The Sun.
London, England, 1849-07-05 00:00:00

ONTRACT for ASH GOODS.
DepOtro,nt of the RtnrAoener-General of the Nwy,

Of the United ii:itg,4u, .n,l I; elAzitl, lu 11:::u.y givL
notice that on TIM:DAY, the 24th instant, at One o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with such per.,ons as may be willing to Contract
for supplying her Majebty's several pockyards with

ASH GOODS,
consisting of Capstan-bars, Handspikes, Woohlet's hoops for Masts,
and Windsails and Flanks.
Patterns of the Articles and a Form of the Tender may be seen at
the said Office. hlo Tender will be received after One o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Marty attends, or an agent
for him duly aathori-ed in carting.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty .ant boar in the left hand corner the words "Tender for
Ash Goods," en I tonot also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac-
companied by a letter signed by a responsible person, engaginc to
become found with the person tendering in the sum of 4001. far the
due performance of the Contract.

E ‘ST INDIA HOUSE, APRIL 25, 1849.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do hereby give notice,
That the Transfer Books of the said Company's Stock will be
SHUT on THURSDAY, the 7th June, at Three o'clock, and OPENED
again on THURSDAY, the 12th July ; and
That the Warrants for the Divitends on the said Stock, payable on
the 6th July, 1849, under the 11th Sec. of the Act 3 and 4 William
IV., Cap. 85, will be ready to be delivered on that day.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

NEIL GWYNNE TAVEItN and CHOP-
MUM Bull Inn-court, Strand, for Luncheons, Dinners,
and Suppers, Three Doors East of tho Adelphi Theatre, and opposite
Adam street.
Messrs. ARCHER and HOLT most respectfully invite their
friends and the public to patronise the Nell Gwynne Coffee-room,
'which has been fitted no in the style of the period in which she lived.
Visitors to the Theatre's Citizens, and Gentlemen connected with
Somerset House, and the' Banking Houses in the vicinity, will find
the Table d'Hote, which takes place at Half-past Five precisely, the
Most comfortable and rea-onable in the metropolis.—Fish and
Joints, 2s. per head. Hot Joints until Eight, and Suppers anti One
o'clock. Private Dining-rooms excellent Beds, superior Wines and
Spirits, fine Ales, and Barclay and Perkins's Stout.
N.B. An Entrance also from Maiden lane.

THE EDINBURGH REVIEW,
No. CLXXXI., will be published on Thursday, July 12.
CONTENTS:-
i. Transportation as it now is.
11. Shakspearian Critics, English and Foreign.
111. De Tocqueville's Louis XV.
IV. Dennis's Etruria.
V. Free Trade.
VI. Corpus Ignatianum —The Syrian MSS.
VII. Sir E. Bulwer Lytton's King Arthur.
VIII. Tyndale's Sardinia—The House of Savoy.
IX. Austria and Hungary.
X. Macaulay's History of England.
London : Longman and Co. Edinburgh : A. and C. Black.

MR. MARSTON'S NEW PLAY.
Just published, price 2s. 6d.,
STRATHMORE : a Tragic Play, in Five Acts.
(As now performed at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket.) B.y
the Author of The Patrician's Daughter," " Gerald," &c., &c.
" There is something really grand In the conception of this charac-
ter of Strathmore. The language is occasionally sudime."— Times.
"A subject full of what fox ms the pure tragic element."—Morning
Chronicle.
" The play abounds in striking situations andteems with fancy and
poetical feeling."—Morning Herald.
" The best tragedy that has been produced for years."—Sun.
" Soma of the sublimest inspirations of poetry have been appealed
to."—Athenseum.
"The mind of Mr. Marston is truly poetical and essentially tragic."
—Spectator.
London C. Mitchell, Red Lien-court, Fleet-street.