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

Half-price.

TEA.-IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT.-
Government having announced by the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, their ir :ontion to reduce the duty upon TEA from 2s. 2Md.
per pound to Is. 10d., with a further progressive yearly redaction
until it descends to orris snrixtna obiLx, we have much pleasure to
!Worm our friends and the public, that the adYantages arising from
these proposed reductions 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 BLUR 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
ord 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 Deptford
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 ttar-
lier if preferred by the party tendering.
No Tender will be received for less than half the quantity.
A sample of the Hair 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 Cot lice.
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 A•lmi-
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for
Hair for Beds," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place,
accompanied 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 bey and
question that

ROWLAND'S MACASSAR OIL possesses sin-
gularly nourishing powers in the growth, restoration, and
improvement of the Human Hair, and when every other specific has
failed.
This celebrated 011 is now universally acknowledged to be the
cheapest, and superior to all other preparations for the Hair. It
pretents it from falling off or turning grey—strengthens weak lair
—produces a thick and luxuriant growth— cleanses it from S curf
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, Emmons, and MIISTACHIOO, it is unfailing la its
stimulative operation. For Children it is especially recommendied,
as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hair, and rendering the lese
of the fine-comb unnecessary. In dressing the hair nothing can
equal ita effect, rendering the Hair so admirably soft teat it will lie in
any direction and imparting a transcendent lustre.—Price 3s. Gd.
and 75.; Family Bottles (equal to four small), 10s. 6d. ; and double
that size, 21s.
CAUTION (—On the wrapper of each Bottle are the words, Row-
Lawn's MACASSAR On, IN two lines. The same are engravers on the
back of the wrapper nearly 1,500 times, containing 29,028 lett era.
Sold by A. ROWLAND & SONS, 20, Hatton Garden, London ; and by
all Chemists and Perfumers.

IR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be Lad of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carva lb 0,
47, Fleet-street ; Mann, 39, Corning. Price One Shilling each; by
1s 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
CONTENTS : Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings-1
curahns about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills
Forests, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places Coun try
Trips and Rambles—The Sea - London at ,Night—Evenings at Ho me
Music—The Drama—Cn Eating, Drinking, sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c.,
II
FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAIN'S. Two Vols.
Vol. I.
VISIT 20 THEiLAKES ; SKETCH:On:EDINBURGH, &c...

'Fa 11.
TILE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, kc.

WHAT TO EAT, DRINK., AND AVOID,
"That three score years and ten our course may run."
A. popular review of almost every foam (cause and cure) of mar-
, ously-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses
the young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and urn-
bitters old age ; NS ith tables and lulesfor the diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.

1 V.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad..
cent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
of licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra-
tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.

THE MARRIAGE STATE.

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

Paogamams:—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
&sre, to secure healthy offspring, with the aft of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its conversion.
Cases, &c.

By it. J. CULVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
24), Twenty-five years Medical and Forensic Referee in there
matters.

Price ls. each; by post, le. Gd.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Carvalbo, 147,
met-street;
Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or of M. R. Culverwell, M.D.,
10, Arrvll-place, Regent-street, who may be consulted daily from
Ten till Five and Seven till NI.,