The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-07 00:00:00

LIGHTING.

THE COMMISSIONERS FOR PAVING.
PITCHING, CLEANSING, and LIGHTING the streets
and other places within the City of Bristol and Liberties thereof,
hereby give notice that their CONTRACT with the Bristol Gas-
Light Company will CEASE and DETERMINE upon the 29th
dav of September, 1840, and that they are desirous of receiving
TENDERS for LIGHTING the said City with Coal Gas for the
term of seven years and a half, from the said 29th day of Septem-
ber, 1840.
Any person or persons willing to contract for the said work, are
requested to deliver sealed Tenders for doing the same. on or before
Twelve o'clock at Noon, on TUESDAY, the 12th day of October
next, addressed to the Commissioners, at their Office, Exchange,
buildings, Bristol, where a printed specification of the works to be
tendered for, together with a form of the Tender, and any other
information, may be obtained.—By order of Bin Board,
JAMES HARRIS, Clerk.

Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing
Office, Exchange-buildings,
Bristol, 2d July, 1833.
N.B.—The Commissioners will not consider themselves bound to
accept the lowest Tender.

ITALIAN ALABASTER ORNAMENTS.
A New Assortment has just been received by S. MAWE,
149, Strand (Mineralogist to her Majesty), consisting of VASES,
SINGLE FIGURES, and GROUPS, in great variety. S.
Mawe has also an excellent assortment of MARBLE and DERBY.
SHIRE SPAR ornaments consisting of Obelisks, Vases, Candle-
sticks, Inlaid Tables, Library Inkstands, Watchstands, Paper-
weights, &c.; together with an extensive collection of SHELLS,
MINERALS, and GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. Any ipcci_
man can be had separately, or a series (from 60 to 500) arranged
in collections, with descriptive catalogue, to facilitate the study of
Slineralogy, Conchology, or Geology, from two to fifty guineas.
The above articles are solcl at 149, Strand, London ; the Museum,
"Montpellier-walk, Cheltenham ; and at Mawe's Manufactory;
Matlock.

ROBINSON'SsioENCOvANRO,LIIIIC ANTICORO-
Black, 55., Green, Ss. per gall n, prepared ready for use.
This ap,,roved preservative of wood, iron, tin, copper, or lead, at less
cost than any other composition, prevents rust, decay, dry rot, or the
worm. It dries rapidly, in five minutes if required. It endures perms-
ment kamersion in fresh or salt water; great heat or cold; is adapted
for park paling, sheds, wood buildings, ships' bottoms, steam-engine
boilers, machinery, hot water pipes, hurdles, waggons, carts, smiths' use,
and all out.door wood and iron work.
H. M. Robinson and Co , sole manufacturers, IP, Minories, Aldgate

This day was published, Sixth Edition, price 2s. 6d. -
%F ILLS.--PLAIN DIRECTIONS for mak-
ing a WILL, in conformity with the New Act, which
came into operation on the Ist of January, and a compliance with
which is indispensable in all Wills made subsequent to that date.
By J. C. HUD ON,

Of the Legacy-Duty Office, Somerset House; Author of " The
Executor's Guide."
London : Longman, Orme, and Co.

WOOD ON RAIL-ROADS, THIRD EDITION.
This day was published, Third Edition, very greatly enlarged, with
Thirteen large Plates (several of which are new, and the rest
have been re-drawn and re-engraved), and several new Wood-
cuts, price One Guinea and a half. in cloth,
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON RA1L-
..473._ ROADS, and INTERIOR COMMUNICATI( )N in
General; containing numerous experiments on the powers of the
improved Locomotive Engines, and Tables of the Comparative Cost
of Conveyance on Canals, Railways, and Turnpike Roads.
By NICHOLAS WOOD,
Colliery Viewer, Mem. Inst. Civ. Eng., &e.
London : Longman, Orme, and Co.