The Sun.
London, England, 1845-01-29 00:00:00

HYGEIAN MANIFESTO.
All MediCal Advice is Quackery, because there is in fact but
one disease, Impurity of the Blood, and, therefore, but one remedy
—viz., Proper Vegetable Purgation.
It is only because Doctors, in order is make a trade of medicine,
use poisons and anti-medicinal preparations as medicines for the cure
of diseases, that " advice," as it is called, becomes necessary ; but• if
you do away with poisons or anti-medicinal preparations, and only
take that which is proper and good, and which acts in accordance
with the laws of Nature, then all advice betel-TICS unnecessary.
This is the reason that all trite llYgeistS aro their own doctors,
and laugh at what docturit term " advice." Whenever they
feel pain of ant' kind they have recourse to the Ve-
getable - Universal Medicine (Morison's Pills), which they can
regulate Without fear, so as to produce proper evacua-
tions, commencing with four or five pills, and increasing if
necessary ; hence the fact of Stattlich Ilygeists In some cases taking
twenty, thirty, and even fotty pills at a dose, thereby proving the
universality of the Medicine, as in the case of L,dy Sophia Grey, for
disease of the spine ; Sir Richard Sutton's Son, for consumption ;
living Monuments to attest the fact, and thousands of others. But
with the poisons of the Doctors, such as prussic acid, opium, arsenic,
deadly nightshade, &c., &c., if you take a grain or so too much,
death is the consequence and therefore, to those pets' tut who tire,
from a state of ignorance, obliged bV doctors' treatment to make use of
such poisons, " advice," of cotirEe,i)eCOrnes necessary. It is by giving
advice Nutt doctors Make a trade of medicine ; and hence their violent
and unjust opposition to Mr. Morison's system, because it does away
with all mystery, and enables every man to become his own doctor.
This should never be forgotten by the public. Hygeists, therefore, for
the reasons before mentioned, most solemnly protest against the use
of poisons as medicines, or their being held out to the world as such.
Issued by Morison and Moat, of the British College of Health, New-
road, London, or and on behalf of the body of Hygeists.

TO LADIES
O,wLAND,s KAL YDOR.
Pat-enised by the several Sovereigns end Courts of Europe
An Oriental Botanical Discovery, and perfectly free trom all
mineral admixture. it e. erts the most soothing, gentle, cooling,
and purifying action on the skin ; nd by its agency on the pores
and minute secretory vessels, most effectual y dissipates all red-
ness, tan, pimples, blotches, spots, freckles, ch lblains, chaps,
and other cutaneous visit ',ions. The radiant bloom it imparts to
the cheek, and the softness and delicacy it induces on the hands,
arms, and neck, sender it indispensable to every toilet
To Ladies, during the period of nursing, and as wash for Infants,
it cannot he too sir°, glv recommended.
Gentlemen, at ter shavi, g, will find it allay all irritation and ten.
derness of the Skin, and render it soft, smooth, and pleasant.
Price 4s. tid. and Ss. fid per bottle, duty included.
CAUTION—Bew. re of linitatious of the most deleterious cha-
fleeter, contai•!ing urneral astringents utterly ruinous to the corn.
Flexion, and by their repellant action endangering health. See
that the words

" ROWLAND'S K A LIMOR" are on the wrapper; and
A. R.) W LAND and -ON, 20. Hatton.garden,
engraved (by authority or the lion. Commissioners of Stamps) en the
Government Stamp alfixed on each bottle

sold by the tlropr ( tors, and by Chemi is and Perfumers.
All others Kalydors are fraudulent counterfeits !!

DECLARATION OF THE GUARDIANS OF BRENT,
DEVON.

IFTALSE'S SCORBUTIC DROPS.
A SURE CURE FOR SAD LEGS.
The following case has excited so much inter-st, that the Guardians
of the pat ish of Brent, Devon, have considere 1 it their duty to sign
their names to the accompanying important declaration :
We, the ndersigned, solemnly declare that before Thomas Ito.
line, one of our parishioners, commenced taking " Halse's Scorbutic
Drops," he was literally covered with large running wounds (some
of them so large that a person mig .t have laid hi- fist in them); that
before he had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement,
and that by continuing them tor some time, he got completely
restored to health, after everything else had failed. He had tried
various sorts of medicines before taking " Halse's Scorbutic Drops,'
and had prescriptions from the most celebrated physicians in this
country, without deriving the It ast benefit. Halse's Scorbutic
Drops," have co i-pletely cured him, and he is now enabled to attend
to his labour as well as any map in our parish. From other cures
also made in this part, we strongly recommend " Halse's Scorbutic
Drops" to the notice of the public.
Signed by John Elliott, sen., Lord of the Manor, John Manning,
William Pearce, Henry Goodman, Arthur Langworthy.
June 21, 1543
The bove.mentioned Thomas Rohm was quite incapable of doing
any kind of work whatever before he commenced taking those Drops.
Some of his wounds were so large, that i-. was most awful to look at
them, and the itching and pain of the wounds generally were most
dreadful; indeed, the poor fellow could he heard screeching by
passersby, both day and night, for sleep was entirely out of the iities-
lion He was reduce Ito mere skin and bone. and daily continued to
get weaker, so that there wa. every probability of his speedy death.
Rea the following extract from the " Nottingham Review" :
"I edi URITY OF THE BLOOD THE CAUSE OF SCURVY,
BAD LEGS, &c.
" It is really astonishing that so many persons should be content
to be afflicted with scu. vy, wounds in the legs, &c., when it is a well-
ascertained fact that Halse's Scorbutic Drops' make the disease
vanish like snow before the sun No one is better enabled to judge of
the value of a medicine as to Its effects on the bulk of the people
than a vendor of the article ; and as vendors of this medicine we can
conscientiously recommend it to our friends, for there is scarcely a
day passes but we hear some extraordinary accounts of it ; indeed,
we have known parties who have tried other advertised medicides
without the least success, and yet on resorting to this preparation
the now justly celebrated' Halse's Scorbutic Drops,' the disease boa
yelded as if by magic. We again say, " Try Halse's Scorbutic
DrVA lesale Agents for London : Barclay and Son, Farringdoo-
street ; 83, His.h Holborn ; Prout, 229, Strand ' • Sanger, 15,1,
Oxtord-street ; Johnston, 68, Cornhill ; and King, Napier-street,
Hoxton.

Whereas, in the last three years, it appears on the evi-
dence of the Harbour •master, there arrived in the port in
1841 1,543
1842...
1843 1,606
Of the number of vessels that arrived in 1843, 21 gave
an average of 457 tons each ; and when it is recollected
thit more than two-thirds of the trade of Great Britain is
carried on in vessels under 400 tons, it shows the advan-
tages the mercantile marine derives from this port in
connexion with the Downs.
The Harbour-master states that in the winter:of 1832
there were at one time 434 sail in the port, and if the
additional basin before alluded to at the west end be
made, there will be room for upward. of 600 sail.
It will be an improvement if the approaches and en-
trance to the harbour can be deepened by the use of
dredging vessels, or other means applicable to the
purpose.
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THE
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OR SMALL DOWNS.
The ex
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have to notice is " The Brake,"
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within which is the anchorage called the " Small
Downs."
It is here that a harbour has been proposed by Sir J.
H.Pelly, deputy-masterof the corporation of the Trinity
House, one of the Committee of Management of Rams•
gate Harbour, and a member of this Commission.
Any suggestion of this nature, coming from sat h a
quarter, could not fail to engage our best attention.
The "Small Downs!' is an anchorage of considerable
extent, lying between the Brake Sand and the shore
northward of Deal. The holding ground is good, and it
is the general anchorage of the smaller class of merchant
vessels having occasion to bring up in the Downs. thus
Laving the Great Downs more clear for ships of a larger
draught of water.
The Brake Sand is about five miles in length, with a
depth upon it at low water, spring tides, of from 3 to 12
feet. It shelters the Small Downs from the east in the
same way that the Goodwin Sands shelter the whole of
the Downs for a distance of nine miles.
We have had before us an elaborate plan and a very
full report, addressed to the trustees of Ramsgate bar-
Sir John Rennie,
bour, respecting design prepared by

N.B. Pe sure to ask for is liaise', Scorbutic Drops." Price
2s. 9d. a Bottle, and in Pint Bottles, containing nearle six 2e. 9d.
bottles for /la

It will he remembered that the prisoner bad been in
the habit of calling at several of the hospitals under the
pretence of seeing some of the students, and availed him-
self of the opportunities thus afforded him to steal what-
ever articles he could lay his hands upon. The robbery to
which the prisoner pleaded guilty had been committed at
the University Hospital, when he was engaged with Dr.
Lodd for upwards of four years; and, upon the coat and
other articles named in the first indictment being missed,
they were tbund locked up in a cupboard, of which the
prisoner had the key, and which was used for the purpose
' of keeping anatomical preparations.

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guidance three principal objects, viz.:—
I. The formation of ports of refuge for the safety
and convenience of vessels navigating the British
Channel.
2. That these should be calculated to become, in the
event of hostilities, the stations for ships of war.
3. The consideration of expense as compared with the
public advantages likely to result from the construction
of such works.
Our instructions do not bind us by any strictly specific
limits. We are told, "If we think one harbour in the
charnel is not sufficient, we are 'at liberty to extend our
inquiries accordingly?!
We avail ourselves of the scope thus given to us, and
being unanimously of opinion that one harbour would
not be sufficient, we proceeded to the extreme west of the
narrow part of the channel at Portland, and eastward to
Harwich, which, though not strictly within the limits of
the channel, is on the south-east coast, and forms an
important termination to our line in that direction. Any
less comprehensive view of the coast would have fallen
short of the spirit of your Lordships' instructions.
The surveyors placed at our disposal by the Admiralty
were directed to make detailed surveys of the anchoring
ground at each place, and also to ascertain if any change
had occurred since the publication of the last -charts.
This service has been admirably performed by Captain
Washington and the officers of her Majesty's surveying-
vessel the Blazer, at the eastern ports, and at Portland
with equal skill by Commander Sheringham and the
officers of the Fearless surveying-vessel.
Throughout our proceedings we have received un-
limited assistance from the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty, and, amongst other advantages, their Lord-
ships have permitted us to refer, as occasion required, to
their hydrographer, Captain Beaufort, whose ready help
has been most useful.
We obtained every information we could desire from
the officers of the Cinque Ports, from the officers of the
Royal En .inners, the collectors of Customs, and from the
officers of the Coast Guard.
The Report of the Select Committee of the House of
Commons on Shipwrecks, to which we are referred by
your Lordships, has been read by each member of the
Commission, and the copious information contained in
that volume is yell worthy the attention of all who may
at any time be engaged in considering matters relating
to the ports and maritime interests of the kingdom.
It was not to be supposed that an inquiry of such a
nature as the construction of harbours could be entered
on without bringing forward many intelligent persons
with propositions of various kinds ; and the appendix
shows their names and the nature of their proposals.
To each individual we have given a patient hearing,
as our minutes of examination fully testify; and every
fair consideration has been bestowed on their plans.
We invited the Chairman of Lloyd's and the Chairman
of the Shipowners' Society to meet us, or to delegate
others to state the opinions of those great mercantile
bodies with reference to the positions they consider best
as ports for the shelter of their trade.
We have also had before us every class of persons who
were thought capable of affording information, including
several eminent engineers; and, in order to guard against
the often misleading opinions of residents at the different
ports, we hare examined many others practically ac-
quainted with the various places, whom we believed to
be unbiassed by local partialities.
The examination of persons so varied in their pursuits
could not but afford much useful information. It has,
however, been no light task to deal with the conflictiug
opinions they offer.
With these preliminary remarks we proceed to lay
before your Lordships the result of our deliberate consi-
deration of the whole of the circumstances which have
earnestly occupied our attention.
FORENESS.
We proceeded, in the first instance, to Foreness, near
the North Foreland, the site which the Harbour Com-
mission of 1840 recommended as the place third in im-
portance for an artificial harbour, giving a preference
first to Dover, and secondly to Beachyhead.
It is right to name the persons who composed that
Commission,* in order that their opinions may have the
influence justly due to the high distinction they hold in
their different professions.
The Commission of 1840 had specific limits assigned
to its operations—namely, " To visit the coast between
the mouth of the Thames and Selsea Bill ; to examine
the ports, with reference to their being available as
places of shelter for vessels passing through the Chan-
nel, in cases of distress from weather, and also as places
of refuge for merchant vessels from enemies' cruisers in
time of war ; and more especially as to their being made
stations for armed steamers employed for the protection
of our trade in the narrow parts of the Channel."
We quote this instruction both with reference to what
we have to state respecting Foreness, and to other mat-
ters we shall have to mention in the course of our report.
Foreness stands well in the fairway of the traffic be-
tween the Thames and the Downs, and would, no doubt,
if converted into a harbour, frequently prove to be a
very convenient anchorage for outward-bound vessels
caught off the Foreland by strong south-west gales, and
for homeward-bound ships meeting With adverse winds.
The Commission of 1840 give weight to their proposal
in favour of Foreness by observing that a harbour there
" must be regarded as one of refuge for vessels navigat-
ing or stationed in the North Sea ; ' but if their instruc-
tions had not precluded them from the consideration of
Harwich, we think they would have sugeested the im-
provement of that splendid natural harbour, at a small
expense, rather than have proposed a large outlay of
money in constructing one at Foreness.
Nothing can be more manifest than the fact that Har-
wich, as far as position goes (being actually on the
shores of the North Sea), is the proper place for a squa-
dron of steamers on that station, as well as for a harbour
of refuge for merchant ships ; while the neighbouring
anchorage in Hollesby-bay is favourably suited for ships
of the line.
On this account it seems to us unnecessary to con-
struct a harbour at Foreness ; and we think the Com-
mission of 1840 would have taken the same view of the
subject if Harwich had come within their examination.
RAMSGATE.
Our next visit was to the port of Ramsgate, a mere
creek in 1748, but now of such capacity that, in the last
three years, the number of vessels which arrived in that
harbour amounted on an average to 1,600 sail a-year,
exclusive of fishing craft, town boys, and the daily
voyatses of steamers.
Ramsgate harbour is kept clear partly by its back-
water ; and if ever the basin at the west end, designed
by the late Mr. Rennie, be carried into execution, it will
give increased power of backwater, and enable the port
t.s receive many more ships.
The improvement u:Ramsgate harbour is the result
of vigorous efforts by the managing trustees, and their
success, which cannot be too highly appreciated, is for-
cibly exhibited by contrasting its present increased utility
with the facts stated by the celebrated Smeaton, who
says that the number of vessels that entered the harbour
in the year
1780 amounted to .................. 29 sail.
1785 ............................... 215
1790 ........ 387