The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-15 00:00:00

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road.
Open to the Sick Poor Night and Day.
During the past month (February) 10,585 persons were re-
lieved.
During the last year, 40,403.
Since the foundation, in 1828, to 31st December,lBsB, 640,088.
The Hospital is wholly dependent on legacies and volun-
tary contributions.
The AID of the benevolent is urgently solicited.
Contributions may be paid to Edward Masterman, Esq.
Treasurer and banker, Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, or at
the Hospital, from 10 till s.—By order.
STANFORD S. SMITH, Sec.

THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS
(formerly Casino de Venise), HIGH HOLBORN.—Mr.
W. M. PACKER'S GRAND ANNUAL BENEFIT BAL
MASQUE will take place on THURSDAY next, 17th March,
at this magnificent establishment. 'Vie distinguished visitors
who honour this grand fete with their presence are respect-
fully informed that the Ball Room will be tastefully and
elegantly decorated ; and the Celebrated Band, under the
direction of Mr. W. M. Packer, will perform a series of
Novelties arranged expressly for the occasion. The supper,
which will combine every delicacy in season, will be served
at one o'clock. No gratuitous admissions will be given.
Gentlemen's tickets, 105. ; Ladle's ditto, ss. Supper, ss. each.
Doors open at half-past nine; overture at ten punctually.
N.B.—Mr. Nathan, Castle-street, Leicester-square, is ap-
pointed sole'costumier to the Bal.—Tickets may be obtained
at Mitchell's, Royal Library, Old Bond-street; A. W. Ham-
mond's (Jullien and Co.), Regent-street; J. A. Turner, 19,
Poultry; and of Mr. Packer, 218, High Holborn.

HOWES AND CUSHING'S GREAT
UNITED STATES CIRCUS.—The ALHAMBRA
PALACE, Leicester-square.
Last week of the Rocky Mountain Wonders. These cele-
brated California perfomers, six in number, have never
appeared in England. Their performance is so wonderful that
it cannot be described.—Sprites of the Silver Shower.
The celebrated horse -Gruber. --"-Black Eagle," the horse
of beauty.
Pit, Ss. ; Boxes, 2s. ; Reserved Seats, 35.; Stalls; 55.; Private
Boxes, £2 2s. Children under Nine years of age, half-price.
Gallery, 6(1,

Two" Performances Daily at two and quarter before Eight
p.m.

•
IOCKS'S CELEBRATED READING SAUCE,
N.__) which is so highly esteemed with Fish, Game, Steaks,
Soups, Grills, Gravies, Hot and Cold Meats, and unrivalled
for general use, is sold by the most respectable dealers in Fish
Sauces.—J. and C. COCKS Reading, Sole Manufacturers.

EPPS'S COCOA.--Epps, homoeopathic chemist,
Londohis excellent preparation, originally pro-
duced specially for the use of homoeopathic patients, haying
been adopted by the general public, can now be had of the
principal grocers. Each packet is labelled James Epps,
homoeopathic chemist, London.

OINOPOLION TAVERN AND HOTEL
FOR GENTLEMEN,

Nes. 1, and 2, Brownlow-street, High-Holborn.
The Best Served Dinner in London for ls. 6d.
A Succession of Joints, &c., from One till Seven o'Clock.
• Henekeys, Abbott, and Co.'s Wines and Spirits.
Private and Smoking Rooms.

aREY HAIR RESTORED TO ITS,
v-A NATURAL COLOUR. Neuralgia, Nervous'
Headache, Rheumatism, and Stiff Joints Cured by F. M.
HERRING'S PATENT MAGNETIC BRUSHES, 10s. and
15s. Grey Hair and Baldness PREVENTED by F. M. H.'s
Patent Preventive Brush. Price 4s. and ss. Offices, 32,
Basing;hall-street, London, where may be had, gratis, the
Illustrated Pamphlet, "Why Hair becomes Grey, and its
Remedy." Sold by all Chemists and Perfumers of repute.

HART'S PATENT GAS ECONOMISING
BURNER.—" 176 and '177, Strand, London, W.C.,
January, 18th, 1859.—Dear Sir,—l' have much pleasure in cer-
tifying to the very satisfactory result of a trial of your Patent
Gas Economising Burner. This burner regulates and distri-
butes the delivery of the Gas in a manner to produce a very
great amount of light, as well as to effect a considerable
saving of gas, by preventing a large proportion of it from
being blown through partially consumed, and which partial
combustion is a double source of injury and annoyance—it
soils the ceiling and deteriorates the atmosphere."—l am,
Dear Sir, very truly yours, "(Signed) SAMUEL SAINSBURY.
" To Mr. Hart, 69, Fleet-street."

GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
USED IN THE ROYAL LAUNDRY,
AND PRONOUNCED BY HER MAJESTY'S LAUNDRESS to be
THE FINEST STARCH SHE EVER USED.
WHEN YOU ASK FOR
GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH,
SEE THAT YOU GET IT,
As inferior kinds are often substituted.
Sold by all Chandlers, Grocers, &c., &c.
WOTHERSPOON & CO., GLASGOW AND LONDON.

FEARFUL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.-

-200 LIVES LOST.

A fearful steamboat disaster has occurred on the
Mississippi. A despatch from New Orleans of the
28th ult., says :—" The steamboat Princess, from
Vicksburg for New Orleans, exploded her boiler,
caught fire and burned to the water's edge, at
Conrad's Point, near :Baton Rouge, on Sunday
morning. Four hundred passengers were on board
at the time, two hundred of whom are lost and
missing, mostly residents of Louisiana and Missis-
sippi. A large number of those on board were
ladies. Those known to be killed are :—S. W.
Seymour, of Baton Rouge; Mr. Calhoun, of Mays-
ville, Kentucky; the pilot and assistant engineer
of the Princess; H. B. Murphy, of St. Louis; J.
Hodges, of Mississippi ; and three whose names are
unknown.' Among the missing are Chas. Bannis-
ter and L. Howard, representatives from New Or-
leans to the State Legislature ; Joseph Clark, second
clerk, and Samuel Warts, of Virginia. No other
Northern or Eastern names have as yet been ascer-
tained. A large number were badly scalded and
otherwise injured. The boat and cargo are a total
loss. The former was one of the finest on the
river.

A later despatch says :—A boat, arrived from the
wreck of the Princess, brings a number of the
wounded. It was foggy at the time of the explo-
sion, and the Princess, being behind time, had too
much steam on.

A Baton Rouge despatch says :—The engineer is
reported to have said he would reach New Orleans
in time or blow up. The engineer was cut in two.
About a hundred persons were wounded, and many
of them are in a dangerous and dying state. It is
impossible yet to ascertain the number of the lost.
Several boats saved many lives. There is much
excitement here, and all along the river. Numer-
ous unrecognised bodies are being found, but there
are no other Northern or Western names.

rADvramsEmENT.J—Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--
Influenza.-...This disease, now so prevalent, and often fatal,
is an epidemic form of fever, attended by irritation of the
windpipe, inflammation of the throat, and constant cough ;
when erroneously treated by the ordinary medicines
adapted for colds, the most serious consequences ensue,
and too often the mistake is fatal. This mischance can
never happen when reliance is placed on Holloway's medi-
cines ; for whether the symptoms arise from inflammation,
cold, or irritation (influenza), theseremedies relieve in the
first by lowering the circulation ; in the latter by soothing
the excited nerves. At this season no family is safe with-
out Holloway's preparations, which do not contain a grain
of any noxious ingredient to injure the constitution,