The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-12-10 00:00:00

TEETH.

MR. ESKELL, SURGEON Dr.NrisT, of the Firm of Es-
KELL and SoNs, Surgeon Dentists, of-Oxford-street,
London, and Norfolk-street, Sheffield, may be consulted at
Mrs. LLOYD' 5,36, (late 950 BOLD-STREET, Liverpool,

OPPOSITE THE PALATINE CLUB-lIOUSE.
Mr. E. continues to FIX ARTIFICIAL TEETH on his
entirely New Principle, without tying or twisting wires: thay
are constructed in such a manner that it is impossible to dis-
cern them from the productions of nature. The peculiar ad-
vantages of these Teeth are, that they operate as a support to
those which remain in the mouth, if any, and prevent their • , -
proximation, and even Loose Teeth are held firm i eir
sockets by their aid.
They may be taken out and replaced by the w .r with fa-
cility, and will continue securely fixed on t • gums ; they
will retain their colour, perform masticatio. assist articula-
tion, and cannot be distinguished fr' ,those of natural
growth. The inconveniences attending '- LOSS of TEETH
are too well known to require comment •, but to those who
have not experienced the comforts of ArtifiCial Teeth, Mr.
Eskell is desirous of showing the difficulties more or less en-
dured by every individual without Teeth. When the Teeth
fail the destruction of the sockets invariably ensures : one
cannot exist without the other. The process of absorption
commences immediately after the tooth is extracted, or, in
many cases, the gum and sockets waste away, and cause the
teeth to become loose and drop out. When the teeth are
gone atkd their sockets absorbed, a great vacuum is left in
the mouth, which occasions every muscle in the face to be
distorted; and the eyes, the nose, the lips, and chin, are
sadly disfigured and drawn from their original position. These
Artificial Teeth are constructed to supply this defect of na-

ture, and gradually to restore the feattire; to that uniformity
so essentially requisite to a youthful appearance and perfect
articulation.

In consequence of the great improvements iv the Mechani-
cal Departments of Dentistry. Mr. E. is enabled to lower
his charges to the following scale :
A Single Artificial Tooth £o 10 0
A complete Set 5 0 0
A complete Set of Mineral Teeth, Gold 15 15 0
Plates, highly finished
A complete Set of Incorrodible Teeth,
first workmanship, usually charged 25 0 0
Fifty Guineas..
FILLING DECAYED TEETH. ,

Mr. Eskell's celebrated MINERAL TERRA METAL-
LIC, for filling Decayed Teeth, without beat, pain, or
pressure. This Mineral is applied in a soft state like paste,
to the cavity of the Decayed Tooth, however large or small
the cavity ; itlardeas in a second into an enamel, becomes
incorporated with the outer shell, arrestbc thereby the pro-
gress of further Decay, and Toothache, and lasting for many
years. _ _

Loose Teeth fastened, whether arisinr, from old age, the
- •

use of calomel, neglect, or natural diseases of the gunis.'
All other Dental Operations, Scaling, Separating, Extract-
ing, and Regulating Children's Teeth, Mr. E. performs with.
ease and safety.
Mr. E.'s system of practice combines all the modern im-
proved methods adopted in London, the only opportunity of
the kind to be met with, without visiting the Metropolis.
Attendance from Ten till Four, at 35, BOLD-ST.REET.

CAPTAIN PIDDING'S HOWQUA'S MIXTURE, of
40 rare Black Teas, and HOWQUA'S SMALL LEAF
GUNPOWDER, in Chinese Catty Packages. The Sole
Proprietor of the above celebrated Teas is Captain JOHN
RHODE'S PIDDING. Every genuine Package bears his Signa-
ture. All others are spurious. The unwholesome trash
pirated under similar titles renders this precaution necessary.
PIRACY! CAUTION ! !

Captain Pidding made eight voyages to Chimi, in securing
the exclusive importation of these Teas, andFif purchasers
will notice his signature, they will avoid co terfeits.
In an action brought by Captain di , against a person
who counterfeited his packages, if )roved, before the
Vice-Chancellor, on the affidavit of . Styan, a broker of 27
years' experience, employed to test these Teas,
" That Captain Pidding's HOWQUA'S MIXTURE' is a Tea
of a peculiar flavour, and composed of many varieties of
black teas, all of the finest quality ; that it has a character
peculiar to itself-,-s FINE NATURAL AROMA. And
" That ' HOWQUA'S SMALL LEAF GUNPOWDER' is Gun-
powder Tea of the very finest quality, and that such Tea
could not be bought in the market."
f"Sworn at the Public Office, Chancery-lane,
"W. Styan.". this Bth day of May, 1837, before me,
" Filed Bth of May, 1837." " N. W. SENIOR."
It was also proved -on oath, that Captain Pidding's Teas
were supplied for the. Royal use.
Dr. Johnson, late Physician to Geo. IV., considers this
the best of . Teas, and uses no other. As Author of " The
Economy of Health," &c., his testimony is invaluable, he
writes thus : _ _ _

" Suffolk-place, London, Nov. 22, 1837.
" SIR, - Ever since your Howqua's Mixture' Tea was
first introduced, myself and family have used it, indeed only
it, and we have no hesitation in giving it the preference to

all Others. &c.,
"To Capt. Pidding." "JAMES JOHNSON, M.D."
Dr. Sigmond, M.D., F.L.S., in a lecture on tea, lately
delivered before the Medico-Botanical Society, stated, " That
Since the opening of the trade, new varieties of Tea had been
brought to England, and, in particular, a Tea under the
name of the richest and the most esteemed of the Hong
Merchants, which had been very much and very deservedly
prized, and Captain Pidding's Howqua's Mixture' has now
become _

LS I THE STANDARD TEA IN THIS COUNTRY.' "

The term " standa;d" comprehends every good quality.
These Teas consist of Captain Pidding's " HOWQUA'S
MIXTURE" (Black Tea) at Gs. per lb., is Bs. the Catty Pack-
age. '` HOWQUA'S SMALL LEAP GUNPOWDER," at Bs. 7id.
per lb., is Ils. 6d. the Catty Package. Each Package con-
tains 11b. and one-third nett of Tea.
C. VERREY, 218, Regent-street ; and T. LITTLEJOHN, 77,
King William-street, City, are Sole Agents for London.
Sole Agent for Liverpool,
G. CARLYLE, Repository, 38, Bold-street.
FORD, and Co., 2, St. Ann's-square, Agents for
Manchester.

H E ANNNAL BALL, for the Benefi f the WAR
RINGTON DISPENSARY, will b eld at the LION
Harm., on FRIDAY, the 20th December
LADY PATRONF.S S.
Hon. Mrs. BOOTLE BRAN AM, •
Lady BOLD HOGHT ,
Mrs. WILSON PATTEN, and
Mrs. TRAFFORD, of Trafford.
Warrington, 7th December, 1839.

LADIES' CHARITY.
MRS. COCKSHOTT, LADY PATRONt%S.

JAMES HEYWORTI-1, Esq., PRESIDE T.
riIHE ANNUAL BALL for the BENEFI of this IN-
-1• -STIVITION will be held, by periniss. n of the Wor-
shipful, the Mayor and Town Council, i e TOW s-UALL,
on THURSDAY, the 2Gth December ins' t.
Tickets 10s. each, (Refreshments ii luded,) to be had of
the Lady Patroness, Rodney-street ; at the President's, Ever-
ton ; and at the usual places.
The Doors will be opened at Eight o'Clock. Carriages to
set down and take up with the horses' heads facing Vs ater-
street. _

N.B.—No money will be received at the doors.

CHESTER AND CREWE RAILWA
TENDERS FOR LOANS.
THE Directors of this Railway are prep. d, under the
powers in their Act of Parliament, to -e up LOANS
of MONEY on Mortgage of the Tolls a ing therefrom, in
sums of not less than £5OO. and to re ain for three or five
years as may be agreed upon, for which Interest at the rate
of 5 per cent. will be paid half-yearly, in Manchester, Liver-
pool, Chester, or London..
Tenders, stating the amount.: tola.ad4resse4l-tolfr. R.
L. JUNE'S, the Treasurer, at die- Otfide, Post=
office-place, Chester; or to Mr. S. WOODS, JUll., 3, India-
buildings, Liverpool.

J. UNIACKE, Chairman.

LIVERPOOL STEAM-PACKET ASSOCIATION.
AT a SPECIAL. MEETING of the LIVER OL
STEAM-PACKET ASSOCIATION;. 4th D • ember,
1839,.be1d for the purpose of taking into consider on certain
matters affecting the general interests of Stea 'avigation,
• GEORGE LANGTRY, Esq. in the hair ;
The Chairman laid before the Meeting published notice
of the Liverpool Dock Trustees, dated November, 1t339,
wherein is_ stated their intention to ap yto Parliament for
the extraordinary power of altering the present Registry
Tonnage of Steam Vessel's, by adopting a new mode of ad-
measitrement for Steamers-frequenting this Port.
It was moved by FRANCIS CARLETON, Esq., and seconded
Cby HAILLES M'IVER, Esq.,
That, in the opinion of this Meeting, the exercise of the
power.sought for by the. Liverpool Dock Trustees to so alter
the present Registry 'of Steam Vessels would be pernicious to
the interests of Steam Navigation generally, throughout the
Kingdom.
Moved by JAMES A. FORSIIAW, Esq., seconded by
ThomAs M"FEAR, Esq.,
That to obtain a just and adequate compensation for the
Dock Accommodation afforded to Steamers, there is no ex-

isting necessity for the Dock Trustees of Liverpool either
asking or obtaining the power to adopt any new mode of
admeasurement for Steam Vessels, or -tampering with the
present Tonnage Laws.

Moved by SAMUEL PERRY, Esq., seconded by JAMES
REBNER, Esq., . .

. .
That it is the unanimous opinion of this Meeting; that the
necessary measures be adopted to oppose the said Bill in
Parliament, and the following Committee be appointed to
carry the same into effect :
Messrs. C. W. WILLIAMS,
J. R. PIM,
GEO. LANGTRY,
THOS. WTEAR,
•
W. DO\VSON,
J. A. FORSHAW,
C. WINTER.
GEO. LANGTRY, Chairman.

•
Extracted from the Proceedings of the Liverpool Steam
Packet Association. CHARLES I\I'IVER, Secretayy.

SCHOOL FOR TIIE DEAFAND DUMB, LIV POOL.
'THE Committee beg to call the attention of e benevolent
1 Public to the following brief statement the present po-
sition and prospects of the Institution, e- ially in connexion
with its New Buildings, now in cour,:e erection :
Since the opening of the School in January, 1825, 132
Children of both sexes have been admitted, of whom 84 hay-
ing participated in its instruction (in the majority of cases
gratuitously), have left School to go to trades or service, for
which, after attending the School, they are found well-fitted,
or to assist their parents or friends at home. The number
now in the School is 50. Board is provided in the Institu
tion, at a low charge, for the children of poor parents from a
distance, which is generally defrayed by their parish or by
individual benevolence. _ _

The applications for admission into the School, and for
Board in the Lodging-house, having recently much exceeded
the present accommodation, the Committee, long aware of the
confined situation of the School, came to the etermination
to appeal to a liberal public for the means to transfer the In-
stitution to a more open and airy site, and possessing Build-
ings sufficient to meet the increasing calls on the chlritv
front town and country. They are happy to say that their
appealha.sl=alibzrally responded to by the ThwTs-council,
who have granted Land for the intended New Buildings, on
the site of the old Botanic Garden, Oxford-street ; and per-

mission to sell the reversion of the Lease of the present Pre-
mises in Wood-street and Fleet-street-; and by the friends of
the charity, in contributions already subscribed, of upwards
of £2OOO. The foundation-stone of the new School was laid
on the 24th October, by the worshipful Hugh Hornby, Esq.,
the Mayor, on which day a sermon was preached on behalf
of the Institution, at St. Peter's Church, by the Lord Bishop
of Chester.

The cost of erection of the new Buildings, with their re-
quisite Furniture, is estimated at £5500. Deducting the
contributions already obtained, and the probable sum to be
realised from the sale of the present premises, an amount of
43000 yet remains to be raised to secure to the Deaf and
Dumb an Institution adequate to their wants, and worthy of
the town of Liverpool.
AUGUSTUS CAMPBELL, Chairman.
December 2, 1839.

Donations already advertised
penses of the New Building:
ADDIT'

towards the ex-

ONAL.

Mr. Robert Rigby.

IMr. William Wood

Collected at St. Peter's
Church, after a ser-.
mon by the Bishop
of Chester • £65 17
The late Mayor, Hugh
Hornby, Esq
Earl of Derby..
The Earl of 'Sefton ; 30
Lord Stanley. 2O
Sir S. R. Glynn, Bart.,
M.P.10
Mr. 11. V. Yates 2O
The Misses Yates 2O
Mr. H. R. Sandbach 20
Mr. Samuel Job lO
Mr. Crawford Logan lO
Mr. Thomas Booth
Mr. William Rathboue 10
Mr. William Browne lO
Miss Margaret Gregson 1
" Vir," per Mr. Richd.
Rathbone
Anonymous, per Rev.
J. North
Mr. William Gladstone 5
Mr. Chas. Fras. West. 1
Archdeacon Clarke, 2d
donation 1
Rev. J. 11. Heathcote. 5
A fine for cancelling the
indentures of all ap-
prentice, per MeS'srs.
Salisbury, Turner, &
Earle lO 10
John Okill, Esq., per
Rector Campbell
A Visitor
Mr. Thomas Kaye 5 0
Messrs. Wales & Baines 0 10
Mr. Thomas Bean
Messrs. Ross &, Night-
ingale .
Messrs. Egerton Smith
and Co. 1 1
Messrs. Lace & Addison 0 10
Messrs. Shaw Brothers 0 10
Mr. James Mawdsley . 1 1
Mr. Ellis Jones 5 ()
Mr. Winn.
,Mr. Geo. Harris, liar-
row.
Mr. W. Bennett
Mr. Timothy Jevons
Mrs. Branscombe
Messrs. Cunningham &
Holine
Messrs. W. &J. Tyrer 10 01
Mr. R. N. Cunningham 1 0
Mr. Hugh Craig
Mr. J. W. Wainewright 5 0
Mr. George Sumner
A Friend, per Mrs. Bold 1 0!
Mr. Jos. Ridgway
Grand Jury at the Quar-
ter Sessions, per; Mr.
Moss Joseph...
Mr. W. Beaumont.

,A. Friemi, per Sir J. P.

Salusbry.

.. .. 50
.... 50

1 01
10 01
5 01
1 01

N r w• Annual Subscriptions al:

ADDITI
Mr. Richard Radcliffe C 1 1
Mr. Wm. Beckwith, jun. 1 11,
Mr. Lund 1
Mr. Inman..
Mrs. William Bennett
Mrs. Steel 1 1
Mr. W. Clare
Mr. C. Mandel- 1 1
Mrs. Dugdalc
Mr. IL Woodward
Miss Roose
Mr. William Maples 1 1
Mr. Robert Rigby
Mr. James Owen
Mr. James Macrea

Miss Alexander
Miss J. Alexander
Mr. Andrew Melly
Messrs. T. and 1 1
Mr.llorne,MerseyCoffee
House 1 1
Mr. Joshua Wahnsley 1 1
Mr. G. M. Brodie
Mr. A. Bulley

5 0
1 0
1 0

LONDON MANUFACTURED FURS -
AT A GREAT REDUCTION IN P CE.
TAMES ROBINSON respectfully inform e Lathes of
0 Liverpool, that he intends offering t ,whole Of his
STOCK of FURS, at a great reduction i ',Host during the
whole of this month. The Stock c ate principally of
Sable Boas, Muffs, and Capes, and L dies will find this an
excellent opportunity for supplying themselves with a WAR-
RANTED article, at a low price.
140, Bold-street, opposite the Palatine Club.

RICH FUR CLOAKS,
TWO AND A HALF GUINEAS,:
AT 4], BOLD-STREET, OPPOSITE SLATER-STREET.
LMVE HUNDRED New and Beautiful CLOAKS, Lined
.11: and Trimmed with rich FUR, are won SALE, at the
HUDSON'S BAY FUR EST LISHMENT.
OBSERVE, 41, BOLD-STREET.

TI-11S IS TO GIVE NOTICE, that I will n e account,
able for any Debt or Debts my Wife, ARV GICK
may contract after this date. As witnes y hand, this 9th
day of December, 1839. 11, LIAM GICK.

TO THE CURIOUS !!!
A VERSI as Mr. COLLES has always been to a s s6m
oreetti
ft " more honoured in the breach than the obse ace,"
namely, advertizing for mouths together " One w as;i:
" Another last week," &e., &c., he feels that, • he pig
instance, he would be not only opposing ' wn intimate; -
but acting with ingratitude to many of h pile, and to the
gentry of Liverpool in general, did he no accede to the uni-
verially -expressed wish, that he would remain another week.
Grateful, therefore, for the increased and increasing patron-
age with which he has been honoured, he most respecfully
announces, that his APARTMENTS, at Mrs. DAwES,
CARVER AND GILDER, 126, BOLD-STREET, (three doors
fronts Berry-street,) will remain OPEN until SATURDAY
next,. Dee. 14th, for the SALE and EXHIBITION of his
MAGICAL NOVELTIES,
which Lave been ackno-vrtedged superior;for, affording amuse-
ment around the winter fireside, or for Christmas presents,
to any thing hitherto offered for sale in Liverpool, his own
MAGICAL FIGURES not excepted. Open, as usual, from
Eleven to Four each day ; or at home in the evenings, to give
instructions only, by special appointment.
ADMISSIONHaIf-a-Crown, which will be, allowed in the
purchase of any article amounting to 55., or upwards. Chil-
dren, ls. For particulars, see circulars.
•":4" Note the address, Mr. C. having removed from his
former lodgings.

CHESTER DIOCESAN TRAINING 'COLLEGE.

rPHIS INSTITUTION, for the TRAINING of MAS-
TERS for NATIONAL and COMMERCIAL
SCHOOLS, will be Opened on, or as soon as possible 'after,
the 13th ,ranuary, 1810.
Exhibitions, of the annual value of £l2 Ds:, will be given
after the Examination, previous to Admissio b the Ten
whose meritis most deserving.
For other particulars apply (if by let , post paid) to the
Rev. ARTHUR RIGG, 2S, Great e-square, Liverpool,
who will supply Candidates with requisite Form of Tes-
timonial, and notify, to those de rous of becoming such, the
day of Examination, &c., &c. A Printed Paper of still fur-
ther details, as to the Subjects of Examination, Course of
Instruction, &c.. will alio be sent to any who may desire it.
N.B.—An ASSISTANT-MASTER Wanted. Salary £lOO
per Annum, with Board and Residence. Apply as above.

ROYAL LANCASHIRE ASTRONOMICAL &
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY, HIGHER

presidency
Z, `terneved
!rs
si Cambridge,se °as-
.) highest respects-
,

BROUGHTON, NEAR MANCHESTER.
rrilllS Establishment, under the patronage and
of Lord Fray.eis Egerton, has been warmly
and actively promoted by Sir J. F. W. Her-
ral eminent professors in the Universic
well as by a number of gentlemen of
bility in Manchester and the vicinit,..
Books are now open for donations and subscriptions in
Manchester, at the banks of Messrs. Jones, Loyd and Co.;
Sit Benjamin Heywood, Bart. and Co.; Messrs. Cunlitfe,
Brooks, and Co,; Bank of Manchester ; Commercial Bank

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of England ; and at Mr. Francis Abbott's. In LIVERPOOL,
at the Banks of Messrs. Leyland and Bullin's ; Messrs. Hey-
wood, Son, and Co.; and at Mr. Edward Davis's Optician,
65, Bold-street, where the plans may be inspected, and pros-
pectuses obtained.

JOHN DAVIES,
Chairman of the Provisional Committee.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON TIIE RIVER.—Late on Saturday
night, as a poor man, a joiner by trade, was in the act of
landing from one of the Scacombe steam ferry boats, owing
to the darkness which prevailed, he slipped from the plank
and fell into the river. Every exertion was made to rescue
him. but without the slightest chance of success, and we be-
lieve the body has not vet been recovered. It is a melancholy
fact that the father of the deceased lost nis life on the Li-

verpool side of the rivt.r by a similar accident.
CLERICAL BON MoT.—A reverend doctor was lately tra-
velling from London to in the mail-coach ; it so fell out
that he and a lady were the only persons occupying the interior
of the vehicle. He therefore essayed to draw the lady out in
the way of conversation, but to no effect; so he resigned him-
self to the embraces of Morpheus, which example the lady
shortly after_ followed. Subsequently the mail coach halted
at the lady's residence ; footmen were in attendance to hand
her ladyship from the coach, which attendance tho lady was
in the act of receiving, when the reverend doctor facetiously
remarked. " Why, madam, we must not part without shaking
hands, as 'tis probably the last time we may sleep together ;"
which the lady, highly amused, assented to by a cordial pres.-

sure of the hand.-1.8-elfast Chronicle.
THE AMPHITHEATRE AT DORCHESTER.—This memorial
of the former power of the Romans in Britain is situated on
the rising part of a plain about a quarter of a mile beyond
the south-western gate of the town, from the inhabitants of
which it has received the name of Maumsbury, from what
cause it is difficult to conjecture. In the neighbourhood are
other antiquities, and one of the ancient roads of the Romans
passes near the spot. The dimensions of this ruin are con-
siderable, the longest diameter being 218 feet, and the short.
est 163. The arena is sunk somewhat below the level of the
surrounding plain ; while the sides, formed of solid chalk,
which abounds in his part of Dorsetshire, are elevated some
30 feet above it. The entrance is at the north-east end of
the oval, opposite to which is a staircase, or sloping pathway,
ascending to the top of the superstructure, having beneath
what appears to be the remains of a cave or subterraneoes
apartment, used to confine the animals destined for the sports.
Commencing near the entrance, and gradually ascending on
each side till it attains the middle row of seats, whence it de-
clines to the opposite end of the oval, is a passage or terrace,
probably intended to separate the popularia, or seats of the
common people, from those of the knights, &e. This may
be described by a circle, the centre of which is in that of the
eclipse, having a diameter of about the mean of the two di-
ameters of the eclipse or oval. On the top of the rows of
seats is a terrace, about 12 feet broad, divided from the seats
by a parapet; and from this, descending to a smaller terrace
just described, is a eulleus, or parcel of seats, 30 feet in
breadth, but somewhat different in dimensions to the rest,
which are each one foot high, and two feet and a half wide.
It is probable these seats were covered with stone or
wood, although it was the practice of even the Wee
beians to bring cushions with them to sit on. In conse-
quence of the arena having been much ploughed up, it is
difficult to trace the outline of the podium, a broad plat.
form which surrounded the arena, and to which the senators
and highest officers were admitted ; but its extent may be dg-
fined on a close scrutiny. Before the podium, grater, nets,
and lattice work of iron were placed for security against the
wild beasts; end to prevent their escaping among the spec-
tators, there were also fixed wooden rollers, which, turning
round, prevented the animals from climbing up. At the
amphitheatre at Rome, in Nero's time, these nets were knot-
ted with amber ; and the emperor Carinus caused them to be
made of golden cord or wire, While the collars were formed of
ivory. Dr. Stukely, who publisled an account of this am-
phitheatre in 1723, computes the area capable of containing
neerly 23,000 people. He supposes it to have been con-
structed about the time of Titus; but of course in such a
matter, where the remains offer nothing, either in plan, con-
struction, or inscription, capable of affording any information,
and where no record exists to which we may refer for a solu-
tion of the question, it is impossible to arrive at any thing
but a conjectural conclusion. In modern times the arms
has been used for the execution of criminals; and when, so
late as 1705, a woman was burnt here for some crime, 10,000
people assembled to witness the punishment. The frequent
assemblages on similar occasions had, when Stukely visited
it, much defaced the structure ; and although it has not much
altered in appearance since the plough has rendered the arena
very different from its original appearance. Before Stukely
described it, it had been visited by Sir C. Wren ; but we are
not aware that his observations were ever published, except
references to it in some of his works.—Penny Maga:inc.
LAVENDER.—This perfume is the "spikenard" of the
ancients, which formed the basis of a very precious ointment.
The leaves of the plant were employed for the preparation of
the spikenard ointment ; so that, however common lavender
may he, and easily procured, at the present day, its value
must have been great when it was thus employed ; indeed,
we are told (Mark, chap. xiv. yen 5) that a box of the oint-
ment was worth more than three hundred pence ; it is also
known that the spikes or blossoms sold for one hundred
Roman denarii (equal to £3 2s 6d) per pound. The lavender
plant is supposed to have gained its name of spike, or spike,
from the circumstatece of its being the only verticilleled plant
(or plants whose leaves grow in whorls round the stem) which
has its blossoms in the form of a spike. With respect to the
other component part of the word spikenard, it has been sup-
posed that it was derived from Nardus, or Nard, or Naarda,
a city of Syria, near the Euphrates. The !amiliar appellation
of lavender seems to have arisen from its use in washing or
bathing, from the latin verb lavo (to wash.) Indeed in mo-
deria times it has been so much employed for these purposes,
and its use for the inferior offices of the toilette has so much
extended among the middle .classes, that it has fallen into
comparative disrepute among the wealthy. As many as
twelve different species of lavender have been described ; but
only two are of general interest, viz., common lavender (keen-
dula vera) and French lavender aavendula spice,) Tho for-
mer is largely cultivated on account of its flowers, which it
bears in June and July. An essential oil is obtained by dis-
tilling these flowers with water, which is extremely fragrant,
and which distilled in alcohol, constitutes the perfume we
have been speaking of. The foreign oil of lavender cannot
compete with that which is distilled in our own country; the
plant being, in the vicinity of London, cultivated in abundance)
for the purpose of distillation. The oil which first passes
over has the highest and best scent, and is frequently kept
separate from the rest, and sold at a higher price. If the
stalks,and leaves are distilled with the flowers, the odour of
the oil is deteriorated : and this seems to he the case with
the oil obtained from other countries. Lavender is the chief
of all cephalic plants, and may be used with advantage
to sweeten the air of sick rooms, where a purer circula-
tion cannot be obtained without danger to the patient.
We would venture to recommend the more frequent
cultivation of this plant by persons possessing garden-
grtiund. However painful and oppressive we may have
found it at times to be shut up in a room where perfumes
abound, and where the seeetest flowers are arranged
without any attention being paid to the proper ventilation of
the apartment, in the open air the case is very different,—no
one complains there of the quantity of fragrant plants by
which he is surrounded. Lavender is easily propagated by
seeds, cuttings, or slips ; and if it were more disseminated,
its odour might impart a passing sense of pleasure to many
of the humbler classes, whose pleasures are sufficiently few.
As our plantations of lavender grow older, we shall find them,
though less pleasing in their appearance, yet producing more
flagrant flowers, just in the same manner as we find the fruit
of an old tree preferable to that of a young one. When the
blossoms are Cully blown, they may be gathered, and dried
for the purpose of making sweet begs. if they are not requi-
red for distillation ; and if the odour of other flowers be like-
wise desired, let them be also dried, with leaves of some
sweet herb, and added to the lavender. The whole should
then be pounded and reduced to a powder, in which form it
can be conveniently enclosed in bags for vae.—Peall
Magazine.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, TnultsDAY.—The Queen, accompanied by
Lady Barham, walked through the slopes and in the park
this afternoon.

Her-Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, accompanied
by Lady Fanny Howard, walked on the terrace after
luncheon.

The Ladies Elenora and Constance Paget left the castle,
for Cumberland Lodge.
Lady Barham took an airing in a pony phaeton.
Viscount Melbourne arrived at the castle from town this
evening.
The following personages will be included in the royal din-
ner party this evening :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, Lord Lilford,- Lady, Barham, Lord Alfred Paget,
Lady Fanny HowarO;Viscount Melbourne, Baroness Lehzen,
Col. Armstrong, Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, and the
Hon. C. A. Murray.

FRIDAY.--1-jer Majesty will hold a Privy Colwell, on
Monday afternoon, at Windsor Castle.
The Princess Augusta took an airing, yesterday, in a car-
riage and foun.
Prince George of Cambridge came to town, yesterday,
from Kew. _

Viscount Melbourne left his residence in Downing-street,
yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty, at Windsor
Castle. .

WINDSOR, FRIDAY.--The Queen did not leave the castle
to-day, in consequence of the damp and unfavourable state
of the weather. ,

The Hon. VT. Ponsonby and the Hon. W. Cowper will ar-
rive at the castle this evening.
The following personages will have the honour of joining
the royal dinnerarty this evening :—Her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent, Lady Gardner, Lady Fanny Howard,
Lady Barham, Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, Lord Lilford,
Baroness Lehzen, Lord Alfred Paget, Viscount Melbourne,
Col. Armstrong, Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. W. Ponsmiby,
and the Hon. W. Cowper.
It is said that the royal marriage will be celebrated as early
AS February next.

(From the correspondent of the Morning Herald.)
WINDSOR, FRIDAY EVENING.-It is an extremely dan-
gerous matter to speculate upon any of the new appointments
either in the gift of 'the Queen or of the whig cabinet ; for
although it has been announced in the Government organs'
some days since that Lord Kinnaird is the new master of the
stag hodnds, no official notice to that effect has yet appeared
in the London Gazette, nor has his lordship as Set made "his
first appearance in that character" in the neighbourhood of
Windsor. ' It would be extremely curious, and not a litlte
laughable, if, after all, the ministerial press should have been
on the " wrong scent," and all " at fault," in " rnnning into
error " poor Lord Kinnaird in mistake for the future master
of her majesty's hounds.

It is now determined that the marriage of her Majesty
with Prince Albeit of Saxe Coburg Gotha shall be solem-
nised in the course of February ; although it had been
arranged, previously to the departu're of the prince from this
country for Germany that this event was not to take place
before the end of March or the commencement of April.
This altered determination, on the part of some one, will
occasion parliament to be summoned together " for the
despatch of business" early in the ensuing month.

SATURDAY.-The Duchess of Cambridge, accompanied
by Prince George and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge,
and attended by Miss Kerr, honoured the Haymarket The-
atre, with their presence on Thursday evening. The Duchess,
Prince George, and the Princess Augusta afterward!,,returned
to their residence, at Kew. _ _ _

The Duke of Cambridge has left Belvoir Castle, Leices-
tershire, where his Royal Highness has been staying during
the last week, on a visit to the Duke of Rutland, for Newn-
ham Paddox, Warwickshire, the seat of the Earl of Denbigh.

WINDSOR, SUNDAY',—The Queen remained within th©
Castle during the day.
Her Majesty, attended by Lady Barham, walked on the
new terrace yesterday afternoon.
This afternoon Lady Gardiner, Lady Barham, and the
Hon. Misses Anson and Paget, attended Divine worship at
St. George's Chapel.
The Hon. Colonel Grey has succeeded Lord Alfred Paget
as equerry in waiting upon the Queen.
The Hon. G. S. Byng and Lord Alfred Paget took their
departure from ,the Castle yesterday.
The following distinguished personages joined the Royal
dinner circle yesterday :—Her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent. Lady Gardiner, Lady Barham, Lady Fanny Ho-
ward, the Hon. Misses Paget and Anson, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Lord Lilford, Baroness Lehzen, Hon. W. Cowper,
Hon. C. A. Murray, Hon. W. Ponsonby, Hon. Col. Grey,
and Colonel Armstrong.
The royal dinner party, this evening, will be the same as
yesterday.

• (From the correspondent of the Morning herald.)
• WINDSOR, SUNDAY EVENING.—At the Privy Council
which will be held at the castle to-morrow afternoon, the
day on which parliament will be prorogued, " then to meet
for the despatch of business," will be finally determined
upon.

The severity of the weather prevented her Majesty from
attending divine worship at St. George's Chapel this morn-
ing. Divine service was performnd in the castle, at which
were present her Majesty and her distinguished visiters and
suite.

The royal stables (the first stone of which was laid by Sir
Jeffrey Wyattville, about three months since) will be com-
menced forthwith. The last day for receiving the tenders
for the building of the same, is Tuesday next.

MoNnay.--- Her Majesty the Queen Dowager, and her
Royal Highness the Princess Augusta, attended Divine ser-
vice'vesterday morning, at the Chapel Royal, St. James's.
The Sermon was pregched by the Rev. C. Moore. The les-
sons were read by the Rev. Dr. Wellesley ; the prayers by the
-Rev. W. J.-Hall; and the communion service was read by
the Rev. W. J. Hall and the Rev. Dr. Wellesley. The anthem
" Awake, awake, put on thy strength," (Wise) was sung by
Messrs. J. B. Sale, Hawkins, and Hobbs. Sir George
Smart presided at the organ.
The Queen Dowager was attended by the Countess of
Sheffield, the Hon Miss Mitchell, and the Hon. Miss Hud-
son.._Miss Vyse was waiting on the Princess Augusta. The
Marquis of Normanby, the Earl of Sheffield, and several
other peers attended the service.
The Queen Dowager visited the Duchess of Gloucester at
Gloucester House on Saturday. Her Majesty afterwards
drove to Kensington.
• The Princess Augusta took an airing on Saturday, in a
carriage and four.