The Sun.
London, England, 1844-11-11 00:00:00

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SIR BAPTIST HICKES'S CHIMNEY-PIECE.
A Double Number of
THE BUILDER, consisting of 32 closely-
printed pages, for Saturday, Nov. 9, contains—A Cyclopedia
of the New Building Act, arranged Alphabetically, with References
and Couuter-references, to the several Sections of the Act, by A. Bar-
tholomew, Esq., F.S.A., Architect ; with Engravings of Sir B. Hickes's
Chimney-piece in the Middlesex County Sessions House, and of Inigo
Jones's Staircase at Amesbury, Wilts ; Architectural Planning, with
references to celebrated existing examples by Sir C. Wren and Sir J.
Soane ; notices of Contract Tenders, and other interesting matter.
Office, 2, York-street, Covent-garden ; and all Booksellers.

Now ready for delivery,
tOHNSON and SHAW'S FARMERS' AL-
MANIC and CALENDAR, for 1845 ; 220 pages, and 100 En-
gravings of the best Agricultural Implements, with their prices and
makers' names, &c., &c., price only Is.
1. Johnson's Tracts for Agricultural Schools, Cottage Farmers' As-
sistant, Farmers' Calendar, and Agricultural Chemistry, is. each.
2. A new and enlarged edition of Johnson on Manures, price 16s.
3. Von Theer's Principles of Agriculture, translated by C. W.
Johnson, Esq., F.R.S., and W. Shaw, Esq., in 2 vols., price 25s cloth.
4. Morton on Soils, a new edition enlarged, price 10s.
5. Squarey's Agricultural Chemistry for the Practical Farmer, ss.
6. Sinclair on Grasses and Weeds of Agriculture, 45 Coloured
Plates, 30s.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly; and every Country Bookseller.

Now ready, complete In 1 vol., price 75., or separately, price
Is. 6d. each,
MR. YEARSLEY on DEAFNESS, in a Series
of Contributions to AURAL SURGERY. Written for the
furtherance of a much neglected branch of medical art, and the
subversion of error in the professional and domestic treatment of
Deafness. Published and sold for the benefit of the Metropolitan Ear
Institution, Sackville-street.
Subjects of the Contributions:—No. I . Deathess successfully treated
through the passages leading from the throat to the ear. 2. Im-
proved methods of Diagnosis and treatment in Deafness. 3. An Out-
line of the Diseases of the Ear. 4. On Deafness from Cold, Influenza,
Scarlatina, &c. 5. On the pathological connexions of the Throat
and Ear. G. On the best means of palliating, retarding the progress
of, and compensating for, Incurable Deafness.
John Churchill, Princes-street, Soho.

LAMERT ON DEBILITY, NERVOUSNESS, AND ALL
DISORDERS ARISING FROM EXCESS, &c.
" He who ifs pleasure's downy arms
Ne'er lost his health or yeuthfu lcharms,
A here lives, and justly can
Exclaim, in me behold a man I"
Just published (in a sealed envelope), Tenth Edition, price -2s. 6d.,
or sent by post, free, to any address, Ss. d.„
ELF-PRESERVATION : a Popular Essay on
those concealed disorders originating In youthful excesses,
and terminating in Nervous Debility, Local and Constitutional
Weakness, and all those Sinkings, Anxieties, and Tremors, which
afflict the Weak, the Sedentary, and the Delicate. With Practical
Observations on Marriage, and on the Anatomy, Physiology, and
Diseases of the Reproductive Organs, with plain Directions for
their perfect Restoration.
By SAMUEL LAMERT, Consulting Surgeon
9, BEDFORD-STREET, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecary's Hall, Londoni&c.
" Thr various positions of Lover, Husband, and Parent, the in-
herent privileges of mankind, are frequently marred and prevented
throne! the follies and frailties of early indiscretions. To such,
among others, this Essay addresses itself; and by its perusal many
questions may be satisfactorily adjusted that admit of no appeal even
to the most confidential friend."—Stafford Gazette.
" Long experience in the treatment of a class of diseases hitherto
neglected and most imperfectly understood by the great bulk of the
medical profession, has enabled the writer to prove that there are
conceale r causes of Nervous Debility in exi•tence, where the mere
routine practitioner would never dream of finding them ; traceAule
to certain habits, forming the most secret, yet deadly, and f al
springs of domestic misery, and premature mortality."—Wakefield
Journal.
Published by the Author, and sold in London by S. Gilbert, 51 and
52, Paternoster-row; Starie, 23, Tichberne-street, Quadrant, Regent
street; Hannay and Co., 63, Oxford-street; Noble, 114, Chancery-
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At home day till Three. and from Five till Eight.

THE NINTH EDITION.
Just Published, in a staled envelope, price 2s. 6d., and sent freo, on
receipt of a Post-office Order, for 3s. 6d.,
MANLY HEALTH : a Popular Inquiry into the
Concealed Cause of its Premature Decline, with InQtrue.
tions for its Complete Restoration. Addressed to those suffering
from the destructive consequences of excessive indulgence, termi-
nating in mental and nervous debility, local or constitutional weak-
ness, indigestion, and consumption. Including a comorehensive His
sertation on MARRIAGE. Illustrated with Cases, Ea. By
C. J. LUCAS and Co., Consulting Surgeons, London.
May be had of the Authors, No. f,O, Newman-street; Oxford-
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the usual fee of 11. for advice.

A NEW AND IMPORTANC EDITION OF THE SILENT
FRIEND ON HUMAN FRAILTY.
Just published, price 2s. 6d., and free by post (in a sealed envelope),
Price 3s. 6d.,
THE SILENT FRIEND ; a Medical Work on
Human Frailty and Physical Decay, its causes, and the
baneflil effects of excessive indulgence and infection, illustrated
by engravings, with observations on Marriage, and directions for
the removal of certain disqualifications.
By R. and L. PERRY and CO.
Published by the Authors, and sold at their Residence, 19, Berners.
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cu winch are, we
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those who are apprehensive of entering the marriage state, cannot
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We understand that the Lords of the Treasury
have, in accordance with the recommendation of the
Postmaster-General, sanctioned an increase of salary, to
the amount of ss. a week, to sixty of the letter carriers in
the Twopenny Port-office department. This gratuity
is already given to eighty letter carriers of the longest
standing, so that under the new arrangement it will be
extended to 140.—Observer.
PRICB OF GAS AT PaEsToN.—The article of gas
not less than that of water, ought to be had upon econo-
mic terms. At present the cost of this useful article in
Preston is higher than in any other manufacturing
town in Lancashire, although there are few towns I
where gas can be produced at a cheaper rate. At
Blackburn prices have been reduced from Ss. to
6s. per 1,000 feet, and in the following towns the
prices stand thus :—Sheffield, 4s. 2d. ; Bolton, 7s.
Leeds, 6s. Bd. ; Liverpool, 6s. ; Glasgow and Brad-
ford, 7s. ; Paisley and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 7s. 6d. ;
and at Manchester, where the gas-works are managed
by a public body, the highest price is Gs., and in certain
quantities it is sold as low as 53. per thousand cubic feet
—while in this town, with equal facilities for produc-
tion, the general price is Bs. 4d. ! There is not the
slightest reason for supposing that similar advantages
might not be secured to the consumers of gas in Preston
by a change like that which has occurred at Manchester.
—Preston Guardian.
SOUTHAMPTON DOCKS.—The shipping tonnage in
these docks has increased during the last few months
from a few hundred to ten thousand per month inwards