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NAVAL INTULLIGSPICE.

PORTSMOUTH, DLC. 23.
Nothing arrived or sailed this day.
The fleet for the Mediterranean are exported to
sail on Friday next, if the wind is fair.—Wind N.W.

PLYMOUTN, DEC 22.
Sailed the Naiads:, 18 guns, Captain Clephane,
on a cruise ; and His Majesty's ship "Audacious, 74
gene, Capt. Gosselin, for Ferrol.
Arrived the Dispertee transport, under convoy of
the Mures, 22 guns, Captain Duff, who left in the
offing a large fleet, hound to the westward ; con-
sisting of upwards of 80 sail, supposed to be the ex-
pedition tinder Admiral Sir C. Cotton.
YALMOVTN, DEC. 20.
Arrived the Cbeertho gnu-brig, with dispatches
from the Mediterranean.

Sailed the C intr.'s! cutter on a cruise ; and the
Maucb,ster Packet, Captain Davis, with Mails for
S.E.

DIAL, DEC. 23.
Arrived the Blazer gun-brig horn a cruise, and
remains in the Dawns. With thr rest of tL: shin as
per last.—Wind W.J.W.

TO THE EDITOR UFTHE BRITISH PRESS.

CURE OF HYDROPHOBIA.

Mr. Eorroa—As there have been several in.
stances of late of persons being bitten by mad dogs,
some of whom have fallen vitlims to that roost
dreadful of all hunsaia atHiftions, tbdeophobia,
the following attested cure of the late Dr. Thin-
boll. who was successful in a case of this serve,
and which was first published by him in The Ga-
seliers. of 1784, may not, at this period, be unac-
ceptable to your Rea fen. I have tent an abridged
account of the same for insertion, if you should
deem it of sufficient consequence to deserve a cor-
ner in your Paper.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
WM. TURNBULL.
Waraicic•esart, HoUpocn, Dec. IS, 1110.4".
THE CASE OF ROBERT DIXON.
Bohai bison, a weaver, of INiorham-Maiss,
near Berwick, was bitten by a dog known
to be mad, on the 30:h of July, 17(11 ; and, what
is very uncommon in this case, was attacked oa the
same day in which lie received the bite with pains
in the wounds which the rabid animal had made
on the outside of his leg, about two inches above
the anele. These pains extended to his knee, and
gradually ascended to his thigh, from thence to his
stomach, occasioning sickness its that organ,_ and
great weight and oppres aon on his cheat. These
sensations daily increased to the LEth of August,
when every symptom became more and more severe,
succeeded with violent convulsions and spasmodic
striastres, in the throat, which threatened immediate
suffocation, particularly when any fluid was pre-
sented to him. These symptoms were accompanied
with every other dreadful indication of Hydropho-
bia. Yet Robert Dixon was perfettly recovered
in the September following, and was livirg and in
good health at the time this account was first pub-
lished, being a period of 23 years after the injury
was received. In. mode of treatment was as
follows

Ist. To the wnended leg a caustic was ap-
plied, which WAS kept discharging from the first
commencement of the symptoms, till some time at-
ter the cure.

Id, 'flit leg was frequently bathed with warm
oil

33. A tea-spoon-full of the following Elec-
tuary was administered two or three times a day :
Peruvian Bark, in powder, two ounces ; Valerian,
in powder, one ounce; Cinnabar of Antimony, one
ounce ; Camphor, one drachm and a half ; Russia
Castor, half an ounce; Musk, half a drachm ; Con-
serve of Wormwood, tour ounces ; Syrup of Saffron,
a sufficient quantity to form an electuary. Opium
was also liberally given to assuage the irritation and
spasms. To the throat was applied a plaister, com-
posed of Opium, Musk, Camphor, Assalatitia, and
Gam Galbanum.
The last application seemed to be more effeaual
than any other medicine employed. On recoveriug
his intelleas and speech, he declared that he ex-
perienced the greatest relief from this plainer ; and
that in a shoat time after it was applied, he felt an
agreeable and soothiug warmth, which descended
frees his throat to his kg, in the same course and
direaion that the spasmodic sok:lure had ascend.
ed ; and. all the coniplieated a. id painful symptoms
progressively diminished, until a perfea recovery
was accomplished.
It is necessary, in this place, to mention, as a far-
ther and corroborating proof of the efficacy of this
plaister, it was not had recourse to jilt the symp-
toms of Hydrophobia bad taken plaice. As this
external application to the throat was attended with
such happy success, in the most dreadful stage of the
disease, might it not have prevented the occurrence
of this awful visitation altogether, bad it been ap-
plied so soon as passible after the bite was received t
It would certainly berecofnmenaable, at least, to
give it a trial, particularly as the mouth, throat,
and other parts engaged in deglutition, form the
principal seat of the disease; and as this malady,
in my opinion, bears a strong affinity to nervous
and spasmodic affraions, the remedies above de-
tailed still feather claim our most serious consider-
ation, especially when their administration have
been accompanied with such success.
N.B. There are but two well authenticated eases
recorded in the annals of British medicine, where
patients have recovered after the symptoms of
Hydrophobia have taken place, viz. in the present
case of Robert Dixon, and in the case of Elizabeth
Bryant, as published by the late Dr. Nugent, of
Bath. W. 'l'.
Si consider it a duty I owe to suffering hu-
man nature, particularly at a time that our Daily
Prints teem with accounts of unfortunate cases of
Canine MaJness,ro give this case of Robert Dixon's
as much notoriety as the channels of public infor-
mation will admit of. It, Sir, you view it in the
same light, you will be pleased to give it a place iii
TN a BILITISiI Patss. I have the lionut:r to he, Sir,
Your most obedient humble Set Vatit,
Wwwick-rowt, 11• Morn, W. Ti:11 ASV L.L.

Ore. IL
The original manuscript of my taihel'i, the late
Dr. Tarn-all. is in Noy possenten.

FIRE AT TO7 71:1 I itd
Upon further inquiry respelling this calamitous
event, we learn that the Lady's name is Mac.
cauclitav, and not M'Cov. Her husband, as we
rated, was drowned at sea. On his death, he left
eight children, to deplore his loss. One of thew
subsequently lost his life, by falling into a pond in
his mother's garden, while the was gone to church.
She had still seven children living. The two younger
perished by the fire at their mother's house on Mon-
day night. The immediate cause of the fire is now
understood to have been different from what we
stated yesterday : Mrs. Mann Aun REY, aria a Lady
from Ireland, came to town to see one of her sons,
and finding him unwell. spent the night in town.
A letter was sent by Mrs. M. to her family, to in-
form them of her intention ; but the letter, unhap-
pily, never wets delivered, or the fatal accident
would probably have been prevented. The ac.
quaintances who had spent the evening at the house
with the servants, had left it before nine, when the
younger children were put to bed. In the mewl
while, the fam.ly, consisting of two your•.g Ladies
and two young Gentlemen, sat up for their mother.
One of the serva,nts passing the room where the two
younger children lay, smelt something burning, and
opening the door, the flames burst forth. Several
attempts were made in vain to save the children, in
the course of which the Rev. Mr. Roberts nearly
lost his life by the stairs catching fire.

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MEETINGS OF Cit EUI l'OltS, AT GUILDHALL,
- MYll.llOt, .
Richard Meredith, 05f4,1-:greet, Alirldlesex, linen-
draper - . . 311
Robert Abbott, Thorna.-ttrest, H0C1012401111, Surrey,
lei! ht-OrWrchaftt • - - 0 ISt
Jonas Levy, New-Lisle-street, Leicesteroquare, oil-
man • • • - 3 10
John Bridger, the younger, Mortlake, Surrey, tallow-
chandler - - - 3 10
Alexander Mare, Gravel-lane, Southwark, Surrey,
.
baker - - - • -3 12
Jererr.rah Applthy, Cbatham, Kent, lineaskaper - 3HI
Samuel Bruno, Charatg-c,o.s, Nli,ldl lulu, sword cutler 3 10
Christopher Foss, Catherine-court, Tower•bil:, London,
merchant - - - 3is
-
W alias° Fortnum, Ball-alley, Lombard street, London,
mama . - 3 10
-
William Davis, Cane-place, Kentish-town, Middlesex,
carpenter - - - S IS
Nathaniel Ward Bowen and William Bowers, Cannon-
street, London, comb-makers - - 1 12
Kennett Todd, Broad-sheet, London, insurance-
broker - -
Juaepti Phillips, Bicester, Oxfordshire, linen-draper
Jonathan Mond, Merkel-,treat, Hertfordshire, straw-
hat-manufacturer - - - - 1 10
John Flack, London-road, St. Georges-herds, coach
smith
- 1 11
Cheats Regnait, late of Cleveland-street, Middlemen,
statuary - . - 1 11
DIVIDEND.
Thum.s sue..., late of Creak, Norfolk, hawker - It

- 2 10
2 11

CERTIFICATES.
Jess Pone', of High Holborn, in the tounty of hfida
baker, dealer and cliapman.
George Hawker, of Stroud, in the county of Gloucostor,
clothier.
George Perry, of Liverpool, in the county of Lancaster,
rnarble•iinerchant, dealer and cliaeman.
James Andrew' of telanch.oter, in the county of Lancaster,
and Thomas Manes, of SL Swithin's. lane, in the city of
London, cotton-merchants, dea!,n; and thspmen.
John Wear, of Richrnood, in the county of surrey, breaches
maker and glover, dealer and chairman.
Thomas Chapman, of Sheffield, in the county of York,
butcher, dealer and chaplain.
Jonathan Wilson, late of White-horse-sheet, Ratclif, is
the county of hitddleree, dyer, dual./ and chairman,

PRICE OF lITOCES. TILS'fIRDAT. ,•
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kng ush LoneryTickets I dr. par.
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IRISH STOCKS, Dee. IR.
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G"ves runcnt Debentucis 5 per CUR. VS
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MAR R I AaEs.
Yesterday, at St. Pancras Church, Mr. Hughes, to Jolene,
eldest auJ only marrying daughter of the late Lteut.-Col. Ro-
bert Arbuthnot; of His Mutiny's dust Regiment of Foot.
At Wraisbury, ou the 19th instant, by the key. Henry
lakes, Frederick R Come, ran. of Great Winchester-inset,
to Miss Isabella Blagruse, third daughter of John Weston,
El of Jamaica, and of Ankerwske Room, Rucks.
Tuesday, at Caclitield„ Mr. Francis Suckle, of Long Orton,
Northamptonshire, {the celebrated jokey) to Miss Jane
Thornton of Lit hbalrl.
On Tit:today, ut Fivrenhans, by the Rev. the Eke' of West-
minster, William Samuel Cursory, Eq. Major of the betk
Kearment, to Mies Anna Maria, daughter of James Tappan-
den, Rol.

DEATHS.
Friday sennight, after a hang illness, which be bore with
great fortitude, Matthew Talbei, of the While Hart. Isidg.
ford, near Staffurd,aged 46 Some time portions to his death
he was seised with a lethargic complaint, commonly called a
trance, In which he continued for several days, as in a pie•
found sleep. Ile then awoke for a short time, in a most sin•
patient state of hunger.. ll:ving satisfied the cravings of mi.
one, he again gradually fell two the same runway and
insen-
rpule state, from which iiot:ing could rouge him. In this 6t of
lethargy lie continued for a whole week, when he awiabeonif
to meet the al-op of death.
Saturday, the Rev. Henry Richards, D.D. Rester of Exeter
College, Oxford, and Vice Chancellor of that University.
He was seised ins Thor-day night with en oppression on ha
bream, being acerealy able to breathe, and an an liour he lint
the u 441 of one side. -

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