The Sun.
London, England, 1841-12-28 00:00:00

EVENING SUN

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SIGHT AND HEARING.— .d by thelr
pats:Mae d
that? Royal
Majesties the King and Queen of Hanoveer,
th princess Sophia,
Highnesses the late Princess Augusta, the
ESterhaZy,
her Serene Highness the Princess Ruches 01 Bed,:
Duc
Mary and Rosa, her Grace the Dowager
bur ! and toe
ford, and their Graces the Archbishop of Canter bur,
rou_,..,
MX ,Ibo
Eagrob)
Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, Manchester, and
Marquises of Hertford, Londonderry, Sligo, and Thom, and, ‘,4.,
of Shaftesbury, Tankerville, Harewood, Powis, Bradt.° rd, N''''
low, Verulam, Harrowby, Buckinghamshire, Meath, Sc clelli ().4.1
ford, Lisburne, and Ferrers, Bishops of Exeter, Blandt7„
Lincoln, Cork, Elphin, and Kildare, Lords Hill, Cowie', &c. ....
In addition to the above distinguished patronage to toe Negliii;
Invented Spectacle Lenses and Sound Magnifiers Invbit
Operative Voice Conductor, Messrs. S. and B. Solornons, %.'
P rinCesses
Albemarle.street, Piccadilly, opposite the York Hotel, and 1,4
King William-street, City, state that their valuable invention Oa':
also gained the sanction and unqualified approbation of sibcy le ft°,
hundred of the principal members of the medical profession. DOW:
beforeb
diately these Newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are placed -
extremely imperfect vision, that mist and dullness. which
appear before the eyes is at once removed, every oil leot bue.
conies clear and distinct, so that the meat aged °lleum.
youthfu'l,
comes bright and brilliant, and is brought to its Conductorn
and original state. Their Invisible Operative Voice e nor
Sound Magnifiers for deaf persons, is not the least place
~; ,Pe.teibitrelne
uncomfortable ; they give immediate relief to old stan" *.' - Ibb, is
cases of deafness, and the faintest whisper at a public a rim .n.te 0,
heard with exact distinctness.-39 Albemarle-street, 0 PPn" 410
—/-,To coat iel-
York Hotel, and 70, King William street, City.
with persons of the same name. imperfect in .

[ADVERTISEMENT.]arB
merry Christmas and a happy neiir year,
nci
A
generally the congratulations at this festive seasonl,,ush,
every auxiliary is eagerly sought after for thy: emhe
Imre
ment of the person. The decorative beauty and en e
of the tresses of female loveliness especially., enhlt3
„, aw e,
as they so greatly do the charms of personal appe t- the
occupy by no means a small share of attention the
toilet. It is more particularly at such periods t at
that
enlivening and wonderfully revivifying properties 0 dis-
most delightful article, Rowland's Macassar Oil 5,r,:,,
oti-
played, and which place it as an invigorator and ong
far of the hair, beyond all precedeiit. Indeed', 31-Aeas'
the chief virtues incident to the use of Rowlands rifled its
sar Oil (in reference to ladies hai) ma be reck istine
enduring properties in preserving r
the riy nglets In Opyrtnt or
decorative beauty through the heat of the 10114
locomotion of the promenade. , be
Bell's Lye' in London, of Sunday sex eon'
printed with a complete fount of new type, 13.01;
tain a list of horses and
performances
trainingminanees a ne
rig:tabcree Dneenrbrsist
and Oaks, with their
and names of trainers. The Gurney Discussion, Prbiras
nology of Pedestrian Matches, and Chronological ;‘,,` o
of Fights in 1841, alphabetically arranged. —Sub-
Bell's Life in London 5d., or ss. Gd. per quarter, are
scribers are forewarned to renew their orders to sera es
punctuality. Office of Bell's Life, 170, Strand- be
Life in London, of Sunday last, Dec. 26 (which- wt
C 01"
kept on sale all the week), contained the impot:ta tbe
respondence between Lord George Bcntinck at id
Stewards of the Jockey Clubon a recent turf &dal, lati°,l3.
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GOLD WATCHES.—E. J. DENT, by s,T
a en
appointment, Chronometer and Watchmaker tor the (‘' ive
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, offers an exte och.
assortment of HORIZONTAL WATCHES at 101 10s.. ,a 1„.
From their great advantages over those of the vertical do,
tion in performance, appearance, and flatness, he recomm el'aot
them for Ladies' and Gentlemen's wear. They have e\f fare
engraved or plain gold dials and cases, and the moverner a
jewelled in four holes, and the performance guaranteed frid
b
abstract from Mr. Dent's Lectures on the Construct] oi e
Management of Chronometer Watches and Clocks nlaY st rand.
gratuitously by customers, or to the public price 15,-82'

,
PLATE.—A. B. SAVORY and SONS, M ll7O
facturing Silversmiths No. 14, Cornbill London (opp( ;
- ~,- 11 r
Bank of England).—The best wrought'Fiddle-Patten i ,Oltife
Spoons and Forks, at 7s. 2d. per ounce. The following -are tor
weights recommended, but the articles may be badhte r
heavier at the same price per ounce :—.

• i• d'
oz. sd• ! 0 1
12 Fiddle Pattern Silver Table Spoons 30 at 72• •• 3 '''
12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... ; 15
12 ditto Table Forks 30 at 7fi ... IC,, 3 4
;
12 ditto Dessert ditto 20 at 7 2 ... t; II 9
2 ditto Gravy Spoons 10 at 7 2 ... ll 9
1 ditto Soup Ladle... 10 at 7 2 ... 3l6 9
4 ditto Sane* ditto... 10 at 7 S ... , 0 n
-
4 ditto Salt Spoons (gilt strong) 12 0 0
1 ditto Fish Slice 1
12 ditto
. Tea Spoons... 10 at 7 S ... 3JO 0
1 ditto
Pair Sugar Tongs (strong) 915 „pd II
N.B. A price current, stamped as a newspaper. 111 us"; ". - ar'
chase of silver or Sheffield late, may be bad
drawings, and containing every information relative to th. e P 0.
will be sent into the counts fof in answer ti
y, reit postage,
paid letter.on applicat ion , , a

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daughter.. On the 27th inst., at Brighton, the Lady Invers, c
th°
On the 23d inst, at Lockin•rton Ihll, Leicestershire,
lad
est
On the 26th inst , the lady of the Rev. Edward Bank
of a daughter. . of
On the 23d inst., at Maida Vale, Edgware-road, the wife
A. A. Mackey, Esq., of a daughter. P.
On the 25th inst., in Old Burlington-street, the Jacky of D
AlOndis, of a daughter.
the 24th inst., in Park-street, Grosvenor-square, Lad)
Graham, of a daughter.
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MARRIRD.
ore ace,
On the 16th inst., at the British Embassy, at
Archibald Campbell Dennistoun, Esq., son of the late )be
Dennistoun, Esq., Dunbartonshire, to Mary, youngest dau ghtio-
of the late Peter Vere, Esq., of Grosvenor-place, Londori.
Fi

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of Othne tlahtee2Nst.hAi.nsAt.u,stLenau, rEsatiA„ugeufsßtaamSsogpahtiea,,ageldeaestlB(.l.avg.hte;
CeOrautetheef
E2l3thdaiinn,stK.,ettatt, Lageeadm46ing.ton, the Rev. W. J. Myers,
On the 25th inst., at Arrow Hall, Cheshire, W. F. Nichol-
son, the infant son of J. R. Shaw, Esq. j

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London : Printed znd Published by 3/IURDO YOUNG, of
No. 112, Stran.l, at The Sent Offie,e, No. 112, Strand, la
the County of Middlesex, Tuohy, Decemher 28, 1841.

the parade. It was inaugurated on November 17, O
day on which the French retreated before the troops °f
the garrison, in the presence of all the nobles of SaW"
lensko, with their Marshal at their head, and also of the
veterans who took a share in the battle."
The Cassel Gazette states that the Second Chamber
of the States of Hanover has put on the orders of the dal
for discussion, a motion expressive of regret at the exclu-
sion of some of its Members from taking their seats.
motion had been made for an address to the King, to
pray his Majesty for an adjournment of a fortnight,. but
it was rejected by 41 to 35. The Municipal Council of
Osnabruck had petitioned the General Assembly of the
States to address the King, with a view to re-establish
the Constitution of 1833. The police authorities of that
town had ordered the Union Club to be shut, for a de-
monstration in favour of M. Rumann.

THE APOTHECARIES' ACT.
The crying sin of this Act is the well known, oft-
quoted, often praised, but oftener abused clause 15---
enacting that " no person shall be admitted to examina-
tion for a certificate to practise as an apothecary, unless
he shall have served an apprenticeship of not less than
five years to an apothecary." In the Apothecaries' An/
Amendment Act (6th George IV. cap. 143), passed in
July 1825, it was, among other things, provided, that
apprentices to surgeons as well as to apothecaries, might
be admitted to examination ; but such is not the pre-
sent law of the land. This, however, is a trifle. The
real question at issue is, should there be any appren-
ticeship at all? Instruction in pharmacy there ought
to be—there must be; but should this instruction be
received after a certain deed of indenture, with its red
wax and green ferret, its stamps, fees to solicitors, 800
&c., or may it not much more profitably, and far 1110 re
economically, be received without the aid and assistance
of the lawyer ? Why should a deed of indenture be
required when the youth is studying practical Ph,nr;
macy, and be unnecessary when he studies in sut.l-1
branches of his art ? Excuses may be offered
port of the system of apprenticeshi The lanYeVvilw
uphold it, and doctors innumerable': for they pro","
it ; but, in truth, the system is bad, and must, ere tone,
anon:
give way to a better. Young men are we know
raged to study during the five years of their municipal
servitude, and some humane masters allow their
appren-
ticesappren-
to attend lectures during the term of their
the more
ticeship ; but these palliatives only show
clearly the actual amount of the evil.
the higher
Let us ask ourselves what is the actual ainennt
t°v
knowledge which the apprentice gains ie that calse.."'e.
Is it more than a lad of common attainments ce'"is
quire in six months, or a quick lad in three ? Inv
the remainder of his five years passed ? It rnal rity
a few, in useful study ; but we fear that, in the evklach.
of cases, that time is passed in tying up Phieln'lei'by
ing out powders, beating pill masses, preparing °lona
day sundry infusions of rosebuds, orange air, 4
senna leaves, to the manifest advantage of the Ina-t°
but without the smallest perceptible amount of Pra°t t°
the apprentice. The
Let us see how the law works in another way'
apprentice fee is often a large one (two or three bun.:
dred pounds), and constitutes a very theeperoof
that sum which the parent is able to bestow on
fessional advancement of his son. Were thin 5°17 n er
expense reduced, he could afford to keep bis go°
° fir-
th ta
per-
at at school, to give him a better general education,
pert
s.
chase for him more books, and to lengthen --e
of his sojourn amidst hospitals and dissecting-room s•
Let us pry still deeper into the working of this clause Oe..
for
the Apothecaries' Act. A young man applies the laW
mination who has been bred in a colony where Clause:
of apprenticeship exists not. He applies in vein'
No. 15 is imperative. No apprenticeship nn, e=-
No, large portion ot.
amination ! A well-educated but unsuccessful phi' to
is content to pocket his diploma and his dignity, en , te
enter the arena of general practice. An insuperaols
bar stands between him and the object of his winbe,;,
Be his education ever so good, his skill ever se
great, he cannot be examined for his linehrias
to practice as an apothecary—because, be
trust
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not been an apprentice. We hope and
that the Legislature will, ere long, open their el:
to the evils of the apprenticesbin system as app
medicine, that they will expunge this
from the Act, and simply direct "that no poi" noise
future be admitted to examination fora licence top. 'e,_ o,
as an apothecary, unless he shall produce testirnonts',_"o.
the satisfaction of the said Court of Examiners, 0.1 lithe
ing diligently attended to practical pharmacYll,
ac-
shop of some apothecary, chemist, or druggist, root
part of Clattbs:H jo
quired competent knowledge thereof." It "'nut uld
be for the Court of Examiners to determine what n•l°,_
al
he the duration of such elementary P
instruction in
macy.—Medical Gazelle.