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resist the. first inroad of the complaint, 
inorder effectually to overcome it. 
At this period. of the year, a rage be- 
ins to. prevail for excursions to the coast. 
a is delightful to breathe for a few 
months the purity of a marine atmo- 
sphere, and to be enveloped in oxygen; but 
the virgin breezes of the sea render both 
the mind and body more susceptible to 
uneasiness and disease, on a return to 
the air of a crowded and contaminated 
capital. | 
One instance of paralysis was that ofa 
gradual moyldering away of the constitu- 
tion, The warm bath, which is one of 
the most efficacious and nutritious stimuli 
for natural or artificial old\age, was only 
‘of fagitive advantage. Itis worthy of re~ 
mark, that in cases of an advanced palsy, 
or natural decay, the immediate prelimi- -_ 
‘nary to death is an obstruction or insu- 
perable debility of the urimary organs; 
which does not arise, as a primary cause, 
from any local or partial disorganization, 
but from the general feebleness or wasted 
‘energies of the frame. 
Hypochondriasis continues to spread 
itself amidst the population of this island, 
It appears to increase in virulence as well 
‘as in extension. - Lassitude and laziness 
zre the principal ‘sources of this com- 
State of Public Affairs in Fune. 
[July 1, 
plaint. To be idle, is to be ill. One 
who is not impelled by mercenary neces- 
sity, ought still, from regard to his own 
health, to exert himself for the benefit of 
others. We should not live to ourselves*. 
The greatest safeguard against hypochon- 
driasis is an alienation from self, a bene- 
volent absorption in the feelings and wel-. 
fare of friends or the public. 
Of hypochondriasis another principal 
source is an over-appreciation of life. 
The worth of existence does not consist in 
its perpetuity, but in its utility and plea- 
sures. ‘These latter are so evanescent that 
they merely dart like flashes of lightning 
through the darkness of night. ‘here is, 
in fact, nothingvaluable in this life but the 
prospect of another. Joun Rerp. 
Grenville-street, Brunswick-square. 
* Two sermons by the late celebrated ‘phi- 
losopher Priestley (to whom the Reporter 
feels himself indebted for instruction in the 
earlier stage of his literary education),—** on 
not living to ourselves,” and ‘on habitual 
devotion,”—as ‘they relate to physical as | 
well as moral health, ought to be read equally 
by the infidel and the hypochondriac. The 
learned and eloquent Dr. Parr observed, ~ 
*¢ they will make the wisest man wiser, and 
the best man better.” 
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‘STATE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN JUNE. 
Containing official and authentic Documents. 
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RUSSIA. 
é¢ TIO prevent the possibility of any commu- 
nication whatever between Russia and 
England, his Imperial Majesty has judged it ad- 
viseable to order that no vessel coming from 
-an English port, even if it belongs to a nation 
friendly to Russia, and shall not be laden with 
any merchandize, shall be admitted into the 
ports of Russia. Every vessel, however, 
which shal] not have been in England, may 
freely enter the Russian ports, andexport the 
productions of the empire, with this proviso, 
that the commercial houses to which sach 
vessels shall be addressed, shal] undertake in 
writing, that such vessel shall not go to Eng- 
land, butthat they will consign their cargoes - 
to some port belonging to any power friendly 
to Russia. (Signed) 
Count NrcHoLas DE ROMANZOFF. 
. Petersburgh, 10th of April, 1808. 
. ITALY. 
‘The Popedom appearsat length on the 
eve of dissolution. In the month of 
March, the French general in Rome is- 
sued au order, requiring all the mem- 
bers of thesacred college to quit it in three 
days. Fhe pope had spirit enough to 
4 : 
protest against this proceeding: but with- 
out effect. Aletter from Milan, of the 
20th of April, mentions the departure of 
several eminent cardinals from ‘Rome, 
the regulations making by General Miol- 
lis, the incorporation of the Roman sol- 
diers with the French troops, and various 
other circumstances, all coneurrmg to 
prove that the temporal government of 
the court-of Rome approaches its end. 
SPAIN. i 
Bayonne, May 11. 
By a treaty concluded between the Empe- 
ror Napoleon and King Charles, and which has 
been acceded to by the Prince of Asturias, 
and the infants Don Carlos, Don Francisco, 
and Don’ Antonio, who compose the whole . 
of the members of ‘the House of Spain, al} 
the existing differences have been adjusted 
We are still ignorant of the conditions of the 
treaty. According to the constitution of the 
French government, it cannot be made public ’ 
till it has been communicated to the senate. 
But we perceive, by the proclamations of the 
King of Spainand the Prince of Asturias, that 
the Emperor Napoleon is clothed with all the 
righis o: the House of Spain. King Crarles, 
“ Queen 
