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taxation from the sweat-blood of the 
active. portion of the people, for the 
support of the idle (and, to a great 
extent, the unworthy,) and inactive 
portion; and as the proportion of this 
fixed annual obligation of the greater 
part of the people to a lesser part, 
which existed prior to the ever memo- 
rable era of February 1793, was only 
9,208,496/.; which, by the expiring of 
life and other terminable annuities, 
and the extinction of about 700,000/. 
per annum of the perpetual annuity, 
for the extinction of a corresponding 
amount of land-tax, and other inci- 
dental means of a like nature, has 
been reduced to about 7,500,000/. per 
annum, it leaves the enormous amount 
of no less than 33,000,000/, per annum 
as the baneful fruit of the wantonness, 
profligacy, incapacity, speculation, 
and selfishness, of the Pitt system. 
I feel desirous of directing the above 
statement to the especial notice of 
your numerous and intelligent readers, 
and of entreating their most earnest 
attention to the collusion and cajolery 
. of the Bank of England with the go- 
vernment, in reference to the above- 
stated enormous amount of 40,500,000/. 
per annum of annual obligation; and 
to the delusion and imposition of the 
5,000,000/.. per annum = exacted in 
taxes, under the specious and delusive 
pretext of reducing the debt; and also 
to the gross injustice inflicted on the 
holders of 140,250,828/. of 5 per cent. 
annuities, converted by the Act of the 
3d Geo.1V. c. 9. into 147,263,327]. of 
new 4 per cents. and thereby reducing 
their income 1,122,008/. per annum 
out of 7,091,503/. ; whilst the holders 
of 500,000,0002. of 3 per cent. stock, 
with an income of 15,000,000/. per 
ann. although upwards of 220,000,000/, 
of itwas created at the rate of 5/. 13s. 6d. 
per cent. on the money advanced, 
were left to revel in wanton and inju- 
rious speculation. with their extortion- 
ed and collusive gains, because it is 
held under the specious denomination 
of 3 per cent.: together with some ge- 
neral observations on the number of 
persons, and their several proportions, 
amongst whom the 40,500,000/. are 
re-distributed. But, as 1 am fearful 
of trespassing on your. invaluable 
pages, to the exclusion of equally in- 
teresting matter, I will reserve my 
observations on these several heads 
for a future opportunity. 
J. M. 
Mr. Graham on the Cure of Epilepsy. 
[Aug. 1, 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
HE Medical Report in your va- 
luable Magazine of this month 
contains some observations ona case 
of epilepsy, in a young girl, in which 
Dr. Uwins, after noticing the exciting 
cause of the complaints, remarks, 
“a disorder with which she will proba- 
bly be affected, from slight causes, 
during the whole of her life.” From 
the age of the patient, and the appa- 
rent origin of this peculiar affection, I 
cannot see any just foundation for 
this opinion: on the contrary, my 
knowledge of the effect of remedies in 
this disease strongly inclines me to 
think, that this case admits of aspeedy 
and perfect cure. 
Epilepsy is considered for the most 
part a hopeless malady; but it is an 
unquestionable fact, that from time 
immemorial the worst forms of it have 
been frequently cured ; from which it 
appears to me plain, that the ill-suc- 
cess attending the present modes of 
treating it, must arise from other 
causes than the non-existence of an 
effectual remedy. I think it would 
not be difficult to prove, that it is a 
much more manageable disease than 
is commonly supposed, and, at the 
same time, clearly to point out the 
causes of the negligent and unsuccess- 
ful practice in it in our day: but this 
is not a proper place for the discus- 
sion; and | shall therefore merely 
observe, that a certain circumstance 
has led me to pay a more than ordi- 
nary attention to the cure of this dis- 
order, which has put me in possession 
of a remedy, that has been adminis- 
tered in a great number of cases, often 
with entire success, when the disease 
appeared in its most aggravated state ; 
and never without affording conside- 
rable relief. It has cured several 
patients, who were grievously afflicted 
with it, and had consulted in vain 
some of the most eminent physicians 
in this kingdom. I am not at liberty 
now to make the remedy known; pe- 
culiar reasons constrain me to reserve 
this for a future period: but the above 
facts may be relied upon; and, as a 
proof, I shall be happy to afford the 
epileptic patients of your respectable 
Reporter, and any others so afflicted, 
the means of benefiting by the cura- 
tive powers of this invaluable me- 
dicine. 
Epilepsy is a most distressing dis- 
order, 
