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London, England, 1824-07-27 00:00:00

ON TIIE BE:IU7'Y OF THE TEETH.

" Ile who pays no attention to his teeth, by this single neglect
betrays vulgar bentiments."—Larater's Essays on Physiognomy.

Nothing is more pleasing than clean teeth, and gums the
colour of the rose.—nothing more disagreeable than foul,
black teeth, thickly encrusted with tartar ; this sight alone
is sufficient to excite disgust, the most beautiful face being
repulsive, if the lips, when they open, exhibit the slovenly
spectacle of neglected teeth. It was, therefore, a just ob-
servation of Lavater, that the mere sight of the teeth is
capable of giving us a perfect insight into the character
of a person, and that foul teeth announce vulgar senti-
ments.

Sweet breath depends in a great measure on good teeth :
good, in order to perfect mastication of food—sound, that
they may not impregnate the alimentary substances with a
vitiated and unwholesome juice. The good condition of
the teeth is equally necessary for the formation of the
voice and the articulation of words ; vacancies more or less
coneidisrable are always injurious to the phihnottes of pro.]
nunci .tioh and the harmony of speech ; indeed Cicero corn-
pared
the teeth with the strings of an instrument, which
modify the sound. The interest of beauty, above every
other, imperiously enjoins the preservation of the teeth.
The teeth have not only their particular beauty, resulting I
from regularity, form, and whiteness, hut they also neces-
sarily contribute to the general beauty of the figure.
When they are gone, the lips and cheeks, deprived of their
natural support which they receive from them, fall in,
and exhibit the not very pleasing image of premature old
age. flow many reasons thus combine to induce the fair
sox in particular to bestow the greatest care on the preser-
vation of thewe valuable organs.
Attention to the cleanliness of the mouth is the first
medium for keeping the teeth sound, and preventing tooth-
ache. To this end, nothing more is necessary than In trash
tle•nt (eery dad with price wader, which is nut No cc!J, or
Ti:11 salt water. Hot water must never be used for this
lotion.

But it is white teeth that are more particularly the ob-
ject of the ambition of females; and to gratify this wish,
a multitude of receipts have been invented. Many of these
are very pernicious, inasmuch as they tend to destroy
the enamel, which especially contributes to the solidity of
the teeth. Among these dangerous nostrums must, in the
first place, be reckoned those deptrifices, elec:uarics, and
opiates, which contain corrosive powders, such as emery,
pumice-stone, &c. These powders wear off' the enamel
by friction. In the next class may be placed those tinc-
tures, spirits, and elixirs' which contain a mineral acid,
and which chemically effect the destruction of the enamel,
by dissolvitig it.

We understand that his Majesty's pardon was last night
received at Newgate for 'William Ramsden Robinson, the
young man whose case has excited so much interest.
Sr. KAIIII:RINE'S Citartiry Senooes.—The anniver-
sary of this laudable institution was celebrated on Saturday
evening, at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, when a nu-
merous and respectable company sat down to dinner; Mr.
liyng, M.P. in the Chair, supported by several gentlemen
of distinction. The objects of the Charity are, to clothe 1
and educate forty boys and twenty girls annually ' • the boys
are taught reading, writing, arithmetic, and psalinody; and
the girls, reading, writing, and needlework. They are also
instructed in the principles of the Established Church, and
tuade useful for trades and services. After the cl.otb was
removed, A'ea ]'obis Portia . was sung, and the usual
toasts were given. In the course of the evening, the child-
ren educated by the Charity were introduced before the
company : their appearance was clean, healthy, and hue-
' resting in the extreme, and excited much sympathy. After
walking in procession round the room, the whole of them
'joined in singing an ode expressive of gratitude towards
their benefactors. Several speeches were made by Mr.
Byng, Sir 11. Taylor, and other gentlemen; and Messrs.
Bryant, Gibbon, &c. in the course of the evening enlivened
the company with some excellent songs. The company did
not separate till a late hour.
.Inn. lira I. AND STE Allf.-•••-SUnliay last it was impos-
sible to approach Lower Thames-street by any of the lanes
or avenues, without being beset by several persons who
forced cards on the pawners similar to those used at
I elections with, " Are you going to Margate ?" and thus
we were annoyed until erriving at the Tower Stain, when
cards, in numerous quantities, pound in on every indi-
vidual, bearing the names of the various steam vessels.
The intolerable nuisance was continued for a length of
time, to the no small vexation of those anxious to get on
board.: Upon inquiry we ascertained its cause to proceed
from an opposition similar to that of stage-coaches, arising
from one of the vessels, the London Engineer, running to
1 Margate at a less fare than other steam-vessels, whose
proprietors, determined to compete against her with " giant
strength," started two ves..els, the Eclipse, and the Venus,
to the 'Sore, at the same price, on Sundays only ; and on
last Sunday the opposition was so violent, that the various
streets were more like a fair than anything else, in cone-I
quence of the various ads soliciting passengers, not in the
naiint manner. On the cause of the opposition being
traced, however, it seemed to have the effect of filling the
Engineer, which obtained double the quantity of pawn-
/ gers to the others. The nuisance. however, was extremely
great, and ought certainly to be avoided in future.