The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-15 00:00:00

NOVELS,

Recently published by Hunt and Clarke, York-street, in
3 vols. royal 12mo. price 245. bds.
ELIZABETH EVANSHAW: the Sequel

of " Truth."

" All the relations and duties, whether of husband and
Wife, child and parent, master and servant, have light
thrown upon them by the observations of a strong-minded
and original writer. There is, besides, much of a drama-
tic kind in this book : many scenes and dialogues exhibit-
ing a play of character, • and an intimate knowledge of a
certain description of life. * * These volumes abound
in matter as original, spirited, and real, as the passages
We have extracted."—Atlas.

" This is -as practically instructive and as rationally en-
tertaining a work as its predecessor. The author is evi-
dently a person of strong mind, singularly ally: to the most
correct views of utility as well as to the secret workings of
the human heart."—Newca'stle Magazine.
In 2 vols. post Bvo. price 16s. boards,
HAMEL, the OBEAH MAN.
"This is an entertaining, we may say, instructive
Novel; the scene is new, and the manners are new. We
are glad that the author, who last year published an
amusing Tour in Jamaica, has selected that island for his
scene. He is a man of observation and talent, and has,
Moreover, a turn for humour."—Westminster Review.

" No writer has described so well as the author of Hamel,
the manners and the climate of the country of the Antilles."
----London Magazine.
" This is a work of considerable power. The concep-
tions are vigorous ; the incidents are striking ; the manners
new, "—Scotsman.

" The descriptions of scenery are alive and striking ; the
portraits of character are true and vigorous ; the sketches
of manners lively and instructive. Many of the situations
are well Conceived, and produce a deep interest in the reader,
while the effect of the whole is heightened by the novelty
of the subject. The author is. on entirely new ground, and
--let us add-Lground which abounds in objects of great and
powerful interest."—Atlas.
In 2 vols. I2mo. 14s. boards,
lU-KIAO-LI; or, the Two Fair Cousins.
_

" Independently of being a curious specimen of Chinese
l'"el-writing, this work has more than ordinal:), intrinsic
r4erlt. It is a highly interesting story, well told ; it is full
°.c pure sentiment—of genuine, if not powerful passion—of
r°flusing adventures--of lively,. laughable, and varied dia-
gues."—London Weekly Review.
" This is a psychological as well as a literary curiosity.
The reflecting reader will have reward enough in what he
learns respecting the manners, literature, prejudices, and
habits of thought, of a populous and remarkable nation."—
Scotsman.
" It is with great pleasure that we see the literature of
etir country enriched by an English version of this novel.
We do not know the class of English readers to whom so
complete an acquaintance with Chinese manners, as is af-
f'ded in this work, will not be highly acceptable."—
Alonthly Review.

This`is a very curious and a very interesting specimen
of Chinese- literature. We are persuaded that more real
knowledge, both of the manners and literature of the
Chinese, may be acquired from such sources, than from
the reports of travellers, which are necessarily confined and
superficial."--.Literary Chronicle.
" We recommend the present volumes to our readers ;
and if any of them have an idle hour, we would honestly
counsel them to study China rather in the pages of " Two
Fair Cousins," than in the Lettres Chinoises, or the Epistles
of Fum Hoam and Lien Chi Altangi."—Scots Times.

DR. COURTENAY'S NEW WORK.
This Day was published, price 4s.
AN HISTORICAL and PRACTICAL
TREATISE on SYPHILIS, Gonorrhea, Gleets,
eminal Weakness, Strictures, Eruptions, and Nocturnal
Pains, so frequently mistaken for Rheumatism. These
'Objects are illustrated by a variety of highly interesting
"'es, together with the Miseries of a secret Vice, so long
and eo unhappily pursued by the youth of both sexes. In
the one it will be found the unfailing source of Barrenness,
7
the other have its ravages fatally developed by a distressing
of debility, which, if not timely remedied, terminates
41, impotence; these are its remote and ultimate effects,
while Consumptions, loss of Muscular Power, and various
Xervous Complaints, usually characterise the earliest stages
of this most destructive and insidious habit, for the cure of
which a mode of treatment, the result of long and success-.
fol practice, and at 0r... (safe, speedy, and effectual, is
adopted by the Author. With concluding remarks on the
evils resulting from attempts at Self Cure. •

Principiis obsta ; sero medicina paratur.
13Y C. R. COURTENAN, M.D., Robert-street, Adelphi.
Printed for the Author: Published and sold by Suther-
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in town and country.
" Amongst the numerous Medical and Surgical Works
of the day, we consider that written by Dr. Courtenay, on
Syphilis, and other frequently fatal complaints, to be worthy
of the highest encomiums, and justly deserving the serious
attention of all those persons who may unfortunately
happeOg be afflicted with the maladies which form the
subject of this very interesting publication. The luminous
views taken of these diseases, together with important
warnings. agaist excesses, entitle this work to great praise;
and we may d, as a further recommendation, that it is
written with much delicacy and morality."—lnspector and
Literary iFtev*w.

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Messrs. MAYAN and PERRINS beg to apprise the
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LOCUSTS.

'T&ANSLATZO?T.

Extracts from two Arabic letters received by Coja Elias
Hays, .a respectable Aleppo merchant, from his agent of
St. John d'Acre, dated the 13th of March and Od of
April, 1827.

. -
His Excellency Abdallah Basha, to destroy as
much as possible the pernicious consequences pro
duced by the locusts in his department, came to the
generous resolution to offer a reward to all those that
should bring trim whatever quantity of locusts' eggs
that might be found under earth. This reward is of
16 piastres for each measure, or 1,152 piastres for
each garava. Z was told that yesterday there were
brought into town no less than nine garavas of
locusts' eggs, which quantity, it is believed, will
-daily increase, and, by such means, it is to be hoped
that the produce of our land will be preserved from
this horrible destruction that so often we see them
.wasted with.

The 2d of April v.—The gathering of locusts' eggs
is continued to a most surprising degree, and I am
assured that the quantity now ascends to more than
forty garavas, and therefore it is to be hoped that the
different kinds of corn of the approaching harvest
will not meet the usual horrid visitation.

N.B. Twenty chillos form a garava; every chill°
of wheat weighs from 20 to 22 okas, and every oka
is about 2ilbs. English weight.

On Saturday last a man of the name of John
Shapland, of Swimbridge, 74 years of age, who is possessed
of considerable property, being apprehensive of the loss of
a certain portion of it, anu that he should come to want,
determined on putting a period to his existence; to effect
which, he retired to a secluded place in his garden, having
furnished himself with a shoemaker's knife, which he had
sharpened for the occasion, and there cut his arm all round,
with a design of bleeding himself to death ; but this not
succeeding to his expectation, he stabbed himself in the
side, inflicting a large and ghastly wound, through which
the pulsation of his heart was said to be visible : the he-
morrhage which ensued soon deprived him of . animation,
and he was discovered lying on the ground in a state of
insensibility ; he was carried to his house, and surgical
assistance procured ; and although he still survived, yet
his death was hourly expected. —North Devon Journal.

HYDROPHOBIA.—A poor man residing in
the neighbourhood of Wapping, was requested some time
in the month of April last to give a dose of medicine to a
dog which had been indisposed two or three days, but had
exhibited no symptoms•of hydrophobia; in the effort of
forcing open his mouth with a piece of wood, his hand
slipped, and coming in contact with the dog's teeth, his
thumb was very slightly grazed : he applied to a neigh-
bouring chemist, who told him nothing was necessary to
be done. The dog was killed the same day, at the desire
of the poor man's friends, and its master was perfectly sa-
tisfied. The poor man, till Wednesday last, was in perfect
health, on which day he complained of pain in the bitten
arm, which extended to the shoulder, but little notice was
taken of it. During Thursday and Friday he continued
in the same state as the previous day, but on Saturday
morning symptoms of hydrophobia rapidly appeared. Se-
veral medical men attended him,' and did every thing ne-
cessary to mitigate his sufferings, which terminated at 12
o'clock at night. The poor fellow was perfectly sensible
of his situation, and was constantly imploring his ivife and
medical attendants to keep out of his way, lest lie should
communicate the disease to them.

j A STURGEON CAUGHT IN OUR RIVER.—
A sturgeon, we understand, was caught in this river on
the day before yesterday, measuring in length eight feet
three inches, from the tip of the snout to the extremity of
the tail, and over three feet round the body near the head,
and weighing over 220 pounds. The 'sturgeon belongs
to the tribe of cartilaginous fishes, which differ from all
others by their soft or cartilaginous skeleton. It is not
frequent, but has been occasionally found on our shores.
♦ccording to Doctor Rutty, one measuring ■ix feet in
length and three in breadth, was caught in September,
1746, between Dublin and the Isle of Man ; and in 1754,
according to the same authority, one was caught in a river
near Dundalk, ten feet long, and said to be 800 pounds in'
weight. The flesh is, while bard, very fat,-viscous, and
difficult of digestion—though the young fish is cut in
pieces, and when seasoned, is packed up in barrels: but its
more famous production is that of the caviary or caviare,
which is made of the roe or spawn of a particular species
of sturgeon, the flesh of which is far more delicate than the
common. Of this caviare, there is as great a traffic in
Muscovy, as of butter in this country. The greatest fishery
in the world for sturgeon is that of the Muscovites, at the
entrance of the Volga into the Caspian Sea. The Mus-
covites, who have four Lents in the year, and are strict in
the prohibition of butter at that time,
,season all their
sauces with it—it is eaten with oil and citrons. The
Italians also make great consumption of it. Of the gullet,
stomach, and guts, cleansed from, their internal membrane,
rolled together and dried in the air, is made one sort of
isinglass.-. Cork Mercantile Chronicle.