The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

MONT BLANC IS OPEN TO-NIGHT%

CIIRISTY'S MINSTRELS, POLYGRAPHIC-
HALL, King-William-street, Strand.
THE ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-EIGHTH ENTER-

TAINMENT.
Every Evening the JULLIEN BURLESQUE, received nightly
With shouts of laughter. Doors open at half-past 7, commence at 8.
Stalls, 3s. ; area, 2e. • amphitheatre, Is. • Private Boxes, W. 18.
Seats can be secured at Mr. Mitchell's, 33;01d Bond-street. and at
the Hall. On Saturday, a Morning Entertainment, commencing at 3 .

PROFESSOR WILJALBA FRIKELL. -
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.—Every Evening at 8, and
Saturday Afternoons at 3.—New and Original Entertainment of
PHYSIC AL and NATURAL MAGIC, without the Aid of any
Apparatus. Stalls, 55.: Boxes, 35.; Pit, 25.; Gallery, Is. ; Private
Boxes, two guineas, guinea and a-half, and one guinea.—Places to
De secured at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

A DELAIDE GALLERY, Lowther Arcade,
Strand.—Great success of A. Lamotte's Havelock Schottische.
and Grand Fantasia from "II Trovatore," an I the New Caledonian
Quadrille by Charles Hill. Principal cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcoert.
Open every evening at half-past 8. Dancing commences at 9. The
Argyll Band is to be engaged for private Balls. —R. R. BIGNELL, Ma-
nager.

DR. -KAHN'S MUSEUM AND GALLERY
OF SCIENCE, 3, Tichborne•street, facing the Haymarket.
This Institution presents entirely new features and offers unpre-
, • cedented attractions. Its object will be to combine Natural with
EXPERIMENTAL SCIENCE, and to show the connection be-
tween the functions of the Human Body and the great Forces of
the Universe. Among't the numerous novelties now added, may be
named the lame Oxyhydrogen Microscope. GUIMAL'S AP-•
PAREIL URANOGRAPHIQUE (now first introduced). The latest
improvements in Electric and other Apparatus (including RITHM-
. ICORFF'S WORLD-RENOWNED COIL), Illustrations of Micro-
scopic Anatomy, Dissolving Views of Physiological Phenomena,
Upon a principle never before attempted, &c. Lectures are delivered
daily on the various branches of Science, and their application to
the Human Frame.the Laws of Life, and the Preservation of Health,
by Dr. Kahl. and Dr. Sexton. The Institution is illuminated outside
With DU BOSQUE'S M GNIFICENT ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Open (for Gentlemen only) from 12 till 5, and from 7 till 10 o'clock.
Admission to the whole Building, One Shilling. Illustrated Cata-
logues, Sixpence. Programmes and Lectures gratis on application,
. Or by post free for SIX stamps.

JAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.
2.4 The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock Com-
Parir Hereby give Notice, That the Transfer Books of the said Com-
Pany will be shut on MONDAY, the 14th December, 1857, and open
agitht on TUESDAY, the sth January, 1858.
By order of the. Court.
GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary.
East and West India Dock House. Billiter-square,
4th December, 1857.

GENERAL ANNUITY ENDOWMENT
ASSOCIATION.
Established 1829.
Accumulated funded capital. 289,5271. lls. 6d.
Immediate, deferred, and survivorship annuities granted every
Thursday by the Board of Dire tors.
In this strictly Mutual Association Annuities of 191. each can be
Secured to a wife or other nominees at exceedingly moderate rates
of Premium, viz.:—
At the age of 30, annual premium...—. •• • • £2 14 0
40, •• • .. • .. 317 0
Twelve annuities may be effected.
93, Cheapside. PHILIP CURTIS, Secy.

SALE OF OLD STORES AT PORTSMOUTH.
ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, 7th Dec., 1857.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on WEDNESDAY, tie 16th
Nut, at 12 o'clock at noon, the Admiral Superintendent will put up
to Sale, in her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth,
Several Lots of Old Stores, consisting of Canvass Razz, Ham-
mock Rags, Old Rope, cablelaid and hawserlaid, Old Coal Bags,
Ochs.m, Lignum Vitae, and Cast Iron Ballast, &c , &c., &c., all lying
in the said Yard.

Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
for notes of admission for that purpose.

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atalognes and Conditions of St;le may be had here and at the
lrard[

CONTRACTS FOR SEAMEN'S CLOTHING.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-place,. Dec. 4, 1857.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do Hereby Give Notice, that on Mososy, the 21st
blatant, at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and
delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the
Undermentioned articles, viz.:—

Yards.
, Blue Cloth, No. 1. .. . • .. .. 50,000
Hessen, 42 Inch .. .. • • .. 7,000
~ 40 „ .. • • .. 18,000
.. 36 „ .. • • .. .. 13,000
.. 27 „ .. .. .. .. 4,000
Gress.
Black Horn Crown and Anchor Buttons, 30 Line .. 5,500
.. ,lo 9, 24 Line .. 1,300
One half of each to be delivered in 3 months, and the remainder in
. II months afterwards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
thereof only as they may deem lit, or for a greater quantity, or of
not contracting for any.
No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
the said Office, at the Victnatling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth, or
to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or
to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
Tenders will be admitted for any portion of the above quantities.
Samples of the Articles may be seen at the said office between
the hours of 10 and 2 only, and also at the Victualling Yards at
Gosport and Plymouth.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion Is called, may be seen at the said office, and at the Victualling
Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, and at Liverpool and Bristol.
No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the
day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering,
Or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of
contract, as the result of the offer received from each person will be
communicated to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
/; ve
ry tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
ari übear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ,
and must also be delivered at Somerset•house.

INVESTMENTS EQUAL TO CONSOLS.-
1. A FREEHOLD GROUND-RENT of 2491. Bs., securel on
au estate producing 1,4001. a-year. To be sold for 5.5001.
2. A GROUND-RENT of 581. ss. for 90 years, equally well
Seetired. Price 1,000/.
3. An Improved wen-secured RENT of 75/. for 86 years. Price
1,0501.
COTTAGES FOR SALE.
4. ♦ COTTAGE-RESIDENCE, held for 300 years at 3/. Is.
Price 2001.
5. A Small RESIDENCE near Kew-gardens, held for 99 years
at 50. Price 2001.
ALMSHOUSES FOR SALE.
6. A well-erected ESTATE near Kew •gardens, healthful and
convenient for omnibus. rail, or boat.
OFFICES AND RESIDENCES TO LET.
7. The OFFICES, 25, Poultry, and 13, Gresham-street. The
RESIDENCES (under 201. rent) at Dalston, Holloway, and Kew,
replete with every convenience.
Apply to Palmer and C0.,_13, Gresham-street. Guildhall.

MESSRS. NICOLL'S ESTABLISHMENTS
are thus divided:—Number 114, REGENT-STREET. is
their Depot for Paletots, Uniforms, Gentlemen's Evening and Morn-
ing Dress; Number 116, for the manufactn e of the i ninea Trousers;
Ntimber 118, for Half-Guinea Wa'steoats ; Number 120, for Water-
proofed Guinea Capes, Servants' Liveries; Number 142 is their new
Establishment for Ladles' Rid.ng Habits and Mantles in Fur and
Cloth; and Nimber 144 contains their other new Department for
Clothing young gentlemen with the taste, excellence, and economy
Whereby MESSRS. NICOLL have secured wide spread confidence.
The Wholesale Wareroc'ms are at the rear of the Regent-street pre-
Mises. viz , 29, 30, 31, and 41, WARWICK-STREET. The City
Depot is at 21 end 22, CORNHILL, and the addresses of the various
Agents are duly advertised In the journals of the Untted Kingdom
and the Colonies.

APPETITE AND DIGESTION IMPROVED.
LEA
and' PERRINS' WORCESTERSHIRE
SAUCE imparts the most exquisite relish to Steaks, Chops,
led all Roast Meat Gravies, Fish, Game, Soup, Curries, and Salad,
Ind b 7 its tonic and invigorating properties enables the stomach to
PerfectiF digest the food.
Th
e daily use of this aromatic and delicious Sauco is the best safe-
Ituard to health.
geld by the proprietors, Lea and Perrino, 19, Fenchurch-street,
London,. and 68, Broad-street, Worcester; also by Messrs. Barclay
id B°,lB, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other oilmen and mer-
chants, Loudon ; and generally by the principal dealers in sauce.
and •.11E'''''
guard against imitations, see that the names of "LEA
n'TS" are upon the labs' and patent cap of the bottle.

AN. ACT OF GRATITUDE.-5,000 Copies of a
Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.—GaoaoE Tnomes,
Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous debility, lOU ofmemory,
and dimness of sight. restaang from the early errors of youth, by
following the instructions given in a Medical Work by a Physician,
he considers it his duty, in gratitude to the author, and for the benefit
~_°l nervous sufferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore
*cud tree, to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a direct-
td envelope enclosing two stamps, to pre-pay postage, a copy of the
medical work containing every information required. Address, G.
Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

'JrOTHE NERVOUS AND DEBILITATED.
CHARLES WATSON, M.D. (Physician to the Bedford Die-
Isr..larY), 27, Alfred-Place. Bedford-square, London, continues to
*mai on receipt of six stamps, " THE GUIDE TO SELF-CURE."
!Kedicial Correspondence conducted.
The first man of the day in these complaints."—Medical Re-
view, July, 18Gu,
The trues6ide to those who deaire a speedy and private cure."
ynlversity Magazine.
th. NEW AMERICAN DISCOVERY' showing the absurdity of
the —nglish mode of treating such complaints, will prove a blessing to
adopting the afflicted, who may safely and easily regain pristine health by
means presented."—Evening Star.

DU BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS'
FOOD, for DELIC A.TE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN-
V A LTila
inor-.--°. Supersedes the expense and dangprs of wet-nursing, is
- easlly digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than
2.111 k
; acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless-
:lm, scrofula, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of
he system and sound sleep injured. Many respectable families who
!save reared and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred
to, and a copy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding
a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., 17,
Regent-street, London Prices : —ln Canisters, Is.; 25.; and 121 b.
at 21s. The large Canister will be forwarded free of carriage on
receipt of Post Office Order.