The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-13 00:00:00

T ONDON INSTITIITION, April Bth, 1857.

—Notice is hereby given hat the CON VERSAZ(ONE an-
nounced to take place on the evening of Wednesday, April 15th, has
hen postponed to Wednesday the 22d inst., when ROBERT WAR-
RINGTON, Esq., F.C.S., will deliver a lecture on the AQUA-
RIUM.

By order.

F. E. GREENIWA.Y,
Assistant Secretary.

E URE INVESTMENTS.—Messrs. R.
1,3 HURLEY and Co.. 49,,Threadneedle- street, sworn Stock, Share,
and Mining Brokers, will be happy to forwards list of carefully selected
Securities, paying good di vidend.,to those who may favour them wit h
their business, and to advise them on the safest mode of investing
their capital. Business transacted in the Ena'ish Funds at 1-16th
per cent., and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most
reasonable terms. A selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20
per cent.) and progressive mines to be had personally or per letter.

LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTINENTA
STEAM PACKET COMPANY (Limited).

LONDON to ROTTERDAM in TWELVE' HOURS by the NEW
ROUTE to the Continent, forming the connecting link between the
Dutch Rhenish and the Eastern Counties Railways.

The S'e,rners of this Company will commence running between
lIARWICH and ROTTERDAM, with passengers and goods, on
SATURDAY, April 915.
For further particulars as to freight, Sec., apply at the Company's
offices. 44, Moorgate-street (E.C.) ; of Oliver John W:lliains, Esq.,
Harwich ; and of H. P. Maples, shipping agent to the Company, 4,
Arthur-street East (8.C.)

CONTRACT FOR LIGHTERAGE IN THE RIVER THAMES.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-place, 9th April, 1837.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
11 Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
end Ireland do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, he 23d
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons
as may be willing to Contract for perfoi ming, for 12 months cprtaln,
from the 25th May next, and afterwards until the expiratioa of 3
months warning, all such

LIGHTERAGE,
between Woolwich and Nine Elms Railway Station. above Vauxhall-
bridge (both inclusive) as shall from time to time be required by the
Superintendent of her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Deptford.

The condii ions of the revised contract-may be seen at the said
office. No tender will be received after one o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for
the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said
office.

Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
ind bear in the left-hand corner the words "Tender for Lighterage,"
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

ETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since
its introduction to the public been recognised, both by scientific
men and the trade, as the best article ever manufactured in this
c tuntry. Its claims 'o such pre-eminence are based upon its unri-
valled purity, and Its cl'ser assimilation than any other to the
flavour of the finest Champagne Brandy.
There has been no Brandy 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 ho 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 particular French wine no longer exists, end Is
no longer worthily assignable to it now that it 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
which has been exercised upon that of BEI 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 stay now made abroad.
It is to the Interest of the public and the Messrs. Betts that
these facts should be widely sprt ad, for recent importations are of
a quality so inferior as to di grace the name they hear, and are
twice the price of BETTS'S PA I ENT BRANDY, which is supplied
by the trade, in capsuled bottles, to private familie• in any quan-
tity, down to the single bottle. Excise regulations prevent its
sale rem the Distillery, 7, Smithfield-bars, St. John-street, in
any less quantity than two gallons.

y Authority of the French Consul-Geheral.—Notice is hereby given,
that the following SALE of PrtESERVED BEEF will be the last
on account of the French Government.

SALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT
SURPLUS STORES, consisting of PRESERVED ROILED
BEEF. of English, Scotch, and Irish manufacture, in tin canisters of
about 6 lb. each, and packed in wooden boxes containing 14 tins.—
Mr. A LEXR. COCK E has been honoured with instructiois to Sell by
Auctirn, at the L ,ndon Commercial Sale Rooms. vlincing-lane, on en
early date in April next, of which due notice will be given, several
Force's 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 Dillon and Co , Leith.

All the boxes for sale are being opened and carefully examined for
damaced canisters, the whole of which will be selected and replaced
by sound ones ; the facto the beef having been originally mann-
ctured in this country under strict inspection, expressly for the use
or 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 he
obtained at the office of Mr. Coeke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane,
Tower-street, where catalogues may be had six days previous to the
sale, at the following places, • •
viz *—
Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane;
• Corn Exchange,
Garraway's,
Baltic, and }Coffeehouses;
also at the news rooms of the principal inland towns and outports
The salewill commence punctually at the time stated.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
BrEA and PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
ind all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game. Soup. Curries, and Salad,
and:by its tonic and -m—
-in...v./rating properties enables the stomach to
pilectly digest the food,
The daily useof this aromatic and delicious Sauce is the best safe-
uard to health.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 19, Fenchurch-street,
London, and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
rid Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer-
halos, London ; and by the principal dealers in sauce.
N.B.—To guard against imitatioxs, see that the names of " LEA
and PERR INS are upon the label and pat ent cap of the bottle.
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