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TO THE CONSUMPTIVE ANL) ASTHMATIC.
Dun Vita, Spes.
MANY Medical Men have asserted, tbst then,
un specific cure for those formidable complaints ;
which i, nothing mitre than acknowlrdging. that they are un-
acquainted o ith any uch bperifie: ands iseleed, the Bills of
Mortality furnish a melancholy proof, that in this dilate
they are extremely prevalent and exterinrly fatal. Rat Dr.
Beddees and a few others, of strong minds, and zealous in the
max of suffering humanity, have combated popular preju-
dice. sought for found the means of relieving the most
wretehal class of invalids; and in the BA I.!M Oh'
1/r. Senate is persuaded that be has cbscavered the
best Pectoral Medicine in the world. In some recent
in-
statsces be has had the satisfaction to see it restore to health
and vigour heti% Moats who were in the 'met il-bilitoled state,
whose tottering and emaciated frames seemed to threaten a
speedy ilutiiiii, and who had berm pronounced incurably
coismoptive: therefore, %%idiom passim any es iggerated eo-
minium" on his Medicine, he earnestly advises the afflicted
and their friends to give it a trial; with this assurance, that
even if it sholdd net prove a care, it will certainly relieve the
cough. In the early stars of Cousumption, he has not a
doubt that it would prove invariably suemsful ; for hr has
every reasion to beliese, that it has resolved tuberculous ob-
structions in the lungs; and he can positively avert, that, if
resorted to in lime. it will Riney, have the desired effect, wed
present the accession of the more alarming symptoms: our
great advantage is, that It never ran do an injury M any in-
stance, but troy be sake° swirls the utmost safety by permits
of both tes and all ages, at any hour of the day, or at any
particular lsrri.wi. It is so very agreeable to the palate, that
it is taken with avidity by children, gar whom it is extreeicly
salutary,as it does not clog the stomach, but is gently aperient.
Dr. Senate's practice, during the last argent years, has
bees priorisally cantined to the treatment of nervous disor-
ders mod relaxation of the ',stern; during which, many cases
la:ace/occurred. complicated a lilt consumptive and asthmatic
symptom.: for which realise he had been obliged to devote
no inconsiderable share of leis attention to the investigation
of those diseases; and us he has hero s..ry successful in many
instances which appeared to preclude all hopes of recovery,
he i. induced to Air his advice to patients of this Has, w ith
the niesiranee that every case shall meet the mist part ien lee and
umemitting attention. lie may he consulted ever day till
c four o'clock personally. or by letter. inclosing the ustomary
fee, al his house in Southampton-row, Bloomsbury.
Si fluit ad pietus, dicatur rheuma, ratarrhus ;
Ail faeces, brauchits; ad mares esio cars sit.

in every svmptous of catarrh, or recent cold, this Medicine
affords immediate relief; it allays the irritation or tickling
sensatim which etches coughing, promotes and fhrilitntev
expectoration, and by is cooling, balsamic, and ustodpie
properties, preveMis or removes the most di-tressing ,yaps
toms which usually supervene on taking cold, such as Istiarse-
11C14, Sfirelbe's and tightness of the cites', heads.tch, fever, &c.

As many persons, from motives of business nr pleasure,
expose themselves to the injuries of a cold ur damp atmo-
sphere, ss hlietbey arc under the influence of a cold ; 1 would 1,
advise such, always to guard against the danger as much no
possible, by the use of y e medicated cultstance. which may I
be held in the mouth, a here, by gradually dissolving, the
tired may he roost:tatty tuaintahoeti. For this purpose r
prepart Lozenges, on the tame _ principle as the 11:tisane of;
Royes, called THE PECTORAL ItOSL LOZENGES,
which I can rerointnend as a very safe RIVI active collateral
remedy, very tUtlerent from the sugar-plumbs which are
enainemily sob] alder variouo delis )))) i ) ultimo. Arlie clfect of
these I.4ozeages? gradually dissolving iu the mouth, 011 the
larsnx, which is the organ of the voice, is truly remark.
able& thes not only protect it from injury, and precut that
disagreeatile ssnaptoin of hoarseness, but they improve its
flexibility, and thus modulate and strengthen its tone; fur
which reason they are it, the highest estimation with many
public speakers and singers.
The Baines of Rows, and Pectoral Rose Lozenges, are
prepared genuine only by the inventor, 1/r. Senate? Add are
sold at his house. No. 47 Southumpion-row, Illooinshury,
Condos : the Wilains, in finlike, price 4.. 9d. and Is. tid.t Of
the quantity of sal' ,mall Illitil r iii tour fur 10s. bd.; the Lo-
zenges, priced& 6J. per Roy. They are also sold retail by
111 r. Sanger (late ILocon), 1.-x), Oxford-street, opposite
liond.twat t Mr. Guiding, Perfumer In her Majesty. 42,
Condon 4 Mr. Deck, No. 4, Ludgate...hilt s Mr. e,
U ockspur-street, corner of Seeing Garden ; Mr. Richards,
f)rutgist, 193, Strand t Mr. Green, 398. Oxford-strect,thear•
lieawsireet ; and by front respectable medicine emitters in
every part of the United Kingdom.
Observe. that there is a label on the netside of each Box
sad Bottle, signed by the Pr.opreetur, li.liciate, in his baud
writing, ur they sawn be genuine.

AN-AccouNT of that most excellent ME.
the CORDIAL BAI.II of GILEAD,
propared by Dr. SOI.OIION, (Bleed Ironer, near Live&
peal ; and sold, whole-ale and retail, by I)ivey and Softly,
liner Church-snot : and Mathews and Lei:h, IR, Straisa.
London; ;wire half a guinea a battle ; or the quantity df
roar it one Family Bottle tor Thirty-three Shilling., on
which bi nee Shillings rare need. dist ti ineleded.
" Tu administer to a mind diseas'.f, pluck from the memory
fonterl sorrow,
" Raze out the written troubles of the brain, and with .ame
sweet oblivious antidin-
" Cleanse !befoul Istisinn that perilous stun' which neighs
upon the heart.'
II is notorious, that various di,orrlers of the human frame
are bronght no by dis_sipatinn in youth, an I the gross
of those rules which prudence dicta es for the preservationof
health, anal laying a foetid/nine fur. a lung mod harps life,
with a firm and strung constitution. The blessings of health
'aft en senate lost thaw painful experience teaches the inestis
usable value of it, and the unhappy patient looks armed, too
often idea! in vain,for the means of its recovery !
The COR.D I A L BALM' OF GILEAD is unieersally ac-
knowledged to be peculiarly eflicaciisas in all inward wast-
in4s, Ince of appetite, indigestion, &premien of spirits. licit-
Isla% or shaking of the hands or limb• obstinate coughs,
vitortnetn of hrenth, and comumplise habit Il thins BO
blood, eases the ;nom violent pains in the bead and stomach,
lied isrorantes gentle perspiration. By the nobility and gen-
try this iSledfcist is much admired, being pleasant to the
Nate and smell, gently nstringing the fibre& of the stomach.
find giving that proper tensity which a good digestion re.
spires. Nothing can be better adapted to help nail nourish
the constitution after a nocturnal debauch with nioe
irble Cordial is highly esteemed in the East and \Vest-Indies,
for nintrishing and invigorating the nervous system, and act-
!.lag as a general restorative WI debilitated constitutions, aris-
ing from bilious complaints contracted in hot classates. Those
who have the care and education of females, the studimis as
well as the sedentary part of the community, should never be
without the Cordial Balm of (ideal, which removes diseases
Ile head, invigorates the mind, improves the memorybautd
enlivens the imagination.
It is tit., :Mist illonluse remedy for such diseases as are at-
tended with lite foilowieg s%inpinins—isamel v. a peat strait
nets of the breast, with dilficulty of breathing; s totem palpi-
tations of the Aran, sodden flushes of heat in sarines parts of
the ; at other times a sense of cold as if %sates vas
poured no them; dying paito in the :Inns and limbs, back and
belly, resembling those occasioned by the grilse' ; the pulse.
very variable. sometimes uncommonly stun, at of her limes
very quick; yenning, tie hiccough, frequent sight tg, and ft
setae of sullocation, us from a ball or lump in the throat ; al-
ternate fits of crying and convulsive laughing; the sli:rp un-
sound. and seldom refreshing. and the patient often troubled
with horrid (freaks. Much has berm said by interested indi-
viduals against Medicioes that are advertised; lout Deere is tit
very important observation to be 'made respecting the Cordial
Balm of Gilead, that unless its operation was gentle, mule
and efficacious, it could wit hate obtained the mem/aided
demand it has acquired; for, as it has rarely tile great ad-
vantage of a persuasive advocate at the ear of the patient, ea
nothing but his conviction of its sirtues, by its salutary ef-
fects, can Judaic perseverance, and yet reasonable peneve4
ranee is certainly must requisite to enable even the happiest
combination of ehymicals aid galenical, his root out chronic
diseases, and restore the valetudinarian to health.
Its well-known characteristic of promoting longevity has
been long maintained; for, by keeping tbeciastitutrun, as it
were, in continual repair, it preserves the body in health and
vigour, and prevents premature decay. It requires as pato
titular confinement, nor attenti to diet.

Au Inquest was taken last Tuesday, at Yaxley
Barracks, on the bo.ly of Jean B. Tooke, a
French prisoner of war, who, as he vas video.
Touring to make his escape over the pailing of that
prison, was fired at by the sentinel on duty, and
the ball entering his back, caused his death short.
ly afterwards. From the testimony of General
Williams, and others, before the Jury, it appears
that of late the behaviour of the prisoners has been
most outrageous and insulting, whilst the soldiers
have. evinced the greatest moderation and torbc.ir.
mice.

A child of Mr. Ward's, of Oulton, Norfolk,
being left by the tiorservmaid, yesterday se'neight,.
sitting oil the edge of a cotsper full of hot water,
by some weans removed the cover, fell in, and was
so much injured that it died the at it day. The.
child nas only two years old.
As the Ila,tirigs stage was entering the Bolt-and.
Tun Inn, Fleet-street, on Friday evening, the
coaelunan fell from the box, and broke um: of hie
legs.
At a Court of Request:, held lately at Wraghi
a shoemaker summoned a poor labourer fur a daft
of 24. 6d. •. hick the latter paid, and a ith a 9s. 2'.
costs 1 The existence of these 1,.e il courts iciiils
extremely to encourage a spirit of litigatiutr.soug
iiilksttsr classic.

TOWER WARD.
jrnadon, Diseember Q3d. ISJ9.
T a WARDMOTE held at tinkers' he-
fore WILLIAM CURTIc, Bart. Alderman of
toe said Ward, for the Election of Ward Miters fee the
Year ensuing,
Ist. lye calved Unanitentisiv-i-That the Inhabitants of this
Wtt-d. animated by the strangest feelings of grained. to Di-
yii ^ Providence., hail, with unfeigned itivolse Fif!eth Ii err
of .10 Rants of their beloved and gracious Sovereign.
lA. That to pnive their sincerity anti attachmeot to his
J'erspn and their wesw.ration for his virtues. then embrace
tits tipportunity of expressing their sentiment, and of avow-
ing, that they ceesider it the bottoden duty of every true Eng*
li,lini7:l tit suppert with In best exertioss is hMatests's
Ooveransent, unites any wilful abuse of the powers eutrusteu
to his Al inisterl• should rooster them deserving of censure.
That they regret, in Common with their fellow-thisess,
the eclomitess remelt of the late Expedition, nut they rely
oriel confidence on the Justice and wisdom of Parliament, to•
weether the fructratiao of the sanguine hopes of the
wellorebt attributable to culpable neglect, or to contingen-
cies, against which busses sagacity could wit provide.
Resolved Unsinlmoosiv—That the Thanks of this Ward-
mete be given to Sir William Curtis, Bart. Alderman of this
Wrcd, far his upright sad. independent conduct its owe of
toe B•preheetittiies fifth., City is Perlinnsent, for his uni-
form:let:utile to the Interest of the Citizens of London, and
toe tits polite and hispartis.l conduct during this L'i-i tiun.
itesolved TJaanituoesly—That the Thanks of tt.is Ward-
mote br riven to the t'rommon C.iiincil of thisilPard, for their
mieetiitted attentito to the ielesest of the same.
Itesolircd Unaeinionsly.—Thet these Revolutions be pub-
lished in the ..ilarbing wad Evening Papers, signed by the
hard Clerk.
JOHN HALL, Ward Clerk.

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LONDON:
1101IBA 7, DECEMBER 25•
CUR ISTUAII-D• T. —Belida at the Public-0800.
—Nab—
Tut American Secretary and the Austrian Mes-
tenger have sailed from Dover. The public are
amused with accounts of the principle on which a
negotiation has been commenced—we say amused
....because we give even the present Ministers cre-
dit for too much discretion to hare communicated
what is affected to have been derived from that
source. It is conjectured, that as a preliminary to
entering upon a negotiation—an avowal of the
basis on whish he will treat, has been required
from NAPOLEON. Admitting, fur the sake of

argument, such a conjecture to be correct, we
apprehend that demand to be tantamount to ask.
ing whether the establishment of the new Dynasty
in Spain is with NAPOLEON sine qua non.—
We clnnot conjecture any possible motive
for demanding a declaration of the basis upon
which the adversary will treat, hilt the im-
portant question with respect to the fu.
tore situation of the Peninsula. It sorely can-
not now be hoped by any one, however sanguine
ar eatravarset, that a basis more favourable than
that proposed from ERFURT!! eta he anticipated.
The recognition of JOSEPH NAPOLEAR, as Mo.
surds of Spain and of the Indies, was evidently the
o:sussed basis of the overture from ERFURTII.
...The- strength of Germany has been reduced ;
the spirit and resources of our Ally, Sweden, have
also been reduced ; and France is now left with.
out aslngle enemy except England. The resources
and the alliances of France have maiiirestly
creased, *bite those of her enemies have prupor.
tunably dimi•;ishcd since the memorable meeting
at Erfurth. In that period England has lost the
alliance of Sweden ; she has lost the flower other
army in the field awl ie the Hospital ; and she has
not yet.had •:te wit to regain the Friendship of
America. While NateuLEcoN has been subduing
Germany, England has subdued a Sugar Island,
seized some ports of the lonian Republic, and de-
etroyed the fortifitations of a harbour fur smug-
glyrs. France, therefore, stands higher in the
seals of Power than when she held forth the
" Olive Brunch" from Erfurth. Yet that NA ro.
*ION now desires Peace we do believe—that he hag,
from the very moment of the signature of the
Peace of Amiens, desired Peace—we also do

believe. We have oow, for seventeen years, perse-
Vered in Mr. Plors'3 grand error, tl.e hopeless and
absurd attempt of overturning, by force, the
power of France. Every effort has not only
prored abortive, but, like Awaits, whose strength
revived on touching the eartlit the power of
Vrance has been extended, strengihened, and con-
solidated by each successive coalition. What hope
f reverse can reasonably be anticipated. England
hes sorely urged the experiment so far, that no hope
of SUCCVSS C3'l now remain. By Peace, say the
Advocates f.ir W.,r, we must be ruined ; that hy-
pothesis we, however, apprehend to savour fume.
what more of mere assertion than if we say,, that
by a pc;severence in the war we inevitably shall
be driven to the last extremity of human calamity.
Suppose we were to make theixperiment Orme,
there certainly is from Peatea chance of salvation,
with the possibility of which by a perseverance
in war, we r ucl it impossible to delude oerselves.
Gil Blas was certainly right, when he proposed to
his master, Pr. Sangrarlo, an flteretion in their
practice : " All our patients ika of bleeding and
t 5 warm water,let ea try something else ; they
tr can but die." We have surely tried war long
ennugh ; peace cannot make us worse. There cer.
•
tainly is more cause fur rational pope B.;an specu-
lative apprehension ; and when we do make peace,
Bet esmot endeavour to over-reach tae enemy, by
fonsturrei4l diplomacy ; fur, unless the general in-

tercets of the contending powers be consulted,
there can he no hope alai any pacification sill be
peraiatieut.

Among the many horrors and inhumanities inci-
dent to a slate of warfare, the Proclamation im.
puted to General Kt:taxi's' Aw, which we ;.nserteil
on Saturday, prescuts an instance of savage and
tilelibciate cruelty that is without parallel in mo-
dern history. The introduciiim, as well as the
the substance, of the Proclamation merits 'Adieu-

lar attention :
" Considering the necessity of multiplying the resources of
" the army of hi. loran! At. M%JEITY, and of depriving
" tie rebels and lrai(ors of the means of procuring oninials
" to areompli-h their atrociers tirsigeo."

Thu, in the very " prologue" to the act arc
the invaded, unoffending inhabitants of Spain
termed rebels and traitors on the very land of
choir fathers.

All tho horses in certain districts in Spain ace
then declared to in rogulsiticin, fee the service of
the armies of France. All otht;ts.avider a certain
height, including mares pregnant f more than
three rhon t hi, and horses and mares nit 30 months
old, " arc to have the left eye pal out, and are
to be retedererl by other /ROPER CLANS unfit for
military service by the PKOPRIETONS TUFAISEL IL

We are utterly a►Crsc from yielding belief to
the authenticity of this atrocious Edict.
The possession of the Peninsula becomes neccs.
nary tc be the consummation of the policy of France;
her armies enter the Peninsula, seize the capitals
of Spain mid Portugal, inveigle the Monarch of
Spain, ►its family, and successor into France, and
there detain them in captivity—place a stranger
on the Throne, and from that moment term, in
every public act, the resistance of the natives
Rebellion and Treason. There certainly is not
recorded an act more atrocious than the invasion of

the Peninsula—that it will lead to an amelioration
of the condition of the posterity of the present po-
pulation cannot be doubted—but that the end can
o this instance justify the means, it were ab,urd

lo contend—and if in Spain there really does eiisi

that spirit of hatred which is so loudly proclaimed,
this Proclamation may be expected to draw forth
every latent energy of an outraged People. What,
if the farmers and yeomanry of England, after
bring deprived of flick most valuable tat►le, were
commanded to be the Executioners of such cruelty
on the inferior animals they were permitted to re-
tain, what would be their feelings, and what
would be their conduct ? The enforcement, of
this Decree, we, however, apprehend to be im-
possible even in Spain, and in the presence of

the Fre it h
The Fren,h armies mar, from this measure, to
presumed, not only to be distressed for horns,
but to have been greatly annoyed by the obsti-
nately protracted rcsi3tance of the natives. But
what is the British army about—where is the
farce of England by which the efforts of the
people might have been secimded—st hero are
the arms and clothing about which such a
bustle was made in the City of London months ago ?
While the nations of the Peninsula are waging
a most disproportionate warfare against their in.
enders, England is affecting, and atfrcting only,
to espouse their cause, by the presence of an iu.
active army, in which bread has not been tasted

for more than three months, except by those who
chose to give Alford dollar for that exiguous leer.
sel, called, in this metropolis, a threepenny loaf.
Our army, officers and men, have subsisted chiefly
on fruit—and yet the People of England arc
surprized at the hundreds who sink into the grave
from disease. It will, doubtless, surprizo many
to hear such a statement; but that the fact is li.

tcrally so, is incontrovertible. Now, as the com.
munication front Lisbon to our army is uninter.
rupted, what difficulty could there be in supply-
ing our troops with biscuit ? There is about the
military operations of the British Government
a mysterious absurdity, which bellies not only
human judgment, but even conjecture. The
death of hundreds, of our troops is imputable
to the want of bread, as a part of their. alisestt.
The sea is epos to Lisbon, the road is open to the
army—we toad furnish an ample supply of his-
cuit from England—and yet, a British army is
reduced to the miserable uicessity of subsisting on
fruit!!!

Tlf t policy of our Ministers is incomprehensi-
ble: " Arms! Arms !" has now for eighteen
months been the cry of the Spaniards.—With the
mechanical resources of this kingdom all Europe
might, in that interval, have been armed by sup-
plies from this country. To this moment the
Spaniards cry out for arms, but it seems that
Ministers will neither themselves supply the Spa-
niards, nor suffer any ether persons to furnish them
with a►ms, as we infer from the following para-
graph, which appeared this morning in The

Post :--
wt have inilreity to mate, in reference town advertise-
madit ch lately appvared in some of the daily Papers,
kit NOM* proposals fur the purchase of arms to be et 7
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