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+ ~~ .~ ACCOUNT of / TRANCES 5b..4NAG2:1774/ YOUNG LAM', WllO sF.trl'ED WITH REPUTATION AS .AN YA.S'S . IGN .1N1) LItUTENANT or THREE DI FIT:IIENT AUS'I'KEAN R EGIAIEN TS DU 11 ING 'I R E LAST WAR France , s Scanagatti Was born at Milan, and bap tised at the latish of St. Eusebins;;the 14th of Sep tembef-, 1781. In her infancy she nude considerable 'progress in the German and French languages under a Strasburg!) Go - verness named Madame. .Deputs. This Lady baN'ing in her youth belonged to a coot party of the Comadie Ranrave, possessed some in tOrmation, and ,engaged her pupil to apply to study with pleasure, :b} the anni iiig 'means she employed of reciting and explaining, sometimes in the one and sometimes in the other -language, such , small pioces of coinedy and romance as were within her reach, and , obliging her to repeat the same*by de grees. It is not improbable, incolisequence of so many comic and romantic ideas arising from these amusing studies, that this young lady insensibly conceived a -passion 'for thks' Mil:tary profession, and adopted as a maxim,' that women riiight run the course of glory and science as well as men, if they entered'on them .with equal advantages Of instruaiohand - emu- Int ion. ,At ten years of age she was lint ander the' charge of the Ntin4 of the Visitation,.an institution in high repute throughout Italy fOr the education of young jo,adies ; and here she conduaied herself so as to ob tain and deserve the esteenf.and friendship of the whole , house, forher sweet, amiable, and engaging disposition. • Such are the expressions made use of by .the 'venerable and distinguished Superior, Ma dame- De Bayarine; to'convey her approbation, and the general sense of the Nuns of - this reapeaable establishdent. ' . • To•-carols the end of 17D4, her father„ -Mr. Joseph resolved to send his daughter to Vienna as a'. boarder with a W'idoW Lady, in Order to °improve her in the German latigurtge, and to qualify iler in details of house-keeping. Ott the journey she Vas dreFed in boy's doilies, to avoid trOuble and impertinence ; and She was accompanied by one of her Lrotliers, who intended k 'stop - at Neustadt, in order , to att,nd a course of military studies in the Academy of that town,' which is esteemed the nur sery of the best Officers •in the -Austrian . Artily:— The pupils, to the !mintier of Tour hundred, mo.tly Officers' sung; are maintained and educated. by the Imperial court, and 'besides - the military exercises, are i , nstrated 41 languages, mathematics, and the Welles Let tres During the journey the brother fell- sick, and ac knowledged to his sister what lie had not had the courage to avow to his father, that he-had neither taste nor inclination for a military life. His sister then strenuouHly urged him - to return -home with the servant to re-establish .his health ; and having ob tained from him the letter of recommendation- he Gthlled to M. De Haller, Surgeon on the staff of the Acadeo.y, ant at whose house he' was to have been boart! L.: 4 ., she had the intrepidity to introduce her self, under its . saatiolt, to the Gentleman as the re-, corium tided boy, and as such received the kindest welcome. In a short time she had the' good for tune to •gain .the friendship of M. De Haller, his wile, and two lovely, daughters, so as to bcrconsi tiered as one of thefamify. Giving daily proofs of an amiable character and a-strong disposition to be instructed, she obtained' from Court permission to attend the . leaures at the 'Academy ; and so con ,spictiously distinguihsed herself •hy her exemplary conduct kind her - progress, that she bore. away the prizes of distin&ion in, both the years.l79s and 1796. that she remained there. - " 4 - At this Academy she perfeaed herself in the knowleite of German and 'French, and also ac quired a knowledge of the-English language, und& Mr. Miket', a Ckrgvman from Ireland, one of 'the Professors Of the Ll-'14116011, who declares he never Lid the smallest 'suspicion of young Seanagattibe, a girl, but considered her as a very mild and ae complishcd boy, of uncotnnion prudence. Here lso she• made . the mast successful applic'ation to fencing .and inili&y Ladies, as well as to the Various branches of the mathematics. In the month of February,. 1797, she resolved to address•the Supreme Council of \Vaf-at -Vienna tobe admitted au Officer in' the Army, supporting her ap plication by the most honourable testimonies . of conduct and 'talents, which the Academy Ould not. :refuse her, aitd accompanying - these with more elo quent vouchers, namely, the prizes awarded her during the two preceding years. Ihe Supreme Council being at this time particu lar!) in want of good Officers,' to replace the great numbers who had fallen in thepreceding campaigns, readily appointed Nr to an ensigucy in the regiment, of St. George. Her promotion being notified to her through the• channel of the Academy, she immediately set out. for Vienna, whence she received orders to join a trans port of recruits in Hungary, and proceed with it to the Upper Rhine, where the - battalion lay to which she "as appointed. This battalion was composed of - Waradiners, and was commanded by Major Seitei. It was stationed•on the. Right Bank of the ithine,in the neighbourhood of Kehl, and at the extreme out posts, when she joined, is, but shortly v. 114 obliciedio retire to the town of Manheim, the Enemy Cavihg passed the Rhine between Kitsteit and Deershem. At length the Peace of Campo Formio put 'an end to the campaign, and MademoiSelle Scanagatti having passed about sixteen months in different can- _ tonments in the Eitipire, Silesia, and Stiria, received an Order to repair to Poland, to join the fourth bat talion of the regiment of Wenzel Collorado, then commanded by Major Deeber. ' She Was now stationed in the. town of Sandomir and here she experienced the most distres-sing • in quietudes, through the dread of -her sex being' diS .l covered. its -she frequented the Cassino, Where the select conapany -,essot iated i some of, the Ladies who assemitled there, either tinotigh the conforma tion of her body, or'.her reserved manners, con ceived and communicated their suspicion; ; and ac cordingly a young Gentlernan belonging to the town aaid to" Cher ingenuOusly, " Do you know, 'Ensign, what these Ladies observe \ of you r —She imme diately suspe6ed what! the blow was direpted; but, concealing . her alarm, she answered she should be LAM DON : Printed hY 1.1.1 c 11 A VA.) II It s, of No. 4. Nhutlett-court, Bow 7 slreet ; an , ' At tlic Sws-01 . 1.1cAt, Nte. 11 2, Strand; where itchivrtisemeni4 ()filers. glad to know in ‘'N hat yo;poa - sfe Itacl attraCted tlteit; notice. Why (replied . the Gentleman), they ob- Serve in - yOl the air and. Manner of a I.:ady," - On this she tell a laughing, 'and,. with an arch and lively. dir,'rejdined, " In this case, Sir, as the decision of-the question is competent to a Lady, I beg leave to se - lea your wile for my judge." This proposal, ..he. did not think proper to accept, and wishing to dis - engage himself, protested that he was far •from be lieving any such thing, and only hinted at what Mesdatnes had suspeCted. She withdrew earlier than usual that day,.and passed rather ate un easy night. : But having fully meditated on her si tuation she resolved to bear herself through, - put on a good . face, appear at the Cassino next day, tnid there hold the most gallant and free diseourse• with the Ladies, in order to remove, if. possible, .their suspiciens Accordingly, after complimenting them, she brought-the matter on the corpet„aud declared, that far from being 9:ll:tided, she found herself highly flattered, in- hopes that the opinion they en tertained would render them less difficult tofavour her with a -verification to enable them to pronounce - their judgment with greater certainty. This .pro duced the effe& she wished tln by this military air of frankness, immediately re traeled their. opinion, saving, " Von are too. gal lant, Ensign, for us to presume doing : you any lap . ther theinjury of believing you a Lady !" and thus' the matter dropt. . Sor,ne time-after; having received orders to pro ceed. to Chelni, she had the good, fortune to escape the prying looks of the fair sex there, who obliged her to use-uncommon circumspeetion. But she fell side upon the road, and was obliged to stop at Lu bin, the head-quarters of the - battalion. On - this oecasion.shewas-under much obligation to Capt. Ta- ber, 'of the- Same regiment, who sheaved her un-' *common marks.of humanity, attention, and -kind ness; ,in -a country where she was quite a stranger. Here also she had difficulty to conceal her sex—for being affeeted. with a' general debility, she NVaS: obliged to commit himself in all her wants to the care. -of a soldier, who was. her Servant, but who; happily for her, was a young man of such simpli city, that she ran no risk from his Penetration. Site had scarcely recovered When, having received notice that the Council of War had transferred her to the regiment of Bannat, she reported herself ready itinxediately to :join '; and notwithstanding the ad vice, of her present. Commander to suspend her Sour- H ney until she had sufficiently recruited her strength,, sire persisted in undertaking it, and,arrived on the 6th of May, 1790, at Penezuna, in the Bannat; where the.staft was stationed. . Some promotions were at this crisis taking place in the regiment, and being one of the oldest en-, signs,she expeeted to be promoted to a lieutenantcy, but was op • less surprised than hurt to find two younger ensigns prefc;rred4o her. Being sore of her ground, in so far as to know that the condua-list given in her favour by-the regiments in which she had before served hacrleft not the smallest room for reproach, notwithstanding her mild' and patient charailer, she presented very sharp remonstrances, . - protesting that she should be a3hamed'to continue to wear the uniform of the teLimcnt, if it did ,not repair the injury done her. in answer to this 're monstrance she received a rescript of the 13th of July, Which entirely satisfied her, the regiment de daring that the mistake proceeded from not having. kagwn that Ensign Scanagatti had been transferred to it when the promotions were proposed, but that they would not fail to take the first 'opportunity of doing justice to his merit ; and; in facc.l, she obtained a Lieutenantcy PO the Ist of March following. 'She was now placed in the battalion - of reserve, which generally remains inatlive in cantonment, and was then under the command of Licut. Col. Eins feld. But anxious to share in the glory of the caM paign, she solicited to he tranferred to one -of the battalions of the same regiMent which was then against the enemy in Italy, and she was in con 'sequence' appointed to the sixth, then encamped On the mountains to the east of Genoa, which shejoined without delay. . I-Jere.she was encamped With her battalion, com-..: manded by Major Pannell; and Sharp skirmishes and' aaionsmore frequently took place than at any other of the outpoSts. She fought under thO'Orlicer, par-. ticularly in' twe battles' that: took' place on the 1 4th and 15th of Dec. 179 g, in the neighbourhood of Seoffera,-add at Torriglia, where "She had the satis fadion of penbtrating - first into the enemy's entrench ed redoubts, which the enemy" were then forced to abandon, hilt which they retook next day, through . :the superiority of force with which they renewed the attack. . in this . , unfortunate •affair the brave Major Paulich being severely wounded and made prisoner, with a' part of his, battalion, the main body of the army in that neighbourhood, , under the command of Gen. Count Klenau, was obliged immediately to retire.. .Lient 7 Scanagattt W 23 - then ordered to post hitnelf at Barba Gelata, with -A stuAll detaelnitent, in ordwr to cover the retreat on that side and, on the 25th of the same month received order's to join the'hatta lion lying at Campiano, and CastelGardi; distrids belonging to the Duke of Parina. • • Captain Golubowish, and after.him Captain Kli unowich, succeeded to the command of the batta lion; which, 'about the end of February, t two, was , sent into quarters at Leghorn. Al this time Ensign Scanag - atti having been dispatched on regimental bu siness to Venice, Mantua, and Milan, had the saiis , faaion to revisit her family in passing through-Cre mona; of which town her ' Either was then In tendant. - . • Here she stopt a day and two-nights. Her mo ther during all that time never quitted her sight ; and having remarked in the morning, that, whon dress ing, she laced her chest very straightly, to 01 - lice every exterior 'sign :of her sex, and that so strong a compression had there already produced a certain degree t of mortification and. sonic lividltV, Madame Scanagatti communicated her fears to her husband, that their child would -soon tall.a viaim to a cancer it they delayed longer obliging her to quit the service. i' The fittber, ~, f rom the ,ruounent the news reached him that his daughter had introduced herself to the Academy as a. boy, had never ceased to importune s her to return to the avocations of her sex, but at the I same time carefully concealed thiS transadtioti: of a I thughter of whom he received the roost satisfaaory 1 reports, and from whose spirit he had also•to expea some imprudent resolution if counteracted by viOlvut ,Tle now reflected ser;(ALAy on the Most erticient menns to be employed to cidinthe uneasi ness of his wife,_ abd, it: possible, to withdraw his daughter without 'irritating her feelings. He 're:: ici,yed the attempt to engage her voluntary compli ance, in.iisting'strOugly,' among many other dangers to which. site eras exposed, on the discovery made by her:Mother, and offering to accquirrnoChtte her in hi'slinusd with every thing that coitd give her satis i 1‘ This attempt was however fruitlesS. She ,an swered reweatillly; that .she would pot fail to pay attention to what her mother had remarked respe6t ing her ; no Would she hesitate a mom en t to' tly to the bosom 'of- her - family • (always • dear , to her) as soon as peace ,should take place, and which could not be at a great' distance; :but she begged him' to .raed, that she would lose tbe little merit she had . acquired in her c"areer if she should quit it at that crisis. Lastly, that he might perfeCtly tranquilli ze himself on her account, se e ing, that in the course of three years and an half, she had been able happily to support her CharaCter in the midst 'pt ;in army, andin a Varidty of critical situations. In this man ner she took leave of her parents, and proceeded to execute the remaindtr of her Commissions. Meanwhile her father resolVed to go to Milan, and in this dilemma to be guided entirely by Count Cocasteli, a nobleman wh o hatmuch regard for him, and who, being Commissary=6 ene ral. of his. Imperial Majesty it Lombardy, 'and near the at - my of Italy, could be of service to in an affair Of stich delicacy.. ' In consequence Of this atMee, and through the medium of .the Count, he addressed a memorial to his Excellency Baron il , lelas, disclosing the story of his daughter, and soliciting, for her an honOurable' discharge. The * tidy in the mean lime'having executed her C0,1111111SSi()13, while her father was, unknown to her, engaged in this scheme, returned to her regiment, which she fbund at the Outposts •of the 'blockade' of Genoa, encamped on Monte BeccO , , and near Monte • Fascia., On the same day that this latter place ca pitulated she receiVed notice that the CoMmander in Chief had sent an ordeeto the battalton td - petthit Licut. Seanagatti to proceed to join his family at Milan, This permission; unsolicited by fkr, was equallydisagreeable and unexpeeted. She ian perceived 'that' it - must haVe come through her parents ; but, though cruelly.,disappointed, She con soled herself that she was not dis Covered to be a girl, . but was treated as an officer in the very order of the Commander in Chief; and what confirmed her in this flattering idea vas, that next day, being at din ner with General Baron De Gottsheirn, command ing the division of the Imperial Artnrinthis neigh bourhood, she was always addressed by the -titb..! of Lieutenant, and nothing occurred that gave . her the smallest suspicion that her sex.was Amidst thee relle&ions she resolved, on the ad of June, 1800, to proceed on her journey towards her paternal' maniion, but on the Bth 'of the same month having learnt at Bologna that the enemy had just entered the Milanese, she thought icadvii,eable to dire& her, route to Verona, to which the stall' of the Austrian army was then transferred. She then. applied for, and obtained a new route for V en ic e , Where' her father then was, and where she remained tired of an inactive life, till the peace of Luneville permitted her to return with safety to her country. And it was-with no small regret that she lefl Offa uniform obtained through the most signal merit, and supported t.n the most honourable and exem plary manner. To attest the truth of which, and the well-me rited opinion of her zealous and tilitidul 'services, the Commander in. Chief, General Baron Melas, iu a rescripl.of .the 23d of May, 1801, announced to the Supreme Council of War, that on the 1t th of July,, 1800, he had conferred her Lieutenantcy on her brother, who was then a Cadet ill the Regiment of Betiojoso. • - ' ; _ _ • It is - .only necessary to add,, ,that this adventurous young Lady having resumed her sex, in the bosom of her family, is no less a pattern of female merit than she had formerly been of military condual, ful filling, with unexampled sweetness and equanimity of temper, the office. of governess to beryouncrer sisters, and otherwise assisting her venerable mother in the details of family Manililement. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Dec.. 30., 180 G. J'ar-iljice, Dec. 30, t'Bo6. 69th Regiment of Foot, Captain A. Gibson, from theicth LiAnt -D ragoorts, to be Captain of a Company, vice Coore, who exch.niges. Ensign P.Taylor, from the Ot.Foot,- to be Lieutenant, by- purchase, vice Austin, promoted in the silth Foot. -, 72d Ditto, Assistant Surgeon j. Brown, from the Vtli Foot, 'to be. Surgeon, vice Cathcart, appointed to the Bth I- oot. 74th Ditto, Quarter Master Donald Fraser, from the 27th • Foot,.to be Quarter Master, vice.G rant, deceased. 85th Ditto, Li.:ut. j. Naish, to be Uaptain•of a 'Company, without purchase, Tice D'Arcy, promoted in the 7th Garri son 'Battalion: 88th Ditto, Alexander Graham, front the Ist Garrison Batta lion, to be Lieutenant, without purchase. • 89th Ditto, Lieutenant Tiono Browne to be Captain of* Company, by purchase, vice Waddy, who retires. Ensign Charles. yardner to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Browne. • r9oth Ditto, James Johnston, Cent. 'to be Ensign,. without purcbase, vice lones,• promoted in the 4th Garrison Battu- . . lion. . , . . . , 91st Ditto, Ensign Duncrm ,Camphell i to be Lieutenant„ : withoUt purchase, vice M' Laren, promoted. To be Ensigns—Robert Craufurd, Gent. vice Campbell. John Staveley, Gent. by purchase, vice Lucas, promoted. - Wln. Hanson, Gcut. by purchase, vice M`Dougal, pro mated. 96th Dian, Captain the Hon., R. Trench, from the 90 Foot, to be Maj,,r, by purchase, vice Cochrane, promoted. 99t h Ditto, Hospital-Mate Thomas Douglas to be Assistant_ Surgeon, vice Dunn, deceased. tat west I adia.kcAiment, Lieutenant john Hitchcock, front the pith' Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Stewart, who e. 3.. changes. 2d -Ditto.• To be Lieutenants—E-wign fohn Davison, by purchaSe, Vice, Lethein. Ensign Joseph Eysing, ,wit-hoOt purchase, vice Roy, appointed to the 16th foOt. Ensign Lewis Davi, vice Carey, deceased. I'o be Ensigns Lewis Grant King, Gent.- vice:Eysing. john _ Murray ‘Vegg, Gent. vice Davi s , Pith Ditto, Gt•urge Cluistie, Esq. to be Paymaster.. Royal African Corps, Ensign Richafa Allen, iron the Royal West India Rangers,_ to be Ensign, vice Delisle, - who ex• - -changes. . Royal West India Rangers, Ensign George Delisle, from the Royal Afncaii Corps,. to be Ensign, vice Allen, who ex changes. . . . . : . • . . Proberg's Regiment, Captain Charles Thomas G lad win, . from the 6th Foot, to he Captain of tiCnmpany, vice Fitz gerald, who exchanges. I st Garrison iiattalion, Murdocls Al'lcenzie, Gent. to be Ensign, vice t; raham, promoted in the 66th Faot. _ . tipuhlishott by WI t.t.t . A.vt ARMIGER SCRIP es, of South Moiton 7 street, clas lu venor,sqtc ; fur the Paper, Letiv's fur the Etlitur,.&c. must lie thittreised. 2ci Wrn. Hayter Smith, Cent,' ;to be Ensign, vice `.l. , ri - ison, promoted in the sth Garrison Battalion. 3d Ditto, William Bell, Gent. to be Ensign, vice Davies, proinOted to the all Garrison Battalion. 4.111 Ditto, Ensign R. Wjiltal:er, from the 34th Foot, to be Lieutenant. . Ensign William Hewerson, trout thet.d.Cear. rison E,ttmlipty, to be Lieutenant.. Win. Stewart Griffith, Gent. so he Quarter_ Master. 'Surgeon Francis Nlanson, from tne Foot, to be Snrgeon. Assistant.. Surgeon " Henry Travis, from the 7114 Foot, tote Assistant-Surgeon. sth Ditto, Ensign Simon Davis, from the 3d . Garrison Batta hon. to - be Lieutenant.' S Sth Ditto, Rank of Ensi,gn, . . .3d Royal Veteran Battalion, Lieutenant Michael Taylor, frotu the iStli Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Morand, de ceased. loth.Royal Veteran Battalion. To be Lieutenants—Ensign „ Alex: Cameron, from the 6th Royal Veteran B a tt a li o n.. Ensign David Hopkins, front ditto. Enbign Thos. 13e1l, train the sth ditto. Ensign'l. Thomsor4 from ditto. Trinity-House lOyai Volunteer Artillery, First Lieutenant. Win. - Raven to be Captain of a Company, vice Dessell, deceased. To be First Lieutenants—Second Lieutenant Joseph Boulder son, vice Raven. Second Lieutenant Win. „Powell, ,vice Webb, deceased: To be SeCoq Lietitenants—john Brown; Gent. vice Ches. , : sell, who resigns. David Robertson, Gent, vice Boulder;.. son. Richard Redman, Gent, vice Powell. Ea RATA in the Gazettes of the 23d and 27th inst. 7th Light Dragoons, For John King, Guilt. to be Cornet, by pUrchase, vice Heaviside, read, to King, .Gent, to be Cornet, without purchase, - vice Heaviside. 33d Loot, For Ensign Edmund Armstrong to be Lieutenant, , by purchase, read, Ensign Edmund Anderson to be*Lieu tenanto4- purchase. t'ennnissilns t the Tower Hamlets Militia,. signed 6y the Lard Lieutenant. .Ist Royal RegiMent, John Hewitt,' Gent. to be Ensign. • Dated' Dec. 25 . , 1806. • Comtnistka in the;King's ofwn Regiment of Stalfordshire'Mi , I itia, signed 45 'he 1.0.r41 Lieutenant. Markhani Etles Sherwin, Gent. to be Lieutenant. Dated Sept. 20,12306. MARRIED. • On - Sat! rdly last, at Mary-le-bone Church, T. A. Harveri Esq. to M.ss L. Dodd, daughter W . A.' Dodd, Esq. Marine Painter, Parliantent-strcet. Lately,, Bohler Church, in the New 'Forest, john MTH nen, Esq:.,ot.the island of St. Christopher, to Miss Irwin, eldest daughter of the lateiames Irwin, Esq. of Hageleigit- - Holl,• Essex, .aid ond,of the East- India Direelors. On Tuesday last, at Hackney, Leonard Bidwell, Esq. of, Thetford, to Miss Clarke, Of CloptOn. On tl".1 2ith ult. ,at Dublin, Nicholas liirwan,''Esq. of Tovistock-plaiz, London, to Miss Kelly, of Dublin. Lately, at St. Mary's Church, Carlisle, John Berger, Esq. Captain in Or: 23,•th Regiment, to Miss Forster,, eldest gli danter.of.lohn FOrster, Esq. of Newtown, near arlisle. • Ou Monday last, at Bath, after a long illness, the Lady of Alexander Luders, Esq.' • ()u Tuesday. last, at Kenniagtpn; ,Mrs. lohnson, wife at Willilnn fohnson,- Esq. of His Nlejsty's Customs. Lateiy,'.at Canterbury., ,Nlrs. Henrietta Tow nsliend, thcrd daughter of the lion. and 'Rev. Dr. Townsliend, formerly' Dean of Norwich.. , On'!'Etesd last, Thomas Stephens Dickason, aged 17. only son of Thomas DickasOn, Esti. of Montague-street, 'ltns.ll-agnare. salne a-ly, at New-II:114 , in Essex, after a long and 'painful the 34th }car of !ter age, Miss klenriutts. On Friday last, at his house in Craven -street, tioxtort- , square, 'of an inflammation of the brain, I ohn Dutton, E sq- Clerk of the Northern Ports in His Majesty's Customs. Lately, at Oporto, where she,went fur the recovery of het health, Niiss koope, &lest surviving daughter of Roope ris Itoope, Esc.?. of Dartmouth. r; 10E OF STOCKS YzSTEIi..DA Y.- Balk Stock, India Stock, Navy i pet Cent. shut . Ludia Bonds, ts. Cis. pat c per Cent. 1797, . South Sea. Stock, ,- I risk 5 per Cent. - Exchequer Bills, a's. S. diS. 4 per Lent. 7(?• ,, , i (Thulium, 3 per Cent. Red. 59 3- Imperial 3 pet - Cent. 54 3 per Cent. Cott. ,nut - - Pitt° Ann. .• flank L. Ann. 16 11- 16ths 1 (..:,;;1. for Opening, 6.) 1 f Ditto Short Ann. • HIGH IVATE RAT LONPON I; RI DC TO-MOR. • • • - ROW. 111oming, 54 min. after 7. I Afternoon, 15 min. after S. --............ . so To - THOMAS TAYLOR,. Esti, No: 9, New Bridge-Street, 'Lori:lon. Honoured Sir, - r _ ' Edinburgh, March tR, t ß or . mi • - .BEG. ' leaVe to ..ortn you, that over since the Year .1790, I - have been aillieted with . the Lin, V ene. lea; which, from its obstinately resisting every course of • Medicine pres‘ribed by the most eminent of, the • Fac u lty m ne, and, undergoing several Oven: -Courses cif salivation, and twice discharged front the Hospital, with little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. in the spring or last year nay disorder. had got _to such a head, all nearly to put a period to my existence- -I had a large ulcer ors the crown of nay: head,' one on Cada arm, and my legs, were broke out in a frightful manner ; my right was dread fully painful, and had been in a state of ulceration for the last seven - yell's;' my left had als.o ..two large nodes .on it, was very much ii•scoloured, and .gave me such excrutiat. • ing Pain, particularly when warm in bed, as nearly 'to de prive me of rest ; in .this lamentable state, I was recin mended, by Mr. Tnoinpson, ..(who received so great a cure by to :take your heake's Patent Pills, which I Le .t , ,an to de. on 'tile 2'6"tlf of May ; in the course of a fortnight,: I began to receive benefit—in. little more . than - .a mouth, the ulcers on my - herd and ar ms were soundly healed—soon after, the sores on may. legs healed also; leaving, however, consitte•rable discoloiira^ion in the kin, and pain in the bone of the left, which, by the 'ales sing. of clOd, and a little longer perseverance in your ittva- Ittaule subsided ; the nodes dispersil 6 , the skin rogaibing - its natural' hue, and the' nocturnal pains gradually going oft:' I thus became, by. your liberal -advice:and Me dicine, perfe.:ily free from all my 'former complaints— , have recovered my former spirits and strength, and am be come jolly and lat, in, which state navingeontinued many miniths to the astonishment of all who knew toe, I run at a loss in what terms to express. nly - gratinide; but "Der - yeii; fpr the good of. other' sultering mortals, to make this my case as public-as possible, I shall on every occasion,; in so doing, you will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful, obedient, very humble servant, ALEX'. u K. ER. • S ivait's Close, High-street; Edinburgh. •Witnessei to the above Cure: lout .Trimarsoi4, No.. 3, Niiyv Poultry 'Market; attcL lone x•i Tosd, Old. Assemblys:Chise, 'Edinburgh. • Prepared and Sold by the'sae Proprietor, THOMAS r, T YL o , Member of,- the Royal College of SW-. geons, at hi's House, No. 9,: New bridge-street, .London where,'aiter a constant. res4sletice of more than thirty-sic . years, in a praztiee particularly ihrected to the cure or Venereal Coin plaillts • and iin:idelital to the Parts of GentratiOn,• \Vida th:•t inviolable secrecy which iron ot: his profession - 51109M alwa,ys ohscrre ill such cases, he flatters hiniselt, the inivice ;qud assist:inc.e he gratuitously • administers to verso-us taking this Mitailci de , will be • esteemed, by discerning Public, asan -advantitgesel . dont attainable Init . void of all ambigitity. Also sold, by fits 3 PPoilllment, tb the convenience of I those liv-111).; ' iit a diNtince, at the' Perini er's, No. 35, 'it. Alban's-street, Pali-Mall Tovshop, No. - 103, Ox ford-street ;•M r. Pishorough's, No: 7, Fish-street-In I Mr. Steel's, lloOkseller„"No. 1;' Union-row, Little TowcA hill; Mr. gaxter's, South-bridge, Edinoto Mr., Melf•• , ' itonald, Clasgpiv ; Mr. 8011, Dame:street, ; and by onc,pers••n an. every considerable town id (..;ret liritaftl ni h 1 1 r‘.-I in,Boxes of only as. 911: each, sealed tip with bill.' and plain direr:in - ins, 55ItciCoy persons Or-either sex nit?' cure themselves with ease, speed, secrecy, and surety. -Every Box Great liritain - is sealed up with a .Stanap, ,cm winch,. by. fa , artir of The Comnnssiuncrs &hated, at the Stilly Taylor, No. 9 ,. Ne'fi liridger-street."'-•-to imitate .which is Felony, and ate •others'' a re Counterfeits..