The Sun.
London, England, 1850-12-26 00:00:00

EIST 110ITSE, DECEMBER 24, 1350.
TffE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA. COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That the RATE of P.XIIIANGE at which they will receive Cash
for Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until
farther notice, be 2s. Id. the Company's Rupee ; and for Bills on
korn)ay, 2s. 1 the Company's Rupee.
JANIE ; C. 31ELVILL, Secretary.

THE GREAT NORTEIERN RAILWAY
is NOW OPEN for GENERAL ME RCIIAND ISE TRAFFIC
to and from London, and all Stations on the Great Northern Railway
system, and to and from London and all Towns in the North of
England and in Scotland.
Goods may be Booked at the King's-cross Station, or at the fol-
lowing Receiving Houses in London :
At the Bull and Mouth Inn, St. Martin's-le-Grand ; the Oxford
Arms, Warwick•lane ; the George Inn, Borough; No. 11, Grace-
church-street ; the Flower Cot, Ilishopsgate-street ; the Saracen's
Head, Snow-hill ; the Old Bell, Holborn ; the Cross Keys, St. John-
street ; the Peacock, Islington; the White Bear, Piccadilly ;
Hatchet's, Piccadilly ; the Ship, Charing-cross ; Moore's Green
Man and Still, Oxford-street; the Bear and Castle, and the Glouces-
ter Warehouse, Oxford-street.
Full particulars as to Rates, &e., may be ascertained at the Goods
Offices, King's-cross Station, and at all the Stations on the Line.
The Company's Dock and Waterside Premises, King's-cross Sta-
tion, are accessible by the Regent's Canal, and facililies exist for
leading and unloading Barges under cover in the Warehouses.
N.B. To prevent mistakes all goods should be plainly marked " To
be forwarded by the Great Northern Railway."
By order,
SEYMOUR CLARKE, General Manager.
Secretary's Office, King's-cross Station,
London, Dec. 13, 185.

LONDON AND BLACKWALL RAILWAY
COMPANY.
NORTH GRAVESEND EXTENSION.
Notice is hereby given that the whole of this Capital having Leen
2,lbscribed, no further applications for Shares can be received.
By order, JOH' F. KENNELL, Secretary.
Offices, London Terminus, Fenchurth-street,
24th December, 1850.

BETTS'S PATENT BRANDY, in single bot-
tles, protected by the patent metallic capsules, otstainable
troui all respectable spirit merchants in town and country; or, at
365. per dozen ' • and in 2-gallon jars, at 16s. per gallon, of BETTS
and CO.. at 7, SMITHFIELD B kit&

THE DEW OFF BEN NEVIS : the patronised
whiskey of H.R.H. Prince Albert, in single bottles, protected
by the patent metallic capsules, obtainable from all respectable
Writ merchants in town and country ; or at 425. per dozen, of
BETTS and CO., at 7, SMITHFIELD BARS.

THE STANDARD of COGNAC : the very
finest foreign Brandy imported ; is single b)ttles, protected
by the patent metallic cspsnles, obtainable from all respectable
Spirit merchants in town or country ; or the brown at 515., and the
Pale at 60s. per dozen, of BETTS and CO., at 7, SMITHFIELD
zIA Rs.

FLOOR CLOTHS.
Best Quality Warranted - - 2s. 6d. per square yard.
Persian and Turkey pattern - 2s. 9d. do. do.
Common Floor Cloth - - - 2s. Od. do. do.
Japanned Folding-screens from 305.
Cocoa-fibre Mats and Matting.—lndia Matting,'Plain and Figured.
JOWETT, Manufacturer, 532, New Oxford-street.

CHURCH OF ENGLAND LIFE AND FIRE
ASSURANCE INSTITUTION.
Lothbury, London.
ZnaPewered by Specie' Act of Parliament, 4 and 5 Vic., Cap. XCII.
Subscribed Cap'tal, ONE MILLION.
(A. List of the Proprietors Enrolled in the High Court of Chancery.)
DIRECT ORS.
• Ch.iirman—Maror JAMES OLIPTIANT, H.E.I.C.
'Major J. Adair: Wm. Ambrose Shaw, Esq.
~The Very Rev. the Dean of Emly. Ed. Heathcote Smith, Esq
4ev, W Harness, M.A. Rov. H. T. Tucker, M.A.
Jonathan Hopkinson, Esq. John Walker, Esq.
•
James
Jackson, Esq, Sir William White.
4anies Lamb, Esq.* Rev. Richard Wood, B.D.
CaPtairi Macdougall

LIFE.
This InstittWon adopts both the MUTUAL and PROPRIETARY
SYstems of Life Assurance, and thereby presents (in one Establish-
laent) all the advantages offered to the Public by other respectable
offices, with Rates of Premium as 1,,w as are cmaistent with security.
FIRE.
The Receipts for the Renewal Premiums, due at Christmas, are
ready for delivery at the [lead ()Rice in Town, and at the respective
agencies throughout the country.;
Prospectuses, the necessary Forms, and every requisite informa-
on for effectheg Assurances, may be obtained on application at the
mead Office, as above, or to any or the A^enti of the Company.
WILLIAM EMMENS, Secretary.

CIUMMINGS'S SOUTHAFRICAN EXHI-
i
CHINESE GALLERY, HYDE-PARK-CORNER.
A MU.S.UM of SPORTING TROPHIES, NATIVE ARMS and
COSTUMES, obtained in the Chase of the Lioa Eleoant, Rhino.
Zros, Hip: opotainus, &c., during a five years' hunting expedition
the far interior of South Africa.
Exhibited by the Hunter's Bushman Tracker.
OPEN DAILY, from Eleven till Ten. Admission, Is.

11/
CII LUST NI AS lIOLIDAYS.
OYAL PO L YTE CH NIC INSTITUTION
... Lecture by Dr. Bachhoffner on Voltaic Electricity, in which
:111 be exhibited Allman's Patent Electric Light, on Tuesday and
tThursday at 'Gina. -Lecture by .T. IL P a pler, Esq., 'on Fire and its
flitagonists, illustrated with brilliant Experiments.—New Lecture
LT Mr. George Barker, entitled an English Christmas, illustrated by
11,13Propriate Ballads, composed expressly by him, and written by a
„y of distinction, every Evening (except Saturday) at Elgnt
io'clock.—Model of Weston's Patent Nova-Motive Railway, at work
',7.—Exhibition of the Oxy-Hydrogen Microscope.—Entirely New
aeries of Dissolving Views, illustrating some of the Royal Residences
Of Europe.—Diver and Diving-bell, &c., &c.
Admission, 1 s.—Schools, Half-price.
()pen daily from Eleven till Five o'clock, and every Evening (ex-
'tin saturday) from Seven till Half-past Ten.
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LAURENT'S GRAND CASINO,
Licensed by Act of Parliament.
ARGYLL ROOMS, GREAT WINDMILL-
STREET, ST. JAMES'S.
(Sole Lessee, Charles Emile Laurent, jun., 57, Brompton-square.)
OPEN EVERY E VENING.
Immense success and wonderful performance of M. Boulcourt, the
Artiste Att tche to the Orchestra, on the Cornet-a-Pistons, who will
tkr a Fantasia each Evening atHalf-past Ten o'clock, ailed by
,IktrRENT'S INIMITABLE BAND. The Selection of Music will
"'varied nightly.
N.B. The Programme of the Dances as ti,ual.
noo
rs open at Half-past Eight o'clock—Dancing to commence at
'hoe and terminate at Half-past Eleven o'clock pre .;isely.
Admission, One Shilling.

GRAND SALON DE D ANSE,
ROYAL
OP ADELA
AIDE GALLERY,
N STRAND.
EN TIIE.
LlSee—Mr. Thomas Bartlett Simpson, Albion Tavern, Great
Russell-street, Covent-garden.
Clu zYciD SOIREES MUSICALES AND BA L PARE D'HIVER.
fax. SIMPSON, anxious to have the best Band in London, has re-
tAp7oed the valuable talent of the leading Artists engaged during the
past seson at Cremorne Gardens, including the most eminent
erformaers from her Majesty's Theatre, the Royal Italian Opera,
'old the Philharmonic Concerts.
BORINI'S BAND.
VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT.
Comprising Selections from the most celebrated Composers, and
Solos by first-rate Artists.
ure, " L'Ambassadrice,"
c • • • • • ' ** Auber.
()Vert
Bones Song, " The Exhibition of 1551," Mr. J. W. Sharp.
eag " Trab, Trab, Trab," Miss G. Hodson • • .. Kucken.
8
,earl
Cowie
g, o The Cavalier," Miss G. H •.odson .. Glover.
role Duett, " The Zingari," Miss G. Hodgson and
lir Labern.
v •J. W. Sharp .. •• ••
Comic Duett, " Mr. Cann and Miss Rana, Miss Miss G.
, Hodson au! Mr J. W. Sharp .. .. .. .. labern.
ComicNis, Song, "Billy Nutts, the Poet," Mr. J. W. Sharp.
altz, " liommage a Strauss" • • • • .. Borini.
REPERTOIRE OF MUSIQUE DE DANSE.
I. THIS EVENING, Dcc. 26.
2. polka .. Alice . J. Strauss
.. .. .
a. ,otadrille.. Irish Donnybrook . • .. O'Brien
Waltz .. Sorgenbrecher • • • . . • J. Strauss
i. Polka .. Eclipse .. • • .. .. Kcenig
A. Quadrille.. be Roi d'Yvetot .. • • .. Bosisio
'. Schottische Leonora .. .• .. .. Jarvis
:. Polka ~ Laura Bell • . • • . • Borint
Quadrille.. All Nations ~ .. .. Borini
a Wal
to. Marie .. .. .. Bosisio
11. r olka .. Charlotten .. .. .. Labitzky
1• Quadrille .. Le Bonhomme .. • . .. Tolbecque
.
GaloP •• Queen's Galop • • • . .. D'Albert
TTt 0
.the votaries of Terpsichore remarks oa the excellence of
erat's Band, after the experience of its Orchestral Triumphs at
roma, would be superfluous.
.... Bolos and Concerted Pieces will be performed during the evening.
nom ~
vari 111 s Latest Compositions—The Adelaide Polka, Waltzes to
al, Nations
popular Irish Melodies. Ealop alndustrie, New Quadrille of
—`,,flations, and Laura Bell Polka.
ea,lo Grand Salon, Refreshment, and. late-rooms have undergone
!,,,s derable alterations and improvements.
'.....'_10rs open at Half-past Seven o'clock. Admission One Shilling.

THIRTY-FIFTH EDITION.
e"TAINING THE REMEDY FOR THE PREVENTION OF

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DISEASE.
0,... Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
4 PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCA-
,e. PACITY, AND IMPEDIMENTS TO MARRIAGE.
b,'W and Improved Edition, enlarged to 196 pages, price 2s. 6d.
Y nest, direct from the Establishment, 3s. Gd. in postage stamps,
piIHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
the exhaustion and physical decay of the system, produced by
4881ve Indulgence, the consequences of Infection, or the abuse of
foil enrY, with explicit directions for the use of the preventive lotion,
u,,ONVei by observations an the Married State, and the discrialiftca-
bn which prevent it. Illustrated by 26 Coloured Engravings, and
(~,tne detail of cases. By R. and ;-,. PERRY and CO., Consulting
sj;"'cns, 19, Berners-street, Ox ord-street, London. Published by
I,' Authors ; and sold by strange, 21, Paternoster-row ; Hannay,
ail'. and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; and Gordon, 146, Leadenhall-
--v,et, London.
T I. treats of the anatoviy and physiology of the reroductive
aja
--6,11n5, and is illustrated by Six Coleuret Engravings.
tui AU 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive
reA!e_tice, and their lame,ntable effects on the system, producing
se“l-41 and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative
---ipacity. Illustrated by Three Explanatory Engravings.
the A" 111. treats of the diseases resulting from inrection, either in
sq.l'imary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for
134' treatment. This section is illustrated by Seventeen Coloured
"ingt twinge.leaje
Illzw, T IT. contains a Remedy for the Preventio of Disease by a
to:"'e application, by which the danger of infection is obviated.
Stott imPertant part of the Work should not escape the reader's
bA"ee.
tlel V. is devote unproductive theonsiration of arriage, an 4 its do-
:
ve, The causes of
union are also considered, and the
Vle subject critically and philosophically inquired into.
treats ComotaL BALM OF SYRIAcIIM is exclusively employed in
peraung nervous and se seal debility, impotence, &e., I Is. and 335.
ba,.. cottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic
tAledY, for purifying the blond in cases of infection, secondary
kottrquis, eruptions, and the abuse of irorcury, 1 Is. and 335. per
Dot e• Perry's Purifying Specific Plll3, 2E. 95., 4s. 6d., and 11s.
est7,...bcx, a certain remedy for gonorrhcra, Sleet, stricture, and
It '"`10 inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter,
tton ik minute detail of the case is required: age, habits, and posi-
Igjek 12 sociaY. 11. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Feta-
L Mont only by which the fee. IL, is saved. Messrs. Perry,
;77^ons, are in attendance daily' at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-
iLet, London, from Eleven till Cam ant Viv, to Eight: 071 Sun-
....AY* trorn Moven to One.

I) R. C ULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had ef Sherwood, 23, Paternosir-row Carvalho:
rieet-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; or direct from the author,
One Shilling each ; by post, ls.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation„ and rational Use of Time."
_otrrsours:—Early Rising—lipring and Slimmer Mornings—E
rirsions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills,
Forts, Fields, High-roads, and other pleasant places—Country
Ipz and Rambles—The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at Home
kZ,usic--The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
"...I, Ease, Occupation, &cc, &c.
FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAINS. 11:,,o You.
A 'o-T Vol I.
FITT TO THE TAKES; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &e.