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~• • c alt . , • .. 4 1P , A4 i V . ...... m ..... Fr . .4 • . cbt __lit rtito b ti r rfa . .. .„.. ~ . , • i I k ;, 15 .:. r. dszo t ) :1-,•, ° ` . I SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1804. NUMBER 490.) (PRICE SIXPENCE. VICTUALLINC-OFFICF., Jutv 24, 1804. ' HE COMMISSIONERS far Pklualling la Wieuyli Ka" do bertha give Notice, That an Tuesday, 7a of Argue neat, they will be ready to recett. Tenders wi Writing (stalsd up), and treat for the Sapp!, o* . khat Vegetables shalt be slemsuged for thi use of His Majesty's Ships and reacts at Yarmouth, in N,rfo;k, far Tuck , . Nautilus certain, froth the 12th of that fitneb ; to be paid for by Bins payable w ith [m eres t, ninety asp alter date. the Cmtraci 'may be left at Ike Secretary's Oirkt, at this OpTe, or by opplyi,l to the Collector o f His Moja- Yornwsith. No nagged triit. he had to any Tender in which the Price shall net be interred in Woods at Icovh, or that shat) oat tor delivered so th,lk a d belore th se ,NiorY, en the wad Toei4st, the itilt vt . Arun mat, nor Was the Perna wk. makes the Tender, or VMS Pe, his B 411 4 1.1; 44tevele to mower when called lor. CITY COMMITTEE. AVOUST 4, 11104. NEW LONDON TAVERN. TR. TRAVERS requests the honour of the 11L company of the unpolled INDEPENDENT &LEC TORS in the City and its Neighbourhood. in the Intete,t of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, But. to BREAKFAST with him on MONDAY next, the 6th Inst. at Nine o'clock pretoely, to proceed from thence in a body to Mr. Travers earnestly immesh these respectable Ejectors, who have declared that they shalt remain neuta seriously to consider the consequence of such determination, arid that the Independence of the County, at this critical moment, may be lost through their {means. N. B. Let net sordid interest rise superior to duty ; quit yourselves like men, ai.4 be strong. NEW . BOOK OF NAVIGNTION. This Day i,publiahed, 11l Otte Large Volume, l?ttavn. tr.tcrt 41tn Eng;,,r &c lop. 6ti. 'I I HE CON PLETE NAVIr:ATOR c or, an IL FAiy and Viunitio4VlDF. to the THECA( rant" /RA 4:- TICE of NAVIGATION, with all the requisite Tables, &e. &e. My ANDREW MACKAY, LLD. F.R.S. E.linhurgh, &c. Atethot of The Theory ■nd Practice of finding the Lnngrtud: at S ...or Land, &c. . . . Printed for Longman Hurst, Rees, and Orme, N.J. 39, P. term,vter.row ; W.J. Longman, J. Richardson, Royal Lecticige; Blacks and Parry, Leadenhall.streeti and A. C...avtable Co. Edinburgh. Viry coiluy will ST pUblishel, by the same Author, A COLLECTION of MATIIE%IATICAI. TA HLF:4, fur the U-e of Students in Universities aad Acadenoes, L.r the raCtieal Navigator, Gebgraldter, and Surveyor, tor Melt in Swatters, &c. &c. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. TIME CITY COMMITTEE in the INTEREST I of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart. meet EVERY DAY, from NINE in the MORNING, till NINE at NIGHT, at the NEW LONDON TAVERN, CIIE.UNIDE ; where Cooontinications am:acting the ELECTION are requested to be made. A!! t.oworts•dealresus of testifying their Attachment hi the Cause of FREEDOM, and their Respect to the WORTHY BARONET, are requested to call at the Fa tern, where a Lit of Unpolled Voter; may be seen. COACHES provided from this House, from Nine o'Clock in the Morning till One &Clock at Noon. N. B. An early attendance will be esteemed a very parti cular favour. MANY of our most eminent- Physicians have very candidly and Vel liberally asknowkdvd, •hat there is not msy Rook in the English Language which oaritains in so small a compass, so much %formation oa a variety of the molt iurtcr ling Subject., and in a style at often so plain, familiar, and impressive, as Dr. WERSTE.r. PRACTICAL ONs Eit V ATIoNS 911 the PR ESER V ATIUN of and INSTRUC !lONS for the PR EVENTIQN and CURE of some of the most formidable ef HUMAN MALADIES ; par ticularly the Scruphola, the Scurry, the fatal taint aris:ng from all impure intercourse of the sexes, Asthma, Consunip. one, Fevers, and the lung and lamentable vain of nervous di. orders ?BLIDA'S LIRE-INSUR . A4CF.. OFFICE, LOMBARD _ sTaLET. THE veal oldoontoge muffin,: to Society . from LIFE IVg JP.A WE, rt./mires that the loading Prin ciples to which it attack , ' ihould be detailed, in order that the Be 4tfit to be derived therefrom in ty be more generally known. Lie Ineurane it of mot. vial Concern to at! who hold Estates or In..tole dependant en t 1 . 1 • ; ao, by Payment of an atonal Premium, atoobtet the Pomo .tiNttreti to make Provision far Air Widow, Chili dmo, or ',honer he ma:, be ileurout or Olfilitng. It is also afiro toitateralSeettrity to Owe idle adonnre blowy upon Asotatties or oeiteoiise. Loasoodetenninab:e on one or wok Lime nay be ren. demi nary goal to Fre. hold Est it's, es Wooing the Aiwa* of mkt 11. e payable on the IJetnie: if any Person included in trek Lt,-us, iv:7 product tl, Sum relutred for renewal.—rt further a p r , :uoo r eheue the Annecy of thew engaged to wide mad eta/tried eurtertahanv L.—kV torn to Perions psotuiatt et' goad Town it tilt provide a Sum if ready Mauro for the e11r, ,, 6C of dighUnii‘g hir•ortbrances itstiantiote , o om the titcroe /* the Perms rime Lite v as too. ; a Cierumatemee frequently desirable at mach okte --And nil: be found to opuate tory lienofirially in a randy T nmisesions too aao,eraw to recite. linen and Proposals delve-reel gratis at the Olcce ore London, and Compoi is ofge oil, ix the Fritt,ipat Cities and Towns ba...egs ise the itoigdow Lex - SACO Henry mot charged Ms Tneuraomm gaged at au s pic e ., !ETU 1110V . V1111, 16e. BENJAMIN TR AVERS, Chaitmatt. MIDDLESEX ELECTION. COMMITTEE of SIR FRANCIS BUR CIDtiT7S FRIENDS meet every Day, from Eight in the Meriting till Teti at Night, at the BEN JOHNSON'S HEAD, GREAT WILD-NTit EET, lINCOLN'S•INN FIELDS. to receive Communications respea iiia the Eleaton, and to provide for the Freeholderi a conveyance to the !lusting,. ROBERT ADAIR, Esq. M. P in the Chair. Tire Third Edition of this Mak, embellished with a shift nig likeness of its ♦enerable Auti.ur, in the 91st year of his age, is now published, pries 4s. and ori!d by J. Slee and Cu. sok pr.oprietars of the English Diet Drink, No. 29, Kennington lane, Vauxhlll ; and by their principal agent, Mr. W. Forbes, chymist and& ugg :sr,,2 l J, Poultry ; also by Me.: rs.BaeouendCu. 1.50, Oxfund-streets Ward, 324, Holborn ; Oxley and Thnmas, ehyntists to Her Majesty, 27, Haymarket ; Midgley, Chymist and Druggist, 49, Strand ;- Wilson and Boad, Crriumerce-row, Blackfriars-road ; Hewlett, Dniggist, 24, High-street, Hu meri ; Jordan, Druggist, SO, Whitechapel ; and by at k ist one Bookseller, or rapettable Vender of public Medicines, in every principal Town in the United Kingdom. MINERVA QFFICE, LEADENHALL STREET. This Day as snanssoesi, in 2 robs 12inu. price 9s sewed, LUSSINGT ON BBV Y. A Novel. HENRIETTA stOUVIERE. Printed for Lane, Norman, and Co. Leaden's:di-street ; and Sold by C. Chapple, an J. Budd, P.. 1: Mall RESPECTABLE ATTESTATIONs FUR THE CORDIAL BALM OF GILEAD. LAMP CONTRAAT• COM ;.111"TEE appointed by the TRU& 11. TEES ofthe ST N.M FORD H I :.L, and GREEN LANES T fi eripok.. Road., wil• rn et at the A , 1d Inn, Eden •nton, nn No% \ Y the 24th of Atgint, in.taht, at ElLeen o'Clock, in the Forenoon, to r•eetre Proposals for Vghting the Lamps from toe Stone's F.nd a Shorehteh, to the Nowtheenn. , ,,t pan of the Parch of Tottenham, t.s the Count% of Mktilescx, from th • lst Dar of September aunt. to teem Cith a %lA,ch fellow let (both .I.y. tetu•,ee) The Lamps aro 368 in helm er, and nett be I.t with two Skein Sumer% at the respecth-. towns roecifi-ol stile Contract, and to be d••hared and in eoriplete eon air, at the Contractor's esponce, at the ex pwation of the Contract. Plo.culsos rosy be known, sod a daft of the intended Coo. tract 'eery try applying at the Office of Messrs. Smith and Til tn, Chapter H tote, St. Paul's Chureh.yant. :wog 1,1804. T SMITH, Clerk to the Trustees. Nr.W STATE LOTTERY, 1304, Draping the 24th of next Month N tbe prtsene and only Lottery to be drawn tlii, I Yczi, ..c the gireatee number of CAPITAL PRIZES ever ka v a in proportion to do quautity of Tickets. SCHEME. of Prizes e.ch. Total V..lue. 3 of L 20,000 tee I. 60,000 3 10.000 30,000 3,000 13,000 1,000 6,4400 SRO 4,000 100 2,000 40 3O O,OOO 13,3)0 tO 131,00 25000 Tickets L.2:r0,000 Part the Capitals to be determined as and r : irA drawn Ticket, Vint Day L. 1,6.10 Fiat drawn Ticket, Seventh Day.... ... to,rmxi First drawn Ticket, tit/lath Day 2n.uno Piss drawn Ticket, Nutlet Day . 5.000 and Shares son Sale. atevery Liceused Letter, Orme* PRESENT PRICE. Taft 171. 17s. Hai( 91. 4s. 04. I 7% 04. 44 .13,1 e 4 1 . las . 04 Sm Si . N . Si tusk LINENS. IN consequence of the many complaints against Loom Cloths whitened b the chemical pone i a Com pany (wowed in 1 101, In dome ill the fist Makers in Ire re sigmas the Pu:ilic in this City with the best IRISIII I.IIEN CUTtIIIS !bleached in the 'land usual method) at lb wholesale Irish pm,. Their origirul plan is tarariably adhered in. via. Tit sell sine piece, but not lees A Piece to la: sold at Cae wholesale price. lath piece rated, and no &titration of price. All goods wit ranted. and the wiewey returned ifs fault appears foie-lourt:ls and seveleesighth: Linen. contain about ternts.lite yards each niece. Their tune eighths and five-fourths Sheetings contain abaat t4 ( 1) , owe y 'ids each piece. Their six4oorths Slicetinzt contain about thirty-two yards each piec e o• Cid% as usual Re Rank of Ireland Notes. .1. 1.515141FN, Agent to the Company. *named frism retest Russell-...treet, to No. 4, IllloomsbuTY 'ues o f tat Hart and tinitrha m perm -4. eets,lsoding to Holborn . iASHICYNARLE BOOT AND SHOE MANOFAL - roitY. BROWN and COWAN (from Mr. Hoby's;, at tlwir stooloas Warehouse, n 341 Strand, one door . "-- 11 11s. , anent, lam cow .ntiv on Sala an Extensive rapist tS neat lillOrS and SHOPS, which bisiag menu 4iired under Clair immediate inspeason, mourns they will IIMOPI• in pn:a :Loon, riurshiSty, and Fitting, 'erg Volts at any other Howie in London and in . 'we tea t,ulek Sale, and reeeivln/ prnmpt Payment, are to submit them at the understated very reduced L s. d. Calf Skin Hessian Bents - 1 11 0 Spanish L. vtber ditto . . - 114 0 Rack Strap J ~ .key - . . . 1 15 2 iNito Military . - - - . 1 IS 0 1)tto Thre,--quartet. 4 . - - 1 12 0 CooSocin Bents ..... I 3 0 Walking Shoes . -,, - - - 0 9 " Stn.ng di tto ditto .. - . . 0 9 6 D - es. Snore ind PII All* • • • 010 0 ~... sdanith I.7ather (Vitt, inn - oln 6 ' Count , ' Loiters (post ) duly attended to. .4' Übscoo...ouu dour r Calbirrins-street. Where may ie had, CONFESMONS in ELYSIUM, from the German of Wieland, 3 .414 IC. Rd. sewed. SO NETHING ODD, by an Old Bichelor, 3 vols. Ks. sewed. WOMAN OF FEELING, 4 vols. Ss sewed. The AUNT and \ 01 , 2 E. 2 vols.& sewed. The WORLD WI. LIFT IN, by W. F. Williams, 3 vols. 10. Gd. reared. JANE TALBOT, by C. B. Browne, 4 v.. 112 Si. sewed. MINF.RV %-OFFICE, LEADENIIALL-STREIT. This Day is publ..hed, in Three Vole. l*lno. price 10s. 61 sewed, BRICK BOLDING; or, Virhot is L: ilt An English, French, and Italian 6. PAPA BRICK ; or, What ti MAO' ? and Raglan Romance. By PIGAVLT LEBRI'M Fronted for tiAc, Newmik, and Ca. street; and s ,'d l, ,v C Cnspnle, and J Ruid , Pall•mall Where may he had, by the same Aothor, ' MY UNCLE THOMAS, 4 Vols. 164. sewed. MONS KOTTE, 8 Vols. 12s. sewed. BARONS OF FP:I.SIiF.I‘I, 3 V.K. 12s sewed. FIRST NIGHT OF MY WEDDING, 2 Vow. 7s sewed. HISTORY OF A '10(:, related by llwowif, 4s sew...! SHROVE TIDE CHILD; w, the Sun of a Mvuk, 2 Vol.. 73. sewed. Jett published, AColoured PRINT, representing Mr. DES HAYES and Mr. D'EGEVILLE, in the favegiroe Kalkt of ACIIILLE DEJIMMIE, Klee Ten Shillings ind To bad a Mr. C.aoloo, 3t, Clipntone-street, •quare and d Mr. Vllnen Hail, 34, Leinstaer-squard. DR-SHAWI ZOOLOGY, VOL. V. This Day is published, with near an Hundred Plates, prlce Two Guinda and an 1141, or Three Pomade Sixteen Smi ling., large paptr, rj I HE FIFTH VOLUME of the above Work, A Wag the hat cir tho stfujett of nsitEs. Printed for G. Keatsley, Flectastreet. Of whom may ►e had, by the mime Author, catch price Two Guineas and an llialr, or Three Pu.inds S.at pi' 511111%1114, large paper, all the former Volumes of the abcne Wurk.— Vel. I. and 11. comprise the wlr.le of Quadrupeds, with between Two and Three Hundred PlateeooVol, 111. The whole of the A,ephiln.., with aboior One Hundred Plate... Vol. IV. Bang the tint of u,.hea, with near an Hundred Plates. nation ant, Ct Ay% N ti I Y.. kn i I TicAm Ha' Q.l I N el Lm, pay w. lam, I.lllor ftt • wii• adhered Te se! A pie a ct, AU gel ). Then twen4.l otb &Ay twy ▪ Tipeir pie • A It pie, %Mare, ? B ' eR ‘ , l th 1114 :31 Awnri• • 41 .r. 4 ityvv. • dmile. "Nowt 44,44 ,• 111 • 11 nom.:; PI F. PARTICUL %It AS TO THE HOUSE. PATENT SEDSTP: ADS AND TABLES, SOFA REDS, • CHAIR BEDS, AND EVERY OTHER KIND. THE ORIGIxAL HOUSE AND INVENTOR. BUTLER'. Furnishing upholstery, and Cabinet Ware-r.oras and 111.1nofactory, No 1 and 14, Celle. rive-street. A large a..ittni.nt of article, of the newt t, neatest, and mo-t treonmnicsl Fashion., of well scasonvd Ms aerials and excellent Worktoansl.ip, with several Improve. Men ts BUTLER respectfully relies on the good diseernvnent o f the Public, that they will see through the paltey devices and in sinuations opposed to and counterfeiting his snicks. It is well known that BUTLER has two Patents, one for Table,, the other for Bedsteads ; the principle of the first is appinable to almost all Kinds of Tables, and is allow^d to be a great immeeement ; it renders them more convenient flu Houses, and much more portable. The principle of the other is appli cable to moat kinds of Bedsteads, as Four Poo, T ent , s a f,,, and Chair Beds, which latter arc: singularly useful is Sicknese, and each, when shut up, makes a handsome piece furniture fin a Bitting-room, Dressing-rouin, &c. The Four P o n Trott Beds go Martha in all parts with brat:, and are fiat"! with much eon without the help of tools or [AL M, or nails in the furniture, and arc very I■nta'le.. Particular kinds of the above, adapted fir Gentlemen id the Army and Miry, and Hot Climates, also portaole Chairs, Ste. BUTLER' , Patent Manufactures ham ►een graciously patronised by the King, Queen, and Royal• Family, and ho noured by onto s fruin numbers of the Nobility and Gentry, and bare lse , n highly approsel of in the kart and West ladies ; the merit of thv Articles has thus mut with favourable en. eouragmest, and fiir which he returns his grateful ackimrledg 'nem., and eamlin but notice the kind Offices of some other•, who fix up larr Sign R 'iota, with BUTLER's name imeribcd, which may help also to promote In. Business, or should at be deigned °there's..., he, bi the permission of Providence, ma nufactores and se.is hi.SCirerinr Four-post and eithzr Bets, ca li m t Ui ong Toil.u, and Cabinet Articles's above, name! ) , Catherine stre,q, e , ght D.r r. from the Strand, a B'ick•frunt House, where he has conu meted sever.' T. 410 and Moloney for Working the .ame, and ha, other-wee- been at einisider,ble expenee to hring them to ea it utility and degree of pert; root at wh,,;i they now ar.•. At th^ same place may 0: had Lvvt y article for completely Furnishes' Houses. • fl. B. rot importation. Unparalleled by any other advertised Medicine in the world. given sikarily by Then of character and respertab.lity, men who have brly witnessed its efficacy, and obs..rire its >telling merit. To S. SOLOMON, Esq. N.D. LIVERPOOL. Since I wrote you an answer to your last letter, I have sold yhe remaining part of the Cordial Film of Litivad, I must therefore request a ii,sh supply iturnedime y, as I should be sorry to disappoint the patients who are no., taking it. I have the satisfaction of saying, that two Larli.s, who have had several bottles, experienced great benefit true it, and moan to reeo..- .rrerig'y. -it, Sr, >wens respectful y, Watce.t:r. Sept. 5. Tllui.lAs BOLL. Ftom Stockton. Sir, tu consequence, of the surprising cure performed by your Cordial Balm of (ikad, on Mr. Wilitirtion, of thii puce (uhowr.,te you an account of hist:ale and cure) we continueto hare a gran demand fur the Medicine. Indeed ser,r..l other Footsie it time place and notghbourbood have rocres...t great benefit from it. You will immediately tend u. ar,other box of the 4 MediLine, same as 64, with the addition of a domii of your !, uido to Health," by the hri.t We are, Sir, your obedient servant. Stoet...vu, Oct. 10. CHRISTOPHER and .LENNET. T 40 be had of Mr..l. Mathews, 18, Strand, London. —•••— . . • Sold by Remnant, Hamborgh ; R. Bach , Pcter-meet, New- York; and in Bath, by Hazard ; Bristol„Balgin 3 Brighton, Gre go, y ; Birmiiigliorn, Knott and Lloyd; &s tilled, Smith; Blood root, Simmons ; Bury St. Edmund's, Dingle; Chcltenhant,Sel. dun ; Cambridge, Hedrim; Coventry, Rollauson ; Requtte; Canterbury, Simmons; Carlisle, Jodie; Chatham, Etheringtan; Chelm , ford, Claehar ; Chester, Pool and Sun; Chichester, Phillipson ; Cirencester, Smith ; Chippenhani, Counibs ; Dublin, Dugdale, No. 7, Exchange-court; Derby, Dreary ; Durham, Pennington; Dover, Neale& ; Devises, Lowe Dorchester, Virtue; Deal, Rose; Dartmouth, Jackson; Edi it borsh, Smith, North-Bodge; Exater, Trowinan and Sun; Fal mouth, Elliot; Gloucester, Pin, Walker; Gla.muw, M'Do• nat.! ; Liverpool, Casa, druggist; Leeds Binns, Holmes ; Lin coln, Drewry; Lynn, Headley; Leicester, Gregory, Sainfen ; Lewes, Put ; Manchester, Thompson ; Margate, Rowe ; Maidstone, Walker ; Marlbomugh, Harold; N oshury, Fuller, Atter ; Newcastle, Walker, Hodgson; Northampton, Diesy ; Nottingham, Burbage ; Norwich, Stevenson and Co ; Ox• ford, Jones ; Plymouth Doek, I loxland ; Portarnuath, Bet.ani ; Reading, Smarr and Co. ; Rochester, Etheringron ; Preston, Sergent ; Shrewsbury, Eddowes ; Southampton, Baker; Staf ford, Morgan; Stamfonl, Newcomb; Sunderland, Brat; So labit ry, Collins; Scarborough, Bayley; Taunton, Poole; Tun bridge Willa, Sprange; Wells, Frig ; Weymouth, Wood ; Windex, Blahs/ter; and eery respectable Medicine Vender in the Kingdom, in Bottles, at Half a Giiinea, and 33a contain• ing boor ni the smaller ones, whereby 91. is saved. Of whom may be had, a New Ed.tion, being nearly Three Hundred Pagel, price 0 111 7 3s. SOLOMON's GUIDE To HEALTH : Or Advice to both Sexes, on Female Diseases, Nerions,Hyno• chundriac, and Consumptive Complaints. Thi• Bnok has neon the labour of many years experienee and o:nervation. To which is added an Essay un Diseases incident to Femmes ; also, an N , l , !re.s to Parent.. Guardians, Tuturs, and those who lure the care and rdiwation of youth. FROM TN/ MONITEUR. Circumstantial Account of the 11.. temper which raged in Antic tuna in 1400 (Bth and 9th year) of the French Republic), conta' ' 4a detail of the progress and operation• of the Phy sicians Co niniaiioritd to ga into Spain for that p imse th. Frencn Liorerunient ; as also various observations on the nature of the Yellow Fever, and those methods of treat ment w►rich have been adopted at most eligible and twit strongly recommended &giant this disorder; and on the danger moo*. len probable of its introduction and esta blishment in 1 . mope. By J N. Strike, Professor of me Medical former;' Vice President of the Medical .f that city ; of the See., ty of Agnctii ~,,,,, in the department of llliralt ; of the Roy ri Medical College and Royal Academy of Nladrid ; Honorary Member of the Medical Society of Emulation at Paris, and the Society for Medical Practice at Barcelona. The Yellow Fever of America, to which they have given so many names, more or less applicable, is it of is it not contagious ? This is a question which has been deliberately agitated and decided in so many contrary weys, even by men of understanding, who have had opportunities of observing it accu rately, particularly during the last fifty years, that it has been impossible to reconcile their opinions. To answer in the affirmative a question of this importance, would be to alarm the people and the (I:rvernment. The negative would but lull them jinn a fatal security ; and to doubt would not be to remedy these iaeonvenicncies, as it would give birth to tatile :11.:aries, indeterminable di•putcs, and va riable and arbitrary measures. Before we give an account of the opposite openiges contained in those we u %s already publisiaed on the subjeCt, we will re ti ace tie principles and decisions from whence they are erreet, that we mayobtain progressivel y the sobs• tiou of that problem in which we are now employed. The word contagion, when applied to a distemper, signifies the propagation of the infetion of the dis order by contaft may be immediate or intermediate. The first may arise from individual s tou c hi ng etch other on any part of the surface of the body, or it may be confined to certein limits, as the lips, the nostrils, ulcerated spots. &c. In fa& we know that infe'lion is communicable all over the skin, and may be taken by any one touching a naked part, or by an irruption. The intermediate contaCt operates by means of some intervening circumstances, such as communicating with something previously in feCted, as the furniture, the bed, else clothes of the person distempered, Or by those who, having coin muiticated with a disordered person, approach or touch those who are in health. In either cases the contan is intermediate. Breathing the air charged with contagious vapours may be applied indirfer. ently to either heads, according to the opinions we can form at the influence of the air in certain con tagious circumstances. We will first give an idea of the natnre of dif ferent iuteCtions, and the manner and subtilty of thejr anion. Those vapours rime eminently con tagious, appear to originate trona the h:at of vege table or :mime' substances, in a yaw of piitrefaißion, which, arisieg in gas, fastens on men and animals, and is, perhaps, inhaled by respiration, or absorbed by the pores of the skin. This twat may find a source in .a marsh, a city, a lu use, a ship, &c. Other vapours, which may more properly be called fixed, are concentrated in living bodies, or in cer tain parts of them, such as scabs, &c. These two kinds of virulent contagion may have more or less malignity, according to the causes from which they arise, or to those which favour its progress. Het it is peculiarly important to observe bete, that this malignity, or rather its etTeets, origirate entirely in the state of the persons who find them.elves aflcll:d by it; far as the substance which yields nourish ment to one class cf animals, is often injurious to another, in the same manner does the same inteni dreadfully pervade same, whilst its anion is write er miserably felt by others. For instance, the small pox w 'I :oe communicated by the same persons to many individuals, and at but slightly on some, and with v.elence on others. Who can say then, how far the age, the se:, or .heconstittrion of the subject may cause a variety iq the operation of a i ifectiun, whatsoever it may be t and it is certain ti.at a pestilential contagion is nei ther agray.tted r .oftened hs the tempera.ure of the atmosphere, 61' t>y the manner of life of tlao , att indivi t igai, whom it acka„, and we sissy OW D. .1)h - serve, Ttat the viol •of infeCtion operates ferently on different cui.s itutions, as som will brave with im:anity those di- , ova, which to o.hers prove ' mortal. These preliminary idea, will assist us in under standing, and, perhaps, ag , eing with these auto.irs who have treated of the yel:•Jw fever cr America, of the Eastern plague, and of the distemper of Caoiz. We shall begin with that work of which we have announced the title. A cruel epidemic disease, which has ravaged Cadiz and Andelusia, during the oth and 9th years of the Republic, threatened our departments. ihe Spanish Council of Headth consulted the school of Montpellier on the means of preventing its progress, and the First Magistrate of the Ripublic or iered, that the school should be invited to rhuse from amongst themselves two Commissioners to take cognisance of the cause, and to give to the Spaiiish Government their advice on the nature of this com plaint, and to send an acco..nt to the overseers of those French departments bordering on Spain. The professors appointed by the school were La fabric, Berthe and Broussonnet, who, accompanied by two physicians, associates and interpreters, left Montpellier the 4th Frimaire, and arrived the 15th at Barcelona, where they were to receive flows Lucien Bonap.irte, then ambassador from Cie Re public at the Coort of Madrid, their instructions re lative to the di,Eculties they eypeCted from their j nirney, the bands of troops stationed to irter:ept ail communication with thole plates in which the distemper yet raged. They then took the rout thro' Cordoua, Carlota, and Eccija, for Seville, which place they entered about the middle of Pluvinse, in the year nine. The scourge had teased there en tirely, and the Commissioners could only colic.% af- Aiding details of the miseries of which thii city had been the theatre. They then employed themselves in purifying the churches, the burying-places, the hospitals, and the wool destined for France, and in setting on foot the necessary measure. to prevent the return of the disorder, which might reasonably be feared with the return of the bea: already sen sibly felt in Seville. From thence they went by water, after visiting die coast and ports in their way to Cadiz, in which place the people were only re covering. They there remained one month, during which time they saw no reasonable apprehensions for future tears. Although the Commissioners had sot reached any of these places in time to make their own observa.- 'ions. and, in this respell, their commission lost much of its utility ; yet they were enabled to ac complish the end they aimed at, and, both to the French and Spanish Government, threw great lights on the nature of the fever, which was near depopu lating the principal cities of Cadiz, Seyiiie, an i He let, on the means of lessening the raves: s. and en tirely preserving them from returning attacks. The fever had, it is true, disappeared ; but the Commis sioners could easily seize sufficient traces limn tl:e Medical Men there, from those persons who had the care of the public health, and a crowd of ocu lar demonstration. to learn exaCtly the cireumstaixes relative to its introduaion, progress, and ail its frightful consequences. (1%, be coiolorA )