The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

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c. AMENDED ADVERTISEMENT
FOR CONTRACT FOR CARRIAGES, CARTS, FOR TIM
SERVICE OF TILE POST-OFFICE.
ER MAJESTY'S POSTMASTER-GENE-
.
: RAL will receive Tenders for the supply of Carriages for
we Conveyance of Letter-carriers, Mail-bags, &c., and also for the
"lveYance of Mails and Mail-guards to and from the several Rail-
:AY Stations, for the term of five years, to commence on and from
• • the 6th of April, 1853.
The service will be divided Into two contracts, one of them coin-
, that
the /tiding Work of the London District Post, and the other
that of the General Post. as well as the conveyance of Mails and
•
all-guards between this Office and the Railway Stations.
It •
will be open to any party to tender fir either or for both of
these contracts.
The yearly amount of payments made under each of the existing
"v4ufttet9 has been as follows :
LONDON DISTRICT CONTRACT.
The year ended ith July, 1843X10,905
Do. do. 1849 11,473
Do. do. 1850 11,549
Do. do. 1851 11,491
Do. do. 1852 11,546

£56,964

Yearly average for fire years £11,393

GENERAL POST, &C., CONTRACT.
Year ended sth July, 1848 .. £8,262
Do. do. 1849 .. 7,415
Do. do. 1850 .. 7,503
Do. do. 1851 .. 7,150
Do. do. 1852 .. 7,754

£38,484

Yearly average for five years £7,697
„_.4,10 conditions of the contracts and the form of tenders may be
OVa ned upon application at the:London District and Inland Offices
"I this Department between the hours of Ten A.M. and Four P.M.
The Tenders must be delivered at the Secretary's Department of
0.
Ze Post-office, at or before Twelve o'clock Noon, on the 18th Octo-
'Bl% 1852.
Each tender must bear the signature and address of two persons
tZulng to become sureties for the due performance of the contract,
Vic) should also state that the party or parties tendering are to the
of their belief in a position to take the contract.
;r),.41118 amended advertisement is inserted in consequence of there
,""`—ling been an error in the first advertisement as regards the yearly
.8180tInt of payments under the General Post, &c., Contract.
General Post-office, September 23, 1852.

LOAN of FIFTY MILLIONS of FRANCS
to the Bank of Constantinople, under the guarantee of the
ottoman Government.
Messrs. C. Devaux and Co. beg to inform the Subscribers that taw
`,„ • 'ollds will be ready for delivery after 20th (this day).
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62, ging William-street, City, London, Sept. 24, 1852.

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ONDON and NORTH.WESTERN
• - RAILWAY.
TO CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS.
The Directors are desirous of receiving Tenders for the Erection
w the following Works, viz.:
Bridge with Approaches for carrying a Public Highway over the
Railway, near Bedford ; a Bridge with Approaches for carrying a
Oblie Highway under the Railway near Bletchley Station ; also,
'l' Alterations and Additions to Bletchley Station,
u_Barties desirous of tendering for the whole or any of these works
sTLY see the drawings and specifications, and obtain bills of quanti-
. MG, on application at the Engineer's Office, Euston Station, on and
ter Friday, October I.
ttTendere, addressed to the undersigned, should be sent in not later
.4411 Ten o'clock A.M., on Wednesday, the 6th October.
By order,
CHAS. E. STEWART, Secretary.
secretary's Office, Easton Station, Sept. 23, 1852.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
CHEAP EXCURSION TRAINS to BATH and BRISTOL.
.I,,un SUNDAYS, the 26th epmr, and 3d of October, Excur-
Trains will leave PaddingStonte be
at a Quarter before Eight o'clock
in
the Morning, for Bath and, Bristol, returning the same evening
.•`, Bristol at Half-past Six o'clock, and Bath at Seven o'clock.
Fares There and Back.
Ist Class. 2d Class.
To Bath 9s. • . ss.
To Bristol .. • • • • • • I°s" • • 6i.
trne Excursion Tickets are only available for the Excursion
els, and for the day on which they are issued.
t4;e*
Baasengers having Luggage can only be conveyed at the ordinary
,Tlekets may be obtained previously at 27, King-street, Cheap-
""4._ e. 269, Strand, and at the Paddington Station.

RAVESEND STAR PACKETS.
To Fore Cabin. Saloon.
or from Gravesend and London ••• • • • .... 10d. . Is. 2d.
Gravesend and Blackwall and Woolwich Bd. .... Os. 10th
Nveen Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .... Os. Bd.
tother Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Pnrfleet Piers.
-41 rackets call at the Piers as underlined (weather permitting).

FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.

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ourvee Months, 21. Os. ; to be had
i'e6t3; or Mr. Monk, Terrace Pi
Pt. 21, 1852.

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L of the Collectors on boar,
ter, Gravesend.

VINEGAR.—In consequence of the publication
li in the "Lancet" of 28th ultimo of a Series of Analyses of
no
lgui Article, in which the Vinegar made by us is reported to contain
Iliefilourill,c Acid, we have addressed to the editor of that periodical
wth "wing letter, d ope from his sense of justice the adoption
e Only honourable alhternative—an acceptance of the challenge
Ni,t,,,autaivone.geiven, or an unhesitating withdrawal of the calumnious im-
t;s

HILL, EVANS, and CO.

'Worcester, September 9, 1852.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE LANCET.
,211 r Worcester, September 8, 1852.
•
urtja's,,ar attention has been called to an article in the " Lancet'
.Pt 6 28th of August last Vinegar and its Adulterations."
41 the describe the samples of Vinegar, which you state to
Slll7hell furnished to you by retail dealers as our Vinegar, as con-
a conside q
rable uantity of sulphuric acid. You also state
th "4e samples were not procured direct from the makers, because
14 th-e. pheulty experienced in obtaining them by parties not engaged
trade.
you will remember that, by a letter dated the 3d day of January
Ski We offered for your inspection several bottles of our Vinegar,
Intiforwarded them to you through your publisher, Mr. Churchill,
to
a note from Sir Charles Hastings, of Worcester, vouching
jhr veracity.
~have also an authorised agent in London, Mr. Waters, of 15,
itthaiweross-street ; we are, therefore, surprised at your statement
an
ker,Y difficulty existed in procuring samples, as far
.as our firm
Concerned.
ak;e reiterate positively our assertion in our letter of the 3d of
)itt t,.!LrY, that no sulphuric acid is employed in our manufacture, and
4,i therefore assert that the results of the analysis published in your
Ittj,'4.l are mistaken, or
ma en,
the Vinegar subjected to your test
1.1.10 t the product of our manufactory.
u
"! are willing to have samples of our Vinegar subjected to the
',4est analysis by any two eminent chemists, the one to be named
skrurself and the other by ourselves—the mode of procuring the
to be decided by the gentlemen appointed ; or we will
.1)r. ,t, our Vinegar to any one of the
1,,,,Y0n Playfair, Dr. Graham, or Dr. Hoffman.undermentioned gentlemen:—
Propose that the expenses of the investigation should bee
d ourselves, provided it should be found that there is any free
tte,„ uric acid in our Vinegar, or any acid other than results
pid-ci'llhe fermentation of our grain wort ; and that they should be
Selq, You, provided it be found that there be no such free salphuric
or other acid than that resulting from the fermentation as be-
Vescribed.
s latter case we should expect a notice of the result to be
ea ;4.1'44 in the " Lancet," as our sole object is to be vindicated from
tnost aspersion.
ii write this letter without prejudice as to any ulterior proceed.
3,11,4 W 11 ell we may think fit to adept, provided our offer be not com
With,

Your obedient servants,
HILL, EVANS, and CO.

LM -----•
'ltt ra the " Lancet," Sept. 18th, p. 270, in reply to the foregoing
Y„ we
the Editor.
11r" e have therefore very great satisfaction in adding to the four
Vii44.....,vhich do not use Sulphuric Acid in the manufacture of their
'4(trs, and whose names have been already published, those of
, MESSRS. HILL, EVANS, AND CO."