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ACCOUNT OF DISEASES IN LONDON,
From the 20th of May to the 20th of June.

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or the emptying of the ftomach by a I gentle emetic, has produced relief, and 3 where the ftomach has thus appeared to 4 be primarily affected, a flightly bitter infufion, accompanied with the occafional ufe of gentle euoprotics, has removed the complaint. In other inftances, where the appearance of the countenance and the fenfations of the patient indicated fome plenitude in the veffels of the head, the application of leeches to the temples and of blifters behind the ears, followed by the use of cathartic remedies, appeared to be the moft fuccefsful treatment.

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2 During the last few weeks, troublefome affections of the head have been very frequent. In fome inftances, confiderable pain, particularly in the forehead, giddine's, flight coma, or tranfient phrenitis, feemed to conftitute the primary and idiopathic difeafe, whilft, in other inftances, they have been fymptomatic. Fevers have been attended with a more than ufual determination to the head, and, in fome cafes, after the remiffion of other fymptoms, thefe affections of the head have continued. They have alfo been the attendants of fome chronic difeafes. Rheumatism has, in fome inftances, been accompanied with pains in the head, and tranfient giddinefs, frequently returning. In dyfpeptic and hypochondriacal patients, thefe fymptoms have been more frequent than usual, and have produced in the mind of the patient, an apprehenfion of a more ferious attack of the paralytic or apoplectic kind. These symptoms have been relieved by very different treatment. In fome cafes, either spontaneous vomiting,

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Different fpecies of eruption of the skin have lately prevailed, particularly amongst children. They have, in fome instances, affumed the appearance of that which is attendant upon the meatles. In fome patients, the eyes were affected with flight inflammation, in others, fome difficulty of breathing, with a quickness of the pulfe, and in others, a very troublesome itching attending the eruption. In a few instances, puftules were formed, and in one inftance, fmall veficles appeared. These fymptoms, when accompanied with heat and quickness of pulfe, were most easily removed by gentle purging and the ufe of antimonials, in finall dofes: but where the difeafe appeared to be merely cutaneous, fmall dofes of calomel, with a lotion of kali fulphuratum, and now and then a gentle cathartic, proved fufficient for the removal of symptoms.

STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS,
In June, 1798.

GREAT BRITAIN.

HE official journals, fince our laft, have been replete with the most me lancholy details. The nature of thefe events continue to be the more enveloped in darkness on account of the usual channels of parliamentary intelligence, upon this fubject, being cut off. Under the head of Ireland, however, we have felected, from the official reports, a brief account of the feveral engagements between the king's troops and the people.

The parliamentary proceedings, fince the publication of our last number, have been principally confined to the completing of the feveral bills before the two houfes. Mr. PITT, on the 25th of May, obferved to the commons, that on the Wednesday following, he intended to bring forward a motion for the augmentation of the number of feamen; to fecond this purpofe, he immediately moved for leave to bring in a bill to fufpend two

acts of parliament which granted protection to perfons of various claffes. The neceffity of the measure was obvious, and to carry it into immediate effect; he wifhed the bill to go through all its stages that day, and to be fent to the lords in the evening.

Mr. TIERNEY'faid, he had not heard any thing offered by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to justify fo precipitate a measure. Mr.PITT replied, that any gentleman who was hoftile to a meafure neceffary to defeat the object of France, poffeffed fentiments refpecting liberty, totally different from thofe which he would ever maintain. Mr. TIERNEY conceived this affertion as a perfonal attack, and therefore intirely unparliamentary, and threw himself on the protection of the houfe; after having heard fuch a charge made against him, as that he was defirous to impede the defence of the country. The Speaker faid, that if the language ufed

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by the Right Hon. Gentleman, was the fame as the other Hon. Gentleman complained of, it certainly was disorderly and unparliamentary. Mr. PITT replied, that if the houle waited for an explanation from him, they would wait a long time indeed. The bill for the fufpenfion of protections, was then hurried through all its ftages, carried to the lords, and the next day received the royal affent; and in the evening, carried into effect upon the river Thames and other places,

Upon the second reading of the landtax redemption bill, in the houfe of lords, on the 8th of June, the Earl of SUFFOLK ftrongly contended, that the landed intereft would be seriously affected by its operation, and, that to add fresh burdens to thofe which already exifted on that very valuable part of the community, would be highly imprudent. Lord THURLOW obferved, upon this occafion, that he oppofed the measure from his judgment and confcience, and viewing it in every poffible light, he did not hesitate to pronounce it unjust and dangerous. His lordship then went at fome length into the legal confideration of different claufes of the bill, which he pointedly condemned. Lord AUCKLAND, on the contrary, urged, that from the plaineft and moft concile arithmetical calculations, the moft material benefits would refult from the financial operation of the bill, which would evidently extinguifh from 60 to 80 millions of the 3 per cents. The Lords HOLLAND and CAERNARVON argued against the bill. Upon a divifion, there appeared for the bill 27, againft it 7. This bill was paffed into a law a few days afterwards.

The house of commons, on the 5th of June, went into a committee on the newfpaper bill. The Attorney General obferved, that however gentlemen might. have understood it otherwite, this bill would attach no refponfibility to proprietors of newspapers, but what the law at prefent impofed; and to accommodate the objections of gentlemen, he fhould propofe that "Refponsibility should attach to only three proprietors." The Speaker faid, that he thought two inftead of three proprietors, would be fufficient refponfibility, added to the printer and publifher. The Attorney faid, that from the very refpectable quarter from whence the amendment came, he fhould agree to it. This bill was paffed a few days afterwards.

Mr. Secretary DUNDAS, on the 12th of June, prefented a meffage to the commons from his majefty, purporting that his Majefty depended, at the prefent eri

tical conjuncture, on his faithful commons to provide fuch means and measures as the exigencies of affairs might require. This meffage was ordered to be taken into confideration the next day. A fimilar meffage was prefented on the fame day to the house of lords, by the Lord Chancellor. The earl of SUFFOLK rofe, and faid, he wished to obtain fome information from the noble secretary (Lord GRENVILLE) with refpect to the object of the meffage. Lord GRENVILLE replied, that it was usual for his Majesty to fend a meffage of that nature to the houfe in time of war, and at the close of the feffion.

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Mr: St. JOHN, in the house of commons, on the 11th of June, rose to make his promised motion respecting Meffrs. ARTHUR and ROGER O'CONNOR. what he had to fuggeft, he faid, every thing would be avoided that related to the unhappy state of Ireland. After contending that the 12th and 16th claufes of the Habeas Corpus act, were, in the cafe of thefe gentlemen, grofsly infringed on, if not wholly violated; he entered into a detail of Mr. ROGER O'CONNOR's cafe, from his confinement in Ireland till his acquittal; his arrival in England, his tranfmiffion to Ireland; and, finally, the occurrences regarding him at Maidstone; together with the arreft there of Mr. ARTHUR O'CONNOR, at the moment of acquittal, and the transportation of the two brothers to Ireland, under fresh charges of treafonable practices-the whole of which, he contended, were a chain of infringements on Magna Charta, the Bill of Rights, and the palladium of English berty, the Habeas Corpus act. The hiftory of England, he laid, produced no parallel to the cafes of these two brothers. He then moved for copies of the warrants upon which Mr. ARTHUR O'CONNOR and Mr. ROGER O'CONNOR were lately apprehended. He next moved for copies of extracts of all lettters and communications from Lord CAMDEN, which contained any account of the charges against thofe gentlemen. Mr. SHERIDAN feconded the motion. The Attorney General contended, that these motions were hoftile to public juftice, as well as to the perfons who were the objects of them. He had reafon to prefume there was ground for the arreftation of Mr. ARTHUR O'CONNOR, at the conclufion of his trial; at any rate, he was bound to believe that the noble fecretary, under whose warrant he was detained, had documents authoring fuch a tranfaction; nor would he

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prefume but that prima facie he was right. He fhewed how the law applied in feveral inftances, which had occurred of perfons for felonyand other high crimes,being tried in one county and acquitted; fent to the next, and fo on progreffively, until they were at length put on their trials in thofe counties, where they had actually committed offences, and therein convicted; as mail robbers for inftance. Meflrs TIERNEY, NICHOLS, SHERIDAN, JEKYLL, and Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, fpoke in favour of the motion; the Solicitor General, Mr. WINDHAM, and Mr. DUNDAS against it. The house divided—Ayes 15-Noes 104.

On the 13th of June, when the houfe being in a committee, upon the meffage fent from his Majefty the preceeding day, Mr. DUNDAS moved that the fum of one million, be granted to his Majefty, to enable him to difappoint the defigns and enterprizes of the common enemy; and to be employed, as the exigency of the ftate may require." General Tarleton and Mr. TIERNEY oppofed this motion, and wifhed fome explanation to be given, as to the application of the money. On the other hand it was fupported by Meffis. DUNDAS, ROSE, and WINDHAM. Mr. BAKER moved, that this grant fhould be two millions, this was oppofed; and the original motion was paffed. Mr. ROSE then moved, that three millions and a half be granted to his Majesty, to be raised on Exchequer Bills-ordered.

On the 14th of June, previous to the order of the day, for Mr. SHERIDAN'S motion upon the ftate of Ireland; Mr. BAKER moved the reading of the ftanding order of the house, excluding strangers from the gallery, during the debate, which was read, and the SPEAKER immediately defired the gallery to be cleared. While ftrangers were departing, Mr. ABBOT obferved, that, if any perfon whatever, prefumed to publish, or reprefent what paffed, or might be fuppofed to have paffed in the houfe that night, he would be confidered as guilty of a breach of privilege, and punished accordingly. No trangers were admitted, but it has been faid, that Mr SHERIDAN, after a fpeech of an hour and a half, in which he quoted LORD FITZWILLIAM's letters to LORD CARLISLE, and Mr. BURKE's letter to SIR HERCULES LANGRISHE, moved for a committee, which fhould be either public or private, to inquire into the conduct, which had led to the prefent unhappy rebellion; and before which he faid, he would examine LORD FITZWILLIAM,

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Mr. GRATTAN, SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE, &c. This motion was oppofed by Mr, CANNING, LORD HAWKESBURY, Mr DUNDAS, and Mr. WINDHAM. It was fupported, by feveral members in oppofition, and alfo by DOCTOR LAWRENCE, who fpbke an hour and a haif, the fentiments of the late Mr. Burke and LORD FITZWILLIAM upon this fubject. The houfe divided, Ayes 43-Noes 159. Mr. Sheridan then, without any debate, moved for an addrefs to his MAJESTY, upon the state of Ireland, which was negatived without a divifion.

On the next day in the houfe of Lords, the fame bufinefs was brought forward, under the fame reftriction. As the bufinefs was coming on, and LORD SUFFOLK was proceeding to make some remark, the BISHOP of ROCHESTER called out, clear! clear! of course ftrangers immediately withdrew. The DUKE of LEINSTER, it was understood, then made a motion relative to Ireland, which was negatived by 70 against 19.

Mr. DUNDAS, on the 18th of June, brought up a message from his MAJESTY, importing, that feveral regiments of militia, had made a voluntary tender of their fervices, to affift in fuppreffing the rebellion, that now unhappily prevails in Ireland; his MAJESTY, therefore, recommends it to his faithful commons, to confider of the means of enabling him, for a time, and to an extent to be limited, to accept of the fervices of fuch militia regiments, as might wish to be fo employed.

This message was taken into confideration by the houfe the next day, upon which a debate of confiderable length, and of great warmth took place; Mr. DUNDAS moved the addrefs. It was oppofed by Mr. NICHOLLS, upon the ground, that the measure was unconstitutional, and that no communication had been made to that houfe, from the executive power explanatory, of the caufes of the exifting rebellion in Ireland. If the Irish government had acted agreeably to the wishes of the people, it would have been impoffible, that fuch a fituation as the prefent, could have occurred; the houfe ought to know, fomething of the foundation of the difpute, before they proceeded to fanction the measures adopted against the people of Ireland: fome expla nation was neceffary, previous to the parliament of England, taking part with the executive government. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR, SIR LAWRENCE PALK, and Mr. PIERREPOINT confidered the measure not only as hoftile to the conftitution of

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the country, but tending to leffen the refpectability of the fervice; because gentlemen of rank and property, would have an objection to accept commiffions in the militia, if they were liable to be sent out of the kingdom.

Lord W. RUSSEL fpoke alfo against the meafure, and faid, that he remembered too well the American war, ever to vote one man or one fhilling, for fubjugating Ireland, until conciliatory meatures fhall have been tried.

The original áddrefs, after an amendment, propofed by Mr. BANKS, had been negatived, was carried.

IRELAND.

According to the accounts from Lord CAMDEN, orders had been iffued by the leaders of the United Irifhmen, previous to the 24th of May, directing their partizans to be ready at a moments notice as, the meafures of government made it neceffary for them to act immediately. On the 23d of May, information was received by administration, that it was probable the city of Dublin, and the adjacent diftricts, would rife in the evening. In conquence of this intelligence, notice was fent to the general officers in the neighbourhood, and the capital was put in a ftate of defence. Thefe meafures prevented any movement in the metropolis; but acts of open revolt, were committed in the counties of Dublin, Meath, and Kildare. About two o'clock, in the morning of the 24th, there was a regular attack, made by a rebel force upon the town of Naas, where Lord GOSFORD commanded, with a part of the Armagh Militia, and detachments of the 4th dragoon guards and Ancient Britons. The populace confifted of about a thousand men, armed with mufkets and pikes; they made their attack with regularity, but were foon repulfed, with a lofs of about 200 men killed. Two officers, and a few privates of his majesty's forces were loft, a finall detachment of the kings troops, were furprifed at the fame time, at the town of Profperous, and a detachment at the village of Clare cut their way to Naas, with confiderable lofs. On the fame day, General DUNDAS came up with a confiderable body of the people, near the hills of Killcullen" the flaughter was confiderable, for fuch an action, 130 lay dead-no prifoners." After thefe attacks, the infurrection fpread fouthward, and broke out in great force in the county of Wexford; the people affembled in fuch force in that quarter, as to cut off a party of 100 men of the North Cork Militia, who

were fent to meet them; they were 4000 ftrong, and many of them mounted. Colonel CAMPBELL, however, in partial engagements with the populace at Monaftereven and Carlow, killed 450 of them. According to accounts from Major-general Sir JAMES DUFF, he took the town of Kildare from the rebels on the 29th of May, and killed between 2 and 300. Major general FAWCETT, however, was furrounded by a large body of the populace between Taghmon and Wexford; and defeated. General FAWCETT effected his retreat to Duncannon Fort.

'On the 1st of June, the populace from Vinegar Hill attacked the town of Newtown-Barry, but were defeated by the troops under Colonel L'ESTRANGE, with the lofs of about 500 killed.

The troops under Lieutenant ELLIOT of the Antrim militia, attacked the people at Ballycanoe on the 3d of June, and killed above 100 of them.

It appears that Colonel Walpole met with the main body of the infurgents about the 3d of June, in a strong post near Slieveling Mountain, and having attacked them, he was unfortunately killed, by a fhot in the head, in the beginning of the action when his corps, being in a fituation where it could not act with advantage, was forced to retire to Arklow. The lofs on the king's fide was 54 men killed and missing, and two fix-pounders.

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The most bloody of all the engagements took place at New Rofs on the 5th of June, between the people and the king's troops, under the command of Major-general Johnfon; when colonel Lord Mountjoy was killed, and near 100 rank and file, with 57 wounded, and about the fame number miffing. The loss on the fide of the populace was exceeding great.

While the infurgents were fuftaining thefe feveral defeats in the fouth of Ireland, government received intelligence that the infurrection had broken out with great fury in the north. Major-general NuGENT, on the 7th of June, was informed at Belfast, that an infurrection was intended in the county of Antrim: but he received the intelligence too late to prevent the people from taking poffeffion of the town of Antrim. He therefore collected a confiderable number of troops, and attacked them in that place. The king's troops were fired upon from the houfes as they entered the town, and were at firft obliged to retreat with confiderable lofs. Soon afterwards Colonel DURHAM, with the troops under him, proceeded to a distance of about half a mile from Antrim, and commenced

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