid. 6s. and 16. per bottle. It is strictly prepared from the original Recipe of the late OTTO CHRISTIAN hIULLER, Professor of Botany, and Inventor of the following cele grated articles for the toilet s—Milk of Lilies for the Com pinion, Erysipelas, or St. Anthony's Fire, Inflamed Eyes, Ringworm, &c.—" Russian Hair Dye,"—" Pommade de laeassar, for the Growth of Hair,"—" Cold Cream of Roses fur the Skin,"—and " The British Aromatic Tooth Powder and Lotion, dte. dtc. AU of which may be had Genuine by applying at the Manufactory, No. 6, Budge.row. Also, Muller's Perfumed Spirit of Lavender, Imperial Bloom of Roses for the Cheeks ; Royal Curling Cream ; Bon :11arrow ; Bears' Grease ; Pommade Divine ; Bou quet du Rol G. It. IV ; Bouquet d'Attnire; Bouquet de is Urine, &c. &c. N.B. To guard against counterfeits, as many have been detected, every article will bear the crest of the Professor's family.—Medicine Chests fitted up, with proper Directions tor use.—Prescriptions accurately dispensed. Merchants and Captains supplied upon liberal Terms. Cl-10LERA MORBUS CURED BY MORI SON'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINES ONLY.— The President and the Board of the British College of Health, New•road, King's Cross, London, on referring the British Public to their former statement of the undoubted success of the Universal Medicines in stopping the ravages of the Cholera Morbus in the Baltic, u given, verbatim, from Mr. M. Gardner, their general Agent for the County of Durham, (who had supplied several Baltic vessels with the Medicine), beg leave to lay before the Public another letter, to:tired this day from the same gentleman, contain ing a still more corroborative proof of their full efficiency on this devastating scourge : "To Messrs. Morison, Moat, and Co. " Gentleume,—Having received a letter from Capt. Lang ley, of the trading vessel Joseph, of this port, who lately arrived at Hull from Riga, I transmit you a copy, which you will feel to be your duty to publish to all the world. " Dear Friend,—Respecting the Universal liledidues of the British College of Health, which you so fortunately provided me with at Sunderland, I have every reason to be lieve, and, indeed, I am convinced that they were the means of preserving my own life as well as some hundreds more at Rigs, a great many of which I was an eye witness to. On my first arrival at Riga, I commenced taking the Pills as a preventive, or preparation for the attack, to stay its violence if assailed; by which means a free passage through the body prevented the infectious air from producing that fatal cramp in the stomach and limbs which has caused the death of thousands. On the •28th of May, however, I was most violently seized with that dreadful disorder, and for the first four hours was in a deplorable state, but, thank God, nom the precautions I had used, the noxious air passed through my body, with very slight attacks of the cramp, and a few strong doses of the Universals soon restored me to health. All my men (except one who was too timid to take the Pas with sufficient strength, from the fear of being too rulemly purged, who died in a few hours), took the Pills night and morning, and were saved. " • To satisfy the poor fellow who died I got him some medicine on shore, but it took no effect in the least, as he ceased to exist soon after, first becoming cold as a lump of its and of a dark blue colour. I cannot think the Cholera infectious on contagious from the touch, as none of us were zfr.:eted from handling the corpse. " I left Riga or. the Bth of June, and got down to &Alta the saline day, all well, but on the 10th the mate and a boy were both taken ill with this dreadful disease, and, for six days, were in a distressing state, but with a close and powerful application of the Pills, Wit restored to tall health. " lam happy to say I have every reason to believe that this Medicine alone is all•sufeient to stop the ravages of this dread evil, but that its powers are best applied at an early stage, or as a preparative. • The value of the Medicine was in the highest admit. lion at Riga, and great lamentations were made at the scanty supply that could be obtained from me and the: rest of the vessels who had supplies from you. Had I had £lOO Worth more I could have sold them all, even to the French Oaerors that were there.' • The whole of the letters that have come to Sunderland frown those vessels which bad supplies of the Medicines out, Kith the same raptures of their efficacy. " I remain, Gentlemen, " Your humble servant. "MICHAEL GARDNER." " Bishop Wearmouth, Ang. 1, 1831." rhe " Vegetable Universal Medicines" are to be had at College ; at Mr. Field's, 65, Quadrant; Mr. Chappell's, Itoyal Exchange; Mr. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit passage, Lion.square ; Mr, Avern's, Gilletreet, Limehouse; Mr. Bennett's, Cover.t Garden Market; Mr. Hayden's, } ':eur.de•lis court, Norton Palgate; Mr. Hasleu's, 147, llighway ; Messrs. Norbury's, Brentford ; Mrs. pping, Clare Market; Messrs. Salmon, Little 13•11. alley, a-I at one Agent's in every principal town In Great Beitaint laud. of Guernsey. and Malta; and dung:hoist the whole of th.: United States of Ameriea. N°. 13,883. WORMS, FITS, PAINS IN THE STOMACH, Ac. HE more usual symptoms of Worms are Fits, T Pains in the Stomach, Side, and Had; loss of Appe tite ; and a pale, languid, and emaciated appearance in the Patient. The extraordinary efficacy of CHINO'S WORM LOZENGES in all such complaints, as well as obstructions in the Bowels, and every disorder where opening or cleansing Physic is required, is so universally known, and has been publicly acknowledged by so many persons of distinction and rank in society, that it is unnecessary here to enlarge on their peculiar virtues. Sold in boxes at Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. by Messrs. Buder, Chemists, Cheapaide, Corner of St. Paul's, London, and the principal Druggists and Booksellers. Of whom may be had, POWER'S OINTMENT FOE RING-WORM, OR SCALD HEAD. The Inventor of this preparation has far the last ten years clued several hundreds of persons grata- Bondy, until the demands have become so numerous, that be feels it a duty he owes to himself, his family, and the afflicted to give it publicity. In Pots, at 2a. 9d. and 41. 6d. WORMS. —These are chiefly of three kinds, viz. the Tenig or Tape Worm, the Term or round and long Worm, and the Ascarides ; there are many other kinds of Worms found in the human body. The common symptoms of Worms are paleness of the countenance, and at times an univeral flushing of the face; itching of the nose, pains in the side, gnawing pains in the stomach, violent head-ache, dry cough, irregular appetite, fits, and sometimes a privation of speech, vomiting, disagreeable breath, gripes, looseness, swelling of the body, swoonings, loathing of food, and at other times a voracious appetite, itching about the seat. The Infant, the Youth, the Adult, are all subject to the taupe of various kinds of Worms, as may be seen, and fully explained, by observing the Worm Museum, 74, Long-Acre. All these maladies have been removed, and the sufferers have found a cure in taking Dr. GARDNER'S Pills and Tincture; and many are now useful members of society, giving the praise to Hinz who reigneth in the Heavens for being directed to the Medicine. Prices 2s. 9d. 4s. tid. 10s. Rd. and One Guinea, Nine Shillings saved upon that size box. THE ARMY. (clicurra.) WAR.OFFICE, 1831. Sra,—With reference to the memorandum of the General Commanding-in-Chief, directing that Officers ordered from one station to another, and who are entitled to apply for travelling expenses under the existing regulations, shall, in every practicable cue, proceed by steam-vessels or steam. carriages. I am directed by the Secretary at War to ac. quaint you, that in cues in which Officers travel as therein directed, the actual necessary exposes only will be allowed, and that the allowance of nine.penoe a mile granted by Ar ticle 338 of the explanatory directions of 20th November last, will be limited to those journeys which cannot be per formed by steam conveyance. At certain stations contracts for steam-cortuyance have been made with the Secretary at War, the terms of which may be learned on application at the District Paymaster's Office ; and in these instances that rate of damage only, which bas been contracted for, will be allowed In the accounts. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient bumble servant, Officer commanding. L. SULIVA N. IRISH DISTILLERS. Our readers have, no doubt, in their recollection the strong resolutions entered into by the Cork dis tillers, complaining that their representations of grievances, and appeals for redress, were met by a cold and heartless rejection by the Lords of the Treasury. Resolutions coming from a body of men known to possess the intelligence and wealth of the Cork distillers, a body of men deeply en gaged in the only manufacture now left in the island, naturally created attention from the public. The resolutions were not intended for publication ; but, as the resolutions entered into have found their way to the public, in justice to the Lords of the Treasury, we deem it our duty to publish the following reply from their lordships to the dis tillers of Cork : " Treasury Chambers, July I, 11131. Gentlemen,—l have laid before the Lords Commis sioners of his Majesty's Treasury your letter of the list of June, in which you refer to several former memorials for redress of grievances under which you say you are suf fering, and to wi.ieb applications you say that my Lords have given • ' cold and heartless rejection.' My Lords have directed me to inform you that your memorial of the Ist of February was, on the 15th of the same month. re fared by their Lordships fors special examination and in. irk'', for the purpose of ascertaining whether the altered practice of the Excise had been rendered necessary by any inconveniences resulting from the former ays. taw that the report thereon was received on the loth ' of June, and the result communicated to you on the loth. My Loads make this statement in order to show that you have no pretence for suggesting that your application has not met with due attention; I am therefore directed to inform you that you arc in error in supposing that no inquiry has been Midi toted into the case, and that the statement con tained in your memorial, that the regulation complained of Is productive of oppressision and wrong to the distiller, without being neces,ary to the safety and collection of the revenue, is equally unfounded. On the contrary, the regulation is in strict conformity with the law._ It has been enforced uniformly without complaint in Scot land ; and it has been rendered indispensable to alter the former Irish practice of permitting the spirits of previous distilling periods to remain together in the hands of the manufactutets, without being warehoused or without pay ment of duty, in consequence of several cases in which distillers have privately sent large ,quantities of such spi rit, into consumption. For t nee of these instances my lairds have further to observe that the duties have not been recovered. " I am further ditected by my lords to inform you, the! they have been induced to enter into this detail, because they feel it to be their duty not to allow a statement to re. main une,ontrsdicted which would lead to an inference that the interests of all parts nf the empire were not equally a:. tended to, and that the Board was not prepared to bes t ow the utmost consideration upon every complaint addressed to them, and to afford any relief that could reasonably be de. minded, and that was consistent with the safety of the I am, Uendemen, your obedient servant, (Signed) " T. NU " Messrs—l. Ilayea and other+, Cork." Eseisiwy Polf• revenue. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 9, 1831. GREECE. EXTRACT OT • LETTER - TROY OILERCE, WRITTEN FOOD, ARGOS ON TAN STU OF Aril% I must now give you some account of affairs here, and you may rely upon what I write as con taining nothing but facts. Count Capodistrias has for ever lost all influence in this country; he may hold out a little longer if he has money. He says he has none, but people sweet that ho has a good avast-full on board the Russian frigate, in which he has a kind of head-quarters. Since I last wrote to you, a deputation from Hydra has heen in Nau plia, and had a conference with the residents, and the latter were obliged to avow that the people of Hydra are in the right, consequently that impor tant island, which furnishes the greater part of the seamen to the Greek navy, is now in a state of independence de facto of Capodistrias' Govern ment; acting, at the same time, precisely accord ing to the established laws to which Capodistrias himself has sworn. The voice is general through out Greece, demanding a National Assembly (to turn out Capodistrias). Syra, the centre of com merce in Greece, has written to demand the con vocation of the Assembly, signed by all the re. spectable merchants of the place. Porno, the same ; and, besides Syra, many other islands of the Archipelago have sent similar demands, and which are also coming in from Peloponnesus and Roumelia. Maine is quite independent of Capodistrias, and has formed a local government. Roumelia is ready to break out, and has already, in fact, commenced.— The son of the celebrated Karatasso, at the head of 300 or 400 men, acts as a kind of advance guard to a more formidable insurrection on the eve of breaking out. The Greek Government paper states every now and then the defeat and dispersion sf the insurgents, but every body knows the falsity of what is published in that paper. The other day it stated that Tchami Karate's*, had lost 150 ' men in killed and prisoners, whereas, in fact, he had only one man killed, and Capodistrias lost six. The Mores is agitated throughout, and even the very deputies who betrayed their country to Capo distria in the Congress of Argos are now ashamed of having been so grossly deceived, and are become his enemies. Arrests are going on daily; num bers have boon exiled, and things are in that state that a general movement cannot much longer be prevented. In fact, nothing prevents the rising of all Roumelia but the extreme poverty of the peo ple ; and the soldiers, who hate the Capodistrian faction as much as the people in general, are ne vertheless induced to serve the President in order to find bread for their families. The want of trilling funds on the part of the leaders of the patriotic party, to enable them to find bread for the troops, is the only reason why the movement in ltonmelia, and consequently in the Peloponnesus, has not al ready taken place. The other day Gen. Carnello Delliganni was sentenced to two years' imprison ment for having signed the noted address to Prince Leopold. Could that Prince have an idea with what universal transport he would be received in Greece, ft would, I think, almost induce him to give GreOce the preference to Belgium. His re ported noniaceeptance of the throne of the latter country has created a great sensation here, and people begin again to hope that he may be yet in duced to accept the sovereignty of Greece. THE RUSSIAN MILITARY COLONIES. In the Tamps of Sunday bit there is a statement (which will be found in our French extracts), that the French Go vernntent had received accounts of an insurrection having broken out in the military colonies of Russia. Accounts to the stone erect have been received by our Government, though, from what we can leant, the insurrection was not so formidable in its character as might be supposed from the French statement, and it ham been in a great degree sup pressed. The first who communicated information on the subject of these colonic, in this country was Dr. Lyall. in his " Travels in Russia," and at more length in a separate pamphlet. From the following brief but interesting account of them, by a Gentleman alto furnished us with several in wresting communications on the subject of the war with Poland, which we extract from an article on the Russian Army in The United Service Journal for September, it will be seen that oppression has more than once led the un fortunate colonists to revolt : Amongst all the institutions of the Russian em pire, there is none, perhaps, more despotic than that of the military colonies. The project of this establishment was conceived bra general officer of artillery, Count Araktshejew, a man whose name was once but too notorious throughout Rus sia, and whose memory is destine.' to share the distinction of an unenviable longevity. The Count commenced his career as a private soldier, and served till he WAS promoted to the rank of an offi cer. His severe system of discipline attracted the attention of Paul the First, when that Sovereign, who was then but Grand Duke, resided in his chateau of Gatschina, and daily occupied himself in exercising a few soldiers, who were one diy to serve as models fur the whole army. Count Araktshejew and Baron Diebitsch, the father of the late Field Marshal, were at the parades at Gatschina, the companions in arms of Paul. The gratitude of the Emperor recompensed the services rendered to the Grand Duke. Without the slight est knowledge of war, Araktshejew was created General, and was promoted to the first military dignities, without having faced any other foe than the common enemy of every despot—that love of liberty and justice implanted b.• nature in the breast of man. the reign of Catherine the Second, the pro►- jeets of aggnuulisement formed by the Russian Government assumed a decided shape. in order to tit); ain the key to Germany, the heart of Europe, it male necessary to conquer Poland. Finland was to be subjugated that St. Petersburgh might be prat cttd against a coup-de-main from the Swedes, who would thus be deprived of all inclination to re conquer the precinces of the Baltic. The pusses- PRICE SEVENPENCE. dons on the Black Sea were to be further extend ed, that from North to South a united front mitzht be opposed to the Powers of the West of Europe one which, by advancing both whers, inight em brace the entire of Europe. The conquests in the I Caucasus were to pave the way for that of Asi • Minor, in order that the new Greek Throne of the seodern Constantine might be more easily esti bliehed in Constantinople. This long• formed pro of Catherine was never lost sight of •by the ian Government, and the policy of the other Powers had nearly crowned it with success. Eng land first introduced the Russian fleets into the Mediterranean, and AWOL - them to combat ; Austria and Prussia participated in the spoil of ' Poland; France remained a tranquil spectator of the giant's progress. Russia felt thoroughly ; er suaded that her ambitious designs could be thwarted only by England and Austria, and by the influence of both those Powers over Turkey and Sweden. Menaced on these two points, Russia was aware that she would be driven back into her ancient limits, along the same route through which she had extended her power. The object of her dread was therefore a coalition be tween Turkey and Sweden, supported by England and Austria, and on this point of view was her sit tuition fixed when she established her Military Co lonies. The Colonies of the South, whose strength consisted in their cavalry, were destined to act against Hungary and Turkey ; the Colonies of the north, which were composed of infantry, were to direct their operations against Sweden. In the Centre were the reserve colonies, in the vicinity of the head-quarters of the First Army, from which reinforcements were to be detached, and sent to such places as might stand in need of their aid. Having made the foregoing remarks on the politi cal object of this military establishment, we now proceed to examine it in detail. The colonisation of regiments takes place only in the territories appertaining to the crown, and whenever there is a scarcity of timber for building, or of peasants, the government purchases the for mer from different proprietors, or takes the latter in exchange for other lands, which on account of their situation are not included in the general plan of colonisation. The colonies cost the government an annual sum exceeding twenty-eight millions of roubles. The villages are constructed of new ma terials, on a new and regular plan, and resemble extensive barracks, surrounded with pleasure grounds and kitchen gardens. Straight highways lead from one village to another, and in all the same regulations are observed as in time of war, no individual being allowed to pass the barrier without undergoing the examination of the guard. Several villages are assigned to every regiment destined to form part of the military colonies ; the population of these villages being proportioned to the number of men in the regiment, the commanding officer of which becomes the sole head of his district. From that moment all the other authorities cease to exercise their functions, and no Judges are re cognised except the Members of the Military Council. A soldier is quartered upon each peasant, who, with his wife, children, end all that he ;as sesses, is at the disposal of his unbidden guest. An accurate list is taken of his goods, horses, and other cattle, and without the permission of the Captain, the unfortunate man dares not dispose of a single article. He cannot even venture to eat an egg, kill a fowl, or bake a loaf without the consent of his new master, and instructor in the art of war. He is obliged to shave his hair and beard (and for the latter the Russians entertain a superstitious predilection); he is dressed in a sort of uniform, compelled to perform the most fatiguing duties, and required to exercise daily, as well as to impart to his military guest his own knowledge of agri culture. Against acts of oppression such as we have enumerated, it may well be supposed that the luckless peasants at first revolted. Accordingly, wherever the military colonies were established, serious insurrectionary movements broke out ; hut after the application of the knout to a few hundreds of the rebels, and the banishment of others to the mines of Siberia, the rest became submissive, and made a virtue of dire necessity. At present there are 60,000 men in the colonies the mass of the peasants belonging to which amounts to 280,000. SPIRIT OF THIS DAY'S JOURNALS. TIMES —The programs.. (as it is called) of the corona don was previously known to the public, and we do not recollect that it was afterwards deviated front in any sensible degree. A circumstance, which could not be alluded to in any programme, but which constituted, as will be slide el by every body, one of the most gratifying appendages of the whole solemnity. was the loud, hearty, and unsnimout, ac clamation which burst from all classes of his Majesty's &Ge -1 donate subjects through nit the whole line of the Royal pro gress from St. James's to %Vestotinstrr, gni afterwards on every occasion at which a due reverence for the sacred r tee within the Abbey admitted of any demonstrations of Public feeling,--still more when certain periods of tho service—as the recognition, the crowning ex.—seemed more ometi Illy to tall for therm N. ver was an hereditaty King to hailed and welcomed by a free and redacting people. They are mistaken—hut there are vast numbers thus mistaken—who deem of a coronatioo as if it were an ° un substantial pageant, - a pine of crowns and coronets, and undue, to be played at grreefory by personages conoected with the Coon. It is thoevitknce or an au were a td sole mn compact, by which the gravest of all luxnan engagements are reciprocated between nations sod their ruler.—between par ties on whose digharge or absndonnient of their respective obligations, depends the existence of society or its ruin. It is plain, therefore, that the more impressive and menseinhk such a formality between Kir.g and people can be salted. the more conducive %ill be iis atributes to r e end. When protection and alit glance are at the commencemen nt • tit w rcir.., evet7 agree that the compact ought In t K coifi,d is to my. by a itanetion which the bulk ut mankind sacred. It must be added, however, that toe sanction hopes= to be draws from the fountains of that peculiar filth is received as true by the parties hinditig themselves to ob i sane it. Nothing coal be maw ttalish than to peens a Assn. rood lb* LAN% or apparel the Bishop et I. deo so retch before a Usbeeseuut o•nAregation, on the ae eseslea of. descendant et the Proehrt. So the bald UM laden worship would little 'Sit the prejudices q( h Napes. nesian audience; or the grotesque mixture of oid Popi.h mummery with old feudal barbarian:, admonish, r) any very salutary purpose, the King of England and his pa-01)k, being Protestants, of even their most sacred duties. Ye:, with the exception of the litany, and conniathion service. and the sermon (provided the latter be an exception,—that is to say, not a divine right and King's chaplain sermon.) what can be more thoroughly:and revoltingly cumpounded of the wot t dregs of Popery and feudalism, than a prdigious number of the qyuackeries played off in the course of King William's eesonatlea ? What a fuss with pals, and ingots, and spurs, and swords, and oil for anointing (greasing) their sacred Majesties ! and whipping off and on of mantles ; and the rest of it. Why, what has all such frippery to do with an oath P.what with the spirit of a great political contract ? what with the splendour of a public festival ? A mogul. don if you will—there is a fine anim a ting s ho ut of ac c e p t . ante when the Sovereign is presented to his people. A anon by all means, it is the received and immamorial lumina of the Kingly office. A procession, too, (and yet we had at this time no proceseion),—there is no harm in it, but much to put the people in good humour, were it for nothing but a train of graceful and lovely women sweeping past In the robes and ornaments which denote their station by certain known and intelligible symbols. Rut the matters which nobody understands or cares about—the rigmarole* above alluded to, which we do not condemn tenure they are old, but because, with reference to our religious, and civil, and social history, they are now utterly untrue, and therefore have no longer any meaning,—what is their effect, but to give an air of " unreal mockery" to the whole affair,.—to transform it into a masquerade, or puppet show, and to weaken every solemn and deep impres sion which the mind might otherwise be disposed to receive front those parts of the performance which do accord with our religious sentiments and our modem habits? Bob forbid there should be any cause in the health or prospects of his present Majesty to thiskatiis many years to come about another comeauos. But when a leisure hour shall arrive, it will, we know, be an acceptable service to all reflecting p:ople to recast the entire charaav of the 1131[111. pity, rejecting these Farts which had been fitted i.nly to a pit od when the outward sens:s were made renders to the all-absorbing superstition within, and retaining those ia which an educated, inquiring, and reasoning people, may see some relation between the torn; and the substance—lperween the nature of the kingly contract and its accompanying incidents. HERALD.—Whether the pestilent disease with whif the malignant genius of Russian ambition has smote so many parts of Europe shall eventually visit the shores e Rig' aid with a renewed appetite for devastation. is a fearful problem which, of course, only time can solve ; but, whatever miy be the event, it is worth considering if such a calamity should befall us, whether the habits of the people arc AUC:I as are likely to mitigate or aggravate the destruAiye violence of the distemper. Whatever difference of opinion et: stet ai to the origin and nature of the disease, it is agreed upon sill aides that intemperance predisposes the human body for the reception of this foul visitant, and increases its pow. r over human life. Of all intemperance that which consists in tha inordinate use of ardent spirits is, perhaps, the worst. W he. than we regard it as the agent of moral or physical evil, its ftvages are dreadful. It is a prolific parent of crime, and • sluice of the most afflicting and dangerous nuldtlies. That this sort of intemperance has increased, and is Mill increasing in this country, admits unhappily of no doubt. Without taking the trouble of going into any detail on the subject, we may rest satisfied on this point with the authority of the Loyd Chancellor, who gave a melancholy account the other day. in the Rouse of Lords, of the inanee of gin-drinking, and, as a convincing proof of the progress which that destructive propensity has made since the duty 00 gin was lowered, he stated that the reve nue derived from gin was now nearly as great as before that reduction took place, which, of course, could only have arisen from its increased consumption. Even the nuisance of unlimited beer-houses, which his lordship did not deny to be an evil, as being a source of irregularity and Rao doneness, he endeavoured to excuse, solely oo the ground that they were a less evil than gin-shops, which he said they tended to discourage. We said at the time that a more effectual discouragement of the consumption tot gin would be to raise the duty upon it, and repeal the malt-tax. We have quarantine laws to keep out the pestilence, but we have seen that in other countries it bas overleaped all qua. ratite restrictions, and broken through NI ltary cordons an that no very satisfactory dependence can be placed upon ;Itch attempts to coerce the deadly influence of this new au my of mankind. But to mitigate its effects, Wit should cons amongst us, Is within our own power. To exasperate its ma. lignity is equally a matter dependent upon ourselves ; and we believe the most effective sanitary oo.don would be that which would cut of the inordinate use of ardent spirits. We think the Government are bound, at such a crisis, to take all measures necessary for the preservation of the public health. They lowered the duty on gin because the political ts economis told them that the cheaper the article became, the more of it would be consumed, and that eventualy the revenue would become greater than if the duty were not reduced. The Government and the poli deal economists, caring nothinj for the month of the people or their health, opened to them every facility for procuring that " liquid fire^ which consumes both one and the other The pn:sait Lord Chancellor sees and admits the mischief. It is within the power of the administration, of which he is so th.tic guished a member, to obviate it. We have pointed out the way. If the pestilence should hereafter reach a people pre pared for it by the worst intemperance, we, at least, shall have done our duty. i POST.--No sooner has the Reform Bill passed the 0 1 ;110 mittee of the House of Commons, than we find the Morning Papers of the Ministry opening heir tire of intimidation on the House of Lards. Tile 71ines, and the Chromic*, eazli in its particular vein, denounces the Upper House of Parha , mem, should it presume to exercise a deliberate judgment upon this bill, unwed by what these newspapers mourns to be the opular Wince. the subject. We think we are not too sanguine in expecting that the Peersof England rill allow these threats to pass by as the idle wind which they regard not ; or, if they crest all affected by them, that it will only be to show 1i a more prompt and decisive manner how much their sense of duty elevates them above the clamour of the Juur nab. When the course was taken of bullying the House of Commons by threatening them with the diNpleasure of the people, such a course, insolent as it way had at least this much of reason in it, that as elections to that house are eon &mealy swayed by the popular passion of the time, the seats of the members might be, even in strict conformity with the Constitution, endangered by . pspolar odium. But in the Pee if the lads there is oo pailkiuon of the revolution ary violence which is resorted to. When members of the loser house were told of the danger of opposing the clamour of the mob, we might at least suppose the meaning to that thee incurred the risk of not being again returned to i• .rls-inent whets an election should take place; but when rat ;.. , sguage is addresed to the House of Lonls, the only ineaniug which It con have is, that revolution will be the consequence of not bowing down. and forfeiting honour, and duty, and the COINCIOUSIieSS of rectitude, to the colonised of the mob aid the journals. As the legislative power of the Peers is not by the constitution subject to the will of she people, no danger can axnee to the Peers by opposing the popular passion ex. cept the Constitution be overturned. What then car. be more insulting towards the Piers, or more audacious to wattle the authority of the Constitution. than the tilt raise of these threats la the Newspapers ? They say the House of Lords west pan the Bill, or else •----. But we reel coofident the Peers of the Realm of Britain will not be moved by such audacious folly and falsehood, for the assn. ranee of the earnestness of the popular voice in favour of the Reform Bill is we believe untrue, and all that we see around us confirms the opinion. The effort to rouse the popular clamour against the Lords will doubtless be made ; it has already begun; but we look upon it as the d e sp a iri ng struggle of a faction upon which contempt is so faster...emu. !sting that its future efforts will be of lid. impurtance, even with the lowest rabble, ethers its congenial infLeuce most sway. On Monde last, the Rev. Christopher Eitannanl, R. D. Fellow of Is. Jahn's college, was instituted to tilt rectory of Great Swing, with Thurslord annexed, Norfolk, vacant by the death of the Rev. J. Fawceu, B.D. Patrons, the Al.'s:ay and Fellows of that society. LAST RELATIVE OF ADDIRON.—Died lately, at S•rasburgh, Mr. John Romaine Addison, the is. , re. lative of the celebrated Joseph Addison. This smiald • and accomplished young gentktnan was educated in the I shy of this city, and intended to take ant the degree of Di.emr of Medicine. lie some time since set out on a tour tirmigh the most romantic districts of the Highlands, and subs. gently visited the south of England. lie rental:n.ll a days with a relation at hialdiamte, went over to the einem, and was drowned while bathing at titrasburr.— lie was in the 2341 yeas of his age, and his prtutamse desalt will be long and deeply r eg r e t te d by ail his friends sod qta.i .tancesi % L.. 0.4 . /.. d • 11 I l• e It I. lu Ir 1. $ $1 a ti !i • • •;$ :i t .. • • re 14 ,11 It I }t :f is r. is • t I it 11 1 . 1 ho ay of a • Is, of 1 1 ,1 le. 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