The National Register.
London, England, 1816-03-04 00:00:00

THrNA.TIONAL RP.GISTn.

rivod from some unknown influence of the atmosphere, or
to be communicated by personal intercourse. Although
pretty general in its attacks, the disease has not, on the
prescnt occasion, been very fatal ; yet, in many invanms,
it appears to haveleid the foundation of serious affections,
especially among aged people. There is no disease, on
which more erroneous notions seem to prevail, respecting,
its causes and treatment,' than this; it may not be amiss,
therefore, to say a few words on the subject. In its or-
'dinary state, (I mean when not epidemic, as it has lately
been,) the production of the complaint is usually attri-
buted to cold, but not always with propriety. Exposure
to cold, indeed, is a powerfill exciting cause of catarrh ;
and so also is heat, the stimulus of which will sometimes
produce an increased secretion from the mucous membrane
of the air-passages---the wind-pipe and lungs, constituting
catarrh, with no less certainty than cold. We accordingly
hear people complain that they have a cold upon them,
notwithstanding the excessive rare they have taken to
keep themselves warm. But all their cure, perhaps, may
not have been sufficient to protect them from some acci-
dental exposure for a short time, to air rather cooler than i!
they are accustomed to, and the disease may be thus
caused in a person who has been predisposed to its attack
by previous heat. The change, whether &an heat to
cold, or from cold to heat, will equally produce the com-
plaint in very delicate subjects ; fir those who are robust
and strong can more readily endure the transition. Many
a cold is brought on by the very means taken to prevent
it. A person is accidentally exposed to the action of cold
and moisture thr a time, and feels himself chilled by their
influence ; the powers of life are depressed, and the regu-
lar actions of the system diminished. The natural conse-
quence of this would be, upon his withdrawing from the
exciting cause, that a re-action would take place ; an ex-
cess of power in proportion to its former depression would
ensue, and the natural balance would be restored, merely
by that principle of preservation and renovation, with
which our Creator has endowed the animal system. Con-
fident
in his own wisdom, however, and impatient of the
tardy process of nature, man seeks to accomplish by force, i
and with celerity, that which nature would effect with
certainty and safety. He immediately takes some stimu-
lating drinks, to drive out the colt!, and thus carries to ex-
cess the state of action which naturally results from pre-
vious cold, and actually produces catarrh, or some worse
disease ; when nature would, if not interfered with, have
restored health. We cannot, therefore, wonder at hear-
ing him complain that he has caught a cold, notwithstand-
ing the warm comfortable things he took to prevent it.
t is not always just to reason from analogy in the science
of medicine ; but, perhaps the following illustration may
serve our purpose. If a man has an elastic spring, which
he wishes to keep precisely in a horizontal direction, and
this spring is by some pressure on its upper surface
carried considerably below its proper level ; would
he, upon removing the pressure, apply a hammer to
the under surface to restore the spring to its horizon-
tal direction ? No, 1w is' aware, that, on removing the
pressure, the spring will not only return to its proper di-
rection, but will considerably exceed it upwards, and his
only care will be to prevent the exertion of too much
action by the sudden removal of the pressure. So it is
with the powers of action in the human system. A con-
siderable depression of them from cold or any other cause,
will be followed by an excess of action, previously to their
/via= to a state of health. A hot stage will universally
succeed to a cold one. By our interference with hot sti-
mulating drinks in the case supposed, we only overact the
part, which nature would perform with nicety and pre-
cision. It would follow, therefore, that when a person
has caught a cold, he cannot be too cautious of returning,
even to his ordinary stimuli ; he should certainly avoid in-
creasing them. Et ery expedient, then, of drinking drams
or other hot liqUors, because a perstm has been exposed to
cold, is extremely prejudicial; nothing can properly jus-
tify !inch a measure, except in cases where the powers of
life are so far exhausted as to leave room to fear that re-
action cannot commence of itself; and then still more cats- ;
tion is requisite, that we do not, by an injudicious supply
of fuel, totally extinguish the spark we wish to preserve.
It would seem, that in most cases, people in general are
not sufficiently aware of that principle of preservation im-
plantul within us, called by physicians the Vi.s Mcdicatrir
Netunce, by whose, operntions chiefly, the restoration of
health when deranged is effected, assisted sometimes by
a judicious interfeknce of art ; but to which alone the
sii,gliter aberrations from health may safely be trusted.

DRAMATIC REGISTER.

DRURY LANE.

A new Farce from the pen of Mr. Dibdin was on Thnraday
night acted, for the fist time, under the eccentric title of
II hat Atxte—This piece derives its name from a series of !o-
cherous incidents. A nephew assumes the character of his
dnil seecessfully exercises the authority of the old gen-
tleman with an unsparing hand. He inl elver all counccted
with his relation in indescribable embarrassment; and finally
gets the uncle taken Into custody, to answer for the sins of the
nephew. 'lnes*: freaks arc of course connected with a love-
plot, which, involving other diverting mistakes, fails not to prp.
duce a most potent i ipresslon on the risihle muscles of the
spectacle. T 132 rtainnient was npou the whole eminently
successfel. 4), vots'in and ;lanky, as the Uncle sod Nephew,
were particule distingeished awl Knight, as an imperti-
nent mischievous *errant, contributed largely to the micron
art sto: piece.

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On Friday evening Sir G. SMART commenced his Oratorios
at Drury lane Theatre. The Orchestra consisted of not less
than 240 performers—the stage was oeenperd by an entire new
arraneement of Gothic structure. Leonard, l'yue, Bellamy,
and Walltinch, accompanied by Mrs. Dickens and her pupil,
Hiss Barren (a line tenor I, Mrs. Salmon, and Miss Goodall, a
pupil of Sir C. Smart, led the vocal parts. As the public are
well acquainted with the merit of these performers, except the
hitter, we may be excused if we allot the little space allowed
us to the consideration t f Miss Goodall, who cow made her tit st
appearance. We understand that she has tier some time beea
under Sir ll.'s Mitten, fostered by the affectinnaie interest of
a small circle of friends, to whom her amiable disposition, as
well as musical talents, have rendered her peculiarly the object
of their care. She seems to possess, though at the early age of
19 years, all the ge' of original genius which will one day
surpass many of her predecessors-- her Introduction has been
very respectable and her talents promise a just reward—her tlist
recitative and air were deservedly encored - her two pieces iu
al part were accompanied wide more mare, because her about
had in sonic dagree subsided—and in the Hymn of Eve, " How
cheerful along the gay mead," she discovet e I a strength and de-
licacy of intonation which requires little more than that courage
which time will produce to render her an accomplished favou-
rite. In this she was deservedly encored, and her notes left so
sweet a vibration upon a crowded audience that they returned
them with rapturous and reiterated applause.- Mis.s Burrell, in
MoLart's duet with Mrs. Diekons" Preinlero peel lie unettirto,"
was very happy, and was justly gratified by an encore. She
is a fine tenor, a hich she 4/1:111/Ige3 with great skill, and has
great taste in her Is nowled,,ze albs. scienc" -- Mrs. Dickens ex-
cited our wonted tribute of acknowlideement, and MIS. Sal-
mon subdued her admirers by all the witchery Oki. warbling
notes %%Icicle she is capable of extending to. an endless length.
—The house was a bumper in every part.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
COURT OF KING'S LENCIT. AMU ARV 23.
CAMMORE V. ICEAN.

This was an action ottibilliiCidian;;;;follool. drawn by Finch of
the 0. F. Tavern, Russel-court, acirptial by Mr. Ktitn, of the Drury.
lane Theatre, and indorsed over to the plaintiff: The defence set up
wac, that the bill had been discounted by the plaintiff tor a usurious
consideration. . . _

TO prove obis case Mr. Finch was called, who stated that early in.
October last, he, being very much pressed for Disney, applied to ;hi:de-
fendant to accept a bill for'him for 1001. Mr. Kean I:lmplied with his
request; and having obtained the acceptance, he, unknown to Mr.
Kenn,apvlied to the plaintiff, whom lie had known for some yea's, tut&
who had frequently dis; annuli hills for him, to acetanntodate him on
this occasion also. 11 w aectirclidgly came to the witness's house, and
there, in the coflhe-rnuni, gave the witness 1011., who, upon that, indoised
the bill over to hint. at the same tittle telling the planitiffahat nest
not present the bill when it should become due. wher at the Theatre,
or at Mr. Kean's house ; hut that, on its becoming due, he, the witness.,
would pmvide for it. A few days before-the bill became due, the wit-
i's finding it was out of his power to take up the hill, informed tile
plaintiff's brother of that circumstance; at the acne time giving him
101. for the plaintiff', and telling him that he must renew the bill she
him. A few days afterwards he saw 0:e plaintiff, who said all was-
right, bat he must have another bill, which the witness promised ; hut
soon after this the witness was arrested, and disabled from performing
his promise of obtaining another bill from Mr. Kean. Upon this, din
plaintiffilernanded the amount of tits bill from the defendant, and on
his r, fusing payment, instituted the prevent action against him.
On the part of the plaintiff, two witnesses were called, who, in con-
tradiction to the testimony of Mr. Finch, stated, that they were p'tscr.t
in the Coffee-room at the time Cashmore discounted the hill; and that
lie gave Find' fol. 4s. deducting only the fair legal interur of. ifis. fat
tin, two months the bill had to run. They differed, however, materially
in their testimony ; and Lord Ellenborough left it to the Jury to say. to
which side they would give credit. li they should he of oputiial that
Mr. Kean was ignorant of the usurious transaction which hail taken
place, supposing there was usury, and that the use of his tome, which
he had given to the witness Finch, had been illegally and improperly
applied, he might honourably and honestly resist payment, and the law
would sanction hint in that resistance.
l'he Jury, atter a short deliberation, found a verdict for the do-
feuclar.t.

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YORKSHIRE SCHOOLS, Mantic 2.
WATSU!, & AIiCINSON, t. !RATH.
This was an action brought by the plaintiffs who keep a rhea,
school at a place called Cotheretone, in Yorkshire, against thy-
defendant, a baker in Lonikm, to recover from him HI. Ins.,
being the amount of a bill for the education of Ilig.AVO suns,
and for their board, daring one quarter and three weeks..
On the part of the plaintiff it appeared, that in July, 18100
the son of Mr. Watson saute to Loudon to (A Olin the nature
of his father's establis:iment, and to carry down such pupils U.
might offer. This young man hail 811 interview with the de-
fendant, explained the term, of the school, which were twenty
guineas per ann. for each scholar, and in fine the defendant was.
so well satisfied, that lie sent his sons down. lie paid for the
first quarter; about three wicks after Christmas, a Mr..Sinith
went down to fetch his own child away from the school, and.
brought with him at the seine time, the two young Deaths,
and four others. For the last quarter, aural three necks board
Sc. the action was brought; the defendant an being applied to.
having refused to pay, on the ground that the children bait
been ill treated. To prove tae propriety with which time:lid-
drom were treated. Mr. Watsou's son, an English telehee, :stn'
two of the boss who had been educated at the.selowl, were
examined. They spoke of the several eirellabeies of the esta-
blishment, and the humanity with which the children were
taken cure of'. Young Watson on cross.examieation, said, the.
school formerly belonged toe,iCidr. Chapman, Me father was s
butcher before lie took thlestlrbol. He denied that there was
a colder, a tutor in the sehool.
Upon the part of the defendant, rdr. Smith was timined,
he said that basing heard of the ill-treatuent of the eh:Witco at
the plaintiff', school, lire went down to fetch his own and the
children of other persons, on arriving at the school be Ewald
the children in a most shocking state. Dirty. filled with cu-
min and sores, and their clothes MI in racs. Their me
elbows and kite( s exposed to the rain, and no but on. The-
young Deaths were in time most del:tenable slate. %'l,' yet:l.-g-
-est had his feet tilled with ulceis and chilblains, so as to be nu-
able to walk ; and the other was filled with vermin, and in the
moat debilitated state. Tent evidence WAS farther col r.:iorated.
by a Sin geon who attended tlm childron lofore they welt i,?.., ' ,
to 'Volkshire, and who sus them when they • ante up, ~N,„---, , )
scribed them, when fifty arrived in town, as pbjeck.or t 14,.. ;
greatest pity and commiseration, re-leceit in health, 1:4,l, 1.`.., ":
ire:lndy we:lk, owing, as he, aas convinced,. by ne.4l .t ,
want et sufficient 'loft:meat. The elder chi!.l was tl j .'", I
self called, he describeeithe i.catine.!.l as very regular. . ~,*ll
they had hearty meals Or oatmeal and mill. for tee- fa. »
(Our days iii tire week far dime,. sometimes leashed, so • . ,„1,,,,r;,,:
boiled. The hash was suede of' bullocks' heads, for Ft! y '
, had broth or porridgy., their beaks vote not &Win "'" sti • , '1
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Anthony Becker, a French teacher, desci died the treatment
of the children as worse than swine were treated en the Con-
tinent. The children were covered with filth, and attec;eil
malt the itch. The female servant was seventy years of
end set.% dirty, as was old Mrs. Watson, who smoked all the
dad, and called the children rascals. lie would not treat a dog
worse. He lent some money to Mrs. Watson, or he would have
come away immediately. He was at last abligcd to take pay-
ment in colic-nand dinerent things. The soup was dirty, and
had hulls eyes in it.

Lord Fllenhorough, in sumininz up the evidence, said it was
for the Jury to A sy whether 'he children had been, se teas insi-
WNW', stns ved, or whether they had not been as \cell treated.
and O. %VII led, as the sum for the AillllC, whit' had Leen de-
manded, eneld have been expected. Ilk I.ovdship also ob-
er rved, that there seemed to he a goi,il deal of pi ejudiec on the
put of the defendant, as well as a good dtdl of management in
the conduct of his case.

The Jiirs, without hi Pitation, found a verdict fur the plain-
tiff, damages 1i 1. lbs. cysts

1)A RING %seems v Thill,day morning last,abont seven
o'clock:, a youtte lady arriving in LonthariLstreet by the Chester
mail, and *cultic a hackney-roach set down a gentleman near
to the Post-office, immediately engaged it to take her, with
ber trunks, ac. to Ness-gate-street. 'I he cnachinan (a young
man of rather a prepossessing appearance then otherwise) got
the things into the coach, drove off, and stopped at the end of
Ivy-lane. Here the young lady desired him to take her trunks
to her friend's honse; but 041 lie declined, stating that he
could not leave his horses; she therefore went unveil; but
fearing some accident might happen, and recollecting she did
not know the number of the coach, she retnrued to observe it,
when she saw the coach actually drive off with her property :
she endeavoured to overtake it, hilt in vaimand &timber fright
(beteg a waterer in London) oils unable to raise the lute and
cry. The fellow proceeded at a quick pace towards Smith-
field, and at length managed to get out of sight, and all traces
of him were then lost. The property he has stnlen amounts to
yearly 1001. It is hoped the gentleman who left the coach,
prior to its being hired by the female in question, is in posse•-
stun of the number; as it is most desil aide that this dating
Or-niter may not escape the punishment lie so justly merits.
Tsai-EST.—Monday an inquest was held at St. Thomas's Hospital
upon the body of E. Thom :son, who died on Sunday morning, in
consequence et the contents of a pistol having been ltdred in his head,
in a conflict between him and a 'AI r. J. Bneikes. at No. 3, Belle:Bey,
Lombard-street. T. Baines deposed, that he is servant to Mr. Tookey,
a hair-dresser, in Ball-alley. Mr. Thompson came to his master's
el:op on Friday last, Mr. Brookes was previously there with Sarah
Tookey. The decease inquired for Mrs. Brooke's (the name by which
Slosh Tookey went). While he was making this enquiry., Mr. Ttmokes
came down stairs, and deceased said, " is Mrs. Brookes here?" Brookes
replied, no; but the deceased said he knew better, and insisted on
seeing her. Shortly afterwards she made her eppearancii; but Broolces
pushed her back. She then said, " For God's sake let me speak to
him!" IkeeeteAd also said, •• Let her speak to me;" and she again
said, •• 1 have but one wind to say to him." Witness then saw the
deceased pull a pistol out of his pocket, but did not point it at any per-
son. Sarah Tookey told him for God's sake to put it up; and he in-
rarely did so. Sarah Tookey then again said, ff Do let me speak to
him ! ' but Brookes put her back, and went up stairs to the kitchen,
from whence he returned with a poker, and struck the deceased. No
words passed; and Brookes havin conic oft' the stairs, struck the de-
ceased a second time with the poker; a struggle ensued, and Brookes
grasped him round, having at die sante time full power of his head.
Witeess, Mrs. Tookey, a:id Sarah, then called out " Murder !" find
just as sonic gentlemen were touting in at the door, witness heard the
report of a pistol. but did not see the position in which the parties were.
The struggle lasted 'shout four minutes.—Ann, wife of J. Tookey, gave
her evidence at considerable length; but it did not differ in any material
point from that given by Berner witness---Sarah Tookey was then in-
troduced; but it was nen:sea:7 for two Gentlemen to support her. After
being some time seated, she deposed. in a faultering tone, that on Fri-
day last she accompanied .1. Breokes to the house of Tookey, when Mrs.
Tookey told her that the deceased had been there. Brookes thensesked
the witness to accompany him to his brother's, in Blenheim-street ;
she accordingly went up two pair of stairs for her gloves, and on coining
down Mrs. Tookey told her Thompson was in the shop; she stud
on the stairs, and saw Thompson and Brookes in the shop ; Chu heard no
words, but saw a pistol in flionipson's hand, at which she screanuel.
.--Mr. Bnrokes advised her to go up stairs ; which she did• and they
followed her up about half-way. Brookes then got a poker, and a
mettle ensued. Witness was too much alarmed to see what blows
passed. Soon after she heard a repsrt of a pistol. and Thompson till
upon the ground. Mr. Ambrose, a clerk in the post-office, was ;wising,
and heard the cry of murder ; lie entered the shop, and saw two rersons
fighting. The only new point which the witness elicited was that it
could not be Thompson who find the pistol, as he was hohring his
hands, trying to separate them, at the time the pistol was fired. Thomp-
son fell, and afterwards said, f` they or he did it—he took the pistol
from ens." Brooks; stood then as if notling had happened, and said he
Thad aright to defend himself. Tke Coroner recapitulated part of die
evidence, and explained the law thereon; after which the Jury r: tired,
sad in a short time returned, with a verdict of—Wilful Murder against
John Brtxkes.

THE CURFEW.—A Parish Meeting was held at Holyrood
Church, Southampton, on Thursday, the 13th iostant, upon a
subject which has excited no small degres of local feeling.
The Mayor, from some considerations of its inutility, ,t e. in-
terdicted, since Christmas lest, the ringing of flue Curfew, or
eight o'clock hell. Many of the most espectable inhabitants
tould not approve this order, and they convened themselves
together to take tile same into consideration. It was shown
that the tolling of the. Curfew became a law in the reign of
William the Conqueror, to serve as a politic notice to the ex-
tinguish all fires and lights at that hour ; and although it was
not now necessary for such a purpose, yet it was found useful
to journeymen and apprentices to leave their daily employ ; also
often to mariners in foggy %%1 Adler, as by the 'loam' they
either directed their course. or lay-to, as the case required
Upon the tinestion being put to the vote, the proposition for a
renewal of the Curcsw wits carried by 21 to 8 The bell, in
consequence is (beetled to be rung, but only for the space of
five mutton's, instead of a quarter of an hour.
The following Kinzular tweet-retire has, it is reported, taken
place very recently at IVoolwich :--A transport laden with
ordnance stores, unfit for further service, united from the
French roast, for flue purpose of retm nine them, and remained
some days before the unloading began: it at lengths took ',lave,
when, it is added, sonic inquisitive °dicers belonging to the
Customs requested to examine the contents of the articles, and
discovered that what was considered and marked ou the
packages as shot. shells, rockets, and other combustibles, eon-
lusted of claret, champaigne, silks, laces, ..‘c. The whole, it is
said, were immediately seized, amounting to a considerable sum.
Baron has not bet a for many years so cheap and plentiful
as at this time. Irish bacon is almost become a drug ; the best
■ides will not fetch wholesale mature than sd. per lb. anti the
inferior scarcely 4d.
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A ewe, the property of Mr. Baker, near ENeter, yeaned
week /it e lambs, mud four of them are now living, and likely to
do pall.

STATE OF TILE UNITED KI:siGDOM.
Of THE PEOPI.t:.
(Frorn Mr. Chitlmeis's Pamphlet, just published.)
" In every inviry of this kind, the people are the chief
object : whether they have increased, or diminished,
thmughout so long a strung le. k a question of great im-
portance. During the war of 1756, it was disputed, be-
tween Prakenridge and Foster, whether the people had
increased or dimmithed, and what was their amount ?
but witheut any decision. During the colonial war
Doctor Price revived the same question; but he was more
successfully eprosed ; he insisted, that there could not be
more than 5,000,000 of isthabitants in England and ,
'ales: his opponents showed, firm very sufficient docu-
ments, that there were in England and Wales, upwards
of 8,41.7,000 souls. These contnirieties of opinion were
at length settled, by the Parliamentary entuueration of
1801, which, in opposition to the doctrine of Dr Price
ffiund in England and Wales 9,340,000 souls: but did •
the population continue to increase, during the snbse-
qucnt war? Yes ; as the people had continued to multiply
during the wars of 1756, and 1776, so did they multiply
during the war of 1803 for the Parlimuentary enumera- •
don of 1811 found, in England and Wales, 10,150,613.
The state of the inhabitans of Scotland, at successive pe-
riods, gives the same result : in 1801 the enumeration
found 1,618,V13 souls, in that country ; the enumeration
of 1811 found 1,803,000. The saute observation equally
applies; to Ireland ; the population of Ireland, when the
Union was formed, in 1800, was suppose'l to be
4,000,000 ; by the late imperfitct enumeration, in 1814, '
it appeared that Ireland contained near 6,000,000 of peo-
ple. It is a fact, then, that the people of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland have increased,
during the late long wars, to 17,e08,918 souls, and Con-
tinue to increase and Multiply."