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DIXON OF BEESTON.--_Our Chester Correspondent on this subject is thanked
for his information. He no doubt will agree with us that it is not
desirable to publish it, as it relates in some degree to one who need not
be brought before the public._

ANNIE (Brixton) _will see in our_ First Volume _a tolerably full history of
what Sterne has made world-renowned_--"God tempers the wind to the shorn
lamb."

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.--C. W. F. _is thanked, and referred to our_ Sixth
Volume, p 93., _where he will see Addison's notice of the Electric
Telegraph; and to_ p. 204. _of the same volume for a valuable communication
from_ MR. SINGER _on Strada's_ Sympathetic Magnetic _telegraph_.

ONE WHO HAS WHISTLED AT THE PLOUGH.--_The three grains of pyrogallic acid
to one drachm of acetic and one ounce of water. For the development of
negatives, this may with benefit be diluted by using one third of this
solution, two thirds of water._

_Answers to many other Correspondents (including Photographic) are
unavoidably deferred until next week._

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PIANOFORTES, 25 Guineas each.--D'ALMAINE & CO., 20. Soho Square
(established A.D. 1785), sole manufacturers of the ROYAL PIANOFORTES, at 25
Guineas each. Every instrument warranted. The peculiar advantages of these
pianofortes are best described in the following professional testimonial,
signed by the majority of the leading musicians of the age:--"We, the
undersigned members of the musical profession, having carefully examined
the Royal Pianofortes manufactured by MESSRS. D'ALMAINE & CO., have great
pleasure in bearing testimony to their merits and capabilities. It appears
to us impossible to produce instruments of the same size possessing a
richer and finer tone, more elastic touch, or more equal temperament, while
the elegance of their construction renders them a handsome ornament for the
library, boudoir, or drawing-room. (Signed) J. L. Abel, F. Benedict, H. R.
Bishop, J. Blewett, J. Brizzi, T. P. Chipp, P. Delavanti, C. H. Dolby,
E. F. Fitzwilliam, W