The Sun.
London, England, 1855-08-03 00:00:00

1%/iR. ALBERT SMITH ti MONT BLANC,
- ItT,
nd every evening at 8 o'c'ock (except Saturday). The Morning
Ite.,resentations take r lace every Tues lay, hursday, and Saturday,
at 3 o'clock. --tall3 can be taken at the Bex•office every day trom
Eleven till Four, at the Egyptian Hall, elecadilly,

SECT_TIZITY TO EMPLOYERS.
THE TIMES ASSURANCE COMPANIES.
To Clerks and others guarantees at the lowest rates.
Plate Glass Assurance.—Windows, mirrors, &c , insured against
loss by breakage.
Every description of Life and Fire Assuran
Apply to the Manager, 32, Ludgate-hill.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
CHEAP EXCURSION to OXFORD, BANBURY, LEAM-
INGTON, WAR WICK, and MR NIINCIIIAM.—On SUNDAY, August
sth, a Train will leave Paddington at 7.30 a.m., returning the same
evening, from Birmingham, at 6.30, Warwick, 7.5, Leamington, 7.15,
Banbury, 8.0, and Oxford at 8.50 p.m. Fares :—Oxford. 6s. Fd. and
4s ; Banbury, Bs. and 55.; Leamington and Warwick, los. 6d. and
65.; and Birmingham, 12s. and 7s. Children under 12, half-price.

ONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.
TOURS TO TIIE LAKES OF WESTMORELAND AND CUM-
BERLAND, OR WORTII WALES.
EXTENSION OF TIME.

These Tickets are now issued, available for THREE WEEKS ;
but Families or large Parties can, by special application, made before
the Tickets are taken, have them endorsed for a longer period.
Fares to Rhyl, Bangor, Fares to
Carnarvon, or Holyhead. Windermere and back.
Ist Class. 2d Class. tat Class. 2d Class.
London ....
Oxford ...... ..... 3 0 2 0
Birmingham
Wolverhampton ... 115 1 7
Peterborough...—. 210 2 0
By order. MARK HUISH.
General Manager's Office, Euston Station, 25th June, 1855.

MIDLAND RAILWAY.—NOTICE Is
HEREBY GIVEN, That the neat HALF-YEARLY
ORDINARY MEETING of the MIDLAND RAILWAY COM-
y, at Derby,
PANY will be held at the Station of the said Compan
on WEDNESD SY. the twenty-second day of August, 1855,
at half-past One o'clock in the afternoon, for the transaction of
the general business of the Company ; and at such meeting a resolu-
tion will also be submitted for the consolidation into capital stock of
so many of the 161. 135 4d. shares created by virtue and under the
powers of " The Midland Railway Capital Act, 1851," as shall have
been fully paid up since the last half-yearly meeting of the Company,
which was holden on the 21st day of February, 1855, and of so many
of the 51. shares created by virtue and under the powers of" The Mid-
land Railway (Leicester and Ilitchin) Act, 1853," as shall have been
fully paid up since the same meeting.
Dated this Ist day of August, 1855.

JOHN* ELLIq, Chairman.
SAMUEL BEALE, Deputy-Chairman.
By order, JOSEPH SANDERS, Secretary.

Derby.

CONTRACT FOR TALLOW.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place. Ist August, 1855.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the 21st
Instant, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Dersons
as may he willing to Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards
at Deptford and Woolwich with

96 Tons of RUSSIA or ENGLISH TALLOW.

half to be delivered by the 30th September, and the remainder by
the 31st October next.

A distribution of the tallow and a form of the tender may be seen
at the said office. No tender will be received after two o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor will any be noticed, unless the party attends, or an
agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender mast be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words" Tender for Tallow," and
must also he delivered at Snmerset-place, accompanied by a letter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering in the snm of 1,1001. for the due performance oi•
the contract.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC, 309, Regent-street,
Patron, H. B. H. Prince Albert. —The leading Institution for
all scientific novelties. The Effect of Russian Infernal Machines,
demonstrated daily at 345 and 8.45. The Relics of the Franklin
Expedition, and the Arctic Collection o' John Barrow, Esq., on
view. Lecture by J. H. Pepper, Esq ,on the Transmission of Vocal
and Instrumental Music through Solid Conductors; illustrated by
the Orpheus Glee Union, Mon lay, at 3, and Wednesday and Friday,
at 3 and 8. Dissolving. Views of the late Battles, Diorama of Sam
Slick, &c. This Evening, the 3d lust , Lectures on Coal and Coat
Gas, by Lewis Thompson, Esq.

ROYAL CREMORNE GARDENS.—The
Nobility, Gentry, and the Public are respectfully informed
th at the Glt MILITARY SPECTACLE and FETES, already
advertis^d as being in preparation at these Gardens, will be inaugu-
rated early in the month, under the patronage of her Most Gracious
Msjesty and his Royal Highness the Prince Alb'rt, the proceeds of
which will be devoted to the Benefit of the Wellington College —an
instituton founded in honour of the Great Duke, and for the educa-
tion of the orphan sons of officers of the army. Lists of patrons and
patronesses, with minute particulars, will immediately appear.

CREMORNE. Admission, One Shilling.—
The full summer beauties of these deligh ful Gardens can
now be enjoyed, with all the advantages resulting from the labours
of the sculptor,the modeller, and the painter, which, combined with
the efforts of leading musicians, talented comic and sentimental
vocalists, extraordinary acrobats, dishing equestrians, elegant dan-
cers, and effective choreographers, render every hour from 3 till 12
a marked period for amusements as varied as they are interesting.
The very effective Ballet, Red, White, and Blue, at half-past seven.
The Cirque at half-past nine. Grand Ascent at eleven. Admi.sion,
Sunday, refreshment card, 6d. '1 able de Hote at 6,2 s. 6(1. Haunch
of Venison also at 6. Tickets from 911 the Piers, one shilling, includ-
ing admission to the Gardens. Preparations for Mr. T. B. Simpson's
Benefit, on the 9th of August, are being made upon a scale of unusual
s plendour.

SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL.-ROYAL SUR-
REY ZOOLOGICAL GA RDENS.—Great attractions ever,
Evening this week, SATURDAY included. Danson's colossal
modelled picture of Sebastopol. Dloramlc views ofCronstad', Revel,
Relsingfors, Odessa, Eup itoria, Dalaklava' and Cathcart's-hill,
painted by P. Phillips. Troupe of Spanish Minstrels in national
costume. Various novel amusements, concluding with the magnifi-
cent spectacle of the Siege of Sebastopol. Feeding the Amimals at
half-pa=t five. Repulse of the Russian sortie at a quarter past six.
Vocal and Instrumental Concert at half-past six. Bombardment
and brilliant pyrotechnic display at a quarter to ten. Admission, Is.

TOZEATTS COPA.HINE, or SA.CCHARATED
CAPSULES, approved of by the french College of Physicians,
successfully ad•ninistered In the Paris and London llospltals, and
acknowledged by them to be the best remedy for a certain disorder.
(See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 15520 A copy will be forwarded on appli-
cation —Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, :is. 9d. To be had of the Inventor,
Ci kiln. lEL JOZE AU, French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and
all the principal chemists.