The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-06 00:00:00

ARGYLL ROOMS.-LAI7REN ASINO,
Great Windmill-street, St. James's.— The above elegant
Rooms are now open every evening for the winter season, with
Laurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a-piston, M.
Bonlcourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the puhlic that this
fashionable place of resort has been entirely ridecorAlld during the
recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis-
sion One :billing.

OYAL PRINCESS'S THE ATRE.—
x.e., HENRY RUSSELL, TO-NIGHT, Monday, A pril6, and during
the week, wlll give his Entertainment. "THE FAR WEST," or Every-
day Life in America. The second part, entitled " Negro Life " Mr.
Russell will accompany himself on one of Collard and Collard's mag-
nificent Bi-chord Pianofortes. Dress Circle, 2s. 6d.; Upper Boxo,
Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Gallery, 6d. Tickets and places may be secured of
Mr. Maasingham, at the Box-office, from 11 to 4. Doors open at
half-past 7, commence at 8.

THE GREAT TOBACCO CONTROVERSY.
Dr..SEXTOX will LECTURE, en this imnortant topic daily
at 3 and half-past 7 p.m ,at Dr. KAHN'S MUSEUM, No. 4, Coven-
try. street, Leicester-square. The Museum, which now stands wholly
unrivalled in the world, and the rarity and complet,ness cf whose
contents have already acquired for it an European reputation, and
obtained the warm commendation o: the press in this and other coun-
tries, is Open daily, for Gentlemen en y, trout 10 to 10. A.
Lecture is de iyered by Dr. KAFIN at half-pa.St 8 p.m. precisely. Ad-
mission, One -billing. Descriptive Catalogues of the Ma-eum, con-
taining Lectures as delivered by Dr. Khan, gratis to the visitors. •

SECIIRE INVESTMENTS.--Messrs. R
HQRLEY and Co., 48, Threadneedle• street, Sworn Stock, Share,
and Mining Brokers,will be happy to forward a ,:s t of carefully selected
Securities, paying good dividends. to those who may favour them with
their business, and to advise them on the safest mode of investing
their capita,. Business transacted in the English Funds at 1-16th
per cent., and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most
reasonable terms. A selected llot of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20
per cent.) and.progressive rr'nes to be had personally or per letter.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY has ever since
its introduction to the public been recogr'sed, both by scientific
men and the trade, as the best article ever manufactured in this
c mntry. Its claims to such preeminence are based upon its unri-
valled purity, and its closer 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 he can realise by it§ bning 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 distillei from'a particular French wine no longer exists, 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
which has been exercised upon that of BETTS'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 NN :dely 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 Ifs
sale irom 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 tile last

on account of the French Government.
QALE of FRENCH COMMISSARIAT
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. COCKE has been honoured with instructions to Sell by
Anctien, at the Landon 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 01 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 of the beef having bean 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, Teoley-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. Cocke, 2, Old Trinity House, Water-lane,
Tower-street, whens catalogues may be had six days previous to the
sale, at the following places, viz.:—
Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane;
Corn Exchange,
Garrasvay's, Coffeehouses;
t ic, and
Jerusalem
alsu at tile 11CW. relolll9 Of the principal inhuld towns mut outportg.
The sale vvill commenco punctually at the time stated.

riLAISTOW &VICTORIA DOCK MISSION.
.1. The prayers and`cfferings of Churchmen are solicttcd 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 ad-
joining the river Thames, totally undrained, 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 masses, 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 but hopeless evil, bat to find the
means of its prevention, to preach Christ's Gospel to every man,
woman, and child in the district, to endeavour to being 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 slum SERVICES FROM TEE PRAYER
Boos 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 hi 3 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 ns in our difficult task special don tions are required for
the necessary outlay for Missionary Stations, Schools, &o. ; 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. R. 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 Coati and Co.,
59, Strand; or Messrs. Dimstlale and Co.. 51. Cornhlil, to the ac-
count of the Plaistow and Victoria Dock Mission.