The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-29 00:00:00

CHRISTNrAS IIOLIDAY&

OYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
IL, The following REILA-RE:LBLE NOVELTIES hare been
SPECIALLY PREPARED.
LECTURE by J. IT. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's
.experiments on the TR A NA Nt IS5;!() ST of SOUND through Solid Con-
ductors, illustrated by a r ELEPIIO :CIO CONCERT.

Fllti.r PAR r of an ENTIRELY NEW an 1 Si•LENDID orrr-
CAI, DIORAMA, illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the
SAILOR., with • Beautiful THANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and
appropriate llusle arranged by Mr. Wand.
MONDAY EVENING, the Ist of January, first of a New Course
of MONDAY EVENING LE:TURES to the INDUSTRIAL'
CLASSES : On the CHEMISTRY of LIFE, by Dr. LETHESY.
Great Increase is the VIEWS of the WA : the BATTLE, of the
ALMA, SIEGE of SEB.A.STOPOL, the ENGLIiII BATTERIES,
&c., &e.
LECTURE on the MINIE RIFLE, and that po,icrful imp:einent of
war, the STEAM (lUN, pr,jecling Sixty Fails per 'Minute, wh'eli has
been erected by 31r. P.EIKINE, and will be discharged daily and in the
Eveala

LEG rums on ELECTRICITY by Dr. BACMIOFFNER.

Mr. CRiIIyFOILD'S VOCAL ENTER CAIN/Qr.:l,ll'a the, PATRIOTIC
SONGS of SCOTLAND. For the special Amusement of the Juvenile
Auditory, DAVIS'S INGENIOUS M A RION ETTES will he exhibited
Ail the other LECTURES, EX MR ITIONS of MODELS, &-). &c.
Fresh decorations.

Special Juvenile Night on the 3d of .Tannary, and gratuitous distri-
bution of the Ornaments of a beauti hl Christmas Tree amongst the
Young People.
Mr. VAN NoottnEN's New Musical Game, the POLY-lIIRMONI-
CON, explained Daily by the Inventor. •

CHRISTMAS PRESENTS,

THE most appropriate offerings for the ap-
proaching F.eason of Festirit7 are tbos3 which tend to the
promotion of health and Personal Attraction: gone can be mort
acceptable than
ROWLA.NDS' MA.CASSAR OIL,

for impartinz a transcendent lustre to the hair, and sustaining it in
decoratlre charm.

ROWLANDS' KA.LYDOR
warts a radiant bloom ,o the Check, and a delicacy and softness to
the Hands, Acme, end Neck; and

EOWLA.NDS' ODONTO,
Olt PEARL DEICTIFRICE,

bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, and renders the Breath
sweet and pure. •

The peronaqe of Royally throughout Europe, their general use by
rank and fashion. and the universally-known efllzacy of these articles,
give them a celebrity unparalleled.

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gold by A. Rowr.Arin and Foss, 20,IIatton Garden, London, and
by Chemists and Perfumers.
Beware of Spurious Imitations!

IV_AVAL AND 3fILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The Nile, 91, Captain Mundy, left Spithead yesterday
morning for Plymouth.
The Hogue, -60, screw-bloCkship, is ordered to refit at
Portsmouth, and will go into harbour as soon as she has
discharged her powder and shell.
The Imperi6use, 51, screw-frigate, Captain R. B.
Watson, C. 8., steamed into Portsmouth harbour from
Spithead yesterday, and hauled alongside the Victorious
receiving-hulk to berth her crew while being refitted.
The schooner Iris, of Plymouth, William Gent master,
from London with a general cargo, has been asokt.d
into Sheerness in a very leaky state, and laid on the bank
iilZiiiritte-the pier, after having been on shore.

APPOINTMENTS.
Captain George E. Patey (1346), to command the
Monarch, 84, at Devonport.
Naval Cadet David Littlejohn to the Earyalue.