The Sun.
London, England, 1840-02-13 00:00:00

CONTRACTSfor MEAT, 13 LIL AD. 1 A •
• for the ROYAL MARINE INFIRMARIES at WOOL-
WICH and CHATHAM. -
DEPARTMEN P OF THE PHYSICIAN.GENER AL OF
THE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE, FE:11. I?, 1910.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT-
ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of
the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on TkiUnsnAY, the 27th
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat vrith such
Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying all such
quantities of all or any of the following Articles as shall from
time to time be required for the use of either or both of the
Royal Marine Infirmaries at Woolwich and Chatham, from the
Ist day of April next to the 31st day of March, 1841, v:z. :
FRESH BEEF and MUTTON,
BREAD,
MILK,
SOAP,
CANDLES,
And also for the Supply of VEGETABLES, from the Ist
day of April next to the 31st day of March, 1843.
Samples of the Soap eind Candles, and the Cmditions of the
Contracts, may be seen at the said Office, or on application
to the Purveyor of the respective Infirmaries.
No Tn der 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 authorized in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
mit alty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender
for ," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac-
cen9anied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, en-
gaging to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum
of 100/. for the due performance of each of the Contracts f‘r
Beef, Mutton, Bread, and Vegetables, and in the sum of 50/.
for each of the others.

NEW LOAN FOR SPAIN.
The CO MM I T TEE of SPANISH BOND-
HOLDERS having learned that Agents are now in Madrid
for the purpose of negociating a new Loan, do hereby give
Notice that they will use their utmost exertions to prevent such
Loan from being carried into effect, unless it shall embrace
a just and certain provision for the Debt and Dividends already
due to the Foreign Creditors of Spain.
By Order of the Committee,
THOMAS THORNTON,
Spanish Committee Room, Hon. Sec.
9, Old Swan-stairs, London-bridge.
N.B. Books continue open for Subscriptions for the English
and French Committee,' and unless ample funds be provided
the Committee cannot possibly take all the necessary measures
for securing the interest of the Bondholders.

THE SOUTHERN STAR.
THE LARGEST, AND MOST DECIDEDLY-
RADICAL JOURNAL IN EUROPE.

(Edited by BRONTERRE

O'BRIEN and WILLIAM

CARPENTER.)
In consequence of the several attempts made to strangle this
Journal from the day of its first announcement—attempts which
retarded its appearanco for upwards of three months, and de-
stroyed nearly one-half its sale durinc, the four first weoks of
its existence—a report has got into circulation that its publication
is about to cease. _

The report is a lie !—a malicious lie—a lie invented by the
enemies of the SOUTHERN; STAR, to destroy it, and of
which the " wish was father to the thought." As the best
answer to the lying report, Messrs. O'Brien and Carpenter beg
to announce that they have at last completed such arrangements
as will set the malice of their enemies at defiance—arrange-
ments that will at once secure excellence in the mechanical
execution of the Paper, and perfect regularity in its publication
and delivery. The SOUTHERN STAR will henceforward
prove for the Southern Counties what the NORTHERN
STAR is for the Northern Counties—the unflinching Advo-
cate of Democracy, and the Poor Man's best guide and guar-
dian. _ .

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WITH ALL THE NEW CREATIONS,
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Printed, on a new plan, in one large volume Evo, with an em-
blazoned Title-page, and.upwards of 1,500 Engravings of Arms,
&c., price 38s. bound.
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THEATRE ROYAL, tOVENT GARDEN.
UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF MADAME
VESTRIS.
THIS EVENING, FEE. 13.

Will be repeated the New Original Play in Five Acta, written

by Leigh Hunt, Esq., to te called
A LEGEND OF FLORENCE.
Francisco Agolanti, Mr. MOore; Antonio Rondinelli, Mr.
Anderson ; Cesare Colonna, Mr. G. Vandenhoff ; Fulvio Da
Riva, Mr. Bartley; Giulio, Mrs. Waiter Lacy; Gin evra,
Miss Ellen Tree. ; -.

After which wtll be repeated the Grand Allegorical and National
Masque, in honour of htr Majesty's Nuptials, entitled
THE FORT UNATE_ISLES ; OR, THE TRIUMPHS

OE BRITANNIA.

The MJsic composed and selected by Mr. H. R. 13ishop.-
Dress Boxes, 75. ; Second Price, 3s. 6d.; First and Second
Circles, ss. ; Second Price, 25. 6d. ; Pit, 3s. ; Second Price,
2s. ; Gallery, Is.
Doors to be opened at half-past Six—the performances to
eommence at Seven o'Clock.
Tickets and places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Natter,
at the Box-office, from' Ten till Four, where Season Tickets
may be had upon application.
• I'rivate Boxes to be had solely of Mr. Andrews, bookseller,
167, New Bond-street.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
- Last Week of the best Pantomime in London.
THIS EVENING, FEB. 13.
Will be acted the Legendary Drama, called
THE LAPIDARY OF LEYDEN.
Supported by the entire strength of the Company.
After which, the'Performances of Michael Boai.
To which will be added,
MICHAEL EARLE, THE MANIAC LOVER.
Characters by Messrs: Saville, H. Hughes, "Seville, John-
on, and Smith ; Mrs Vining, Mrs. Day, and Miss Martin!
To conclude with the Grand Pantomime, called
THE QUEEN BEE; or, HARLEQUIN AND GOODY
TWO SHOES.

STRAND THEATRE.
UNPARALLELED SUCCESS.
The GREAT WIZARD of the NORTH'S Temple of Magic
is nightly honoured with crowded, brilliant, and fashionable
audiences, who gaze in breathless astonishment at his incredible
wonders of incomprehenSible Magical Phenomena.
On THIS EVENING (Tnuttsnar), FEB. 13, 1840, and
every evening during the week, the GREAT WIZARD of the
NORTH will perform: his Hundred Feats of Magic ! Leger-
demain ! Necromancy ! and Black Art !
The whole of this Unparalleled Performance will conclude
with the most Wonderful Feat ever attempted by living Man,
of which the Great Wizard of the North is the Sole Inventor.
THE GUN TRICK,
Of which unique and brilliant Exploit he is the Absolute In-
ventor, and it is so perfect a delusion as almost to justify the
supposition of his INVULNERABILITY. In this splendid
invention he distinctly assures the Public that the extraordinary
Mystery of the Trick is not effected by the aid of any Accom-
plice, or by inserting a tube in the muzzle of the Gun, or by
other conceivable devices (as the Public frequently,
and in some instances correctly, imagine), but that
811 Gentleman may really load the Gun in the usual
manner, inserting, himself, a MARKED REAL LEADEN
BALL ! ! The Gun being then fired off at the Wizard, he
will instantly produce and exhibit the same Bullet in hii HAND.
The above, although a ;host extraordinary deception, one that
creates greater speculation than the others, is not a pleasing.
experiment, particularly to Ladies; consequently, it will not be
Performed till all the other delusions are finished.

Boxes, 2s. 6d.—Pit, Is. 6d —Gallery, Is.
Second Price at Half-past Eight.—Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.,
Gallery, 6d. The Box-ofl'►ce will be open from Eleven till
Pour, where places can be secured. Doors open at half-p&st
Six.—The Wizard crummences at Seven, concluding at Half-
past Ten. _ _

N.B.—Ladies and Gentlemen taught the fashionable art of
Legerdemain, or Parlour Magic. The Wizard has always on
hand, for sale, a most. splendid assortment of Apparatus for
the performance of Parlour Magic. Ladies or Gentlemen
purchasing an Apparatus, may rest assured they will be made
adepts in the art with a Single Lesson from the Wizard of the
North. Terms, according to the value of the Apparatus.

VACCINATION "AND RE-VACCINATION.—
Copenhagen is extremely subject to epidemic diseases, and,
during the last few yars, to small-pox. From the various
observations which he has made during these epidemic attacks,
Professor Otto concludes-1. That the vaccine virus has lost
nothing of its original force.— 2. That a child cannot be
vateinated too so:m after birth. That the protective influence
of-the vaccine virus gradually diminishes with time; in some,
perhaps in the greater part of those vaccinated, it is lost after
a certain lapse of years, 4. The nature of the cicatrix does
not enable us to determine how far the disease will be modi-
fied. 5. Small-pox, when it occurs in the vaccinated, is
always modified, and the more so the younger the person is.
6. liegular variola, in the vaccinated, only appeared in per-
sons who had passed the age af. fourteen. 7. Out of ten vac-
cinated persons who had died, none hail passed the age of
twenty-three. 8. Not a single ease of small-pox had, as yet,
occurred in the re-vaccinated.—hldical
On Saturday last, Mr. Sanderson, of Cocker-
Month, banker, entrusted a parcel containing 7001. in notes
and gold (we believe nearly an equal amount of each) to the
care of Mr. Douglas, common carrier, between that town and
Whitehaven. The parcel was directed to the Whitehaven
Joint Stock Bank. On arriving at Whitehaven, however,
Douglas says, that he had the parcel in his great-coat pocket,
and having forgot it, left his coat at the inn where he puts up,
and that some one must have taken nut the parcel and conveyed
h away. Hand-bills were issued offering a reward for the lost
money; but in the mean time certain circumstances created a
suspicion that all was not right with the carrier, and that he
was not telling the truth, consequently he was taken into cus-
tody and searched, when there were found upon him not less
Than 20 sovereigns, and 301. in bank notes, which he could not
account for in any other way than by saying they were his own
Pocket money. This and other suspicious circumstances were
thought sufficient to warrant Douglas's detention, and he is still
in custody for further examination on this serious charge.
Prior to this affair Douglas bore a res:sectable character and
Was looked upon as a confidential person, being freeuently en-
trusted with both money and goods to a considerable amount.
--Carisle Journal.
IMPOSITION UPON THE THEATRES.--In con-
sequence of the " special" command of her Majesty that the
various metropolitan theatres should be open gratuitously to the
public on Monday night,- the doors of each establishment were
nesiqged during the day by persons in order to obtain tickets
of admission. A set of fellows after procuring the admissions
sold them at 3d., and in many instances false orders were sold
for 3d, each to the unwary. At Sadler's Wells this species of
fraud was practised, and the fellow was taken into custody and
committed to the House of Correction from Hatton-garden Po-
nce-office on Tuesday. He was recognised as a notorious and
Convicted thief.