The National Register.
London, England, 1818-10-18 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL lIPOIST.I7.R.

AR!•MY CONTHACI.S.
COMMISS.IRIAT DEPARTMENT.
Trros:wy Claineters,2Bth 5,7 A IR Ift.
NOTICE is herebj given to all Person., desirous of
Co arse:iv to supply

BEEF AND MUTTON
to Os .ifijestp's Land Forces in Cantqnnirnts. Cbarters, and Bar-
radc3, in tic uuder-mentiJned Cimitic; t:o:ll.lJlJads

Berke (including the Town of Ilungerfoftl), lizrwick. Bucks.
Cemlniilv (including the Town of Newmarket), Chester, Corn-
wall (including Scilly). Cumberhuid, Dctby, Devon. Dorset. Due,.
lutm (including Holy Island), 1. ex (exclusive of Tilbury Fort),
Glosta the City of Bristol). Hants, llcretnni. Hunts.
Isle of Man. Isle of Wight. Kent (including Tilbury Fort, in the
County of Edam). Let:ester. Lincoln. Middlesex. Monmouth.
Norfolk. Northampton, Oxford, llutland. Slop, Somerset. Staf-
ford. Stelblk, Surrey, Sus,ex. Warwick, Westmoreland, Wilts.
Worcester, York.

not the detioeries are to coma:nice on and
.Ibr the twenty:oh
lay cf.2lfuwatfacr next ; that proposab in writing. se led sip, and
ninrkcde• Tender ji.ir .4rnty will be received at this
partment ow or 6,:(Lwe Totesdom the SIM day of October. (bat none
w;gl be receiad after twelve o'cludt um that day). and. if scat by
post. the postage must be paid.
l'roposab must ter made separate!), fbr each county.
Eac,.. proposal must have the letkr which is annexed to the ten-
der pr,perly filled sy. hy two persons of known property engaging
to become broil se;lls the party tendering in Me amount stated
ix ti:.• the d..e perf,lrmance of thr contract ;
and Tc%l be A 4i:cd :mires made on a printed trader,
and the priers exorcismd in words at length ; 1711 d should it so
happen that durbig the continuance of Me rontract. no troops
shonld be suppad wader the Contract, the exp,:nce of Me stamps
for the contra:l and bond. paid in the first instance 11, the con-
tractor. will be rclorreird to him.
Particekra of tie contracts may be had ttpon application at
these Chambers. between the hours of eleven and five.
NOTE.—Sonic considerable alterations having been made in the Ten
ders for the supply of Meat to the Troops, such Persons as are de-
-1 sirous of Teuduring. are requested to apply for the proper Parti-
culura.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Sept. 30. 1818.
7'IIE Principal Officers of Ills Majesty': Ordnance
do hereby give Nolree, tfiat ti,en w 11 sell l.y Pattie. Auction, at the
Tearer, err Tuesday, the 2014 (Mater xe.rt, at 11 o'clock in thefore-
noon precis; ley, Sundry Lots of New, Old mad Unserviceable Stores,
con.tioimg of
Tarpaulins. Tents of sorts. Saddle Bugs and Pieces, Harness and
Bedding. Mooring Chains. empty l'oa der Barrels (hall and quarter),
Steel. W heels. and Old Mnscis.
The whole of which may he niewed 'Ton application at the Prin-
cipal Storekeeper's 01fice, in the 7'ower, mi.t at the Royal Arsenal,
lFoolrLh, ',nal the day of Sa'e, and where printed Lists of the
Lois will be delivered to these Persons who may apply for the time.
By Order 011ie Board, R. 11. CBE ir, Secretary.

NORWICH UNION FIRE and LIFE IN•4IR-
ANCE.—The INSURERS are requested to take notice, that by
order of the Board of Directors, the BUSINESS of this INSTITU-
TION is NO LONGER TRANSACTED at 3g„ Bridge Street,
Black friars. Persons intencling to renew or effect Fire or Life Poli-
cies with the Norwich Union, are desired to apply at the office of either
of the following agents, who are alone authorized by the Board to
receive propoFals for polieirs, and to give legal receipts for paytnentr
on account of insurance in London :
Mr. C. A. lIACEET• VI, Cornhill.
.. P. STYzix, 7U, Baker-street, Portman-square.

Insurers attending to make payments will be pleased to produce
their notices to renew. _ . .

All letters from the agents or other persons. on official business,
arc to he addressed as usual to the Board of Directors, or to Mr. S.
Ilignold, secretary. Nora 'ch.
The following extract from the minutes of the Board will explain
the mason of the above netiee

At a special meeting oi the Board of Directors, held on the .70th
day of September, Itsts, the communication received from the Lon-
don Committee repecting the Secretary at Bridge-street was con
sidered, and the billowing resolution was entered into :
'• That this Board feels compelled to intimate to the Secretary,
Mr. Thomas Bignold, Fen. that in consequence of the opinion ex-
pressed by the committee in London, that his retirement from office
is indispensably necmsary to the future welfare and prosperity of the
Institution, the Board deems it expedient that he shoulu immediately
abstain from acting further in his office of secretary or agent for the
society, until such measures can be taken on this subject as the cir•
cumstancessludl require."
Signed on behalf of the Board of Directors.
JOAN CROWE, Chairman

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NORWICH UNION OFFICE

WITIT astonishment I have seen an Advertisement
inserted in the Times Newspaper of this day, calculated to destroy
my reputation. and to wound. in the most acute manner, my feelings
advertisment in whieb, to harrow up the inost painful emotions,
its authors have introduced my own Son as an agent to their artifices.
—At present I hope and intrcat, that each and every Member of
this Inctitntion will suspend their opinion and their judgment
until a full and fair opportunity be atfiirded them, by open in-
vestigation of my conduct, to ascertain whether I have merited
this unworthy and unmanly treatment or not. I have challenged
investigation repeatedly. and ac uniformly it bits been ft fused. I have
been cot-Maimed unheard, whilst my accusers have had a ready and a
welcome audience. Conscious integrity in the managcniebt of the af.
fairs of the office thr more than 21 wears, and defying. even ill-nature
itself to prove the reverse. ends:Alms me to hope for ,Justice where
it will not be denied.and to which I shall speedily lay claim. I am now
called upon by every tie—hy the value I set upon my character, and
by the interests of the Establishment, I have planned, pent• cted, and
matured, to make such an nppeal :I, will, in its results, .satisfy the ra-
tainal mid just, as well as those who are Members of the Society, as
the world at large—that this attack upon me is the cilia of sinister
ViCIVA. not only unconnected with any of public good, but manifestly
miichievous to the object which it pretends to serve. I wait with
anxrnu, impatience till this desideratum be aeon-m.114u%), and re-
main year faithful :it'd Ltratcful so-cant. TILOS. BIGNOLD.
Brail6c-street, Alackriars, October 5, 1815.

BURGESS'S ESSENCE OF ANCHOVIES.
WARF.IIOUSE, 107, STRAND, CORNER OF THE SAVOY
STEPS. LONDON.

JOHN BURGESS ANn SON being oppri.ed of
the numerous endeavours mane by many persons to impose a spuri-
ous article for their make, fed it Melinda:tat on them to relptest the
attemion of the pithlte. in ritrehasing what they conceive t.. be the
original, to ob,erve the name aisl addrers vorrespones with the
above;—the general link ar.tne, of the spurious descriptions will tie
rive the unguarded, and for their detection. .1. B. and Sons submit
tlm following Cautions; some are in appearance at flat sight • the
p,muine.' but without any name or add? • Burgeon F.sz-ence
of Auchovies'—oihera* fittreis'a.' and many more without rinree;.—
.101 IN !WiledSS and SON haring ban many years honoured
a ith such appiohrMon. feel evety so-Ain...in of rcspeet
towards the puldie, and earn..tly sulk t them to inTeet Ole lotwls
previous to ptirelaMig what they conceive to he et*
CRT how wit! preront many tihmproMimretq. —IV A l'
104 SILLAND, CORNLit of the SAVOIi I.4;NLitiN.

The lord Chancellor has for some time been enjoying the sport
the &Id in the mummy. Ile 10th, with Ids maid good humour. cut, .
MU! i;eatill ur his neighbours, that they ate not to comidcr the gainc
on his manor es Wards 0' (.101;:cery. and that they ate v eicome
arty time to a day's Lordship is now con.itlemi the
best shot in Westminster 11e11. after Sir Vieary Gibbs. whir was al-
ways highly celehratcd in the annals of the Trigger.
The chequers, painted en the window shutters or doors of ale
houses. have been supposed to indicate that formerly a game no
draughts might he played there; this is an error. Tliceinnutos were
the arms of the Kurl of Arundel, in whose department it was to grant
the limier:: for the sale of spirituous liquors.
On Sunday afternoon, as Mr. Maxfield. of Fore-street, Lambeth,
was standing under a gateway near liennintron Common, to avoid a
shower of rain, a yating 11111(1 tentleted his szrvices to procure a
hatiLl3ey•COßell ; Mr. M. accepted the off.:r. and Was sonic
directions upon the subject ; when the civil stranger adroitly drew
the watch from his fob. and ran off.

A remarluddy large snipe was shot, a few days ago, at Ilarmotil,
in Scotland. of beautiful plumage. It measured from the tips of the
wings, when extended, nineteen and a half inches, and from the
point of the bill to the end of the tail, fifteen and a half inches. and
weighed eight ounces.