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WESSEL'S JESUIT'S
EDDIrPS, and SPECIFIC
REIIThe genuine Jesuit's Drops have been long known and esteemed
a safe, cheap, effectual. and often an immediate, Cure for Strati-
gusty. (Beets, and Weakne.,s of the Kidneys or Bladder ; and
when taken on the first attack of Venereal infection, they will in-
fallibly accomplish the desired effect. Should the complaint be far
advanced, it will be necessary to take the SPECIFIC REMEDY
with the Jesuit's Drops.
Purchasers are particularly requested to ask for Joseph Weasel's
Jesuit's Drops. and to be careful that a preparation, under the name
of " Dr. Walker's Drops" is not imposed on them in the place of
the genuine, which is distinguished from the counterfeits by having
on the Government Stamp " Joseph Wessel, St. Paul's."
The Drops are in Bottles of 2s. 9d., Ils., and 225. The Specific
is 2s. 9d. per Pot.
Sold by Sanger, Oxford.atreet ; Stradling, Royal Exchange ;
and Emerson, East Smithfield.

30, STRAND,
THE BALLOON ; or,TERRI TAKING
RY POSSESSION
OF A NEW TO.
A CORONATION INCIDENT.
" Hue never in London has been in hur life !"
A Cambrian exclainiti, at South Mime who resides;—
When plodding his way, sans obstruction or strife,
His steps to the Park curiosity guides,
From whence he had learnt that a splendid Balloon
Would mount, with a fam'd iEronaut, to the Moon
The Welchmsn mameuvred to gain a close stand,
And saw with amazement toe vessel expand ;
Increasing in growth, by mysterious pursuit.
Of skill'd Amateurs, each array'd in beght Boots;
Deriving, it seem'd, supernatural aid
Front forms in the Jet's glossy lustre display'd !
" Cot pless hut !" the Cambrian exclaini'd in affright,
Sublimely. as soar'd the gay Orb to the sky,
Soon lost in Immensity's ?pace to the eye !
When sped from the scene of ascension his flight,
Nor stopt 'till South Mims he regain'd in terrorena.
When floating in air the Balloon hover'd o'er him !
The iEronaut near Potter's field now descended,
And quickly by followers from Town Was attended,
Array'd in the Jet of Renown, as before,
Whose Boots each a Spectre ap; arcntly bore !
" Cot pleas now the Monarch of Wales and the Moon,
And save the Jet-sprites, that possession so soon
Enabled the intrepid Tray'llcr to take,
And 'lately a journey so perilous ntice!"
Cried Owen ap Morgan :—the curious oration
From all raited an uproar of mirthful applause :
" The Jet," they exclaied, " a fresh incident draws

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The glee to enhance of this fam'd Coronation ;
Nor richness of humour, nor ornament lacking,
Sustain'd in their zenith by Warren's Jet Blacking."
This easy shining and Brilliant BLACKING, prepared by
ROBERT WARREN, 30, Strand, London ; and sold in every
Town in the Kingdom.
LIQUID, In Bottles, Gd., 10d., 12d., and lfkl. each.
Also. PASTE BLACKING, in Pots, Gd., IN.. and IBd. each.
A Shilling Pot of Paste is equal to Four One Shilling Bottles of
Liquid.

TILE EXPLOSION Ar
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(FURTHER PARTICI/LAM?).
O:,TEVD, SEPT. 21.
I fear that my letter of yesterday evening May have partaken too
much of the terror and diatrec.ion which still hold undivided utak
in this dented town. It is extremely difficult to get at particulars
with any degree of accuracy. as individuals are generally Mum', to
overcharge the picture of Marren, and the authorities as generally
diposed to conceal its extent, and the probability of its duration.
Why such a diarosition should exist it Is difficult to account for ;
but it ap in-
clined to me as if the foreign authorities were unwilling to
let Englishmen know that system of police which they are not
to follow, or to make them acquainted with the management
of their internafecondmy, of which Englishmen arc the last in the
world to covet the empty kgowletige. But ndiv and then, u
" misfortune makes strange bed-fellows," so it induces men to he.
come communicative, especially In cases where the active benevo-
lence of a people like the British is likely to be exerted for their
suffering know-creatures—but, above all, fur their suffering fellow-
countrymen. In my last hasty letter I could not bring myself to
enter into minutite, and the more so, as broad anti calamitous re-
sults stare me fully in the face. There were peculiarities abou`
the explosion to which a man's attention would first be naturally
directed, while detail, however ultitrately useful, would be forgot-
ten in the excitement proved by so awful and unusual an event.
I I believe stated that the houses en the Quay were some of the
best built and most subatantial in Ostend, and that several
of them were shaken to their foundation ; and I now feel myself
strongly fortified in making that statement, as a gentleman, an ac-
quaintance of mine, has only Just left the house of Jlr. R—, an
eminent banker. where he describes the joists as wrenched from the
walls of the building—toe Main title wall of the hall-door entrance
quite removed from Its perpendicular—and the drawing-room tables
as if mudded over with pieces of broken window-glase, driven into
the tables by the force of the concussion. Another individual, look-
ing over a voluminous ledger, had it whirled from him into the
street, while lie himself. with difficulty, kept on his legs • but if
you wish to ascertain with precision the ftwse or power of the con.
eusaion you will find it illustrated by this single fact, that two
fishing boats, lying in several feet water at the Quay, were abso-
lutely driven into, and are now bedded in, the muddy bottom.
Other instances might also be adduced ; but, fur the present, per.
ham enough. I cannot state with accuracy the number of barrels
of gunpowder which were in the Arsenal at the time of the explo.
sion ; but they tell me, that the very day before its occurrence,
several thousand barrels were removed to other places. How for-
tunate this has been you will readily perceive, for, if the quantity
exploded were superadded to the quantity removed, not a vestige
of Ostend would have been lift to tell the story of her former ex-
istence.
No official Report has yet been made of the deaths and other
casualties, and none is likely to he made which will add much to
the information I have already stated to you in general turns. It
would be needlessly afflicting to notice the soffesings of lathers,
mothers, wives, and children ; all seem seised with despair—all seem
motionless, and scarce was the life in one. Several of the sufferers
were insured ; hut I regret to state. that, as is usually the ease, the
more indigent were not so fortmode. The Ilotstof " The Imperial
CoUrt," which, is point of situation, was neatest the arsenal, had
not a whole pane of glass in the house ; and in die midst f the
wretched scene, it was not a little ludicrous to see a few travellers
sitting at breakfast with their hats on, and table cloths nailed op
against the windows, hi protect them from the vapour which con-
tinued to prevail for a length of time after the fatal event. An
officer and a ecrjeant, on approaching the arsenal, felt a strong aut.
phurenus smell, which they instantly concluded must arise from
gunpowder. They immediately made a precipitate retreat ; but on
their passage the officer was dreadfully cut by the panes of glass,
which were flying in all directions, and the serjeant was so badly
wounded in the back of the head, that, but for the instant attend-
ance of surgical aid, he must have shared the untimely fate of
others of his comrades in arms.
Having thus generally adverted to the lose of lives, the less of
property, and the necessity of immediately supplying relief, I shall
say nothing as to the alleged causes for such an accumulation of
calamity. From all 1 can learn, I believe the cause to be merely
accidental ; but there are many in Ostend who would willingly
trace it to wanton and incendiary individuals, who, like Catiline,
being desirous of the death of others, and lavish of their own, had
rather bequeath a bad name to posterity, than follow honestly in the
path which the will of Providence assigned them. Non menu hie
emu.