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lific in Royal and Imperial authors, of which our
own country has produced not a few. Alfred trans-
lated Boethius ; Henry VIII. indited theological
pamphlets ; the First James of Scotland was dis-
tinguished as a poet ; the First James of England
wrote a diatribe against tobacco, which displayed
more learning than wit in the Solomon of his age.
The Emperor Charles V. indited his autobiography
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and while charged with supreme direction and con-
trol of the foreign and domestic policy of a great
empire, that Napoleon 111. has written his Life of
Caesar. The life of the greatest man of ancient timea
is fitly indited by one of the greatest of modern
'times. After the lapse of nearly 19 centuries the life
Of 'Julius Caesar has yet to be written. Greek and
Roman, the historians who first 'wrote of him'were
too near to hisday to be able to form a dispassionate
estimate of him. If the sage of Ch.Trontea had the
advantage of oral tradition, the modern writer is
instructed by the collective wisdom, the calm and
impartial reflection of intelligent men during all
the years that have succeeded the death of Caesar.
And yet even now the very greatness of the man
must bewilder the judgment of the historian. If
to those of his own day he seemed to have risen.
up on a sudden, some vast and superhuman demon
who, with his single right arm, gathered up the
liberties of Rome, and the allegiance of three con-
tinents which comprised the world of the ancients,
40 our imagination hiiom4galklinaraniyavisigasto
" bestrode-the narrow world like a Colossus," and
was so far superior.in his achievements to all others
of his day that.we are dazzled at the brilliancy of his
figure, and -unable to estiniate his acts by reason of
their magnitude. is far easier for a soldier like
Napoleon 111. to describe with accuracy, and trace
out in all their interesting details, the wars of Cmsar,
than for a politician like Napoleon 111..t0 appreciate
to the satisfadtion of all men the political career of
one whom, not without reason, he regards as in
some measure the prototype of his uncle. It is pro-
bable enough that the Emperor will regard this part
of his subject from a different point of view from
that which Englishmen will be inclined to take. He
will take rank with a school' of historians which;
though comparatively rare among us, numbers as its
disciples some eminent writers of our time. It is a
school which takes account of the facts which have
been accomplished rather than of the things which
ought to have been done in history. It takes the
result as evidence of the feeling which produced it,
and justifies this feeling as an impulse of the human
race. Success is the measure by which the charac-
ters of history are appreciated, and the rule of ab-
stract right is set aside as inapplicable. The prepon-
derance of great men, the inherent right to com-
mand of the commanding intellect, is not only re-
cognised but elevated into a sort of religion. Great
men become the leaders, pioneers, the prophets of
mankind. Wherever they point it is the duty of
others to follow. There is much.to be said for this
philosophy, and more against it. .It is most in favour
abroad, and in England it finds acceptance with
Fronde and Carlyle. But to most Englishmen it
seems, and will always seem, that there is a right and
a wrong in all the events of history and the deeds of
great men; that in every case right ought to triumph,
and if it should not, so much the worse for the
nation:which allows it to be worsted. Julius Caesar
threw the Roman commonwealth, subverted a consti-
tution not very unlike our own. Few can doubt that
to attain the supreme povier was the settled purpose
of his, life. It is no excuse for him that Marius and
Sella attempted the: same before' him. It is no
apology for hiss' ambition to urge that a worse
Iyranny than his followedlis death, for no man has
a right to pin the fate of
,a people to his own. We
date the decline ,of Rome .from her great civil war.
Napoleon 111. may be of opinion that had Caesar
lived he would haVe founded the Roman polity on
so secure a foundation that it would have withstood
'the irruption of the barbarians. It is in accordance
with national instinct that while we prefer Cicero
as a model, the French look to Cwsar. Ccesar,while
he lived, was a success from first to last. Cicero,
living and dying, was a failure. We do not wonder
that the cause which pleased the gods finds favour
with. Nal3oleon. lIL, though the conqUered feund
acceptance with Cato, and still claims our suffrages.
We do not, then, expect that the Emperor of the
French, like Plutarch, will visit with severity the
ambiguous passages in the political career of his
hero. Cultivating the favour of the plebeians by
profuse largesses, that he might make use of their
influence against the patrician order—setting up
against Sulla the images of Marius, arraying against
Cicero the eloquence of the licentious Clodius and
the memory of Cataline ; setting Pompey against
Crassus, and, when Crassus was dead, himself
tah
against Pompey ; climbing higher and higher to
office and power, first on the shoulders of the peo-
ple. and then on the arms of his soldiers—the whole
history of Caesar is that of one who had determined
at all costs to be first in Rome. When still a young
man he was moved to tears at the exploits of Alex-
ander, and determined to emulate them. Those who
render the fullest justice to his noble qualities are
at a loss to justify the ambition which drew all
men, and Rome itself, into its vortex. The Impe-
rial historian grapples boldly with this difficulty at
the outset. Suetonius, Plutarch, and all other
historians, have failed utterly to understand, he says,
the representative character of the man. He was
the genius, the guiding star of an epoch whom to see
should
y a r
tread ; to mark a new era with their
hear to
t
hesavperobdeuencetosufeohllmowen—atos
Caesar,Cobheayrie‘m'Wagnheen
countries
Napoleon,
stamp ; to do the work of centuries in years." Look-
ing at matters from the Imperial standpoint we can
e it is to trace for peoples the paths which
understand thisview, andwe shall be much interested
in noting the manner m which it is carried out through
the eventful history of the great soldier who, when
saluted as King, said proudly that he would rather
be Caesar. It is reported that the Emperor Napoleon
has taken the greatest pains to verify the exact loca-
lities of Caesar's battlefields. This part of his
work is likely to be of the greatest value to stu-
dents of history and to the lovers of military
which he pursued Ariovistus, King of the Germans,
e such
Lyonnais,
yas
ohnsalnl la
aui have
ha
wvt
slaughter
et
rohefe h
tsehc
dee
enNf scene
ealiand of his passage of the river on a subsequent occa-
lhader'reinWtC
de-
scribed of that great battle in the Forest of Hain-
that a feast of 15 days was proclaimed in Rome ;
Ambioux the Gaul, and the topography of Alise, the
hhoteelheoamegm; nanicoayiefdoe. nede
thatxt pße bt
pr ala
plain
tninteresting
by whereh ebeßhineoverthrew descriptionaerosacross
ancient Alexia of the Commentaries, where he
gained his final triumph over the brave Vercinge-
torix. Next will come the great civil war. The
localities of Arimnium and the Rubicon, Brundu-
sium, and Pharsalia, will be illustrated by the Im-
perial historian. Nor will Egypt be forgotten, nor
the Syrian field where Caesar " came, • saw,
and conquered ;" Pharnaces, nor the scenes
of the campaign in Africa against Cato and
Scipio, and that in Spain against the hapless sons of
the dead Pompey. We shall, lastly, have the history
of the short Dictatorship in Rome, the alterations in
the laws, the reformation in the calendar, the great
works which, like other mighty princes, Caesar had
in view, such as the cutting through the Isthmus of
Corinth, the deepening of the Tiber, the harbour at
Ostia, the draining of the Italian Marshes. His
death will be an opportunity for the indignant
tastsohhicufoia science.
Helvetianufic
nwtee
eu
eloquence of his biographer. When Caesar died the
sun is said to have paled, and a comet, visible by
day, hung over the city. When Napoleon died a
mighty storm shook the rock of St. Helena to its
foundations. Like Caesar, - he was a mighty
conqueror, a man of almost superhuman in-
tellect, of boundless ambition, and of great
aspirations. Caesar was slain by his enemies ;
Napoleon was exiled. As the nephew of
Napoleon the living Emperor may be com-
pared to Augustus. In a literary point, at all
events, he is

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E. K„ aged 18, fallen, both parents dead,
S. B. aged 17, fallen, both part nts dead.
M. A. W. aged 17, fallen, both parents dead.
S. D., aged 15, fallen, both parents dead.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
oung girls, almost children, from the age of a to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will•be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Mr. Daniel Cooper,Bs, Queen •street, Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and, Co.. Lombard-btreet.

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ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perma-
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The Dye is sold at 3s. 6d, or sent free for 54 stamps. It 18
most easy of use.

HAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX4ROSS'S DEPIL A TORY removes,
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for 54 stamps.

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which rpeedily
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stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248 , nigh Holborn, London. Essay
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ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King's-cross.

Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Reyal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay And difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
Addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are 'capable of
containing several hundred more beds, had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.

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Contributions are received by the Treasurer, Edward Plias-
terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.;
Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom
and, Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ;
Barclay and Co. ; W .111 ams, Deacon, and Co.; Overend, Gur-
ney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co. , Berners-street ; I. Barned and
Co., Liverpool; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
STANFORD bMITH Secretary.

" -patina vocari,
Cresaris ultor."
Trusting that the world will long be enlightened by
his researches, and France enjoy for many years
the order and material prosperity which she has at-
tained to under his government, there is scarcely. an
Englishman living who will not heartily greet him
with " Serus in ccelum redeas," the Horatian or
Roman way of saying, " May you live for ever."

ARMY CONTRACTS,
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Aldershot, ist February, :865.

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(noon on Bth March, 1865, from parties who may be willing
to enter into Contracts for the supply of

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Meeting of Ladies at London House.

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of ladies was held
in the drawing-room of the Bishop of London's town
residence in St. James's-square, in connection with
the " Ladies' Diocesan Association," which has been
established for the metropolitan see. There were
present, amongst many others, the Countess of
Rothes, Lady Mary Wood, Lady Camilla Fortescue,
Lady Colebrooke, Lady Georgiana Russell, Lady
Mary Farquhar, the lion. Miss Campbell, the lion.
Miss Spring Rice, the Hon. Emma Talbot, the Hon.
Mrs. Way, Mrs. W. E. Gladstone, i\liss Burdett
Coutts; Mrs. Goschen, Mrs. Humphrey, Mrs. Kempc,
Miss Oldfinkl, Mrs.V. 11. Fremantle, Miss Eardley,
Miss Twining, -Mrs. Tait, Mrs. Charles Buxton, and
Mrs. Al' Gareth

Prayers were said in the chapel, after which the
ladies assembled in the drawing-room.
The Bishop of LONDON addressed them at some
length on the objects he desired to be carried out
by their association. He recapitulated- what had
taken place in connection with such works in past
years, dwelling upon the benefits which had arisen
from the connection of past work with their present
effort, and the influence which had been brought to
bear upon those who had hitherto done a little
in a desultory sort of way, but who had by co-
igfa,tion been able to join nee .of,
greater ends. Proceed-ea-ft- no lee varidus insti-
tutions which were worthy of support, he spoke
particularly . of one which was prominently re-
commended in the annual report of the com-
mittee of the Bishop of London's Fund—that of
parochial mission women. Ladies had made great
efforts in that direction before, but their work was
now prospering far more than it. -had hitherto done,
in consequence of co-operation, the work being now
carried on by means of a regular organisation:
Hitherto a great many small institutions have been
established for affording assistance to the sick and
destitute, and, though they had done a great work,
what they accomplished amidst the wretchedness.
and misery which exisited was like a drop in the
ocean. Now, means had been taken to enlarge these
institutions, and a much more important character
had been imparted to them. He would next advert
to the Hospital for Incurables, and the Home in
Ormond-street, the objects of which he explained.
In the-next place he referred to the Refuge which
had been established in Newport-market, the prin- •
ciple of which he announced to be not only to afford
temporary relief to the destitute, but, by its connec-.
tion with the House of Charity in Soho-square, to
endeavour to provide the poor with occupation and'
employment which probably they could not other-
wise obtain ; for such persons had, as it were, fallen
out of the chances of employment. He attached
very great importance to the connection between
these two very useful institutions, for - they
seemed to point out, the model on which all
houses of charity and homes ought to be' con:.
ducted. One great result of the exertions of ladies
in this direction was that a considerable number of
young women had been able to emigrate, and thus
permanently-to establish theraseltes in a respectable
position in,life ; while the carrying out of their
principles seemed to him to be a safeguard against
unpractical efforts, for, by combining the exertions
of those who could give time, they effectually pro-
tected themselves against desultory and" ineffectual
schemes. there was also in what had been done for
needlewomen much came for congratulation. .So,
much had been said on the subject that it seemed to
be wholly exhausted, but a crisis ,had now arrived.-
There was less demand than formerly for the ser-
vices of neealewomen, owing to the introduction of
maqiinery: By the use of the sewing machine, young
women could now earn from 12s. to 20s. a week.
This was a healthy state of things for those who
were able to obtain employment ; but then it was
clear that a much less amount of employment would
be left for those who were not so active, or so intel-
ligent, and it would be one part of their duty to en-
deavour to prevent such persons from sinking into
a hopeless state of poverty. Such changes oc-
curred in other branches of industry—amongst
the weavers, for example, when machinery was in-
troduced, and that class seemed to have a strong
claim to a helping hand. A society for the employ-
ment of needlewomen had been established, and
many hopeful signs in connection with it had been
brought out lately at a meeting of the City
clergy. One object was to procure sewing machines
for young women; and another was to assist those
who were too old to learn, by finding out some other
work for them during their period of transition.
(The bishop explained that the object of the society
—of which the Hon. Mrs. Way and the Hon. Miss
Percy are secretaries, and which is situate at 22,
Bunhill-row, Finsbury-square—is to obtain orders
from ladies for ready made clothing, to procure
work from shops, or to get employment for such
women as are capable of other work in any way
which may present itself through the exertions and
recommendations of friends.) From what had been
done, and from what was now going on, it was
satisfactory to them to know that new and larger
efforts had been produced, and that fresh exertions
had been made in consequence of the excellent
examples which had been set in every direction. An-
other institution he wished to commend to attention
was a working man's institution at Knightsbridge.
It might appear that men were more fitted than
ladies to give support to such societies ; but ladies
had more tact and influence in dealing with men,
and their aid, therefore, in this case would be most
valuable. Other institutions he might mention were
orphan houses and Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and
with regard to the latter he thought it was most ad-
visable to provide some security for those who came
out of it against relapsing into the habit of sin which
had taken them there. Another instance pre-
sented itself in the case of a lady who had offered
£5O a year towards the maintenance of a clergy-
man in an East-end parish, and who had mani-
fested her interest in the locality by visiting,
and by , general personal co-operation with
the clergyman in his work. Another lady, who
was unable to leave a sick bed, had nevertheless
been of great use in promoting a society for the
education of orphans. With regard to the coming
year, he would especially mention the visitation of
hospitals and workhouses. In speaking of hospitals,
there were many reasons for thankfulness in the re-
forms which had been effected in them—amongst
others, by Miss Nightingale, who, although now on
a sick-bed, was as active as when in health to im-
prove their condition. One of the most melancholy
features in connection with both hospitals and work-
houses had been the character of many of those
persons who had been employed to nurse the sick
and the dying. A careless person by a sick-bed was
a sad sight. A selfish person in such a position
was a sad sight, but how much worse was it when
persons of an infamous character wnewre .
owing very
actually by the death-bed ? It was
much to Miss Nightingale's labodursinthtiatlissucrhosgrpeeet
improvements had been secure
presented
in King's College Hospita ,
Opportunities for the visit of lady nursesl in had been
University
action was presented notfothyose
College Hospital, and others ;fobruvtistithiengspthheerseickof,
especiilly valuable
care,,ojiais
was patients who were
Wtohat whas the
leaving but also
the
er
hospital.taking
SUC per-
ordinary state of things. g
in the case of consumptive
Yethrsre"asr• d
sons ? After-several visits probably the patient was
at last told that her case was hopeless, and from the
comforts and care of a hospital she had to move to
aheme,
wretched frequently for the poverty and
carelessness which was met with there. Here it was
that the kind visitors to hospitals might be of the
greatest use in taking such cases in hand—vomiting
and assisting the sick in their own houses after
leaving the hospital. They might also do much by
showing kindness to the families of the patients'
children who were deprived of the care and watch-
fulness of their mothers. In consequence of a visit
of a lady not long since, a poor German woman,

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who was in the workhouse‘iif the parish of St.
George's-in-the-East had beeti,resto' red to her hus-
band, who lived at Hamburg. —But for this she
ght h ave
having remained n
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funds
nd s her
t o life, the
send
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authorities home.
might
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ladies,to ot other workis w
lordship remarked
would be a blessed thing if they could succeed in
impressing upon young girls the desirableness of a
life of honest industry. He hoped that they might
be able to carry out still further what had been
done in the way of associating ladies with .the clergy
in the work of densely-populated and poor parishes.
Much might be done by sympathy in these great
works. But after all, the work would make very
little progress unless they carried it on as a religious
work, carried it out on Christian principles, and
upon the distinct understanding that they were
engaged in that great work which their Lord and
Master entrusted to them. Such a work undertaken
in this spirit, and in perference to what He ex-
pects, would certainly be blessed by Him ; and, with
a view to give it a distinctly religions character, he
would beg of them all to make it constantly the
subject that a service in connection with the ladies'
association would take place in St. James's Church
on the sth of May.
The Rev. T. J. ROWSELL, rector of St. Mar-
garet's, Lothbury, pointed out many districts and
thpreliaccetdes:firwalhbvelhreeitetchhHeapeeservices of lady visitors would
pi anritlidculcahrlayri
ni ngs-tearnocses dutohsepidit
Hospital,
the chaplain of which would be happy to receive
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hospital
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,as
quiet.
Other hospitals where such visits would be appre-
ciated were Guy's and the London Hospital in the
Whitechapel-road.

Mr. RowsELL said the workhouse of St. George's-
in-the-East was still open, and admission might be
obtained to St. Pancras. Mr. Kempe, the rector
of St. James's ; Mr. Humphery, vicar of St. Mar-
tin's, and other metropolitan clergymen, were very
anxious for assistance.

Many of the ladies present at once expressed
their willingness to undertake new spheres of duty,
although most of them, and many who were not
able to be present at the meeting, are already ac-
tively engaged in such work in the crowded and
pauperised districts of London. They work zea-
lously . among the afflicted and the poor, and there
can be no doubt that their exertions are tho-
roughly appreciated wherever they go. Their num-
ber, however, must be greatly increased before the
wants of the metropolis can be at all adequately
met.

The Burning of the Palace at Brunswick,

We have received details of the sad calamity at
Brunswick on Friday last, by which the palace was
nearly destroyed by fire. The old palace was
burned, in 1830 during the disturbances which then
took place, and the building which has now met
with a like fate was erected to replace it by the
reigning duke. It was one of the handsomest
palaces in Germany.
The fire broke out at eight o'clock, soon after the
Court ball—an annual festivity—had commenced.
About half-past eight his Highness the Duke pro-
ceeded from his apartment to the dancing saloon,
and a short time afterwards the fire broke out
in his highness's study. It was at first thought
that the fire was not a serious one, and
by his highness's wish the ball was not interrupteZ.
Half an hour afterwards it was still thought that
the worknien and firemen would master the confla-
gration, and a great number of those present out-
side the building entertained the hope that the 'fire
would be confined to a few of the apartments. In
a short time, however, the smoke found its way into
the corridors, and even into the ball-room, whilst
suddenly the flames burst out of many windows in
the right wing of that portion of the palace inha-
bited by the duke. The serious nature of the cala-
mity was now unmistakable, and those who but a
few minutes before were engaged in the pleasures of
the dance were obliged to leave the palace with but
little, ceremony. Ladies in their light ball-dresses
and on foot were conducted by officers and other
visitors to the exterior of the building, where they
gained their carriages as best they could. The fire-
men hastened from all directions, but few imagined
how far the calamity would extend. There was a
want of water, for the small branch of the Oker,
which runs behind the palace, was frozen, and in
the palace itself there were no water-pipes. Mis-
fortunes also befel the fire-extinguishing apparatus.
The hose burst, or would not reach far enough, and
in a very short time the whole of the right wing of
the palace was a sea of flame. Efforts were made
to prevent the fire spreading beyond this wing ; but
the fire found its way through the beams under the
roof and spread to the centre rotunda. In a short
time the ball-room was in flames. The orchestra
and the galleries fell together, and all eyes were
turned to the beautiful and noble " Quadriga" (a
handsome bronze chariot), the masterpiece of Reit-
schel and Howald, which high above adorned the
centre of the palace. Soon light in all colours was
seen to surround the noble work, for the melting
copper and other metals gave out blue, violet, and
other flames. During this time the fire roared, the
heavy beams fell with terrific crash, and the large
stones of which the building was composed split with
a loud noise as they became half-calcined with the
glowing heat. And now the Quadriga began to
slowly sink. It was seen to disappear by
degrees, and then suddenly to fall into the
midst of the rotunda. This occurred about
half-past eleven. The colossal group sank
majestically, till at last the whole of the roof fell in
with it. The fire did not then extend any further ;
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but it raged frightfully in the interior of that part of
upon.oroungme y
lefte rb wingrebuilt,
neverand a great portion of the interior, consisting of
ofth ethpeal paacleac wel:iwchhiicthhad was seized
thoroughly
rough walls, is spared. All the firemen who were
in Brunswick and the neighbourhood hastened to
the scene, and towards 12 o'clock a special train ar-
rived from Hanover with the fire-engine belonging
to the Gymnastic Society at that place. On the next
day the fire was still burning, and occasionally
flames burst out of the windows ; but all danger of
an extension of the calamity was over. Of the right
wing of the palace, and the middle portion, only an
empty ruin remains, and from the fearful progress
with which the fire spread after a certain period, but
little of the valuable contents of the palace could be
saved.

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who have vitiated the condi-
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use of violet powder has caused the first few baths to be
followed up by very unpleasant eruptions. The only
sible course in such cases is to persevere in the aen-
when it will very soon be found that the bath remedy,
will effectu-
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substi-
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state, or
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his attention to this subject, and at length succeeded. with
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by the perfect tfituration it receives in the process ft passes
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ROYAL ENGLISH OPERA, COVENT-
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(Opera Company, Limited.)
PRODUCTION OF GOUNOD'S MOCK DOCTOR.
THIS EVESING will be performed. for the first time in
England, Gotmod's celebrated Opera, TH E MOCK DOCT 0 a
(the English woros by Char.es penny!. Principal characters
by Mesdames Poole, Thirlwall, and Fanny Huddart ; Messrs.
lienry Haigh, A. Cook, C. Lyall, Dussek, Lingham, and H.
Corri.

Conductor, Mr. A. MELLON.
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