The National Register. — London, England, 1816-05-13 00:00:00

NI lie Wenttcr. NUNtliiilt Nlll. SAM'S POTC7.I rutmA nor Lrx. 2'U rquidens drrare ail' are imagine rAern Cr; (Sidi riht (iv. MET. IT has often been thrown out as a reproach to the rofersers of Medicine, that theirs is •a "-conjectural sue," destitute of all settled principles .whereby to direct their practice, 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 troth in this statement, it must nuturally follow, that long experience and much discernment are necessary to ena ble a person so to arrange and compare the scattered facts which fill under his observation, as to enable him to apply them with advantage to the circumstances of any particular disease, and forms a strong argument. against: that intliscriniinate interference in disorders by those who have had no opportunity of framing any de ductions, either f_aan reason or analogy, which can bear on the case befbre them ; but who, nevertheless, with.all the boldness of empiricism, prescribe remedies, with the properties of which they arc totally unacquainted, and the effects of which upon ihe animal economy they can neither appreciate -nor understand. Of the unsettled and fluctuating state of medical opinions, we have suf ficientecaidence in the, evanescent hypotheses which so rapidly succeed each other, and which, being first pro mulgated-by some medical sage, become at length the universal doctrine of the public at large ; so that it would 'be little less than heresy in any practitioner to differ in opinion from the prevailing and fashionalle 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 those.complafnts which are the consequences of exc. ss and irregularity in eating and drinking, and of deviations from that salutary mode of life pointed out by Nature, were held to be ner sula.. Nothing was heard among invalids, hut of the nerves being relaxed, unstrung, shettered. Those who before were not aware they e .-er had nerves, and who certainly could not have distinguished one from any .4.ther part of the structure in the human body, and who were totally unacquainted with the healthy office of those organs, could talk as fluently of nervous diseases, unit fancied. they understood theta equally as well, as Hippocrates himself. After a time, the train of morbid symptoms remaining the same, the real causes which produced .hem anahated, the poor nerves were absolved from having any share in the misehief, and ;file became the 'scape-gout which was to bear the blame. Every bdy - on a sodden became Bilious, .acid it was almost fotgetten that Nerves formed a part of the animal structure... The fluid which Nature ;rad appointed a shigle organ (the liver) to secrete,. and had destined to be conveyed for use to one single spot-only in the body (the thiedenum), was now a vagrant in vvery the re motest.phik t..of the system. Had any one, by excess in eating, so overloaded his stomach as us weaken the (liger five powers, and thus, instead of the flied being ronvext ed into .a .bland and wholesome chyle, it was changed into a (awl-mite() and acid mass ; it was instantly alledged that tho-atomach loaded with Bile, although the ceder of Nature must have been reamed, and, thca pro perties of „the fluid changed, before this could tr.ve bees t 1 ,2 saso. • It is well known to anatomists and physic's* gists, that Bile. is poureel a into the intestines considerably below the.atomach, and can never get into that organ unless the a. !ion of the intestine should be•inverted, which is # vent rare te..earsenee indeed, except the stomeeit is under tleaasperation of an emetic, when the inverted motion, of the stamach is extendal to the ieteetine below It, and thus Bile may- pass upward, and be immalialeln diechargad,e The acidity arising from imperfect diges tion was equally attributed to an .excess of Bile ; the etqrnacbs was said to be loaded with roue hilt,.. Now Bile can never be sour, it is one of the antst.bitter fluids with which 'so are asiqualuted; and so fur feomlecoming snur, it N. in a strong degree the property of checking acid it a I) d i n he:al-ads arise Lam sympathy with the oppressed and die ordered stomach, theeaugue Bile was instantly accused, and charged with taking possession of a citadel htenexer aissaulted. When some fair lady had, sedentary eccupations or midnight revels, dept.:lied>. her complexion. of those roses ancklilies, which pure air: aad wholesome exercise would 'have secured tha scon- Owes- 40 0f, and Lai ainseqvitntly rubbed the skin of its beautiful , j.re.rsirrigh..yvso that the .ttatural colour of the sabet e emeglauda and rete otacosaia lying under the skin was exposed to victo r the yellow hue was attributed to B i le ; a.slj while this laid was performing its appro priate. ofFee; lu its deseinstleaa, it was unjustly :charged wits mml;l* to the extrenie surface of the k x 'iy. j Whether ,tsee sons of Ylisculapiatt,led t4e r v.an oalidlowed , the tra.i.tad ,tbea: rpular delusiona, is immaterial ; they have at all „tiaata been a soerce of abundant emolument to hiediud Zeseee• lame s e who have found it more to their interest r. laintotir t:ie "...veiling errors, than to direct the pithily to reason and to mob., Ilia' Lakightt mutt have a rapid sletetesiun of new objects ; in that :T aaelli ewe. Bile is ace 4 .40 point of buing repereetled by De6ioe 4 tar.: nevet.epi.u;aa j aitaveverealateal% 4 surf to find vota— i riesausong those Ysho. vuiuly hype . to seem); or to regain-, TIM NATIONAL REGISTER'. Lealth, - rather by MS'allowin4 drugs than L living ra tionally; who fenitlessly Lade/your to reconcile wha- Nature has wkely and unaltenady disjoined, excess, in temperance, and dissipation, with sound health, cheerful spirits, undlong life. G. ROYAL MARRIAGE. —..lisi...— The following further particulars will not be deemed unimportant, with respect to an event in which the coun try has so deep an interest : The Altar fur the celebration of the ceremony was fixed near one of the fire-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 Lord Chamberlaitithen gave notice to the Princess Charlotte, whowas led to the Altar by the Duke of Clarence. The-Prince -Regent took his place by the side of the Illustrious Pair. Be hind the Royal Dukes, stood the Lord Chancellor, Lords Castlereagh, Sidmouth, and NIelvill,"; the Earls of Westmoreland, Harrowby, Mulgrave, and Bathurst; Mr. Vunsittart, Mr. Bathurst, and Mr. Pole, the Cabinet Ministers. On the other side of the Altar was the Queen, fir whom a Chair of State was placed. On her right hand were the Princesses Augusta, Sophia, Elisa beth, and Mary ; the Duchess of York, and her High ness Princess Sophia of-Cloucesten Behind her Majes ty were, her Lord and Vice Chmaberlains, and the La dies of the Household. On the kik 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 him the Archbishop of Yorke. The Bishop of London ties on the right of thO 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 Bourbon, the Foreign Am bassadors, and the great Officers of the Household, stood in front of the Altar at some distance. 'l4 Illustrious Personages had all taken their stations by a .ittic after nine o'clock, when the service .began. The eeremo.ny was performed by the Archbishop of Can terbury, assisted by the Bishop of London. It concluded at half-past nine. . _ _ Princess Charlotte and Prince Leopold changed their dresses previous to leaving Carlton -house. The Princess did not take leave of the company, and avoid ed all compliments and congratulations, by slipping down the private stairs from. the state apartments to the ground floor. She then -.entered • her carriage, which was waiting for her and Prince -Leopold in the garden. The Royal . pair were, however, recog nized by the populace in the dirk, from Jte quick gallop of the horses. On Senday the Princess Charlotte and Prince Cobourg attended Divine service at Weybridge Church ; on quit ting which, they Feecived the hearty acclamations of an immense numlr_r.nf pcople,collecred by the novelty of the sight. Tl , a.august Pair walked to aid from the church, through the church-yard, which is a considerable distanc from the road where they left their carriage.. Ha Serene Highness wissavithout his hat, and his Royal Bride curtseyed, in The most affable manner, in return to the congratulations of the people. They afterwards rode by Chertsey and over Walton-bridge, and on•their return to f•Yatlands received a communication .frnts the Queen in I.,Ondon. The Prince of Saxe-Coburg is of a House to which England owes her Laws, her customs,. .and .her early tongue : our Lord's Prayer is almost every word Saxon, as are likewise the Creed *la Afte'tionimand ments. It is said, that the Prince of Saxe4o.biatrgbas declined a Peerage. The Prince of Coburg yotng , afc-he is, was in -the battle of Austerlitz, in that of 7,14au, in the great victory at Leipsic, and aev.eral. of the sabsequent actions, which brought, tho,.lhiasian. Army into Paris, in 1814. After tbis,...t. swELbe read with pleasure, that. the only request his itighness has made, since his comtretion with England, was, that he might have rank in our army. The Princess Chailotte had her wedding-ring made, according to her own special directions, stronger and larger than arc usually worn. Yesterday her Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte and his Serene Highness Prince Leopold ca'Saxe-Coburg attended Divine Service again at Weybridge Church, which attracted a very .crowded congregation. They sat in the Duchess of York's k pew.. The (;hump-yard, through which they alkali to the church, wascrowd'al with spec tators, who received them with marked attention mad re joicings, which the Prince and Princess very condescend ingly aclamwhigTtl. At dm conclusion of the attenmon service 'icy set out Gm L:ruisni in their new travelling carriuge. They were preemie,' by another Royal carria:;e, in - which were their attendants. They arrived at t...n minutes bethre, six o'clock at Camelfard Houser A crowd was assembled at the f.,,ites in Oxfi)rd-street, who received them with loud Ituzzas.. Herefontstrect, which is open to Camelfonl }Muse, wss also crowded at the iron-railing which seperates, the enart-pted from, the street, to ;ea the Prince and Princess get en toftheir carriage. They were rg : cf..,yry3 n the ball by Bqroti Hartlerbnivkr MAT 13:, Gardiner, the Pliges in Wnitiny, and Other attendants. Soon after their arrival dinner was served up. Their re turn to London yesterday being known in the higher circles, Hyde Park was more crowded nlke afternoon than it has been any Sunday. this season; with carriage..; horsemen and pedestrians ; butthe coldness of the wind, and the frequent blowers which fell after four o'clock diss persed most of •than: great lumbers of well dressed per sons, however, loitered about the neighlwurluxxlof Camcl. ford House, which wab also crowded in'the interior.wii!s all ranks, leaving their respectfull congratulatimis. A nut numerous and distinguished assemblag,e having attended to pay their respects at Carrielfiird House jointly to the Princes Charlotte and Prince Leopold, it is utter ly impossible for us to find room for the humnse list of mantes with which we have been furnished. The Addresses of Compliments of Congratulation firer the Corporation of London. to her Royal I tighncss the Princess Charlotte, and to his Serene Highness Leopold George Frederick Prince of Saxe Coburg, will be pre sented at Cautelgird-House this day, immediately idler • presenting the Addresses to the Prince Regent at Carlton- House, and to her Majesty ntthe Queens Palace. Her Majesty and the itincesses •intend residing at Buckingham House during the remainder of this month; and nearly, if not quite, the whole of the next. Her Majesty's apartments at Windjor are undergoing a repair. The Prince Regent will bold a Levee on Tuesday at Carleton House. The Queen will 'hold s room on Thursday, at her Palace; on which.. day the Court will go out of mourning ibr thatKlay. The Prince Regent honoured Count and Countess Munster with his company to dinner on Monday; after which the christening of their infant- took Place ; when his Royal highness did then the honour to stand sponsor; Tuesday being the Ducia. l / 2 1 of York's Birth-day the same was celebrated at the Queen's . Palace, by her Ma jesty having a party to dinner, and a numerous party in the evening. The Prince Regent dined with his Royal Mother. An order has been received from the Lord Chambei lair.:a 011icc, for the Court going into mourning v on Sunday neat for the Empress of Austria ; to change the mourning on Sunday the 26th ; and to go oat on Sunday the 9. d of June. The Brussels Papers speak of the I)uke . of Wellington by his Flemish title—Field Marshal Ilrlnce of Waterloo. It is stated in an article from. .&hsscls, that many English families had arrived thete for the purpose of spending the summer. Othevfamilies, and some of them of high consideration, were txpected. Every thing showed that Brussels would be very brilliant during the summer. The Duke .f Clarence, the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, several of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, .with a select party, dined with the Prim'a Regent,. on at Carleton House. Kaan, by his recent-trip to the north, cleared 11001. after paying all_ his travelling expences; those of his friend Wallack, and dresser. His next excursion is said to be to Norwich on an engagement tbr six nights, at one hundred guineas per night.—lf we recollect rightly, Norwich is among the most fonvand to-complain of the weight of taxes, awl the dearth of trade ! ! Every Man in hill Humour is the next in the list of Drury-hate revivals. Kean will ; of course, be the Bile/y, and Harl.y.,Captain Bobadil. POETR The•follniiing small Poem bas been anonymously and sparingly circulated in the first ranks of fasition. It is ascribed to Lady Byron. L B. P. OH ! FADE THEE WELL! o!+:•,flre..thee well!—and most the sigh, Embodying the words that ses er, Meet those as heartfelt that reply, Oh ! fare thee well—farewell for ever? Then be it so— but still the heart, 'flint swore to love thee , —swore so true Shah never front its faith depart, No--nor for mer banish you. Fon a' ER !— Oh! concealed, there lies, Obtittrate, in that ,w0r,11..,- the sour ce That-leads to ill cur destinies, And plants within thy breast —remorse. FOR EVF.R ! No—shall sullen Inide Thy bosom seal—excluding there, Of feeling—the returning tide, And cherish still thy throb—despair? Oh ! yield not- father of ntrebild!— Once tender--ever dearest still— Ohl yield nor re those fancies wild, That agitate thy fevered will— To that capricions, restless train, Not born of Ikasou's kind, • That havoc in thy fertile brain, And canker in thy nobler mind! Yield not to these—oh! by this kiss Which on thy ittlit-ra lips I press, . And by that one—a) pure--of Tliat promised years aim ppines. Ah! how illusive!—thee are tied ; . And ojnee unwolace of toy care sn yield ow e;:tsslitothers to thy. bed, Otokouthe-ainw hours of angitiAl Ilieke-••• • • Tben fare lltrr er, Think ror lye.. ~a r e If :ion :ill fii.l . l .t!, !it win •:" . 1( 110, 11 RIM