The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-10 00:00:00

Office of the Gas Light and Cote Company,
Horseferry-road, Westminster,
October 8, 1853.
NOTICE is hereby given, that a HALF-
YEARLY GENERAL COURT of the Proprietors of this
Comi.any will be held on TUESDAY, the Ist day of November next,
at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, at the Company's Gas Works,
Horseferry-road, Westminster, and that for Seven Days previously
the I lal f-yearly Accounts of the Company will be open to the inspec-
tion of the Proprietors at this Office, and at the Station of the Com-
pany, in Brick-lane, 0 d-atreet, on an order signed by three of the
Directors, to be procured at either station.
NOTICE is hereby also giyen, that at the same Meeting, the
Annual Election of Auditors will take place; and should a Ballot be
required, it will continue open for four hours from its commence-
ment.

By order,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
11.33. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'clock precisely, ar.d
none but Proprietors admitted.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
The SECOND PART of an HISTORICAL LECTURE on "THE
THAMES," from its Source to its Estuary, by GEORGE BUCKLAND,
_
assisted by Miss Blanche Younge, with NEW SONGS and NEW
DISSOLVING SCENERY, on Tuesdays and Fridays at four o'clock,
and every Evening except Saturday at'. ine.
Lacruar.s.—By J. H. Pepper, Esq. : On PHOTOGRAPHY, with
_ .

Illustratkinr4, ➢fornings and Evenings.

By Dr. Baehh7offner ortELEOTRO:GILDING and
SILVERING.
The LANCASHIRE SEWING MACHINE and BATE'S IM-
PROVED FIRE ESCAPE exhibited in Use and explained Daily.
Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools, and
Children tinder Ten years of age Half-price.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION TO OXFORD, CIRENCESTER
STROUD, GLOUCESTER, and CFIELTENHAM.
On SUNDAY, October 16th, an Excursion Train for the above
Places will leave Paddington Station at 7.46 a.m., returning the
St Evening irom Cheltenham, at 6.',0; Gloucest r, at 6.50;
rond. at 7.20; Cirencester, at 7.35 ; and Oxford, at 3.50.
Fares there and 13ack First Class. Covered Carriages.
Oxford ...... ** '• ' • '4. 3s. 6d.
Cirencester or Stroud .. • • 9s. ss. Od.
Gloucester or Cheltenham .... 10s. 6s. Od.
No luggage allowed. Tickets can be obtained previously at the
usual places.
Paddington Station, Oct. 5, 1853.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN
RAILWAY.—EDINBURGH PEACE CONFERENCE.
leth"lee Hereby Wye), that on MONDAY and TUESDAY. the
..„,„ and 11th of October, RETURN TICKETS TO EDINBURGH
ilattbe issued at Euston Station to First and Second-class passengers
following fares, : _ _ _

London to E and B.
Pirbt-c1a55...... 41.105 d. Secinburghond-classack..., • . 31 6s.
These tickets will be available for return by any train until
jogaY, October 25th. Pa sengers who would prefer to divide the
ori, resting on Monday night on the way, may do so at
6,..7,°r Carlisle, the same ticket carrying them througu to Edin-
Cegra on the following day. This arrangement will also apply to
ke,„.,_etUrn journey, provi led they leave Edinburgh on or before
24th. These tickets are not transferable.
By order, MARK JUTISH.
14,41 Manager's Office, October, 1853.
••••—_

TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND
GRAVESEND.
MERCHANTS,
SHIPPERS, AND THE PUBLIC.
COl, -.LNG of the SUBMARINE and EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH
—PANIE3' GRAVESEND OFFICE. Great Reduction of
ari„ d.. Dov ander and Instantaneous
and between Communication between Gravesend, Lon-
Gravesend and the Conti-
", nt, &Q. ,
e"mges of 20 Words from Gravesend to London, Dover, or Deal,
vice versa, One .4hilling
Each additional 10 words, or fraction of 10 words, Sixpence.
...
Porterage charged for delivery for the first mile from any of
the Companies' stations.
Messages may be sent from Gravesend to nearly every town o
iteportAnce on the Continent and in the United Kingdom.
Boatmen on the river will bring Messages from the ships to the
Companies' Office. Messages sent by boat' to vessels lying off the
shore.
For further particulars, apply at the Office, 45, The Terrace, Gravesend (between The Terrace Pier and Custom House, and close
to the river).

Offices :—London: 30, Cornhill; and 43, Regent-circus. Birming-
ham: 104, New-street. Gravesend: 45, The Terrace. Dover: 7,
Clarence-place. Deal : 100, Beach street. Prance: Paris—Rue
la Richelieu; Calais—Railway station. Belgium—Brussels: Place de
Monnale.

G. L. PARROTT. Secretary.

CONTRACTS FOR RUM, TEA, SOAP, MUSTARD, AND
PEPPER.
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Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somersot-place, 6th Oct., 1853.
TRE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 20th
instant. at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons
may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her
_ aiestys Victualling Stores at GOSPORT and PLYMOUTH the
undermentioned articles, viz :

When to be delivered,

rHalf in two months,
1 and the remainder
in one month after-
-1 wards, or earlier if
preferred by the
party tendering.
1 One-half of each in
1 one month, and the
remainder in one
month afterwards,
or earlier if pre-
ferred by the party
tendering.

num.,

TEA (Congou)..

lbs.
15,0'0
Tons.

SOAP ,
•
IMIISTARD (in Flour)...
PEP PER (whole Black)

10,000
Tons.

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The "D
Duties
l`jo tender will be received fora less quantity
Rum,
Tea,
and Pepper to be exempted from the Customs
Kanons—of Tea than 2,000 lbs
1 ton and of Pepper than 1 —Of
So"
of Rum than 3,000
a ag
strength
h to be sent in pinta
not an the
t each import mark, and
to be stated, and
of each mark ex for
not an avera2e of different marks or strengths of several imports,
and any parcel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality,
!nark, or averge strength of the sample tendered and accepted will
be rejected by the officers ; and samples of the Tea (not less than 2
14. from the Bonded Warehouse), of the Soap (not less than 2 bars),
and or the Mustard and Pepper (not less than 2lbs. of each), must be
Produced
Tb by the parties tendering.
are e samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted,
requested to he taken away by them immediately after the con-
tracts have been decided.
The conditions or the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tlo.l Is Called, may be seen at the said •office, at the Victualling
Levis,
lards at Gosport and Plymouth, attheofficeof C
at Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at oni
Bristol.aam.No Tender
Wlll be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any
noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho-
rised in writing.

Every Tende:r- must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words `• Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset. place, and those for Rum,
Tea, Mustard, and Pepper, mast be accompanied by a letter signed
by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering, in a sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for the due per-
formance of each of the contracts.

SIR WILLIAM BURNETT' S DISINFECTING
FLUID.—The best Concentrated "CHLORIDE OF ZINC."—
Great Reduction of Price.—The merits of this Fluid, invented by
Sir W. Burnett, M.D.. F.R S., &c., &c., for the Disinfection of Sick
Rooms, Clothing, Linen, &c.; the prevention' of Contagion; the
preservation of Animal Matter from Putrescence; the purification of
Rilgewater, Cesapools, Drains, Water Closets, &c , are now so well
known to the public as to render comment unnecessary.
Sold at the Office, 18, Cannon-street, City, London, and by Che-
?nista, Shipping Agents, and others throughout the United Kingdcm,
Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d.; in Pints at Is. 3d.; in Half-
pints at 9d.; and in bulk at 6s. per Gallon.
CAUTION.— BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.—The only genuine
V2sizfectinx Fluid is sealed over the cork with the inscription. " Sir
win. Burnett's Disinfecting Fluid," ant accompanied with nume-
rous Testimonials of the highest order, and instructions for its use.

MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF
YOUTH AND MATURITY.
bit SAMUEL I A'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the Univeraby of
Ek„...di,nbAurgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical
-"Lerf. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &C., Ecc.
A
rale,llseineitintibionb consulted, personally, or by letter, OI I
various
e n
disorderse of the nervous and generative system,r
larities and excesses, which ave p
tire deo e misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema-
cas- , decay at all stages of life. than perhaps any other class of dis-
h, ;:s snown to modern athologists. Long and practical experience
~,‘"'" 'ale treatment f these diseases has proved that there are in exist-
Ds'ee seer e id disappointed hopes in
et causes of self-acquired miseries al
bebaree, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to whichN_ervon.s.
„gel. tY, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitfulmarl'l
andies.beP°taneY Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
-.. inn... '
Drittltetis abs--..ohiutcaei tions owe their almost entire origin.
Y necessary that all men should know that there. are.
invert 13,„_1" of Personal management which cannot be violated without
the 1"w grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
nlay be2',.....e1,3". of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
Mg I,,,_""mgated, bow the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
that the tile evil and Rs con.equenc es may be avoided, and above all,
der....-are la scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
, 130ce.,,m,,ent to which the timely aid of science cannot applya
gaged
ni an '''R LA'MERT has for a long series of years been e- plahr_extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate
merge
of rtielaand is the only legally qualified Physician who, rega
he
11;e confturinta and envy of thehypocrftical and mock-modest, hashad
",:terttio,;`,..enee, through the medium of the public press, to direc
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eare4,talcrit ,/,. the
great success that has attended his efforts thehe
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orthhslatto ';'allfled and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
bay.eh'r oaute'4l limed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
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°aid first -'e that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEET
or address.
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