The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-11 00:00:00

8, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET. W.
Observe the RfA Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
•"*liinahan's LL Whisky."

THE WELLINGTON THREE SHILLING
DINNER, consisting ,)f Soup, Fish, Made Dish,
Joint, Sweet, &c., is served daily from 3 to 9 p.m , and on
Sundays front 5 to 8.30 p.m.
Private Rooms for large or small parties.
By order,
JOHN CATES, Manager.
The Wellington, St. James's-strect.
Entrance, 160, Piccadilly.

INFANT ORPHAN ASYLUM,
Wan tead.
The next HALF-YEARLY ELECTION will take place
on THURSDAY, the 26th i ,st., at the London Tavern,
.Bishcpsgrate-street, when 30 Children will be elected.
The Chair will be taken by JOHN DEACON, Esq., at
Tea o'clock precisely.
Subscriptions and donations, entitlinf; the donors to vote
at this Election, most thankfully— received at the offices of
the Charity.
Annual Subscription for one vote
for is.
Life Subscription for one two
vote votes
is. £5
for two votes ... £lo 10s.
offices, 100, Fleet .street, E.C.
HENRY W. GREEN, Secretary.

SPECIAL NOTICE.
CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Established 1824.
All persons who effect Policies on the Participating Scale
before June 31, 1861, will be entitled at the Next Bonus to
ono year's additional Skare of Profits over later d ssurers.
Tables of Rates and Forms of Proposal, and the last Re-
port showing the financial position of the Society, can be ob-
tained from any of the Society's Agents, or of
GEORGE CUTCLIFPE, Actuary and Se:retary.
13, St. James's-square, Lo,:cdon, S.W.

NORTH BRITISH AND MERCANTILE
INSURANCE COMPANY.
Estthlished 1809,
FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS of every de-
sCription transacted at moderate rates.
The usual commission allowed on Ship and Foreign In-
surances.
Insuvers in this Company will receive the full benefit of
any reduction in Duty.
CAPITAL
£2,000,C00
ANNUAL INCOME
ACCUMULATED FUND 3 £2,233,927
London—Head Offices-58, Threadneedle-street, E.fl.
4, New Bank-buildings, Lothbury.
West-end Offices

ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat-office, Aldershot, 7th May, 1861.
TENDERS will be received at this office until 12
o'clock at noon, on MONDAY, the 23d inst., from per-
sons who may be willing to enter into CONTRACT for the
SUPPLY of FORAGE, in such quantities as may be required,
for four months, from 1 t July to 31st October next, for the
u e of her Majesty's Ferces stationed at Aldershot Camp,
and within the command.
Forms of tender and crlnditions of contract maybe obtained
on application to this rjffice, by letter addressed to the Senior
Commissariat Office 'r, or in person, between the hours of 10
and Y o'clock.
The tenders :rinE the properly filled up, signed, and delivered
at this office (under closed envelope, marked on the outside
made on,
Tender for Forage"), and no tenders will be noticed unless
hour form obtained from this office, and delivered by the
'Above appointed.

riIHE ALLIANCE NATIONAL LAND.
_IL BUILDING, and INVESTMENT COMPANY
,(Limited).
First Capital—One Hundred Thousand Pounds, in 10,000
Shares of XlO ea^h. Deposit, £l. per Share. Future calls
not to exceed 10s. per Share, nor to be at less intervals than
three months.

CHAIRMAN OR THE COMPANY.
ITArper Twelvetrees, Esq., Imperial Works, Bromley St.
Leonard, Middlesex.
The RihtCMAIRMAS OP THE DUBLIN BOARD.
e, Hon. the Lord Mayor (P. P. M'Swiney. Esq.,
street.
Messrs. `Siyiney, Delaney, and Co.), Lower Sackville-

William CHAIRMAN OF ULSTER BOARD
Warin
Browne, Esq. (Mesrs. Browne, Reid, and Co.),
g-street, Belfast, and Riverstone, Holywood.
CHAIRMAN OF MUNSTER BOARD.
Robert Scott, Esq. (Messrs. Robert Scott and Co., iron and
hardware merchants., St. Patrick's Quay, Cork.
GENERAL MANAGER AND SECRETARY.
Joseph A. Horner, Esq., P.S.S.
IMPORTANT TO INVESTORS.
This company affords great advantages to persons who
may desire to invest large or small sums on un,oubted secu-
rity, and at a high rate of interest.
Ist. By purchasing share they may become proprietors,
and entitled to share in all the profits of the company.
2d. By taking t-übscriptio'd Debentures, with monthly
payments, as in ordinary Br:tiding Societies, they may secure
thereon 5 per cent. compo-and interest.
3 '. By Making Depo.sits, easily withdrawable, they may
get regular dividends at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum.
rrospectuses and every inform^tion forwa ded for one
stamp.

ZROGRESS OF THE CIM£ANY.
Since Janilary 1, IH3{, the sum of £16,000 sterling has been
advanced en first-class securities, and upwards of Seven
Theusanci Shares and Debentures have been taken up.
,ortg•Et4es for more than £40,01, are in course of completion.
lue Company now consists of upwards of 1,500 Share and
Debenture holders. Perrone des' us of taking shares before a premium is
place thereon must apply for the same without delay. The
3)e.r.t allotment b made on the first day of June.
JOSEPH A. lIORNER, Gene,al Manager.
street
Orricrs :-15G, Strand, London, W.C. ; t 4, Middle Abbey-
, Dublin ; 13.11,negall-place, Belfast ; 93.
•.t. Patrick-
Street, Cork ; and Alliance Chambers, Upper Tempe-kttee d,
Birmingham; mith Agencies throughout the United King-
dont.

THE ALLIANCE NATIONAL
BUILDING, AND INVESTMENT COMPADNY
(Limited .
NOTICE IS 'HEREBY GIVEN, that on aroi after JUNE
1, 1864, no APPLIC eiTIONS icr bLIARES will be received
ex7ept at a PREMIUM.
By order of the Boal:Zi,
JOSEPH A. H"..,IER, General Manager.
Chief Office, 156, Strand, Lor,don, W.C.

To ?,,E,18„,0N6 SEEKING LANDED
vii-L-„-16:,;„1--T_Ar—, i -OWN AND COUNTRY RESIDENCES,
"'"“"" A74D LEASEHOLD INVESTMENTS, AND
PIPPER ri1"..1 GENERALLY—
' '4.° BE ":il GRATIS, at the principal Railway Bookstalls
through°
No. 67, ..4 the kingdom, or at the Auction and Estate Offices,
"FEF(Jhancery-lane, London, Messrs. E. and 11. Lumley's
.E PROPERTY REGISTER," containing a varied selection
of 'Sanded and house properties now in the market, from
ti:Le nobleman's mansion, with its manorial domain, to the
Oottage with its few acres.
OWNERS OF PROPERTIES wishing to Sell or Let can em-
braces, the opportunity that the medium of this Resister
*Fords, by sending the particu'Ars of their properties to the
.I.sta.te Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London, as the Messrs.
Lumley can in most cases introduce immediate customers,
where the property is of an eligible chara,ter, thereby avoid-
r; the disadvantages of delay and its attendant incon-
fu
veniences.
MERE IS No cnAncE incurred, unless a tenant or pur-
chaser is introduced throueh Messrs. Lumley's Agency,
laud then only the usual moderate commission.
Auction and Land Offices, 67, Chancery lane, London.

PARIS.—THE GRAND HOTEL
Boulevard des Capucines, Place de Nouvelle Opera
opposite the Rue de la Paix, and near the Theatres.
Has been opened since July, 1862. It contains 700 bed:
rooms, prices from 4fr. to 25fr. ;;0 drawing-rooms, from sfr.
to 301 r. ; a magnificent salon, capable of dining m
';() persons, and where there is a table d'hote at six
ore 'clock. than
-Dinners and breakfasts are served a la carte in the c( ffee-
room'', as well as in the apartments. There is a reading-
room with the best English and foreign papers and publica-
tions, a mucec-room and a drawing•room for the use of tra-
vellers without any additional charge. There are'also baths,
billiard-rooms, smoking divans, post-office ; cabs, sarriel-es,
and omnibuses going to the railway stations. The servants
sPeak
all al lauxunguages. This superb hotel, po ses,ins; all that
modery andcobine, and situ ited in the
most fashionable part off Pcomort aris,can is recommended to the atten-
tion of travellers.
Independently of their Two Hotels, the CompagniClmmo-
biliere has established an extensive Private Furn shed House
on the Boulevard des Capueines, opposite the ROTUNDA of
the GRAND HOTEL, where Families can reside as in their
own , rivate residences, and where they may rely upon find-
ing the utmost comfort
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OHO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL
1,7 BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring
Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and
:Houses to be disposed of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES
ILL-BRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 2G, Gerrard-street,
Soho. W.
Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail.
way Compensations, &o. Rents Collected.

BED•ROOM CANDLES.
-pRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop
sold crease in ease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles,
boxes is. and 3s. etch, are recommendel as the best
carriers.
" EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES,"
sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those
who will not burn thin.
" SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS,"
in packets of 36 candles for one shillin intended for use
where cheapness is a great object, will teoud an improve-
ment on the ordinary candles, as they guer less.
Special candle ticks to fit thin candles,ls. and 2s. 6d. each ;
reducing' sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each.
TOILET SOAPS.
Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent.
pcontotaintsentrerce's
dG lGyleyecr ie
s Glycerine.
skins in winter.
Camilpehlomroannt nrien eS °Saga'
GLYCERINE. SHERWOODOLE :
"Price's Glycerine be Cleans gloves and removes
had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains.
caosuled bottles, lettered _
Perfumed, in capsuled bot-
" Price's Patent," from M. I ties, Id. and Is. each
upwards. Impure Glycerine
has been sold 'n the state-
ment that it is "equal to
Prices."

Reil
Wholesale by Priceta en
s Pattthrougl
Lond

any Grocer.
Caudle Company (Limited),
don.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Grads-inn-road,
way Term
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rai.
inus, King's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—llls 'Royal highness the Prince of WA LEz7.,K.G
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G.
Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq.
Tsion he numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad-
affluent and
Inis compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the
humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged
treat as out-patients More adequate funds, thq would
many ctstres,ing cases which, with
gladly admit into the waris.
The premises of the Hospital are capable Of containing 500
beds.
vol
The Ilospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on
untary contributions and legacies
the Treasurer, Edward Mas;erman,• , Nicholas-lane; also
, which are received by
by ; Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond .and Co. ; Herries and
Co. Ransom and Co. • Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith,
Payne, and Co. ; G:yn and Co. ; Jones Loy Deacon.
and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W .Ilianss, ands Co.;
s7esrteend, Gurney, and co, ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ;
MO' rman and Co.- Barned and Co., Liverpool; and at
Hospital, from 10 till 5.

STANFORD S. SMITE{ Secretary.

TN what " Happy Land" can I see you After the
"Opera?" 1 only know of One HAPPY LAND
in which a Gentleman may Sup—EVAN S', COVENT-
(6ARDEN, my de,r fellow!

RINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC,
BRANDY.
This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest
FRENCH BRANDY,
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome.
Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by
the A_gents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale