The Sun.
London, England, 1817-08-27 00:00:00

DR. JAMES'S POWDER AND ANALEPTIC PILLS

IN Reply to an 'ADDRESS to the PUBLIC
from Mr. R. G. G. JAMES, Mr. NEWBEI{Y has to
state a few facts iii additiiin to those in his Affidavit.

Mr, James, by au Extract from Dr. James's Will (which he
represents "as the most solemn Instrument in a Man's
Life");lnsinuates, that Mr. Newbery has not either the se-
crets, or any beneficial Interest, in the Produce of Dr. James's
Medicines', and thus he totally perverts the Object. and the.
Meaning of the Will.
Mr: Newbery became intitled to Half the Property of Dr.
James's Fever Powder and Analeptic Pills, not from his \Val,
but front other solemn Instruments, namely, Deeds and Co-
venants, under De: James's baud and seal. which.are.tiow in.
Mr. Newbery's possession, together with regular Assignments
of a Moiety of the- Letters Patent, fur _which Dr. James re-
ceived valuable) Considerations. It is true that he bequeath-
ed "all his Right and Interest in his PoWdeiand Pills" to
his eldest Son ;—that is, all the Right and Interest he pos-
sessed ; for he had conveyed nue half of his Interest in his
Powder to Mr. .Newbery's Father many years before; and at
the very time he executed his Will, July the 27th, 1774, the
Agreements were forming, respecting the Analeptic Pills, and
were actually signed, by Dr. James and Mr. Newbery, a few
days afterwards, namely, on the 9th of August.
Mr. Newbery's Application to the Court of Chancery was
not "to substantiate a Proprietorship in the Medicines," as
stated by Mr. James, but to compel the Parties to supply the
Powder and Pills, while the Connexion subsisted, conformably
with the Covenants in the Deeds above-mentioned, and with
the Directions contained in Dr. James's Will'and Codicils ;
Mr. Newbery being determined to fulfil his Engagments
every respect ; so that if a breach took place, it should not he
his act, hat that of Dr. James's Family.
Great stress is laid upon Mr. Newbery's having been fur-
nished with the Medicines for seventy years by Dr. James and
his Family. This they were bound to do, or to leave sir.
Newbery at liberty to prepare them himself ; and it cannot
be urged, that such a continuance could disqualify Mr. New-
bery, and deprive hint of the Power to prepare the Medicines,
because they chose to break the Agreements and refuse the
Supply. Fie was surely as competent to manufacture them,
from the original Receipts and the Instructions he derived
from the Inventor himself, as Mr. R. G. G. James, whose
knowledge imparted by his Uncle, whether written or not,
was at third hand. The very confident tone of Mr. R. G. G.
Jamei might induce persons to imagine that he, had prepared
part of the supply himself during the seventy years ; the Re-
verse, however is the Timth; for it is only within a short
time that he has bees admitted to the secrets of the Concern,
and as not one Packet or Box of his Powder or Pills has ever
been sold at Mr. Newbery's Warehouse, no. great experience
can he boasted of; Mr. James's question, therefore, recoils
upon himself, viz. : " Whether the Public will speculate up-
on or-administer his Medicines, which may be considered as
untried.

After the proof of Mr. Newbery's Title to half the Propertx,
in these :\iedicines :-,-after the facts detailed in his Affidavit:
after the testimony afforded by the Analysis of two eminent
Chemists (Mr. Professor Brande and Mr. Accum) of the
identity of the Fever Powder prepared by Mr. Newbery and
that by Dr. James himself:—after the Trials of several Me-
dical Gentlemen in their practice, evincing an exact simila-
rity in their effects: and after an uninterrupted circulation
of, Mr. Newbery's prepartion's for many months past, which
has fully confirmed their efficacy as heretofore, he trusts,
that he has established a just claim to the confidence of the
public; and that they will be satisfied that Dr. James's Fever
Powder and Analeptic Pills, prepared by him, are the real
Remedies of their celebrated Inventor. •

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