The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1824-05-26 00:00:00

EXCHEQUER BILL OFFICE, NAY 18, 1824.
THE EXCHEQUER BILLS dated in the Months of
April, May, and June, 1823, vin.
68 George 111. Cap. If.. for Building additional Churches ;
George IV. Cap. 80, for carrying on Public Works and
Fisheries;
6 George IV. Cap. 86, for carrying on Public Ni'oeke gad
Fieberite;
I George IV. .£16,600.000, 1822;
4 Grange IV. 110,040,000, 1823,
with the Interest due thereon, will be paid ciao the 14th day of
June, 1824, when the Interest will tease. Such Bills will be re-
ceived daily (Holidays excepted), frogs ten o'clock till one, anal
and including the 10th day of June, at this Office, where lAsts are
to be obtained, containing Instructions for arranging the Bills.
The bearers must indorse each Bill with their usual signatures,
and write their names and residences at the bottom of each List ; '
and where the names of holders are inserted in Bills, the bearers,
not being such holdqs, must previously obtain their indorsements.
The bearers mutt at%nd to give receipts fur the payment.
Payment may beobtained, if required. previous to the said 14th
day of June, upon leaving the Bills for examination, one day prior
xe that on which such payment is desired.
Niw Bills, bearing an Interest of One Penny Halfpenny by the
Day upon every One Hundred Pounds, and dated the said 14th
day of June, may be obtained in whole or in part payment of Prin.
caper, upon stating the required amount on the Lists delivered on
or before the said 10th day of June. which new Bills, with the In-
terest on the Bills exchanged, will be issued on the 15th day of
June. 111!4.
N.B. All Exchequer Bills dated prior to April, 1823, have been
advertised to be pada*.

ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE,
MAY 19, lait
/PRE COURT of DIRECTORS of the ROYAL EX-
CHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that
their Transfer Books will be shut from Tuesday, the Ifith ofJune
next. to Thursday, the I 1 th day of July following. and that a
GENERA'. COURT of the said Corporation will be boldest at
the'''. Office, osi WEDNESDAY, the 231 of June next, at eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, to consider of a Dividend.
SA 3115 EL FENNING, Jun. Secretary.
The Chair win be taken at twelve o'clock precisely.
N.B. Attendances given daily at the said Oflice, and at their
(Mee in Pall-midi, for the Assurance of Buildings, Goods, Myr-
&indite, and Ships, in Harbour, in Dock, or while building. from
Loss or Damage by Fire; and also fot the Assurance of, and Grant-
ing Annuities on, Lion.

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TO SCAVENGERS, BRICK-MAKERS, FARMERS, AND
LAMPLIGHTERS.
NOTICE is hereby riven, that the TRUSTEES for
Lighting, Washing, Cleansing, and Paving the Pariah of
ST. LUKE„_ Middlesex. will meet at the Workhouse, City-road,
on THURSDAY. the 6th of June, at Six o'Clock in the Evening
procively, to arrange on the CLEANSING and LIGHTING such
parts of the Parish as are within their jurisdiction, frown Illidsum-
Thilr next until Midsummer 1823. As to the CLEANSING, the
Contract will be het by Public Auction, and it will be put up at
3001.. and no Bidding below that sum, nor of any less sum than
lOC will be accepted, nor may any person retract a bidding. No,
person will be permitted to bid who has not previously delivered to
die Clerk the names of tea respectable peeping who are willing to
become Sureties for hie performance of the Contract, in the sum of
3001. each. The highest Bidder foe the Cataract must pay down
One-fourth part of the Money. bid, and the remainder by three suc-
ceeding Quarterly Payments in advance, and he must enter into a
Contract to Cleaner all the Streets and Open Ways, and Public
gist" end to romeve all Sail, Rubbish, Dust, Dirt, Slop, lea,
Scows Mae, and Filth, once at least in every week, and according
to the present C,intract, from Midsummer, 1824, to Midsummer.
1823 t but be win be exclusively entitled to all the Cindets and
Ashes of about 5,1814 Houses within the Parish. As to the LIGHT-
ING, Proposals will be received for Lighting all the Lamps, which
are or may be set up by direction of the said Trustees, and which
flow amount to about MO Lamps, from sun-setting to sun-rising,
once every day, with a Fountain Boma and a Norris of a form and
site, which may be seen at the Workhouse, trimmed with sixteen
threads of the best Oxford Cotton, to be cut square, and always
burning, and sufficiently supplied with the best burning Oil ; and
for Snuffing and Trimming all the Lamps, once at least in every
night; and for I leaning all the Lamps twice in every week ; and
for replacing all Lamps which may be broken or damaged, and
keeping all Lamp Heads well repaired and painted, and the Lamp
Irons well listed during that period, to the satisfaction of the said
Trustees, and subject to the Fines and Conditions specified in the
present Contract. at per Lamp. The Contractor will, for light.
rig, receive nearly ready money, as within one month after the
expiration of every two calendar months, the account for those two
months will be examined, and when approved will be discharged.
Such Proposal must be made in writing, and be sent, sealed up,
to the Trustees, on or before the day of Meeting, with the Names
of two Sureties for 5001. ; and the Persons transmitting the Pro-
posals must also personally attend at the Meeting of the Trustees.
The expense of the Contract and Bonds must be defrayed by the
Persons contracting with the Trustees ; and the present Contracts
may be seen, and any further information ins, be personally ob-
tained at the Clerk's Office, at the NS'orkhouse.
By Order of the Trustees,
JOHN WILKS, Clerk.
Finsbury-place, dated May 26, 1814.