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      TRACTS aad OBSERVATIONS relative to a mo--3 C oaufalmode of Treating Piles , Fistula , Hemorr-Mtdal Sxneeecnees , Tumours , and Strictures , -without catting or confinement ; illustrated with ¦ HMiiodi cases : being a fcrnfljar exposition of the ^ tae tiae of S , J . Van ButeheU , Surgeon Accoucheur . PmWisbed by H . Renshaw , No . 356 , Strand ; sold ! kk ^ ¦ ! A a . *\^ a A V . Z— T * ? J _ XT 1 * % T ^ aumui oeataence

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      INDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESEX ASSURANCE COMPANY , opposite the Bazaar , ii » ker-Strwt , Portman-Square , London ; South St . P ^ ridVStreet , Edmburgh ; lagram-Sircet , Glasg * w ; aad . Sackvilk-Street , Dahlia . Empowered veAtr the several Acts of Parliament of 14 tn George 3 rd , e . 48 ; « Jd George 3 rd ; 53 rd George 3 rd , c U \; < & * i George 4 th , « . 92 ; and 1 st Vic c . 10 . MANAGERS . Jaaaea Ahaander , E » j . H . R . Perkkts , E » q . f ^» ti 1 Eyru , Ksq . Thomas Price , Esq . Sobert F « tgox » , Eaq . William E . Taylor , Esq . Tfcnswt Hope , E » q . John Wilson , Esq . J . Dl Bastier , Esq . Wm . WhitUker , Esq . k . Abbhs Knowiet , Esq . Georgo Williams , Esq . ' ^ QfMEDlATE BENEFITS offered to the Public

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      i H CASK 5 OF SECiECT , Con ^ t ^ e Trt * use aer ^ ry stage and 17 mpiomfl of the VENEREAL 1 > ISEASK , > n its mild and most * luming forms , JairpablMhed by Meatre . Psaaf andCo ., &urgeoBa , 4 , Great Charles-street , Binningbam ; and 38 , plater « sre ? t , Liverpool ; and gmn gratis with etch Box of Pbbbts PurifyiBg Specific Pills , Price 3 « . Sd ., i » . 6 rf ., * ad lit . per Box , containing a fail 4 *« eiipao * of the above complaint , Illustrated , by Xasran ^ jBt . » ho » iae the difierent staees of this iapWabte ajaiiiftea * fatal dweaae , as well as the dhmrifol" eSeca arinng from the nm of mercury , aesosuKHlSed Vi ' n pijun * cd practical directions fcf aa eSectail and &pv * oy cd ; b trim etse , eecrecy , * bA safecr witioci tie tad of medie *! awidtanoe .

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      - HOI . X . OWAT'S TTWTV"RlUlAT . ' "T ? A- »** aew ~~ HOLLOW AY'S UN IVEB&AL TtHMBT "" OINTMENT . . C » py of a Letter from Hertart Mwo , vBai . F . B ^ S ., Senior Surgeon to Middlesex Ho * pffel , * Bd Professor of Anatomy and Pathoiagy King ' s Col . e $ e , Loadon , &c &e . ! To Thomas HoUoway , S s ^ . Sir , —WQl you exe *» e ^ u informal aoasnerP Tbt 3 intnsei » t which you fca ** seat me has been of us * n ALL the cares in wkieh I havs ^ tried it ; send se if yog please , som * more in a few days' time ; I have enough for the present . - * i Youliftaly , ^ UMATO . 19 , George Street , Hanover Squar * , April 19 , 18 J 7 , CJ OLLOWAY'S UNITERSAL FAMILY

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      To the Young and the Old , tb * Grave aad the Gay . CHEAP XLLT 38 TRJLTIOMI O * BOS . Now publishing , price Twopenoe , on a broad Sheet , neailv as large a » the TiMBS , npHE TWIST and the N 1 CKLEBT SCRAP A SHEET , with tweutj-four Spieadidiy Engraved Portraits . Also , price Twopence , SAM WELLEB ' S BCBA ? SHSBT , Containins tony Partraite of aU tile Pickwick Characters . ' , * The above Sheets are enriched with poetic Effusions , by A . SnodgTass , E < -q ., M . P . C . These Scrap Sheets will be found worthy tbe Attention of ail who desire " to laugh and grow fat , " they are fit for the Scrap Book of the MansiaD , or to adorn the Walls of tbe Cottage .

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      mi& **«( fie im ratov Br . tMmnea CBAIUBNGB TO CURB BLXMOSIS 8 S . \ fR . BAXTER , late of Hull , ( please to observe 1 m . tbe name , ) who has restored to sight so many hnndreds of individuals , many of whom have been blind for a number ofyearj ^ and will pledge himself to care all external Dfcsfees of the Eye , Dimness of Sight , &e . without Ulsters , bleeding , seton ^ i&soes , or any restraint of diet . . , ; J ; Cataracts I cannot cure , as I make no use of an Instrument to any Eye . In cases of Amaurosia , I can tell if there be any hopes the first application that I make to the Eye , and I wfU oot detain any patient longer than oae hour .

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      . T JObbCro nlil ^ omvwuwu w * . \ W ^^^^ & ^ SkH&SKSKl fO THOSE WHO ARE SUFFEam ^ r ^ ROii VENEREAL OR SYPHILITIC BISKXSES , NERVOUS OR-SEXUAL DEBIL . ITY , RHEUMATISM , SCURVY , SCORBUTIC ERUPTIONS , AND AXL Dill EASES ARISING FROM IMPURITY

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      Country patient * are respectfully informed that where a personal interview is impracticable , a letter minutely describing the case , and enclosing a remittance , will answer erery purpose , aa medicines can be lorw&rded to any part of the world . 21 , FalkDer-Htreet , Manchester

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      ( From the Stockport Advertiser . ) On Monday night last , a very large meeting of the advocates for * repeal of the Corn Laws , and the supporters of the * People ' s Charter , " was held in the Court Room , ( agreeably to the numerouslywgned requisition , which had been presented to the Mayor , ) called for the purpose of petitioning the Queen and both Houses of Parliament , in favour of a repeal of the Corn Laws . Both parties appear to hare mustered strongly , and the room was nuwh crowded ' ~

      . At eighto'dock the Mayor , attended , by sertain agitators who are usually concerned in the prooeaj enWfortEwithon the bench . He opened tbe b #£ ness of the erening by reading the placard . andjQL vag the meeting tbe subject was * repeal of the Com Iaws . and nothing of a contrary character sHoullffe introduced . Hkk&t Marsland , Esq . proposed the firil resolution— --. ' « .

      • 4 ?** . * fr ^ change of the produets df oar industry tea the oorn and other food of foreign countries is our natural and inherent rignt—a right clearly recognised by the Creator himself , in awarding to various climes the different produo-. tiousof the earth , for the ooaimon benefit of alt hii creatures . ~ Mr . J . D . Fkrklet , in see « ading the proposi tion , said he was & Conservative in hie politics , | e-?*?• ? . wu ed conserve what ha thonght woiUd toad to the advancement and the joeaefvatum of ofcr beat and dearest interests as a natiML and the coX JStoS SarT * ' * ° d wrf * " ** lf our fe ^ r . To * Bkv . Wm . EsstBU SDoke in &mnr of iifemal

      non . tie was no Chartist-noreverwashe td their ^ eat liS * aproat , " you ' re a fiat / 1 ) gfcey feSif ^ iK ^ * && * *•» ****»' tmasej ^ - If-that was tfce correct conduct of « aen filing themvifmlUdie * , he would from ftat Sue hence . wipe fcfc feud , of thaw . [ The intermptioiUo Mr . Isaac Johksok , who row to propo * « said thai talking about foreign eoantries Itaaftfe °° f . «<>«** -wb * * Ppe * &d that America , whielij *' factored 300 , 000 Rassia 350 , «<» , where the » wii wvV T P ^^ ** " » P" «»* i Fran « J whicawaaformerly the manafoctoryo ? Wk goodr and Sa « work , now iconatuned ? 30 ^ T W <» J

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      the states of Germany , where toys and docks were manufactured , nowused 200 , 000 baler erer j yearaltogether : about 1 , 150 , 000 bales—a number greater th * n , oacWw > lecottoninanufactures * - ( hear >—where tH «»^ e-p 3 |^ : I ^ w «; _ an | i 6 « the continent there arc n ^ e of # » e Jaws , Want our goods , when Russia ( is they would see ) alone manufactured above onetWi ^ aamiichas , wa « done in Great Britain . ( Hear . ) We hare all tin national taxes * MH to pay : and wilt the repeal of tbe Corn Laws alter the condition of this country while they have all the old taxes and pensions to par 1 ( Hear . ) This is the point . " ' Ay , there ' s the r i * . " aaShakfipeare said . And what saio Lord Byron : — - * v ^ ^ . _«^» * . * Cm «> ii < . _]•»•«/» . « iut » i « . i » «¦»

      "MsmI my oosntry , how shall tongue or pen , Bewail her unoM&try'd gentlemen—The last to bid tbe cry of warfare cease—The . fi > at to make a melody of peat *? . _ .. But for what were all the country patriots bom . But to hunt , and rote , and raise the price ef corn r Bja * « orii ; like erery mortal thing , mart ( all , v * K&ig «; « onquer * n , and markets most of alL " ( He * . ) Mi was coming true , corn will fall in thfe market ; apdthe Whigs had already fallen in the estimation of the people . ( Laughter . ) But it was a Mly to expect to repeal those corn laws witn the present House of Commons . « lr . Parkea said so ; / or jbutead of 200 members voting for the abolition of

      thote laws , it w » s merely to inquire into the subject ; and only fifty could be found to vote for the immediate repeal . ( Hear , hear . ) He coutendcd that there waa a greater probability of ft repeal before the Reform of Parliament took place ; because , although boroughs were then bought &ud Rold , now the ariatooracy of this oouutry had a working majority in the House of Commons—a majority which would never part with the present Corn Laws—and if they do , they knew the present House of Lords would not pass it . ( Hoar ; "That ' s , true / ' ) And , besides , if ekey did , under the present circumstances , he could not , for the very life of him , sob how we could undersell the foreigner in his own market , and see the

      rate paid for their labour . In France they pay five shillings per week , in Germany four shillings aad sixpence , and in Switzerland three shillings and sixpeuce , and as low as two shillings ana sixpence - —Bonn for instance . ( Hear . ) How could they in Great Britain possibly afford or expect to manufacture , as cheap or as well , when they had got some of our best machinery and best mechanics , and no taxes ; for what they paid in wages three shillings l-w . e paid ten shillings or twelve shillings . If we re-Pj ealedtthe Corn Laws and threw away our independVteei * foreigners , would our taxes be dropped ! < Hear . ) ' f Ay , there ' s the rub . " Every individual , numoie eievateatnw

      uo mo oTor so or , aavocaxea a repeal of the Corn Laws without a reduction of taxation , was a villain—he did not care who heard him ^ applause ^ because he sought , with every shilling he gets , to rob the agricultural labourer of two shillings ; and it could not be doubted that the latter would be brought down to the starvation point the first year . (* They are starring now . " ) He believed it ; but in-the other case they would be brought still lower . As to the farmers they would also be ruined before the landowners would reduce their rents . He moved as an amendment— That thiB meeting is of opinion that the present Corn Laws will never be repealed by the present corrupt House of Commons

      and this meeting is also of opinion that the repeal of the Corn Laws , with the present amount of taxation and expenditure of this eountry would be a serious evil , and that they sever can be repealed with benefit to all until Universal Suffrage becomes the law of the land . " ( Cheering , which lasted some time . ) Mr . Richakd Pilling seconded the amendment most cordially . Constituted as the present House of Commons then was , he knew well that tbe repeal would never come from such a corrupt legislature . ^ Hc agreed with the last speaker when he said it was mare corrupt than that before the passing of the

      RaJorm Aet—(" it is" );—for the return obtained by fe ^ i ^ lK- OfBrighton , provsd that 312 j » f . the . wfioicnumoer , were absolutely receiving / pay out of the funds of the Government . He wouM never sign -jaaother petition to the present corrupt House of Commons for the same reason that ^ i . Coppook , the town clerk , had said that he never would sign one to the corrupt House of Lords { Cheering , and hear , hour *) The Chairman put the amendment and the motion . The amendment had it unquestionably ; but . on consulting the partisans around him , he decided in favour of the motion , amidst uproar and confusion and ohargesof partiality from the body of the meeting . After a temporary quiet had been restored , Mr . Nelstbop moved the second

      resolution" That the Corn Laws violato the sacred principles of religion and morality , by interposing a barrier between the bounties of Divine Providence and the wants of the industrious millions of this country , thus depriving them of the means-of independent subsistence , and subjecting them to the evils of disease , demoralization , and , premature death . " The gist of his observations was extracted from Lord Milton ' s pamphlet , to show that the price of grain did not necessarily regulate the price of labour . . Mr . G . Oldpibm ) seconded the motion . Mr . W . Gkiffih proposed aa an . amendment , taking the same ground in his argument as the other CltariBtg ~ the folly of expeoting just legislation until biiW ^

      ^ i «|^ « wa « obt « uwi -Mrl ^ ppo « kr « WamijhT ¦ were tihen empl ^ g failed , they most etnArrfpiore etringent measnreB ( Hear . ) They na «/ a » a ; and now they must go for the Suffrage . ( Hear . )^ ¦ ¦ . Seooirfed by Mr . Funwm . ThejauiRHAK declared the notion carried amidst great disapprobation . Mr . CoppocK , the town clerk , presented himself for the purpose of introducing the next motion , and hooting , whistling , clapping , and hissing , intermiugted with few ejaculations , lasted for some minutes . Xm Mr . Coppock ' s attempting to speak , he was assailed with a second edition of these marks of tfitf approbation of his friends , the Chartists ; ou his making an effort to address them , he was received with three cheers for Mitchell and Daviea . three

      ohoers for Mr . Feannis O'Connor , three groans far M «» Coppock , and three cheers for the National Convention ; succeeded by rounds of hurraing . The chairman made several attempts to restore order , but sueii attempts were ridiculed by loud expressions of contempt for the functionary who was then on his legs , suehas ' Let ' s have a game at dominoes for » tlass of Old Tom , '&c . At length Mr . Coppock wae heard to say—Mr . Mayor and gentlemen , I am sore—( boo , hoo , order , chair , hisses , shouting , be ot , * we ' n had enough of thee . ') I am sure—( hoo , boo . ) Geollemen—( toah , chair , yooh . )—Is that what ton ealWa'ir play—( ' was any fair play given to our V ) Did thee

      am ^ Qdyiejat give Mitchell and Davies fairi p layP ) Mr . Chairman and gentlemen—( hoo , nxsa > 8 , ) really—(? where ' s Mitchell and DavieB !') Qentlemen , I will be heard—( hoo . ) The Chairman—Mr . Coppock shall be heard—(' did thee hear our amendment V ) Mr . Coppock—I can only say If I have not the power to settle this clamour , 1 may likewise have the power to raise it—( ' ait thee down : ' laughter . ) If you think to put me down by such opposition you are very much mistaken , (' hoo , pshaw . ' and hisses , ' order , ' * chair' * o . ) I am here and will be heard—( great uproar , which extended itself to some seconds ) . ¦

      The Mayor ^ -I tell you what , the town clerk shall not be put down . ' Hr . P . L . Fogg—Gentlemen , I recollect Mr . ' Coppock saying , that when he had not the working classes with him , he would give up his office . Lei bis * give it up now —( cheere and hurrah . i : ' chair V atui * order . ' ' ' " ' -. v- ¦ ¦; :- ¦ / ^ P *^^ - Mi . Coppock—Gentleman , tbe last speaker stated that I have said ^ hoo , hafo ^ -I would resign my office if ever—( hisses)—if I ^ Sid I would resign my «® ce—( ' pshaw , ' chair , ' * order , ' whistling)—I said —(* bah ' where ' s Mitcbell and Davies , thou turneoatf)—I i > aid that which every ooneBt man would say—Oaughter and uproar)—that —( hisees)—fcoiild have said , that whenever I oonoBMitha intn .

      f ^ . of the people ^ orStockpor ^ -CbiBses and interr ^ nr ^ Tstwkpi ^ tiiexrirooia mmmrm ® « r town clerk Cnout o'th goii ? ' thott w £ na *) s--but I do i «» consider that , * ought ^ resi ^ BdBiw an * laughter ; ' stick to it , ' and clapping pfhandB)—until tbat speaker can show that I am now acting in oppoaitioa to the ^ interests of my fellow-townsmen—7 Wi-iSW ^^ " 2 * $ * $ to Londoi # laQghter , UbonlW Poor Law ! ' So this is the mv yoooonduot yourselves at public meetings ? ( Interruption , jaw , yaw . ' ) Is it proper that you shonld express yourselves in a manner peculiar to certain animals —( bifises)—rather than in a tone becoming thinking men!—( heir , hear ; 'hoo , hoo . ') I am willing to stand * y my public acts— Cave , that's the nhr ' to

      laughterJ ^ -and am willing meet any man at the proper time to aajwer any particulars which he may thwkfit to put to me . aV the period when I ought to bejn » t upon my trial . (* For shame , order . ') The present question is one of life or death ; whether myself and the other noa-produoern must have a peaceable , quiet , and happy existence . C Be off ; we ' en bad enough of Harrys . ' ) I never upon this or any other occasioa swerved from my publio duty . Some reference had been made to my recommendation of more etringent measures to the legislature la 1832 certainly the Reform BiU was gainedby toe threat of more strinnent measures : and h * tha bo

      § c ^ titutional means . And in the present if file legislature did not accede to the wishes ^ o jfetlTft toe people could again have recourse ^ J ^^^^ rneJL ^ m ^^ chihTcQoMmiia j T ^* * " " ~™ * PP " n ' * ° e supjplief ; and he ^ m ^ , i ^ t 6 1 vm ^ g ^ v ^ w ^ maK ¥ ^ ppn * " r ^ nmendationM liad ever advocated !~ ? 51 ? > ' . Seeing the feeling « f fte meeting ; he sa » d : | te would submit the motion entrusted to him . Ql ¥ ? h **** ' * * be use of reading it , for W * carried before it ' s put ; the Chairman ' 11 make aw reet , ' ^ ugWer . ) He was glad to Bear that it was carried ' bo Bdoa . ^ ( Here three pbeerg were given for 4 Jr . Frost . ) Mi * . Coppook eraatuftUy subnuttod tte next

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      proposition , which atttibnted to the operation of the Cora Laws all oifrfftfeat ommercial embarrassments . It was seconded by Mt . ^ asb . Mr . Snhcoii proposed tbe fourth resolution . He contended that the British noil ? was insufficient to supply the wants of he * inhabitan | e : and nexf proceeded to insist that th * repeal w « nld not reduceTthe wages . Aatothe nglft , * f any ' 8 ym » aihV with tbe landowner , he taid they were not entitled to it—the people had a large amount of arrears to settle with them . From calculations which he had made , every man with a family of five children had a riirht to eo «•»« # . »;»; .. « . _ l ~ l ^ ii _ ii x . « i . i « . . __ .. _ .

      to air . WUbraham Egerton , of Tatton , iu » d demand £ 120 . ( Hear , and cheers from the repealers . ) M r , JoHW Hameb followed as a neconder ; but his obeervations being unfavourably receWed , he told the Chartists that instead of Unitersal Suffrage , they wanted universal intelligence . Some person replied that the speaker , now he had got his house licensed , had become a " universal humbug . " This fyland for an Oliver bad ! the effect of quieting Hamer , and he withdrew ini huff , afterfthrowing down the gauntlet to any man on thiaf question , which was promptl y accepted by Mr . Peter Cbappell , amidst much cheering , and to ** come off" without delay .

      t the names of the Mayor , Alderman Pendiebury , John Slaek . Esq ^ Mr . Henry Coppock , Mr . Netatrop , Henry Seiton , ( who -is expecting an engagement from the " League" ) and Mr . Hudson , the secretary , being proposed , as the deputation from Stockport to the forthcoming anti-corn Jaw banquet , at Manchester , the name of Mr . Coppock , was strenuously opposed in the shape of aa amendment by the Cnartists . The Mayor , on putting the question , declared the origmalmotion carried , amidst thehissesand dapping of the company . Mr . Pilling , who was close to tho Mayor , declared the motion to be lost . ( Applause and " chair . " ) . The Matob protested against this impertinence ; he adhered to his decision , adding that he , and not PJhng , was in the chair .

      A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman , for his impartiality , the meeting broke up at half-past twelve o ' clock , being one of the moBt uproarious assemblies ever collected by the reformers in Stockport .

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      WESTMINSTER COURT OF REQUESTS . An old Proverb ( sue a beggar , &c . ) cbossbd . — ' All is net gold that glitters , any more than is all poverty that appears in rags . A pauper and a poor man are by no means synonymous terms—nor is the genuine London beggar , especially of the 'fat , ragged , and saucy' sort , always that objece of sympathy which his wretched exterior would lead the compassionate to imagine . Putting aside the well-known story of the olden time , of the vast wealth of the ' Beggar of Bethnal-green , ' instances in the present day are not at all rare , of street mendicants bequeathing considerable amouate , amassed by them in the prosecution of their repulsive calling . That

      one , at least , has contrived to live like a 'fightingcock . ' and run in debt like a gentleman , let the books of Thomas Jackson , a lodging-house-keeper , testify When the name of Moore , defendant , was called out , a wretched-looking creature-seemingly a mere mass of penury and patches , shuffled into the box . He was lucky enough t i possess a set of features which all the good feeding in the world would fail to deprive of that look of starvation so invaluable to a London beggar . ' The plaintiff handed his account-book to the Commissioners . In a very short period the defendant

      had run up a score for bed , board , beer , and tobacco , and other helps to jollification for himself and a pro ter n . Mrs . Moore , which amounted to nearly five pounds . This sum , at various payments , the defendant had reduced to 26 s ., the amount for which he WM BOW . SiliOdr" - ""—*~< -r- ~ - < ~ .- — — - —— -- . ¦ - The Chairman was apparently struck at the picture of wretchedness presented by the defendant , and with some surprise asked the p laintiff how he could be so incautious as to allow him to run into his debt so largely ! Plaintiff— 'Cause I know'd , if he kept out of the gin-shop , he could pay me that and » deal

      more too . Chairman—What are his circumstances ! Plaintiff—He sweeps a crossing in Bond-street . Several Commissioners—Sweep a crossing ! And you let him get £ 5 into your debt I Plaintiff—Why , he has all hia meat from Giblett ' a , the Queen ' s butcW , and his takings on the crossing don't average Ie 6 s than Ss . a-day . Defendant—Not in sitch heart-breaking vether as ve've had this ere last three months . Can ' t yarn the 'tin' as I could afore the vether turned agin me . Commissioner—But the wet weather is all in your favour , I should think . Defendant—Oh , no ; kvite t ' other—it might be an hadwantage at t * other end of the town , but ndt among us fashionable sveepers . Its werry true ve sets a sight a broken wittles from the tradesfolks , but 'at amt vot ve vanta—its the coppers as ve likes ' em to drop .

      d Commissioner—Then it appears fine weather suits yon best . - >¦ ' Defendant—Not too fine nor too wet , ' cause that hobUgates as tf vork so hard Trith _ g * dtor » oma . and TikeviM ' cause them- ^ y ^ tm ^^ t ? dnt t » keno h » WnR * -fo 6 t , bat goes ittWefr < wtta wehides or oibs . Can't promise no more 'in sixpence a veek till the teather halters , or the ' nobs ' come to town . Plaintiff—He oaaht to pay more . He can affdrd to keep a ' marm' and treat her on Sunday afternoon to an exotic excursion to Greenwich Park . Taking all circumstances into consideration , the Court made an order on the defendant for the payment of four shillings per month .

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      INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF OPIUM IN

      ENGLAND . Another meeting of the Westminster Medical Society took place on Saturday evening , for the further discussion of this important question . Dr . Anthony Todd Thomson said that he had made inquiries of many druggist * , and was fully penmaded that opium eating was considerably increased * He had no doubt that consuming opium , either in the crude or liquid state , or inhaling it Trom a pipe , tended materially to shorten life . But the consumption of ardent spirits has also an injurious tendency on life ; perhaps more so than opium . Whilst the great Dr . Brown ' s work was in the press , he invariably used small doses , in order to keep him awake , and to enable him to bear the excessive labour . He

      had seen many opium eaters who resembled dried parchment , or were partially mummified ; all intellectual and moral power had left them , and they bore no resemblance to animated life , save in its worst and most unhealthy state . He deprecated the use of this pernicious drug in any state , except as a medicine , and thought it was a fit subject of inquiry for insurance offices , as its consumption is increasing to an alarming degree . He stated that the late Lord Eldon took three bottles of wine with impunity , so that he may be said to have had a conservative constitution . Dr . Chowne thought that opium eating had not

      such pernicious results as spirit drinking , but still that ought not to slacken the exertions of Temperance Societies , as he could not see how abstaining from ardent spirits could lead to the consumption of opium . The effects are perfectly different . ' Mr . Fenel said that he had been tipsy from spirits once in his life ; but from opium several times , and the effects were the same . Dr . Stone stated that he onee heard Hogg , tho Ettrick Shepherd , ask De ( ioSacy whether supposing he were to take opium . 'it would produce the same rapturous dreams which De Quinoy so beautifully described . " Those who see cattle will dream cawie eaters

      ox , was me opium- reply . Mr . Downing said that in tbe year 1838 , SO OOOlbs o ^ o * U ^^^ J ^ ldutX , ftOiaJ ^ i » rixJ ^ W don ; wnereaJjasTyear , uearfyloTJOOlbsThad paSeb through the eustotns at the same place 1 making an increase of 10 , 000 lbs . in the last year . This increase was mairiljF t 6 W accounted for from the opium crisis in Chioa , and the fact that i considerable qu antity of morphia had been manufioMBd froiritti for exportation . Chemists and draggnls ar ^ unwilling to give their evidence oa the Bubject for fear of injuring their shops . He taeutionsd the opinion of many individuals in a large way of buBinesa , who declared that the Bile of the drag :. ww increasing in this metropolis to non-medical customera . Mr . Winstow and otiiera gave similar evidence , when the society adjourned . '

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      ROYAL MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS . While persons are found ofcuoxions to the penalties of treason for ^ levying war" iaiainet the Stmw reign—while many familiea , it is to be feared , are in a state of abMlute want of food—and while nearly the ^ rhole of . the disaffected mattes are exposed to the severest privations— -political quidnuncs , who , l ike the Bourbon Princess , would substitute piecrust for bread , are occupied in speculating upon the probable amount of the " allowance " intended for the

      ^ Stuarts ; others eay that SStofit * i § to b « ithe sum ; others , on a story going tb » rotmd % s * y that the Duke of Wellington turn settled that i 80 0 O » b enough . Dmwing the distortion between Prince Albert ns the husband of the Quan sol . Prince Albert as a widover , we nuy observe , that & fa JatUt « vcnt Jam wwdi ctrc for graj ^ agtow ^ but tnere could be no reason for trantibg more , than an allowance equal to that of a Dnkeofthe blood royal Ae the hyebawl « f tao Qcwo ,-if tfcj various bewjogs

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      of the question be calmly examined it would «* - -Mm that nothing is reaokite kt tinTastHM ^ tf tftaJ * 2 £ ! 2 ? , r Wk can be prndeotTy ^ uted in the ^ i « Saio « 5 lw ' 1 times or the temper of the people ; " *~ ' — , . Jl With regard to n ««« ity , no one will pretend tit ** . * i $ M Albert « an require an income darts * ll * Qw * 5 Z p- > life . A Civil List has been granted W ^ Mt - " % morethM that which sufficed fi « the inost fuSSS ^ i of Kings , when the value of money -was llii ^^ -- " A the ptice . of all commodities much grater rSSLSEL * Qawn Yictoria ' s £ 395 , 000 a-year ^ S ^ fi ^ * . ' JXWm in ^ George th e fourth ' sftinU ^ WffiSkS of XSOioo a-year *> r the PrrVy Pnm S ^* " * ^ Adelaide be relied on , it is answereKS £ S * ¦ Consort j * a politic *! nerson ^ o ^ l * ^^ , ffi iHj& * W *** < 3 Sbf 4 e 7 LJS nhaAc iniuiiM . *« * li « li '_ i -i . _ j * 7 " * * I" «* Ue DttTa . ' » .. .. . - ~ " ~~ ^^^^^^ ^^

      ESttfi&SZft&gyffi , eitHer status or functions / , Eveo ^ rer ? « S JH ! out force , ( . for national eostoms have a feo *« S «?{^ flnence npoa despotism itself ) : it 15 SfSi ^! bands to mate settlements B&thSrSvi ^ ST w usual , iaWsU-sssqr ted matches , for wivesto rnifi settlements upon their husbands . Stm legs * w manis lucky enough to captivate an heiress , doi that heiress apply to other parties to providTlii iS

      come for her lover , In matches where both parties " have means , it is not , indeed , uncommon to have si sort of joint-stock settlement , with benefit of survivorship , and ^ remainder to the children : bnt this is am instaaee that does not apply to Prince Albert . On the morality of the matter , or its probabk , effects upon the future domestic hatipmess of th *' Queen , we need not enlarge . The opinion- ** mpre properly , perhaps , the conscience-of this ' country ^ a gainsi anv separate establishment for man and wife ; and the practice does not obtaat amongst the very highest ofour nobility , if reaoec * . ' able . The looseness of the marriage-tie and of sexual morality in German estimation , is notnri ^ -

      and remarked by every traveller , to give to » . ' Prince , nnaooustotned to money , and in the tort heyday of his blood , an allowance double or quaX ruple that of an English Royal Duke , and more mi > * ' the lowest . estimate than was granted to the IM * ' £ l "'' King whea a marriad man and heir presumptive ie > m '' i the throne , would be suggesting a tempUtioa W ' irregularities , whilst it furnished him alike with \'^ the means and the opportunities for their indol ^ TV ^ Si ^ cot ^ mffic ?^^ ^^^«* fel i » &UVVIUO DIUUIH 3 tlUHIl t

      ^ Vf » * f \ s ^ S Privy Purse ( that is , pocket-money ) . „ SoSt & 3 Salaries of the Household , ( that isfsata- *^ * H ries of the Great Offioera of State and their subordinates , with , the pay of the servants of various kinds ) „„ 131 ^ 6 # ¦* Expenses of the Household , ( that is . % 3 tradesmen ' s bills for eating , drinking ! ¦ " . » g and equipage—in other words , the ' t ? ^ cost of the chambers , the kitchen , the \ cellar , and the stable ) ................... 172 J ! 0 l ^ ' ' Royal Bounty , Alms , and Special Swvice , (» sum to spend au discretion ) 23 , 20 t UaappropriatedMonies , ( ditto ) ........ 8 , 04 t

      £ 395 jOOQ Here is surely sufficient for any station , especial )* when a husband creates no additional establishment ^ , and causes in fact no additional expense . If » - separate income should not , as its probable eomaklead to irregularities and dissipation , it will J&dao * the recipient to make , a parse for h& Gema 4 . ^ relatives—as has been done before with EogUsk taxes , and will give rise to a parcel of offiuea for tk » " No-Patronage Government / ' which may aim jwrvfras a means for future backstairs intrigue . Ifthft Whigs brina forward a "Ubar » l" «?*»;*« --ftZ ^ . rwbeftra

      prmc ^^ mi ^ t ^ wm ^ SS ^" favour will not be their only reason ; they wilt neks * ~ j upon receiving back a share of it in placesfor elieitt )^ In tbe event of removal from responsible ofiaju » will also enable , them to occupy * positioj * $ f t |* enemy ' s cabinet , checking or baffling him at evot * turn , but which no Minister can constitqifattlnr remove , because the intriguers will have no o ^ bvm * ' tional functionu If the Whigs are all <{ wft % | manage this , it will be the neatest thing thw ^ Mr done yet , and better adapted to K l « e » iSL ^ Tories , " or any other party , than their nSj&Str —» they have one . —Spectator .

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      THE SMUGGLED OPIUM . >^ Should the Ministry be indnced , by A Vok * from the East , " or from any other quarter , to ian * letters of marque , or to make reprisals of any kind , onthe people of the ¦ ** CelesUal Empiw , " for havintf opposed the introduction of that deleterious an 3 fatal drug , which at once fascinates and prostrate * the best faculties of the mind , they will riise up i spirit of moral indignation against them throogtovt Christendom , which will not only brand thew ^ S present infamy , but" damn them to immortal fifiSe . * The days are gone by when any . commercial coon * try could plead its commercial interests agaiart th « interests of humanity , and the eternal pmcrpTes ^ r morals ; and if themerahanteat BombayJort& *^ "!^ : S £ * S ^ E « fl &gv «« fa * mogg- u

      ^^ i ^^ & ^^ ih ^^ S ^^ - tiaa character to increase- « h « lr p t * flrtiw toiffotWI either « Bull . or ; Bears- & * Ftkm £ m& their influence , and only prove the truth of thatinos ^ in ^ spatahle maxim , " the love of uioney is ^ to * ^ © vil . " ' . MSB This country , which has lately paid down ' -twS ' - ' millions to wipe off the blot of the' slave trade , witt neverconsent togotowa * WitfrXadna , forth&sak * of compelling its rolert to debase and ruin tfce > - mulions who are committed to their care , Wear ^ not quite so besotted with the ! ove of wealth , as to forftit every thing which makes Enidand the nra » : -

      andgaardwiof arts and civiliaation , for the sai ^ : of enabling men who trade in the rain and degraday tionof their species , jtoreaUsyJand augment their unprincipled speculations . We are not quftspMpared to become " a by-word amongst thei natiw * for sending out Bibles and missionaries to SDreadthk tidings of the Gospefc and to ^ SJS : ' tidings witt immense c « rg « to < tf tff ^ SV ^ nS ' stifles conscience ^ and whiefrdethrones raaSatc * TOk ^ are ^ t yet prepared ta abo setsar natal mmm& ¦ ¦* by inflictuig , mw aiid vie ^ pdngst SSSSr * - mankind . Wehavenotsolaar ^ therthedoctSX or dntieu of Vkriati ^ nitv . r . rr ^ fiSit y *^ -T ^ SPI ^

      her a reproach amongst thenn ^ verted nafivWSf theEast . Wearenot yetso ^ inlore ^ ith ^ SS and deceit , as to proclaim the pre J » fte Bombay man * , fiato , andaddressed to" AU associations , cfiambers of commerce ^ proprietors of India ^ Stock , " &c ** ciS M considered in no other vi * vr Ak » «« - *^ i !! j ^ S :

      prevail on England to stake her moral % p 73 &m this vile question of the opium trade . It aetsftriS the immense and increasing capital which has £ 3 » recently embarked in this traffic , and thus it&sS lessly asks , whether so much capital shooldhTS . dangered on account of the moral scrnpkaW-S Chinese ! iMays , « Here uarevenue of £ 2 Mjm at stake ; and are we to endanger or aaerUtcTtlS revenue , for the sake of 200 , W » , 000 6 t ceffloBp ¦ $ * WW&l *«¦ ¦ ¦«•• ¦ man / years , to justify ^ iiaS ftetjousand . of capital embarked inXTSdev * S was thenursery of our navy—the caltivationof < m « & ^^ s ^ i « L ^ S ^ SkSSL *^*?! " * ° tod owconscienc ^ aS ShSS ^^? inB ^^^ mm

      !' ^^" ^ T ^^^ g ^ w now palMate , or defend , this trade to opioi The people of England wall never submit to tbinaaw tional infamy which i 8 inherent in diffueinc n ^ iS * and wretchedness throughout the world . Bullf ^ Ew < lo not nowri » ap , aa oae anu , to protest aeabai . this species of commeroe , they wOf hereaftS ^ I ^ ^ ktfq pon to pay a Jane nun , as a comMnsafioC We , ^ ereforej-earnesthrCall oa our fcUoSS ! : oi iws

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1840, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2667/page/2/