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Complete in one Vol ., neatly Bound in Cloth , A PRACTICAL WORK OK SMALL FARMS . Pric « Two Shilling * anil Sixpence . BT TKAEGl-S o ' cOXNOR , 5 SO .-fT ^ Bii desire of the author has been to furnish a valu-¦ " J . able compendium at such a price as would enable every vrorking man to become possessed of it . It contains all the practical instructions , together with Plates , describing Farm-honse , Oifices , Tank , Farm-yard , Ac : wiih particular information requisite for carrying out all the operations . N . B . —The ' abovcwork may still be procured in numbers , price 6 d . each . " I have , within the last few months , visited every part o :-Tranw , aud I declare tl . » t I Lav * seen more misery iu one s : r » et in Dublin than in aU France ; the people are well 4- ! ad , well fed , aud merry ; they are all employed on Small Fabms of their oxn , or on equitable takings . " — Ti £ » Z-r . rd Cloncrrg ' s Xciter in Homing ' "i .-ouiclc , Oct . ith , im . Tni > : c persons desirous of bettering their condition and of becoming "lntfep « i < f « iif Labourers ? by entering the " Productive-labour" Market , will do well to read "A Pracdcal Work on SmaU Farms , " by Feakgds O'Coxxos , Esa . It contains much useful information , invaluable to the parties for vihoin it was ivritten : and Old Farmers will find many useful lessons in the new system of husbandry , which they have yet to learn . The v « ork displays great practical knowledge , and is written so that any one who mils may understand . Mr . O'Connor seems not to have -used either the old « r ' new nomenclature' in this work ; he has not buried his meaning iu chemical technicalities , which very few understand , but which most writers on agriculture seem so desirous of using . Perhaps they < 2 o not understand the practice of Fannins so well as thetLeory ; and , therefore , mystify that which they cannot esplaii ) . by some long chemical term , which ^ e plain reader may pass over as a "hard icord , " hard to pronounce , and harder to understand when it is pronounced . The rcaler will find that Mr . O'Connor has avoided all those hard names , and suited the language to the toiling labourer , whose college is generally the workshop , or , at best , the Sunday School . Though the work is ¦ wri tten for holders of Small Farms , yet no Allotment Tenajii ought to be without it ; the valuable information it contains respecting tilling and cropping is alike useful toalJ . ' "—Extract from a Farmer ' s Letter . " This reaUy useful little volume ought to be in the hands cf every on * at all connected with agricultural pm-sans . " - ^ Lloyd' s Wecldg London Xcwspaptr . " Ahhough we feel no desire , in the language of the proud J ' crurian , in contemplating what we hope to rejoice in . the c-yutentment , prosperity , and comfort of our feUow men , 10 ssclaim— " This , this is my work f nor is our object , as Mr . O'Connor declares his to be , "that each man wed is willing fo work may be independent of every other iz . \ n in the world for his daily bread , " jet we can with siack pleasure recognise ia the book before us a powerfd instrument for aiding in developing in man a « uei > Ligher destiny than he has hitherto attained . "Mr O'Connor shews clearly , what will soon be apparent lo all v ; ho reflect deeply , that we are not left without the Seaxs of obtaining not only all that is physically requisite "Jot man ' s progress , but also that we may readily prodace what is apparently desirable ; for none who carefully psruse This work can doubt that a system of small farms , held oy active and industrious labourers , would amply retard , ia exchange for healthful exertion , far more than is i"e < 5 "uiritc to preserve physical strength . " lit also shews thatsomethinginore than this is requisite to i ? jisure happiness , for he says i n page 121 , " I feel coi : vh :-: ' iHl that man can place no reliance whatever upon his iVIiir . v man , or a community of men , when circumsiaKces operate upon his or their minds , the influence aud eS' jit of which would he stronger than any abstract notions of justice . For instance , if a community of labour ! : ^ men purchase a quantity of land , and hirela-T > our : ' ur its cultivation , however just their intentions and pure tlivir motives , they -will nevertheless feel themselves justisii J in raising the price of the land , according to the improvi-i ! value conferred upon it by the labour of the hived ivorkuian . This power of steadily trenching upon the rights of others is one » f the greatest disadvantages agaia « which the labourer has to contend ; and those hirca Tj ? a community , at the end of twenty years would be in - ;• . » better coiidiiion thau they were at starting , while the community of proprietors would lave increased the value of their property twenty-fold ; that is , they would have robbed those labourers , by whose industry the value rras increased , of nineteen drillings in the pound . " "TJidse remarks arc powerful arguments in the sphere in which they are written , and if examined in their relation io the universal , they confirm the testimony that " 7 he earth is the LordVs , and all that therein is ; the -round world aud they that dtveH therein ; " for , afcvi' rsariaking freely of what is good for each order of creaiK-P , any self-appropriation , by whatever parties ineUdg ^ diii , is from ev il , and w ill produce its consequence , naiatrlvj vice , crime , and misery . *¦ VTs can strongly recommend Mr . ©' Connor ' s work to our viautrs , containing a great amount of practical information on agriculture , which should be most popularly dnTusi-a . "—ConcowKuai Gazette . 3 iav te had in Four Uumbers , price Sixpence each ; or nea-Jy sound in Cloth , Two Shillings and Sixpence . Also . Price Fmirpencc each , lumbers I and II ol THE » i"ATJ : OF IRELAND . 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The science of Grammar is disentangled in them from the folds oi mysticism which have so long cnshrosded it . The absurd and unmeaning technicalities which pervade all other works on Grammar areexchanged for terms which have a definite and precise meaning , illustrati-c of the things they represent . The Parts of Speech are arranged on an entirelynewprinciple , founded £ B a philosophical consideration of the nature of language . The necessary divisions and subdivisions are rationally accoanted for , and the principles of Universal Grammar demonstrated so fully that the meanest capacity may understand ihem as clearly as it understands that two and two make four . In Syntax , the formation of the English Language is exclusively consulted , without any ucneeessarr reference to Other languages , A majority " of the mniivrias Kules giren in most Grammars are shewn to be ' iiiue I-ctty than aheap of senseless tautology . The Eewwr ; . 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Justl y condemning the too frequent practice oi caking pupils commit portions of Grammar to memory as tasks , he maintains that the onlv proper way to the memory is through the understanding It is but justice to him to say that , in a few pages , he gives a more clear and comprehensive view of the structure of t * : e English language than can be found in some very « hborate works . "— , literary Gazette . - ' 3 fr . Hill las discharged his task wiQi considerable aiiitj and no person can peruse his books with anv . \
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Upon that which is directed to men indiscriminately , the world will form its own opinion , and will demand that medical works for popular study should be devoid of that mysterious technicality in which the science" of medicine has hitherto shrouded its own ignorance . The work before us treats of subjects we believe generaUy , yet very strangely , neglected by the medical attendant , and requiring doubtlessly ( as in operative midwifery and the surgery of the eye ) au entire devotedness to a deeply important branch of study . The tone of tliis book is highly moral , and it abounds in well-written , harrowing , yet correct displays of the suffering consequent upon unbridled sensualism . No human being can be the worse for its perusal : to multitudes it must prove a warning beacon , a well-told appeal to reason , a permanent blessing . 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PARR'S LIFE PILLS . THE extraordinary success of this medicine is the wonder of the age ; it has been tried by hundreds of thousands as an aperient , and has in every instance done good ; it has never in the slightest degree impaired the most delicate constitution . Tgiis of thousands liave testified that perseverance in the use of PARR'S LIFE PILLS will completely cure any disease , and are living witnesses of the benefit received from this invaluable medicine . Sheets of testimonials and the " Life and Times of Old Parr" may be had ( gratis ) of every respectable Medicine-vendor throughout the kingdom . Read the following account from Mr . Hollier , Dudley : — To the Proprietors of Pan ' s Life PiUs . Dudley , Sept . 14 . Gentlemen , —I forward you the copy of a letter sent to me ( as under ) , and which you can make what use of you think proper . I am , your obedient servant , E . Hollier , Dudley . Tipton , Staffordshire . I , Joshub Ball , hereby testify that I had been dreadfully afflicted with Rheumatic Gout for seventeen years , so that have , at times , kept my bed for months together , and couid not get anything to do me good till I took Parr ' s Life Pitts , which i am very happy to state have nearly restored me to perfect health . As witness my hand , this 11 th day of September , Joshua Ball . To the Public . — No sooner is a medicine wall established in public favour , than a host of imitators arise , who , for the sake of gain , not only wrong the proprietors of the genuine medicine , but inflict a serious injury on the unwary purchaser of their base counterfeit trash . These observations apply with increased effect to the medicine which is now so well known as " Parr ' s Life PiUs . " This famous remedy has been established by undoubted proofs of its efficacy , and by a mass of evidence and testimonials which no other medicine ever yet called forth . These facts have had the effect of producing a very large salemore than 15 , 000 boxes per week . When this large sale came tojthe'knowledge of some unprincipled persons , who for the sake of gain to themselves , and reckless of the injury it may do to others , are attempting to foist on the incautious various imitations , and in order that pur chasers may be able to detect these frauds , care must be taken to look at the Government stamp pasted round each box , and be 6 ure it has the words "Parr's Life Pills" in white Ultm-i on a red ground engraved therein , and forms part of the stamp ; also that " T . Roberts and Co ., Cranecourt , Fl 8 et . strcet , 'Ms painted with the directions wrapped round each box . - ' Soldin boxes atls . lid ., 2 s . 9 d ., and familypackets at 11 s . by Edwards , G 7 , St . Paul ' s ; Barclay and Sons , -Farringdon-street ; Sutton and Co ., Bow Church-yard , London : Mottershead and Co ., Manchester ; J . and R . Raimes and Co ., Edinburgh ; and by all respectable druggists and patent medicine retailers throughout ths kiuguoin , — Directions are given with each box .
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Undor the distinguished patronage of His Majesty the King of Prussia , and of the Nobility and Clergy of the United Kingdom , and especially recommended by the Faculty . KEATING'S PECTORAL COUGH LOZENGES . COUGHS , COLDS , and CATARRHS have been so aggravated by the severity and variableness of the season , that the cousumption of these Lozenges is now unprecedented . The proprietor , however , respectfully informs the public , that though the demand is so enormous , he takes care to keep a constant supply on hand ; and he begs leave to observe that he is daily receiving from every part of the kingdom testimonials of their efficacy in the alleviation and cure of all pulmonary complaints . It is worthy of remark that these Lozenges are patronized and strongly recommended by the faculty . To the attendants on Public Worship they will be invaluable , more especially at this season of the year , when the extreme prevalence of Colds and Coughs is a source of constant annoyance , not only to the individual sufferers , but to the minister and congregation . Prepared and sold , in boxes Is . lief ., and tins 2 s . £ W . is . 6 d ., and 10 j . Gd . each , by THOMAS KEATING Chemist , &c , No . 79 5 St , Paul ' s Church-yard , London , I mportant Testimonial from Mr . J . B . Blanc and-friends . 52 , Old Compton-street , London , Dec . 31 , 1814 . Dear Sir , —I cannot leave England without acknowledging the benefit I have received from your invaluable Cough Lozenges . Having been afflicted for the last thirteen years with frequent and severe attacks of Asthma and short breath ( particularly in winter time ) , I sought , for three yews , for a remedy at the most renowned apothecaries in London—but in vain—I could find no relief whatever ; when fortunately I met with your establishment , 79 , St . Paul ' s Church-yard , and as soon as I made use of your incomparable lozenges , the expectoration was dislodged without pain , and my breath became entirely free ; and by taking only one or two at bed time , my sleep was never once disturbed during the whole night . Therefore I am perfectly convinced that I owe my existence to your famous lozenges . Many of my friends are now your customers , and the undersigned willingly add their names to this certificate in testimony of the benefit which they also have derived from the use of your lozenges . I remain , deal * sir , yours truly , J . B . BliNE . To Mr . Keating , 79 , St . Paul's . F . Griffiths , 2 , Wade ' s-place , East India Road , Poplar . J . Stock , 37 A , Princes-street , Leicester-square . A . Causse , 2 G 7 , Regent-street , Oxford-street . H . Ault , Gloucester-house , Upton . place , West Ham . Mr . Sloman , 52 , Old Compton-street . Agents for the North of England . Manchester , Mr . L . Simpson , Druggist , Princcss-streot ; Chcetham Hill , Mr . Croft , Druggist , Union-terrace ; Leeds , Messrs . Reiuhardt and Son ; Mr . Smeeton , Druggist ; Messrs . Baines and Newsome , Booksellers ; Halifax , Mr . ' W . Jepson , Chemist , Silver-street ; Mr . J . Lofthouse , Chemist ; Bradford , Mr . M . Rogerson , Chemist , Darley . street ; Mr . J . Pratt , Chemist , Ivegate ; Stalybridge , Mr . Win . Bevan , Druggist ; Hull , Mr . Reinhardt , Druggist , 22 , Market-place ; Bolion , Mr . George . Dutton , Chemist , &c . Market-place ; Mr . Or . La French , Chemist , Cheapside ; Ashton-wider-Lyne , Mr . Stansfield , Druggist ; Bdper , Mr . Riddy , Bookseller ; Blackburn , Mr . L . Fish , Druggist ; Maeciesfield , Mr . H . Hodkinson , Druggist ; Nottingham , Mr . B . S . Oliver , Stationer , Long-row ; Derby , Mr . J . T . Hassall , Druggist , Victoria-street ; Preston , Mr . J . Haw , Druggist ; Mr . George Sharpies , Chemist , Fishergate ; Sand , bach , Mrs . Peover , Druggist ; WarringUm , Mr . William Barton , Druggist ; Wigan , Mr . E . II . Burnish , Druggist ; Leigh , Mr . James Kirkniau Bennett , Chemist ; Huddei-sfieUH , Mr . Jacob FeU , Chemist , Market-place ; Mr . H . Fryer , Chemist , New-street ; Bunhin , Wm , Pearson , Druggist ; Hartley , Charles Jones , Druggist ; Longton , George Sibary , Druggist ; Stoke-vpon-Trent , Wm . Dean , Druggist ; Newcastle-vpon-Tyne , \ T . Fordyce , 15 , Greystreet ; South Shields , Bell and Co . ; WalsaJt , J . H . AVatkins , Druggist ; Wokerhampton , K . Fowke , Druggist ; JDeiesbv . ry , T . S . Brooke ; Wdkefidd , S . Dawson andS . Sidney , Chemists ; York , "W . D . Scholefield , Chemist ; and all respectable Medicine Venders in the United Kingdom . Sold Wholesale by THOMAS EYRE and Co ., Druggists , Liverpool .
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2 s . 0 d ,, ts . Gd ., and Us , each box ; or , post free , 3 s ., 5 s ., and 12 s . COPAIBA AND CUBEBS ENTIRELY SUPERSEDED . WRAY'S BALSAMIC PILLS , a certain , safe , and the most speedy remedy ever discovered for the pernianent and effectual cure of strictures , seminal weakness , pains in the loins , affections of the kidneys , gravel , rheumatism , lumbago , gonorrliu » a , gleets , local debility , irritation of the bladder or urethra , and other diseases of the urinary passages . The unprecedented success that has attended the administration of these pills , since they were made public , has acquired for them a sale more extensive than any other proprietary medicine extant , and the circumstauce of their entirely obviating the necessity of . having recourse to those disgusting , nauseous , and in many cases highly injurious medicines ( as copaiba , cubebs , < fcc ) , has obtained for them a reputation unequalled in the annals of medicine . Prior to being advertised , these pills were employed in private practice in upwards of 1 , 800 cases , many of them most inveterate—in many thousand cases since , and in no one instance known to fail , or to produce those unpleasant symptoms so often experienced while taking copaiba , and that class of medicines usually resorted to in these complaints . The proprietor pledges himself that not one particle of copaiba , either resin or balsam , cubebs , or any deleterious ingredient , enters their composition . Copaiba and cubebs hare long been the most commonly employed medicines in the above compkjints ; but , from the uncertainty in their effects , together with their utter inefficacy in many cases , are fast declining in reputation ; and , from the unpleasant symptoms invariably produced from taking copaiba , especially in the early stage of the complaint , many of the most able modern practitioners condemn it as dangerous , and a medicine not to be depended upon . Many persons ,, after having suffered more from the effects of the remedy than the virulence of the disease , and , after a patient but painful perseverance , have been compelled to relinquish its use , the Whole system having become more or less affected , and tlu > disease as bad , if not worse , than at the commencement . As regards cubebs , it is true that those violent effects avo not experienced as while hiking copaiba , but they seldom effect a cure , unless more active medicines are administered . The Balsamic Pills are free from any of the above objections ; they act specifically on # the urinary passages : and , from thoiv tonic properties , tend to strengthen the system and improve the general health . They require neither confinement nor alteration of diet ( except abstinence from stimulants , where considerable inflammation exists ) , and , as experience has amply proved , they will effect a cure sooner than copaiba ( the dangerous results of which , in the inflammatory stages , are too well known to need comment ) , or any other medicine in present use , and may be justly considered the only safe and efficacious remedy in all stages of those disorders . I n audition to these advantages , the very convenient form in which , this invaluable preparation is offered to the public , must also a desideratum . Prepared only by M . 0 . Wray , and sold , wholesale an : ! retail , at 118 , Holborn-hill ; and at the West-end Depot , 344 , Strand , London . May also be had of all respectable medicine venders in town and country . Patients in the remotest parts of the country cau be treated successfully , on describing minutel y their casq , and inclosiug a remittance for medicine , which can be forwarded to any part of the world , securely packed , and carefullv protected from observation ,
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EXTRAORDINARY ! NEW CASES !! Attesting that there is health for all . HOLLOVTAY'S PILLS . An astonishing euve of a confirmed Liver Complaint . MRS . MART SANDFORD , residing in Leathor-lanc , Holborn , London , had been labouring under the effects of a diseased Liver , which produced Indigestion , Sick Head Ache , Dimness of Sight , Lowness of Spirits , Irritability of Temper , Drowsiness , Occasional Swellings of the Body aud Legs , with GeucralTTeakncss . and Debility . She attended the Hospitals , at different periods , for about three years , but she only got worse instead ot better , and her recovery at last appeared quite hopeless ; but notwithstanding the very bad state of her health , she was , in about two months , restored to perfect health by the means alono of this all-powerful and efficacious Medicine—Holloway ' s Pills . Cure of a Case of great debility of the system , occasioned by the baneful influence of Mercury , and the injurious effects of a long residence in Tropical Climates , by Holloway ' s Pills . James Richards , Esq ., a Gentleman in the East India Company ' s Service , and who had resided for the last Seventeen Tears in different parts of India , where liis constitution had become much impaired from the influence of the climate , and the injurious effects of powerful and frequent doses of that dangerous mineral , Calomel , which , together , made such inroads on his constitution as to oblige him to return home to England , and on his arrival he placed himself for some time under ths cave of a Medical Practitioner , but received no benefit from that gentleman ' s treatment . He was then advised by a friend ( who had tried this medicine ) to go through a proper course of Ilolloway ' s PiUs , which he did , and in about Four Months his formerly shattered frame was so completely invigorated as to enable him to prepare himself again for his immediate return to India , whither he will embark early in the coming Spring of next year , 1845 . This gentleman is now residing in Regent's-park , where he is well known in consequence of his opulence and liberality . Immense Demand for HbUoway ' s PilU in the East Indies . Extract of * letter dated 20 th of September , 1842 , from Messrs . S . Ferdinands and Son ( Agents for the sale of " lifolloway ' s Medicine , " in the Island of Ceylon . These gentlemen state— " All classes of people here are desirous to purchase your wonderful Medicines , aud we regret that we have now scarcely any left to meet the immenso demands that are daily made upon us for them . We enclose you a testimonial from J . Bavison , Esq ., the superintendantofLordElphinston ' s Sugar Estate , at Caltura , Ceylon ; and we can , if necessary , send you abundant other proofs , not only from the middling classes , but also from the opulent and influential here , many of whom have derived immense benefit from the use of your invaluable medicine . Copy of the letter from J . Davison , Esq ., which is the same alluded to in the extract of the letter above : — Caltura , 7 tli August , 1844 . My Dear Sir , —Mrs . Davison has received so much benefit from Holloway ' s Pills , that I amiuduced to trouble you for another supply , viz ., an eleven shining box . Yours truly , J . Davison . To Messrs . Vcrdiuands and Son , Ilolloway ' s Agent for the Island of Ceylon , Colombo . Time should not bo lost in taking this remedy for any of the following diseases : — Ague Femalo Irregulari- Retention of the Asthma ties Urine Bilious Complaints Fevers Bheumatism Blotches on Skin Fits Scrofula Bowel Complaints Gout Ston « atvd Gravel Colics Headache Sora Throats Constipation Indigestion Tic Doloroux Consumption Inflammation Tumours Debility Jaundice Ulcers Dropsy Liver Complaints Weakness from Dysentery Lumbago whatever cause Erysipelas Piles Worms , all kinds . Tlirse truly invaluable Pills can be obtained at the establishment of Professor Holloway , near Temple Bar . where advice may be had gratis , and of most respectable Venders of Medicine , throughout tha civilized world , at the following prices . —Is . lid ., 2 s . 9 d ., 4 s . 6 d ., 11 s ., 22 s ., and 33 s ,, each box . There is a considerable saving bj taking the larger sizes .
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TO S UFFERERS-INSTANT RELIEF FROM JEAX LKFAY ' S GRAXDK POM JUDE . npiIIS extraordinary preparation cures , in most eases i by one application , those formidable and tormenting maladies , tic-doloreux , gout , rheumutisin , lumbago , and all painful affections of the nerves , giving iusfaut relict in the most severe paroxysms . Patients who for years had drawn on a miserable existence by being deprii'ud of sleep from acute pain , and many that had lost the free use of their limbs from weakness caused by paralysis and rheumatism , to the astonishment of their medical attendants and acquaintance , have , by a few rubbings , been restored to health ; strength , and comfort , after electricity , galvanism , blistering , yeratrine , colchicum , and all tho usual remedies had been tried and found worse than useless . Its surprising effects have also been experienced iu its rapid cure of nervous affections of the heart , palpitation , difficulty of breathing , pains of the loins , sciatica , glandu . lar swellings , and weakness of the ligaments and joints . It may be used at any time by the most delicate person with tho greatest safety , requiring no restraint from business oi ? pleasure , nor docs it csvusg any eruption on the most tender skin . Sold , by the appointment of Jean Lefay , the inventor , by Ins sole agent , J . W . Stiulikc , pharmaceutical chemist , No . SO , High-street , "Whitechapel , London , in metallic cases , at 2 s . !) d . and 4 s . 6 d . each . N . B . A post-office order for 5 s . will pay for a 4 s . Gd . case and its carriage to any part of the united kingdom . It can be sent to any part of London , carriage free .
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TO MR . PROUT , 229 , STRAND , LONDON . Wcdnosbury , Sept . 2 , 1844 . SIR , —I havobeen an agent for BLAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS upwards of four years ; during that period very many eases of cure by their use have been effected aud come under my notice in this town and neighbourhood , which has secured to them a celebrity unequalled by any other medicine . I , therefore , in justice feel bound to state to you the following instance of their efficacy : — A person ofthe name of Turner applied to me in August , 1840 , for ii box of Blair ' s Pills . He had been subject to violent attacks of Rheumatic Gout for ten years , and compelled to give up work for weeks at a time . He had tried medical aid , and everything lie could hear of , oi'that his friends had recommended . He was then labouring under one of those attacks , but by taking Blair ' s Pills according to the directions , he was quite restored . Since then , whenever he feels an attack approaching , by taking only a few doses it speedily vanishes . He wishes me to state these facts to you for the benefit of others . You are at liberty to publish the above if you think fit . . I am , sir . your obedient servant , FREDERICK C . LADBURY , Chemist . The decided superiority of this medicine over every other hitherto offered to the public for the cure of those dreadfully painful diseases , gout , rheumatic gout , rheumatism , lumbago , sciatica , &c , is so fully manifested by the increasing sale , and the testimony of thousands in every rank of life , that those who arc aware ofthe existence of such a remedy , and have not availed themselves of trying its efficacy , cannot truly be objects of sympathy . The testimonials of the astonishing effects of this medicine are universally accompanied by the fact that no inconvenience of any sort attends its administration , but that the patient , without feeling the operation of the medicine , is universally left in a stronger and . better state of health than experienced previous to being afflicted with tliis disease ; and in all eases of acute suffering , great relief is experienced in a fe « hours , and a cure is generally effected in two or three days . Sold by Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , price 2 s , Od . per box ; and , by his appointment , by Ileaton , Hay , Allen , Lund , Ilaigh , Smith , Bell , Townscud , Baines and Newsome , Smeeton , Reinhardt , Tarbottom , and Horner , Leeds ; Brooke , Dcwsbury ; Dennis and Son , Burdekin , Moxon , Little , Hardinan , Linncy , and Hargrove , York ; Brooke and Co ., Walker and Co ., Stafford , Faulkner , Doncnster ; Judson , Harrison , Linney , Kipon ; Toggitt , Coates , Thompson , Thirsk ; Wiley , Easingwold ; England , Fell , Spivey , Huddersfield ; Ward , Richmond ; Sweeting , Knaresborough ; Pease , Oliver , Darlington : Dixon , Mctcalfc , Langdale , Northallerton ; Rhodes , Snaith ; Goldthorpo , Taclcaster ; Rogerson , Cooper , Newby , Kay , Bradford ; Brice , Priestley , Ponfcfract ; Cordwell , Gill , Lawton , Dawson , Smith , lVakefield ; Berry , Denton ; Sutei-j Leyland , Hartley , Parker , Dunu , Halifax ; Booth , Rochdale ; Lambert , Boroughbridge ; Dalby , AVetherby ; Waite , Harrogate : Wall , Barnsley ; and all respectable medicine venders throughout the kingdom . Ask for BLAIR'S GOUT am ] RHEUMATIC PILLS , and observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout , 229 , Strand , London , " impressed upon the Government stamp affixed to each part ofthe Genuine Medicine .
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This stupendous iron steamer , which for a long time past lias occupied so much of the public attention , is at length arrived in the river Thames , from Bristol , and moored off the BLackwall Pier . It is not on account of her immense burden alone that she has attracted so much attention : important scientific principles are involved in the experiment : and the success of this splendid ship will be justly regarded as the perfection of steam navigation . In her passage to the Thames , so many and various have been the opportunities for thoroughly developing her qualities and capabilities as a sea boat and as a steam-vessel , that an account of her trip thither cannot tail to be interesting to practical men ; for it has been admitted
by all on board this mighty fabric that if she were to plough the seas for a century she could have no better opportunity of testing her capabilities . On Thursday afternoon , about half-past three , about forty gentlemen embarked at Bristol , at the Cumberland Basin , on board the Samson steam-tug , and proceeded down to King Road , where the Great Britain lay with her steam up , in readiness to start on her trial trip to the Thames . All mates having been arranged , Capt . Hosken got the vessel under weigh , and after some delay in fouling an anchor and some wreck , she gale fah'lystartedonherpassageatseven p . m . The wind at this time blew a hard gale to . the southward . The continued all Thursday night , and up to five o ' clock the next morning , at which time the ship was off
Ilfracombe , when the wind suddenly chopped round to the northward and westward , blowing most furiously . Several heavy seas struck the shi p with great violence , and in consequence of being light she rolled most awfully aud very quick , knocking furniture about below , and extensively damaging the eroekeryware . At the time the wind changed the vessel maintained her speed of from four-and-a-half to five knots an hour against the gale , the engines working with great uniformity at from 10 to 12 strokes per minute . At 10 a . m ., when offLundy Island , the sea was what nautical men term a " short cross and nasty" one , and at this time the jib and foresail were set . It should here be remarked , that the Great Britain having six masts of a peculiar
rig , the two foremost are called lore and main , and the other four are numbered respectively one , two , three , four ; the mainmast only lias yards . There was a splendid trial of the ^ abilities of this , magnificent ship . With three sails set and with a heavy cross sea , running six points on the bow , she maintained a speed of six and a half knots . We have before remarked ; that several heavy seas struck the ship with great efteet , but about noon she encountered one so terrific that many thought on board the mighty . structure would be engulfed by the mountainous wave towering above the masts . Although 327 feet in length , and 52 feet in breadth , the lm « c mass was tossed about with apparently as much ease as a cork . Those who were below at the time the
sea struck the ship , rushed upon deck , and many not accustomed to sea voyages exhibited the greatest consternation , imagining that the ship had split on a rock , or had come in contact with another vessel So violent was the force , of the sea that two of the dead-lights in the bow , with their frames , which were rivettcd to the side of the ship , were forced in and the water rushed into the forward compartment ! The figure-head was somewhat damaged , and some portion of the bulwarks fastened to the side of the ship , and a heavy piece of thick wood , stron gl y rivetted and bolted between iron plates , was so severely shakei ^ as to exhibit cracks . On examination , however , it was found that no material Injury had been sustained , further than the complete sousing consequent on the admission of the sea . At twelve o ' clock on Friday , Capt . Hoskeu was enabled to keep her
. one point more away , the " spencers , " or sails were set on Nos . 1 , 2 , and 3 masts , when her speed increased to 8 knots 2 fathoms , and what is most remarkable , as showing the superiority of the screw over the paddle wheels , she actually produced this result without one iota of additional steam , thus proving that where sails are used in conjunction with the screw , a great saving of fuel is effected . It may here be remarked that the most triumphant part of this experiment is that of a screw being constantly immersed in the ratio of 0 seconds to 2 , when about 8 feet of the screw was visible in its operation ; and here it may he added that the propeller of this yast body , of 3 , 500 tons , measures only 16 feet in diameter by 2 feet 3 inches fore and aft length , weighing only 3 tons , which placed at the very bottom of the vessel acts more as ballastpan otherwise ; whereas , Jliad the Great Britain been fitted with paddle wheels , the
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— " —^^^ s : ** * weight would have been , perhaps , 200 tons , Tr too , top weight . It . may be also-observed at it having been generally stated that the hnm at length of the Great Britain would causa noi > to u heavily in a rough , sea by her being occas JcT on two or more seas at one time , as a nrm of course the attention ol all on board , at least tW that could attend to such matters , was drawn to J ^ point ; but it was found that in no one instance X such the case , as the Great Britain was as ! JllovS and easy as any other ship under similar cbcui stances . It has been also stated that the ^ L position of the propeller so far aft would render it SuMoot to be frequently lifted out ot the water b . f in practice it has been toundnotjto be the case , AsS , is tully confirmed by the regularity with which the encmes worked throughout the passage . This £
not the case with the paddle-wheel , irorn the coastant variation of the depth at which it is immersed in the water , a circumstance which not imircquentl y stops the engines altogether , whils . t the next minute they are running beyond their usual rate , thereby requif . in" - the greatest attention to avoid accidents to the machinery ; besides which , the want of uniforniitv of their operation reduces the speed , independentl y of the strain that is thrown upon the vessel . It was ge . nerallv admitted , and particularly by Capt . Iloskon that liad a paddle-wheel vessel been m company with the Great Britain during the gale that she experienced in the British Channel , that she could not hav e hold the slightest way with her , as the sea that was then runninsr would have caused the paddles to be SQ
frequently out of water by the rolling otthe vessel . Uiiaer ordinary circumstances , this is prevented by setting canvas , ' with the view of stead ying the ship ; but from the violence of the gale , it it had been set in this instance , it would , in all probability , have done as much harm as good , by depressing the lee wheel , and consequently causing the weather one to be whirling round in the ah , touching ; only the tops of the waves as they passed along the side : ol course , the setting of canvas upon the Great Britain has a similar effect of causing the vessel to heel over , but from the propelling power being in the precise line of her keel , and ultimately taken up on a point nearly in the centre of gravity , it has no eftect in causing her to steer wildly , or otherwise to act prejudicially to
the vessel . At one o ' clock p . m . on Iriday , Captain Hosken set No . 4 spencer and the square mainsail , and with this canvas , at 8 . 45 , passed the Long Ships . After the last-mentioned time ( 3-45 p . m . on Friday ) the wind became light , and all sails were taken in ; and , strange to relate , this mighty structure was driven by its small propeller to the Needle Racks by 1 . 30 p . m * . on Saturday , a distance of 174 miles . To show the perfect command this ponderous body was under , she steamed through the Needles against a spring ebb tide with the same ease and comfort that one of the smallest vessels would have done . There is also a very prominent fact worthy of record . Without canvas , and the wind about three points on the bow , with a heavy sea and a strong gale , the vudder was found to have perfect effect on her , and when struck bv a sea she did not fall off in the least .
Proceeding to Spithead the Great Britain passed under the stern of the Apollo troop-ship , Commander Maclean , just arrived from the Mediterranean with troops , the only man-of-war ly ing there . As a compliment to the ' first pennant ever met by the Great Britain , Captain Hosken fired a gun , and . all hands on board gave three hearty cheers , which were responded to by the crew and soldiers on board the Apollo , that crowded her decks to view the monster steam-ship . The Great Britain passed the Nab Light at 3 . 45 p . m ., and pursued her course . It now became very thick , and began to blow-hard from the southward and eastward ; No . 2 spencer was set , with the jib , being about one-tenth part of the canvas she can spread . With this she reached Dungeness at
11 . 30 p . m ., and anchored in the Downs at 1 . 30 Sunday morning . At eight a . m ., on Sunday morning , the Great Britain again got under weigh . When oft Margate it came on to blow a furious gale from the north-east . Abreast the Nore Light a small steamer was seen about three miles ahead , and in one hour and a quarter the Great Britain was along side . This vessel proved to be the Water Witch , running between Hull and London , and considered to be a fast boat . On entering the River , it was found to be exceedingly crowded with vessels , and the wind was still blowing terrifically . On approaching Uravcscnd , so numerous were the colliers lying there , that no passage was visible for the Great Britain . She still nursued her course , however , at full speed , and with
the strength of the flood-tide running , and threaded through them all like a cuitcr , withthc exception of one brig , which vessel , from breaking her sheer , came in contact ' with the side of the Great Britain , and thereby lost her bowsprit . The noble ship came up to Woolwich at the former rate , when she slackened her speed from that port to Blackwall , reaching the latter place at a quarter to four p . m . In her progress up the River sue was cheered by a great number of persons who , anticipating her arrival , assembled at the wharfs , and thus welcomed her . At BlackwaJl the Railway-pier was crowded to excess , more so than it has been known to be for years . At Blackwall-stairs , and on every point and wharf in the vineinity , spectators assembled . The Water Witch , which the Great Britain passed , did not arrive at Blackwall until one honr and eight minutes after the Great Britain . The colossal shin is .. tying off thed
Brunswick Pier , Blackwall , and douMess will be the admiration and wonder of hundreds ^ fyhousands , as well as most interesting to nautical and scientific men , as much for her peculiar rig as for the means by which she is made to move through the water , without the aid of her sails , by a power equal to 1000 horses . It has been suggested that the directors shoidd make such arrangements , that the inhabitants of the great metropolis may be taken from the railway to the ship at one certain charge . We know this plan would be much approved in high , quarters , and we hope such a measure will be adopted . During eight months , in which the vessel was to be seen at Bristol , at one shilling per head , the receipts averaged £ 10 per day , and there is little doubt that with the convenience the railway affords for passengers coming down , the receipts in London will be very large , ami will , we trust , amply satisfy the directors for having given the large population of the metropolis a chance of seeing her .
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Mr . Bexjamix Wood , M . P . tor Solthhark . — We are requested to state that this gentleman lies iu a very dangerous state from the effects of an attack of paralysis , and no hopes are entertained of his ultimate recovery . —Correspondent . A Yeiekan . —Thirty years have now nearly run their coure since the return of " gentle peace / ' and we avo frequently called upon to record the dropping away of the remains of the Warriors who shared in the dangers of the angry period of the previous twenty-five years . As the race becomes scarce a peculiar Interest attaches to those wlio remain , and we believe few have seen more active service , in different climes , than the humble individual whose
career we are about to notice . Andrew Dowie . the object of the following sketch , iu early life served his apprenticeship in the Edinburgh Advertiser oiKce , and shortly after , in the year 1792 , he enlisted into the < 12 nd Royal Highlanders , which corps the following year joined the allies in Flanders under the Duke of York , and shared in all the fatigues , during a winter of unusual severity , of the memorable retreat tlirou « h lolland and Germany , so ably conducted by Generals Sir David Dundas and Harcourt , in daily combat with an enemy greatly their superior in ' numbers , under the famous Marshals Pichegru and Macdonald . It was during this retreat that the 42 nd acquired the red plume for recovering , after a fierce contest , two guns lost by the 11 th Li < rht Draraons . at
Guildennaslen , in Holland , for which service Sir David Dundas conferred this badge of honour on them , via he 11 th , which they have since yielded to none . In 1798 the subject of our narrative was at the taking ot Minorca . In 1801 he was present at the battle of Alexandria , and , during the action , directed the attention of Major Stirling to a stand of coIouk , in possossion of a small body of Invincibles , who had pent themselves up in a corner of Cleopatra ' s Palace , near Alexandria ; the major , nans ceremonie , effected a speedy capture of the colours , about which so Jiitic-li subsequent dispute took place ; he was also i » t ) ie advance to . Grand Cairo . In 1802 he returned home discharged , after having seen , in tht f course of ten years , his corps three times renewed . 1 " 1803 he
enlisted anew into the 21 st Fusiliers and after much knocking about , was , in 1813 , in active service against the French along the base of the Appeisines , and at the surrender of Genoa . In the following year he was at the taking of Washington , and in the affair at Baltimore , where the service lost the brave General R 033 , and afterwards at the unfortunate attack on New Orleans , where the 21 st suffered . * tearfully , and where General Packenham was slam . Alter much service in the West Indies he again returned home , and was discharged with a pension ot one shilling a day . His faithful companion . #
arms , " who followed him in the field of danger , stiU survives , and during their peregrinations has presented hini with fourteen children . Besides his pension , he earns a trifling addition by acting as ai > officer to some societies ; he is now in his 73 rd year , and being of very temperate habite , enjoys tolcr . lealth , and is ready to "fight a battle o'er again . We understand he has in MS . details of most ot winhas fallen under his notice , which mig ht throw some r ays on the history of events , and greatly inlei ^ the " fireside traveller , " but being without the mem oi laying it before the public , it remains in obscunt } - —Edinburgh Advertiser .
HouoffAv ' s Pills and Oistjiijkt .-A » k XT ! U ° j mkabt Case . —Mrs . Fry , of 35 , Trafalgar ^* ] Walwortli , was , on the 16 th of April last , adum «* as a patient at Guy ' s Hospital , with a bad leg ot n years' standing ; it was nearly as hard as bone , w ^ nine ulcers , and dreadfully swollen . Not t cnvin = the least benefit in the Hospital , she left on the a « of May ; on the ISth of October she was brong w " Professor Holloway ' s . establishment , with her ft » wrapped in a blanket , not being able to stand , " even put a shoe or stocking on . In five weeks it : radically cured by means of the Ointment and r 1 " ' Is not this truly wonderful ?
The Great B1utain Steam Ship.
THE GREAT B 1 UTAIN STEAM SHIP .
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j '¦ ' February 1 , l g ^ TUF MnUTTITilRN STAR . '
Tiefouatring Hooks Are Published At Ths Northern Star Sfct, 310, Strand, And May Be Had Of M Boobtellers And News Agents.
TiefoUatring Hooks are published at ths Northern Star sfct , 310 , Strand , and may be had of M Boobtellers and News Agents .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 1, 1845, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1300/page/2/
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