Star.
London, England, 1814-03-11 00:00:00

TILE KING V. MATTIIEWS.

Mr. Serjeant BEsr stated, that this was a prosecu-
tion instituted by the postmasters general against the
defendant, who was in the employ of the post-office
to deliver letters from the receiving house at Cogges-
hall, in this county, for a misdemeanour in altering
the postage mark of the letters, in general to .double
_the amount, with the intention of applying tit:: extt a
postage to his.own use. The learned Seljeant said it
was a fortunate circumstance for the defendant that
the frauds were committed in the case of a gentleman
with whom Matthews settled for the postage once. a
quarter only, and that he had been detected before
the day of settlement had arrived, as otherwise he
would have been guilty of felony in receiving the
money ; whereas now the offence amounted only to
a misdemeanor. The facts of the case were, that a
clergyman of the name of • Mant, who had several
pupils at his house, in consequence of which letters
from various parts of the country came to him for his
pupils, had several times observed that the single rate
of postage was obliterated, and the double substitut-
ed, and that the ink, when the letters were delivered,
was frequently pale, and became blacker is the course
of the day. This induced him, as the letters turned
out to be only single letters, to suppose that all was
not correct, and he wrote to Mr. Fteeling, the Secre-
tary to the Post-office, on the subject. An inquiry
was accordingly set on foot, and on an investigation
with the defendant, the hitter admitted the tact of
altering the postage, and expressed his contrition for
the offences. Justice, however, requited that this pro-
secution should be instituted, and it would be here-
' after for the Court of King's Bench to decide on the
punishment to be inflicted.

`These facts being proved, Mr. GURNEY, for the de-
fendant, stated, that it was impossible fox him to alter
the complexion of the offence of his client; but a

,proper period would hereafter arrive, when his eal)r
repentance and contrition might be made avalh4b!e
him, viz. when he should be brought up for judgracatt
for his misconduct.
The Jury immediately found him Guilty.

BIR
At Little Ilfurd, !Asset, the lady of the Rev. Mr. Collett,
a son.
At Greenock, cal Lady of I.leutenant-Colonel Cameron, dr
the ;9th reginierajoi Cam.ron Highlanders) of a mm and her.
At the Manse of IVlid-Calder, Mrs. Sommers, of a dauLit:r.
last week, a poor woman is Chapel-street, Dumfries, wa,
livered of *rev children. The mother Is doing well, but the
children allOied on tine day last.

DIED.
At Dunn*, on the 2nth ult. in the Gist year of ker age, Mrs.
Baird, relict Of the Rev. John Baird, late Minister of Dunning.
Lately, in Dublin, Major Hein y Dernlott.
At Tongue Mame, on the sth ult. in the 7th rear of her ar,
Mrs. Jane Porteus, wile of the Rev. Wan. M`Kenzie,
of Tongue.

At Forfar, on the 20th ult. William Donald, A. M. 33 years
parochial schoolmaster of that place.
At the ReCtory of Croaton, the Rev. Win. Sanderson, M. A.
formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge.
Rev. Edward Spraed, Rector pf Brftway, county of Cork.
The Rev. Henry St. John Mitchell, Vicar of Leed►-turn.
Broomfield, Kent.

WESSEL'S JESUITS DROPS.
THE Genuine JESUITS DROPS have been long
known and esteemed a safe, cheap, eflxtual, and often an
immediate cure for Stranguaty, Gleets. Weakness of the Kid-
neys or Bladder; and when take.) on the first attack of l'en,:re .1
Infection, they will infal i.bll accent/ 14h the desired effect: should
the complaint be far advanced, it will be necessary to take the
Secciric fluter Dl' with the Jesuits Drops.
'1 he great object to be attended to is, that Purchasers eheuld
be careful in having the true and genuine Pse;laration, as the
safe and dangerous ccun;er‘.!ts attempted to be foisted un the
Public, by absolute falsehood, are so numerous, that the 11:n-
-prietors request every Purchaser to ask for " Wessel's Jesuit's

CAUTION.—The genuine iVesstes Je•.uit's Drops are in-
closed in a black stamp, with the tollowing engraved thcre
(to secure the Proprietor from piracy) ; u E. Euwa s ns, 8 Jc-
cessors to J. %Vessel, 66, St. Paul's Church yard." May aito toe
had of Mr. Sanger (late Bacon's), No, ISO, Oxford•street.
Price 2s. 9d. per bottle, and in large bo.Cee, containin tea
small LI.

TO THOMAS TAYLOR, ESO.
T BEr; leave to inform you, that ever since the year
1 1790,1 had been afflicted with the Lues Venerea, which from
Its obstinately resisting every course of medicine prescribed by the
most eminent of the faculty here, and undergoing severa/ severe
courses of salivation and twice discharged from the Holpital,
little relief, would appear to be of the most inveterate nature. In
the spring of last year my disorder had got to such a !lead, as
nearly to,put a period to my existence. In this state, I was rt..
commenired by Mr. J. Thompson, (who received so ,Teat a cure
by them here,) to take your Leake's Patent Ping, which I began
,to do on the 26tb Mav ; in the course of a fortnigh. I b. gut,
rtceive benefit. he little. more than a month 1 became, by
your liberal advice and medicine, perfectly free from my for.
Mer complaints, have recovered my former spirits and strength,
and am became jolly and fat, in whic:i state having continutd
many months to the astonishment of all who knew me, I ant
at a loss in what terms to express my gratitude, but beg you for
the good of other suffering mortals, to make this my use as
public as. possible, as I shall on every occasion—in pt doing you
will greatly oblige, Sir, your grateful obedient very humble set.

vant, ALEX. MURKER.
Swan's Close, High-street, Edinburgh.
Prepared and sold by tke sole Proprietor, Thomas Taylor;
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons In London, at his houte
No. 9, New Britlge,nreet.
They are also sold by his appointment, at the Perfumer's, No.
SS, St. Alban's.street, Pall Mall ; the Toy-shop, No. 403, Os.
ford-street ; Mr. lltsborough's, N 0.7, Fish-street-hill, nearly -
poshe the Monument ; and by cue person in every consider Axe
town In Englaod, &c. in buses only 2s. 93. ea. o, @waled up with
tull and plain directions, whereby persons ofelther sex may cure
themselves with ease and sserecut

N.B. Every Box sold in Great Britain to sealed up with a stamp
hn whir h ,by favourot the Ct•inuiissiosiers, is primed at tite .racy►
Office " C. Taylor, No.g, New Bridge-attest."

MATRIMONY.

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NO Disorders have contributed more essentially to
destroy. Hymeneal Happiness than those which are the
consequeoce of unguarded pleasure. P.eopk of every r.o.k
adoration to the Shrine of IVedlock, but where the Contitutton
has been tainted by Diseaie, a renovation of Stability is indispai-
sably requisite. Treenty years have we devoted our practice to
the exclusive treatment of the following Disorders, and the suc-
cessful result of our plan gives in; additional ardour to oppcse, as
far as we are able, the ravages of tho=e Complaints which the
most important in the catalogue of Human Infirmities. After
initiation into every branch, as Navy Surgeons, we formed a wi.b,
at an early period of practice, to rescue individuals from t;:e ig-
norance of uneducated men, or the equally dangerous precipitauci
of general Practitioners. _ _ _

The Disorders to the cure of which we have devoted our at.
tendon, comps+ e every specks of Venereal Infection; all kinds
of Debility, whether arising from the habits of school boys,
or the indulgencies of maturer age; that derangemslit of the
System in Women, which is called Barrenness or Sterility,
Seminal Weaknesses, Gleets, Obstructions in the Urethra;
as also Strictures, whether rec.:nt or of long duration, and
which have baffled the skill of other Practitioners, are by
our present improved plan of treatment effectually and perms.
neatly cured, without the pitient suffering the recruciating pain.
ardalartning Hemorrhage which frequently tillows the
Lion of the Lunar Caustic. In the course of our extensive practise
in this metropolis, numerous cases of SI RIC! URES have tvica
and are daily under our care, the total eradication of which is ei•
1 fected by a sate, certain, and expeditious mode (secure supette:
to any other yet adopted. The weakness, relaxation, and
lity, proceeding from this cuniplaint are speedily rem,oted. and
the Patient restored to sound and vigorous health. But where
the debility has for years existed, a proper perseverance in cot
restiirr lye remedies is indispensably requisite, to reviveihe sluae
berm; sparks of life, and to reanimate the constitution.
Numerous Diseases are the result of ignorance el baste in the
trt atinent of a simple Gonorrhea, amid it not *trequently
pens that the seeds of life are poisoned by the tint 64:region of
unguarded hour. By a superior method such complaints ge
easily cured; and even w here others have tailed, we trust that
we may presume to offer a radical ree;:stablishinent. Few, hose
ever, are the cases of complicated distress in this disorder, core
pared with the calamitous situation of men, who, front an nie!i.l,
gerce in a solitary vice, or the prevalent gaieties of a fa diionals.e
life, acquire that state of debility which is the unavoidable c-nse
quence of such pernicious habits. Where the unhappy offer!'
broods over his misery, but carefully conceals his misfortunes,:
may be some consolation for lum to know, that although it he et
Object of doubt or uncertainty with other Practitioners, the re
moval of these deficiencies by the gradual progress of Iterovatioi,
es the acquirement of our experience. If the rites of Batches
Venus have heghti to lettuce manly signor, much anidety
Le prevented by an ear:y counteraction of this larguid
in these cases no great diffictilry will occur.
Married Women, who have l.mg been disappointe2 in
expectations of a flonily, may be assurod, that in nor;
such defects are curable Ly Mettizal skill.
The secrecy which is so eseittial to out undertakings an i• r4l
qualifications width see have presumed to state, Pone: the 11515
of our pretensions. and iu COinCidellCe with such this intir..stoo
is given, that Messrs. Currie and Co. may he c,..nqtritedll'l'6.
tienits of either 6EI with the greatvt secrecy and bottom, at t:
rd
House, No. 10, liattoregarden.
Patients in the Country are requested to P. 17r the
of their caste, age, and general hiSit of living, and roe to 3r.
mittance for advice and Medicines, whets the sante will LI. give.
or sent to any part of the
CURRIE and Co. Surgeel7fi, No. IE7, letton•L t:l7.
September 3, ItilS.

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