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London, England, 1849-02-21 00:00:00

CONTRACTS for RUM, COCOA, PEAS,
SOAP, RICE, and BISCUIT-BAGS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, Feb. 20, 1849.
The Commlssieners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland do hereby give
notice, that on TIIMISDAY, the Ist March next, at One o'clock, they
ii;Jl he ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to'Con-
act for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
stores, at Deptfirrd, the undermeationed articles, via.:--
When to be
delivered.
The produce of the British Pos- Gallons.i Half ()reach in
littim sessions and not less than half 5 I 3 weeks, and
to be the produce of the:British Cs'°oo
Possessions in the West Indies, der in 3
weeks after-
wards.
Taff in a fort-
I night, &the
remainder in
a fortnight
ieftorwitrds.
'nail of each in,
10 days and
the remain-
der in 10
days after-
wards.
No. fßy 30th Jane
BISCUIT BAGS (Large) ...... ...... .. • . 20,000 j next.
The Rum, Cocoa, and Rice to be exempted from the Customs'
Duties.
Samples of the Cocoa and Rice (not less than 21bs. of each), of the
Peas (not less than 2 quarts), and of the Soap (not less than a bar),
Must be produced by the parties tendering, and a sample of the Bis-
cuit-bags, together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be
Been at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock
On the day or treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends,
Or an agent for him, duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
ald bear In the lett-hand corner the words " Tender for ,
Bad must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Rum
must be accompanied by a letter, signed by two responsible persons,
and those for Cocoa, Rice, and Biscuit-bags by one responsible per-
son, engaging to become bound with the person tendering in the sum
of 251. per cent. on the v.due, for the due performance of the Con.
tracts.

RICE (White Bengal)

CONDEMNEDD BARRACK STORES.
LDTEN AND WOOLLEN RAGS.
Office of Ordnance, Pall-mail, Jan. 29, 1849.
The Principal Officers of her Majesty 's Ordnance do hereby give
notice, that persons desiroas of Contracting for the purchase of Con•
demned Barrack Linen and Woollen Rags, in any of the districts
throughout Great Britain, Ireland, arid the Islands of Guernsey, Jer-
sey, and Alderney, for a period of Three Years, to be computed from
the let April, 1849, may obtain the Particulars of Contract, Form of
Tender, and List of Districts, en application at this Office (Sundays
excepted) between the Hours of Ten and Four, or to the Barrack-
master, at any of the Barracks.
Sealed Tenders in the Printed Form prescribed, are to be sent to
this Office, on or before Friday, the Sth day of March next, after
which day ne proposal will be noticed.
Persons wishing to Tender are cautioned to make themselves fully
acquainted with the several Conditions of Contract, it being tile
Board's determination strictly to enforce the said conditions.
By order of the Board of Ordnance,
R. BYHAM, Secretary.

PURSUANT to a DECREE of the HIGH
COURT •f CHANCERY, made in a cause COOK v.
'RIGHT, the Creditors of MARY ELIZABETH COOK, late of No. 2,
Regent's-terrace, City-road, in the county of Middlesex, spinster (who
died •n the 3d day of December, 1847), are to come in and prove
their debts before Sir WILLIAM Holism, one of the Masters •f the
laid Court, at his Chambers in Southampton-buildings, Chancery-
lane, London, on or before the 31st day of March, 1849 ; or in default
thereof they will be peremptorily excluded the benefit of the said
Decree.

S. WALTERS, 36, Basinghall-street,

Plaintiff's Sollcltsr.

CHILD-FARMING THE POOR.
In pursuance of a Requisition of the Householders and Rate-
Payers of the City and Liberties of Westminster, addressed to me, and
numerously signed, calling upon me to convene a PUBLIC MEET-
ING of the Inhabitants in Covent-garden Market, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the recent awful Destruction of Human
Life resulting from the system of Farming Pauper Children by the
Metropolitan Parishes : a system which seems to have received the
approval and sanction of the Poor-law Board, and to have been acted
Poor
without compunction by the various Boards of Guardians of the
'°or also, to consider whether the present New Poor-law is, or is
not, suitable to a Christian country ;
I do appoint TUESDAY NEXT, the 27th February, as the day for
holding
such Meeting, and Covent-garden Market as the place for
11°1424 the mime.

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The Chair to be taken at One o'clock precisely.
FRANCIS SMEDLEY, High Bailiff.
February 20,1849.

LUCRATIVE AGENCY.—A moderate and re-
spectable IWCOME may be realised by persons of good con-
.ekions, in town or country, be they shopkeepers or not, by the sale
of a commodity in general use.
A
testreet
r-
.ply personally, or by letter, at 9, Great Saint Helens, Bishops-
gli

THE ROYAL POLYTECHNP.2.
INSTITUTION, REGENT-STREET.
4„_ The Art of Magic or Conjuring illustrated and explained in Lee,
L'''res, by Mr. Shaw, late partner with M. D'Augvigney, daily at Half-
east Three, and every Evening at a Quarter to 'fine. Dr. Ryan's
ir°ture on the Chemistry of the Breakfast Table, in which Mr.
b ore's Patented r recess for Preserving Milk for long voyages will
,e explained daily at a Quarter to Three o'clock.—D.r. Rachhoffner's
-1.-,iltistrations on Astronomy, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at
ne o'clock.—A View in he Gold District of California is a ded
to the New Dissolving Views.—New Chromatrope.—Microscope.—
b"thinery and Models explained, &c., &c.—The Music is directed
Dr. Wallis.
Open daily from Eleven to Five ; and in the Evenings (including
Saturday) from Seven till Ralf-past Ten.
Admission I 00 s, - Sch Hlf price The New Catalogue, is.

N consequence of the great rush of Visitors to see
BANVARD'S GRAND MOVING PAINTING of the MIS-
SISSIPPI and MISSOURI RIVERS, at the EGYPTIAN HALL,
ceadillY, the Proprietor respectfully announces Two Exhibitions Very day, (Kirin
the tulivays. This immense Painting is the
Largest in the World, and exhibits more than 3,000 miles of Armed-
at urTf!tr-7.—The Day exhibition will commence every Afternoon,
p
toora _ Two. and the Evening at Half-past Seven o'clock ;
sews,
nosi).e n
half la hear before commencing. Admission, lower
, gallery,

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The orilY gentlemanly Over-coat for the Season.
h "gents:—Mr. Maddox, Liverpool ; Mr. Hollingsworth, firming-
" 2,;,, Mr' Hewitt. Manchester; Mr. Davison, Sheffield ; Mr.
s.
—^xe,u.r, Shrewsbury; Mr. Bevin, Chester; Mr. Tinhorn, Isle of
Wight; Mr. Johnson, Ashton-under-Lyne; and Mr. Whitty, 8, Col.
lege-green, Dublin, sole agent for Ireland.
Manufactured by
the Registerers, Messrs. SWAIN and Co., 379,
Oxford-street.

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They likewise present an infallible mode of measuring, viz.:—The
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