The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-19 00:00:00

FROM DR. WILKINSON, OF BATH.

" May 16th, 1842.
" Dear Sir,—This is to certify that I have carefully analyzed
a bottle of Fluid Magnesia sent to me by Mr. Bailey, of Wol-
verhampton, through Professor O'Shaughnessy, of Calcutta, on
his late visit to Bath. I have found 13 grains of pure Magnesia
in each liquid Dunce, and that I did not discover the slightest
trace of either sulphate, muriate, or any other ingredient in the
solution. " C. H. WILKINSON, M.D.
" To Sir James Murray, Dublin."

FROM PROFESSOR DANIEL, LONDON.
" King's College, 4th April, 1842.
"My dear Sir,—l have the pleasure of sending you the results
of my analysis of the specimen of your Fluid Magnesia, and of
the spurious imitation of the same, and remain, very faithfully
yours, " J. F. DANIEL."
SIR JAMES MURRAY'S I TAGART'S IMITATION.
FLUID MAGNESIA. One Imperial Pint contained,
One Imperial Pint contained 58.5 Magnessia 23.0 grains.
grains pure dry Magnesia,united Soda 62.5
to 128.7 grains Carbonic Acid. Sulphuric Acid 78.5
"To Sir Jas. Murray, Dublin." Carbonic Acid 50.5

THE GREATEST CURES OF ANY MEDICINE
IN THE GLOBE.
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.
AMPUTATION OF TWO LEGS PREVENTED.
Extract of a Letter dated Roscommon, February 19th, 1847,
from the highly-respectable Proprietor of the Roscommon
Journal.
Sir,-731r. had the well-known proprietor of the hotel next
door to me, had two very bad less, one with efght ulcer. on ft,
the other with three, they were in such a fearfill state that the
effluvia from them was very great. Some time since he made a
journey to Dublin for the purpose of consulting some of the
most eminent professional men, but returned home to his fa-
mily with the choice of either one of two alternatives—to have
both legs amputated, or die I—On his way home he met a gen-
tleman in the coach who recommended the use of Holloway's
Pills and Ointment, which he tad recourse to, and was per-
fectly curedby their means alone.
(Signed) CHARLES TULLY,
Editor and Proprietor of the Roscommon Journal.
To Professor Holloway.
A CURE OF A DREADFUL AND DANGEROUS CASE OF
ERYSIPELAS.
In the following remarkable case the y had been both deaf
and dumb from the virulen • of the complaint.
February 191 h, 1847.
Mrs. Gibbons, of Tivoli-pl , Cheltenham, was for two years
so dreadfully afflicted wit . rysipelas that she became (how-
ever extraordinary it . appear) both blind and deaf, from
the severity of the d". :se, and during the whole of the time she
was attended by al of the most eminent medical men in
Cheltenham, wi t receiving any benefit whatever, and, as a
last resource, she tried Holloway's Pills and Ointment, which
in two months perfectly cured the dreadful complaint, and like-
wise restored her to health.
c Mrs. Stoyle, the very respectable landlady of the New-
market Inn, Cheltenham, can bear witness to this cure. It can
also be authenticated at the Stationers, No. 10, Arcade, High.
street, Cheltenham.
In all Diseases of the Skin, Bad Legs, Old Wounds and Ul-
cers, Bad Breasts, Sore Nipples, Stoney and Ulcerated Cancers,
thea b
Tumours, Swellings, Gout, Rheumatism and Lumbago, likewise
effectedincaes wofi t h a Piles
; much g Holloway'srea t rce 'r
Pills,a in in all
and in half ove t
h e t cases,m oughtth a that
to be used with the Ointment • ashy this means cures will be
it would require by using the Ointment alone. The Ointment
is proved to be a certain remedy for the bite of Moschettoes,
Sand-flies, Chiegofoot, Yaws, and Coco bay, and all Skin Dis-
eases common to the East and West Indies, and other tropical
climates.
Burns, Scalds, Chilblains, Chapped Hands and Lips, also
Bunions and Soft Corns, will be immediately cured by the use
of the Ointment.
Sold by the Proprietor, 224, Strand, (near Temple Bar,) Lon-
don ; and by all respectable Vendors of Patent Medicines
throughout the Civilized World, in Pots and Boxes, at Is. lid.,
2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., lls., 228., and 335. each. There is a very con-
siderable saving in taking the larger sizes.
N.B. Directions for the guidance of Patients are affixed to
each Pot and Box.

SINGULAR DISEASE OF GROWING TREES.—A por-
tion of the top of a spruce fir may be seen at our office,
bearing a most singular appearance from what is generally
thought to be the effect of some unknown disease. The
solid portion of the wood appears to have been absorbed
or dissipated, and the branches, which in their ramifica-
tions much resemble the horns of a stag, with a tuft on
each termination, look as if they had been pressed.flat by
some mechanical force, and to consist of -nothing but two
shells of bark. The general form of the specimen is alto-
gether curious, and not displeasing; and although it has
been seen by very many persons in the neighbourhood
where it was obtained, no one can give any reason for its
singular appearance, which may, we believe, be pronounced
unique. It was obtained, with one or two similar speci-
mens, in a plantation on the heights of Matlock, in the
occupation of Mr. B. Bryan, the Matlock guide.—.Der-
bythire Courier.
A NEW WAY TO EXTORT CONFESSION.—The 'MOM-
teur Parisien contains the following letter, dated May-
ence, Ilth instant :—" On Sunday last, between 8 and 9
o'clock in the evening, MM. Lorentz, a physician, Kau&
ner an architect and Ming, a master builder, were re-
turning from Weisenau to Darmstadt. In passing near
the public gardens they were assaulted by three drunken
soldiers wearing the Prussian uniform. M. Lorentz had
a finger cut, M. Kauflner was wounded in the head, and
M. Uhling in the hand. The following day they com-
plained to the commander of the federal fortress of May-
ence, who caused a search to be made in the barracks, of
the Prussian regiments, but none of the men would be-
tray their comrades. The commander of the fortress
then imagined an expedient which completely succeeded.
He drew up the regiment in the grand square, commanded
them to present arms, and when the command was obeyed,
he declared to the troops that they should remain in the
same position in which they then were until they declared
who were the men who committed the attack on the
three civilians. The soldiers held firm during two hours
and twenty minutes, when six soldiers declared they were
guilty. Their declaration having been confirmed by their
comrades, they were handed over to a court-martial.
IMPORTANCE OF SURPLUS LOCOMOTIVE POWER.-An
illustration of the importance of surplus power in the lo-
comotive engine was afforded in the working of the " Great
Britain." one of the broad-gauge 8-feet driving-wheel
locomotives, in its up-journey, on Saturday, from the
Swindon station with the train that leaves Exeter at one
o'clock, p.m. The train is due at Swindon at 5.20, but
did not, from an unavoidable delay at one of the stations,
arrive there till 5.45. The train, weighing upwards of 90
tons, exclusive of engine and tender, left that station at
5.55—viz., 25 minutes after time, stopped at nine stations
—remaining nine minutes at Didcot, fire minutes at
Reading. and four minutes at Slough—arrived at Pad-
dington at 8.20 (five minutes only after time), performing,
the 77 miles in 2 hours and 25 minutes, or at the rate of i
nea r ly 35
at miles
the nine stations. This is an extraordinary
per hour, including the time lost while
stoppingperformance, considering the number of stoppages, the
time lost while the train was at a state of rest at the vari-
ous stations, and the load taken. The speed, which was
occasionally reached 70 miles per hour. We rode on the
very high throughout, frequently reached 65 and 66, and
" Great Britain " nearly the whole of the distance be-
tween Swindon and Paddington, and found it perfectly
steady at the maximum velocity,-11fornin# Herald.