The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-26 00:00:00

DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
11 To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho;
47, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhlll ; or direct from the author,
vice One Shilling each ; by post, Is. 6d.
. ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
" Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time."
Corcrevrs:—Early Rising—r;pring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
•ursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
rorests, Fields, High-roads, And other pleasant places—Country
Drips and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evening., at Dome
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
test, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.
H.

FRAGMENTS FROM TILE MOUNTAINS. Two Yob.
Vol I.
A. VISIT TO THE LAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, Re.

Vol. 11.
THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.
111.
WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may ran."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the young, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical repl-
etion of every-day Igo;

W.
VIE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SisarEcT : -Life's pilgrimage, itom.infancy to old age. The advent
of the passions. Chastity and its infringementi: The casualties of
Licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narrative,
and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
Fzoosammx :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and re-
ligion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
%lases, &c.
By R. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
1824). Twenty-flue years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
-sattar'. 4eeentinn hours 1 oti I r till five Rvenings. seven till nine.
10 dogyll-place. Regent-street

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
LIVERPOOL, AUG. 24.
STOCK EXCRANGE.—The share market has been very flat
all day, and very little business doing. The transactions were
as follow :—Lancashire and Yorkshire, Consolidated Fifths,
91/2 dis.—London and North-Western, New Quarters, 1-16 p.
—Midland, 331-4—Shrewsbury and Chester (N. W. M.), Pre-
ference, guaranteed 8 per cent., 114—York, Newcastle, and
Berwick (G. N. E. Purchase), 6 per cent. till 1850, 51-16 dis.
—York and North Midland, 1514.
BIRMINGHAM, AUG. 24.
STOCK EXCHANGIL—The share market, as usual on
Saturday, was dull to-day, and the Stock Exchange closed
at noon. There were few absolute transactions, but the im•
proved prices of yesterday were maintained. London and
North-Western were quoted, buyers 11l 4, sellers 11114—
Birmingham, Wolverhampton, and Dudley (calls duly paid).
buyers 7/, sellers 8 p.—Midland, buyers 32t4. sellers 331/2
—Shrewsbury and Birmingham (A), buyers 94, sellers 91/2
dis.—North Staffordshire, buyers 1114 i, sellers 11 dis.—South
Staffordshire, buyers 41/2, sellers 3% dis.—Shropshire Union,
buyers 41/2, sellers 4 dis

THE POST-OFFICE.
TO THE EDITOR OP THE TIMES.

_
Sir,—On making inquiries this morning at the post-
office here I find that no instructions have been received
from head-quarters in London to remove the odious em•
bargo that is at present laid on such unfortunate letters
as reach the post-office on= Sunday. mornings. It would
seem that Lord John Riis.Fell's CoMmittee had no need
to hasten the making a report, as it remains quite as
dead a letter as if it bad got the Sabbath ban upon it. I
see that his Lordship, " with hia young family," is see-
ing the sights in Scotland; that Sir Charles and Lady
Mary Wood are at Hickleton-ball; that E trl Grey is in
the north; that Sir George Grey is in waiting to attend
her Majesty into Scotland; and that, in short, no mem-
ber of the Government is now on duty to undo its hasty
and ill advised measure. Lord Clanricarde does not.ap-
pear to have beard the Marquis of Lansdowne's last loud
lament in the House of Peers on the postal obstructions;
but in that ornamental house public grievances are
generally heard with great difficulty. Unless some
popular pressure is brought to bear upon the Post-
master-General, nothing will be done to remedy the op-
pressive restriction of .the Sunday delivery of letters at
present. In regimental exercise, when a company exe-
e•u'es a manceivre awkwardly, the drilling sergeant
adroi lc corrects the bunglers with the alert phrase cif
"As you were." All that is now asked is, that the
noble officer at the head of the Post-office will smartly
call through all hia lines " As you were!"
I am, your obedient servant,
Newport, Isle of Wight, Allf.r. 23. J. H. R.

AN ELEPHANT AT LARGE.—A curious incident
occurred during the fair at Redditch, in consequence of the
large elephant belonging to I3atty's menagerie having fancied
a midnight stroll in the garden behind the hostelry (the Fox
and Goose), in which it had:a temporary abode. It managed
to force open the door of the plade in which it was confined,
without going through the ceremony of picking the lock;
and *,t being beneath his dignity to climb the wall like a
common garden thief, several yards of bricks and mortar
were speedily levelled, but this was only a commencement of
the work of demolition. A large apple-tree was despoiled
of fruit and branches, pear and gooseberry trees shared the
same fate, rows of celery and be,ls of 4,rrots disappeared in
the animal's capacious maw, and, by-way of exercise after
such a hearty meal, he was engaged In making firewood of
a fine laburnum tree. when one of the watchmen was at-
tracted to the spot. The assistance, of the keeper was ob-
tained and the monster was again saeneed. Mr. Batty re*
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