Star.
London, England, 1821-01-23 00:00:00

UEDICAL SKILL AND PRACTICE.

IF a Farrier, in his Prescriptions for Horses, were
to direct principally the use of calomel, mercury alkalisatcd,
precipitate perse, quicksilver, silver-water, /Ethiop's mineral,
cinnabar 01 antimony, aatintony diaphoretic, Bezoar mineral,
crude antimony, liezoardicum, joy:al salt of tin, and eus veneris,
cite farmers, grooms, and stable-boys would auociate to rid the
country. of hint : and yet these, horrible and destructive as they
are in their effects, are the nostrums of the Faculty in all Syphi-
litic and Scorbutic complaints ; and they administer them, with.
out compunction and without scruple, to children, women, and
persons of the most delicate constitutions.
After the experienCe of nearly a century, and the benefits
which have hren rendered to 'Mankind, in every part of HUI ope,
by tlte VEGETABLE SYRUP OF DE VELNOS, it is
not ra:c...ssary to inform the Public, that it is superior to all other
prqsarati,,:-.3 in the safety, efficacy, and whst may Le called ele-
gance of its operations, in Ilse cure•of all the aecidern xof Illicit
diseased Liver, Sedrvy, Scrofula, Scorbutic Ttisors,
Ulcers, Pimples, and all disorders arising front an impure state
of the Blood.

The Syrop is preparcd in great quantities for the cticreaaing
demand, 'a:cording to the recipe of the late Mr. Swainson, in-
trusted to his Ne,pltevr and Successor, Mr. Thomas Canham,
alone ; and it is&ld at the l'rop.ietor'a house, No. 52, tier-
ner's-strcet, Oxford-street, at 13s. a bottle; anti, by.hls appoint-
ment, at Mt. Atkinsud%, 196. Ilishop3y,ate-street Without; and
by Mr. Cantiam's other Agents in Town and retry ; and the
Concentrated, for warm Climates, by his deputed Agents :n the
East !utiles, viz. Messrs. MaCkintosh and Co. Calcutta;
Kor'ea's and Ode Bowbq and mews. rar.ll a';d ...%11Lita
illadrave

" As soon as the agitation excited by the unwise and unworthy
proceedings against the Queen is once happily alLyed, we beg
the most serious attention of your I loneuraLle House to other
objects, too long neglected, and of the deepest importance to the
welfare and tranquillity of the State.
" We need nut remind your Honourable House that in an
countries extensive calamity has been always found at the bot-
tom of general discontent.
" Amongst ourselves, beyond a doubt, while Contmercee
Manufactures, and Agriculture, have all suffered a lamentable
decline, taxation and payee= and distress have gone hazel
in hand, with increased rapidity and the most ruinous effect.
" And all this in five years of Peace, during which the bless,
ings attached to that name have existed in the promise only, sal
never yet in the enjoyment.
" We, your Petitioners, therefore humbly but earnestly be-
seech your Honourable !louse henceforth to silence complaint,
by seeking and extinguishing its causes, to institute measures cf
substantial retrenchment and economy in every part of the La-
denial expenditure, and in all cases to meet the public call fa
redress of grievances with conciliation and kindness.
" And your Petitioners will ever prayi Fee." •

THE RETROSPECTIVE REVIEIV,
Nos. L IL lIL Axo

We observe with pleasure any attempt to withdraw
a share of the attention of the reading Public from the
multitudinous and glittering offspring of the modern
Press, to the plainer and more masculine procluctioni
of " the olden time"—to restore to their healthy tone
the tastes which have been vitiated by the piquant and
high-seasoned dishes of living catei-ers, and to give
them a relish for the more wholesome and substantial
viands of our ancestors. Unfortunately, the labourers
in the rich mine of old English Literature have been
(with a few honourable exceptions) mere labourers,
who, wanting skill to separate the ore :item the dross,
have accumulated nnweildy masses, in which. the
nobler elements are overwhelmed by heaps of base
and valueless lumber. The tasteless labours of the
mere bibliomaniac, who
" To antiquated dulneu adds his own,"
are frequently as injurious to the cause of Literature,
as the blind- zeal of superstition to the interests of
true Religion. The Retrospective Reviewers, we are
happy to observe, have avoided Ole errors which have
been fatal to so many literary resurrectionists. The
following passage is a fair exposition of the Plan of
their work :

" We shall not pay exclusive homage to the mighty in Intel-
lect—to those of heavenly mould, who, like the giants of old, :.re
the offspring of the gods and the daughters of men ; far from it :
many others less imposiug, whether in philosophy, potsry, or
general literature, from which anything original in design, pro-
found in thought, beautiful in imagination, or delicate in expres-
sion, can be extracted, will be considered worthy of a place In
this work. There are few of the productions of mind, as well
as of nature, which du not possess some useful or valuable pro-
perties; many ponderous volumes, however tedious as a whole,
frequently contain something useful or beautiful, but the road to
which is as arid and fatiguing, as journeying through the desert
of Arabia, to the green spots and fresh waters with which it is
sprinkled ; to those green spots and fresh waters, we shall
shorten the way.
" In our neglected and forgctten Poetry, in particular, we
are often surprised, in the midst of dull passages or quaint cone
Mrs, with tine ideas, lofty flights of imagination, or sparkllng
expressions, which are too good to be lest, and too much er-
I cumbered with worthless matter to be scught for by general
' readers. In other works, in :shish the Lord is so diffused amidst
the bad, as to render it difficult, if not impossible, to separate
the cliff:sent parts, we shall present our Its.u...Ts with an analysite
1 which is often more agreeable, and as useful, as the originals.
We shall also, by a e.ireful stlectiou of particular extracts, rut
only endeavour :o give an idea of the mode of thought and style
of individual authors, hut to furnish a c.silectian of specimens of
the ereat..st part of our writers, so as to exhibit a biru's eye view
of ch~ rice and progress of out literatur...."
We will venture to add, they have done all this,
and more. In the Numbers which have already ap.
pt,..r..0d, they have not only rescued many beautiful
.pieces tram the grasp of oblivion, but have enriched
oar literature with much new and original criticism,
which in soundness of argument, in variety ^f re.
search, in beauty of 'diction, and, above all, in the
kindly and independent spirit Which pervades it, it
would he diffic:lt to match in the whole range of
contemporarycriticism. We consider thegi eat suc-
cess which this.ltevieWhas.already experienced, di..
vested as It.putposely is of all meretricious attrac.
tions, appealing mither to the passions nor the r rju.
dices of :toy class of society, neither seeking nor re-
cciving the support of any party or sect, political or
literary, as eTially honourable to the taste of the
Public and the talents of the writers.