The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-18 00:00:00

OFFICE OF O.RD Nd

Dec. 27, !Soc.
THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA-,
:YESTYs bkl)lVi4lsICE do &rely gi,e , .... •
• ~.wilktgtOy".#iic ilyqi,n 4 the. -f?7,,,,,c„ on rue,day
tf janijatritext, het..cttn the flours ol .with eit4r2eeE:l:ck,
smug Lots of old and unserviceable Ordnance Sto,-.1, consisting of
Barrels for Muskets, Locks for ditt,, Musket and Cartiine
Bayonets,. Steel Rannuers, --Swords. of sorts,- Scabbar.!s,
Cartouch Boxes, Leathern Accoutrements,'Hames, Collars,
• Pit 'tatters, and various other Artieles of Sadlery and Har-
: ;toss ; Blankets, Coyeilets, Hatrunocks, and sundry other
Articles of Bedding Powder Horns and Bellows, Cast,
Bushel, and Lump Iron, Copper, Steel, Sand-bags, and
various other Articles ;.
The 'whole of -which maybe viewed upon appliCation at tlat
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'hour'able Storekeeper's Office, at the Tower, until the
Day of &VC, Where printed Lists of the Lots will be delivered to,
'those Persons tao may applyjoe the same.
fl Or4er of the Board,
12.. H. CREW, Secretary.

5.T2111-1P- 0 F'E, SOMISRSET_PLiIOE,
• December 24, tBos.
C'
Y the Stamp Durres, ommissioners
lonimzislsto.ned by rsfo7et.ganag.insr
missiovers of His illaiesif! Trexsury,pw-suant to /117 of Parlia-
ment, to letrli tam the Duties ,wanted by " Ac ,117 of the
" rwenty.filib of .His present Majesty, on Horses lett to Hire
" for leavening .Post and by Time," do hereby give Notice,
That we intend to Lett, at our Office in Somerset place,
the said Duties to Farm, on Saturday the 2ctli of January
next, between the Hours of Ten and Twelve in the Fore-
noon, within the Llistriet undermentioned, for the Tenn of
Three Years, from the tat of February next, to such Persona
as may be willing to contrad for the same:
Ail Persons intending to Farm the said Duties are to
ver in their Proposals to us at the Stamp-Office, in Somerset.
place, at le.,st three days previous to the said 25th day of la.
nuary next, signed with their Names, stating the Places of
their.abode, and specifying they intenti to hid for the siid
District, or their Proposals cannot be proceeded on, as direa-
ed by the said ACt.

No Person licensed to lett Horses for the purpose of travel.
ling,Post, nor any'Persons for their Use, can be admitted to
contract forthe said Duties.

NO. s DISTRICT to he Lett tO.Farm.
t 2. 'Middlesex, including-London and Westminster,‘zB,ood
All Persuus intending to bid for this District are desired
to take NiitiCe, That, inpnrstiance-of the particular Instruc-.
tions Of their Lordships,- it will he }Mt up at the •Sum'spe-
cified in the Margin hereof, which will be gradually abated,
until a Bidding shall be'inade ; and, upon such Bidding, any
Person may advante, and the highest Bidder will be declared
the farmer, ami will be required to pay uown imme
in Bank Notes, One Eighth Part of the Annivil Rent there-
of as a Deposit. But in case the District shall not he accepted
at a price which shall be deemed the proper Value t!iereof,
it will be withdrawn amt other, ise dispod of.
J,BINDLEY. ' W. LAKE.
L. lENKINS. .ED. F. HATTON.
W. R. SPENCER.

NEW EDITION of Mr. SEWARD's ANECDOTES.
This Day was published,
Handsomely. printed in Four• Volumes, Odavo, and ilfus_
mated with several Engravings, price il. I ZS. in boards,
• A New Edition of
NECDOTES of some distinguished Persons,
ri chiefly of the late and two preceding Centimes, in-
cluding an Account of the Republic of St. Marino; the se-
Veral Articles chr9nologically arranged, and with a copious
Printed for T. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand.

• This Day wefiepublished,
Handiomely printed in Seven -Vols. Svo. with a Volume of
Copper-plates in 4to. price 41. 16s. boarth,
TRAVELS to Discover the SOURCE of the
NILE, inihe Years-1765, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, a:11

•
1771.
By lAN.IES.BRUCE, of Kinnaird, Esq. F. R. S.
• the Second Edition, corretled and enlarged. To which is
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** This Edition ot.a justly celebrated' Work is•printerl
front a correa Copy, intended fOr the Press at the time of the
Author's death. The use of all-his original journals, Corres-
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whicii the names of the Comte De Buffon, the Hun. -Daines
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GORDON's SCIENCE (IF DEFENCE FOR THE
SWORD AND BAYONET, &c.
Dedicated to His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief.
This Day W2S published, price it. ts.,
THE following Testimonies of Critics, coincidi:lg
with•the Reports Made to His Majesty on this Subj.-cc
by General Sir William Pitt, and the late Generals Burgoynv
and Fawcett, &C. are respectfully submitted to the Public..
' "- It must be allowed that his method of Defence appears
to be by tar the best that has as yet been discovered, &c.
By bringing thd- centre rank into the front, and.makingtheril
thus co-operate in one rank,. he gives them, in regard to the-
number of•rnen and weapons, a superiority over other In-
fantry in the ratio of two to cute; but in paint df puoi.er„lnd
dexterity in defence, &c. its a much„greater propurtion,''
116-Jacobin tor Aug. I hes. ,
" The Plan of the Bayonet Exercise is orli,inal, immense,
and of the utmost national interest.. Were-its advant4es h_
rusted to the doubling the 'Juniper of 'cite forces in all titiies
and 'point* of attack, even so it must be irresistible; but, 0.. N.
sides donbling the number in the crisis of action, this Exer-
cise invigorates each man with a wonderful power sixty times
greater than he.hatt befori. The demonstrations of thesefaCts
are. as clear as anyccrollaries in Euclid, and illustrated Coy -19
Plates dr.r.vit ay R. Sinirke, jun. We tear only that this
Country will not reap all the benefits 'resulting tr,,u tins
Work before it shall be translated into different langit,,gas
the Continent, where it canniit tail to be sttidiutisly
vated ".-L, Universal Magazine for Oct. Fre, -tboi.
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