The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-08 00:00:00

LAURENrS GRAND CA,SINO,

PART FIRST COMPRISES
A Vocal Illustration, " Beginnings."—Fill-length Portrait, Martha
miThii.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—half-length Portrait, hajor
Bluster.—Vocal Illustration, "A Visit to the Great Metroiolls."
Full-length Portrait, Sir Benjamin Bungle.—Half-length Pcrtrait,
Mr. Sampson Rusty.—Full-leugth Portrait, Mr. Oliver Oldstyle
(with a Vocal Illustration of " Bygone Days ").—Full-lenh Por-
trait, lien Binnaele,—Miniature Portrait. Mrs. Muddles (from
Manchester

PAIT SECOND
Full-length Portrait, Sandie M'Whittle.—Full-length PRIMit, A
Well-known Personage.—lllustration, Carpet Bag.—Fall-length
Portrait, A Yankee Clipper.—Vocal Illustration, " MttroPolitan
Melodies."--Full-length Portrait, Mr. Cavil.—lllustrator, Carpet
Itag.—Full-length Portraits, Mr. and Mrs. Lapsue LiNer.—Vocal
Illustration, " Pleasures of a Pic-nie Party."—lllustraton, Sketch-
book (Daylight and Moonlight).—Finale, " The Lions of London."
i With several Pictorial Illustrations, furnished by "The Sketch-

book."

In the course of the Evening Mr. C. Contaa will perform A variety

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of grand Piano Solos.
AdiniSSloll, 15.; ReSand Seats, 25.; Dress Stanch lia,; Private Bozo,
Quo CiaLacti

ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street,
St. James's.
Lessee, Charles Emele Laurent, On slow House, Brompton-road,
Licensed pursuant to Act of Parliament, 25th of King George 11.,
Are Re-opeued for the Winter Season.
During the recess the Rooms hays been entirely Re-decorated, by
G. S. lsryer, regardless of cost.
Laurent's Matchless Baud every evening. Principal Cornet-d-
Piston, M. Bou'court.
Admission—ONE SHILLING.
Doors open at Half-past Eight o'clock. Dancing to commence at
Nine, and terminate at Half-past Eleven.

CHAMPAGNE, FINEST IMPORTED.-
let Quality, 635. per dozen.
2nd Quality, 525. per dozen.
3rd Quality, 425. per dozen.
Choice of RUINART'S, MOET'S, or GIESLER'S BRANDS, at
yLNDLATER, MACKIE, and CO.'S, Wine and Spirit Merchants
1, Upper Wellington-street, Strand.

OCTOR S Quarrelling about the Medical Treat-
ment of the late Duke of Wellington (see the " Medical Times"
and " Gazette " of Saturday, Oct. 23, page 419, and the " Lancet " of
the previous week). Death from the bite of the Cobra de Capella ;
absurdity of the Letter signed " D. Wilson," In the " Times" of the
25th October, on the question.—lnfamous Case OPT*lllO4.liOll in onso-
silicon to the wish of the husband.—Appeal to the Country,'
The 136th Number of the" HYGEIST" for NOYEMBER contains the
above.—May be had at the British College of Health, 2, Hamilton-
place, New-road, London; and at the " Hygeist" Oftlee, 262, Strand.
Price Id., or 2d. by post.

DINNERS, BALL SUPPERS, and WED-
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linen,
feitq ,carriages,china, s,
vests,
1a ltables,hall-rooms
tents,oonis ighted. Instrumental Music pro-
awnings, (lancing kollands, ser-
vided. Bills of Fare sent per post, for any number, or one of the
firm will wait upon parties, if required. A.
magnificent display of
Bride Cakes for selection, decorated in a new and elegant style.
All the Parisian novelties in Wedding Stationery.
Messrs. PURSSELL'S, CORNIIILL.

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ON VIP,' PHILOSOPHY OF MARRIAGE, AND THE SECRET
INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY.
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for Forty-two Spanish, and Italian,
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In French English, German,Envelope,
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SELF-PRESERVATIoN,
Analytical Investigation of the Physiology and Functions' an
Marriage, in all the be
in which that important suytaffects of
the health and happiness of Man, with its important
sjaened
Impe-
diments, tracing their origin to the effects of juvenile solitary hablt
youthml excess, tropical climates, or close study ; followed by s'
prac-
tical remarks, founded on twenty years' experience in the treatment
of Impuissance, Nervous Debility, Local Weakness P.
, -Permatorrhcea,
Syphilis, and all diseases of the Urinary and Generative System. Il-
lustrated by 50 coloured Engravings, on the Anatomy of the Repro-
ductive Organs and their relative conditions in Health and Disease.
By SAMUEL LA'YENT, M.D.
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin-
burgh, honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society,
Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Sic., Sec.
The essential object of :this treatise is to point out the fearful
consequences resulting from irregularities
de an
g d
rad exce
nsses, which
Man-
have produced more misery in youth, atio in
hood, and premature decay at all stages of life, than, perhatreatmentps, any
other class of disease known to modern pathologists. The
adopted is founded on experience gained in
in he
continental Europe.
The results of the knowledge thus acquired are here condeused under
the personal supervision of Dr. La'Mert, himself one of the few
legally qualified physicians who have devoted their whole and un-
divided studies to this important branch of medical science. In short,
every peculiarity relating to the treatment of the diseases incidental
to the generative system, and the means of immediate relief and
ultimate cure are described in detail. The professional reputation
of Dr. La'Mert, who has taken the most distinguished medical
and academic honours at home and abroad, is in itself
a sufficient
guarantee that those who may place themselves under his care
will, in every instance, most with that delicate consideration aid
inviolable secrecy which are so requisite in the treatment of these

cases.
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Haymarket ; Mann, 93, Cornhlll ; or tree by post for forty-two
stamps, from the author, who may be consulted persoually ,or by
Lotter. daily. from Ten au Twa. and from Aix till Eight.

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

FROM THE MORNING PAPERS OF THIS DAT.
TIMES.—We publish this morning a remarkable
communication from Mr. Edmund Fry. Of the au-
tograph itself we are unable, in consequence of our
unpictorial character, to convey an absolute idea, for
Mr. Fry's note-papor la 'headed with a stock engraving
of a dove in full flight distributing rays of goodwill
over a subject world, and surmounting an atmospheric
emblem inscribed, " Blessed are the peacemakers."
We must needs presume, however, that this hiero-
glyphic is intended to symbolize the ordinary spirit
and tendency of Mr. Fry's correspondence, and we
can present the reader with a very pretty opportunity
of judging how far the charity of the bearer corres-
ponds with the device on his shield. The militia
of the kingdom is at this moment called out
for exercise-50,000 strong. It is reasonable to
suppose that of this body some 45,000, at the
least, are young men of an age peculiarly ex-
posed to certain temptations. They are proba-
bly somewhat more adventurous, careless, or ex-
citable than the bulk of their fellows, and they
either are or have recently been in the pos-
session of an unusual number of shillings in ready
money. One of these young militiamen has, it
happens, been brought to the bar of a police-court for
an offence against the laws, and Mr. Fry incontinently
addresses the public through our columns in sarcastic
denunciation of a calling of which " the only practical
incident yet announced is burglary." Assuming the
commitment of this particular offender as an un-
doubted indication of the character which all militia-
men either already enjoy, or will be put in the way
of acquiring, Mr. Fry proceeds to suggest that
50,000 burglars would appear thus to have been
raised "at a great expense," to undertake the "se-
curity and protection" of a confiding country. This
" unpromosing announcement' is an exposure, in his
opinion, of the injustice committed by Government in
prosecuting the members of a '6 Peace Party" which
did but protest against an institution thus practically
developed as a nursery of crime. Mr. Fry clearly
sat down to write to us on the spur of the moment.
His heart jumped to his lips as he read of the
" new uniform" figuring at the bar, and he cannot
even in his note forbear a blow at that scarlet abomi-
nation which drives bulls and peacemakers frantic.
He runs at a red coat like a buffalo, and must shut
his eyes in the same manner, for, if he had used the
smallest circumspection or foresight, he would have
detected the perils of his charge. The case in ques-
tion was one of five which our police reports of that
day contained. The first was that of a youth who,
though well paid and well treated, robbed his master
of goods to the extent of 301. The second was that
of a medical student, who exemplified his professional
learning by scarifying a woman's face with a corro-
sive preparation of iodine. Tiro third Wae that of
the militiaman. The fourth was that of a merchant
euptnin. whose outrageeee drunkenness had compelled
his own crew to put him in irons; and the fifth was
that of a chief clerk at a railway station, who had
embezzled a considerable sum of money. Now, what
would Mr. Fry, as e peacemaker, think of anybody
who treated apprentices,medical students,sea-captains,
and railway clerks, as be has pleased to treat militia-
men ? Or what would he say if we took a leaf out of
his own book, and spoke of his own calling? The Qua-
ker who of late years has attained the greatest amount
of notoriety was named Tawell. This man, after
proving that minor punishments had no effect in re-
claiming incarnate vice, commi▪ tted a foul and cowardly
murder on a woman with whom be cohabited, and
paid for the consummation of his sins on the public
gallows. Are we to infer from this " practical inci-
dent" that the Society of Frie•
nds are all murderers ?
The Quakers who, as a body, have achieved the
greatest political distinction in the present age, are
the drabcoated men of Pennsylvania. These people
set what has proved a too attractive example of
roguery and repudiation. Ought we to have inferred
from this " uncompromising announcement" that all
Quakers are swindlers, or should we be justified in
turning round, with Cobbett's own outburst of in-
vective, upon " those unbaptised, buttonless black-
guards ?" It is plain that Mr. Fry reads the Times
with that regularity and attention which his business
requires. He detected the guilty recruit in an
instant, and his comment was in our hands before
even a November sun had set upon Printing-house-
square. But this was not the first report con-
cerning the new militia. The training and exercise
has now been proceeding for several days, and from
each county we duly received and chronicled intelli-
gence respecting the muster, equipment, and discip-
line of the various corps. In almost every one of
these reports it was particularly stated that the men
were conducting themselves in their new station with
marked order and propriety. Yet Mr. Fry never
took these " announcements" for a text. He never
addressed the public on the " promising" pro spfc!s
afforded by such general good behaviour on the part
of 50,000 young soldiers, although every statement
had reference to some 600 examples. He waited in
the silence of Broad-street-buildings till a single de-
linquent could be discovered, and then he fell, pen in
hand, on 50,000 of his countrymen, under the motto,
" Blessed are the peacemakers." It is useless, we
dare say, to bespeak our correspondent's " confi-
der" in the security and protection" which a