The Sun.
London, England, 1858-01-25 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RAISINS.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-house, 20th January, 1858.
THE Com Missioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
gad Ireland do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY the 4th Feb.
next, at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and
delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the
undermentioned article, viz. :
RAISINS
One half to be delivered in three weeks, and the remainder in three
weeks afterward,, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Raisins.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of
not contracting forany, and also an unlimited power of selection.
The raisins to be exempted from the listoms' Duties, and Parties
tendering are to state where they are lying.
Sample 4 of the Raisins (not less than 3 lbs) mast be produced by
the parties tendering.
The Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the Con-
tract has been decided.

No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service
at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
The conditions of the revised contract, to which pvtieular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and
Bristol. No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the
day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering,
or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of
contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be
communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-band corner the words geTender for Raisins," and
must also be delivered at Somerset-house.

THE PERFECT SUBSTITUTE for SILVER.
The REAL NICKEL SILVER, introduced more than 20 years
ago by WILLIAM S. BURTON, when PLATED by the patent
process of Messrs. Elkington and Co., is beyond all comparison
the very best article nest to sterling silver that can be employed
as such, either usefully or ornamentally, as by no possible test can
it be distinguished from real silver.
A small useful plate chest, containing a set, guaranteed of first
quality for finish and durability, as follows :
I Fiddle or Thread
. . old Sily. or Bruns'
Pattern. Pattern

King's
Pattern,

Military
Pattern.

12 Table Forks — • •
12 Table Spoons •
12 Dessert Forks
12 Dessert Spoons
12 Tea Spoons • • • •
6 Big, Spoons, gilt bowls
3 Sauce Ladles.. .•
1 Gravy Spoon.. •
2 Salt Spoons, gilt bowls • •
1 Mustard Spoon, gilt bowl ..
1 Pair of Sugar Tongs
I Pair of Fish Carvers ..
1 Butter Knife.. ..
1 Soup Ladle ..
1 Sugar Sifter ..

X s. d.
3 10 0
3 10 0
2 10 0
2 10 0
1 18 0
1 1 0
0 16 0
0 1; 0
O 7 6
O 3 9
o 7 o
1 18 0
O 8 0

1 1 0

17 14 9 2t 49

0 86

..'ll 14 6 14 11 3

Total . ••
Any article to be had singly at the same prices. An oak chest
to contain the above and a relative number of knives, &c., 2/. 15s.
Tea and Coffee Sets, Cruet and Liqueur Frames, Waiters, Candle-
Sticks, &c., at proportionate prices. All kinds of re-plating done
by the patent process.

CUTLERY WARRANTED.—The most varied
assortment of TABLE CUTLERY in the world, all warranted,
hi on SALE at WILLIAM S. BURTON'S, at prices that are remu-
herative only because of the largeness of the sales. 3 -inch ivory-
handled table knives, with high shoulders,l2s. 6d. per dozen; desserts
to March, 10s. ; if to balance, Gd. per dozen extra; carvers, 4s. 3d.
•Por Pair; larger sizes, from 20s, to 275. Gd. per dozen; extra fine ivory
; if with silver ferrules, 40s. to 50s. ; white bone table knive,
6s per dozen; desserts, ss. ; carvers, 2s. 31. per pair; black
horn table knives, 7s. 4d per dozen ; desserts, 6s. ; carvers, 2s. 6d.;
black Wood-handled table knives and forks, Gs. per dozen; table
Steels, from is. each. The largest stock in existen,!e of plated dessert
knives and forks, in cases and otherwise, and of the new plated
ash carvers.

WILLIAM S. BURTON'S GENERAL
FURNISHING IRONMONGERY CATALGIUE may be
had gratis, and free by post, It contains upwards of 400 Illustra-
tions of his 11limited Stock of Electro and Sheffield Plate, Nickel
Sliver, and Britannia Metal goods, Stoves, Fenders, Marble Mantel-
pieces, Kitchen Ranges, La•aps, Gaseliers, Tea Urns and Kahle.,
Clocks, Table Cutlery, Baths ,n 1 Toilet Ware, Turnery, Iron and
Brass Bedsteads, Bedding, Bed Hangings, Rae &c., with Lists of
Prices, and Plans or the S ateen Large Show Rooms at 39, Oxford-
Street, W.; 1, IL, 2, and 3, Newman,atreet; and 4,5, and 6, Perry's-
place, London.—Established 1320.

F4NGINEERS AND AGE UNITED
ASSURANCE SOCIETIES, 345, Strand, London, W.C.
W. F. Dobson, Esq., M.A., Woodville, Gravesend, Chairman and

Managing Director.

GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT
ASSOCIATION.

Established 1829.
Accumulatee;fanded capital, 289,5271. 1 ls. 6d.

Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities granted every
Thursday by the Board of iiirectors.

In this strictly Mutual Association Annuities of 191. each can be
secured to a wife or other nominees at exceedingly moderate rates
of premium, viz.:—
At the age of 30, annual premium.. ••••. £2 14 0
.. 40, •• • .. • .. 317 0
Twelve annuities may be effected.
93, Cheapside.

PHILIP CURTIS, Secy.

FIFT/3 DIVISION OF PROFITS.

N ORT H BRITISH INSIIRANCE
COM PANT.

Established 15309. Incorporated by Royal Charter.
PRESIDENT —HIS Grace the Duke of ROXBURGHE,
Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Chairman.
Solicitor, ALEXANDER DOBIE, Esq., Lancaster-Place.

Capital of One Million—accumulating Premium Fund 664,0001.
Revenue from Life Premiums alone 116,0301., annually increasing.
Nine-tenths or Ninety per cent. of the profits are septennially
divided among the insurers on the participating scale of Premiums.
All Profit Policies Pffacted during the current year will share in
the Profits of Seven Years, and will secure a larger ZONIJG at every
future division of Profits.

The Bonus accumulations at last investigation ranged from 25 to
'0 per cent. on the Premiums paid.

)tOSEIIT STRICEAT, Secretary.
4, Bank Buildings, Lothbury, London. E.C.

OFFICERS PROCEEDING TO INDIA,
also CIVILIANS, can effect ASSURANCES on their
LIVES with the COLONIAL LIF6 ASSURANCE COMPANY on
the USUAL TERNS, the Directors having RESOLVED NOT TO INCREASE
THEIR RATES at this time.

Premiums can be paid to the Company's Agents at Calcutta, Ma-
dras, er Bombay, or at any other of their Agencies in the East.
The Ddeetors also advance Loans on good security for temporary
periods.

The Colonial have Agencies in every British C•lony. where Pre-
miums are received and claims settled.

WILL. TIIO. THOMSON, Actuary.
SAMUEL R. FERGUSSON, Resident Secretary

L0ND0N.....• ............ • • .. 81, Lombard-street (E.C.)
EDINBURGH (Head-office) .... 5, George-street,
DUBLIN ...... • • 65, Upper Sackville-street.
GLASGOW•

THE INTERNATIONAL LIFE
ASSUR tNCE SOCIETY,

142, Strand, London.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE, SUR-
VIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, M.D., Chairman.
Wm. Kenworthy Browne, Esq. Henry J. Hodgson, Esq.
Samuel King-Church, Esq. John Moss, Esq.
John Elllotson, M.D., Cantab., John Symes, Esq.
I.R.S. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blonde], Esq.
AUDITORS.

Professor Wheatstone, F.R.S.,;tdP;ofessor J. Radford Young.

AN ACT OF GRATITIJDE.-5,000 Copies of a
Medical Boek for Gratuitous Circulation.—GEOßGE Tuomss,
Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, loss of memory,
and dimness of sight, *waiting from the early errors of youth, by
following the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Ph% Metall,
he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit
of nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore
lend tree, to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct-
ed envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the
medical work containing every information required. Address, G.
Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab , F.R S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S.. F.S.S., &c.
♦SSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhouse, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Roweliffe, Bedford-row.

The next Quinquennial Division of Profits will be declared in
May, 1860.

Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 :

Policy Bonus in Permanent
1 Rof
R. HOWARD, surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet- taken Sum Age. addition Bonus in Re action
Assured. to Sun Cash. Annual Pre-
PICIAL TEETH fixed
/I street, has intrwithout spoduced an
rings, entirelywires new,
or ligat descripures. tion ofThey ART
so I- out in
Assured. mium.
, -
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from £
£s. d. £s. d. £s. d.•
the original by the closest observer; they will never change colour or 1838 55 3,000 867 17 7 424 1 4 56 3 8
dectLY-, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. 1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4
This method does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful 1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
Operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is 1848 GO 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 18 2
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr. 18151 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7
Howard's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo-
mical, he has fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De- The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter-
cared teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful in mastics.- national Life Assurance Society :
Uon.--52, Fleet-street. At come from ten till five. The Society was established in 1838.

NO MORE PILLS NOR ANY OTHER MEDICINE
CURES ( a ithout Physic) of Indigestion (Dyapepsia), Constipation,
Flatulency, Phlegm, all Nervous, Bilious, and Liver Complaints,
Hysteria, Neuralgia, Dysentry, Diarrhoea, Acidity, Palpitation,
Heartburn, Headache. Debility, Despondency, Cramps, Spasms,
Nausea, and Sickness (during pregnancy or at sea), Sinking Fits,
Cough, Asthma, Bronchitis, Consumption, also Children's Com-
plaints ate effected by
I) II BARRY'S delicious REVALENTA
AIs:A.BICA FOOD, which restores health without purging,
Inconvenience, or expense, as it saves fifty times its cost in other
remelles. It is, moreover, the best food for infants and invalids
generally, as it never turns acid on the weakest stomach, nor inter-
feres with a good liberal diet, but imparts a healthy relish for lunch
and dinner, and restores the faculty of digestion, and nervous and
Muscular energy to the most enfeebled.
We extract a few out of the many thousand expressions of grati-
tude from invalids :—Cure No. 71, of dyspepsia, from the Right Hon.
the Lard Stuart de Decies. " I have derived considerable benefit
from Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food, and consider it due to
yourselves and the public to authoilse the publication of these lines.
Stuart de Decies."--Cars No. 49,832. "Fifty years' indescribable
agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipation,
flatulency, spasms, and sickness at the stomach and vomiting, have
been removed by Da Barry's excellent Food. Maria Jolly, Wortham
L ig, near Diss, Norfolk."—Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs,
of Naming Vicarage, Waltham Cross, Herts, a cure of extreme ner-
vsusnees, indigestion, gatherings, low spirits, and nervous fancies.—
C tra No. 48,314, Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, Gateacre, near Liver
pool : a cure of. ten year's dyspepsia,
the
horrors
and
bility. Cure No. 18,216. Dr. An drew Ure of constipation, dyspep-
tic c ervous irritabrity. Cure No. 34,210. Dr. Sherland of drops)
and ..ehility. Cure No. 36,212. Captain Allan of epileptic fits.-
Cure No. 42.116 Major Effie of enlargement of the liver and total
prostration of strength: Cure No. 36,418. Rev. Dr. Minster of
cramps, spasms, and daily vomiting,, Cure. No. 26,418. Dr. Harvey
of diarrhoea and debility. Cure No. 39,628. Dr. Wurtzer of con-
sumption. Cure No. 32,881. William Hunt, Esq., barrister, of para-
lysis. Cure No. 46,270. Mr. James Roberts, wood ;merchant, Frimley,
01 thirty years diseased lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement,
partial deafness. Cure No. 4 1,814. Mr. Samuel Laxton, Leicester,
of two years' diarrhoea. Cure No 52,612. The Dowager Countess
of Castleatuart, of many years' nervous irritability, bile, and indi-
gestion. Cure No. 54,812. Miss Virginia Zeguers, cured of con-
sumption, after her medical advisers had abandoned all hopes of
recovery. Cure No, 180. " Twenty-five years' nervousness, con-
stipation, indigestion, and debility, from which I have suffered great
seiserY, and which no medicine could remove or relieve, have been
Reeflectually cured ba Du Barry's Food in a very short
e
v.es, 181. Fleet-street, London." No. 4,208. " Eaingdhtnyaueaseras: dfios-r
"Pm. nervousness, debility, with cramps, spasms,
Which
my servant had consulted the advice of many, have been
effehappy cured by Dn Barry's health restoring Food. I shall be
-4--PRY to answer any inquiries. Rev. John Flavell,Ridlington Rec-
tory, Norfolk," No. 32,836. "Three years' excessive nervousness,
With pains in my neck and left arm, and general debility, which ran-
-4"41 my life very miserable, has been radically removed by Du
„ Barry's health restoring Food. Alex. Stuart, Archdeacon of Ross,
skibbereen." Cure No. 3 906. " Thirteen years' cough, indigestion,
and general debility have been removed byl)u
Itevaie Barry's excellent
nta Arabica Food. James Porter Athol-street, Perth."
ImPertant Caution against the fearful 'dangers of spurious imita
tationss—
tioTnh: Vice-Chancellor Sir William Page Wood granted an 'Mune
hnitatinntzhe 10th March, 1854, against Alfred Hooper
Suitably paea2
" Du Barry's Revalenta Arabica Food."
canisters, lib • Neville, for
ed for all climates, and with lull instructions If
riage free, o s 9d ; 21t.• 4s 6sl ; 51b ils , 121 b 225. The 12th ear
Co"' 77, RCenrteceiPt of Post-office order. Barry Du Barry till,
to
her street, London; Fortnum, Mason, and Co., oure
veYors
Majesty, 182, Piccadilly ; James Wells, 4a, Sloane-
street ;
also at 60, Graceehurch-street ; 330, 430, and 451, Strand ;
4. ch„
PS de ; 49, and 60, Ef.h. Mitrest.—Psgata.street ; 63, 150, and 198,0 -

The following are amongst the advantages offered by the Inter-
national Life Assurance Society :
The Society was established in 1838.
Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured every
live years.
Its subscribed capital is five hundred thousand pounds.
Its investments, at the date of the last annual report, amounted
to one hundred and seventy-one thousand pounds.
Its annual income is ninety thousand pounds.
The number of policies now in force exceed six thousand.
About one thousand new policies are added every year.
Since its commencement the Society has paid In claims upwards
Of three hundred and twenty thousand nounds.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the Chair-
man, 142, Strand.

142, Strand, London, W.C.

EDMOND S. SYMES, Chairman.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.

I EA and. PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
ELJ SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
and all Boast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
and by its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
perfectly digest the food.
The daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe.
guard to health.
sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street,
London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
and Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer-
chants, London ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce.
N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA
and PERRINS" are upon the lithe and patent cap of the bottle.

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SELF-PRESERVATION.—A Medical Treatise
on the Functions and Disorders of the Generative System,
ind on the cure of Nervosa and Physical Debility, resulting
rom vicious habits acquired during the critical passage from youth
,0 Manhood, with practical observations on the Physiology of Mar-
riage in its social, moral, and physical relations. To which are added
remarks on the wonders of the Microscope in revealing the hidden
mysteries "of Life within Life,'' and its advantages in detecting, by
nrlnaryexamination, the cause and effect of every variety of these
complaints, with numerous engravbigs and cases.
BY SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
37, BEDFORD SQUARE, LONDON,
Statriculated -Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary
Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c.
The essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con-
sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses,
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,articularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts om
:heir physical condition, and who are conscious of having hazarded
.he health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is
entitled.
It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are
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nd how the evil and its consequences maybe avoided, and, above all,
hat there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional
d'rangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure
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