The National Register.
London, England, 1816-07-29 00:00:00

MEDICINAL SPRINGS NEAR LONDON.

Tile Medicinal Springs of Dulwich and Sydenham,
which were about half a century since in such estima-
tion as to be a common resort from London, are now
entirely relinquished, but they might probably be re-
called, as the same soil remains through which they
then ran. At that time, when the Green Man, °pp°.
site Dulwich Grove, was a house of general assembly,
the water was served in the same manner as it is now
at Tunbridge or Cheltenham) ; this wits lust when
that house VI .is sold, with the a Ilioihitig tii ids, info private
hands; and Sylentiain has continued to ptC,VrVP lII.' prinvi
in small tidies sunk in the earth near the little cottages tinder
the hill, to which, until very lately, it yielded a trilling emolu-
ment. The water of the neighbourhood retains the quality an
a lesser &glee, in general 6,0 feeble as not to be noticed in the
usual beverage, but it is iteeifflarly obnoxious tio iron, and
therefore iron pipes fur all the wells ate avoided, Hat the
beauty and healthiness of the neighboin nig (-manta) mould
a third great encouragement for a specidation of that Lim', if
the short distance f town did not operate as a drawback,
oil the virtue of these salts, as it would preclude the pleasure
of a distant journey, which alwass furnishes the greater pais
of the proposed remedy and the judicious arrangement of
assembly-rooms, and theatrical entertainments, including late
hours in the evening, which are happily combined for all the
faintly, with the absolute necessity of one member of it trawl.
ling to take the waters, might if found necessary for their rut, e
recovery, be readily established, with a circidating literary for
a tummy; but without billiards or raffles. It is very rentart,-.
able that senative springs of this kind surround London; anti
are. on that very account neglected. The Titiibiidge waters
have been taken fur many years past, at a tea-house near the
Spa-fields, now discontinued; the saute spring has been als s
served at a place near Gray's lein-road, called St. Chat's,. soul
at liagnigge Wells. An open well has for ages been resorted
to for eyes, both at the Spa-fields, and the, postern nu Tow er-
hill ; and yet we have not heard of any physician who has
lately recommended it to his patients, to take the short jouruev
to these places ; though they all, in times past, had aeguirett
great use and celebrity. Whatever is easily attaillabie and
near home has no value, and excites u. interest; and absence
from London in the leisure months of the year, is of Blare im-
portance than recovery at home at an unfashionable time.

A General Meeting of the Association for the relief of the
Manufacturing and Labouring poor, is advertised to be held to-
morrow at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of coos
sidering the most beneficial way of giving assistance to such
Associations as may be formed fur the relief of tho: e parts of
the country which at pre.ent are sidlering most severely under
the pressure of temporary distress. The Duke it V ork Witt
take the chair ; and the meeting, it is expected, will be most
revert:tidy and numerously attended.
The Lord Mayor of London arrived at South-End on
Tuesday, on his route for Rochester. Four hundred
tickets had been issued, and about :200 gentlemen and la.
dies of the first respectability sat down to an excellent
dinner at the Royal Hotel ; and in the evening there was
a most splendid ball. The dancing commenced at eleven,
led air by Alderman Heygate and Miss Wood, and was
kept up until six o'clock on the following morning. Most
of the neighbouring families were present ; and the bril-
liancy of the room was much added to by the attetrimee
of a great number of naval and military officers front
Sheerness.

The Carnival of London is nearly at an end—a very
few Nobility attached to the Court remain in town—the
list of departures in every journal of fashion is as much
lengthened as it was in their arrival two months since.
The winter in London begins at the end of May, awl
finishes at the end of July,. But the frequent splen-
dours at the Regent's Palace, the Royal Marriages, and
the consequent complimentary visits, with the approach.
ing birth-day on the 12th of August, unite to keep up
the life of the metropolis, and to encourage the trades
and mannfacturc,s and ingenious arts which would other.
wise decline at this period.
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The Marchioness de la Rochejaquelin, in her Me.
more of lhr if in La relates the following
anecdote while she was at Bressuire:—Two officers en-
tered into a dispute under our windows in the street.
One drew his sabre and touched the other gently, who
put himself in a posture of defence. My father, who
happened to be near them, stopped his arm, and said to
him, " Jesus Christ pardoned his murderers, anti shall
a soldier of the Catholic Army kill his comrade ?"—This
man immediately embraced the other. Besides this in.
stance, I never heard of a duel in our army. The war
was so active and so perilous, that no man dreamt of
shoving his courage other than against the enemy.
By letters of the I Ith of June from Constantinople
we learn, that her Royal Highness the Princess of %Vales
arrived in that city on the tith of that month. She took
up her alasle at the British Palace till a house at Buyuk.
dere was fitted up for her reception. On the 9th were
presented to the Princess all the Foreign Ministers, and
the same evening the British Factory. Shortly another
presentation was to take place, to give those an oppor.
tunity to be presented who were disappointed on the tin..
mcr occasion. 11cr Royal Highness. sty the letters, con.
ducted herself at all times with the greatest affability ;
yet in other respects she fitiled to afliml satisfaction to
the British merchants; inasmuch as she gave a decided
preference in all her dealings to foreigners. She had
credit on a Greek house for 40,000 Spanish dollars, when
a British house could have accommodated her Royal High.
ness as well. Being in want of jewellery, the Princess
applied to a Frenchman ; sod she is attended by a Nea.
politan Count and two l.adies. At Genoa and Sicily her
Royal Highness was well received ; but at Malta. it is
said the Governor made the vessel, on board of which her
It oyal Higlutes was, perform quarantine iu the strictest
mauner.