The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

[ADVERTISEMPNT.]

DUBLIN CONFECTIONERY ESTABLISHMENT. In
compliance with the wishes of numerous families of dis-
tinction, a central branCh of the Dublin Confectionery
and Fancy Bread Establishment has been opened, at 20,
Berry-street, on such a new system of style and prices as
seems to astonish the public, as well as insure an im-
mense sale; indeed, so great a variety in the art of con-
fectionery and fancy bread could not be surpassed in Lon-
don, and certainly nothing has as yet appeared in Liverpool
to equal it. The proprietors, Feeny Brothers, wish to
bring under special notice the prices per pound of a few
leading articles, as it would take an entire column to form
a list of all:—Plain Wine Biscuits,sd., Cheese ditto, 5d.,
Butter ditto, 6d., Abernethy ditto, 7d., Mixed Wine
Ditto, 9d., Savoy, Rice, Sugar, and Imperial ditto, Is. 3d.,
Tournament ditto, Is. 4d., German ditto, ls., Prussian
ditto, Is., Sponge Cake, Is. 3d., Seed Cake, ls. 3d., Plum
Cake for weddings and christenings, Is. 3d., Almond Seed
Cake, Is. 4d.
IMPORTANT TO THE FASHIONABLE WORLD.—By far
the most influential of the graces that contribute to per-
sonal adornment is the Hair. Its recovery, preservation.
and improvement, proportionably concern the elegantes of
our fashionable circles, and any information which will
ensure these desirable results will be hailed as an inesti-
mable boon. The following extract from the letter of a
respectable chemist in Bridlington will be read with the
highest interest :—" A lady, a customer of mine, has
found great benefit from the use of your Balm. About
six months ago her hair nearly all fell off. I recom-
mended her to try your Balm of Columbia, which she
did. In the course of a few applications the hair ceased
to fall off. Before she had used one 3s. 6d. bottle it be-
gan to grow very profusely, and sbe has now a beautiful
head of Hair. I am, gentlemen, yours respectfully,
" WM. SMITH, Chemist and Druggist,
Market-place, Bridlington.
" To Messrs. C. and A. gldridge,

" March 13, 1844."
C. and A. OLDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA
causes the Hair to curl beautifully, frees it from scurf,
and stops it from falling off, and a few bottles generally
restore it again ; it also prevents greyness. 3s. 6d., 65.,
and lls. per bottle. No other prices are genuine. Ask
for OLDRI DGE'S BAL 111 , I , Wellington• street, Strand.
London. Sold by respectable Chemists, Perfumers, and
Stationers.

How seldom do we feel, perceive, or think of the small
beginnings of disease which surround and operate upon us
in our enjoyments and intercourse with the world.
" The young disease, which must subdue at length,
Grows with our growth, and strengthens with our strength."

An improper regimen acting upon a particular kind of
constitution, late hours, both of retiring to rest and rising
in the morning, lay the foundation of intestinal, as well as
skin diseases. Te all such we would recommend first a
change of system, and secondly, as a powerful assi-tant
for the recovery of health that efficacious Family Medicine,
Frampton's Pill of Health, which has procured the appro-
bation of persons in every station in society.—See Adv.
SINGULAR MODE OF RELIEVING A BESIEGED CASTLE.
—There was a peculiar custom in Cheshire. During the
sanguinary feuds on the Welsh borders which succeeded
the conquest, and which continued more than two centu-
r'es, Randle Blunderville, the celebrated Earl Palatine of
Chester, 1181. and founder of the then impregnable castle
of Boston, was beseiged in the castle of Rhuddlaw, by a
numerous army of Cambro-Britons. He immediateWdes-
patched a messenger to his constable, Roger Lacy,
Baron of Halton, who, in the exigency of the moment,
assembled at Chester, (it being the time of the fair,) a
great body of idle and dissolute people, includir, all the
fiddlers, minstrels, and players then present, besides a
considerable number of women, and other dissolute peo-
ple; with these he marched to the Earl's relief. The ap-
pearance of this motley multitude operated so strongly
on the fears of the Welsh, that they fled in all directions.
As a reward for the signal services thus rendered, the Earl
gave to " Roger Lacy" power over all the fiddlers and
shoemakers in Cheshire. The constable, however, pre-
sented his steward, Piers Dutton, with the authority over
all the shoemakers, reserving to himself only the right
over the fiddlers.—Polylecknic Review.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, OF
1830 TO 1840.—" On the publication of the ordonances, the
members of the ChaMber who were in Paris met at each
others' houses to discuss measures of resistance. But it
was not from the members of the Chamber that the move-
ment was to emanate. Those who had any position to
compromise looked on, for the most part, with anxiety
and astonishment, vraitinsr to see what current the dis-
turbed waters would finally take. "On the evening of
the 27th, a man, name unknown. appeared on the Quai
d'Ecole, and paraded the banks of the river with the tri-
coloured flag, which had been folded up and hidden away
for fifteen years." The symbol was adopted by the
people. The revolution had commenced. Then followed
all those strange scenes of levity and blood, buffoonery
and heroism, which the history of Parisian revolutions
has familiarized to the imagination, but which, never-
theless, have an inexhaustible interest. The people arm
themselves wheresoever and howsoever they can. One
bring, into the Place de la Bourse two large hampers,
full of muskets and accoutrements. 1'; ey come from the
Theatre du Vaudeville, where a piece had been played, a
few days before, which required that a number of actors
should be armed. To command men thus equipped there
there were extemporary generals, whose epaulets were ob-
tained from the wardrobe of the Opera Comique. The
students of the Polytechnic were, as usual, on the alert to
practice whatever they had learned of military science ;
the younger sort entering into the war with the same
spirit that other schoolboys enter into any minor mischief
that is going forward. A student of the Polytechnic is
standing on the left bank of the river ; he has a musket,
but no ammunition. A fellow-student, a lad of fifteen,
has a packet of cartridges, but no musket : " You shall
share them " said he, showing his treasure, " if sou will
lend me the gun to shoot my half." A party of the royal
guard were coming over the bridge. He started with the
gun to have his shots. He was swept off with others by
the fire of the military."—Blackwood's Magazine.
USE OF BATHS.—Sir George LeLvre, in an article en-
titled " On the use and abuse of domestic remedies,"
strongly recommends the use of a shower bath, which he
says can be employed with advantage and comfort in
many cases where the space is ton limited for the esta-
blishment of a plunging bath, and he observes that i s
refreshing effects in warm weather contribute much to
-
the perfection of the animal functions even :in the most
healthy state. A morning shower bath, or if that cannot
be accomplished, one taken after the morning fatigues are
over, as a part of the ante prandium toilette, will often
secure a pleasant sensation for the evening, and add a
charm to the dolce far niente of the remainder of the
day. It is a restorative to strength in those cases of
languor, attended without actual disease. Delicate fe-
males derive the most pleasurable advantages from its
use •, and even during pregnancy it is not counter-indi-
cated, if proper precautions be adopted. The proper
hour of the day for it is immediately after rising, or before
dinner, and it may be used every other day with advan-
tage. It should rot be administered, however, without
certain precautions, and should be progressive as regards
its temperature. When first used, this should vary with
the season of the year. If it can be commenced in sum-
mer, Sir G. Lefevre recommends that the water be placed
over night in the bedchamber, so that it may possess the
same degree of temperature. The cold should not be
such as to produce a shock in the first instance, but when
the system has been initiated into its effects by degrees
the caloric should be lowered daily, so that the fluid nay
be cooled down to the freezing point, without any risk of
producing discomfort, but the certainty of luxurious sen-
sation. If commenced in the colder season, the water
should at first be raised to a comfortable temperature,
and afterwards gradually cooled down to the same extent
as in summer. It is necessary to rub the body smartly
during the drying process, and that too in a room free
from cold draughts and currents of air. A flannel dress-
ing gown should be put on immediately afterwards in the
winter season, and rest indulged in for some time. This
remedy is of great utility in nervous head,tches, and those
produced by frequenting crowded assemblies, and indulg-
ing in the luxury of the table, and also in hypochondriasis.
—Lanett.