The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-08 00:00:00

Just published, price 2d., or post free 3d., the 102 d Edition of
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THE NATURAL REGENERATOR of the
DIGESTIVE ORGANS, the STOMACH, LIVER, NERVES,
LUNGS. See., without Medicine, Galvanism, Electricity, inconve-
nience, and expense, by an easy, natural, pleasant, ana infallible
remedy, which saves fifty times its cost in other means of care.
Supported by testimonials from the celebrated Pro:essor of Che-
mistry, Dr. Andrew Tire ; Dr. Shorland ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Camp-
bell; Dr. Gattiker; Dr. Wurzer ; Dr. Ingram; Lord Stuart de
Decies ; the Dowager Countess ofCastle-Stuart ; Major-Gen. Thomrs
King, and many other respectable persons, whose health hes been
restored by it, after all other means of cure had failed.
London : Barry Da Barry and Co., 77, Regent-street.

Just published, price 55., by post free, ss. 6d.,
ON STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA :
its PATHOLOGY and RATIONAL TREATMENT. Illus-
trated by numerous Cases selected from the Records of upwaids of
Twenty Years' extensive and successful Practice, and which embrace
every variety of Urethral Contraction, together with appropriate
Means of Cure.

By F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.
•
"We believe Mr. Courtenay's experience in the treatment of
stricture to have equalled, if it has not exceeded, that of any of his
contemporaries ; whilst we most certainly know of no man to whose
care we would sooner intrust the treatment of a severe case of stric-
ture."—Eleclical Circular.

ETR 0P 0 LITAN COUNTIES and
GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, 27, Regent-
street, Waterlco-place, London. Capital, 100,0001.

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Taus Tues.
Rt.tin. Spencer H. Walpole,M.P. I Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Henry Pete 7 Faller, Esq. E. Vansittart Neale, Esq.
Life Assurance business transacted in all its branches.
N.B. The bonus declared at the last division of profits averaged
33 per cent. on all the premiums paid.
F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Manager.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since
he introduction to the pubic been recognised. both by scientific
men and the trade, as the best article ever manufactured in this
country. Its claims ,o such pre-eminence are based upon its unri-
valled purity, an I its closer assimilation than any other to the
flavour of the finest Champagne Brandy.
There has been no Brand v made from wine in France, either in the
present year or in the preceding one. Owing to the successive failures
Of their vintages, the French wine grower gets a higher price for his
wine. consumed as such, than be can realise by its being distilled
into Brandy; and forasmuch as the foreign Brandy of recent impor-
tations is but the product of British grain and beetroot spirits, the
prestige hitherto exclusively enjoyed by French Brandy as having
been distille i from a varticular French wine no longer oasts, and is
no longer worthily assignable to it now that it is bunglingly made
from other materials. The supply of wine for distillation into Brandy
having failed, the French distiller is constrained to recur to a manu-
facture in which he needs the quarter of a century's experience
wh'ch has been exercised upon that of BE TS'S PATENT
BRANDY, to render his article respectably competitive, and he has
not had it. Under these circumstances the Messrs. Betts challenge
that their PATENT BRANDY is superior to any now made abroad.
It is to the interest of the public and the Messrs. Betts that
these facts should be widely spread, for recent importations are of
a quality so inferior as to di•grace the name they bear, and are
twice the price of BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, which is supplied
by the trade, in capsuled bottles, to private families in any quan-
tity, down to the single bottle. Excise regulations prevent its
sale from the Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street, in
any less quantity than two gallons.

By Authority of the French Consul-General.—Notice is hereby given,
that the following SALE of PRESERVED BEEF will be the last
On account of the French Government.
ALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT
k SURPLUS STORES, consisting of PRESERVED BOILED
BEEF, of English, Scotch, and Irish manufacture, in tin canisters of
about .6 lb. each, and packed in wooden boxes containing 12 tins.—
Mr. ALEXR. COCRE has been honoured with instructions to Sell by
Auctien, at the Lyndon Commercial Sale Rooms. Mincing-lane, on an
early date in April next, of which due notice will be given, several
parcels of the above description of Provisions, composed of the manu-
facture of the following celebrated firms, viz ,
Messrs. Henry Powell and Sons, London ;
Messrs. John M'Call and Co., London ;
Messrs. John Moir and Son, Aberdeen ;
Messrs. D. Hogarth and Co., Aberdeen; and
Messrs. John Gillen and Co , Leith.
All the boxes for sale are being opened and carefully examined for
damaged canisters, the whole of which will be selected and replaced
by sound ones; the fact or the beef having been originally manu-
factured in this country under strict inspection, expressly for the use
of the troops in the Crimea, where it gave the highest satisfaction,
added to its being perfectly free from defective tins, will give every
assurance to buyers of its excellent quality and fitness either for
home consumption or exportation. Packages Included in the pur-
chase. The several parcels of beef for sale are now on view at Beal's •
wharf, Mill-lane, Tooley-street, where purchasers may satisfy them-
selves that every care is being taken in removing from the boxes all
canisters unfit for use. Any further information required can be
obtained at the office of Mr. Cooke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane,
Tower-street, where catalogues may be had six days previous to the
sale, at thefollowing places, viz.:—
Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane;
Corn Exchange,
Garraway's, • Coffeehouses;
Baltic, and
Jerusalem
also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports.
The sale will commence punctually at the time stated.

PLAISTOW VICTORIA. DOCK MISSION.
21_ The prayers and offerings of Churchmen are solicited in aid
of an effort to supply the urgent spiritual wants of a newly popu-
lated district around the Victoria Docks.
Withinthe last few years the formation of a portion of these Docks
and other causes have added a population of about 4,000 souls to the
spiritual charge of the Incumbent of St. Mary's, Plaistow. A new
town has been commenced on a low and marshy tract of ground rd-
joining the river Thames, totally tmdrained, and intersected by
stagnant ditches. In a few more years itis probable that this district
will rival Poplar, Shadwell, Ratcliffe, or St. George's in the number
and habits of its population.
It is proposed at once to send clergymen to labour amongst these
newly-congregated mas=es, and to increase their staff as circum-
stances may render necessary. Another generation must not be
left to repair the neglect of the present. The object of the appeal is
not to apply a palliative of an all bat hopeless evil, but to find the
means of its prevention, to preach Christ's Gospel to every man,
woman, and child in the district, to endeavour to bring all within
the fold of our National Church, to instruct them according to her
formularies, and to preserve them in the communion of her faith
and worship.
Ragged Schools have been tried elsewhere with success, Why
not try Ragged Churches in School-rooms ?We propose, therefore,
in the first instance, to have SHORT SERVICES piton THE PRATES
BOOK in our Schools, adapted to the capacities of the untaught poor
with lectures on popular subjects, musical and other entertainments.
The Lord Bishop of London has given his cordial sanction to the
work, and has undertaken, at the earnest solicitation of the promot-
ers of the mission, to select the clergy, when funds are provided.
To aid us in our difficult task special donations arc required for
the necessary outlay for Missionary Stations, Schools, &c. ; and also
regular subscribers, to enable us to support an adequate staff of
teachers, clerical and lay.
It is intended at an early date to submit the scheme to a general
meeting.
Further particulars will be given by the Rev. Ti. W. B. Marsh,
Incumbent of St. Mary's, Plaistow ; Antonio Brady, Esq., Mary-,
land Point, Stratford, Essex, Treasurer; or the Rev. Alfred W.
Mason, Stratford-green, by whom donations or subscriptions for five
years will be thankfully received; or at the Bank of Coutts and Co.,
59, Strand; or Messrs. Dimsdale and Co., 50, Cornhill, to the ac-
count of the Plaistow and Victoria Dock Mission.

DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN STRABANE.—A most destruc-
tive fire took place in the town of Strabane on Sunday
morning. The extensive mills of Mr. David Smith were
destroyed on Friday night with their contents, to the
value of 2,000/, or 3,000/, as the loss is variously
estimated.

THE APPREHENDED MITREAIN.—The following extract
of a letter, dated Konigsberg, April 2, will be read with
interest at this time, as it establishes the value of pre-
cautionary measures. The writer of the letter also gives
his opinion. There is much unnecessary alarm in Eng.
land, but it does not appear there was less need of it in
Prussia a year ago than exists now as regards England.
He says—" The cattle disease in Russia has not shown
itself to any extent on our side of the frontier, and only
a few villages near Tauroggen and Georgenburg (close
to the frontier) have suffered by it. With the exception
of passengers nothing is allowed to pass the frontier into
Prussia in the affected localities, and it is no doubt
owing to these precautionary measures that we have
escaped so far, and that, in fact, we have been entirely
free from it during the winter."

The Queen has been pleased to direct letters patent to
be passed under the Great Seal, appointing
The Most Reverend the Archbishop of Canterbury,
The Right Honourable the Earl of Ha,rowby,
The Right Honourable the Earl of Chicestar,
The Right Honourable Spencer Horatio Walpole,
The Right Honourable Stephen Lushington.
Travers Twiss, D.C.L., Vicar-General of the Province of
Can terbury,
The Venerable Archdeacon
The Venerable Archdeacon Wigram, and
The Venerable Archdeacon Jones,
to be her Majesty's Commissioners to consider the state of
the several Dioceses of Canterbury; London, Winchester,
end Rochester, with special reference to the circumstances
of the said Dioceses, and the extent, and boundaries
thereof.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 6.
The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of. Privy
Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through
the Secretary' of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a
Dispatch from her Majesty's Chargé d'Affaires at "Monte
Video, enclosing a copy of a Decree. recently issued by the
Monte Videan Government, throwing open the ports of
Maldonado, Colononia, and Paisander, for the despatch of
articles which may be introduced through them from
Monte Video, strictly subject to the Customs' laws and
.regulations. This permission is nob however accorded to
foreign vessels, the trade being cr-sidered as coasting trade
from which foreign flags are excl.ded.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL t.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the ConiMittee of
'Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Minister to the Argentine
Confederation, enclosing copy of the following decree re-
cently issued by the Argentine Government, explanatory
of a decree issued by that Government on the 19;.h July
last, and which appeared in the London Gazette of Oct. 6,
1856 :-
1. The capes to which the law of July 19th refers are
those of Santa Maria and San Antonio, at the entrance of
the River Plate.

2. The trade carried on by the Cordillera of the Andes
Comes within Article 2 of the Law, and will continue to
pay simply the ordinary duty.

3. The said Article 2 Of the Law does not forbid vessels
coming from outside the capes, bound for the ports of the
Confederation, to touch at the intermediate ports of the
River Plate.

4. The said vessels can bring cargo for the ports of the
River Plat e and for others of the Confederation, withuut the
fact of their doing so, or of the discharge of the part des-
tined for them, involving the merchandise directed to the
ports of the Confederation in the payment of differential
duties.

5. Also merchandise coming from outside the capes
which, having been directed to the posts of the River Plate,
has been sent on, either all or in part, to those of the Con-
federation ivithout having been discharged or transhipped
in the former ports, will be considered as coming under
Article 2 of; the Law.
6. As a general rule all merchandise introduced into
the Confederation in vessels which have touched at inter-
mediate ports inside the capes shall be subject to the dif-
ferential duties, if the parties interested do not clearly
prove that they are included in Articles 3,4, or 5 of the
present decree. _ _ _

• 7. To facilitate the fulfilment of the precedine, Article,
the Argentine Commercial Agent at Buenos Ayres, and
the Consul-General at Monte Video, shall be authorised,,
n the cases mentioned in the said Articles 3,4, and 5, at
the request of the parties interested to deliver proper cer-
tificates, having previously taken all necessary steps for
he full verification of the fact which they certify.