1796.] Public Affairs.-Great Britain. a written message from Delacroix, in anfwer to one from him, demanded, a few hours after, of the French negociator, whether he was to confider that meffage as an answer or not? Mr. Ellis, fecretary of embaffy to Lord Malmbury, fet out for London on the 15th of November, to receive new in#tructions from his Court. In the courfe of the negociation, Delacroix demanded of Lord Malmbury, "whether, on every new communication, he intended to dispatch a new courier to his CabiTo this Lord Malmbury replied, "that he fhould do fo whenever the importance of the cafe appeared to render it neceffary." net" The long expected Declaration of the Spanish Court against Great Britain was figned by his Catholic Majefty, at the Palace of St. Laurenzo, on the 5th of October, 1796. The Spanish monarch, in this inftrument, affirms : "That he was induced to make peace with France, on account of the manner in which England behaved to him during the whole of the war, and the well-grounded miftruft which he ought to feel for the future, from the experience of her bad faith, which began to be manifeft by the treatment his fleet received, at an important period of the war, from Lord Hood, where he was folely employed in ruining all that he could not carry away himself. "That the English minister fuffered the fame bad faith to appear, by his filence upon the fubject of his negociations with other powers, particularly the Treaty concluded in 1794 with the United States of America, without any regard to the Spanish rights, which were well known to him. That his Catholic Majefty obferved alfo the fame fymptoms of bad faith in the reply given by Lord Grenville to his ambaffador, the Marquis del Campo, when he demanded fuc cours of him to continue the war: That he was completely confirmed in his fulpicions of this bad faith in the conduct and injuftice which was used in the difpofal of the rich cargo of the Spanish fhip the Saint Jago, retaken by an Eng lith fquadron. "That fince his Catholic Majefty made peace with the French Republic, he has had farther reafons for fufpecting that England intended to attack his poffeffions in America: That he alío had received direct infults, which perfuaded him that the English minifter wifhed to oblige him to adopt a part contrary to the interests of humanity. In fact, that England had developed her intentions of getting poffeffion of his Catholic Majesty's territories, by fending to the An illes a confiderable force, and particularly defiined against St. Domingo." MONTHLY MAG. No. X. 827 After enumerating feveral other infults and grievances from the English, his Catholic Maiefty concludes: "That the British nation has proved to the univerfe, that the recognifes no other laws than the aggrandizement of her own commerce; and that her defpotifm has forced him, for the protection of his crown and people, to declare war against the King of England, his kingdom and vaffels." On the 8th of October, war was proclaimed at Madrid, in the ufual form; and, on the 12th of November, the Bri. tith Cabinet iffued orders for granting letters of marque to British subjects, to make reprisals upon Spain and her fubjects. The diminution which the English power has fuffered in the Mediterranean, from the alliance betwixt France and Spain, and the fhutting of almost all the the British minister to order the evacu Italian ports against her fhips, has induced ation of Corfica. General Gentili wrote from Leghorn, the 15th of October, to the French Commiffioners in Italy, informing them of the arrangements which he had concerted for the recovery of the island, or rather for affifting the inhabitants in their dedays afterwards, the French landed in termination to expel the English. A few Corfica; took Baftia, with 8 or 900 prifoners, most of which were of Dillon's regiment, confifting principally of emigrants. Sir Gilbert Elliot, the viceroy, with the troops which efcaped from Baftia, took refuge in Porto-Ferrajo. Our countrymen, however, have been more fuccefsful in their new territories at the Cape of Good Hope. Our readthe year a fleet failed from Holland, and ers will recollect, that in the spring of eluded the vigilance of the British cruizers; a part of that fleet arrived in Auguft near Saldanha Bay, with a defign of retaking the Cape; but this force proved fo inadequate for the purpose, that nothing but the commander's ignorance of the ftrength of the English in that quarter could induce him to make fo raih an attempt. Upon receiving intelligence of the Dutch being on the coaft, the commander of the English forces, MajorGeneral Craig, made every difpofition for repelling them. Vice-Admiral Sir George Elphinstone was at that period ftationed in those feas, with a confiderable fleet; and, upon hear ing of the arrival of the enemy, he fet fail and made a complete capture of all 5 N their their fhips in Saldanha Bay. The Dutch fleet surrendered without resistance, and confifted of three fhips of the line and five inferior veffels, having on board, in feamen and troops, 1972 men, Some captures of lefs importance were alfo announced in the course of the month; the moft remarkable of which was by Captain Bowers, of his Majefty's thip Terpfichore, who, on the 13th of October, took the Spanish frigate Ma honefa, with 275 men, and carried her into Gibraltar. Captain Bowers loft nonę of his men; the Spaniards loft about 30. This affords another ftriking inftance of the fuperiority of the British failors over thofe of other countries. [We are unavoidably compelled, on account of the length of the important Paper of General Wofbington, to defer our usual detail of Foreign Affairs till next month.] ACCOUNT OF DISEASES IN LONDON, 1796:] Account of Difeafes in London. In the lift of chronic difeafes, it feems proper to take fome notice of the article afthenia, comprehending the diforders, in common language termed nervous, which have occurred in a great proportion, efpecially during the fummer months. The ftate of afthenia commences with general languor, a fenfe of laffitude, or aching in the limbs; and often with tremors. These fymptoms are fucceeded by fhooting pains, headach, giddinefs, and a strong difpofition to fleep, even in the day-time. There is a fenfation of faintnefs, or depreffion, referred to the ftomach, which calls for a frequent fupply of nourishment: but as the craving is not feconded by a proportionate activity of the digeftive powers, an overcharge foon takes place, and produces heartburn; flatulency; violent pains of the ftomach, or naufea, with bilious vomitings, and diarrhea. Females, in thefe circumftances, are diftreffed with a pain in the left fide, fometimes alternating with the pain of the ftomach. This complaint takes away the ability of any confiderable corporeal exertions; and alfo renders a long attention of the mind to any fubject, not only difficult but painful. The patient's temper becomes irritable, fretful, and capricious; the judgment is defective and irrefolute; the imagination fuggefts nothing but gloomy ideas, often extending to defpon dency. No tafte remains for accustomed amufements; but every feeling, every fenfation feems unpleafant. The nightfleep is disturbed by frightful dreams and ftartings; and the patient awakes, in the inorning, unrefreshed, or feeling as if much bruifed and fatigued. Sauvages, in treating of afthenia, includes under that title, the debility confequent on fevers, fmall-pox, fcurvy, hydrocephalus, and feveral local complaints. He farther obferves, that in afthenia there is a general weakness of all the limbs, the vital powers retaining their full vigour, or, that the debility of the voluntary motions is much greater than could be fuppofed from examining the fate of the pulfe. This remark feems to have been made with the view of fupporting an hypothefis it has certainly no foundation in truth. The pulfe, in 829 every inftance of afthemia, is much reduced in force: In perfons of the fanguine temperament it is weak, and ufually very frequent; but in melancholic habits it is always feeble, flow, and languid. The former cafe conftitutes the predifpofition to fyncope, hyfteria, chorea, tetanus, and other convulfions; to mania, gaftrodynia, pyrofis, diarrhea, tabes mefenterica, fluor albus, urticaria, porrigo, and feveral puftular eruptions on the fkin. The latter predifpofs to indigeftion, hemicranium, hypochondriafis or melancholia; to epilepfy, catalepfy, ephialtes, chlorofis, conftipation, chronic rheumatism, struma, internal schirrofities, dropfy, diabetes, purpura, and scaly dif eafes of the skin. Impure air, fedentary occupations, anxiety, and the irregular modes of living in a crowded city are the external caufes which lay the foundation of afthenia. Not only thofe inhabitants are affected with it, who live delicately, and withhold themfelves from no indulgence; but labourers, fervants, and all perfons confined to a dull, unvaried track of bufinefs, are fenfible of its effects. In fummer, the complaint is much aggravated by the relaxing influence of a warm, dufty atmosphere; to which may be added the ftifling heat reflected from contiguous brick-walls, windows, and a burning pavement. Unhappy they who are doomed to toil in fuch a fituation throughout the year; who feldom enjoy the fun's direct rays in the colder feafons; and during the hot months are never fanned by the western breeze. In the moments of languor, they court the delufive aid of fpirits, by which all their complaints are rendered more inveterate; they gradually droop and pine; become hectical, confumptive, or paralytic or, falling into the ftate of chronic weak nefs, fo well defcribed by Dr. Withers, remain, through life, a burthen to themfelves, their friends, or the public. Patients in the firft ftage of afthenia, or whofe conflitutions have not been too deeply injured by a long refidence in town, retrieve their health by means of cold bathing, tonic medicines, and occafional excurfions into the country. There, a change of purfuits, a more regular plan of diet and exercife, a clear and purer atmosphere, the falubrious exhalations from growing vegetables, and the grateful ftimulas of their odours, in a fhort time reftore vigour to the body, and along with it, firmnefs and ferenity to the mind. 5 N 2 PUBLIC PUBLIC FUNDS. THE fufpenfe in which the public remains, refpecting the nature and extent of the Joans that the minifter will require for the enfuing year, fo far affects the funds, that little bufinefs has been transacted during the month. The market is flat, and Stocks are lower than they were this day month, by 3 per cent. BANK STOCK, on the 27th of last month, was at 1461; fell, on the 3d of the prefent, to 144; and was yesterday, 25th, at 143. PER CENT. ANN. were, on the 27th of last month, at 87; fell, on the 3d prefent, to 84; and were yesterday, 25th, at 85. PER CENT. CONS. were, on the 27th of last month, at 75; fell, on the 3d of the prefent, to 72; and were yesterday, the 25th, at 72. 3 PER CENT. CONS. were, on the 27th of laft month, at 57; feil, on the 3d of the prefent, to 56; rofe again, on the 14th, to 57%; and were yesterday at 563. ENGLISH LOTTERY TICKETS are from 12l. 11s. to 121. 128 IRISH do. at 61. 125 N.B. NAVY and VICTUALLING BILLS, dated from the 1st of October, 1795, to 31ft October, 1796, are fundable. The Transfer Books for 3 per cent. confols. fhut on zd December, and open on 20th January, 1797; and for the 5 per cent. on the 7th of December, and open on 23d January, 1797 DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE. THE 9th, being Lord Mayor's day, the new Lord Mayor, BROOK WATSON, cfq. was (worn in; the ufual proceffions, &c. were much inferior in fplendour to those of former years. Much indignant refentment was shown by the populace to the late Lord Mayor (M:. Curtis) and to Mr. Pitt, whofe carriage was broken, and covered with mud.-The Duke of York, Prince Erneft, Mr. Fox, and the Aldermen Skinner and Combe, had their horfes taken from their carriages, and were drawn by an immenfe multitude, amidst the most ardent acclamations. On Monday, the 14th, a riot took place in Broad-street, St. Giles's, originating from a number of Irishmen, &c. wherein feveral perfons were defperately wounded. A fimilar affray happened a few nights before, among a number of perfons of the fame defcription, at Cow-crofs, in Smithfield, in wh ch, befides many being wounded, a peace officer loft his life. On the 15th, a boy, only eight years of age, was charged before Mr. FORD, the magif. trate, with a deliberate burglary, in which he himself was the only party concerned. Being too young an object for prosecution, he was Committed to the care of that very useful inftitution, the fociety for philanthropic reform. On Wednesday, the 16th, the nomination of a candidate to reprefent the borough of Southwark, took place.-Mr. THELLUSON, who had been before returned, having been fet afide by a committee of the Houfe of Commons, for violating the act of William III, relative to entertaining the electors. On the prefent nomination, Mr. THELLUSON propofed again by Mr. R. C, SMITH, and Mr. TIERNEY, the unfu cessful candidate in the last contest, was propofed by Mr, ALCOCK. On Friday the poll commenced, and on that day, at the clof, the numbers food, for Mr. Tierney Mr. Thellufon 487 was for On Saturday, at the clofe, the numbers were, And on Monday, for Mr. Tierney Mr. Theilufon 823 819 1045 When Mr. Thellufon was returned-Mi Tierney having declined to continue the poll, as he confidered Mr. Thellufon in ligib'e, atter the late decifion of the Houfe of Commons. On Thursday, the 17th, two more powdermills blew up at Whitton, on Hounflow-heath, by which fix perfons loft their lives. This is the third accident of the kind that has occurred on that spot in the prefent year. On the 19th, a new opera, intitled, Abroad and at Home, from the pen of Mr. HOLMAN, was performed with applaufe, at Covent-Garden theatre. On Monday, the 21ft, Mr. JOSEPH BURKS, a bookfeller, of Sun-ftre t, Moor-fields, was brought up to receive the judgment of the cou t of King's-bench, for vending a pamphlet, fince proved to be a libel, intitled, "The Duties of Citizenship, &c." Mr. JUSTICE ASHHURST pronounced the judgment of the court That he be kept to hard labour in the trufe of correction, at Clerkenwell, for the term of r years, and that at the expiratun of that Lime, he do enter into a recognizame of 5001. for hinfef, for his good behaviour for feven years.” An experiment was lately made, in Hydepark, before the Duke of York, &c. of a carriage, on a new construction, for the conveyance of troops, &c. from place to place. It is a light waggon, drawn by fix hortes abreast, harneffed as for a coach, and ridden by two poftillions. This machine is to contrived, as to be able to carry 50 men, accommo`ated with leats, one higher than the other, who may fit with eafe, while the arms and baggage are de pofited in a narrow cheft in the centre. It will travel nearly as faft as a stage-coach; and afforded entire fatisfaction in the experiment. I.s A trial was lacely made at Limchou e, lefore a number of military officers, &c. of a newinvented gun-carriage, calculated to produce a very confiderable faving in the number of men neceffary to work the guns. The experiment was made on an eighteen-pounder, which was accordingly worked, with great eafe, by four men, and may even be worked by three. motion of traverfing is fo dexterous, that it may always be thrown round to the fide, and leaded in board; a circumftance of material advantage, as it not only does execution with much greater facility and certainty, but also preferves the men who work it from being expofed to the aim of fmall hot. It is alfo rurnithed with an inclined plane, which may be either raised or depreffed, as the fituation of a fhip may require. At a general meeting of the Grand Junction Canal Company, held lately at the Crown and Anchor tavern, the whole body of proprietors, engineers, &c. exprefled their decided conviction, that the wide, or river, boat is fuperior, in all refpects, to the narrow one ;-by this regulation, as one object of the company is to bring the Staffordshire potteries, &c. to London, in river boats, the neceffity of trans-fhipping, and the inevitable loffes attending it, to an incalculable annual amount, will be avoided. Marriages in and near Lndor. Gen. Bentham, furveyor-general of naval works, to Mifs S. Fordyce, eldest daughter of Dr F. of Effex-street. Mr. T, C. Warner, of the Royal Exchange, to Mifs King, of Blackheath. J. Cooke, efq. of the Navy-office, to Mifs M. A. Bentley, of Caftle-street, Holborn. At Camberwell, W. Olivant, eiq. of Mancheiter, to Mifs Langit.n, daughter of Sir St. L. alderman of Broad-irect-ward, and theriff of London and Middlefex. At Camberwell, Fr. Searle, efq. captain of the Kingston yeomanry, to Mits M. Kent. At Newington-butts, T. Janvering efq. of the navy, to Mifs Wood. J. Strachan, efq. of Highbury, to Mrs. Clarke, of Lower Tooting. At Hackney, by the rev. Dr. Morrice, R. Wilfon, jun. cfq. of Bury-ftrect, to Mifs Coufmaker, of Hackney.And T. Willon, efq. of Fenchurch-ficct, to Mifs Blache, of Hom merton, Mr. J. Ludlam, of Oxford-freet, to Mifs S. Barton, daughter of the late G. Barton, efq, of the Isle of Wight. Captain J. C. Mitchell, of the Eaft-India company's Bengal military establishment, to Mifs H. Vaughan. Mr. R. Bush, jun. of Wandfworth, to Mifs G. Harman, of Woodford. At St. John's church, Hackney, Mr. J. C. Byles, .rley, to Mifs B. Beuzeville. 831 At St. Andrew's, Holborr, Mr. D. Minor furgeon, of Chaneciy-lanc, to Mifs K. Milward, a daughter of the Lite J. M. eq. of Bromley, Middlefex, At Putney, by the rev. A. Hinton, Mr. Lechmere, to Mifs E. Levie. Mr. W. B Kaye, of York-buildings, to Mifs C. Clements. Deaths in and near Landon. Died] In Fludver-ftreet, Westminster, Mr. Doyle, of the War-Office. At Padd ngton, Mrs. Neville, wife of R. A. N. efq. of Billingbear, Berks. Mrs. Johnfon, wife of G. J. efq. of Jamesstreet, Westminster. In Bedford-row, R. Bankes, efq. In Lincoln's-inn-fields, Sir Edm Head, bart. At the George Inn, Northampton, in his way from Buxton to London, the Honourable Edward Bearcroft, Chief Juftice of Chefter and of Flint, Denbigh and Montgomery, in Wales, a Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of London, a Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, one of his Majesty's Counsel, and Mem er of Parliament for Saltaíh, in Cornwall. Mr. Bearcraft was an example of induftry and perfeverance at the Bar. Many years he had fcarcely business enough to support him with the fovereft economy; he actually, in defpair, thought of relinquithing the Profeffion. In time, however, his good fenfe and knowledge of the Law excited confidence, and till his hearing latterly became affected, he was one of the moit fuccesful of its Profeffors, particu larly in cafes in which legal opinions were requifite. For many years h was the only Advocate, whofe abilities and eloquence could, with a chance of fuccefs, be employed in competition with thofe of the illuftrious and unequalled ERSKINE. In Effex-ftreet, Mifs F. P. Plowden. In Melina-Place, St. George's-fields, Captain M. Pitts, of the Corps of Engineers. In Hatton-Calden, Mr. G. Nixon. Mrs. Chapman, wife of Mr. C. Deputy of Colemanftret Ward. W. Davis, efq. one of the Elder Brethren of the Trinity Houfe. At Apfley-Houfe, Piccadilly, the Hon P. G. Bathurst, third fon of Earl Bathurit. M.s. Blake, wife of M. Proctor, at Doce tors-Commons. In Weymouth-freet, T. Burges, efq. the petitioning Candidate for Bridport. Mr. J. Smith, jun. of the Victualling-Office. Mrs. Well, wife of Mr. W. of Gracechurchstreet. W. Bacon, efq. late of Maryland-point, Effex. At Ealing, Mr. Hindman, well known among the mufical cognofcenti as the Leader of a Band, and Performer on the Tenor Violin. In St. George's-ftreet, Westminster, aged 21, R. Moore, eiq. Fellow-Commoner of ChriftCollege, Cambridge, a youth of promifin talents. At Epfom, Mrs. Smith, wife of K. S. Commander of the Minerva Eaft Indiaman. At Tooting, H Dodwell, the laft furviving. fon of the late R D. ef. of Doctors' Commons. |