The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-04 00:00:00

ABERDEEN-DEC. 1.

The prices of grain to-day are—Oats, OOs Od to OOs 01,
40 lbs per bushel; new oats, 25s Od to 25s 6d, 401bs pet
bushel ; bere, 31s Ocl to 32s Od, b3lbs per bushel ; barley,
3i s Od to 31s 6cl, 531bs per bushel ; wheat, red, 58s Od to
60s Od, 621bs per bushel ; wheat, white, 68s Od to 75s Od,
621bs per bushel ; oatmeal, 20s Od to 21s Od per boll;
flcur, 58s Od to 60s Od per sack. Provisions—Beef, per lb,
6d to Od ; mutton, ditto, 5d to 8d ; veal, ditto, 6d to 9d;
pork, per lb, Os 8d to Os 9ii ; salmon, per lb, is Od to Os Od;
rabbits, each, Od to Od ; tallow, per stone, 5s Od to Os Od ;
potatoes, per peck, 8d to Os 9d ; butter, per lb, lid to 12d ;
eggs, per doz, Os 10d to Os lid ; hens, per pair, 3s Od to
3s 6cl; chickens, ditto, 2s Od to 2s 6d ; ducks, ditto, 2s Od
to 2s 6.1 ; ducklings, ditto, 2s 64.1 to 45 Od ; turkeys,
3s 63 to 4s Od ; geese, ditto, 2s Gd to 3s Od ; butter
for exportation (present cure), per cwt, 89s to OOs Od;
ditto (summer cured), 00s to 00s Ocl ; eggs, wholesale price,
per dozen, Gd to 7d ; 41b loaf, 7d ; 21b loaf, 3id ; pork,
rine small, Os Od to on Od ; pork, large, Os Od to Os Od ;
lamb, per qr., Os to Oa Oil ; cheese, per imperial, stone,
, 5s 6d to 7s.

raneirPSTAL Tan AgitYRAWOR
SOCIETY,
39, Ring-street, Cheapside, London. Established 1834.
SPECIAL NOTlCE.—Assurances effected before the 21st Decem-
ber next will share in the Profits at the end of next year.
SAMUEL BROWN, Actuary.

VAST and WEST INDIA DOCK COMPANY.
—The Court of Directors of the East and West India Dock
Company hereby give Notice, that the Transfer Books of the said
Company will he shut on MONDAY, the 11th December, 1854, and
°Pen again on MONDAY, the Bth January, 1855.
By Order of the Court.
GEORGE COLLIN, Secretary.
East and West India Dock House,
Ealiter-squats, 2d 'Dec., 1851.

PURSUANT to a Decree of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a Cause, JOHN SEWELL against
1110 MAS PERRY, the Creditors of William Tasker, late of Ban-
bury, in the county of Oxford, jeweller, who died in or about the
Month of March, 1854, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the
19th day of December, 1854, to come in and prove their Debts, at
the Chambers of the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Richard Torin Kindersloy,
No. 3, Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Middlesex ; or, in default
thereof, they will be peremptorily exchuhd from the benefit of the
said Decree.

'Faturday, the 13th day of January, 1855, at Two o'clock hi
the afternoon, at the said Chamber., iv appointed for hear-
ing and adjudicating upon the Claims.
Dated this 11th day of NoveYfireT:TBs.l,

CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk.
ALFRED GOUDA RD, Plahrtift'a Attorbey,
28, King-street, elloapside, London.

PURSUANT to an Order of the High Court of
Chancery, made in a cause, TETCHY aiain.'t FOX. the
Creditors of Soph;a Hayward, late of Lisson Grove, In the County of
3Uiddlesax, spinster, deceased, who died in or about the month of
11'x:ember, 1851, are, by their Solicitors, on or before the thirteenth
day ofJanuary, 1855, to come in and prove their cl tima at the Chars-
-hers of the Vice-Chanceller, Sir Richard Tonle Rimier,ley, O. 3,
Stone-buildines", Lincoln s-Inn, Middlesex, or, in default thereof, they
Will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said decree.
• Skyurday, the 20th day of January, 1855, nt 12 o'clock at noon, at
.the said Chambers, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the
dale a. _ _

Dated this 18th day of November, 1854.
CHARLES PUGH, Chief Clerk.
WALTERS & SO N, Plaintifl's Solicitors,
3;, Bssinghall-street, London.

ONE HUNDRED RIGHTS OF CHOICE !-
THE CONSERVATIVE LAND SOCIETY.—On Tuesday,
December 12, in Exeter Hall, Strand, after the routine buliness of
the Ninth Quarterly and Second Annual Meeting has been disposed
of, at three o'clock, Viscount RANELAGH in the chair, the Twenty-
fourth Public Drawing for Right of Choice on Estates will take
place. On this occasion One Hundred numbers will be drawn, and
Fifty will be added to the Order of Right by t,eniority.

CHARLES LEWIS GRUNEISEN, Secretary.

SALE OF ORDNANCE STORES.

` TIRE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HER MA-
JESTY'S ORDNANCE Do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that a
quantity of Cock Metal, Harness, Hospital Clothing, Blankets, Serge,
Rugs, Rags, Leather, Canvas, Files, Zinc, Tin, Wheels, Staves for
Powder Barrels, 16 Cords of Fir and Carriage Wood, and a standing
crop of Reeds, on the Ordnance Lands near the Royal Arsenal, will
be Sold by Public Auction in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on
• TIIURSDA.Y, 7.h Dec., 1854, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon pre-
cisely.
May be viewed from 10 till 4 o'cicck on the three days previous to
the sale.
Catalogues may be had at the Ordnance Office, Pall-mall; Tower
of London ; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
By Order of the Board.
J. WOOD, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR PRESERVED MEAT. •
Department of the Comptroller for Victaalling and
Transport Services, Somerset-place, Ist December, 1854.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on SATURDAY, the 9th
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons
as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her
Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEPTFORD,
500,000 lbs. of PRESERVED BOILED BEEF,
to be delivered, half in six weeks, and the remainder in six weeks
afterwards, in equal weekly portions, or miler, if preferred by the
Parties tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Beef.
A Form of the tender and the conditions of the Revised Contract
May be obtained at the said office. No tender will be received after
one o'clock on the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the
Printed form provided for the purpose, and which may bo obtained
on application at the said Office.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Preserved
Meat," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.