The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-26 00:00:00

ROBIN'S Great Attraction for the Holidays,
at the EGYPTIAN HALL, on the 2Eth December.—
In compliance to numerous applications the FRENC Er
WIZARD will give Two Performances each Day (Saturday
included), at hall-past 2 and 8, until the Ist January, when
he will present to his patrons his last new invented wonder,
entitled "The Enchanted Christmas Tree," from which an
avalanche of souvenirs will be distributed amongst the au-
dience at each séance.

Al RGYLL ROOMS.—GREAT SUCCESS!!—
El. The Band and Musical arrangements under the direc-
tion of M. BOULCORT, Conductor and principal Cornet. In
addition to the Laurent Valse, Strauss Zuadrille, and novel-
ties of I,,st week, A NEW POLKA, by Boulcourt, the
Solos performed by him and M. Greebe. Admission ls.—
Manager, M. P. Grenct.

A MOST DESIRABLE BREAKFAST BEVERAGE.
E" s ' s COCO A.
(Commonly called Epps's Homceopathic Cocoa).
The delicious aroma, grateful smoothness, and invigo-
rating, power of this preparation have procured its general
adoption as a most desirable breakfast beverage.
Vb., Vb., and llb packets, at is. 6d. per lb., by Grocers.'

TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Strong Rough
" Domestic" Black at 3s. 4d. per lb.-26, Cornhill,
London, E.C.
TEA.—STRACHAN and CO.'S Fine " Inter-
mediate " Black at 3s. Bd. per lb.-26, Cornhill, Lon-
don, E.C.

TEA. STRACHAN and CO.'S Delicious
" Drawing Room " Black at 4a. 2d. per lb.—? 6, Corn-
hill, London, E.C.
Dr. liassall's Certificate of Purity, and a Price Current
free on application, 26, Cornhill, London, E.C.

I/ 0 YAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
FOR THE PRESERVATION OF LIFE FROM
SHIPWRECK,
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
Founded in 1824.—Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
PATRONESS—Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
PRESIDENT—Vice-Admiral his Grace the Duke of Northum-
berland, K.G., F.R.S.
CHAIRMAN—Thos. Baring, Fsq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?., Chair-
man of Lloyd's.
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.,
Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and
Foreign Shipping Society.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, during
the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount-
ing to £6,',58 ls. in establishing Life-boat stations on dif-
ferent parts of the Coasts of Engand, Ireland, and Scotland.
The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores,
alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-boats, Boat-
houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632 19s. ; and £1,850
for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether
a total of £11.441.
During the past year the Life-boats of the Institution have
been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of the following
wrecked Vessels :
Schooner Ann Mitchell, of Montrose .. 1
Schooner Jane Roper, of Ulverstone • • • • 6
Brig Pallas, of Shields .. .. • • • • 3
Ship Ann Mitchell, of Glasgow 9
Smack John Bull, of Yarmouth .. • • •• 5
Schooner Cathetine, of Newry
Barque Niagara, of Shields .. .. • • •• 11
A Barge of Teignmouth
Brig George and James, of London .. 8
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby . • • • • • • • 6
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats .. • • •• 3
Schooner Eliza, of North Shields .. • • • • 7
Barque Oberon, of Liverpool . • .. 15
Brigantine Nancy, of Teignmouth .. • • • •
Smack Wonder, of Teignmouth .. • • • '
2
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. .. • • ‘;
Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole .. • • • •
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge •• •• 5
8
Brig Ann, of Blyth ..
Sloop Hope, of Dublin .. • • • • '• 3,
Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth • • • • • •
Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. •• •• •• 16
Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvort • . .. 2
Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby • • • • 5
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis .. 3
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven .. .• • • 9
Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester .. • •
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee .. •• 5
Schooner Rose, of Lynn .. • • .. 3
Brig Prodroma, of stockton .• • • •• 11
.. 7
Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough
Brigantine Freia, of Konigsberg •7
Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn
Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .. .. 7

Total .. ..210
For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has
voted £9OB Ss. 4d. as re amis. It has also granted rewards
amounting to £203 4s. for saving 245 shipwrecked persons, by
shore-boats and other means, making total of 455 persons
saved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United
Kingdom.
During the present year (1801), the Life-boats of the Insti-
• ution have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of
the following Vessels :
Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• .• ••
Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford .. • . . •
Schooner I'rosp ,ct, of Berwick
Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives .• • •
A Fishing-boat of Whitburn •• • • • •
Brig Arethusa, of Blyth
Schooner Dewi Wvn, of Portmadoc
Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris
Schooner -William, of Morecambe •
Smack Gipsy, of Newry
Schooner ,Margaret Anne, of Preston
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven
Schooner William, of Liverpool
inggerNimrod, of Castletown
Brig Providence, of Shields ••
Brig Mayflower, of Newcastle
Sch-oner Village Maid, of Fleetwood.
Barque Guy ,na, of Glasgow ..
Brig Homan Empress, of Shields ..
Brig San Spirid one, of (3alaxtde
Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna
French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese ..
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough ..
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater
Ship Danube, of Belfast
Scl.ooner Ilortensia, of ITanover • • • •
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehr.ven •
•
Brig St. Michel, of Marans
Spanish Barque Primers de Torreviecra (saved ves-
sel and one of the crew) _
Schooner Hurrell, of Penzance (saved vessel and
crew) .. • • • • • • - • • • • •
Brig Anne, of Plymouth (saved vessel and crew) 8
Schooner Betsy, of Sunderland (saved vessel and
crew) • • • • • • 6
Barque Frederick, of Dublin .. 1
Barque Peace, of London .. • • .. .. 2
Lugger Saucy Lass, of Lowestoft .. 11
Schooner Fly, of Whitby (saved vessel and crew
of four hands) . • • • .. 4
Smalk Adventure, of Harwich.. .. 10
Pilot cutter Whim, of Lowestoft .. 7
Barque Undaunted, of Aberdeen•
11
Wrecked boat on Blackwater Bank, on the Irish
coast, saved one man .. 1
Schooner Skylark, of Folkestone•
Brig Lively, of Clay, Norfolk .. . • ..
Barque Robert Watson, of Sunderland .. 5
Schooner Auchincruive, of Grangemouth .. 6
Schooner Friends, of Lynn .. • • .. .. 4
Schooner Eliza Anne, of Dublin .. .. 5
Brig Content, of Sunderland 5
Smack Ellen Owen, of Cardigan 3
Schooner Epimachus, of Amsterdam ..

.. 4
.. 8

.. 4
.. 19

.. 8
.. 6
.. 5
.. 4

Total , .•288
The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
wrecked Crews. Their help was never more needed than at
the present time, when, through the extraordinary exertions
the Society, has made within the past few years, it has now
One Hundred and Twenty-one Life-boats under its man-
agement, for the maintenance of which, in a state of thorough
efficiency, a large permanent annual income is absolutely
needed, it its humane mission is to be perpetuated.
Donations and Annual Su scriptions will be thankfully re-
ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-
street; Messrs. Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; %Tesoro. Herries,
Farquhar, and Co., 16, St. James's-street, London ; by a 1
the Bankers in the 'United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary,
Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14,
John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C.
Payments may be made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders
(crossed), to Messrs. Wills, Percival, and Co., or to the Secre-
tary.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
MITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITION or 1851), is allowed by upwards of Two
Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of 11 ERNI A.
The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its offects,
Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Moe-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
during sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, end the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
cent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, is.
Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. ed. Postage, is Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postat.-re, ls. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post-
office, Piccadilly.
/VEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS,
KNEE-CAPS, for .Taricose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They are
porous, fight in texture, ad inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 45. 6d., 75. 6d., 10s., to 16s.
each. Postage td.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228,-Piceadilly.

TIM BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINES.
2 f PATENT SIMAY-COATED PILLS, for purifying
the blood, Inflating the bowels, and removing vitiated hu-
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butic affections, co tiveness, Aic. These pills work their way
to the very roots of each disease, cleansing In their passage,
and removing every unhealthy accumulation all ill
functions
he .o t
is purified, the whole system renovated, and
pact according- to nature, whilst the duties of life become a
wherebefore they ha I d been sa and weary urdens.
Do not hesitate— bdo not delay ! a clean stomach roust inflke a
clean body. A clean body will contain pure blood, when the
stomach, body. and blood are pure, from regulating and
cleansing.. the bowels, health is certain. Ile_;in at the be-
ginn.ing, waste no time; strike at the root of your ailment.
Again, I say, look to your stomach. One trial of these pills
force convicti
Sold in bottles, at is. 14d., as. Od., 4s. 64., and 11$.
Sold by Buchan and Co., 22, Newman-street, Oxford-
street. London, W., and to be had of all chemists in town and
c3untry, or forwarded on re eipt of stamps.
Wholesale Ag•ents :—Barclay and Son, 75, Farringdon-st.

DR. CURTIS' MEDICAL WORK, MANHOOD :
A, _MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRIICE A,
Ne4RVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c.
lust Published, the 150th thousand, with
all Boe numer
sellersous plaandtes,
in a sealed envelope, price ls., by k,
sent post paid, by the Author, for l 2 2 stamps,
liANFIOOD: the CAUSE and CURE of PRE-
MATURE DECLINE IN MAN, with Plain Directions
for Perfect Restoration to Health and Vigour. By Dr. J. L.
COATIS, 15, Alberinarle-street, Piccadilly, Loudon.
CONTENTS:
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological
Structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs.
CHAPTIIR IL—Causes of Sperniatorrhcea and impotence;
Farb, Vicious Indulgences; Dangers of Neglect.
CHAPTER lII.—A Review oft he various Disqualifications
Marriage ; whether resultin from Youthful Abuse, the
Follies of. Maturity, the Effects of Climate, or Infection.
CHAPTERS IV. and V. on the modern Treatment of
a onorrhcen and Syphilis.
The Book concludes with numerous o varied and interesting
aseg, to which is added the Author' pe of a preventive
Lotion.
REVIEWS OF THE WORK.
"Curtis on Manhood.—This is a y trul valuable work, and
tumid be in the hands of young and old. —" Times,"
1.341 Tri arch 1555.
great
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4.4. decline in youth or more frequently premature
,owlicliachg;eT2?7l, ai-ly Telegraph," March 27, 1851‘.
.4ih for twenty yearn has stood the test of
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excitement
eidtiesmqueoaltiflocoadtiodnes
professional criticism n-
owt sympathising manner , _
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