The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-07 00:00:00

HOUSE and BUSINESS to be DISPOSED OF.

SIGHT RESTORED !
NERVOUS HEAD-ACHE CURED !
GRIMSTONE'S CELEBRATED EYE SNUFF,
Under the patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Kent, and the Lords of the Treasury,)
universally recommended by the Faculty for its efficacy
in removing Disorders incident to. the Eyes and Head.
It will prevent Diseases of a Scrofulous Nature affecting the
Nerves of the Head. In cases of Nervous tread-ache it is
completely efficacious, and gives a Natural Sweetness to the
Breath. It may be taken as frequently as other Snuffs, with
the most perfect safety and gratification to the consumer.
Wash the eyes every morning with warm milk and water, to
remove whatever secretion may have been produced during
the night.
Dr. ABERNETHY used it, and termed it the Faculty's
Friend and Nurse's Vade Mecum.
Dr. ANDftaws also recommends its use as a preventive.
(See his report when in Sunderland, published in the Times,.
Cheltenham Journal, and British Traveller, in Nov 1831.
He says, " the herbaceous qualityof the snuff had suc'h effect
on the stomach, as well as the nerves of the head, from the
tenacious sympathy of the membrane of the nose with the
nervous system, that Grimstone's Eye Snuff, when taken
frequently, must prevent any contagion entering the system,
and recommends its universal adoption. Dated Nov. 10,1831.
G. J. GUTHRIE,
strongly recommends Esq.,
F.R.S.—This eminent surgeon
Grimstone's Eye Snuff. See J. B.
Lachfield's, Esq., letter.
OBSERVE THIS CAUTION.
W. GRIMSTONE is the SOLE INVENTOR, and the
Only Genuine is Prepared by him.
A Liberal Allowance made to all Vendors, by PIERCE and
CROSPIELD, Cigar and Foreign Snuff Merchants, Castle-
street, Liverpool, WHOLESALE and RETAIL AGENTS; IIISO
by J. Forrester Druggist, 59, Byrom-street; Welch, Snu
Maker, Church-street ; Ross and Nightingale, Chronicle-
office, Lord-street ; Atherton, Lord-street ; Denby, 4, Great
Charlotte-street ; Hignett, Oldhall-street ; Messrs. Hignett
and Bullen, Tobacconists, Moor-fields ; Mr. Proctor, To-
bacconist, London-road ; Mr. Roberts, Druggist, Ranelagh_
street; Mr. G. H. Howell, Druggist, Dale-street; Mr. J.
Shepherd, Tobacconist, 3, Scotland-place •, Mr. Hignett,
Tobacconist, corner of Dale-street ; Mrs. Moreland, Tobac-
conist, Church-street : Mr. Plummer, Tobacconist, North
Crescent, Lord-street ; Mr. Thomas Hignett, Tobacconist,
1, Tithebarn-street ; Mr. W. King, Druggist, Soho-street ;

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Mrs. Miller, Tobacconist, Elliott-street ; Mrs. Moore, To.
acconist, Pitt-street; and Mr. Mawhood, 20, South John-
-street ; and in MANCHESTER, by W. Grindon, (late M.
Shone,) 4, Old Church Gate, Market-street, and 119, Picca-
dilly; Mr. Rayner, Tobacconist, 23, Market-place; Mr. G.
Bevins, 23, Market-street ; Mr. J. R. Lynch, Market-
street ; Watson and Co., 45, Market-street; Abrams, 4,
King-street; Biggar, Deansgate ; Lovett, High-street • W.
Smith, Market-street ; M. Brown, Market-street; 'Gee,
Ancoats-street ; and every principal Town and City in the
Globe. But read the following :
From the John Bull, 6th May, 1839.—We copy the fol-
lowing from the Cheltenham Journal, being struck by its re-
ference to that eminent and successful oculist, James Ware,
Esq., F.R.S., whose opinion touching the subject of which
he treats will be read with interest. The discovery of Mr.
Grimstone is simple, gentle, and certain, and by its unfailing
influence on the nervous fabric of the head, possesses the un-
questionable power of relieving, assisting, and prolonging the
sight even to extreme old age.~Editor.
Cheltenham Journal, 22d April, 1839.—" That most emi-
nent oculist, James Ware, Esq., F.R.S., was so strongly im-
pressed with the utility of snuff not made of tobacco, that in
the third volume of the Medical Society's Works, page 334,
this able oculist read several cases of gutta serena cured by
the plentiful use of snuff. This snuff was made without the
aid of tobacco, that being too great a narcotic to be used as
a remedy. The anticipations of this gentlemen have been
fully realised by Mr. William Grimstone, the Inventor of
Eye Snuff, made from aromatic herbs, so judiciously ar-
ranged as iu almost every case of disease touching the eye,
ear, and the delicate organs of the head, to produce a certain
cure."—Editor.

“ There are, perhaps, few articles which are so universally
used as snuff, and various and innumerable have been the
devices to tickle our noses at the expense of our pockets, but
there is only one snuff—albeit many have been attempted—
which has proved of any value, or indeed realised the inten-
tion of the consumers. Grimstone's Eye Snuff is a delightful
and fragrant compound, and possesses properties peculiarly
its own; for, unlike all other snuffs, it is really of essential
and important service to persons of studious habits, and of
weak and infirm sight ; and if we may judge by the numerous
medical gentlemen who have borne testimony to its merits,
and the many well authenticated cures it has performed, it is
not undeserving of the high esteem which it has already
attained, not only in this but in other countries.”—Old Eng-
land, 11th January, 1840.
"We should be glad to see this scuff in general use. It is
a safe and powerful restorative.—Manchester Chronicle.
".GRINISTONE'S EYE SNUFF.—Notwithstanding the sys-
tem of puffing which is carried on in this vast metropolis, we
rsally must claim for Mr. Grimstone the distinction of being
a benefactor to his species. We have had ocular demonstra-
tion of the value of his snuff, which we tried out of curiosity,
having at the same time a slight airectiop of opthalmia, which
the use of the snuff very speedily. removed. We therefore
cordially recommend it to the public. "—Croton,Aug. 26, 1838.
" If any testimony were wanting to prove the efficacy of
Grimatone's Eye Snuff, we should be most happy to throw
ours into the grand scale of demonstrations and proofs already
possessed by the inventor. Literary men, and individuals
accustomed to sedentary lartisits.rir long reading, will find this
snuff invaluable in keeping off headache, dizziness, &c. &c.
—Old Monthly Magazine, September, 1838, p. 336.
Read afew cases of Sight Restored by the Use of GRIM
STONE'S EYE SNUFF.
Mrs. A. Cole, No. 7, Skinner's Almshouses, aged 69, sight
restored and head-ache cured.
W. Verlin, Esq., inflammation cured, Youghal, Ireland. •
J. J. Protherne, Esq., sight restored and ,head-ache cured,
Waterford.
J. W. Chester, Esq., sight restored, Ballyclough Glebe, Mal-
low.
J. W. M. Reynolds, Esq., excruciating pains in the head
and opaque vision cured, Upper Stamford-street, London.
J. B. Lachfield, Esq., cured of opthalmia, Whitehall and
Thatched-house Tavern.
Mrs. Guppy, 36, Nelson-square, Blackfriars-road, cured of
opthalmia.
Miss Mary Roades, Market-place, Winslow, Bucks, cured
of opthalmia—witnesses to her cure, Mr. John Roades,
father, and R. Walker, Esq., a magistrate.
Mr. A. M'lntyre, aged 65, 8, Silver-street, Golden-square,
cured of gutta serena and deafness.
H. Liston, Esq., Marine Library, Ramsgate, Kent, cured of
cataract and deafness.
Mrs. Burberow, cured, while at Jamaica, of gotta serena, 37,
Mary-street, Regent's Park, London.
Mr. P. Sanderson, Harper-street, Leeds, cured of cataract.
Mr. H. Pluckwell, Tottenham House, Tottenham, Middle-
sex, cured of opthalmia.
Miss S. Englefield, Park-street, Windsor, cured of nervous
head-ache.
Marchioness de Broglio Solari, 26, Charlotte-street, hearing
and sight restored.
Decimus Blackburn, Esq., Chertsey, Surrey, head-ache,
weakness and dimness of sight cured.
George Smith, Esq., 6, York-place, Kentish Town, weak-
ness and dimness of sight cured by its use.
Elizabeth Robson, 19, Bell-street, Edgeware-road, aged 65,
cured of ophthalmia and deafness.
G. J. Guthrie, Esq., F.R.S.—This eminent surgeon strongly
recommends Grimstone Eye Snuff. Read Lachfield's
letter.
Copy of a letter sent Wo Mr. TV. Grimstone, inventor of the
celebrated Eye Snuff.
The Marchioness de Broglio Solari presents her best com-
pliments to Mr. W. Grimstone, and has the pleasure to in-
form him that she had the most convincing proofs of the be-
neficial qualities of his Herbaceous Eye Snuff, in many cases
of its restorative power, both of sight and hearing.
Mr. Grimstone—sir, you are at liberty to make use of her
name. Sept. 22, 1838, 26, Charlotte-street.
Copy of a letter sent to Mr. Grimstone, July 9, 1838.
SlR,—Having been afflicted with bad eyes for a long time,
a friend who had received benefit from using your eye snuff
recommended it to me. I have taken the contents of your
2s. 4d. canisters, and am happy to say my sight has im-
proved ; the weakness and dimness is removed ; and, sir, it
is my wish wish that you make this known for the.good of
the public.

6;York-place, Kentish Town. Your's, G. SMITH.
To Mr. W. Grimstone, inventor of Eye Snuff, 39, Broad-
street, Bloomsbury.
March 31, 1838.
SIR,—I have been afflicted for many years with a severe
pain in my head, attended with a dimness of sight and dart-
ing pains in my eyes, for which I have had the first medical
-advice; indeed, I have taken large quantities of medicine,
without receiving any relief; but I am now delighted to say,
with truth, that ever since using your valuable eye snuff, which
I have taken copiously, that is, a 2s. 4d. canister weekly, I
am quite free from those excruciating pains, and can read the
smallest print, although I am in the 65th year of my age.
This is my third testimony, and I shall be most happy to give
it to you or to any respectable inquirer at my residence as
under.-1 remain, with gratitude, sir, your obedient humble
servant, E. ROBSON.
19, Bell-street, Edgeware-road, Marylebone. •
7, Skinner's Almshouses, Mile-end. Jan. 26, 1839.
Sir,—l think it my incumbent duty to return you my grate-
ful acknowledgments of the efficacy of your invaluable " eye
snuff." You must understand, sir, that I have for the last
four or five years suffered much with giddiness in my head
and dimness of sight. I naturally concluded (being in my
69th year) that it was the decay of nature, and was advised
by a friend, who said much in its favor, and the extraordinary
virtues of your celebrated invention. I was induced to give it
a trial, and I am happy to say that the great and signal benefit
I have derived from the use of four 2s 4d canisters has ena-
bled me to lay aside my spectacles, has given me great relief
in my head, and I feel so thoroughly convinced of its benign
virtues, that my gratitude shall ever be evinced in recom-
mending it to all I may hereafter meet suffering with those
afflictions.--I am, sir, your most obliged and grateful servant,
To W. Grimstone, Esq. ANN COLE.
7b W. Grimstone, Esq. inventor of Eye Snuff, 39, Broad-st.
Whitehall, March 8, 1838.
Mr. Grimstone,—Sir, I think it but justice that I should
offer my acknowledgments to you for the great benefit I have
derived from the use of your most exquisite fragrant com-
pound, composed of herbs, called Eye Snuff; its action on
the membrane of the nose, causing the lachrymal glands to
discharge in a manner truly surprising, and by that means
to cleanse the cornea, that my eyes became healthy, strong,
and performed their wonted duties in a manner that 1 have
not known the blessing of for six years. The renowned Dr.
Guthrie recommended me to try your eye snuff prior to my
undergoing an operation. Many thanks to him for his sug-
gestion, thanks to your invention, that operation will not be
necessary. Sir, you have my permission to make this known
in any manner you think best.
I am, sir, your obedient servant,
J. B. LACHFIELD.
P.S.—Sir, be pleased to send to the Thatched House Tav-
ern, St. James-street, a4s 4d and a3s 4d canister. You
can send the change in the parcel for the enclosed half-sove-
reign.
J. B. L.
This letter is attested to by G. J. Guthrie, Esq. F.R.S.
CAUTION.—This Odoriferous Herbaceous Compound of
Herbs, sold in canisters, is 3d, 2s 4d, 4s 4d, 8s and 15s 6d
each, with copies of original testimonials, gratis, with each
canister, by all Agents, both Foreign and British. It can be
obtained in all the principal towns and cities. A liberal
allowance to shippers, owners, captains, and all vendors of
Grimstone's Eye Snuff. This celebrated snuff is shipped
to all quarters of the globe, and retains its benign qualitiy,
in every climate. All snuffs and cigars shipped on the
shortest notice.
Copies of Testimonials may be had gratis from all the Agents.

TIIE PAWNBROKER'S SHOP.—The shop is thronged ;
every box, save one, is full! What faces stare upon the
man of money! how entreatingly the shopmeu are besought
—vet how noiselessly do they perform their duties ! An
hour may pass, and but a few low words spoken, with now
and then the sound of money on the counter. Hush! How
quickly that bolt was shot! The last box is filled. A lady
has entered it ; and it is plain to be seen, that for the first
time she is in, the shop of a pawnbroker. Poor thing!
Affluence rocked her cradle ; fortune, as she grew up, waited
on her lightest wish ; the whole was to her a fairy ground.
She never knew the touch of sorrow, and want to her was
but a sound. She is now a wife, and conies for the first time
with a piece of plate, that—for there is death hovering about
her hearth—she may pay the doctor's fees ! She feels, as
she presents the plate to the shop man, like a thief. The
man glances at her. " Good God !" she thinks, " can he
suspect anything ?" The pawnbroker gives the sum required,
and the lady, with scorching face, hurries from the shop.
But, oh ! the feelings of shame and degradation that pos-
sessed her in those brief minutes 1 Terrible things have been
written on dungeon walls terribly sickening evidence of
human misery and human vice; but if, on the partitions of
these boxes could be writ the emotions of those who have
waited near them, the writing would be no less fearful than
that traced in the Bastile, graven in the Piombi.—Tyas's
Heads of the People.

ATTACK ON A BOAT BY A WHALE.—EarIy in the morning
of the 28th, we had sperm whales again in sight, and several
large shoals were noticed during the day. They were, how-
ever, equally wary with those we had before seen, and it was
not until late in the afternoon that they could be favourably
approached, when each boat harpooned a whale. Three of
the boats secured their prizes speedily, and without accident ;
but the fourth had encountered a mischievous or " fighting"
whale of the most dang,erous character. This cachalot, which
was a young male, ha been pierced with two well-planted
harpoons; but, instead of flying from his enemies, he rather
sought to attack them, whenever they approached him for the
purpose of lancing. His first effort was to rush against the
boat with his head. Baffled in this way by the crew steering
clear of the contact, he next attempted to crush it with his
jaws ; when, failing through the unaccommodating position
of his mouth, he remedied this defect with much sagacity in
his last and more successful assault : approaching impetu-
ously from a distance of about 40 yards, he turned upon his
back, raising his lower jaw, to grasp the boat from above ; a
lance-wound, however, caused him to close his mouth, and
resume a natural posture before he had obtained his object ;
but, continuing to advance, he struck the boat with a force
that nearly overturned it, and concluded by again turning on
his back, and thrusting his lower jaw through the planks.
The boat filled with water almost immediately, sunk with its
gunwale to the level of the sea, and was rendered capable of
retaining its crew only by the expedient of lashing the oars
across its sides. The harpoon-line was cut, and the whale
made off without doing further mischief. The wrecked boat,
scarce perceptible above the waves, crowded with a half-im-
mersed crew, and, with two whifts flying as a signal of dis-
tress, presented a truly forlorn appearance. The ship and
disengaged boats bore down to its assistance ; and, after res-
cuing the crew and stores' took it on board to repair.--Ben-
nettfs TVhaling Voyage.
GLASGOW, PAISLEY, AND AYR RAlLWAY.—According
to public announcement, this railway will be opened through-
out on Wednesday the 12th inst. The distance is about 40
miles, and it is calculated to be traversed within two hours.

*nwtrial Vafliatinitt.

SE OF LORDS.—MONDAY.
sr moved the suspension of the standing
rpose of allowing the administration of

he remaining stages.
tarried, the noble lord moved the

motion on the ground that

the former measure upon

what they were doing. -
een Lord LYNDHuusT and Lord
atter was considerably confused,
asure similar to the present was
ans, because the law officers of
happened not to understand the

In reference to the affairs of the East,
Viscount STRANGronn said, that from the statement
made by the noble viscount some nights ago, that the arrange-
ments between Great Britain and certain of the continental
powers, on the subject of Egypt and Turkey, required the
ratification of the contracting parties, he concluded that that
arrangement was in the form of a convention or treaty.

so, he wished to know whether therewe7e—a-ny probability of
those ratifications being obtained in time to admit of the
treaty being laid before parliament during the present session ;
or whether the noble viscount would venture to advise the
prorogation of parliament, leaving the public mind in its
present state of uneasiness and uncertainty as to the extent
to which the divergency of British and French policy on the
bad really been carried ? It certainly
e public should, for any length of
apprehensions and conjectures, and
which a prolonged state of doubt on
it would be sure to produce.

to all t

MELBOURNEaunt was understood to say . that it was
not probable that the treaty would be laid before parliament

this session.
In reply to a question from Lord Lyndhurst, Viscount
MELBOURNE said, that the treaty on the sulphur monopoly
had gone to Naples for ratification.
The Earl of CHARLEVILLE. after a long and able speech
on the state of Ireland, moved for returns connected with the
county of Limerick,_ and recent outrages committed there.

After some remarks from the Ivlarquis of Normanby, the
Earl of Glengall, and Lord Carbery, the motion was agreed to.
On the motion of the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the
ecclesiastical duties and revenues bill was referred to a select
committee, after an understanding had been come to that the
standing orders should be suspended to expedite the future
progress of the bill, and that the debate should be taken on
the third reading, on Thursday.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—MONDAY.
Mr. TuorrEa, the new member for West Surrey, took the
oaths and his seat.

FINSETTE,Y ESTATE

Mr. Kzmilts brought up the report of the committee on
the Finsbury Estate Bill. The committee reported, that the
allegations in the preamble of the bill had not been proved to
their satisfaction

Hear.)

Lord SAN DON presented a petition from the attorneys of
Liverpool praying the removal of the law courts to a more
convenient place. ••

NOTICE OF MOTION

Mr. FRESHFIELD gave notice on behalf of Mr. Fitzroy
Kelly, that on Tuesday, the 27th instant, he would move an
humble address to her majesty to terminate the differences
with China.—(A laugh
A r

writ was ordered to be issued for the county of
terford in the room of John Power, Esq. who had accepted
office of steward to the Chiltern Hundreds.
'he church buildings bill was read the third time and

passed

The report on the ecclesiastical courts bill was brought up,
and the bill was ordered to be read a third time to-morrow.

POSTAL

The report of the postage bill was then brought up.
Mr. HUME asked what progress had been made in the ne-
gociations with foreign powers for reciprocal reductions of the

this countr

TON said that communications had been
,owers ; but the general feeling was, that it
wait the result of the present experiment in
,e report was then received, and the bill was

ordered to be read a third t

Dr. NicnoLL m

up the report h

complainin

to-morrow

(I.CH DISCIPLINE BILL

1 the re

-committal of the church disci-
consideration of the report.
,ed the bill would be withdrawn for

gone into committee, an amendment,
BURTON, that the depositions and the
to_the party complained
_of, was carried

n, and he announced that on bringing
I prepare a clause to make persona

; ordered to be received on Tuesday.
TION OF JUSTICE (BIRMINGHAM) BILL.
of Mr. Fox MAULE, that this bill be corn-

Should

WHEATON thought that the provisions of this bill
:.,-xtended to Manchester and Bolton, anti he should
istruction to this effect.

ELLon of the EXCHEQUER admitted that these
"is- same footing as Birmingham
any further delay in the
ould be no objection, he ima-
administration of justice in

:n to be

ould not, therefore, press his motion.
iid not imagine any sum for such a

w required for Manchester. He wished to
had been advanced for the administration of

of the EXCHEQUER could not exactly

Lord

i. gOMERSRT : Was this in addition to the sum
for the, Birmingham police last year ?
TANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. : Yes..
then resolved itself into a committee.—The
1 to. The house resumed, and the report
ved on Tuesday.

IPAL CORPORATIONS IRELAND) BILL.
oved the order of the day for the con-
s' amendments to the municipal corpo-
Having recapitulated the alterations,
his lordship said, he trusted parliament would feel that it was
time to bring this long vexed question to a conclusion, and
he should not call on them to disagree on any points of party
difference between the two houses. -
After some discussion, members were appointed to conduct

1 of the

ith the lords.
liscussion, the house adjourned at half-past

----..40.--

LORDS

TUESDAY

The royal assent was given by commission to an immense
number of bills, the regency bill, &c.
The admiralty courts bill was read the third time and
passed. The amendments to this bill were afterwards or-
ri,f, Commons to be taken into consideration on

_,..rEtt presented a petition from certain
oy and others of Manchester, for inquiring into
„especting the prosecution of Abel Heywood for pub-
lishing a blasphemous libel ; and into the circumstances
under which her Majesty's government thought fit to forego
_ ssing of any sentence on him. The man had been
,nduced to plead guilty, whereupon judgment was not
pressed ; and he, on being released, it was alleged, resumed
the sale of objectionable works.
The Marquis of NORMANDY observed that the individual
had, it was understood, abstained from the further sale of

the objectionable work.
After a lengthened conversation the petition was ultimately
laid upon the table.
Many bills before their lordships were then forwarded a
stage.
- - -

In the committee on the clergy reserves (Canada) bill some
discussion arose on the clauses. .

The Bishop of EXETER moved as an amendment, that the
word " protestant " be introduced into the third clause.
Lords Ellenborough and Melbourne entreated the right rev.
prelate not to press• the amendment.
Their lordships eventually divided on the amendment ; it
was negatived—
Contents
Non-contents 27

Majority....
The bill then proceeded, and the report was ordered to be re
celved on Wednesday.

The rating of stock in trade bill was abandoned, a tem
porary measure being promised to meet the immediate emer

Lord MONTEAGLL moved the second reading of the affir
mation bill.

The Duke of WELLINGTON opposed the bill, and entreatec:
the house not to entertain so dangerous a measure. His grace
moved as an amendment, that it be read the second time that
day six months.

After some discussion, in which Lords Brougham, Lynd-
rat, &c, took part, Lord Monteagle withdrew the bill.
The second reading of the law of evidence (Scotland) bill,
s opposed by the Earl of H ADDINGTON. That, and the
naining bills, and business before the house, having been
nosed of, their lordships adjourned.

The Comm(

sitting

o'clock