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The Sun. — 1840-01-06 (London, England)

MARCH.  1. Yi3count Ebrington i 5 appointed Lord Lieutenant of Iretxn 1, and called to the llousc of Peers by the title of Baron Forteseue.  4. Lord Furtescue, in the 11Juse of Lords, .indicated hi .~eelf against the charge of hostility to the Church of  S. Lord Lyndhurst, in the House of Lords, brings forwara the subject of the coLduct of the Prince de Joinville, in taking a Mexican pilot out of the Express, English. packet. preparatory to the attack on Vera Cruz. Suicide of M. Nourrit, the celebrated tenor singer o the French Opera. Lady Flora Hastings detiils, in a letter to her uncle. Mr. Hamilton Fitzgerald, the treatment to which she had bc,nl subjected.  9. Joseph Atop, a pupil of the Rev. Frederick Stur— I nice, curate of Hayes, is mortally wounded in a quarrel, by his fellow-pupil, Francis Hastings Nledhurst. 13. Thomas Taylor is executed at Hertford for tls murder of William Bennett, an old pensioner, being the third person executed for the same murder. 18. The House of Commons, after five niglets' debate, conies to a division on Mr. Villiers' motion respecting the ' Corn-laws, when the numbers are—for the motion, 195 ; against it, :312—majority, 147. The Chinese Government publishes a special edict against the opium trade, and requires all the opium on board foreign ships to be delivered up to the Chinese authorities to be destroyed. 20. Died, at Rome, Sir Herbert Taylor, for many yrars secretary to George 111. and his Royal Highness the Duke of York. ',I. On the motion of the Earl of Roden the House of Lords appoints a Committee to inquire into the state of Ireland during the administration of the Marquis of Norrnanby. The numbers were—for the motion 63 ; against it, sS—majority 5. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, Sheriffs, and Common Council of the City of London wait upon her Majesty with an address against the proposed interference with their rights. Execution of Hilliard, at Chelmsford, for the murder of Mrs. Playl, at Mountnessing. Mr. Frost is struck out of the Commission of the Peace for Newport, by order of Lord John Russell. 25. Her Majesty's ship Electra captures two slavers, with 4SO slaves on board. 27. Captain Elliot, being detained prisoner by the Chinese, orders all British-owned opium to be forwarded to him for the purpose of being delivered up to the Chinese Government, and guaratecs that her Majesty's Government will be responsible for the loss. ' 29. Death of Lord do Roos, Premier Baron of Eng)land, at his villa, St. John's Wood, in the 46th year of his age.
The Sun. — 1840-01-06 (London, England)

NOVEMBER.  1. An explosion takes place in the house of Mr. Harding, firework-maker, William-street, Pimlico, by which seven persons are killed, and that and the adjoining houses totally burnt. Suicide of Admiral Sir Henry Trollope. The deceased was 84 years of age. The Duke of Orleans arrives at Algiers with the troops under his command from Constantine. Mr. D. W. Harvey is appointed Commissioner of the Police Force of the City of London. 3. A hatti-scheriff, proclaiming a new code of laws, is read by Resehid Pacha, in aresence of all the Ministers of the Sublime Porte, and of deputations of nations, sects, and races subject to the Sultan. 4. The Chartists, headed by Frost, the ex-Magistrate, enter the town of Newport in great numbers, armed with guns, pikes, &c., and make an attack on the Westgate Hotel. They are repulsed by twenty-lye raw soldiers of the 45th Regiment, and Frost, Waters, Williams, and more than thirty of those implicated are captured and committed on a charge of high treason. 8. Twelve men about to descend the Radstock Wellsway pit, arc precipitated to the bottom of the shaft, a depth of 756 feet, by the snapping of the rope, which it appeared had been purposely injured, and a verdict is returned of " Wilful Murder against some person or persons unknown. 9. Sir Chapman Marshall enters upon the duties of his office as Lord Mayor of London. 12. Mr. Stockdale obtains 6001. damages in an action for libel, brought by him against Messrs. Hansard, printers to the House of Commons, who had printed the alleged defamation under the authority of the House. 15. Suicide of Wm. Unwin Sims, Bank Director, and Chairman of several railway companies. 18. Abd-el-Kader declares war against the French. Spanish Cortes dissolved. 90. Colonel Thomas, Major Maclean, Captain Ainslie, and other officers are reprimanded by Lord Hill, Commander-in-Chief, for having been present at a dinner at Ashton. under- Lyric, when treasonable speeches were made and insults cast on the Court of the Queen. 23. At a Court at Buckingham Palace, the Queen announces her intended marriage with Prince Albert of Saxe Cobourg and Gotha. 25. The Queen of Portugal dismisses her Ministry. 30. A general attack on the French posts in the neighbourhood of Algiers, by the Arabs, under Abd-el- Kader.
The Sun. — 1840-07-28 (London, England)

ANECDOTES OF NAPOLEON.  The Siecle keeps alive the Napoleon enthusiasm by publishing from day to day the feuilletons of M. Marco de St. Hilaire respecting the last days of the empire. The feuilleton of this morning gives an account of the attempt made by Napoleon at Fontainebleau to commit suicide, which is far more detailed than anything which had hitherto been published on the subject. Napoleon, after the infanious abandonment of Berthier, and the open insults of Ney, had indirectly signified his intention of destroying himself ; and his valets-dechambre, Constant and Manchand, had taken the precaution to remove his dagger and take out the powder and ball from his pistol case. No danger was therefore apprehended ; and although Napoleon, when the treaty resulting from his abdication was brought to him, had refused to sign it, and declared that he had an alternative, it was believed from his manner that he had abandoned the idea of suicide. The narrative then proceeds : At one o'clock in the morning the Duke de Vicence Caulincourt) was sent for by the Emperor. On entering the chamber be found the Emperor in convulsions, with his face pale, his mouth eontracted, and his eyes starting from their sockets. " Ah, Sire," said Caulincourt, " what has happened to you! You are very ill ; let me call in a physician." " No," replied the Emperor, "it would be useless ; go into my cabinet and take the pocket-book which contains the letters of • the Empress—you will take it to my son, and give that letter which is on the table to my wife ; tell her that I deplore my misfortunes only on her account and that of the King of Rome. You will tell her, that having failed in rendering France triumphant over its enemies, I no longer regret the loss of life." " Ah, Sire !" said Caulincourt, " I guess the dreadful truth ; your Majesty is resolved that we shall die of grief." Napoleon cast a melancholy look upon him, and in a voice which was becoming weaker and weaker, said, ' Yes, it is true, I could no longer resist the torture hat I have undergone, and the humiliation to which I rito be subjected in being surrounded by foreign agents. My eagles have been dragged in the dust— Ab,my poor Caulincourt, I have been but little known shall be regretted when lam no more. My friends my companions in arms have abandoned me—Marmont and Berthier have inflicted the last blow—they whom I loved so truly." A crisis came on and stopped the voice of the Ernperer. He became greatly convulsed, then vomited .".nightly, and had another convulsion. Afraid lest he 7711hould allow the pain which he suffered to overpower • '-Ilis\courage and give vent to groans and cries, he bad ',4lglist a handkerchief into his mouth. In this fright, • -,:xjtOituation Caulincourt did not dare to call for assist-7-• t •
The Sun. — 1840-08-31 (London, England)

DIRECTORS.  Wimpole-street, Chairman. John M'Clure, Esq., 8, Broadstreet-buildings Macdonald, Es,  William Sloane, Esq., 37, Major Adair, Liverpool John Anderson,Esq., Dunesslin William Camp Crane, Esq., 12, Copthall-court Edinburgh Benjamin Jackson, Esq., 28,!Captain Macdougal, Fir-Grove, Gordon-street, Gordon- North Brixton square George Sloane, Esq., Temple Rev. H. J. Knapp, 62, Morti- Sir William White, 15, St. mer-street James's-square (With power to add to their number.)  M. N.  ;q., W. S.,  Just published, price 2s. 6d. APRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure By aMEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS,  London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and not fit to live,"—Last's Records of a Suicide. Sold by Ono hyn, Catherine-street, Strand; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country, N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s.  Just published, in royal 1 Smo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d:, MANHOMATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for OD: the CAUSES of its PREITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to these suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, 1 Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRH(EA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Bookseller, 219, 219, Regent-street ; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall ; S range, ?l, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Surgeons,and solLdo London. ni alliere, Medical . Publishesl by the Authors, Strand ; Machen and Co., 8, D' ' Olier-street, Dublin • Duncan 114, High-street, Edinburgh; and to be had ofall Booksellers Tho Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affections, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost i difference, by the ci dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that:there is no member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting whether we consider such person to hold the relation of a PARENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a
The Sun. — 1840-06-05 (London, England)

MARRIAGE—its Intent, Obligations, Lothbury, and Physical and Constitutional Disqualifications; with Illustrations graphic, narrative, and remediate. Also, by the same Author, A RATIONAL EXPOSITION of the TREATMENT of MORBID SECRETIONS, Strictures, and Irritability of druggist, gi s t, Country. 8 : the Urethra, and other infirmities of the reproductive system ; with numerous eases and woodcuts, entitled Medical Consultations. Price 2s. 6d. Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalho, 147, Fleetstreet b ury, C,• itHarris,y; and ;501f :salt Irßtolwii-ssilt Booksellersree det p; riinSc meTi2ot hsw,. n 6 d . A PRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, th • en. Varieties, Causes Treatment, and Cure By a MEMBEII of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. ' ~ I am impotent, and no' 1i to live,"—Last's Records of t Suicide. Country..B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwa Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine.strect, Strand anti Nightingale, Ross N d Nightingale, Liverpool ; and all Booksellei a in Town and by post (free), upon addressing.either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s.  • Just published, Fourth Edition, enlarged, in Svo, cloth boards, price is. 6d. VAN BUTCHELL ON FisTuLx, PILES, HEMORRHOIDAL EXCRESCENCES, TUMOURS, and STRICTURES, without CUTTING or, CONFINEMENT ; illustrated with numerous Cases. Published by H. Renshaw, No. 356, Strand ; sold' also by the Author, No. 16, Percy-street, Bedford-square. " The Author appears to have had long experience, extensive practice, and great success, in the treatment of hemorrhoidal affections, the result of which is hero published in a brief form, and language intelligible to the least scientific reader. * It must excite a feeling of deep interest and gratification in the minds of all suffering from these afflictions, to learn from Mr. Van Butchell's testimonials, that cases of 30 and 46 years' standing have yielded to his practice.';—morning Advertiser.
The Sun. — 1840-11-28 (London, England)

THE CHINESE DYNASTIES. Chinese historians reckon thirteen dynasties before the Flood, which happened in time dynasty of Shun, a name famous in China; but the accounts up to that period arc not to be relied upon. From that date to the Birth of Christ five dynasties existed, and towards the close of the last, the Han dynasty, a dreadful civil war broke out. It was called the " war of the three nations," the war hasleg terminated imi the establishment of three kingdoms. The last Emperor of this race was conquered by the other States, and was persuaded to resign the imperial seal to the General of his enemies. His son and heir on this put his wife to death, and therm killed himself. Up to the time of Genghis Khan, a Tartar chief, fifteen dynasties existed. That famous conqueror arose about the close of the last, and began the wars against China, by which the Chinese rulers were overthrown. The grandson of Genghis Khan conquered China, and called his dynasty Yuen, during which the grand canal and the great wall were begun. Wickliffe the Reformer, and Marco Polo, who brought extraordinary accounts from China, lived about this time. A man named Cho: then roused the Chinese, who expelled the Yucn Tartars, and established the Ming dynasty, which continued till the reign of Charles the First of England. The last Emperor of the race, shut up in his palace by a rebel Tartar subject, destroyed his family, and then committed suicide, six years before Charles died on the scaffold. The founders of this dynasty were Eastern or Manshur Tartars, who effected the conquest with case, in consequence of a rebellion which then convulsed the Empire. No people, indeed, have suffered more from dissensions than the Chinese, and have thereby imbibed such a horror of civil war that it has become a proverb—" I would rather be a dog in the time of general peace than a human being in the midst of wars."
The Sun. — 1840-08-26 (London, England)

SIDNEY HALL. New Edition. *,* The above is a New Edition of Sidney Hall's original large Atlas, which has been vei y carefully corrected throughout; all the New Roads on the Continent have been introduced, and several of the Maps have been entirely re-engraved. London : Longman, Orme, and Co.  Just published, price 2s. 6d. PRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILILt. TIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure I3yaMEMBER of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS, London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no• fit to live."—Last's Records of s Suicide. Sold by Onnhyn. Catherine-street, Strand; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in Town and Cou_ntry. N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s.  Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sent in Town or Country free, b post, 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to these suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c. By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. published by the Authors, and sold by Ralliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street ; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall ; S range, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand ; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin ' • Duncan 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had ofall Booksellers The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affectams, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost indifference, by the of dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is oo member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whether we consider such person to hold the relation of a PARENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a
The Sun. — 1840-11-04 (London, England)

SURGEONS.  London, and Surgeon to a Metropolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no' tit. to live,"—Last's Records of s Suicide. Sold by Onwhyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; Barlow, Birmingham ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country. N.B. Persons in the Country may have tnis work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s.  Just published, in royal 18mo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sent in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. 6d., MANHOOD: the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c.  By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. cublished by the Authors, and sold by Ballicre, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall; S zange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand ; Machen and Co., 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin ; Duncan 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had of all Booksellers. The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affections, which for some unaccountable reason have been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost indifference, by the ci dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to follow from indulgence, in certain habits, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying that there is no member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whether we consider such person to hold the relation of a PARENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a
The Sun. — 1840-07-13 (London, England)

GIFT OF FLUENCY IN FRENCH CONVERSATION. A set of Exercises for the learner of the French Language, calculated to enable him, by means of practice, to express himself fluently on the ordinary topics of life. With Notes. Price 3s. 6d. bound in cloth.  THE LAST STEP TO FRENCH; or, The Principles of French Grammar. Displayed in a series of short lessons, each of which is followed by questions and exercises, with the versification. Price 3s. 6d., bound in cloth. M. LE PAGE'S arrangement is in harmony with nature, for who would think of teaching a child grammar the moment it begins to articulate? By the use of these volumes, a person s.f ordinary capacity, with a moderate share of application, may easily acquire that key to the whole continent (the French language), without incurring the expense, loss of time, and risk of morals, in leaving England to acquire it. " To schools arid private teachers these clever little volumes must be invaluable.' ---Monthly Review. Effingham Wilson, 18, ilhhopsgate-street Within. Just published, price 2s. 6d. A PRACTICAL ESSAY on the DEBILITIES of the GENERATIVE SYSTEM, their Varieties, Causes, Treatment, and Cure By a MEM 13E1 of the ROYAL COLLEGE of SURGEONS,  London, and Surgeon to a Aletrepolitan Infirmary. " I am impotent, and no fit to live "—Last's Records of I, Suicide. Sold by Ono hyn, Catherine-street, Strand ; Ross and Nightingale, Liverpool ; and all Booksellers in Town and Country, N.B. Persons in the Country may have this work forwarded by post (free), upon addressing either of the above Booksellers, and inclosing a remittance of 3s.  Just published, in royal Ifilmo., cloth, price 3s. ; and sett in Town or Country free, by post, 3s. ed., NIANHOOD : the CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE, with Plain Directions for ITS PERFECT RESTORATION; addressed to those suffering from the destructive effects of Excessive Indulgence, Solitary Habits, or Infection ; followed by Observations on the TREATMENT of SYPHILIS, GONORRHCEA, GLEET, &c. Illustrated with Cases, &c.  By J. L. CURTIS and COMPANY, Consulting Surgeons, London. ?üblished by the Autleers, and sold by Balliere, Medical Bookseller, 219, Regent-street; 011ivier, 59, Pall Mall; S .range, 21, Paternoster-row; Pattie, 4, Brydges-street, Strand ; Maehen and Co., 8, D'Olier-street, Dublin • Duncan 114, High-street, Edinburgh ; and to be had Wall Booksellers The Work which is now presented to the public is the result of very extended experience in a class of diseases and affectia.s, which far some unaccountable reason hate been either altogether overlooked, or treated with apathy, and almost indifference, by the m dinary practitioner. To enter into the details of these affections, to point out their causes, and to mark the terrific consequences, social, moral, and physical, which are sure to fellow from indulgence, in certain habit:, would be entirely out of place in an advertisement. We have no hesitation, however, in saying thatthere is no member of society, by whom the book will not be found interesting, whether we consider such person to hold the relation of a PARENT, a PRECEPTOR, or a
The Sun. — 1840-09-04 (London, England)

THE NEW BISIIOP OF CIIICIIESTER.—We have heard from a person likely to be well informed, that Dr. Hampden, the Regius Professor at Oxford, will be appointed to the vacant see. The officers and servants of the Zoological Society have been thrown into much alarm by the sudden disappearance of William Lewis, one of the oldest ser♦ants, and for fourteen years the messenger to that establi3hment. He had been, as usual, to the bankers, from whom he received the amount of a check, which he faithfully accounted for, and having left the museum has never since been heard of. It is feared that the unfortunate man, who was much respected by the officers and members, has committed suicide, as no cause can be assigned for his absence.  The number of visitors to the Zoological Gardens in the month of August was 16,248, from whom upwards of 6101, was taken. There has been no addition to the menagerie of importance, with the exception of a moufflon, from Sir Augustus Foster, of Berlin. The most important present to the museum was a very rare spaniel dog, from Malta, with long flowing hair, brought to Malta by some of the tribes from Jerusalem, where it was presented to the Queen Dowager, by whom it was again given to the Duchess of Kent, who presented it to the Sojety. The animals at the gardens are in good health.  DISCOVERY OF CoINs.-A gold refiner, in the neighbourhood of Clerkenwell, lately purchased a quantity of old gold and silver, and, on examining his pur. chase cloiely, after the person who had sold them had gone, he found amongst it some extremely rare Greek and Roman coins in a very fine state of preservation, amongst them were three Vespasians, two Julius Caesars, and one Titus ; there were also some curious English ones amongst them, particularly one Alfred, several William Rufus, Stephen, Richard 1., &c. Whether these are the produce of some late robbery of some collector or not we cannot state; the purchaser says the seller Was a most respectable looking man,