The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-04-14 00:00:00

rR. W.M. CLARKE, late Wardrobe Keeper at the
—VI Theatre-Royal, Drury-lane. respectfully informs Gem
tlettrenintendins-to visit the FANCY BALL, at the TOWN-
HALL. on THURS.DAY, 'the 30th Instant, that he has got a
VARIETY of DRESSES suited for the occasion which will
be ready for inspection, at the LIVER THEATRE, (which he
has engaged for the occasion,) on and after EASTER MONDAY,
the 20th instant. His Wardrobe consists of UNIFORMS,
SPANISH, OLD ENGLISH, COURT, SCOTCH, and
various FANCY DRESSES, which he purposes' to LET, at
very MODERATE PRICES.

An early application is requested.
The Dresses can be seen from Eleven till Dusk.

TO EXPORTERS OF PAPER AND STATIONERY.
J. POORE and Co. beg to inform Exporters of
• PAPERS, ACCOUNT BOOKS, &c. that from their
connection with Paper Mills, they can execute all Shipping
Orders in the above line, on terms as low as those of any
Wholesale House in the Kingdom, and considerably lower
than have usually been afforded in this Port.
Writing Papers of every de- I Ledgers.
seri ptio n Journals.
Printing Papers and News. Cash Books.
Caps and Browns. Accounts Current.
Quills, Steel Pens, &c. Wax for all climates.
Agents for Milner's Safety Fireproof Boxes.
RITCHIE'S
PATENT LETTER COPYING MACHINES,

SOLD BY THEIR AGENTS,
G. J. POORE AND CO.,
WHOLESALE STATIONERS & PATENT LEDGER
MANUFACTURERS,
43, CASTLE STREET, LIVERPOOL.
N.B.—The Copying Paper and all the Materials used in
the Copying Press are supplied by G. J. POORE and Co.,
and are always in readiness both for the Home and Foreign
Market.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AND •FIRE ASSUR-
ANCE AND TRUST INSTITUTION.
Offices, No. 7, fit. Martin's place, Trafalgar-square,
Westminster.
TO BE EMPOWERED BY ACT OP.PARLIAMENT.
CAPITAL £500,000,
In 10,000 Shares of £5O each.—Deposit, £1 per Share.
Further Calls, to the extent of £5 per Share in the whole,
may be made within Three Years, after Three Months'
Notice of each call.

COMMITTEE,
(From among whom the Directors, being qualified Share-
holders, will be appointed.)
John Anderson, Esq., Derneplin, Dumfries.
Robert Bodle, Esq., Woolston Hall, Chigwell, Essex.
The Rev. J. Block, Rector of Bowess, Gifford, &c., Essex.
G. C. Child, Esq., M.D., Mortimer-st., Cavendish-Square,
London.
J. P. Clarke, Esq., Vincent-square, and Cromer, Norfolk.
The Rev. A: G. Cornwall, Ashcroft House, Kingscote,Stroud.
William Camp Crane, Esq., Russell-square, London.
Edward Duffin, Esq., Langham -place, London.
The Rev. John Dolphin, Bath, Rector of Pebmarsh, &c.
A. Hamilton Earle, Esq., St. Catherine's-court, Somerset-
shire.

The Rev. Evan Evans, Llannerman, Ruthin.
C. M. Elderton, Esq., Lineoln's Jim, London, Barrister-at-
Law.
Richard Fothergell, Esq., Low-bridge House, Kendal.
Thomas Gould, Esq., jun., United Service Club, London.
Joseph Helford, Esq., Charlemont Hall, Staffordshire.
John Hallewell, Esq., Long-court, Stroud.
Benj. Jackson, Esq., Fen-court, Fenchurch-street, London.
The Rev. H. J. Knapp, Priest in Ordinary to the Queen,
and Subdean of St. Paul's Cathedral, London.
Captain Macdougall, late Commissary-General of Bengal,
Fir Grove, Brixton.
The Rev. W. Mayd, Withersfield, Cambridgeshire.
Joseph Neeld, Esq., M.P.
WiliChegfe7 uld itvad
London. V-treet,
Alexander Pringle, Esq., M.P.
The Rev. W. Pulling, Rector of Dymchurch, Kent.
The Rev. H. T. Tucker, Upottery Vicarage, Devonshire.
The Rev. Thomas Tyrwhitt, Whitchurch.
Sir William White, Gordon-street, Gordon-square, London.
W. Preston White, Esq., Patrick's-hill, Cork.
J. Winckworth, Esq., Cleveland-row, London.
With power to add to their number.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Herries, Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street,
London.
STANDING COUNSEL.

Charles Purton Cooper, Esq.. Q.C.L. and F.R.S., &c.
Charles M. Elderton, Esq., Lincoln's-inn, London.
SOLICITOR.
Edward M. Elderton, Esq., 40, Queen-square, Bloomsbury,
London.

SECRETARIES.
The Rev. R. C. Packman, Priest in Ordinary to her Majesty,
Rector of Langdon Hills, Essex, and Minor Canon of St.
Paul's, London.
Thomas Stephen, Esq., Librarian, King's College, Somerset
House, London.
THE great objects of this Institution are twofold. First—
The establishment, by the Clergy and Laity of the
Church of England, of a mode of executing Trusts and
effecting Insurances with new features, embracing sickness
and old age—not upon any pretended reduction of price
from the old and sound offices, but upon a basis of certainty
and respectability, giving confidence to the Publit, and add-
ing strength to the Company.
Secondly—To provide a Fund, by appropriating one-tenth
of the profits, to relieve the Families of Deceased Clergymen
recommended by the Diocesans, and to Insure the Lives of
all Clergymen without profit, which will be at a reduction of
from 25 to 30 per cent. on the average.
The Dissenters have their Insurance Company, the Roman
Catholics have their Trust Association ; it will soon be seen
that the Church of England can have both, to an extent
♦astly beyond either the one or the other.
Tables, by an eminent Mathematician, are prepared, and
will speedily be published, with the List of the Patrons, when
it is completed ; in the meantime, Shares, Agencies, and
information may he applied for, by addressing E. M. ELDER-
TON, Esq., No. 4, Queen-square, Bloomsbury, London; or
Messrs. OKILL and COOKE, No. 2, Dale-street,
Agents for Liverpool.

BULLOCK'S CAMPHOR TOOTH PASTE.
THIS beautiful preparation has been established upwards
of eleven years. The distinguished patronage which it
has received from families of distinction ever. since its intro-
duction to the public is alone sufficient to stamp its merits.
It is the best composition for cleaning the teeth, preserving
and strengthening the gums, and preventing the toothache.
The teeth, however foul and discoloured by neglect, will, on
using the paste a short time, acquire a beautiful trhitenesB.
It removes scurvy, and sweetens the breath.—Prepared only
by Mr. BULLOCK, Family Chemist, 3, lower end of Princess-
street, Manchester. To be had retail of Mr. PRIESTLEY,
Druggist, Lord-street, Mrs. CREW, Library, Castle-street,
MAYNARD, 13old-street, IVAosTA FY, St. James's -street,
LLOYD, Parker-street, and W. W. KING, Soho-street,
Liverpool, and all respectable Chemists, Medicine Vendors,
and Perfumers, in pots, 2s. each ; Wholesale Agents, Menrs.
BARCLAY, Farringdon-street, London, and Messrs. EVANS,
SON, and Co., Lord-street, Liverpool.
N.B.—Be sure to ask for " Bullock's Camphor Tooth
Paste."

ONS. LE DRAY, SURGEON-DENTIST, from the
Firm of LE DRAY and CO., London.
SCURVY in the GUMS ,EFFECTUALLY REMOVED.
ARTIFICIAL TEETH SUPPLIED
WITHOUT WIRES, SPRINGS, OR CLASPS.
LOOSE TEETH FASTENED.
And filling Dicayed Teeth with Mineral Marmoratum.
MoNs. LE DRAY and CO., Surgeon-Dentists, respect-
fully inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Liver-
pool and its vicinity, that they have opened an Establishment
permanently at No. 38, SEEL-STREET, eight doors from
Berry-street. They continue to fill up the cavities of De-
cayed Teeth with their Mineral Marmoratum, without the
least pain, heat, or pressure ; it is placed into the cavity in
an almost liquid state, and in a few seconds gets hard, pre-
venting and curing the Tooth-ache, arresting all further pro-
gress of decay, and rendering the operation of extraction
unnecessary. The Mineral not only converts a mere shell
into a sound and useful tooth, but, by completely stopping
up the cavity, prevents effectually that unpleasant taint of
he breath which invariably accompanies a decayed tooth.
Among the various disorders of the Teeth and Gums, there
are none more destructive in their effects, or more generally
prevalent, than Scurvy ; and it is well known that the loss
of Teeth arises more from this cause than any other. It
affects individuals of all ages and of all constitutions, and is
the primary cause of Tooth-ache and decay. To
iose so
affected, Mons. LE DRAY and Co. have to inform them,
that they can effectually remove this destructive complaint
by a single application, without the slightest pain.
Artificial and Natural Teeth, of surpassing beauty, fixed
from one to a complete set, without extracting the roots or
giving any pain, without springs, wires, or ligatures, an-
swering all the purposes of Mastication and Articulation,
remaining perfectly secure in their places, and may be taken
out and replaced by the wearer with the greatest facility,—
at the following Paris charges :
A single Artificial Tooth
A complete Set
A complete Set of Natural Teeth, on fine
gold plate
An entire Set of Natural or Terro Metal-
lic Teeth, highly finished, in the flu
style, with fine gold sockets, usub.Ly
charged 40 guineas
Loose Teeth fastened, arising either from age,
mercury, and deficiencies of palate effectually
iabilit to their original
and restored equal in beauty and du • driesmeaesdeleoz
Artificial Teeth out of repair, remodelledyatnodfitotnhesiunnoduatyhs,
state. Attendance from Nine till Seven,
from Nine till Two. Monsieur
LE DRAY and Co. are enabled partial or complete
least ain or without the I)
g' For the convenience
set of Teeth at one sitting, of
to countryfix a
incon-
venience.
No. 70, Seel-street,
Eight Doors from Bw rj; • et, Liverpool,

£0 10 0
5 5 0

MODERN MUSICAL EDUCATION.---" Oh dear me! I'm
glad you're come. I'm heartily sick of this practising. I
have been at it these six hours." " What are you practis-
ing?" " A concerto of Kalkbrenner's." "Do you like
it?" " Not at all." "An agreeable employment ! Let
me see it. Ay, that is good counterpoint." " What is
counterpoint ?" " That modulation, too, is fine." " What
is modulation ?" " Have you never learnt the principles of
musical composition ?" ' No." " Not thorough bass ?"
" 0 yes ! I began it once, but thought it sad dry stuff. I
soon left it off, Ma' said she wanted me to play, not to un-
derstand music. She wished me to play as well as Miss
Agile, who thinks nothing of playing four-and-twenty pages
out of book. She played thirty last night; but the com-
pany talked so all the while, that at last no one could hear a
note." " Poor Miss Agile !" " Not so poor, neither ; she
has had a thousand pounds expended on her musical educa-
tion alone."—Polytechnic Journal for April.

ALLEGED DEATH FROM TAKING MORISON'S PILLS.—
A lengthened inquiry took place on Saturday afternoon, at
the Rising Sun, Castle-street, Long Acre, before Mr. Gell
(assisted by Mr. Higgs,) relative to the death of James
Alallan, aged 26, son of Mr. Malian, hatter, of Charles-
court, Strand, and whose death, it was alleged, was caused
by taking Morison's pills. It appeared that for a period of
fifteen years the deceased had been occasionally indisposed,
his complaint being rheumatic gout, and that he bad been in
the habit of taking the pills for the last three or four years.
Mr. James Leonard, surgeon, of St. Martin's parish, stated
that when he was called in he found the deceased in a state
of great exhaustion, with a feeble pulse ; witness was in-
formed that the deceased had been in the habit of taking
quantities of Morison's pills ; every thing was done for him,
but nothing proved of any avail. On a post mortem exami-
nation of the body, the stomach was found in a highly-
inflamed state. The death of the young man was produced
by exhaustion, caused by excessive purging. Coroner.—
In your opinion, did the pills which the deceased took cause
the purging which ended in death ? Mr. Leonard.—Deci-
dedly so ; the introduction of an acrid matter into the
stomach would occasion the purging. Mr. Bainbridge,
another surgeon, corroborated the above medical testimony.
The jury, after strongly animadverting upon the dangerous
practice of taking the pills, returned a verdict—That the de-
ceased died from the effects of taking Morison's pills.

MOST IMPORTANT TESTIMONIAL OF LIEUT. MASTERS,
H. P. LATE OF THE ROYAL NEWFOUNDLAND VETERAN

COMPANIES.
(CERTIFICATE.) St. John's, Nenfoundland,
12th March, 1838.
Conformably to a Garrison Order, dated 9th March, 1838,
for the assembly of a Medical Board, to take into considera-
tion the state of health of Lieut. Masters, R.V.C., and to
report accordingly. We, the undersigned, Staff Officer and
Civil Practitioner, forming the board authorised by that
order, after a strict examination of the case of Lieutenant
Masters, consider him as entirely unfit for military duty.—
Lieutenant Masters has for several years been afflicted with
Rheumatic Gout, which has produced serious functionary
derangements of his stomach, liver, and other viscera, and
finally given rise to infirmity, weakness, and enlargement of
the articulations, especially of the ancle joints ; his general
health and constitution is much impaired, and, therefore, in
our opinion, he is incapable of further service.
(Signed) ANDW. FERGUSON, M.D.,
Staff Assist.-Surgeon.
EDWARD KELLY, Surgeon.
LETTER OF LIEUT. MASTERS TO MR. PROUT, 229, STRAND,

LONDON.

Hawley, near Bagshot, 14th Jan., 1840.
SlR,—Considering that the public would he greatly bene
lited by the publication of the extraordinary benefit which I
have derived by taking Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, I
herewith send the particulars of my case, and the Medical
Certificate, by which I was invalided. I was first attacked
with Rheumatic Gout in 1826, from which period to 1833 I
was under the treatment of the late Drs. Rod, Horner, and
Jacobs, as well as by the present Dr. Davis, all of Hamp-
stead. From 1833 to 1838 I was at St. John's, Newfound-
land, doing duty as a Subaltern in the Royal Veteran Com-
panies, where I suffered most severely, and was under the
care of Surgeon Hewson, R.V.C., Staff Assistant-Surgeon
Ferguson, and Mr. Shea, private practitioner there, without
being able to prevent the most violent fits of the gout three
or four times annually, which becoming so bad caused the
Garrison Order for the Medical Order, as before named.
About the middle of last February and the whole of Marcia
my sufferings were dreadful ; in fact, 1 was unable to move
without being carried ; when Major Birch, of Crondale, near
Farnham, a magistrate of this county, kindly commisserating
my situation,
called on me for the purpose of taking my affi-
davit, that I might receive my half-pay ; and seeing me in
so miserable a state, advised me to try Blair's Gout and
Rheumatic Pills, saying, although not gouty himself, he knew
several who had derived benefit from them. I had previously
been advised by a then neighbour, M r. Fedgent, of Aldershot,
to try them, but I declined until the Major recommended.
them. I commenced by taking them according to the direc-
tions after taking six
tions ; pills, found a cessation of all
pain, and the remainder of the box effectually settled that fit.
I have since had several attacks, but as soon as I feel the
least sensation of the disease I take the pills, which have at
once removed all symptoms. I may also mention that the
chalk which had formed on my ears has disappeared, and
where it formed in my fingers is decreasing. I have ceased
to have those very weakening perspirations to which I was
subject before trying the pills.
Were you to print my case, and appoint an Agent in St.
John's, Newfoundland, where my sufferings were known,
and where there are so many afflicted with Rheumatic Gout,
you will vastly increase the sale of this valuable Medicine.
I am, Sir, your obedient Servant,
JOHN MASTERS,
Lieut. H. P. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Cov.spanies.