An elegant preparation, which their long experience in the manufacture of Alkaline Waters enables to produce in a state of the greatest purity and strength. This valuable Anti-Acid is a certain re in cases of Gout, Heart-burn, Acidity of Stomach, and is particularly useful for Children durin period of Dentition. In Bottles at 1s., 2s. 6d., and 4s. 6d. each. It is with much pride J. S. and Co. refer to the fact, that they continue regularly to supply the Palaces at Windsor and London with the above Waters; a distinction which they have en through many successive reigns, and that no other manufacture of the kind is so decidedly preferre the Aristocracy and the Public generally of the United Kingdom. GERMAN SELTZER WATER, FOREIGN WINES, which they have been for some years most carefully selecting, prising the whole range of Wines usually in demand, and at prices graduating from those high quota attendant on high and rare qualities down to the lowest prices at which genuine, unadulterated W can be obtained. List of Prices sent on application. Cellars, 27 Marshall st., Regent st.-Office, 51 Berners st., London. PIERCE'S Economical Radiating Stove Grate Manufactor 5 JERMYN STREET, REGENT STREET. PIERCE respectfully solicits an examination of his Newly-Invented method of WARMI and VENTILATING, by means of his PATENT PYRO-PNEUMATIC STOVE CRATE, which from the Novelty of its Principle, simplicity of its arrangement, and eleganc design, combined with its great Economy in use, renders this Grate suitable for any situa where a powerful degree of warmth and the cheerful open fire are desirable, PIER having at length succeeded in producing that long-sought desideratum-a healthful salubrious atmosphere, such as is felt on a pleasant summer's day; which can, by mean his Patent Pyro-Pneumatic Stove Grate, be enjoyed during the most dull and drear our winter months. It may be seen in daily use, as above. PIERCE has also to offer this Season, some NoVEL and ELEGANT DESIGNS of his mu approved RADIATING STOVE GRATES, With Ornamental Hearths and Fenders, quite Unique, adapted both in style and colou the decorations of any room for which they may be desired. PIERCE also invites attention to his IMPROVED METHOD OF WARMING, Churches, Mansions, Galleries, Staircases, and Entrance Halls, by Hot Water, whe Warmth is combined with Ventilation, and the salubrity of the air produced from its with its perfect safety from accident, have fully established its reputation. NEW ZEALAND AND ITS RECENT PROGRESS UNDER GOVERNOR GREY THE NATIONAL DEBT AND COLONIZATION—A LETTER FROM THE MAU- .......... s return of the season which leads merchants to balance their books, envious on the R M. DE LAMARTINE'S NEW WORK. On the 15th of January, Post Octavo. APHAEL; OR, A PAGE OF THE BOOK OF LIFE AT TWENTY. By ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE. Translated with the Sanction of the Author, and published, by special arrangement, simultaneously with the original in Paris. London: JOHN W. PARKER, West Strand. that, though times are undoubtedly very bad, they might have been wo Our trade is stagnant, our operatives are out of employ, our public finances are in a state of almost unexampled embarrassment; we might have had Communist workshops set up by command of a Provisional Government, and a Republic supported by the bayonets of half a million of National Guards. The Whigs still sit in the ministers' chairs, and blunder through the affairs of a United Kingdom, in the Queen's name, after a fashion. There might have been no crowned Queen to sanction the decisions of the legislature; or the kingdom might have been rent in twain, or else kept in a comfortless integrity by civil war. Let us be thankful for mercies which, however small as making up the sum of a people's prosperity, place England in striking contrast with most of her continental neighbours. Again, we continue to bear the burden of an Income-tax, which, when first proposed, was limited in its duration to three years. We might have had it doubled. It is certainly not the fault of our present rulers that it was not raised last April, from threeand-a-half to five per cent. In like manner the advantages promised by the repeal of the Corn-laws and the application of the free-trade principle to the commerce of the nation are still in nubibus. The price of bread has not materially fallen; our general exports do not appear to be increasing; pauperism is not diminished, either in town or country; and the saving of one hundred millions annually-which Mr. M'Gregor, the intelligent member for Glasgow, pro VOL. XXXIX. NO. CCXXIX. B |