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CITRIC ACID. A fetter from Sit. Gll.Bitirt- BLAN.II to Dr. Har.NEss, entitled Private, but so generally dif fused as to have nothing of privacy abont it, ex cept the above word 'on the envelope, is the foundation for the following Afidress from Di.. IllitINE” to the Writer, Our limits to-day pre. ventm s from inserting this correspondence entire, but w e shall as early as possible publish Sir.Gtr.. Batty " private " letter, with perhaps a, tuna or two of our own upon the subject. In the titan time the controversy is fully elucidated by 1)V. HARNESS's very able reply, and as the (pies . itott Is one nt infinite interest to the Navy and to the Public, we trust that no apology is necessary for diverting the attention of our Readers from PolitiCs to Science. •TO Silt GILBERT MANE. • . • 111Ve as little taste for a newspaper cor respondence as yourself. I have no dispncition tolprovoke it, and it is with reluctance I ioviie that it is ht}wevt.r '' a mode of correspondence unbecoming a liberal man," as vol are pleased to assert, I have yet to learn. It is indeed sometimes the only safe mode to which a liberal man coil Lave recourse fur his defence against insidious' attacks or illiberal designs.. Had I +glee() ad dressed you in the spirit of that private letter which, after such; very mature delitlerotio! ! , and such friendly ad vice, fon have addressed to me,—. you would have had reason to complain, and Ito be ashamed.' But it contains only a plain state ; of facts established, approved, and applaud- - - Id by the first naval characters of that day in the kingdom, and upon these facts I take my stand, and venture to appeal from your judgment, and lbet of your friends, to the public, and ncinkiiid. Your Pamphlet, entitled " Comparative State ' ThentsAce. &r." which contains 0 Tr 4,4 sele-ted ' , ripest this occasion, and as I suspect for a special Purpose, from a volume of medical miscellaneous Tracts, published some time ago, was seat to me inscribed " from the author," but. tioaccom ',noir& by a single line from yourself to introduce it to my notice t it came therefore as I coneeiv. ell, in no " questionable shape," bat hearing on the face of it a silent rebuke to me, for having dared to lay any claim to merit for my services in the exercise of my profession as Physician to the Mediterraneau Fleet.- Whether I was right or not in ditch construction of your design, in pre.' ' seating we with your pamphlet, you best eau judge. B u t snider the impression of such construction, I 'eves desirous th:ir upon a public question you should speak out to the world, and I gave you an oppor tunity of doing so by athiresiLi:g you in one of the public papers (THE SUN)—this .yQu setirrjUy decline, and this opportunity you dis -41444, Ats seize; but utter having written a private letter tor eireidition amon g your friends, after having received their flaw, jog approbation and their urgent pressure to communicate it to alc, you triumphantly forward the original wit:, era sures, interlineations, and Corrections 'to me at the end of two ingnih i t from the publication of m y letter to you. Written, as your letter apparently was, iu the haste of the moment, bad it been sent at that mom: nt, impulse and agitation tat ht have excused its petulance and spleen ; hut now, its style and its matter are without excuse, si nce i t bears th e s t am p of deliberation, and the seal of reflection. The, ennremiA no n s tone which it as. slimes, whether real or assumed, neither surprises do affects me : but I ,confess it did surprise me When l read " I have not the least recollection of any one cficumstance wt you relate respect " log the Medimirranenn Fleet.'' What, Sir, can believed that ,you should sit a s a Commis sioner at a e ublic Board perfectly regardless of *very thing that was passing before, it, and en tirely inattentive to a conversation then. held Ilion a subjeet,however lightly you may talk of it, and affect to despise it .of the utmost importance to s he British Navy :—and eau your recoli \ ect ion go tro,further back than to the yeas 1800, when Lord Si. Vincent commanded the fleet,, and Dr. Baird' was its Physician Is it possible, let me ask again, that sitting thus as a Commissioner upon public deity you should not have heard a conversation of so marked a nature, or havitig hearth, year shoidd .Lave lost ail traces of it in your brain—Yes! for I am told, " I have not the least recollection of tat any circumstance which you relate respecting , ." the Mediterraueuu Fleet." No communicatiou, it was true, was made by' ane to the Board during the three years to which I refer, for no communication was necessary.— What watt passing in the Fleet as to the medical treatment of the crew, was matter, of great no. toriety,-ant.could out hut he known to the Medi cal Board at home,.from the many Bills drawn litiou► it for lemons issued, &c. how is it possible, therefore, that you could be " entirely ignorant" of it ; or if you were so, how you can be .acquit. ted of " the most gross ignorance" and " criminal 'neglect of ditty" it is difficult to conceive. That Dr, Lind's Treatise out the Scurvy, 17h3, was written, and that the virtues of lemon-juice wereknown before my service hi Antigua anti in the Mediterranean I readily atisiit:; but that the, knowledge of that valuable medicine had been pritetietilly applied to the benefit of the Navy, tit the same extent, at least, whenthe largenesSof the fleet is considered,andAe longperiod of time during which it was applied previously to the large and liberal use made of it by me in the Mediterranean Pleet, itt the year 1793 and two following year's, I Absolutely deny; nor had any former application of,' this remedy and preventive the same beneficial "nsecinences, for it was folloised up, almost jag' mediiyely, by the order tier a general supply of le mon-jniee to the Navy. Upon this gruntid, Sir, it is that I feel a conscious pride and solid sat!" factiontar 11 " n 111 4faetio of which no mail can'ue— nie, in retketing that to my es:Oat:Ws it .was. uryiag tliat the experltneilt nude IQ the Sac. folk, 'find the I•etchtrtiendAtiolf tame . feiiitis the . Medical Board, to the Board of Admiralty for the general stippiy.- • . It is in vain that you triumphgntly tell me that. "in the 'cm respondence on that subject ; reserved in the Atintiraity, &c. tint the least allqsinii is made to you nor in w."at passed it) the 'Mediter ranean." 11 7 1)y allusion vas not made t that time I am at no loss to z;uess, and I have oo doubt that the Noble Loid.”•ho so ably and with such high character then presided at the Board could guess too, for he was well acquainted with all the ciretonstances railing to my removal as Physician from that Fleet. •lipon him I waited on my return from the Medlterranean, and to his unsolicited appointment it is that lam proud owc my si tuation at the Medical Board, which I shall al ways consider as an honourable testithony of. his Lordship's approbation. You I utther and, that " had I ascribed any merit to you it would have been /1 barefaced ini.repre sentation,'&c. &c." What ! Sir, would it have been a " barefaced tuisrepresentatio`n to have related the established fact (whether with praise or without it) of the foliating advantages so recently derived from my practice for '.:ear years.in the Mediterranean Fleet. As prominent a feature l humbly con ceive in the history of Naval Pharmacy as the experiment made in the Soffolk;or at least stron g ly corroborative of. that. sitecesstill experiment ; it ought, therefore, to have gone hand in band with it to the Board of Admiralty. 01this'.unission, therefore, this studious omission, I thiok that 1 _Ti*ve .reasoo. to complain.—A statement of this important fact, as tie ground and basis tor. so am persuaded it really was—u; the•experiment in the Sliftotk, and , the consequent general supply to tile Navy, would ha , e !Kett no more a " bare faced inisrepresenta.ion . "than the honourable men tion you are pleased to make in your Pamphlet (page 10) of Dr. 11,iird's introduction of this va luable Medicine into Lord st. Vincent's Fleet it; the year 1800, '(tier ye trs (let it be observed) alter the yi.ar in wh:ch the general supply was in troduced, which you add, therefore be eon sidered as an ara.in the Ilcadh of the Navy." The statement of t e wonderturetiect of this medicine, molcr my direction, for three years int mediately 'preceding, the supply, Would,' 1 sly, have been not more " a barefaced representation" than the insertion in your ".Illustrations" of Dr. Baird'iletter, dated Bth of jrily, 1815, givittg•an account of the efficacy of th,tt tneil!cine, under his directiOn, in Lord St. Vincen:'s Fleet. In' tha t " :era of the health of the Navy" .confined, cer taioly, (as far as' appears) to that Fleet alone 1800—in the hear •of yinir invest gition, and fervour of your patriotic inquiries into this truly national subject, you were Intliteed, doubt, to request from Qr. Baird a particular ac count of all wilt relatedp the health of th a t Flyet, and by 'what means ii was preserved; For tuffs request made•hy you, and for Di'. itaird's compli ance with it, I blame neither you nor him.; but how, , Sir, does it happen that the sante zeal did not inspire you to apply to Inc for the particulars of which you a ffirm you were " entirely igno rant," of the Iteattb. of the Fero in the Mediter ranean under my direction, and the means by whi c h it was restored and supported. Such appiicution, linwevrr, you'never made to me, and in my fortthr,r letter 1 supplied you With a testimony, no less titan that of the venitablf Lord Flood, not many weeks before his death, widen 1 concluded you, as well as all cite readers of that letter; would have respected ; hut thri s way in which, you treat it, is a lamentable proof .how difficult it is for prejudice to receive and cherish truth, and for those who are bred in o ne school, whether literary, medical, or naval, tsi.be just, or• even respectful to the great master. io another. This testimony, however, is so precious to ruts that 1 shall make no apology for again Obtruding it upon your notice. I.do hereby certify that in the Slimmer of' 1793, .wlt n his Majesty's Fleet unite r lily con wand was greatly afiliord with scurvy, Hifi l John Harness, the Physician tO the Fleet, being strongly recommended to the nse of lemon joke as a core and preventvive of it, ii) consequeuPe of which ordered the respect *ships to he emistant ly supplied with lemons, and was Inuppy to find that within six months the disorrier . was effectually era dicated, and the crews Of hint Nl , jesty's Fleet per fectly healthy.. Given under my hand at llath, November 3d, 1815. Floots" E r And ootv, Sir, let me tilk you if this practice was SO com Mod, and " this knowledge so fully establiSlied, and so universally diffused, That it. ' the. most uninstructed . Surgeon's Mate iu the sal adron had been .asked hy Lord Hood what %vas best to be done, he Ought to have been dis- Misted 'from - the service forignorrtuve if he hail not recommended lenion nice." How then can it -bare happened, let me ask you, if it ,were really so, that the crews of his Majesty's s hips have been in ,every period of the naval history, even, to the' hour at my appointment, so broken down by this dreadful . malady, .and that the scurvy' has been suffered to:tuake such en unresisted,progress . and to coloarii such fatal ravage. Was it that the respective Commandersof these ships and Fleet h were totally regardless of theliaalth of 'their re spective crews, and 'obstinateiy deaV to all medical advice. This, Lam persuaded, will pot, cannot be believed, and how did it happen in Lord Hood's Fleet that the health of the crews under my direction was restored and "'in six months the disorder wail effectually eradicated ?" if these gnestions can be answered satisfactorily without adMitting the truth of my statement, and the. validity •of my claim, then your confident as 'sertious may be maintained ; otherwise theylnust be considered as'spletietick effusions thrown : out, not pertuips . 1 " to mislead the ignorant .and, Un wary," but certainly for the purpose of wounding., my feelings, anddegiatiing my character. Now, Sir, l shall take my leave of you, the assurance that I shall ‘‘, renounce no preten sions that 1 have made," but shall steadily keep ground,—and I will venture to hope, that my " Philosophical Reasoning," and , the theory built, upon it, which you are -distiosed to treat with go much levity, andveven affect to ban-H ter, will tie ic onsitlercd by the ingenuous and unprejudiced, as mitt= ridiculous our • L tcl, sinee rt bcithCr. e)ashet with any thing Dr. Lind has t•ritten, nor with :what others lila - 0.4°11e, aw; A;liee it has been Fri./tit - by tto iveriniint so tirge in. its -extent, r and so satisfactory ; in its re sults, wit-to tie. erroneous ; and h further trust, that whatevvr your sentiments, and those of your fritends, may he, I shall not be suspected - by the Government td my. country, or by the public at large of " self delusion," in theopinion' I have formed upon this subject, nor that I shall by declaring tha t opinion, incur the imputation oftnlpable " self praise,"•much less of " arrogant and unfounded assumptions." • Far be it from. me to make tyiy riteutatious •display of ability.; I envy no mans attainments. I claim no.superior talent .and I reverence the talents of every Mall when acccimpanied by Candinir and Benevolence ; but I do lay ctaini—a claim Inever will relimpikh, to whatever merit may be attached to the having applied this valuable medicine with more than or dinary effect for three successive years,.l793 - ,,94,.. and 95, in One of the largest Fleets that eVer.Was eolletted in the Mediterranean,• and having. thus led the way to, and laid the broad and - stilid foun-1 . elation of that general supply of .LenionJuice which, by the prderof the Board of Admiralty, took place j in the following year, 1796. . 'J.ITARNESS. TIig:IIIEATR.E. Covastr-GArtntN.—We are entripelled to be very brief in our notice of Mias O'NEtt.t.'s first appearance in Comedy on. she London hoards, as Lady Teazle, in The School for Scandal, .an Sn tnr,lay night. Almost every impressiOn our minds had previously received° of ,this charming: Actress, was of a solemn cast. 'We had indeed 'seen in her Juliet a gleam of sportiveness, but this was neither sufficient to form an estimate Of her talents for Comedy, nor to alter the general tone of 'publi c; sentiment, derived from the contemplation of h e r tragic powers. This feeling is certainly much i', l 4tilnat" her earlier essays with the lighter Muse. We fancy her sad when, she is only serious, gloomy when she is but grave, too pathetic when she is Inertly tender, and all beca use we have been ac. .costomed to her delineation of the deeper pas-' sions.• When thia wears off, Which kill he the case after a few more appearances in Comedy, admirable as was the performance of Saturday,.it %OH he ,repeated under groat advantages and be still 'more . highly estimated. We cannot nbw enter into a detailed examination if a 'play so excellently got up, nor of Miss O'Nxat.'s acting. Suffice it 'to say, that both delight ed one of the most thronged Muses which Covent-Garden ever bad to Coast, and that the •exertions of the Lady :Teazle, inimitably -sup. korted by YOUNG and C. KittilaLE in the brothers,: and FAWCRTT,TERRy, :MATHEWS, LISTON, 51M..., MONS, anti Mrs. Glass, in the other parts, were crowned with complete success. ' The British Stage' certainly never presented • a dratria -better sustained throughout, and we should not be sur prized to see the second run of The School for Scandal as tliginguisbed as its first. NAVAL ANECDOTE OF PRINCrESS CUARLOTTE. Not long before her:Royal Highness left Wey month, being at sea in her yacht, the Leviathan, of 74 guns, sailing near, brought to; tred a salute 50 the Royal standard flying, , and Soon after, :Captain Nixon, who commandealuer, rowed ou Is:uard the yacht to pay his - respeets to the Pliucess. Her Royal Highness received him mu (leek , and after the us4alccremonies,she said "Capt.NrxoN, yours " seems a leery fine ship or war, I 4lioulo like much , "to go on . boars! her." 'Tie Bishop o f Ext.TEP, standing by, asked whether she thought her Illus. trions Fatto r might not• probaiily disapprove Of Auer dins riassing itYanopen bout throng', a rough sea'? the immediate answer to this 1Y.19-....'' Queen " l'AtzAaant took great delight in her Navy, and " was not afraid to go nll b 041.1 a iiIHO.Of war in ito open boar, then why should. I ,? Pray, Cant. " NixoN, have the goodness to receive me in your 44 barge, snd let me be rowed on bOardtheLevi " athan, for I am not only desirous, but deter- . mined to inspect her."---The necessary repo , . rations were made, and her Royal Highness pass- . ed down into Capt. N txoN's barge, followed uy tier two Ladies in attendance, and the Bishop ':of E4ETERs soul coming alongside - the Le'viutinun, tire. yards were justantly manned, and At chair of state let down. • The Princess d e sir e d i t to be re.; hoisted, saying; " I prefer going up in the wn ner that,-is §eallittl) diies you, cdpt. Nixon, " will kindly, follow me, taking care of my • elciathS ; and, wheirl tint on (I.!ck , the clttrir may " be let., down .for' the other Ladle.; and the lit " st r ip." No sooner said than done, as her Royal Highness ascended with a facility that astonish ed the whole delighted - crew.' The Royal suite bejng upon deck, the shipS! officers were severally introduced. Her Royal Highneswexpressed great , surprise at the Spae e ;Old strength of the ship, and remarked,. " well might such noble structures be called , the W•oor/ex Watts of Old England ?"' She tiosv, told Captain NfXoti ; that she should not he satisfied with an introdnetion to his state cabin, as she was very anxious to 'see every part of his ship be,tween decks, and even below. Accord inlay he.accompanied. her Royal Highness down, whvil she inspected every birth, eockpit,, powder triAgLizityo, sture•holds, &c. and, on her return upon deck, gave her thanks to Capt: NIXON and. attendant Officers Jo the most gracious terms, as suring them, that they had Agorae(' an exhibition , of more interest to tier mind, than any she had hitherto beheld. The Princess having presented a purse to captain N. detiiring.inin to apply it for the crew, as a token of bet respect for theM, des. eroded (loom the ship's side as she rose, sunder a royal' salute, and the more gratifying cheers of the loyal and hearty crew of a British Man of War! The contest for Coroner of Middlesex doses to (lay, at 4 o'clock. It has heed Warmly and elo4ely carried on, as appears from. the return of the Poll on Saturday evening titirtiat lO% Mr. Tayict fir. (hid° lolll_ MAlt 4 t . i., 1: WS . PALMotrTti, MARC yester lay the Lady Loaisa packet, witty. a mail front Jamaica. Wind S.W. to W. N.W. DEAL, MAntilile:l- but night him Ma"., jesty's ship. Faintooth for PorLirootith ; hiy 111 a• jesty's. ship Investiggtor int. Cni k ; awl the whole of the outward-bound to thelVest ward. • PORTSMOUTET, MARCH i 7.-- , --The wind was ("oft the E z ‘st.ward ail flay yesterday, but theweather continued so thick none of the outward-hound moved,. • Co ~ MAnca 12.—Arrived the Agnes trans. port (No. 245), from itarrisgate, havin g on board part of the 35th, 44th, and sSth regiments .of the W. lincouTON, hilAnctt• 17.--Early on: Thttridar moruing a smuggling cutter landed a cargo of spi rits, consisting of 260 . kegs, opposi te t h e E ast Cliff.. The of fi cers happened to be on a cruise, and captured the prize. The cutter soot) after disappeared, The Lord Wellington packet sails ON Monday night, and the Prince. Regent packet on Tuesday, for Dieppe. THE AitM Y. The 6th and 7th regiments of the Line, and one company of Artilleri of ti , e, King's German Le» gion, arrived last weeli in transpor rs, from Genoa. They are to proceed to the Elbe, on their way CO ilawpver, where they will be transferred from our service to that of the Electorate, They left Genoa .0o the 13th ult. The 31st regiment was there nutter orders to embark for Malta. This was the . only British regiment remaining at. Genoa, Saturday morning the battalion of the 45th regiment landed at Portsmouth from Sicily they arc intended to be incorporated with the Ist battalion, they ,will embark again Shortly. fur Ja. maica. There are yet 20 regiments of Englisli'aud Scotch , Militia, and 37 Melt regiments of the same description, to be disbanded. Tuesday eight companies of the, 3d Garrison Battalion arrived at Chatham Earmicks, front Sheerness ; :10 were relieved by the'Bth Veteran Battalion, Irons Ostend. Wednesday the sth Veteran Battalion marched from Chatham Harracks to do duty at Deptford. The 78th Highland Regiment 'matched on Fri• (lay Morning from .Canterbury, on its route .foe Chatham. The Bth regiment of toot are arrived in Leland, and have marched into the new barracks at Cork, to take the garrison duty-of that city. here are,tour sail of transports arrived at Yar mouth, to take five hundred soldiers of the King's German Legion', who are going tO Germany to be disbanded. The proceedings of the,Court Martia /which has been lining :It Chatham Barracks, nu Lieutenant.' Co!Oriel MIDCLiv, closed on Saturday last. Thai sentence, which is to be communicated- to his Royal Highness the PRINCE ItiA3ENT, haulm yet thinsvired. •' THE MARKETS. „,, COttir-.r.ixcitAt4oE, Matecti lB.—“yettarla'short supply of Wheat this morning from Essex anti Kent, in consequence of %Illicit fine samples were taken off •readdy . at an advance of from Is. to 2a per quarter trout this day week ; rine Barley anti Milt each support their price; Grey Pease anti Tick 'Beans ate in demand, and Is. per quarter dearer. '; Aloiling Pease are dull ; Fine Oats sold readily at our last quoted prices; in other.articler, there is no alteration. I , nrelgn Wheat 451. s:is. Fine (fill° - - -71 s, —s. 1...1g1i.h Wheat ' 455. 555. Ville ditto - '7lg.—s, - - - Q 34. 30-. rine ditto - - - Jl6. —g. - —"WA, 14g, ditto - 2Elg, •—g. New ditto - - Malt 60s. 555. Vine 'lilt° - - fits. —g. WhitePease (boilers) 31 4.. 3:ls. Fihe ditto - 3s&. —l. (trey Peaty. 1.184. 326. Fine Grey Pease - 345. —s; flea Beans - Q3s. 39 5 . Old ditto - - 215. 321. Semi! Tick Beans 284. Obi ditto ". - - 4 / I S. 3Rt. Feed Oats - -14 s. Film date - 17,. 114. Poland ditto -17 s. i9;i s Fine. ditto - 195.:215.. Petatoe ditto -—4. Rape . •;(.e4l 9UI. 271. per fasit. nee Flour 60s. 56.1. 'Seconds - 465. .6014 e SNIIT/IFIELO, MAKH siderahlo.tmpply of prime Beasts, and the show of Cot,le iti 'gcherttlxts :tolerably good; Veal wus dearer; Beet; Mitttors. atilt Fork; sold.at la3t priors; and the trade, for. the most part, wai somewhat brisk. The sales in the Ilay-niarkel'irere tether lively; Clover has dropped in price; Huy iinidStestr fctcbed lust prices. 'his day's Market had 'a sans WI IN mint' ,' natten'l7:----Ye.,terday morning"the Qoatty, - - ItriticesSes NunOsTA, FAtzAarrn, mut ‘'lllOrvi took 'an airing in a carriage by Eton SlOugh. _The Princess 'Citsitto•tra visited theta, in the Code. Her Royal Highness returned to . Crunbourne Lod ge to dinner. The Ptincess has 1 freapient quartet parries at Cranbourne Lolge . .. Iler Royal Highness came this morning to attend DilVine Service in the Castle with the_QUEBN and I'ett,4li SSES. Her Royal Highn e s s is expected. to spend the day tool evening with thent in the C'ts. tie, A few days since the Banner of cHniiiN4ND King of Spain was pia in St. George'S. Hall, in ' comeqUence of his Majesty having been elected a 'Wernher of the Order of the Garter some' time - since. The Banner Wai put up bet ween'thOse of the Emperor of OUSSIA and the Xing of the NE.. THEXL.AN DS, on the . Prince's side. ridatuctittst.st EvetsT;—Citi Tuesilsy last died, in Wineheap . -streer,.Canterbury, FiAItRIUT, wife of Mr. JOHN DOMURAIN r. This unfortunate young ‘voman„ in the nbsence of her. friends, took the fatal'resolution 'of dcitroyin herself, which she accomplished by suspending herself from'the ban.' nisrers' Of the 4 taitene, hy a' silk Vatokrchief. 4Yhen CUt dow n the vital spark Was quite extinct. A Coroner's Inquest was held upon the body the following day, when front tha evidenee produced, it appeared that the deeeased was subject to tent. porary derAngcment ;' in is \6t of which, it is suppos« , ed she committed the fatal act. Ttte Jury, without hesitation, 'returned their verdict—LUnacy. The deevasod was a young wtnnatt of most 'excellent disposition, and amiable manners, ‘and,bad only bean married a few days t her death is must Silt"! cerely lamented by her family and friend*. 1 ~