The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-11 00:00:00

London : 11. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street.

CONTRACT FOR COFFEE.
Department of the Comptroller for Tictaalliag and
Transport Service s, Somerset-place, dth December, 1854.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Offic• of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that oil WEDNESDAY, the 13th
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 DEI'TFORD,

, .
When to be delivered.
lbs. Half in a week, and the remainder in a
COFFEE (Raw) .• .120,000 week afterwards, or earlier if pre-
ferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the Coffee.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such
part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quar.tity, or
of not contracting for any, ant also an unlimited power of (election.
Samples (not less than 21bs.) must be produced by the parties ten-
dering. . . .

Th; Samples produced by persons whose Tenders are not accepted
are requested to be taken away by them Immediately after the Con-
tract has been decided.

The conditions of the Revised Contract may be seen at the said
office. No tender will be received after one o'clock en the day of
treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on the Printed firm provided for
the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at the said
Office.

Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Adnalralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for Coffee,'
and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

QPECIAL NOTICE.—UntiI March 1, 1855, E.
kj MOSES awl SON'S ESTABLISHMENTS will be CLOSED at
EIGHT O'CLOCK EVERY EVENING, except Saturday, when
they will be open till 11 o'clock.

CATTLE SHOW.

ry and the wonders of the
This annual display is one of the sights fer which London is
manufactures, and
cele-
brated. The pr‘ ductions of the count
world centre in the metropolis. Science, art
NainsditOSTSoldiO the Cattle Show never omit etirhebierstvgisamittliAte": the
agriculture are represented in the City—there their
establishments liMliOshEmseanntsd SaoAxd theirhave
sehstoTawhbenlisliments of E. MOSES and Sow, and their West-end Branch
commercial
to themselves
hastie greatestan s Overwhelming
pleasurehel m ing sharein submitting o f p patronage. o
theirnage .
manufactures to the inspection of all visitors, and feel
prise pro-
honoured by a careful observation of their stock and
arrangements, well aware that their business needs only be Un-
derstood to be appreciated, and fully convinced that the
filiction, of all countries are incorporated with their own maim-
facture.
it is as impossible to Particularise the variety of
styles, excel-
lences, and points of superiority in their manufacture, as it is bywords
to convey an adequate impression of the cheapness of their goods.
It is only necessary to remark that E. MosEs and Sow are thefirst
in sew inventions for attire, the most punctual in their business
transsctiens, and the most successful in securing to their
Patrons and
the public the best articles at tile rno,t reasonable charges.
R. MOSES and SON have added to their Oxford-street Breach a
Hosiery Depsrrment, elaborately Pirnished with articles of the most
alegant manufacture, and of the most useful kind. There the same
conveniencesEsi and advantagas are afforded as are given at their City
-ES and Sores City
given Such universal satisfaction.
which
Ishmert, and those uniform plans of business are pursued
ruent of
At E. MOSES
safest Unlimitedanditost extent Is kept, where every person may make the
trade. profitable investment either fer the borne or export
Establishment a wholesale Depart-
.

•
CAtTTION.—E. MOSES and SON regret having
pied the
pablic against imposition, hxving* learneei that the untrak.A estnan-like
r "it's
ni for
faliehoo i of " Being connected with their Establishment,"
he same concern," has been resorted to in many instance,. ...-
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANT OTHER nousx IN OR OIIT Or Lottooer,
except their own Establishments, as follows
London City Establishment, 151, 155, 156, and 157, 341nories, 84,
85, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, Now Oxford-street, I, 2,
and 3, Hart-street, all communicating.

Bradford (Yorklhire) Branch, 19 and lb, Bridge-street.
heffleld Branch, 36, rargate.
Colonial Wholesale Branch, Melbourne, Australia.
Merchant Teilos,, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Furriers, Boot and
ihoe Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—'-Should any article not give satisfaction, it will be
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation: AU goods aro marked in plain figures, the lowest
price, trom which no abatement can be made.
Tho Establishments are closed from sunset on Fridays to sunset
on Saturdays, when business is resumed till 11 o'clock.
A new Book for Autism and Winter. "The Commercial Cornu-
copia," containing full lists of prices, our system of self-measure.
glent, flee., &c., may be had on application, or post-free.
parte Francais. Qui si parla Itaiii no.
liiex spicht wan Deatadl
Aulti4 lutbla geom.

PROSPECTUS
OS TER
INVERNESS AND ELGIN JUNCTION

:FROM NAIRN TO FORRES AND ELGIN-FORMING
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INVERNESS ♦ND ELGIN
IN CONTINUATION OF THE INVERNESS AND NAIRN
RAILWAY-WITH A BRANCH TO FINDRORN.]

CAPITAL, X l 60,08 e,
In Skares of £lO each. Deposit £1 101. per Share.

CHAISMAN.
Ilk Right Honourable the Earl of Searleld.

DEMTT-CIIAIIMAN.
fsplain William Fraser-Tytler of Aldourle and Burdsyards.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
Robert Anderson, farmer, Meikle Kildrummia
T. P. B. Biscoe, of Newton
The Hon. Thomas C. Bruce, Commissioner for the Earl of Suffield
Richard Butler, farmer, Chapeltown, of Burdsyards
Angus Cameron, of Firhall
John Chisholm, merchant, Inverness
John Cruickshank, Cloves
Thomas Davidson, banker, Forres
Alexander G. Dallas, late of Shanghai, Inverness
Alexander Dallas, Commissioner for John G. Galin, of Gollanflold
John Dougal, of (llenterness
Henry J. Brodie Dunn, of billion-Brodie
W. S. Ferguson, Elgin
Colonel Alexander Findlay, of Millbank
George Alexander Forteath, of Newton
Robert Fraser, Brackla
William Geddes, of Laurel Bank, Elgin
Captain James Gordon, of Ivybank
Jarnes Gordon, merchant, Inverness
The Hon. Lewis Alexander Grant, of Grant
Robert Grant, of Kincorth
John Grant, of Glen-Grant
Alexander A. Gregory, merchant, Inverness
Alexander Mackintosh, of Mackintosh
Eneas William Mackintosh, of Raigmore, Deputy-Chairman of the
Inverness and Nairn Railway Company
Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh Inglis. of Kingsmills
Lachlan Kennedy, merchant, Nairn
John Kynoch, Provost of Forres
Neil Maclean, Factor on the Estates of Kilravock and Cantray
John Maclennan, corn•merchant, Beauly
Cluny Macpherson, Chairman of tke Inverness and Nairn Railway
Company
D. D. Manson, M.D., Spynio
John Mitchell, Wester Alves, Factor for Seaforth
Bailie Riach, Forres
Alexander I. Robertson, of Aultnaskiah
David Rose, of Vieumont,corn-merchant, Inverness
Adam Shary, merchant, Rothes
Alexander Smyth, of Balnageith
James Stephen, of Bruceland, M.D., Elgin
William Stephen, Inehbroom
Major Donald Stuart, late 46th Regiment
Charles Stewart, solicitor, Inverness
James Sutherland, Provost of Inverness
Eric Sutherland, Shempston, Factor for Sir Wm. Gordon Cumming
of Altyre, Bart.
Alexander Thurburn, of Drumduan
Henry Wm. White, of Manor and Lentran
James Wilson, solicitor and bank-agent, Inverness

ENGINEER.
John Mitchell, r.R.S.E.
CONSULTING 1!NGINEE111.
Joseph Locke, Esq., M.P. L_ E. J. Errington, Esq., C. E.

BANKERS.
The Caledonian Banking Company, , nverness, and ito Branches
Messrs. Barclay, Ravin, Tritton, and Co., London
The Union Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, and Glasgow
Manchester and Liverpool District Bank, Liverpool and Manchester

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. G. P. Anderson, Ihverness
Mr. Adam Davidson, Nairn
Mr. William Selanders, Forms
Mr. Robert Urquhart, ditto
Mr. John D. Davidson, ditto
Mr. George Leslie, Elgin

PARLIAMENTARY ♦GENT.
Theodore Martin, Esq , in, New Palace Yard, Westminster.
Messrs. G. and I'. Andsrsol, Inverness, Interim Secretaries.

The present time seems to he peculiarly saitable for the establish
ment of the proposed Lin, of Railway. The works upon the Inver-
ness and Nairn line nave been commenced, and the contractors un-
dertake that the line shall be open for traffic by the let of August
next. On the other hand, the chain of Raelw.ty communication on
the south is complete as tar as the town of I-Lundy, and measures are
understood to be in progress for extending the Hue northward f. om
Huntly.
In these circumstances, it has been thought desirable to apply to
Parliament, in the ensuing session for the incorporation of a Com-
pany for making a Railway from Nairn to Elgin, which shall com-
plete the communication between Inverness and Elgin. The com-
pany will thus be in a position to commence the necessary works
next summer, and thereby, with the least possible delay, to place
the fair and ancient province of Moray on such a footing, with regard
to Railway communication, that the laying down of an ironway
throughout its whole extent, from the Beauty to the Spey, and un-
interrupted connection with the Southern markets mast immediately
follow,
With this view, applications have been made to all the principal
proprietors along the line, who have, without exception, declared
themselves favourable to the enterprise, and ready to afford facilities
for its construction. The plans hate been finishes], minute estimates
of the cost have been made, and the line has been gone over and
examined by contractors of the highest respectability; and the pro-
mpters have no doubt that the works will be undertaken by them
for a sum which, together with the purchase of land, rolling stock,
urellminary expenses, and all other charges necessary for the corn •
pletion of the undertaking, will certainly not exceed '400,0001., or
8,0001. a mile, including bridges over the Nairn, Findhorn, and
L ossie. For this sum the Company will be in possession of a single
line of railway—double wherever this is necessary for Its efficient
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to take payment of one-third of the cost of the works in stock.
The Engineering Works—from the level nature of the country,
and the light gravelly soil over which the line for the most part
passes—are of a simple character, and are certain to be completed
within the specified time.
Besides the large local traffic arising from the line passing through
the centre of the richly cultivated and populous county of Moray.
this Railway, when connected with the Great North of Scotland
Railway, now in progress of extension, will form part of the great
through Communication from Inverness by Aberdeen to the south.
From. the character of the country the line can never be exposed to
railway competition.
Through the Inverness and Nairn Railway—with the directors of
which the promoters of this undertaking are in cordial co-operation
—the line will be enabled to communicate with the Caledonian Canal
at Inverness, and thereby to establish a connection with the large
and rapidly-increasing traffic flowing along that great artery of corn-
atuaic.atie n to and from the counties of Banff, Moray, and Nairn.
At its ether extremity, tie line will communicate with the Elgin and
Lossieniouth Railway, and the pert of Lossiemouth. Besides these,
the Railway will receive the traffic of the several ports of Nairn,
Findhorn, and ilurghead.
Careful observations of the traffic, made In 1845, with a view to a
Railway from Inverness to Elgin, showing a local revenue amply
sufficient to yield a liberal return upon a railway of a much more
expensive nature. Since that period, however, the wealth and
traffic of the district have been materially augmented, and are still
rapidly increasing.
'faking the basis of the observations of 1645, the result will be as
follows :

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Ditimated amount of local revenue £21,000 0 0
Deflect 40 per cent. for working expense 8,400 0 0

£12,600 0 0
Of Interest on 50,0001, borrowed 2,000 0 0
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• ••X10,600 0 0

Leaving • • ...

For division, on a called.up capital of 150,0001., or a dividend of 7
per cent. immediately after the opening of the line, with the cer-
tainty of a large eventual increase.
The undertaking, therefore, presents these reculiar advent
ages:—
I. It will be completed and opened for working
in two years from
the passing of the act.
2. It will cost only 8,0001. a mile, for a single line, while the
average cost of railways in Scotland, with a double line of
rails, has been 30,0001. a mile.
S. While the average return per mile per annum,in Scotland. has
been 2,Ebe01., a sum of only 8501. per mile per annum, on
this line, will yield a dividend of 7 per cent.
A. The line, from its situation, secures in perpetuity the whole
through railway traffic passing northward of Elgin from
Aberdeen, and passing eastward of Nairn from the Western
and Northern Highlands.
S. The line will be worked in connection with the Inverness and
Nairn Railway, under efficient Parliamentary powers,
whereby the facilities of transit will be on the ono hand
greatly increased, while on the other hand the working ex-
penses will be greatly economised.
1.-Lines of this character, constructed at a moderate cost, in the
north of Scotland, have proved highly remunerative, as in-
stanced in the Lossiemouth and Deeside Railways, recently
opened—both of which have returned dividends of 5 per
cent. on the fret year's traffic.
7. The promoters are justified in stating that payment of one-
third of the cost of the works will be taken in stack, as a
guarantee for the due completion of the undertaking, and
levidence of tke conviction of its soundness as a commer-
cial enterprise.
Applications for Shares to be made, in the form annexed, to
Messrs G. and P. Anderson, solicitors, Inverness; Messrs Grant and
Leslie, solicitors, Elgin ; Mr Adam Davidson, town-clerk, Nairn;
Mr Robert Urquhart, banker, and Mr William Sclanders, and Mr
JOllll D. Davidson, solicitors, Forces ; Messrs. James Black and Co.,
sharebrokers, Aberdeen;' Mr John Maciver. banker. Dingwall ; Mr
J. S. Taylor. sheriff-clerk, Cromarty ; Mr John Grant, writer,
Taira ; Mr William Miller, town-elerk, Wick ; Mr William Fleming,
banker, Grantown ; Mr Donald Macrae, writer, Kiaga-ste ; Mr Pa-
trick Duncan, sharebroker, 1, Eirkgate, Perth ; Mr James Black-
wood, rharebroker, Hanover-street, Edinburgh; Mr James Wat-
ssn, sharebroker, 32.1 St. Vincent-place, Glasgow ; Messrs Drewry
and Richardson, sharebrokers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; Messrs H.
Watson end Co., sharebrokers, York ; Messrs Henry Davis and Co.,
sharebrokers, 5, Da'e-street, Liverpool ; Messrs Johnstone and Wal-
ker, sharehrokers, St. Ann's Church- yard, and Messrs Nayland,
so,, and Co., sharebrokers, Exchange-chambep, Bank-street, Man-
chester ; and Messrs Foster and Braitkwaite, 6i, Old Broad-street,
Louden.