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LAIR'S GOUT and RHEUMATIC PILLS.
_ALP Copy ea letter from Mr. J. J. Wilson, Chemist, Moak Bar,
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" To M. Thomas Prout,

" 14th June, 1847.

" Snt,--Having suffered most dreadfully for the last six years from
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117 5 box of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills. When I commenced
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" I am, sir, yours respectfully,
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14 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high above
"ell' other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo-
ooPhy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
Power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
With time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union does not take place, however, this passion, this
fervour, this gelden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
Poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
eTed, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
!l•Ltngefible habits, will change at, the very altar, and after a life-
...me spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con-
tl'aett'asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind?'
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
iustituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment if important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be
beYond measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, ho entails the
Most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
"alloYed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will iind the
fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work er.titled
SELF-PRESE4VATION,
illustrated by forty coldnred engravings on the anatomy, physiology,
and diseases of. the reproductive organs ; with practical Observa-
ions on the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from
Solitary habits, excesses. or infection.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and
Mach neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob-
tained the highest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes-
sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat-
ment of these diseases.

• REVIZW OF Till WORE.
La'Mert on the Infirmities of Youth and Maturity.—" There are
scenes in t drama of life which are acted with ne spectator but
Conscience rand of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gni%
lnto,which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before us
such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the
erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al.
ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style
of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of
Philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a
production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally,
upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and
propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un
taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
Pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
--United Kingdom Magazine.
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A. CHRISTMAS SKETCH.

I love to notice, at a time like this,
The bustle of the great metropolis;
A thousand indications meet the eye,
As glad December's holiday draws nigh.
A pleasing animation we may trace
In every part of every market-place.
Nor can we find a spot but what is rife
With animal and vegetable life.
In every branch of business we discern
A token of the holiday's return:
In poulterers' shops the birds of various feather
In goodly groups are hung and packed together ;
While butchers with their tempting fat supply
Give double boldness to their "What d'ye buy?„
Grocers in "greens," and those in " green and black,"
Amid this stir are never found to lack.
The stationers, as Christmas-time draws nigh,
New books display, attractive to the eye;
And every railway station is a scene,
Which proves that Christmas soon will intervene.
" What next," cry Messrs. MOSES, " will you thus
Conclude your sketch. without a word for US."
Nay, Messrs. MOSES, don't imagine that!
'Tie you alone that I've been aiming at.
At such a time as this, I can't do less,
Than eulogise your matchless
CHRISTMAS DRESS.
MOSES and SON, believe me, when I say,
I highly value your superb display.
You seem determined, with your rare attire,
To pay due honour to the " good old sire." •
Such Trousers, Coats, and Vests, I never saw !
I cease to wonder at the crowds you draw.
Yours is the Warehouse, I am sure orthat,
At which to buy a splendid
HRISTMAS MAT:
MOSES and SON, I must confess I wonder,
Such Hats are sold at prices so much under.
You seem resolved that we shall never lose
In Christmas Hats, or
CHRISTMAS BOOTS AND SHOES.
My last new Wellingtons I bought of you,
And better Boots I never wish to view ;
Stylish, and firm in make and soft to touch,
I must clbnfess that I admire them much;
Nor do I, MOSES, feel the least demur,
In complimentiCHßng thus your
ISTMAS FUR.
Well may the ladies to your Warehouse flock,
And make selections from your varied stock ;
And well may judging buyers daily see
The value of your
CHRISTMAS HOSIERY.
I trust that Christmas, Eighteen Forty-eight
Will make the number of your patrons great ;
For in the quality of your display,
And is your moderate price. you seem to say--
"All may be well prepared for Christmas Day."
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 reqdred. The list can 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
in the it. E. M. and S. are convinced they will be much approved
of by the public.
of materials from Bs. 6(1. to 216.
Shooting Coats, in a variety
The Doeskin, or Elastio Ct, fromPRICES • • • • •.
• • • .. 17s. Od. to 32e.
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OF
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Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the new styles —from AO 9 6
Ckesterfteld and Codrington's, and every description
of Over-coats, handsomely trimmed •••••••••• .• •• 1 5 0
.... 0 15 0
1 0
Bulwer •• • ....... .
1 6 0
..... 0 8 6
Autumn and Winter Trousers .• ••••••• • • • • • • . •4 6
Doeskin ditto .•
Autumn and Winter Vests •••••••••••• • • • • • • • • • • • • I 2 0
1 0 0
Boys' Hussar and Tanis Suits ••• • • • ................ 0 16 6
/dADI TO PLZASTIRI.
Autumn and Winter Coats, in all the newest style rom £1 6 0
Miiledcloth Coat ••••.•.• • • • • • • • • .. • • 2 2 0
0 18 0
Tweed Wrappers ••..••••••• • • • .• • • • •
New Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles • • .... 0 16 6
Doeskin Trousers ••••••.• • • • • • • •••••••••••••••••• • • 1 2 0
Best, or Dress.• ••.. •
Best quality .• • • • • ..• • • 215 0
Cassimere Vest • •
satin, Plain or Fancy •• • ..• •••• • • • • 0 12 0
Hussar and Tunic Suits . ...... .• • ...... ••••• • .. • • • 1 9 0
s.toarning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
A Suit of Clothes complete for U. 16s.
N.B.—E. MOSES and SON invite especial attention to their pre-
sent Stock of juvenile attire. The designs are elegant and unique,
snd the workmanship and materials are suck as to command univer-
sal approbation, while at the same time the prices are unusually mo-
lerate.
Notice.—A New Department for the sale of Parasols and Chil
hen's Dresses has been opened at 157, Minories. •
E. MOSES and SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters,
floaters, Furriers, Boot and Shoemakers, and General Outfitters. for
:,adios and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, and 157 Minories, and 83.
i 4, 85, and 86 Aldgate, City, London.
Observe.—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
sure, if not approved of, will be exchanged, or if preferred, tin
money returned.
ilautisti.—E. Moses and Son regret being obliged to guard tin
p tblis against impostors, brit have learned that the untradesmaa-
like falsehood of being connected
inst with them,
and or it's thebvious same c
oncern,
'as been resorted is in many a fer o
:ley have no connexion with any other house in or out of London •
1'
and those who desire genuine and cheep clothing, &c., should call at;,
or send to, Minorics and kidgate, City, London.
Notice.—No bustru wtransacted at this establishment from sun.
set Friday, till sunset Saturday, when busines is resumed till twelve
o'clock.

A R. R I A G E.
One half the world are desolately single, and the other
apposing them marred, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
:;rise of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
it caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
smiprosing hurry; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
tins' broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
.nd social content. The dowry should net bo the only marriage set-
ersent. Honour and justicedensand that health should form au item
n the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
,eglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
nese surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
EMOIRS " On Single and Married Life, " pub. in 2 vols., Is.
itch (by cost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
efined, • qr prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
): misinterpretation of their sepposed contents, from obtaining
era. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
ar the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
ay are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
above subjects, by unqualified authors, whieh alone or
,r9ither, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
ale publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
)3, post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
ivoid," and " How to be Nappy." They are not merely
rephlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
nem ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
'le, who owes hie present existence, health, and position to this ob-
rreanee of the maxims he world inculcate—to do unto others as he
vow,' be done ante—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
n the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
f.wood, 23, Paterncsrer-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleet-street • Mann,
'ii, Cornhill ; Nelson, 457. West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
vise) from the auths r (who may be conferred with personally,
rEtamings and 6veninta), 10, Argyll-place liagent4lloBl; a$ all

ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.
hut published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re-
vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. In a sealed envelope, or
forwar led by the Author, post paid, to any address, secure from
observation, for 2s. 6d., in postage stamps, illustrated with na-
merons Anatomical Coloured Engravings.
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA-
TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT
RESTORATION. _

A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs,
emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex-
cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, Sec., addressed to the
suffefer in Youth, Manhood, and• Old Age; with Practical Remarks
on Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous and Mental De-
bility, Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-Genital Diseases.vby
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-
ing the various functions, secretions, and structures of the repro-
ductive Organs in heaith and disease ; with instructions for private
correspondence, cases, Sec.
Ly J. L. CITRTIS, Surgeon,
7 , Frith-street, Soho-square, London.

" Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we
trust this little wort will serve as a beacoa to warn them of the
longer attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa talons,
long experience and re-
tawhilst fa some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tempta-
tion,
ailodis
and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."--Chronicle.
"'Manhood'
tßreay J. L.
guarantee, and well deserves for the work its eases is the patient's
immense cirulation."
—Era.
putiMonanhine t ent o Curtis.—Their
" Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old
age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the
treatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been
the prey of the illiterate and the designinv,....., United service
Gazette.
The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast
approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease,
which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been
set down to the score of consumption, will, an perusing this work,
be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per-
=oils of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con-
Annption, heart disease, tabes, Esc., the sole and exclusive origin has
~een the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth
much more frequently than it is at all suspected.
N.B. Boars of consultation from Eleven till Two, aid Six to
Sight ;I) the Flvetting.

GENERATIVEgravgs on Steel.
iN PiIHaYnrSICLAILb
INCAPA-
CITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
lew Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
yD2,6BQAunaAtoznirecAalTlCooNlosa, redEn
by cost, direct from the Establishment, 3s. 6d. in peatag„tampl,
THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, and the means of obviating certain dis-
maliflcations. Illustrated by 26 Coloared Engrayiagiii—,
By R. and
f... PERRY and CO., Consulting Sargeons, 19, Berners-street, Ox-
ford-street, London. Published by the Authors : scold by Strange,
21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 160, Oxford-street ;
Starle, 23, Titchborne-street, Haymarket; and Gordon, 146, Leaden-
hail-street. . . . .

PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engraving,.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive indul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
Engravings.
PART IV. contains a Prescription for the Prevention of Disease
by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is ob-
viated. This important part of the Work should not escape the
eader's notice.

PART V. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
Tug CoItDIAL BALM OF BYRIAOITII Is exclusively employed in treat-
irg and sexual debility, impotence, Ste., 11s. and 335. per
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