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London, England, 1817-02-24 00:00:00

•MPi)AI ANT ADVICE.

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TO regulate the hti gran not dectrety
them; to give them a proper direction and a tßtr farce, In-
stead of vainly attempting to eratlicale them tram our Itil'Ufr, or
faolidily acd impiously pretending to divert them into nevereban-
nels—is the business of a rational diarali,y, dictated by th. pre-
cepts ul the purest Religion, and caunterooced by the'cor.ciorons
ot the &wildcat philosophy. It is unne::.e.s4ry after a 'La be,
been written ott tiiis subject, to describe the Fyihptoms wkiat en-
Jteate those that ate brought upon, the human it and
mind by indulging to excess is stsual pleasure:, Atki
by persevering in a pernicious habit too often ttequtted a: :.,ctiot I.
It more comets* the private happiness or end the
pneral proagerdy of the country, to announce to the l'uatic: tha
front a long and ritrlifive practice in this rarrienier Induch ref
the Prevea.i.m, we Call with the gtestest. confidence rtsuste a I
Parents and Guardians of Youth, and those persons labour
utiiiir a genst.l or partial and derangements ot the
' N teeny& t.. 131 Cu, whet her produce by this habit, by inveterate
1 Sr 14111371 C intoctioa, by intemperate I ving, or reddened io Pot
clma.es, by enters epplication to study, sty inunod, rate. grid;
or by eacesses of any kind, that we have it in our power to tithe
an entirely nese meth-d or cure, without the smallest use of
Miscues, which In zII the varieties and in all the arag,-. 0; it,,,e
comptiiii.ts, has condoned to attSitt.r the most hangtaite its; ec.a-
-[ ttonh of P3tteits ot both St . •
! Ihe earocstnc its and aulit ty whits obichthe wired has long
looked for to meat a desiderainro its at cmuturis anti- itLyrove.
thentll of a polished and .bliglircat4 ale, as list di tutu of 404
talents, and inter i,y, d doting them Ads's exclustst:y to •hese
' diseases, is eviaceit by tte eater ;iv:di:at:lns tor advice nit,-
dielbes which we are daily rvceising from every icr ref viii
world. in slight '..nd recent cases of tqphylitie hikctinti, a 4,4,-
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fret cure Is completed to the short period ot two •.lays; and those
1 of the utmost '.ovetetady,oth,se (tater l'tactitiull,l4,4l,vr
a proper perseverance ha our plan of treatment, et. 5411.4 to the
patient a safe and radical cure. Stranies of the Iliethia, from
ten to twenty years duration. are by our superior ttiethod.cif cure,
permanently removed in tie course of three vistits.• '
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inclining a reedit:ale, tor advice and medicines, thelante u iii be
' sent to Ai parts of the wink!. CU It 1411 i and CO., Su. get). s,
No. 107, Haltutt.G.o4:tu.
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N. V. The almve important disc.orery in the cur.: Di :qr.!, )lii
and IleWitty, via" maturotl by 1)r. eirlitlf, in his lair .r .eeht
through PResNCE, NAPLES, and KOME, from wt...assH He has
Just returned with same highly jute' ening and involf.‘lll.llCtil ft
specting the presets, state of H (Al and surgical practice on the
Continents which he is preparing H. lot-before the Fultlis in •
treatise on these soinfitaliiis, and which be beau Iv be able sa
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REIVR.IIMEETISG AT TILE FREEMASONS'

TAVERN.

On Saturday the Friends of Public Order, Re-
trenchment, and Reform, dined together at the Free-
masons' Tavern, Great Queen-street) WILLIAM
Lucas, Esq. presided.
Atter the health of the King was drank in silence,
the Chairman gave that of the Prince Regent, with
" May he never forget the principles which placed
his Family on the Throne !"—(iffililartres.) " The
Queen and Royal Family," were next drank.
WILLIAM LUCAS, Esq, then addressed the Meeting,
and, aster congratulating them on their respectabi-
lity, stated that there would be proposed to them a
Declaration, expressive of their rintiments.
Mr. Firths rose to move the Declaration, which,
being read, was seconded by Mr. WlLLiaNts. •
DECLMATION.

Resolved, That this Meeting having seriously reviewed and
considered the alarming situation to which this country has been
reduced, by a lavish expenditure of the public money, and by an
uncomroled and corrupt administration of public affairs; and be-
lieving that continued apathy and supineness on the part of the
higher and middle orders of the commuulty, at such a moment,
must ullutately engender distrust and violence In the minds sit
the people, have eleternunel to promote, to the titme4 of our
power,a CoNSTITUTIONAL Re/pall Or TYa COMMONS House
or rAttLIAMIIKT, as the most effectual mean, of correcting
those ab..ses of which the nation so justly complains, and of se-
coring that system of economy, moderation, and good govern-
ment, so essential to tire freedom, the tranquillity, and the hap-
piness of the country.
" To the attamment.of this great object, a steady and media
co operation among the real friends St ConstituttouskLiberty has
become indispensably necessary • but this union can only be ac-
complished, or at least renderelefficient, by an unity of object,
and by the mutual sacrifice of all subordinate considerations.'
" Waving, therefore, the discussion of afl jartictdat tenets and
details of oeform ; resisting Corruption on .the one band and
Violence on the ether, this Meeting pledges itself to leave no
legal and constitutional means unexertnii, for inducing the Legis
Laura to take the gatemen of the people into its early and se.
rictus consideration, and (by smendiug the state of the rep:wen-
*scion) to render the House of Commons, in fact ash is ut right,
a control upon the Executive (3eri:n*4lmm, midair expreu image
of tie &chop of the Ratite."
The CHAIRMAN then put the Declaration to the
• vote, when it war carried by acclamations.

Sir FRANCIS DURDZTT TOSC, amidst the loud plau-
dits of the Meeting, and said, that as he should be
obliged to leave the assembly soon, he took an early
- opportunity to addteu them. He could not conceive
• , it possible for any . man who wished Veil to the dense
of Reform, to disagree with the Declaration-they
had heard. As to thateause itself, he was, like St.
Paul, 44 AS things to all men," and this from at OW.
• ,notion, that, in the present state of things, it was the
temper that became a wise man. He was satisfied
that in our state of any, or rather no representation,
any change was preferable to going on in the usual
round ; in fact, he had much rather there was no
House of Commons at all, and that the people of
England were entrusted to the mercy of the Crown,
than carry on an expensive machinery for no availa-
ble ends. The Crown doe at the present time no
prone exercise its rights than the people theirs, so tint
be was the truest friend of-the Sovereign and the peo-
pie who endeavoured to deliver both from the most
hightfullyranny. But he felt no hesitation in saying,
that the right of suffrage ought to be extended to the
great bulk of the commonality of the Realm. lie
disliked the epithets of " wild and visionary," as
applied to the reformers; and he must protest against
the division of the people into classes, as if we liveri
under the despotism of the East, while every one
knew that the people were every thing here, every
thing but the House of Lords. They themselves
were the people, and nothing else; the principles of
the Cons•r•uticia were eternally and indifferently the
same, a d if by a kind of courtesy they were divided
into the wealthiest and poorest, the distinction was
without a difference, the shadow of a shade. Power
was, however, quite another thing; and wherever
there was a standing army, and an unarmed popula-
tion, there was an enslaved country. But, still, if
such a power was willing to give up something, be
should say, as they said an cases of charity, that the
smallest donations would, be thankfully received; oral
ere beggar.enough tp tank them for them. jie was
fearful, at the sane time, that economy, would do
them but little good, that Parliamentary . Reform
must be looked to na 'the radical source of relief;
and he hoped that Refoimets would in future discuss
where they disagreed, leaving it to the Ministers and
Oligarchists to abuse one another. They must take
their stand at the Revolution of 1688; and resist all
attempts, whether at present or in future, intended to
subvert the Constitution of the country. The Hun.
Baronet having concluded his speech, retired.
The Declaratory Resolution was then carried,
sues.
The Chairman read a letter from Mr. Bruneham,
apolnizin6 for the non-attendance of himself and
Mr. Bennett, which was received with a mixture of
applause and hissing.—" The Constitution, as ast•
; meted'in 1688," was then drank, with three times
• ehree.—ed The Aried friend of rarliamentary Reform,
ehenossourablT Thomas Brand," *as the next toast,
With throe times three.
. • • Mr.Baann returned thanks, and Coligratelated the
meeelll'oa the unanimity •of sentiment which pre-
vailed in It. He said he was unfriendly to oniveral
suffrage and annual Parliaments; he thought that
both would ultimately strip the people of their rights,
because they would produce an indifference on the
part of the elector and the eleetedi which would suffer
-the liberties of.the country to be incroached upon b
ai
k
Monsrclirnho never changes, and a Nobility which
hereditary.. He expressed his fervent hope that the
Meeting would persevere it; their exertions for
• Patlia-
mentary Reform; they would thus soon forma a circle,
within the cireunsfetentir of which would be found
every thing patriotic in the country, and which would
form the strongest harrier against the misrule of the
ministry and the anarelry of the people—( afhtlause.)".
The health Of4ai..P..iluadett was drank with tteren
times the*t. '
Mr. WisHART mitt proposed the !width Of AC
chaitelan, who,, tithough new to the &leo pcdis
o ;
had been the meaysi of concentrating the Friends of
Oder and Reform in that place—drank with three
*time* 1-hree. ; - •
Wribtast Lucas, Esq. returned thanks, and hoped
that. uuttvidistanding his disabilities, the cause oft
Alimentary Reform had not suffered in his bands.
The oast toast was—e‘ Mr. Weidman, and the

Friends of Reform in the City of

was drank witb three-times three.

Mr. WAITRUAW said, he feared
sidered as barely sufficient, id he
turn his thanks on the occasion.
barrassment On all public occasions,
been accustomed to meet the
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difficulty now consisted in having
as he could only concur in most
he had heard. Here Mr. Waithman

nature of the recent plots, coupling
precedent of 1795, and contended,
cedeot had 'never been put in force, we mild not
have apprehended the suspension of our librties now.
The nest toast was 4' The Hon. Doglas
'laird, and the Friends of Reform in &mod."
Mr. KINNAIRD returned thanks. and rid that be
bad attended at the Meeting to witness tilt popular
expression of sentiment which he could aver behold
in Scotland, and surely that connuy cannot be,
charged with intemperance if it sought Dr the pos-
session of that which England already enoyed. He
lamented that Scotland was about to b included
under the Act for the Suspension of se Habeas
Corpus, innocent as she was of any criers save that
of disloyalty to corruption and treason tc misrepre-
sentation —(Amlorre).—He was sorry to see that
such a Bill was at all deemed necessary ;but he felt
some consolation in thinking that such Menbers were
in the House of Commons as Sir F. Bilden and
Mi. Brand, to raise their voices against it ; who, it
they cannot resist it, will contribute at least to have
it received with infamy—( 4fryoure.)

Tile next toast was—', The Habeas Corpus Act,
and Trial by Jury, and may these great bulwarks of
the people's rights remain-fur ever unabaken." This
tout was drank with three times three, and was fol-
lowed by frequent peals of applAuse.
The next toast was, " Tie Right Honourable
John Philpot.Curran, and the Friends of Reform in
Ireland."

Mr. CURRAN rose, and said that he felt himself in-
capable of giving language to his feelings of grati-
tude for the honour which had been just conferred
upon him. "In suck a aituation," said the Right
Honourable Gentleman, is perhaps it would best be-
come me to vemain silent and respectful; but when
you have associated my humble name with that of a
country which is very dear to my heart—a country
over whose desolation I have mourned, to whose me-
mory I have shed some tears, and to whose charac-
tei I have made some sacrifices, I should be cold in-,
deed if I did not thank you—(Ape/awe).—lt would
be presumptuous in me attempt adding to the
timents which have been uttered here tonight, and in
language much better than I could clothe them in;
but I cannot dissemble my delight at finding so much
of the life-blood of the Constitution still flowing
among you, giving to each that vigorous manliness
which so well becomes the British 'character, and
sending through the public heart that strong and
healthy pulse which is so necessary to enable you to
beat down the opposition of the powerful, and to
withstand the apathy of the indifferent—almierne)—
Would to Heaven that such a feeling existed in Ire-
land 1 To that ill-fated country my mind continu-
ally return.. I would speak of her merits and her
sufferings, but of the dead seldom much is written,
except upon the tomb. I cannot trust my heart or
'my lips with that bjeet; it is one upon which I
cannot dwell for a Moment without pain and regret.
Perhaps,' however, 1 may be- permitted to observe
that you have ever-found us ardent, brave, indefati-
gable in assisting you to obtain all the objects of your
ambition ; some of them, I fear, unwarrantable ob-
jects--(alleploare).—Whatever was to be won in the
field, we have aided you, and successfully, in ac-
quiring it. We could not give you much, but we
freely gave you all we had. Our was the widow's
mite—not, however. flowing in the stinted stream of
that humble contribution, but in torrents of human
blood— (ott/darne).—ln a word, we gave you all
that the =cities of fortune or the absurdities Of le-
gislation left us to give—(Ayslaare.)— Are then the
Irish to be cherish.d only as useful to you in your
wars? are they to be eternally fettered at home, and
detained there until in a time of carnage you would
let them slip like beastsof prey? and then when they
have accomplished the mission upon which they have
been sent, are they to be scot boon mutilated in their
liber ties, as they are in their limbs, with 'starch binding
their temples and chaias 'deeded en their hands ?
You have found us brave—as to that. every man is
brave in such circumstances: you have hound us
loyal—and for that I take some credit. For 200
years there wan no disposition amongst us to outrage.
It is, however, a great consolation to my mind that
a spirit of mutual kindness and affection is rapidly
rising between the two countries. lam delighted to
find our cause attended to by an English Society.—
For myself I have long loved you, and for my coon.
try I thank you with all the sincerity of my beau.—
(.apithque).—Before I sit down I shall take the
betty df saying one word on Univareal Suffrage and
Annual Parliaments: In the first place, I think that
it would be indispensable to freedom that every elec-
tor should be capable of forming some idea of the
capacity of the person on whom he would confer so
important a trust as that of being his Repteseetative,
and it is not likely if every person were empowered
to vote, that this would be the case.—(Applatue).—
My idea is; that every privilege should be confined
within certain banks. If these banks be taken away,
that which was before limited would exundate into an
extent of surfaee shallow, feeble, and corrupt, where
the angler, instead of fishing with a hook, would fish
with a net.—(4o/awe).—ln truth, if Universal Suf-
frage were given, everyman would be crushed under
the weight of his own privileges. It certain, how-
ever, that at present the people are 'sot truly refire.
seated. The privileges of the people I hold to be in.
separable from the privileges of the Crown, and with
a corrupt Parliamecit the King cannot be safe, nor
tho people secure.—(Greet Amieuzi).--Again
Amok you for your kind relsembrance of my collo-
.arpoind for the honour iithichlou have conferred on
nriself.—(Aitftleass). .
The he :sighs of Mr. Peter* and Mr. Williams. the
mover eind seconder of 'the declaration, were then'
drank: both returned' hanks in appropriate speeches.
The CHAIMAN then gave the toast ei Civil and re.
ligious liberty to all mankind," which was dot* with
three times three, and followed with much applause.
The Chairman, after this toast, left the Chair, and
the company separated at belf.past ten o'cloik.


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