The Growing Family

An Unfortunate Woman. – This term particularly applies to the case of Elizabeth Louis, who was charged with having unlawful possession of a glazier’s diamond. She was decently dressed, like the wife of a respectable mechanic, and her manner was humble and sorrowful. Mr Edward Nixey, oil and colourman, stated that his store in Orchard Lane was broken open on Tuesday week, and four glazier’s diamonds and a quantity of copper money stolen. Having communicated with the police, they had called on Mrs Spurrier, the pawnbroker. On Tuesday last, the prisoner, who had frequently pledged articles before, offered a glazier’s diamond, and a policeman was sent for, who apprehended her. The prisoner told the policeman that on the previous Tuesday night she was with a man named Yeoman, at the Spread Eagle, and he left the diamond there next morning as a deposit for a pot of beer. Being hard pressed for a little money, she on the day named (last Tuesday) paid the sixpence at the Spread Eagle for the diamond and then took it to pledge. The prisoner now said those were the circumstances of the case, and the magistrates remanded her till Monday next. The prisoner appealed to the magistrates to have her child, only three years old, taken care of while she was in jail. Mr Hulton asked if the child were present, and being answered in the negative, said they could say nothing to the application.

To Builders, Painters, & Others
Genuine White Lead, 26s per cwt. – Seconds do., 24s. and 22s. – Linseed Oil, 2s 6d per gallon – Turpentine, 2s. 6d – Finest Copal Varnish, 20s. Carriage do. from 10s. to 16s. – Wainscot and paper do. from 6s to 14s – French Polish and Spirit Varnishes, 10s – Naptha, 10s. All colours used in house painting prepared by a new process to dry in six hours, best 6d per lb., seconds 4d – Improved Stucco Paint, invisible green, etc., for out-door work, 28s per cwt. – Fine Whiting, 1s 3d per cwt. – Double size, 2s 6d per firkin – Dry Brunswick Green, 3d, 4d, and 6d per lb. – Lampblack, 3d – Emerald Green, 1s and 1s 3d – Gilders’ materials: Patent Gold Paint – Lackers Bronze – Dutch Metal – Dyes and Dye Woods – Acids – Alkali – Gums and Salts of every kind and description – Best Town Glue, 40s. and 46s-Do., Scotch, 52s. and 56s. – Do., Salisbury, for white woods, etc., 60s per cwt. For cash at W. G. Nixey’s Old Established Warehouse, 22, Moor-street, Seven Dials. Orders by post solicited.

... Lot 2. All those three LEASEHOLD dwelling-houses, situate in Orchard Terrace, near the Southampton Water, and numbered respectively 1, 2, and 3, and at present in the respective occupations of Mr. Nixey, Mr. Simmonds, and Mr. May. These premises are of modern erection and are pleasantly situated, commanding views of the Southampton Water, and yield a good rental.

John Nixey – Fifty Pounds
On the thirty-first day Admon of the Goods Chattels and Credits of John Nixey late of Slough in the County of Bucks deceased was granted to Elizabeth Nixey Widow the Relict of the said Deceased having first been sworn by Comisson duly to Administer.

John Nixey of Slough, Co. of Bucks, 31st October
died 19 Feb 1842
Sum sworn under – £50
Administrator – Elizabeth Nixey of Slough, widow, relict
Witnesses – William George Nixey of No. 22 Moor Street, St Giles, Middx, Oilman
William Strange of No. 21 Paternoster Row, London, Publisher & Bookseller.

“William Parker, a lad in the employ of Edward Mixey, for stealing a piece of lead, was convicted and adjudged to _ days hard labour, and once whipped.”–Hampshire Telegraph, Saturday 23rd October 1847

To Builders, Plumbers, Painters, &c.
Heath and Munday
Successors to E. Nixey, Orchard-lane Southampton.
CHEAP OIL, PAINT, COLOUR, AND VARNISH WAREHOUSE.
Window Glass and Sheet Lead cut at wholesale prices.
N.B. – Navy and Aquatic Greens, and every other description of Mixed Paints, ready for use.
Pine Varnish, Pitch, Tar, Rosin, Glue, Whiting, &c. &c.
All kinds of Brushes supplied.
Messrs. Heath and Munday take this opportunity of informing their Friends and the Public that they have taken to the above concern, and at the same time to return thanks for the patronage they have received since their commencement in the above business, hoping, by the strictest attention, to merit a continuance of their favours.

Mr. Cockburn, with whom was Mr. Lush, conducted the case for the plaintiff, and Mr. Martin and Mr. Bramwell appeared for the defendant.
The plaintiff is the executor of an undertaker of the name of Luff, who in the year 1844 supplied the funeral of an old lady of the name of Field, who had for some time resided at Slough, or in its vicinity. The defendant is one of the executors of that lady. Upon the death of the lady two of her nieces, who lived in the same house, gave orders for her funeral to be conducted in so expensive a manner as to induce the defendant and his co-executor to call upon the undertaker to inform him that they would not be responsible for its cost. The undertaker, however, said that they had nothing to do with the affair, for the ladies had given him the order, and to them he should look for payment. It turned out, however, that after this interview, and before the funeral, the defendant called again, and ordered a hearse and mourning coach, hat-bands, and gloves; and upon this it was contended for the plaintiff, that even though the executors had, in the first instance, repudiated the expense, still the defendant had recognised the debt by his subsequent visit.
On the part of the defendant, it was proved that the plaintiff had made application to Mrs. Finch for payment, and that, not succeeding in obtaining the money from the lady, he had, two years afterwards, applied to the defendant, as one of the executors, who had referred him back to the lady. Not obtaining payment, the present action had been the result.
The Jury eventually gave a verdict for the plaintiff – Damages, 42l 1s. 2d.

Fly-Catchers. – W. G. Nixey informs the trade he is supplying the patent Fly-catchers at 2s, 2s 6d, 3s and 4s per gross. Warranted to catch from 200,000 to 300,000 flies or wasps, without poison, danger, or trouble. Merchants and captains supplied with the composition for exportation. One agent in every town wanted. – Manufactory, 46, Dudley-street, Seven Dials. N.B. Waste paper purchased in any quantity.

Chloride of Lime, so strongly recommended by the Faculty as preventive against Cholera, can be had at W. G. Nixey’s, Colourman and Drysalter, 22, Moor-street, Soho, at 4d. per lb., 7lb. 2s., 14lb. 3s. 10d., 28lb. 7s. 6d., 112lb. 28s.; 7lb. delivered to any Wharf, Railway, or any part of London, on receipts of amount in postage stamps, or otherwise.

Nixey’s Finest Sperm 6s 9d, Patent do. 6s, Cocoa-nut 4s, Vegetable 4s, Refined Argand 4s, Solar 3s, Sweet Oil 5s, 5s 6d, 6s, and 6s 6d, Camphine 4s, Naptha 2s 6d, 4s, and 8s per gallon. Best Candles 5s per dozen, Moulds 5s. Soap 40s, 45s, 50s, and 55s per 112 lbs. The cheapest house in London for Wax, Sperm, and Composition Candles.

Nixey’s Egyptian Fly Catchers, so much celebrated in the metropolis of London, Edinburgh, Dublin, and the Provinces, and the Continent, destroy every Wasp and Fly without poison or inconvenience.
Wholesale Agents: Enock and Hardy, merchants and drysalters, 211 and 212 Stratford Road, Birmingham.

“FLIES! FLIES!
NIXEY’S PATENT FLY-CATCHERS, Wholesale and Retail, at George Hutchison’s, Grocer, 120, Pilgrim Street, Agent for Newcastle.
N. B. – None are genuine but those stamped with Nixey’s address.”–Newcastle Guardian and Tyne Mercury, Saturday 23rd August 1851

Directions. – Lay the paper in a flat position (not in the sun); when full, fold together and press it, to kill those recently caught. The old papers are excellent for lighting fires. The composition can be had suitable for any climate (with full directions for use), in jars at 6d., 1s., and 2s. 6d. each.

Cleanliness
A New Discovery, valuable to Housekeepers
W. G. Nixey’s Chemical Preparation of Black Lead, produces a polish instantly, equal to burnished steel, without dust or waste; consequently a great saving of material and destruction to furniture.
May be had of Mr. Brown, Windsor; Mr. Hetherington, Eton, and by order of all respectable Warehouses in the Kingdom. Sold in solid squares, 2d., 4d., and 1s. per box, with an improved method of use. – Registered November 8th, 1851
Manufactory – 22, Moor Street, Soho, London
Sold by Mr. Hatton, Slough; Mr. Fielder, Newbury; Mr. John Withers, Reading; Mr. Heatherington, Uxbridge; and Mr. Andrews, Colnbrook.

This new article of domestic use, being in solid blocks, is necessarily “unadulterated”, and has the following advantages over all Black Leads in the form of powder.
1st. It produces a more brilliant and permanent lustre, with half the usual labour.
2nd. It is more economical, being free from “dust” or “waste”.
3rd. Its solid form renders any “admixture” with other powders impracticable.

An invention of considerable importance to tradesmen and their customers has been patented by Mr. W. G. Nixey, of 22, Moor-street, Soho-square. It consists of an instrument extremely simple in point of construction, and very elegant in appearance, which is a temporary receptacle for money paid over, before it reaches the till, and becomes undistinguishable from other moneys. In this place it is alike removed from the immediate control of both parties. It is, in fact, impounded there, and in the heaviest press of business a coin paid in does not reach the till before a sufficient interval has elapsed for the passing of any remark concerning it. The instrument consists of a cylindrical box of brass or white metal, about six inches in diameter, which is either flush with the counter, or stands slightly above its surface. Inside, and near the top, is a shallow circular tray, mounted upon an upright axle in the centre of the box, and divided into six equal sectors by suitable partitions. Each of these is destined to receive money paid in the adjustment of distinct transactions. The tray is covered over with a thick plate of plate glass, in which an aperture is cut coinciding in position with that of one of the sectors of the tray when the instrument is not in use. In this sector the pieces of money paid over by the customer are deposited, and the tradesman immediately applying his hand to a little ivory handle, which impels an escapement action in connection with the tray, the tray revolves smartly through the sixth part of one revolution, and the money, though visible through the glass by both parties, is accessible to neither. The next payment in its turn is advanced through one sector, and there are now two sections with money in them visible through the glass. As many as five consecutive payments may thus remain in view simultaneously; each being for the time an evidence, which must be conclusive on any question of identity of coin. When the instrument is moved through one sector more, the bottom of the first sector loses the support which it has so far had, and the money is dropped through an orifice in the counter into the till below. This arrangement is at once simple and effective, not subject to damage, and incapable of error, and in every dispute between tradesmen and customer it seems to leave nothing to desire.

William Reid, 29, was indicted for having embezzled the sums of 5l. 1s. 3d., and 19s., which he had received for and on account of William George Nixey, his master. He pleaded Guilty. The prosecutor was an oil and colourman in Moor-street, St Giles’s, and the prisoner, who had been his clerk, had, without his authority, gone out and collected money from customers, which he never paid over or accounted for. The Assistant-Judge sentenced him to nine months’ hard labour.

One of the crew of the Amphion steam-frigate writing from the Baltic, says: “We are daily reminded of the inactivity of our guns, and become the more and more eager to put them into action, from the affection we bear them, induced by the constant attention bestowed upon their exterior. Every morning finds the men at work vieing with each other, and aided by Nixey’s blacklead to give their favourite gun the most resplendent appearance. If the effect of the interior should be as brilliant as the outsides, our dear lassies sitting comfortably at home before their cosy hearths, polished by the same means, will have nothing to complain of.”

To persons unacquainted with the subject, the title of this report, “Pickles and their Adulterations,” may appear somewhat singular; and they may be disposed to ask – Are not the girkins, cabbages, beans, &c., which we see in the bottles, what they appear to be? And are other vegetables than those commonly known to us mixed with the ordinary kinds? To these questions we thus reply: – “Girkins,” on close examination, often turn out to be but shrivelled or sliced cucumbers; the “young tender beans” to be old and tough; the “cauliflowers” to have run to seed; and the “red cabbage” to be nothing more than white cabbage turned into red by colouring matters, as a dyer would change the colour of a dress; further, that amongst the vegetables not unfrequently employed for the purpose of pickle-making are some which do not enter into the calculation of the epicure, as vegetable marrows, – which, when cut into pieces, form a very respectable imitation of cucumbers, – and sliced turnips, the identification of which would be apt to puzzle even a botanist, as well as certainly all those who are uninitiated in the secrets of a pickle-manufactory.
But the adulterations to which we more especially allude, and to the consideration of which our attention will be particularly directed in the following remarks, are those which refer to the quality and composition of the vinegar used for pickling, as well as to the means employed for preserving and heightening the colour of green pickles.

Lastly, for the detection of the copper the following processes were adopted: – About 3 oz. of the green vegetables of each of the pickles, after having been sliced with a glass knife, were incinerated, care being taken to avoid every source of contamination: the ash, having been pulverised, was treated with 20 drops of pure nitric acid; 1 oz. of distilled water, after the lapse of a short time, was added, the solution filtered, and treated with excess of ammonia; if copper was present, the solution became more or less blue, according to the amount of the metal present. The results obtained by the above method were also, in all cases, confirmed by a second process.

Analysis. – 1000 grains of the vinegar contain 14.65 parts of acetic acid, or 1.46 per cent., and .38 of sulphuric acid; pickles contaminated with a very small quantity of copper, as shown by the slight deposition of the metal on the bar of iron.”–Excerpts from “Food and its Adulterations,” by A. H. Hassall, London, 1855, pages 383-386.

To the Editor of The Lancet.
Sir, – My attention has been drawn to an article in your valuable journal, under the head of “Pickles and their Adulterations,” in which my name with others in the trade are mentioned.
The public owe you a deep debt of gratitude for your unwearied labour in detecting and exposing the adulterations practised in the various articles of food. In so doing you are not rendering a greater service to society at large than to the manufacturer and tradesman of integrity and honesty.
I observe with much gratification that of the twenty samples of pickles recently analyzed by you, mine are the most favourably distinguished in your report, as “contaminated with a very small quantity of copper, as shown by a very slight deposition of metal on the bar of iron.”
My object, Sir, in troubling you is, first, to inquire whether my pickles were at all inferior in quality to the other samples, since, if that is not the case, it confirms my conviction that the use of copper you allude to is not necessary to produce the fine green colour; and secondly, I beg leave to state that I never employ copper or any other agent beside that of fire and vinegar in the process of “greening pickles.” I am utterly at a loss to account for the presence even of the very small quantity of copper which you have discovered, unless it has arisen from the vessel used in heating the vinegar, which is always kept clean and perfectly bright, and if so, the slight contamination of copper would be the result of accident, and not that of adulteration. I shall esteem it a great favour if you will give me your opinion on these points, having always understood hot vinegar would not act upon copper. With apologies for Intruding upon your valuable time,
I am. Sir, your obedient servant, Moor-street, Soho, February, 1852. W. G. Nixey.

   *** Vinegar, whether hot or cold, and especially when hot, acts energetically on copper, however clean and bright it may be kept; and in proportion to the length of time during which the metal is allowed to remain in contact with the vinegar, so will the extent of impregnation be greater. The use of the copper vessel, as described by Mr. Nixey, conclusively accounts for the presence of the small quantity of copper detected in the pickles purchased at his establishment. In other respects the pickles seem of good quality. – Analytical Commissioner.

Nixey’s Black Lead Blocks
Cleanliness, Economy, great Saving of Time and Labour, Preservation of Furniture, &c. A Stove brilliantly polished in two minutes for less than One Farthing. These high domestic advantages are now established throughout the United Kingdom by the use of NIXEY’S CELEBRATED REGISTERED BLACK LEAD, in Solid Blocks, at 1d., 2d., and 4d. Each.
Agent for Supplying the Trade – Mr. Levi, 6, St George’s Square, Portsea. Delivered Free, with Liberal Discount.
N.B. – At the above Agency the Trade is also supplied with Nixey’s Famed Washing Crystal, by which much LABOR, SOAP, and FUEL are spared, and the usual Rubbing, so Destructive to the Fabric, is thereby avoided.
*** Beware of Base Imitations ***

Nixey v. Smith
This was an action brought in the Westminster County Court by Mr. W. G. Nixey, Moor-street, Seven Dials, patentee of a chemical preparation of black lead, against the defendant, Mr. E. T. Smith, lessee of Drury Lane Theatre, to recover the sum of 7l 10s., on an alleged breach of agreement. Mr Duncombe, solicitor, Red Lion-square, attended for Mr. Smith, who, through illness, was incapacitated from appearing, and was represented by Mr. G. Wyld, his acting-manager. From plaintiff’s statement, it appeared that in the late pantomime entitled “Jack and Jill come down the Hill”, he gave 7l. 10s. to a person who was agent to defendant to represent in a scene his shop, name, and business, on the door of the shop, to announce in the bills that such was to be seen, and afterward to exhibit a drop-scene, to be turned from the words of “Nixey’s Black Lead” by the magic wand into “Gone to Blazes” (Laughter.) That trick was not performed, and hence the present proceedings. Mr. W. Warren, London agent for Mr. Soyer, at present engaged at the Crimea ladling out soup for the soldiery, corroborated plaintiff’s charge as to the non-performance of the “trick”. Mr Duncombe said he would call before his honour a gentleman well versed in such matters, viz., Mr. George Wild, the celebrated comedian, who perhaps would throw a different light on the case. Mr. Wild said that neither Mr. Smith, Mr. Stirling, stage manager, or himself had been cognizant of such a trick being required to be done. He could positively say the plaintiff’s shop was fully represented, with the door fixed in the centre of the flooring of the stage, on which a large poster was placed, bearing the plaintiff’s name, business, and address. For as much as that a City confectioner paid 60l., considering, as he likewise did, the advertisement, especially at such a theatre as Drury Lane, to be better than one inserted in any newspaper. Mr. Warren: Yes, but there the trick of eating pastry was performed (Laughter.) Mr. Wild: You are wrong, for the party was no pastrycook, but only a maker of twelfth and wedding-cakes, which the Clown and Pantaloon having eaten of, to their heart’s content, they pocketed the remainder (Loud laughter.) His Honour observed that he was of opinion that there had been a breach of contract, for which defendant was liable, in not doing the “tricks”, and his decision would be accordingly. Judgment for 5l.

A great inductive philosopher, who is equally ready to trace apparently trifling results to their origin as the grandest effects of nature, gives as one of the principal reasons of the fretfulness of infants, the fact that their diapers are washed in soda, and from the re-moistening of this caustic alkali that cruel irritation of the delicate tissue of the skin arises termed “scalding” by nurses, and attributed by them to any other reason than the right one. To obviate this serious infliction he recommends the washing of the clothes in an extract of Fuller’s Earth in crystals, the exact preparation of which he has generously given to the public through Mr. Nixey, of Moor-street, Soho, which, besides the boon thus accorded to babes, will cleanse and render of a pure white all description of linen, and leave the hands of the operator with a peculiar soft and silky feeling. “Standard,” Thursday, July 19th, 1855.

Patent Money Tills
Caution. – “Gittins v. Symes.”
– I, WILLIAM GEORGE NIXEY, of 22, Moor-street, Soho, original inventor and patentee of “Improvement in tills and other receptacles for money,” hereby give notice, that certain money tills heretofore made and sold by various persons are an infringement of my patent, and that the same was so decided in the Court of Common Pleas on the 12th inst., in an action “Gittins v. Symes;” and I hereby caution all persons against infringing my said patent by making, selling, or using such money tills, as upon every infringement I shall (for my own protection) be compelled to resort to legal proceedings.
Nixey’s Patent Money Tills. Price, 21s., 25s., and 31s. 6d., each. May be fixed to any Counter in a few minutes.
W. G. Nixey, 22, Moor Street, Soho.

Cleanliness
A Stove most brilliantly Polished in two minutes, for less than One Farthing. – W. G. Nixey’s registered BLACK LEAD, a new domestic discovery, cannot be wasted, and is a preservative of furniture from the injurious effects of the common article now in use, as it creates no dust, and requires comparatively no labour. Sold throughout the United Kingdom, 1s., 2d., and 1s. boxes.
W. G. Nixey’s Extract of Fuller’s Earth, in Crystals, for Softening Water, Clearing and Beautifying Linen, Lawn, Woollen, &c. The want of such an article as the above has long been felt by Families who know the trouble of mending, that more destruction to the Clothes is caused in the wash-tub than the wear and tear of actual use. “The Extract of Fuller’s Earth is the quickest and most effective article ever introduced, incapable of injury to the hands, or the finest fabric, and requires only to be tried to be appreciated.”–Times, August 11th 1854.
Sold by Oilmen, Grocers, and Chemists, in sample packets, 6d., or 48s. per cwt.
Manufactory, 22, Moor Street, Soho Square, Warehouse, 83, Upper Thames Street.
Beautiful Clean Linen

Poisonous Pickles
The purest, best, and only unadulterated PICKLES discovered in London by the Analytical Commission, and fully reported in the Lancet of the 31st January, and again in page 210, 21st February, 1855 – see also the last page in Dr. Hassell’s recent Work on Food and its Adulteration – were manufactured and purchased at the warehouse of W. G. Nixey, 22, Moor Street Soho.

All the six houses (Nos. 12-17) which comprised the eastern range of the north side of the square ... were probably built by Richard Frith and William Pym in the years immediately after 1677. In 1754 the leases of Nos. 12 and 13 were in the possession of John Homer of St. James’s, surgeon, to whom in October of that year the second Duke of Portland granted two leases extending the existing terms to 1799. Each lease contained a proviso that if Homer rebuilt the house before 1770 his term would be extended to 1853. Both No. 12 and No. 13 were rebuilt in 1768-9 by Henry Homer of St. James’s, gentleman, to whom the third Duke granted two new leases in February 1770. ... At some date later in the century, probably after 1857, when the house passed into the possession of Messrs. Nixey, a firm of black-lead manufacturers, the two street fronts were altered and embellished in the present manner, so that they now appear to be of mid nineteenth-century date. The house is of three storeys with another in a mansard roof and has the usual frontage of three windows to the square and a long return to Soho Street, the disused central entrance here having a two-storeyed bay window above it, supported on Doric columns. The stucco facing of the elevation to the square is typical mid nineteenth-century work with a rusticated and arcaded ground storey and pedimented first-floor windows. It is returned for a width of two windows into Soho Street, beyond which the bay window has been crudely reconstructed and the north end of this front much altered.

the isolation of Soho Square from wide streets was a distinct disadvantage to businessmen. Oxford Street was the only main road conveniently near for vehicles transporting goods from and to the Square. Dean Street, Frith Street, and Greek Street were too narrow to be of much use to the increasing trade of the Square and as early as 1828 the Paving Committee of the Parish of St. Anne reported the need for better road communications direct north and south of the Parish.
At that time, it should be remembered, the only direct communications between Pall Mall and Oxford Street were by Whitcomb Street, Princes Street, and Wardour Street. Between Charing Cross and Oxford Street, the only direct route was by St. Martin’s Lane, Great Andrew’s Street, and Broad Street, St Giles ...
One of the men who moved to Soho Square ... showed an unusual tenacity in making his place of business known throughout London. This was Mr. W. G. Nixey of No. 12. Mr. Nixey had originally had an oil shop at the corner of Moor Street and Dudley Street – as they were then called – near Cambridge Circus. His invention of black lead in block form increased his business and he came to the square as a Black Lead Manufacturer. Mr. Nixey regretted the isolation of the Square at that time. There were so few casual passers-by who would see his name plate on the house and be tempted to try out his black lead. He decided to advertise: his products and the Square enjoyed a brief period of notoriety.

Advertising in these days has become a fine art, and original indeed must he be who contrives something really novel. Pictures in fire, and balloons scattering bank notes and handbills, are amongst the newest developments of this adjunct of trade. But seldom have modern advertisements surpassed in boldness of idea and success in its result the famous device which may be said to have founded the fame of Mr. W. G. Nixey’s Black Lead fifty years ago.
We have before us a sketch of this early Living Picture, whose progress through the streets of London in those days caused such excitement and obstruction that Parliament was petitioned to prohibit such unheard-of novelties. This representative of Mr. Nixey was dressed in complete armour, well polished with the new black lead. He was mounted on a magnificent black charger, also in a coat of mail, and carried a banner, on which was the then strange device, “W. G. Nixey’s Refined Black Lead.” His stately progress through the streets of London was attended by enormous crowds, and though his career was at length summarily stopped, yet by this time Mr. Nixey’s name was so well known that his new venture was fairly launched, and an enormous impetus was given to the demand for his black lead.

“John Leeson and George Charlton were, on Tuesday, remanded on a charge of stealing a quantity of lead, the property of Mr. W. G. Nixey.”–The Reading Mercury, Saturday 4th September 1858

“W.G. Nixey’s Black Lead for polishing stoves.
W. G. Nixey’s Crystals for making hard water soft.
Sold everywhere.–Office, 12, Soho square.”–London Evening Standard, Friday 13th January 1860

“Beautiful Clean Linen. -W. G. Nixey’s Cleansing Crystals consist only of the active chemical properties of Fuller’s Earth, rendering the hardest water perfectly soft. Saves time and labour, and greatly improves the colour of linens. Sold in packets, 6d. Sample of 1d. to be had of any respectable chemist or oilman. To Linen Bleachers and large consumers, 48s. per cwt. Manufactured by W. G. Nixey, 12, Soho-square, London.”–London City Press, Saturday 26th May 1860

The Success of Nixey’s Invention of Blacklead – for polishing stoves, &c., equal to burnished steel, with ease and cleanliness – has tempted numerous imitations to be manufactured, and which some unscrupulous tradesmen are knowingly vending, with a view of deriving greater profit. Against such impositions the public are cautioned by the inventor and patentee, W. G. Nixey,12, Soho-square, London. Retail by all respectable tradesmen in town and country.

Cleanliness. – A stove most brilliantly polished in two minutes, for less than one farthing. W. G. Nixey’s patent black lead cannot be wasted, and is a preservative of furniture from the injurious effects of the common article now in use, as it creates no dust, and requires comparatively no labour. Sold throughout the United Kingdom, in 1d., 2d., 4d., and 1s. boxes. – W. G. Nixey, patentee, 12, Soho-square.

Cleanliness. – W. G. Nixey’s Chemical Preparation of Black Lead, for polishing stoves without waste or dust. The Proprietor begs to caution the public against being imposed upon by unprincipled tradesmen, who, with a view of deriving greater profit, are knowingly vending spurious imitations of the above article. The form and style of the package, as well as the colour and wording of the labels (except the name “W. G. Nixey” and the Government stamp), are, in some of the instances referred to, minutely copied from the original. By asking for Nixey’s Blacklead, it may be had of all respectable shopkeepers. W. G. Nixey, Inventor and patentee, 12, Soho Square, and 83 Upper Thames Street, London.
For Exportation – The above can be obtained through British Merchants, Shippers, and Colonial Agents.

SLOUGH
The Slough Volunteers. – The Fifth Bucks Rifle Volunteers had quite a demonstration on Tuesday, that being the first occasion on which the members, now numbering upwards of 60, appeared in their new uniform, which is of a colour and make exceedingly neat and well adapted for the purpose. The tunic is made of iron grey cloth, tastily trimmed with red, black braid, and an Austrian knot on the left sleeve. The collar has red facings. In burnished letters on the cap appears the name of the corps. Under the able instruction of Sergeant-Major Craigh, of the Coldstream Guards, the members have made most satisfactory progress in drill, and, when viewed together, they presented quite a martial appearance. The proceedings of the day commenced at two in the afternoon when a committee meeting was held, Lord Seymour, the captain commanding, in the chair. R. H. Way, Esq., the lieutenant of the corps, was likewise present. The business was of a routine character. At five o’clock the members assembled in the station-yard of the Great Western Railway, when they were inspected by Lord Seymour. Marching thence they proceeded through the town to a field at Upton Park, preceded by the band, for it must be borne in mind that this corps, although as yet in its infancy, already possess a most efficient band. W. Nixey, Esq., who has recently erected a handsome residence near Slough, has, with praiseworthy liberality, clothed and equipped ten members of the band at his sole expense, in addition to a member who acts as his substitute. Having in the field gone through a variety of evolutions, the members, in compliance with an invitation previously forwarded, marched to the residence of Mr. Nixey, where they were regaled with a liberal supply of refreshing and stimulating beverages, of which the members made a moderate use, by way of repairing the waste consequent upon the labours already undergone. Having given three hearty cheers in honour of their worthy entertainer, the corps then returned to Slough, again marching through the principal streets. Lord Seymour then briefly addressed the members, whom he congratulated on the progress already attained.