The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-03 00:00:00

THE POLYTECHNIC JOURNAL.

Dr. Winslow, author of the " Anatomy of
Suicide," and other interesting treatises, gives
some amusing details on " Diet arid Dietetics,"
in this number. He briefly adverts to the most
notorious gourmands and great drinkers, fur—
nishing, occasionally, striking anecdotes respect-
ing them, some of them but little honourable to
human nature. The subject of diet leads him to
treat of its effects, and the remedies for particu-
lar diseases. Gout is as much caused by exces-
sive eating as by intemperance in drinking,' and,
in his opinion, persons afflicted with this disease
should never dine out. This would be an awful
punishment to many, and he therefore prescribes
another remedy which, we believe, is the most
effectual yet discovered for preserving health,
keeping down obesity, chasing away gout, and all
the ills that flesh is heir to. It is thus given in
the form of an anecdote respecting a Parisian dog-
doctor. Ladies, he says, were in the habit of bring-
ing their lap dogs to this son of Esculapius. " The
man takes the dogs to his hospital, locks them up
in an airy room, gives them some water, a little
bread and a dry bone to pick. By way of exer-
cise, he makes them skip about two or three times
a day, by means of a little horsewhip, dexter-
ously applied. At the expiration of a fortnight,
he takes them to their mistresses quite well,
active, and healthy." The articles on " The
Office of Coroner," and " Smoke, its evils, and
possible prevention," will also be found in-
teresting.

LITERATURE.
SCOTTS PROSE WORKS.
Cadell, Edinburgh, 1841.
We have here Sir Walter Scott's tragic story
of the " Bride of Lammermoor," printed both in
an octavo and a duodecimo form, as also the
fourth part of his " Life of Napoleon." As usual,
they are neatly got up, and are certainly the
best, as they are the cheapest, edition of Si
Walter's prose works that have yet made their
appearance.

POPULAR LIBRARY of MODERN AUTHORS.
Whittaker, London, 1841.
The present Number of this useful Miscellany
forms the Fourth Part of Daubigne's well-known
" History of the Reformation," ably translated
from the French by Mr. Kelly, of Trinity Col-
lege, Dublin.

TOPOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF SURREY,
Patt XL—Ede, Dorking, 1841.
The literary department of this periodical is
very carefully conducted, and the accounts of
the various churches, ruins, parks, and antiqui-
ties of the county of Surrey, circumstantial to a
degree that shows what close attention has been
paid to the subject. Among the illustrations to
the present Part, we find a picturesque seat o'
Abinger Hall, the seat of Lord Abinger.

BREACH OF PROMISE OF MARRIAGE.-A
cause of this description, embracing circumstances of a
peculiarly interesting character, is likely to be tried during
the present Term. The plaintiff is a young lady about 24,
and said to be highly accomplished. The faithless swain is
a venerable Adonis of eighty-four. The letters are
likely to afford much amusement, being a compound of
Pickwick and the Scriptures, from both of which copious
quotations are made. The defence will, it is understood,
be that the lady gave undue encouragement to a
younger swain, and that the' gentleman's purse, and not
his person, was the object of her regard.

We regret tO-ObServe the death of Mrs. Murray
M‘Gregor llort, the wife of bis Excellency Major Ilort,
administering the Government of Doniinica. She fell a
victim to the destructive fever which at present, it ap-
pears, unhappily prevails in that island.—Dominica
Paper of Sept. 14.
During the month of. July, 1,500 emigrants
were landed in Demerara at one half the cost already ex-
pended for 200 or 300. in Jamaica. We fear there is a
screw loose somewhere.—Jamaica Despatch, Sept. 15.
The General Steam Navigation's packet the
Lord Melville, is now on her last trip for the season. Sht
left Brighton on Sunday with 14 passengers, and will
return, weather permitting, on Wednesday (this day), to
be laid up till next Summer.

ARRIVAL Or SPECIE.—Her Majesty's ship
Racehorse, Commander Fitzgerald, anchored at Port
Royal on Saturday last from Vera Cruz, with 900,000
dollars, for the Commissariat and the Colonial Bank.—
Kingston Paper.
,g Much remains unsung," as the tom-cat re-
marked to the brick-bat, when it abruptly cut short hi:
serenade.
An alarming shock of earthquake, which was ex-
perienced at half-past four, A.M., took place at Antigua;
on the morning of the 16th. It was a sudden and
severe jerk, with a short subsequent tremor,