The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-09 00:00:00

CONTRACT for COALS for the PACIFIC.
Department of the Storekeeper-General of the Navy,
Somerset-place, April 8, 1850.
The,
of ~Commissioners for executitr: thence of Lord High Ad:n:ral
United Kingdom of Great Et ..ao: :gal Ireland do hereby give
they th,l, on TUESD AY. the 3uth instant, at One o'clock,
Win be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
''°utraet for supplying and delivering at Valparaiso and Callao, or at
intermediate Port, as may be directed by the Commander-in-
Chief on the Station, or Senior Naval Officer at Valparaiso,
1,000 Tons of WELSH COALS,
Flt for the Service of her Majesty's Steam-vessel.
The Conditiors of the Contract and a Form of Tender may be seen
at the said Office.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
nor anv noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him,
111dy authorised in writing.
• Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-han I corner the words " Tender for Coals," and
roust also bo delivered at Somerset place, accompanied by a letter
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering, in the sum of 5001. for the due performance of
the Contract.

LAST INDIA lIOUSE, JANUARY 30, 1850.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be
SHUT on TUESDAY. the sth March next, at Three o'clock, and
OI'ENED again on THURSDAY, the 11th April following.
That a General Court of the said Company will be held at their
house is Leadenhall-street, on WED!4ESDAY, the 10th April, 1850,
fronit Nine o'clock in the Morning until Six o'clock in the Evening,
tr the Election *f Six Directors of the said Company for four years.
That the form of a Letter of Attorney and of a Declaration for
enabllng Proprietors of East India Stock to vote by proxy on this oc-
casion, may be obtained on application at the Treabury in this House.
That the Lists of the Members of the said Company will be ready
be delivered on Tuesday, the 20th March next.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA
STOCK.

Ladles and Gentlemen.
The lattientol death of your highly respected Chalrman, MaJor•
General Sir Archibald Galloway, having created a vacancy
ill the direction of your affairs, it becomes my duty to inform you
' that, In conformity with previous announcement, it is my inten-
tion to proceed to the Ballot upon this occasion. Baying in the
course of a long canvass submitted to you the grounds upon which
I have presumed to offer myself as a candidate, I have now only to
elPress my grateful thanks for the assurances of support with which
_ I hare been honoured, and to solicit those proprietors who have not
>et declared themselves to favour me with an intimation of their in-
tentions ; when the day of election is fixed I shall lo,e no time in
forwarding to my friends who may prefer to vote by Proxy the
necessary Letter of Attorney, and I respectfully solicit an early in-
tin:tattoo of any recent changes of address.
I have the honour to te,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Tour very faithful and obedient servant,
H. T. PRINSEY.

London Tavern, April 8, 1850.
P.S. My Commit.ee, by whom communications will be thankfully
received, sit daily at the London Tavern.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 311acn 27, 1850.
TO the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA
STOCK.

Ladles and Gentlemen,
The ELECTION of SIX DIRECTDRS of the East India Com-
Pany being appointed for WEDNESDAY, the 10th April next, the favour
or Your vote and interest is requested for the following Gentlemen,
Lieut.-General Sir JAMES LAW LUSHINGTON, G.C.B.
GEORGE LYALL, Esq.
ELLIOT MACirIAGHTEN, Esq.
JOHN PETTY MUSPRATT, Esq.
MARTIN TUCKER SMITH, Esq., M.P.
WILLIAM WIGRAM, Esq.
'Well will mach oblige,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient Servants,
W. B. Bayley
Robert Campbell
J. Caulfield
John Cotton
Win. J. Eastwick
Russell Ellice
A. Galloway
J. W. Ilogg
Rd. Jenkins
John Loch
Ross D. Mangles.

Maaterm an
W. L. Melville
C. Mills
J. Oliphant
W. H. C. Plowden
H. Shank
John Shepherd
W. H. Sykes
John C. Whiteman
P. Warden
Henry,,,, Willock
nY. Alexander
*** Proprietors desirous of Voti
of Attorney for that purpose at the

ing by Proxy may obtain a Letter
Treasury in this House.

EAST I\`•DIA HOUSE, 31"Aacii 27, 1850,
To the PROPRIETORS of EAST INDIA
STOCK.

Ladies anti Gentlemen,
Having the honour of being recommended to you by the Directors
of the East India Company as CANDIDATES for the DIRECTION
to be chosen this year, ne take the liberty of requesting the favour
of your VOTE on the day of election, WEDNESDAY, the 10th of April
next. .

We are,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Your most obedient and most Nimble servants,
J. L. LUSHINGTON.
GEORGE LYALL.
E. MACNAGHTEN.
J. PETTY MUSPRATT.
M. T. SMITE!.
W. WIGHAM.
.6* Proprietors desirous of Voting by Proxy may obtain a Lotter
Of Attorney for that purpose at the Treasury in this Honse.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
Notice is hereby given, that a SPECIAL GENERAL
kEETING of this Company will he held at the Paddington Station,
In tke county of Middlesex, on THURSDAY, the 25th day of April
instant, at Twelve o'clock, for the purpose of considering and deter-
Inining the mode of raising the Capital requisite for the completion
of certain undertakings belonging to, or purchased by, this Company,
and for the general purposes of the Company.
The meeting will also be made special to receive, consider, and
determine upon any matters contained in a Report required by a
resolution of the last Half-Yearly General Meeting of Proprietors to
be made by the Directors, with respect to the several recommenda-
tions contained in the Report of the Consultation Committee, which
was submitted to the said Half-Yearly Meeting on the lath February
last.
t The Chair will be taken at One o'clock precisely.

C. RUSSELL, Chairman.
Paddington Station, April 4CHAS. A. SAUNDERS, Secretary.
, 1850.

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT,
Upon the principle of Mutual Life Assurance, the whole Profits
belonging to the Assured.
No. 72,- LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON.
TRUSTEES.
John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Richard Matins, Esq., Q.C. I James Fuller Madox, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
William Adams, Earl , New Broad-street.
John Atkins, Esq., White Hart court, Lombard-street.
Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street. America-square.
J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq.. Prospect-place, Kilburn.
John Dangerneld, Esq., Chancery-lane.
Robert henry Forman, Esc, , Ordnance, Pall-mall.
John Hamilton, Esq., Alfred-place, Thurloe-square.
James Fuller Madox, Esq., Clement's-lane.
John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City.
C. Octavius Parnell, Esq , Ncrfolk-street, Park-lane.
AUDITORS.
(leorge Cumming, Esq., Westbourne-grove.
William D. Starling, Esq., Change alley, City.
James Turner. Esq., Parliament-street.
David Henry Stone, Esq., Poultry.
BANKERS— M essrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.
SECRETARY—David Alison, Esq.
PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD.
24, Connaught-terrace. Edgeware -road.
The Rev. James Shergold Boone, A.M., Stanhope. street, Hyde-park
Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square.
Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace. Hyde-park.
Thomas Jervis Amos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square.
George Y.. Robson, Eel., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park.
Secretary, Chas. Hoghton, Esq.
The POLICIES issued by this Company being INDISPUTABLE,
are transferable and negotiable Securities. They may at any time
be made available in money transactions, their 'validity not being
dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the Import of
Other documents. Used as Family Provisions, they relieve the As-
sured from all doubt and anxiety as to the result of Assurances
thereby made certain.
Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As-
surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the corn-
Viernierpeecuttuseofs.its business, and is steadily increasing.
Reports, and every other information, may be ob-
tained at the Chief Office, or any of the Agencies.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

TO EVERY FAMILY in the KINGDOM and
the PUBLIC UNIVERSALLY.
CLARK'S HARVEY'S SAUCE, Clark's Reading sauce, also
essence of anchovies, mushroom ketchup, French caper., cayenne
te9Per, all at Gd, per bottle ; real India soy, 9d. per bottle ; finest
ergona anchovies, in bottles ls. each, Is. 4d. per lb., or 225. Gd. er
double barrel; anchovy paste, for breakfast, luncheons, &c., Is. per
pot ; Yarmouth bloater paste, for ditto, Bd. per pot ; superfine salad
oil, Bd. per bottle; real Dantzic spruce, 10s. 6d. per keg, or Is. 3d.
Per quart bottle ; mustard, in lb. bottle squares, from Gd. to Is. 4d.
each for the finest article, also in 910. and 181 b. casks, f-om 4d. to
IC 3d. per lb for the best; be.t London pickles, 7d. per bottle, or 6s.
Der dozen, of various sorts ; malt vinegar, from Is. 4d. to 2s. Gd. per
gallon for the best; new lemons, from 3s. Gd. per 100; fresh lemon
Juice, half-pants, 2s. 9d., pints 4s. Gd., quarts Bs. per dozen ; also in
packages, from two gallons to 120 gallons, at Is. per gallon; dried
Peel, Is. 7d. per lb. ; St. Michael and other table oranges, 16s. per
original chest, or from 2s. 6d. per 100 ; new Seville oranges, from
„.r
gallon; dried peel, 25. 9d. per lb. ; black pepper, Is. per lb. ;e* 6d. rer 100 or is. 4d. per dozen ; fresh Seville orange juice, 2s.
vv
"ite
Pepper, Is. 4d. per lb. ; ginger from Gd. per lb. ; cloves, from
.8. 4d. per lb. ; isinglass, from Bs. G.I. per lb. ; maccaroni, from 7d.
Per lb. ; vermicelli, 10d. per lb.; cayenne pepper, 2s. ad. per lb. ;
allspice, 9d. per lb. ; fine m!xed spice, 2s. 6d. per lb. Terms cash.
11 orders, by post or otherwise, delivered free three miles from
the city.
CLARK and CO., Italian, fruit, and spice merchants, and mustard
Illanufacturers, 40, Coleman-street, City.

4YEBROWS MUSTACHIOS, and WHISKERS produced in a
few weeks, and Baldness removed and prevented, by the use of
G_RIM STONE'S AROMATIC
REGENERATOR.
If You are in want of that beautiful adornment of the human
o
"Dire, a natural supply of human hair, obtain through the post, or
tforenY wholesale or retail chemist or druggist, or perfumer. an Its.
of (irimstone's Aromatic Regenerator. This is an essential
irrit, drawn from aromatic herbs and flowers (grown at his Her-
erY. Highgate), which has been long known to the nobility and
tentrY, b whom it is highly apadpreciated for its manifold virtues, too
orgerousy to be set forth in an vertisement, but may be read in his
Paa:mrbpahrlye, t,in which the bottles are enclosed.
pamphlet has the signature of William Grimstone, Merchant,
Highgate, and will be found at page 11, under the copy of
fl.rg. , Weekly's Letter to the Editor of the "Times" newspaper, 7th
"` Aitglist, 1846.
This Pamphlet is forwarded through the post, on receiving two
Postage stamps.
...The Aromatic Regenerator can be forwarded through the post on
crair /ion a post-office order for 4s. 6d., 7s. Bd., or Va., which In-
es the postage with the case.
The lls. size contains four of the 49.
In thfew of• its many virtues, as thousands can prove, are published
1" u'e Pamphlet enclosed with each bottle.

Reader, reflect for a few minutes, and if you are 40 years of age,
You will remember the thousands of blind you meet with in your
'Mks, others with various coloured eye-shades ; indeed, such was
Ike demand for eye-shades, that it was a business. What has re-
moved those sightless beings, and given place to a straightforward,
Clear-sight
people (the climate is the same) ? I'll tell you the cause
:Abe universal use of Grimstone's Eye Snuff! and because it cured
oPhthaltnia.Gutta Serena, Cataract, Nervous Beadach, and Deaf-
4,.ieas, the Lords of the Treasury directed it to be denominated a medi-
cine, and to be stamped. Although this advanced its character, 67
Dues of cure being proved by the informers, still it was an act of
...y, 13ressian ; as in 1825 the Solicitor of Stamps, Godffey Sykes, Esq.,
altered the label, and sanctioned its sale under order of the Lords of
Treasury;the the letter of protection, signed by Berries, Esq., to
William Grimstone, bearing date 18th February, 1525. This was
on account of its curative qualities, being sold at that time in cants-
„ten!, within the reach of every poor family. But under this order of
government it is obliged to be stamped.
inclosed in a GRIMSTONE'S MEDICATED EYE SNUFF, sold in canisters,
pamphlet of medical and other testimonials, under the
...overntnent order, at Is. lid., 2s. 9d., and 45. 6d. each. The
58.8 d., including
sold a$ Id. each. If through the post, is. Bd., 3s. 6d., and
including postage, &c. The following letter is one out of the
many thousand proofs.
of the following Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases
"1 uutta Serena, from G. 11. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism:—
" " Southsea, near Portsmouth, Hants, sth Nov., 1848.
.1,„,M1. W. ORIMSTONE.—Sir—I must in justice to you send the fol- ,
tag Testimonial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of your
.
theY most e Snuff in cases of Gutta Serena. I have used it in five cases with
astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, you may advertise this !
) rmake what use you please. The cures have wholly astonished
me and thousands of others.—T am, Sir, &c.,
All 1 G. B. BOUTELL, Professor of Galvanism."
letters to Mr. William Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate, near
r,.°n.d°n• at which establishment he continues to manufacture his
The larried lIERB TOBACCO, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. following letter,
tho in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from
author of !Ile " Pleasures of Home
`_Springfield Ccttage, Iloniton, Devon, 15th August, 1848.
cannot deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I
t4T_ your Herb Tobacco. I have now found in it a substitute for
bople".°l,e.a leaf, laherto obtained by me from a friend in Constanti-
yew., am sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find
'great and acceptable gift, it a very reasonable price.
" I am your obed lent servant,
To mr " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L.
This _ • Grimstone, llerbary, Highgate."
gists, arTten,iiively-famed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and 14d..
10, `l_ others, with W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 71,4 d..
.1
a' 9d., and 4s. 6d, each, including the Government stamp