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FRIDAY, JUNE 12, IS4O.

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EXTENSIVE SALE qf HOUSEHOLD FURNITU.RE

PHOMAS DISMORE, SILVERSMITH and JEWEL-
LER to the QUEEN, 35, BOLD-STREET, respect-
fully solicits the attention of Strangers in Liverpool to the
following GOODS, all of whict are of the best quality and
workmanship, and at very Moderate Prices affixed :

IaRKDALE.
By. Messrs. T. WINSTANLEY and SONS,
On TUESDAY next, the 16th, and WEDNESDAY., the 17th
instant, at Eleven o'clock precisely each day, on the Pre-
mises, Kirkdale, (the First House on the Left after passing
Great Mersey-street,)
FIE useful HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, modern
11- ROSEWOOD DRAWING—ROOM SUITE, three excellent
Square PIANO-FORTES, by London makers, a Fine-toned
CHAMBER ORGAN, by Snetzler, in Mahogany Case, valuable
PHILOSOPHICAL APPARATUS, &other Effects, of Mesdames
YELVERTON and Small, who are changing their residence.
The FURNITURE is in excellent condition, and the Cham-
bers contain Four,post, Camp, Folding, and Half-tester
Bedsteads, the usual Bedding and Blankets, Mahogany and
Painted Wardrobes and Chests of Drawers, Painted Dressing
Tables, Washstands, Chairs, Swing Dressing Glasses, &c.
In the SITTING ROOMS are Sets of Chairs, Sofas, Dining
and Card Tables, Sideboard, Merino Damask Window Cur-
tains, Brussels Carpets, anti other Requisites.
The DRAWING-ROOM SUITE consists of Twelve modern
Rosewood Yoke-back Chairs, Pair of Couches, and Circular
Centre Table, all of excellent workmanship ; with elegant
French-gray Merino Damask Curtains to two Windows,
handsome Console Table with Marble Top, &c.
There are also a variety of Tables, Forms, Slates, Charts,
a few Books, and other Articles used in the School ; Three
Arnott's Stoves, Kitchen, Laundry, and Brewing Utensils,
Eight-day Clock, Patent Shower and other Baths, and a few
Greenhouse Plants.

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SALE OP PAPER HANGINGS.
By Mr. T. BRANCH,,
On MONDAY next, the 15th instant, at Eleven o'clock, at
the Hanover Rooms, (in lots to suit the convenience of
purchaeers,)
A CONSIDERABLE and choice Assortment of Fashion-
able ROOM PAPERS, of excellent Manufacture and
modern Designs, embracing a general variety of Patterns for
Drawing and Dining Rooms, Chambers, &c., on Embossed
Satin, extra fine, and Plain Grounds.
To be viewed To-aSoRROW, the 13th instant, when Cata-
logues may be had on application to Mr. T. BRANCH.

SILVER TEA SETS, WAITERS, BASKETS,
CANDLESTICKS, CRUET Se LIQUEUR FRAMES,
• CLARET JUGS, SPOONS, FORKS, &c.
SUPERIOR SHEFFIELD PLATED GOODS,
From the same Makers as supply the first London Houses.
GOLD CHAINS, SUITS, BRACELETS, RINGS,
BROOCHES,
GENTLEMEN'S GUARD CIIAINS,
SIGNET RINGS AND -PINS,
Of the latest fashion, being in daily communication with
Messrs. DISMORE and SON, Manufacturers, London.

SALE AT A LADIES' BOARDING SCHOOL ESTA-
BLISHMENT, ST. MICHAEL' S,TOXTETH-PARIC.
By Mr. T. BRANCH,
On TUESDAY next. the 16th, and WEDNESDAY, the l'ith
instant, at Eleven o'clock each day, on the Premises, St.
Michael's, Toxteth-park,
THE valuable HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, a superior
Fine-toned Horizontal GRAND PIANO-FORTE, by
Clemeati, SQUARE PIANO-FORTE, by Broadtrood, capital
Eight-day TIME-PIECE, by Roskell, and various other Mis-
cellaneous Effects. •
The Furniture includes a variety of Camp, French Sofa,
and Cottage Bedsteads, with appropriate Hangings, capital
Hair Mattresses, Feather Beds, and various Bedding, Painted
Chamber Articles of the usual descriptions, Brussels, Kid-
derminster, and Venetian Carpets, figured Floor Cloths,
Morine and Printed Calico Window Curtains, Imitation
Rosewood Drawing-room Chairs, with cushions, a Couch
and Ottomans to correspond, wing Glasses, Mahogany
Chests of- Drawers, handsome Mahogany Loo, Work, Pem-
broke, and Sofa Tables, a Linen Press, Fenders, Fire-irons,
Kitchen Requisites, Earthenware, and other useful Articles.
To be viewed on Monday next, the 15th, between the
hours of ten and five, when Catalogues may be had on the
Premises. or from Mr. T. BRANCH, Hanover-street.

LIVERPOOL DOCKS.
THE AUDIT COMMISSIONERS, appointed by virtue
of the several Acts of Parliament rclatinz to the Liver-
pool Docks, are required to MEET, at the Dock Office, on
MONDAY nest, the 15th instant, at Eleven o'clock in the
Forenoon, to Inspect, Audit, and Adjust the Accounts of the
Dock Estate. • GEO. WITHERS, Treasurer.
Dock Office, Liverpool, 11th June, 1840.

TALACRE COAL.
MESSRS. GALT, BARPF, and BENNETT, 14,
GOREE PIAZZAS, LIVERPOOL, are appointed SOLE
AGENTS for the TALACRE COAL, IRON, and STONE
COMPANY. The valuable qualities and properties of these
Articles will be found fully described in the following Testi-
monials from eminent scientific authorities :
To the Editor of Saunders' News Letter.
Royal Dublin Society's Laboratory,
30th July, 1839.
Sir,—A quantity of the Talacre Coal, taken from a cargo
in the Company's stores, without any kind of selection what-
ever, having been sent to me-trrr trial, with a view to 3gt'PT-
tain its fitness for domestic and other purposes, J. have used
it in all our common tire-places, as the open grate, close
stove, and furnace. I have also submitted it to chemical
examination, and I have no hesitation in saying that I con-
sider it an excellent Coal, well adapted both for domestic use
and for the purposes of the arts and manufactures.
It is remarkably free from slate and iron pyrites, or sul-
phuret of iron. It is not a heavy or hard Coal, but easily
breaks into small pieces. It kindles readily, burns in the
open grate freely and pleasantly, producing a cheerful fire,
with much heat and flame. It is not what may be considered
a caking coal ; for, in burning, it cokes so little that it
scarcely requires stirring. It is a lively, but Ido not consider
it a swift Coal : it is a Coal that can be burned with very
little waste. Its cinders are very good, yield a durable heat,
and leave only about one-fiftieth of incombustible ashes, con-
sisting of earthy matter and oxide of iron.
If 1 mistake not, this Coal will soon become a favourite in
the kitchen.

The PHILOSOPHICAL INSTRUMENTS will be sold on Wed-
nesday, and comprise valuable Air Pump, Cylinder Electrical
Machine, and Apparatus.. to both ; Compound Microscope,
Phantasmagoria, Theodolites, by 1y water, a complete Set of
Models 'for Illustrating the several Mechanical Powers, Pair
of 10-inch Globes, &c.
The ‘vhole Will be on view on Monday next, the 15th, when
Catalogues may be had at the Place of Sale, and of Messrs.
T. WixsrAN.Luv and SONS, Church-street.

The Talacre Coal, in my opinion, will he found a valuable
fuel in breweries, distilleries, glass-houses, vitriol works,
&c. The circumstance of its not caking to any extent fits it
admirably for furnaces. We cannot use caking coal in our
smelting furnaCes without admixture of coke or charcoal;
whereas the Talacre Coal may be used alone, and affords a
very intense heat. From some experiments I made on the
smelting of iron and copper in a wind furnace, using only this
Coal, the heat produced exceeded my most sanguine expecta-
tions, and the results I obtained were most satisfactory. This
Coal is well adapted for making gas, yielding a large quantity
of good quality, which burns with a clear white light. It
also makes coke of a very good quality.
Such are the valuable properties of the Talacre Coal that
it must, I think, soon recommend itself to a discerning pub-
lia —I Sir, your obedient servant.
EDMUND DAVEY,
Prof. Chem. Royal Dublin Society.

TALACRE COAL.
Having been requested by Mr. Golding to examine a por-
tion of Coal, the following are the results:—
Combustible matters, consisting of carbon and
hydrogen, with small quantities of oxygen and
azote
Incombustible matter of ash l.O
Moisture

100.0
The following Table, drawn up from data contained in some
analysis of Coal made by Mr. RICHARDSON will represent
the per centage proportions of combustible matter, con-
sisting of carbon and hydrogen, including oxygen and
azote ; also the per centage of incombustible matter or
ash, in different species of Coal from different localities:
Species of Coal. Locality.

Coinbustibleinatter,l
including
oxygen and azote.

Splint .
Ditto..
Cannel
Ditto..
Cherry
Ditto..
Caking
Ditto..

Wyland
Glasgow
Lancashire.
Edinburgh.
Newcastle .
Glasgow ...
Newcastle .
Durham ...

86.088
98.872
97.452
85.434
98.324
98.576
98.607
97.481

13.912
1.128
2.548
14.566
1.676
1.421
1.393
2.519

ler examintn., Talacre

. 98.97

In the preceding Table the per centage of the ingredients
is deduced from the Coal quite free from moisture, I have,
for the sake of comparison, subjoined to the Table the. per
centage of ingredients contained in the Coal examined by me
free from moisture.

IL 11. BRETT, Ch. D.F.L.S. &c.
Laboratory, Apothecaries' Hall, Liverpool,
Bth August, 1839.

A PAPER READ AT THE INSTITUTE OF BRITISH
ARCHITECTS.
London, 30th March, 1840.
TALACRE STONE.
I have the pleasure to offer to your notice a Stone Quarry
in North Wales, whose produce is now importing into Lon-
don, two cargoes having already arrived ; and, unless I am
much mistaken, the introduction of this stone to the British
architects will prove a valuable boon. The quarries are situ-
ated on the coast of Flintshire, within a mile of the Point of
Ayr, at the mouth of the estuary of the Dee, and adjoining
the grounds of Talacre*Hall, the scat of Sir Edward Mostyn,
Bart.

The mineralogicaleharacter of this stone is that of silicious
sand stone, with an argillo-silicious cement. It is of great
density, a cubic foot weighing 15411bs.,—is: worked with
great ease, and, being remarkably free from hard untractable
veins and soft places, is capable of a very smooth surface, a
fine arris, and the most delicate carving. The closeness of
its texture and the fineness of its grain render it very desir-
able for external work in a large city, as it prevents the soot
from adhering to it, and thus clogging up the mouldings and
carvings, reducing them to an undistinguishable mass of
of blackness—a fault justly complained of in the Bath and
Portland stones.

For landings and steps, the Talacre Stone far excels the
very best kinds of Yorkshire stone, as it is superior in
strength, and not liable to scale in the unsightly manner that
so frequently destroys the appearance of the the finest pave-
ments of Yorkshire stone, as may be seen near the post-office
and in the Temple ; and as the Quarries are now in the pos-
session of a London Company (The Talacre Coal and Iron
Company), an abundant supply of large sized' stone may be
expected.
Its colour is very uniform, and to my taste, has a beautiful
tone, which eminently fits it for interior finishings, especially
in the Gothic style.
Its durability may be seen in the shrine of St. Winifred's
well, at Holywell, in Flintshire, which was constructed of
this stone in the 15th century, and though exposed to the
humidity of the air, incident to the neighbourhood of moun-
tains and an arm of the sea, as well as to the clouds of sul-
phurous smoke from the numerous works on the stream
issuing from that celebrated spring, yet still preserves its rich
and delicate carvings in a very perfect state. Many other
ancient buildings in the neighbourhood have been constructed
or ornamented with this stone, as the ancient mansion in
the village of Llanasa, with its curious carved porch, erected
in 1642, the carvings and ashlar of which are still very per-
fect ; the quoins of Rhyddlan and Denbigh castles, built the
latter end of the 13th century; and among modern buildings,
Talacre Hall, the seat' of Sir Edward Mostyn, Bart. the
masonry of which is the admiration of all. I may mention
that the chimney pieces of this mansion, in the Gothic style,
are carved in this stone, and have a very beautiful effect.
The following is the result of an experiment made on the
Comparative strength of the Talacre stone with the best
Yorkshire :

A piece of Talacre stone, 2 feet GI
inches long, 31 inches wide, and
2 inches thick, bore for several
minutes a weight of
Best Yorkshire, of the same
.size,
broke immediately with a pressure
of 4 cwt. 0 qr. 11 lbs.
I may add that from the proximity of thee-quarries to the
new harbour of port Talacre, this stone can be brought to
London at a price little, if at all, exceeding that of Yorkshire
stone. JOHN JENKINS.

4 cwt. 2 qrs. 1 lb.

TEST OF THE POROSITY OF TALACRE STONE,
AS COMPARED WITH BALSOVER MOOR.
Two pieces of stone, one of Balsover Moor and the other
of Talacre, eaeh weighing LOOO grains, were put at the same
time into two different vessels of the same size, each contain-
ing equal quantities of water. After remaining in the water
for 48 hours they.were taken out, and allowed to stand a few
minutes to enable the water on the surface to run off; they
were then weighed with the following result :—The Balsover
was found to weigh 1053 grains, thus showing it to have ab-
sorbed 53 grains weight of water. The Talacre weighed 1031
grains, absorbing 31 grains of water. The obvious cause of
this great difference being the loose, and consequently porous
structure of the one stone over the other. This experiment
being repeated, it was found that the 1000 grains of Balsover
Moor absorbed 45 grains in four hours; the 1000 grains of
Talacre absorbed 30 grains in the same time, and atter the
expiration of two hours more, the stones were again weighed,
the Balsover had absorved 8 grains more water and the Ta-
lacre 1 grain. They were then returned to the water and al-
lowed to stand forty-eight hours, but without any additional
weight on the part of either.

.
When a ,stone is required to wear well, and is much ex-
posed to the weather, porosity is the worst defect it can pos-
sess. In the first place it allows vegetation to take place, by
giving room for the roots to fix themselves, and containing
so much water promotes, as well as supplies such vegetation,
to a most injurious degree. Secondly, its porosity is at-
tended with a more direct evil ; from its structure readily ad-
mitting water by absorption, in summer weather heavy
showers coming on, and immediately afterwards a bright and
hot sun makes its appearance shining with great power, the
porous stone absorbing a deal of water, the sun soon dries
and warms the surface, which warmth is, in a very short
space of time, communicated to the inner part of the stone,
and causes the, water to expand, being unable to make its
escape the stone scales, and flat thin pieces fall off. These
remarks also hold good in frosty weather, especially when
the frost comes on suddenly after much wet, the pressure on
the top and sides of the stone causes it to expand towards the
surface, which is also one of the causes of the stone scaling.
These and other remarks that could be adduced, render it
evident that for public buildings, stones of the closest texture
should be selected, being less subject to injury from the
weather, as above stated. The absorbing power of these
stones is nearly in the ratio of 3 to 5.
CHARLES WATT, Jun., Operative Chemist.
N.B.—The Balsover stone was selected and supposed to
be superior to any other in the United Kingdom.

A Stock of the above COAL, FLAGS, &c., is now depo-
sited at the Yard, 68, WATERLOO-ROAD, where orders will be
carefully and punctually attended to.
The front of the Apothecaries' Hall, in Colquitt-street,
Liverpool, is built of the Talacre Stone.

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IING HOUSE, 70, DUKE-STREET.

EISTEDDVOD.
'ERKINS respectfully solicit the atten-
to the approaching Eisteddvod to their
ING HOUSE, where the accommoda-
and Board, are of the first respectability,
very desirable where Ladies are of the
party. The House contains several Private Drawing Rooms,
in addition to the three spacious apartments in general use.
Terms, 50s. per Week, or is. 6d. per Day.
No Extras;-and no Fees for Servants.

CAMPBELL'S EDINBURGH ALE.
ERCH ANT'S, HOTEL-KEEPERS, snd PUBLI-
-IV- CANS May be supplied with the ALE Brewed by
Messrs. CAMPBELL and Co., Brewers to her Majesty, Edin-
burgh, on application at the Store of H. J. NICHOLLS, 46,
Hanover-street, Liverpool, their sole Agent for Lancashire,
Cheshire and Cumberland.

The attention of Exporters and Families is requested to
their superior PALE INDIA ALE, either in Cask or
Bottle, brewed to keep in any climate, and particularlvre-
commended for invalids.

AN OPPORTUNITY THAT MAY NEVER OCCUR
AGAIN, AT THE
CIVET CAT,
No. 72, LORD-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
THE whole of the STOCK at the above Establishment,
consisting of CABINET GOODS, JEWELLERY,
PERFUMERY. CHINA, TOYS, BRONZES, &c. &c., is
offered to the Public at and under PRIME COST, as the
concern will be positively closed in a few Leeks.
N.B.—The Prices will be truly astonishing, and such as
have never been offered to the Public before.
T. MOUNTFORT, Proprietor.

riIHE Ladies of Liverpool, and its vicinity generally, r 1
respectfully informed by J. W. NIIDDLEWOOD,
of London, that his purelY white and fragrant TOILET
POWDER, so highy prized for the admirable delicacy it
gives, and the refreshing coolness it affords the skin, particu-
larly when heated by the scorching sun, or suffering from the
effects of sea air, is sold in Packets of ls. each, by Mas.
MIDDLEWOOD, Baby Linen Warehouse, 21, Parker-street,
Liverpool, who will send by post any number of Packets free
of expense, by receiving, the amount inclosed in the same
way.

NEW GLOVES FOR OLD ONES !
AIRS. B. LOMAX, 3, Cases-street, Clayton-square,
IRS.
Liverpool, Dealer in Smallwares, German Wool, Can-
vass, and every article in Fancy Needlework, &c., having
been appointed by Messrs. L. RArEAu & Co. their SOLE
AGENT for this place, begs to inform the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen of the town and its vicinity, that FRENCH, KID,
and LIMERICK
:GLOVES, BLONDE, SATIN, VEL-
VET,tEtk..........-- FmccY•ARTICLE in EMBROIDERY,

MiNtiii6ollll.llllllllWW"ein SO as. to be Rau AL TO NEW.
B. L. also sends BLONDE, SATIN, Sce.", to be DYED,
to one of the first London Dyers.---N.B. A-panel is djs-
patche4 every Friday Evening.

•
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,)
TS 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 Head-ache it is
completely efficacious, and gives a Natural Sweetness to the
Breath. It.may betaken as frequently as other Snuffs, with
the most perfect safety and gratification to tlut;eonsnmer.
Wash the eyes every morning with warm milk and water, to
remove whateverseenction may have been produced during
the night. • . .
Dr. ABERNETHY used it, and termed it the .Faculty's
Friend and Nurse's Vade Mecum.
Dr. ANDREWS 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 quality of the snuff had such 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, Esq., F.R.S.—This eminent surgeon
strongly recommends Grimstoue'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
CROSFIELD, Cigar and Foreign Snuff Merchants, Castle-
street, Liverpool, WHOLESALE and RETAIL AGENTS; also
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 ;
Mrs. Miller, Tobacconist, Elliott-street ; Mrs. Moore, To-
bacconist, 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, 25, 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 ; Mr. Brown, Market-street ; Gee,
Ancoats-street ; and every principal Town and City in the
Globe. But read the following :
From the John Bull, Gth 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, Esu..,,F,A.S-, was so strongly im-
pressed with the utility of snuff not made of tobacco, that in
tha third volume of the Medical Soc.ety'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 th-e
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 in 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, 18-10.
"We should be glad to see this snuff in general use. It is •
a safe and powerful restorative.—Manchester Chronicle.
" GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNuFF.—Notwithstanding the sys,
tern 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 affection of opthalmia, which
the use of the snuff very speedily removed. We therefore
cordially recommend it to the public."—Crown, Any. 26,1538.
" if any testimony were wanting to proye the efficacy of
Grimstone 's Eye Snuff, we should he 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 habits or long reading, will find this
snuff invaluable in keeping off headache, dizziness, &c. &c.
—Old Monthly Magazine, September, 1838, p. 336.
Read a few 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 gutta 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, Paik-street, Windsor, cured of nervous
head-ache.
Marchioness de Broglio Solari, 26, Charlotte-street, hearing
and sight restored.
Decimus Blackburn, Esq., Chertsey, Surrey, head-aclie,
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 to Mr. W. 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 arc at liberty to make use of her
name. Sept. 22, ]B3B, 26, Charlotte-street.
Copy of a letter sent to Mr. Grimstone, July 9, 1838.
SlR,—Having been afflicted with bad eyes for a long tune,
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 y inn-
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 Swill; 39, Broad-
street, Bloomsbury.

March 31, 1838.
have been afflicted for many years with a severe
pain in my head, attended with a dimness of sight and dart-
mg pains in toy 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
1 have taken copiou,ly, 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.—l 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 gnat-
ful acknowledgments of the efficacy of your invaluable "
snuff." You must understand, sir, that I have for the last
four or five years suffered much with giddiness in nay head.
and dimness of sight. I naturally concluded (being Wmy
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