"Corresponding--Lads--Remember Judas:----And the year 80! _Last Monday Morning, at 7 o'clock_, Doctor Merryman, _of Queen-street, May-fair, presented_ Elizabeth, the wife of Martin Van Butchell, with _her Fifth fine Boy, at his_ House _in_ Mount Street, Grosvenor Square, and--they--are--all--well--. Post Master General for Ten Thousand Pounds (--we mean Gentlemen's--Not a Penny less--) I will soon construct--such Mail-Coach--Perch--Bolts as shall never break! To many I refer--for my character: Each will have grace--to write his case; soon as he is well--an history tell; for the public good;--to save human blood, as--all--true--folk--shou'd. Sharkish people may--keep themselves away,----_Those that use me ill--I never can heal, being forbidden--to cast pearls to pigs; lest--they--turn--and--tear. Wisdom makes dainty: patients come to me, with heavy guineas,--between ten and one; but--I--go--to--none_." Mender of Mankind; in a manly way. In another advertisement, he says: "That your Majesty's Petitioner is a British Christian Man, aged fifty-nine--with a comely beard--full eight inches long. That your Majesty's Petitioner was born in the County of Middlesex--brought up in the County of Surrey--and has never been out of the Kingdom of England. That your Majesty's Petitioner (--about ten years ago--) had often the high honour (--before your Majesty's Nobles--) of conversing with your Majesty (--face to face--) when we were hunting of the stag--on Windsor Forest." "_British_ Christian _Lads_ (--Behold--now is the day--of Salvation. Get understanding, as the highest gain.--) Cease looking boyish;--become quite manly!--(_Girls_ are fond of hair: it is _natural_.--) Let your beards grow long: that ye may be strong:--in mind--and body: as were great grand dads:--Centuries ago; when John did not owe--a single penny: more than--he--could--pay." Many more equally whimsical advertisements might be selected, and many additional anecdotes might be told of him; but what we have here recorded concerning this complete _original_ may be depended upon. Not one word of which is contrary to truth. PARTICULARS RELATING TO JOHN STATHAM, A REMARKABLE BLIND YOUNG MAN, _Well known about the streets of London_.