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I . FifTN REPORT; ON NEN CO ' MHISNIONEZE APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE AND . EXAMINE INTO THE PUBLIC EIPMNDITURE. ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT. THE EX4ENDITUttE. (Continued from the STAR eye:ten/4) Whi's: Mr. Keate was Inspector of Regimental In-; firmaries, and contsouled the supply of medicines and • hospital stores to general and regimental hospitals, he proportioned the supply, he says, according to the probableactualwantsofthesickwhichtheestablishment was capable of containing ; and generally, on the representation of the p r i nc ip a l Medical Officer : but, if that hospital had a depot of medicines and hospi tal stores for foreign service, " it was a different con sideration." In apportioning the quantity originally directed for expeditions, the 6'ol-germ General states, " that they , proceed on a calculation of a certain number of sick to a given number of men ; and as it is frequently unknown where expeditions are in - tended for, they are obliged to send general divisions of medicines and stores ; hut future supplies depend , ing on the-requisitions of the principal Medical Offi cer abroia; it is his duty to take care that no medi cines are 'required which are improper for, the climate • • or the prevalent disorders." • But we have reasons for thinking that there has been great inattention in the assortment of the medi cines sent abroad, even when the destination of them • could not but have been known ; although it is ob vious, as is observed by Mr. Young, in his answer to our 19th question, that. for troops going to different climates, or to be engaged on services of different deScriptions, a difference in the kind_ of stores to be provided may be necessary. Dr. Borland "thinks that the medicines havebeen frequently ill assorted on the services on which 'he has beceeemployed. In the West Indies, during the last war, he has known that great quantities of uselesi !Articles leave been accumulated in store, whilst the stsefularticles in different chests have heenexhausted." sled Mr. Young thinks also, " that the general. ar rangement of medicines sent out with foreign expe - ditjons is imperfect, many of the articles not being wanted, according to the modern practice of the army ; nor are they, in his opinion, properly proportioned :" and he states, that whilst he acted as Inspector General of Hospitals in the West Indies, under General Sir Ralph Abercrombie, " there were a great number of . articles of medical stores sent out that appeared to him to be totally unnecessary for army medical prac tice in those colonies." Under this impression, he tad, in 1798, summoned a Medical Board in the We s t Indies, to report to him what Medicines were necessary for West India practice ; which Report he transmitted to tke Surgeon General : but in his an • swe r to our 13th question, before alluded to, he says, that he had frequently occasion to regret that his Communications were not " pointedly" attended to. On application to the Surgeon General for a copy of Mr. Young's Report, he stated tp us, that he had searched the office for it in vain, and that he was not able to procure a duplicate of it from Mr. Young. From Doctor Yates, who passed through the re. gular steps in the Medical service of the East India Company in India, and was Garrison Surgeon at Point de Calle, in the island of Ceylon, fur seven years, we learn, that whilst at that garrison he had an opportunity of observing .a large investment of medicines consigned to Ceylon, when he noted seve. ral Article; in large quantities, which he deenied of 'little or no use in that country ; awl he afters antis heard from the Medical Superintendant of Hospitals in the island, that some of the useful and efficient :tr . tides were in small quantities, and that others were sent out of which an abundance could have been pmt fired • in the island, such as sago, sugar, &c. On an inspec tion of the Apothecary General's hills for 1804 and 1503, we find large quantities of opium charged as sent to Ceylon, an article which could have been ob tained in that island, we presume, at a small expellee compared with the price charged by the Apothecary L Gent ral. After these statements, collected from the exami nations to which we have alluded, and from the Apo thecary General's bills, it cannot be improper to re fer to note (A.) of the third chapter in Doctor Jack son's second publication. In this he speaks of dif ferent instances on the Continent, and in the West Indies, during the last war, in which there appeared a 'great want of judgment in the selection of the medi crnes sent out, of great improvidence in the quantities of the supply, and of a very inexcusable inattention to the representations which had lawn transmitted to the Surgeon General, relative both to the assortment and quantity of the medicines, &c. The consequence • of the whole, as Doctor Jackson states, was a very great waste, and a great unnecessary expenditure of money. It cannot be necessary, we . suppose, to recommend a strict attention to this subject in Future ; for, as Mr. Young remarks, " It is certain that a proper arrangement and abridgment of medicines would greatly diminish the expencc of them to Goverrment." As a means of proceeding rightly, Mr. Young re- COMMCIIdS, that in the event of an expedition taking place, it would be proper, if it can possibly be done, to give a confidential communication to the principal Medical Officer of the service to be undertaken, that he may be enabled to judge of' the quantity and qua lity of the stores, &c. tit for such service. recpect to the quality of the medicines and surgical articles furnished from the Elaboratory, and for wMch the Apothecary General must be. consi.: - dared, from what we have before stated, as solely re . .seonsible, the result of our information would lead us to conclude that, in general, the public has not been ill served. Dr. Yates thinks, as far 'as he could re coliett, that the quality of the articles observed by hint at Point de Galle was pretty good : 111 i-. Young never heard " that the quality of those sent to E g ypt w as complained of ;" and Dr. Frank, who was also on that service, says, that the medicines were of very go od quality : and Dr. Borland stat:.s, ". that the Tiginal quality of the medicines which he observed in the West ladies might have been generally good." But Mr. Griffith, an experienced Staff Surgeon or the army, who served at the York Hospital for about three years, dnd during that period considered it as his duty or notice the medicines and material's which vat. sent from the Army Elaboratory for the :use of the Hospital, states, that " the .quality of these was - '7•' - '' - ' 'very various, and that at times the medicines were Arerf Lori-1" and he speaks paeticularly of a Report which he.made to the Su rgeon G e ne ra l o n t h e 7th f August, 1801, of the unfitness for use of many of the, medicines, and at the same time produced samples of them to him. This, he says, caused a direction from the Surgeon General for the Assembling of a Board of Medical Officers, of which Dr. Rogerson was Pre sident, for the purpose of inspecting the medicines ; who reported on the articles pointed out by Mr. Griffith, that they were bad and unfit for use :—and that many otherswhich had escaped his ( Mr. Griffith's) notice, were in a similar state. We have applied to the Army Medical Office for this Report ; but it is stated to us, that a no trace of such Report can be found." Mr. Griffith says too, that whilst he was attending at the York Hospital, the Surgeon General gave him two samples of opium, which had been sent from the Army Elaboratory to two militia regiments, which, on examination by Mr. Griffith, appeared to be of bad quality. But Mr. Calvert Clarke states., that there never was any complaint of the quality of the medicines from the Physician General, although there have been some at times from Regimental Surgeons. The only in stance, however, of any moment in his recollection, was in January, 1804, when, on a complaint being made by the Surgeon of the West Suffolk Militia, of she quality of some barn, an Army Medical Board, he says, was summoned ; and he, in answer to the complaint pmduced,as - it appears, certificates from two persons of eminence in the profession, that the speci mens of bark which Mn Clarke had sent them were of excellent quality. The Apothecary General must be considered as generallrresponsible, also, for the packing of the an, tides issued from the Elaboratory. On this head there are stronger reasons for believing that the pub. lie has sustained a considerable loss, than in respect of the had quality of the articles. Dr. Borland says, that whilst serving in the West Indies, he has observed the packing, in many instances, by no means good ; and he has seen imtru ments- Olere so loaded with rust as not to be fit for use." • Mr. Young observes; that the packing of the arti cles sent to the West Indies was in general not proper; for•the liquids and powders should have been packed' in separate cases. He speaks alsu of Surgical Insru nicnts arriving in a bad state; but he does not know the cause: of it ; .and adds, that while he was serving in Egypt, " sets of instruments which were sent out were spoiled by improper package, from some oil of vitriol, as he understood, having been packed in the same cases with them." Mr. Clarke recollects only one instance (which is probably that last mentioned by Mr. Young) of com plaint having been made of the improper package of articles sent from the .ElatOratory, acid that was by the Surgeon General, of some instruments sent to Egypt in 1800 or 1801, - •having been packed with volatile spirits, by which ; means they were damaged. Upon this occasion, he • says, the Surgeon G enera l gave notice to the Apothecary General, that in future he should he responsible for such losses. We must notice, that Mr. Clarke afterwards substituted the word " dulcitied" for " volatile ; " which spirit, h e adds, would not c o rro d e i ron : he rather imagines, therefore, that the injury . done arose from the long stowage in the hold of the ship ; and he further adds, that occasional complaints of breakage had been made, which had been referred to the Comptrollers. of Army Accounts. We have seen many reports to the Surgeon Gene ral from a Board consisting of Doctor WGregor, as President, and of a Staff Su rgeon and an Apothe cary, who have been emplo yed December 1806 in insptcting the Medical stores at Porchester Castle, near Portsmouth ; in which it appears, that in some packages the contents did not correspond with the in voice put tip with them at the Elaboratory ; and that, in a - variety or instances, great loss had arisen from bad corking and breakage. The breakage, Doctor M'Gregor thinks, bad chiefly proceeded from impro per pacicage ; and, he says, that in one instance, the breakage from this cause was " so e normous ," t h at , 4 in a special report to the Surgeon General, he stated " that it was such as no Surgeon, would in any case, submit to from his Druggist. • Mr. Hoffe, who has been employed for about eighteen months as the Apothecary at a large depot , of medicines at York Hospital, Chelsea, thinks that ,the articles coming directly from the Army Elabora tory were, in general, well packed • but that the bottles were sometimes badly corked- On a visit which two of our Board made to that depot, they had an opportunity of noticing this defect. The loss frOni this cause, considering the quantity of the stores from which the bottles were said to be selected, was comparatively of little amount; but it is obvious, that on foreign service, a leakage may at times pro duce much mischief, as well as a great disappoint ment ; and, we must remark, that as the waste from the bad Corking,,shewn to the Members of our B oar d, was in the packtges which had come immediately from the Elalsoratory to the York depot, it is proba ' ble that the loss has been much greater from this cause in those packages which have 'been aibjected to dis tant carriage. • lAhen losses of this kind have appeared, these. can • be no doubt but that the Apothecary General shOuld be made responsible for them. The Surgeon General, who was present at. this visit to the depot, i n f orme d our Members, that in this case the loss would be charged against the Apothecary General. But we cannot iinethat any charge has hitherto been made for similar _ losses, although that which appeared at the York Hospital snfficiently Confirms the statement before given, that they have existed. We shall conclude our observations on the packing of the " medicines issued from the Elaboratory, with referring; to the suggestions of Mr. Young, in his answer to. our I gth question, recommending some al teration in the mode of packing medicines intended for foreign service: Subsequent to the period of our having._ collected the information on which the preceding statement of this branch of our Report bas been made,' we have learned that directions were given by the Secretary at War, on the Rth of July last, that upon the arrival of any hospital supplies at any station abroad, at the general hospitals at home, or at the depots of I)eal, Gosport, and Ply - mouth, a Medical. Board, of not less 1 than three Commissioned Officers, was to be appoint ed to examine into the condition of the articles re- FOR COUGHS. COLDS, ASTHMAS, AND CONSUMPTIONS. OBBERD's BALSAMIC ELIXIR ; or Cough %. Drops. Thefe juftly celebrated Drops, by their happy and immediate effestt in 'moving the molt obltinate Coughs or Ci tarrhs.and all tendency to Confumption, render them a valuable Family Medicine. AndlWhen we 'conlidcr the variablenefs rd our Climate, which ennftantly induces us to catch cold, and that from this taking cold originates a mnltitude of dileafes, as Afthma. Pains in the Chrft, Offen4►e'Brrath, Ibflammation of the Lungs. and Confumption. with a long train of evils—nn head Of a Fa• mily Mould lie down without a (mall fupply at !raft, of this al. molt Mitamanemis remedy. Many ehnufand prawn can testify the happy drafts they have received 'from it, when every other Medical alfiltance had failed. A CAUTION. Obferve the name of R. Butler. N 0.4, Cheapfide, is engraved on a black ftamp, which is affixed to each botch. ; all others are coutcrfeits. Sold at Mr. Butler's, No. T, Cheapfide, corner of Paternoiter row ; and retail by Crifp. Corner of Spring Gardens: auk, 269, Borough; Mr. Baiter, Edinburgh and Glafgor : and mAy be had of molt Country MedicireVenderg, in bottles at ss 94 and 6s each. IaUTLER'S. RES CORATIVE TOOTH-POW ju DER, here offered to the ufe of the Pubiic at large, was in the circle of Dr. P. 14. Dimfdale's particularacquaintance, and the Nobility and Gentry. his patients, and i:s virtues jutily apprecitit ed ; but a certain delicacy prevented him from publicly announcinc ' this preparation. Mr. Butler has come into polieffitin of the original recipe, and he begs to allure thofe afilid.ed with decayed or offal five teeth and gums, thaathey may rely on its efficacy and rettor ative quality,a truilin of which lay one may be convirced, by i fair and candid tri a l o f one box. 1511,the properties of this Tooth Powder, its deterfive property is juft fufficient to clear away thofe deftrodive particles of acid which generally adhere to the gums, and hi the interfticeo of the teeth, without injuring the furface of either, bealitg forenefs in the former, and protikotiog a new ena• mel of pearly whitenefa, where it has been injured or c oded on the latter. It has a pl ea f ant an d a greeable oddur , and is w fo perfedly innocent, that it m a y b e eaten withoue. mery. efe diftinguifling charaderlitics o f i ts f anat i ve effcets and fuperierity, %E ll,* have procured it the unbounded approbation of the Queen, the - Princeffea, the Havre' of Ruffia, the Duchene* of York, ford, cordon, Leeda.Rntland,aud molt of the Englifit and' foreign No hility, many of whoat reeostutend it with admiration, as a need' fary appendage to the tollet,ond indeed they do but comm-an juf. tiee herein, fince it imparts a Amines and beautiful rednefs to the gutne,to the breath the moMeledable fweetelefs, and, if ufed coo lneatly as diredted, will render the teeth firm and white, and pre vent the tooth•och from returning to thofe who have been liable to Its aloft baneful atilt*. Prepared and fold wholefak and retail by Mr. Ender, No. 4, Cheapfide, corner of Patrrnofter-row, London, and of molt coun try Medicine Venders and Perfurners,in boxes at so. 9d. each. Of whom may be had, Butler's improved Silvv-wind Tea*. jealha,price as. each. lIILBLAIN . S . are prevested from broakinz I LA their Tormenting Itching instantly rouoved by HEAD . ' ESSENCE of MUSTARD, UriVtrsally...:%•engtvi 14,4 extraordinary efficacy in Rheunsatisms, Palsies, Gouty ktlec:.4,_ sad complaints of the Stomach ; bu t w h ere ! hi s cer,ain has been unknown or neglected, and the Chilblains ..IVt arstrlii broke, Whitehead's Family Cerate will east the pain, and vett speedily heal then,. Prepared and sold by R. Johr.ston, Apothecary, 14, crab, street, Soho, London. The Essence and Pills at 2 3 .0,L, ach, Ceram at is. ltd. • Sold by every Medicine Vender in the UrltS4 Kingdorna—The genuine has a black ink stamp, With 11,,.,,, nk R. bduiston inserted on it. . T HE Case of several Srrophulou s Ul cers at York, inserted in the Public Papers, and stated :IA Adv.rxin g to wards recovery, and as having existed fur seeen gres , ding T n .. % in the habit of a young girl, aged fonrtern, with 11111Cillr j u n to her health. is now declared, on th..: mother's authorit, and the gh - 1 restorttd to health, by the sJle uf Si".l,6llURY's PATENT ANTISCORBUTIC likol4t,, administered in Scurvy, Gout, Rheumatism, aed eruptiv e ts„,.. plaint• , . Those persons, anxious to this cue, ar t i n f,, rme4 the orii;tal letters may be seen at the Dispensary, in Stdus. lnztr Lond•+:1; and at York, Mrs. Dancer will give all Itece sa i rr ichei ntatien. It is requested you will ask for the Patent A tic Drops, tsith a Olar.k i S stamp, in htttdes of Ss, t •e0t ,,, 1e bottles ins. and larger duty included. —An idit.atexe takins hidt a dozen. pd UR.rtthh.:44,l" .71777:715 IPHE value "f this Infallible Medi c i ne has been nf JL long proved, that nothing of the pr-tent day can !) , .r t competition with it in all the different flaps, 0• a certain Meet, which it effedlually cures and adicates from t h e wiStost exciting the painful feelings And !xpoistre that attend< fdivation, without debilitating the cogfticution in any degree, cr coo re. gulling confinement from bubnefs, or reftriCtion in diet, lhe radical virtues of thefe ineftimabk Drops have proved their etiltri to public approbation fur more than thirty years in all th bility nt both lexe4, they prove a never failing reftorative, whe ther the debility k produced by too free Lfe of Meteors, WU:it pleafures, ur the effe..fts of a warm climate to travellers, and that: going abroad. They cannot be recommended too ftrongly to thole who will receive a Taft. (peedy, and complete care in all ohl ftubboru Glenn , and every wrakorfs that affects the Madde r 80 ,4 organs of urine. By its efficacy many women have becote roe (hers. who for years had been deprived of that bainintfs Sold wholefale and retail at Mr. Butler's, No. 4, Chtapfole.etr, ner of Paternotterrow, and retail byßelam, Portfinouth; Wtft , te; Portfea ; Wills and Rogers, Plymouth: Peck, Hull; Calvrell,lieb. Hu; Baxter, and litlaztlonald, Glafgow ; Baxter, Smith and Man. denim, Edinburgh, and by molt country medicine venders, la bottles. ar as. ca. cash. with smote direetions. I MPORT.-k N DI t. 20 VE It Y. T HE Advantage the Public must altylys derive from regularly educated professional men edit - et:Mg eancst exclusively their StiiilicA to one species of mandy, was never mow clearly demonstrated than by the unto:ample-el success which has attended the administcarion of their raw remedy, and the extraor dinary cures it has performed. For a long series olyears, Messrs. CUR ate, and Co. Surgeons, formerly in his Majesty's service, have made the Venereal Disease the particular object of their investi gation, and are happy in having discovered a inediciue superior to mercury in the cure of that complaint ; it is sufficient to observe that the efforts uf this remedy are dianietrir.t!!y opp(Aite to those of mercury, for though it completely eradicates every vestige of the virus, in its most.contirmed stages, yet it dates rot in the least injure the cousiitution ; or the contrary, it relior.itei the systnni is all its natiiral fetctiors, promotes appetite, and facilitates di gestion the:. irstead of reaiti.'ilig a strong and vigorous constitu tion to the frightful condition elvat mercury doe.., it not only pro seee;s that constitution in its primitive state, but restores a weak and debilitated one to its natural strength and vigour. Number less instances are on hared record of the superior efficacy of this nuslieime, its inherent and specific virtues acting as a perpetual corrective' to biodily debilit y, wh thr proceeding twin an r‘Cel of conjugal or illicit pleasure., or front the. more insidious, though nut less destructive, indulgence ot iocnutious youth ~ .f both sex,* in a certain pernicious; habit. Amidst the melancholy variety of disorders which are the consequence of this solitary vice, there are none more afflicting - than that distressing state of debility and de ficiency which prevents or embitters the matrimonial state; the unhappy st:iferer broods over his misfortune, ashamed to seek re lief, until he is reduced to sect a state of weakness as to :littler life oppressive. 'l'o such persons it must he a consoling reflec tion to know, that tiny may now, by a new infallible mode of treatment, be restored to that greatest of all Wausau blessings, strong, manly and vigorous constitution. In all cases of debility, delicimcy, front whatever cause arising, as well as in every species of veurreal infection, Messrs. Curtis and Cu. may 1).: enusultcd by patients of either sex with the greatest secrecy and honour, at their house, No. 107, Hatton. Carden. Patients ia the country describing the psnicuiars of their complaints, by letter post paid, enclosing a Bank note, will have the necessary medicine and advice sent to an part .of the kingdom. No. 107. Hamm Ganlote. TO THOMAS TAYLOR, ESQ. No. 9, NEW bRIDGE-STREET, LONDON. SIONOUREDSIII, I BEG leave to inform you, th a t ever s i nce t h e y e a r 1790,1 had been afflicted with the I.ues Venerea ; which, from Its obstinately residing every course of medicine prescribed by rte most emittrnt of the faculty here, end undergoing several severe courses of salivation, and twice discharged from the Hospital, with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In the spring of last year my disorder had got to such a Lead, as nearly to put a period to my existence. I had a large ulcer on t'ae crown of my head, one on each arm, and my legs were broken out in a frightful manner ; my right was dreadfully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration tar the last seven years; my left had also two node: upon it, was very much discohmred, and gave me such excruciating pain, particularly when warm in bed, as nearly to deprive me of rest; in this lamentable state, I was re commended by Mr. I. Thompson, (who received so gloat a cure by them here,) to take your Leake's Patent Pills, which I began to do on the .2oth May; in the course of a fortnight I began to receive benefit—in little more than a month tha ulcers on my head and .arms were soundly heals -I—soon after, the sores on mr leg healed also: leaving, however, considerable diseulcura• tion in the skin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the bbissing of God, and a little longer perscvesance in you: invalua ble Medicine, subsided ; the nodes dispersing, the skin regaining its natural hue, and the nocturt:ai pains gradually going off—l thus became, by your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free fro. my lot mer complaiAts—have recovered my former spirits and strength, and am become jolly and fat, in which state having con* tinned many months to the astonishment of all who kmw me, I am at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg you, for the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my case as pt.blie 3s possible, as I shall on every occasion—in so doing yon will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful obedient very humble sot 'earn, ALEX. MU /MLR. _ . Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh. Witnesses to tke above Cure, John Thompson, No. 3, New Poultry-market, Edinburgh. John Nl`lntosh, Old Assembly Close, Edinburgh. Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, Thomas Taylor,. Member of the Royal College of Surgeohs in Loudon, at his hou►e, No. 9, New lirid7e-street ; where, atter a constant rttidenei of more than 40 years, in a practice particularly directed to tend Cure of Venereal Complaihts, and those incidental to tat" Parts of Generation, with that inviolable secrecy which t.e of his profession should always observe in such cases, he flat. , ters himself, the advice and assistance he gratuitously adtniw !tigers to persons taking this Medicine, will be esteemed, by adjs. , cerning Public, as an advantage seldom attained and void of all ambiguity. 'They :Are also snld by his appointment, at the Perfumer'i, No. 35, St. Alban's-strt ct, Pall Mall ; the Joy-shop, No. lox, Ox. ford-street ; Mr. Divborough's, No. 7, lishvstreet-hill, nearly op si pinky the Monument ; and by one person in every considerable' town in England, dcc. in boxes only Xs. ltd. each, sealed up w•it full and plain directions, wh,Teby persons of either sex may themselltes with ease and secrecy. N. 13. Every box sold in Great Britain is sealed up with a stamp. on which,by favour of theCommissioneri, is printecl,at the Stamp Office—T. Taylor, No. 9, New Bridge-street —to imitate wbich L; si felony, and all others are counterfeit. HIGH WATER -Vl' LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning VS minutes afters 19 Afternoon 54 minutes after 11 LONDON: Printed and published vy LEVEL. KF.Ny, of Can terbury Place, Lambeth) at the Sras-Orricis, No. 1, Card• Published alto It the STAX.OILICIL, Toovpl:-8sr ceived ; to ascertain whether 4ey correspond with the invoice forwarded by the Surgeon General ; to notice any oinission or deficiencies in their quantities, or defects in quality ; and, if any damage had been sustained, to discover, if possible, to what cittse it was owing. . - The Comptrollers of Army Accounts, from whom we received this communication, state, that since the issuing of these directions, the Surgeon General had transmitted to their Office several receipts of medical stores sent out in the year 1801, which, except some small deficiencies which had been notified to the Apothecary General, were found to correspond with the articles in his bills for that year: We learn fur ther from th.! Comptrollers, that the Surgeon General having stated to them that certificates of the receipt of medical stores in the hospitals at home, were now regularly included in the monthly returil,. they have obtained an inspection of these returns at thcir•ofce ; and that, strict injunctions having been sent by the Surgeon General to every department, to acknow ledge the receipt, and to certify the quality and con dition of all stores immediately on their arrival. the consequence had been that the .bill for 1805, which was the last reported on, had been supported by sun dry documents proving the receipt of many of the articles. The Comptrollers, therefore, flatter them selves that the subsequent accounts of the Apothecary General will be supported in a more complete and perfect manner.—(Te be continued.) Conostoes Imeirxr.—A shocking accident betel the Lady of W. G. Althorpe, Esq. of Clewer, Surrey, on Monday night —Mrs. Althorp, her son, and two daughters, had returned home from a visit at half past eleven o'clock, when the former went into her bed room, leaving her fiimily in the drawing-room under ' neath. The shrieks of the mother alarmed her children, and on their hastening up stairs, Mrs. Althorpe was lying on the floor, with her garments literally reduced to tinder. Surgical aid was quickly administered to the unfortunate Lady, who died in about three hours after the accident. She had, it appeared, stood too close to the fire, which caught her light garments, and which were ccnsumed in a very few seconds. The verdict was Accidental Death. The deceased has left eight children to bewail her loss. Last week at Coaxey, near Wells, a young man of the name of Pridden, having occasion to go to a black smith's shop on business, some irritating langultge took place between him and the blacksmith's appren tice, and the carpenter struck him, when the lad im mediately thrust a piece of red hot iron into the car penter's side, and killed him on the spot.—Verdict— Manslaughter. A robbery, attended with such vjolence as occa sioned the death of the attacked, was committed on Tuesday se'nnight, between Bream Common, Wilts, and Romney. A Mr. Satchell, traveller to a whole sale house in Oxford -street, h:ul dined at Salisbury on Tuesday, in company with two other persons, and to whom it was known he had cash and notes about him. lie was attacked at dusk in the evening by two men, supposed to have been those lie was in company with, who demanded his money. Mr. S. resisted the - attack which caused his death on Thurs day morning, from the brukes he had received about the head with a bludgeon. The villains escaped with a booty of ;501. MARRIED. Yesterday, at Islington Church, Mr. Brabant, surgeon, to Miss Hughes, both of Devizes, Wilts. DIED. A few days since, at Hammersmith, in his 85th year, , John Rice, Esq. a character miserable and penurious. Mr. Rice was born in Westminster, and having received a musical education, he resolved to try his fortune in America. He sailed fur New- York, where he settled, and go: an appointment as an organist. In this situation, denying himself the common neceasaTies of life, he accumulated a considerable stns of money, and returned to England. His habit was that of the must indigent beggar, and su deplorably miserable was his garb and appearance, that he was turned out of two lodgings he took. At length he obtained a room at a glazier's shop, near Marsham-street, where he was taken ill. He requested he might be decently clothed, and conveyed to Mr. Boyce, at Hammersmith, whose father, he said, was his most intimate acquaintance. He was accordingly taken to the house of Mr. Royce, where he survived only a few days. After his death his will Was opened, by which it appeared, that he had bequeathed 9.0,000 L to Mr. Boyce, and 10,0001. to the Bishop of New-York. He is said to have died worth 40,0001. 7 PIF is r - 0.: • • i3 ll mo t le lobo legiau ga 11.0 1 - Noe GT WWI •••••""6 TIC] I 41 Or - yrs orris, M • baulde out a uonti mate rf admit beel S G' cak 54, SI 4s, Sa 1, 17,1 • In k ' tie At: Pod