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HENIC O L L.
AA REGENT-STREET and CORNHILL.
THE NICOLL : this is an abbreviation of the
title given to a Patented Outer Coat, called " The Nicoll's
Chiamys Paletot," the said curtailment being first suggested in the
daily corri,spondence of the several Agents appointed under the above
patent. mei it will no doubt be generally adopted in preference to the
name in foil, through being more convw.ient to use.
THERE is a double use and purpose in "the
NICOLL, or PATENT CHLAMYS PA LETOT, in other
words. the same garment can be used as a warm winter Overcoat,
and will look equally well as a light Paletot (used In walking, &c.).
indeed, f>r the latter purpose it represents the popular and
fashionable Registered ,Paletot, which, when it is desirable to form
into a warm winter garment, the same is transformed into the
Nicoll, by the simple addition of a wadded interlining, which is in-
corporated with the lighter Coat in a most perfect and original
manner; this can be attached or detached without the least trouble
to the wearer.
A most moderate price is fixed for these two garments in one,
viz., Three Guineas.
IIEmMEBDELS, orfRothFeESCSLIOENSRIpt AisL,preLsuEinGed will allALand
readily concede their patronage to the new patented invention called
THE NICOLL,- inasmuch that, besides its soberness of colour (a
Week, or almost invisible green, or dark blue), and unpretending
appearance, It is the only garment extant which presents to gentle-
men thus engaged a proper defence against the ills arising from a
variable climate (the origin of colds, &c.) To these it is said profes-
sional men are more susceptible than others, arising from close
study, and their otherwise general sedentary habits ; now should the
morning atmosphere be mild or warm, and the latter part of the day
cold, the Nicoll is a garment that will provide for both contingencies.
To MERCHANTS, STOCK BROKERS,
UNDERWRITERS, &c., going to or returning from the
City, s s also nll others requiring a warm wrapper or overcoat morn •
ings and evenings, but whose bustling avocations during midday, by
inducing a proper circulation of blood, the possession of a lighter
Paletot would then be desirable, as too often the case, the said warm
coat is suddenly thrown aside, and much risk to bodily health in-
curred. . •

AIL WAY TRAVELLERS pronounce the
JIM NICOLL or PATENT CHLAMYS PALETOT to be hid's-
iensable to their comfort upon a journey for the Ave following
telkitts ' - • -
First—lt is a warm overcoat.
Secondly—lt can be converted into a light overcoat at the
journey's end.
Thirdly—lf travelling by. night (or even in the day-time) when an
ordinary hat is irksome, a portion of the lining (which is perfectly
concealed till required) can then be brought out, and by a ready and
most simple contrivance, can be converted into a graceful cap or
hood,, which effectually protects the head, ears, and neck from cold
draughts of air.
Fourthly- It has a pocket protector, which, as its name would in-
dicate, preserves from loss the railway ticket or loose cask, &c.
The last, though not least, important distinction presented by the
Nicoll, beyond anything of its nature ever laid before the publie,
consists in its moderate price, ';z.. Three Guineas (to which add halt'
a guinea for the Chlamys Hood). Indeed, was not the sale of
thousands contemplated, Messrs. Nicoll would lose rather than be
fairly remunerated by the low prices quoted.
MESSRS. NICOLL are the originators and sole
proprietors of the deserve* well-known REGISTERED
PALETOT (6 and 7 Vic., c. 65) of Llama Cloth, and they continue
to be honoured with the patronage of their Royal Highnesses Prince
Albert, Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar,
his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and others distinguished in rank
and fashion, the Court, the Pulpit, and the Bar.
AGENTS for NICOL LS' PATENTS.—AII
those Firms thronehout the various parts of the United King-
dom and the Colonies, who, up to the present time, have held a local
Agency for the Sale of the above Patentees' original and popular in-
vention called the REGISTERED PALETOT, &c., will also hold the
appointment for the sale of all the new Patents, subject to the usual
conditions.
Gentlemen, Non-Reildents in the Metropolis, are constantly de-
siring that a mode of self-measurement should be published, as also
the addresses of the Country Agents. The first-named object can be
easily effected by means of public Advertisement, as a descrip-
tion of the number of inches around chest and waist (taken
under the coat) will alone suffice; but the names of all
the Agents selling Nicolls' Patented Garments are too numerous,
to be described through the same medium ; however, the address of
the nearest shall be itnmediat ly forwarded upon application to
Messrs. Nicoll's Counting House Department.
The following Agents have a very large variety of the above goods
always ready for inspection, viz. :
Messrs. Macdona, Molesworth-street, Dublin.
Messrs. Wareing and Son, New-street, Birmingham.
Messrs. Dawbarn and Son, Bold-street, Liverpool.
Messrs. Christie and Son, George-street, Edinburgh,
J. Bruce, Cape Town. 1 C. Roth, Philadelphia.
R. Rutherford, Hong-Kong. 1 D. Wilson and Co., Calcutta,
CIAUTION.—We, the undersigned, hereby declare
J our intention to institute Legal Proceedings against any
person or persons who, after the date of this notice, shall make, or
cause to be made, any infringement upon the Patent granted to us
under the title of Improvements in Garments, Pockets, &c.
The said invention consists—Firstly, of a mode or modes of making
or constructing Garments for various parts of the human body ; and,
secondly, of a mode or modes of making or constructing Pockets and
other such receptacles. The spirit of the Invention in the first part
may be roughly described as the adaptation of the linings of outer
Coats or Paletots, Sac., to a separate Garment and purpose; and, in
the second part, the Pockets or other such receptacles are protected
by the apertures to the same, expanding to admit the hand, and im-
mediately collapsing upon its withdrawal.
We also hereby give notice that we have assumed original and
descriptive titles as our trade mark, whereby the said first and
second parts of our invention may be always distinguished, that is
to say the first part is styled " The Nicoll" (being the abbreviation
of the full title of the Nicoll Chlamys Paletot). and the second part
is called "The Patent Pocket 'Protector ;" and further it is our in-
tention to apply to the High Court of Chancery for Injunctions to
restrain, 84c., and to employ all other legal means to prevent unau-
thorised persons from applying either of these trade marks or terms
to other articles, or selling or offering for s de any garment, &c.,
being an infringement of the said Patent, and by such acts tending
to our injury and the deception of the publie.
Signed H. J. and D. NICOLL.
114, 116, 120, Regent-street, and 22, Cornhill.
December 1, 1848

THE ALBERT NIGHT LIGHTS are the
best. Price 6d. per Box. Sold everywhere.

QILVER PLATED CORNER DISHES and
COVERS.
/^-7 . _ _ .

A. B. SAVORY sad SONS. Manufacturing Silversmiths, 14,
Cornhill, London, opposite the Bank of England, respectfully invite
attention to their extensive Stock of CORNER DISHES and CO-
VERS, manufactured exclusively for their own sale, with silver
mountings and shields for engraving. The quality denominated

Heavy Plating, is of the richest quality, and Is highly recommended
for durability. The Light Plating is similar in appearance to the best
article, for which it is frequently sold. . .

Light

Heavy

Plating. Plating.
Fear Gadroon Pattern Dishes and Covers £7 7 0 .... £l2 12 0
Four St. James's ditto, ditto •• • • .... 10 0 0 .... 13 10 0
Four Threaded ditto, ditto •• .
Four Albert ditto, ditto.. ••••.. • • • . 14 8 0 .. • • 18 la 0
An Illustrated Price Current, containing Drawings of the above
and other patterns, will be forwarded gratis, per post, on application.

TIE CATHEDRAL and the ABBEY ;
OR, THE RIVAL CITIES.
We poets claim the power of giving speeck
To whatsoever lies within our reach ,
To us, it matters not a single jot,
Whether things be animate or not.
I mention this by way of an excuse
For what I'm now about to introduce.

'Twas twelve o'clock at night—and moon and star
Shone on the Cities crossed by Temple-bar,
When thus the Abbey of the olden time
Soliloquised aloud with midnight chime.
" Another day is measured by my hands,
And still Old Westminster unrivalled stands.
Proud, proud am I to hear my double tower
in this great seat of splendour, wealth, and power.
What is that boasted town beyond the Bar,
Compared with mine, whose scenes surpass it far ?"
" Stop," said St. Paul's, " beshrew that empty boast,
And think which all the country value• most—
(Here the Cathedral gave another stroke.
And London echoed as the big bell spoke)—
Where's your Exchange. your Mansion-house, your Docks,
Your trading houses with their va:ued stocks?
You talk of what Old Westminster discloses,
But where's your ` Mart of Fashion'•—where's your MOSES ?
Your venerable grey old towers I guess
Have seen no match for MOSES'
LONDON DRESS.
Ah ! antiquited temple! If you saw
What thousands MOSES' Winter Garments draw;
If you beheld how flue the dresses are.
At MOSES' Mart on this side Temple-bar.
Hymn' old tower—the home of sleepy bats—
Viewed MOSES' far-famed House f or
LONDON HATS,
Hats, touching which, it may be truly said,
That MOSES' Hats are always ' at the head.'
If you beheld the
LONDON BOOTS AND SHOES,
Which thousands at the Mart of MOSES' choose;
Could you but witness with your ancient dial
How MOSES' Boots and shoes stand every trial;
And could you see their stock of
LONDON FURS,
In buying which, no purchaser demurs,
Furs for whose equal you would vainly search,
Except at MOSES' Shop, near Aldgate Church.
If from your ancient site you could but see
Their prime supplies of
LONDON HOSIERY.
If all the goods of MOSES you could view,
You would not vainly boast, s now you do;
But viewing what the princely House discloses,
You'd ask yourself the question—' Where's my MOSES ?"

E. MOSES and SON beg to call the attention of Emigrants to

their low lists of outfits, commencing (including every necessary) at
755., lower if required. The list cam be had on application, or sent
post free.

E. MOSES and. SON invite especial attention to their Shooting-
coats, which possess a peculiar cut and style, adding much comfort
to the At. E. M. and S. are convinced they will be much approved
of by the public.
Shooting Coats, in a variety of materials from Bs. 6d. to 21s.
The Doeskin, or Elastic Coat, from • • .. • • • • .. 175. Od. to 325.

LIST OF PRICES.
HEADY MADE.

Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles from £0 9 6
Ckesterileld and Codrington's, and every description
or Over-coats, handsomely trimmed ••• • •• • ••.. I s 0
The Premier ••••• • • • • ..... •••• • • • ••• • • •
Bulwer ..... ................. ••••••• • • • • • • • 1 0 0
1 6 0
Shooting Coats.... •• • • .... • ••..•• • • • • • • 0 8
Autumn and Winter Trousers .. • • .... • • .... • •
Doeskin ditto .. • • • • •• • •

Atituran and Winter Vests .. • •• •• •• 0 2 0

Dress Coats -............
Boys' Hussar and Tunic .. ••••• • • • • • 0 16 6

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FOGS AND DAMP AIR.

BARCLAY'S ASTHMATIC CANDY has, for
many years, been proved an effectual preservative from the
111 effects of the Fogs and Damp Air, which, in the Winter Season,
are so prevalent in this Climate. Its effects are to expel Wind, to
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ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.
Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re-
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ITIA.NHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA-
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RESTORATION.
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emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex-
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which even the most shattered constitution may be restored, and
reach the fall period of life allotted to Man. The whole illustrated
with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in colour, explain-
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By J. L. CURTIS, Surgeon,
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treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been
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LISKEARD.—A letter has reached town, announc-
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borough, so that Mr. Crowder's return is now secure.
The Speaker of the House of Commons gives notice in
last night's Gazette that the new writ for the borough of
Liskeard will be issued at the end of fourteen days after
the 9th inst.

THE WYMONDHADA MURDERS. WYMONDHAM,
TUESDAY NIGHT.—The inquest is adjourned until Thurs-
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THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
IN PRANCE.

PARIS, DEC. 11.—Whatever be the fears really enter-
tained of disturbances in this capital in consequence of
the operation now gding cn, and which is to give France
its ruler, few would ascertain their existence from the
appearance of tho.inhabitents. The weather, which, if
we may believe the accusations of some of the adversa-
ries of General Cavaignec and the Government, hid
been calculated upon as a powerful auxiliary against the
rival candidate for the Presidency, is as fine as if no
political animosities anywhere agitated the earth. If
cold, rain, and storm were really anticipated to form part
of the election machinery against his rival, General
Cavaignac must indeed be bitterly disappointed when he
beholds the cloudless sky and the glorious sun which
have blessed Paris for the last four or five days. The
weather, in fact, is most beautiful, the sun perhaps not
so glowing, and the sky not so deeply, so intensely blue,
as those accustomed to climes of a still more genial lati-
tude love to gaze upon; but the heavens are yet glorious
to contemplate.
The first important day, which was looked for with
so much interest, with so much anxiety, and, it must be
said, with so much terror, has passed off without dis•
turbance, or, as far as we can learn as yet, without any
attempt at disturbance. The 10th of December has just
expired, and made no sign—no visible sign. To
be sure, you beheld the streets of Paris thronged
by vast crowds the whole of yesterday, and
the tide of human beings that rolled along the Champs
Elysiies seemed to be endless. The absence of private
equipages showed, however, that revolution has lately
been at work. This might attract the notice of the
stranger who bad seen Paris in other times, but the
crowds that moved along seemed not the less disposed to
pass the daj in amusement, each according to his taste
and his means.
The great point of attacti9n in the quarter of the
capital to which reference has been just made appeared
to be the Jardin d'Hiver, where a grand vocal and in-
strumental concert had been announced under the direc-
tion of Strauss—not, I believe, the Strauss, but another
of the same name, perhaps of the same family, and who
for the last seven or eight years has been well known to
Parisian society, and of deserved popularity. Eighty
performers composed his band. The performance was
announced to begin at two o'clock, but before that hour
every seat was occupied.
To those not familiar with the science of music, a per-
formance where display of the art in its higher branches
is aimed at is often a tedious affair. The initiated alone
can fully appreciate the skill of the composer, or the ex-
quisite execution of the performer; but such perform-
ances as the concerts of the Jardin d'Hiver convey a
language and a meaning understood by all; and no people
are superior to the French in communicating interest
even to the accessories of all their amusements. Even he
whose ear is dull, or whose spirit is insensible to the
power of sweet sounds (if any such there be), will .be
pleased, delighted, by the objects that meet his sight.
The eye, the ear, are gratified after traversing the vast
salons originally intended for ball-rooms, but
which have been left uncompleted in consequence
of the revolution of February. You ascend a narrow
staircase, and at once a view opens to the sight
which recalls all that has been told in the romances of
fairy land. Far to the right and left extend galleries or
passages that seem to hang in the very air—so slight, so
fragile are the sterns from which they spring aloft.
Covered on all sid, s with shrubs and trees, whose
odours and whose foliage reveal the sweet luxuriance of
the tropics, you thread your way with fear lest the frail
tracery should be crushed beneath your softest step.
Protected from the external air by a crystal canopy, you
breathe an atmosphere of delight; and you wonder
amidst groves of verdure that never fades. Groups of
statuary of purest marble, half betrayed amidst the rich
foliage, meet the sight; and the murmur of concealed
fountains steals upon the ear like the faintest echoes of
music wafted from a distance. The beams of the sun
fall with subdued light end beat or, all; and the gutter of
birds that wander through the leaves and lowers add
life to the scene, and complete the enchantment.
From the contemplation of this beauteous scene you
are suddenly awakened by a crash of music. You turn
your eye downwards, and you behold far beneath groups
of human beings. You retrace your steps, and you
descend by pathways which look like the osier bridges
suspended in mid-air across the torrents of the New
World; and you are awakened from one enchantment
only to eater into anotber.
Amidst this profusion of delights that meet the eye
and soothe the ear, one feels disinclined to criticise the
musical feast that is prepared for him. You are pre-
disposed to like everything before you—all that meets
the ear as well as all that has gratified the sight; and
you listen to the strains of music from the 80 performers
who compose Strauss' band without once criticising the
scientific skill of any single one. The concert, however,
was even in this respect admirtiblz percormed—o( auffi-
cient duration to be pleas/I'M-tut not Moment tob-iong-
to be fatiguing. Neither was it of so scientific a
kind as to be admired only by the artist. The pro-
gramme was essentially popular, and suited to the
tastes of all, the learned as well as the unlearned, and
not one amongst the hundreds who were present but had
his ear and sight at once charmed. A morfeau from
the opera of Robert le Diable was most sweetly sung by
Mademoiselle Felix, and a romance, " Le &millet,' by
the same, was most enthusiastically applauded. One or
two waltzes, the composition of the leader of the band,
had much merit; and a beautiful polka, " Les Soupirs
des Fleurs," was the closing piece of the performance,
and left a pleasing impression on the minds of the
audience.

On the whole, it would be difficult to spend a more
delightful two hours than at the concert of the Jardin
d'lliver of yesterday. It is true it was the Sabbath;
but will it be said that listening to the sweetest melody,
contemplating the richest gifts of nature, and witnessing
the happiness of hundreds of human beings, is a profa-
nation of the holy day?

The stranger, unaccustomed to such sights, may well
be permitted to ask if those who appeared to enjoy plea-
sure of so soothing and so innocent a nature were in-
deed the same who acted so lately in scenes of a far
different kiud?—were combatants of the terrible days of
June amongst them?---or, are they the same persons
who, it may be (yet Heaven avert the thought), are pre-
pared again to repeat the horrors of that contest? Let
us hope the contrary. Let us hope that, whatever be
the form of government adopted, the fortunes of France
will not have to be ascertained by the number of human
victims, as the priests of old sought their prophetic lore
in the mangled limbs and entrails laid bare by the knife
of the sacrificer.

Paris is tranquil, more tranquil than was expected.
The first of the days which are to decide on the fate
of the country has passed by, and the public tran-
quillity has not been disturbed. I can scarcely term
disturbance the noisy declamations of the street orators
who succeed in gathering a group of listeners each
day in some of the public places, particularly in the
Place Vendome for which, by the way, they
seem to have a predilection. Many of these orators,
from being not rarely in a state which makes them
speak, as well as see, double, are oftener a subject for
merriment with their auditors than anything else. The
feeling of late seems certainly to run in favour of Louis
Napoleon; and you hear more harangues in his praise
from the class of persons referred to than in favour of
his great rival. The number of soldiers who mingle in
the crowds is also becoming greater as the period of
the contest approaches; and one hero, with the full rank
of private, who certainly had not the appearance of
being a member of any temperance society on earth,
indulged himself last night in some very severe animad-
versions on Cavaignac us he " measured both sides of
the way" on the Boulevards. A little old woman, with
a face like a well-squeezed blue-rag, and overflowing
with patriotism and eatt-de-vie, did her best to hiccup a
" Vive Napoleon!" and "A Las Cavaignac!" The most
zealous efforts are often thrown away on this ungrateful
world, and the interesting female in question was not an
exception to the rule, as she was jeered and hooted, yet
with a becoming deference to her sex, by a troop of
gamins who followed hard at her heels.

--
A man in a blouse, who amused his leisure moments
fast evening in apostrophizing the statue of Napoleon at
the foot of the column of the Place Vendome, made an

allusion or two to what he called the " English asses-
sins;" but for which spirited sally of eloquence he was
heartily laughed at by the crowd.
Amidst all this excitement there is one thing I profess
myself utterly unable to comprehend. Iso the Journal
La Presse and others, but particularly the former, you
read from day to day the most glowing tirades against
what is called the horrible tyranny, the intolerable des-
potism du sabre of the man who is now at the head of
the Government. How, thou, is it possible that people
are allowed at all hours of the day, and even of the
night, to utter insulting language against the man who
is thus described as a tyrant? Does not such extraordi-
nary intolerance show the contrary; and do not the very
articles of La Presse itself, which in its wrath spares
not even the dead, prove that its over z::al blinds it. At
all events, it is not thus that tyranny is understood in
other countries.

So far as ma be gathered from what one hears and
sees around, the chances seem more in favour of Louis
Napoleon than Cavaignac. I have remarked the same
in the department; and I have noticed particularly that
not only the Legitimists are so inclined, but also the ad-
herents of the fallen monarchy. Both parties, no doubt,
believe the realisation of their hopes, respectively, to
depend on the issue. I also believe that many of the
departments who were Republicans, or who professed
themselves so, before the revolution of February, have
long since abandoned their former opinions. The causes
assigned by mart' who support the candidateship of Louis
Napoleon are not certainly very flattering to him. It would,
of course, be hazardous to say anything positive at so
early a stage of the contest; but it is undeniable that the
opinion of the succe:s of the Prince is pretty general
amongst the better classes.

It would be useless to deny that the fears of a conflict
are uppermost in the mind of almost every one you meet
—and that whatever be the result of the election. It
is natural that such fears, however unfounded they
may be, should exist, after what Paris has already seen;
but I should hope—indeed, I suspect, they may he ex-
aggerated. There are parties who would not be sur-
prised if General Cavaignac proved his sincerity to the
cause of order by withdrawing from the contest the
moment he is convinced it is hopeless for him. Such
conduct would indeed be worthy of the first citizen of a