The Sun.
London, England, 1837-02-15 00:00:00

Just published, the :20th Edition,
NEW POPULAR WORK on DISEASES of the GENERA-
TIVE SYSTEM, with Additional Cases. Price 4s.
.AN HISTORICAL and PRACTICAL
TREATISE on SYPHILIS, and other Diseases of the
Urethra and Generative System. These subjects are illustrated by
a variety of highly interesting cases. To which are added, Con-
cluding Observations on the Nature and Treatment of Nervous,
General, and Local Debility, for the Cure of which the Author
has adopted a plan of treatment which, during his experience of
upwards of thirty years' extensive practice, has invariably proved
successful.

By C. B. COURTENAY, M.D., 42, Great Marlborough-street.
Printed for the Author, and sold by Simpkin and Marshall, Sta-
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frequendy Will complaints, to be worthy of the highest encomiums,
and justly deserving tke serious attention of all those persons who
may unfortunately happen to 1,42 ;filleted with the maladies which
form the subject of this very interesting 141i.eation. The lumi-
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we mgy- add,gs rt f4rti),er Fescrt4t4endation, that it is written with
much delicacy awl uumality,"--fovs-ur WORT; 4PYias,v,

A suicide is so uncommon an event in Strathspey,
that it is with great pain we have heard that a poor man com-
mitted this crime under circumstances almost too horrible for
narration. From being a powerful and healthy man he became
a martyr to bad health, and was constantly confined to bed.
He became dejected, and repeatedly hinted at an intention to
do away with himself. His wife used the precaution to re-
move every instrument with which he could effect his purpose.
It would appear, however, that on an occasion when she went
out for an instant she left a clasp-knife, with which she had
been cutting some vegetables, on the table. Taking advan-
tage of her absence, he seized this knife and repeatedly stuck it
into his throat. The knife was wrenched from him by his
wife, when he seized a folk and plunged that several times
into the old wounds. This was also taken from him by his
wife, who immediately ran for assistance, and when the party
returned they found the wretched man apparently exulting in
the accomplishment of his purpose. lie died the same evening,
leaving a wife and family.—Perth Constitutional.

THE SUGAR TRADE.—The recent heavy failure
in this trade has drawn attention to the mode in which sales
are now made. Formerly sugar, like other articles of pro-
duce, was sold by public auction, retail as well as wholesale,
dealers buying as much as they wanted. The wholesale gro-
cers, not liking this mode of selling sugar, combined several
years ago, and refused to buy any sugar which was sold by
public auction. The result was, that the importers, after an
ineffectual struggle, gave up selling their sugar in this mode.
The course of business since then has been--the importer pays
the duty on the sugar, and sells it to the sholesale grocer at
four months credit; the retail grocer, of course, buys it from
the latter, who in general gets paid for th4s- whole before the
payment to the importer becomes due. We understand that
the importers have, since the failure of Messrs. Reddish, had
a meeting, to take the present mode of selling sugar into con-
being nearly one-half the gross price,
sideration. The dutyit
was, we hear, at this meeting proposed that the purchaser
should pay the duty himself. The proposal was, however,
met by the remark that if the purchaser paid the duty, the
commission now charged on the sale of sugar would be dimi-
nished one half, the West India merchant charging, it is said,
four per cent. on the gross price, including the duty. The
meeting separated we hear, without coming to any resolution
on the subject which brought them together. They will, Ivo
believe, meet again to-day.—Liverpool Albion.
NAPLES, JAN. 14.—During the grand perform-
ance at the Theatrb San Carlos, at Naples, to celebrate the
birthday of the King, it was interrupted previously to the com-
mencement of the ballet, by a young man who placed himself
in the middle of the pit, and called out with Stentorian lungs,
41 Allarmo ! allarmo tacete ! fermatevi ! la patria d in peri.
colo ; son io la voce di Dio !" " Hold ! hold I stop ! the
country is in danger ; I am the voice of God 1" The audience
was much dismayed at first by this incident, and the orchestra
ceased playing, but the police interfered and took the offender
into custody, who turned out to be a mailman.

EXPORTATION OF TIIE PRECIOUS ATETALs.—
The exportation of gold and silver coin from the port of Lon-
don during the past week, ending the 14th instant, to foreign
ports, is as under ;
Silver bars, Hamburg
Silver coin, Madeira 3OOO
Silver coin, New York O,OOO
Silver coin, Sierra Leone 20,000
Gvld . 43 1 , . qY2`?
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