The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-18 00:00:00

MORNING PEIR:FORMANCES
bn. WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY, at Three o'Clock.
Admission—Stalls, 38..•4 Area, 28. ; Gallery, Is. Tickets may
be hsd of the princiP Mugicsellers and Librarians, and at
Austin's Ticket Ofilce, 28, Piccadilly.

lOSITIES
MR. W. S. WOODIN'S NEW ENTERTAIN-
- , the of CUR POLY-
f-4RAPIIICMENT HALL,C KingABINET Wil'iam-street, Charing-cross,
'-rO-NIGHT, and EVERY EVENING (except Saturday), at
Eight. Private boxes, £1 ls. ; Stalls and box stalls, 3s. ;
area, 2s. ; amphitheatre, ls. -A plan of the stalls may be
87n, and seats secured (without extra charge), at the Box-
°'''ce, from 10 Morning Performance, Saturday, Feb.
23,

RGYLL ROOMS. - GRAND MUSICAL
ENTERTAINMENT,
with the Celebrated BAND, Forty in number (established
clever. years), chosen from the Philharmonic Concerts, Re;yal
nltslirm Operas, and the Household Troops. Conducted by
Lamotte. Cornet-a-piston, M. Boulcourt.—Pancing
nt Niue o'clock.-Is. admission.

rpHE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ROOMS,
High Holborn.—The most elegant entertainment in
the world. The dancing area is most ,:,xtrosive. The reading
and smoking rooms on either side of 'die spacious galleries are
replete with every comfort, and tine
refreshment rooms at-
-tached to the ball room are '.unrivalled even by Oriental
y. The wines, ,Cc., are of the highest quality. The
directed by Mr. E'ackex, stands alone for its excellence.
Admission, ls.
N.B.—Mr. W. M. FA 4'',lcl4lß'S Annual RENEFIT BAT,
MASQUE is fixed for "ATURSDAY, 28th Feb.

CONTRACTS PPR OATS, SOAP, AND TOBACCO
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling
anr", Transport Services,
Somerset House, 15th February, 1861.
rHE COMMIS ;LONERS for EXECUTING the
KINGFFI of Le/RD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
of 0-d.EAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
lIERBI3Y GIVFA NOTICE, That on THURSDAY, the 28th
inst., at half-Prdst One o'Clock, they will be ready to treat
with sue:ft P'ersons as may be willing to Contract for
suPPlytng and delivering* into her Majesty's Victualling
Storm at i.'entford the undermentioned articles, via.:—
OATS 500 Quarters.
SOAP lOO Tons.
TOBACCO
When to be delivered—Half of each in three weeks, and the
l`emainder in three weeks afterwards, or earlier if preferred
by the party tendering
•
T'enders may be made for the whole or any portion of the
articles,
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the
'renders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or
for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
Unlimited power of selection.
The Tobacco to be exempted from the Customs duties, and
parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Samples of the, Oats (not less than Two Quarts), and of the
Soap (not less, than a Bar) must be produced by the parties
teta dering.
Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade
Marks ant!, numbers, and the countries or places of its growth
or produce, and a fresh drawn dock sample of each cask or
package must be produced by the parties tendering, and any
cask 'or package that is found not to be of the same mark,
nure.ber, or quality as the sample tendered and accepted, will
be '..ejected by the officers.
The request roduced by persons whose tenders are not ac-
tepted are ed to be taken away by them immediately
after the contracts have been decided.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed form
provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on ap-
plication at the said Office, or to the officer conducting the
Packet Service at Liverpool, to the Collector of Customs at
Bristol.
Particular attention is called to the recent modification of
the conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen at the
said Office, and at Liverpool and Bristol.

No Tender will e received after half-past One o'clock on
the day of treaty ;band it will not be required that the party
tendering, or an agertt on his behalf, should attend at the
Office on the day of contract, as the result of the offer received
from each person Via be communicated to him and his pro-
posed sureties in. 'writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for ;" and must also be delivered at Somerset-
house.

13RESENTS.— ORNAMENTAL and SCIEN-
-A- TIFIC.—ORNA.MENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-rooln. Consisting of anew and elegant assortment
of VA SE S, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Inkstands,
VA
inlaid Tables, Paperweights, &c., in Italian,Alabas-
ter, Marble, Bronvae, Derbyshire Spar, &o. Imported and
Inanufactured by JAMES TENNANT, Mineralogist to her
Majest 149, Sty JAMES
W.C., London.
MEN.r. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS,
ERALS, and FOSSILS, which will greatly facilitate
ntereating study of MINERALOGY, CONCHOLOGY
and G'sIOLOGY, INSTRUCTION 2102050 to 100 guineas each.
PFACTICAL in GEOLOGY and MINE-
RA-LOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, at 149, Strand, W.C.

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
is allowed by upwards of 200 Medical Gentlemen to
he the most effective invention in the curative treatment of
HERNIA. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its
effects, is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the
body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the
Koc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease
and closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn
Auring sleep. A descriptive circular may be had,' and the
truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir-
cumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being
sent to the manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 1(38., 215.,265. 6d. and 31s. 6d. PcsA.g.• Is.
A Double Truss, als. 6d., 425., and' ma. 64. Postage, 1s Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 64. Postage, is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John virbite,'Post-
(r ince, Piccadilly.

PLASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for
Varicose Veins s;nd all eases of Weakness and Swelling of
the Legs, Sprains, efro. They are porous, light in texture,
and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking.
Price 3s. 6d., 7"d. 6d., 10s., and 16s. each. Postage 6d.
JOIIS WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.