The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-01-08 00:00:00

DEAFNESS AND DISTRESSING NOISES
IN THE EARS AND HEAD.
This day published, by a Physician of fifteen years' practice in
diseases of the Ear only, a Book, to be given away or sent by post
to any part of the world, MODE of SELF-CURE for Country
Patient*, by means of his new and infallible treatment, only dis-
covered within the last few weeks by Dr. MANFRED, Physician-
Aurist. Thousands in this short space of time have been restored
to perfect hearing, without absence from home or causing the
least pain or inconvenience to the most aged or nervous sufferer,
although having been deaf for twenty or thirty years; many are
enabled, almost instantaneously, to hear a whisper. This dis-
covery has been proclaimed by all the head Physicians and Sur-
geons of London, to be one of the most miraculous and invaluable
ever made in Aural Surgery; and the same gentlemen have pur-
suaded Dr. MANFRED to give publicity to it, for the purpose of
saving the poor afflicted from the advertising quacks with assumed
titles, whose fraudulent advertisements are a disgrace to the press,
their only desire being to plunder the afflicted ; and, in doing so,
many hundreds are rendered incurable for life through their entire
ignorance of the treatment. Doctor MANFRED, M.R.C.5.,E.,
Physician and Consulting Surgeon to the Institution for the Cure
of Deafness, 84, Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square, London,
receives Patients as above, and applies his New Treatment every
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, from 11 until 3.—Poor, on
Monday and Thursday, between 6 and 8 in the Evening. Dr.
MANFRED hopes they will not refrain from seeking relief by
means of his recent discovery; and if confidence is required, Dr.
MANFRED will be happy to show thousands of letters from per-
sons cured, both rich and poor.

RUPTURES PERFECTLY CURED
WITHOUT A TRUSS.—Dr. BARKER'S great European
Remedy for these alarming complaints has been successful in
curing thousands of cases during the last sixteen years, which
have been regularly published in quarterly reports. It is appli-
cable to every variety of single or double rupture, in either sex,
of any age, however bad or long standing, and causes no incon-
venience in its use whatever.
Sent free by post to any part of the world, packed so that no
one can know the contents, on receipt of 78. 6d.' in Postage
Stamps, or Post-office Order, payable at the General Post-office,
LO ALFRED BARKER, M.D., 25, Argyle-square, King's Cross,
London. Consultation hours daily (except Sundays), from eleven
till four o'clock. A copy of the last Quarterly Report, with
numerous cases and testimonials, will be sent gratuitously to any
one on receipt of two penny postage stamps to prepay it.
Hundreds of old trusses, belts, and bandages, have been left
behind by persons cured, as trophies of the success of this mode.
Extracts from bona fide Testimonials :—"I gave a poor
parishioner 7s. 6d. that he might avail himself of your aid, and
on meeting with him yesterday, he assured me he was cured."
Rev. W. M.,Lincolnshire.—"The remedy you sent for my
mother has one her a great deal of good, and she feels altogether
cured." J. W., Sheffield.—" Sir, having used your remedy for
rupture, I find myself completely cured ; I have tried every means
to prove the cure, by lifting and running, which 1 am happy to
say I can do without pain, or using any truss." Yours, &c.,
F. W., Fife.--" I have received a perfect cure from the remedy
you sent me." H. T., Alford.—" I applied your remedy six
weeks ago, and it gives me pleasure to inform you that my rup-
ture has not been down since." D. L., Lynn.—" Your remedy
has cured my rupture; I have used violent exertion since, but
there is no sign of its coming down." Miss S., Bayswater.—
"Many thanks for your remedy; I have thrown away my truss,
glad enough to get rid of the torture of it." G. H. Chepstow.—
" A fair time has elapsed since I used your ;remedy, moreover I
have been examined by our surgeon, who declares I am quite
cured." J. P., Bath.—" My rupture being twenty-eight years
old, I never expected so perfect a cure." Mr. E., Longthorpe.—
" According to promise, I now write to tell you that my daughter
is perfectly cured by your treatment." Mrs. IL, Uxbridge.
—"Enclosed is remittance for another; the last I had quite
cured the case I told you of." H. M. S., Surgeon, Edgeware-
road.—" My rupture has not been down since I used it."—
W. P., Lynn.

CI H. J, GEDDES, SHIP AND INSURANCE
• BROKER. AND
GENERAL COMMISSION AGENT,
60, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON.
Respectfully informs the Public that he has commenced business
as above, and sincerely hopes, by strict attention to all orders
committed to his charge, to meet a share of their favours.
Charters to and from all the principal seaports in the world.

TIIE

libcrpoot tanbarb,

TUESDAY, JANUARY 8, 1856

THE NATIONAL REVENUE.

THE statement of the return of the National Income,
with the several comparisons of increase or decrease,
has formed a subject of great interest, not only from
the dearth of almost any other, but from the insight
it may afford into the probable requirements of the
CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER for the purposes of
the war. With an Income-tax more than doubled,
and with all articles in general consumption bearing
very high prices, it is a very natural enquiry how far
these sacrifices have proved efficient, or what more we
may be called upon to make. Is the continuance of
the war to render necessary a still greater loan, and
is the pressure of taxation to be rendered still heavier,
by the stern necessity of the case ? These are points
which interest the tax-paying portion of the com-
munity, and call that attention to statistical tables
and official returns which otherwise they might not
receive.

From the statement just published, it appears that
the increase of revenue on the year just closed, as
compared with the preceding year, is no less than
£8,133,396. A convincing proof of the elasticity of
our resources, says the ministerial partisan ; but, un-
fortunately for the correctness of the inference at-
tempted to be drawn, it appears that, of this great
apparent improvement, £6,517,526 is derived from the
Income-tax, which was so largely increased last year;
whilst the other items which make up the total
increase are, Customs, £609,283 ; Excise, £861,771 ;
Stamps, £4,361 ; Crown Lands, £8,944 ; and Mis-
cellaneous, £325,608 ; there being a decrease of Taxes
£60,642, and Post-office £133,015. On the quarter's
account there is a decrease on Customs, a small
increase on Excise, a decrease on Stamps, and an
increase on other items. The decline in Customs is,
no doubt, owing to the falling off in the consumption
of Sugar ; but the very small excess in Excise, not-
withstanding the addition of fifty per cent. to the
Malt duty, serves to show that an augmentation of
duties is not always an augmentation of the Revenue.
The Income-tax is of course an exception, because it
is difficult to evade its provisions ; but where revenue
depends on consumption, the advantage is often very
questionable.
It will be observed by the statement, that the Post-
office shows a falling-off on the year's account to a
rather large amount; and though on the quarter there is
a small increase, it is owing to the number of unstamped
newspapers sent through the Post-office. But while
this advance is only £16,038, the loss upon Stamps is
no less than £91,400. So that the hobby which was
wanted by no one was indulged in at a loss of nearly
a quarter of a million on the half year.
Upon the whole, however, there is perhaps more
reason to be satisfied than otherwise with the state of
the National finances. Abundant evidence is afforded
that, notwithstanding high prices and the necessary
depressing effect upon consumption, the decline has
been upon the whole comparatively trifling. The
returns published by the Board of Trade show that
the influence of the war upon our foreign commerce
has been very slight; and this view is further con-
firmed by the statement of the National Revenue to
which we have referred.

POLITICAL PROSPECTS.

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THE time is drawing near for the meeting of
Parliament, the opening of the session having been
fixed for the 31st of this month ; and yet political
prospects can be deemed in no way satisfactory, from
whatever point they may be viewed. The Con-
servatives, it is true, occupy the most prominent
position when compared with any other single party,
but although the reports industriously circulated of
their disunion are destitute of foundation, it cannot be
said that advantage has been taken of the recess to
improve their position, or to prepare themselves for
the strife of parties which is generally believed not to be
far distant. A year since the war was deemed a
sufficient reason for submitting to any kind of
ministerial arrangement, and Lord PALMERSTON has,
therefore, been endured as Prime Minister ; but such
an excuse should no longer be allowed to prevail, for
sufficient experience has been afforded that the success
of the war is in no way dependent on Ministerial
permanency, but would, on the contrary, be far better
promoted if the Cabinet possessed ability and public
confidence—two qualities in which the present ad-
ministration is notoriously deficient. The war has
served its turn, as a cloak for numberless deficiencies
and inconsistencies, and it is time that some attention
were paid to the many important questions with which
the legislature might be advantageously occupied.
If we turn from the Conservatives, we shall find no
party, or section of party, that does not present a
miserable minority in itself, and, therefore, utterly
useless for all practical purposes of government. Of
Ministerialists it would be difficult to form any correct
estimate, inasmuch as they consist of but few, except
the actual holders of place, and many of them would, no
doubt, show little unwillingness to hold office under any
kind of a ministry, so long as they enjoyed the emolu-
ments ; nor would such conduct display any great sa-
crifice of principle, inasmuch as the PALMERSTON
Administration exhibits all phases, from pretended
Conservatives down to ultra Radicals, although osten-
sibly representing neither set of opinions. The Whigs,
as a party, have no longer any bond of union, nor
have they any recognised leaders, so that they are
virtually destitute of Parliamentary strength. No
doubt the most respectable amongst them would give
their support to a Conservative Administration, whilst
the remaining few might hold aloof, after their old
tactics of waiting upon Providence, and, making a
virtue of necessity, may profess to prefer measures to
men, a form of faith very convenient in doubtful times,
when it is difficult to predict the tone which public
opinion is likely to assume. The Radicals, who not
long ago presented a phalanx by no means to be
despised for numbers, have sensibly diminished ; and
as many of them have shown their utter want of
patriotism in taking up the absurd and craven cry of
peace at any price, they are divided amongst them-
selves, and are consequently almost powerless for
good or :evil. The Romish Brigade, which at one
time, under skilful management, proved itself able to
turn the scale of party, and was open to the highest
bidder, is now no longer worth purchasing under any
system of valuation. They sold themselves to their
avowed enemies, upon the false pretence of saving
their countrymen from the Income-tax, and then
accepted office under a cabinet that imposed it ; so
that they cannot even fall back upon their vaunted
patriotism, and the diminished influence of Romish
superstition in Ireland will afford them little chance
from that source. The Peelites are still more in-
significant in point of numerical strength, not-
withstanding their boast of monopolising
They
ad-
ministrative talent, in which they proved them-
selves miserably deficient during the career of
the Coalition Cabinet, so notorious for mismanage-
ment
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have neither the experience of the past nor promises
for the future upon which to appeal to any consti-
tuency possessing the hearts of Englishmen, whilst
Some of them would, no doubt, gladly take office under