The Sun.
London, England, 1839-02-04 00:00:00

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No. 14,481.

GLASGOW MARINE INSURANCE
COMPANY.
MANAGER WANTED.
A Gentleman thoroughly versant in the business of Insurance,
Booking, and Marine Underwriting, to take sole or joint charge of
the above concern.
Applications may be addressed to the Directors, care of the In-
terim Secretaries.

By order of the Directors.
MUIRHEAD and POLLACK, 57, Miller-street, Glasgow,
Interim Secretaries.

Glasgow, Jan. 26. 1939.-

mANCHESTE It AND BIRMINGHAM
RAILWAY.
Company's Offices, 23, Bond-street, Manchester, Jan. 28, 1839.

CONTRACT FOR WORKS.
Notice it hereby given, that (in consequence of the defaul,
of the contractors, whose tender had been accepted by the Com-
pany, in entering into the necessary contract and bond for the
completion of the work, pursuant to the terms of such tender) the
Directors of the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company
will meet at their Offices, No. 23, Bond-street, Manchester, an
THURSDAY, the 14th day of February next, at Twelve o'clock at
noon, to RECEIVE TENDERS for CONTRACT No. 6, on
Congleton Viaduct Contract.
To make and maintain the Bridge or Viaduct over the river
Dane, the northerly end of which is to be situate in a field, marked
on the Parliamentary plan as No. 81, in the township of Hulme
Walfield, in the county of Chester, and the southerly end of which is
to be situate about two chains distant from the south side of the road
leading from Congleton to Westfields, being in the field marked on
the said plan No. 53, in the township of Congleton, in the said
county. The length of the viaduct will be about 3,078 feet, and
its greatest height about 98 feet 6 inches from the river to the rails.
A draft of the Contract, with plans and specifications, may be
inspected at the Offices of the Engineers, in Chief Store-street,
Manchester.

Printed forms of tender may also be had at the same place. All
tenders must be lodged, previously to the hour of meeting, at the
Company's Offices, in Bond-street, Manchester, endorsed " Tender
for Works ;" and no tender except the printed form furnished by
the Company will be attended to.
The party whoso tender is accepted will be required to enter into
a bond, with two sureties, for the due performance of the contract,
to the extent of 10 per cent. on the gross amount of such contract;
and the names and descriptions of the proposed sureties must be set
forth in the tender.

The Directors expect the several parties tendering, or persons
duly authorised by them, to be in attendance at the time and place
of meeting.

THOMAS ASHTON, Chairman.

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF.
DEPARTMENT OF TrIE COMPTROLLER FOR
VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER-
VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, JAN. 21),
TrHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND,
de hereby give notice, that en Tuuxso.tv, the 41st of February
next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such Persons
as may be willing to Contract, for supplying (under separate Con-
tracts) all such quantities of
FRESH BEEF _ _

as maybe demanded for the use of Her Majesty's Ships and Vessels
at the following places—from the let of April, 1639, to the 31st
of March, 11140—.. both days included, viz.:--
Chatham I Kingstonn and Dublin

Cark and Kinsale

River Thames, from Deptforsi
to Erith, both inclusive
Deal and Downs
Falmouth

Leith, Leith Roads, and Frith

Guernsey and Jersey

of Edinburgh
Milford and Pembroke
Portsmouth
Plymouth
Slimness.

Harwich-

All parties about to tender are particularly desired to read atten-
tively the Conditions of the Contracts, which may be seen either
at this Office, or on application to the Superintendents of the Vic-
tualling Establishments at Deptford, Deal, Portsmouth, and Ply-
mouth ; the Superintendent* of her Majesty's Dock-yards at
Chatham, Sheerness, and Pembroke ; the Agent for the Victual-
ling at Haulbowline; the Secretary to the Postmaster-General at
Dublin ; or to the Collector* of his Majesty's Customs at each of
the other places.
Every Tender must specify the price in words at length, and
ac Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed unless the party attends, or an Agent for
kill duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and be as-
cempanied lsy a Letter addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty
at Somerset-place, and signed isy two responsible persons, engagin
to lsecente bound witk the person tendering, in the suns of 1400/.g
for the due performance of the Contracts for Sheerness, Chatham,
Portsmouth, and Plymotth ; and in the sum of 500/. for each of
the other places.