Intentions for the Augmentation of the Maintenance of the Poor Clergy, by enabling her Majefty to grant, in perpetuity, the Revenues of the First Fruits and Tenths; and alfo for enabling any other Perfons to make Grants for the fame Purpofe,' fo far as the fame relate to Deeds and Wills made for granting and bequeathing Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, Goods, and Chattels, to the Governors of the Bounty of Queen Anne, for the Purpofes in the faid Act mentioned; and for enlarging the Powers of the faid Governors." 43 Geo. 111. (Paffed 27th July, 1803.) By this act it is amongst other matters enacted, that where a living fhall have been or fhall be augmented by the faid governors, and there is no parfonage houfe fuitable for the refidence of the minifter, it shall be lawful for the governors, in order to promote the refidence of the clergy, to apply the money appropriated for fuch augmentation, in building, rebuilding, or purchafing, a house, and other proper erections, within the parish, convenient for the refidence of the minifter, to be deemed the parfonage-house. $3. An Act to amend fo much of an Act made in this Seffion of Parliament, for granting additional Duties of Excife, as relates to the Exportation of Tea to Ireland; for regulating the granting of Permits for the Removal of Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa Nuts, out of Warehouse, and for more effectually fecuring the Duties on Coffee." 43 Geo. III. (Paffed 11th Auguft, 1803.) By this act it is amongst other things enacted, that if any burnt, fcorched, or roafted peas, beans, or other grain, or vegetable fubftance prepared in imitation of coffee or cocoa, or to serve as a fubftitute for coffee or cocoa, or pretended by the poffeffor or vender fo to be, fhall be made or kept for fale, or offered to fale, or found in the poffeffion of any dealer in or feller of coffee or cocoa; or if any burnt, fcorched, or roafted peas, beans, or other grain, or vegetable fubftance, not being coffee or cocoa, fhall be called by the preparer, manufacturer, poffeffor, or vender thereof, by the name of English or British coffee, or any other name of coffee, or by the name of American cocoa, or English or British cocoa, or any other name of cocoa, the fame fhall be forfeited, together with the packages, and may be feized by any officer of excife; and the perfon manufac turing or felling the fame, or in whofe cuftody the fame fhall be found, thall forfeit one hundred pounds. "An Act to repeal the Duties of Cuftoms payable in Great Britain, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof." 43 Geo. III. (Paffed 24th June, 1803.) By this Act it is enacted, amongst other matters, that from the 5th of July, 1803, it fhall be lawful to import any filk-lace, fubject to the duties impofed by this act; and all fuch filk-lace may be worn or used, or fold or expofed to fale, and fhall not be fubject to feizure or forfeiture; nor fhall the perfon who thall import, wear, or use the fame, or who fhall fell the fame, or have the fame in his poffeflion, be liable to any penalty whatsoever. § 32. marked at each end of every piece; and But all fuch foreign filk-lace fhall be any found after July 5, 1803, unmarked, thall be forfeited; and the owner profecut ed according to the laws heretofore in force. § 33, 34. Penalty for counterfeiting marks, or the impreffion of them, or expofing to fale, or having in poffeffion any foreign filk lace with a counterfeit mark, 100l. and alfo to ftand in the pillory for two hours. § 35. Alfo from and after the ratification of the definitive treaty of peace between his Majefty and the Republic of France, it fhall and may be lawful for the Eaft India Company to expofe to fale, either for the purpose of being worn or used in Great Britain, or for exportation, any silk hand. kerchiefs of the manufacture of Perfia, China, or the East Indies, that fhall have heen, or may thereafter be, fecured in the warthoufes of the Company, fubject to the duties by this act impofed thereon; and all fuch filk handkerchiefs may be worn or ufed in Great Britain, or fald or expoled to fale therein, and shall not be fubject to forfeiture; nor fhall the perfon who fhall wear or ufe the fame, or who fhall fell or expofe to fale the fame, or have the fame in his poffeffion, be liable to any penalty. § 36. But for three years after the faid ratification, the faid Company fhall not, in any one year, fell, or expofe to fale, a greater quantity of fuch filk handkerchiefs than fifty thousand pieces, of the length, and of the forts ufually exposed to fale. $37. ufual mortality or without, fhall be reckoned for a barrel, and the allowances to be made to the common brewers not felling beer in any lefs quantity than a whole cafk of four gallons and a half, within or without the faid limits, for wafte, fhall be three barrels upon every thirty-fix, both of frong and of table beer and ale; the faid allowance to be in full compenfation for all waste or other loffes whatsoever. § 12, 13. No beer or ale brewed by the common brewers fhall be fold by fuch common brewers at any other rate; but nothing berein fhall alter the quantity to be return ed as a barrel by any victualler or retailer, or by any perfon (other than the common brewer) who fhall fell or tap out beer or ale publicly or privately, but the fame fhall remain as was enacted by an act of 1 Will. & Mar.* § 14. "An A&t for granting to his Majesty, until Twelve Months after the Ratification of the Definitive Treaty of Peace, certain ad ditional Duties of Excife in Great Britain. 43 Geo. III. (Paffed 5th July, 1803.) By this act it is amongst other things enacted, that beer or ale above 18s. per barrel, exclufive of duty, fhall be deemed ftrong, and at 18s. or under, table-beer, $12. *Viz. Two barrels and a half upon every twenty-three. REVIEW OF NEW MUSICAL PUBLICATIONS. grand Sonata, for the Piano-forte; compofed by Julian Busby, fon of Dr. Busby. 35. 6d. HE merits of this Sonata are fo pofer confidered, as really to have excited our aftonishment. The bold, florid style of the first movement, and the foft engaging fubject and brilliant variations of the fecond, together with the cafy, yet artful, modulation pervading the whole piece, are fuch indications of early genius and premature judgment, that we must in candour fay, we know not what may yet be anticipated from the future efforts of a youth, already fo gifted by nature and advanced in fcience. In a word, all real judges will be as much delighted as amazed at this, fo fingular a production from fo young a mind; and thofe who have made fome progrefs on the piano-forte will derive much improvement from its practice, "Lady Mary Douglas," a popular Air ; arranged as a Rondo; by S Welley, Efq. 15. 6d. Mr. Welley has converted this wellknown melody into a familiar and pleafing rondo. It is an amiable trait in the character of a great genius, that for the fervice of the many he will defcend to the production of trifles; but it is no credit to our age, that its tafte is not calculated to encourage the noble efforts of talents and science. "Enjoy, my Child, the balmy Sleep." Sung at the Nobility's Concert, by Mrs. Mountain. Compofed, with an Accompaniment for the Piano-forte, or Harp, and infcribed to Mrs. Shaw, by J. Major. Is. Mr. Major has composed this song, the words of which are by Hayley, with confiderable tatte and feeling. The melody is eafy and graceful, and the expreffion arranged with judgment; and the general effect befpeaks much talent in this fpecies of compofition. The celebrated Air of " Sweet Robin ;" ar-. ranged as a Rondo for the Piano-forte, German Flute, or Violin. Dedicated to M. P. King, Efq. by P. P. Roche. 35. This rondo is diverfified and embellished by the introduction of twelve other airs, all which are fo ingeniously interwoven with Mr. Dibdin's old favourite in The Padlock, as to form not only a pleafing, but a confiftent and unique effect. The infertion of popular tunes in inftrumental exercifes is become a fashion of which we by no means difapprove. The ear is naturally gratified by the air it recognizes; and the finger infenfibly led to that practice by which alone it can acquire facility of execution. A British War-Song. The words by Profeffor White, of Dumfries. The Mufic compofed by Francis Blagden, Efq. 1s. This loyal and patriotic fong does equal credit to its author and its compofer. The words are conceived with energy; and the melody breathes that bold and martial fpirit beft fuired to the warm and foldier-like fpirit by which every line of the poetry is characterized. "The Maid of Wooburn" a pathetic Ballad; infcribed to the Duchefs of Bedford; for the Piano-forte, or Pedal Harp. Compofed by M. A. Bryan. The Words by F. Bryan. is. 6d. "The Maid of Woburn" is a pleaf. inga ing, and, we are happy to fay, an appropriate compliment to the noble family to a part of which it is dedicated. The ftyle is easy, natural, and expreffive; and the general character of the song, both in words and mufic, highly creditable to the talents by which they are produced. Roxalana, Romanza alla Tufca;" fung by "Roxalana" has the merit of much prettiness, as well as confiderable novelty. We admire that fimplicity which does not degenerate into meanness, and that characteristic peculiarity which is rational without being quaint, and that strikes more by its propriety than its fingularity; and cannot but award that praife to the prefent production. "The Lark," a Duet, for two Voices; with an Accompaniment for the Piano-foris. Written and compofed by W. Fish. 25. This duet poffeffes much claim to our commendation. The melody is attractive, and the parts are combined with ingenuity. The paffages are for the most part fimple, and perfectly vocal in their conftruction; while the accompaniment displays tasteful conception, and mastery in arrangement. A Sonata for the Harpsichord or Piano-forte. Compofed by J. W. Holden. 25. We find in this fonata fome pleafing ideas, and much addrefs in connecting them. The paffages are, perhaps, in fome few inftances, lefs free in their con Though we cannot give this march and quick-ftep the praife of any ftriking ori-. nality, they are by no means deftitute of merit. The fubject of the former is bold, and the latter is conceived with vigour and animation. We muft, however, notice, that fome falfities of combination appear in the fcore; for the first of which we will refer the compofer to the fecond bar. The celebrated Air of "The Lovely Maid," with variations for the Piano-forte. Compofed, and dedicated to Mrs. Commun, by Auguft Voigt. 25. Mr. Voigt has evinced much tafte and ingenuity in thefe variations. They offer to the hand much ufeful execution; and the effect will be found grateful to every cultivated ear. "Love and Whiskey" a favourite Irish Air; fung by Mr. Johnfton, in the Opera of the Wife of Two Hufbands; arranged as a Rondo, for the Piano-forte, by Thos. Smith. IS. Mr. Smith has furnished, in this little effort, an agreeable exercise for the pianoforte. The paffages are well difpofed for the finger; and young pupils will not fail to derive from them much improvement, ACCOUNT OF THE DISEASES IN LONDON, Admitted under the Care of the Physicians of the Finsbury Dispensary. 2 I 42 24 I 21 7 19 In one of the cafes of rheumatism, which was principally characterized by an 5 inflexibility in the joints of the elbow and fhoulder, electricity was recommended; 3 but, as it happened not to be convenient for the afflicted object to have recourse to a trial of this remedy, an almost hourly 21 ufe, during the day, of the dumb bells was fubftituted in its place. The wifhed-for effect has been produced; and the patient, after a fhort period of reluctant and painful exertion, has now recovered the free and eafy use of his fuperior extremities. Exercife 2 13 2 2 29 Exercife, and the warm bath, are, in fact, the appropriate and moft efficient remedies in inttances of rheumatical affection. The blood, whether it be in fo great a quantity as to overload the veffels, or in fo fmall, as not to afford a fufficient fltimulus to their action, cannot fail to produce debility and its fubfequent series of difeafes. It is by many imagined, that what is called local bleeding is, in a multitude of cafes, preferable to what is called general: in apoplexy, for instance, the preffure on the brain is fuppofed to be more expeditiously, as well as effectually, relieved, by an operation on the jugular vein, than on one in either of the arms; in pleurify, phthifis, or catarrh, by cupping or leaches on the breaft or fide affected than any where elle. more The cafes of frophula were treated fimply as cafes of conftitutional relaxation and debility. When it appears externally, although more difgufting and offenfive, it is lefs pernicious and lefs likely to be fatal than in the various modes of its clandeftine operation. Seldom, on that account, fhould we make ufe of cutaneous applications, which can conceal the outward appearance of the disease only by driving it inwardly upon the brain, or other organs more immediately and effentially united with the principle of life. In this way it is, that in fcrophulous patients mania, When properly confidered, however, the phthifis, or other vifceral and equally dread-matter muft appear in a different light. ful diforders are fo frequently produced. In fact, there is no fuch thing as local Scrophula confifts, not in a peculiar bleeding, if, by that term, be meant an poifon with which the fluids are impreg- evacuation from one part of the valcular nated, but, in the inheritance of a muf- fyltem, without affe&ting, in the fame cular fibre too feeble and relaxed. Of proportion, every other. When a fluid is course, the violent evacuants former- in a conftant ftate of circulation through a ly, and even now, too commonly made round of reffels, of what con equence ufe of, ought to be excluded altogether can it be from what portion of that circle from a fhare in the medical management any quantity of it be deducted. of this difeafe. What can be a more prominent violation of even ordinary reafon, than to think it were poffible to improve or to restore the tone and vigour of the fyftem, by the mean of unufual and extravagant purgations! The Reporter is, by no means, difpofed to the careless and unneceffary effufion of human blood; but in various cafes of violent and obftinate catarrh, although they were attended with confiderable feeblenefs, he has lately ventured to have recourse to venefection. Weakness is not, in all cafes, an infuperable argument against the propriety of bleeding. The arteries, whofe contractile power has, from any cause, been unduly diminished, are not able, without difficulty and febrile uneafinefs, to propel even their ufual quantity of blood. Under fuch circumftances, they ought to be in fome measure relieved from their burden by timely and moderate evacuations. The existence of a morbid plethora is not to be ascertained merely by the abfolute mafs of fluid, or even by its proportion to the space of the veffels which it occupies, but likewife by a circumftance, which perhaps has not yet been fufficiently attended to the lefs or greater degree of power which, in any particular instance, they may poffefs, of urging, with unintermitting conftancy, the tide of fanguineous circulation. MONTHLY MAG, No. 113. When you drink out of a canal, through which flows a tree and uninterrupted ftream, in whatever place the draught be taken, it must equally affect the level of its furface, and the impetuofity of its courfe. It ought, however, to be obferved, that in the difeafes of infants and old perfous, hooping cough for instance, in the one, and dypnoea or cynanche trachealis in the other, by the application of leaches to the cheft or throat, the expenditure of the vital fluid may, with greater convenience, be accurately adjusted to the exigency of the cafe. The difeafe laft in the lift arose evidently from an unhappy addiction to undue ftimuli. It is a notion entertained by the vulgar, and patronifed too generally by illiterate and ill-educated members of the medical profeffion, that those drams which go by the denomination of cordials, a e proper and neceflary, even for the health and security of females in the condition of pregnancy. No doctrine can more precifely be oppofite to the fact. Under such circumitances, on the contrary, all means ought to be made ufe of to promote and fecure an uninterrupted state of the most perfect mental and corporeal tranquilli y. Every thing fhould be carefully withdrawn, that is calculated to agitate or to excite. PP By an ignorance of, or an infufficient regard to, this important truth, thousands of women and children are diurnally deftroyed. Intemperance is a relative thing. There are fituations, in which more than one glafs of wine ought to be confidered as a debauch. To the conftitution of man, artificial and unneceffary incentive is injurious; to that of woman, incalculably more fo; and to that of one in the predicament above alluded to, it involves the almoft inevitable mifchief of two fold destruction. J. REID. Southampton-row, March 26, 1804. STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS, In March, 1804. of March, IN the course of the month ef for the reftoration of the King's health has been gradually alleviated. It is, now, almost entirely at an end, by his Majelty's complete recovery Thofe difficulties have already ceafed, which his indifpofition put in the way of the di patch of the public bufinefs: his affent has been given by commiffion to feveral bills in Parliament: his fignature has been prefixed to different military appointments, and other a&is of government to which his fign-manual was neceffary: and he has been, for a confiderable part of the month, in fuch convalescence, as to have had interviews refpecting the great affairs of the State, with fome of his chief minifters. Government meanwhile continues its preparations with inceffant vigilance, to refilt any foreign invation. An embargo, with what precife views was uncertain, detained merchant-fhips bound for the North, in our poris, for fome part of the month. The French and Dutch ports, are, now, more closely than ever, blocked : and, a plan has been propoled by Mr. Richard Phillips, and is about to be carried into effect, for filling up thofe ports, at least in part, with ftones, and with the hulks of old veffis, fo as to make it difficult, if not impoffible, for even any fort of fhips or finall craft, that can be armed for invafion, to make their way out of them. It has been conceived, that, fince harbours are, in many in ftances, ruined by tides and curen's of the fea, the depofition of fand from rivers, earthquakes, and other natural accidents; the fame effect may be accomplished by artificial means, by those who are matters of the exterior fea. It is, in most places, but a paint, comparatively, of a nanow channel, that is to be filled up: and the agitation of fea which faps a mole, and reduces it to a pile of rubbish, generally tends to augment a fand-bank, or any fimilar obtruction that is once begun in of France and Holland, it this can, in deed, be effected, by artificial fand-banks and funken rocks, would more effectually cripple the power of our enemies, would reduce them more certainly to an abfolute inability of invading our territory, rivalling our commerce, or coping with our fhips of war, than if we could burn half the towns in France, and flay, without lofs to ourselves, one or two hundred thousand of the fight ng men : and, therefore, if the purpofe can be certainly. atchieved, there is no expence nor toil, at which its confequences would not be cheaply earned. a port. Befdes, to block up the ports The Sr Sidney Smith is now faioned off Fiufhing; and has moored his own fhip in a fituation the most favourable to the annoyance of the enemy, and which fhews, that he has refolved to omit nothing that the most heroic gallantry can perform in order utterly to deftroy any force which they may endeavour to fend out from that port. Lord Nelson, still keeps his ftation off Toulon; and is perfectly mafter of the entrance into that port. His laft letters announce the capture of fome fmall fhips from the enemy. Mermaid and Atalanta frigates, have failed, as a convoy, with a fleet of merchant-' fhips, for the West Indies. Notwithflanding the numbers of our cruizers, and the force and judicious diftribution of our fquadrons; the coating trade of this country has been, lately, much annoyed by privateers from France and Holland, between Dungeness and Beachy` Head. The news from Ceylon reprefent the condition of the British Government in that ifland, as continually more and more perilous. The troops of Candy have defcended, in great force, to the very fea-coat. They befiege thofe principal. pots of the fettlement where our countrymen are to make their laft ftand. There is even danger, that the Governor and thole who ale with him may have been |
