The National Register. — London, England, 1816-04-14 00:00:00

PAIL 14. no administration can stifle• or resist the voice of the peo ph.. Fuiha in their great financial menture, an:l shaken in thcis seats, ministers fled refuge to that system of retr,:nehment which they had embnteed beiiire, but with less inflexibility than when their own authority was at stale. They re-considered the roughing part of their estimates, and curtailed them, in smite instances perhaps, with too unsparing a hand. In this manner considerable cli inges have been avoided, and no apprehension can be entertained, save lest the work of reduction should be carried too fir, rnd the grand primary object, the math teatime of the country in its fulness of glory and power, should be sacrificed to the wish of regaining popularity. Snell have been the chief results of a few weeks of Par liainntary wartitre. The enquiry into the distresses of agriculture continues, and, b_6 re the Session is ended, effective raid will have been granted to that important branch, the tintudation of all national prosperity. The Hamburgh Papers ,•ontain a copy of the new Ilaisian Tariff, which, it is stated, has received the ranction of the Emperor, though it was not, at the date of the last adviecs from St. Pctersburgh, officially pub lhough this new arramamedt will give in creased facilities to all manufacturing and commercial nations trading to Russia, none ss ill obtain so large a share of those advantages as our own lat rc h Ants ; and we consider it as a new proof of the cordial friendship subsi,ting between the Russian Cabinet and ours. A steam boat has lately crossed the English Chninsol, and ascended the Seine to Paris. The active insagiam lions of the French see in this circumstance a fruitful germ of important consequences; and they already speak of !Pans for rendering Parts a great Commercial depot.— The ;team-boat, though opposed by the united time of the wind and stream, made its way in the apace of little snore than sixty hours. By the latest advices from St. Helena, we have a dif ferent verNion of the story, that Buonaparte had been shot at by a sentinel, for trespassing beyond his boundaries. The facts are, that the sentinel, on perceiving that Buo naparte and his attendants were passing the prescribed lintits, called to them to return. No attention being pail to this, he rapidly proceeded after them, in doing whi,;ll he fed. At the same time the ramrod got loose font his musket, and as he was replacing it, Buona parte conceived that he was hauling the piece with as intention to shoot, and so reported it to the Government. On an enquiry, it proved that the musket had not been loaded, and no thrther notice notice was taken of the af fair. The sentinel being asked, during the enquiry (not a Court Martial) if he would have shot Bounaparte, firmly replied—Yes ! Buonaparte, according to report, has distributed . gohl among the Malay slaves on the island, with the view of inducing them to rise in his &your. This is very improvable. The city of Breslau is going to erect a monument to Prince Blucher, at an expenee 4 . 30,000 dollars. The King's stag-hounds were lately turned out near Itipley, in Surrey, and had an excellent run of three hours and a half. Of a numerous field, only 20 sustained the tiaigues of the day. A little boy, about seven er eight years old, mounted on a piney, without a saddle, rode through the chase, and was in at the taking of the deer; he had a pin-betiwe on, and was an interesting object with the sportsmen. His piney carried him through every obstacle; he came from Weybridge, and was sup posed to have rode 50 miles. The applications to become Nlaitls of Honour to the Princess Charlotte, already amount to 571. Some reductions in the establishment at Cathon-honse are to be adopted. Four footmen, and some of the sub ordinate attendants are to be discharged. There Seems to have been a considerable filling off in matters of /ore as well as of affairs in mule, a diminution having taken place this pairing stymn of no less than 17,0(141 ralrnliruw, eomparcd with the Two-penny Office IN:turns of the preceding ye.:r. The repeatt.•tl pe)stponements of the tiny of the Royal Nuptials, arc a great disappointment to the , expectant c,uples who wish to start fair with the Royal Pair. It is ::anl particularly distressing in the eases of old maids, bachelors, and innunn young widows. It were• to be wished that some other kind of presents u em invented for the foreign Courts than spun -boxes; the reople complaiu that they pay through the nose for these trinkets. A great fall of earth Las lately taken plate in Nor way. On the south of the river Nid, the Etll extends about three quarters of a mile into the country, and has carried away with it the church of Tiller. This fall of earth took place with such violence that the earth was thrown to the oth:r side of the river, and there over whelmed two dwellings belonging to the manor of Maine, be which eight persons lost their lives. The 'truss of earth thrown into the Nid was carried be the current down to 1 where the collected masses of earth, anew, col ice, term aw::y several sluices,&c. in the wcll-I.nown water }ld' there, Jul the whole mass bus now a t'.un below the Leer water-fall, semi) . a mile half flow Drontheim. The 'MAL EIMIL Y. -...11111••••-• THE t NG'S Ili:M.TH.—On Sunday lust, the following Bulletin was exhibited at St. James's Palace:— " Windsor Castle, April 6.—His Majesty has enjoyed good bodily Health, and been very tranquil, doriin: the last month; but His Majesty's disorder has underpoie no change." WiNnson, Amu!, I.—The Duke of Clarence met the Queen and Princesses at Cranbourn Lodge, to dine with the Princess Charlotte of Wales. In the evening there was a Concert to entertain the Royal party, in which the Princess Wok a principal part. Yesterday the Duke of York came from London, and paid a short visit to his Royal Mother and Sisters. This morning the Queen and Princesses went to Frownore; they return to the Castle to dinner, to which the Princess Charlotte is invited, and a party in the evening. BRIGHTON, APRIL 1 .—The Prince of Saxe Cobourg, who left us on Sunday last, to meet the Prince Itq,•ent at Hampton Court, returned to the Pavilion here on Tues day. Prince Leopold has announced his intention of again attending Divine worship at the parish church to morrow. His Serene Highness leaves this place on Mon day or Tuesday nest, for Carlton House. During his pedestrian rambles yesterday, he sheltered himself from u sudden fail of rain, under the collonade of Walker's Li brary, to which many of our promenading fashionables bad also recourse. The most marked respect was paid to the illustrious visitant. The regular pocketing inter course between this place and Dieppe is once more in brik play. The Thomas, which had been seized by the Custom House Officers, has been restored. Tiff: ROVA!. NfARRIAGE.—The ceremony, it is now understood, will take place in the grand saloon at Carlton House, on the 25th instant at ten at night. The ar rangements at present are for the wedding being private. excepting, of co , trse, the Royal Family and Ministers of State, &c. The arrangements for the Princess Charlotte's domes tic establishment are nearly completed. Lady Emily Murray, daughter of the l)uke of Northumberland, and Lady John Thynne, have been appointed Ladies of the Bedchamber. The Cobourg livery is to consist of dark bottle-green coats, as hethre observed, with white waistcoats and breeches; the coats superbly laced with gold, similar to those of the Prince. The carriages are built, but the linings and decorations are not yet fixed on; an excellent set of greys are also purchased, and Mr. Phillips, the newly appointed Steward, has taken possession of Camel ford house. Botley, near Chertsey, belonging to Sir Joseph Maw bey, has been taken for the Princess Charlotte and Prince Lawld, as their country residence. The Queen has ordered a great number of wedding, cakes to be distributed on the day of the royal nuptials. On the maniage of Queen Anne, when Princess, with George of Denmark, a very small annuity was settled ' upon her husband. The consequence was, that in the second year of her accession to the Throne, she sent a Nlessage to Parliament, and they granted the Prince 100,0001. a year should he survive her. M AUNDAY Tnunsnsv—The Royal donations were distributed at Whitehall Chapel. In the mcrning the Sub-Almoner, and Secretary, and others belonging to the Lord Chamberlain's office, attended by a party of the Laue% ,f the ( ;mad, distributed to 78 poor women, and Viny poor men, being as many of each in number as the King is years old, a quantity of salt fish, consisting of salnkm, cod and herrings, pieces of very ling.'s:el, several 10a44s of br;sul, and seine ale. At three o'clock they met again; the men on one side of the Chapel, arid the women on 'the other; a procession then entered of those engnged in the cerynony,consistingof a party of the Yeomen of the Guard, one of them carrying a large gold dish on his head, cont'dning 156 purses, with 78 penny-pieces in each, for the poor men and women, which were placed under the royal closet; they wt* followed by the Sub-Almoner, in his robes, with a sash of fine linen art r his shoulder and crossing his waist; he was followed by two boys and two girls, the Secretary and another Gentleman, with similar sashes, and all carrying nosegays. The evening service was then perthrmed, at the conclusion of which the silver pennys were distributed to all, and woollen cloth, linen, shoes and stockings to the men, and according to ancient custom, a cup of wine to each, to drink the King's health. On CNA Friday the Dean of Westminster preached before the Nobility at the Chapel Royal, St. James's Pabice. The Hon. Mr. Lambe, srni of Lord Melbourne, it is said, will be the new %mkt. tin. Peterborough, in the room of the Hon. G. Porvonby, who offers tier the coun ty of Wicklow, vacant by the death of Mr. Tighe. Laity Frances Brown, sister to the Earl of Kenmore, has taken the veil of Newhall convent. A cause of scandal is now pending in the House of Lonls, Lady Cumming, appellant, against NI i:4; Wood and Miss Price, respondents, arising, we believe, out of some assertions made by Lady Cumming, detriment:if to the reputation of the isstrding-sehoul kept by the above le males. So extraordinary is the evidence, and so unlit is it for the public eye, that the Counsels, instead of picad ing at bar, have liven directed to transmit their ..-:::- ments in writing, and the ease is to be decided on with abut doors. tts,tbical SOolutor. NUMI3I I :A IX. SALL'S IOPUI.I SUPREMA EST LEN' !midget Ina Slant inunnal gem. nee In c:lins redder, g4tus, Nee pea ire pot's!. -- v tu. FROM the earliest period of medicine, the approach of Spring has always been considered pregnant with mini fill evils to the human frame, and various have been the expedients by which mankind have endeavoured to avert orcounterart them. Throughout the whole living creation, whether animal or vegetulde, the change operated by this season is particularly striking; the circulati o n o f th e v i ta l fluid, whether this be blood - or vegetable sap, receives a new impetus, its quantity appears to be increased, and. functions long lain dormant ere resumed with renovated' vigour. All nature seems revived by its genial influence, " all is activity, all is life." Shall man alone then suffer inconvenience and distress front a cause which to the rest of the creation is the source of joy and delight How is the fact% and what are the causes of this per .eiennt of blessings? The former is undeniable, the latter are to be sought for in the vices inherent iu the artificial habits of society. It is sufficient to mention Apoplexy, Gout, and Cutaneous diseases of different descriptions, which are usually more prevalent at this season, as evidence of the fact that a certain change is effected either in the state of the solids, or in the composition or distribution of the fluids by the influence of the Spring. These diseases are said to be much more frequent in this country in the pre sent day than formerly, nor would it be an easy matter with truth to contradict the assertion; let us endeavour then to ascertain the causes to which such en untievour able change may be justly attributed; this will necessari ly lead to the means by which the evil may be diminished. We will for the present confine our attention to Apoplexy, a disease so sudden in its attack and so rapidly final in its termination, that it is commonly in our power to use pre ventive means alone to guard aguinst its operation. This disease, as is well known, consists in a sudden effusion upon the brain, of blood or serum, in consequence of the rupture of some vessel within that . Whatever therefore either increases the rapidity o; l tr i circulation in, or determines a greater quantity of blood to the bead, may give rise to this effieuon. If it be the natural effect of Spring to increase the quantity of blood and to impart vigour to the vessels, a greater predisposition to the disease must necessarily be produced. Were man to assimilate his mode of life with that of the inferior ani mals, it is probable that he would be equally free front attacks of this disease; but in him the predisposition is called into action by various exciting causes inci dent to his habits mend pursuits. With these at present we have nothing to do; it is the predisposition only under consideration; nor are we now to enter into the question of this as produced by other causes .than that natural plethora, the consequence of the influence of the vernal, season. The increus4frequeney„ef /apoplexy, is I know to be attributed to other causes beeidea; this, these I may hereafter treat of; ray business is to en qu i re if t hi s a l so has not in modern times a more extensive operation than it formerly had. To detemiiee this question, it will be requisite to compare the different modes of life in the two periods, as connected with thisNsubject. Ido not know that individuals of the present time, indulge more freely than their ancestors in the pleasures of the table, so fruitful a source of plethora in the blood vessels. Goal living has always been the characteristic pro. pensity of an Englishman, but I think that our fore• tethers adopted more precautions to obviate the -hurtful effects of such indulgence, although perhaps not with au express view to this purpose. What we call the preju. dices of superstition certainly prevailed much more former. ly than at present. Without adverting to the time when the Popish religion was the general religion of the court. try, when the practise of overfeeding was seasonably in. terrupted by the frequent fasts enjoined by its ordinances, I may observe that within our own memory, the majority of persons within the pale of the Established Church,kept with much regularity, the full or modified fasts sanctioned by its Canons. In this case the season of Lent must have been singularly beneficial, a vegetable dinner, or even a meal confined to fish alone occurring at least twice in a week, must have haul some evident effect in counter. acting the ill effects of a constant use of meat and wine, especially if adopted at the very time when the accumu. lation of blood and increase of vigour were most to be dreaded. A considerable change has certainly taken place in this respect within the last half century, perhaps within the last thirty years. The ptrportion of Dissen. tors is within this period considerably increased, who to. tally disregard the observance of these customs, and even among the must orthodox they have ceased to maintain their thriner influence. If this view of the matter shall not be thought risionary and untintrled, it in suggest some useful precepts t 4 our conduct; but as this is not the only change in our habits which may have had an effect in increasing the frequency of Apoplexy, I shall rert to the others in my next paper. 6. But! r, helm ging to the Post Office, who was onlered for t ion on Wednesday next for stealing a 201. note out t . ,f a letter, has been reprieved fur 14 days.