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eltheugh not uniformly successful, are 
more likely than any other ultimately to 
prove so. ‘The cold bath and steel seem 
to have an invigorating faculty, almost 
peculrer to themselves in most, at the 
same time that they are by no means 
admissible in all, cases of debility “or 
relaxation. 
It is well worthy of remark, that the 
particu! lar virtues of these invaluable re- 
medies were known to practitioners of 
the most distant antiquity. Melempus, 
a Greck, one of the earliest who at- 
eo to treat diseases, is said, by the 
employment of the cold bath, with the 
kelp only of an aperient ee to 
have restored the daughter of Peetes 
Ling of Arges; and aftermards he is re- 
Fated to have cured Iphiclus, one of the 
heroes who attended Jason on his Argo- 
mautic expedition, of a most deplorable 
species of debility, by giving him the rust 
of iren in wine. 
be most hopefu ul circumstance attend- 
ing the case of chorea above alluded to, 
is the youth of the patient. In chorea, 
€pi itepsy, and mania, the early or ade 
vanced life of the subject of them is the 
eircumstance upon which we principally 
State of Public Affairs in November, 
[Dee. 4, 
rest our opinion with regard to the ulti- 
mate result. This remark more especi~ 
ally applies to the last and worst of these 
diseases. In the evening twilight of life 
it is especially difficult, even if it be pos- 
sible, to heal a wounded or reduce a 
dislocated understanding, in @ manner 
that will ensure for any length of time 
its soundness or stability: dike the frag- 
ments of broken porcelain, which may 
be so carefully put together as to assume 
the appearance of integrity, but which - 
will fall to pieces again upon the slightest 
touch, or even a vibration of the sure 
rounding atmosphere. ; 
A cure that 1s radical has scarcely ever 
been effected in the instance of a grey- 
headed maniac. © The combination of in- 
sanity with old age seems to -be almost 
indissoluble. The disorder of the facul- 
ties is not likely in such a case to be re- 
medied, except by their total extinction. 
The agitation of mind can be expected 
to subside’ only in the calm of death, or 
in the inoffensive quiet of idiocy, or iden. 
less superannuation. : 
J. Reipe 
Grenville-street, Brunswick-square. 
November 21, 1810. 
STATE 
Containing 
OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN NOVEMBER. 
official Papers and authentic Documents. 
ee i 
FRANCE. 
FEE Empress (the Princess Louisa of 
Austria) has been declared preg- 
Brast. 
I» order to annihilate the trade of 
England with the continent, an. imperial 
eeeree has been passed, by which it is 
ordered that all articles of English 
racrela andise. and manufacture found In 
France, or its dependencies, in future, 
shall be ieiierin and severe personal pu- 
nishmernts are also to attach to persons 
concerned in the trafhc. Fhe following 
is the decree. ts operation has sincé 
been extended to Germany, 
Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, &e. _ 
Palace o} Sos age de Oct. 19, 1810. 
Warorron, &e.—Having considered the 
fourth and Bich articles of our Berlin Decree, 
ef the 2ist of November, 1806, we have de- 
creed, and do decree as follows: 
Article 1. All merchandize, of haere 
sort, proceeding from English manufacture, 
and which is prohibited, existing at this mo- 
ment either in the real entrepots, or in the 
warehouses of our customs, of whatever. de- 
scription it, may be, shall be pudlicly barnt. 
2, In future, all prohiviied merchandize 
Bos: 
Prussia, ' 
of English manufacture, proceeding either 
from our customs, or from seizures that may 
be made, shall be burnt. 
3. All prohibited merchandize of English” 
manufacture, which shall be found in Holland, 
in the Grand Duchy of Berg, in the Hansea- 
tic Towns, and, generally, from the Mein ta 
the sea, shall be seized and burnt. 
4. All the English merchandize to be. 
found in our kingdom of Italy, under what- 
ever description it may come, shall be seized 
and burnt. 
5. All the English wvercabeeee” which 
shall be found in our Illyrian provinces, shall 
be sejzed and burnt. 
6. All the English merchandize which 
shall be found in the kingdom of Naples, 
shall be seized and burnt. ; 
7. All the English merchandize which ~ 
shall be found in the provinces of Spain occu-* 
pied by our troops, shall be seized and burnt. 
g. All the English merchandize which 
shall be found in the towns, and withia the 
reach of places occupied by our troops, shall 
be seized and burnt. 
(Signed) ~ NAPOLEON. | 
(Attested) The Deke of PracentiA, 
Prince Avch-Treasurer, and Lieutenant- 
General of the Emperor and King. 
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