POWERFUL OPTICAL ILLUSION...
The Times, 1824-01-10T00:00:00

POjvERFIr. OPTICAL 1LLUSbON -A yOUOs lady, whco d (lied in this town. had been some time previous to her'death attend- I ed by a gentleman o thte medical profession. On the evening of her decense as this gentleman .as sitthig in company with a friend of his. n id the of taking a glass of punch, he imagined he saw the ladv. walking into the roomn wherr himself and his friend were 'iLting, ai;d. having but a fev hours beibrc visited her, and found her in f ci tog dtate, the shoLk that his nerves experienced was so ereat ,ia: the a <lass wrhich held the punch fell front his hands, and he Irinm-elf dropped on the floor'in at ftinting fit. After he had per- r'ectly recovered hiwself, and made inquir ahout tshe laits, it Wvas ascertained that a few nsinutes before the ilime the niedical gerttle. iluaU i-nagined he had - eenl her in his fricnd's uparftmenteslte, bad departed thlis life.-Cu low paper. [Advertiserent.L-No. 11. of arnew series of the Literii7yMJTL'- sc u71 a we klypaaper, devoted entirely to the beUts.-lettres, science, -and the arts, published thi. day, contrio,s 48 cohitnns of closely pinted matter, consisting of anal tied reviews, and extracts fromr Itne followir,gew corks;:-Miemoirs of the lifeof Don Rafael del Riego The Gulistan. or Rose Garden A Tour through the Up- per Pioviices of Hindostan ; Mernoirs uf the late Mllrs. Henrietta P'ordrce The anuual Biographv and Obituary for 1824 s Parables. translated from the German; The Resources, Inhabitants, and Hy. drogaph of Sicilk and its Wlands. Original-Suwarrow's Laco_ I nism ;Buonapart'e's Visit to tile Ootposts of his Army near Baut. z Z. Poetry, &c. Foreign Litcrature. &c.-Heyne; Painting; Prof.-ssor Creuzer; ShAtspeare; Franz Horno ltrmermarize. d.c Science-Ignition of Platinum an;d 11ydragen Oas: IExtract orf the Hop; Migration of Birds; Chyrnistry. &e. rhe Dram.-ttalian Operaa; Drurv.lane: Covent-garden, d. (Mleanings from 11oreign Journals-Et'ropean. or Utopian Confederation; La-s Cases' ..nur- nal; New Comet ; French Novels: Philosophy, &c. V.rierlez- Angerstein'a (aller'v Sir Waltcr Scott's next Novel, &ce. UD- versity Intelli':ence, &c L Literary Iitelligence . Sc Price 8d.. or for its immediate transiission by post, the Muescenu mav be had stamped. price ID. Published by John VWarren, No. 7. tydges- street Coveot-garden and to be had of a'l boo1tsellers and newvs- venders in the kingdo:n. LAdverthsement.-The last war. calletd tlie cheap Lottery. but J)eop': generaLiy consider, it the truest teat of cheapness where they are oh"'red most for their moner'. Now the last contained onlv three i prizeg of 20,0001., whilst the prerent contains seven prizes of 20.001. n mtnoncy or stock;yet both the Lotteries conssted of the saute otun- bet of tic.ker.s. Let, therefore, the foilowiiig plain Rule-oftThree 'qtestion be put to any schlool-boy-If a sixteenth share, having the chance of three prizes of 20,0001., co:t il. Is. fZl., whart is the samie share 'worth when it has the chance of seven of 20,0001. ? The I answer will be 21. 10s. 2d., yet the present price is only about half that sum, and other sbares in proportion ! There iS little doubt, 1 therefere, of a s-eat demand for the-present Lottery.