The Sun.
London, England, 1853-04-25 00:00:00

PATRON -11.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Last Week of the Optical and Musical Illustration, with
Dissolving scenery, of a Midsummer Eight's Dream, with the Ori-
ginal Music by Sir Henry Bishop and others, concluding with the
most interesting Scenes <nd Sores from Mrs. Beecher Stowe's
Popular Work on Slavery, Morning and Evening. Lectures :—By
J. H. Pepper, Esq.—Half-hours with the Ancient and Modern
Chemists ; by Dr. Bacilli °fiber, on Pneumatics, in which the Principle
of the Fly's Foot and Walking on the Cel:ing will be explained ; by
Mr. Crispe, on Ericsion's Caloric Engine.

Admission, Is. ; Schools, and Children under Ten years of age,

Half-price.

TEA.-IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.-
Government having announced by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, their inl.ention to reduce the duty upon TEA from 2e. 214 d.
per pound tc le. 10d., with a further progressive featly redaction
until it descends to ONE sarm.um ONLY, we have much pleasure to
inform our friends and the public, that the ad,antages arising from
these proposed redoctioss will. immediately they come into opera-
tion, be given to our Customers, and the prices of the whole of our
Teas be regulated accordingly.
Should Parliament confirm the proposition of the Minister (which
is confidently anticipated), the new duties will probably be received
at the Custom-house on Tuesday next, the 26th April.
SIDNEY, WELLS, & CO.
Tea Merchants and Dealers.
No. 8, Ludgate-hill.

CONTRACT FOR HAIR FOR SEAMEN'S BEDS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Services,
Somerset-place, 22d April, 1853.
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 THURSDAY, the sth
May next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Depiford-
-30,000 lbs. of HAIR for SEAMEN'S BEDS.
One-third to be delivered by the 31st July, another third by the
31st August,and the remainder by the 30th September next, or ear-
lier if preferred by the party tendering.
No Tender will be received for less than half the quantity.
A sample of the iJair may be seen at the said Office, or a sample
may be produced by the parties tendering for approval.
The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at the said Office.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly
authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, Tender for
Hair for Beds," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place,
accon.panied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaging to
become bound, with the person tendering, in the sum of 201. per
cent.on the value, for the due performance of the Contract.

The successful results of the last Half Century have proved beyond
question that
ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL possesses sin-
gularly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and
improvement of the Homan Hair, and when every other specific has
failed.
This celebrated Oil is now universally ac, nowledged to be the
cheapest, and superior to all other preparations for the Hair. It
prevents it from falling off or turning grey—strengthens weak hair
—produces a thick and luxuriant growth— cleanses it from Scurf
and Dandriff—and makes it beautifully soft, curly, and glossy. Its
operation in cases of baldness is peculiarly active; and in the growth
Of WHISKERS, EYEBROWS, and MUSTACHIOS, It is unfailing in its
stimulative operation. For Children it is especially recommended,
as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, and rendering the use
of the sub unnecessary. In dressing the hair nothing can
eqn its effect, rendering the Hair so admirably soft t at it will lie in
any direction, and imparting a transcendent lustre.—Price as. ad.
and 7s. ; Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d. ; and double
that size, 21s.
CAUTION!—On the wrapper of each Bottle are the words, ROW-
LAND'S MACASSAR OIL, in two lines. The same are engraven on the
back of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,023 letters.
sold by A ROWLAND & Sons, 20, Hatton Garden, London ; and by
all Chemists and Perfumers.

DR.T b`e'uhaLdirofE SRberwoodLL:3B P tNEW
rn t WORKS.co
47, Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill. Priceae One Shilling each ; by'
Is

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
CONTENTS s—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
curshits about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places - Country
Trips and Rambleg—The Sea -London at Night—Evenings at Home
Music—The Drama—"n Eating, Drinking, ;sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &c.
II
FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two
Vol. I.
VISIT 10 THE:LAKES ; SKETCH:OFIEDINBURGH. &C.

Vol. 11.
7..1E LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.

WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every fbrm (cause and cure) of net-
rously-debilitat d health and enfeebled constitution that harasses
the young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em-
hitters old age; with tables and rulesfor the diet and physical regu•
lation 01 every-day life.

_
Iv.
THE PASSIO2t3.
1. What passions hurt the body—what Improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT : —l.lfe's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
vent of the passions. Chastity and its inf,lngement. The casualties
of icentiensness and dissipation, with illustrati-ns, graphic, narra-
tive, and rernediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

TUE MARRIAGE STATE.
To be or not to be, that is the question."

PROGRAMME :—Laws and obligations of nature, society, and reli-
gion regarding marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
choice, on both sides. as to age temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and Its removal. Sterility audits conversion.
Cases. &c.
Dy R. J. CULVERViTELL, M.D. (1841), .R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
24), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there
matters.

Price is. each; by post, Is. 6d.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row; Carvallo, 147,
Fleet-street; Mann, 39, Cornhill; or of M. R. Culverwen, M.D..
10, A rgyll-place. Rovent-street, who may be consulted daily from
Ten t II Five and Seven till Nine

established under a
of Canada, is about t
CANADIAN' MAIL P
ACKETS.—A line of mail packets,
coontract made by the Government
commence running between this
port and Quebec. Mails will be made up for conveyance
by these contract
packets, and such correspondence will
be forwarded by them a
" By Canadian Mail Packsetill'. ay be specially addressed
ITs.lifeorpoasteafteerunpootnletters
sent by these packets will be—.
2s. for a letter exceeding
one ounce, and so on,
exceed-
ing half an ounce in weight ;
half an ounce and not exceeding
according to the scale for charginggeinland letters ; and
Ty or forwarded un-
books, the rate
such letters may be paid in advance,
aellaifuand and
paid, at the option of the sender.
and
chargeable. pound
of postage of 6d. for a packet not excePe°diii.
in weight, is. for a packetanedxcseoedoinnf
whillanlfb
not exceeding one pound,
Newspapers will be free of postage. Books
papers, as well as letters, intended to be sent byntehwesse.
vessels must be specially addressed " By Cana •
than Mail
Packet."—Liverpool Mercury.
MR. BURKE'S NEW WORK.—We are requested to
state that the new work entitled " Family Romance ; or'
Episodes in the Domestic Annals of the Aristocracy," by
J. B. Burke, Esq., author of "The Peerage," &c., in 2
vols., price 215., is published this day by Messrs. Furst
and Blackett (successors to Mr. Colburn), who have also
just published-1. A second edition of "The Duke of
Buckingham's Memoirs of the Court and Cabinets of
George III.," revised, in 2 vols., 305.-2. The "Narra-
tive of a Journey Round the World, with a Visit to the
Gold Regions of California and Australia, by F. Ger-
staecker, 3 vols., 31s. 6d.-3. "Eighteen Years on the
Gold Coast of Africa, including an Account of the Native
Tribes," by Brodie Cruickshank, Esq., 2 vols., 215.-
4. "The Marvels of Science and their Testimony to
Holy Writ," by S. IV. Fullorn, Esq., fourth and cheaper
edition, revised, 7s. 6d. Also, just ready, a new work
by the author of "Sam Slick," entitled "Sam Slick's
Wise Saws and Modern Instances ; or, What he Said,
Did, or Invented," 2 vols.