Part 6.—Painting in Water Colours, Flower Painting, Oriental Tinting, &c.

W. Brittain, 11, Paternoster Row.

* * * * *

CAGE BIRDS; a Description, and Habits of each Species; directions for

keeping; best modes of prevention and cure of the several distempers to

which they are subject, with every particular to keep them in full and

rich melody of song. By T. ANDREWES. Price 1s.

Also, 6th edition of

PLAIN INSTRUCTIONS for the Breeding, Rearing, and Management of the

CANARY FINCH, With practical hints and receipts for its domestication. By

JOSEPH SMITH. Price 1s.

John Limbird, 143, Strand, and sold by all booksellers and dealers in

birds in the metropolis.

* * * * *

On the 1st January will be published, price 1s. 6d., the first Number of

a new series of

THE ARCHITECT, ENGINEER, AND SURVEYOR, or London Monthly Journal of the

Engineering and Practical Sciences, and of Architecture and the Fine

Arts, containing a great variety of papers, by able practical men, on all

subjects connected with the professions.

N.B. The third volume of the above work is just published, price 18s.,

and, with Vols. I. and II., may be had of all Booksellers.

London: Bell and Wood, 186, Fleet-street.

WORKS WRITTEN OR EDITED BY J. C. LOUDON, F.L.S., &c., And Published on

his account by Longman and Co.

Just published, complete in 1 vol. price 2_l._ 10s. and in Parts at 5s.

each,

AN ENCYCLOPÆDIA of TREES and SHRUBS; being the Arboretum et Fruticetum

Britannicum abridged, for the use of Nurserymen, Gardeners, and Foresters.

The abridgment of the Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum contains:—

1. Characters and short popular descriptions of all the species and

varieties of hardy trees and shrubs now in British gardens, with

directions for their culture; including the soil most suitable for them,

their propagation, and their uses in the arts, and more especially in

landscape-gardening and profitable planting.

2. Engravings of all the species which are described, to one and the same

scale, of which a figure, 1, a beautiful new species of Cytisus (Cytisus

Weldenii), and fig. 2, a species of pine from Mexico (Pinus Teocotes),

are here given as specimens.

3. The scientific names and scientific synonymes of all the species, and

their popular names in the languages of the different countries where

they are indigenous or cultivated.

4. An alphabetical index to all the species and varieties, with their

synonymes.

5. A tabular analysis of the leaves, by which the name of any species of

tree or shrub described in the work may, in general, be discovered, from

a small portion of a shoot with the leaves on.

6. Specific characters, descriptions, and figures of some species, more

particularly of pines, firs, and oaks, which were not in the country in

1838, when the large work was completed.

7. An analysis of the commoner trees and shrubs of Britain, with

reference to their uses in plantations, useful or ornamental, their

adaptation for particular soils and situations, their flowers and time of

flowering, &c. &c.

In a word, though this abridgment does not include all the interesting

and useful information on the natural history of trees which will be

found in the larger work, or any of the portraits of entire trees which

constitute so distinguished a feature in it, yet it contains all that is

necessary to enable the reader to discover the names of the different

species, and to ascertain their culture, propagation, and uses in

Britain; in short, all that is essential for the nurseryman, gardener,

and forester.

* * * * *

Published in July, 1838, price 10_l._ cloth lettered,

The ARBORETUM FRUTICETUM et BRITANNICUM;

In 8 vols.: four of letter-press, illustrated by above 2500 engravings,

and four of octavo and quarto plates.

This work is in three divisions:—

I. The history of the introduction of trees and shrubs into Britain, and

the history and geography of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates

throughout the world; shewing the trees and shrubs which are already in

the country, and those which yet remain to be introduced. This occupies

250 pages of vol. I.

II. A description of all the trees and shrubs, hardy and half-hardy,

cultivated in Britain; in which is given their history, geography, uses,

propagation, culture, diseases, insects, mosses, lichens, fungi, &c.,

occupying the remaining part of vol. I. and the whole of vols. II., III.,

and IV.

III. Portraits of trees of from ten to twelve years’ growth, of which the

accompanying figure of the Chilian pine (Araucaria imbricata) may serve

as a specimen, growing within ten miles of London, all drawn to the same

scale of one inch to four feet, and accompanied by botanical specimens

of their winter’s wood, leaves, flowers, and fruit, all drawn to the

scale of one-sixth of an inch to a foot. Besides the young trees, there

are portraits of full-grown trees of all the more important species,

in order to shew the character which they assume when of mature age.

Some of these are drawn in foliage, of which a figure of the Cyprus

of Mistra, the largest cyprus in the world, is given as a specimen;

and others, taken in winter, when divested of their foliage, of which

the accompanying figure of the common Beech (Fagus sylvatica) is an

illustration. These are drawn to a scale of one inch to twelve feet. This

mode of giving portraits of trees and botanical specimens to a fixed

scale, has been adopted in “The Arboretum Britannicum” for the first

time, and it gives that work a decided superiority over all previous

publications on the same subject. This division of the work occupies

vols. V., VI., VII., and VIII.

The first four volumes of “The Arboretum” are illustrated with upwards

of 2500 engravings, chiefly of botanical specimens, but including also

insects, fungi, engravings of the leaves of the natural size of all the

species of several genera, portraits of remarkable trees or shrubs (such

as Johnson’s willow, the cypress of Soma, &c.); nearly fifty remarkable

oaks, above ten remarkable yew trees, the king and queen beeches at

Ashridge, and many other remarkable beech trees, remarkable elms, ashes,

poplars, pines, firs, &c. &c.; portraits, taken during winter, to shew

the effect of the different deciduous trees at that season; landscapes,

exhibiting the effect of the particular kinds of trees, when employed

by the landscape-gardener, in combination with other trees, or with

buildings; ground-plans, shewing the mode of laying out and planting

arboretums, fruticetums, cricacetums, rosariums, &c.; diagrams, shewing

trellises and other structures for training climbing shrubs, the mode

of forming fences of particular shrubs, of making baskets, &c., of

willow-rods, of forming surface drains for arboretums, of sawing up

timber for sale, as practised in Norway, &c. &c. In short, the work

embraces every part of the subject of the study of the hardy trees and

shrubs of Britain.

Bayswater, near London, December 1842.

* * * * *

Published July 1, 1838, in 1 vol. 8vo. price 7s. 6d.

The HORTUS LIGNOSUS LONDINENSIS;

Or, a Catalogue of all the Ligneous Plants, hardy and half-hardy,

cultivated in the neighbourhood of London; with their Native Country,

Habit, Habitation in a state of Culture, and the Prices of Plants and

Seeds in British and Foreign Nurseries.

“To nurserymen and gardeners generally, the ‘Lignosus Londinensis’ will

be found an extremely useful book.”—Floricultural Magazine, Vol. III. p.

139.

* * * * *

Published May 1, 1842, price 3s. 6d.

The HORTUS LIGNOSUS LONDINENSIS ABRIDGED;

Or, a Catalogue of the Hardy Trees and Shrubs, indigenous and foreign,

cultivated in the Gardens and Grounds in the neighbourhood of London,

with all their Synonymes, and a complete Alphabetical Index.

* * * * *

Published October 1, 1839, in 1 vol. 8vo. with upwards of 250 Engravings,

price 1_l._ 10s. and 3_l._ 6s. coloured,

REPTON’S LANDSCAPE GARDENING;

Being the whole Works on Landscape-Gardening and Landscape-Architecture

of the late Humphry Repton, Esq.; with a Biographical Notice, and Notes

by J. C. Loudon, F.L.S., &c.

* * * * *

Published May 1, 1842, in One very thick Volume, 8vo. of above 1300

pages, with 2000 Engravings on Wood, price 3_l._ 3s. bound in cloth.

AN ENCYCLOPÆDIA OF COTTAGE, FARM, and VILLA ARCHITECTURE and FURNITURE;

containing Designs for Cottages, Villas, Farm-houses, Farmeries, Wind and

Water Corn Mills; Cider Mills, Lime, Malt, and Hop Kilns, Country Inns,

Public-houses, Parochial Schools, &c., with the requisite Fittings-up,

Fixtures, and Furniture, and appropriate Offices, Gardens, and Garden

Scenery; each Design accompanied by Analytical and Critical Remarks,

illustrative of the Principles of Architectural Science and Taste on

which it is composed, and General Estimates of the Expense.

A new edition, corrected, with a Supplement, containing above 160

additional pages of letterpress, and nearly 300 new engravings, bringing

down the work to 1842.

The New Supplement separately, 7s. 6d. sewed.

* * * * *

Complete in Five Volumes, 8vo. with numerous Engravings on Wood, price

6_l._ 6s.

The ARCHITECTURAL MAGAZINE;

Being a Collection of popular Articles on Architecture, Building, and

Furnishing.

“We strongly recommend the ‘Architectural Magazine,’ as pregnant

with interest and instruction, both to the architect and the general

reader.”—Times, Feb. 2, 1839.

* * * * *

Published on August 1, 1838, in 1 vol. 8vo., with numerous Engravings,

price 20s.

The SUBURBAN GARDENER and VILLA COMPANION;

Comprising the choice of a Suburban or Villa Residence, or of a situation

on which to form one; the Arrangement and Furnishing of the House; and

the Laying out, Planting, and general Management of the Garden and

Grounds; the whole adapted for Grounds from One Perch to Fifty Acres and

upwards in extent, and intended for the instruction of those who know

little of Gardening and rural affairs.

* * * * *

Published on November 1, 1842, in 1 vol. 8vo. with upwards of 380

Engravings, price 16s.

The SUBURBAN HORTICULTURIST;

Or, an Attempt to teach the Science of Horticulture, and the Management

of the Fruit, Kitchen, and Forcing Garden, to persons who have had no

previous knowledge or experience in these departments.

[This work is published by William Smith, 113, Fleet-street.]

* * * * *

In Monthly Numbers, 8vo. price 1s. 6d. each,

The GARDENER’S MAGAZINE.

Any Number or Volume published subsequently to 1834 may be purchased

separately. The Second Series, consisting of Six Volumes, from 1835 to

1840 inclusive, may be had for 6_l._ 8s. 6d.

* * * * *

In 1 vol. post 8vo. price 8s.

WATERTON’S ESSAYS on NATURAL HISTORY;

With an Autobiography of the Author.

“A most valuable work for farmers and gardeners, on account of the

information which it contains respecting birds, the mole, the mouse, the

rat, and beetles, snails, slugs, and worms.”—Gardener’s Magazine, 1839.

[Illustration: Fig. 1. _Cytisus Weldenii._]

[Illustration: Fig. 2. _Pinus Teocote._]

[Illustration: Fig. 3. _Araucaria imbricata._]

[Illustration: Fig. 4. _The Cypress of Misira_ (_Cupressus

horizontalis._)]

[Illustration: Fig. 5. _Singular inosculation of the common beech_

(_Fagus sylvatica._)]

* * * * *

[Illustration: _A Road-side Public-house, from a design by J. W. Wild,

Esq., in the Supplement to the Encyclopædia._]

[Illustration: _A Gate Lodge, by R. Varden, Esq., also from the

Supplement._]

Just published, in royal 4to., price 1_l._ 15s. bound,

RUSTIC ARCHITECTURE.—Picturesque Decorations of Rural Buildings in

the Use of Rough Wood, Thatch, &c. Illustrated by Forty-two Drawings;

consisting of Plans, Elevations, Sections, and Perspective Views; the

Doors, Windows, Chimney Shafts, &c., drawn Geometrically to a large

scale; with Descriptions and estimated Costs.

By T. J. RICAUTI, Architect.

“We have repeatedly and strongly recommended this elegant and useful

work, and can safely say, that we think no gentleman who purchases it

will be disappointed.”—Loudon’s Gardener’s Magazine.

James Carpenter, Old Bond-street.

* * * * *

LAWRENCE & CO., 55, PARLIAMENT-STREET, WESTMINSTER, and 10, YORK-PLACE,

LAMBETH, Successors to the Patentees and Manufacturers in Zinc to her

Majesty the Queen Dowager. Original makers of Malleable Zinc Drawers, of

Tubes, and Sash-bars. Perforated Zinc for Larders, Safes, and Blinds.

Roofs and Verandahs covered with Zinc Rain Pipes, Chimney Pipes, Cowls,

&c. Gutters, Ridges, and Sky Lights. Baths and Zinc Door-plates. N.B. The

Trade supplied.

* * * * *

KEENE’S PATENT MARBLE CEMENT.—This cement, which exceeds every other in

hardness, is intended for interior uses, where strength and despatch

in execution are required. From the smoothness of its surface, it is

an advantageous substitute for wood in its application to skirtings,

architrave, mouldings, &c., as it resists the action of fire, and keeps

back vermin.

The coarse qualities form a paving not distinguishable from stone in

colour and hardness, but of one-third the price. The best white quality

takes a brilliant polish, and the scagliola made from this cement has

a peculiar richness of colouring. The imitations produced in it of

Florentine and other Mosaics, encaustic tiles, &c., for ornamental

paving, are unequalled in their effect and moderate cost.

Keene’s Cement has been applied with success for the altars of Catholic

and other churches, both in England and Ireland; and to its use in the

royal palaces and government buildings, besides numerous and private

works, the patentees can refer with confidence.

Patentees and Sole Manufacturers, J. B. White and Sons, Milbank-street,

Westminster.

Agents for its sale are appointed in the principal cities of the United

Kingdom.

* * * * *

WESTMINSTER MARBLE FACTORY, EARL STREET, HORSEFERRY ROAD, WESTMINSTER.

The Trade Supplied on advantageous Terms with Slabs and Chimney-Pieces,

and a large assortment always kept on view in their extensive Show-Rooms.

[Illustration: ESTABLISHED 1809.]

The public is respectfully informed that the Proprietors of the

Westminster Marble Factory have made considerably more extensive and most

important improvements in the Working and Polishing Marble by Steam Power

at the above Factory, so that every variety of Marble Work is executed

in a superior style, hitherto unprecedented in this country, and at such

reduced prices as greatly facilitate its use in the decoration of public

and private buildings for the following useful and ornamental purposes:—

Marble Staircases, Door Jambs, Linings for Rooms, Columns, Chimney

Pieces, Wash-hand Tables, Monuments, Tablets, Mortars, Tombs,

Door-plates, Baths, Pavements, Slabs for Dairies, &c.

They respectfully solicit a trial from those whose consumption is

considerable, as they will realize an immense saving by forwarding

their orders to this Establishment. Much attention will be devoted to

the interests of Architects, Builders, and Cabinet Makers, to execute

their orders in a style entirely unequalled. An unabated zeal will be

maintained to continue the patronage so liberally bestowed by men of

business.

Caution.—It having been recently discovered that orders intended for

this Company have been surreptitiously obtained, and executed by others

at a higher price than they charge, it is particularly requested that

future orders be addressed to the Westminster Marble Company’s Factory,

Earl-street, Horseferry-road, Millbank, Westminster.

* * * * *

TO BUILDERS, PAINTERS, GLAZIERS, and OTHERS.—The cheapest House for Crown

and Sheet Window Glass, Milled Lead, Colours, &c.

Best Lead 24s. per cwt.

Sheet Lead 21s. —

Linseed Oil 3s. per gal.

Turps 3s. —

Complete lists of glass, colours, lead, &c., priced, will be forwarded to

any part of the United Kingdom, by applying to R. COGAN, at the Western

Glass, Lead, and Colour Warehouse, 5, Princes-street, Leicester-square,

London. R. C. begs at the same time to assure his numerous friends in

the country, as well as in town, that his trade being exclusively for

cash, he is enabled to supply goods in most cases 20 per cent. lower

than charged by other houses. An inquiry by post will be immediately

answered, and a one pound order, accompanied by a Post-office cheque for

the amount, will receive equal attention, and be executed with the same

despatch as one of a wholesale description.

* * * * *

TO NOBLEMEN, GENTLEMEN, AND OTHERS.—R. TURNER and Co. beg to lay before

the Public in general their newly-invented Apparatuses for heating

purposes, where artificial heat is required, by steam, hot water, or hot

air. Also ironing-stoves, hot plates, and portable stoves of various

sizes, for general purposes; at the very lowest price possible, for cash

only. All goods sent out from their establishment are warranted.

Your obedient servants,

R. TURNER and Co.

164, Strand.

* * * * *

TO ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, DECORATORS, AND SHIP BUILDERS.

PAPIER MACHE ENRICHMENTS, adapted to every Style for Architectural

and Ornamental Purposes; comprising Centre Flowers for Ceilings and

Ventilators, enriched Mouldings, Friezes, Pateras, Brackets, Trusses,

Gothic Bosses, Corbels, Tracery, &c., in great variety, to be had at

Brelefeld’s Papier Maché Works, 15, Wellington-street North, Strand.

Tea Trays in every variety of elegant designs.

* * * * *

ENVELOPES, from the best Paper, and well made, 9d. the 100. Envelope

Cases in great variety, plain and illuminated, from 6s. each. Blotting

Books, from 1s. each. An extensive assortment of Albums, in plain and

elegant bindings. A Box to hold Miscellaneous Music, elegantly bound,

for 5s. 6d. A Travelling Writing Desk, 10 inches, 15s. 6d.; 12 inches,

16s. 6d.; 14 inches, 18s. Writing Papers, plain and gilt, 4d., 6d., 8d.,

10d., and 1s., the quire. Note Papers, at 3d., 4d., and 6d. the quire, at

LIMBIRD’S STATIONERY and MUSIC WAREHOUSE, 143, Strand, opposite Catherine

Street, near Somerset House.

* * * * *

[Illustration: GILLOTT’S PENS.]

[Illustration]

_Steel Pen Manufacturer in Ordinary to Her Majesty._

JOSEPH GILLOTT’S very superior PATENT and other METALLIC PENS may be had

of all Stationers, Booksellers, and other Dealers in Pens throughout the

United Kingdom.

The great superiority of these Pens, and the Public’s approbation, is

attested by the continually increasing demand for them, and their entire

adoption at the Bank of England, and Her Majesty’s Public Offices, where,

it is known, the best articles only are admitted.

NUMBER OF PENS MANUFACTURED AT THE WORKS OF JOSEPH GILLOTT.

FROM OCT. 1837, to OCT. 1838,

was 35,808,452

or 2,984,037 dozen

or 248,669 gross

FROM OCT. 1838, to OCT. 1839,

was 44,654,702

or 3,721,225 dozen

or 310,102 gross

FROM DEC. 1840, to DEC. 1841,

was 62,126,928

or 5,177,244 dozen

or 431,437 gross

These Pens are made in every variety, suitable for the MEDICAL and LEGAL

PROFESSIONS, BANKING, MERCANTILE, and GENERAL PURPOSES, and for SCHOOLS.

[Illustration]

It is requisite to state, as a general “CAUTION,” that the name, “JOSEPH

GILLOTT,” is marked in full on EVERY GENUINE PEN, and Vendors are desired

to note that his Cards of Pens are made up in Packets of One Dozen each,

and have a label outside, with a fac-simile of his Signature.

The Genuine GILLOTT’S PENS may usually be obtained at the regular

dealers’ shops at as low prices as are generally demanded by itinerant

dealers, and others, for those very inferior articles which are

frequently palmed upon the Public as the real GILLOTT’S PENS.

☞ At the request of Persons extensively engaged in Tuition, J. G. has

introduced his WARRANTED SCHOOL PENS, which are especially adapted to

their use, being of different degrees of flexibility, and with FINE,

MEDIUM, and BROAD POINTS.

WHOLESALE AND FOR EXPORTATION AT THE WAREHOUSE, 95, NEW-STREET,

BIRMINGHAM, ALSO AT 37, GRACECHURCH-STREET, LONDON,

Under the Management of Mr. FOX, from the Manufactory, or from any of the

WHOLESALE STATIONERS and MERCHANTS in London, &c.

The great superiority of these Pens has induced their entire adoption in

the Bank of England and Her Majesty’s Public Offices, where it is known

none but the best articles are admitted: such as the Home and Foreign

Offices, the Admiralty and other Public Boards, the Offices of the India

Board, the various Offices at Somerset-House, the British Museum Library,

&c., the General Post-Office, and others; as well as by a large number of

Bankers, Merchants, and Manufacturers, throughout the Country, and many

Public and Private Schools.

* * * * *

CAUTION TO FAMILIES.

The high reputation of, and consequent great demand for the

undermentioned Preparations, have excited the cupidity of some

SHOPKEEPERS of apparent respectability, but destitute alike of honour

and of talent, who, for the sake of gaining a trifle more profit, basely

attempt to impose their pernicious compounds upon the public as the real

“MACASSAR OIL” for the Hair, and “KALYDOR” for the Complexion; they copy

the bills and labels of the original articles, substituting either a

FICTITIOUS NAME or the word “GENUINE” in the place of “ROWLAND’S.”

To frustrate such imposition—it is necessary on purchasing either

article, to see that the word “ROWLAND’S” is on the wrapper, as follows,

without which None are Genuine.

ROWLAND’S MACASSAR OIL,

for the Growth, and for Beautifying the Human Hair.

Price 3s. 6d.; 7s.; or Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d.;

and double that size, 21s. per bottle.

ROWLAND’S KALYDOR,

for the Skin and Complexion.—Price 4s. 6d. and 8s. 6d. per bottle.

ROWLAND’S ODONTO,

Or PEARL DENTRIFICE,

renders the Teeth beautifully White, and preserves the Gums.

Price 2s. 9d. per box, duty included.

A. ROWLAND & SON, 20, HATTON GARDEN, LONDON,

is written in red on the wrappers of the MACASSAR OIL and KALYDOR, and

engraven on the Government Stamp affixed on the KALYDOR and the ODONTO.

Be sure to ask for “ROWLAND’S” Articles. Sold by them and by respectable

Chemists and Perfumers.

* * * * *

COMPOSITION FOR WRITING WITH STEEL PENS.

STEPHENS’ WRITING FLUID.

THESE COMPOSITIONS, which have so remarkably extended the use of the

STEEL PEN, are brought to very great perfection, being more easy to write

with, more durable, and in every respect preferable to the ordinary Ink.

In warm climates they have become essential—they consist of:—

A BLUE FLUID, changing to an intense Black colour.

PATENT UNCHANGEABLE BLUE FLUIDS, remaining a deep Blue colour.

A SUPERIOR BLACK INK, of the common character, but more fluid.

A SUPERIOR CARMINE RED for Contrast Writing.

A CARBONACEOUS RECORD INK, unchangeable by any Chemical Agent.

Also a new kind of MARKING INK for Linen: and Inkholders adapted for

preserving Ink from Evaporation or Dust.

Bottles at 3d. each, convenient for writing from are prepared, which will

enable those who may wish to try either of these articles to do so at a

small expense.

Prepared by HENRY STEPHENS, the Inventor, 54, Stamford-street,

Blackfriars-road, London, and sold by Stationers and Booksellers.

N.B. These unchangeable Blue Fluids are Patent articles; the Public are

therefore cautioned against imitations, which are infringements: to sell

or use which is illegal.

STEPHENS’ SELECT STEEL PENS.

The utmost possible care having been bestowed upon the manufacture

of these articles, so as to procure the highest finish, they can be

confidently recommended both for flexibility and durability.

* * * * *

DAGUERREOTYPE OR PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS.

PORTRAITS by Mr. CLAUDET’S INSTANTANEOUS PROCESS, under the Patronage of

her Majesty, are taken daily at the ADELAIDE GALLERY, LOWTHER ARCADE,

STRAND. The Sitting generally occupies less than One Second, by which

faithful and pleasing Likenesses are obtained, with backgrounds, the

patented invention of Mr. Claudet, representing Landscapes, the Interior

of a Library, &c. &c.

Price of a Single Portrait, usual size, One Guinea. Portraits and Groups

are also taken on Plates of an enlarged size, and for Lockets or Brooches

as small as may be required.

* * * * *

PATENT PLATE GLASS.

The Patent Plate Glass is equal in appearance to the British Plate Glass,

and at about one-half its cost.

SHEET WINDOW GLASS,

For Conservatories, Dwelling Houses, &c.

The SHEET WINDOW GLASS is particularly recommended for Conservatories,

Garden Frames, Skylights, and all purposes where strength is required.

Lights may be glazed with panes from twenty to fifty inches in length,

without liability of breakage from hail or trivial accidents.

PAINTED GLASS,

In the ancient or modern style, from the most simple to the richest

designs. Ruby and other Coloured Glass equal to the ancient.

GLASS SHADES,

Round, Oval, or Square, for the preservation of Clocks, Alabaster

Ornaments, Minerals, &c. &c.

Sold, Wholesale and Retail, by CLAUDET & HOUGHTON, at their PLATE,

CROWN, SHEET, FLUTED, and PAINTED WINDOW GLASS and GLASS SHADE WAREHOUSE,

89, HIGH HOLBORN, where Lists of Prices may be had.

* * * * *

[Illustration]

CORY’S POWDERS FOR CHILDREN

Are recommended to mothers and nurses, not only as a remedy, but as

a preventative in all cases of teething, measles, scarlet fever,

hooping-cough, small-pox, convulsions from worms and teething, wasting

of the limbs, jaundice, fits, diarrhœa, chicken-pox, thrush, &c. The

above complaints are invariably preceded by a pettishness of temper,

accompanied by costiveness, and a greater or less degree of fever. To

these little ailments attention should be particularly directed, for

it is in this stage that these powders will commonly prevent further

progress of disorder, by promoting healthy secretion of the skin, liver,

stomach, and bowels.

PREPARED AND SOLD BY

WM. H. CORY,

SURGEON-APOTHECARY,

20, EARL-STREET, BLACKFRIARS,

And may be had of most respectable Medicine Vendors throughout the

Kingdom, in packets at 1s. 1½d., 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d., and in tin cases for

exportation, 1_l._ 1s. duty included. Each packet has the signature of

Wm. H. Cory on the Government stamp, without which none are genuine.

Orders by post attended to.

* * * * *

[Illustration: PLATOW’S PATENT AUTOMATON COFFEE URN.]

This invention makes Coffee of the finest quality, preserving that

delicate aroma which is scarcely known to English Coffee-drinkers,

owing to the imperfect methods of making the beverage practised in this

country. By a simple self-acting process, which cannot err, the Automaton

enables the most inexperienced person to produce Coffee as excellent in

flavour as the most skilful can prepare. Sold in all metals and of all

sizes, so as to be used either for private Families or Hotels, and either

with a Lamp or on the fire.

Sold by PLATOW & CO., 145, High Holborn.

* * * * *

LEFT-OFF CLOTHES, REGIMENTALS, &c., WANTED.—PEARSON’S established

warehouse, 2, Lamb’s Conduit-street. Gentlemen having any quantity, large

or small, of left-off wearing apparel, military, naval, theatrical, and

costume of any nation, the utmost value in ready money given, or new

clothes made in exchange. Apply personally, or by letter, to Stephen

Pearson, 2, Lamb’s Conduit-street. Distance no object. Ladies’ apparel

purchased. Books taken on the same terms.

Officers and gentlemen arriving from India will find this an excellent

mode of disposing of their equipments for ready money, or clothes in

exchange.

Theatrical dresses made to order.

* * * * *

OROPHOLITHE is a composition, which being impervious to wet, and

proof against atmospheric action, is peculiarly adapted for roofs

and floorings. It is also a substitute for oil-cloth, a covering for

terraces, for wainscoting, and from its portability, for emigrants’

houses. It is light, durable, and very considerably cheaper than

any material such as zinc, lead, or oil-cloth, for which it may be

substituted with great advantage. A temporary small house and other

specimens may be seen at the Manufactory, 1, Gough-street North, near

Calthorpe-street, Gray’s-Inn Road.

* * * * *

THE LONDON MARBLE AND STONE WORKING COMPANY, Esher-street,

Hollywell-street, Millbank, Westminster (established 1821), are enabled,

with their Patent Machinery, to execute Chimney-pieces, Monuments,

Tablets, Slabs for Furniture, and every description of such work, with

an accuracy, rapidity of execution, beauty and durability of polish, and

reduction of cost, which cannot be obtained elsewhere. The public are

invited to inspect their extensive Show-rooms, containing the largest

stock in this country. The trade supplied with every description of Rough

Slab Blocks or Scantlings; or Blocks sent to the works cut to order.

Please to be accurate in copying the address, to prevent imposition, the

Company having no connection with any other establishment but that in

Esher-street.

* * * * *

By Her Majesty’s Royal Letters Patent.

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THE PATENT RAMONEUR[3] ASSOCIATION, FOR PROMOTING THE SWEEPING OF

CHIMNEYS BY MACHINERY.—CENTRAL OFFICE, 34, FOLEY-PLACE, PORTLAND-PLACE.

[3] From the French verb “Ramoner,” to sweep.

In consequence of an Act passed August 7, 1840, intituled, “An Act for

the Regulation of Chimney-sweepers and Chimneys,” by which it is enacted,

“That from and after the first of July, 1842, any person who shall compel

or knowingly allow any child or young person, under the age of twenty-one

years, to ascend or descend a chimney or enter a flue for the purpose

of sweeping, cleaning, or coring the same, or for extinguishing a fire

therein, shall be liable to a penalty of not more than ten pounds, or

less than five pounds,”—all chimneys from henceforth must be cleaned and

swept by machinery.

This Association of gentlemen has its origin in an earnest desire to

promote a cause which has long occupied the attention of the warmest

friends of humanity, and to give decided and practical effect to the

provisions of the above-mentioned Act of Parliament.

In responding to the call of humanity, by the entire abolition of the

unseemly and afflicting practice of cleansing chimneys by the direct

agency of the Living Infant Sweeper, the authority of the Legislature

has been exercised to confer a public benefit, in the abatement of an

evil of great magnitude, and a fruitful source of lasting misery. It only

remains that the detail of minor arrangements be carried out in the way

that may seem the best adapted to perfecting the working of the Act, and

accomplish the requisite changes, consistently with the public sense of

fitness and propriety.

This Association, therefore, brings before the country an efficacious

means of obviating, for the future, the necessity or any approach to

the evils of the old system, in accordance with the general feeling and

opinion on the subject, and in strict and active furtherance of the law

as it now stands.

The considerations which the Association desire to lay before the public

arrange themselves under the following general heads:—

The well-known and acknowledged difficulty and danger of the

old process, and the dangerous exposure and risk to property,

in large masses, from the imperfect performance of former

methods.

The harsh, not to say hard and cruel, treatment of the infant

sweeper, from a necessity (in a certain degree, perhaps)

inseparable from the nature of the old process, and the effects

of prescriptive custom, as exercised by unenlightened masters.

The unerring and perfect performance of the Association’s new

Machinery, coupled with its simplicity of construction, its

great effective power, and its ease of management.

The great importance of its certain effect in the immediate

extinction of accidental fire in chimneys.

The great practical economy effected to the public through

the perfect operation of the Machines, and the consequent

incalculable increase of convenience in the domestic

arrangements,—as all the chimneys of a house can be perfectly

swept at one visit, in much less time than is now required;

with a guaranteed security, for the due performance of the

specific duty undertaken, and against injury or loss from

carelessness, mismanagement, or depredation.

The Association has also in view the very important objects

of affording complete relief to the entire class of sweeping

adults and children, by elevating them from their present

degraded and enslaved condition to the rank of well-ordered,

decently-appointed, and justly-paid workmen.

The date of each application for sweeping chimneys in a

house, and of the execution of the order, with the names of

the workmen employed, will be entered in the books of the

Association, at their principal office, 34, Foley-place: thus

affording satisfactory proof, in cases of fire, of the chimneys

having been properly swept, where the cause of fire may be the

subject of legal controversy; and preventing any disposition

on the part of the labourer to commit petty offences, from the

absolute certainty of immediate detection.

The PATENT RAMONEUR ASSOCIATION, to carry out these great objects, have

appointed respectable persons as Agents to receive orders; and will

employ workmen of known good character, provided with suitable dresses

to carry on the operation; giving them thus a cleaner and more decent

appearance, when not absolutely employed at work, than is at present

witnessed; and who, in lieu of the scanty and precarious pittance

hitherto allowed them, will receive wages of sufficient amount to afford

them the comforts and secure to them the self-respect enjoyed by other

mechanical labourers.

The Association beg to inform the Nobility, Gentry, and Public, that,

under these arrangements, on application being made at the Central

Office, a workman and assistant will attend with the Machine, and,

if necessary at the first trial, the Superintendent will himself be

present at the operation. The usual rate charged for each chimney, under

the old system of Machinery, will not be exceeded; and should it be

desired, houses may be contracted for by the year, on the same terms as

heretofore; no extra charge being made for machinery, or for the greater

convenience, cleanliness, and security of property, afforded by the

arrangements of the Association.

W. S. TROTTER, Secretary.

Superintendent, Mr. W. Speller, 30, Berkeley-street West,

Edgware-road.

⁂ In connexion with this establishment, the Association has introduced

a Patent Chimney-pot, which effectually cures the downward draught,

and supersedes the use of “cowls,” which cannot escape fracture by the

Machinery employed in sweeping the chimneys.

[Illustration]

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COMMERCIAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE, ANNUITY, ENDOWMENT, AND LOAN

ASSOCIATION.

112, Cheapside, London.

Capital 500,000_l._ in shares of 50_l._ each. Deposit 2_l._ per share.

DIRECTORS.

Henry George Ward, Esq., M.P., Chairman.

John Aylwin, Esq., Dulwich.

Robert Bastow, Esq., 20, Surrey-place, Old Kent-road.

William Bastow, Esq., 20, Surrey-place, Old Kent-road.

Henry Cornfoot, Esq., Old Palace, Richmond.

Adam Duff, Esq., Morden-hill, Blackheath.

Henry Hind Edwards, Esq., Park Village East, Regent’s-park.

Edward Evans, Esq., 2, Stones’-end, Borough.

Robert Meggay, Esq., 38, Great Tower-street.

Richard Pope, Esq., 11, North Terrace, Camberwell.

John Richards, Esq., 17, New Bridge-street, Blackfriars, and Reading.

Thomas Bush Saunders, Esq., 19, Lincoln’s-inn-fields.

Rates of premium calculated on as low a rate as is consistent with the

safety of the assured and the stability of the Company.

A septennial division of the profits, either in the way of bonuses, or in

the reduction of premiums; two-thirds to the assured, and one-third to

the proprietors.

A system of loan upon personal or other securities, provided the party

borrowing assures his life for double the amount he receives.

Policies which shall have been assigned six months as a bona fide

security not void by death from suicide, duelling, or the hands of

justice.

No entrance fee or other charge beyond the policy stamp.

All matters in dispute, where no fraud is suspected, to be referred to

arbitration.

Claims payable three months after death, or earlier on receiving a

discount.

A liberal commission to all parties bringing business.

Premiums payable yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly.

Medical referees paid by the Office in every case referred to them for

their professional opinions.

Interest at the rate of 5_l._ per cent. allowed on the paid-up capital.

Applications for the remaining shares, agencies, and prospectuses, to be

made to the Secretary, 112, Cheapside.

Board days, Mondays and Thursdays, at half-past One o’clock.

FREDERICK LAWRANCE, Secretary.

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TO THE CLERGY.

CITY EQUITABLE CLOTHING ESTABLISHMENT, FLEET-STREET (Three Doors from

Temple-bar).

G. EVANS respectfully yet fearlessly submits the following SCALE of

CONTRACTS to the careful perusal of gentlemen who have been accustomed to

pay exorbitant prices, and to assure them that the articles will be of

the best materials and workmanship, as he intends to continue that honest

and just principle of doing business which he has hitherto pursued, and

which he is happy to find has given such general satisfaction. His long

experience in cutting has qualified him to give a good fit, and his

matured judgment enables him to select none but the best materials.

Naval and Military Uniforms strictly to regulation, with a careful regard

to economy. Liveries unusually low, considering the superior articles

invariably supplied. Ladies’ Riding Habits, not to be surpassed in style,

quality, or price. Young Gentlemen’s Clothing at extremely moderate

prices.

A List of Prices forwarded to gentlemen who do not wish to contract.

TABLE OF CONTRACT.

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| | |Best that can be

No. of Suits.| Colours. | Super. | made in

| |per suit.|every particular.

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| | £ s. d.| £ s. d.

Two Suits |Coloured | 4 4 0 | 4 18 0

Ditto |Black or Blue| 4 18 0 | 5 10 0

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Three Suits |Coloured | 4 2 0 | 4 16 0

Ditto |Black or Blue| 4 16 0 | 5 8 0

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Four Suits |Coloured | 4 0 0 | 4 10 0

Ditto |Black or Blue| 4 12 0 | 5 5 0

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Five Suits |Coloured | 4 0 0 | 4 8 0

Ditto |Black or Blue| 4 12 0 | 5 2 0

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Six Suits |Coloured | 3 18 0 | 4 6 0

Ditto |Black or Blue| 4 10 0 | 5 0 0

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OLD SUITS TO BE RETURNED.

Silk Waistcoats, 4s. extra; Frock Coats, 10s.; Velvet Waistcoats, 10s.;

Velvet Collar, 4s.

A newly-invented Measuring Card (with a Drawing), and Tape attached,

giving instructions to enable any person to use it correctly, will be

forwarded where required.

* * * * *

OIL and LAMP PHENOMENA, and NO PUFF.—CLARK and CO., oil refiners by

chemical process, 261, Strand, and 16, Picket-street, sell their

UNEQUALLED CLARIFIED OIL, at 4s. 10d. per gallon, suitable for every

description of lamp in present use. Four gallons go as far as five

gallons of solar or other common oils, and therefore their Clarified Oil

is cheapest. Lamps burning it require no cleaning, on account of its

purity. It produces a splendid light, without smoke, if their fire-proof

smoke consuming glasses are used; but burns quite equal to sperm with

the common glasses. Oil lamps, best workmanship and newest style, at

manufacturer’s prices: for instance, excellent table lamps, 21s., usually

38s.; Cambridge reading or writing lamps, superior, 11s. 9d., usually

21s.; hall lamps from 2s. 9d.; very superb drawing and dining room lamps,

45s. 9d., usually 84s.; beautiful brass and real bronze reading lamps,

15s. 9d., usually 30s. These are only specimens of prices. Chandelier

designs to be seen in great variety. Clarified oil, 4s. 10d. imperial

gallon; fire-proof chimneys, 1s. only.—CLARK and CO., 16, Pickett-street,

or 261, Strand, three doors from the stone pillars, opposite St.

Clement’s Church, and not a corner shop. To prevent impositions, observe,

strictly, Clark and Co. stamped on the glasses, and sealed on the oil

corks. Books of designs of lamps (for every use) forwarded free to any

part of the kingdom.

* * * * *

PAINT AND PAPER CLEANED ON A NEW PRINCIPLE.—HENRY BURRIDGE, 15,

Grenville-street, Brunswick-square, original Inventor of the new and

approved method of washing Paper-hangings on the walls of rooms by a

Chemical Preparation, to look equal to new, begs to return his most

grateful thanks to the Nobility and Gentry for the liberal patronage he

has received, and trusts by strict attention to merit a continuance of

their favours.

Specimens of paper cleaning may be seen at 15, Grenville-street, or shewn

on the walls that are required to be cleaned. Gilt Mouldings, Painted

Ceilings, Stucco Walls, Wainscots, &c., cleaned nearly equal to new,

Marble Monuments, Busts, and Chimney-pieces bleached and cleaned without

incurring the expense of taking down and refixing.

Manufacturer of Marble Papers for staircase walls, &c., in a new and

superior style.

Distempering, Whitewashing, and Colouring executed with despatch.

Established 20 years.

House and Estate Agent.

N.B. No charge for registering.

* * * * *

[Illustration: AUSTIN & SEELEY, NEW ROAD, LONDON,

(_Corner of Cleveland Street._)]

AUSTIN and SEELEY respectfully invite the attention of Builders, Masons,

and others to their extensive Collection of Ornaments, manufactured in

Artificial Stone, of their own peculiar Composition, without either the

use of Roman Cement or the application of Heat. They are also ready to

execute New Models on the lowest remunerating terms. Their present Stock

consists of—

Capitals and Fluted Columns; Trusses, Brackets, and Modillions; the Royal

Arms and Prince of Wales’s Feathers; Centre Ornaments for Entablatures

and Bas-Relievos; Balustrading and Coping, for which, as their work

is waterproof, it is well suited; Rustic and Rough Stone Facing, and

Pier Ornaments, such as Pine-Apples, &c.; Gothic Work in great variety,

including Fonts, Communion Tables, and Screens; Tazzas and Vases, to the

extent of nearly One Hundred Models; Flower-Boxes, and Garden-Border

Edging; Fountains, from £6 and upwards; Monumental Urns; Figures—Statues

from the antique, as well as some chaste subjects of modern design,

Animals, Birds, &c.; Chimneys and Chimney-Pots, from 1 foot 10 inches

to 10 feet high. (As these are so bulky, a portion of Roman Cement is

introduced for economy’s sake.)

N.B. A complete Specimen-Sheet of their Chimneys may be had by

application to A. and S.

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* * * * *

MOST IMPORTANT INVENTION.

THE PATENT STUCCO PAINT CEMENT.—This truly valuable preparation, the

satisfactory result of a long series of experiments, after having been

subjected to the most rigid tests, is now offered with confidence to the

public, as possessing the following extraordinary qualities, which must

at once insure for it a preference over any Cement yet manufactured.

Architects, Engineers, Contractors, Builders, Masons, Plasterers, and

the Trade are referred to the undermentioned properties of this valuable

discovery, which is secured by Patent to its Inventors and Proprietors.

1. Its strong adhesive properties, fixing most tenaciously to the

smoothest surfaces, even to glass.

2. Its being highly repellent of water, and thoroughly impervious to wet

or damp.

3. The chemical peculiarity of its composition does not admit of the

possibility of its vegetating, and thereby becoming discoloured.

4. The safe and gradual rapidity with which it dries; hardening the more

by the greater exposure to the atmosphere.

5. Its perfect freedom from any of the caustic qualities of Lime

Stuccoes; and consequently,

6. It may be painted upon as soon as dry, a property possessed by no

other Cement whatever.

7. It is not in the slightest degree affected by frost.

8. It may be kept in the cask as delivered from the Manufactory for

any length of time without deterioration, not requiring to be used (as

other Cements are) immediately after being manufactured. To Merchants,

therefore, and Exporters, even to the remotest parts of the globe, this

Cement will form a most important item of commerce.

9. To Engineers and Conductors of Public Works, the use of this Cement is

strongly recommended in lieu of mortar, particularly in the construction

of Railway Arches and Tunnelling; its peculiarly tenacious property

forming one hardened mass with the brick or masonry, or with whatever

material it may be used; and it will be found particularly valuable in

laying and pointing roofs, whether of slate or tile, in the most exposed

situations, rendering the whole roof fixed and immoveable.

This Cement is sold in a fluid state, fit for its mixture with the sand,

at 14s. per cwt.: the proportions being one fourth-part of the fluid

to three-fourths of sand, thereby reducing the price of this Cement

considerably below that of any other yet offered to the public.

One coat of the Cement, so prepared, is sufficient to cover at once a

Brick Front, without any preparatory coat of lime, seven pounds of the

fluid Cement being consumed in covering the square yard; but when laid on

Lime Plaster, four pounds’ weight to the square yard will be found enough.

Messrs. Johns and Co., of Plymouth (the Patentees), are now prepared

to execute orders to any extent; and beg to intimate that they have

appointed Messrs. Mann and Co., of No. 5, Maiden-lane, Queen-street,

London, as their Sole Agents, at whose Warehouse any quantity may be

procured, specimens may be seen, and every information obtained, and to

whom all communications are to be addressed.

London, 5, Maiden-lane, Queen-street, Cheapside, May, 1842.

* * * * *

JAMES GRANT, GAS FITTER, No. 1, Vine-street, Tufton-Street, Westminster,

respectfully offers his services to his friends and the public, to lay

gas apparatus, of iron or metal, with every requisite for lighting houses

or apartments, &c., upon sound principles, which insure safety and

prevent smell or other inconvenience, upon economical terms. Drawings and

estimates furnished.

* * * * *

TO MASONS, SCULPTORS, BUILDERS, &c.—WYATT, PARKER, and Co. beg to inform

their friends and the public, that they have just received from Italy

some fine Blocks of Statuary, Veined, Dove, Sienna, and other Marbles.

Also a large quantity of Italian sawn slabs or tables. To be seen at

Albion Wharf, Holland-street, foot of Blackfriars-bridge, Surrey.

* * * * *

TO ARTISTS, &c.—Wanted, a Gentleman with a taste for Architectural

Drawing, and of competent skill as a Draughtsman and Colourist, who,

in return for the facilities given him to acquire a knowledge of

Architecture, &c., would give his services, or at a moderate remuneration

in instruction. Address H., “Builder” Office.

* * * * *

TO ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, &c.—J. EVANS, Stove Grate Manufacturer, 33,

King William-street, London-bridge, respectfully submits the following

reduced prices for wholesale orders:—Best elliptic stoves, 4½d. per inch;

register stoves, 10d. per inch; Evans’s improved patent self-acting

kitchen ranges, with ovens and back boilers, three feet, 4_l._ 14s.

6d.; three feet four inches, 5_l._ 15s. 6d.; three feet eight inches,

6_l._ 6s.; four feet, 6_l._ 16s. 6d. Larger sizes, with steam apparatus

complete, from 20_l._ to 100_l._ and upwards. The largest stock of

ornamental drawing-room stoves, fenders, &c., in the kingdom.

* * * * *

TO ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, AND OTHERS.

The advantages of JAMES FINDON’S Patent improvement to Water-Closets are

the great facility of acting, cleanliness, a durability, a readiness of

being connected to a pipe from a head of water, which pipe may be used

for any other purpose; the whole of the apparatus being under the seat.

Testimonials to be seen at the manufactory, 190½, High Holborn.

N.B. Iron Hopper Closet Basin glazed and trap complete, 1_l._ 5s.; Long

Iron Hopper Closet Basin glazed and trap complete, 1_l._ 7s.

* * * * *

TO ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, DECORATORS, &c.—A Gentleman who has had

considerable experience as a draughtsman and designer in the Elizabethan

style, as applicable to building, decoration, and furniture, would

be glad to meet with an engagement where he would also make himself

generally useful. Apply by letter, prepaid, to A.B., “Builder” Office.

MUSIC.

EIGHT-KEYED COCOA FLUTES, with MOSAIC GOLD or GERMAN SILVER double

spring-actioned keys, made on the principle of the two most eminent

Professors, NICHOLSON and RUDAL, price 2_l._ 15s. with Case, &c.,

complete.

* * * * *

FLOWERS OF MELODY; or the BEAUTIES of the OPERA and CONCERT ROOM. Under

this title are published, Songs, Airs, Quadrilles, Waltzes, &c., arranged

for the Flute or Violin; the following are now ready, and may be had

by order of any Book or Music-seller, price Sixpence each:—Songs and

Airs from the works of Albert, Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha—Beauties

of Strauss, Book I.—Lanner’s Waltzes, Book I.—Airs in the Tempest and

Macbeth—Songs and Airs in the Beggar’s Opera—Songs and Airs in Shiel’s

Opera of The Woodman.—John Limbird’s Music Warehouse, 143, Strand.

* * * * *

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published the 1st and 15th of every month.

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* * * * *

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6 The Traveller.

7 God is everywhere.

8 Temperance.

PART II.

9 Invitation to a Redbreast.

10 Call to Prayer.

11 Stanzas to my Child.

12 Infant’s Prayer.

13 Blowing Bubbles.

14 Super Flumina Babylonis.

15 Prayer.

16 Shepherd Boy.

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17 The Sea.

18 Contentment.

19 Fraternity.

20 Night Song.

21 Consolation.

22 Hymn.

23 The World we have not seen.

24 Psalm XV.

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GUIDE FOR BEGINNERS IN PIANOFORTE PLAYING, with English and French words.

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The following Compositions are to be published successively:—

MUSICAL GRAMMAR. Theory of Chords, of Counterpoint, of Imitation, Fugue,

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THE ART OF SINGING, or Guide for the higher practical part of Execution.

A COLLECTION OF AIRS, DUETS, and CHORUSES of the Opera “La Jacquerie”

(Poor Conrad), with English, French, and German words.

THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST, an Oratorio.

London: Published at the Repository for Mainzer’s Publications, 340,

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entitled the

ILLUSTRATED POLYTECHNIC REVIEW. This Journal will be devoted to Science,

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with a new Type, and will comprise 48 closely-printed columns, 4to. The

whole to be illustrated with numerous fine Engravings, by the first

Artists.

Letters, Essays, Works for Review &c. to be addressed to the Editor, 143,

Strand, London, where Advertisements will be received.

* * * * *

Will be published on 1st January, 1843,

LAXTON’S BUILDERS’ PRICE-BOOK for 1843, containing upwards of Ten

Thousand Prices and Memoranda connected with Building. The whole has been

carefully revised and corrected agreeably to the recent alteration of

the price of materials in consequence of the New Tariff. A great variety

of additional prices have been given not before published, together with

some useful Tables. Seventeenth Edition. Published in a convenient size

suitable for the Pocket. Price 4s. bound in cloth, or in the form of a

pocket-book, price 5s.

To be had of the Author at his Office, 10, Fludyer-street, Whitehall;

John Weale, Architectural Library, 59, High Holborn; Simpkin, Marshall,

and Co., and R. Groombridge, Paternoster-row; Hebert, 88, Cheapside; and

Miller & Field, 6, Westminster-bridge-road.

* * * * *

NEW WORKS NOW PUBLISHING BY H. G. CLARKE & CO. 66, OLD BAILEY, LONDON,

Agent for Ireland, S. J. Machen, 8, D’Olier-street, Dublin, AND SOLD BY

ALL BOOKSELLERS.

THE ENGLISH WIFE; A Manual of Home Duties, designed as a Sequel to the

English Maiden. 12mo. cloth, lettered. Price 4s. 6d. Silk, 6s. Morocco,

8s.

CONTENTS.—Bridal Hopes and Joys. Family Arrangements. Domestic and Social

Duties. State of Mind necessary to the due Discharge of Domestic Duties.

On the Care of Health. On Healthful Food and Drink. On the Care of

Infants. On the Training of Young Children. Leisure Hours. Conclusion.

THE ENGLISH MAIDEN; Her Moral and Domestic Duties. With engraved Title,

designed by Gilbert, engraved by Gilks, fcp. 8vo. cloth, lettered, price

4s. 6d. Silk, 6s. Mor. 8s.

“A little work well worthy, from its good sense and good feeling, to be a

permanent and favourite monitor to our fair countrywomen.”—Morning Herald.

“The book is one of the best fitted for presents to young women, in any

rank of life; its price putting it within the reach of MOST; its tendency

calculated to be beneficial to ALL.”—Sherborne Mercury.

THE LADIES’ WORK-TABLE BOOK,

Containing full Instructions in Plain and Fancy Needle-work, Embroidery,

Knitting, Netting, Crochet, &c. Illustrated by upwards of Fifty

Engravings. Imperial 32mo. Cloth, gilt edges, price 3s. 6d.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF FANCY NEEDLE-WORK AND EMBROIDERY,

Containing Plain and Ample Directions whereby to become a perfect

Mistress of those delightful Arts. 3rd edition, with Illustrations.

Imperial 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

“The directions are plain and concise, and we can honestly recommend the

volume to every reader.”—La Belle Assemblée.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF PLAIN NEEDLE-WORK,

Containing Clear and Ample Instructions whereby to attain proficiency in

every department of this most useful employment, with Explanations of

the various Stitches. By the Author of the “Ladies’ Hand-Book of Fancy

Needle-work,” &c. Imp. 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF KNITTING, NETTING, AND CROCHET,

Containing Plain Directions by which to become proficient in those

branches of Useful and Ornamental Employment. By the Author of the

“Ladies’ Hand-Book of Fancy Needlework,” &c. 3rd edition, with

Illustrations. Imperial 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

“A more useful work can hardly be desired.”—Court Gazette.

THE LADIES’ HAND-BOOK OF BABY-LINEN,

By the Author of the “Ladies’ Hand-Book of Fancy Needlework,” &c.

Imperial 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

THE HAND-BOOK OF PAINTING IN OIL,

With an Appendix, containing Sir J. Reynolds’ Observations and

Instructions to Students. Imperial, 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

“A work of great utility to the Young Artist and Amateur.”—Polytechnic

Journal.

* * * * *

ANNUALS, FOR 1843.

A LOVE GIFT for 1843.

Royal 32mo. cloth, price 2s. 6d. White Silk, 3s.

“A pretty little volume, bound in pink and gold, containing extracts

from our English poets, both ancient and modern, upon a subject which

‘rules the camp, the court, the grove—man below, and gods above;’ all

universal love—and those who wish to learn what poets have said upon this

all-interesting subject, may find it here.”—Era.

THE BALL-ROOM ANNUAL for 1843.

Comprising, in addition to the most Fashionable Quadrilles, Galopades,

Mazourkas, &c. of the Present Season, the Steps used in the Strathspeys

and Highland Reels, as danced before her Majesty and Prince Albert, on

their recent Visit to Scotland. Medium 32mo. gilt edges, price 1s.

THE CHILD’S OWN ANNUAL for 1843;

Illustrated by upwards of Thirty Wood Engravings. Fcp. 8vo. handsomely

bound, price 4s. 6d.

HARRISON’S GARDEN ALMANAC and Floral Calendar for 1843.

The Floricultural Department by JOSEPH HARRISON, Editor of the

“Floricultural Cabinet,” “Gardener’s Record,” &c. Foolscap 8vo. price 1s.

CLARKE’S GUIDE BOOKS

To the Exhibitions in and near London; Free Galleries of Art in and near

London; a Guide Book for Visiters, by H. G. CLARKE. Fcp. 8vo. sewed,

price 1s. 6d.; containing the National Gallery, Dulwich Gallery, and

Greenwich Hospital Naval Gallery.

The National Gallery; a Guide Book for Visiters. Price 4d.; abridged 3d.

and 1d.

The Dulwich Gallery; a Guide Book for Visiters. Price 6d.; abridged 4d.

and 2d.

The Naval Gallery at Greenwich Hospital; a Guide Book for Visiters. Price

3d.; abridged 1d.

The Royal Gallery, Hampton Court.—Nearly ready.

THE LIFE OF SAINT IGNATIUS,

Bishop of Antioch; being No. I. of the Lives of the Fathers, Saints, and

Martyrs of the Early Christian Church, Imperial 32mo, price 1s.

LETTERS TO A YOUNG LADY

On the Advantages of Early Piety. Imperial 32mo. cloth.—Nearly ready.

CONTENTS.—Personal Advantages of Early Piety. Domestic Advantages of

Early Piety. Early Piety as a Preparatory for the Duties of Active Life.

Early Piety as connected with the Immortal Destiny of the Human Race.

* * * * *

MOSLEY’S METALLIC PENS.—The decided superiority of these Pens over all

others has long been acknowledged by the Public, and MOSLEY and Co., by

anxiously embracing every opportunity of improving their manufacture,

have at length brought them to such a state of perfection, as utterly

to defy competition. M. & Co. in returning thanks for the very liberal

support they have received, would beg at the same time to observe, that

us few persons can write with the same description of Pen, they have

manufactured a great variety of kinds, being thus enabled to suit the

hand-writing of all.

MOSLEY’S PENS are sold by all stationers, and other respectable pen

dealers throughout the Kingdom, and Wholesale at No. 8, Hatton Garden,

London.

To guard against the many spurious imitations palmed upon the Public,

every genuine Pen is stamped “RICHARD MOSLEY & Co. London,” and it is

requisite that particular attention be paid to this circumstance, as the

name of MOSLEY has been marked upon articles of a worthless description,

the name being wrongly spelled, or the Christian name left out—“RICHARD

MOSLEY & Co. London,” is the only genuine stamp.

* * * * *

BENTLEY’S Patent PORCELAIN LETTERS, for shop-fronts, hotels, merchants,

shippers, &c., are 23 per cent. cheaper than the projecting; they are

the most beautiful and imposing to the sight possible, and by far the

most durable of any yet introduced; it is a fact worthy of remark, that

every new letter that has been brought out within the last ten years has

been Bentley’s invention: also Bentley’s newly-invented Zinc and Brass

Shop Window Plates, both flat and circular, with raised letters, without

a particle of wax, which never get out of order. The Queen’s, Prince

Albert’s, and the Prince of Wales’ coats of arms in wood and metal.

Observe.—The only Manufactory is Bentley’s, 234, High Holborn.

* * * * *

LETTERS FOR SHOP FRONTS.—Use Mason’s Imperishable ones, made in patent

Iron-stone China, which have stood the severe test of 20 winters’

exposure in front of their manufactory at Fenton, in the Potteries.

To be had of Mr. Wager Brameld, Agent, 16, Norton-street, Portland-place.

* * * * *

GREAT COMFORT TO INVALIDS.—FYFE’S Patent Hermetically Sealed Commode

Pail, forming with its mahogany seat and earthen pan, a completely

air-tight, inodorous, portable chamber closet, for 1_l._ 6s., in a

neat japanned box, 2_l._ 4s., in a handsome mahogany enclosure, 3_l._;

rendering a sick room, at all times, as fresh and comfortable to enter as

a well-appointed drawing-room.

Sold at Fyfe’s Repository, 26, Tavistock-street, Covent Garden.

Also,

TREDGOLD’S WARM ATMOSPHERIC AIR STOVE, filling the whole area of a Church

with a uniform warmth in two hours from lighting the fire.

Orders from the country, with a reference in London, immediately attended

to.

* * * * *

PATENT TRANSPARENT VENTILATORS.—The increasing patronage afforded to

this invention, which has been extensively introduced into the palaces,

public offices, most of the principal banking and club houses, and many

private houses, warehouses, offices, &c., has induced the proprietors

(FAIRS and CO.) to an effort for their more general adoption, in

furtherance of which they have prepared a graduated and greatly reduced

tariff of prices, which will be forwarded, post-paid, on application

to Fairs and Co., 22, Mortimer-street, Cavendish-square; the Factory,

15, Gillingham-street, Pimlico; or Messrs. Bunnett and Corpe, 26,

Lombard-street, where orders are also received. Fairs and Co. are also

Manufacturers of the Improved Zinc Sashes, now so extensively used for

Churches and other buildings, which supersede the use of copper, at a

much less cost, and in which the most elaborate designs may be executed.

* * * * *

WILLIAM SUGG AND CO., No. 19, Marsham-street, Westminster, BRASS and

IRON FOUNDERS, GAS ENGINEERS and FITTERS, Makers of Improved Patent

Gas Meters, Manufacturers of every description of plain and ornamental

bronze, brass and iron work, for OIL or GAS. Fan lights, passage and

lantern, plain or ornamented, Wholesale, Retail, and for Exportation.

Casting for the Trade.

* * * * *

BIRD’S EYE MAPLE PLANKS, lying in the West India Docks, for sale in

any quantity: also a Case of very superior Satin-wood Veneers. Apply,

prepaid, W., 340, Strand, London.

* * * * *

THE PATENT FIRE PUMP AND ANTI-FRICTION PUMP.—They are both simple and

cheap, and not so likely to get out of repair as the common Pump. The

Fire Pump combines, without any alteration, the common domestic Pump,

the Lifting Pump, and the Force Pump. The Fire Pump is adopted by her

Majesty’s Board of Works, and one is fixed in the House of Commons.

Patent Water-closets, Portable ditto, Self-acting ditto, &c. &c.

Freeman Roe, Plumber, Engineer, &c., 70, Strand, opposite the Adelphi

Theatre.

* * * * *

SMITH’S PATENT IMPROVED WATER-CLOSET combines all the requisites

considered indispensable to form a perfect machine of this nature. In its

action it is rapid, certain, and complete; simplicity of construction

(the want of which in every other kind has been the fruitful and constant

source of so much perplexity) is the distinguishing characteristic of

Smith’s Patent Improved Water-Closet.

The value of these Closets has been confirmed, after the severest tests

in which they could be subjected, by persons holding important situations

in various public institutions, and must be considered conclusive

in a matter so nearly affecting the comfort and convenience of the

establishments under their care. Such is the confidence of the Patentee

in the completeness of this invention, that he distinctly holds himself

responsible for the perfect action of every Closet fixed under his own

superintendence, and undertakes to remove, free of expense, any that may

be found not to fulfil the conditions of his prospectus.

⁂ See “Mechanic’s Magazine” of Sept. 17th, 1842.

Prospectuses and Testimonials may be had of the Patentee, T. SMITH,

Plumber, Northampton; or Hayward, Tyler, and Co., Brass-founders, 85,

Upper Whitecross-street, St. Luke’s, London.

* * * * *

[Illustration]

PATENT PERRYIAN PENS.

PRICES ACCESSIBLE TO ALL WRITERS.

JAMES PERRY & CO., Manufacturers to Her Majesty and H.R.H. Prince Albert.

Have just introduced a new variety of their excellent Metallic Pens,

in boxes containing one gross, &c., in cases containing a quarter of a

hundred, and on cards; all of which are manufactured under the protection

of their Patents, suitable for every description of writing, and superior

to all the ordinary Steel Pens in general use. J. P. & Co. strongly

recommend Bankers, Merchants, Exporters of Metallic Pens, and all large

buyers to make trial of these articles, in the full confidence they will

be found to possess more of the necessary elasticity for the production

of good writing than any other Pens at a similar price.

Pens in Boxes.

DOUBLE PATENT LARGE BARREL PENS, in Boxes, containing one dozen with

Holder, or in Boxes of three dozen each, Fine or Medium Points.

[Illustration]

DOUBLE PATENT SMALL BARREL PENS, in Boxes, containing one dozen with

Holder, or in Boxes of three dozen, six dozen, or twelve dozen each, Fine

or Medium Points.

[Illustration]

DOUBLE PATENT PENS, No. 2, in Boxes, containing three dozen, six dozen,

or twelve dozen each, with Fine, Medium, or Extra Fine Points.

[Illustration]

CURVE-CUT PENS, in Boxes, containing three dozen, six dozen, or twelve

dozen each, with Fine or Medium Points.

[Illustration]

Pens on Cards.

DOUBLE PATENT LARGE BARREL PENS, with Fine or Medium Points.—Nine

Pens with Holder.

DOUBLE PATENT SMALL BARREL PENS ”

CURVE-CUT PENS ”

Pens in Cases containing a Quarter Hundred, with Holder.

DOUBLE PATENT PENS, No. 2, with Fine or Medium Points

RAVEN BLACK PENS No. 2, ”

BRONZE PENS No. 2, ”

_The Following Sorts of the Perryian Pens, manufactured by JAMES PERRY &

CO., are Sold on Cards as Usual._

_s._ _d._

RAVEN BLACK PENS, with Fine or Medium Points per Card 1 0

NATIONAL PENS, Nos. 1, 2, 3, & 4, with Fine or Medium

Points ditto 1 0

OFFICE PENS ditto 1 0

FINE OFFICE PENS ditto 1 0

NATIONAL PENS, Nos. 7 and 8, with Fine or Medium Points ditto 1 6

DOUBLE PATENT PENS, with Fine, Medium, Broad, or Extra

Fine Points ditto 2 0

UNDER SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 0

FLAT SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 0

SIDE SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 0

THREE-POINTED PENS ditto 2 0

ELASTIC FOUNTAIN PENS, with Fine, Medium, Broad, or

Extra Fine Points ditto 2 6

INDIA-RUBBER SPRING PENS, ditto ditto 2 6

REGULATING SPRING PENS ditto ditto 2 6

ELASTIC HOLDER, with appropriate Pens ditto ditto 2 6

FOUNTAIN PENS ditto ditto 3 0

SCHOOL PENS, for Large, Round, or Small Hand, per Packet 2 0

N.B.—Each Card and Packet contains NINE PENS, with suitable Holder.

DRAWING and MAPPING PENS, per Card of Six Pens, with Holder 3 6

LITHOGRAPHIC PENS ditto 3 6

PATENT PERRYIAN ELASTIC HOLDER.

The Elastic Holder is so constructed as to impart an agreeable softness

and flexibility to the Pen, rendering it so unconstrained in its action

as not to fatigue the hand. This Holder facilitates the progress of the

Pen over every description of paper. It may be had with the Perryian

Pens, at an advance of THREEPENCE per Card; or separately, at THREEPENCE

each. Each Holder is stamped with the words “PATENT, PERRY, LONDON.”

PERRYIAN LIMPID INK.

This Ink has a flowing property peculiar to itself, and does not corrode

Metallic Pens as other Inks.—In Bottles, 6d., 1s., and 2s. each.

BLACK INK POWDER, 6d. and 1s. per Packet.

LIMPIDUM, for neutralising the ill effects of the usual Inks, when used

with Metallic Pens, Sixpence per Packet.

Writing Paper; Silver, Albata, and other Pen-Holders and Pencil-Pen

Cases, adapted to the PERRYIAN PENS, at the usual Prices.

[Illustration: _James Perry & Co_]

⁂ £20 Reward will be given, on conviction, for information of any Person

or Persons infringing any of the Proprietors Patent Rights.

☞ Sold by all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic Pens, and at the

Manufactory, 37 Red Lion Square, London.

[Illustration]

DOUBLE PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND.

JAMES PERRY and Co., Manufacturers to Her Majesty and H. R. H. Prince

Albert,

Having effected considerable improvement in their FILTER INKSTAND, have

now the pleasure to announce that a Second Patent has been granted to

them for such improvement, which they have united with their First

Patent, under the title of “DOUBLE PATENT PERRYIAN FILTER INKSTAND.”

The eulogy bestowed on the _Patent Filter Inkstand_ by the public

journals, and the preference obtained for them over the common Inkstands,

were almost unprecedented. The present novel and scientific method

of supplying Clear Ink to the Dipping Cup, and returning it into the

reservoir, is exceedingly simple, the action being now performed by

merely lifting up the lid to obtain a supply, and shutting it down to

withdraw it; in this state it is protected from dust or other injury in

any place or climate. When the Inkstand is filled, it is always ready for

use, and the writer will have a regular and daily supply of Clear Ink for

four or six months.

[Illustration: No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4.

No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. No. 4½.]

TESTIMONIALS.

It possesses the advantage, from being air-tight, of preserving Ink for

almost any period of time.—_Times._

One of the most useful inventions of the present day that has come under

our observation.—_Morning Herald._

It is really most ingenious, and not in the slightest degree liable to

get out of order.—_John Bull._

Very ingeniously constructed to keep the surface of the Ink at a uniform

level, where it is presented to the dip of the Pen.—_Morning Post._

We have tested the PERRYIAN INKSTAND, and have every reason to be

perfectly satisfied with the trial.—_Atlas._

PATENT PERRYIAN GRAVITATING INKSTAND.

_As Cheap as the Common Inkstand._

This neat and novel invention is exceedingly well adopted for general

use; it preserves the Ink in great perfection for months together,

without the trouble of refilling; it excludes dust, &c., and at any

moment the writer is supplied with Ink in the most perfect state.

The Patentees strongly recommend it to the notice of Bankers, Merchants,

Solicitors, Government Offices, Public Companies, Shops, Schools, &c.,

as a great improvement over the ordinary Inkstand, both as regards

convenience, and considerable saving of Ink. This Inkstand will be found

invaluable in keeping the Ink always clear and fit for use in every

climate. It is of a cylindrical form, with a gravitating action, adjusted

so as to supply the Dipping Cup with Ink, which can be returned into

the Cylinder when not in use. Economy, cleanliness, and usefulness are

secured by it, and it cannot get out of order.

[Illustration: No. 1. No. 3. No. 2.]

☞ Sold by all Stationers and Dealers in Metallic Pens, and at the

Manufactory, 37, Red Lion Square, London.

“THE BUILDER.”

THE BUILDER.—This Journal will be exclusively devoted to the interests of

Builders, by which term must be understood all that numerous and wealthy

portion of persons connected directly or indirectly with Building.

It will partake of the character of a Trade Journal or Magazine, and

also fulfil the objects of a Weekly Newspaper, by giving a faithful

and impartial abstract of the News of the Week. The Conductors will

not discuss the question of general Politics, nor will they enter upon

Political disquisition at all, unless any measure should be proposed

affecting the class whose interests they will always support and defend.

Upon such occasions, and upon such occasions only, will their paper be

political. It will be of no party, unless, indeed, the advocating the

true interests of all classes connected with the Building Business, from

the Labourer to the Architect, can be so considered. A portion of

“THE BUILDER”

will be occupied by Essays on the Building and Furnishing Arts in

all their various and numerous branches. It will contain the designs

of Ancient Buildings and Works, and of those of our own day—not mere

pictures or views from which nothing is to be learnt, but plans,

sections, &c., which, while they will be rendered perfectly intelligible

to workmen of ordinary information, it is hoped will not be below the

notice of the Architect and the Amateur.

When we consider how numerous and important is the class to whose

interests this Journal is dedicated; a class of British Artisans

numbering at least half a million; a class whose trade-education

distinguishes them in intellect, knowledge, and wealth, it can only

form matter of surprise, that while the Clerical, Medical, Legal,

Military, and Naval, the Artists and Literati, and other classes have

their public organs of opinion and information; while the Gardeners and

Agriculturists, Railway and Commercial and Banking Companies have each

their mouth-piece and record; the religious sects, and all Politicians

their special advocates that this most numerous, most intelligent, and

most wealthy, should have so long remained without this bond of the

Press; to instruct and inform, to disseminate knowledge as to discoveries

and inventions, to advertise wants, and form for it a general nucleus of

strength, light, and union.

Amongst the Tradesmen, Manufacturers, &c. who are particularly interested

in

“THE BUILDER,”

both as a medium for obtaining information, and for Advertising their own

productions and requirements, we may enumerate the following:—

Architectural Authors and Publishers

Asphalte Companies

Artificial Stone Manufacturers

Auctioneers and Agents for Buildings, Land, Timber Sales, &c.

Bath, Portland, Granite, Yorkshire, and other Stone Merchants

Brass Fender, Rods, Plate, &c. Manufacturers

Brass Founders

Blind Makers, Venetian and others

Booksellers

Bent Timber Manufacturers

Brokers, Consignments, Sales, &c.

Bronzists

Builders’ Cards and Advertisements

Building Material Dealers

Carpet Warehouses

Carvers

Cabinet Makers

Chimney-piece Manufacturers

Cement Manufacturers

Carriers, Canals, and Vans

Clerks of Works and their Employers

Clock Makers and Bell Founders

Coppersmiths and Braziers

Contractors and Contracts

Drawing Schools, Academies, and Schools of Design

Engineers and Workmen

Estate and House Agents

Fender Makers

Founders and Furnishing Ironmongers

Fire-proof Materials

Fencing,—Iron, Wood, or Stone

Foremen wanted

Glass and Lead Merchants

” Manufacturers, Plate and Stained

Gas Fitters, &c.

Grindstones, &c.

Houses of Call

Insurance Companies

Iron and Steel Merchants

Iron and Tin Plate Workers

Iron Bedstead Makers, Safes, &c.

Land Jobbers, and Sales for Building, &c.

Lamp Manufacturers

Lath Renders

Lead Merchants

Lime Merchants and Burners

Locksmiths and Bellhangers

Lock Manufacturers

Loan Societies

Mathematical Instrument Makers

Machine Makers, Engines, &c.

Metallic Sash Makers—Springs, &c.

Mechanics’ Institutions

Mechanical Instrument Makers

Millwrights and Millstones

Modellers and Carvers

Marble Workers—Chimney-piece Manufacturers

Nail Merchants

Oven Builders

Paint and Colour Merchants

Papier Maché Manufacturers

Paviours

Picture Frame and Gilt Moulding Makers

Patents—Patent Agencies, &c.

Plasterers and Plaster of Paris

Pump Makers, &c.

Pencil Makers

Prices Current—Timber, Lead, Iron, &c.

Publishers, Printers, &c.

Railway Companies

Registration of Designs

Roman Cement Makers

Sales—Timber, Land, Houses, &c.

Scagliola Manufacturers

Saw Mills, Sawing, Saw Makers

Stone Quarries and Merchants

Slate do. do.

Staffordshire Tiles, Bricks, Pipes, &c.

Ships—Imports, Exports, Emigration, &c.

Steam Engines, and Boiler Makers

Stove Grate Makers

Tool Makers

Turners

Ventilating and Warming Buildings

Upholsterers

Wire Drawers and Workers

Water Closet Makers

Wood Paving Companies

Wood Letters

Window Blind Makers—Transparent, &c.

Workmen wanted

Zinc Manufacturers, and Door-plate Makers

Zincography and Artists

The following presents a list, taken from the census of 1831, of the

building and connected classes in Great Britain only, and of these only

the male adults of 20 years old and upwards:—

Architects and Engineers—No number given.

Agents—None given.

Auctioneers 2,823

Bricklayers 29,653

Brickmakers 10,184

Builders 5,204

Carpenters 103,238

Cabinet Makers 21,774

Carvers and Gilders 2,854

Chair Makers 802

Ironmongers and Ironfounders 10,411

Land Jobbers 651

Lime Burners 3,122

Masons or Wallers 49,159

Marble Cutters 1,732

Nailors 1,882

Painters 15,653

Plumbers and Glaziers 11,999

Plasterers 9,683

Sawyers 19,181

Slaters 4,539

Turners 5,905

Upholsterers 2,932

Undertakers 1,121

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314,502

To which, if we add for Ireland, for apprentices and increase of

population, we shall have a number probably far exceeding half a million!

That this description of paper has been long a desideratum, is evinced

by the history and character of the associations of years past. The

struggles on the part of masters and men, and the attitude taken by the

public towards both, required an interlocutor of this nature to promote

a good understanding, and to secure equity and justice to all. With such

an auxiliary, what waste of time and funds had been avoided—what noble

projects carried out—what petty strife suppressed—what distractions kept

down. Our dignity would have been maintained, and our cause ennobled.

But more than this. How many of the claims of humble merit have slept in

this interval for the want of a friendly expositor, or a common vehicle

of publicity? And how many valuable inventions have languished wanting

encouragement, or died still-born in the obscurity of their birth? How

many toilsome wanderings of the artisan in search of employment might

have been avoided?—how many common benefits have been withheld?—How

frequently the hand of brotherly charity undirected, and the worthy

object frustrated of its aid? In the glut of work in one quarter and its

scarcity in another, how promptly would

“THE BUILDER”

have adjusted the balance? Its columns at all times open to inquiries,

and the office for reference, would have solved many difficulties, and

facilitated many purposes of good.

But “better late than never.” The present effort will be under the chief

conduct of one who, from his experience and practice, has derived means

and opportunities of knowing the wants, and understanding the interests,

of the class to whom he has the honour to belong. And it will be the

object at all times to enlist in behalf of this enterprise the talent and

services of all superior minds and zealous hearts in the various kindred

professions.

The paper will be of a convenient size for being bound as a book, and

so that the essays and illustrations may be separated and preserved.

As before stated in respect of the political department, the Editor

will endeavour to steer clear of partizanship. But times may arise when

a fearless advocacy of trade interests will require him to oppose or

support the party in power; on such occasions he will claim for himself

the right to assert his views, and those of his class, in a manly and

temperate manner.

The illustrations will consist of views, plans, elevations, and sections

of ancient and modern buildings, and of parts of buildings, so as

effectually to describe their peculiar excellencies;—of working drawings

and diagrams for the carpenter, mason, cabinet-maker, &c. &c.;—designs

of manufactured articles and implements used in building;—of improved

associations and architectural arrangements, whether in the cottage or

the mansion, the villa or the palace, in the farm, the village, and the

city; in short, there will be no subject in art or science connected with

building and the furnishing of buildings that will not be sought after to

be introduced here.

As a medium of Advertisements, its merits will be obvious: the list

already given comprehends a large number of those to whom such a paper

as this offers always the only proper vehicle. But there are many

besides to whom it will be a welcome organ. In the matter of contracts

for building, of business to be disposed of or sought after, of workmen

wanted or seeking employment, and in all such pertaining to the class of

builders and cabinet makers, it will at once form a perfect scheme of

publicity, thereby encouraging many to advertise, in the certainty of

their advertisements being read, and many to read in the same certainty

of finding an answer to their wants.

All communications to be addressed to the Editor of “THE BUILDER,” No. 2,

York-street, Covent Garden.

* * * * *

TESSELLATED PAVEMENT.—WYATT, PARKER, and CO. respectfully call the

attention of the Public to their Specimens of Tessellated Pavement

which may be seen at Albion Wharf, Holland-street, Surrey Foot of

Blackfriars-bridge.

The Tesseræ for forming this Pavement or Flooring, being composed of

similar material to that used in the manufacture of porcelain, and highly

vitrified, are imperishable. They can be had of any size and form, from

cubes of a quarter of an inch, and with the colours burnt throughout

the entire body. If required, they may be gilt similar to those on the

tombs of Edward the Confessor and Henry the Third. They are prepared to

execute designs for these floors, or to dispose of the small Quarries

or Tesseræ by the gross, to such persons as may wish to execute their

own floors. These Tesseræ may be united on the floor with Roman Cement,

Lime, and Pozzolano, Plaster of Paris, or most of the Cements now in use;

or prepared in slabs, and laid with the same facility as Portland Stone

paving.

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ENCAUSTIC or INLAID ORNAMENTAL TILES, for paving churches, halls,

corridors, &c.—WYATT, PARKER, and Co. beg to acquaint the public

that they are now prepared to execute PAVEMENTS with these beautiful

tiles, manufactured in imitation of the best ancient examples from the

Chapterhouse, Westminster, Winchester Cathedral, Romsey Church, Great

Malvern, &c. Being made of the famous red Staffordshire clay, they are

of a less porous body than the ancient tiles, consequently are more

durable, and will bear the roughest usage to which a foot-pavement can

be subject, and are therefore more economical than any of the marbles

and stones now in use for similar purposes. W. P., and Co. also have a

great variety of other tiles of various colours for flooring, and white

glazed tiles for the sides of stoves, dairies, baths, &c. Specimens may

be seen at Wyatt, Parker, and Co.’s wharf, Holland-street, Surrey Foot of

Blackfriars-bridge.

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ARTISTS, PRINTSELLERS, and Others are respectfully informed that C. F.

Brelefeld has formed a large Collection of new and elegant Designs for

Picture Frames in the Improved Papier Maché. The superiority of these

Frames consists in their having all the effect of old carved work; many

patterns represent exactly the finest carvings of the 17th century. The

small parts are far less liable to injury than putty work. Papier Maché

being a remarkably tough and hard substance, it never shrinks, and takes

gilding very freely; the frames do not weigh one quarter the weight of

others, and the price is below that usually charged.

Many specimens are now on view at C. F. Brelefeld’s Papier Maché Works,

No. 15, Wellington-street North, Strand, where also Pattern Books may be

had, price 14s., consisting of a variety of Patterns of Picture and Glass

Frames and Window Cornices, already executed, and on sale.

“PICTURE FRAMES.—We direct the especial attention of all persons

interested in this subject to the frames for pictures manufactured by

Mr. Brelefeld; they are of Papier Maché, and the advantages they possess

over the ordinary composition frames are so strong and so numerous, that

they must inevitably be brought into general use. They look exceedingly

attractive, and are in reality as much so as if they had passed through

the hands of the carver, and been produced at about ten times the

expense. The gilding tells with very brilliant effect; and no matter how

elaborate the pattern may be, they have a clearness and sharpness that we

have seldom or never seen obtained in composition.”—Art-Union.

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TO CIVIL ENGINEERS, ARCHITECTS, BUILDERS, AND THE PUBLIC.

THOMAS PEAKE’S TERRO-METALLIC MANUFACTORIES, Tunstall, near Newcastle,

Staffordshire. Depôt, Albion Wharf, Holland-street, London, per Messrs.

Wyatt, Parker, and Co.

The manufacturer and his late father have conducted the present business

since 1808, now thirty-four years. He begs to remark that, during that

period, the articles have supplanted other materials to a considerable

extent provincially; and experience leads him to believe that they will

be more generally adopted in the metropolis, as they become known.

T. P. had the honour to supply roof tiles for lodges, villas, &c. at

Chatsworth, and he believes they are not excelled in efficiency or

appearance by any tiled roofs in the world.

Pipes instead of Parget for chimneys, either circular for masonry, or 14

by 9 in., and other forms and sizes, not to injure the bond of brickwork;

Grecian, Italian, pan, plain, and ornamental tiles, instead of slates,

for roofs, with tiles for the hips, valleys, and ridges, a desirable

substitute for lead, those for ridges with pyramidal points, lilies, &c.;

paving tiles, 6, 7½, and 9 in. square, blue and red, to lay in checquer;

skirting tiles; garden edging tiles, very neat; channel tiles; sough

grate tiles; drain shell tiles; conduit pipes, of various diameters,

from 3 to 16 in., with dead or socket joints, also conical, to fit one

within another—the 12 and 16 in. are well adapted fur small sewers.

Great numbers of the different sorts and sizes of these pipes have been

used upon the railways, especially the London and Birmingham, the Great

Western, and Birmingham and Gloucester lines. At home and abroad they

are preferred to lead, iron, &c., to convey water for domestic use. The

paving of this material, whether square or oblong, is clean, efficient,

and durable; it is well adapted for ground floors in general, for

outyards, footpaths in towns, &c.

Bath Depôt—Mr. W. Davey, the Quay. Bristol Depôt—Mr. G. S. Burroughs,

Canon’s-marsh. Isle of Wight—Mr. Ent. Paxton, Ryde. An early call is most

respectfully solicited.

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ORNAMENTAL GLASS, Wedgwood Vases, China and Earthenware.—APSLEY PELLATT,

only surviving partner of the firm of Pellatt and Green, many years

since removed from St. Paul’s churchyard to the Falcon Glass Works,

Holland-street, Blackfriars, which is the only establishment in London

where every operation connected with glass manufacture (as blowing,

cutting, engraving, stoppering, &c.) may be seen in full operation every

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. For a description, with engravings,

see Penny Magazine, No. 572. The extensive show-rooms contain a

large assortment of decanters, wine glasses, desert services, toilet

and smelling bottles, medical and philosophical glass ware, crystal

renaissance chandeliers, massive, highly refractive, and decorated with

large arabesque ornamental drops, easily cleaned; also girandoles,

candlesticks, &c. The china and earthenware comprise breakfast, dinner,

desert, tea, and chamber services, from the best manufacturers; together

with an extensive selection of Etruscan, Italian, and other vases,

modelled and executed by the most able artists at Messrs. Wedgwood’s

works, at Etruria, including his celebrated chef-d’œuvre copy of the

largest Etruscan vase in the British Museum, the Portland vase, &c.

Printed lists, with sketches, may be had on application.

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SMITH’S PATENT DOUBLE AND SINGLE ACTION DOOR-SPRINGS are warranted to be

the cheapest and best.

Patent weather-tight Fastenings and Cill bars for French casements, which

render the French windows perfectly dry, and make a secure, cheap, and

invisible fastening. Improved cramps for laying floors.

Manufactory for Iron and Brass work of every description. Depôt for the

Patent Wire, Rope, and Sash Line, 69, Princes-street, Leicester-square.

London:—Printed by Messrs. J. L. COX & SONS, 75, Great Queen-street,

Lincoln’s-Inn-Fields; and published by FRANCIS NEWTON, at the Office, 2,

York-street, Covent-garden, where all Letters and Communications for the

Editor are to be addressed.