The Statesman.
London, England, 1815-02-23 00:00:00

Eno Avs.—ln the article which appeared in our Paper on Mr. BENNETT then moved the second reading
Monday, under title " Borough Election," aft r Ihr viva- of the Gaol Fees Abolition Bill.
thesi: in the first paragraph, read the words " were guise- i
TEXED." Sir W. CUBTIS, on the part of the City of Lon-
don, objected to this Bill, not indeed to its princi-
OIL AND CORN MILLS. pie, but to its exception of the Fleet and King's
rilPo be SOLD or LET, those valuable and eaten- Bench prisons. The effect of this exception would
IL vise FREEHOLD MILLS, s tunic at Chariton, near
Doter The Oil Mill ha- been noels • reeled in a most substan- be, that the prisons he had just named would be
aril manner on the mi st improved prineioles, and i, allowed crowded from other quarters of the country, and
to be one of the li,est, and most powerful Mills of the kind in however ample the means afforded to mitigate the
the country. The Corn Mill is likewise in complete repairs
ca
and both of them worked by a powerful and never-falling captivity of prisoners, the city would be obliged to
,
supply of water. They possess peculiar advantages from their I Witness distresses, which, however inclined to do so,
p
ua roximity to the estensive shipping Port of Dove', which it could not relieve.
gives
lied.a mcility of importion rin,l exportatiort scarcely to be
eqMr. BENNETT explained the reason why he ez-
A Plan, Elevation, and Particulars of .he Premises, and cepted these prisons. They were not ones belonging
the numemus store-lsothws and
.consente_urLeneitracr!ii,e.d3t2o
itekine, ‘ either to a particular town or country, hut generally
mst.rl7etbeAe,emen resstelrr:srriallrein,gtiin si.onCi. Civil i•
d who is aut.hori.sed in treat appertaining to the country at large. Even in those
1 fur iheaispnsat of tiresome; as well as Messrs. Wiens, Coml. , gaols, however, he was no advocate for hie cotta
ton, near Dover, Kent. ' tinuance of fees. He had already given notice of a
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ADVICR. Commission to enquire into them, which he hoped
WHEN Men of Education and Professional would terminate with their entire abolition. Upon
Skill, use persevering endeavours to discover the most the present occasion he did not like to clog his Bill
safe /snit cei tido method of treating a few prevailing Diseases, with additional clauses, which may endanger its
the successful result of their experience is the best proof of .
superiority. progress, as was the case last Sessien ; but it would
/draws. GOSS and CO. Surgeons, have been induced to motto be competent for any Member to submit any clause
the cure of the following the object ••if their particular stadYt which he may deem expedient. With reference to '
,viz. i, certain Disorder, frequently contracted in it moment td
intoxication, and its concimitams, Strictures and Gkets, which,
the additional e: sacs which it was said the Bill,
'by an improved plait, are speedily ond effectually cured t Arnim in its present form, would entail upon the city of
Debility, whether arising from Bacchanalian indulgeitees, long t- :
residence in warm climates, or a secret solitary vice, too often London, he had reason to think it greatly exaggera
unhappily pursued by the youth of both sexes: in the OOP enes- ed; and notwithstanding the panegyric which had!
log sterility, Or barrelMM ; and in the other a numerous train been on a former occasion pronounced on the state
of nervous diseases, which, if not timely remedied, terminate in
impotence and Consumptiou. In that distressingstnte of debill- of the city gaols, he (Mr. B.) had no hesitation in
ty or deficiency, whether the coosequence of such baneful ha. saying, great improvements were still essentially ne-
bits, or arising from any other cause, by which the powers of
the constitution become enfeebled. as Member, of the Royal Icessary. In some the allowance of food was scanty
College of Surgeons in London they offer a firm, sate, and and wretched ; in others no religious attendance was
speedy restoration to sound and vigorous health. • afforded. Here the Hots. Gentleman referred to the
The re-ult of a lung and extensive practice has enabled them,
I•by a stitierior method, to remove Venereal Complaints, haw_ itenort on this subject, and showed, that notwith-
i ever inveterate or complicated, without susjectior the patient withstanding the opinion of the Common Council in
t• the least restraint in diet ur exercise; and in recent Cases, 1810 the Magistracy of London took no effective
' where an early applicatiou is made nu discovery of the infection, r
they frequently perform II cure in the short space of two days. steps until the following year. In the severe winter
The unprecedented success of their male of treatment ( which has of 1813, he had himself witnessed in one of those
never been known to fail in one siogle itelanee in a practice of
fifteen sears, during which period many thousand persons ,ifboth prisons the utmost wretchedness : in a small room
sexes have been cured, even after severe and injurious methods containing 13, six were without bedding or covering
' h•at been pursued ty other Practitioners without effect), induce. of any kind. The lion. Member also remarked upon
them to thus publicly offer their advice.
Married Women, who have long been disappointed in their,morals which prevailed in those re-
the laxity of r
expectutions of a I ly, may he ol"nrefl, that in most iiatanees ceptaellee.—fHear, hear .]
such defects are curable by medical skill. I Sir JAMES SHAW agreed in the principle of
' Messrs. Goss and Co exclusively professing the cure of these . the HMI' his only objection was that it did not em-
particular complaints, in order that they may not he marked ;
by ii mistaken few, with the obloquy sal justly attached to the : brace all the gaols of the Metropolis. The late
igoorant empiric, think it hut justice to themselves to state, that crowded, state of the piton's, which alone caused
they have been properly educated and Initiated into every brasnob,!
profession (certificates of which, from different Moto i the privations complained of, arose from the number
of the
tali, and testimonials from the most eminent Physicians, they i Of persons confined (and mostly committed by their
have to convince any inquirer), that the success retuning from( own friends) for the purpose of claiming the be-
their eutleavours first induced them to quit the s -,ractiee of •
refit of the Insolvency Acts. However scanty the
the general Practitioner, and they presume that their 1,,,,,e5p !
nom can tistute a fair ground for the unprecedented confidence ' allowance to prisoners might have appeared to the
with which they haw, by the Public, been so literally Ito i Honourable Gentleman, he (Sir James Shaw) could
noosed. assure him it amounted in eapenditore to a very
1 Patients in the country are requested to state the particulars
of their case, age, and general habit of living, and inciosing a 4 large sum.
remittance for Advice and M. diciagt, when the same will be Mr. lIOLFORD said the Bill before them ern-
', giveu or sent In any port of the kingdom. braced no new principle, it only embodied en old
.055 and CO. Surma§ IS, Botiverie-street, Fleet-avert. 1
) ma' yl, 1809. " ' • OIL The 31st of the King authorised) in several