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London, England, 1844-09-20 00:00:00

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HYGEJAN STATISTICS.
Truth in medicine must be established by ant;;
cumulation of Pacts I—Facts I—Facts! With 're
view, nearly half a million cases of cure are now ir
corded by the British College of Health, ilidTej,
dently of thosn which have never been public
They consist of every kind of disorder, and there. o,
become highly important in a statistical point of vleeti
The same system of recording the cases is Purs,rui.
at the Exeter Hygeian Dispensary, by Richard
hill, Esq. With this strong, and it is submitted;
answerable, case made out by Hygeists
medical profession, are we not justified in asset 0
that all diseases should be treated with such a Proe
tive medicine as the Vegetable Universal Meweihe
of the British College of Health P According t°l,o
present state of things, it is quite clear. thatbl
the Hygeists or Doctors must be in the, wrong;
se
not, therefore, we ask, at once, and for ever,se,
this important question, by an impartial invests,
tion of facts ? Let the Exeter Hygeian Dispel
where the cases of poor people can be gone ifl'edi,
the arena for deciding the question. Will the rn
cal profession accept this challenge ? If they qo
the worst construction should be put upon thell:ld
culative and contradictory theories, for surely aso
prima facie case has been made out by 11Y6:d of
against them. Another important fact, in faill
Hygeists, in a.statistical point of view, is the ouwfor
of stamps used by Messrs. Morison and M°3l"
their medicines since 1830 ; which amount to the en

mous sum of 108,625/.
orsl
Now, what are the Medical Statistics of Dactigeg
Why they have none. Ever since Medicine has led
made a trade of, thousands upon thousands of asetbe
and injurious medicines have been brought beforeo
world, in order to mystify the otherwise simple 1330
of curing all diseases ; and the consequence 1.,a9 oci
Doctors, at this day, are all practising differeal'io
do not know the real effects of any of them euulnuld.
which they prescribe—it is impossible they
sdo
How different from Hygeists, who have only ore,
ore,
use of the Vegetable Universal Medicines an rtsio
therefore, capable of forming a correct and' ce
judment as to their effects. Col'
Issued by Morison and Moat, of the British, half
le7a of Health, New-road, London, for and on P'e
ofthe body of Hygeists.—Sept 19, 1844.

STATB OF FIBLD-LANE AND ITS VICINITY.--rn noto
evi lence given before the Commissioners for inqu'ristelf
the state of large towns and populous districts, or
publi,hed by Dr. C. J. B. Aldis, physician to
r'
tile_Aol
ringdon Dispensary, he says, " In the neighbouriloie,
Field-lane some persons have not even cesspools orPOl,
all their excrements are thrown into a little haciti:oslo
where they are allowed to accumulate for re,
together ; others have a cesspool, but it is 0" 104
vided with a drain, so that the excrements tunerpi
courts or streets, where they remain till a shOWl
rain washes them into the gutter. Such are the Pope
we are called upon most frequently to visit' deal'
woman informed me to-day that her husband Isfeateol,
and that she could not obtain water without the gr
difficulty to was his rags.' I went into her NO' 00
fodnd her husband lying dead in a coffin ; the reero ii
li,
small, dark, and dirty, and occupied by six ellihir:le re,
addition to the father and mother. Another rem nt
presented the place to be stinking alive' for ivi!litetl,
water. The courts in Field-lane are low and ill4etltlreive4
leading to backyards and houses. The yards are st
pore;
with decayed vegetables, dust heaps, dung, huinati;yr
ments, and other putrescent substances. 10 °l2.oifer
I have noticed some pigs. I find the cesspools laitioo;
fectly covered, and the privies in a most filthy eel)
All this must necessarily occasion effluvial poisnos'bejog'
Lion-court, Saffron-hill, is quite unfit for human
to dwell in. One yard especially, pointed out 's °
was filled with a mass of putridity. Other soup oil
unhealthiness may arise from the knackers' yerci,'lderv"
of which I was informed that 60 horses were slat bete,'
weekly. Different kinds of animals are skiinneielu
and the bones boiled, which occasion a sickeningwet'
and heaps of bones may be seen in the yard, y
tneg,
ings from which, with the offal from the a11i133-
thrown into the Fleet-ditch."
The railway from Bury to Colchester is ablimilat Pf°'
and this week a meeting of the shareholders in
of pre
ject was to be held, to consider the expediency cties
curing a survey, and taking measures for constritt fib
railway from Thetford through Bury to IsrewPercjitisi°he
a general meeting of the inhabitants of Bull for tr
of the county is convened by five magistrateS dieo
18th, to consider what line it will be most e%Pe
adopt.—Essex Herald.
AGE OF OUR LINE-OF-BATTLE SgIFS Pg"
been asserted that the ships of the line of the gent b'
navy are, for the most part, unfit for rough',hio
inasmuch as they are composed of old vessel
Dt of
are kept water-tight, and venerated on see°,t wat
their services during the late war. We be9e 'ft
form our Contemporaries, foreign or otheryvy lo
of the thirty sail of the fine " advanced sit 0.01.0
ready for immediate service at the Peird, V,,
half of them are not fifteen years °iv' ate 9,
Neptune, 120, launched in 1832 ; the
120, launched in 1833 ; the Trafa.ll' St;
launched in 1841 ; the Nile, 92, launched he
the London, 92, launched in 1840 ; the 51313%.4
and the Cumberland, 70, launched in 1843 ;
Boscawen, 70, launched in 1844, have never yet Pher
°
the pendant • nor has the Clarence, 84, at 4, 4,11
'
the advanced ships. The Royal Adelaide, 1110,0
never been at sea ; and of the remainder, the 04 Wen
92, was launched in 1833 ; the M , onarch, °col 1
launched in 1832 ; the Vanguard, 80, was lanoltilo
1835 ; the Superb, 80, was launched in 1842 wail;
Indus, 78, was launched in 1839. The other
the
not of the above list, out of commission, are t"e ;tP,
William, 120 ; the Goliath, 80, launched in
~.,l'enteriP
Hindostan, 78, launched in 1841 ; and the cool'
80, launched in 1844. Of the ships of the line 1,,39i;
mission the Queen, 110, was launched a tbe
the Albion, 90, launched in 1842 ; •ty
t thlr ct;
lingwood, 80, launched in 1841. In fa'''t' that -10
f n ce ph
of our noblest men-of-war, equal to any •-r.,
be mustered by any naval power, have been
eeci
since 1830.
I.„„iv detail:
INTENTIONS OF FRANCE.---RCSOIII,--, A 121.1,1,11'110f
there should be no war between France anuifbat P'o,o
still we may as well let our countrymen kn°o!' for
might have expected in the event of hostilities 'lellt
e
have succeeded in finding out the plans of ero,
from a commercial traveller, in an Algerine
atteroo
was bringing some ribands from Paris--11 Fr, be ift•
which, as lie belonged to the Legion of Henteseßtot
privileged to wear in his button-hole. The •r'etse rt•
tended to have landed 200,000 men at Folkeste!',ol),,,
Vantelini, of the Pavilion Hotel, would have e;oetio
tily puzzled how to accommodate his gallant op We
men. They would have taken a special trai° cooltee
Bricklayers' Arms, sacking the receipts of the 000 frot
at all the stations on the road up; and they Woe o,ecl
have bivouacked on Kennington-common., ri
morning they would have marched into Linnle'elitt
the Mint, turned the coffers of the Bank insl viresfrrepla
have proceeded thence by omnibus to the repoh`bl foe
where they would have declared England 11.4 thee tire
the middle of Regent's-circus. They w°,.w. to
marched on to Paddington, bombarded tu`ps's-P,11: terk ll
Stingo, and sent a detachment round St. Jani: raeoloce
spike the gun belonging to the Gun Tavern' then of,
opposite Buckingham Palace. They w°e; octet', o
taken a special train to Slough, and dictate°. he bead( oil
peace at Windsor Castle. Before showing t cls
bee
a treaty, they were to insist on having thei, of We 103°
the Ministers, particularly that of the Quee°,l'
ton; after which they purposed deposing the osiste", tjto
installing Tom Duncotnbe as First Coon:hoes et;ot i 5
Feu...us O'Connor and Joseph Hume, as tr.
_cco ,e
people. It will be seen that the whole Of tbieisirevehorty
very complete and substantial, as far as tl
er 000
eto•
concerned ; but the statement omits altogetno ere
essential point—namely, how the English weribeci
ploy themselves while the scenes above de. 011
being ( meted. —Punch.
Tr WlCift'obliG
RAILWAY FROM NORWICH TO ,- /Or
Friday last a most important and inut-holk
meeting on this subject was held in the Gutted.Li ii of
be
with, at which the Mayor of' that city PITT, eida/0114'
resolved, that a line of railway to Ipswich ~f•Dler
vital importance to Norwich and the count,' "0400 itesich
and that it was desirable to further the ext
..jps
posed by the Eastern Union Railway Company
Express.

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BIRTHS. Oaf
On the 11th inst., in Albion-street, ilyde-park, the _Ga.
John William Woodcock, Esq., of a daughter.
_.."4, ter, W'
lli‘ereldBetrlicti,itaet, Tti:yildbaanuglciistterre.ei, Wesu"—s
George
altsl9
IPIARRIED. Cathatli,
On the 4th of July, in Bombay, at St. T1i0n1a5..,•'%,.ia,!....°- 0
Metcalfe Larken, Esq., of the Civil Service, to iti-Tieopr,
daughter of the Hon. James Henryrawford, .'"' ,111
Council of the Bombay Presidency. y mu, °,ri 0
__ On the 17th inst., at Alverstoke, Captain Larc" AdO3-
Nmaavyil,dteoy. Miss Westmoreland Jane, daughter of Vice- et
1, V°gio
_On the 17th inst., at Edge-hill Church, Liverpo° poll,
Dawson, Esq., Tyddyn-roe, near St. Asaph, ti° row, if
Yelverton, eldest Laughter of the Hon. and iievh* ""johot°,.fee,
On the 17th inst., at St. Alphage, Greenwil3"aviotethrseesol?;
son of John Matthew, Esq, of Layeder-hill,
to Maria, youngest daughter of W. Hartru, Eaton,j..
Ac101P" t°
yeoOuuninsgate,hs3te,
youngest
18th
fsi inst.,
thes
dt.a,ltaiagtteh
stSeartm.
ouhfellDa ri.lt:l.G'xs ~oKnp, or neFtcsiltn
ll°. g,
acfCEs I a
(IP!: 'lO7 o'3
former place.

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On the Bth inst., at Hofwyl, Switzerland, George
Esq., surgeon, Kingston-on-• Thames. -rd % rd s°llll4
On the 13th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, i,-/:11
lEast On .
o'
ftalgsi eet :11,
c4sktsh.
House,ins t.,at
Essex.J er s ey, William
Onrd/
-17,d0 P
MO. '" bt'''
On the 16th inst.,- at Rheola, Glamorganshire, ilea
Vaughan, widow of John E. Vaughan, Esq., 1;9"
d IV.
fur that county. 70.10...,
On the 4th of March, at Wellington, New - difi
V. Brewer, Esq., barrister-at-law. Widow f Cilr
1 On the 10th inst., at Cheltenham, Maria, i, ° Apt
George Hope Johstone_,_R.N. rd Cbilli
On the 13th inst., at Henle - -Th rnes►Edwa if,
yon a , Ps
Weedon, aged 78. .ra 84100'
Prior Johilso-t
On the 13th inst., at Tonbridge-wells, Edsir'^` rP" IrePt
On the 16th inst., T. Milne Esq., of Cliff-hill, ne3coue
On the 17th inst., at Leamingto, the Hon..Mrs' „we,
widow of the late Dooald Cameron, of Lochiel.
....„o,3ter;.,
On the 18th inst., at Barrow-upon-Soar, I.'e!!ta Glell,
Elizabeth Storer, the lady of Major-General Wilhagod ,of
On the 18th inst., at Hastings, William Ltic4l3...:te.olP`
Esq., for many years a magistrate and Deputy-I,l'
the county of Sussex, aged 79.

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