The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDOr,:, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1860,

H INA- PEK IN.-C 3 RE AT GLOBE.-NEW
V-/ DIORAMA of the WAR in CHINA, the City of Pekin,
the Takhig et the Taku Forts, Entrance of the Peiho River,
Srq., Ekhibiting Daily.—Great Globe, Leicester-square.
Adinission to the whole Building, One Shilling.

A RGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
f-S- The Handsomest and best proportioned rooms in
Europe, are open for COVERTS and DANCING, Conducted
by the well-known artiste Mons. ANTONY L A.MOTTE, of
Parisian celebrity. fir. Boulcotirt, the greatest Cornet player
in this country, plays solos nightly. Doors open at half-past
Seven. Dancing at Nine o'clock. Admission, One Shilling.
N.B.—A magnificent Smoking and Reading-room is added to
this establishment.

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. - NATIONAL
ASSEMBLY ROOMS, High Holborn, the most elegant
public establishment in the world, replete with every com-
fort. The dancing area is most extensive. The reading and
smoking rooms on either side of the spacious galleries are
most commodious, and the refreshment rooms attached to
the ball room are unrivalled even by Oriental beauty. The
band, under the direction of Mr. ?ticker, stands alone for its
excellence. Admission. Is. N.B.—ln compliance with 'the
request of the visitors there will be a long night on Wednes-
day (To-Night), the 26th inst. Doors open at 7.

I)RESENTS. ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN-
TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and 'Dining-room, consistinr-of a new and -elefrant assortment
'of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands,
tvantiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in I talian,Alabas-
er, Marble, Bronze, Derbyshire Spar, &c. Imported and
manufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her
Majesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
%lINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate
he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY,
,nd GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
BALOG ir is given by Mr. TENNANT. at 149,Strand, W.C.

ItNEVER FAILING REMEDY._
Dr. SCOTT'S BILIOUS and LIVER PILLS, pre-
,,ared without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr.
•zcott, of Bromley, Kent, are a sure remedy for affections of the
aver, indigestion, bile, sick headache, giddiness, loss of appe-
ite, lowness of spirits, &a. They can be taken at any time,
without any danger from wet or cold, act mildly on the bowels,
without pain or griping, clear the skin, remove sallowness
and pimples, purify the blood, brace the nerves, and invigo-
-ate the whole system. Sold by most druggists, in boxes,
Is. lid. and 2s. 9d. each. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's
Bilious and Liver Pills. The genuine are a square green
package, with " William Lambert, 20, Jermyn-street," en-
graved on the Government stamp.

TE E. T H.-MR. ESKELL'S PATENT.-
On the 17th July, %0, Mr. ESKELL, c'urgeon Dentist,
8, Grosvenor-street, W., obtained her MAJESTY'S ROYAL
. _

IYATliitiT'for an improved method of fixing
ARTIFICIAL THETEI to the GUMS on MOVEABLE

BASES, without plates or any fastenings which may be thus
d estribed
:
The Teeth are perfectly fitted from first to last in TWO
HOURS, without pain or extraction of stumps, by means of
Moveable Elastic and Indestructible Bases. Plicing one
within a tube to which the Teeth are attached, and applying
it to the gums, it adheres with such tenacity by suct►on that
the Teeth are quite immoveable. except, at the will of the
wearer. A new Base is readily applied, without the aid of a
l'entist, when changes take place from loss of Teeth absorp-
tion, &c., rendering these Teeth always useful and durable
for life.

The exclusive right to this Patent is secured to Mr. Eskell
by her Majesty's Royal Seal, and can only be procured at his
residence, where specimens may be seen and every informa-
tion obtained. Decayed teeth stopped. Loose teeth fastened.
Co.sultations free.-8, Grosvenor-street, London; Old
Steyne, Brighton; and Bennett's-hill, Birmingham.

ONDON LIFE ASSOCIATION,
81, King William-dtreet, E.C.
Instituted 1806: •
President—CHAßLES FRANKS, Esq.
Vice-President -JOHN B: HEATH, Esq.
TRUSTEES.

Francis Henry Mitchell, Esq.
Alfred Head, Esq.

Robert Hanbury, Esq.
Bonamy Dobree, Esq.

The London Life AssOciation was established more than
fifty years ago, on theyrinciple of Mutual Assurance, the
whole of the benefits being shared by the members assured.
The surplus is ascertained each year, and appropriated so'ely
to a reduction of the premiums after seven yearly paymea s
have been made.
If the present rate of reduction be maintained, persons now
effecting Assurances will be entitled, after seven years, to a
reduction of 72i per cent., whereby each £lO of annual pre-
mium will be reduced to £2 15s.
This Society has paid in claims more than
And has Policies now in force amounting to
For the payment of which it possesses a capital
exceeding
And a gross income, from premiums and interest,
of more than
Assurances may be effected for any sum not exceeding
40,000 on the same life.

The Society has no agents and allows no commission.
EDWARD DOCKER, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR ELM TIMBER.
Department of the Storekeeper-General
of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 22d Dec., 1860.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the
15th January next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for
supplying her Majesty's several Doekyardg with
5,000 LOADS OF ENGLISH ELM TIMBER, and
64 ELM TREES ,FOR PUMPS,

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felled between the middle of November last and the end of
February next, arid to be delivered (at prices including all
carriage and other expenses) by the 30th November, 1801.
Tenders may be made for the supply of any one or more of
the Yards, or for the whole of them.
A distribution and a form of the Tender may be obtained
at the. saictofface.. No. tender will. be 'received after Two
o'clock on the day of treaty, nor will any be uoi iced unless the
party attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.

Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for Elm Timber," and must also be delivered at
Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two re-
sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering, ill the sum of .£1 per load for the due performance
of the Contract.

the tympan is to be a design of the Saviour blessing the
world. The church is flanked by two wings, which are

to contain the priests' aparfments and offices. The build-

ing is far from complete, but the gilding is proceeding
rapidly, and seems to he continued on the stonework be-
neath the cupolas.
Behind and around this church demolition and recon-
struction are going on at a great rate ; the new Boulevard
de Monceaux, which stretches from the Place de l'Europe
to the Barriere de l'Etoile, pass..s close to the new church.
Place de l'Etoile has recently been supplied with a large
number of extremely light and elegant lamps, but the effect
is very much injured by the use of ground glass, which
takes away all the brilliancy, and causes the beautiful arch
to be in positive darkness as compared with the Luxor obe-
lisk, which rears its head amidst the Grecian and Renais-
sance structures of the Place de la Concorde. This curious
but ill-placed monolith is splendidly lighted, while the Arc
de Triomphe de l'Etoile is scarcely visible at night, unless
the moon takes pity on its hidden beauties. From every
part of the new boulevard run other boulevards and streets;
the Hospice de Roule his been pulled down, and the space
where it stood is being covered with magnificent houses. In
an9jvforiii per-
haps,
whor-
hfact, the Quartier Beaujon is being so transformed that it is
scaaprsc:tlyhatot
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had a most luxurious villa therein, and who inhabited the
Ibtel Evreux, which had been occupied by Madame de
Pompadour and the Marquis de Marigny (after whom a
street or avenue ie named) and which became afterwards
the property of Louis XV., and was re-named the Elysee
Bourbon, now Elysee Napoleon.
The park of Monceaux is being traversed by a boulevard,
and the other day the sum of 4} millions of francs was
awarded for the ground taken for that purpose; half of it
belonged to the late Louis Philippe—that was confiscated
to the State, but the other portion of the money goes to th 6
ex-Queen Amelie and her children. Many people will
remember a circular colonnade with a statue in -the centre;
the columns which formed it have been unfortunate ; they
were prepared for a grand mausoleum at St. Denis, to re-
ceive the remains of Henry IV., but which was never com-
pleted, and they have now stood in the deserted park sup-
porting nothing for years. A portion of the park has been
laid out in squares and building plbts, but the remainder is
to be cultivated as a public pleasure garden.

In other parts of the town the masons are at work just as
actively ; the Palais de Justice has received considerable
improvements and decorations. Amongst the latter is the
placing of six marble busts in the small hall or chamber of
the Pas-Perdus. These busts represent three civil lieute-
nants of the Chatelet, Le Camus, d'Argonnes de Fleury
and Angran d'Alleray, and three presidents of. the civil
tribunal of the Seine, MM.. Berthereau, Try, and Moreau,
all men of high rank, but amongst whom M. d'Alleray is in
every way the most renowned. He fell on the scaffold dur,
ing the revolution rather than plead ignorance, for, when
asked whether he was aware that he had broken a law of
the Republic by sending aid to his children who had fled
from France, he answered, "I know it, but there is a law
more, sacred than that of the Republic, viz., that of nature,
which commands fathers to support their offspring."
The old wall which ran along the garden of the Luxem-
bourg has disappeared, and is now being replaced by an
elegant and massive railing throughout the whole length of
the garden. A new street is also Peing opened on the other
aide of the gardens, which will thus be completely isolated
from the houses.

It is said that the city has granted a pension to an exca-
vator who has discovered a very simple method of preserv-
ing gas and water pipes. He had observed that when laid
in argillaceous earth they never became rusty, but that in
a calcareous soil they were rapidly destroyed ; he therefore
proposed that all pipes should be surrounded with clay. lit
the plan is effective, he certainly deserves his pension well.
—Building News.