The Sun.
London, England, 1847-04-20 00:00:00

ONE HUNDREDTH SALE.
CUSTOM-HOUSE, London, April, 1847. For
SALE! by ORDER of the HONOURABLE the COMMIS-
SIONERS of her MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS. at Twelve o'clock at
nn precisely, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, 01
.lieodnid leas3day 28th, Thursday 29th, Friday 30th April, Saturday Ist
.1
3d, Thesdsy 4th, Wednesday sth, and Thursday 6th May
1847, the following GOODS for Horne Consumption: ---
Agate weals

Lace, Reels
Barbes
Shawls
Berthes, &c.
Musical Instruments
Horns
Violins
Guitars
Cornopeans
Harmonicons
Pianofortes
Meerschaum Pipes
Pipe Bowls, &c,
!Musical Boxes
Mohair Yarn
:Opera Glasses
'Pepper
Porcelain, French, &c.
,Pencils
'Perfumery
'Rugs, Persian, &e.
Rum
Silver Plate
ShaWls, Crape
Cashmere
French
Barege
Cotton, &c.
Spa Ware -
Silk Cloaks
Mantles
Scarfs
• Shawls, &c.
Bags
Purses
Aprons
Mitts
Garters
Silk, oiled or gummed
Silk and Cotton Stuffs
Silk-worm Gut
Sugar
Steel Buckles
Purse Snaps
Pure Aides
Furs t• 'lnures
Purse I.:b.els
Segar Lights •
Segars
Snuff
Tobacco, Manufactured
Unmanufactured
Boxes

Brooch Pieces
Buttons, &c.
Artif eta Flowers
But oaa
.krathen
Banc law
• Barfte
• Brooch
Paintings
Bronze Cand'estiLks
Baskets
Brandy
• Boxes, Card, Snuff, &c.
Work, &c.
Curtains Embroidered
:Cc.iarpeoral pirstiats, Tuwtey
Negligees
Paintingshinese
Jars, &c.
' value°,
Cambric Handkerchiefs
, eks, Inlaid
Or-molu
Marble
• Pillar
Brass
Chamber. &v.
Catlinge
Carved Wood
. Vologne Water
uettials
Cliiroots
• Carry Powder, &c
...raWiong Instruments
Anibridery, Tie-
Caps
Cuffs
Shirt Fronts
Handkerchiefs
Habit Shirts
Lace, &c. &c.
~._4lthenware
traCtil, Chemical
furniture
tileTers, dressed
for Paper Stainers
• Neva
•
~.rass Cloth
~.
ngs
Li • ~,aud. Screens
'T
( 're
017 Chessmen
Card Cases - •
Backgammon Men and!
- Boxes
• Sugar Cues
aleillpry
Cases
;IL Preaa.llllaw
Tleread
Silk
For Home Consumption, on Payment of the Duties :—Silk Menu-
"'clams. China Crape Shawls, China Silks, Pongee Handkerchiefs, itc.
_For Exportation only :—Spirits, Liqueurs, Tea, Books, Clocks,
. Watches.
For Exportation, or Home Consumption, on Payment of the
Duties :—Wood, Wine, Coffee, Succades, Tamarinds, Silver Plate,
!agar, Sugar-candy, Provitions Tea, Books, Soap, Preserved Ginger,
spirits, and sundry ether goods'
For the Benefit of the Crown. :—Silk Manufactures, Sugar,
Spirits, &c.
To be viewed at the Queen's Warehouse Custom House, Thames-
street ; at the St. Katherine, the London, 'the East and West India
Docks; and at tl:e Tobacco Ground, Botherhithe, on Friday 23d,
Saturday 24th, Monday 25th, and Tuesday 27th April, 1847, from
Van o'clock in the Morning until Three o'clock in the Afternoon;
and on the -days of sale, from Ten o'clock in the Morning until
Twelve o'clock at noon.
Take Notice, that the goods sold at this Sale will not be delivered
bit% after two clear days of the day on which they are sold ; and
that no lots can be paid for at the office of the Receiver of Fines
alt," two o'clock in the afternoon ; and on the days of sale money
Xll 11 not be received by the Receive: of Fines after eleven o'clock in
the for, noon.
Deatalogues may be had at the Queen's Warehouse, Custom House,
One Shilling.

ITea
IWoollen Shawls
IWalking-sticks
IWlne
Waistcoating
Watches, Gold

Silver
Watch Keys
And ♦arious other goods.

_ .
OFFICE OF ORDNANCE.
April 12, 1847.
42," principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give
14.2!,,that they are ready to DISPOSE OF, to such persons as may
1 am%1111.,,,,ng to Tender for the same, a quantity of OLD IRON GUNS,
2,.-I.OT and SHELLS. in store at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich,
*hick have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed upon applica-
preveyth? the Storekeeper of that place, any day (Sundays excepted)
l' A 7," to the day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders.
i Vng i'oatal
°Sue of the several Lots may be obtained by persons vvil-
ti lha ?ri, become purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office, Woolwich;
: ta, ~;',.Pal Storekeeper's Office, at the Tower ; and at the Secre-
tt
pti'n' Zyflice, in. all-mall, where the Tenders for the whole or any
2341,`'r of the said Lots are to be delivered, on or before FaIDAT, the
distant.

By order of the Board.
R. BYILIBI, Secretary.

IMPORTANT AND UNPRECEDENTED
Mess SALE AT HOLMES', REGENT-STREET.
Of rs HOLMES have taken several thousand pounds' worth
to BRAWLSth (at an immense sacrifice), in liquidation of a debt due
7 firm by an eminent French manufacturer, the whole having
been
toesezPressly produced for the present season. The patterns are of
the elaborate and recherche description ; and in consequence of
glonieZrnense quantity, they are compelled to sell them at a
sa-
aaprecedented.
tc;;Zil vast additional amount of stock have induced Messrs. Holmes
their mark (at a great discount from the original cost) the whole of
extensive and valuable assortment of MANTILLAS and FURS,
ksirkt.a.eir unrivalled collection of INDIA, BRITISH, and FRENCH
5e,,,.,714, to be included in this Sale, and to facilitate which,
article is marked in Plain Figures.
iThe Bale commenced on the 13th instant.
OVOID" and BRITISH SHAWL EMPORIUM, 171, 173, and
ET.

STEAM to ABERDEEN, INVERNESS, and
The the NORTH of SCOTLAND.
Aberdeen Steam Navigation Company's splendid and power-
41Pa Will start as under, weather, &c., permitting :
24f or ABERDEEN, the CITY OF ABERDEEN, on Saturday, April
at pour
Per INVERNESS,
rout INVERNESS, the New Iron Steam-Ship DUKE OF
ti,,,,ERLAND, on Monday, April 26, at Ten, morning, calling off
Invergordon, Cromarty, and Chanonry Point.
ymeea: Spread Eagle, Regent-circus, or 257, Wapping.
CHARLES WILLIAM WILLOUGHBY, Agent.

,OPAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
u er
T. Ay.. —4OTURES in illustration of ANIMAL MECHANISM, by
Kin .v Jones. Esq., puts., Professor of Comparative Anatomy at
tlsro„ellege, daily at Half-past Three. A LECTURE on CUE.
?„--„-.bt in its application to the USEFUL ARTS, by Charles F.
Es ,on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday Evenings, at
Ihkyr,-.""cloCIG QLECTURES on .A.RAISTRONG'S HYDRO-ELEC-
--"*.. it&CHm. b Rp,chhoffner. Tha WORKING MODELS
b,o,l44'mAeiliirms—ir The varied Optical Effects
qa-clytee of DISSOLVING viRWs, the OXY-
atrUde E be. ittpERImfINTS with the
DROGEN MICROSCOPE. _
mIVER and Diyitio-BELL, &0.. & .
Admission is. Selieols,haur-
reee.
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lIIRA.TESEND STAR and BLACK WALL
PACKETS. Boat and Railway included in one Payment.
'rem the Brdiuswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9, 10, 11, 12, 136, 334,
534. and 7.' Sundays, at 9, 10, 11, 134, 334, 534, and 7. The
TRAINS starting one quarter of an hour before each of these times.

.. .
The New Terrace Pier, Gravesend, at 734, 834, 934, 1134, 1,2,
2, N and 634. Sundays, at 734, 834, 1134, 1,3, 5,6, and 7.
N.B.—No other packets call at the Grays or Greenhlthe Piero.
Star Office, Gravesend, April 14, 1847.

EYEBROWS, MUSTACHIOS, and WHIS-
KER% produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and
.Prevented by the use of GRIMSTONE'S AROMATIC REGENE-
'4IOR, an essential spirit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers,
„a Ow drops of which cure headache in a few minutes ; it is also a
most delightful, fragrant toilet perfume. Sold only in triangular
ttleo. protected by the Government stamp, at 4s. ; double the else.
and double this size, II s. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con-
A,,ning testimonials of undoubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes'
iietco on tke Growth and Preservation of the Human Hair, &c
Post, 4s. 6d., 7s. lild„ and 125., for money orders only.
tollold wholesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near
44°,1; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
-street; Messrs. Butler and Co., Cheapside • Fisher and Teller,
r ij4nit.street ; Mr. Johnston, medicine warehouse, 66, Cornhill •
it"l,,b/ Chemists, Perfumers, and others For Edinburgh, J. and
ilaZuraes. Leith-walk ; for Manchester, eresehe and Son, Adver

TO VIZ LADIES.
lady had the following letter inserted in the "Times" news-
un Aug- 7, 1846. Reader, remember, this letter was put into
Paper by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
• ,J,i'trs. Weekley, of Ho. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor-
=";";:rftPhuhe liiiclinyczelh;nklng Mr. W. Grimstone, of th Ilerbary, High-
of his Aromatic Regenerator,e in having corn-
-17 restored the hair on her head, after using it about four months,
inU the
whole of her hair is much stronger and mere luxuriant than
itx"r Val before the baldness appeared.
Iteg—„rs• Weekley inserts this testimony to the virtues of Mr. G.'s
A-ator, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
per„ 8 bottle if they were as certain of its virtues as she is, from ex-
eamftee, not only in the restoration and produotion of hair in allund-
_ bev—:„,,uat as a cure of, nervous headache ; as a toilet perfume it is far
WIZ"' ay to her taste. She will feel a pleasure in answering any
respectability to the above Swan-street, Borough."
n' eases of the hair becoming thin, weak, or turning grey, a few
(Ir
°Ps en the crown of the bead occasionally, every week, will pre-
eat the hair from coming away with the comb, make it strong, and
!nee, •
fa_ nt it turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
I,:_droPs on your hairbrush before brushing the hair, will give the
-"`E•brillianey, causing it to curl.
cost Che rn,)st delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the
aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing
o
removes headache and makes it a most necessary companion
o the toilet. In cases of nevous headache, pour ten or twelve drops
It crown of the head ;if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an
Mr • In most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces
""" oft ehlldren's heads in a few appplications. If used on infants'
cads; it has such-a peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre-
'rent•couvUlsions. as well as promoting the growth of hair.—See
Darlet of testimonials.
lettora addressed to William Grimstone Barbary. Highgate.

CIJLVERWELL on HEALTH, HAPPINESS, and
LONG LIFE.
lil pocketialumes ls. each, by post (in stamps), is. 6d. each.
119 T 0 B HAPPY.
• • Jacande Tivere."—Cic.
2.
♦WHAT to EAT, DRINK. and AVOID.
(With Diet-tables for all Complaints.)
MARRIAtSE and its MYSTERIES.
To:be, or not to be, that is the question."—Shakspeare.
4.

The PASSIONS—Their ADVENT and CONTROL.
" Cura ut 'MIENS."
These publications are free from empyrical mysticism, and are
"anted to the intelligence of the times.
To be .had of •iherwood, 23, Paternoster-row ; Mann, 39, Corn-
,11111; barvalho, 147, Fleet-street ; and all Booksellers, or direct from
Corn-
,11111; Author, whose practice is exclusively devoted to home consulta-
1. Jin, Mornings till Three, and in the Evenings from Seven till Nine,
" 10 Arryie-place. Resent-street.

ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND
MATURITY.
WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
tilt Published, Twentieth Thousand, in a sealed envelope, price
25.6 d. or post paid. to any address, for 3s. 6d. in Postage tamps
direct front the Author's residence.
SELF• PRESERVATION : A Medical Treatise
on the Secret Infirmities and Disorders of Youth and Maturi,y.
•ttds4rated with Twenty-five Coloured Plates on the Anatomy.
Ysiology, and Diseases of the Urinary and Reproductive Organs,
~Plaining their various structures, uses, and functions, and showing
" uduries that are produced in them, by solitary habits, and ether
jje„,l,,Qsses. With Practical Observations on the Treatment of Nervous
umitY, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and other diseases of
e Urethra.
BY SAMUEL FA'Y''.IIT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, iledfort:,s• ;Let, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member or the University of Edinburg, Ilonorar
a‘erelier of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate
'Potheearies' Han, London, Etc., Sue.

CONTENTS OF THE TREAT HE.
ariedTkrTZE I. On the Philosophy of Marriage, its Hindrance
Cbligationa, and on Infelicitous and Ut,pr..,.1 ,c.tive Unions.—
i3--"'Tx). 2. On the Anatomy and rhysiology (a the Generally,
gana, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that grea
and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
.A.ZtAPT 3. On Solitary Habits; their various effects on tin
f Economyconcealed cause of Debility of the function
c-Stoulach, Lungs,' and Brain, and general weakness of th.
dental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Youtl
• aiaturlty, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
rita', Debility, and Premature Decay.—CIIATTEBS 5 and 6. On
oi_tlimorderr arising from indiscnminate Excess, Goniaorhota
. Strictures, and other Diseases of Urethra.
try,e REVIEWS OF TES WORE.
Bed author of this singular and talented work is legally quail-
the tltrealloal man, who has .-tvidently had considerable experience of
trau„,, fitment of the various disorders arising from the follies an i
aitio74 of early Indiscretion. The engravings are an invaluable ad
• ..aby, demon3tratlng the consequences of excesses, which mass
a salutary warning to youth and maturity, and by its peruse
'
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me
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