The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-16 00:00:00

liorONT BLANC will CLOSE TO-NIGHT,
SATURDAY, September 16, on which occasion Mr. ALBERT
CIAIITFI will specially ADDRESS the AUDIENCE.

TURKTSH EXHIBITION and MUSEUM,
OPEN BT. GEORGE'S GALLERY, Hyde-park-corner, Piceadl.ly,
DAILY, from Eleven till Ten, Saturdays excepted, when it
,closes at Six. Admission, 2s. 6d. ; children, Is. 6d, ; Saturdays, ss. ;
;Ina-Wren, 2s. 6d. Family Tickets for five, 10s. Schools admitted at
.. alf-price. i Herr Kalozdy and his Band are engaged, and will per-
'°,lll Daily, from Twelve fi'l fire. Mr. J. Osborne Williams will
)reside at the Grand Pianoforte during the evening.

lAIIRENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms,
A (Lessee, Cass. C. Latrazicr, Onslow-house, Fulham-road),
The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
And will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'S
LEBRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka,
air Star Waltz, and Overland Mail Galop, by D'Albert; al,o, by H.
Lent, the following Waltzes—La belle Prangaise, Leonora, Villl-
fps andhis Dinah. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8.
"eing to commence at 9 o'clock, and terminate at half-past 11.

PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
'ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
UNDER ENTIRELY NEW MANAGEMENT.
TEES
SIXTH of the MONDAY EVENING COURSE of LEC-
in'",, ES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES wi beg ven on the JBth
`', by Mr. JOHNS: the Subject—The CENTRE of GRAVITY.
LECTURES by Dr. SCOFFERN, on the DESTRUCTIVE CHEMI-
'4L RESOURCES of MODERN WARFARE.
-NATRE PRINTING, by Dr.ACIIROFFNER.
__BXHUIBI TION of DUBOSCQ'S ILLUMINATED 'CASCADE, in
.!sldition to all the Daily LECTURES, OPTICAL EXHIBITIONS,
rrioTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT GALLERY, &c.,&c., 84e.
..41- BAND of MUSIC under the direction of Mr. WAUD of the Royal'LLallart Opera.

The Gas-lighting byJous Lzsiu, Esq.

CONTRACT FOR RUM.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Services, Somerset House, 11th September, 1854.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
1.42(1 Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDNESDAY,
,`,48 20th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
-4ch Persons r. s may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford,
When to be dellvertd.
Gallons. Half hal 'weeks, and-the reteminder in 3
11.011 5,000 weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred
by the party tendering. •
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten-.
tiers are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such 1
tart thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or
of not contracting for any; and a so an unlimited power of selection. •
The Runt to be exempted from the Customs Duties, and parties
tWilering are to state where it is lying. •
Tenders will be received from any firm for any portion of the total
Ilinntity not less than 2,000 gallons.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, and
the average strength of each mark ex to -be stated, and not an
average of different marks or strengths of several imports, and any
Pareel of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality, mark, or
!rvera4e strength of the sample tendered and accepted will be rejected
by. the officers.
are The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
is h ore
requested to beecided.
taken away by them immediately after the con-
trac been d
`,To tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
the ed for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
ti
nThe conditions of the revised coatractsoffice,, to which particular atten-
°,,_ is called, may be seen at the said and at Liverpool and
tr“:N. No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of
a,,,„. e 7, and it will not be required that the party tendering or an
en his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of con-
-0,4 as the result of the offer received from each person will be
"‘Tenunicated to him in writing.
ik,,,-TlerY tender left be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
Th,`_,.ear in thehand corner the words " Tender for Rum," and
—4" t also be delivered at Somerset House.