The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-10 00:00:00

DISEASED AND HEALTHY LIVES ASSURED,

MEDICAL, INVALID, and GENERAL LIFE
OFFICE, 25, PALL-MALL, LONDON ; 22, NASSAU-
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£TOCKHOLM.

First Exhibition of Important and Novel Experiments in Elec-
ricity, by Isham Baggs, Esq., illustrating the Phenomena of Thunder-
gtorms and the Cause of Lightning, in a series of Lectures, on Mon-
day, Wednesday, and Friday, at Two o'clock, and in the Evenings
of Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at Nine o'clock.—Popular Lec-
tures by Dr. Ryan and Dr. I'lachhoffner.—Dior Arnie effects are ex-
in the new Dissolving Views, which, with the Chromatrope
and Micro-cope, are shown on the large disc.—Experiments with
the Diver and Divim,,bell.—New Machinery and Models described.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
Saturday) from Seven till flalf-past Ten.
Admission, Is.—Schools, llalf-price.—The New Catalogue, Is.

SOCIETY for the PROMOTION of
COLONIZATION.
A PUBLIC MEETING of the Members and Friends of this So-
ciety will be held at the Hanover-square Rooms, on TUESDAY, the
11th of July, at Iwo o'clock,
The Earl of HARROWBY in the Chair.
The objects of this Society are to aid, by way of Loans or other-
wise, in the Emigration or '4ettlement of persons fitted to become
Colonists ; to collect and diffuse information ; and in furtherance of
these objects, to form corresponding Associations at home and in th
Colonies.
Temporary Offices of the Society,
4, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar square.

PURE PORT.—A combination of interested
competitors in the Wine-trade having existed at Oporto since
the year 1844 (with all its ramifications in this country) for the ma-
nifest object of preventing Pure Port Wine from being drunk in Eng-
land, as it used formerly to be, OFFLEYS, WEBBER, FORRES-
TER, and CRAMP, Alto Douro, Farmers, have determined, as
growers, in self-defence, to supply the consumers direct, and there-
fore make this public announcement fer the information of those
gentlemen who are disposed to replenish their cellars with pure fully
fermented and high-flavoured Port.
London, 36, New Broad-street, July 1, 1848.
A WORD or TWO on PORT WINE, addressed to the British
Public generally, but particularly private gentlemen, by JOSEPH
JAMES FORRESTER (of the House of Oflieys, Webber, Forrester,
and Cramp, of Oporto), author of " Surveys of the Wine Districts of
the Alto-Douro," " Surveys of the River Douro," &c., &c.
Published by Royston and Brown, 40 and 41, Old Broad-street.

THIS is the WEATHER,for that very refresh-
ing effervescent beverage, MAUGHAN'S PATENT CAR-
RARA-WATER; which Chemists, Confectioners, and others are
enabled to vend in high perfection, at the price of common Soda Wa-
ter. The CARRARA-WATER is manufactured only at 78, Upper
Thames-street, and may he obtained wholesale (or in any quantity)
on manufactory terms, from the principal London Agents, Messrs.
lIENnY BRETT and CO., Brandy Merchants, Old Furnival's Inn,
Holborn.

ICE RAPIDLY AND ECONOMICALLY
PRODUCED, by MASTERS'S PATENT REFRIGERATORS,
which are so simple that a child may use them. Rock Ice is made
in ten minutes, Dessert Ices In five minutes, and Wine or Water is
made as cold as ice in three minutes. In his Patent Fountain all
kinds of Aerated Waters, Lemonade, &c., of first-rate quality, and
delightfully cool, are produce 4 in ten minutes. An elegant a‘•sort-
ment of Decanters, Claret and Water Jugs, Butter Coolers, Filters,
&c. &c., are on sale at 254, Regent-street, and at No. 7, Mansion-
house-street, opposite the Mansion-house; where Mr. Masters will be
happy to show how easy it is to produce eighty degrees of cold in the
hotest room, at a trifling expense.
That the Refrigerators are " simple, economical, and elegant," is
certified by numerous Establishments, amongst which are the fol-
lowing : The Euston Hotel, Junior United Service Club, Cremorne
Gardens, Confectionary Room of Her Majesty's Theatre, &c., &C.

PROVED PATENT ROTARY BUFF
1 KNIFE•CLEANER —MASTERS'S PATENT KNIFE-
CLEANER is, beyond contradiction, the most useful Machine ever
made for this purpose. The proprietors of numerous first-rate Esta-
blishments certify to its excellence in the following terms :
" It is economical, easily worked, is not liable to get out of order,
is exceedingly expeditious, and gives to cutlery the fine and bril-
liant polish of a new article." Certified by the Proprietor of Cre-
morne Gardens, Parthenon Club, Thatched House Tavern, European
Hotel, &c. &c.
These beautiful Machines clean from 6 to 12 Knives per minute,
and vary in prico from 21. 10s. to 101. according to size. They may
be seen in operation at Mr. Masters's Establishments, No, 294,
Regent-street, and at No. 7, Manion-House-street, opposite the
Mansion-house, City.

ORNAMENTAL CLOCKS.—Recently received
from Paris an unusual large variety of Fourteen-day
CLOCKS, to strike the hours and half-hours, in ormolu, marble, and
china. The designs are pastoral and historical, and include a few of
great merit, In the style of Louis XIV. The price is four, five, and
seven guineas each, and upwards.
A. B. SAVORY and SONS, 9, Cornhill, London, opposite the
statue of the Duke of Wellington.

STRICTURES OF THE URETHRA: Prevalent and Dangerous

Errors in their Treatment.
Just published, price 55., (by post free, 65.,) Bvo., in cloth,
THE PATHOLOGY AND RATIONAL
TREATMENT of STRICTURES of the URETHRA, in all
their Varieties and Complications. With Practical Observations no
the Use and Abuse of Instruments in the Treatment of Urethral Dis-
eases, showing that the unnecessary employment of instruments is
a frequent exciting cause of stricture, and that a want of practical
knowledge and manual dexterity in their use, when necessary, Is the
source of most of the severe, long protracted, and complicated cases
of that disorder so fatally prevalent. The whole illustrated by nu-
merous cases.
By F. B. COURTENAT, M.R.C.S.E.
Published by H. Liailliere, 219, Regent-street ; Maclachlan, Stew-
art, and Co., Edinburgh ; Hodges and Smith, and Fannier and Co.,
Dublin ; Simms and Denham, Manchester ; Deighton and Laughton,
Liverpool; and all Booksellers.

A A E.
i. 'lOl One half the world are desolately single, and the other
supposing them married. questionably contented. Diffidence, or a
sense of right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
itter the latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
of caution and worldly prudence, and the indissoluble, regret un-
comprosing hurry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
Ina broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and social content. The dowry should not be the only marriage set-
tlement. Honour end justice demand that health should form an item
in the compact; it alone dignities the alliance. Blighted hopes er
Jseglect wound more sorely than poverty or misfortune. Reader, It
these surmises concern you, procure Dr. CULVERWELL'S little
riEmolrts 'On Single and Married Life," pub. in 2 vols., Is.
mch (by nest, in stamps, is. 6d. each). Let no imaginatively
refined, er prudish feeling deter you, by their titles, nor be hindered
of misinterpretation, of their supposed contents, from obtaining
.bem. They are not intended certainly for mere idle curiosity, but
tor the closet perusal of those mere deeply interested, to whom
they are offered as antagonistic to the empyrical trash put forth on
:he above subjects, by unqualified authors, whioh alone or
ogether, are a disgrace to the age. Furthermore, two other
ittle publications claim your attention (same price Is. each,
ay post Is. 6d.) called " What to Eat, Drink, and
:hold," and " How to be Happy." They are not merely
damphlets, but equal in quantity a library volume, nor are they the
mere ephbmeral scribblings of the hour, but the study of the author's
!fie, who owes his present existence, health, and position to this ob-
iervance of the maxims he would inculcate—to do unto others as he
would be done unto—to live atter nature's laws—and to keep always
in the " sunny side of the way." The above works may be had of
4ilerwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvaiho, 147, Fleet•street ; Mann,
0, Cornhill ; Nalson, 457, West Strand ; or direct (by post or other-
xtse) from the author (who may be conferred with personally.
:aornings end evenings), 10, Argyll-plaee Regent-street; anti all

Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PIIYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
CITY, &ND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
New Edition, enlarged to 196 pages. Just published, price 2s. 6d., or
by post, direct from the Establishment, 35.6 d. In postage stamps,
frii-lE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
I_ the infirmities and decay of the generative system, from ex-
cessive indulgence, infection, and the inordinate use of mercury,
with remarks on Marriage, end the means of obviating certain dis-
qualifications. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings. By It. and
L. PERRY and CO., 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, London.
Published by the Authors : sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ;
llannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Starie, 23, Titehborne-
street, Ilaymarket ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street.
PAST I. treats of the anatomy and physiology the re-productive
organs, and is illustrated by Six Coloured Engravings.
PART 11. treats of the consequences resulting from exeessivenadul-
gence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental
and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity.
It is illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
PAkT 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in
the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
their treatment. The consequences of early neglect and of the abuse
01 mercury, are also clearly pointed out. This section is illustrated
by Seventeen Coloured Engravings.
PART IV. treats of the Prevention of Disease by a simple ap-
plication, by which the danger of infection is obviated. Its action
is simple but sure. It acts with the virus chemically, and destroys
its power on the system. This important part of the Work should
be read by every Yosng Man entering into life.
Pam, Y. is devoted to the consideration of marriage, and its
lutes. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and
the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
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bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
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toms, eruptions, and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle.
Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 20. ad., ds. 6d., and Its. per box, a
curtain .emedy in gonorrhosa,gleet, strictures, and chronic inflamma•
Lion of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, 11. st. Packets
with advice tube had at the Fetablishmeut only, by which the fee,
11., is saved. Attendance daily at 19, Berters-street from Eleven
tin Two and Five to Eight; nn Anndays fro,. non

ON NERVOUS DEBILITY AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.
Just published, the Thirty-sixth Thousand, as improved edition, re-
vised and corrected, 120 pages, price 2s. In a sealed envelope, or
forwarded by the Authors, post paid, to any address, secure from
observation, for 2s. 6d., In postage stamps, illustratel with nu-
merous Anatomical Coloured Engravings.
MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMA-
TURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for its PERFECT
RESTORATION.

A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the Generative Organs,
emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits, indiscriminate Ex-
cesses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, &c., addressed to the
sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age
or, •th Practical Remarks
on Marriage, the Treatment and CureNervousG and Mental De-
e f,ielate! Diseases, by
•
bility,
which
cootnhsetr Urine-Genital
in-Tahy. be restored, and
t,eapnottehnecym,
most shatteredhiSyphilis,
and
reach the full period of life allotted to Man,
whole illustrated
with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, in
lug the various functions, secretions, and structures of thecolour,repro-
ductiveexplain-
lag
Organs in health and disease ; with instructions
for private
correspondence, cases, &c.
By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons,
7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London.
" Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and thought less we
trust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them or
the
danger attendant upon the too rash indulgence of their pa
,sin
whilst to some it may serve as a monitor in the hour of tetn°tits-
'
Mon, and to the afflicted as a sure guide to health."—Chronicle
" ' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long expo rience
and reputation in the treatment of these paint ul diseases is the
patient's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense cir-
culation."—Era.
" ' Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old
age. It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the
r eatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been
the prey of the illiterate and the designing.'—United Service
Gazette.
The Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and fast
approaching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease,
which, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been
set down to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work,
be astonished to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per-
sons of both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con-
sumption, heart disease, tubes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has
been the Indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth
much more frequently than it is at all suspected.
N.B. [lours of consultation from Eleven till Two, :tad Six to
Hight in the Evening.