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PRICE SEVEN.-PENCE.

NINTH FINANCE REPORT.

The Ninth Report of the Committee of Finance has
been printed by order of the House of Commons. It
refers exclusively to the Ordnance Department, and
states the amount of the Estimates for the present
year, compares them with those of the year preceding,
and accounts for the occasional diminotior.s and in-
creases of expenditure in the several branches of the
Establishment, with the customary minuteness and
precision of the Committee.
This Report states, that " the charging of half the
Home Establishment of the Ordnance to the account
of the Navy, is dkcontinued." The advantage of this
alteration will be found, it is expected, in the greater
regularity of keeping the accounts, and in the ease
with which the Estimates can in future be appointed.
The Report contains a memorandum. drawn up
by Lord Lliztool, expressive of the Prince Regent's
desire, .in ance of the suggesaionaftheFtnance
Committee, that the Ordnance and all the other ex-
tensive departments, should be placed under the im-
mediate control of the Board of Treasury, with re-
gard to the expenses that might be incurred within
them. The wisdom of this measure cannot be better
proved, than by the eiccumstance of there being, in
several instances. sums of money expended beyond
the Estimates granted by Parliament, equal to tine
amount amount of the Estimates appropriated to that parti-
cular purpose. It is certainty fit that such an extra
expense should not be left to the discretion of any
body of men, other than that to which the resources
of the State are especially submitted.
By a comparison of the total Estimate for the
years 1817 and 1818, it appears, that the amount
for 1817 was 1,221,297/. ss. 10d.; and- for 1818,
1,150,0001. 2s. 9d. ; leaving a difference in favour of
the present year of 71,2691. Ss. ld. This reduction of
expenditure, however, is only apparent. There is an
actual increase in the Ordinaries and Extraordinaries,
of 81,508/. Is. 10d. In the unprorided account there
is a diminution of 21,6611. Ss. 9d. A reduction is
likewise effected by the sale of old stores, to the
amount of 40,000/. ; and the Navy Vote is decreased
by 25,0001. In Ireland there is a reduction of
19,5201. 17s. 4d.
The Report very justly condemns the system now
practised, of providing houses for officers whose con-
' tinual residence on a particular spot is not required,
for the purposes of care or management, as it never
fails oi charging the public with a great and unne-
cessary expt:,se. It also censures the allotting -of
residences to superannuated individuals, or to their
widows, in lieu of pension, as entailing expenses al-
most without limit, and difficult of alteration, after
the allotment has been made, •

THE VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY !—NOItiTHAVEST PAS,.
SAGE!! has called forth the enterprising genius of the
British Government ; the Expedition sails on Mon-
day—but the recent discovery that Two out of the
three THIRTY THOUSANDS ! are yet in the Wheel, has
aroused the ardour of all adventurers to hasten with
the utmost EXPEDITION to EYTON, 2, CORNHILL !
where the GOLDEN PASSAGE to wealth is easy of ac-
cess and sure of attainment by those who A PrIABFv
FORE NEXT THURSDAY, the last day of drawing, when
ALL the GRAND PRIZES MU.iT BE DRAWS.

SOUTH AMERICA—A letter from Port Spain. dated
Jan. 25, says :—" I am glad that my letter was re-
ceiried in time to satisfy your brother about the ideal
glory to be gained in this country. I now find that
the advertisements were the work of agents empluyed
to gain to the Independents the countenance and sup-
port of the different Courts, and who tried to accom-
plish this by forcing their lying reports, and impos-
ing upon the minds of those who, by the peace, ltht
their imthediate employments, to indece them to
come and offer their services. The paragraphs in
the Newspapers in favour of the Independents are
written by people in the different islands, who are so
cowardly themselves, that they have fled from their
native country, rather than take up the sword to assist
in its emancipation. I know myself three or four
who are now engaged in this way. Some of the
Englishmen who presented themselves to the Supreme
Chief were well received, and got commissions, but
were then entirely overlooked. . I can say with truth,
from all that I have heard and seen, that ever/ one
who is at present in their service declares that he will
quit it the moment it is in his power to do so. Such
is the disgust which all ranks of their officers have
received, that even Admiial Brion has made a simi-
lar declaration.—The country that came under my
observation is uncommonly fine, but is reduced to a
miserable state of ruin by the neglect and nncultiva-
tion occasioned by the war, and must continue so as
long as the war lasts. 1 saw the remains of many
fine plantations of sugar cane, cocoa, coffee, &c. now
completely laid waste, and orange and lemon trees
stifled by the long grass. The city of Maturin, which
about seven years ago contained a population of
about 30,000, has not now 'above 500 inhabitants.
The inhabitants themselves are most inhespitable—
perfect savages and barbarians. They spend the day
in eating, drinking, and smoking. Smok-
ing is universal—even the ladies shioke their segars.
I still intended having once entered into the service,
and espoused their cause, which I conceive to be just,
to have remained with the Independents, but the
number of lies, the brutalities which I was witness

Non rst vivere sed valere vita.—)Lanus..
" Life is only Life, when blest with Health."

THE finest system of Ethics is to confine within
due bounds, and thus to regulate the Passions; unrestrained
and insubordinate they impetuously destroy those barriers which
Religion and Morality have made sacred; to curb but not anni-
hilate them appears the lesson of Prudence, be►t calculated to
limit their elLrvescsnce.

Every disorganization of the human frame requires great me-
dical knowledge to remedy, and the public welfare is promoted
when Proiessional men (disregarding the suggestions of the en-
vious and interested) devote their studies to the treatment of
those complaints generated by imprudence, and the ebullition of
the passions at an unguswied moment. " The strength of a na-
tion consists in the health of the people; but it is melancholy to
reflect on the daily sacrifice to the ignorauce of unfeeling empyri-
cism, and to counteract as far as possible its further ravages, we
offer to suffering humanity, the result of our own experience in the
various diseases of lkbility. The unwary victim of solitary vice,
(early acquired at school, before Reason has asserted her right
over the mind), will, in contemplating his powerless state, become '
susceptible of enlivening sensations, in knowing that the most
complicated state of exhaustion may be roused into manly energy.
Intense study—immoderate anxiety—long residence in tropical
climes, and many other causes, will frequently derange the sea-
vous system ; in such cases we can hold out an assurance of re-
animation, by remedies which have long answered the sanguine
hopes of patients of both sexes.
That bane to human happiness teas vomits, can now be
treated fearlessly, the improved state of Medical Science having
divested its antidote of those distressing properties that so long
rendered its exhibition uncertain and harassing. We best explain
our method by observing to patients labouring under this malady,
that a few days only are required for the removal of early symp-
toms; that the most inveterate case will yield to our remedies
within a month, and that in a person who only suspects hinisee
injured, the disease may be prevented altogether from appearing ;
a similar remark applies to many other derangements of the gene!
rative system, as weakness, ulcerations, Ste. especially strictures,
• obstinate cases of which are daily removed without the nse of
• Genetic or stimulants. Some peculiarities incidental to the softer
sex, have out escaped our attention; in"whicif mildness conibined
! with efficacy has superseded the means usually adopted. In fine,
t our system is unique, peculiarly energetic, and, eminently suc-
k (Armful.

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Educated in this our native city ; schooled in our professional
attainment by its splendid medical characters; and having been
able, personally, to compare with adutiration the British Surgical
practice, with the continental, our pretensions to superiority (in
a branch we have selected) are matured by experience, which is
evinced by the daily applications we receive, even from distant
countries. GOSS and Co. M. It. C. Surgeons.
13, Bouverie-greet, Fleet-street, London.
••• For the general accommodation we do not limit ourselves
to stated periods of peactize, but may be consulted at all ream-
able hours.—Country Patients are requested to desm ibe minutely
their symptoms, tee. whin medicine, with advice, will be imme-
diately forwarded to any isms of the Lingdom.—A Banknote is
exdpecte to accompany the case.

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to, the inhospitality which I experienced, and the
carelessness with which I was always treated, made
me at last tired of the Patriots, and I had come to
the resolution of sounding a retreat; but another gen-
tleman being with me who had long lived at my ex-
pense, made me delay for some time longer. At
length, however, the lingering fever with which
was seized, the prospect of want in a foreign country,
my money Spent, without friends or assistance from
those who came to -serve, we took• the offer of as
English Captain to go on board his vessel Gil the id
of November and sill for Trinidad."