The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-04 00:00:00

A LBINOLO'S DINT m ENT.

FOR the Cure of Cancer, Scrofula, Eruptions of the Skin,
Contagious Diseases, Choleta, Plague, Wonfids, Burns,
Pains, or Aches of any kind, Lues, Sea Sickt ss, and vari-
ous other Diseases.
CAUTION TO THE PUBI C.
MR. FELIX ALBINOLO, of Turin. si Proprieter and
compositor of the Ointment called ALB L'OLO'S OINT-
MENT, warns the public that the testi? minis of Sir Benja-
min C. Brodie, Bart., Herbert May( .sq., Dr. Wagner, J.
Malyn, Esq., and W. C. Deady, (from which Mr.
Thomas Holloway, of 13, Broad-street Buildings, Cit), gives
garbled extracts in favour of a Medicine of his own,) referred
to Albinolo's Ointment, and not to any discovery of Mr.
Thomas Holloway, who never knew, nor was ever made ac-
quainted with the ingredients of which Albinolo's Ointment
is composed, or the secret of manufacturing the same.
Copy of a letter from Sir Benjamin Brodie, directed to Mr
Thomas Holloway.
"14, Saville-row. June 19th, 1837.
"Sir,—l have made several trials of the Ointment which
you sent me. I have found it useful in some instances; I
am more inclined to employ the latter, of which I know the
composition, than I am to employ Signor Albinolo's Oint-
ment, the composition of which you have not informed me.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
(Signed) " B. C. BRODIE "
Letter from Herbert Mayo, Esq. F.R.S., Senior Surgeon to
Middlesex Hospital, Professor of Anatomy and Pathology
to the King's College, London, &e.
"Sir,—Will you have the goodness to excuse this informal
answer. The ointment has been of ore in. all the cases in
which I have used it. Send me, if you please, some more, in
a few days time. I have enough for the present.
(Signed) "H. MAYO.
" Middlesex Hospital, April 9, 1837."
Letter front-Herbert Mayo, Esq., &c.
" am much obliged to you for your polite offer to
send me more of the ointment which I tried at Mr. Hollo-
way's request. I really have kept no note of its effects be-
yond what my communication to Mr. Holloway contained.
In a few cases of skin disease it was servi: cable. The best
case I had of its efficacy was one of scroful.ius tubercles. on
the face of a child, which mended rapidly nit t it.-19, George-
street, August 29, 1837. I am. &v.,
(Signed) " HERBERT MAYO."
" Hanover-square."
" Dr. Felix Albiunlo, 5, Paul's Chain."
Prepared only by F'eiix Albinolo, 23, E;al-street, Black-
friars, London.
Sole Wholesale Agent, 'I'IIOS. HENRY HOY, Practical
Chemist, and General Wholesale Patent Medicine Ware-
honse, 20, Smith John-street, Liverpool, and retailed by all
respectable Chemists and Druggists throughout the United

Just published, in boards, Bvo, with four Lithographic Plates,
Price 2s. 6d.,
COMPLETE AND PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF
SHORT-HAND. By T. C. FOSTER, Professional
Short-Hand Writer, and Report& for the Llviitipoot.
STANDARD.

London: WHITTAKER and Co. Liverpool :.,STANDARD
Office, and MAReLes. Manchester: Sowt.Eß, and all
Booksellers.
OPINIONS OF THE PIcESS.
"This system of Short-hand will be foqpd one of the most
complete that has ever been issued from the press—indeed,
we may say the most complete. Utility and simplicity are
the main objects which the author has kept in view. A per-
fect mastery of the instructions which Mr. Foster has given,
will enable any one to take down torbatim, the words of the
most rapid speaker. Nor is this the only advantage which
will accrue from an acquaintance teeth this system, the faci-
lity with which the notes may be afterwards _read is a consi-
deration of very great importance. The alphabetical cha-
racters have the recommendation of extreme simplicity.
The signs for combination of letters, and the arbitraries, or
marks for words, will be found highly conducive to expedi-
tion in writing. In this department the author has been
eminently successful. To Ladies or Gentlemen who may
wi!:11 to master the useful art of stenography, we can cordi-
ally recommend this work, by which a student of ordinary
ability, especially if a quick writer, maybe enabled in a very
short time to takedown literal reports of sermons and speeches.
We may add, that the professional short-hand writer may
also derive much instruction from this compendium.—Liver-
pool Standiird.
"This is an exceedingly clever, instructive, and well writ-
ten production. Generally speaking, works on stenography
are not sufficiently entertaining and attractive to obtain nu-
merous readers; but we will do Mr. Foster the justice to say,
that he has thrown much that is highly-interesting in his
" plain instructions," and has very happily blended the enter-
taining with the useful. Our author's principal object ap-
pears to be to instruct the uninitiated; but we think his work
will prove valuable in many respects even to those whose
profession it is to practise the art. Of course his system must
in a great measure, partake of those previously in existence,
but as regards the distinctness and decision of his vowel cha-
racters, it is superior to any we have seen. His examples
and illustrations are also exceedingly
,good, and the various
lessons are given with a plainness and perspicuity which
must greatly facilitate the learners progress. In short, to
all who are anxious to obtain a speedy and accurate know-
ledge of the art of stenography, we earnestly recommend the
work."—Manchester Gowier.

" We are of opinion that the last. essay on stenography
must almost of necessity be the best, and that the person most
qualified to treat of it is a practical reporter. Mr. Foster's
enthusiastic admiration of this art, has, we think, led him a
little too far; but it by no means detracts from the value of
information derived from his own persounl observation and
experience as a reporter, which is now offered to the public
in a cheap and accessible form."—Liverpool Mercury.
" We can with confidence pronounce Mr. Foster's system
a good one. Constant practice is absolutely necessary for
any one who wishes to be a first-rate short•-hand writer, either
on this or on any other . system; 'but we believe that t.ia
thoroughly practised writer of short-hand would find it easier
to follow a rapid speaker with this than with any other system.
It also possesses the very great advantage of being easily
readable when written."—Liverpool Times.

. .
" Mr. Foster we know has had much practical experience
in the art, and it is practical experience alone that can
enable an individual to form a correct :udgment of any par-
ticular system. Mr. Foster has, it appears, tried three seve-
ral systems, and has fixed upon that which he deems the best.
On this he has made such improvements as, in the course
of his practice, seemed best calculated to secure facility.
With his judgment matured by constant consideration of
the subject, he tells us that the system which he has now
presented to the public possesses many advantages over
those most in use, with which he is acquainted.—Liverpool

" The admirers of short-hand writing, whether profession-
ally or as amateurs, hare now offered to them a small volume
of sound and practical instruction in that delightful art, by
Mr. T. O. Foster. We will only add, that so far as our
judgment goes, it is a book which truly deserves the patron-
age of the public."—Sunderland Beacon.

TO THE LADIES, THE PRESS, AND THE
PUBLIC.
Milt DRAPERS' COMMITTEE issue the present
I APPEAL in compliance with a Rest)lotion passed at a
PUBLIC MEETING of their own. bstdy, "That an Ad-
dress be published, calling upon the Ladies, the Press, and
the Public, to exercise their powerful influence by affording
their encouragement to those Shops that close at Eight
o'Clock, tomake their purchases at an earlier hour, and to
recommend their dependents to do the same."
In explanation of the causes which led to this Resolution,
it will he necessary to state, that on the eleventh of last
month, the Drapers', Assistants circulated amongst their
Employers a most respectful Memorial, complining that the
protracted hours of btriiness tended seriously to injure them;
" not only by impairing their health and undermining their
Constitution, but sso by depriving them of every opportunity
of imprthing their mind;" and in reference to an argument
advanced, that if an additional hour or two were granted to
them, the time thus gained would be spent at the Tavern,—
they observe--" Your Memorialists indignantly repel this
unfounded aspersion, and respectfully contend, that the pre-
sent protracted hours, by debarring them from every source
whence they might imbibe usetul kilowleng,e, rather tend to
make them resort to such places as the only mode of recrea-
tion between the toil of the day and the hour of repose: but
that if a reasonable time were allowed, it might, and no
doubt would, be devoted to the attainment of those acquire-
ments, which are calculated to excite an honourable emula-
tion," and conclude by respectfully submitting that the
Shops be closed for the three respective periods of the year,
at Seven, Eight, and Nine o'Clock.
The reasonableness cf this request, and the forcible but
respectful manner in which it was made, together with a con-
viction of the utility of diminishing the hours of business, in-
duced some of the employers to convene a public meeting of
their own body. This Meeting, fully concurring with the
sentiments of the Memorial, came to the resolution, that
Silk-mercers, Linen and Woollen Drapers, Shawl-dealers,
Hosiers, &c., should close their Places of Business at Eight
o'Clock, during the Six Months, from October to March, in-
clusive, and at Nine o'Clock for the remaining half-year,
Saturday Nights excepted.

To giiFe full effect to this resolution, each principal was
called upon to express his intention of abiding by the speci-
fied hours of closing, and such was the conviction amongst
them of the necessity of the regulation, that, with the ex-
ception of three individuals, it received the cordial assent of
every member of the trade.
The refusal, however, of these few individuals to comply
with the arrangement, threatens a speedy return to the sys-
tem of late and irregular closing, as some parties, in self-
defence, must, and others, from the contagion of example,
will gradually extend the hours of business until the whole
trade will be again subject to the annoyance of protracted
and unproductive toil.
This untoward disunion has caused the necessity of appeal-
ing to those with whom the ultimate settlement of the ques-
tion now materially rests, whether or not the large majority
of the Ernnloyers are to be protected in their endeavours to
comply with the just demands of their assistants. It is evi-
dent, in trades where so much r;valry exists, that no arrange-
ment can be permanent which is not binding upon all, and
as in the present instance, the persuasion of tl.eir fellow-
tradesmen has had no effect in bringing the dissentients to
abide by the general arrangement, the majority trust to be
supported by public opinion.
To the Ladies, the Committee earnestly but most respect-
fully appeal, to assist the cause, in discountenancing, by
their own example, the practice of late shopping, by making
their purchases at as early an hour iu the day as possible,
by recommending their circle of friends to do the same, and
by strictly enjoining their domestics to buy, if possible, before
seven o'clock, but on no account to purchase anything after
eight o'clock, the effect of which would tend to deter the
wilful dealer from violating a rule in which the happiness of
so many is closely connected; a rule which, if steadily en-
forced, will ultimately contribute to ameliorate the condition
of a large and deserving class of the population.

To the Press, the resistless and untiring advocate of all
that has a tendency to improve the physical, and exalt the
intellectual condition of the people; they leave the enforce-
ment of the moral principle involved, and trust that their
powerful co-operation will continue to be extended. To the
Public generally they appeal, to assist them in carrying out
what they conceive to be a just and philanthropic object, but
they more especially invite the assistance of the other trades.
men of the town, of every trade and class, to bring about a
general curtailment of the hours of business—a result which,
they feel perfectly satisfied, would, in the majority of in-
stances, be found as productive of health to the principals,
as of relief and comfort to those in their employ.
By order of the Committee,
WILLIAM SLATER, Chairman.
Liverpool, Nov. 28, 1838.