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stssaisirtKUu J....... ~ I. . From flit Portsmouth Journal. the overeignet thing i’ the world Is ’perinacety for un inward bruise. Sliakspcare. Mr. Editor —l am told it is the boast of the common law, that there is no wrong without a remedy. As you .are supposed to have some knowledge of the laws under which we live, l take the liberty of laying before you the fol lowing case. The grievance of which I complain, is the unrelenting persecu tion of my good-natured friends, in the way of medical advice. It has already reduced me to a skeleton, and if I have no relief, itwil, in three weeks more, bring me to the grave. 1 am, or rather a month ago I was, a young man in good health and cheer ful spirits, it is true I was never ro bust and athletic ;but on the other hand 1 have seldom been visited with sick ness. I am engaged in a business which gives me a comfortable support, and leaves me some leisure for the culti vation of letters and the enjoyment of society. 1 passed my days in enviable happiness, till one fatal morning some of my kind friends fancied that I look ed sick. From that hour my days were numbered. lam even now has tening to the tomb. On one of the bright mornings which we had in June,and after a warm night Irose from bed somewhat languid and alittle paler than usual. After sip ping a cup of tea for breakfast I was walking slowly through Market-street with my hands behind me, enjoying the pure breeze which was beginning to blow from the north-west, when I was met by two friends, who stopped and exchanged with me the compli ments of the day. Methinks you look alittle pale, said one, you had better try a cold balk. — Nothing invigorates the frame like a salt-water bath. Provided it be a shower hath, inter rupted the other. But in my opinion nothing is so fatal to health as plung ing the whole body into cold water. It checks perspiration ; impairs diges tion—produces cramp—and Good morning, I exclaimed rather abruptly, 1 believe 1 shall try neither at present. Continuing my walk a few minutes longer, 1 called at the house of a friend, with whom I was in habits of familiar intercourse. I found him at breakfast with his family. His wife, a fine mo therly looking woman, with a large shawl thrown over her shoulders to protect her from the morning air, was pouring out the coffee : whilst the eld est daughter was watching a little ur chin, whose ruddy cheeks and laugh ing blue eyes showed how much com fort he derived from the huge bowl of bread and milk he was in the very act of devouring. In the simplicity of my heart, 1 related the conversation I just had in the street. My friend shook his head slowly, and fixed his eyes upon me with a very solemn expression : “ There is some thing in it. You are sick, my dear fellow. You must ride on horse-back.” You must drink pearl ash and cider in the morning, to give you an appetite added his wife. You should drink milk, exclaimed the daughter, looking significant at the chubby cheeks of her little brother. Tansy and wormwood pounded to gether, is a thousand times better, said a maiden aunt—at the same time lay ing down her knitting. Take a little tansy— Spearemint is better, interupted the mother, anxiously. A little tansy, I say, and fresh rue, resumed the aunt—yes, and catnip, — said the daughter, aunt Dorothy always uses catnip. My dear latlies, I exclaimed, for mercy's sake spare me ; lam not sick, and Come—said my friend, who had now finished his breakfast, and perceived that I had with difficulty kept my countenance during these various prescriptions*—l will walk with you—and taking me by the arm, we set forth together. llow are ye my good fellow, was the rough salutation of the first man we met. It was Capt. X—, My friend replied to his greeting very cordially, but shook his head as he looked at me. Aye—l see how it is, said Capt. X.— Poor fellow —consumtive. But ne ver mind, lake a voyage, a nil all will be well. I thanked him for his kindness and passed on ; and for the first time in my life began to fancy that 1 felt some thing that was little like a pain in my side —but I was not certain. A few steps onward we met Mr. Q. long, lank and lean, the very image of famine. He accosted us with a languid bow, and glancing his eyes at me,—A line morning this sir, especially for those, who like you and 1, are dying of dyspepsia. Dyspepsia! sir—l never had it in my life. Vh, I understood. You at e a bon vivant, and you cannot bear to be de prived of the pleasures of the table.— But you must come to it. You must take prepared chalk and rhubarb ev ery morning for breakfast, and drink liquid magnesia instead of colfee.— At dinner you must eat only an ounce of beef and half a cracker—but at. sup per you may indulge freely in lime water. Lewis Cor nan*, sir— —Was a model beyond‘my imitation, I exclaimed somewhat pettishly,— and passed on. I was by this time near the door of Mr. B—, and seeing the bright eyes of Mary at the parlour window, 1 ventu red,though it was early, to make a call upon her. As 1 turned towards the door, a chaise that was passing raised a cloud of dust, that filled for a mo ment my eves and throat. 1 entered the room with a slight cough. Ah, that cough of yourS, said Ma ry’s mother—it will bring you to the grave. Nothing but the dust, I said. This answer seemed to awaken all her sympathy. She said something about the flattering nature of certain disorders, and proceeded at once to get me a dose of Balsam Tolu. Her kindness was so importunate that re sistance was vain ; I took the glass, and was in the very act of raising it to my lips, when the door opened, and three ladies entered, two of them with black hoods, and the the third with spectacles. I am a lost man ! I muttered to my self. —But Mary was near, anil I tho’t I read in her eyes some hope of life. One of the black hooded ladies im mediately addressed me. \ ou do well to take care of yourself, sir. You look as if your lungs were affected. Have you ever tried onion tea ? Never, Madam, I atn not sick, and I detest Ah, you must not be too squeamish where health is at stake. Three tumblers ol onion tea, taken hot, every forenoon, at 11 o'clock, would soon relieve you. There is no trouble in it. Take only a peck ol onions— —And make them into a goodpoul tiae, interupted the other black hood, and wear them upon your breast all the time, and you will soon be well.— Nothing opens the pores and relieves a cough, like an onion poultice. I turned a despairing eye upon Mary. An onion poultice and morn ing call! Shade of /Esculapius 1 If you talk of poultices, said she with the spectacles, my prescription is buttercups and sharp vinegar. — Take a double handful of buttercups — —And drink rosamery and honey, said the first black hood. That is good, said the second, but butter and molasses is better. Or flaxseed tea, said Mary's mother. Or wheat-bran, said Mary, with boil ing water poured over it, and sweet ened with loaf-sugar. You love wheal bran I know. There was a little archness in her manner, that led me to suspect she w as not above half serious. I made her a lowly bow, in token of acknowledge ment. As I slowly raised my bead, I per ceived that the lady with spectacles was regarding me very earnestly. Poor young man ! how leeble ! you must wear a plaster upon your back. A little burgundy-pitch — Or a back-board, said Mary, la jgh ing. Don’t sport w ith human life, said the second black hood, gravely. Your friend here must be careful, or he is not long for this world. But it he will follow my prescriptions— If he will follow mine, interupted Spectacles—take a w ine glass of Cay enne pepper and a pint of Alcohol. —And by all means bottles ol boil ing water at your feet when you go to bed, said Mary’s mother— —And a fannel night cap, said Mary. Double flannel, said the first black hood; or a petticoat would be better still. And a pair of stockings round your neck, said the second hood. IVollen stockings, added Mary. And drink during the night about two gallons of boiling cider, said Spec tacles, solemnly. And a spoonful of tobaco tea every ten minutes, said Mary. Child.,child,said Spectacles,sharply, you talk foolishly. A poultice of burdock leaves for the feet. No —rye meal and cider, interupted the second hood. No, no — mustard seed and vinegar, said the third, eagerly. 1 remember that — Human patience could endure no more. 1 started from my seat, made a hurried bow, and left the house with so much precipitation, that as 1 pas sed over the steps,l stumbled and near ly fell. Have you sprained yourself? said a gentleman who was passing. II you liave take a little opodeldoc. Chemical embrocation,said she with spectacles, running to the door. Rub it with funnel, said the first black liood, pressing behind her. ‘l ake a pailful of wheat-bran, said the second coining out on the steps; mix it with boiling water, stir it with a mould candle, and— Take a walk with me to New Castle this afternoon, said Mary. This,Mr. Editor is but one forenoon of my miserable life. Go where 1 will. I hear of nothing but potions and plasters, flannel gowns, burdock, and mullen. My very night dreams are disturbed. It was only last night I thought our majestic river was con verted into a stream of ettnip tea, whil e the blessed stars above us were suddnely changed into calomel pills. If there be a remedy—alas ! I sick en at the u'ord—let it be administered speedily. Fours in extremis „ WILFRED. By the packet ship William Wal lace Capt. Folger, arrived last evening in 96 hours from New- York, we have received the Mer cantile Advertiser to Wednesday last, inclusive. Georgian. The ship Cadmus arrived at N. York on the 18th, from Havre, whence she sailed on the Ist July, and brings Paris dates to the 30th June inclusive. ‘l he market for American pro duce had improved within the few preceding days. The sales[of cot ton at Havre were extensive on the 30th June, at an advance of 4 or 5 sous per lb. The intelligence from Cadiz is not so late as we have already re ceived. French troops continued to be marched into Spain. A number of constitutional troops are said to have deserted from Santana. The province of St. Ander has declared against the constitution. The w hole of Estremadura is said to be lib erated from the constitutionalists. A Paris paper of the 29th June, states that Mina left the Seo on the 19th with 1000 men. 1600 consti tutionalists were defeated at Tam arata on the 17th June. The Seo was blockaded. The garrison of St. Sebastians is said to be in want of water, and discontented by the report of deserters. Bnllasteros af ter the defeat of his rear guard, on the 16th June, concentrated 10,000 men at Algemest, and placed 2300 men at Alcira, w here they were at tacked, and after an action of four hours, made good their retreat On the 18th he was at Higurera.— So say the French accounts. The Royal Regency by a decree of the 23d June, have confiscated the pro perty of the members of the exist ing Cortes, and declared those who took part in the deliberations in which the powers of the king were suspended, guilty of treason, Ike. France and Spain. —By extracts from the French Journals received at Nevv-York by the Cadmus, it appears that the regency at Madrid, were pro ceeding with the utmost deliberation to restore the ancient order of things in that kingdom. The arbitrary decree of 1820, establishing a censorship over the press, had been revived ; the or der of Jesuits restored, and it was ex pected they would not stop in their exertions to “ ameliorate the condi tion ol the Spanish people,” until they had restored the Inquisition to all its former plenitude of power. In France no information could be obtained res pecting the political affairs of either country, further than what was pro mulgated in the Ministerial Journals ; every measure was resorted to, in or der to keep the people in the most pro found ignorance. The only two re maining liberal papers, the Constitu tional and Journal of Commerce, are stated in a letter of 28th of June, to have “ so far yielded their indepen dence as scarcely to deserve the name.” The censorship of the press not be ing found sufficient to accomplish the object for which it was intended, ano ther plan was resorted to by govern ment to silence opposition, and mon ey was found capable of effecting what arbitrary power could not. 50,000 francs per (month are now given to the proprietors of those Journals, and it has completel y silenced the voice of truth and liberty in these Journals as possibly could be. TURKEY AND GREECE. The affairs of the Greeks now wear a flattering aspect. The intelligence of the taking of Lepanto by assault is confirmed, as also the surrender of Negropont by capitulation to the pa triots. Patras was reduced to the last extremity, and was expected not to hold out long. The National Assem bly of Greece terminated its labours on the SOth April, and the magage ment of public affairs was confided to one central democratic govei nment, composed of two powers—the legisla tive and executive,at the head of which had been placed two Greeks ol tried patriotism and decided talents. Accounts from Alexandria i.a Egypt state, that the Turkish forces station ed in the Delta had revolted, and re fused to march against the Persians, w ho were making inroads into the lur kish empire. The Pacha of Egypt, who had received orders to proceed with his army to Bagdad, found it im possible to move in consequence ol this revolt; and, as a precautionary measure he had interdicted the sailing of the Turkish fleet until the commo tion should be quieted. Add to this, that the plague was raging at Alexan dria, Constantinople, JaniiUi, and other places in the Turkish empire, and the affairs of the Porte will appear in no very fluttering condition. CORONATION EXPENSES. In the British House of Com mons, on the 9th of June, the atten tion of the house was called to the subject of the coronation expenses by Mr. Hume. He said— The promise given by the chan cellor of the exchequer, before the coronation, was, that the expenses would certainly not exceed the es timate of 100,000/. It now turned out to be 338,000/. the remainder of which was taken from the French indemnities. Estimates, so totally disagreeing with the expenses,were a folly and a farce. The govern ment had no more right to appro priate this sum to the purpose for which it had been used than they had to apply any other part of the public money without the vote of the house. There were some items of the vote which were so enormous that it would be impossible to pass them by without inquiry. For the furniture, and decoration of West minster Abbey and Westminster Hall, a sum of 111,000/. xvas charg ed. The house ar.d the public had, he thought, a right to know the se veral items of which this charge was composed. The master of the robes was set down at 24,700/. for his majesty’s robes. Os what ser vice was it to attempt the relief of public burdens, by cutting down small clerks and inflicting distress upon individuals, when such sums were expended for such purposes ? A charge was also made for a dia mond crown. Now he had no ob jection, if such a bauble were neces sary to grace the ceremony of the coronation, that it should be used, if the expense was kept within rea sonable bound ; but he was inform ed, he did not know whether accu rately or not, that this crown had been made in the year 1819, and that it had been kept on hire from the jeweller at the expense of 8 or 9,000/. He thought this ought to be explained. The next item to which he called the attention of the house, was one of 50,000/. to the surveyor of the works for the fit ting up of Westminster Abbey and the Hall. Every body knew that large contributions had been made from many of the public depart ments in workmen and materials, and, therefore, it was fit that the reason why so great an expense had been incurred on this account should be explained. There were a vari ety of other items, which, though not of so large an amount, equally required investigation. There was one, in particular, which he thought might have been dispensed with : it was the sum of 3,000/. paid to sir George Nayler, towards the ex pense of that account of the cere mony which had been published.— If it were indeed worth while to hand down to posterity a descrip tion of this ceremony, he thought there were man) historians who would be glad, for the praise and patronage of the crown, to perform it; and if not, the expense should be paid by those who wanted the work. He reproached the minis try with having shown very bad faith in calling for so small a sum as had been originally mentioned as the probable expense of the co ronation, and afterwards proposing a vote to the amount of upwards of 238,000/. They knew that, if the latter sum had been originally ask ed for, it would not have been granted. He would also accuse the chancellor of the exchequer and his colleagues of having violated the public faith, by taking money to which they had no right. By a vote of the house, it was laid down that a minister, applying publick money* without the sanction cf i appropriation bill, was guilty V the least 6*‘a high disrespect/ ’jj/ referred to a speech of the minis l in 1821, in which credit was take for a sum of 600,000/. due to th : country on account of the indemni ty from France, and which, it XVa , then distinctly stated, was to be an plied to the ways and means. ()f this sum he believed that 138,000 had been applied to the expenses ( , the coronation; and he though? under the circumstances, that the house could not sanction tillable a proceeding. It would fail in its duty to the public if it did not call, before it proceeded one step further, or voted away one shilling more, for an examination into the profligate extravagance which this hill displayed. What ever the delay might be,thatincon venience ought not to prevent th measure he proposed. He should, therefore, move, as an amendmetr —“ That, as the amount of 238,- 000/. changed as the expense of his majesty’s coronation, as stated in an account lately laid before par liament, so grately exceeded the estimate of 100,000/. submitted to the house in 1820, it is expedient, before granting any further supplv to his majesty, to appoint a select committee to inquire into the cir cumstacses which have occasioned that excess of charge, and into the several items constituting that charge, and also to inquire by what authority the sum of 138,000/. has been applied to discharge the coro nation expenses, without the pre vious sanction of the house.” Mr. Brougham hoped this hon orable friend w'ould not be induced to withdraw his motion, for the in quiry he sought was the only meth od by which he could hope to ef fect his obj ect.—Good God ! was a sum of 24,000/. to be paid for a dress ?—Some gentlemen might think it was indelicate to go into those particulars, but, for himself, he was resolved to do his duty, side by side, with his honorable friend (Mr. Hume,) and he would always be found to vote for inquiry wherever it appeared to be neces sary. He by no means thought the ceremony of the coronation was a trifling or unnecessary one. It was a subject of national interest that the state and splendor of the monarch should be duly supported; but it was also the bounden duty of the house to interpose when culpa ble extravagace appeared to have been committed. His honorable friend had been informed that the crown was levied at an expense of 8 or 9,000/. a year ; he trusted that this would be found to be untrue; it could not be necessary at any time, and certainly not after the ce remony was over. Whoever had advised such a measure, (if his ho norable friend’s information was correct,) ought to pay for it out of his own pocket, and he [would be the first to second any gentleman who should bring in a bill to make the ministers reimburse the money which this hired crown had cost. — [A laugh.] Joking apart he thought that this subject demanded inquiry Niles’ Register. IRISH COMFORT. A meeting was held last week of a Committee of the Society for im proving the Habits of the labouring classes in Ireland. At that meet ing a well informed gentlemen ot this country who had recently re turned from a long residence in that, assisted the committee with his observations and suggestions. After the meeting, on joining a party of friends, to whom he sta ted the objects and obstacles of the Society, he related the follow ing anecdote as an instance of one of the inveterate habits with which the Committee had to contend A landed proprietor in the South of Ireland, having been long a nd,s * gusted with the sight of a pig in the parlour of one of his tenants, prevailed upon Murphy, by argu ments, and the aid of materials, t° build a cabin, or stye, for Mur phy’s pig. For some time Mur phy and his quondam compa nl ° n lived at a respectful distance from each other; bat one day when Mui’ phy’s landlord called, he was vexe to find the quadruped and biped 1 ving together in the same pl aC and on the same terms as before- On this the landlord demand 6 why the pig was again admitted be a parlour guest after Murp had given a solemn promise that > and he should live apart. “ ;1 - j