The National Register. — London, England, 1816-02-26 00:00:00

constitutional in its nature ; and the tlitli‘rence of opinion confined to the question, whether legislation be or be not Ite.essary to give the Treaty effect?" Carthagcna was reduced to surrender by famine: nearly to to persons are said to have previously died of hunger. (ataldc thing had been consumed. The hide rentlent arm) eseaped by Stu, hat in a deplorable state of want. Two set:onion:, out of fifteen, had arrival at .Saannah-la-Mar. On Saturday la t their Imperial I lighnesses the Ar:4l - John and I.eivis of Austria risited tire• National' Sehool in Baldwin's Ginlcm ; they were received by the i r evaitlent, his Grace tic Archbishop of Canterbury, and tie Committee ; and were nitwit delighted with this new t.rtem, by which children acquire knowlage and edu cation from each other. It is confidently asserted, that the Lord Chancellor Mill give up the seals bef;,re Easter Term to Mr. Leach; that learned gentlenum having given notice, that he will hint receive any more 'briefs in causes to be beard befbrc his Honour the Master of the Bolls. It is understood to be the final determination of Mi r.isters, that Mr. canning is to be admitted into the Ca 'fillet. A ti.igate has been dispatched to bring him to ng-land. No British Ambassador is henceforth to reside :•t I)IGNITV 'OF FREW?' LEGI‘I.ATOII , ;.-It iS S nit' in tier French Chamber of' feputies fin- those who intend to speak on a question, to inscribe their names on a list; and thmc who first inscribe, me the first heard. In conse rpience of this regulation, there is always a race among the Nlembers, who shall get to the list first. A (urinus ..seene of this description occurred in the Chamber on the .17th. 11. Duplessis Grenedan complained that, being both little and wenk, he was lost in the mob. and com pelled to arrive the last : he demanded that :d1 the inscrip tions should be annulled, and that they should start afresh, in thee:vett:4m of beingmore filrtunate the second time; hut, While the little orator was speaking. the Members tirt:ady inscribed had quitted their places, and advanced /new, in the apprehension that this motion would have been adopted. He was replaced at the tribune by M. latmarc, and whose stentorian voice and athletic form con trasted with his predecessor. He try complained ()flying jostled out of his plane, and proposed, thilefore, that all ;he deputies shou':d depart firm the starting post at ea given signal. This vivid discussion was terrainotrd by 'he Vice-President engaging, with inuA dillicalty, the Members to as to the tinter of the day. PRINCE LEOPOLD. Hilt Highness the Prince of Saxe Cobol, rgh, the acs tined hushand of ti,e Princis; Cnsithorre. of 'Wst.r.s, landed at Doses 'Tuesday night, at eleven o'clock, in the "riing George packet, front ('alais, end after taking up .his abode at the Ship Inn for the night, set off Wednes slay morning fur torn : cn his arrival, Lord Castlereagh, .:.s Secretary of State for Foreign Aftitirs, waited upon the Prince at Clarialon Hotel, Bond Itreet, to congra tulate him, and know his pleasure as to his future arrange :lent& His Lordship, as soon as he had taken his leave t-f the Prince, dispatched a mexscuper with the result of the interview to the Prince Itel,Pent at Brighton.—Thc r.ame evening, about ten o'clock, Gen. Sir Benjamin Bloomfield arrived in London, front Brighton, and imme elately titer proceeded to Lord f'astlereagh's house, with ccuninunimtim from the Prince Regent to the Prince ef Saxe Cobourg. Thursday Sir Benjamin Bloomfield returned to Brighton, about two o'clock.—'l'he same morning the Prince of Saxe Cobourg received visits at the Clareutitm Howl, from Baron Trip, and a number of t'..istingoishedeltaracters ; His Ilighness having previously teat ifs communication to the l)uchess of lark at Oat lands. He afterwards went to visit the Archdukes John And Lewis, in Stratiiml-place. I n theevening the Prince rained with Lord Castlereagh, where these was a select vary to meet him.. Her Majesty, it is reported, will go to Brighton early next wflek thr the purpose of consulting. Avid' the Prince it:gcsst, .upt.at tile -approaching inurritt l 4e of the Princess harlotte. l'fince Leopold came saner than was cx pc•ctel--rtot .a bad sign in a suitor. A yacl!! was in pre- It.Jration to bring His Highness over. Ile i% about six • foe in height, pule, r....tittx pitted with the small-ism, but a fair, open countenance, and prepos.zessing manners. I,cowld Geo. (ltrittiat, .Prince oft'olxatrg,was born the ! (ith of December, 11'5WS--4te is the son of the late reign- Frmicis—dn:s two brothers and four sisters, s%se erf the latter marrlea Is a Prince of NVirtemberg, :mother to the Grand l)uke Constantine of lttltsio,-- Colrnirg. is situated in Upper S:%conr, and contains about 4.t100 kilt/Ain:sits—both the :....overeihro and the Subjects' 4.rc of the I.ut:iiemn religion. Y./Lt :crow, Y . Rll. thre afternoon, his ,S , ercite Highness Itr:nec Leopold of Sz k re-Colentrg, actsr.'syanit,ll in the same carriage by I.ordeastlermgli, as ri,.t./i where tbeilltritrious Prince -was re- , eoiera %%iris :he must enthusiastic. welcome by his Royal iii,;: . .nests tile 1)1,1e of Clarenee, Sir It. Illoomfichl, Count 11.!..derthurgb, and the household nobility. Imnediately atter his Serene lligloitss was congratulated in the en.. twee hia he wr.s conducted to the Prince Jisp,errrs ups trf.tme ; tinges la. 11/;y1:11-1Vaness ttrtir illtts•r!•at% s-n-i-•-law. with Lord C:warrra;,7l, par .e l. 1 'THE NATIONAL TIEGISTrIt Hi , : Serene Highness, we are happy to observe, is very convemnt with the English largtinge. The arrival of the Prince (obourg was followed by that of Lord Liverpool, Lord Erskine, Count Munster, and Colonel Harienbrook (Secretary to the Prince.) INCOME TA X. The Petitions of the Common Council and Cowmen hail agliinit the laconic Tax arc closely followed np by those of the wards and parishes, and from the metnyolis the example is rapidly spreading to the country.—We hope all the counties will manfully declare themselves since nobody disputes that the proposal of this tux in time of peace it a downright violation of compact with the nation at large. The Itmnan historian, Tacitus, in his nervous style, describes it as one of the most grating subjects of complaint, that those evils which in time of war had been thought heavy and scarcely to be endured, and which were only excused by the necessity of arms, were continued even after the return of peace. As to the ruinous nature of tins tax, the authority of Adam Smith is decisive. He notices several attempts at a sort of Income or Property Tax in various countries, most of which were exceedingly slight, and almost optional: but v-lis,t he says of the experiment made in Holland is re markable. On aparticular occasion the citizens assessed themselves at the rate of two per cent. on their capital. This great sacrifice was demanded at the instant by the extreme peril of their liberties, and was not, and could not have been intended to be repealed. Smith's remark, however, is fully applicable to the Income Tax of the present day. "In a particular exigency, the People may, from great public zeal, make a great etliirt, and give up even a part of their capital, in order to rc,lieve the State ; but it is impossible that they should continue to do so for any considerable time; and if they did, the tax woeid soon ruin them so completely, as to render them :log-ether incapable of supporting the State."—Except in such emergencies as this celebrated author refers to, it was always the proud distinction of English finance, that it 14t ass much as pos6ble to the volition of the contributor. Hence the spirit of liberty with us infused itself even into that which is generally considered as most alien to it in principle—the fiscal operations of Govern ment. tin coograt eeonitor. NUMBER SALM POPIILI SUPHLMA EST LEX. DISEASES, so far as regards a popular view of them, may be divided into two chisses---those which are de pi-talent upon atmospherical changes, or arc influenced by the particular state of the cireumambient air ; and into those, the causes of which are not at all, or in a very slight degree, connected with these changes. The for mer again may be subdivided into two species,—those which obviously depend upon, and are usually produced by exposure to atmospherical influence, as colds or catarrhs, inflammation of the lungs and rheumatism ; and tholse whose character is only modified, or virulence aug mented, by certain states of the air, or progression of seasons, as small-pox, measles, and scarlet-fever ; although the mode in whichsuch influence is exerted, is yet undis covered by us. Tlin firmer of these two last sets may be thought to depend upon the simple qualities of the air, us coldness, moisture„ or dryness; the latter to derive their origin or propagation from some peculiar combination. or chemical state of the ilastic vapours by which we are Sur roweled. Eaat of these claims our attention, but not with an equal degree of interest ; and nccordingly each class shell obtain that .share of notice which its import ance seems entitled to demand. The present is a season of the year, in which those dis eases, the offspring of cold and moisture, are nsmdly pro vident ; and the vicissitudes of weather that we have lately experienced have not only malltiplied their number, but aggravated their violence. Catarrhs, therefOre, pulmonary complaints, and rheumatism, occupy a large proportion of our present list. The contagious discuses of children, also, have, in no inconsiderable degree, been influenced by the state of the weather. HoopinK Cough and Measles are at present frequent among this interesting part of our population, many of whom fall victims to the severity of ' their attack, notwithstanding the most appropriato treat ment. It has been complained, and perhaps with some degree of truth, that the diseases of children have not ob taiaed their full share of consideratim among the gene rality of medical practitioners. who are represented as taking less interest in, and. concerning themselves less about, the welfiire of such very ruing patients, than for those of adult ur matures air. Should this charge be true, we may account in some measure tl,r the practice, sit nslivcrsal, of drenching the young subjects with some advertised specific, or committing them to the manage ment of lame ignorant old nurse, whose ill-timed officious ness togfrequantlyincreasex that diseasilwlich she knows not how to cure. la their slightest degre.., 'however, 'loop ing cough and mtnsies should become the objects of serious attention, lust irreparable mho :lief be done by than to so importaxt and vital an organ as the lungs. Tisu former, in particular, requires a due portion of skill in its treatment, since it has unkt.iestienalay a two-fold chi:later. inflammatory and spasmodic ; and according to sb, (1 either of them. must i'o.treatment FEB.f?6 . be varied. In its incipient stage, however, it may be . alwaysconsidered as Mflammatory; and the sule.st mode to adopt is, to withhold from the subject of its attack, what ever may increase the circulation, or stimulate the sys tem. Animal food is in general to be forbidden, and the mildest diet only allowed. By moderating inflammation in the early stages of the disease, the subsequent spiimodi - state is rendered much milder, and any lasting inkay the 10ng..: is much less to be apprehended. It may be Amu.- times necessir: to effect this intention by the e'hibition of appropriate medicines ; but ad attempts to remove. 0: cure the disease at its commencement, are worse than useless. Arising from a specific cont.lgion, it fellows the grauml laws of centagimis diseases : an assimila tion of some of the humours of the body into its own nature, anti a constitutional disturbance tor their expul sion. Like all other contagious diseaac, , , it has regular perio , '., of increase, height, and decline ; and will, in its mihler attacks, naturally and gradually wear itself out. without any interposition of art, and, indeed, in spite of all interference. This character, in the history of tiv• disease, has been abundantly fiwourable to the reputation of certain nostrum:, which, when exhibited in the decline of the disease, have been ffillowed 1w the most wonderful cures. From what has been said above, however, it ap pears, that each separate stage of the disease requires its distinct treatment ; and that to substitute, in the first anti early stage of the disease, those medicines which are sin gularly useful in the last stage, might be doing incalcula ble mischief to the little patient. As a general rule, it may be sufficient to state, that in the commencement of the complaint, in mild cases, any further interference than a strict attention to diet, and occasionally relieving the stomach by an emetic, is quite unnecessary; when the lungs shall have been attacked by serious inflamma tion, more active remedies are required, the extent ef which can only be judged of by a skilful practitioner. When the febrile state is over, and nothing but the spasmodic cough remains, it will be useful to attempt its r , :moval by suitable antispasmodics and tonics; but nothing in this period of the complaint is found to be so effica cious in general, as change of air,— a mild and dry situ ation being of course entitled to a preference. Enn,trym in M F.D. MON. No. 1.-3 d Tine from bottt.nl, kr imprnpr, rtsd imperfret. DRAMATIC REGISTER. Measure . for Measure is got up this season at Covent Garden, with great attention to costume. and a general propriety in the performance of all the actors, which ren ders it justly a eery attractive piece, and entitles us to say, that in the total effect of the play there is scareely any thing further to he desired. But we have seen it in other times, when Angelo was played by PALMni instead of 'f ; the Duke by dome k nr.E; and Isabella Ly Mrs. SionoNs. We wish not to detract from the meat of our modern actors, by comparing them with those that are gone by ; hut we hardly knew the value of those who delighted us finmerly, till by comparison with what we must still call the excellence of modern times, we had found how much their actual merit would transcend our praise. With a better voice than K FM OLE, YOUNG is still a mannerist, and his manner is borrowed from ano ther. lie has sttulied in the school of his predecessor, and only follows in his steps; but the artificial tones of K antics, in passages of level speaking, was more than endurable ; it became habitually respectable -- mtisfaztory, because we felt that it was neeessar that it was natural to him. In Mr. Vomits, who h:.s no defeat of voice to conceal, we look fi- more of ease, and expect him to speak on the stage as he would at his table. Whenever, therefore, we catch the fitinttat note of Mr. KEmitt.E's intenafon, our car rejects it as faulty, because it not only gives a stiff unwieldy manner to his declamation, hut we condemn it as unnecessary. Mr. Yors“ and Mr. 13ARRYMOIM pOSSCSS the line:l voices for declamation on the stage, anti vet they do nut produce an effixt equal to the thick muffled tone id KEAN. YOUNG is certainly not to be compared with 13ARRY/40HE in any thing else, but we caught a mixture of both his yoke and that of KFMGLE in many of tic sermons of the Monk. This character is not one in which an actor can exhibit mach pathos, nor are avec any scenes which give scope fier theatrical effect in paint of situation. It is one of calm dignity, and imposing grandeur. i n this, K N ULE WUS unrivalled; and thatigh we would nut call Mr. Yovati deficient, yet he fell short of his great master. Whet' the cowl was Toro frem his shoulders dn• Lucia, we thought that a part of his dignity was removed. The gn•c habit, the sententious inanner, the bald head, and anti& heard of the Monk, had an awe and solemnity, which we sought in vain among the gilded taggs and silken tassels, of the white Huss; r dress of the Duke—brilliant, rich, and glinering.as it was. The Pail, it was szti,% had made a puke; but l•y unstripping the Mmik, we :lid not feel that lie had re - thaw& :eV thing much :thee his own foppery; and it:a . • regretted ;toy part of Mr. Yot•no's delivery, it wait the vehemence with which he imposed ',Pence upon Lue;u. Mr. TERRY also pe•rf•rmed his part well, speaking with due consideration of his actual powers ; titr with his small fgure, and harsh, nuvekldy Trice, he has many difficulties to cneonnte•r. There is a h:•rslness the t a his wanner. which suits well enocigh with characters of bluut