The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-19 00:00:00

NO. 19,339.]

CONTRACTS TOR SEAMEN'S CLOTHING.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 12th September, 1834.
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 MONDAY, the 2 ith
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 and GOSPORT, the
under-mentioned articles, viz.—

To be delivered at
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Aturd. ‘ Uu.port.
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Yards.
BLUE CLOTH, NO. 2
BLUE JEAN
No.
BLANKETS
Pairs. Pairs.
`WORSTED STOCKINGS, for Men 40,000 , 10,001
Ditto for Boys 1,000 1,000 One-third of
' No. No. each quan-
WORSTED CAPS
Yar.ts. Yards. delivered by
HESSEN .. •••• • • • •
WHITE CALICO
OSNABURGH ••.. • • ...... • . 1,400 another
PADDING CLOTH..
BLACK LINEN ... •.• • • ...... 700 15th Jan.,
• Skeins. and the re-
BLACK SILK •• . • .... • 16.000 mainder by
Yards. the 15th
BLACK SILK TWIST • • .. • • • • . • 14,000 Marchnext,
Lbs. or earlier if
SEWING COTTON ~. lOO preferred
Yards. bythe party
BLACK SHALLOON . 2,700 tendering.
ROYAL CANVAS • • • • .. 2,000
TAPE
r Stay • . .... 14,000
t Dutch (White) .... 244,000
Gross.
r Rtained Bono .. 800 _
BUTTONS / Pearl
Lbs.
THREAD, Black ....
Their T.ordshins reserve to themselves the Dower, when Vie ten-

Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when Vie 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 quantity, or
of not contracting for any.
No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
the said Office, a' the Victualling Yards at Gosp.rt and Plymouth, or
to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or
to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
Tenders will be admitted for any portion of the above quantities,
but separate Tenders must be ma le for each place, and no attention
will he said to any offer not so ma !e.
S,mp'es of t,e artichs may be seen at said Office between the
hours of Teu and "wo only, and also at the Victualling Yards at
Gosport and Plymouth.
The zonditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may he seen at the said Office, at the Victualling Yards
at Gosport and Plymouth, and at Liverpool and Bristol. No tender
will be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty, and it will
not be required that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf,
should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result of
the offer received from each person will be communicated to him in
writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
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and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for •
and must also be delivered at S .merset House.

THE MAIL STEAM-SHIP for AUSTRALIA,
October 4, 1854. —The General Screw Steam-shipping Com-
any's screw steam-ship " ARGO," 1,850 tons, 300-horse power,
George Hyde, Commander, will sail from Southampton with her
Majesty's Malls for Adelaide, Port-Philip, and Sydney, on Wednesday
the 4th October, 1854, at Tw o'clock pm. punctually. The " Argo,"
one of the fastest ships afloat, is justly celeb, ated for her last passage
to Australia, having made the run cut in 64 days, and home within
the same period. She is also the first steam-ship that returned to
England via Cape II rn, thus accomplishing a voyage round the
world in 128 days. The vessels forming the superb fleet of screw
steamers 01 this Company, of which this ship is one, are well known
for the punctuality and s,,eed with ,xhich their voyages are performed.
No expense has been spared in their construction, and the accommo-
dations which they ffer to the pu ,lic are ansurpassed, if equalled
by any ships afloat. Ra,es of Passage Money vary, according to the
accommodation required, trom 30 to 100 guineas. Full particulars
as to Frei.,ll t and Passage may be had at the Company's Offices, la,
Cannon-street, London.

.EI E CHOLER A!!!
Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia.
CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID, recommended by the Col-
lege of Phys'cians and the London Board of Health. The Cheapest
and Strongest CH LoRIDE of ZINC. Quirts, 25., Pints, Is., Half-
pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists, Druzeists, and Shipping Agents, and
at Commercial Wharf, Mile-end. London.
N.l3.—C RE WS'S C•iLOBIDF. of ZINC is a cheap, powerful, and
fitter preparation.—M edical Circular.

ECONOMIC LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY,
6, NEW BRIDGE-STREET, BLACKFRIARS.

Established 1823.
Empowered by Act of Parliament, 3 William IV.

DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. Sir T. FRANKLAND LEWIS, Bart., M.P., Chair-
man.
HENRY FREDERICK STEPHENSON, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
A. Kingsford Barber, Esq. Sir Alex. Duff Gordon, Bart.
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Arthur Kett Barclay, Esq., F.R.S. Archibald Haste, Esq., M.P.
Henry Bcrnett, Esq. John Mendham, Esq.
Robert Biddulph, Esq. Charles Morris, Esq.
Thomas Edgar, Esq. William Routh, Esq.

AUDITORS.
Edward Charrington, Esq. I Captain Robert Gordon, R.N.
Francis Dumergue, Esq. John Gilliam Stillwell, Esq.
PDYSICIAN—John Ayrton Paris, M.D., Cantab., Hon. D.Q.L. Oxon.
F.R.S., 27, Dover-street (President of the Royal College of Phy-
sicians).