The Sun.
London, England, 1848-12-27 00:00:00

London : Arthur Hall and Co., 25, Paternoster-row,

On the Ist of January, 1849, will
4d bee published, No. 1., price Gd., post
free tra, of
A CALL to Prepare fora NEW and PERFECT
.tll, ORGANIZATION of HUMAN SOCIETY, in order to realise
the Precepts of God and Genuine Christianity-44r in other words,
Real Civilization, and so ensure full and profitable employment for
the superabundant labour and talent of the world.
W. Strange, 21, Paternoster-row, London ; and may be had of all
Booksellers.

Just published, price 55., ave., In cloth,
-FHE RATIONAL TREATMENT of STRIC-
TURES of the URETHRA, In all their varieties and compli-
cations. With practical observations on the use and abuse of instru•
ments in the treatment of urethral diseases, showing that the unne-
cessary employment of instruments is a frequent exciting cause of
stricture, and that a want of practical knowledge and manual dex-
terity in their use, when necessary, is the source of most of the se-
vere, long-protracted, and complicated cases of that disorder so fa-
tally prevalent.
By F. B. COURTENA If.R.C.S.E.,

" The operation of introducing a catheter through an Impermeable
stricture is, without donbt, the most difficult in the whele range of
surgical operations, and demands all the prudence, science, and skill
of a master. The art can only be acquired, and that gradually, by
frequent practice."—Liston's Operative Surgery.
Published by It. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street ; and may lee had of
all booksellers in tow■ or country.

L 0 V E is the leading feeling of the human
breast. More exalted than mere passion, it soars high shove
every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger than avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
As influence, or can avoid its sway ; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union does not take place, however, this passion. this
ervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
coison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life-
time spent in the fulfilmeni, of every engagement, snap the very con-
tract.asurider which should be most binding to an honourable mind?
ft is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
h.stituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being must subsequently be
beyond measure deplorable 1 Loving and beloved, he entails the
most miserable disappointments on the object of his choice, and upon
himself a desolation the most horrible, when the simple possession of
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
unalloyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the
fallest and most satisfactory information in the little work er.titled