The Sun.
London, England, 1823-05-23 00:00:00

TheIIIII.OSOPHY of ADVERTISMENTS,

GENTLE RikOtist—Dave you ever looked over
a Newspaper in a philosophical manner?; Have, you, picked the
choicest morsels from the bone ? Some things are to be sir alio* ed
loni:lthsein7:e.tt; wbie,:fgidesittet,l4:ls4,:alt: Lord
The political port.
of a Newspaper is like the rough, shaggy, and worthless part
and the shell ma be left to theltePerathioYfmploglithtiecar oulPidlitnunfuctes°7'
In glancing over thoie indiestions of the irate of the 4;04. the
advertisements of Ntlyspapers, one would think that the millen-
nium was rapidly approaching. The wolf hal, trVidently,' be-
gan his future operation of dandling the . lamb. Ooe feels all
the springs of one's philanthropy unitiosed while we read.
Nothing( can exceed the instances of ,Ituie disinterestedness.
which they exhibit. The offers. f money-lenders are splendid:
testimonies of the generosity of our countrymen, .ionong whom.
Jews anti Christians rival , each other in benevolence. Assst-
ance 'of every kind la ofrered to those in want.—AVlat a praise-
worthy hospitality is manifested by, the.intlividuals .who pro-
vide board and lodging all vatO need aceiinmodation !
Ri
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mark, too, the benevolence of the ratedioll .111100oLTiler04
Then the Lottery-office Keepers—what disinterestedness
Although' they, are certain • that X 30,000„.
in
X 50,000. intuit
be payable to the holden; of Tickets ,noty n their drawers,:,
they make. it. Point. of .adinitting the' public 'to share in their
for self even, estePOS to tha
good, fortune. This disregard
retail tradeaman, whii,"_ out of gratittide" for publie'' pa.'
tronage, ~generously offers his goofls 14,, ainelo fifty :per',, cent.
under prime cost. This pure, and virtuousioration
tends . downwards ! through - all the relations bf life ; all cont.
,dential agents are trustworthy, and, all nursery maids sweet
tempered 2 Indeed there is little or no vice left in either Min
or. horse. ,
Thenlook to the testimony given'of the ' march of mind."
What bonloomie in the sqatrimonial atlyertiments! What
scientific allurements in theproinisesof dancinithastets. What
discretion 'is taught by theinsurance AM.; What spirit and
enterprises are stimulated by the lottery.puffs.
It
is also' most pleasing circumstance to find that the enjoy-
ments of the world increase with its amicable dispositions.
Every book announieit for PublicatiOn- is' i'lititiky treasure.
Every exhibition,, unites the instructive with ,the amusing
and every cottage to let Ivan Eden. iileft
tended .to. ,Even lihen,theeployment of ppolp tap is likely
to
he attended with that dash of the disagreeable, annexed
a condition to human delights; how admirably .AO,l
quickly arc the correctiyes applied. If the. Gourmand
pureliase, a portion of hirer along with Ohl
pot at 401, per doz.!, and, if the curious in fish sauce'
are seduced into appoplexy by the Patentee; the newspaper,
like : the, liner, carries- with it a remedy for the poison`: for
the ' eau tnedicinale' appears in junta-position with fresh
turtles every day anti " 'Barclay's antibiliouss serve, as a
roper accompaniment. to the newly invented sauce epictiri-
inne."' Every line 'of the advertising part 'of apper teems *ith
matter of congratulation. In one column you find a ipommadi
divine to make the hair grow,' anti in the iteit Ortiatnian
lotion' to check its :exuberance, ,should the ...unlucky experi-
mentalist produce too rich 'a growth'in a along place. 'On one
hand, the 1. fairy genius'. of OdYertisetnents offers you a s wash to.
preserve the gums,: and on the other 'indestructible teeth' to
tit;intu them; Whst a magical' gift dO those Circe* of faiihioil,
tke stay-makers, possess, when they ,inform the exquisites, of
'bath-sexes that stays' may-lie Made' to reitiedy any deformity..
Whitt a liappingss to learrohat when the incomparable 3la-
-caisar oil' has lost its &limey, wigs may be '44 made, to put ini-
tUra 40 the.blush,' anti whiskere.mapufactured, whit akin suf.
ficient to have deceived the lynx eye of FreJeric of *Prussia.
That'glass eyes are fabricated so val. cleretifr, ,that they. will
do every thing7hut se ; and that cork-legs are to be had,
willcii'do`eVery thing feel. .Wall • may we :exclaim with
Esord,Byr oth
Thiiiic the liatent'agd of hew intentions
For IPg b.edies and for savinFsouls ! •
opposite diticovaies we Base seen
Signs of true genius aptiof,empty pocket,.!
One makes new noses—one a guillotine
Otte breaks your boriette set.s them is the sockets.

LOSS OF TIirSLOOPUNION, IN THE Til AM Cs._
Yesterday morhing,, at nine o'cldck A.M. the,
Union; Capt.AritiamPsoN, Master, .Ibaded with
deals ands.,ora, was, ,by A Silddeft, squall, upset,
as kbe was going down the River (rpm Mick-
wall ROO, and is totally out Orsight. We are
haPpy to state the crew 4%409 all:sfevell, through
the vigilance of the Police Surveyors of the
River, and other officers.--(Morning Paper.)