The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-05 00:00:00

TO THE RIFLE BRIGADE.-A GOOD
SIGHT WILL PROVE ADVANTAGEOUS IN
SELF-DEFENCE. To render your sight and hearing per-
fect take GRIMSTONE'S EYE SNUFF, invented by him to
give strength and vi,gour to the vision, &c. Sold in tinfoil pack-
ages, 6d. per oz. ; canisters, Bd., is. 3d., or in jars 2 oz., 4 oz.,
8 oz., lbs. upwards at Bs. per lb. for export, under the authority
of the Lords of the Treasury, and Medical authority. Or
should you.be a smoker, leave it off, it renders your hand un-
steady. If you must smoke, smoke GRINISTONE'S A 110-
NATIO HERB TOBACCO. This will strengthen your
nerves ; by swallowing your spittle it increases the appetite.
The smoke equ.l Oriental pastules. Sold in square, green
packets with red label, at 3d. per oz., 3s. 6d. per lb. GRIM-
STONE'S II AIR REGENERATOR is the only article that
will produce whiskers, moustaches, eye brows, or cause anew
growth of human hair upon those parts nature intends this
ornament of the human figure. It Is s )1d in triangular
bottles, and inclosed in the 77th edition of the pamphlet full
of testimonials from ladies and gentlemen. Real addresses,
45., 75., and lls., this size contains four of the 4s. size, All
letters to William Grimstone, herbalist, London Depot, 52,
High-street, Bloomsbury: and by Messrs. Barclay and Sons,
Farringdon-street, and all other respectable dealers

"The temporary relief obtained by means of purgative
medicines is purchased at the high price of' the aggravation
and A the perpetuating the disease."—HENßY, M.D.

NO MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER PHYSIC
FOR CONSTIPATION, INDIGESTION (DYSPEPSIA), PALPI-
TATION, NERVOUS, BILIOUS, AND LIVER COMPLAINTS,
DEBILITY, DROPSY, EPILEPSY, PARALYSIS, COUGH,
ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION, BRONCHITIS, SORE THROAT,
FEVERS.
fIU BARRY'S delicious HEALTH RESTOR-
ING REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD, which, at a
few pence per day, eaves fifty times its cost in Medicine, and
lures without purging or any of the uncertainties, annoy
ances, and ruinous expenses incurred by medicine, cod liver
oil, or visits to distant climates.
Certificate No. 36.418.—We find it the safest remedy, An-
drew Ure, M.D., F.R.S. ; Dr. Harvey; Dr. Warzer ; Dr. Shor-
land ; Dr. Campbell.
We extract a few out of 56,000 cures:—
Cure No. 1,771. Lord Stuart de Decies of many years'
dyspepsia. Cure No. 49,832. Of fifty years' indiscribable
agony from dyspepsia, nervousness, asthma, cough, constipa-
tion, flatulency, spasms, sickness, and vomiting, Maria Joly,
of Lynn, Norfolk. Cure No. 47,121. Miss Elizabeth Jacobs,
of extreme nervousness, indigestion, gatherino, low spirits,
and nervous fancies. Cure No. 54,816. The Rev. James T.
Campbell, Syderstone Rectory, near Fakenham, Norfolk. of
Indigesti^n and liver complaints. Cure No. 56,814. Mr. Samnel
Laxton Leicester, of two years' diarrhoea. Cure isTo. 180. Mr.
W. Reeves, 181, Fleet-street, London, of 25 years' nervous-
Cure.
ecnstipation, indigestion, and debility. Cure No. 4,028:
years' dyspepsia, nervousness, debility, with cramps,
as years'
and nausea, Rev. John W. Flavel, Ridlington Rec-
. , Norfolk. Cure No. 3,906. Thirteen years' cough, indi-
gestion, and
nervous irritabiltittye.
Perth. No.
debility. James Porter, Athol-street,
near Liverpool, o°' Gat 58,314. Miss Elizabeth Yeoman, eacre,
n yeeuarres 'Ndoy.s p4e6p,210a., and a
.11 la Tees h iforboerrstosf,
timber merchant, of Frimley, Surrey, of 30 years' diseased
lungs, spitting of blood, liver derangement, partial deafness.
similar testimonial, from 56,000 patients who can be re-
ferred to.
The Food is sold in canisters, Ilb. 2s. 01, 21b, 4s. 6d.; 121 b.
b fib220., 241 b. 40sa. ; I_llPeT-refined quality, 51b. 225„ 101 b. 335. The
12111, "441 b. canisters carriage free on receipt of
Post-office order by t
church-street;
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street,;
330 and 452, Strand ; 49 and' 60,
London ; Fortnum, Mason,
4, Cheapside • 63
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ticeship in Chatham dockyard was commenced at that
establishment before one of the Civil Service Commis-

sioners.
The Immortalite, 51, screw steamer, Captain Hancock,
bent sails yesterday in Portsmouth harbour, and proceeds
to Spithead to-day.
The Edgar, 91, screw steamer, Captain James Katon,
bearing the flag of Rear-Admiral J. E. Erskine, also bent
sails yesterday in Portsmouth harbour, and on Mondayjoins
the fleet at Spithead.
The Stork gunboat, tender to her Majesty's steamer
Excellent, steamed out of Portsmouth harbour yesterday
with a ship's pinnace in tow, and proceeded off into deep
water, where practice was made from a gvn with two de-
scriptions of carriages, mounted in the boat, for the purpose
of testing their suitability for carrying the rifled gun on
boat service. The experiments are expected to be resumed.
The following steam vessels commissioned at Woolwich
are ordered to return to that dockyard to be paid off :-
Ardent, Commander Parish, South-east Coast of America;
Niger, Captain Cracroft, Australia; Triton, Commander
Burton, Africa; Lyra, Commander Oldfield,Cape of Good
Hope; Vixen, Commander Richards; Spitfire, Comman-
der Allinghara ; and Jasper, Commander Pym.
The St. George, 91, screw, Captaia Hon. F. Egerton,
arrived at Spaneau yesterday- rrom cround.
This makes a force of three lino-of-battle ships and a
frigate of the most powerful class. Six new gunboats
have been ordered to be built underneath the sheds at
the gunboat yard, Haslar. The keels of two of them
are already laid, and a portion of their frame in
position. The remaining four will be laid down imme-
diately the blocks have been prepared for them. They will
be fitted with condensing engines of 60-horse power, and
be of an improved form as compared with the class now
under Haslar sheds, and which gained such unenviable
notoriety. The following will be their principal dimen-
sions:-Length between the perpendiculars, 120 feet;
length of keel for tonnage, 105 feet 7/ inches ; extreme
breadth, 22 feet; breadth for tonnage, 21 feet 10 inches ;
breadth, moulded, 21 feet 4 inches; depth in hold, 9 feet
6 inches ; burden in tons, 267 82-94.
It appears from the last official return, recently published,
that there are at present being built in the various dock-
yards for her Majesty's Government 43 vessels of war, car-
rying from 1 to 91 guns respectively, and each of from 80 to
1,250 horse-power, viz., Eleven at Pembroke-the Aurora,
51 guns, the Defiance, 91, the Nassau, 4, the Newport, 5,
the Pandora, 1, the Perseus, 17, the Shearwater, 11, the
Tartarus, 4, the Triumph, 91, the Tweed, 51, and the
Zealous, 91; seven at Woolwich-the Alligator, 22, the
Bristol, 51, Caledonia, 91, the Dartmouth, 36, the Repulse,
91, the Sylvia, 4, and the Wolverine, 21; six at Chatham-
the Belvidera, 51, the Bulwark, 91, the Myrmidon, 4, the
Rattlesnake, 21, the Reindeer, 17, and the Royal Oak, 91;
five at Deptford-the Columbine, 11, tho Endymion, 36,
the Favourite, 22, the Rattler, 17, and the Speedwell, 5 ;
four at Devonport-the Africa, 11, the Teter, 36, the Ocean,
91, and the Robust, 91; four at Portsmouth-the Chan-
ticleer, 17, the Dryad, 51, the Glasgow, 61, and the Royal
Alfred, 91; at Millwall, the Lily, 4; at Glasgow, the
Black Prince, 36; at Jarrow, Newcastle-on-Tyne, the
Defence, 22; at Sheerness, the North Star, 22 ; at Poplar,
the Resistance, 16 ; and at Newhaven, the Tyrian.gunboat.
During the last three months 11 men-of-war have been com-
pleted and launched-viz., four from Deptford-the New-
castle, 51, the Rapid, 11, the Rosario, 11, the Zebra,
17 ; from Millwall, the Eclipse, 4, and the Star, 4 ; from
Devonport, the Liverpool, 51, and the Petrel, 11; from
Chatham, the Undaunted, 51; from Blackwall, the iron-
plated frigate Warrior, 36; and from Plymouth, the Trin.-
culo gunboat.
The screw steamship Centurion, 80, Capt. 11. D. Rogers,
from Lisbon, is expected shortly at Plymouth.
The screw steam sloop Flying Fish, 6, Commander Chas.
W. Hope, was appointed to leave Hamoaze yesterday for
Plymouth Sound.
Her Majesty's paddlewheel steam yacht Black Eagle
(tender to the flagship), Master Commander John E. Petley,
sailed from Woolwich yesterday at 3 p.m. for Ostend, under
telegraphic orders from the Admiralty, to embark his Royal
Highness Prince Alfred on his return to Osborne, prepara-
tory to joining his ship the St. George, 90 guns, Capt. the
Hon. Francis Egerton, at Spithead.
Capt. Alfred P. Ryder is appointed to her Majesty's ship
Hero, vice Capt. George H. Seymour, C. 8., who is super-
seded at his own request.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard S. Dundas, K.C.8.,
has returned to town from Viscount Melville's seat in Scot-
land, and has resumed his duties at the Admiralty.
Rear-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, M.P., First Secre-
tary of the Admiralty, has returned to his official residence
at the Admiralty from Wales.