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London, England, 1836-01-05 00:00:00

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THE LIFE AND POEMS OF MILTON,
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N HISTORICAL and PRACTICAL
.L TREATISE on SYPHILIS, its Consequences, on Stric-
tures, Eruptions, Nodes, and Nocturnal Pains, so frequently mis-
taken for Rheumatism. These subjects are illustrated by a variety
of highly interesting cases, together with the miseries of a secret
vice. so long and so unhappily pursued by the youth of both sexes.
In the one it will be found an unfailing source of barrenness, in
the pther have its ravages fatally developed by a distressing state
of debility which, if not timely remedied, terminates in impotency
these are its remote and ultimate effects ; whilst Consumption,
Loss of Muscular Power, and various other complaints, usually
characterise the earlier stages of these distressing diseases, for the
Cure of which the Author has laid down a plan of treatment which,
during his experience of upwards of thirty-five years' extensive
practice, has invariably proved sinTassful,; with concluding remarks
en the evils resulting from attempts at self cure.
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THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.—AIthough the
Times and other Tory newspapers try to put a bold face
on the matter, the well-informed managers of the Conser-
vative Club tell a different story. One of their whippers-
in, the other day, being asked by a Reformer if he had
read the Morning Papers, replied—., Indeed, I have I You
may well boast : we have been utterly defeated ; but it's
all Peel's fault." The fact is, that Peel thought the mid-
dle classes were Toryfied ; he believed in the reaction ; he
was deceived by the multitude of addresses presented to
himself—ignorant or thoughtless of the manner in which
they were got up ; he imagined that he had succedcd in
throwing dust in the eyes of the people ; whilst he was only
himself the dupe of those place-hunters wl o used him as
their tool..—Spectator.

These advantages are counterbalanced, indeed, and even
weakened by a sort of inefficacy, if I may so express myself,
into which the King allows himself to be insensibly drawn ;
by the encouragement given to the inconsiderate zeal of a
clergy cxalle, and yet ignorant ; by the impulse of men,
under the name of congreganistes, who ally ambition to a
sort of affected piety, and compromise the person of the
King, who is reputed to favour them 'in secret ; by the
want of dignity and standing in the first Minister—by the
restless jealousy with which he removes talents which might
assist him ; by the condescension of the Chambers, which
has degenerated into servility ; and, lastly, by the malignity
with which all these faults are pointed out and exaggerated
to the public, through the hundred mouths of criticism and
hatred, that proclaim them every day.
The inconveniences I have just enumerated take from
the Government a part of its strength, but they will not
succeed in overthrowing it. The party even who endeavour
to lake advantage, of it, do not expect it, although this may
be.the reason why they dare not attempt it.
The Session which has just opened will .not be wanting
in keen and bitter discussions—but the conclusion will be
in conformity with the wish of the Ministry. The majority
of the Chambers is so composed that it cannot, and, more-
over, does not, wish to escape from its state of subserviency.
This advantage is great ; it is even in a representative
Government, a condition necessary to the existence of
every Ministry whatever ; but this does not fulfil all the
conditions necessary for security and strength. Majorities
in the Chambers, to be useful, should respond to the senti-
ments of the people they represent, or inspire them with
those that they profess ; and serve as a model and example,
to enable the Government freely to dispose of the resources
of the nation. Without this result they become a simple
formula necessary to the preparation of laws, regarded as
odious or indifferent. Unfortunately, these inconveniences
are here partially realised, and are the cause of all the un-
easiness that takes from royalty its energy, and lends arms
to those who aim at compromising and attacking it.
In a time of peace' and when, on one hand, no extra-
ordinary sacrifice is demanded, and, on the other, there
exists no daily want which is not satisfied, it is difficult
that discontent should become revolt, and that criticism
should degenerate into rebellion. But if the circumstances
should become more serious, from whatever cause, then
would appear the moral weakness of the Government, in
the midst of those immense material resources which it
has at its disposal.
The King's speech has pointed out the topics which will
become the subject of debate and deliberation in the Cham-
bers. Well-intentioned and prudent persons would have
preferred leaving undisturbed the question relative to mili-
tary justice. The army was accustomed to that which
exists, and which it has preserved with the recollection of
its victories. The new regulations, even supposing them
better, will give rise to delicate discussions. The enemies
of order in general, and perhaps those of the Ministry in
particular, will avail themselves of it, to pervert as much as
possible the dispositions of the military ! and although they
will not succeed in working all the mischief they desire, the
least portion will be so much the more injurious, that it will
not be counterbalanced by any advantage, and that it was
not indispensable to incur the risk.
The law on the liberty of the press will, I fear, become
another brand of discord. Your Excellency knows how
much I have always considered the unbounded faculty of
using it, as incompatible with order in France. The Duke
de Richelieu and his colleagues, although accused of mode-
ratisme, have always supported this doctrine, and their
perseverance on this point was one of the weapons of which
the soi-disant Royalists par excellence, united to the Libe-
rals and Revolutionists, availed themselves, to cause their
do w nfal.

The principal favourer of this dangerous doctrine was
the present King. During the lifetime of his brother, he
wished to have a Ministry according to his heart, and to
obtain this be compromised himself with a question stronger
than them all, when it was once admitted. This fatal

triumph conducted him to power, before he arrived at the
throne. Nevertheless, Louis XVIII. re-established the
Censorship ; it existed when Charles X. came to the
Crown.

Anterior engagements, professions of faith; the want of
energy, that prevents the avowing and correcting of a
fault that has been committed, when its continuance in-
creases the embarrassments arising from it, drew on the
King to re-establish the liberty of the press, restrained by
a law destined to arrest or to punish its excesses.
In the situation in which France was, and still is, the law
respecting the press is only a subsidiary means. The prin-
cipal point consists in governing with a great superiority of
views ; in not sinking, by faults of character, by falsehoods
and habitual puerilities, in the consideration of the public ;
in nut contracting the spirit of sect, which is not that of
religion, in abstaining from treating
,France as, if pagan or
idolatrous, and, above all, in conciliating the tribunals in
general, and the Court of Paris in particular ; because not
being able to exercise absolute power, and having no other
arm against the ill-disposed, save that of the Magistracy,
it was necessary to associate it to the interests of the Go-
vernment, and to adopt a system to which it could associate
itself, without violating the duties of its office.
These rules of conduct have been either almost entirely
neglected, or even others diametrically opposed to them
have been followed. Thence the licence and confusion

for which they now seek a remedy. All the well-disposed
think that it is indispensable to arrest the present deborde-
meat, but they fear, at the, same time, that in giving too
much to the King, with the dispositions which it is supposed
he has to promote Jesuitism, and to barricade himself, as it
were, in the narrow circle, in which he has shut himself up
in the middle of France, such an abuse would bring on
others, which they apprehend even more than those which
exist, and which they avow.
A law presented and discussed under such auspices will
be undecided, ambiguous, and consequently inefficacious.
A greater confidence on the part of the public, and the tri-
bunals, in the men who govern, and in the King, could
alone give to it, in the course of its execution, the energy
that may be wanting in its first conception. But this con-
fidence is yet far from existing, and I doubt, that in con-
tinuing the aberrations pursued for about the last four years,
it will never be established at a desirable point.
The finances arc in a sufficiently prosperous state, if we
consider the largeness of the receipts, and their successive
progression. However, there exist so many unnecessary
expenses become habitual, that there remains but an incom-
plete surplus for others, that are indispensable and vital.
The ancient fortresses are repaired with a dilatoriness that
keeps them still in a state of imperfection, and conse-
quently ,of weakness, particularly as regards the completion
of those raised on he opposite frontier : the great roads
are falling into decay ; the army itself, and the marine,
in a state that calls for additions and ameliorations ; with-
out which it would be impossible to make them act with
the unity and the power indispensable to their action and
their movements.

I will add, that the finances of a kingdom such as this,
which arc composed of real resources and of credit, depend
greatly upon the feeling of political security, and of internal
tranquillity ; and, consequently, of the stability of its Go-
vernment. Without doubt that of France fulfills a part of
these conditions, notwithstanding what I have pointed out.
as deficient ; but this position is dependent, in some sort, on
the continuance of peace. A serious war, and the sacrifices
it would impose, would give rise, I fear, to all the effects of
panic among the capitalists, indifference among a great por-
tion of the nation, and revolutionary sentiments among
many others.
The events in the Peninsula have taken place, and have
rendered yet more complicated a situation already so deli-
cate. Mr. Canning, who examined it during lns stay at
Paris, and who, perhaps, judged it more weak and dan-
gerous than it is, has made use of the knowledge be has
acquired in insulting France with audacity and contempt.
Doubtless, the French Government acts properly in dis-
sembling the injuries that are aimed at it, and avoiding to

As long as these germs of discontent are not i ipened
by war, the administration will suffice to keep men and
things in the state in which they are. We should see
the reverse if the nation -were exposed to dangers, it could
only surmount by sacrifices.
Without doubt the King of Spain, or his Counsellors,
were the most evidently in the wrong ; but their faults make
them only niore sensible of the blows that are inflicted
upon them.
When, by a continuation of unfortunate circumstances,
the chief of the Bourbon family is obliged to rise against
its members, not as a superior who warns and corrects
the faults they have committed, but as the instrument
who menaces and degrades them all ; their common con-
sideration is lessened, and their existence even decays to
a degree, that renders it incapable of sustaining the shock
of any extraordinary event.
This state of things is owing partly to the relaxation of
the European system, after the happy victory gained by the
Monarchs over Revolution in the Peninsula—it is owing
still more directly, however,, to the want of capacity of M.
de Villele, who, notwittstanding his natural intelligence,
never could or would understand that the liberty of the po-
litical movements in France depended on the manner in
which Spain was administered. Now he admits the incon-
venience without confessing the fault, and thinks only of
accommodating himself to the crisis of the moment, be-
cause he has made it impossible for himself to act more
comprehensively.
In proportion as the situation is delicate, it will re-
quire increased care and interest to guard it from the
evils which menace it. Russia has re-established- the
French Monarchy by her arms, she has continued to pro-
tect it by her generosity, she will preserve it, I dare
hope, from the embarrassments and even misfortunes
which seem to menace it, by her influence and her policy.

I have the honour to be, &e., &c.

TIIE PARRICIDE.—This is a most extraordinary
work, possessing perhaps unequalled features of originality.
The story is, supposed to have occurred about 200 years
ago ; but neither time nor place is expressed. It contains
altogether only five characters ; but three of which are
principal, and only one of these bears name. No portion
of it is devoted to a description of costume, manners, or
any other external circumstance ; it paints the core and not
the husk, is wholly a dark and fearful history of the heart
and its most powerful passions, and consequently possesses
an extent of interest, the intensity of which is utterly inde-
scribable. Modern times, however, with all their boasted
virtue, have supplied the test on which the most savage
portion of this narrative is founded,.... Thousands must still
remember the appalling tragedy which occurred during the
summer of 1823, in the house of an individual of high mili-
tary rank at the west end of the town.
An alarming fire broke out yesterday morning, be-
twee four and five o'clock, on the premises belonging to
Messrs. Ackerman cork cutter, 31, George's-place, Cannon-
street, St. George's-in-the-East, which for some time
threatened destruction to the surrounding houses, but owing
to the quick arrival of several Metropolitan engines, and
the vigorous exertions of the firemen and police, the flames
were confined to the premises in which the fire broke out.
The premises are insured in the Globe Fire' Office. How
the fire originated is not known.
ENCOURAGEMENT TO SKATERS.--A gentle.
man in the Croydon-road having a deep pond in his
grounds, on the surface of which skaters assemble in
groat numbers, much to his annoyance, had the following
notification put on the gateway on Friday :—" Gentlemen
desirous of being drowned will find the ice very rotten in the
Six Acre Meadow. No interruption will be given to such
amusements, as the loss of a few fools will not be felt in
Surrey.' Singular enough the fools for once proved them-
selves wise, and did not go near the pond.
One of the orderlies of General Trezel, in the ex-
pedition against Mascara, is a non-commissioned officer, a
Turk by birth, and a young man of most extraordinary ar-
dour and bravery. Since he has been in the service of
France, he has slain on the field of battle 19 Arabs, and
has had five horses killed under him. He obtained the
Cross of the Legion of Honour for his gallant conduct at
the unfortunate engagement of La Macta, on the 26th of
June. Having lost his horse in the charge in which fell
Colonel Oudinot, he gained possession of that of an Arab,
whom he slew ; on this he managed to thrdw the corpse of
his deceased Colonel, and bring it safe to Oran.—Paris
Advertiser.

A LONG DRlvE.—The Liverpool mail to Bristol,
which is driven from Shrewsbury to Hereford by Thomas
Hill, arrived here at a quarter before 9 o'clock on Friday
morning, its usual hour being 5. Owing to the extraordi-
nary severity of the weather, the coaches had all been
thrown out, and no coachman was to be found. Hill con-
sequently proceeded on to Bristol, from whence he was, for
the same reason, obliged to go back to Shrewsbury, having
thus, instead of 50, driven a distance of two hundred and
six miles without stopping, and this in the most inclement
weather remembered for years !—Hereford Journal.
WHALE FISHING IN THE HUMBER.— On
Thursday last a young whale, of the species called Firmer,
was caught in the Humber, near Hull garrison, by the crew
of an oyster smack, by whom it was afterwards sold to Mr.
Woodmansey Greenland, cooper, who has since resold it
for exhibition, and it has been sent to Leeds. The extreme
length of this whale was 14 feet, and being very fat,
measured 12 feet in circumference ; length of whalebone,
51 inches ; weight, 4 ton. This is the second whale of
the same species caught in the neighbourhood of Hull this
year between the departure and arrival of the northern
whale fishers.—Hull Observer.

FEIINEY.—There arc Voltaire's "rooms just as he
left them. The ridiculous picture of his own apotheosis,
painted under his own direction, and representing him of-
fering his Henriade to Apollo, with all the authors of his
time dying with envy at his feet, occupies the most conspi-
cuous place over his chamber door. Within was his bed—
the curtains nibbled quite bare by relic-gathering travellers ;
a portrait of the Erripress Catherine, embroidered by her own
hand, and presented to Voltaire ; his own portrait and Fre-
derick the Great's, and many of the philosophers, inclutlirg
Franklin. A little monument stands opposite the fire-:place,
with the inscription, " Mint esprit est partout, et mon cecur
cat ici." It is a snug little dormitory, opening from a win-
dow to the west ; and, to those who admire the character
of the once illustrious occupant, a place for very tangible
musing. They showed us afterwards his walking-stic, a
pair of silk stockings he had half worn, and a nightcap.
The last article is getting quite fashionable as a relic of ge-
nius.—They showed Byron's at Venice.—Pencillings by
the 1 Fay

The Georgia Telegraph, published at Macon, con-
tains the following paragraph :—" The Texas fever has
treated us worse than the cholera. Our office is completely
swept ! Journeymen and apprentices, men and boys, devils
and angels, are all gone to Texas ! If our readers get an
empty sheet, or no sheet at all, they must not blame us."

Lord Lauderdale, during the French war, was an
active and zealous democrat, and a great favourite with the
French Jacobins, and having been one of the first who ap-
peared without powder, and being a crop, was considered
as one of their caste. He has, for some years past, become
an inveterate Tory, a supporter of all the Scotch Tory
Representative Peers, and now reprobates Reform, and
has abandoned all those politics which he supported when
intimate with Mr. Fox, and a busy Member of the House
of Commons before he had a seat in the House of Lords.

DINNER AT THE TUILERIES.—Except the Court
Establishment of George IV., I have never before or since
beheld one so well organised as this at the Tuileries. There
were, indeed, no Court Dignitaries in uniform—there was
no Court Marshal with his stick ; but there was a servant in
splendid livery behind every guest. There was a brilliant
and magnificent service of plate ; a thing which, for absolute
want of cleaning, looks at many German Courts like a mere
service of tin. Wine and viands were of the best kind and
in great profusion. The attendance was quick and orderly,
and altogether in the English style, which has now become
the style in all the best houses in Paris. The King and
Queen carved several of the dishes themselves, and joined
the conversation with all the animation of real and polite
hospitality.—From a anew work of Prince Puckler Muskaw.
A sale of hosiery frames, held at the Half Moon
Inn, Huainan Torkard, on Tuesday last, and conducted by
Mr. Morley, consisting of fointeen frames, from 26 gauges
16 inches, to 47 guages from 16 to 17 inches, produced h,e
extraordinary sum of two hundred and eighty pounds !
thereby 'averaging twenty pounds each. A better criterion
than this cannot be produced, of the healthy state of the
hosiery trade. In 111 r. Smith's celebrated sale of frimes,
thirty-five years ago, the average price was elQvp.o pounds
per frame, of this description, and was 014 thought a pro-
digious price.—Nottineani Aqt,go/A