The Sun.
London, England, 1840-11-05 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, 1111.URSDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1840

as far as we can the statement that the afflicting
disease of water on the brain, which is generally so
fatal to infant life, and so painful, and which for
many years baffled medical skill, can now, if pro-
perly and timely treated, be effectually and speedily
cured. Blood
andl we a
letting, copiousr
einduced to suppose a and easy, is the
chief remedy
proper one, by the cases adduced, and by the clear
manner in which Dr. Davis describes the whole
proceeding. Of his merits as a physician we
cannot pretend to judge, but his book is plain and
unoaentatious. it has about it no professional
quackery. A short introduction gives a neat
history of the opinions and practices of physicians
concerning the disease, and half indicates the true
method of cure by pointing out their attempts and
their errors. In the body of the work the several
stages of the d"
symptoms arc clearly
described,ans of cure adopted by
the u
cases. If not a va-
sel
liai si a
ues a
t.line tl e md tes i
by
luable addition to medical science (of which we can
a tli ras
and disease
illustrated
have no opinion), it is a very useful augmentation
of popular information.

MEMOIR OF S. TV. TILKE.
Alfarsh, London, 1840.

In this volume we have the autobiographical
memoir of a man, whose career in life has been a
chequered one, but who, after having been roughly
buffeted about the world for several years, has at
length, by sheer dint of perseverance, and showing
a gallant front to misfortune, had the satisfaction of
seeing all his efforts crowned with success. The
Memoir is an interesting one, as showing what
may be accomplished by energy and good conduct ;
and it is written, not in a sour, jaundiced spirit,
such as disappointment and misfortune often
leave behind them, but in a cheerful and benevolent
strain. According to his own account, I\lr. Tilke,
after having been engaged in more than one trade,
has now adopted the pursuit of a Medical Herba-
list ; and, as we gather from several anecdotes in
the present Yo u e, has effected a variety of surpris-
ing cures in obstinate cases of gout, rheumatism,
and indigestion. His mode of treating some of
these diseases is fully described in the course of his
Memoir, and he has added reasons explanatory of
his system, so that he who runs may read.

SYMONS' POPULAR ECONOMY.
Henry Hooper, London.
Mr. Symons, the well-known author of several
tracts and reports on the condition of portions of
our manufacturing population, has added to his
useful labours by publishing a small treatise on
Social Economy. Numerous extracts from the
work have already been laid before the public,
whose opinion has been formed of it before we
hare had an opportunity of noticing it. To some
of Mr. Symons' principles, and to some of his
conclusions, we do not assent ; but most of his
details have a practical utility, independently of his
deductions. We can, therefore, with great truth,
recommend it to general perusal as a useful and
instructive work, calculated, if it foster some pre--
judices, to dissipate much ignorance, and advance
the good work of elevating the condition of the
labouring classes.

DEARDEN'S MISCELLANY.
A cheap provincial Magazine, neatly got up,
and not deficient in an average quantity of readihle
articles. In this month's Miscellany there is a
just criticism on " Pollock's Course of Time"—

a ►►oble poem, which deserves to be more ge-
nerally read than we fear it is ; and a tale
called " Eva Moriarty," the scene of which
is laid in England, in the bustling days of Queen
Elizabeth. The tale is a good one, but would have
been better still, had the dialogue portion of it
been more curtailed.

ADVANTAGES OF RAILROADS

This point has been placed in so striking a light by
Mr. 11 azird, of Newport, in his admirable essays en-
titled Facts for the Labouring Man, by a tabular com-
parison of the costs of travel between Baltimore and
Boston, under the old system and under that of " profit-
less railroads," that we need no other argument to prove,
that, whatever may be the lot of the proprietors who
construct these public works, the community are a
gainer far beyond the annual interest which they pay in
Europe on the $-200,000,000, which have been taken
from the strong box of the European capitalists and con-
verted in Republican America into the wages of labour.
FORMER COST OF A. JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO BALTI-
MORE, AND RETURN.

By stage to Providence, one day
Dinner on road 5O
Supper and lodging in Providence 1 0
Stage to New York, three days lB 0
Two nights' lodging on the road, at 25 cents 5O
Eight meals victuals on the road, at 59 cents 4 0
Supper and lodging in New York 1 0
Stog,e to Philadelphia, one hard day's work
Breakfast and dinner on the road
Supper and lodging in Philadelphia
Stage to Baltimore, 2 days lO 0
Stay one day and return—nine days in all—time,
1 dollar per day

58 0
Return to Boston, f arn o

$ 116 0
About eighteen days ; boots worn out from walking
in the mud—a heavy cold iron; exposure—incapable of
business for some days.
COST OF JOURNEY FROM BOSTON TO BALTIMORE, AND
RETURN, UNDER THE " FALSE SYSTEM "
railroad cars
to Leaves
Providence,Boston,
i
By railroad to Stonng.ton, thence steamboat, or
steamboat from Providence direct
4 3 o '
hourseloek, p.m., by
Tea on board of steamboat
Arrives in New York 7 or 8 next morning, has
whole day to attend to business—board and
lodging
Leaves in steamboat next morning for Philadel-
phia, via Amboy, thence railroad
Thence to Baltimore, in the evening, by railroad 4 0
Breakfast and dinner on the road
Two days' time

19 50
Return same l9 50

39 0
Returns fresh and hearty. Absent less than tour
days, spending one day in Baltimore and one in New
York.

Mr. Hazard estimates that on this line alone, for the
average of 312 days in the year, there are no less than
150 passengers daily, making a clear saving in favour
of the new system, of 11,550 dollars a day, or 3,604,000
dollars a year ! This is but a single route, on which
the annual saving of the community amounts to more
than one-third of the foreign debt, assuming it to be as
large as 111 r. Van Buren represents, and to have been
exclusively employed in public works. Who, then, arc
interested in the overthrow of oor present State Admi-
nistration on -account of its devotion to this policy of
intern
al improvement ?—New York Courier and En-
quirer.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Brighton Gazette.)
PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 4.—Rear-Admiral Sir John
anney, K. C. 8., left Spithead, on Tuesday
morning early in the Britannia, 120 guns, Captain
Drake, with a fine breeze from the eastward, and will
be followed immediately by the Howe, 120, Captain
Sir Watkin Pell, both destined to reinforce Admiral
Sir Robert Stopford's fleet.
The utmost activity prevails in the dockyard, in fur-
thering the equipment of the
Commander. several ships ordered
for commission.
The Tweed, (), is commsssioned at this port by
Chatham, and the Pelican, 189 at
Sir James Stirling, 'The Madagascar! 41,
.is brought
down the harbour for immediate commissioning.
Doulas and the Indus, 4, by. Captain
at Sheerness. The EndYrcim' 38,
the same port by
The Monarch, 84, was commissioned on Saturday at
and Iris,
26, have also hoisted the pendant ;
Commander Napier. The Vernon, 50, was also com-
missioned The Neptune, the former at Ply-
mouth, and the latter at Chathare•
this. harbour, arc ordered to be got ready for commis-
sioning, as soon as possible.
The Vengeance, 84, is being completed at this port
and St. Vincent, 120-gun ships in
with every dispatch. She will be commissioned about
the 15th inst.

The Waterloo, 120, and Alfred 50, are getting ready
at Sheerness for commissioning.
The Hecate, steam-ship, ."p, 'Commander J. N. Ward,
and Salamander steamer Commander Henry, destined
for the Mediterranean will proceed,
from the ship, and to bg the former on
Wednesday, and the latter next week,
The Court-martial on Mr. Smith, surgeon of the war
steamer Hecate terminated. nn Saturday in his dismissal
of surgeons. lie was l'' --c with drunkenness and
charged
insubordinate cond.
act
The Sappb: - •
sdhaetbtrhinegbsonttoomnelovfs.thehl.ist
ed on the 27th august. She
- --whence
sag, -.Y from Quebec, last from Jamaica, she
ire troop-ship, Mr. Cole, master, arrived on
t Excellent,r troop-ship,
- ip,
! At Spithead—Howe, 120, and Sapphire,
In Harbour—Queen, Victory,
Salamander, Pan-
! Royal George yacht, Tweed, Hecate, Salamander,
taloon, and flag tenders. 1

FRENCH CONSCRIPTS.—SevcraI arrests took
place during the last month in the Morbihan. About a
dozen deserters and refractory conscripts were captured by
the gendarmerie,