The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-17 00:00:00

THE ANNUAL FRENCH BALL—The 19th
GRAND BALL for the Benefit of the French Benevo-
lent Society (Soci6te Frairaise de Bienfaisance) will take
place at the Hanover-square Booms, on Monday, Feb. 20.
Gentlemen's tickets, 14s. ; ladies, 7s. ; includira refreshments.
May be Procured from the principal booksellers and music-
sellers ; !from the members of the committee ; or at the
Society's office, 32, Sackville-street, Piccadilly.

POLYGRAPHIC HALL, King William-street,
Strand.— The Celebrated and Original CHRISTY'S
MINSTRELS (Organised in 1842). Sote Proprietor and
Manager, Mr. J. W. IZAvcou. The Public is most respect-
fully informed that, having completed a most successful tour
in England, Scotland, and Ireland (where they ware
honoured with a command from his Excellency the Lord-
Lieutenant), they will commence a FAREWELL SEASON
(Previous to their departure for America), in the above Hall,
OD MONDAY, the 27th February.
Reserved Seats, 3s. ; Unreserved, 2s. ; Back Seats, ls. ; Pri-
vate Boxes, holding Six Persons, £1 ls. Tickets and places
may be secured at Mr. Austin's West-end Box-office, St.
James's Hall, Piccadilly. Secretary, 11. MONTAGUE.

ROYAL ALITAAIBRA PALACE CIRCUS,
11,eisester-square.—Two Performances Daily, at both
of which the entire troupe of talented Male and Female
Lquestrian Artistes appear.
The Morning Performance is especially recommended for
tin ♦isit of the aristocracy, families, schools, and ladies and
getrilemen living at a distance. Morning at Two ; Evening,
i►t Elalf-past Seven.

A.RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Grand
CASINO, open every Evening, with the celebrated
Band. Established 10 years. Conducted by Mons. Lamotte ;
Priaapal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt. Doors open at half-
Past £, commence at 9. Close a few minutes before 12. Ad-
Mission, ls.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
On and after MONDAY, Feb. 20, a Grand Concert of
Vocal and Instrumental Music will be added to the Terpsi-
chorean entertainments of this magnificent and extremely
patronised establishment, commencing at half-past seven
o'clock, and concluding a few minutes before ten. Dancing
at ten, till a few minutes before twelv,. The vocal arrange-
ments are under the management of Mr. Charles Sloman, the
Enly English Improvisatore. The following artistes have
already been retained Miss Henrietta Keyland, Miss
'Pherasa Wodeman, Mr. BernardDittmar, Mr. George Edward
Porde, Mr. Lawrence Longfield, Mr. C. Sloman, who will de- '
liver a:n I mprovisazione on subjects derived from the audience,
and tine wonderfully-gifted male and female Maryland 3Tin-
strels, Caesar and Jessica, who wilt appear in an Ethiopian
entertainment of an entirely novel construction, consisting of
♦ocaliettion and instrumentation of the most peculiar cha-
racter. Other engagements are pending with artistes of emi-
nence. 'whose names will be announced in due course. Ad-
mission for the whole, One Shilling. Musical Director-3T.
Lamotte•. Cornet-a-piston—M. Bouleourt. Manager—M.
Gresoct. Proprietor—Mr. R. R. Bignell. Doors open at 7
o'clock..

TILE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
HIGH HOLBORN, .

Mr. W. M. PACKER begs to announce to the nobility,
gentry, his friends, and the public that his GRAND AN-
UAL BENEFIT BAL MASQUE will takeplace on Thurs-
day, 23d February. It is respectfully intimated that as the
subscription list is nearly completed before this public an-
touncement is made, no complimentary admissions can, nnder
any c,reumstances, be granted. Programmes and tickets are
to be obtained at Messrs. Cramer and Co.'s, Regent-street ;
Chappell's. Bond-street ; Mitchell's Royal Library, Bond-
street ; J. W. Hammond's (Jnllien's), Regent-street ; Leader
and Cock's, New Bond-street ; J. A. Turner's, 19, Cornhill ;
W. M. Packer's, No. 41, Upper Baker-street, Lloyd-square ;
and at the establishment No. 218, High Holborn. Gentle-
ten's ticket, lOs ; lady's ditto, ss. upper will be terved at
1 o'clock, tickets 5s each. Doors open at half-past 9, dancing,
to commence at 16 punctually. N.B. Mr. Nathan, Castle-
street, Leicester-square, is specially appointed Costumier to
the Ball.

DR. KAHN'S MAGNIFICENT ANATO-
MICAL MUSEUM, Top of the Haymarket (acknow-
ledged by the whole of the Press to be the most useful and
uastruotive of any in existence), is OPEN DAILY (for gentle-
Men only), from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10. Admission,
(he Shilling,. Deseriptive handbook gratis. Dr. KAHN'S
Popular Lectures on the "Philosophy of Marriage," daily at
a and 8 o'clock precisely. SYLLABUS.—Happy and Unhappy
Unions, and their causes—Youthful Vices and Indiscretions,
and their results —Disqualifications for Marriage, and their
oure—the Physiology of Reproduction—Self-inflicted Miseries
Sterility and its causes—How to secure Moral and Physical
Il_appiness.
N.B.—Dr. Kahn's Treatise on the above subjects, entitled
"The Philosophy of Marriage," sent post-free on receipt of
twelve stamps, direct from the Author, 17, Jlarley-street,
Cavendish-square, W.

PRESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN-
TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of anew and elf :ant assortment
VASF,S;Figures, Group., Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands,
beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper welghts,&c., in I talian,Alabas-
ter, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and
111,...anufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her
At aiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate
the interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY,
mid GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
MALOG I is given by Mr. TENNAN I', at 149, Strand, W.C.