The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-22 00:00:00

METROPOLITAN AND PROVINCIAL
BANK (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That no application for
Shares in this Company will be received after THIS DAY
(TUESDAY), the
By 22d order of the Board.
POPE cox, secretary.
Temporary Offices,
27, Gresham-street, E.C.

BANK OF DEPOSIT.
(Established A.D. 1844.)
'No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON.
Prospectuses and Forms for Opening Accounts sent i ree
on application. ••••••
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.

ANNUITIES.
NATIONAL ASSURANCE AND
INVESTMENT ASSOCIATION,
3, PALL-MALL EAST, LONDON.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament, 17 Vic., cap. 43.
ESTABLISHED A.D. 1811.
IMMEDIATE ANNUITIES granted on very favourable
terms.
The Tables for Reversionary and Deferred Annuities Are
particularly deserving of attention, whether regarded as a
means of providing for a particular individual, or as a re-
source against the casualties of age and the uncertainties of
health and fortune.
PETER MORRISON, Managing Director.
Prospectuses sent free on application.

CONTRACT FOR ITALIAN HEMP.
Department of the Storekeeper General of the Navy,
Somerset Place, 15th Oct., 1861.
frHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
-I- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, thh
such
e 29th
inst., at Two o'Clock. they will be ready to treat wit
Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying
ITALIAN HEMP,
to be delivered at her Majesty's Dock Yards, according to a
distribution, which, with a Form of the Tender, may be seen
at the said Office.
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day
of treaty, nor will any be noticed 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 deliver " Ten-
der for Italian Hemp ;" and must also beed at
Somerset-place.

AR MY CONTRACTS.—Tenders will be
received at this Office until noon on the sth of November,
from persons who may be willing to enter into Contracts to
supply

BREAD AND MEAT,
In such quantities as may be required, for the use of her Ma-
jesty's Land Forces stationed in the following- places, from
Ist December, 1861, to 31st May, 1862:-
1. Brompton House. Hyde Park, and Kensington.
2. Regent's Park, St. John'e-wood, and Portman-street
Barracks.
3. Wellington Barracks, Horse Guards, Bueldngham
Palace, and St. George's Barracks.
4. Tower.
5. Hounslow and Kneller
6. Hampton Court.
7. Windsor.
8. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven. to Shoreham.
9. Croydon.
10.' Sandhurst.
Separate Tenders for Bread, and for Meat, must be made for
each of the above-mentioned Stations or Barracks as
separately grouped and numbered.
Forms of Tender, and Conditions of Contract, may be
qbtained on application at this Office, by letter or in person,
between the hours of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on the printed forms must be properly filled up
and Moiled, and delirered at the under-mentioned
nder Office
for,
under closed envelope (marked on the outside "Te
Commissariat Supplies,") before noon on the sth November
next.

W. T. POWER, Deputy Commissary General.
Deputy Commissary-General's Office,
5, New-street, Spring-gardens. London, S.W.,
Ist October, 1861.

B 0 YAL NATIONAL LIFE-B OAT
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, Esq., M.P., F.R.S., V.P., Chair-
man of Lloyd's.
DEPUTY-CIIAIRMAN —Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V•P.,
Chairman of Lloyd's Registry of British and
Foreign Shipping Society.
APPEA4
The Committee of Management Tiave to state that, during
the past year, the Institution has incurred expenses amount-
ing to £6,258 is. on the following Life-boat stations :
ENGLAND. Llandudno, Carnarvonshire•
Newbiggin, Northumberland. Southport, Lancashire.
Saltburn, Yorkshire. Lytham, ..
Filey, „ Silloth, Cumberland.
Caistor, Norfolk. SCOTLAND.
A
Aldborough, Suffolk. yr:, Ayrshire.
Margate, Kent. Irvine,
Widmer. „ Kantyre, 'Argyleshire.
Selsey, West Sussex. Buckle, Banffshire.
Grange, Isle of Wight. Banff, 11
Brooke, 11 St. Andrew's, Fifeshire.
Penzance, Cornwall North Berwick, Haddington-
St. Ives, •• shire.
Newquay, „ IRELAND.
Penarth, Glamorganshire. Portrush, Antrim.
Llandwyn, Anglesey. Tyrella, Dundrum Bay.
The Institution has also expended on the repairs, stores,
alterations, and inspection of its numerous Life-boats, Boat-
houses, and Transporting-carriages, £3,632. BN. ; and £1,550
for exercising the Crews of its Life-boats—making altogether
a. total of £11,141.
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 Mn
Schooner Jane Roper, ofolllveorsttroonsee ••
..
Brie; Pallas, of Shields
Ship Ann Mitcliou, of c:f;.g ;• • • ' •
z v
Smack John Bull, of Yarinotiio. ::
Catherine, of • •
BarqueSchooner Niagara, of Shields Newry •
••• • •
A Barge of Teignmouth
Brig George and James, of London • •
Brig Zephyr, of Whitby
Coble Honour, of Cullercoats • • ••
cliooner Eliza, of North Shields • • •
••
.
L
Barque Oberon, ofLiverpool • •
Brigantine Nancy, of T
Srn ack Wonder, of Teignmouth • • • •
Brig Scotia, of Sunderland .. • • • •
Sloop Three Brothers, of Goole • • • •
Sloop Charlotte, of Woodbridge .. • •
Brig Ann, of Of • • • • . • ..
Sloop Hope, of Dublin ••
Schooner Druid, of Aberystwyth
•_ • •
:Barque Vermont, of Halifax, U.S. .. • •
Schooner William Keith, of Carnarvon ..
Brig Flying Fish, of Whitby : • •• •
•
Smack Elizabeth Ann, of Lyme Regis
Steam Dredge, at Newhaven • • • • • •
Schooner Admiral Hood, of Rochester . •
Schooner Susan and Isabella, of Dundee • •
Schooner Rose, of Lynn •• •• ••
Brig Prodroma, of Stockton •• • • • • •
Brig Eliza, of Middlesborough
Brigantine Freia, of Nonig,sberg .. • •
Brigantine Diana, of Fredrikshamn
Brig Gloucester, of South Shields .•

.. 1

.. 6
- 3
.. 9

.. 3
.. 11
. . 7
.. 13
. . 7
.. 7

Total .. • • • • ..210
For these and other Life-boat services the Institution has
oted £9OB Bs. 4d. as re wards. It has also granted rewards
mounting, to £203 4s. for saving, 245 shipwrecked persons, by
ahore-boats and other means, making a total of 455 persons
raved from a watery grave on the Coasts of the United
Kingdom.
During the present year (1851), the Life-boats of the Insti-
-1 ution have also been instrumental in rescuing the Crews of
the following Vessels :
Brig Lovely Nelly, of Seaham •• • • • .„ 5
.. 6
•
•
•
:Brigantine Nugget, of Bideford• •Schooner Prosp,2ct, of Berwick
Sloop Thomas and Jane, of St. Ives .. 4
3
A Fishing-boat of Whitburn
Brig Arethusa, of Blyth
•Schooner Dewi Wvn, of Portmadoc ••• .. s
2
Flat Cymraes, of Beaumaris . • • •
Schooner William, of Morecambe • • • • . . 5
Smack Gipsy, of Newry
Schooner Margaret Anne, of Preston
•• • .• A
Brig New Draper, of Whitehaven • • • • ..
Schooner William, of Liverpool • • • •
..
Lu.,-(TerNmrod, of Castletown
•
Brig Providence, of Shields • •
Brig Dfayflower, of Newcastle
Fehooner Village Maid, of Fleetwood
13arque Guyina, of Glasgow .. • • • • •• 1,
Brig Boman Empress, of Shields ..• .. 10
Brig San ,t-lpirid,one, of Galaxide
Schooner Voador du Vouga, of Vianna •• • •.. 8
French Brig La Jeune Marie Therese•
Barque Perseverance, of Scarborough .. .. 5
4
Schooner Elizabeth, of Bridgewater •
Shp Danube, of Belfast
,sobooner. Hortensia, of Hanover • • . 4
Schooner Oregon, of Stonehaven • • • •
•••
:Brig St Michel, of Marans • • .
••
• •
Spanish Barque Primera de Torreviega (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) • • " • • • •
Barque Frederick, of Dublin • _
Barque Peace, of London

. . 6

.. 1

ell 2

Total ..

..200

- -
The public cannot but sympathise with the vigorous efforts
now being made by this Institution to save the lives of Ship-
Their help was never more needed than at
hen th h I
twhreeepkreedseCnrtegine, w_ ~ rougextraordinary exertions
the Society has made within the past few years, it has now
One Hundred and Fifteen Life-boats under Its management,
for them aintenance of which, In a state of thorough efficiency.
a large permanent annual income is absolutely needed, if its
humane mission is to be perpetuated.
Donations and Annual Su' scriptions will be thankfully rc-
ceived by Messrs. Willis, Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-
street ; Messrs• Coutts and Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Herries,
Farquhar, and Co., 1.0, St. 3-dines's-street, London ; by a 1
E,q., at the Office of tbc Institution, 14, the Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary,
Richard Lewis,
John-street, Adelphi, London, W.C.
Payments maybe made by Cheques or by Post-office Orders
crossed), to Messrs. W.llls, Percival, and Co., or to the Score-

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A MEDICAL ESSAY ON SPERMATORRII A
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NERVOUS AND GENERATIVE DEBILITY, &c,'
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Cunns, 15, Alberrnarle-street,ENTS: Piccadilly, London.
CONT
INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER on the Physiological
structure and Functions of the Reproductive Organs.
l
CHAPTER IT.—Causes of vSapnegrewirsatootrNrhec;a eactnci Impotence;.
Early Vicious Indulgences;
CHAPTER lII.—A Review of the various Disqualifi
Abuse,cations
of Marriage; whether rcsultin, from Youthful the
Follies of Maturity, the Effectsnof Climate, or Infection.
CHAPTERS IV. and V. o the modern Treatment of
Gonorrhma and Syphili 8.
The Book concludes with numerous varied and interesting
ases, to which is added the Author's recipe of a preventive
Lotion.

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