The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-08 00:00:00

MR; ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC
TO-NIGHT at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday)
Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. The first Mornint Representa-
tion will take place on Saturday, Dec. 10th, at 3 o'clock.— Egyptian
Piccadilly.

LOANS from 501. to 5001., on the Security of
the borrower and two responsible Housekeepers. No Life
Assurance. Interest, 6 per Cent—Address (with post-head), Messrs.
LAWRANCE and CO., 110, Fenchurch-street, City. Personally
from 11 to 3.

TO •LOVERS OF FISB.-
100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for Gs., package Included.
The above fdrwarded to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps,
or P. 0, O. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain afidress, county,
and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great
Yarmouth.

PLYMOUTH GIN--This pure and wholesome
spirit is offered to the public free to the Paddington Station,
in 1,2, and 3 dozen hampers (hampers and bottles included), at 32s
the dozen, by BENJAMIN VICKEIt3, Writ merchant, Newton
Bushel, Devon. Cheque or Post-otrce order, payable at Newton
Abbott, to accompany the order..

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF
ENGLAND.
The December GENERAL MEETI NG will be held at the Society's
louse, in Hanover-vinare, on SATURDAY, the 9,:ti December, at
Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon.
By order of the Connell,
JAMES lIUDSON, Secretary.

THE MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY,
39, Ring-street, Cheapside, London. Established 1834.
SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Assurances effected before the 31st instant
Will share In the Profits at the end of next year.
SAMUEL BROWN, Actuary.

COAL DEPARTMENT, North London Rail-
way.—nlghbury Depot. —II ET TO N'S WALL' S-E NI) ( the
best house coals in the world) are brought to the docks of this rail-
way at Poplar by new screw steamers, Cochrane, 7to tons, IL:Atoll,
750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered expressly for this
depot, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any part of London,
north of the Thames, at 275. per ton. Orders to be addressed to
Mr. Thomas Lea, Chief Office, Railway Station, Ilighbury, Islington.
Terms, cash on or before delivery.

THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.
The Agents and Friends of Gentlemen in the Army are
respectfully informed that the subscriber has a large supply of
CLOTHING suitable for Wintering in the Crimea. Large Heavy
PLAIDS, Warm %t RAPPERS, the Famous HIGHLAND CLOAK,
Warm Coloured FLANNEL SHIRTS, TOP-COATS, Stout STOCK-
INGS, &c., &c., &c.
Parcels leaving Inverness twice a-week by Rail to London, and
thence carefully forwarded to the Army by Subscriber's Agent.
_ .

D. M'DOUGALL,

TAB TARTAN AND TWEED WAREHOUSE, INYERNE3S.

GENERAL POST-OFFICE, DECEMBER, 1115 t.
THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL will receive
Tenders for the supply of WAX, COSI OSITION, and TAL-
LOW CANDLES, and OIL and SOAP, for the use of this office,
during the year 1855.
The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's Department of
this office, at or before noon, on Saturday, the 23d instant, and they
must be enclosed in sealed co\ ers, addressed to " Her Majesty's
Postmaster-General," and endorsed, "Tenders for Candles, &c."

LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY COMPANT.—BIRMINGH iM CATTLE and POUL-
TRY SHOW, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, and
FRIDAY, 12th, lath, 14th, and 15th December.—On each of the
above days RETURN TICKETS at SINGLE FARES will be issued
at the Euston-square Station for Birmingham, available to return on
the day of I:sue. Passengers with ordinary tickets returning by
Express Train will have to pay the difference between a single ordi-
nary and express ticket.
By order, MARK HUISH.
General Manager's Office, Euston Station, December, 1E54.

METROPOLITAN
lELIFE ASSURANCE

No. 3, Princes-street, Bank.
The Directors hereby give notice to Members whose Premiums fall
due on the sth of January next, that the same must be PAID within
Thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
the sth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the
Year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So-
ciety as Members on the sth of Januacy next, should appear or lodge
their proposals at the office on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the
svhole of its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
for the whole term of life as Members of the Society.
For the year ending the sth of April, 1855, an abatement of 51 per
cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five
Tears' standing and upwards.
HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary.
Princes-street, Bank, Dec. 4, 1854.

TIVIIDDLESEX PRISONS. —To Bakers,
Butchers, Mealmen, Oilmen, Grocers, Brnshmakers, Lea-
ther sellers, Woollen. grapers, Soap-boilers, and Others. WANTED,
at the Houses of Correction, at Coldbath Fields and Westminster,
and at the House of Detention at Clerkenwell, SUPPLIES of the
endermen coned ARTICLES, for Six calendar Months from the 25th
of December instant—namely : About 19 cwt. of Bread daily, in
loaves of various weights ; good Ox Beef without bone, consisting of
Clods and stickings ; Ox-heads, weighing on an average 231bs
each; Mutton, consisting of breasts, necks, and ribs ; Molasses,
Sugar, Rice, Potatoes, Scotch Barley, Oatmeal, Salt, Soap, Oils,
Leather, Linen Drapery, Woollen Cloth, Union Yarn, and Straw
for straw plaiting. Persons willing to contract may see pat-
terns and samples, according to which the tenders are to be
made, and obtain the necessary forms of tender, upon applica-
tion at either of the said Houses of Correction. Sealed tenders
are to be delivered before half-past Ten o'Clock on Friday, the
15th instant, at the Session-House, Clerkenwell-green ; and the per-
sons tendering, or some authorised agent, must be in attendance
there at Eleven o'Clock precisely, with the names and addresses of
two responsible sureties. The Visiting Justices do not b!nd them-
Selves to accept the lowest, or any of the tenders.—Dated this 4th
day of December, 1854.
CHARLES WRIGHT,
CHARLES P. ALLEN, 1 Clerks.

PATRON-H. R. H. PRINCE ALBERT.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
Continued improvements, increased attractions, fresh deco -
rations. Re-lighted under the Patents of John Leslie, Esq.

Miss GLYN will READ ANTONY and CLEOPATRA on Tuesday,
the 12th inst., at Eight; and OTHELLO on Thursday, the 14th inst.,
at Eight.
MONDAY EVENING, the 11th inst., LECTURE to the INDU ;-
TRIAL CLASSES: on the MANUFACTURE of COOL GAS, by
Zzwrs Tuoursott, Esq.
LECTURES on CHEMISTRY, by J. H. PEPPER, Esq.
LECTURE on NINEVEH, by Mr. COOPER, the ARTIST and
COMPANION of LAYARD, illustrated by PANORAMIC VIEWS
taken by himself, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at Three,
and on Wednesday and Friday Evenings, at Eight.
Opening of the New Hall, with LECTURES by Dr. BACHHOFFNER,
Illustrated by the Hydro-Electric Machine, the most splendid and
successful Electrical Apparatus in the World, on Mondays, Wednes-
days, and Fridays, at Three.
A Beautiful Series of Forty-five COSMORAMIC VIEWS of
USSIA and the Costumes of the Inhabitants.
The DISSOLVING VIEWS maintain their old reputation, with
Boenes of the War, Sebastopol, &c.
The OXY-HYDROGEN MICROSCOPE, as usual.
The Largo Theatre Is open on Saturday Evenings from Ualf-past
lumen till Ten, with Mr. CRAW FORD'S VOCAL ILLUSTRATIONS
of the PATRIOTIC SONGS of SCOTLAND, the American Enter-
tainment, and Mr. Wand's Band.
...Admission, Is. ; Stalls, 2s. and 3s. ; Schools and Children under
Ten years of age, half-price.

'A.A.IIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS. -
Now Open for the Season.—During the week the Orchestra
'will Perform the following music :—Overture Bronze Horse, Auber ;
Waltzes : La Naturelle, H. Wienard ; Jubilee, Tinney ; Burger Ball
(first time), Strauss; Le Carnival de Venise (by desire), with Varia-
tions for all the principal performers, by H. Laurent. Quadrilles :
:font Leßlanc Palais de rAlcazar, H. Lamotte ; L'Etoile du Nord, klusarl ;
(first time), Blauchetean ; Portent pour la Syrie, It.
Laurent. Schottische: The Moldavian, by Jullien. Polkas: Musen,
Straps ; Bacchus, Strauss ; L'Etoile du Nord, H. Laurent ; Eileen,
;tholytr. Gallops : Royal Artillery, Coote ; Les Guides, 11. Laurent.
court —Alteration of Time
It°3nig's Staff Polka. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Bottl-
Past.—Admission, One Shilling.
—Doors open at Eight; commence at half-

G- R AVEsEND ST AR
PACKTS.
No other Packets call at the GreEenhithe and Purfleot Plors.
The Packets Call at the Piers as underlined (weather permittint).

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Getween Gravesend and Interrdediate Piers..
BOAT TICKETS.—Twelve Months, 51. Os. •, St 6:.
Months,.Os. 1
311.(t. ;
Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the
packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
Nov. 13, 1854.

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Jut published, price 25., illustrated with cases; free by poet for 30
stamps,
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t eaCetle
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