The Sun.
London, England, 1854-01-13 00:00:00

COUNTRY COTTAGE for a PERMANENCY.
WANTED, by Lady-day or Midsummer, on any of the
South-Eastern branches, the Brighton or South-Western Railways,
within thirty miles of London and three of a station, containing at
least two good sitting and four or five bed rooms, with chaise-house
and stable attached. An old-fashioned Manor or Farm-house would
suit, and a small quantity of pasture land desirable, though not
essential. A retired situation not objected to, but a dry soil and
good water indispensable. Address, with full particulars, to M. T. Y.,
33, Brydges-street, Covent-garden.

GENERAL POST •OFFICE, JANUARY, 1854.
nrm
JraE POSTMASTER-GENERAL will receive
.TENDERS for the u of WAX, COMPOSITION, and
TALLOW CANDLES, OIL, and y SOAP, for the use of this Depart-
ment during the present year.
The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's Department of
this Office, at or before noon, on MONDAY, the 23d instant, and they
Must be enclosed in sealed covers, addressed to " Her Majesty's Post-
master-General," and endorsed "Tenders for Candles, &c."

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AND FIRE
SSURA.NC E I STITUT lON.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the Half-yearly Dividend
on the Shares of this Institution will he in course of payment at the
Ilea.l' Office, No. 5, Lothbury, City, on and atter the 16th day of
January instant.

By order of the Board of Directors.
WILLIAM EMMENS, Secretory

12th tianuary, 1854

GREAT WESTERN' RAILWAY. - PAD-
DINGTON NEW STATION.—Notice is hereby given, That
all the passenger trams of this Company will take their departure
from the New Station, opp3site Eastbourne-terrace, on and after
Monday, the 16th inst. The entrance to the station adjoins the
New Great Western Hotel; between Spring-street and Eastbourne-
terrace. •
All.the Up-Trains will at present continue to arrive at the Old
Station, where carriages must take i.p their passengers as heretofore.
By Older of the Directors.
10th January, 1854. CHARLES A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.

LONDON .1'; SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.
FOREIGN TRAFFIC.—SPECIAL NOTICE.
From and after Ist JANUARY, 1854, the existing THROUGH
RATES for Go.xis Traffic betwixt London and Paris, and betwixt
Paris and the Channel Islands, will be DISCONTINUED.
Goods will be conveyed, as heretofore, betwixt London and Havre,
and betwixt Havre and the Channel Islands, at reduced through
rates, which include all charges from the Quay at Havre to London,
or to the Channel Islands, the amount of Customs' Duty and Marine
Insurance excepted.
Goods will be conveyed betwixt London and Havre three times a
week, each way, as heretofore.
For particulars of through rates, and all ether information, apply
in London, to Mr. SIMKIN, 53, King William-street, City; in
bouthampton, to Mr. WA MINS, Railway-station ; in Havre, to
Mr. GILLS, 5, Rue-de-la-Gaffe.
(By order) ARC HD. SCOTT, Traffic Manager.
Railway-office, London, Dec. 21 1853.

ALLSOPPS INDIA PALE ALE.
PARKER and TWINING (late Harrington Parker),
5 PALL-MALL,
are now delivering the October brewings in casks of 18 gallons and up-
wards. Also in Bottles, Imperial Measure. Quarts, Bs.; Pints,
ss. ; Half-pints (for luncheon), 35. per dozen.

111:R. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC,
TX including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON,
EVERY EVENING at Eight o'Clock, (except Saturday), and
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Mornincs, at Two. Stalls, 35.,
which can be taken at the box office every day from 11 to 4 ; area,
25.; gallery, Is —Mont Blanc, Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly.

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE RA's,
(Lessee, CHAs. C. LAURENT Onslow-honse, Fu.aam-road),
The above Rooms are now 'OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
and will continue open every evening, with DADRENT's
CELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past'S ;
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC READING AND
CHESS ROOMS, 5, CAVENDISH-sQUARE.
Nublumen and Gentlemen are respectfully informed that the An-
nual subscription to these Rooms is reduced to Two Guineas, which
Includes the entree to the Institution.
R. I. LONGBOTTOM, Secretary.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
MAGNIFICENT PHOTOGRAPHIC PICTURES, prepared ex-
Pressly for this Institution by Monsieur Ferriere of Paris, exhibited
on a surface 35 feet by 28, with an ENTIRELY NEW SERIES of
DISSOLVING VIEWS, daily at a Quarter past Four.
LECTURES by Dr. BACHOFPNEtt on WILKINS'S NEW PATENT
UNIVERSAL ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.
LECTURE by J. H. PEPPER, Esq., on SPONTANEOUS COMBUS-
TION, with Brilliant Experiments.
LAST WEEK of an HISTORICAL and MUSICAL LECTURE
Illustrated with DISSOLVING SCENERY, entitled " The ROAD
the RIVER, and the RAIL," by J. E. CARPENTER, Esq., assisted
by NllB3 Blanche Younge, every eveaing, except Saturday, at Nine
o'clock.
Open 3fornines and Evenings. Admission, Is.; Schools and
Children under Ten years of age, Half-price.

pURSSELL'S TWELFTH CARTS, from ss.
to 5 Guineas each Bride (lakes 1 to 10 Guineas ; Dessert
Cakes, Is. to 10s., viz., Dundee, Madeira, School, and Savoy Cakes,
Swiss and French Pound Cakes, is. 6d. per lb. ; Swiss and Italian
Pastry, Is. to 3s. per doz. ; 16 sorts of Almond Cakes, Ratillars, and
Maccaroons, 2s. per lb. ; Rout Cakes, 3s. per lb. ; Mixed Cakes, Is. 6d.
Per lb. ; Mixed Biscuits, is. 2d. per lb.; Biscuits in bags or boxes, 14
for Is., viz., Arrowroot, Brown, Digestive, Milk, Abernethy, Ger-
lnan Cuddy or Captain's Biscuits, Mince Pies, 4s to 6s. per doz. ;
Jellies and Soups, 4s per qt.; Creams and Ices, 6s. per qt.; Made
Dishes, Raised Pies, Hams, Tongues, Fowls, Bonbons, German
Trees and Ornaments, Preserved Fruits, for Dessert, as sold in Pints,
from 2s. 6d. per bottle. Caution.—John R. Pursell, 161, Regent-
street, and 20 Ludgate-hill, only.

LADIES' (D'HIVER) COSTUME DU BAL,
GALON D'OR, and PASSE:WEN YERIE FLOUNCING. in
Gold and Silver Ornament on various Coloured Tarlatans and other
fight Fabrics.
These Dresses, so highly approved In Taxis, and all the Evening
Parties of the beau monde, may now be seen daring the Selling Off at
this Establishment.

Some of the less lavishly decorated will be sold at Eighteen Shil-
lings the Dress, but it must be recollected that this will be less than
half the real value, and the same remark will apply to the Silks,
Shawls, Mantles, and Family Linen, which, through the retirement
rom business or Mr. Merrett, must be sold immediately.
WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, Regent-street.

CONTRACT FOR FRESH BEEF AT CHATHAM.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 11th Jan., 1854.
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 THIMSDAT, the 19th
natant. at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying all such
Quantities of

FRESH BEEF
'nay be demanded for the use of her Majesty's ships and vessels at
HAM, from the Ist February to the 31st December, 1854, both
days included.
The contract is not to be sub-let, and is to be taken by a person
realding on the spot, and the cattle are to be slaughtered on the spot.
all Parties about to tender are particularly desired to read atten-
tively the condition of the revised contract, which may be seen
tither at this office, or on application to the Superintendent of her
244jesty's Dockyard at Chatham.
Every tender must specify the price in words at length ; and no
tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor
'WY noticed unless the party attends, or an agent for him, duly
authorised in writing.
Every tender must be delivered at the above office, and be accom-
panied by a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, at
ternerset-place, and signed by two responsible persons, engaging to
come bound with the person tendering in the sum of 1,5001. for
the due performance of the contract.

AFFAIRS ON THE ICE.—Rare old Winter!
crusty businesa " sliding scales" popular everywhere, the snr-
'ace of the lakes peopled with industrious thousands, and the fishes
snoozing under a coverlet of ice some nine or ten inches thick, but
',7e17 indisidual, lady and gentleman, fully appreciating the excel-
&cies of the WINTER ATTIRE, prepared by E. Moses and Sox.
-Never was there such a promiscuous gathering on the skating busi-
ness as during the past week, and never such a display of fashionable
and comfortable Dress.
The success of E. MosEs and Sox never appeared so much to ad-
'vantage and loud and numerous were the encomiums passed on
thera by, the skaters and the dense multitudes which lined the banks
Of the waters.
It appears that the business of E. MosEs and Sore must always
trio appears
the best Dress being prepared by them for every season,
cold, wet, damp, frost, or snow, variety for all classes, and comfort-
able attire for everybody at the most economical prices.
Skaters and sportsmen all patronise the productions of E. MosEs
and Sox, the style and fit of the Garnients made by them being so
laleh superior to any others.
Y(lung gentlemen are fully equipped at E. Mons and Sores, their
Attire, Hats, Caps, Shirts, Hosiery, Boots and Shoes, &c., being un-
paralleled for superiority and economy.
For freezing or thawing times and all other times, for ladies and
gentlemen, men of business, mechanics, sailors, and emigrants, the
klast and West End Establishment of E. MesEs and Sox secure as-
tonishing advantages in Quality and Price.
The Wholesale Department affords the greatest advantages to
Purchasers either for the home trade or the colonies.
CAUTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untradesman-like
.tiellood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155. 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
84,55, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506,507,508, New Oxford-street, 1, 2
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 3f, Fargate.
Colonial Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Tailo.c Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
Shoe Makers, and Geirieral Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, It will be
exchanged If desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
Without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lowest
Price, Rom which no abatement can be made.
The Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
ca Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book, "The Epitome of Comfort and Economy," contain-
ng full lists of prices, our system of self-measurement, &c.,
Slay be had on application, or post-free.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1854 can be had, gratis
application.
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Hier errlcht man Deutsch

Qui si parla Italian.
Mull se bahla Espana

MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES:
YOUTH AND MATURITY. IRMITIE2 OF
DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE,
the University
LONDON,
of
Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of
~ . Medical
Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London llosptilic7.‘"'
Rcciety. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, 2
system,
MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on
the various disorders of the nervous and generati7e__Pro.
resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have
preMa-
duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood,
hare decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other and
.°f.edh_l:
Cases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical expert 1.17.
in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in eat
in
ence secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes i 3
existence traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervon
Juebility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marti-
age3' Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their
endless modifications owe their almost entire origin.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without
ince
hurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed
theyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed,
and how the evil and its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all,
that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure, DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged
in en extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com-
Plaints, and is the only lega qualified Physician who, regardless
of the taunts and envy of theyypocti and mock-modest, has had
the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct
attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is
free. in selecting this department of practice, he has been amply
rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the
treatment of these cases, which are too generally confided to the
care of unqualified and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated
Publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues
of their patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who
have been induced to place faith in their pretensions.
At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from
Rix till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and
medicines oan be forwarded to any initials or address.
It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MERT
Should first obtain a copy of his work on
SELP.PRESERVATION.
A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and
Generative Debility, illustrated by fifty-coloured
engravings, and des-
:"bilig in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and
7cesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct
Zr"'''cription of their eases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English,
I:ench, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs, paper
Litters and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street;
h,..—""n, 39, Comhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ;or five
-, Post for forty-two stamps, to any address Prom the Anthoes reg.
eV; B2DroaD•scinanE LONDON.