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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-08-01 00:00:00

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rn an unpublished Manuscript, by a Physician of

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n socks, shoes, and
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ions over Wales,

careful to

,ollen feet, with a refer-

so as to fit

the natural swelling

If they are

this caution is the more necessary

But the shoes must not
Friction will always pro-

" To sportsmen, whether in the fisting or shooting
seasons, these hints will he extremely useful. Many
persons have had reason to date their corns from fishing
parties on the Wye, or shooting excursions on the moors,
when sport was the only object in view, and the non-
necessity for a spruce appearance operated so as to pre-
vent sometimes the usual attention to neatness in all
parts of the dress. At the time, these consequences
were not thought of; hut the sufferer has afterwards
reco'lected his shoes that were suffered to grow hard
whilst drying, and the pain and d'fficulty which he ex-
perienced in pulling them on hastily, whilst the pointers
were at the door, or his brother fishermen were calling
nd lakes of Swit: I him to the river's side.

" An extraordinary harshness is often imparted, even
to the best leather, in the winter season, by an injudi-
cious use of the fire, for the purpose of warming the feet
—a thing that ought to be sedulously avoided, for othe
reasons also which shall be explained when we come to
speak of chilblains

He then follows up his remarks by shewing that fric-
tion is more the cause of corns and callorities on the feet
than pressure ; and that pumice-stone or sand-paper will
often counteract the incipient stages of these. Wet
shoes should be wiped well and greased overnight.
34. If any individual, so advanced in years as to feel
a prejudice in favour of the old plan of wearing straight
shoes, should, on casting his eye over these pages, feel
inclined to inquire why they have so long since been
of " rights and lefts" ; we may as well pause a moment
to assure any such reader, that if merely because of the
caprice of a fashion they are disused, the matter might
still be left a question, and every one might innocently
follow their own fashion ; but that there is a good and
sufficient reason, the words of another, and a concluding
quotation from our bld friend, may be better evidence
than our own. "It is well known that the size of the
two feet is never precisely the same ; if, therefore, a
person shifts his shoes from foot to foot daily, it must
always happen that the largest foot, every other day,
will be exposed to a greater pressure than usual in some
specific art, and therefor€ will there acquire a greater
tendency to disease. Where the length of the shoes
differ, this disease (bunnion) is more likely to arise than
when they are merely too tight across the toes."t

* Practice of Physic.—ED.
t Art of Preserving the Feet, &c. 3rd Edit. Colburn, London,
1813.

THE FAIREST AND THE FOULEST DEED.

(ORIGINAL.)

There is such a thing as drunkenness of power; and
this " kind " is less frequently exorcised than any other
tide of maniacal frenzy, springing from an extrinsic
source. A bud will not always reveal the character of
the future flower. The famed Roman emperor, Nero,
was not the monster execrated by a world, in the first
bud of his imperial life. At the age of eighteen the genius
of his mother placed him on the throne of the Caesars.
At first he was submissive to the advice and direction of
those preceptors of his youth, who then became the coun-
cillors of state affairs. He testified his sense of propriety
in still leaving the Empress Dowager, his mother Aerip.
pina, to hold the reins of a government, which her grasp
of intellect, her energy, and firmness of character, so well
qualified her to retain during his earlier years. Under
her really conservative and vigilant administration, Rome
had enjoyed liberty of the press, of citizenship, and of
life ; and thus it seemed an early promise of wisdom in
Nero to perceive and to respect the administration of the
great stateswoman. His heart was not ungrateful to the
maternal sacrifice of personal ambition, of will and pride,
which were all devoted to the idolised object of her every
thought—her son; and both head and heart of the son then
honoured themselves in reflecting all honour on the parent
queen. Lady Morgan's own words upon this subject are
happy in phraseology :—" His confidence in Agrippina
he expressed in well-turned phrases; and he acted his
part as one fully conscious of the great audience before
which he was performing. When the officers of the
palace-guard first came to him, to ask the password of
the watch, he replied, The best of all mothers.' The
tender acknowledgment, as it was whispered from post to
post, in the midnight silence of the Aventine, must have
recalled to many a rude mind the fond reminiscences of
early life, mingling the best affections of nature and of
infancy with the stern thoughts and relentless duties of
military discipline."
It would be unnecessary to accuse Nero, on this occa-
sion, of hypocrisy ; for it would be natural to unsophisti-
cated youth so to reflect back a "mother's love." The
inconsistency of his after diabolical career was the tuition
of circumstances and bad example operating on a mind
shorn of virtue by voluptuousness and the possession of
irresponsible power.
Twice did this parricidal monster, in about five short
years, deliberately attempt the life of that devoted and
splendid mother. Once the plot failed. Did the heart
of the guilty son cease to beat ? Did it desist ? No!
Did it again devise and order the sacrifice of so precious
a life ? 'Yes ! To the centurion sent to kill her, on hay-
ing received a blow on the head from him, and perceiving
" him drawing his sword, she rent aside her drapery, and
cried, ' Strike here! This is the womb that gave birth
to Nero !' " She sank by the assassin's hand, commis-
sioned by the same voice which once gave vent to its filial
sensibilities and affection in uttering the password—so
touching, so manly, so lovely—" the best of all mothers"
In this racking contrast of the fairest and the foulest
features of the imperial life of Nero, we see the most
forcible illustration of the effect of power exercised irre-
sponsibly and in " frenzied calm" ;—the world has not
seen one greater or more striking ;—and, not only in such
an instance, but in all cases approaching ever so remotely,
we may term the inducing condition one of drunkenness
—irremediable by the expedient of total abstinence; of
madness—ot the heart, not of the head—untameable by
the silently-subjugating influence < f time, solitude, or
i
conscience! A rase, however, such as s presented in
the history of .he Rmnan emperor—parrictde in
ktor the honour or human nature, unsuggested in the
statute hook of nations as a subject for penal justice!

The Hereford Times of Saturday meek, in allusion to
the death of the fa‘ourite horse Henley. says, "Alter Le
had rut, the Siattage Stakes, arid was taken to the stable,
he could neither stand nor lie down !"
The following notice is placed on the door of Iluyton
church :—" Any persons wishing to rent pews in this
church, must apply to the clerk, who would be glad to hear
of any pews to let."