Star.
London, England, 1830-05-11 00:00:00

By C. B. COURTENAY. M.D.

To which are added, Observations and Practical Comments on
Oleos, Seminal Weakness, and the Miseries occasioned by Self-
ababc, for the Cure of which a mode .of treatment, the result of
long and successful practice, and at ogee safe, speedy, sod 'fee
;Alai, is adopted by the Author.
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" We earnestly recommend the cases related by Dr. Courtenay
to the perusal of such of our Readers as are afflicted with the com-
plaints which the Author has made the subject of these Observa-
tions. Several instances are adduced of the recovery of perfect
health from states which were considered hopeless by practitioners
of eminent talents, and very extensive experience. We entertain
the highest opinion of Dr. Conrtesury's professional skill, and con-
gratulate him on his successful and judicious application to these
•esere and often destructive diseases."—European Magazine.

THIRD REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE
ON THE AFFAIRS OF THE EAST INDIA
COMPANY.

From the Dublin Literary Gazette.

China and Europe are the two most opposite commu-
nities in the world, not merely in geographical position,
but in every thing that constitutes nationality : both
highly civilized, far above the average of any of the na-
nous surrounding each, yet of a species of civilization
.sugularly different; the opposition of habits, customs,
manners, descending into the minutiae of every day par-
ticulars in a manner and a direction of divergency almost
ludicrous. Our relative ideas of each other's importance,
.1!e regulated by the same standard of opposition ; an an-
del,: Chinese map represents the celestial empire as
tic( upying the whole of the sheet on which it is drawn,
v.ith the exception of one corner which is set apart for
411 the rest of the world ; in an ancient European map of
tilt. world, on the other side, we look in vain for China,
ur Lid it perhaps a solitary name, as a part of Terra In-
citlita. We live now in better times ; our globes or
maps are not disgraced with distorted drawings of that
reAt nation, and its neighbouring territories, its geo-
graphical positions,ere laid down with tolerable precision ;
but as to the interior, with the exception of the general
laws of deviation of some of its larger rivers, and the
bearings of some of its more important positions, our
limit-Age, it must be confessed, is very inadequate,
rho. to the absolute magnitude of that wonderful em-
i..,t or to its relative importance as affecting our ex-
:..tided, and still extending commercial and political
• i:Ltions.

11,e information given in the evidence now before us,
filits up several of these chasms. It comes also in an
autlamticated form, from individuals well acquainted with
tiLe particulars they detail, deeply interested in the en-
';i4u) , and placed in a situation in which they know that
.ealciiing eye is watching over their relation, active to
mid eager to expose any mis-statement or fallacy.
ILL• accounts given by them may therefore be safely re-
tied upon, as to general fidelity and accuracy.
lite real amount of the population of China has been
one of the unsolved problems in geography. Though
"he commonly received statements were usually c0n5i-
,,,,•41 to be overrated, yet it was deemed an indisputable
I that the total, after every reasonable deduction had
en made, was far beyond that of any European coun-
:,, or, indeed, of any, with which we are acquainted.
• urn the statistical table already alluded to, it appears,
that the whole population of China proper, exclusive of
mutty and the dependent provinces, amounts to
111,470,000 souls, which, when compared with the area
.Inface of the country, give an avenge of 103 souls