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London, England, 1823-12-17 00:00:00

LITERATURE, ARM AND SCIENCES.
am cheskr ; a Poo*. •By the Author of " Row,"
..1 the " Vale of Menuotati," post Bvo. Edinburgh
LJaind London. 1823.
The author of Clara Mester is a retired officer, who,
while fighting the battles of-Itis country, courted the
Mme,; nor has he sued in vain. His - Poem abounds
with incidents that occurred in the eventful life of a 501...
dim uqj of descriptions of the varied scenery which
hrilet with in serving his country in all the four guar.-.
ms of the globe. There is a delicacy of sentiment and a
',Alit/ of imagination displayed throughout the Poem,,
which retuffr it peculiarly interesting. The followin,g
gwei, though of a less cheerful cast thin the rest.of the
pw are tender and romantic :
• oh ! transitory world--Oh! fleeting hour
• 0/Beauty's prime, that like the virgin flower
peeps from the wintry bosom of the vale,
porn but to smile, and perish ha-the gale!
Oft in the glittering ball, where ramble.feet
Flew like a feathery shower of mountain sleet,
Aid circling groups appeaed In Fancy's dream,
ics wreath of roses floating on the stream;
• in pensive mood I mark'd the current fry,
health oh the cheek, and rapture in the eye,
And shedamidst that festiVe net* a tear,
To think perlia2s within one little year
O'er some sweet form the dismal grass shall wave,
And careless childhood dance upon her graie.
The charms of youth and sparkling beauty pan
like leaves that glitter on the frosted Oats.
How sweetly pure, on cool December's morn
• Those tender webs the,iiovrery pane adorn!
The swallow's bosom glancing to the light,
ale shew'd a plume mote delicate and bright;
Such careless elegance! Snob madders grace!
vac Flora's light and rosy hand can trace •
Noe lovely former—bet mark the glowing sun
Bean on the film by. fairy fingers 2:1 •.•
The spell dissolves, the deeming is o'er,
And winter's pictured gandee blooms se more;
Soatch'd prematurely from this ~WS geese,
As the scythe lays the blossom oil tbevoso,
sty,
One victim of remorseless Death
The soknui truth more'deeply in my
Each Sabbath morn, When bells with. Snail
/wee the Christian to that holy • _ ,
_•• .. • • •
Where the broad branches of the lieweselibileill . •
O'er the lost !serest, sister, child, or friend,' '.%•,..- s.
I pause in sorrow at one silent tomb,
That shrouds the wreck et beauty's faded bits, •
She, who beneath that mound of chilly clay •
Wow sleeps, was once the gayest of the gay :
Ber sylph-like form, night as sepbyr's wing,.
Bounded to joy with life's elastic spring.
, Whene'er she came, the tear of sadnessflew,
Chased by her smile, like sunshine ea the dew i
Ike loved the merry dance, and sparkled there
glinrivall'd 'midst the graceful and the fairs
She wedded—but the peal had SUM* rung
Jay to the old, and promise to the rens&
Iften pale disease insidious stole, unseen,
Like the cold mildew as the waving green,
And tie sweet splendour of the nuptial rose,
Was shortly &amid in wintry death to close.
Now moans the wind among the rattling weeds,
- Aed at each gust the wandirbg fancy isad•
Treat pleasure's balls, where once she shone to bright,
Te that low call beneath, where, quench% Its night,
And free from mortal hopes and entiy/sin,
]repose the bet remains of sprightly

MILD ICI N ,
The following substances, not yet found in the Ltaido*
Pharmacopceia ought certainly to have a place c=
Arisinisie Banteniee, Worm-seed.—A strong decoction
sodas an enema, is particularly recommended by Mr. C. IffiCleth•
bits first volume on female diseases, as one of the best eillliedirei
the an be employed to destroy aacarides. I have baguet* Vied
*spelt, and can bear ample testimony to the conect=l2
task's opinion. The pease try of Booth Wales give the
tamely bruised, sod mined with limey, in the hem of 'WNW%
as a common domestic medicine against worms, whit)) is mid to
prove the most effectual remedy.
Berberis Cortex, Inner Bark of the
Hutchinson (late editor of the Medical and Animal) In.
timed me, that he bad found an infusion et this bask eeilienisrli
serviceable es an aperient in jaundice; and dime tic reconenseeda-
tim, I have also experienced front its me the mest decided Wyse.
tip in Uterus, and other disordered steel or the elrykpeistis elk
en, attended wish a paucity of bile in the insesinsi anal.
Cebehe, Cobebs, or Java Pepper—Mr. Alleys be. Limit
it I. Pticical Observations en thellse of the Cabin in the Cem
ot Gonorrhea."' . Many other Practitioners maintain a faimirebist
*ion Of its influence in the same disease. Dr. likebed and Mt.,
beet (the present editors e the Landon Medical and Pilsen;
haul) speak of it as " a very valuable median/a" add give, the'
tusk of a correspondent's experience at Wolverhamktoo, which it
dtegetber highly in favour of the remedy. It is observed, tkat
aCk pepper is rendered nearly inert, .by remaining king in a, m!•
desiteast, probably ,by. the evaporation of Its volatile all,
Lesion Medical and Physical Journal for Oct. 1822,, p. 3x7: TP6is
meek may account far its failure in some case, 2n4 would- seem.
to ieditite the propriety of always givin.jlt in she form of
iridehmottint all its active qualities unimpaired by ieefflilp knee
lidstrelly found cubebs speedily einem:kin. in goner:ilia, *ben ft;
ern ghee early in the disease,ul before the etc of alter
It halskeinen found efficacious in brucoitlices and In
Don it Get, therefore, deserve to be restored to the hit of the Mat..
► lielliss3--for it once tad a place there.,-7Med•

ft 4saIitciTCHISON',AI4D TFIE ISIIILLBANK
TENITENTIAirt •
PIOM TER LAST NUMBER oi tits tospoN MEDICAL
AND PHYSICAL JOURNAL.
The minutes of the evidence before the t.uss....—
ef else Rouse of Cornmoni, on the subject of the Peni-
tentiary at Millbank, extends to no less than 399 folio
Pages: much of this we have toiled through, but, such
/sine conflicting nature-of the testimony upon the me-
dical points, that we confess ourselves unable to come
to any satisfactory conclusion ; nor, indeed, do we think
that the evideoce before us affordi sufficient data to sa-
tisfy the judgment of an impartial inquirer. It is not,
therefore, oar intention to enter upon this question at
Pie!ent ; but there is another point, Which we eatinbt
allow ourselves to pass over in silence, open as the pages
•r cein.3burnal are, and we trust will ever be, to support
the dignity and honour of the medical profession, by
vindicating the character of its members. It isippos-
sible to read the voluminous papers before us without
feeling convinced that the charges against Mr. Hutchi-
son were of the most vetatious "kind: not directed
against hikprofessional talents,--net against his zeal
and attention,—not againit his humanity cod kindness,
ifor on ail these points lie was invulnerable,)—but an
attempt was made to prove that, oh one solitary OCC4-
lion, lie had made his evening visit in a state of ine-
esietY : and that he evinced a general indisposition to
communicate with the superior officers of the establish-
meat. The first of these charges was fully disproved
before the Committee of the House of Commens,--nOt
unerely as reptas the general. habits of Me. Hutchison*
but even with respect to the particular evening in goes'
'Onn : while, with regard to the second, there is not the
slightest evidence whatever of the disinclination to open
and free communication basing existed on his part.
The following is the statement of the CosnmitNS of
the Rothe of Commons:
" Yoe: Committee hare also inquired km the 0260.4. 418 11.*1
atimal °Lae late medical aupetintendant, a veelliaiero-the WO«
%dole neatened against biotin Nay and June, 181111. andlibik
Pet at eke sultect. your Committee think k their duty mann%
that eke testillMy atilt the Member. of tbe kfr-tagiog Coodakkbas'
".." save • - of the *A Mb&

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lieve been eia mine& speak must favourably