The Sun. — London, England, 1802-09-30 00:00:00

TO FORTUNR. (FROM 1"14. FR'ENCII OF ROO'SSE AO.) _ FoFuruNE thou idol of mankind ! - Thy meteor blaze, misleads the mind ! Of Merit's claim, - regardless thou ! 'Tis thine to crown ale guilty brow ! Thy-votaries., with dazzled eyes, To thy caprices sacrifice- When shall thy shameful reign be o'er ? And thy vain altars smoke no more?. Deceitful power ! still must we see Fair Virtue's homage pakt to thee ? • Devoted to thy fraudful shrine ? :,While mortals hail 'thy sway divine, - investing thee with Virtue's claim ! With Virtue's praise—with Virtue's name— On thee, bestowing Wisdom's shield, • :With all the trophies of the field I Despoiling Merit's sacred store, To varnish Vice and Folly o'er Exalting to heroic state, The guiltiest favourites of Fate ! Let Reason our inquiries guide, And search .where all their claims reside; In vain, 0 Fortune ! would thy veil, From her, thy darling sons conceal— Tho' high in borrow'd plumes they rise, She views them with undazzled eyes Their shadowy virtues glide away, Like vapours from the solar ray,, While in their murky robes array'd, 1.6 ! all their vices stand display'd See ! Imbecility and Pride ! Fraud and Violence allied ! Ambition! at whose stern command, Treason and Murder scourge the land ! In vain their Monstrous powers compine, And Success bids their glory shine ; AVisdarn that lights true Honour's flame, Wisdom,-disowns their daring claim ! Disdains the wreaths by chance attain'd, By partial Fortune's favour pin'd !. Shall fair Italia's ravag'd plains , For SvI.LA wake the Poet'S strains ? Shall Vid'ry With delusive blaze For ALEX/IND : ER ask our praise? Bid us in him, delighted see, • What, AT TILA ! we hate in thee ? Shall rage for blood presume to claim, Heroic Valour'i honour'd name And shall our slavish lips bestow, On monsters, born for human Woe, Upon the murd'rous tools of Fate, The prostituted name of Great ? 'Ye Conquerois ! scourges'of your race ! What crimes your guilty records trace! What broken faith ! what projeas wild ItiTings, by lawlesspower despoil'd ! Cities, where flames devouring prey ! Victors, more merciless than they ! • A suff'ring People's sad remains, Condemn'ct to wear Oppression's chains! The bleeding Mother's wild despair, That sees the savage Soldier tear - The trembling viaim from herarms, 'Midst Death and Horror's fierce alarms I Shall deeds like these excite Our praise ? Our senseless admiration raise ? ' On the rank ground of human woe, Can regal glory only grow ? Most grin Destrudion dress the soil, With ruins, murder, rape, and spoil Ye Delegates of Heavenly Power ! Say ! should the tempest's sullen 16wer, Should the red lightning's blasting flame, Alone, the Deity 2roclaini ? What the' in Battle's dread-alarms, Honour should aVV -- e1I: with all her charms ; What Vidor - owes to arms alone, The triumphs that have brightest shone ? ' His rival's faults—his rival's shame, , Are oft the basis Of his fame.— The Roman's fatal rashness - yields, The laurels reap'd On Cannw"s fields.:i And where shall we the Hero view, Whose glory to hirnselfisdue ? 'Tis he—:-the King whom justice guideS ! O'er , whom fair Virtue's power presides : The King, who with paternal hand, Piro% and guards a happy -land The foe of undeserved praise, - IVhose ads of goodness mark his days. Ye that Warrior prowess charms ! That own no virtue, but in arms— Now let Imagination wrest The Sceptre Pniti r's Son posseSt -On SOCA A TES the charge impose ; Behold the change the pidure shews Not CLlTtte.mtirderer we view ! We see a King, benign and true ! - To at the good, the Godlike Sage, Let the vain Conqueror engage ! To ev'ry nobler duty blind, He sinks the meanest of mankind ! Then boast no more, Bellona's aid ! Her sanguinary laurels fade ! In vain with overpow'ring force, rAv Ills ran his; rapid course.; With triumphs mark'd his bloody way, To Empire's undivided sway. A.vc I;si-us—he had ne'er been nam'd, Had not succeeding virtues claim'd The tribute due—and Justice shed /ler peaceful radiance round his head ! Would ye; yc Conquerors, display Your virtues with unclouded ray, Sltew us your mighty minds advance, Proof against the shocks of Chancel While lavish Fortune, strong and blind, Gives ye dominion o'er Mankind * Yourglors , dazzles ev'ry eyel But should the fickle Goddess fly, Down drops the mask—the Man is bare— The Hero vanishes in air I !m.o.—dr In ev'ry clime beneath the skies, Conquerors—a vulgar product, rise— But he alone is truly great, Who rises over adverse Fate, _ Who lets nor grief, nor giddy joy, The balance of his Soul destroy Whose steady mind remains the same, 'Midst C S A R'S triumphs—V RO'S shame; — Intoxicating sudcess bears, With prudent caution, active cares : While Virtue's constant aid removes Each ttinsient obstacle he proves ! Fortune but for a season Stays— But Wisdom ! certain are thy ways ! The pious Trojan, led by thee, Resists proud jurNO'S harsh decree Secure, the prudent Hero goes, Tho' angry Gods and Fate oppose. Guided by thee, from ruin's verge, Lo ! Rome's defeated arms emerge ! Carthage ! on thy devoted walls, Now her avenging fury falls ! 0 Wisdom 'twas thy aid divine That from s affliaimmacle her shine, Add chang'd the mournful Cyprunloom To Laurels of immortal bloom Moajord, Sept. 5; 'Set. E. C. K. At the last Sittings at Lincoln!s . Inh Hall to re ceive Bankrupts' Petitions, there was a complaint against certain Officers of the Cotirt, for taking sums of money in the nature of gratuities, to which they were not entitled by the regular table of fees. or by the standing order made in the time of Lord HARD_ .WICKS. Lord EtnoN said, that the particulay complaint woulddemand mature consideration. On the general subject, he observed, that the business of the Court, in regard to bankrupt ,cases, had so much increased with the commerce of the country, that the order :made in l e ord HARDWICKE.tS• time could not be strifily applicable. Indeed that order seemed ob. solete ' • for there ,were many instances of fees dif ferent froth those expressed in the order in question, ,being taken since. The business of the Court had also increased so much, that perhaps the regular hours of attendance were not sufficient for the dispatch of that vast quantity of business which presented it self; in such a case, an Officer of the Court might, without any moral guilt, accept of that gratuity which custom had established as the - price of his extra attention. Those gratuities, however, for expedition and dispatch in business, were attended with this inconvenience to the Public, that while they gave a particular interest in dispatching that business for which such gratuities were paid, they diminished, that interest whiCh persons employed ought to feel for the discharge of other business.— He was convinced, however, that the Court ought not to wink at a condul which it did mit approve; this business must be fully inquired into ; and if it should appear, either that the Fees marked in the Table of Fees, were too small, or that there were not persons enough employed in the office, for the discharge of" that duty it owed to the Public, that evil should be redressed. There was lately presented to the LORD CHAN CELLOR, a Petition from a Bankrupt Apothecary; who had purchased the good-will of the house of a deceased Apothecary from his Widow, at the price of 3001. The Petition stated, that the widow did not shew him the bookS, but assured him that her , husband made 7001. per annum, and shewed him, a list of 380 regular patients and customers ; whereas, on the contrary, there were hut seventy, which were not sufficient to support the Petitioner's fa. mily, and he became Bankrupt. His Lordship seemed fo be of opinion, that seventy regular patients and customers were as much as any rea sonable Apothecary could expect to purchase at that price ; he also thought, that if he had not turned bankrupt so soon, but could have . waited the whole summer, so as to try fairly the effeet of this hot rwea: ther upon the business, in such case, the Master in Chancery, to whom this husiness must be referred, would be better able to ascertain wisat was the real value of the good-will of .house so purchased by him. The Cthinsel for the Petitioner still contend. ing thatt - this sale was a gross fraud committed by the Widow upon the Apothecary, his Lordship or dered this Petition to he referred to the Master, who is to report how muchwas a fair price for the good- will of the !utie in question. As the 'looping cough is now very prevalent, the following recipe is recommended as.a certain cure in tivo or three times application Take one table spoonful oftio - ney, ditto of . good rum, and hair ditto of spirits of turpentine,mix them, and nib the back bone occasionally. The bowel complaint is also prevalent. It is re cOmmended to take halla glass of tin6iure of rhubarb, three or four times in a day, till the complaint is cured. We insert the following recipe for the pletvasy, on the credit of a Correspondent : a peach-stone baked in an oven, or dried by the fire, then pounded fine in a mortar, sifted, and the whole given to the patient in any suitable vehicle, is a sovereign reme. dy. It produces a prdfuse sweat, and almost infalli bly gives ease. The size of the stone to be suited to the'strength of the patient. Buildings being about to be ereaed near the grand Vowder Magazine at Purfleet, in Essex, for trying the strength and quality of powder, the Ma. gistrates, and principal Gentlemen in that neigh bourhood, have presented a Petition to the Earl of CHATHAM, as Master. General of the Ordnance, re. questing 'that the said buildings might not be erea ed near the said Magazine, because such contiguity of works would probably,. in case of an unfortunate accident, prove very fatal to the lives and property of his Majesty's subjeas in that distriCt of the Conn-. try. The bag. of letters for London, dis Patched from the Post-Office in Lewes, by the Brighton mail, on -Friday evening, was lost out of the cart, on its passage . bet Ween the Blue • Anchor and •Riddles dOv;n. I, ONG E ;.* Thrs subject has of late attraaed much attention, in consequence of an. Es - iay whiCh Sir Jdn GLAIR has published regarding it, with the im portance of which the Frenth . Government is so deeply impressed,' as not only to circulate it all over France, but also to ttansmit it to the other Governments in Europe, recommending it to their atteution. A short analyeis of this paper may be interesting to our Readers. The author begins with remarking, " that the means of preserving health, and of attaining great age, are kubjeas which seem to be well entitled to the peculiar attention of every thinking man. In re garl to the farmer, .there is no question the plea sure that vises / from the possession of health, and the distress which sickness occasions, are perpetual mementos that health cannot be negleded. But, as to the latter, the propriety of aspiring to long life has been - doubted ; and, it is said, that after a per son has lived for 50•0r'60 years, and has fulfilled his, duties as a man, tha t he had, better retire to make s way for others, and that the sooner he quits these sUblunary scenes the better. Such sentiments, however, ought not to be indulged 4 If persons lived only for themselves, and for the gratification of their own ,passions, and to promote their own in terests alone, this might be the case. But, if we live, as we ought to ito, to promote the happiness of others, as well as of our own, and if, by living long, we can be Of more service from the knowledge which greater experience and longer obserVation must necessarily furnish : the result is, that we,' ought to live •as long: as we have health and strength to • perform goOd actions to others ; and that the power of doing good ought to be the proper limit by which our wishes for existence ought to be bounded." Slr JoHN Sr NC LAI it then proceeds to state the cir cumstances which tend to promote longevity, as— r. Form of the individual. -3. Pa rentage. 4. Natural disposition. r —s. Situation in. life.-6. Professions 7 .; Exercise or labour.- 8. Connubial Conneaions.9. Sex. : — To. Renewal of age.; making some general observations under each head. He next gives a short detail of the rules tending to promote long life, classed as follows :AO. Food. Clothing. -3. Habitation. -4.. Labour or exec cise.-5. Habits or customs.-6. Medicine.-7. Disposition of mind. In the third place, he briefly treats of those countries the most remarkable for longevity, and on the whole, gives the preference to mountainous dis triEts. He concludes with some tables of longevity, and the duration of human life, remarking, at the end of the Essay,' " that it is more than probable, by proper attention and good management, persons in general might not only live longer, but might en joy life, with more relish than is commonly the'case at present ; and it is to be hoped, in respeet of this, as well as of many other particulars, that human nature is still in the threshold of acquirement, that it will yet obtain greater and more important acqtkL. sitions of knowledge, Fnd , may reach further im provement, both with regard to the extent of per sonal and mental gratifications, which our species may be found capable of enjoying, and also the means of possessing them with more satisfadion and comfort, and for a much longer period of time." The great objeft'of this Essay, howeVer, seems to have been, to lay a basis for the purpose of ob taining additional fa 1s and observations, so essen tial for elucidating so important an, inquiry, and,- with that view, the author requests that the follow ing quest ibns may be answered with as much mi nuteness and accuracy as circumstances will admit of: 1, What is the dna of the clinuteih which yon resid - e, on the health. and longevity of 04 hurrian race ? 2 What form is reckoned most eontlucive to 'health and longevity ? 3. Is it found that being descended froM young and from .healthy parents is essential for good health and old age ? 4. I s it found that health and old age depend much on the disposition or temper of the individual ? 5. Is there-any perceptible diffexence in consequence of situation. in life ? • • 6. What protessions are reckoned favourable to longevity, or othemise ? 7. Is exercise or moderate labour found necessary for pre— serving health and long life 8. Have the long-lived, in general, been in the married state ? 9. Have the greatest proportion of the Jong-lived consisted of males or females ? To. Have There been any instances of persons renewing their age, getting new teeth, new hair, &c. ? t. What are the other eiscuinstances tending to promote long life.?• • , zz. What is the eflea ofdif.t on health and longevity ? , 13. \V hat are theg'ireas of clothing ? 14 . What are tIK. , elreds of habitation, and the difference of living in a town or in the country ? • 15. What ne the clteds of habitS• and customs,. in regard to early risi.;lg, bathing, regular meals, regular sleep, .and, iii particular, - What are those Minute i.:ircumstances on which it is s:(ppOsed that health and longevity principally . depend ?. What .are the rules regarding medicine, wcpch are ac counted the most useful, and salutary ? 17. What arc the most remarkable instances of longevity, and how are they authenticated ? IS. What are the rules adopted by those who have attained great age ? 19. Have any tables of longevity been drawn up in your neighbourhood, and how do they agree With the one eictratted from iluteland ? 20. Do any additional observations or particulars occur to you on the subjed of health or longevity ? What a new xra in the history of mankind, to see the governinents of Europe interesting them_ selves in such inquiries, instead of the more com mon pursuits of - pleasure and ambition. - Public attention is kept thoroughly alive at the Royal Circus, by Pieces .that have the utmost re_ commendation, which the most pleasing and inte resting incidents joined to finely composed music and first-rate dancing can yield. The jubilee of 1802, or Preston Guild, the Ballet Dance of Za_ mor and Zamora, and the Enchanted Harp, pdssess these.in the first eminence ; at the same time, the two Master Perrys, the celebrated Equestrians from Bath,. are really astonishing, and the two evenings they have performed, have carried admi ration and applause to their utmost height ; they are engaged only for this and to-morrow evening, longer, being under the necessity of immediitely after perfot ming out of Town. SIIIP • YARMOUTH, SEPT. 28. Arrived —, the-Haunah, Pull, from London. Put in, wind-b:mind, and with some damage,' the hope, Peter Smith, fromAtottetdam, bound to Hull, with rape. seed, hides, &c. _ &ailed-LI - he Briton, Hunter, for Come; Ann; Thomp son, for Rotterdam ; London, Coulson, for Ipswich ; Dia na, Fill, tor ILllackney . ; Isabella, Stoker; Commerce, 11janstield, and Mary, Horn, for London. GRA.VFSEND, SF.PT. • . , Passed b) , ..—the Aaive, Harrisson, froth Stozkholtri;Bou 'site, —; Dorothy, R oc k woo d , and: Standard, • from IN-lernel ; ltaChael, • Wood, front Hiatt ; Hercules, Thompson; and 'Attu_, Burton - , 7 from - Dantzie ; .Brother i • —, from Embden; Venerable, —, from Riga; Squir re!, -:--,- and Pursuit, 'Purvis,' from Petersburgh. • Sailed—the Sophia, for Amsterdam; Yidoria, Bur gess, fur Brennen; Vrow Nfargaretta, for Havre ; Max.' well, : , and Providence, , for Hambro'. DIED, LONDON : Printed by BIICHAN.VV MiNII I.LAN, (of flow-Street, Co'vent-Garden); and Published by Wr r. t.t Am A kmicr Sck crri, (cit South Molton-street, Grosvenor square); At the SIIN.OFFIcE, No, 11z, Strand ; where Advertisements, Orders. for the Paper; fetters for the Editor, &c, (poit.-jaid), 111USt be addreeLt. . Tuesday night, suddenly, o f an . apoplcaie Br , hi Baker-street, Portman-square, Mrs. Jane I'lunkert, ‘viie'uf Majorplunkett. The same .day, at his. houe in Marsham-street, est. - minster; Mr. John of Excise-Office. -W The 23d inst. Miss Crisp, of Dulwich. , COUNTY OF CHESTER. TO .BE SOLD BY AUCTION, By -Mr. CHRISTIE; At his‘Great Room, in Pall-Mall, In NOVEMBER NEXT, • THE LIFEHOLD IN ,FERES - 1 . of a HEALTHY' G ENTLEM AN, ACED TWENTY -NINE YEARS In the following Capital and. 'Valuable FREtIi'OLD, eX tensive MANORS , of CkIRISTLETON, HUNTING TON, and 'SAIGHTON,. with their Quit-Rents,. Royal ties, &c. ; and ESTATES, consisting of eligible Earths, with all necessary Buildings, and FI I' l'E EN HUNDRED and NINETY-SIX ,A.CRES of Rich Arabi.; Meadow, Pas_' inv.:, and Wood-Land, eligibly situated Within two Miles, and seven Milesof the City of Chester, let oil at the present low Rents, amounting to TWO THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED and SEVEN- TY-EIGHT POUNDS, - NINE SHILLINGS and SIXPENCE, but of*the Annual Value of upwards of THREE THOUSAND POUNDS. The whole of the above improveable Estates will-become the absolute "Property of the Purchaser, in possession for, and,during the Lite of the said Gentleman, aged Twenty-nine- Years. ' Printed particulars are preparing, and will be forthwith ready. No. 29, Arundel-street, Sept. 13, 1802. Pr HE Itnpetuosity- of Passion, and the coinci dente of General' Gaiety, must involve 'a considerable portion of the Community in the suff,:rance of those Disor ders which are destined to be the punishment of illicit indul gence. And since the time of Monkish Superstition, no blame has attached to Medical PraetitiOners for the exertions of their skill hi the removal got these Complaints. As Medical ability cannortherefore be more meinl ly or more respectably employed, it is only necessary to inquire where it may, be most decisively depended upon. Cerillinly not among those' ho rush without education into he Prac tice of Esculapian Slaughter, ,but among those, rho,' after- 1 regular initiation, diverge 'their exertions ti.) one point, and concentrate their- skill in the study and twatmcnt of one-. branch. Mr. BREE, Member_ of the ROYAL COLL EC , E of SURGEONS of London, and forMerly Surgeon in the ARMY, was entitled to snake this Selection, and, wirh tl.O sandlot) of unprecedented success for TEN YEARS PAST, he offers restoratioik in Cases where the most eminent . Prac- - titioners have An insidious Disorder may be contraaed in an unguarded moment of intoxication. By his Plan of Cure, pain is pre vented, the possibility of danger is precluded, and the Con stitution is left not merely unimp4red, but absolutely im proved by the process. ~The sdifferings of this Complaint are, however, triiiing, compared wit:: the consequences of that destructive Practice for which Onan suffered death. To those whose feclings s afe susceptible of the misery which this pernicious h ,bit h-as oc casioned, it may be some consolation to. know; that by pro per perseverance the most deplorable Debility may be re moved. And when the tone of thelbre is in the slightest degree ;re laxed, fromresidelice in. a wairn too much Wine, or the habit of free living, timely application w:11 stop tho progress of that Debility which, might otherwise tend to the most fatal I)isoiders. Mr. Bree may be consulted by either Sex, with inviolable secrecy, at his House, - No. 29, Arunciel-street, Strand, near Temple-bar. All Letteis are expeted to inclose a One Pound Note. VENEREAL BLINDNESS, &c. To Mr. Tao:AAs TA s YLOIL, Surgeon, N 0.9, New ' Bridge-street, London. DEAR SIR, • T T is with the most heartfelt satis - faAi6n that I I address yon on the incomparable excellence 'of your in valuable Medicine, LEAKE's PATENT PILLS. In the Spring of this year I had the'rnisfortune to confra& a Vene real Complaint, attended . with the most alarming and dan gerous symptoms; insomuch, that I have been confined. to my' room for a t"hole week together, and net able.to str out of it ; I had no rest night nor day, and suffered the most excruciating pain and torment, and what was still. ivorset my eyes grew weak and dim, so that I could scarce diseeol any abject, if ever so close tome, and expected nothing less than the- total loss of my sight.-4rom a stout, .healthY , and rather Corpident man, I became'a inere shadow, ande ,o objea of pity and compassion. My Mends had' all given nil over, and thought my recovery impossible. In this state,..and'expecting every minute to be rny last in this I was fortunately recommended by a neighbour tt' try your Medicine; but having tried .all medical. aid to iio - purpose, and being at an enormous ex pence, it was sonic tinie. before 1 Could be prevailed on to take -them ; at last 'l .- s 6l ' t fbr . Six boxes, and before I had taken then, all, I found cosi' siderable benefit ; my pains gradually decreased, awl my eye' 'sight grew better,,and,- to the great surprise and asto.iisli miant of all my friends (after taking three boxes more), health •and strength was perfectly restored, and I sun nos:. (thanks to my God and your invaluable Medicines) is' well and hearty as ever I was in my life. - You are at full liberty to publish this in any inatinc; l you think proper, for the benefit of society at large, which 1 should have sent You sooner, but. was fCartul of 3 relapse. I remain, witb,theutitu)st gratitude, Dear Sir, your obliged' hunible Servant, R. L.-LE I 6-rri• High -street, Birmingham, Nov. 1, t 799. • •-,,11 The above Medicine is earnestly recommended to Persons that are. in any doubt of their being entirely free every Venereal Affe.6tion, particularly to those about alter' ing their condition- in. lite, as it will certainly eradica , r every taint of that nature, cif however scan sing,- however disguised tinder, the appearance of other disoldel it may be; for Scorbutic, Glanduhtr,. and Ciitandb.us CCr`?„; plaints, it is also recommended to. be ,taken, especially ''" the Spring . , Summer, and Fall. • - Prepared and sold by the sole Proptieror„ A ' THOMAS -1 ' a t L OR, Melllb.:r of the Corporation ot Surgeons, London , his House, No. 9, New Bridge-street; where he will' Advice, without a tee, - to _persons -taking'these •! ge will answer Patients' Letters, if post-paid, on the 534 0 terms, observing in all .cases the most inv,iolablesecre ,4, lle ir Patient's. name or case having been mentioned, but at t ur se own particular request, by the Proprietor,. d ur i n g the c° of more than'3s years, that he has had the coraluitiqto an extensive sale of the above Medicine, and the P- 1 :: 1 ` arising theref alSo rom. . , • Per - They are sold by his appointment, at the 10, fumer's, No. 35, St. A'lban's-street, - Pali-Mall beasoll's Toy-shopi No. 103, Oxford-street; No. r, Union-I'o#, Little Towtrhill; and by mt_ : boN es son in every considerable Town in . England, .Sec• i pi- - of, only 2S: 9d. each, sealed up, with full and redions, :whereby .Pc.rson of either Sex may -cure selves with ease and secrecy. s , ol b d y infa,G,orueratofßrtitteincios nsgiesdsiuopo.csxrr`:eiti,i, • alierprintedNS t.anhi on which Bridge-street,"—to imitate which is Felony, ar;a• - I.) a. ' t the Stamp-011ice--" T.-Taylor, No. be counterfeit. t