Star.
London, England, 1809-11-14 00:00:00

C HALLENGE.

MESSRS. CURRIE and Co. Surgeons, late in his
Majesty's Service, challenge the whole world to prove a
single instance where their Medicine and method of cure have
tiled o. the desired dr, ct. The practice of many years in this
particular branch of their profession has not given rise to one
unsuccessful case.
They continue to direct their studies to the treatment and cure
if Venereal Complaints, and that derangement of the system,
which is the consequence of the pernicious and wasteful effects Nt a
habit long and most unhappily pursued by the youths of both sexes•
in the one it wilt be found to be the unfailing source of ham n
nest ; the other have its rat ages iatally developed to them by a di:- 1
tressing state of debility, wl.ich, if not timely remedied, terminates
it •
imeteence. These areits remote atid ultimate effects, while con-
, suraptions,loss of muscnlar p. aver, t.td various nervous cut plaiitts
usually characterise the earlier stag aof this solitary vice. Of per-
sons languishing under the disorders incident to such a habit, their
treatment is simple and has ne er proved unsuccessfial, in the
course of a loug,lahorious, and r uch extended practice. In the
most *dist in-t e and complicated caws of venereal infection, such
as obstructions in the urethra, spongy excrescences, hard tu-
mours, callous ulcers, eruptions, seminal weakness, gleets, as also
S IRICTURES,
Whether recent or of long duration, and which have baffled the
skill M other Practitioners ; are by their present improved plan of
treatment, effectually and permatiently cured, without the patient
ititti:ring the excruciating pain and alarming hemorrhage which
ottei: follows the applintion of the lunar caustic. hi die course of
so yeata extensive practice in this metropolis, numerous cases of
Strictures have been and are daily under their care, the total
radicatior. of which are effected by a safe, certain, and expedi-
tious mode of practice, superior to any other yet adopted. The
weakness, relaxation, ant! debility proceeding from this complaint,
is speedily removed, and the patient re.tored to sound and vi-
garous health. lint where the debility has for years existed, a
proper perseverance in their restorative remedies, after the Strie-
cure has been destroyed, is indispensably requisite to revive the
slumbering sparks of life, and to reanimate the Constitution.
Several Noblentin and Gentlemen, of the first respectability,
have been under the care of Messrs. Currie and Co. for the re-
moval of complaints of the Urethra, Strictures, &e. and, having
received a radical and permanent cute, request that references
may be made to them as satisfactory evidences of the decided su-
periority of Messrs. Currie and Co.'s plan of treatm.-nt. Many
of these Gentlemen have had Strictures from ten to twenty years,
and had under the care of Messrs. Home and Heaviside',
and otia.r sareeors ut equal eminence, who attempted the cure
by the xnplicatiou of the lunar C!tUsSte, without success.
Messrs. Currie and Co. may he consulted by either sex with the
greatest delicacy, secrecy, and honour, at their house, No. 107.
Batton-Garden. Patients in the country are requested to Mate
the particulars of tile .r case, age, and general ls.abit of living, &c.
inclosing a remittance for advice and medicines, when the same
will be given or sent to any part of the kingdom.
To enaure that secrecy so essential to their uncles taking, the
I postage of Letters may be added to the accoitnt far medic:rm.
9th luife,l9o9-407, Oat= (Arden-

The Marquis Wellesley has already delayed his departure for
some time, and a longer period is expected to elapse before he
takes his passage for England. The main part of the Governmenj
is adverse to any change. With good rulers the Spanish people
are capable of every thing, and it may not be long before we see
what they are capable of with bad. Of this, we are told, we may
be certain, that the Marquis de la Romana, who in every sense
possesses the love and confidence of Spain, will, upon his return
from the Army of La Mancha, be placed at the head of the Junta,
and that three or four Members of it, more than suspected by
some persons to he attached to the French interest, will be re-
' moved Further we know not ; and the inhabitants of Cadiz
have a right to complain that they derive so little information frets
Seville.

AMERICA.

TROY THE NOVA SCOTIA ROYAL GAZETTII.

Oixoaiit 20.—1 t would appear from the hostile
abstraction of Mr. Madis -in, that even the disposition
to conciliate did not exist on the part of the American
Executive ; and the sudden determination of Mr. Er-
Lkine to return to this country, at a moment when it
was expected that his departure would be retarded
for the purpose of facilitating a settlement, must give
rise to very unpleasant apprehensions. .If Mr. Jack-
son's instructions were so pleasing to America, as
not to require any explanations from Mr. Erskine, we
are persuaded that the President would have hastened
to receive him ; and we are also persuaded, that if
Mr. Erskine's continuance was likely. to remove exist-
ing difficulties, or even to retard the occurrence of
what is so much and so justly apprehended, that gen-
tleman would not have been in such a hurry to dis-
pose of his furutnrc, and to get his family to Eng-
land. A war we deprecate; but if the necessity,
dreadful as it always is, be created by French info.
ence and. the iiievia-ble. antipathies of the American
Government itself, then we trust that the British Mi-
nister will know what 1.-e owes to his country.
Nove SCOTIA, OCT..IO.—Mr. Erskine has left Phi-
ladelphia for Washington, to take leave of the Presi-
dent, and with his family and suite will embark for
England, in the Africaino frigate. His furniture is
advertised for sail at Washington.
NORFOLK, SEPT. 22. Mr. Jacksone—We can state,
upon undoubted authority, that this Minister is not
yet accreJited, and that Mr. Erskine coatinnos, and
will continue to exercise the functions ~f Ministes
from Great Britain, until the President returns to
Washington, when Mr. Jack,...n will be received. No
demand has been made by Mr. Smith as to tl object
+of his mission I
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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14.
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The advice which we have repeatedly given upon
the subject of the propriety of evacuating the island
of Walcheren, we are happy to find that the Govern-
ment has acted upon. Indeed, we never thought that
there could be any considerable hesitation upon a
measure, which was dictated by every principle of
humanity, and national prudence. Never, perhaps,
was a conquest more valuable than that of Walcheren,
if it were possible to retain it : but, surely, no con-
quest can be desirable which must be purchased by a
systematic waste of life and treasure. The time is
come when we must be parsimonious of our means.
Political parsimony does not imply an impoverishment
of public energy ; on the contrary, it signifies a judi-
cious application of it. By the adaptation of this
system to the circumstances of his situation, the ene-
my of our country, has been uniformly successful :
and why should we not adopt, according to our
means, a policy that has guarantied so much success
to our enemies ? The great evil of our system is, that
we do not sufficiently appreciate our means ; we do
not think and act as if we were the most powerful
nation in the world—powerful by local situation, by
moral energy, and by all the resources which result
from the combinations of industry and integrity.
Instead of feeling alarmed at the aspect of public
affairs, gloomy as they are undoubtedli , we see even
in the reverses of our allies, ground for our national
stability, provided that the wi.dom of our public
counsels be commensurate with the public necessities.
We now have a definitive mode of action—the defence
of our country. Let that principle be the sole and pre-
dominant rule of our conduct ; and the enemy will
learn to respect a people who are as invincible in
thovlit as in action. For it is the mind of Europe
which was previously subdued, before the armies of
trance subdued its countries.

We arc led to these reflections from an article which
will be found in another part of our paper, signed by
two deputies from the Tyrol, calling upon the people
of this country, to furnish them with the means of
continuing the noble resistance which they are main-
taining against their oppressors. The substance of
their address conveys a better idea of the military
operations in the Tyrol, than any account which we
have hitherto received. But, affecting as their repre-
sentation is, it is with extreme pain that we feel our-
selves compelled to observe, that we do not see any
possible aelvantage which can accrue, from the
extension of our liberality to the Tyrolese people.—
By the unfortunate treaty lately concluded between
Austria and France, the ports of Fiume and Trieste
are ceded by the former, so that no avenue is open by
which any intercourse can be maintained between this
country and the Tyrol. It is physically impossible,
therefore, that any succour which we may give them
can have any other tendency than to procrastinate
an internecine war, which must terminate in the
utter desolation of their sequestered fields, and the
extinction of their inhabitants. It may seem ungene-
rous and cruel to turn a deaf ear to the acclamations
of the unhappy and oppressed, when our country is
appealed to as the last refuge of nations. But, we
believe, a little reflection will convince every one,
that that policy is most generous, which refuses to be
instrumental in a vain attempt, to deliver from bon-
dag a people, sacrificed by the pusilanimity and
weakness of their government. If it be true, as the
Tyrolese deputies assert, that they have one hundrld
and ffiy ihonsand yet unconquered spirits in arms,
that force is sufficiently respectable to stipulate with
the disposer of the destiny of Europe.—To PROVI:
DENce the virtuuus mind will leave the rest.

By a Cartel which has arrived at Plymouth, from
Morlair, a number of aged and wounded British
prisoners have reached their own country, also se-
veral of the Ladies who have been so inhumanly de-
tained in France since the commencement of the war.
By the name vessel a Gentleman, who left Paris on
the 4th inst. also came over as an American. They
all agree in stating, that NAPOLEON'S malady was
known to be an. epilepsy, and say, that he continues
at Fontainblean for the purpose of recruiting his
health. But his mind is as active as ever. He is,
it possible, mere rancorous than ever in his enmity
to England. All the endeavours that have been
made by the British Government to procure an
exchange of prisoners, or the enlargement of those
detained at the commencement of the war, have
failed. He is now bent on the invasion of Ireland.
T • men driven into exile with such impolicy by Mr.
PITT, are formed into four battalions, and they have
got notice to prepare for a descent on their native
land. This may be, and most likely is, a mere bra-
vado, but they certainly have received such notice.
They all speak of the state of wretchedness that pre-
• vails in the country. Universal complaints are heard
of the fatal effects of his insatiable ambition, and yet
• that vanity is gratified by ins conquests.

, now arrived look most wretch-
confinement. They state that
months their treatment was much.
nior period of their imprisonment.

Givet and Arras, to Morlaix, thel
inhabitants of the different towns through which they
passed, supplied them liberally with comfortable pro•
visions and money, expressing at the same time strong
hopes that the period of a general peace was not far
distant.

It was confidently reported last night that a Moni-
teur had reached town, containing official details of
the action believed to have taken place in the Medi-
terranean,
in which it was stated that Six French and
Four British Line-of-battle Ships had been destroyed.
If an action has taken place, we entertain no fears
whatever as to its issue. Lord COLLINGWOOD would
do his duty.—But we cannot find that any Moniteur
has arrived. We arc not, however, without strong
hopes that the various rumours from so many different
quarters, will prove to have had a solid foundation.

Letters have been received from Cadiz to the Ist
inst. They state, that the French were concentrating
themselves round Madrid ; that the Marquis ROMA-
NA had gone to the army of La Mancha ; and it is sup-
posed is employing his influence with his brother in
Valencia, to restore subordination in that province.

A commotion is reported to have taken place in
Seville, in consequence of the changes that were in
agitation ; and at the moment when the Marquis
WELLESLEY was preparing to take his departure from
the seat of Government. Whether the people were
anxious for his remaining among them, or enraged at
the proposals he had made, we have not heard; and in-
deed the whole story is most probably without founda.
tiou. We understand that the project of the appointment
of the Cardinal of TOLEDO as Regent, was negatived.
After which the principle of an Executive Committee
was agreed upon ; and a specific plan for the conduct
of the Government proposed, but this was also nega-
tived. A second plan was then digested, and was to
be taken into consideration, but the fate of this prop-
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salon we have not heard, though it was supposed that
it would share the fate of its predecessors.
Don PEDRO DE RIBERO, one of the Deputies from
Toledo, was elected successor to GARAY. EQUIA is
removed. Having fallen back with his army to the
Sierra Morena, the Junta were alarmed and removed
him.

One letter states that the army of VENEGAS, the
advanced-guard of which was posted opposite Aran-
juez, had been obliged to fall back rapidly, the enemy
having discovered an intention to get between it and
the Sierra Morena. VENEGAS, it was said, had been
fortunate enough to reach these mountains without
any loss. In consequence of his retreat, the army of
Estremadura had also fallen back.

GUILDIIALL.—A woman named Johanna; Flynn,
was yesterday brought to this office, on a charge of
assisting a capital convict to make his escape from
Newgate.
Mr. NEWMAN, the Governor of that prison, stated,
that on Sunday the gaol was crowded by persons
coming to visit Fitzgerald and Sullivan, the two men
who are ordered for execution on Wednesday next, in
consequence of their conviction at the Old Bailey Ses-
sions preceding the last, for a rape. The unfortunate
prisoners are Irishmen, and their friends from all guar-'
ters, men and women, flocked to the gaol to take a '
last farewell of their countrymen. The numbers that
came, Mr. Newman said, were almost incredible ;
from a moderate computation he did not think there
were less than three hundred. Amongst so numerous
an assemblage, therefore, many of whom were near'
relations of the prisoners, it was not surprising that
some attempt should he made to save the life of one
or both of the prisoners, more especially, as on their
trial several witnesses, their countrymen, and women,
perjured themselves in the most palpable manner, in
order, if possible, to turn the verdict of the Jury in
their favour ; in this endeavour, however, they failed,
and one of the most prominent and bare-faced of
those suborned evidences, named Haggerty, is now
imprisoned in Newgate for the offence.
With respect to the present charge, it appeared,]
that in the evening of Sunday, a large party of men
and women who had been with the prisoners nearly
the whole day, came in a body to the inner door of,
the gaol, next to the convicts' yard, and were allowed'
to pass through without question ; on their arrival at
the second door, however, they were not allowed to '
pass, until enquiry should be made whether the pri-
soners wire all safe, and on investigation the alarm
was given that Sullivan was missing. Mason the
head turnkey then came up to the party who were
waiting to go out, and on looking through them was,
not at first able to distinguish the prisoner ; on a se-
cond examination he laid his hand on the arm of a
person he thought to he a woman, but finding the
person tremble with :Teat agitation, he slid his hand
down the outside dill:. person's petticoats, and felt
something hard and bulky, which on examination
proved to be irons. The prisoner was instantly re-
cognized, stripped of his borrowed costume, and con-
veyed within to the strong hold of his cell.
It was then thought expedient to endeavour to as-
certain who it was that had provided the prisoner with
the disguise, and some of the gaolers said they believed
Johannah Flynn had come into the prison with a bon-
net, and being there without one, suspicion rested on
her, and she was taken into custody. She however
denied the charge, and said it was another woman
who had brought in the dress, whose name she did not
know, but whom she should know if she saw her.
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Oa being charged before the Alderman yesterday,
she confessed she knew Sullivan for two years, hut
solemnly protested she had not provided him with the
dress he had on when stopped.
There being no positive proof against her, she was
discharged, with an injunction to endeavour to dis-
cover the woman she mentioned as the aggressor,
which she promised she would do.
The dress Sullivan had an when detected was an
old tattered gown and petticoat, a checked apron, a
dirty shawl, and a loose woman's great coat, which,
with an old bonnet, a pair of women's shoes, and a
pair of patens, finished the disguise.

he poorer prisoners
THE EVENING STAR. ed from their long ci
during the last three me
LONDON. better than at any prix;
• • On their route from G
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