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London, England, 1824-04-12 00:00:00

FIFTEEN THOUSAND SOILED DAMASK TABLE
CLOTHS, AT NEARLY HALF-PRICE.
CRAIG anti D'OYLY, No. 77, Oxford-street,
Linen-
ti Drapers, Silk-Mereen, and Iloden, have on sale Break-
fast Cloths, lid. each • damask ditto, 14d.; dinner ditto, 24 yards
long. 711-; double aniask ditto. 81. 6d. ; a lot full three yards'
long and two and a half wide, 12s. &I. ; double ditto, Ida., worth'
214. ; Napkin., tis. 6d. the dozen ; Russia sheeting', lid. a-yard,
very stout, M.; superior ditto, lid. ; yard and quarter wide ditto,
111 d., worth 16d. ; the full width without a seam, 25.; a beautiful
quality, 2s. Id., worth 3a.; some full three yards wide, foe Noble-
men's beds, is. &1., not to be matched for less than 7s. A Isige
quantity of Irish, Scotch. and German Holland,' for ditto.
Irish Linens, 9d. a yard ; stout ditto, Ital. and 12d.; one hun.
dred and forty Meet", from 14d. to Ilid. ; the best ever beheld at
thole prices; bombs& towels, 7d. a yard; Russia ditto, and
glass dabs. 6d. a yard,
J &collet Muslin., 6-1 wide, lid.; line ell.wide, for ladies' dresses
and gentlemen's cravats, Is. per yard ; window muslin, and lenses.
in great variety. Cohiured and white dresses flounced, of every
description. 'Fown prints, 113 d.; ell.wide, Is. ; good furnitures,
from id. to 84d.; beautiful chintz, 12d., worth 25.; linings of every
shade, 6d. ; mamas, lid. to 18d.; window hoUands, all breadths.
Marseilles Quilts, 2i yards square, les. 611.; 3 yards ditto, 131.11 d;
34 yards ditto, 16.. 6d.; 3i ditto, 26.- worth 335. Counterpanes, 'l4
yards square, 7.. India large cloths, 6d. per yard, &c.
Rich silk., plain and fancy poplins, bornbasines, Norwich
crapes, and every article of silk mercer'', subject to the late reduc-
tion in price.
Craig and IrOyly's Family Linen Warehouse, No. 77,
Oxford-wed.

((CELEBRITY.—The superior efficacy of the ROYAL
11,,_) ELIXIR of LIFE, and the ARABIAN I'EttIETARLE
PI ILLS, has increased the demand for them so much. that a widely
extended agency has of necessity been established for their sale,
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street, Snow-hill; Ward, 324. Holborn; P.m, ?JR, Strand, near
Temple-bat; Payne, it, St. Martin's-court; Sanger, 130, Oxftwd-
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