The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-02 00:00:00

0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
RA breast. Mere exalted than mere passion, it soars high above
every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its away; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, Increases In intensity
with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union does not take place, however, this passion, this
!ervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
!Nilson in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
cl.angeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life-
time spent in the fulfilniem of every engagement, snap the very con-
tract asander which should be most binding to all honourable mind?
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
ihstituted by Divine Law for tke fulfilment of Important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be
beyond measure deplorable! Loving and beloved, he entails the
most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. These desirous of investigating it will find the
fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled

SELF-PRESERVATION,
Illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology,
and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical ebserva-
leas ea the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from
selitary habits, excesses, or infection.

By SAMUEL LAWERT, M.D.,
Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, Loudon, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Bic.
This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and
much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob-
tained the bithest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes-
sional experience, which has reference almost Solely to the treat-
ment of these diseases.
REVIIW OF THE WORE.

La'3fert on the Infirmities of YouthMid—ifaturity.—" There are
scenes in the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf
into which such scenes must plunge him 1 In the book before as
such a monitor is to be found, calculated to warn and instruct the
erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a mind not al-
ready tutored by the vices of which it treats. It is written in a style
of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of
philosephy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a
eroduction calculated to confer a vital benefit, physically and morally,
upon all who are tempted from the rigid path of abstemiousness and
propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By un
taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
cages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
a Horsily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.
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residence, who nsay
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A R Ii I A G E.
YI One half the werld are desolately single, and the other
supposing them married, questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
imse of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
tter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
coseprosing harry ; hut the troth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
and broken health, ase the great hindrances to domestic happiness
end social content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour and justice densand that health should ferns mittens
In the compact; it alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
neglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, if
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CLTLVERWELL'S little
4,EMOIRS "On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is.
esch (by rost, in stamps, Is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
ey misinterpretation of their supposed contents, from obtaining
them. They are not intended certainly for mere idle cariosity, but
~a• the closet perusal of those more deeply interested, to whom
trey are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
the above subjects, by unqualified authors, which alone or
'ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
by post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
&veld," and " How to be Nappy." They are not merely
vimphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephemeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
life, wee ewes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
servance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live after nature's laws—and to keep always
en the " sunny side of the way." The above works ism), be bad of
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Cornhill ; Nalson, 4t7, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
mise). from the author (who may be conferred with personally,
renoirngs and evenings), 10. Argyll-plaeo Regent-street: and all
Booksellers.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR BOYS.—Last
evening a quarterly general court of the governors and
subscribers of this institution was held at the offices,
No. 7, Bloomsbury-place, Bloomsbury-square. It ap-
peared from the report that this institution, which was
established in 1798, first received under its fostering pro-
tection 20 of the sons of indigent and deceased brethren,
but now, by the increased patronage it received, and the
liberal contributions of the lodges and brethren, the
number had been extended to 70. The number of boys
who have been clothed and educated up to the present
period amounts to upwards of 700. There are at pre-
sent under the guardianship of the institution 58 boys,
but an election of 12 more is about to take place. The
u3ual quarterly business having been gone through, the
meeting separated.

CHEAP OMNIBUS FARES.—Yesterday evening a
large meeting of gentlemen connected with various
public offices in the city, took place at the Pine Apple
Tavern, Hungerford-market, with the view of consider-
ing the propriety of getting up something in the shape
of a substantial testimonial to Mr. Joseph Crawford, as,
in their opinion, the originator of the cheap omnibus
fares from Paddington to Hungerford-market. Resolu-
tions in accordance with the objects of the meeting were
put and carried, and after much discussion the meeting
adjourned.

The mercantile advices from Vienna of the 26th of
December mention that the funds, and &so the foreign
excl-mn,ges, remained without alteration. Some little
improvement was 01-Amebic in business in consequence
of the renewal of communication with those portions of
Hungary into which the advance of the imperial troops
had taken place.