The National Register. — London, England, 1816-03-04 00:00:00

MARCH 4. . , oirs, it is ai.swered that our (inseriement has airs ady, by are. "feral t , L•, authorised the admision of all flags exec:o those pirates, of ceurse that it is not inclined to pruhiliit tit ; ,, i miss. , n If the flag of tue eLlonies who have establilsed lush - .pendent governments." THE KING'S HEALTH by the Monthly Bulletin just published, remains the same as betize. - On Saturday the Queen and Princesses left Brighton for Windsor, and arrived about 4 o'clock. The Princess Charlotte proceeded to Cranbourn-Lodge. His Royal Highness, the Prince Regent, is =plea in town, next week. • Yesterday the Archdukes Jolts; and Lewis, visited the Dukc of York, the Duke and Drachm of Cumlxr land, and Duke of Kent, and Sussex, These were un deroood to he parting visits. It is said they visit Wind sor and Brighton previous to their leaving Engtuul. The Royal Charlotte yacht at Deptford is fitting up in a su perb style for the reception of the Archdukes and their suites, . who return in a few days to Vienna by way of Paris. Tuesday several of the Royal cooks and livery servants left town for Weymouth, to attend on Prince Leopold of Saxe Cobourgb. Mr. Canning on his arrival, will, it is said, be appointed First Lord of the Admiralty. Lord Melville to go to the Board of ControuL The Brigkiwi Herald says:—" We are sorry to learn that the East Crinstead Bank has stopped payment." _ . It is said to be the intention of Gov ernment to level the extensive military lines near Chelmsford. In the minority of 1:21, who voted on Wednesday night af,ruinst the Army Estimates, S 3 were County Members. On Tuesday the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor gave a splendid entertainment to the Court of Assistants of the Fishmongers' Company and their ladies, at the Mansion- House. The Marquis of Lansdowne, Lords I lolland and Erskine, and Sir E. Hamilton, as honorary Members of the Fishmongers' Company, were also present. Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, the American Minister, and several others of distinction. ho noured the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress with their company on the occasion. The party consisted of sixty persons. Three more Judges, we are sorry to say, are seriously indisposed. The Lord Mayor, agreeable to a Requisition, has ap pointed Wednesday next fur a General Meeting of the Merchants, bankers, and Traders of the metropolis, to be held at the Egyptian Hall, at (,ne o'clock, in order to pc titian agairst the .Property Tax; the following are the Merthant, and Bant.':,s who t•i l -tml the Requisition:— V. A. IT+ r.key, W. Adams F , ;mh, G. Whatelcy. Joseph Jellicoe, J. Tocgood !tenable. John Smith, .1, 0, :3 li , Airtieu. Clapp: Bridfxs, Alex. Baring, II esti Glyn, George Hthbert, Il.arlesLalvert. T. liallifax, Janus Barnes, IL Swrhenaon, Quarles Harris. John Martin. .1. E. Hammett, Jahn Inglis, Andw. Roberts, F. I.sidbmke, 11, .1. Rucken, R. Grcnfell, Bcnj. Ai.lehic, John Plumber. Richard Sharp, John Biddulph, W Mem Ward, J. 11. DetiA, D. Bevane. It is intended that that the Petitions shall lie all the Wed nesday afternoon at the Mansion-house for signatures, and that the same evening they shall be presented to both llouses. _ _ - The Duteh papers contain frightful accounts of the ravages of the plague in the Turkish provinces. In }los conlisting„of a million of inhabitants, one half have perished! The Christians have on this occasion suffered in an equal degree with the Turks. Accurding to intelligence from Rome, King Charles IV. is about to return to his son, Ferdinand _ Extract of a private letter from Paris.—" So deter mined is the new Government to destroy every memento of Napoleon, that orders were given some (lays since to break the whole of the medal dies at the Mint. These medals consisted of about 200 in number, and had been struck on particular occasions recording a victory, the marriage of Napoleon, coronation, a peace with any of the powers, Confederation of the Rhine," &e &c. he Scotch Jury Court, last week decided that the sienatnre of the Dame of a person who could not write, the baud and pen being guided by another. was no siunature at ail. it be opetEcat NUMBER IIL /ALM TOPVLi 611.111EDIA LIT tax. THE temperature of the atmosphere having been milder during the last week, than in the preceding one, those diseases which were so much aggravated by its in fluence, have experienced a proportionate amelioration in their symptoms. Whatever may have been the cause, eutarrlis, or colds, have seldom been mere universally prevalent ; and they have, undoubtedly, during this Pcrioa, possessed a contagious character. When the dis ease has once touchci an individual in a family, it has usually spread through every branch of it, with a greeter or less degree of severity, according to the peculiar stag: or constitution of each person, or to the accidental cir cumstances of aggravation, or mitigation, to which he ttball have been subjected. M:.nv persons have altogether denied' the cor.tagions nature of this discs-se ; but, be sides its having had this character assigned wit by some of our most experienced nosologists, incli:ding the venera ble Cut.LEN, the frtquent prepagration of the disease throughou.t the whole pcmulallon of un extensive district leaves us little room to doubt of the fact. It appears, in refine seasons, to be truly epidemic, said either to be de- THrNA.TIONAL RP.GISTn. rivod from some unknown influence of the atmosphere, or to be communicated by personal intercourse. Although pretty general in its attacks, the disease has not, on the prescnt occasion, been very fatal ; yet, in many invanms, it appears to haveleid the foundation of serious affections, especially among aged people. There is no disease, on which more erroneous notions seem to prevail, respecting, its causes and treatment,' than this; it may not be amiss, therefore, to say a few words on the subject. In its or 'dinary state, (I mean when not epidemic, as it has lately been,) the production of the complaint is usually attri buted to cold, but not always with propriety. Exposure to cold, indeed, is a powerfill exciting cause of catarrh ; and so also is heat, the stimulus of which will sometimes produce an increased secretion from the mucous membrane of the air-passages---the wind-pipe and lungs, constituting catarrh, with no less certainty than cold. We accordingly hear people complain that they have a cold upon them, notwithstanding the excessive rare they have taken to keep themselves warm. But all their cure, perhaps, may not have been sufficient to protect them from some acci dental exposure for a short time, to air rather cooler than i ! they are accustomed to, and the disease may be thus caused in a person who has been predisposed to its attack by previous heat. The change, whether &an heat to cold, or from cold to heat, will equally produce the com plaint in very delicate subjects ; fir those who are robust and strong can more readily endure the transition. Many a cold is brought on by the very means taken to prevent it. A person is accidentally exposed to the action of cold and moisture thr a time, and feels himself chilled by their influence ; the powers of life are depressed, and the regu lar actions of the system diminished. The natural conse quence of this would be, upon his withdrawing from the exciting cause, that a re-action would take place ; an ex cess of power in proportion to its former depression would ensue, and the natural balance would be restored, merely by that principle of preservation and renovation, with which our Creator has endowed the animal system. Con fident in his own wisdom, however, and impatient of the tardy process of nature, man seeks to accomplish by force, i and with celerity, that which nature would effect with certainty and safety. He immediately takes some stimu lating drinks, to drive out the colt!, and thus carries to ex cess the state of action which naturally results from pre vious cold, and actually produces catarrh, or some worse disease ; when nature would, if not interfered with, have restored health. We cannot, therefore, wonder at hear ing him complain that he has caught a cold, notwithstand ing the warm comfortable things he took to prevent it. t is not always just to reason from analogy in the science of medicine ; but, perhaps the following illustration may serve our purpose. If a man has an elastic spring, which he wishes to keep precisely in a horizontal direction, and this spring is by some pressure on its upper surface carried considerably below its proper level ; would he, upon removing the pressure, apply a hammer to the under surface to restore the spring to its horizon tal direction ? No, 1w is' aware, that, on removing the pressure, the spring will not only return to its proper di rection, but will considerably exceed it upwards, and his only care will be to prevent the exertion of too much action by the sudden removal of the pressure. So it is with the powers of action in the human system. A con siderable depression of them from cold or any other cause, will be followed by an excess of action, previously to their /via= to a state of health. A hot stage will universally succeed to a cold one. By our interference with hot sti mulating drinks in the case supposed, we only overact the part, which nature would perform with nicety and pre cision. It would follow, therefore, that when a person has caught a cold, he cannot be too cautious of returning, even to his ordinary stimuli ; he should certainly avoid in creasing them. Et ery expedient, then, of drinking drams or other hot liqUors, because a perstm has been exposed to cold, is extremely prejudicial; nothing can properly jus tify !inch a measure, except in cases where the powers of life are so far exhausted as to leave room to fear that re action cannot commence of itself; and then still more cats- ; tion is requisite, that we do not, by an injudicious supply of fuel, totally extinguish the spark we wish to preserve. It would seem, that in most cases, people in general are not sufficiently aware of that principle of preservation im plantul within us, called by physicians the Vi.s Mcdicatrir Netunce, by whose, operntions chiefly, the restoration of health when deranged is effected, assisted sometimes by a judicious interfeknce of art ; but to which alone the sii,gliter aberrations from health may safely be trusted. DRAMATIC REGISTER. DRURY LANE. A new Farce from the pen of Mr. Dibdin was on Thnraday night acted, for the fist time, under the eccentric title of II hat Atxte—This piece derives its name from a series of !o cherous incidents. A nephew assumes the character of his dnil seecessfully exercises the authority of the old gen tleman with an unsparing hand. He inl elver all counccted with his relation in indescribable embarrassment; and finally gets the uncle taken Into custody, to answer for the sins of the nephew. 'lnes*: freaks arc of course connected with a love plot, which, involving other diverting mistakes, fails not to prp. duce a most potent i ipresslon on the risihle muscles of the spectacle. T 132 rtainnient was npou the whole eminently successfel. 4) , vots'in and ;lanky, as the Uncle sod Nephew, were particule distingeished awl Knight, as an imperti nent mischievous *errant, contributed largely to the micron art sto: piece. 01141'011108. --......-. On Friday evening Sir G. SMART commenced his Oratorios at Drury lane Theatre. The Orchestra consisted of not less than 240 performers—the stage was oeenperd by an entire new arraneement of Gothic structure. Leonard, l'yue, Bellamy, and Walltinch, accompanied by Mrs. Dickens and her pupil, Hiss Barren (a line tenor I, Mrs. Salmon, and Miss Goodall, a pupil of Sir C. Smart, led the vocal parts. As the public are well acquainted with the merit of these performers, except the hitter, we may be excused if we allot the little space allowed us to the consideration t f Miss Goodall, who cow made her tit st appearance. We understand that she has tier some time beea under Sir ll.'s Mitten, fostered by the affectinnaie interest of a small circle of friends, to whom her amiable disposition, as well as musical talents, have rendered her peculiarly the object of their care. She seems to possess, though at the early age of 19 years, all the ge' of original genius which will one day surpass many of her predecessors-- her Introduction has been very respectable and her talents promise a just reward—her tlist recitative and air were deservedly encored - her two pieces iu al part were accompanied wide more mare, because her about had in sonic dagree subsided—and in the Hymn of Eve, " How cheerful along the gay mead," she discovet e I a strength and de licacy of intonation which requires little more than that courage which time will produce to render her an accomplished favou rite. In this she was deservedly encored, and her notes left so sweet a vibration upon a crowded audience that they returned them w ith rapturous and reiterated applause.- Mis.s Burrell, in MoLart's duet with Mrs. Diekons" Preinlero peel lie unettirto," was very happy, and was justly gratified by an encore. She is a fine tenor, a hich she 4/1:111/Ige3 with great skill, and has great taste in her Is nowled, , ze albs. scienc" -- Mrs. Dickens ex cited our wonted tribute of acknowlideement, and MIS. Sal mon subdued her admirers by all the witchery Oki. warbling notes %%Icicle she is capable of extending to . an endless length. —The house was a bumper in every part. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF KING'S LENCIT. AMU ARV 23. CAMMORE V. ICEAN. This was an action ottibilliiCidian;;;;follool. drawn by Finch of the 0. F. Tavern, Russel -court, acirptial by Mr. Ktitn, of the Drury. lane Theatre, and indorsed over to the plaintiff: The defence set up wac, that the bill had been discounted by the plaintiff tor a usurious consideration. . . _ TO prove obis case Mr. Finch was called, who stated that early in. October last, he, being very much pressed for Disney, applied to ;hi:de fendant to accept a bill for'him for 1001. Mr. Kean I:lmplied with his request; and having obtained the acceptance, he, unknown to Mr. Kenn,apvlied to the plaintiff, whom lie had known for some yea's, tut& who had frequently dis; annuli hills for him, to acetanntodate him on this occasion also. 11 w aectirclidgly came to the witness's house, and there, in the coflhe-rnuni, gave the witness 1011., who, upon that, indoised the bill over to hint. at the same tittle telling the planitiffahat nest not present the bill when it should become due. wher at the Theatre, or at Mr. Kean's house ; hut that, on its becoming due, he, the witness., would pmvide for it. A few days before-the bill became due, the wit i's finding it was out of his power to take up the hill, informed tile plaintiff's brother of that circumstance; at the acne time giving him 101. for the plaintiff', and telling him that he must renew the bill she him. A few days afterwards he saw 0:e plaintiff, who said all was right, bat he must have another bill, which the witness promised ; hut soon after this the witness was arrested, and disabled from performing his promise of obtaining another bill from Mr. Kean. Upon this, din plaintiffilernanded the amount of tits bill from the defendant, and on his r, fusing payment, instituted the prevent action against him. On the part of the plaintiff, two witnesses were called, who, in con tradiction to the testimony of Mr. Finch, stated, that they were p'tscr.t in the Coffee-room at the time Cashmore discounted the hill; and that lie gave Find' fol. 4s. deducting only the fair legal interur of . ifis. fat tin , two months the bill had to run. They differed, however, materially in their testimony ; and Lord Ellenborough left it to the Jury to say. to which side they would give credit. li they should he of oputiial that Mr. Kean was ignorant of the usurious transaction which hail taken place, supposing there was usury, and that the use of his tome, which he had given to the witness Finch, had been illegally and improperly applied, he might honourably and honestly resist payment, and the law would sanction hint in that resistance. l'he Jury, atter a short deliberation, found a verdict for the do feuclar.t. ____ YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS, Mantic 2. WATSU!, & AIiCINSON, t. !RATH. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs who keep a rhea, school at a place called Cotheretone, in Yorkshire, against thy defendant, a baker in Lonikm, to recover from him HI. Ins., being the amount of a bill for the education of Ilig.AVO suns, and for their board, daring one quarter and three weeks.. On the part of the plaintiff it appeared, that in July, 1810 0 the son of Mr. Watson saute to Loudon to (A Olin the nature of his father's establis:iment, and to carry down such pupils U. might offer. This young man hail 811 interview with the de fendant, explained the term , of the school, which were twenty guineas per ann. for each scholar, and in fine the defendant was. so well satisfied, that lie sent his sons down. lie paid for the first quarter; about three wicks after Christmas, a Mr..Sinith went down to fetch his own child away from the school, and. brought with him at the seine time, the two young Deaths, and four others. For the last quarter, aural three necks board Sc. the action was brought; the defendant an being applied to. having refused to pay, on the ground that the children bait been ill treated. To prove tae propriety with which time:lid drom were treated. Mr. Watsou's son, an English te l ehee, :stn' two of the boss who had been educated at the.selowl, were examined. They spoke of the several eirellabeies of the esta blishment, and the humanity with which the children were taken cure of'. Young Watson on cross.examieation, said, the. school formerly belonged toe,iCidr. Chapman, Me father was s butcher before lie took thlestlrbol. He denied that there was a colder, a tutor in the sehool. Upon the part of the defendant, rdr. Smith was timined, he said that basing heard of the ill-treatuent of the eh:Witco at the plaintiff', school, lire went down to fetch his own and the children of other persons, on arriving at the school be Ewald the children in a most shocking state. Dirty. filled with cu min and sores, and their clothes MI in racs. Their me elbows and kite( s exposed to the rain, and no but on. The young Deaths were in time most del:tenable slate. %'l,' yet:l.-g -est had his feet tilled with ulceis and chilblains, so as to be nu able to walk ; and the other was filled with vermin, and in the moat debilitated state. Tent evidence WAS farther col r.:iorated. by a Sin geon who attended tlm childron lofore they welt i , ? .. , ' , to 'Volkshire, and who sus th em when they • ante up, ~N,„---, , ) scribed them, when fifty arrived in town, as pbjeck.or t 14,.. ; greatest pity and commiseration, re-leceit in health, 1:4,l, 1 .`.. , ": ire:lndy we:lk, owing, as he, aas convinced,. by ne.4l .t , want et sufficient 'loft:meat. The elder chi!.l was tl j .'", I self called, he describeeithe i.catine.!.l as very regular. . ~, * ll they had hearty meals Or oatmeal and mill. for tee- fa. » (Our days iii tire week far dime,. sometimes leashed, so • . ,„ 1,,, ,r ; , , : boiled. The hash was suede of' bullocks' heads , for Ft! y ' , had broth or porridgy., their beaks vote not &Win "'" sti • , '1 i........ 00, '.. ~,....c 'i:l i .•'