The Sun.
London, England, 1846-05-20 00:00:00

On and after the Ist of June,

THE DAILY NEWS, London Morning News-
paper, at Twopence Halfpenny.
The newspaper is the intellectual life of the nineteenth century.
Not to speak of the moral and political safeguards which it affords, it
places all, whatever their varieties of positiqn, on a level as to in-
formation. Only by its means is the small capitalist enabled to con-
tend successfully against his wealthy rival for a knowledge of those
changes which affect prices. Without the daily newspaper a faintly
might as well be located in the back settlements of Canada as within
ten miles of the great centre of European civilisation. These facts
are felt—the gain is understood. It is remarkable, then, that more
than a century since there were eighteen papers published in London,
daily, or three times a week—while now there are only fifteen !
though the population has trebled, and, by means of the post and
other facilities, the whole kingdom has been brought within the easy
range, and under the direct influence, of the London press. In the
city ofNew York moredaily papers are published than in all England,
Scotland, and Ireland, put together. The circulation of papers in
Paris exceeds that of London twenty-fold. Of a fact so startling,
where lies the explanation?—Price
That the public know the advantage of having a Daily Paper, is
manifest from the thousands who pay 3d. for a paper the day after
publication. What, then, are the causes which maintain the high
price? First, the amount of capital required to be invested in a
Newspaper speculation. Next, the various talent, knowledge, and
experience which must combine to produce the result. The number
and greatness of the requirements have, in truth, occasioned some-
thing very like a monopoly—and monopoly always commands its own
price. Thus, whilst capital and competition have been doing good
service in all other things, nothing has been attempted, in the direc-
tion indicated, for the political, social, and intellectual wants of three
great nations; and a Daily Paper still remains a costly luxury, in
which only the wealthy can Ixdulge.
The experiment is now about to be tried of establishing a London
Daily Newspaper, on the highest scale of completeness in all its de-
partments, which shall look for support, not to comparatively few
readers at a high price, but to many at a low price. Its success de-
pends upon the Public.

THE DAILY NEWS,
From and after the lat of June,
Will be putAished at
TWOPENCE HALFPENNY.

The paper will be of the same size as all other journals were within
seven years ; it will be larger than many of the high•priced daily
journals are now; and, in every particular of interest, it will con-
tain as much information as the most successful amongst its contem-
poraries. But it will be expansive : and double sheets will be given
whenever an important Debate, or a pressure of News or Advertise-
ments, seems to require it.
The marking features of our scheme are, Ist. We give to the
reader, in what we hope will be an improved and more convenient
form, all that he can find in the most approved of our competitors;
enlarging always our surface to embrace whatever of unusual inte-
rest the times may present. The difference between them and us
will be only in that host of Advertisements, which we, too, will be
happy to give in an additional sheet, whenever the public shall
supply us with the occasion. 2ndly. To the reader who now pays
Fivepence for his paper, we offer the same thing at half the price ;
and to the man who hires his paper, a paper of his own at about the
cost of the hire. It, then, only remains for the public to justify the
experiment; remembering that their interest in the issue is no less
than our own. Let him who would support us in the seasonable
attempt subscribe without delay.
Every news agent will, we hope, supply the paper at twopence-
halfpenny, where payment is made in advance; the same propor-
tionate allowance as with other papers—something more than
twenty-four per cent.—being allowed by the proprietors to the trade.
When credit is given, it is a matter of private arrangement, with
which the proprietors have nothing to do. As, however, in an
undertaking so bold and so novel, it is advisable to guard against
possible inconvenience, the proprietors of TIIE DAILY NEWS will
undertake to get all persons supplied who shall forward a post-office
order payable to Joseph Smith, Daily News Office, Whitefriars,
London. _ _

For
Three Months .. ••.• • • • • .••• • • • • £0 its. 4d.
Or any longer period at the same rate.
Let all who are interested in the success of this undertaking—and
who is not ?—be active, and success is certain.
THE DAILY NEWS will be published in tine for the Morning

Elegant pocket edition, price Is., by post Is. 6(1.
DR. CULVERWELL ON MARRIAGE,
Its HINDRANCES and OBLIGATIONS.

" To be or not to be, that is the question."—ShakSpere.
Contents :—On Matrimonial Eligibility and Fitness—Laws of
Paternity—Phenomena of Gestation—On Maternal Infisence—On
Infelicitous and unproductive Unions—Curiosities of ➢Medical Experi-
ence, Cases, &c., &c.
Also, companion to the same, price Is., by post Is. 6d.,
CHASTITY; its ABUSES and DISEASES (72 Engravings
These two interesting little volumes are not intended for idle or in-
discriminate perusal, but they are earnestly offered to the attentive
consideration of those who may be more legitimately and perhaps
painfully interested.
Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvalho, 147, eet-street ;
Mann, 39, Cornhill ; and all Booksellers, or direct from the Author,
21, Arundel-street, Strand. At home daily till 2 ; Evenings 7 till 9.

FOURTEENTH EDITION of the SILENT FRIEND on liUman
Frailty, with Coloured Engravings.
Jut published, price 21. 6d., free by post (in a sealed envelope) 3s. 6d.,
ri.illE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
the Infirmities of the Systemi n both sexes • and on the loss
of the reproductive powers, with means of restoration. The baneful
effects of indulge,* ce, &c., are fhlly pointed out. Illustrated by En-
gravings; followed by observations on Marriage.
By R. and L. PER.RY and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
Published by the Authors, and may be had at their residence
19, BERNERS-STREET, OXFORD-STREET.
Sold by Strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay and Co., 63, Ox-
ford-street; Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-street ; Purkiss, Compton-
street, Soho; Sanger and Co., Oxford-street; and all Booksellers.
"We regard the work before us, the ' Silent Friend,' as a work
embracing most clear and practical views of a series of complaint,
hitherto little understood, and passed over by a majority of the me-
dlcalprofession, for what reason we are at a loss to know. We must
however confess that a perusal of this work has left such a favourable
impression on ear minds, that we net only reoommend, but cordially
wish every one who is the victim of past folly, or suffering from indis-
cretion, to profit by the advice contained in its pages."—Age and Argus.
The CORDIAL BALM of SYRIACUM is exclusively directed
to the cure of nervous debility, irregularity, weakness' loss of ap-
petite, indigestion, consumptive habits, and debilities arising from
excess, &c. In bottles, price 1 ls., or the quantity of four in one
bottle for 335., by which Ils. are saved. The five-peund cases may
be had as usual.
The CONCENTRATED DETERSIVE. ESSENCE, a remedy
for searching oat and purifying the blood from scurvy, blotches
en the head, face, and body, ulcerations, and those painfhl
aftbctious arising from improper treatment or the effects of mercury,
removing secondary symptoms, and all eruptions of the skin. Price
lle. and 335. per bottle.
PERRY'S PURIFYING SPECIFIC PILLS, price 2s. 9d., 4s. 6d.,
and I Is. per box, are the most effectual remedy for strictures, inflam-
mation, &c., without hindrance to business.
Consultation fee, If by letter, 11. Minute detail of cages necessary.
Messrs. R. and L. Perry and Ce.,"aurgeona, may be consulted, as
usual, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-ttreet, London, daily, and at
106, Duke-sreet, Liverpool, every Thursday, Friday, and Saturday ;
and at 10, St. John-street, Doausgate, Manchester, on IL vudays,
Tuesdays. and wednesdaYs•

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
Just published, Sixteenth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
2s. Gd., or post paid, to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage Stamps
or Post-office Order.
SELF- PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturity.
Illustrated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy,
Physiology, 'and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
explaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
the injuries that aro produced in them, by solitary habits, and other
excesses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
Debility, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
the Urethra.
By SAMUEL LAWERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
Hone
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh,
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.

REVIEWS CT THE WORK.
" The author of this singular and talented work is a legally quali-
fied medical man, who has evidently had considerable experience in
the treatment of the various disorders, arising from thd follies and
frailties of early indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad-
dition, by demonstrating the consequences of excesses, whiclrmust
act as a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by Its perusal
many questions may be satisfactorily replied to, that admit of no ap-
peal, even to the most confidential friend."—Era.
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Five till Eight ; and all immediately replied to, if containing
the fee of 11., for advice, &c.-9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-
SQUARE, LONDON

MAMMOTH LocomonvEs.--The Great Western Com-
pany have just completed three most powerful locomotive engines,
built upon the plan and under the superintendence of Mr. Brunel,
assisted by Mr. Gooch, the superintendent of the locomotive depart.
ment. The dimensions of the Great Western engine (the leviathan
or locomotives) are, diameter of driving wheel, 8 feet; cylinder, 18
. .

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int,..%,eS ;.,srtroke, 21 inches ; boil betvcCien 15 hnd 16 feet ;- weight of
tons, without waterer weight of the t
engine, ~,‘
- 10 tons • making
Coke or watei, • ender, without either
a total of 46 tons. This enormous en
-
Coke
built for _
nassenger •
incline trains, drew a train weighing-
136 tons up the at Wootton Bassett with as
• 't as one of the smaller engines
much ease and as fa.. engine Queen is likewise for pas-
would a passenger train. Tho' don—driving wheels, 7 feet dia-
senger trains, and was built at SWIla.
LG inches ; boiler, 14 feet ;
meter ; stroke, 18 inches ; cylinder,
weight of tender, 9 tons,
weight of engine, without water, tons •
without coke or water. The al; n '
above engines,`• "en their machinery
Tr,.
._. e Premier,
-ed in propellingnn
gets into workbag order, are intended to be employ.. ,
.. ,
the express trains. The other a luage ,
having her six wheels of five feet diameteggr connec engineted. The dimen-
sions of this locomotive are in other respects similar to the Gr:ea
eat
Western passenger engine. The Premier is decidedly the most pow
ful employed on the broad gauge, surpassing in strength and speed
the Hercules engine, which propelled 406 tons on the experimental
trip with the Gauge Commissioners.
FALL IN THE PRICE 01 BREAD.--YeSterday, in the
neighbourhood of Whitechapel, Blackfriar's-road, and other poor dis-
tricts, large posters wererexhibited, announcing " Glorious News,"
" Tremendous Fall in the Price of Bread," " Repeal of the
state-
laws,"Corn-
"Success to Free Trade," &c. the cause of which
ment appeared to be that the price of bread had fallen to the extent
of 1% d.—namely, front 7%d. to 6d., and from 7d. to 534 d. per loaf.
BRIGHTON, MAY 18.—Lady Campbell and daughters,
and Sir Thomas tieFremane and daughter, left her,e on SattardaY after-
novo, La tut mast tor p, co rme for uri'