The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-22 00:00:00

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No. 18,774.]

NEW SCHOOL ATLASES
By ALEXANDER KEITH JOHNSTON,
F.R.S.E., F.R.G.S., F.G.S.,
Gecgrapher in Ordinary to her Majesty for Scotland;
Author of the " Physical Atlw," &c.

SCHOOL ATLAS
A GENERAL and DESCRIPTIVE GEOGRAPHY
Constructed with a special view to the purposes of sound Instruction

A SCHOOL ATLAS OF IHY,ICAL GEOGRAPII.I",
In which the subject is treated in a more simple nod elementary
manaer.than In the previous works of the same Author.

Price 1.25. G. each, strongly haif•bonud,

Preparing for publication, uniform with the above,
1. A SCHOOL ATLAS of CL GEOGRAPHY.
2. A SCHOOL ATLAS of SCRIPTURAL GEOGRA PAY.
William -Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London,

THE TRAVELLER'S LIBRARY.
On the 30th inst. will he publishel, in one volume. 16m0.. price
half.a-erown : or in Two Pa- ts, price one shilling each,

SIR EDWARD SEAWARD'S NARRATIVE
of his SIIEPWRECK and consequent Discove' y of cert!'in

Islands in the Caribbean Sea ; with a detail of many extraordinn; y
and h'ghly interesting Events of his Life, from 1731 to 1749, as
written in his own Diary. Abridged Irons the third edition, and
forming the thirty-fourth and thirty-fifth parts of the " Traveller's
Library."

- Just publiithed, in the " Traveller's Library," •
The AU: TRALIAN COLONIES—their Origin and Present Con;•
dition. By WILLIAM Bunting, F.R.G.S. 16rn0., 2s. 64.; or in two
parts, price Is. eisatr..

London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Lougmans.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, 20th Nov., 1852.
.THE Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ord.--
nonce do hereby give notice, that they are ready -to 'dispose
of, to such persons as are willing .to tender for t)losoine, a' quantity,
of IRON-in store at the Royal Arsenal at Woolivich, -which has been
divided info. Lots, and may ho viewed upon application to the
f.torekegper at that.pEce anY day previous to the -day-BIM for the
deliVerY'ethe..tenders.

A Catalogue of the several lots may- be ohtaine:AVperso,ns willing
to become purchasers at the Storekeeper'skOftlee; Woolwich; the
Prin44l.Bt4llLeaper-ts_lllllee, at the ToWri;4ind at the Secrethry's
-Office, in Pall-Al all, where the Tenders for the whole, or any number
of the Lots are to be delivered on or before Saturday, the 27th inst.
By brder of the Board,

G. BUTLER, Seerctaly.

CONTRACTS for RUM, WINE, and COCOA.
Impartment of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place,l7th Nov., 1852.

The COMMISSION Eli,' for executing, the Office of Lord High
Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do
hereby GIVE NOTICE, that, on THURSDAY, the 9th December next,
at One o'clock, they will ')e ready to treat with such persons as may
be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:

When to be
delivered.

Gallons.

a.T—t•P 50
A 5 M
VOmt
P'cr;'.4'4
E-14
,pgm
!,10:51-

The produce of the British} 20,000
Ru.„ possessions in the West Indies
The produce of other British
possessions ....

WINE (Marsala) ..........

COCOA-. -....,...

50 Tons.

The articles to be exempted from the Custom Duties,
No Tender will be received for a less quantity of Ilu
Gallons of either description—of Wine than 1,000 Gi
Cocoa than 10 Tons,

am than 4,000
;allons, and of

Samples of the Rum to he sent in pints for each Import Mark, and
the average strength of each Mark FA to be stated—and not
an average of different Marks or strengths of several imports—and •
any Cask.of Rum that is found not to be of the same quality mark or
average strength of the sample tendered and accepted, will be re-
jected by the Officers ; and Samples of the Wine (not less than two
bottles), and of the Cocoa (not less than two lbs.) must be produced
by the parties tendering, and separate Tenders must be made for each
description of Rum.
The conditions of the revised Contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said Office, at the Office of Com-
mander Bevis, at Liverpool, cud of the Collector of Customs at
Bi Mot. _ .

No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of Treaty,
nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly
authorized in writing. _ . . .

Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Mini-
rally, and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for
," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and
must be accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible person, en-
gaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum of
201. per cent. on the value, for the due perormance of each of the
Contracts.