The Sun.
London, England, 1848-08-01 00:00:00

CONTRACT for TRAIN or PILCHARD OIL.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, July 28, 1848.
The CominiAloners for executing the office of Lord High Admiral
fof tho United. Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
,notice that on Tutmsnior, the 17th August neat, at One o'clock,
'they Iriil 'Je ready to treat wit« such Persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying her Majesty's Dockyards with TRAIN or
PILL 11/At I) OIL.
eltstribution of the Oil, and a Form of the Tender may be seen
at, the said Office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock on
th'4. '1.17 of treaty, tier any' noticed, unless the party attends, or
aa agent for him duly statherised in writing.
:/alrery Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the Adinl-
ralLY, and hear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for Oil,"
55'4 must also be delivered at Somerset-place, 7.ccompanied by a
Better signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering, in the sum of 2001. for the due performance of
the Contract.

pURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT of CHANCERY, made in a cause LANGTON
iltrinstßNCOlJ f, the Creditors of CHARLES WILLIAM KNIGHT,
late of
Bernurs-street, Oxford-street, in the county of Middlesex, de-
'Oeas:l (wile. died on or about the 25th day of December, 1847), are,
en ,or ham p the 9th day of Asgust, 14S, to leave their claims of
debits befori, the Honourable •,ir GEORGE ROSE, one of the Masters
of the said ftourt, at his Chambers, in Southampton-buildings, Chan-
tazz., -lane, London ; and are oh or before the 20th day of November,
11548, to /establish such clahns before the sAld Master, or, in default
whereof, they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said
Lecree,

ItIXON and SON, Plaintiff's Solicitors,
11, King Williani-strect.

riti CI Ni Y on PERSONAL SECURITY.
.;the.. LEICESTER LOAN and DISCOUNT COMPANY
At rnake adwances of MOSEY, in sums not exceeding 3001. on
nnprored per dual security-, repayable as r ay he mutually agreed.
Persons niundoubted character and respectability, requiring tempo-
.
ktrY 2W/stance, will tind a spirit of liberality pervading the opera-
tions of this Company not n-equently met with in similar establiAt-
anents. 'To enhance the value of the accommodation afforded, every
-transaction is treated as strictly confidential, and promptitude is a
reigning feakure in the management.
The °theca in Lgicester-place, Leicester-square, are open daily,
• from Ten Lill Five o'clock.

11LA.vE5END via BLACKWALL RAIL.
WAY, and STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
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Railway ani Boat included in one Payment.
Fares, to or from London.
cure (labia and Second Class Railway, ONE SHILLTNG ;
1510e.n and. 'First Class ditto, OSE SHILLING and SIXPENCE.
To or from Blackwall or intermediate Piers,
For Cabin.. •. • 9d. 5a100n....• • Is.
No other Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
'From Tile Torrace Pier, Gravesend, at 7,9%, 11%, 1,2, 3,
'.5, 6,6%, 7, and 8. Sundays, at 7, 8%,* 10%, 11%, 1,3, 4,5, 6,
1t 6%, 7,7%, and 8.
• froim tJe Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall, at 9,9%, 10, 10%, 11, 12,
2%, 3%, 00, 5%,* 6, and 7.* Sundays, at 8%, 9,9%, 10,
10;6, 11,' 1%, 2%, 3%, 5,6, 7,5 and 7%.5
The TR AINS starting one quarter of au hour before each of these
Mmes.
Passage marked. 'l. are run direct, the Packets not being per-
, matted to stop at Piers or for Boats.
Omnibuses frown Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London
every qua rrer of an hour.
BOAT TICKETS.-Twelve Months, 4/. 45.; Six Months, 21. 15s. ;
Three Months, 11. 155.; to be had of the Collectors on board the
h. Vackets ;it r. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend ;or of Mr. Saunders,
'Brunswick Wharf, Blackwall.
,74 , For Pack eta for Excursions apply to Mr. Morgan, Star Office, Fen-
church-stY Alt Station, Blackwall Railway.
s•Jgte 10,1848.
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42 BOI.ICITOI S'n AND 'GENERAL LIFE
.A.SSIIRANC,'E SOCIETY,
67, CHANCERY-LANE, IsO.NDON. •
l'::141.--14:4:?ea is hereby given, that Interest at the rate of Four per Cent.
•A am
Annum on the paid-up Capital of this Society will be PAYABLE
' at_th 61. Chancery-lane, between the hours of Eleven and
V.: -Laren
on and after the 10th day of AUGUST next.
By orde'e of the Board,
lay
6,
;Isar CHARLES JOHN GILL, Secretary.
Dat d

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l'•.:‘ , 14:TISII -EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE
1 ASSURANCE COMPANY,
' • Incorporated under Act 7 and 8 Vie., c. 110.
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, t 17, New Bridge. street, Blackfriars, London.
Notice is, hereby given, that pursuant to the Deed of Settlement,
• ..I • an Extra/ordinary General Meeting of the Members of this Company
Will be field at Radley's Hotel, New Bridge-street, BlaCkfriars, in the
. ' ' City "f 1.. melon, on TUESDAY the 15th day of August next, at Four
.s
—',em)ek Pr ecisely, to amend, alter, or repeal certain of the existing
; L 3e,% htai s, and provisions of the Company, or to make new rules,
Irs, or t rovisions in lieu thereof, and also to authorise the Direc-
-...r8 to IN Ake arrangements with the Directors of tha British Empire
-mutual N ire Assurance Society for the carrying on the business of
that Soot; Ay.
And n? Mee is farther given, that pursuant to the Deed of Settle.
merit, a second Extraordinary General Meeting will be held at the
crane Pia ce, on TUESDAY, the 22d of August next, at Four o'clock pre-
, "1,,,e1,Y,0 confirm the resolutions adopted at such first-named meeting.
. ~.04 I.) eed of Settlement now lies at the Office of the Company, No.
ji * NOW Bridge-street, Blackfriars, for signature by those Members
Who halt e not 'yet executed the same, and according to the existing
Ws of -the Company, and the Act of Parliament under which it is
••, , oleo ,
.putated. nog Member will be entitled to attend or vote at the
- : above nteetinips who has not signed the Deed.
, . . By order of the Directors,
W. S. GOVER, Secretary.
July 24,. W.
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.:14% ROYAL POLYTECHNIC
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET,
roe,4Th" Ic.atural History of Electrical Eels, illustrated by Galvanic Ex-
-I;,,telAs.—Also, New and Important-Experiments in Electricity, by
ane (IT 114,,g17.3, Esq., explaining 'the Phenomena of Thunder-storms
is Cause of Lightning.—Popular *Lectures by Dr. Ryan and
4041;143yAhoffner.—Dioramic effects are, exhibited in the new Die-
Views, which, with the Cbromatrope and Microscope, arc
on the large disc.—Experiments with the Diver and Diving-
New Marzhinery and Models described.
P" daily from Eleven to Fives and in the Evenings (including
'I4Y) frena Sevea till Half-past Ten.
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Ar imi.
-"11. Is.—Schools, Half-price.—The New Catalogue, le.
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rr'HV ROTAL CHINESE JUNK,-
- 'by a isit , manned by
. "TUC° a Chinese crew. 'Visitors received
8400 u. rntarin of rank and a Chinese Artist of celebrity. Grand
e i aritMully furnished in. the most - approved 'style of the
. e eati
. —ragre• Splendid Joss or Chinese. Idol. Collection of
. chthegP/Curiesiti - The qz,,..„.,...,. (18, &c.,,,
SIZ. ih—erthi,:;::: IS ,X,:y OPEN, for' EXHIBITION, from Ten to
-.. boat pi -..a-itlndh. ;Docks, adjoining the Railway and Steam-
wan
"there ill not a nit(''
interesting
ONE SHILLING.
:',:itrihtToteljhelenallsienQvro''' I 2!...k y— On
es
stop
in the vicinity of Lon-
did ty of Canton ",:"___ r t across the entrance, and you
, ou have quitted the Thames for the vi-
...„ 1 The. Times.

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ADMI/.§SION-ONE SHILLING.
the limited period which the ROYAL CHINESE
1,,,,,,,,the-aharge, tor Admission will bOje'
' • - berir.4
.eaced tOrgiree
'euminSIIILLING. This most in Exhibition, which.
' bean „I, otly called the "Greatest Novelty in Europe," has been
Visited by 'nes Majesty the Queen, all the Royal Family, and an im-
Meuse by &tuber of persons, Including nearly all the Nobility and Fo-
' feigners .of distinction in London.
Junk Tickets, including fare and admission, are issued by the
and Eastern Counties Railways. Conveyance also by
Camm,
3us, and by Steam-boat from all the Piers between Westmin-
°lefbridge and Woolwich—Fare, Foarpence.
Catalogues, obtainable only on board, price Sixpence.

PURE PORT.—A combination of interested
competitors in the Wine Trade having existed at Oporto
thee the year 1844 (with all its ramifications in this country), for
dr Manifest object of preventing PURE PORT WINE from being
4,,nt.., lit England, as it used formerly to bc, OFFLEYS, WEBBER,
"ntSTER, and CRAMP, Alto Douro, farmers, have determined.
as there-
fore hi self-defence, to supply the consumer direct ; and there-
tier„`" ake this public announcement for the information of those gen-
fe,.;:!" wo arc dispose toed raplenish their cellars with pure, fully-
ennted.h and high-flavou Port.
°1140"7,36, New Broad-street, July 1,1843.

A. WORD or TWO on PORT WINE. Ad-
dressed to the British Public generally, but particularly Pri-
.,oraeinGentlemen, by JOSEPH JAMES FORRESTER, of the house
-yen the.ebr, Forrester, and Cramp, of Oportc., author of " Sur-
bonrou,,, Wine Districts of the Alte-Douro," " Surveys of the River
-Publ
isbecl by Royston and Brown, 40 and 41, Old Broad-street.

CORN :HARVEST.
I\TJAMIN EDGINGTON, 2, Duke-street,
48Loadon-bridge, has a few good Second-hand Rick Cloths at
8 ",able cost. Marquees and Tents for royal or noble parties, or
xiek °61,,k0 Most brilliant character, on the shortest notice. New
:Or f with,poles complete, of any size. Netting and Bunting
rnit trees' &
A Ir, c•
tory, 2,e i._•.ouse, 208, Piccadilly. Address, per post, to the Manufac-
uk.e-street, ond on -bridge.

1-np, r,,,
A... 1.4 KETz-7"j "8, MOUSTACHIOS, and WHIS-
--Produced in a few weeks, and Baldness removed and
-•,, aa essential spoitri;,4
tr117,1;'741 I+7 the use • IMSTON7E'i AROMATIC REGENE,
a few dro Rdrawku from aromatic herbs and flowers-
drops 4 h. Ps of which cure headache in a few minutes; it is also a
Lott! e"ghtAll, fragrant toil's', headache
Sold only in triangular
..,.. ea. ro4.ected by the Gor e;nmcnt stamp, at 4g. ; double the size,
i and d ouble this size, (Is. each ; enclosed in a Pamphlet, con-
Adviceteiticnonials of nr.deubted authority, entitled " Three Minutes:,
lky
o on tke Growth and Preservtion of the Human Hair, Etc.
. Pldt' "4. 6d*, 73. fid,, and 125., foram oney orders ants..
4411de w holesale only at Grimstone's Ilerbary, Highgate, near
c,„„_11; and by Messrs. Barclay and Son, Farringdon-street ; Sanger,
sad Dv ; Mr. Johnston,
4-Cl7a-street; Messrs. Butler and Co.,Cheapside Fisher and Toiler,
medicine warehouse, 68, Cornhill •
A.1,-*, all Chemists, Perfumers and others For Edinburgh, J. and
they.B4)lflceeelEcith-walk ; for Mani cheater, eresehe and Son, Adver,

TO THE LADIES.
WA 1 -L._
"paper -0.4 Y had the following letter inserted In the "Times" news-
the °lt Aug. 7,1546. Reader, remember, this letter was put into
tßeit
..I„tittPer by the lady herself, as a testimony to me.
Ja. Weekley, of No. 3. Swan-street, Borough, takes this oppor,
, of publicly thankingGrimstoae, of the Llerbary, High-
. late. for
~,'Tthe efficacy ot his Aromatic Regenerator, in having coni-
'VlY restored the hair(fn her head, after using it about four months,
47he whole of her heir Is much stronger and more luxuriant than
, tr was before the 'oaldness•appeared.
rce -"um. Weekley Inserts this testimony torthe virtues of Mr. G.'s
angielatzr, feeling assured that many ladies would gladly purchase
pert ia• bottle if they were as certain of Its virtues as she is, from ex-
,,,ea ce. not only in the restoration and production of hair in abund-
:•• but as a cure et nervous headache ;as a toilet perfume itt far
,_1! ald any to her taste. She will feel a pleanire in answering any
"I° of respectability to the abov fact .-3, Swan-street, Borough."
In eases of the hair becominge thin, weak, or turning grey, ale w
r"roPII on the Crown of the head occasionally, every week, will pre-
IlPerewve romt it
venm
t the hair from coming away with the cob, matte it strong, and
turning grey, rendering the hair luxuriant and curly. A
-*air b.. 14. 051 Your hairbrueh before brushing the hair, will give the
mi, "u'anoY, causing it to curl.
'Mt
'Most delicate ladies may use this delightful product of the
'Mt.,. aromatic herbs and flowers with confidence ; its refreshing
1 th retrieves headache and makes it a most necessary companion
nn
thcetoilet. In cases of nevous headache, pear tea or twelve drops
Innur. /own et the head; if very bad, repeat it every quarter of an
.4,r
on n most cases relief is certain in ten minutes. It produces
heatuotetisdreti's heads in a few appplications. It used on infants'
vent ' such a Peculiar cooling influence on the brain as to pre-
pamphlet of convulsions,testutt atia well asth 1 hai promoting the grow o r.—
See
mot als.
'AnlettUril addressed to William Gems
• tone, Ileibiu•v. Illatgate.
ON NERVOUS DETtiLi
Just published, the There TT AND GENERATIVE DISEASES.
Voted and corrected, 2y-sixth Thousand, an improved edition, re-
-forwarded by I 0 pages, price 2
the. Authors, post s. in a sealed envelope, or
observation, for 2s. 6a., 1 paid, to any address, secure from
merous Anatomical Coloured
postage stamps, illustrated with.na-
a Engravings.
MANHOOD: the CAUSER •-- of its I,
TUBE DECLINE, with Plain Dire REMA-
REF,TORATION. ctions for its PERFECT
A Medical Essay on those Diseases of the G
emanating from Solitary and Sedentary Habits i enerative Organs,
cusses, the Effects of Climate and Infection, ke udiseriminato Ex-
sufferer in Youth, Manhood, and Old Age ; with Iraddressed to the
en Marriage, the Treatment and Cure of Nervous Practical Remarks
%Mtn Impotency, Syphilis, and other Urine-GenitaroMental De-
'Which even the melt shattered constitution may be igeas"'by
teach the full period of life allotted to Man. •
rho restored,whoi.dlus and
with numerous Anatomical Engravings on Steel, ,
extrlaatieid
hi colour loft the various functions, secretions, and structures of the ?epr'ci::
ductive Organs in health and disease ; with instructions for private
• "rrtisporidence, cases, fee.
By J. L. CURTIS and CO., Consulting Surgeons,
7, Frith-street, Soho-square, London.
t" ' Manhood.' A Medical Work.—To the gay and tisonght less ore
rust this little work will serve as a beacon to warn them of the
ner attendant e
it may serve upon the tooasra mashon initordulg inenctheo houre f theirof ptemptaa isions, whilst to-
11°11, and to the allieted as a sure guide to health."--Chroniele.
.* ' Manhood.' By J. L. Curtis, and Co.—Their long expirlence
'ad reputation in the treatment of these pain I til diseases is the
aticlit's guarantee, and well deserves for the work its immense eir-
lalation."—Era.
. ~' Curtis on Manhood' should be in the hands of youth and old
-„,Re• It is a medical publication, ably written, and developes the
Vatment of a class of painful maladies which has too long been
Paz Preyre of the illiterate and the designing."— United Service
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' „„ r e Parent, who beholds his beloved child pining away, and last
.. , ,11 °aching to a premature grave, in consequence of some disease,
'''a eh, for want of careful investigation of its real cause, has been
let do
_ wri to the score of consumption, will, on perusing this work,
en..astenlshed to find, that in nine-tenths of the cases of young per-
, telVif both sexes, who perish of what is called pulmonary con-
beeeiniont heart disease, tribes, &c., the sole and exclusive origin has ,_. the indulgence in certain destructive habits practised by youth --To
~. More freqeently than it is at all suspected.
leirt,?,_Lionrs of consultation from Eieveu till Two, and Six to
,-f• `-' Lo the Evening.

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