The Sun.
London, England, 1854-10-27 00:00:00

EAST INDIA DOUSE, 25TH 0CT.,1854.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give Notice, that the Transfer
Books of the said Company's Stock will be shut on THURSDAY,
the 7th of hecember next, at Three o'clock, and opened again on
TUESDAY, the 16th of January, 1855.
That the Warrants for the Dividends on the said Stock, payable on
SATURDAY, the 6th January, 1855, under the 11th section of the
Act 3d and 4th, William4th, cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on
that day.

JAMES C. MELVILLE, Secretary.

CRYSTAL PALACE.—RAND of the GUIDES.
The Band of the Imperial regiment of Guides have arrived
from Paris expressdy to take part in the Concert at the Crystal
Palace, on Saturday, the 28th inst., to aid of the Funds for the relief
Of ,he Sick and Wounded and Widosts and Orphans of her Majesty's
Forces in the War.

By order.

G. GROVE, Secretary.

Crystal Palace, Oct. 2G, 1854.

CHOLERA ORPHANS.-NATIONAL
(RPHAN HOME, Warn common. ingituted 1849 —On Sunday
korning next, October 29. a Sermon will be preached at St. Benet's,
Gracechurch street, on behalf of the above Orphan Home, by the
Rev. M. W. LUSIGNAN, M.A., Lecturer of All-Hallows the G eat
and Less. The Home has now 40 Orphan Girls, and 20 more are to
be elected if possible en the 13th— fo: Veen to be Cholera Or hans.
JOSEPH BROWN, H.A" llon. Secretaries.
J 31 MORGAN, Esq ,
Every information will be given by the Honorary Secretary, the
Rev. Joseph Brown, Rector of Christ Church. Blackfriar's-road, to
whom subscriptions may be forwarded; also to the Treasurer, Henry
Xingscote, 1, Parliament-street; or to the a count of the National
Orphan Home, London and Westminster Bank, City; to Dalton's,
Cockspur-street; Hatchard's, Piccadilly; Nesbitt's, Hernera street;
Rivington's, St. Paul's Churchyard, and Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall;
Beeley's, 54, Fleet-street, and Hanover street, Hanover square.

ORTH-WESTERN
'S for STORES for the Year, 1855.
c'ive TENDERS for the SUPPLY

LONDON and N
RAH. AY —CON CRAM'
•
—The Directors are prepared to re
of the undermentioned nTORES, s
No. of Contract-
1. Brass Sheet and Tubes for
•
Locomotives
S. Copper •
4. Canvas
b. Carpet and Rugs
st 6. Cl..th
I; 7. Axles
9. Crucibles
.1' 10. Curled Hair
Of i 11. Carriage Furniture, Brass
llr 12. Co ours
12a. Drysaltery
13. Coach Trimmings
14. Cotton Waste
15, Bags, Rope, Hemp, Ice.
16. Glass, Plate
16a. Glass, various
17. Hardware and Station Stores
17a. Brushes and veucils
18. Leather
18a. Leather, various
Specifications and Forms of Tender may be had on and after Mon-
' day. October 23d, on application; in v, riting, to the Secretary, Eust n
btation, London.
Forms of Tender for each Contract ate printed separately, and
parties applying should state the particular Contract or Contracts for
Which they propose to tender.
Patterns may also be inspected on and afte-r Mo day, October 23d,
from Ten till Four o'clock, at the Conloany's Pattern !loom, Ens' on
Station ; and any further information required may be obtained on
application to the Heads of the several Departments.
Tenders may be sent in on or etore Ten o'clock on Monday,
November 6th.

No of Contract-
-19 Lead, White and Red
9a. 1 e td. S'ieet and Pipe
20. Iron, Yorkshire
20a. Iron Staffordshire
20b Iron, Pig
21. Iron Castings
,22. Iron Wo:k
23. Wheels
4 011, Burning, Sec.
25. Oils (various), Tallow, and
Turpentin
26. Oil Cloth
27. Steel •
28. Steel Springs and Files
29. Tin Blocks
30 Tin Sheet and Spelter
St Vanii,hes
12. Sundries
34. Hatt
3'). Caps

By order of the Directors
CIIA i. E. STEWART, Secretary.

Enston Station, OctoteiclTM7

COSMORAMA OF ST. PETERSBURG,
X..) ROYAL PAN') i'TICnN, I eicest, r-square. k COS MOR M a
Of ST. PETERSBURG, including a Portr 'it of ths Emperor Nichrlas.
has been added to thr many attractions at the Royal Penopticen of
Science a, d Art. Amongst these sre :—the Lu T Moos and Chromatic
Fountain, throwing Illuminat d Water 100 feet high—Panorama and
Dioramic Views of Verona—A splendid Collection of Thromatrope.
Heincke's Diving Apparatus, the Subaqueous ight, &c. —Scientific
Lectures and Demons,rations by en inert Profe•csors - and Perfor-
mances on the Grand Organ by M. Best, and I);stin's Fegel Horn
-Union every evening. Hour• of exhibition - mornln .12to 5 ; even-
ing. 7to 10, Saturday evenings excepted. Admission, ls. ; schools
and children under 10, half price. Season admission, one guinea ;
life admission, ten guineas.

ri RAND BAL MASQUE at the CASINO DE
W VENIRE, High Holborn. it is rescectfully announced that
in compliance with the oft-expressed wish of the numerous t•atrons
of this superbly decorated and nannificent establishment, a Grand
Bel Masque, upon the same liberal scale that rendered al previous
ones given here so extremely popular, wi.l take place TO-NIGHT,
October 26. Mr. W. M. Packer's renowned Band will per+orm
a program-re of the most favourite cotnpos tions in Dance ~Ittsic
Gentlemen s Tickets, 5s ; Ladies' co., 3s. Doors oven At ha f-past
Nine; to commence at Ten o'clock punctually. Mr. Nathan, Castle-
Street, is the appointed Costumier.

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAURENT'S GRAND
CASING.—Open Every Evening.— Principal Cornet a Piston,
M. Bou'court—The Band will perform during the week th follawing
Programme:— Overture, Zanetta ; Waltz, Les Gandoles de la Tamise ;
Polka, Bulgarian ; Quadrille, Le Joli Postillon ; Polka. La Comete ;
Waltz, Stars of the +v est ; Quadrille. Les Italiens ; Schottische,
Henrietta; Galop, Cer.ican Brothers; Wal z, Ilene; Quadri.le, Les
Prancaise ; Polka, Etoile du Nord; Waltz, Solon Spruche ; Quadrille,
Constantinople; Galop, L'Orange. Admi,sion, One Shilling. Altera-
tion of Time—Doors open at a ; commence at half-past.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
309, REGENT-‘TREET.—Ir.:der the t•ole Direction of J.
H. PEPPER, E 4 , A. IrAt. C.E.
GO >I:, DRAMATIC READING; are now added to the other
attractions of the Institution.

Miss GLYN 7,11 read SIACRETH on Thursday Evening, the 26th
butt at Eight o'clock, the METV:II ANT of VENICE on Saturday
Evening, the 28th inst., at Eight o'clock; HAMLET on the 2d of
November, at Eight o'clock; and ROMEO and JULIET on the 4th
of November, at r fight.
• LECTURE specially addressed to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSRA
on Monday Evenings.
3. Every NOVELTY in GENERAL SCIENCE will be secured to the
An ever-varied succession of LF.CTURES, MECH ANICAL and
COSMORAMIC EXHIBITIONS. MUSIC, the MICRO;COPE,
DISSOLVING VIEWS, &e , is maintaloed daily, from Twelve till
Five Evenings, Seven till 'fen
Admission, Is ; tall., 2s
Open o SATURDAY EVEvINGS from half-past seven till ten,
for Miss GLYN'S DRAMATIC READINGS ONLY.

TO LOVERS OF
Ino real TA RMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included.
The ahoy. forwarded to all parts on receipt of peuny postage stamps,
or P. 0. 0. (nreferred) for the amount. Send plain addre,s, counts-,
and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great
Yarmouth.

AIORISON'S PILLS. —The VEGETABLE
UNIVERSAL MEDiCINE of the BRI C .1 LEGE
of HEALTH, New-rood, Lot.don.
Read the MARISONI ANA and other ilygetan publications, to be
had gratis of all the agentm.
No chemist or druggist is allowed to sell -0 orison's Pills

JACKSON'S PATENT PREPARATION for
the PREAERV.A.TION of POTATOES, SEEDS, &c.—This
valuable discovery, for willich Letters Patent have been obtained, is
the result of fourteen ye rs' stud. and experiments in the preserva-
tion of vegetable matters. It imparts health and vigour to 'he Plants
and Seeds subjected to its a. tion, and effectually prev..nts the
POTATO DISEASE, the SMUT in WHEAT, MILDEW and ROT,
all FUNGAL DISEASES, and 'he attacks of INSECTS and VER-
MIN, and further recommends itself to the farmer, th planter, and
the public generally, by the extreme simplicity of the mode of its
application.
It is sold by all seedsmen and Chemists, in packets of one, two,
three, and four pounds each, with instructions for its use, and parties
requiring larger quantities for their own use or for exportation, can
be supplied on advantageous terms, by addressing to Mr. Jackson, the
Patentee, 18, Cannon-street, London-bridge, when» the article is
always on sale, and the fullest particulars and directions for its use
can be obtained.

GR AVESEND ST AR
PACKETS.

No other Packets call at the Greenhithe and Purfleet Piers.
NOTICE.—Dav Tickets are Issued upon the oraveseml Star
Packets. available for return y .hem or by the London and Tilbury
Railway ; the It turn Tickets by the Railway will also be available
for return by the Stir Packets.
The Packets call at the Piera as underlined (weather permitting

FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND

WEER I)A7E.

Terrace
Pier

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Direct Trains from the Boats marked t
Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London
wry quarter of an hoar.
BRUNSWICK BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the fol-
lowing Trains from the Fenchurch-street Station.

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Fore Cabin Saloon
To or from Gravesend and London•• •• •• 10d. Is 2d.
, Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 10,1
Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. fid. Oa Bd.
BOAT TICKETS. Twelve Months, Os. , t:ix Months, 3/. Os.
Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on board the
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier. Gravesend.
• Oct. 23. 1P54.

Passages marked • are

THZ SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURITY
Just publlshed, price Es., Illustrated with cases; free by post for 30

N
E R 7 0 .13, gtamps. DEBILITY;
Its Causes,
symptoms: and
Cure.—An Essay on Sper-
matorThcea, with PracticalofObservationsthe diseases
on a safer and more
successful mode of treatment
of the 3,lllseases of the Generative
Synem, obtained by the use
distinguishing, by urinary examination,
realzoscope In detecting and
eve! 7 variety of complaint, whether arising cause and effect of
,axe esses, accident, or climate, followed by practicalfrom solitary habits,
on twenty years' experience in the treatment remarks, founded
N'e rvous Debility, Local Weakness, s or impuissance.
, perrnatorrbeea ice.
al Is added, Co•nmentaries on the Physiology of
Marriage,
To which
ea in tionary hints on the evils emanating from empiricalfige, with pre-
an, i on the e,lngerous remedies advocated by v practice,
the to important disorders. various writers on
riy AA MIME LA'YPET, M.D.
~, al, NEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON,
egot•,`or of Medicine, Matriculated Member or the University of Eon
bt.. Th. Tlonorary Member of the Londor Hospital Medical Society
Lie, vitiate of Apothecaries' Ilan, T,ondon, &c., &c.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
Sequenc. •44 resulting Wan certain habits, irregularities, aiond 51
inos Man-
-13,8,
Which ha re proauced more misery in youth,
degradatn
ta°od and i %Is:nature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any
ether cies, c!. disease known to modern pathologists It, perusal it
Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of
their Physics I condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
e health, he ppiness, and privileges to which every human being is
entitled.
0 It is absolut, 4,3' necessary thatall men should know, that there are
Inrinenci,,.ll,l" of pe. Is °nal management which cannot be violated without
the heyday
g'rievc vs pensities, and when wisdom and regret succeed
mavV(leY of haconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties
indl.cei:lltitigate cl, how the sting of their bitterness maybebe remove-d,
that e-he
evil and its con, equences may be avoided, above all,
thereterangel 15, sc,kr, iely any degree of physical infirmity or functionalonal
ThesAutllent to w. Lich the timely aid of science cannot appy
r h In an extensive
peaches , as f,rr a series of years been engaged
unfortunately
In the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have
I
'empiric!, een too generally confided to the care of hmorant
faith
in :hal' ilia great injury ou those who are induced to place
:t their pre tonsimis.
It OtTA D E
mule, • BIr,ITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. Piper,
tic, , and c 5 .
lthi ne, 19 1.,,,, ~ a, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street;
to rty st4in' sic, ist,x-sou -, re; :Mann. 39, Cornbil, : or iree :•.,,. post for
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