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TO THE READING CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN.
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Whose atteution is requested to the following List of Cheap Tracts now publishing , Price One Shilling and Sixpenco per 100 , or Five for a Penny , The Question : —WHAT IS A CHARTIST ? - AM S WERE !) as to Principles and as to Practice . * * * The friends of the Charier are earnestly requested to am iu giving this admirable Tract an extensive circulation . A Liberal Allowance to those purchasing to give away .
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Also , price One Penny , on a broad-sheet , with an Engraving of the British Deadly Upas Tree , THE iNEW BLACK LIST ; being a Comparative Table of Allowances to Rich and Pooi Paupers , with a variety of other useful information , important alike to the non-consuming producers , and to the non-producing consumers .
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Also , price One Penny , ADDRESS to the Fathers and Mothers , Sons and Daughters of the WORKING CLASSES , on the System of Exclusive Dealing , and the formation of Joint Stock Provision Companies , showing how the People may free themselves from oppression . By Robert Lowery , Member of the late Convention , and Shareholder in the Newcastle Joint Stock Provision Company .
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DISSERTATION ON FIRST PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT . By Thomas Paine . Price Twopence . »* This Pamphlet is a masterly defence of the right of every man to the possession of the Elective Franchise .
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Also , price Sixpence , COMMON SENSE , addressed to the Inhabitants of America . I . On the Origin and Design of Government in general , with doncise Remarks on the English Constitution . II . Monarchy aud Hereditary Succession . III . Thoughts on Americau Affairs . IV . The ability of Anaerioa , with Miscellaneous Reflections . To which is added , an APPENDIX ; and an Address to the People called QUAKERS . By Thomas Paine , Author of" The Rights of Man . "
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Also , price Twopence , WAT TYLER ; a Dramatic Poem . In Three Acts . By R . Southey , Poet Laureate to her Majesty . Illustrated with Two elegant Engravings . " Every lover of his species should make an effort to circulate this splendid and truly invaluable Poem . " —Patriot .
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Price Threepence , THE VISION OF JUDGMENT . By Lord Byron . Suggested by the composition so entitled by the author of" Wat Tyler . " " This is a most extraordinary Poom . "— Times . This edition is beautifully printed , and euriched with Notes by Robert Hall aud others .
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Also , price One Shilling , THE LIFE , CONVERSATIONS , and TRIAL OF ROBERT EMMETT , Esq ., Leader of the Irish Insurrection of 1803 .
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Also , price One Penny , THE CELEBRATED SPEECH , delivered by that lamented Patriot , at the close of his Trial , for High Treason .
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THE LAW-ENDOWED CHURCHES . Just published , in small Octavo , price One Shilling and Sixpence , boards , AN ABRIDGMENT OF HOWITT'S POPULAR HISTORY OF PRIESTCRAFT . In small Octavo , price One Shilling and Sixpence , boards . " The author of this deeply interesting little volume takes a rapid survey of priestcraft , as it has existed from the earliest periods , and ends with an able exposition of the manifold corruption of the existing Church of England . It will supply the long-existing deficiency of a popular history of religious imposture . " — Satirist .
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Just publiahed , price One Shilling , CHARTISM ; a New Organization of the People , embracing a plan for the Education and Improvement of the People , politicallyandsocially ; addressed to the Working Classes of the United Kingdom , and more especially to the advocates of the Rights and Liberties of the whole people , as set forth in the " People's Charter . " Written in Warwick Gaol by William Lovett and John Collins .
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Just published , price Sixpence each , CONSIDERATIONS TOUCHING THE LIKELIEST MEANS TO REMOVE HIRELINGS OUT OF THE CHURCH . By John Milton .
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A SPEECH FOR THE LIBERTY OF ' UN LICENSED PRINTING , addressed to the Parlia ment of England . By John Milton . " The reading portion of the Radical publio will not do their duty unless each aud all of them possess themselves of these splendid Tracts . "—The National
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Also , price One Fenny , THE COBBETT CLUB PETITION . " Humbly Sheweth . " —See the Petition . " The Petitioners have made a most impudent and deliberate attempt to insult and coerce this House !" —Sir Robert Inglis's Speech in the House of Commons . Also , Price Twopence , AN ADDRESS TO THE WORKING MEN OF AMERICA .
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BY ELY MOORE , Of New York , and one of the Representatives to Congress for that State . NJB . THE TRADE SUPPLIED with all the LONDON PERIODICALS on the most liberal terms—for prompt payment . No letters takenunless prepaid . London : J . Cleave , Shoe Lane , Fleet Street ; and by all the Agents for this paper in Town and Country .
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The PRECEPTOR , also , who holds temporarily , at least the relation and responsibility of a parent , will ,: by persuing this work , be directed , and very much assisted in . investigation and detecting the too often concealed practices so often introduced into schools , whereby the health and ultimately the lives of his pupils are sure to bo compromised , unless the evil be checked in proper time . He will here find a clue to guide him through the intricate mazes of this moral labyrinth , and a standard whereby to judge , when delicacy of health should appear to attack any of his young charges , wha -itfccreal cause oisuoh attack may be , aud thus hew Jjluenabled 10 check the evil in its incipient state .
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Mr . Hargrove ' s Library , 9 , Coney Street , York . Mesars . Fox and Son , Booksellers , Pontefract . Haerison , Market-place , Ripon . Lamqdale , Bookseller , Knaresbro and Harrogate . Mr . R . Hubst , Corn Market , Wakefield . Mr . Davis , Druggist , No . 6 , Market Place , Manchester . Mr . Johnson , Bookseller , Beverley . Mr . Noble , Bookseller , Boston , Lincolnshire Mr . Noble , Bookseller , Market-place , Hull . Mr . H . Huston , Louth , Lincolnshire . Iris Office , Sheffield . Chronicle Office , Lord Street , Liverpool . And at the Advertiser Office , Lowgate , Hull . Letters , inclosing a Remittance , answered by the turn of Post ; and Medicine punctually transmitted to the addreBB , eithe initials or name . , ,
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in certain habits , would be entirely out of place in an advertisement . We have no hesitation , however , in saying that there is no member of society by whom the book will not be found interesting , whether we consider such person to hold the relation of a PARENT , a PRECEPTOR , or a CLERGYMAN . The PARENT , who beholds his beloved child pining away , and fast approaching to a premature grave , in consequence of some disease , which , for want of a careful investigation of its real cause , has been set down to the score of consumption , will , on perusing this work , be astonished to find that in nine-tenths of the cases of young persons of both sexes , who perish of what is called pulmonary conflumption , heart disease , tabes , &c , the sole and exclusive origin has been the indulgence in certain destructive habits , practised by youth much more frequently than is at all suspected . ,
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Mr . W . ' s invariable rule is to give a Card to each of his Patients as a guarantee for Cure , which he pledges himself to perform , or to return his Fee . For the Accommodation of those who cannot conveniently consult Mr . W . personally , they may obtain his Purifying Drops , Price 4 s . 6 d ., at any of the , following Agents , with Printed directions so plain , that Patients of either Sex may Cure themselves , without even the knowledge of a bedfellow . Mr , Heaion , 7 , Briggate , Leeds . Mr . Hartley , Bookseller , Halifax . Mr . Dewhirst , 37 , New Street Huddewfleld . Mr . HARRisoN , Bookeeller , MarketPlaoe , Barnsley
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in certain habitswould be out By J . L . CURTIS and COMPANY , Consulting Surgeons , London . Published by the Authors , and sold by Balliere , Medical Bookseller , 219 , Regent-street ; Strange , 21 , Paternoster-row ; Advertiser Office , Hull ; Review Office , Nottingham ; Machen and Co ., 8 , D'Olierstreet , Dublin ; Duncan , 114 , High-street , Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers . The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affections , which for some unaccountable reason have been * either altogether overlooked , or treated , with apathy , and almost indifference , by the ordinary practitioner . To enter into the details of these affections , to point out their causes , and to mark the terrific consequences , social , moral , and physical , which are sure to follow from indulgence ,
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the system becomes tainted , the whole mass of blood impure , and the Constitution ruined with Poison , producing Ulcers and Eruptions on various parts of the body , frightful to be seen— -often closely resembling and mistaken for diseases of a less painful character . Mr . W ; , as a Member of the Medical Profession , and from the peculiar nature of his practice , can , with the utmost confidence , even to the most timid , offer hope , vigour , and perfect health . What a grief for a young person , in the very prime of life , te be snatched out of time , and from all the enjoyments of life , by a disease always local at first , and which never proves fatal if properly treated , as all its fatal results are owing either to neglect or ignorance .
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In recent cases a perfect Cure is completed within a Week , or no Charge made for Medicine after that period , and Country Patients , by making only one personal visit , will receive such Advice and Medicines that will enable them to obtain a permanent a , nd effectual Cure , when all other means have failed . Having successfully acquired a thorough knowledge of all the various stages of that iusidious and too often fatal disease , and the deplorable results , as well as frequent loss of life , which often occurs through displayed ignorance , by those unqualified , iiaving but very little knowledge either of the disorder , or component principles of Medicine : thus
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Just published , in royal 18 mo ., cloth , prioe 3 s . ; and sent in Town or Country free , by poat , 3 s . 6 d ., MANHOOD : the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE , with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION ; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence , Solitary Habits , or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS , GONORRHO 3 A , GLEET , < fco . Illustrated with Cases , & . c .
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PEEP INTO THE SECRET-SERVICE MONEY ! Factory Inspectors , alias Government Spies—Valuable Tell-tale Table for Political Lecturers—Emigration , &o . PEEP A T THE PEERS AND THE PARSONS ! Showing the Connection of Church and State , and the valuo of several hundred Good Fat Livings , with other important information . London : Published by John Cleave , at his Penny Gazette Office , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; Heywood , Manchester ; O'Brien , Abbey-street , Dublin ; and the Glasgow Universal Suffrage Association , Thompson , Agent . John Leech , Buxtou Road , Huddersfield , Agent for the West Riding . N . B . —A few of last year ' s Black Books on Sale ; apply to the Booksellers . Every year is different , and each equally useful .
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ADVICE . MR . WILKINSON , SURGEON , HAVING devoted his Studies for many Years to the successful Treatment of the VENEREAL DISEASE , in all its various Forms ; also , to the frightfril consequences resulting from that destructive practice , " Self Abuse , " may be personally consulted from Nine in the Morning till Ten at Night , £ mi £ nJ ? ; T d J ^ * . Two ' at 18 > TRAFALGAR STREET , NORTH STREET , Leeds , and every Thursday , at No . 4 , GEORGE STREET , Bradford , from Ten till Five .
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This Medicine is sold , by appointment , by Edwards , St . Paul ' s Church Yard . London , in Boxes , at Is . ljd ., 2 s . 9 d ., and Family Boxes , 11 s . each ; the Boxes at 2 s . 9 d . are equal to three small , and those at lls . equal to five at 2 s . 9 d . Full directions are given with each box . May also be had of the following Agents : —Birmingham , Shillitoe , Chemi 8 t , 43 , High street ; Bristol , E . Si Dowling , Chemist , High-street ; Bath , Meyler and Son , Printers ; Newcastle-on-Tyne , Blackwell and Co ., Printers ; Manchester , Mottershead , Chemist , Market-place ; Liverpool , W . Rawle , Chemist , Church-street ; Leeds , Reinhardt and Sons , Chemist , Briggate ; Sheffield , Whitaker , Printer , Iris Office ; Edinburgh , Duncan , Flockhart , and Co ., Chemist . «»• Ask for " Parr's Life Pills . " Any Bookseller who has not got them in stock , can readily procure them in his book parcel from London , without extra charge .
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RICHARDSON'S POPULAR BLACK BOOK , WITH ALMANAC FOR 1841 . PRICE THREEPENCE , pONTAINING an Expose' of the Taxation vJ System—National Debt—Pay and Coat of the Army and Navy—A few choice Civil Contingencies —Estimates for the Years 1840 and 1841—Nice Pickings out of the Taxes—Police versus Education , or Crime and Intelligence—Cost of Persecuting the Chartists—Special Commissions—Jobs—Poor Law Commissioners—Working of the Devil ' s Law in Woburn Abbey Lands—What have the Royal Family Cost , and what do they Cost Annually !—Comparative State of the Sailors , R . N . —The Felon —The Bastilised Pauper and the Independent Labourer .
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Cases of every description have all been cared simply by the use of Parr ' s Life Pills , thus showing that what has been considered different disorders , and requiring different treatment , all originated in the same cause , and can be cured by one uniform treatment . Although powerful in conquering disease , they are as pure and harmless as new milk , and may be administered with confidence to the invalid , however weakly from long ill health , who will soon enjoy those delightful symptoms of a return to . strong health , namely , good appetite , sound sleep , and an increase of animal spirits . To have produced a medicine so benign and mild in its operation and effects , and yet so effectual in searching out and curing disease of however long standing , exhibits on the part of Old Parr deep research and a thorough knowledge of his subject .
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APPROACH OF CHRISTMAS . THE CHEAPEST , AND , AT THE SAME TIME , THE MOST ACCCEPTABLE , CHRISTMAS BOX , NEW YEAR'S GIFT , SCHOOL PRIZE , OR BIRTH-DAT PRESENT , LEE'S PENNY FORGET-ME-NOT , A BOOK FOR ALL SEASONS , And a Holiday-Offering for Youth of loth Sexes ; COMPRISING TWO HUNDRED PAGES OF \ J highly entertaining and instructive Tales , both in Poetry aud Prose , embellished with Fourteen rich Engravings on Wood , and several Vignettes of a superior order , by some of the first-rate Artists of the day . Now Publishing , in Thirteen Numbers , at One Penny each ; or Complete for Eighteenpence , neatly Bound and Gilt , by J . Cleave , Shoe Laue , Fleet Street , London ; aud bold by all Booksellers in Town and Country .
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infusion of new blood , and consequently of new life and strength , that their re-appearance amongst their fellow-beings , who had long given them up as incurable , is looked upon as the greatest of the many great wonders of this miraculous age . The whole of our system Is built up from the blood—nerves , sinews , muscles , and even solid bone ; this being the case , the grand object is to keep this precious fluid ( the blood ) in a pure and healthy state , for without this purity disease will show itself in some way or other . ¦
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able chemist and physician , caused the receipt of Old Parr ' s to be made into Pills , and although only a space of eighteen months have elapsed since the trial , upwards of seven hundrad cures have been effected ; more than one-half were considered incurable ; and what is more remarkable , cases which possess the very opposites as regards outward symptoms : the balsamic and invigorating effects on the blood produced by these medicines is perfectly miraculous ; many who have kept their beds for years have been so speedily re-invigorated with an
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HUDDERSFIELD CO-OPERATIVE TRADING COMMUNITY SOCIETY . THE Members of the above Society beg most respectfully to inform thoir Brethren , the Productive Classes , that they have on hand a Large Assortment of Broad and Narrow WOOLLEN CLOTH , CASSIMERES , KERSEYS , BUCK and DOESKINS , TWEEDS , FANCY WAISTCOATING , CAMLETS , &c . &c , all of their own Manufacture , which they offer at very reasonable Prices ; and as their Goods are made for durability more than to please the eye , they hope they will meet with that Support from their ' * Order , " which a strict attention to Business merits . Co-operative Societies , Communities , or Private Persons can be served on the shortest Notice . STORES , No . 10 , Westgate . WAREHOUSE , No . 2 , Pack Horse Yard , HUDDERSFIELD . ABRAHAM TURNER , Secretary .
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Parr spent muck of his time in the study of the vegetable world , and has , fortunately left behind him , though long hid to the world , the valuable fruits of his labours . Besides the valuable receipt from which Parr ' s Pills are now compounded , there are several MSS ., pieces written in his old quaint style " , on the value of health ; his opinions , though somewhat differently expressed , were that the varieties of clime and modes of living make but little difference to our period of existence—that the laws of nature are simple and easily understood , but they require perfect obedience . The Clergyman who hold ' s the valuable document abovementioned , has , by the assistance of a very
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Here follows the receipt : ¦ — " Moreover , I bequeath to my second Great Grandson ye method I employ for preparing ye medicament . Given this day , and in ye 147 th y « ar of my age , "Thomas Parr . " " Winnington , Salop , Januarie 17 th , 1630 . " This singular character was the oldest man , with one exception , that England ever produced : his biographer says , "" the days of his youth , according to his own account , was a series of long and painful illness , but that by some secret means he cured himself , and was stronger than most men when he married his first wife , which he did at the advanced age of eighty-eight ; he again married at the amazing age of one hundred and twenty ; at one hundred and thirty he used to thresh corn , and do any laborious work . He had seen ten Kings and Queens of England .
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LEEDS BOROUGH SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the next GENERAL QUARTER SESSIONS of the Peace for the Borough of Leeds , in the West Riding of the County of York , will be holden before Thomas Flower Ellis , the Younger , Esquire , Recorder of the said Borough , at the Court House , in Leeds , on Thursday , the 31 st Day of December Instant , at Two of the Clock in the Afternoon , at which Time and Place all Jurors , Constables , Police Officers , Prosecutors , Witnesses , Persons bound by Recognizances , and others having Business at the said Sessions are required to attend . And Notice is hereby also given , That all Appeals will be heard at the Sitting of the Court , on Saturday , the Second Day of January next , and that all Proceedings under the Highway Act will be taken on the First Day of the Sessions . By Order , JAMES RICHARDSON , Clerk of the Peace for the said Borough . Leeds , 3 rd December , 1840 .
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OLD PARR'S ZJIST WILL & TESTAMENT . A MOST singular document has recently been brought to light , and is now in the possession of the Rev . Wm . Artheb , of East Peckham : it appears to have been written by the celebrated OLD . PARR , who attained the almost incredible age of one hundred and fifty-two years , and who left this document to a relation : it is written on parchment , and although upwards of two hundred years old is in an excellent state of preservation The following is an extract : — "These do certifie yt ye undermentioned is ye method of preserving health , which by ye grace of Almighty God has caused me to attain to my miraculous old age . Albeit in my youth 1 was afflicted with ye Bloody Flux and King's Evil , but whioh all left " me by using some dayes ye herbs aB herein written . "
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And Notice is also hereby given , That at the said General Quarter Sessions of the Peace to be holden at Knaresborough aforesaid , an Assessment for the necessary expences of the said Riding for the half-year commencing the 1 st Day of April next , will be laid at the Hour ef Twelve o'CIock at Noon . C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , Wakefield , December 14 th , 1840 .
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . CHRISTMAS SESSIONS . NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Christ mas General Quarter Sessions of the Peace for the West Riding of the County of York , will be opened at Knabesborough , on Tuesday , the 5 th Day of January next ; and by Adjournment from thence will be holden at Wakefield , on Wednesday , the 6 th Day of the same month of January , at Ten of the Clock in the Forenoon of each of the same days ; and also , by further Adjournment from thence , will be holden at Doncaster , on Monday , the 11 th Day of the same month of January , at Eleven of the Clock in the Forenoon , when all Jurors , Suitors , Persons bound by Recognizance , and others having business at the said several Sessions , are required to attend the Court on the several Days and at the several hours above-mentioned .
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Country Patients are requested to be as minute as possible in the detail of their cases—as to the duration of the complaint , the symtoms , age , general habits of living , and occupation in life of the party the communication must be accompanied by the usual consultation fee of £ 1 , without which no notice whatever can be taken of their application ; and in all cases , the most inviolable secrecy may be relied on . . ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ¦ - ¦ . '" ¦ " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . N . B . —Seven Doors from Soho Square . Sold by J . Hobson , Market-street . Leeds- and Shillito , York .
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The CLERGYMAN , in whose sacred character is at once concentrated the twofold relation of parent and instructor , will here be directed as to the nature of those habits to which youth is addicted ; he will also be enabled to point out the disastrous consequences which are sure to follow from them , if not relinquished . Messrs . CURTIS and CO , are to be consulted daily at their residence , No . 7 , Frith-street , Soho . from Ten till Three , and Five till Eight in tha Evening .
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Is < uuimn > B . —When Duchesnois , the celebrated Trench actress , died , a person met an old man who WaS V > mosi in « niate friendg . He was pale , « mfiiBed , awe-stricken . Every one was trving to © sw . sole him but in rain . »• Her loss , " ha exclaimed , does not i ^ ect me so much as her horrible ingratitude . Woald you believe it , she died without - T ?*»? " ^ "g ^ fler will—I , who h * d dined with her , at her own house , three times & week for ¦ thirty years !" The Sew Orleans Ttmes says , the inquiry of & « BtIem&n , if it wa > not ' rather amusing" to edit a daily paper , reminds him of a question he once near ! propounded by a moustached , wasp-waisted exquisite , to an emaciated wretch at work on the treadmill . u Fellow , " said the perfumed and ringletted copy of humauity , "doint you foind that cemned excel ' mint' aixercise !"
Mektai . Delusions , —A person named Flick and iis wife living at Saverne , in the Bas Rhin , have ¦ been declared lunatics , and had themselves and their property put into the hands of committees . . They Xre both affected with a religious mania ^ believing that they are to be taken up into heaven alive . The Woman one day placed herself on a mattras 3 in the garden , expecting the hour of her ascension , and "Would not be removed till the mayor came and persuaded her to go in doors . The * woman was first attacked with the malady , and after a time her husband .
Givb Torn Son a Trade . —Solon enacted , that children who did not maintain their parents in " old s ^ e , when in want , should be braaded with iniamT , and lose the privilege of citizens ; he , however , exeepted from the rule those children whom their parents had taught no trade , nor provided with other means of procuring a livelihood . It was a proverb of the Jews , thai he who did not bring us his son to a trade , brought him as a thief . They have strongly altered now-a-daj 3 . , ,
Remarkable Coincidence . —About eleven years since a gentleman named Ashmead , residing at Charlton , near Monmouih , died , and on the Michaelmas-day of that year , a pear tree in his garden blossomed and bore a second crop , which was gathered on Lnrotmas-day . On Michaelmas-day of this year toe same phenomenon presented itself , aud on the 30 th ult . his daughter died . The pear tree is about thirty years old , and has never borne a second crop m one year , except on these two occasions . .
THE RAKE S B £ PLT . I ' * Recent ana marry , Tom . my dear ; ¦ '" iSay , nay . ' said Tom with lau ^ hier , I ril marry Jini , and ruver fear \ But FU repent , Sir , after : ' j X FEW COMICAL HINTS TO EMIGRANTS . ' '¦ The Brexcers shon ' d to Mali-a go , - ! Tile Foots to rocks of Stilly , ! The Quakers to the Frinid-iy isles , ! The Fur-Tim zd to Chili . ' ! The little squalling , bawling babes , That nigmiy break onrre ~ t , i Should be packed off to Baby-Ion , To Zap-laud , or to Brest . i
Cooks from Spithead should go to Greece ; And , while the Miser wai : s His passage to the Guinea coast , Spendthrifts are in the Straits . Spinsters shuuid to the Needies go , Winebibbers 10 Burgundy , Gourmands may luncn a ; Satidirieh Isles , Wags poke tneir fun at Fun-dj . Musicians hasten to the Sound , All Mendicants to Rome ( roam ) ; And let the rac <; 01 Hypocrites At Can / -on Sad their home . Lovers should to the Cape Good Hope ; To some Cape Horn 13 pain ; Debtors should go t « O-hi-o , Our Sailor * to the mnin .
UoJd Bachelors to the Untied States , Maids to the Is'e of Man . ; The Gardeners shouiu to Botany go , \ And Shoe-iiacks to Japan . ' The Quarrelsome in Ire-land Will find his proper level ; : The Prrnler , when ne ' s set these lines , May post off to the Devil . \ Thus emigrate , —and misplaced men Will then no longer nou : us ; And those that ain ' t proviued for , May strive to do without us . \
Irish-Wit . —In a Scotch market town the following dialogue tock place between a farmer and an Irish pauper , the iat : sr considerably under the eommon stature . ir : sinn 3 u—** Do vou want anv body for the harvest V Farmer— " Yes . " Irishman — " Will yon take ma ! " Farmer— " No , ye're too wee . " Irishman— " Arrah , now , and do you cut jour corn at th * top ? ' ' SUBSEET KHTXiiS , For Locock , for Biarden , for Ferguson fly , The Prineess , quoth Lilly , ' 3 preparing to cry . Just like the Prince the infant is , we hear—Hence is derived the cry that it ' s so dear . It has bees sngge .= ted that the domestics in the Boyal nursery sjouiu appear on duty with sealed lips , lest they might be tempted to salute the Rojal infant !
Jones , _ the trespasser m the Queen ' s dressingzoom , assigned , as a reason for entering the RoyaJ xesidenee , that he " wanted to know how they lived in the palace . " There aie many poor Qevils m England who would be gratified and surprised at arriving as the same information . Knowing what we know " , and seeing what -we sse , we can hardly wonder at the boy's curiosity . The Host characteristic feature about the Royal infant is , that it has a remarkably small head , the posterior portion of it being unusually large for it 3 size , and the anterior remarkably small !
T ^ CBSE Packer was remarking-, in the hearing of the Baroness , th _ t the . Princess Royal did not cry like her child . " Dat is ver trne , Madame Packer , " replied the Queenly confidante , " your child is a Teritable John Bull child , and cry like de calf ; while dis infant is qm : > foreign to John Bull in everj respect . " "I'd gite-the world , Al , that those dear little things conid talk , " said the gentle Victoria to th « youthful Field ^ i ^ rshal , as they sat contemplating the antics of the marmozets . " Tis pity—greai pity , " replied Aiber :, " dat dey cannot for de monkeys in mein own country talk as vel as I do mein ^ aeif . "
" Dis leetkl von does not know me , Madame ' Lilly , " said Prince Albert to the Queen ' s nurse , as he made an effort to appease the " Princess Royal" during a squall . " Tnai is very likely , " rejoiued i Lilly— "the dear iiuie thing does not know itself ' yet . " Heabing a great fuss about the Royal infant being 1 a girl instead of a boy , the Prince asked , " vhether ' de poy could not p ? made of de girL" " No , no , " exclaimed his country woman , the Baroness , " you ! wi" » make de poy next time . " i OXK GOOD TCKS DESERVES ANOTHER , : Prince Albert purposes breeding horses on an extended ¦ ale . —Court Neicsnian , i It is not strange that Albert should ! Breed horses , useless things to smother ; ! . Ti 3 held by all tea ;—and ' tis good— , One animalihiiiili breed another ! ! " In tat tat , " a = ked Lebzen of Lilly , " did i Madame Packer quiet de Ira-euous Princess—eh I" 1 ** Bj doing , " replied the monihiy dame , " what I | should do in her place— Fack-er off to bed , to be ! sire ! " " j blomfisld ' s last toast . I The Church , boyi , the Chnrch—may its tithes , never ! dwindle ; Three times three drink to that dear magnificent swindle ¦
The Qceen , recently finding herself annoyed with- { an irritation of the cuucle , seat for Sir Jamie , in a I fright , thinking that she had erysipelas , or "' summnt ' else . " _ The doctor satisfied her Majesty's fears , by ; declaring the appearances were nothing but " flea- bites . " " What ! "' ejaculated her ilaj ., " flea-bites : ' impossible there can oe any fleas here I" " You are not annoyed by any thing else , " quoth the medecin . u Well then , " said the Qaeen , ** they must have come with my husband ' s horses . '"—( Qaerry , lap-dogs ?) " Lilly , L illy , Lillt ! " exclaimed Melbourne , as he sat nursing the " Princess RoyaL" " Well , my Lord , " replied Lilly , who was in attendance on the Queen . H Lilly , I say 1 " continued the premier with great impatience . " Is the man cracked ! " muttered the nurse , just loud enough to be heard by the noble Viscount . "No , " concluded MeL , "but the vessel in my arms is , tor it runs out confoundedly . " The < lrv nurse waa again summoned .
_ The pabtt in . the Rojal apartments indulged in a little musical recreation the other evening : " When shall we three meet again , " was exceedingly well eang by Mrs . Lilly , Dr . Locock , and Mrs . Packer . : H In the boy for bewitching them , " by Lord Pal-Berston . " Oons , neighbour , ne ' er b ' lush , " wa 3 - - « Ten in firat-rate style by Lord Melbourne . " "Dear ^ £ UBL * ^» ifi brown jog , "' was warbled by Lord Alfred tjf Facet , with a cup of caudle in his hand . Prince '? AJ 6 » t sung * Oh , slumber my darling , " accompanied _ r Mj Herr Kohl on the hurdy-gnrdy ; Sir John Cam »^ Hrf > bonse attempted " Lullaby , lullaby , baby dear ;" - ^^ fert from haying imbibed too much caudle , dozed off , " - ** d continued to sing the burthen of it in his sleep JS 1 her Majesty < ic = ired some of " the friends of her ¥ JjCdhood" to remove him to hia dormitory . The ^ ntBC jees Royal immediately a'terwards volunteered - " *¦» ^ yg ^ dittj . wnicti cut snort Mrs . Lilly , as dhe S sf' * . 1 Py ' ^ ? g ; fae son 8 " Why are y ° wandering " ^ f ^ ' 5 ** *^ Wrjjr with which we understand she favoured r ^ J- * fHj ^* •«¦*• . whea she discovered him under the ^ . ^• r - ¦ - "¦ '" ¦ /
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HOW TO GET UP AN ASSURANCE COMPANY . Let a respectable solicitor , but labonring under the montmania of " speculation , " cauih twelve wise m « n of the east , and invest one of tht-m with the order of banker to the embryo company . Lrt the awkward squad be drilled in the bacfc parlour of the aforesaid solicitor for the space of one month , and then ltt them be marched off to an office at the west end of the town , size 9 feet by 12—first proof of their practical economy . Take a Master of Arts as your actuary and secretary , who by deep knowledge in the doctrine of cbancts can " make the worse appear the better reason , " prove to mathematical demonstration that 20 s . a day profit will cover i » & . outgoings , and that the lesser contain the greater , or that two and two do nut make four . Dr .
Brodum paid £ 6 , 000 a year for puffing , but Dr . Brodum was a successful impostor . Never advertise after the first month , as your solicitor will assure you that he has abundance of shareholders in his pucket whenever he can conscientiously let them out , but that he must decline , frarn motives of delicacy (? j talcing any shares himself . Accept his gratuitous services , which he offers till iucctss crown your exertions , siy till the Greek Calends . When at your last gasp , let your solicitor dodge , at the corner of a street , s- > me foolish superannuated country doctor , and induce him to become 3 director , with an assurance that ke cannot possibly lose more than £ 100 , and get nothing for his attendance ^ rather an anomalous condition . All these preliminary step 3 being taken , commence operations on the 1 st of April , and when yon find on the 1 st of December toat you can pay the unfortunate shareholders just 10 b .
1 1 ' " m the pound , with liabilities to thfi amount of £ 40 , 000 , come to the prudent resolution of dovetailiag into some other equally prosperous company , when there must be an happy issue to your joint efforts , as certain as two negatives mate an affirmative , to use a popular illustration , without consulting your mathematical actuary concerning negative quantities . Before your actual career b « run , allow an agent to induce you to grant a policy for the life of some dropsical old lady , pour en ¦ Sj ^ raQer les a-utres , and then , to raise your character for liberality , dispute the validity of your claim after deith , which , like tvery other post mortem examination , gives little satisfaction towards recovery . Allow an action to be brought against you and get cast in costs . ( Advertisement . )—The New Equitable Life Assurance Company—100 shares to be sold at half price . Apply at the office , 22 , Biow-bladder-lane . —( World ( Dublin . paper . )
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AMNESTIES . The Morning Chronicle calls the amnesty extended by the Spanish Government to the exiled Carlists " a bold and generous act , wfcich none but a Government confident of its strength would attempt" The Chronicle ought to know : we suppose it draws this inference from its own Government not extending an amnesty to the imprisoned Chartists on the birth of the Princess RoyaL Such an act of grace was scarcely to be looked for—the Whig Government cannot be " confident of its strength . " But what have become of the hints scat tered some time ago by Whig partisans about the
likelihood that the happy event to -whick we have alluded might be made the plea for such an extension of royal clemency ? What have become of them?—what has become of last year's snow ? The Edinburgh Whigs made a compact with the Chartists to include a recommendation of a modified amnesty in their address of congratulation to the Queen , but backed out of their bargain , because—they could not get their own Chairman . The Glasgow Whigs got into a personal quarrel with the Chartists , and hooted dowa the bare mention of an amnesty .
There is , accidentally , & short letter on our table written to a friend ky the wife of one of the imprisoned Char tists , under an impression ( a mistaken one at the time , though since realized ) that he was about to be liberated : we cannot refrain from quoting it " 1 enclose a letter I have just received from my dear . He wished me to see you , but I am afraid to leave home , lest he should come in my absencedon't laugh at me . " We wish it were in our power to place this simple letter before the young Royal Mother , and tell her how gallantly , yet unostentatiously the writer bore her sorrow , and how she rejoiced when her husband came back at last . We feel assured it would prompt a generous act , which , but for a kind of cowardly vindictiTeness among those who have been frightened by the Chartists , would have been suggested to her before now . —Spectator .
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A COURTLY NEWSPAPER . There h a weekly paper published in London , yclept the Observer , which used to be conducted by an Irishman whose previous habits and walk of life must have given him but a very imperfect notion of the customs and manners of the oeau monde . The thing still proclaims itself to be the Palace organ , and thus speaks of the late intrusion of an unfortunate little " ragamuffin urchin " into her Majesty ' s dressing-room : — " It is -with the sincerest pleasure we inform our readers that we havo nothing to state of hep Majesty and the Princess Royal besides the gratifying fact that they continue to thrive and prosper at a rate which may be absolutely and really termed unparalleled in these
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latitudes at this season , go strongly , indeed , is the merciful dispensation of Providence manifested towards this nation in that respect , that not even the alarming intrusion of the ragamuffin urchin recently caught in her dressing-room—within a few feet of her beloved babe , and only a few yards from her own bedside—has been of power to produce any derangement , the slightest even , of her health , or retardation of her convalescence . If this be not the hand of < Jod visibly extended in special care of her ' s—the most precious life in the kingdom—we know not by what to designate the continuous rapidity of our beloved Queen ' s recovery . May we ever have the same tale to tell respecting her Majesty and her royal offspring •"
VThat a subject of congratulation ! Providence it seems takes a special care of beloved little princes " even in these latitudes at this season , " and is fall of indignation at little plebeian " ragamuffin urchinB , " , perhaps , make their escape out of the Poor Law bastiles to obtain a glimpse of that terrestrial Eden , the Royal Nursery Room . How can we blame Kings and Queens for sometimes going astray if they be in the habit of consulting the columns of such a monitor as the Observer , in which are mingled disgusting flattery and something very little Bhort of blasphemy ?—World ( Dublin paper . )
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PALACE INTELLIGENCE . ( From the Court Correspondent of the Satirist . ) Buckingham Palace , Deo . 8 th . We seem doomed to live in troubled waters . Our nursery tcaters are , indeed , at the present moment strong waters , and yet not strong enough to " steep our senses in forgetfulness . " No sooner has Lord Melbourne got us out of one dilemma than we are plunged into another . Heaven only kuows what we should do , were it not fur his Lordship ; if ever there was a man deserving the title of " Prince of Peace , " Lord Melbourne is that Max . By his management , he settled the great caudle question , and arranged the Italian lullaby ; whether up stairs or down stairs , or in my lady's chamber , he pours oil on our troubled waters—he comes with " healing on
his wings "—ho is , indeed , the dove and " olive branch " personified . Lung may he live amongst us . It has been beautifully saiil , " Blessed are the peace-makers "—then thrice blessed b \ : >\\ b « Viscount Melbourne . The elements of disorganisation are strong amongst us ; nothing but his presence kn > ps us together . We had not recovered from the awful consternation Jones had thrown us all into , when another subject of greater vital importance has filled us all with alarm and agitation ; nothing less than a strong demand by OConuell that the clouts shall be of Irish manufacture . A section of the Cubinet actually support this extravagant demand . Lord Melbourne and the nurses are strongly in favour of German damask . This question not only perils the Pridcess Royal and the nurses , but even the Cabinet itself .
The following is O'Connell ' s letter to Lord Melbourne : — Dublin , Dec 5 th , 1840 . MY Lord , —Not only justice to Ireland , but justice to Irisli mannfaciure , demand that the nursery napkins should be the manufactory of ol « l Ireland . It will , my Lord , fill with joy and gladness the Irish hearts of the beautiful sons and lovely daughters of Erin , to know that . their future Sovereign is enveloped in linen bleached in their own darling green fields . It will give a stimulus to our trade , my Lord , as English matrons and nurses would naturally follow the example of the Court . I consider , my Lord , this will do more to conciliate my beautiful country than all the AcU of Parliament that have ever been passed . Trusting your Lordship will use your influence , which I am suie you possess over the Court and nuraeiy , to accomplish this great blessing for niy beloved country , I shall wait with no apprehension your Lordship ' s answer .
I have the honour to remain , Your Lordship's most humble servant , Dasiel O'Connell . Two o'Clock , p . m . A Council is now sitting . Her Majesty is much agitated , Half-past Two o'Clocfc , P . M . The tcel and dry nurse have just signed the following important protest : — We cannot be answerable for the comfort of the Princess Royal , if Irish napkins are to be substituted for German damask . " Signed I yvneint PACKEnim " . s ) NNrsejHi LiLLYtnt . Three o'CIock , P . M .
Wet and dry have just demanded an audience with her Majesty . Her Majesty is indeed most painfully situated at the present momc-nt ; for if the Irish CLOUT question is not conceded , O'Connell might withdraw his support from the Ministry , and if It is conceded , it might endanger the comfort of the Princess Royal , ami force utt and dry to tender their resignations . We h < we dreadful forebodings—kind Heaven grant they may not bo realised . We will hope the best , and put our trust in Lord Melbourne and Providence . Half-past Three o'CIock , P . M . I have jnst seen her Majesty ; it is evident she has be * n weeping . Prince Albert looks extremely pale . Four o'CIock , P . M . Wet and dry have just signed the following spirited and important second protest : —
PROTEST , NO . 2 . Reason l « t—Because it is a daring interference with our prerogative , to presume to dictate to us what country shall claim the honour of manufacturing our nursery clouts . Reason 2 nd —Because were u-e to concede to Ireland this ffTvat an » 4 distinguished bouour , it would only prompt Mr . O Connell to make further demands—perhaps to insist that the Royal pap should be composed of Irish trhuky instead of milk . Reason 3 rd . —Because we consider German damask not only more conducive to the comfort , but also more to the honour of the Princess Royal , than Irish linen . Si ed ( Nurseint Packerim * . 1 Nursewt Lillyini .
The Council is still sitting . The wet and dry have just declared , if this question is carried against them , nothing on earth can prevent them placing their resignations this night in the hands of her Majesty . We are all panic struck . Four o'CIock . p . m . The Council has just broke up . Lord Melbourne and the nurses have gained a glorious victory—everlasting honour on their heads ! Millions of hearts will beat with ectacy and delltht ; the bright eyes of maids and matrons will be bespangled with tears of joy , and their bosoms heave with intense emotion , when they re ? -d—Minute of Council , Dec . 8 th . —The wet and dry nurses te have the sole selection of the nursery napkins . A special messenger was immediately dispatched to Ireland with this important decision of the Council .
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At a meeting of the Presbytery of Paisley , on Wednesday week , the answer from the Postmaster General was read in answer to their petition against railway travelling on Sunday . The letter stated , in effect , that he declined interfering in any arrangement that may be made for the carrying on of the public business in Scotland . Honesty of the Welsh . —It is a fact highly creditable to the inhabitants of the coast of Gower , where the City of Bristol steamer was wrecked , that although every part of the bay was strewed with fragments , and continued so . for six days and nights , many of the people being poor , and fuel scares and dear , not the smallest particle was taken .
Swearing . —It is not , perhaps , generally known , that swearing in the streets or markets is an offence punishable , by statute law , with a fine of 203 , and also by bye-law , which allows of a mitigation to 2 a . 6 d . for the first offence . On Friday last , a keeper of a standing , in St . John ' s Market , Liverpool , appeared ( by another person ) to answer a complaint of harin ? given annoyance by scolding and swearing . The case was proved , and the party waa required Co pay a fine of 03 . and co 3 ts 2 s . 6 d . What constitutes a Promise in Marriage . —A case was recently tried in America , in which a Miss Manson received l , 4 - 25 dollars of a Mr . Hastings for a breach of marriage contract . The curiosity of the thing is , that the judge charged the jury , " That no
explicit promise was necessary to bind the parties to a marriage contract , but that long-continued attention or intimacy with a female , was as good evidence of intended matrimony as a special contract . " The principle of the case undoubtedly is , that if H . did not promise , he ought to have done it , and so the law holds him responsible for the non-performance of his duty . A most excellent decision—a most righteous judge , compared with whom Solomon would appear but a common squire . We have no idea of young fellows dangling about a woman for a year or two , without being able to screw their courage to the sticking point , and then going off , leaving their sweethearts half courted ; we hate this everlasting nibble and no bite—this beating the bush , and never starting the game—this standing to the rack , without touching the corn ; it iB one of the crying sins of the age . There is not one girl in twenty can tell whether she is courted or not . No
wonder that when Simper ' s cousin asked her if Billy Doubtful was courting her , she answered , " I don t know ' xactly , he ' s sorter courtin , and sorter not courtin . " We have no doubt that this Hastings is one of these " sorter not" fellows , and most heartily do we rejoice that the judge has pronounced a 1 , 425 dollars verdict . The judg ^ e says , that "long-continued attentions" or *• intimacy" is just as good as a regular promise . Now , we do not know what would pass for " intimacy" in the eye of the law of America , but supposing M attentions" to consist in visiting a girl twice a week , and estimating the time wasted by Miss Manson at each visit to be worth a dollar , which is dog cheap , Mr . H . has been making a fool of himself fourteen years and some odd weeks . This decision makes a new era in the law of love , and we make no doubt it will tend to the promotion of matrimony and sound morality . — American paper .
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Most Important Testimonial of Lieut . Masters , H . P ., LATE OF THE RoYAL NEWFOUNDLAND Veteran Companies . ( certificate . ) St . John's , Newfoundland , 12 th March , 1838 . Conformably to a Garrison order , dated 9 th March , 1838 , for the assembly of a Medical Board , to take into consideration the state of health of Lieut . Masters , R . V . C , and to report accordingly , we , the undersigned , Staff Officer and Civil Practitioner , forming the Board authorised by that order , after a strict examination of the case of Lieut . Masters , consider him as entirely unfit for military duty .
Lieut . Masters haq for several years been afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , which has produced serious functionary derangements of his stomach , liver , and other viscera , and finally given rise to infirmity , weakness and enlargement of the articulations , especially of the ancle joints ; his general health and constitution is much impaired , and therefore , in our opinion , he is incapable of further service . ( Signed ) Andw . Fkrguson , M . D ., Staff-Assist-Surg . Edward Kiellt , Surgeon .
Letter of Lieut . Masters to Mr . Front , 229 , Strand , London . Hawley , near Bagshot , 13 th Jan . 1840 . Sir , —Considering that the publio would be greatly benefited by the publication of tho extraordinary benefit which I have derived by taking Blair's Gout aud Rheumatic Pills , I herewith send the particulars of my case , and the medical certificate , by which I was invalided . I was first attacked with Rheumatic Gout in 1826 , from which period to 1833 I was under the treatment of the late Drs . Red , Homer , and Jacobs , as well as by the present Dr . Davis , all of Hampstead . From 1833 to 1838 I wasat St . John ' s , Newfoundland , doing duty as a Subaltern in the Royal Veteran Companies , where I suffered most severel
y , and was under the care of Surgeon Huston , R . V . C ., Staff Assi 8 taut-Surge » n Ferguson , and Mr . Shea ,, private practitioner there , without being able to prevent the most violent fits of the gout three or four times annually , which becoming so bad caused the garrison order for tho Medical Board , as before named . —About the middle of last February and the whole of March my sufferings were dreadful ; in fact , I was unable to move without being carried ; when Major Birch , of Crondale , near Farnham , a magistrate of this county , kindly oommisserating my situation , called ou me for the purpose of taking my affidavit , that I might receive my half-pay ; and seeing me in so miserable a state , advised me to try Blair s Gout and Rheumatic Pills , saying , although not gouty himself , he knew several who had derived benefit from them . I had previously been advised by a then neighbour , Mr . Fredgent , of Aldershot ,
to try them , but I declined until the Major recommended them . —I commenced by taking them according to the directions ; aud , after taking six pills , found a cessation of all pain , and the remainder of the box effectually settled that fit . I have siuce had several attacks , but as soon as I feel the least sensation of the disease I take the pills , which have at once removed all symptoms . I may also mention that the chalk which had formed on my ears has disappeared , aud where it formed iu my fingers is decreasing . I have ceased to have those very weakening perspirations to which 1 was subject before trying the pills . Were you to print my case , and appoint an Agent in St . John ' s , Newfoundland , where my sufferings were known , and where there are so many afflicted with Rheumatic Gout , you would vastly increase the sale of this valuable medicine . 1 am , Sir , your obedient Servant ,
John Masters , Lieut . H . P ., Royal Newfoundland Veteran Corups Sold by the venders of Medioines throughout the Kingdom . Observe the name and address of " Thos . Prout , 2 ' 29 , Strand , London , " oh the Government Stamp .
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DIALOGUE BETWEEN THE BOY JONES AND THE MEMBERS OF THE PKITY COUNCIL . Examined by M ^ lbourne-i-How was it , Master Jones , that you preferred entering the Palace by the window to any other way ? Jones— 'Cause , when I was in the Palace afore , about a year ago , I was told " never to darken the doors again ; " so I chose the window , though it was more pane-tnX to get in that way . Melbourne—What did you do first , after you got in ? - Boy—I tried if I could see anything of her Majesty . Melbourne—And what were your intentions , sirrah ? Boy—Strictly honourable , in coarse . Melbourne—And did you see her Majesty ? Boy—No , but I seed the " young ' un . " My eyes , what a start !
Melbourne—Start ! and what ' s a start , boy ? Boy—Why , a rum go , to be sure ! Melbourne—Now , boy , answer me seriously—did yoa see me in the Palace 1 ¦ Boy—Yes , I seed and heerd you too ; you war a-giTing diK-etioDs to the cook about sending the dinner to the bakehouse . i . Mucfi laughter at the Premier ' s Kzptn < x . ~ Melbourne— iamty-rEgad , he's fright there , at any rate . fTvtHe oty ) Did you see anything else ? Boy—Yes , lots of things ' beside . . PalmersUm—Attend to me , boy . Do you recollect whether in your rambles through the building , you met me or not ' ¦
Boy—Sartinly I did . I peeped into a dressing-room , j and seed you a staring into a looking-glass , liie winij ing ! Cnpid— "What did you think I was doing ? Buy—Making faces , I s'poso ( Xo doubt the lad meant to say making up a face . ) I never seed sich ; a Guy in all my born days . ( A grin among the J Council . ) ; Fox Maule—Leave him to me , Palmy ; it is ery | dear that he ' s too ranch for you . Now , sirrah , yon say | you hid yourself under the sofa whenever you heard 1 anybody coining—pray what did you hear while in that ' situation ?
Buy—Some queer things , I can tell you—uncommon . ' Fust , I heard the vet-nuss say she shou'd likr a drop of snramut short , and then she said as how little baV . bies -were sich nasty little beggars r and then the head-nuss said yes , only they were uncommon well paid for attending to 'em . And then I heerd her Majesty come in and ax the trasses vether she hadn ' t heerd them a-Xissing of the babby , rich , gentlemen , was contrairy to the regulations of the nusst-ry ; and the vetnuss said as how it were all a mistake , as she hadn ' t any fancy that vay ; and the head-nuss said the werry same .
Fox Maule—Very -well , boy , you have told what you heard ; now tell us what you saw , while hid , as you say ? Bot—I didn't see much , ' cos as how I was obligated to keep uncommon close , for fear of being seen myself . But , as 1 was a-laying under the sofer , who should come and sit on it , but vun of the nusses ; but all I could see was a pair of iiWj / -vite legs . In course I dussn't stir for my life . Another time I peeped out , and blest if 1 didn't see the vet-nuss go to a cupboard in a corner of the room , and help herself to sumetbing out of a dart-coloured mahogany-looting bottle ; and ven she were gone out for a minute or two , jist to show the young " un to her Majesty , says I to myself , Ml jist see what you ' ve been a-drinking on , and blow me , gentlemen , if it warn't cierry-braudy ! ( General ljughter—HobhoiLse smacking ^ his lips . ) Fox Maule ^—Well , did you see anything else ? Boy—Nothing perticklar , as I know on ; except it were , as I were a-going along one of the long passages , 1 seed Prince Halbert a kissing one of the Maids of Honour . I think they calls ' em-Fox Maule—This is important , gentlemen , pray attend to the lad .
Bey—Quite tme—so help me ! He were a running artei her like a good ' un , and were werry near seeing me , only I popped into a door-way in the dark . And then he cotched her at the further end , and give her sitch a iuiack—my precious eyes ! Knowing as how if he cotco'd me , he'd give me a rare wopping , I cut my lucky as fast as tver I could , and got to my old quarters under the sofer . [ A whispering consultation here took place among the Council , and it was finally agreed , that for fear of more delicate disclosures , the boy should not bs questioned further at present . At the same time , asap'Oper punishment for seeing and hearing what he had coi . fessed to already , it was held needful to pass some sentence npon him . ] Melbourne—Well , my lad , we have agreed to give you three months at the milL How do you like that ?
Biy—I don't mind it a brass farden . I means to publish a fuil and perticklar account as soon as I gets out again . I saw a man from Coaibnrn abaut it yesterday ; and while I am on the mill , I shall have lots of time to think over it [ Exit—boy , guarded—and Council breaks up . ~]
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1840, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/king-y1kbzq92ze2715/page/6/
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