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SONGS.
O weel may the boatie row—Wha'll buy caller herring ?—My boy,
Tammie —Come o'er the stream, Charlie—The flowers of the forest—
Young Lochinvar—Love wakes and weeps— Jolla Grumlie —Lord
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REPORT of the BRITISH COLLEGE of
HEALTH, New-road, London.
PEOPLE OF ENGLAND,—It is with much satisfaction that we have
to announce the steady progress of the Ilygeian system of medicine
throughout the world. From every quarter we continue to receive
the most satisfactory reports, proving the great truth first promul-
gated by James Morison, the Hygeist, that all diseases to which the
human frame is liable proceed from impurities in the blood, and can
therefore only be eradicated by proper vegetable purgatives. This
theory, we need not say, interferes seriously with the profits of the
medical profession, who irons time immemorial have endeavoured to
promulgate the idea that diseases proceed from various causes; that
they were the only parties to judge of those causes; and that the
most deadly and subtle poisons were, in certain cases, necessary to
the cure of diseases. Now we are certain, from the experience of
many years, that such poisons are not, necessary to the cure of any
disease; or how is it, if they are necessary, that all diseases have
given way to the influence of the Vegetable Universal Medicine?
We contend that the whole of these poisons should at once and for
ever be banished from the pharmacopoeia and the chemist's shop,
and only used for the purpose of destroying—not of saving.
For many years the whole body of Hygeists have been actively
employed in getting up petitions to the Legislature against these
poisons most falsely held out as medicines, and one of these, signed
by upwards of 20,000 persons, was presented in 1847 to the Ilouse
of Commons by Sir Benjamin Hall, Bart., the Member for Maryle-
bone. Hygelsts do conceive that if the poisons, such as arsenic,
prussic acid, strychnine, &e. &c, be necessary to the cure of dis-
eases, they must be in the wrong as regards their theory and prac-
tice; and if such be proved to be the fact, they are ready to
retire from the field of contest; but they feel certain that such
engines of death can never do good, under any circumstances, how-
ever admistered, and therefore they protest against their use as
medicines. As to medical men holding out these poisons as medi-
eines, that is net at all conclusive as to their utility, because such
a scheme throws at once the healing art into their hands, and
prevents all improvement. Well would it have been for mankind if
the deadly chemicals had never been introduced as medicines. Why
they were introduced let doctors answer. Hygeists have nothing to
do with them, and on that account their medicines are not sold in
chemists' shops, being most desirous to keep a marked distinction be-
tween what they consider an agent of life and one of death. When we
look at the chemist's shop and its contents, we cannot but reflect on the
amount of misery and crime to which it has been accessory; such shops
should be called " poison shops," not shops where life is supposed to
exist. Hygeists admit that they do not understand the administra-
tion of such poisons, which are sufficienta killmstiople ta
wvehgeengbilveenpuhrgi gartaivines,
or drops ; but they understand why
which cleanses the human machine, should cure—this is the differ.
ence between them and doctors.
It is now upwards of twenty years since a single individual, James
Morison, the Hygeist, backed by some of the Hygeian agents, esta-
blished the British College of Health, the object of which was to pro-
mulgate the Hygelan System of Medicine. Everything connected
with that establishment has been carried on above board and in the
world's light. Much opposition it had to encounter from needy me-
dical men, who saw their trade falling off, prosecutions were had se-
ll course to, but the light of truth has prevailed, and at thisnot dodaylyttle
British College of Health stands higher than ever
it did,
England but throughout the world.
We are, fellow countrynsen, your obedient servants,
THE MEMBERS OF TIIE BRITISH
COLLEGE OF HEALTH.
N.B.—ln the "Hygeist," which appears on the Ist of every month,
price Id., or 2d. per post, you will fin d articles which should be con-
sidered by all. The office is at 366, Strand.

C• ' disappointed affection, or a diffi-
EsLeqiußenAcee•Ye dr: i neShinnagt iloenn. ess is not always the con.
culty in meeting with a fit helpmate. Thousands of the unmarried
would with joy embrace the sacred conditions of Matrimony,
they feel themselves equal to its obligations; and the chequered
page of life reveals innumerable instances where, under that
blighting consciousness, man has permitted the most ardent affec-
tion to consume him to the grave, rather than consign its object to
that life of immitigable anguish and fettered solitariness into which
his affianced would he plunged if he married. Some are, however,
wilful enough_ to gain the affections of the other sex under these
circumstances; and, though not so villanous as to proceed to the
altar, will make such excuses for procrastination as contribute to his
selfish desire of exclusively enjoying her society, by precluding her
from accepting other offers. There is scarcely a street where this
history is not enacted ; and yet with the exercise of common
foresight, its frequency might be so lessened as to ren-
der an instance rare throughout tke entire kingdom. The
disqualifications for Marriage have more than one primary source ;
the chief of which is Impuissance, arising from four causes :—namely,
Natural Deficiency ; the Prostration produced by Early Habits ; the
Weakening effects of Later Excesses ; and Nervousness of Tempera-
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disease ; and, lastly, men are prevented from marrying by the effects
of disease—which, when 111-cured, leaves traces that forbid all im-
pulse towards wedlock. In each of these instances it is unhappily
too common for the sufferer to consider his case beyond remedy, and
he fails to consult even his own medical attendant. Such will did
all obstacles removed by reference to a valuable Manual on Nervous
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L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above
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poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life-
time spent in the fulfilment ef every engagement, snap the very con-
tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind?
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, er the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has bean
instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment ef important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being mast subsequently be
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ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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of Austin-friars. Mr. John Shackelton said he asked
the deceased when he entered the house that morning to
get the invoice ready for the overland mail. Deceased
was going for it, but while shutting the door after him
he fell on the floor, exclaiming, " Oh my God l" and
died instantly. Witness had never heard him make the
slightest complaint of illness, but observed him to be
over assiduous at his business, and too abstemious, as he
never took anything from the time he came in the
morning until he left in the evening, witness advised
him to take more rest and sustenance. Verdict, " Natural
death."
TS= MISSING PLANET.—PARIS, SEPT. 15—The
only sittings of the Academy of late in which there was
anything worth recording, and even this was not of a
practical character, were those of the 29th nit. and
the 11th instant. On the former day M. Ba-
binet made a communication respecting the planet
Neptune, which has been generally called M.
Leverrier's planet, the discovery of it having, as it was
said, been made by him from theoretical deductions,
which astonished and delighted the scientific public.
What M. Leverrier had inferred from the action on
other planets of some body which ought to exist was
verified, at least so it was thought at the time, by
actual vision. Neptune was actually
.seen by other
astronomers, and the honour of the theorist obtained ad-
ditional lustre. But it appears from the communication
of M. Babinet that this is not the planet of M. Lever-
rier. He had placed his planet at a little distance from
the sun equal to 36 times the limit of the terrestrial
orbit; Neptune revolves at a distance equal to 30
times of these limits, which makes a difference of
nearly 200,000,000 of leagues. M. Leverrier had as-
signed to his planet a body equal to 38 times that of the
d Leverrierthe hadsu n
tsota stated
take theplae
place
in revolution2l
earth. Neptune has only one-third of this volume. M.
r round his planet
performs its revolution in 164 yeoafrs.
years. Thus, then,
Neptune is not M. Leverrier's planet, and all his theory
as regards that planet falls to the ground. M. Leverrier
may find another planet, but it will not answer the
calculations which he had made for Neptune. In the
sitting of the 14th M. Leverrier noticed the com-
munication of M. Babinet and to a great extent ad-
mitted his own error. He complains, indeed, that
much of what he said was taken in too absolute a sense,
but he evinces much more candour than might have
been expected from a disappointed explorer. M.
Leverrier may console himself with the reflection that if
he has not been so successful as he thought be had been,
others might have been equally unsuccessful, and, as he
has still before him an immense field for the exercise of
observation and calculation, we may hope that he will
soon make some discovery which will remove the vexa-
tion of his present disappointment.
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T#E BOATLOGNE FETES.
BOULOGNE, TUESDAY MORNING.—There W2B a
continual succession of amusements here from morn--
ing until the close of night yesterday, and all the
varied arrangements for giving the fullest effect to
the festival were carried into effect in the most satis-
factory manner. Of course, in France one could ex-
pect no less, for here all fetes of this kind, when once
determined on, excite a perfect furor among the
population, and every one cordially assists in giving
the utmost eclat to them. Boulogne, since the first
announcement of the fetes, has been visited by vast
numbers of the English, who have come here by the
packet-boats to amuse themselves at this gay festival.
Within the last two days alone the arrivals from
England have not fallen much short of 1,000 persons.
About noon on Monday an excursion boat from
Ramsgate came into the port excessively crowded
with passengers, and as it rounded the pier-head its
arrival was welcomed with hearty cheers by a number
of persons assembled on the pier.
In the morning of yesterday the National Guards
belonging to Boulogne, and the other cities in France
from which detachments had been sent, after muster-
ing in the square in front of the Hotel de Ville,
marched down towards the sands. On reaching the
quay they were drawn up in double line, which, so
great was the number of men present, extended the
whole length of the quay from the beginning of the
pier to the market-place. The National Guards of
Boulogne occupied the head of the line, and bore
with them the drapeau presented to them by the
National Guards of Paris, which was remarkable for
its elegance and richness. The whole body of Na-
tional Guards here assembled wern„tben inspected by
the mayor and the rest 'of the Mudoipsd authorities,
who, as they passed along the line, were saluted with
acclamations of " Vive la Republique," " Vive la
Libertsi," &c. When the inspection terminated, the
whole body marched back again to the Hotel de
Vile, where they disbanded for the day ; for, by an
alteration in the programme, the firing at targets
for prizes was postponed from yesterday, for which it
was originally fixed, until to-day. There were,
however, plenty of games and gambols going on upon
the sands, the long flat shore here affording a
convenient field for such sports, and the jumping
in sacks, donkey-races, &c., afforded continuous
merriment and fun to the assembled spec-
tators. At the same time the regatta was proceeding
in the offing, and the movements of the sailing vessels
and rowing. boats presented a pleasing sight to those
who beheld the match from the pier or the cliffs.
A slight accident tended for a moment to check the
general satisfaction, but fortunately no fatal conse-
quences resulted from it. A fishing-smack run down
a four-oared cutter at the entrance of the harbour;
but, though the boat was capsized, no other incon-
venience, happily, ensued to the rowers beyond a
sound ducking.
The decorations in the town are on so extensive a
scale that they were scarcely completed last night ;
indeed, additions seem to be continually making to
them. Although Sunday was a period of much
gaiety here, yesterday was really the commencement
of the fetes, and in the evening the whole of the
streets were tastefully and prettily illuminated with
paper lanterns of the different tints which form the
national colour, and the effect produced by the
appearance of long alleys of these fanciful and
beautiful lights was really quite enchanting. Booths
and platforms, covered with evergreens, were erected
in several of the most prominent places, and
instrumental bands stationed in them executed
during the night a variety of music to the great
delight of the promenaders, who crowded all the
thoroughfares. At the theatre there was a perform-
ance gratis in the afternoon, and after an interval of
some hours a ball took place in the same building,
but the admission to both these amusements was not
upon the same easy terms, a few francs being neces-
sary to obtain the entrée to the ball. A concert, at
which Madame Thillon constituted one of the great
attractions, was given in another part of the town ;
and there was again a public ball at the Tintelleries.
The directors of the Boulogne and Amiens Rail-
way took the present opportunity of inviting the
directors of the South Eastern line to a friendly din-
ner. As acts of " fraternization" are so common
now a days in France, we trust that this may be
reckoned one of them, and the preliminary to a mote
satisfactory understanding between the two com-
panies.
This morning the National Guards have been mus-
tered by beat of drum, and have marched down to the
sands to fire at the targets.
The English people will now have an opportunity
of beholding the National Guard of France in uni-
form, without the necessity of a trip to this country
for the purpose. Several left yesterday and to. day
in full uniform, for London, Dover, and Folkestone.
—Times.

THE PRINCE DE JOINVILLE ON

THE POLICY OF LOUIS PHILIPPE.

The Akbar of Algiers, of the 12th instant, pub- I
lisbes a letter from the Prince de Joinville to the
Duke de Nemours, dated from on board the Souve-
rain at Spezzia, 7th November, 1847. The letter is
thus introduced by the Akbar :
" Every one here knows that the Prince de Joinville
was sent to Algiers a month previous to Feb. 4, on ac- I
count of his active opposition to the policy which had then
for some time been adopted by the Cabinet of M. Guizet.
He under no circumstances suppressed the expression of
his repulsive feelings towards a policy the dangers of
which he could not conceal from himself. On arriving
in Algiers, his first words were—' They are leading us
to a revolution.' The subjoined letter, which has never
been published, was found on February the 24th, in the
Tuileries, and a copy of it was taken by the person who
has communicated it to us. In it will be found
the lively and free expression of the sentiments above
spoken of."
The letter is as follows :
,6 My dear Tan,—l write to you, because
my mind
is disturbed by the events which I see accumulating
around us from every side. I begin to be seriously
alarmed, and at such moments I love to gossip with those
in whom I have confidence. The death of Bresson is a
great blow to me (m'a ate funeste), and I think it has
had the same effect upon ypu. I lay aside the sad im-
pression it has made at Naples, where the laws on
suicide are so secure; but what affects me is the seeking
out the causes of his misfortune. Bresson was not
ill; he executed his design with all the coolness of a re-
solute man. I have from Naples letters written by De
Montessuy and others, which leave me scarcely, any
doubts. He was irritated against the King, and had
used at Florence strange language_ respecting him.
The King is inflexible, and will no longer listen to any
advice ; in fact, his will must predominate over all.
People will not fail to repeat, and will enlarge upon
what I consider as dangerous—viz., the action which
he (le pert) exercises over; everything. This inflexible
action, when a statesman compromised with us cannot
vanquish it, leaves no other resource than sui-
cide. It appears to me to be difficult this
year for the Chamber not to turn its debates
upon this anormal state of things, which has oblite-
rated the constitutional fiction, and brought the King
forward as a party in all questions. There are no more
ministers ; their responsibility is null ; everything
emanates from the King. The King is arrived at an age
when observations from others are no more admitted.
He is habituated to govern, and loves to show that it is
Its !*ho dqes Aevezin. -His immense etperiencte, his
courage, and other great qualities, make him affront
danger with audacity; but the danger nevertheless
exists. This false position will, I believe, be this
year prominently discussed. It will be said that
the constitutional Government was established par-
ticularly to avoid the alternative of seeing the . throne
occupied by a man who is too old, or by one who
is too young ; to calm the too great ardour of Bove-
reigns, or to supply that which is wanting in them. In
the present case we have need of two things, but both
of them are wanting. Our condition at home is not a
good one ; the (state of our finances, after a peace of
seventeen years, is not brilliant. Abroad, where we
might have found some of those gratifications so dear
to our country, and by which its attention is turned
from more serious evils, we do not shine much more.
The accession of Lord Palmerston, by awakening the
impassioned mistrust of the King, has made us under-
take the Spanish campaign, and invested us with a de-
plorable reputation for bad faith. Separated from
England at the moment when the events of Italy hap-
period, we have been unable to take that active part in
them which would have flattered our country, and have
been in accord with the principles we should never have
abandoned, because it was through them that we be-
came what we are. We have not dared to turn our
hand against Austria, from fear of seeing England re-
constitute the Holy Allance. We come before the
Chambers with a deplorable state of things abroad,
and with one not much better at home. All this
is the work of the King alone. The result of the old
age of a king who will govern, but whose powers are too
weak for him to come to any virile resolution. The
worst is that I cannot discover any remedy. What will
I be said and done at home when our sad financial situa-
tion is exposed? what can be done abroad to raise our
position and enable us to follow a line of conduct in
conformity with the wish of the country? It is cer-
tainly not by making an Austro-French intervention in
Switzerland that we shall gain what the campaigns of 1823
won for the Restoration. I bad hoped that Italy would
afford us that derivative, that change of which we had
so much need; but it is now too late, the battle is
lost ! Here we eau do nothing without the concur-
rence
of the English, and every day, by suffering them
to gain ground, we are per force thrown into the op-
=posite camp. We can now do nothing more than ro-
ws, '_bee.ause) by. remarUliig4e-iliall- be foreiblY Ted IS
make common cause with the retrograde party, which