The Sun.
London, England, 1869-02-08 00:00:00

52, Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5.

HUNTING, SHOOTING, AND
FISHING.
THE STRONGEST MAN in the world cannot break
the ever-lasting Porpoise-skin Boot Laces made by
GILL AND CO.,
12, BreWer-street, Golden-square, London, W.
Price ls. per pair; by post, 14 stamps; six pairs, ss.
FRENCH DUBBING.—This invaluable composition
possesses the properties of preserving leather, rendering it
supple and waterproof. It is identically the same dubbing
as that used by the best curriers in Bordeaux. BOOTS,
SHOES, and HARNESS are particularly benefited by its
application.
Sold Wholesale and Retail by W. GILL and CO.,
Curriers and Leather Sellers, 12, Brewer-street, Golden-

square.
Price ls. 6d., 2s. 6d., and ss. per can.

NICOLL, HAIRCUTTER to H.R.H. Prince
of Wales, 40, Glasshouse-street, Regent-street.

TRICHANOPHRON.

Invented by Nicoll. The best preparation in the world for the
Hair. No lady or gentleman should be without it.
Sold in Bottles, 28. 6d.

Hair Restored and Baldness Prevented by
NICOLL'S ELECTRIC HAIR REURNERATOR

FOR LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
In Bottles, 2s. 6d.
NICOLL'S GOLDEN TINCTURE FOR LADIES.
For giving a Brilliant Golden Shade to flair of any colour, in
Bottles, 3s. 6d. each.
NICOLL'S CELEBRATED DEPILATORY.

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For removing snperflons Hair. Sent free to any part of the
three kingdoms on receipt of 20 postage stamps. PAO. payable
at Vigo-street, Regent-street.
LADIES' CHIGNON FRIZETTES, in every Shade, Colour,
sad Size, from Is. to 2s. 6d.
SHAMPOOING, BRUSHING by MACHINERY, charge 6d.

B. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER
PILLS.—A NEVER-FAILING REMEDY.—Pre-
pared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe
of Dr. Scott, Bromley, Kent, will be found invaluable to
all who suffer from bilious and liver complaints, indiges-
tion, wind, spasms, giddiness, dizziness of the eyes, &c.
For habitual costiveness, as a family aperient medicine,
and as a purifier of tho blood, they aro truly excellent ;
mild in their operation and grateful to the stomach, they
create appetite, promote digestion, and strengthen the
whole nervous system.—Prepared only and sold by W.
Lambert, chemist, 8, King William-street, Charing-cross,
London, and by most druggists, in boxes, is. 1.1-‘l., and
three times the quantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for
Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a
square green package, with "William Lambert" engraved
on the stamp.

SCIENTIFIO AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consistingof a new and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obe-
lisks, Inkstands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper Weights,
&c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Derby-
shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES
TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand,
W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
,MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will groatly facili-
tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and
GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500
guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and
MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at
149, Strand.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Five Hundred
Medical men to bo the most effective invention in
the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use of a steel
spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here avoided— a
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Moo-Alain Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
tot fail to fit, forwsrdel by post, on the circumference of
tho body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. JOHN WHITE, 228, Piccadilly, London.
A Single Truss, 169., 21s. 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage,
ls. A Double Truss, 81s. dd., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage,
is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss. 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
is. 10d.

Post—office Orders to he made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.

NEW PATENT
ILASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. Thoy
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. GI, 7s. Gd.,
10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL, Portugal-
street, Lincoln's-inn.—The Committee earnestly
APPEAL for FUNDS to defray the heavy current ex-
penses. Assistanco is urgently needed.
F. ALFRED BEDWELL, Vice-Chairman.
JAMES BLYTU, Secretary.

.ONDON FEVER HOSPITAL, is the only
XI institution in the Metropolis for the treatment and
prevention of contagious fevers. •
CONTRIBUTIONS will be gratefully received by
Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drum-
mond, Charing-cross ; Messrs. °mitts, Strand ;_ Messrs.
Hoare, Fleet-street ; and by the Secretary, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, Islington, N.

THE METROPOLITAN CONVALESCENT
INSTITUTION.
President—His Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON.
Treasurers—The Right Hon. Russell Gurney, Mx. and
Col. W. F. Grant. ,
DONATIONS and SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly
solicited, to enable the Boerd to meet the greatly increased
expenditure of this old Charity. 240 adults are received
at Walton ; 80 children at Mitcham and Hendon.
Bankers—London Joint-Stock Bank, Pall-mall.
CHARLES HOLMES, Secretary.
Office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus, King's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Mens.ry the QtrgEN.
Vice-Patron—

His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG.
President—His Grace the Duke of Buccnzucn, K.G.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their banker; Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Mesas.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co.; Glyn and Co. ;
Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co. ; Smith, rapid, and Co. •, Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbot and Co. Berners street wad at I
the ibopital from 10 till b.

DEPOSIT DEPARTMENT. - THE CON-
SERVATIVE LAND SOClETY.—Persons wishing to
invest large or small sums, receiving half-yearly interest war-
rants at four per cent. per annum, with power of withdrawal at
fixed periods, according to amount invested, may deposit sums
daily at the Offices, without becoming members of the Society.

QIIARE DEPARTMENT.— Shares may be
taken out daily at the Offices, or Investors at a distance
can be enrolled as members by correspondence. Present rate
of Interest —Five per Cent. per Annum, payable in half-yearly
Warrants, with participation of any Profits declared annually
above that rate. No partnership liability, and 'power of with-
drawal of subscriptions on shares at twenty-eight clays' notice.
Prospectuses sent free of charge.

CUARLES L NWIS GRUNEISENT,
Secretary.

Office; 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.

rrHE UNITED LAND COMPANY (Limited).
A. Persons desirous of purchasing freehold land in large or
small plots, in or near the metropolis. or in the country, can in-
speret•daily the plane of the estates acquired by the Society in
twenty-sir counties. -On application, the prospectus containing
a list of the roperties on sale, together ei ith particulars thereof,
and instructions to buyers as to the payment of the purch.lse
money in monthly or other easy instalments, after payment of a
small deposit on the price of a plot or plots, will be sent free of
charge. Building advances will be made.

CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEESE!sr,
Secretary.

Offices: 33, Norfolk-street, Strand, W.C.

OPEN STOCK EXCHANGE (LImITED),
5, LOTIIBURY, B.C.
All kinds of Stock Exchange business transacted at a moderate
scale of Commission.
Money received on Deposit at 14 days' notice of withdrawal.
Loans negotiated.

R. W. INGLIS, Secretary.

T-4 UR OPEAN ASSURANCE S O CIETY.-
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the INTEREST on
the PAID-UP CAPITAL for the HALF-YEAR ending the 31st
of December, 1863, is now in COURSE OF PAYMENT.
HENRY LASE, General Manager.
17, Waterloo-place, Pall-Mall, London.

GUILDHALL.—The Committee for Letting
the City's Lands will meet at Guildhall. on WEDNESDAY,
the 10th February, 1869, at half •past One o'clock precisely, to
receive proposals for taking the Premises No. 26, Ludgate-hill ;
Nos. 1 and 4, Old Bailey; the Ground Floor and Basement of
No. 5, Old Bailey; and the Basements of Nos. 6 and 7, Old
Bailey. A Plan of the Property may be seen, and further parti-
culars and forms of Tender obtained, upon application at the
A rchitect's Office, Guildhall.

FERDD. BRAND, Comptroller.

BENEVOLENT SOCIETY OFf ST. PATRICK
Under the Patronage o
HER MAJESTY AND H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES.
The Committee have much pleasure in announcing that the
Earl of CORK has consented to preside at the 86th ANNIVER-
SARY FESTIVAL of this Society, which will be celebrated at
WILLIS'S Rooms, on St. Patrick's Day, the 17th of March next.
Lists of Vice-Presidents and Stewards will shortly be published.
The Committee earnestly solicit co-operation and support.
THOMAS KIPPAX KING, JIIN., Secretary.
Stamford-street, S.E.

MR. WEBB, Surgeon-Dentist, Author of "The
Latest Improved System of Dentistry," second edition'
just published, and sent free for two stamps. "Will well repay
perusal."—Express. Attendance nine to six. Consultations free.
—27, New Bond-street. N.B. -Many years with Mr. Eskellrof 8,
Grosvenor-street.

DEAFNESS.—Acoustic Instruments, for the
Relief of Deafness, to enable persons to join in general
conversation, to hear distinctly at church and public assemblies.
—The SPIRAL EAR TUBE fits spirally in the ear so close, and
being flesh-colour, is unseen. Also Conversational Tubes, Cor-
nets, Trumpets, and every other kind.—SOLOMONS, 39, Albe-
marle-street, Piccadilly.

SPECTACLES.—The Achromatic and Tinted
SPECTACLE LENSES, registered by S. and B. SOLO-
MONS, Opticians to the Government, give extraordinary relief
to weak, dim, and defective vision. Copies of Testimonials from
the Ophthalmic Hospitals post free.--39, Albemarle-street, Pic-
adilly.

SPLENDID SPECULATIONS.
GREAT SUCCESS.
The present most eminent Speculations can be particularly
recommended :
With a Single Stake of £1 you can realise 420,000!! with
£2 £20,(00!! with £3 £37,000! ! with £lO £45,0001!
For Prospectuses apply without delay to EUGENE Trumr,
General Merchant, Guernsey.

VALENTINES, specially adapted for children.
Pretty little designs for pretty little people. Valen-
tines of a comic character, devoid of vulgarity. Velentines
in the most costly style.—At CREMER, Jun.'s, 210,
Regent-street.

VA LENTINE S.—The Fish Valentine
(CREMER'S)— Notice to the public and trade gene-
rally. These fish being strictly preserved, can only be
raught at °renter, Junior's, 210, Regent-street, where also
may bo had the Fish Envelope (irgibtered), prioo

IMMEL'S NEW PERFUMED VALEN-
TINES.—The Watteau, the Valentino Fan, the
Shakesperian, the Musical, the Card, the Comic, animated
flowers, the mediaaval, Cupid's Magnet, the Flora's Keep-
Fake, &c. Detailed list on application.—Rimmel, per-
fumer, 96, Strand; 128, Regent-street; 24, Cornhill.

VALENTINES. Funny, Rummy, Witty,
V Pretty, Tickling, Teasing, Pleasing, and Convinc-
ing, at prices to suit all purchasers, commencing with
pretty little ones for the juveniles, from id. each, and end-
ing with the most elaborate work of art (fit to captivate
an heress), at £3 :Is., all arranged in show rooms so as to
be easily inspected, at JAMES GILBERT'S, 18, Grace-
church, London, E.C. Valentines carefully selected, and
forwarded on receipt of stamps or post- office order.

BARRACK CONTRACTS
For the Supply of
COALS, COKE, TURF, CANDLES, AND KINDLING WOOD

• . IN GREAT BRITAIN.
WAR OFFICE, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W.,
21st January, 1869.
ATOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is prepared to receive
Tenders for the Supply of Coals, Coke, Turf, Candles, and
Kindling Wood at the various Barrack Stations in Great Britain,
for a perio4 of Twelve Months from the Ist April next.
Tenders will not be entertained unless made upon the proper
printed Form, which may be obtained, with every requisite in-
formation, upon application at this Office, or to the various Bar-
rack Masters, between the hours of Ten and Four o'clock each
day (Sundays excepted).
The Tenders must be sent to the Office addressed to the Direc-
tor of Contracts, marked on the outside "Tender for Coals, &c.,"
on of before Thursday, 11th February, 1809, after which day no
Tender will be received.

The Secretary of State for War reserves the right of rejecting
any or all of the Tenders.

THOMAS HOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

DOG LICENSES.-CAUTION.

rr II E COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
], VENUE GIVE NOTICE that all DOG LICENSES
granted in the year 1868 expired on the 31st December
last, and every person keeping a dog in the current year is
required forthwith to takd out a new License.
The duty payable for each dog kept is Five Shillings.
The penalty for keeping a dog without License is Five
Pounds, . . _

A License is not transferable from ono person to
another.
A License may be obtained by the owner giving his
name and address, and the name of the place where the
dog is kept. on application at
The Office of the Collector of Wail
In the neigh-
Theß Office of the Distributor of Stamps bourbood of the
Or applicant's re-
A Money Order Post Office. aldence• -
Licenses will also be granted by the several Supervisors
of Inland Revenue.
Persons residing ata distance from any of the above
offices, by transmitting with their application Inland
Revenue (Receipt) or Postage Stamps for the proper
amount of duty, to tye Collector of Inland Revenue for
the District, will receive a license in return by post,
WM. COI3BTT, Secretary. .