The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-10 00:00:00

A CURE FOR, CORPULENCE.

A philanthropist has 'roily Lao" his story before
the public, and although the record may provoke a,
passing smile, yet no one who reads it can doubt
the earnestness and sincerity of the writer, or his
hearty desire to benefit his fellow-creatures. It is
simply the narrative of a man who was tremen.
dously fat, who tried, hard for years and years to
thin himself, and who has at last succeeded. He
wishes the world to know how he vanquished his
terrible enemy, and how at last the demon of corpu-
lence fled from him. This is really a great kindness,
and a man who, without fear of ridicule and simply
from benevolent motives, comes forward to reveal
an experience of this kind is doing a ser-
vice which his fellow creatures ought to recognise.
Mr. Banting, the gentleman who has had the cou-
rage and good feeling to write and publish this nar-
rative, not long ago measured five feet five inches,
and weighed about 14 stone and a quarter. He
owns that he had a great deal to bear from unfor-
tunate make. In the first place, the little boys in
the street laughed at him ; in the next place, he
could not tie his own shoes ; and lastly, he had, it
appears, to come downstairs backwards. But he was
a man who struggled gallantly, and whatever
he was recommended to do he honestly tried to
carry out. He drank mineral waters, and consulted
physicians, and took sweet counsel with innumera-
ble friends, but all was in vain. He lived upon
sixpence a day, and earned it, so that the favourite
recipe of Abernethy failed in his case. He went
into all sorts of vapour baths and. shampooing
baths. He took no less than ninety Turkish
baths, but nothing did him any good; he was
still as fat as ever. A kind friend recom-
mended increased bodily exertion every morning,
and nothing seemed more likely to be effectual
than rowing. So this stout warrior with fat got
boat, and rowed a
pouring
water
coupledaidaily
i notfohao ugroso. d safe,
into the bucket of the Danaides. What he gained.
Bat he
hheewavays
only
in one wav he lost in another. His muscular vinur
increased, but then, with this, there came a pr-odil
gious appetite, which he felt compel ed to indulge
and consequently he got even tatter than he had,
been. At last he hit upon the right at 4
adviser,
who told him what to do, and Whoa
has been so successful that M -,„r. 8 advice
antiog can
now walk downstairs forwards, put his old
clothes quite over the suit that now fits him,
and, far from being made the
victim of unkind
or iii.judged chaff, is universally congratulated on
his pleasant and becoming appearance.
machi-
nery by which this change The
nry simple, kind. He w Was effected was of a
as simply told to leave off
eating anything but meat.
It appears that none of
Lis numerous friendly advisers, and none or the
physicians he consult
secresy of his doro consulted, penetrated so far into the
estic habits as to have discovered
that twice a day
he used formerly to indulge in
bowls of bread and milk. The Solomon who saved
him cut off
mr. ta
this great feeder of fat, and since then
nting has been a thinner and a happier
man,--sut
uraay Review.

DEATH OF
A BOY THROUGH PLAYING WITH FIRE.
—An inquiry was held by Mr. Wm. Payne, the City
coroner, at St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on Tuesday, re-
specting the death of James Drummond, aged five years.
It BPPeared from the evidence that the deceased, who was
the chid of a mechanic, residing at 1, Greenhill-place,
Smithfield, was on Monday left for a few minutes alone in
a room by his mother. In her absence he began to lig
inht
sticks at the fire and play with them. He was soon
flames, and before his screams brought assistance he Ivas
dreadfully burnt. He was forthwith conveyed to the hes.
pital, but his injuries were so severe that` ll remed
hie ex es proved
unavailing, and after lingering in greAagon
on Monday night. Verdict—Accidental death,
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Proudhon is no longer a very dangerous demagogue '
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task of a simple writer to prove himself the one Out rA
told it. It must come out by the force of circumstances,t f°-
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to having discovered the complete art u the Academy
colours.

THE MEMOIRS OF WEBER, by his son a work of
great interest, published in Germany, ,
will, itis probable,
shortly appear in an English translation.
Senhor Don Mariano Jose Sanz, Envoy Extraor•
dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Peru to the Court
of St. James's, accompanied by Senhor Juan Batista
Valdivia, has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel.
A CURIOSITY HUNTER.—Some days ago, "Yg
a Washington letter, a woman visited the President's man'
the
Pion, cut off n
a full half-yard from the curtains of
without
discovery, r
°
windows in the green room, and made her exit
discovery, Such things have been frequently done
lately,
—Cincinnati
_Enquirer.
BRESLAU, Dec. 9.—Advices receivedt here from
ton in the city
i
Warsaw state the chief railway 8s
has been 'urroundtd by tr
railway officials vme F3res
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