The National Register. — London, England, 1816-05-12 00:00:00

Diu altbical Wouitor. NUMBER XIII. SALITtI POICULI SUPRE) L EST 11 i 1 equithm durui e. diu sub imagine t,;(lem O. MET. 'IT has often been thrown out as a reproach to the professors of Medicine, that theirs is a " etnijectural arty" destitute of all settled principles whereby to direct their praetice, and incapable .of being advanced to that state of perfection to which even the sciences auxiliary -to it, have in modern times attained. If .there be truth in this statement, it must naturally tidlow, that lorg experience anti much discernment are uccessary to cita ble a person so to arrange and compare the scattered facts which fall under his observation, as to enable to apply theta with advantage to the ciremnstances of any particular disease, and forms a strong . argument against that indiscriminate interkrence in disorder by those whtehave had no opportunity of framing any de ,ductions, either from reason or analogy, which can bear on the ease befure them ; but who, nevertheless, with all the boldness of empiricism, prescribe remedies, with the propertie. of which they are totally unacquainted, and the effects of which upon the animal economy they can neither appreciate nor understand. .01 the unsettled and fluctuating state of medical opinions, we have suf ficient evidence in the evanescent hypotheses which so rapidly succeed each other, and which, being first pro mulgated by smne medical imige, become at length the: universal doctrine of the public at large ; so that it would be little less than heresy in any practitioner to ditkr in opinion from the prevailing and fashionable hypothesis of the day. Within the short period of a -single generation, how many of these popular delusions have we witnessed ! A few years ago, all thoee complaints which are the consequences of exc.ats end irregularity in eating and thinking, and of deviations from that salutary made of life pointed out by Nature, were held to be ner vous. Nothing was heard among invalids, but of the nerves being relaxed, unstrung, shattered. Those who before were not aware they ever had nerves, and who certainly could not have distinguished one from any other part of the structure in the human hotly, and who were totally unacquainted with the healthy office of those organs, could talk as fluently of nervous diseases, and fancied they understood them equally as well, as Hippocrates himself. After a time, the train of morbid symptoms remaining the same, the real causes which produced them being still unabated, the poor nerves were absolaeAl from having any share in the mischief, and Bile became the 'scape-goat which was to bear the blame. Every body on a sudden became Bilious, and it was almost fitrgotten that Nerves formed a part of the animal structure. Ths fluid which Nature had appointed a single organ (the liver) to secrete, anti had destined to be conveyed for use to one single spot - only in the body (the duodenum), teas now a vagrant in every the re motest part of the. system. lad any one, by excess in eating, so oveeloaded his stomach as to weaken the diges tive powers, and thus, inatend of the food being convert ed into a bland and wholesome chyle, it was changed into a corrupted and acid 111HCA ; it was instantly alledgcd that the stomach was loaded with Bile, although the order of Nature must have been reversed, and the pro perties of the fluid changed, Jiefore this could have been the case. It is well known toanatoiniats and physiolo gists, that Bile is poured into the inttines considerably below the stomach, and can never get into that organ unless the action of ihe intevtinc should be inverter?, which is a very rare occurrence indeed, except the stomach is under the operation of an emetic, when the inverted motion of the stomach is extended to the intestine below it, and thus Bile may pass upward, and he innneelialey 'list:barged. The acidity arising front imperfect diges tion was equally attributed to an excess of bile ; the stomach was said to be loaded with -sour Bile. 'Now Bile van never be sour, it is one of the most biller -fluids with which we are acquainted; anti so far front becomine• tour, it basin a strung degree the property of ebeckin; acidity. Did a head-uch arise from sympathy with the oppressed anti disordered stomach, the rogue Bile was instantly accused, and charged with taking poasession of citadel he never asaatilted. When some Lir lady had, by sedentary occupations or midnight revels, deprived bar conitLexion of those roses and blies, which pure air gn:l.whoiesmre exercise would have secured the con tinuance of, and had consequently robb;:d the skin of its beautiLl transparency, so that the ;Wand colour of the aeeaus glan:ls and rote mummy lying under the skin .t . view, the yollow hue was attributed to tt! this fluid was performing its amen - destined spot, it wo; unjustly churn d extreme surface of the Cy. F Ind the Vail or followed is immaterial ; they '"ht:leaf. ere)] nt *s'tnll..tr LC t • %; -1 1 ME NATIONAL REGISTER. health, rather by swallowing drug than by living ra tionally ; who, fruitleasly endeavour• to rec:nwile wha Nature has wisely and unalterably disjcinetl, excess, in temperance, ard dissipation, with sound heath, elwerful spirits, uud long hie. V. .1103*.th MARRIAGE. --ow The following further particulars will not be deemed unimportant, with respect to an event hi which the coun try has so deep an interest : The Altar fin. the celebration of the ceremony was fixed near cue of the tire-places in the crimson state room. When every thing was ready, the Lord Cham berlain gave notice to Prince Leopold, who took his sta tion in front of the Altar. The Lora Chamberlain then i4 - ••••4! notice to the Princess Charlotte, who was led to the Altar by the Duke of Clarence. The Prince Regent look his place by the side of the Illustrious Pair. Be hind the Royal Dukes, stood f:te Lord Chancellor, Lords Castlereagh, Sidmauth, and Melville; the Earls of Westmoreland, Harrowby, Mulgrave, and Bathurst; Mr. Vansittart, Mr. Bathurst, and Mr. Pole, the Cabinet Ministers. On the other side of the Altar was the Queen, tier whom a Chair of State was placed. Oa her right hand were the Princesses Augusta, Sophie, Eliza beth, and Maly ; the Duchess of York, and her High ness Princess Spina of Glouustcr. Behind her Majes ty were, her Lard and Vice Chamberlains, and the La dies of the Household. On the lett of the Altar stood the Royal Dukes of York, Clarence, and Kent (the Dukes of Cumberland and !Sussex, and his Highness the Duke of Gloucester, were not present). 'The Arch bishop of Canterbury was close to the Altar, and behind hut the Archbishop of York. The Bishop of London was on the right of the Altar, the Bishop of Exeter as Clerk of the Closet, and the Bishop of Salisbury, the Preceptor of the Princess Charlotte. The Dukes of Orleans and llourlxm, the Foreign Am bas.:adors, and the great Officers of the Household, stood in front of the Altar at. Rome distance. The Illustrious Personages had all . taken their stations .hy a little . afler nine o'clock, when the service began. The ceremony was perthrmed by the Archbishop of Can terbury, assisted by the Bishop of London. It etincludml at half-past nine. The Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold changed their dresses previous to leaving Carlton-house. The Princess did not take leave of the company, and:avoid ecl all compliments and congratulations, by slipping down the private stairs from the state apartments to the .grottnd floor. She then entered her carriage, which was waiting for her and Prince Leopold in the garden. The Royal pair were, nowever, recog nized by the populace in the Park, from the quick gallop of the horses. The Royal new-married pair have the advantage of a very retirees situation, in which to pass their honey-moon, at Oatlands, the seat of the Duke and Duchess of York. The house is extremely secluded in the Park in which it is situated, from intruders; and no persons arc allowed to approach the house till they give in their names or busi ness, at either of the Lodges at Walton gr Weybridge, although a stage coach going to Weybridge is allowed to pass through it for the purpose of putting down passen gers going to the house, or leaving parcels there. On Friday the Royal Pair amused themselves by walking through the delightful grounds, the terrace, from which. nine counties can be viewed, and resorted to the cele brated grotto, bath, &e. the most beautifid in England, and we believe we may say, in Europe, which occupied a man and his son, with assistants,- a great number of years in completing it. The expence of making it exceeded the purchase of the estate ; and in this celebrated and beautiful retirement, which is the attraction of strangers from considerable distances, the Duchess of York spent la:: days during the time the Duke was abroad with the armv,..and executed a great dcwl of very beautiful needle work .s.nd embroidery. On Satarday, about three o'clock, the Royal Pair were unexpectedly gratified,by the arrival of their Royal Father the Prinet Regent. They bad at the time just before entered 'their travelling carnage, and were about to take a ride to a►.cw a mansion house, alsaft four miles off; but on seeing the • Prince Regent approach in the Park, thtv returned to the house, and her Royal Highness received her beloved Father with much joy and affection. The Regent remained with them about an hour and a half, And then left for London. On his way to town his Royal Highness honoured the Duke and Duchess of Northuniberland, with a visit at Sion House, where his Royal Highness also remained about an hour and a half. On Sunday the Princess Charlotte and Prince Cobourg• attended Divine service at NVeybridge Church ; on quit ting whi.'h, they received the hearty acclamations of an immense uumber of people,collected by the novelty of the sight: The August Pair walked 'o aad from the church, thmo;.4l the church-yard, which is a considerable distance ,the road where they lett their carriage. His coo Highness was without his hat, and h's Royal d.'-r•rtseyed. in the most affable manner, in return 734 ratubvion sof the people. They afterwards • • • r.r.3 over Walton-bridge, and on thy 'r • • . . , . .•ivied a conununication from the 1 . • • lrxer it The Primo of Saxe-Culnirg is of a House , to which England owes her Laws, her customs, :and Ist tongue : cur Lorcl's fruyer is ulmust ever! won t Saxon, ss tire likewise the Creed and the Clantuturd. menta, It is said, that the Prince ofSaxe-Cobourghasd.-rlined a Pecraw. The Prince of Coburg, yonn7 as he is, was in the battle of Austerlitz, in that of Esluu, in the great vi...tnry at Leipsic, and in several of the subsequent acti,ms, which brought the Russian Army intu Paris, in 1 1 t. A tier this, it will be read with pleasure, that fle on)? request his Highness bus made, Since his connection will& England, was, that he might havelemk in our am/v. _ . The Princess Chat Lc,: had her wctang-ring made.. according to her own srecial ditections, stronger and, larger than arc usually worn. Saturday morning, soon after nine o'clock, her ,Mdestv, Princesses Elizabeth and Mary, left Buckingham-house thr Windsor. At twelve o'clock her Majesty held s monthly Council to inquire into the state of the King's health, and receivM the Report of the five Doctt:rs al•. pointed to attendllis Majesty ; when the fidlowing bul. letin was ce,;reed to, and was shown on Sunday at St. James's Palace, b Lord Arden, 'Sir Henry Campbell, K.C. B. the Pae, and otherOtendanta in waiting, to tl:e Nobility and public at large : AI 41; i --MIS Majesty passed the last month in good bodily health, and in uniform tranquillity; but 44 31a jeatv'h di mrder isn.it diminished. The Prince Regent honoured Count and Countess Munster with his company to dinner cn Mendav; after which the christening of their infant tool: place ; when his Royal Highness did then the honour to stand sponsor. Tuesday being the Duchess of fork's Birth-day the same wnv•celebrated at the Queen's Palace, by her. Ma- . jesty having a party to dinner, and a numerous party in the evening. Tht Prince Regent dined with his Royal Mother. An order ha, .been received from the Loll Chml.cr lain'a Office, tier the Court going into menruing ca Sunday next for the Emprers of Austria ; to change the mourning on Sunday the 26th ; and too out on Sunday the ...14.V0t June. .FORMER ROYAL MARRIAGE. No change of fashion is, perhaps, more -BeCisively marked, than that from thegreutpublicity, whichfollowcd former Royal Marriages, to the privacy now allowed tar Royal, as well as other couples, after their weddings. Not more th.in fifty years ago, it was the custom in genteel &willies for a bride and bridegroom to receive company, including their most Zatant acquaintances,, every evening, for a week, or a fortnight, after their marriage. How fur this publicity was carried, with respect to Royal parties, will be hewn by the followig records of what passed, after the marriage of the Prineers Mary and the Prince of Orange, in the year 1734. They were married on Thursday, the -liSth of March. On the " 15th, There was a more splendid appearance of personsuf " quality, to pay their compliments to the Royal Family ." than ever was seen at the British Court. At night was "a Ball equally magnificent, in which the Prince of ".Orange danced several minuets." On the 19th," The House of Peers waited on their " Majesties and the Prince and Princess of Orange, to " compliment them on their 'nuptials." On the tist, the House of Ccmmcns addressed their Majesties and the rest ef the Royal 'Family, and received the following answers from the Princess and Prince of Orange. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS'S ANSWER. I thank the Gentlemen of the House of Commons fer this Message; I am se ry glad of their approbation, which will always make me happy. THE PRINCE Or ORANGE'S ANSWER. lam very sensible of the share the Honse of Commons taken in my happiness, and of their congratulation upon this occasion ; I am very mach obliged k them for their good wishes, and very crateful for the assurances of their friendship, which I shall always endeavour to di serve ; I desire them to he persuaded, that I will not he backward in zeal and ii&etion for the British Nation ; and that I shall always reckon it the greatest happi ness to be able to give proofs thereof upon all occasion,. On the 221," the Vice-Chancellor of the University of " Cambridge, with several others of that learned body, " waited on their Majesties, the Prince and Princess of "Orange, and the rest of the Royal Family, separately„ " with their address of congratulation, and presented to "each of them a book of verses, writ in honour of their "nuptials."—On the 25th," the Rev. Dr .Holmes, Vice. " Chancellor of the University of Oxford, accompanied " by the heads of Colleges and other Members of the " University, waited on their Majesties and the Prince " and I'rineess of Orange with their addresses of copra " tulation." • - It will not be wondered at, that, in those days, Cam bridge should precede Oxford in addressing the Hanover Fancily. The Brussels Papers speak of the Duke of W c ilin g t on by his Flemish title--Field Mnrshal Prince of Waterloo. It is stated in an article inn Brussels, that mnny English families had arrived there fi,r the purpose of sp e ndi ng th e R unnier. Other families, end scare of them of hith centidcration, were expected. Every thing showed that lima:ids uould be very brilliant during the Rum II: f7t '` •