The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-27 00:00:00

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ITAS HE A STRICTURE OF THE
URETHRA OR NOT?—or Cautions against, and
Observations on, the ERRONEOUS DIAGNOSIS that is
too frequently pronounced on this important subject, whereby
the Patient is unnecessarily exposed to a Course of PAINFUL
OPERATIONS. This subject is illustrated by CASES and
a WOOD-CUT, showing the NATURAL OBSTRUCTIONS
which exist in the URETHRA to the introduction of an IN-
STRUMENT, and from an ignorance of which, such disastrous
errors originate.
By FRANCIS BURDETT COURTENAY, M.R.C.S.L.
And late Surgeon to the Metropolitan Infirmary for the Cure

of Strictures of the Urethra.
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SOAP SUDS A SPECIFIC FOR NOURISH-
ING FLOWERS. —A fair correspondent of the Dumfries
Courier writes—" Recently I happened to gather a beau-
tiful pansey, and when tired of admiring it, tossed the
toy aside, which partly by accident fell into a box-full of
soap suds. The said pansey had neither joint nor root,
and you may judge of my surprise when at the end of a
day or two, I found it growing. From this time forward
I watched it narrowly, and now find it, after the lapse of a
fortnight, a goodly plant with several buds on it. Think-
ing water might produce the same effect, I placed a newly
cropped pansey in an element, which, pure in itself is the
medium of purity in every thing else • but it withered and
died on so spare a diet. By way Of confirming the first
experiment, I have since placed a slip of a rose tree and a
pink in suds, and both arc flourishing in great vigour in
my dressing-room.
THE COMET.—Biele's comet, after a period of
six years and nine months, will cross the ecliptic on July
16, and re-appear in our hemisphere, but will not be visible
to the naked eye. It is the same as in 1832 was expected
by the unlearned to come in contact with our globe on
October 29th, and at least throw it out of its course, if not
altogether destroy it. In 1826, this comet passed us at a
distance of 55,000 leagues, or a little more than half the
distance between the earth and the moon, without its pas-
sage having the slightest influence upon us. The atmo-
sphere or nebulosity of this small comet is very limited,
extending to only 40 minutes, or two thirds of a degree.
EMBANKMENT OF THE THAMES.--A. Report
relative to forming embankments on both sides of the
river, from London Bridge to Vauxhall Bridge, has been
agreed to unanimously in thetee
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In this Report the
the several proceedings which have taken place with the
Government respecting the embankment for the new
Houses of Parliament, and the necessity and propriety of
continuing a suitable line of embankment generally, to
obviate any inconvenience which might be caused by that
which had been made for the new Houses of Parliament,
directed the Remembrancer to apply for a further confe-
rence with the Commissioners of Woods and Forests and
Land Revenues, and an appointment having been made, a
deputation front your Comrumittee waited upon the Com
missioners on the 9th day of April last, when Mr. Tel-
ford's plans were laid before them, and it was fugges
that the same might be used with advantage withreference
to the proposed embankment between Vauxhall and Black.
friars Bridges, and thereby prevent the necessity of incur-
ring any extraordinary expense for new surveys."