The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-13 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR COALS FOR THE WEST INDIES
DEPARTMENT OF THE STOREKEEPER-GENERAL OF
TTHE NAVY, SOMERSET-PLACE, FEB. 9, 1839.
BE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT-
ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of
the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND to hereby give Notice, That on THURSDAY, the 21st •
In
stant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and deli-
vering the undermentioned Graigola, Bryndorway, Llangen-
neck, Nevill's Llanelly, Resolven, Fordel Main, Elgin Wall's
West)End, Troon, Rubly
Wall's HeatonEnd , Hartley Collieries (Carr's and
, or Stanhope
COALS
Fit for Her Majesty's Steam Vessels, viz.:--.
Tons.
At Jamaica...... 3,000 Half of each quantity to be shipped be-
BarbaAloes...l,soo fore 30th April next, and the re-
Demerara
—l,OOO mainder before 30th November next.
Half the Coals to be supplied to consist of Welch Coals.
A Form of the Tender may be seen at the said Office.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day
'3,' 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 Ad-
miralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender
," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place,
Itecompanied by a Letter signed by two responsible persons, en-
gfing to become bound with the person tendering, in the sum
_________2r °I 33°°0/. f the due performance of the Contracts.

'WTO PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.
ANTED, a GENTEEL YOUTH as an
MIST APPRENTICE to a SURGEON and CHE-
-- in a populous neighbourhood, situated only a short dis-
tance from the Borough Hospitals.
Inquire of E. COX, Medical Bookseller, St. Thomas's-
Borough ; if by letter, post-paid.

:JrTO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
RR PLOUGH HOTEL, CORN-
MARKET, BELFAST, G. DAVIS Proprietdr.7-
r! establishment is situate in a central part of Belfast, and in
the Immediate vicinity of all the coach-offices. It is fitted up
the very best style, there being a splendid coffee-room (the
largest in Belfast), numerous sitting rooms for private parties,
/Cry superior bed rooms, warm and cold baths, and every accom-
',lodation belonging to the most respectable hotel. A first-rate
professional cook is always retained. The larder is equal to
'e best in the united kingdom for the variety and excellency of
hits vi •
ands, the wines are of the rarest description, and the
spirits and ales of pure and choice character. Public dinners
11re Produced in a very superior style, private dinners at any
~our, and there is an ordinary each day at half-past three and
live o'clock. Soups of all kinds (particularly a very superior
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roc eak k turtle soup) every day from twelve till four o'clock.
fasts luncheons, and suppers, at whatever time ordered.
coaches for all parts of Ireland start from the immediate vici-
,;tY• Excellent posting and careful drivers. The PLOUG
;111CITEE' is well known to have the best accommodati H
ons, on
This the
reasonable terms, of any inn in the Nor:h of Ireland.
n'S the public can prove by a trial.
Belfast Corn-market, Jan. 29, 1839.

FFICE d the GAS-LIGHT and COKE
COMPANY.

19, New Bridges-street, Blackfriars.
Notice is hereby g London, Feb. 11, 1839.
iven, That the COURT of DI-
D"ECTORS of the GAS-LIGHT and COKE COMPANY,
i hereby declare that a Vacancy has occurred in the Court of
tsrcie.ctors, by the resignation of Archibald Frederick Paxton,
_ Notice is hereby also given, That a SPECIAL GENE-
-I,tAL COURT of the PROPRIETORS of this COM-
d ANY will be held at this Office, on FRIDAY, the 22d
.jy of March next, at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon, for the
• ;
eEcteioTnl,ool:TeasoifonaedDblyßECTOß to supply the Vacancy in the
the Resignation of Archibald Frederick
r axton, Esq. ; and that, should a Ballot be required, it will
cont.
Inue open for four hours from its commencement.
By Order of the Court of Directors,
CHARLES BURLS, Secretary.
N.B. The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Clock precisely,
and none but Proprietors admitted.

SHEFFIELD,ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, and MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the BOOKS
kept at this OFFICE for entering the MEMORIALS
°I the TRANSFER of SHARES in the Sheffield, Ashton-
under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Company will be
CLOSED in pursuance of the Act of Incorporation from the
18th to the 27th of February, both days inclusive.
By Order of the Board,
CHARLES THOMSON Secretary.
5, Piccadilly, Manchester, Feb. 4, 1839.
gIiEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MAN-
CHESTER RAILWAY.
NO TICE
is hereby GIVEN, that the
HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING of the
Sheffield. Ashton-under-Lyne, and Manchester Railway Com-
pany, will be held on WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of February
next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, at the Albion Hotel, in Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster.
Dated this 26th day of January, 1839.
WHARNCLIFFE, Chairman.
No. 15, Piccadilly, Manchester.

NIANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILW4,Y.
Company's Offices, 23, Bond-street, Manchester, Jan. 28, 1839.

CONTRACT FOR WORKB.
~Notice is he given, that (in consequence of the default
°T,I the contractors, whose tender had been accepted by the Com-
te",anraY, in entering into the necessary contract and bond for the
the t tion of the work, pursuant to the terms of such tender)
'rectors of the Manchester and Birminghamltailway Com--
it'anY will meet at their Offices, No. 23, Bond-street, Manches-
:e,' on THURSDAY, the 14th day of February neat, at Twelve
1/o),k at noon, to:RECEIVE TENDERS for CONTRACT
T Congleton Viaduct Contract.
° make and maintain the Bridge or Viaduct over the river
bane, the northerly end of which is to be situate in a field, marked
Wt
the Parliam
entary plan as No. 81, in the township of Hulme
in the courity of Chester, and the southerly end of which
s obe situate about two chains distant from the south side of the
'narkedlea'ling from Congleton to Westfields, being in the field
on the said plan No. 53, in the township of Congleton,
~o (!•11e said county. The length of the viaduct will be about
". 08 fee, and its greatest height about 98 feet 6 inches from the
leer to the rails]
beA
draft of the Contract, with plans and specifications, may
tr inspected at the Offices of the Engineers, in Chief Store-
et, Manchester.
Prin
All t forms of tender may also be had at the same p lace.
tthe enders must be lodged, previously to the hour of meeting,
Company's Offices, in Bond-street, Manchester, endorsed
furtrnder for Works ;" and no tender except the printed form
ished by the Company will be attended to.
The
nto party whostwos is accepted will be required to enter
a bond, with sureties, for the due performance of the
..on.tract, to the extent of 10 per cent. on the gross amount of
icontract; and the names and descriptions of the proposed
,g:s must be set forth in the tender.
kais Directors expect the several parties tendering, or per-
"Y authorised by them, to be in attendance at the time
and place of
meeting.

THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman,

DIAMOND PLATE POW-
' DER, warranted not to wear the Plate.
initantly clears tarnish and dirt, and magically produces
t(l°'t inimitable Polish upon Geld, Silver, Plated Goods,
terrass, Tin, Copper, and makes British Plate, Zinc, and Pew-
100k as white as the best Silver.
"4,1, vylaolessale and retail, at Hallet and Co.'s British Plate
Factor
tinte Y, 1, Lut!g ate-street.
- man,4
Chemist to the Queen,lliall Newport, Isle of Wight.
°A Castle street, Leicester- Poole, Manchester.
J. kre. Holbrook, 115, Grafton-street,
+,. PPell, No. 84 Lombard- Dublin.
I'4 eet'
"MI • Parkinson, Birmingham.
'w„...3 Fenchurch-street. Nettleship, Lincoln.
Women and Son, Carmarthen. Bloomfield, Poole, Dorset.
A ~, And at the Manufactory, 92, Fenchurch-street.
WturENTS WANTED for every Town in the Kingdom.
• u•--Plate cleaned with this powder will not again tarnish.

(.00D TEAS, in 61b. bags, at 35., 3s. 4d.
dire and 3s. lOd. per lb. The latter has recently arrived
tet from China, and report speaks highly of its exceeding
od quality.
%ST INDIA TEA COMPANY, No. 9, GREAT ST.
HELENS CHURCH YARD, Bishopsgate-street.
ROAD'S CANDLES, 4,-d. per lb. Cheaper.
14. Best Store, 7d. ; Finest Moulds 81d. ; Patent Cocoa
I„ut, 10d. ; Palmer's Metallic Wick, 10d. ; Patent Palm
"az, Is- 3d. ; Patent Moulded Wax Is. 6d ; Genuine Trans-
Parent Sperm Is. 9d. ; Finest Wax 2s. 2d. ; good Lamp Oils,
at 4s. and 4s. 6d. per Gallon; patent liquid Cocoa Nut Oil,
; pure vegetable Lamp Oil, ss. 6d. ; genuine Sperm, Ss-,
Nlarranted to burn free from smell, smoke, or crust.
Yellow Soaps, 5d., sid., and 6d. p‘r lb. • Mottled do., sid.
and 7d. ; Scentzd Curd Soap, 9d. ; best White Windsor Soap,
is. 411, ; genuine Old Brown Windsor, Is. 4d.
,_.Catalogues of all articles in the above line may be had, gratis,
with the Cash prices annexed.
Broad's, 12, Tavistoc:z-street, Covent-garden.
IMTISIBLE Newly-invented operative VOICE
%ou,CO4NDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and B.
anarie"lvlOXS, opticians and aurists to the Royal Family, 39, Albe-
-lusen Piccadilly, by which thousands of deaf persons have
3ixematly benefited, is the size of a seven-shilling piece, and when
e tih to the piof the ear is
woolyoft and easy, and not more percep-
,whian.having aece of in its. place by which the faintest
i.isarat :irbue ass, yis •iaezinrdducwtiatrh,dis:itinc
_tness.
' noted from the Messrs.
h•vih insby GaTieer persons, are large, arid when worn are similer to
large pair^of honis projecting from ears besides
head.which
enter
inflammation they cause, and a buzzing noise in the
,Idefective VISION is brought to nature They use of new 3 -
foe d
,SPECTACLE LENSES: immediately are placed be-
and imperfect eye-sight, either by day or candle-light,
,4_oncet becomes clear and distinct, and the most
thetaminu ti 1
with exact distinctness, by the useof which both gPht and
i.rig become much improved.
Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS have also made, after thirty
,p,tactice and experience, a most important discovery, by a
tact., .v.TtelpGd, to remove dimness of sight and certain cases of cata-
-39, Aa, out operation, pain, or inconvenience.
In eo...weinarle-street.
h untry it is nee"-
sary to7tegnence of the gross imposition in Le co •
niont ate that no Travellers are employed by the above Establish-
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