The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-14 00:00:00

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DR. LA'MERT ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH
AND MATURITY.—WITH 40 COLOURED ENGRAVINGS ON
STEEL.
Just published, and may be had in French or English, in a Sealed
Envelope, 2s. fid„ or post-free, from the Author, for forty-two
Stamps,
SELF-PRESERVATION; a Medical Treatise
on the Physiology of Marriage, Infelicitous and Unproductive
Unions, and the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Ma-
turity, usually acquired at an early period of life, which enervate
the physical and mental powers, diminish and enfeeble the natural
feelings, and exhaust the vital energies of Manhood ; with Practical
Observations on the Treatment of Nervous Debility and Indigestion,
whether arising from these causes, close study, or the influence of
tropical climates: Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis,
Stricture, and all Diseases and Derangements resulting from Indis-
cretion. With Forty coloured Engravings, illustrating the
Anatomy, Physiology, and Diseases of the Reproductive Organs,
explaining their strictures, uses, and functions, and the various
injuries that are produced in them by solitary habits, excesses, and
Infection. BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D..
37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON.
Doctor of Medicine. Matriculated Member ef the University of Edit,
burgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, Honorary Member
of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
Marriage requires the fulfilment of several conditions, in order
that it may be really the cause of mutual happiness. Could the
veil, which covers the origin of domestic wretchedness, be raised,
and Its true source in every instance disclosed, in how many could
it be traced to physical disqualiticaLions and their attendant disap-
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are productive of greater severity of misery to the human frame,
than any other to which it is subject.
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their relative conditions in health and disease. It deservedly
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Some time last year the Common Council of the city
of London unanimously agreed to petition Parliament
to amend the law in this respect. One of the speakers
upon that occasion described the present system as being
"worse than the Inquisition." And Mr. Humfrey and
Mr. Wire (both professional gentlemen of great ex-
perience in criminal matters) stated that. to their know-
ledge, the present system was almost daily made the
medium of private malignity and revenge, or of vexation,
and that there were hundreds of persons in this country
who made a livelihood by preferring indictments upon
false charges, getting the bills " found" by the grand
jury, and afterwards extorting money from the persons
falsely accused, upon the terms of abandoning the pro-
secution. But, although such petition was agreed to
nearly a year ago, and another session of Parliament
has almost passed away, nothing has yet been done to
correct this infamous state of the law.
That this inquisitorial mode of proceeding of the grand
juries, capable of being, and constantly put in motion
against innocent parties, for the mere purposes of revenge
or extortion, should be allowed to continue to the present
day, is really surprising, and I can only attribute it to
the general ignorance which prevails upon the subject
amongst unprofessional persons. I have constantly, in
the society of intelligent unprofessional mon, pointed
out this anomalous state of our criminal law, and have
always found the greatest difficulty in making any per-
son believe that such a state of things could really exist
in this country in the 19th century.
It is said thtit one fact is better than a thousand ar-
guments, and therefore I shall take the liberty of men-
tioning two cases which occurred, within my own know-
ledge, during the last few months, both of which strongly
illustrate the necessity of an alteration in the law on the
above subject.
In one case, a French gentleman came to this country
to recover a debt due to him by a person residing here,
and commenced an action for its recovery. His debtor
sought to evade payment of the debt, and as a mode of
coercing him into giving it up, or compromising it, pre-
ferred an indictment against him for some absurd charge,
went before the grand jury, and behind the back of,
and unknown to, the accused, got the bill of indictment
found, and a warrant issued for his apprehension, under
which he was arrested and confined in Newgate. And
when the case came on for trial, the jury immediately
pronounced a verdict of acquittal, and the judge said,
that the grand jury should never have found the bill of
indictment.
In another case, the defendants in an equity suit
sought to compel their opponent to abandoa his claims
against them, by intimidation, by availing themselves of
the existing odious system which I havedp endeavoured
to to denounce. Accordingly, they trump).
before
the against the plaintiff in the suit, went
a
t te r of course,
the billso
of in-
dictment found, warrants issued fur the apprehension of
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parts
grand
andju jury,
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the accused, and his committal to Newgate, without any
notice to him, or any investigation of the alleged
charges
in his presence. But he having procured bail, taken
adsict a
e dmevidence,
defence to the indictments, and resisted all their attempts
at intimidation and coercion, when the cases came on
the prosecutor abandoned both the indictments.
It is, Sir, in the hope of calling public attention to
this important matter, so intimately connected with the
liberty of the subject, that I take the liberty of address-
ing this letter to you, and I t:ust that you will have the
kindness to give it insertion in your widely circulating
journal.—l am, Sir, your obedient serva
BARRISTER.
A

THE QUEEN v. BARNES.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Stn,—ln reference to the short report of this case
in
your journal, we, as solicitors employed for the prosecu-
tion, deem it but justice towards our client, the Reverend
Thomas Harvey, to state, that the Learned Counsel,
when withdrawing the prosecution, misconceived the mo-
tives which influenced the adopting of that course on the
part of our client.

The sole object of Mr. Harvey in commencing pro-
ceedings at all, was the preservation of his child from, an unhappy connexion. That object having
been accomplished, and reposing, as he does, the fullest.
confidence in his daughter's decision, Mr. Harvey after-
wards felt himself permitted, without inconsistency, to
abandon the prosecution, and, moreover, considered it his
duty so to act, in order that, as a Christian, and more
especially as a clergyman, no vindictive feelings should
be attributed to him, notwithstanding the bitter injury
inflicted.

If, in the exercise of his judgment the Learned Coun-
sel did not fully adopt our client's wishes, it is incumbent
on us to give this additional explanation; and we rely on
your courtesy and impartiality to favour us with a
prompt insertion, as under the present impression which
the report is calculated to convey to the public, the
Reverend Gentlemen's motives may be misconstrued.
IVe have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient servants,
LEWIS and COOKE.
No. 4, Barnard's Inn, Holborn, July 11, 1848.

LIGHT-HOUSE ATPAEATUS.—The vessel Pharos
arrived in the Commercial Docks, from Havre, has
brought 65 boxes 9 cases and one other package of
light-house apparatus of French manufacture, intended
to bo shipped immediately from hence to Leith. This
large parcel of light-house apparatus, consisting of
lenses of large size and power, are understood to be im-
ported on account of the Commissioners of the Northerc.
Lights, and are intended to be used for the light-house
under their direction.

IN ir.

[ln submitting the following letter to our readers,
we must remark, that correspondence between
the two capitals, Paris and London, is just now
only to be carried on by a sort of subterfuge.
Letters are opened on suspicion and, for that
reason those letters are, as a kind of protection,
penned anonymously. However, thanks to a
pseudonym, we have received the communication
of our correspondent, and in giving that communica-
tion publicity in our columns, we must in justice to
our countrymen, declare that the opinions expressed
by ourselves upon LAM/MINE are opinions which
excite the sympathy of thousands of the people of
Great Britain.---ED. SuN.3
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sin,—Your forcible, just, and generous remarks on
the noble and pure-minded Lamartine find a grateful
response in every heart not ossified by the selfishness of
personal interest, or debased by sinister views, opposed
to the extension of civil and religious liberty.
It is only through the English journals that France
can now hope to hear the voice of truth; it is only
through you and your contemporaries that the victims
of military usurpation and mercenary oppression can
hope to make the rattle of their chains heard, or find a
vent for the outlet of their condensed indignation.
By the Code Cavaignac,
writing, speaking, or pub
lishing anything (not hostile) but admonitory—sugges-
tive, or promotive of measures for the general welfare—
that may not be in unison with the acts of Government,
or the contemplated views of the Dictator, is declared
•
treason to the state—to offend is to be subjected to a re-
vival of the times and crimes of Louis the Fourteenth,
to be arrested by Lettre de Cachet—to be imprisoned
au secret—to have your property seized—your journal
suppressed—to be denied all communication with friends,
and refused the opportunity of remonstrance, of trial, or
of defence; and it may be, after eleven days of inquisi-
torial incarceration, as in Emile Girardin's case, the
victim is set at liberty—without charge or imputation—
when his ruin is completed by the continued sequestra-
tion of his property, and the suppression of his journal.
Ahl Mon And! this is the cruel mockery of liberty in
France—the subjugation of all civil rights—the suspen-
sion of all legal forms—the suppression of the public
voice by the public press, under the pretence of establish-
ing order. Do not imagine that lam insensible to the
dangers past, or that I would temporise with the san-
guinary hordes of the barricades. In England you en-
force the law, and if necessary, strengthen it to meet any
emergency, but you do not violate public liberty, abrogate
constitutional rights, place London in a state of siege,
and set up a military dictator to suppress a tumultuous
assemblage of misguided, and, therefore, dangerous
people. If the restoration of order in France is to be
based upon the reconstruction of a military despotism,
as I believe it is—the fickle nation will soon
have cause to lament, in tears of blood, their
foul ingratitude to Lamartine, their base aban-
donment of the man who in the hour of peril bared
his breast to the storm, and boldly seized upon the
shattered helm of the state vessel to guide her into safe
moorings. If in the attempt to steer through the wild
and troubled waters of a revolutionary sea without chart
or compass, he met with sunken rocks, and encountered
the quicksands of disappointment, is he to lie accused of
wilful error, and hunted down by the calumnies of
malice? If he happened to be occasionally wrong in
his course —as who among statesmen is not?— is
there no allowance to be made for the convulsive
state • of the empire, the intrusion of delusive
theorists, and the innumerable difficulties attending the
reorganization of a proposed entire change of Govern-
ment, embracing the principles of universal " liberty,
equality, and fraternity ?" That he was honest, his ene-
mies dare not publicly dispute—that he was frank and
sincere will be attested by every foreign Minister with
whom he conferred, but more particularly Lord Nor-
manby and Mr. Bancroft, who enjoyed an unrestricted
intimacy
.with him during his onerous Administration.
The dxnisters of England and America might, and
ought, to do Lamartine the justice of rescuing him from
the judgments of ignorance. His well-earned literary re-
putation, his unimpeachable private character, the sin-
cerity of his political opinions, and the eloquence
with which he advocates and adorns his policy, are
proverbial, and beyond the reach of his maligners.,
That he should have committed political errors is not
more wonderful than the fact of their being those of
more consummate statesmen. Labour and Finance
were the rocks he split upon, and they will continue to
be the obstructive and embarrassing barriers fur any
and every future Government to pass through.
The rapid increase of population in civilized Europe,
aided by the increased mental intelligence of the people,
must and will produce in all states a more equal and
paternal form of government. The experiment
has failed in France from the want of union
between the classes ; but it will revive, and
eventually euec.e I. Released from the delusion of false
theories the people grown wiser by experience
wilt, I hope, for their own security, combine to restore
order, and secure for themselves a Government digoi-
tied by its protective attributes of paternal solicitude for
all. Then Lamartine and other equally honourable
men will rise superior to the foul malevolence of faction
—if living, they will be honoured, as they deserve,
above their compeers; and if called home, receive the
undying tribute of a nation's gratitude, which sooner or
later history never fails to award to the names of the
great and the good.
Paris, July 13.
SP

TONY LE BRUN.

ORTING INTELLIGENCE.
LIVERPOOL RACES.—THURSDAY.
Foal Stakes of 100 soya. each, h ft. Once round and a
distance. (3 Subs.)
Mr. Watt's Crazy Lad, Bst 61b •
(Foley) 1
•.
Sir R. Bulksley's Miss Orbell, Bst 31b •
••• —• 2
5 to 4 on Crazy Lad, who made all the running, and
won by a length. Run in 3 min. 9 secs.
The Derby Handicap of 10 sovs. each, with 80 added by
Lord Derby. One mile. (39 Subs.)
Sir J. Gerard's Jest, by Jerry, 3 yrs, sst 71b ... 1
Mr. Worthington's Sharston, 5 yrs, 7st 121 b... ... 2
Mr. Dawson's Ulysses, 4 yr. 4, 7st ••• ••• 3
Mr. A. Manning's Betty Swipes, 4 yrs, 6st 111 b ... 4
Lord Caledon's Wallets, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b ••• ••• 5
Mr. Willington's All's Well, aged, 6st 10Ib 6
2 to 1 agst Sharston, 3 to 1 agst Betty Swipes, 4 to 1
agst Ulysses, 4 to 1 agst Wanota, and 5 to 1 agst Jest.
Jest took the lead, was never approached, and won by
four lengths; Ulysses a very bad third. Run in 1 min.
47 secs.

Match, 200, h ft; Bst 71b each. T.Y.C.
Lord Stanley's Uricl ...
•„ .., (Butler) 1
Sir J. Gerard's Fitzpatrick ... ... ••• ••• 2
fi to 1 on Uriel, who won in a canter by three lengths.
Run in 58 secs.

The Grosvenor Stakes of 15 sovs. each, h ft. (11 Subs.)
Mr. B. Green's Flatcatcher ... ••• walked over
The Liverpool Cup, value 300 sovs., added to a Sweep-
stakes of 25 sovs. each, 15 ft, and only 5, &C.; the
second to receive 50 sovs. out of.the stakes, and the
winner to pay 30 sovs. to the judge. Two miles. (106
Subs., 85 of whom declared.)
Mr. S. L. Fox's Executor, 4 yrs, Est 91b (G. Abdale) 1
Mr. B. Green's Sylvan, 3 yrs, 4st 101 b ... ..• 2
Lord Glasgow's Mis 3 Sarah, 6 yrs, Bst 101 b... ... 3
The following also started:—
Mr. Disney's Cawrouch, 5 yrs, Bst 31b ... .., 0
Sir J. Gerard's Grimston, 5 yrs, 7st 111 b ...
... 0
toassPrince
Charlie,
Sir R. %V. Bulkeley's Montpensier, 4 yrs, 7st 31b .„ 0
Mr. A. Johnstone's Ulysses, 4 yrs, Est 71b ...
... 0
Lord Euston na Tuscan, 3 yrs, sst 41b ...
0
Lord Eglinton's Glen Saddel, 3 yrs, sst 31b.„
... 0
Mr. B. Green's Maid of my Soul, 3 yrs, 55t... 0
Mr. Dawson 's Prince Charlie, 3 yrs, 4st 71b ... ...
0
Betting-6arliesto 1 ag
to 4s t ags t
Executor,Cawrouch,l2 1 gt
Montpensier
to(t),1 l4 to
jlli
olasgs Sarah,stGle and 20 to 1 st Grimston. Won
Glen Saddel,
gol agst Tuscan, 16
by a length ea:ily; a neck between second and third;
Glen Saddel fourth.

The Sweepstakes of 10 SOTS. 113,Ch and 25 added,
T.Y.C. (9 Subs.), were won by a neck by Mr. Pedley's
Lady Mary, 3 yrs, beating Mr. York's Elity,ea, 5 yrs, Mr.
Marsh's Mother Carey's Chicken, 3 yrs, uwn Sister to
Wanota, 3 yrs, Lillie, 2 yrs, hr g by Charles XII., 3 yrs,
s
Mr. Lord's Vignette colt, 2 yrs, Our Ben, 2 yrs, and Mi s
Fish, 2 yrs.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas, heats, two miles,
was won easily by Mr. Watts's Crazy Lad, 3 yrs, 7st 51b,
yrs, 7st 51b,
beating Otterburn, 3 yrs, 7st 51b, Reality, 3
and Mentor, 6 yrs, lOst 21b.
LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY NIGHT, 12 O'CLOCK.
LATEST BETTING,
GOODWOOD STAKES.
7 to 1 agst Pillage 14 to 1 agst Reflection
7 to 1 agst Chanticleer 17 to 1 agst Plaudit
11 to 1 agst Crozier 30 to 1 agst Hydrangea.
IPSWICII RACES.--.THURSDAY.
Her Majesty's Plate of 100 Guineas. Two miles.
Lord Exeter's Tophan, 3 yrs, ist 31b. (Pettit) 6 1 1
Mr. F. Edward's New Forest Deer, aged......
1 4 2
Mr. Barne's Tufthunter, 4 yrs, 9st lib ......... 2 2 dr
Mr. Rogers's Black Doe, 3 yrs, 7st 51b ......... 5 3 dr
.. ...
Mr. Crow's PositivaYoung Man, 4 yrs, 9st Ilb 3 dr
Mr. Mew's Ccck Robin, 5 yrs, 9st 1 llb 4 dr
The Town Members Plate of 501., added to a Sweeps.
of 5 sove. each. Two miles. (5 Subs.)
Mr.Raynet's Duplicity, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (Dockeray) 1 1
Mr. Land's The Streamer, 3 yrs, ist lib
... 4 2
Sir. Parr's Morsel, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
••• ... 2 dr
51r. Abel's br c by Sheet Anchor, out of Arms.-
ranthe, 3 yrs, 7st slb ... ...
... . 3 dr
The Gentlemen's Purse of 201., o added t a Sweepstake
of 3 Sovs. each. Two miles. (7 Subs.)
--- Rayner's Duplicity, 3 yrs, 7st 2lb (Dockeray) 1 1
Pedgrift's Daddy Longlegs, aged, 9st 31b ... 2 2
G. Cooke's Faunus, 4 yrs, Bst 71b ...
... 3 3
. 9st ,
G. Simpson's Witch, aged,
•• ... 4 4
Land's Streamer. 3 yrs, 7st 21b
...
... 5 5

CURIOUS FACT.—There is, at the present time, at
i'ryery, near Freshford, a pear-tree in full blossom, and
'Lt has also a splendid crop of fruit upon it. The tree is
nearly white with blossom ; it is a fine large tree, near
1 the beautiful spring of mineral water that Mr. Brooks,
of Hinton Abbey, lately discovered. The tree llgs a
• great many buds still breaking for blossom.—Dorset
Chronicle,

FOREIGN.—Low dark brown Pernambuco Sugar has
been sold at 355. St. Domingo has been taken in at 285.
Brazils, 100 cases 4,288 bags mostly sold at 39s to 42s
for mid to good white, at 35s Gd to 36s for mid to good
yellow, and at 33s to 36s for low to good brown.
COFFEE —There have been moderate sales. Jamaica
low mid 525, fine ord 42s to 46s 6d, and low to good
ord 25s to 31s; Demerara f fine ord 40s; Plantation
Ceylon brought full prices, mid 52s to 555, and fine ord
355; Native, 1,151 bags, only partly sold, but at full
prices, good ord 30s to 30s 6d; Madras has been taken
in at 26s to 275 and 30s; Mocha and other sorts have not
been much (ealt in.

COCOA.—Trinidad has been sold at 37s to 41s, and
Grenada at 37s 6d to 40s per cwt.
IlxcE.-750 bags, 1,000 pockets Bengal realised
lOs 6d for mid white, and 2,000 bags Madras 8s to 83 6d
for mid pinkey white.
8031.—EdSt India proof has been Is 4d to Is 6d per
gallon, and proof Leeward is 7d to is Sd, with very little
doing.
SPICES.—Mid Pimento has been sold at 31c1 to aid
per lb. In :Mace, Ginger, &c., there have been fair
sales. Batavia Pepper, 267 bags, sold at 20 for low
bright grey.
COTTON. —The market hsis improved.
TEA.—A steady business is doing. Congou has been
at full pricer. _ _

Immo. D.—The public sales have a slight appearance of
improvemeet since the commencement, but still prices
are very unsatisfactory. Up to last evening 1,464 chests
had passed.

.
TALLow.—P.Y.C. is 44s 3d to 44s 6d per cwt on the
spot.

THE ARRIVAL OF THE 50TH REGIMENT FROM
INDIA.—On Wednesday evening, the 12th inst., the
right wing of the 50th Regiment (the Queen's Own)
marched into Chatham barracks from the terminus of
the Gravesend and Rochester Railway from Gravesend,
where they disembarked at the Custom-house quay from
the ship Sutlej, of 500 tons burthen, Captain Parish.
Its strength consists of seven sergeants, three drum-
mers, and seventy rank and file, with seven women and
eight children. The troops are decorated with medals
for their late military achievements on the Sutlej with
the Seikh army, and aro under command of Brevet-
Major G. F. Long, who was the only senior officer left
unwounded, when ho took command and led gallantly
the remaining portion of his regiment into Lahore.
The other officers who are with this division are
Captain Harry W. Hough and Lieutenant James
G. Smyth, Lieutenant R. Hyde Page, and As-
sitant-Surgeon W. Baker Young. This detachment
sailed on the 6th of February last, and on the :31st of
March they arrived opposite to the Cape, and suddenly
the gales came on, which increased with such extreme
violence that the ship appeared unmanageable, the sea
making over her, and, owing to the powerful wind, she
lost all her masts, and all hands on board were pumping
and baling the water out of the ship, the women working
es hard as the men ; indeed every one on board con-
sidered that she must have sunk. By perseverance, they
in a manner jury-masted her, and hoisted all sail they
were able ; and thus succeeded in getting into the Cape
on the 10th of April, and the only life lost was a sailor.
The troops did not lose a man, woman, gir child, during
the voyage. They are to be medically inspected this
day at Fort Pitt, and on Monday will march en route
to Wilmer, to join their head-quarters.
LYCEUM THEATRE.—Preparations are making on
a very extensive and splendid scale for the production on
Monday evening next, of the grand extravaganza of
Blue Beard, by Platiebe. The taste and judgment of
the lair manageress alone is a sufficient guarantee for the
magnificence of the appointments.
LIEUTENANTS ROYAL NAVY.—One cause of the
difficulty experienced in getting Lieutenants to serve
afloat, has, we think, been overlooked, it is the privilege
conceded to captains and commanders of nominating
their first lieutenants. Although there is a condition of
standing annexed to the privilege of nominating, it is
defective. A period of five years or six years is consi-
dered sufficient for the first lieutenant of a frigate; and
as captains usually prefer young officers, it mostly
happens that the lieutenant selected is as junior upon the
list as the Admiralty limit will allow. The effect is, that
all lieutenants, senior to the officer selected by the cap-
tain, aro precluded from an appointment to that ship,
however desirous they may be to serve. And if an officer
has been unable to procure an appointment for a few years,
after obtaining his rank, he is almostshut out of the service
altogether. It may be that he does not feel competent,
or is not inclined to undertake the responsible duties of
first lieutenant—a separate command may be too expen-
sive—the coast-guard disagreeable—and thus he has no
option but to remain upon half-pay. There is, we ad-
knit, very good cause why a captain should have the pri-
vilege of choosing his chief executive officer, but if it is
continued the standing of the officer must be increased
to ten years fur a fourth-rate, seven years for au inferior
rate, and five for a sloop-of-war. This would enlarge
the field considerably, and remove the necessity for ap-
pointing all the young lieutenants to ships the moment
they are promoted. If the Admiralty will pass some
such regulation, and also repress as much as possible e
the
rapidly increasing tendency to expensive messes,
utpo
service wilt be available to many excellent officers
seeking;
are now deterred by those circumstances from
employment.—Uniterl Service Gazette.
THE SPITALFIELDS BALL.—The receipts
late ball amounted to 2,9001., and the expendift_ourretht.oe
fiabelodust
stc,6hoooo/I.,olfeiii.)veisniggna. balance of 1,300/. for the Spiel-
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