The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-25 00:00:00

NOVELTIES FOR CHRISTMAS.

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION (Limited).
Entirely New and Splendid PHANTASMAGORIA,
prepared expressly fbr this Institution by Mr. CHILDE.
Lecture by Mr. E. V. GARDNER, illustrated by the most
Brilliant Experiments in Electricity ever shown. Musical
Entertainment by Mr. CIIAS. FIELD, Miss ROSA WARNER,
and others—DUETS, GLEES, &c. An amusing Lecture on
the PROPERTIES of MATTER, by Mr. MACINTOSH. The
OXYHYDROGEN MICROSCOPE.—The LARi4EST GEO-
LOGICAL MODEL in the WORLD, described by Mr.
KING.—A UNIQUE COLLECTION of PAINTINGS—
DISSOL V ING VIEWS ITALY and SICILY. THE
SPLENDID ILLUMINATED CASCADE, &c.
Admission, is. Schools, and Children under Ten Years of
Age, Half-price.

ARGYLL ROOMS, Windmill-street, Piccadilly.
The Handsomest and best proportioned rooms in
Europe, are open for CON,CERTS and DANCING, Conducted
by the well-known artis-e Mons. ANTONY LAMOTTE, of
Parisian celOrity. M. Boulcourt, 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.

CCHRISTMAS 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. Packer, stands alone for its
excellence. Admission. Is. emnpliance with the
request of the visitors there will ba a fang night on Wednes-
day, the 26th inst. Doors open at 7.

FINE TEA CHEAPER.
STRACHAN 1c CO.'S
JUSTLY CELEBRATED
DRAWING ROOM TEA
Is now reduced to 4s. per lb. Guaranteed the FINEST and
CHEAPEST Tea in the United Kingdom.
26, Cornhill, London, E.C.

PRESENTS.- ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN-
-1 TIFIC.—ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
Ind Dining-room, consisting of a new and elegant assortment
of VA SE S,Fig-ures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands,
beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weights, &c., in Italian,Alabas-
ter, 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,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate
he interesting study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY,
ind GEOLOGY, at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANr, at 149, Strand, W.C.

AN EFFECTUAL REMEDY.-LAMBERT'S
ASTHMATIC BALSAM, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant. is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and consumption.
It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce in-
curable, admirably allays the I ickling which provokes frequent
coughing. In approaching consumption its effects are truly.
beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for
fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes
after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. Lambert,
Chemist, 20, Jermyn-street, Haymarket. and by all Druggists
in bottles. 130., 2s. 3d., and 4s. 6d. each. Be particular and
ask fbr Lambert's Asthmatic Balsam.