The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-12-21 00:00:00

THE CON

Mr. James Aikin ---
James Aspivall
T. E. Barclay
Charles Barber
I. Barnett
Thos. Manes
H. Banner
Charles Birch
John Bent
Sir Thomas Brancker
Mr, James Brancker
Jos. Brereton
Rev. Jonathan Brooks
Major Brooks
Mr. Christopher Bullen
Christopher Bushel
Rev. Augustus Campbell
Mr. David Cannon
'William-Cator
Samuel Jos. Clegg
John Clow
William Claxton
John Davies
Edward G. Deane
W. H. Dobie
William Earle
Hardman Earle
Richard Edwards
Mattison Ellames
Joseph Ewart
James Foster
John Foster
Robertson Gladstone
Duncan Gibb
Joseph Hornby
Charles Horsfall
T. B. Horsfall
Samuel Holme
William Huson
George Irlara
Hugh Jones
Francis Jordan
Thomas H. Illedge
B. Haigh
Francis Haywood
J. Higginson
Richd. Houghton
R. W. Houghton
Thomas Headlam
John Holmes
Henry Holmes
Jos. King
Thomas Kaye
John Knowles, Jun.
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THE MERCHANTS' TEA COMPANY.
87, LATE 44, GREAT GEORGE-STREET,
LivEßPoor...
DW ARD GILBERT & CO. respectfully solicit the
VV attention of the public to their present we4etelectecl
:lock of Teas, Coffees, &c. which they can with,tonfiden.ce
Y recommend as being of a quality combining the strictest
'conom in price, with the greatest utilitle in strength,
iand unexceptionable delicacy of flavour. t:,They request a
trial of their justly estimated and highly aplaroyed " HONG
MIXTURE,"
composed of several sorts of :he finest Black
and prepared solely at the Merchants' Tea Company's
arehouse as above, which is pronounced by competent
ledges to be an article particularly deserving of the notice of
t
tqlsumers generally.
This Tea is sold in pound and half-pound, (Leaden
packages), at 6s. per pound.
E • Gilbert & Co. have always on hand the best Jamaica
as
fresh roasted, which for strength and richness of
4your cannot be excelled.
EDWARD GILBERT & CO.
PROPRIETORS,
WAREHOUSE 87, LATE 41, GREAT GEORGE-STREET,
Near St. James's Market, Liverpool.

r 4 LSSRS. PERRY and Co., SURGEONS, may be
i personally consulted from Nine in the Morning till
eII at Night, and on Sundays from Nine till Two, at
No. 22, SLATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
(private entrance first door up the passage ;)
f,l). 2, Bale-street, Lowcr Mosley-street, near Peter's
"aUrch Manchester and No. 4, Great Cha es-street, Bir-
k; . ,
m,ll, gham: of whom may be had (gratis) w 11 each box of
Wd:"ls their Treatise on Venereal Disease, Gollorrhwa, Gleets,
Stricture, including Practical Observations on Seminal
theakness, arising from early abuses, so that all persons can
"tain an immediate Cure, with ease, secrecy, and safety.
Flt is a melancholy yf that thousands fall victims to the
euer al Disease owinact, g to the unskilfulness of illiterate
1-Vn, who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin
heart,
constitution, and cause ulcerations, with blotches on the
Ilead, face, and body, dimness in the sight, noise in the ears,
Ite4fness, obstinate gleets, and nodes on the shin bones, till
length a general debility and decay of the constitution
iAues, and a melancholy death puts a period to their dread-
-41 ,llfferings.
Pl4;ltitY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s.
hi• and Ils. per box, a certain, safe, and the most speedy re-
-I,:dv ever discovered for the permanent and effectual cure of
Oereal diseases, gonorrhcea, gleets, strictures, semina-
04kness, in the loins, affections of the kidneys, gravel, lurn-
-440, local debilitye
, irritation of the bladder or urethra, and
k hoer diseases of th urinary passages, frequently performing
o„iterfect cure in the short space of three days, by one small
h''l for a dose, with ease, secrecy, and safety. 'rile certainty
Lith which they are continually administered can be attested
Inany thousands. Tne Specific Pills root out every parti-
-4,1 of insidious poison, purifying in their progress the whole
1,4,'s of fluids. They not only remove the disease, but reno-
pe by their action the different functions of the body, ex-
lini the grosser humours. and in a manner so mild and
7Perce
thr-e as to convince the ost tical of teir asto-
i,h. P
ing an dl m
unequalled powers. Theysce nepither contain mer-
tli nor any other mineral, and may be taken without the
4k,htest suspicion of discovery. They require no restraint of
p, less of time, or hindrance of business, but effect a cam
. eiire, without the least exposure to the patient. At any
b;,.10(1 when the slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well
tfuga,ve recourse to the Specific Pills, for when taken before
h',.(iiseae hs made its aearace it acts as certain pre-
':ative,s bya moving the complaint effectually and secretly.
Ij,
easrs. PERRY, Surgeons, continue to direct their stu-
q, to those dreadful debilities arising from the too free and
otiseriminate indulgence of the passions, which not only
Op elnhi a numerous train of nervous affections, and entail
141,4 votaries all the enervating imbecilities of old age, but
iihicn and destroy all the bodily senses, occasioning loss of
tijßlnation, judgment, and memory, indifference and aver-
tleV"r all pleasures. In that distressing state of debility or
eve ney, whether the consequence of baneful habits, execs-
the qrinking or any other cause, by which the powers of
tp„,°nstitution become enfeebled, they offer a firm, safe, and
restorati •n to sound and vigorous health.
14, ~Itßy's VEGETABLE PILLS are well known for
velieeertain and effectual remedy of secondary symptoms,
dice. teal eruptions, pains in the bones, ulcerated sore throat
R 1144," nose, chronic rheumatism, scrofula, seorbutic and
plitimular affections, local and general debility, nocturne
tiseaL in the head and limbs, depression of spiril•t•, and al
2,7 g arising from an mure state of the
OLATER-STREEiT,p LIVERPOOL.blood.

BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS.—The
following letter is another proof of the great efficacy of
this Medicine, which Aas acquired throughout the United
Kingdom a higher degree of approbation and confidence
than perhaps ever was afforded to any public medicine.
The afflcted with those tormenting diseases Gout, Rheu-
matic Gout, Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sciatica, pains in the
head and face, often mistaken for the toothache, tic doloreux,
&c., will find from the use of this mediciti that speedy relief
. for which it is so celebrated. And whiltits efficacy is un-
paralleled in the foregoing diseases, it must be consolatory to
the afflicted with Gout to be assured that it possesses the
property of preventing the disease flying to the brain,
stomach, or other vital part.
An Effectual Cure of Rheumatism in Lincolnshire.
Forwarded by Mr. Jas. Drury. of Lincoln, near the Stonebow.
To Mr. Front, 229, Strand, London.

LINCOLN, March 23, IS3B.—Sir,—l have the pleasure to
inform you of the following cure Rawson, of
Normanhy, near Spittal, Lincoln, has been suffering a long

tone with-Itheumatism, his left hand and all up his arms
being useless from pain and swelling. Seeing Blaii's Pills
advertised for Rheumatism, he applied to me to know if I
thought he would be relieved if he took the Pills. I recom-
mended him to try a box, he bought one, and came the next
week to say he felt much relieved,- as the swelling of his hand
had gone nearly down : he however finished the box, and
bought a second, and came this day (March 23, 1838) to say
that he had taken the second box of Pills' and that he was
well, free from swelling, and able to use his hand as usual.
This. Sir, is not the only case of much benefit I have been

made acquainted with, received by taking BLAIR'S GOUT
AND RHEUMATIC PILLS; every week fresh cases of
cure and relief come before my notice. But Wm. Rawson,
feeling much gratitude from the relief he has received, begs
to inform you of the same, and hopes others may be induced
to try such a valuable medicine for Rheumatism or Gout.
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
• JAMES DRURY, Printer and Bookseller,
Lincoln, (near the Stoneham) -

Sold by Thomas Prout, 229,'Sirand, London; and by his
appointment by Rennie, Priestley, Ross and Co., Howell,
G. Syers, J. Syers, Roberts, Wagstaff, Aspinall, Fisher,
Lathbury, Maynard, Phillips, Scholefield, Johnson, Maw-
hood, Smith and Bradford, Liverpool ; and all respectable
Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom, price
2s. 9d. per box._ -

Ask tor Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills; and observe
the name and address of '" Thomas Prout, 229, Strand,
London," impressed on the Government Stamp affixed to
each box of the Genuine Medicine.

ALBINOLO'S OINTMENT, for the Cure of Cancer,
Scrofula, Eruptions of the Skin, Contagious Diseases,
Cholera, Plague, Wounds of every description, Burns, Pains,
or Aches of any kind, Lues, Chilblains, and various other
Diseases. CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.

____..... _ ..... ..._.....
Mr. FELIX ALBINOLO, (from Turin,) 23, Earl-street,
Blackfriars, London, sole proprietor and compounder of the
Ointment called ALBINOLO'S OINTMENT, warns the
public that the testimonials of Sir Benjamin C. Brodie,
'Baronet, Herbert Mayo, Esq , Dr. Wagner, J. Malyn,
Esq., and W. C. Dendy, Esq., (from which Mr. Thomas
Holloway, of 13, Broad-street Buildings, City, gives gar-
bled extracts in favour of a Medicine of his own,) referred
1. i
nt
to Albinolo's Ointment, and not to any iscovery of Mr.
Thomas Holloway, who never knew, nor s ever made ac-
quainted with the ingredients of which iinolo's Ointment
is composed, or the secret of manufact g the same.
Extract of a letter from Sir Benja '' i C. Brodie, Bart.,
Surgeon to the Queen, directed to 11 r. Thomas Holloway
for F. Albinolo.
" London, 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 those 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 "
By Herbert Mayo. Esq., F.R.S., Senior Surgeon to Middle-
sex Hospital, Professor of Anatomy and Pathology to
the King's College, London, &c., directed to Mr. Thomas
lil °noway, for F.Albinolo.

" Sir,—Will you have the goodness to excuse this informal
answer. The ointment bas been of use 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."
BY Herbert Mayo, Esq., F.R.S., &c.
" Sir,—l 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 serviceable. The best
case I had of its efficacy was one of scrofulous tubercles, on
the face of a child, which mended rapidly with it.-19, George-
street, August 29, 1837. 1 am, &c.,
(Signed) " HERBERT MAYO."
" H anover-square."
" Dr. Felix Albinolo, 5, Paul's Chain."
Letter from G. W. M. Reynolds, Esq.
" Sir,—A few days ago, a gentleman, a friend of mine, was
mentioning the distressing state in which his eldest son's
head was placed by an obstinate ring-worm, which baffled all
surgical aid. I recommended him to try your Ointment,
which I had seen advertised in the " Monthly Magazine."
Ile followed my advice, and in three days (after as many ap-
plications) his son's head was Perfectly cured. If it be
necessary, I can procure the testimonial of the gentleman
above alluded to. His name is--Mr. Samuel Baghott, and he
is a son of Sir Paul Baghott, of Gloucestershire. I remain,
&c,, (Signed) GEORGE W. M. REYNOLDS,
Editor of the Monthly Magazine, Pickwick Abroad, &c.,
London, 36, Upper Stamford-street, Oct. 4, 1838.
Liverpool, Nov. 14, 1838.-20, South John-street.

Sir,—A servant of my own, who for years has been labour-
ing under a chronic inflammation of the leg, accompanied
with intense pain and general constitutional debility, imme-
diately on the receipt of your ointment, called "Albinolo's,"
she applied it according to the direction, and immediately
was free from pain. Next night I administered it internally
as well as externally, and the result is, she is greatly benefit-
ed, insomuch as she is enabled with ease to follow her daily
avocation ; she also states that since the internal administra-
tion, she is relieved of a sickness which has troubled her for
years.—l am, sir, yours, &c.,
THOMAS- HENRY HOY. Practical Chemist.
To Mr. Felix Albinolo.

Prepared only by Mr. FELIx ALBTNOLO, 23, Earl-street,
New Briclge.street, Blackfriars, London.
Agents for Scotland—BUTLEß. 20, Waterloo-place, and I.
and It. ItAtmEs, Leith Walk, Edinburgh.
Ireland—at the Medical Hall, 54, Lower Sackville-street,
Dublin; and sold by all other Vendors of Patent Medicines
in every Town throughout the Kingdom.—Any Shop in the
Country which may not have them, will be supplied (if they
are ordered) without any extra charge.
Liverpool-Taomss H. Ho', Patent Medicine Ware-
house, 20, South John-street, and retailed by his appointed
Agents.

*4,4' Ask for ALIIIONLO'S Ointment.
In Pots at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., Ils., 225., 33s.—Duty included.
N.B. Also dealer in Leeches, wholesale and retail.

RECENT DISCOVERY OF AN INFALLIBLE RE-

MEDY FOR GOUT, RHEUMATISM, AND
TIC DOULOUREUX.

DRTAR. BARKER'S celebrated SPECIFIC, in the form of
.
Pills, is giving daily evidence of its superiority over
every other Specific hitherto produced for the cure of the
above painful Diseases. No case of Gout resists its effects
longer than twenty-four or thirty-hours; and Rheumatism,
however severe and protracted, is relieved in three or four
days, and generally cured in one or two weeks, while the
paroxysms of Tic Douloureux are soon reduced in frequency
and severity. Tbis Specific always restores and invigorates
the general health, and never occasions headache, sickness,
or bowel complaint,—symptoms that invariably Attend the
use of every other Specific without exception,—and indicating
the presence of Colchicum or Veratrum,' two dangerous
drugs, which never fail to undermine the constitution. This
Specific is now prescribed by the first Physicians in Town
and Country, and has been used in several of their tltmilies
with unerring efficacy.
Dr. B.'s professional reputation in Edinburgh for upwards
of thirty years, is a sufficient guarantee to the Public of the
value and importance of the Specific.
These Pills are prepared by Dr. Barker, Edinburgh, and
sold in Boxes at 2s. 9d. each, by all respectable Druggists
and Patent Medicine Venders in Liverpool, Chester, War-
rington, Manchester, Rochdale, Halifax, Leeds, York, Hull,
Newcastle, Lancaster, Preston, Dublin, Belfast, &c., and
Wholesale by all the Patent Medicine Houses in London,
and by J. and R. RAINIES, Edinburgh, Sole Agents, of whom
may also be had Barker's Aperient Antibilious Pills. in
Loxes at Is. I Md., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and Ils. each.

LAW MAKING.—The parliamentary papers for 1837-8
amount exclusive of maps and plans, to 31,000 folio pages.

FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH,
Price Is: I;6d. per box.
rEIHIS excellent Family Pill is a Medicine of long-tried
efficacy for correcting all Disorders of-the Stomach and
Bowels, the common symptoms of which are Costiveness,
Flatulency, Spasms, loss of Appetite, Sick Head-ache, Gid-
diness, Sense of Fulness after meals, Dizziness of the Eyes.
Drowsiness, and Pains in the Stomach and Bowels, Indiges-
tion producing a Torpid State of the Liver, and a consequent
inactivity of the Bowels, causing a disorganization of every
function of the frame, will in this most excellent preparation,
by a little perseverance, be effectually removed. Two or
three doses will convince the afflicted of its salutary effects.
The Stomach will speedily regain its strength; a healthy
action of the Liver, Bowels, and Kidneys will rapidly take
place; and instead of listlessness, heat, pain, and jaundiced
appearance, strength, activity, and renewed health will be
the quick result of taking this Medicine according to the
directions accompanying each box. _

These Pills are.parlictilarly efficacious for Stomach Coughs,
Colds, Agues, Shortness of Breath, and all obstructions in
the Urinary Passages; and if taken after too free an indul-
gence at table, they quickly restore the system to its natural
state of repose.
Persons of a FULL HABIT, who are subject to Head-
ache, Giddiness, Drowsiness, and Singing in the Ears, ari-
sing from too great a flow of Blood to the Head, should never
be without them, as many dangerous symptoms will be en-
tirely carried off by their immediate use.
FOR FEMALES these Pills arc most truly excellent,
removing all obstructions, the distressing Head-ache so very
prevalent with the sex, Depression of Spirits, Dulness of
Sight, Nervous Affections, Blotches, Pimples, and Sallow-
ness of the Skin, and give a healthy and juvenile bloom to
the complexion,

To MOTHERS they are confidently recommended as the
best medicine that can he taken during pregnancy; and for
Children of all ages they are unequalled.
As a pleasant, safe, easy Aperient, they unite the recom-
mendation of a mild operation with the most successful effect,
and require no restraint of diet or confinement during their
use. By regulating the doe. according to the age and
strength of the patient, they become suitable for every case,
in either sex, that can be required; and for ELDERLY
PEOPLE they will be found to be the most comfortable
Medicine hitherto prepared.
Sold by Prout, 229, Strand, London, price Is. IZd. and
2s. 9d. per box; also by Rennie, Priestley, Ross and Co.,
Howell, G. Syers, J. Syers, Roberts, Wagstaff, Aspinall,
Fisher, Lathbury, Maynard, Phillips, Scholefield, Johnson,
Mawhood, Smith and Bradford, Liverpool; and by the ven-
ders of Medicines generally throughout the kingdom.
Ask for FRAMPTON'S PILL OF HEALTH, and
observe the name and address of " Thomas Prout, 229,
Strand, London," on the Government Stamp.

THE MANCHESTER ASSURANCE coMPANY,
For Assurance against Fire, and on Lives mid Survivorship:,
Purchase of Annuities, Reversi s, 4-c.
OFFICE, 98, KING-STREET, M CHESTER,
CAPITAL—TWO MII., ONS.

Established March, 1,824.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.
THE Assured are entitled to one-third of the Profits
without any liability on their part to the losses.
Parties intending to continue their Policies, falling due at
CHRISTMAS, must renew them within fifteen days from that
time, or they will become void.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
The Assured are entitled to two-thirds of the Profits, with-
out any liability en their part to the losses.
The Premiums charged are lower than those of the ma-
jority of other Offices.
The business of the Life Department is kept quite distinct
from that of Fire, and its accumulations are not liable to
make good any losses arising therefrom.
The Rates of Premiums, and all other particulars, may be
obtained on application to Mr. JOSEPH MORTON, Secretary,
or to any of the Company's Agents.
RICHARD DAWSON, Agent for Liverpool.
N.B. Agents have already been appointed in most of the
principal towns in the kingdom ; but applications for Agen-
cies in places where appointments have not yet been made,
are requested to be addressed to the Secretary.
BONUS.
It is directed by the Deed of Settlement of this Company,
that, within six calendar months after the 25th March, 1839,
the Board of Directors shall cause an account to be taken Of
the profits in the FIRE DEPARTMENT, and shall cause
ONE-THIRD of so much of the profits as may with safety be
taken for the purpose, to be appropriated as a BONUS to all
ho shall then have bee-

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OF HOUSES
AND GOODS FROM FIRE,
21, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON,
Established by Royal Charter, in the Reign of George the First,
For Assuring Houses, Buildings, Goods, Farming Stock,
&c. from Loss or Damage by Fire; and also fur the
Assurance of and granting Annuities on Lives.
pHE Insurance Duty of Three Shillings per Cent. on
4,
JL FARMING STOCK having been repealed 'an Act of
3rd and 4th William IV, the Company's Age 4 s are autho-
rised to accept New Insurances, and also *r enewal of ex-
isting Policies on "Agricultural Produce, rming Stock, and
Implements of Husbandry," at a Premium of Two Shillings
per Cent., without the average clause.
Persons whose Annual Premiums fall due on 'the 25t11
instant are hereby informed that Receipts are now ready to
be delivered by the Company's Agents; and the parties
assured are requested to apply for the renewal of their Poli-
cies on or before the 9th of January next, as the usual Fif-
teen Days allowed for Payment beyond the date of each Po-
licy will-then expire.
Sir JOHN WM. LUBBOCK, Bart. Governor.
THOMAS TOOKE, Esq., Sub-Governor.
BARTHOLOMEW JEFFREY, sq., Deputy-Governor.
DIRECTORS,
Henry Bainbridge, Esq. The Hon. J. T. L. Melville.
George P. Barclay, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq.
Edmund S. P. Calvert, Esq. Edward H. Palmer, Esq.
Wm. Brown, Esq. Thomas Povnder, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq. Abraham G. Roberts, Esq.
John Ede, Esq. Charles Robinson, Esq.
James Gibson, Esq. William Sampson, Esq.
Win. Tetlow Hibbert, Esq. Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.
Lancelot Holland, Esq. William Soltan, Esq.
G. G. de H. Larpent, Esq. Robert Thorley, Esq.
John Chris. Lochner, Esq. John Fam Timins, Esq .
Charles John Manning, Esq. Octavius Wigrarn, Esq.
All Business relative to Fire and Life Insurance is trans-
acted for this Corporation, in Liverpool and parts adjacent,
at the Offices of Mr. JOHN PARK, 17, Tithebarn-street, and
of Mr. W. WALLACE CURRIE, top of Water-street, of whom
printed proposals and particular information may be had.
The Agents for the county of Lancaster are—
Ashton-under-Lyne David Tinker.
Blackburn James Gillies.
Bolton Robert Barlow and Son.
Burnley Lord Massey.
Bury William Benson.
Chorley Timothy Lightoller.
Kirkham Richard Hodson.
Lancaster George Jackson.
Liverpool
W. W. Currie. •
Manchester J Williamson.
Oldham John Ashcroft.
Preston William Taylor.
Rochdale
Warrington J Haddock.
Wigan .. James Newsham and Son,
The Agents for the county of Chester are—
Chester William Worrall.
Congleton
Macclesfield
Nantwich Thomas Derremer.
Northwich Thomas Rigby.
Sandbach Richard Eachus.
Stockport Joseph Barrow Parkinson.
County of Westmoreland—
Kendal Joseph Garnett.
SAML. PENNING, Secretary.
P.S.—ln consequence of the destruction of the Royal Ex-
change by. Fire, the business of the Company, in all its
branches, is carried on at their New Premises, N 0.21, Lom-
bard-street, till their Offices on the Royal Exchange are
re-built.
December, 1838.

VEGETABLE WEATHER-PROPHET.—The attention of sci-
entific men is just now directed to a curious discovery of
Prof. Stiefel—well known throughout Germany for his Natu-
ral Science—the result of which has been the attainment of
a more accurate knowledge of those changes to which the
atmosphere is subjected, than was possible by the old method.
The instruments hitherto in use have been the thermometer
and the barometer, but an unerring standard has been con-
sidered a desideratum; that is said to have been at last sup-
plied in the shape of Geranium fruit, the awns of which are
ire and evolved by the dryness or humidity of the atmosphere,
in obedience to laws so regular and unvarying, that being
fixed upon a dial-plate properly graduated, the change from
one part of the room to another may be noted with the great-
est accuracy. A paper on the subject was to be read at the
meeting of German naturalists, held this year at Freyburg.
Prof. Stiefel is the greatest weather-doctor in southern Ger
many, and has fur many years tabulated the changes in th-
atmosphere, according to a plan suggested by Goethe ; but
he does not venture to predict for more than twenty-four
hours at a time, and laughs at our weather-prophets. By
observation, he says one may get the rule, but not the excep-
tion.

LACE MADE BY CATERPILLARS.—An extraordinary spe
cies of manufacture has been contrived by an officer of engi-
neers residing at Munich. It consists of lace and veils, with
open patterns in them, made entirely by caterpillars. The
following is the mode of proceeding adopted :—Having made
a paste of the leaves of the plant on which the species of ca-
terpillar he employs feeds, he spreads it thinly over a stone,
or other flat substance of the required size. He then, with a
camel-hair pencil dipped in olive-oil, draws the pattern he
wishes the insects to leave open. This stone is then placed
in an inclined position, and a considerable number of the ca-
terpillars are placed at the bottom. A peculiar species is
chosen, which spins a strong web; and the animals commence
at the bottom eating and spinning their way up to the top,
carefully avoiding every part touched by the oil, but devour-
ing every other part of the paste. The extreme lightness of
these veils, combined with some strength, is truly surprising.
One of them, measuring 264 by 17 inches, weighed only a
grain and a half, a degree of lightness which will appear more
strongly by contrast with other fabrics. One square yard of
the substance of which these veils are made weighs 41 grains,
whilst one square yard of silk gauze weighs 137 1-3rd grains;
and one square yard of the finest net weighs 2621 grains.
THE BDSH-ROPE.—A vine, called by the wood-cutters the
bush-rope, on account of its use in hauling out the heaviest
timber, has a singular appearance in the forests of Demerara.
Sometimes you see it nearly as thick as a man's body, twisted
like a cork-screw round the tallest trees, and rearing its
head above their tops. At other times, three or four of them,
like strands in a cable, join tree and tree, and branch and
branch together. Others, descending from on high, take
root as soon as their extremity touches the ground, and ap-
pear like shrouds and stays, supporting the mainmast of a
line of battleship; while others, sending out parallel, oblique,
horizontal, and perpendicular shoots, in all directions, put
you in mind of what travellers call a matted forest. Often-
times a tree, above a hundred feet in height, uprooted by the
whirlwind, is stopped in its fall by these amazing cables of
nature; and hence it is that you account for the phenomenon
of seeing trees, not only vegetating, but sending forth vino
rows shoots, though far from their perpendicular, and their-
trunks inclined to every degree from the meridian to the ho-
rizon. Their heads remain firmly supported by the bush-
rope; many of their roots soon refi-x themselves in the earth,
and frequently a strong shoot will sprout out perpendicularly
from near the root of the reclined trunk, and in time become
a fine tree.— fraterton's Wanderings in South America.
WAVERLEY MANUSCRIPTS.—We lately had the pleasare
of looking over the original :manuscripts of the Waverley
Novels, which have been repurchased from various Parties,
and are now in the safe keeping of Mr. Cadell, publisher,
Edinburgh. They form a long file of quarto volunles, hand-
somely bound in Russia leather. They are accorapanied by
the original manuscripts of the " Ladyof the Lake," and
some other of the poems. So vast a series of original com-
positions—full of brilliant creative genius—has certainly
not issued from one man's brain since ShaksPeare threw off,
successively, his thirty-seven plays, aPParently with the
same ease that a tree resigns its leaves to the wind. Sir
Walter Scott wrote a careless, but free and regular hand.
His novels are written on large quarto post paper,
side only, (as authors generally do for the accommodation ou one
of
the printer,) and each page is crammed from top to bottom,
and side to side. Leaf follows leaf, through quires and
reams of paper, with only
a slight verbal correction or inter-
lineation here and there! His intellect seems at once to
have embodied itself in suitable language, and he poured
out himself on paper with the same facility that a man en-
gages in conversation, or pens an ordinary letter. Sir Wal-
ter, it is known, read over and revised the whole of his
novels, preparatory to their republication in their latest
form, in monthly volumes. For this purpose he had a copy
of each work interleaved; and this goodly array of volumes is
also in the possession of Mr. Cadell. Sir Walter appears to
have bestowed considerable pains on this last duty to his
numerous offspring be altered words, improved the phraseo-
logy, corrected his quotations, and occasionally heightened
and improved the dialogue. Some of the smaller fry of
critics used to ridicule the author of 'Waverley for his Scot-
ticisms—such as saying that one man inquired at another,
instead of inquiring of him. Sir Walter made the only
sensible use of these criticisms : he quietly drew his pea
through the "at" and substituted "of." No Scottish author,
with the single exception, perhaps, of Dr. Beattie, ever fairly
got rid of these little peculiarities of style and expression
which betray his origin; but few or none could be more in-
different about the matter than Sir Walter Scott. He looked
to the general effect—to the grouping of incidents—and to
the delineation of character and passion, leaving the lan-
guage to shift for itself. The world was content to take the
words as they came. The press was always calling to him for
manuscript; and the prospect of a new wing to Abbotsford,
or the payment et* another thousand pounds, spurred him on
in his almost superhuman career. Alas ! that he should
have taxed himself beyond the strength and endurance of
frail humanity ! We may add, that the Waverley Manu-
scripts are kept in a fine Gothic cabinet of oak, which Mr.
Cadell has hail made for that purpose;„ and, if no accident
intervene, future ages Will, undoubtedly, look 'upon this ark
of genius with wonder aud delight.—lnverness Courier.

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FOREIGN INTELLIGBNCE.

SPEECH OF THE KING OF THE FRENCH,
ON OPENING THE SESSION OF THE CHAMBERS, ON MON-

DAY LAST.

" Gentlemen Peers and Deputies,
" Since your last session the prosperity of France has con-
tinued to increase. The repose which she enjoyed is daily
becoming more and more confirmed.
" It is pleasing to me to find myself once more in the
midst of you, and to have to call for your aid only to concur
in still further ameliorating a state of things already so fa-
vourable.
" My relations with foreign powers are as satisfactory.
France occupies the rank that belongs to her in the esteem
of her allies, and in that of the whole world.
" The conferences have been resumed in London on the
affairs of Holland and Belgium. 1 have no doubt that they
will have a speedy and pacific issue in giving to the inde-
pendence of Belgium and to the repose of Europe a new
guarantee.
" In Italy the Austrian troops have quitted the Roman
states. In conformity with the convention made with the
Holy See our troops have evacuated Ancona. The military
occupation has ceased in states in the independence of which
France was interested in a high degree.
"Spain is still the prey of the same distractions, and of
the same evils. We continue to execteu with our allies all
the clauses of the treaty of the Quadruple Alliance. The
government of the Queen Regent has not ceased to receive
from us not only the usual succour which treaties exact, but
all the support which the interest of France permits us to
bestow.
" I hope our differences with Mexico and the Argentine
Republic are drawing to a close. Fresh naval forces, which
lately sailed from our harbours, are at this moment before
Vera Cruz, and will obtain from the Mexican government
the justice and protection which our trade so long claimed.
"In Africa, gentlemen, perseverance in our sacrifices has
found its recompence. The returns which will be placed un-
der your eyes will prove to you that your confidence in the
views of my government has not been deceived. Peace bas
not there been interrupted for near a year; our position
acquires strength, and improves every day. In the provinces
of Constantine and Algiers operations directed with skill
and prudence have annexed to our establishments portions
of territory necessary for our security and prosperity. The
natives everywhere respect the authority of France, and sub-
mit, without hesitation, to a regular and equitable adminis-
tration. The creation of an episcopal see at Algiers is an
additional pledge of the stability of our possessions.
" Our financial situation is becoming daily more prosper-
ous. The progressive and constant increase of the public re-
venue shows the happy development of national wealth, and
the welfare enjoyed by all classes of the populatioo. Some
branches of industry, it is true, are suffering, and demand all
/ the attention of my government. Measures relative to the
situation of our colonies, and to the wants of our navigation,
will be submitted to you at the commencement of your la-
bours.
" You will also have to examine different projects of law,
having for their object to satisfy the wish of the charter, to
improve the general legislation of the country, and to intro-
duce ameliorations into the different branches of the public
administration.
" Gentlemen, my heart is still moved by the testimony I
received from all parts of France on the occasion of an event
which fulfilled all my wishes. The birth of the Count of
Paris was the greatest consolation that Heaven could send
me.

" My grandson will be brought up as his father has been,
in the respect of our institutions, and in that devotedness to
France of which my family will not cease to give him the
example. It has been my wish that a solemn ceremony
should assemble you round his cradle, and that religion
should bless in your presence a child who belongs entirely to
the country.
" Gentlemen, the flourishing condition of our country, on
which I congratulated myself with you, is due to the con-
stant support the Chambers have granted me during the last
eight years, and to the perfect accord subsisting between the
great powers of the state. Let us not forget that in that lies
our strength. May that accord become daily more complete
and unalterable ! May the action of our institutions, at
once free and regular, prove to the world that constitutional
monarchy is compatible, and may unite with the blessings of
liberty the stability which constitutes the power of states."