The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-23 00:00:00

A T a Public Meeting. of City Gas Consumers, held
at the London Tavern. the 21st February, 1849,
JOHN DILLON, Esq., in the Chair,
The following resllntions were enterel into 9nd canted unani-
Inously:
Ist. That looking to the Price charged, and to. the quality of the
article supplied, the inhabitants of the City of 1.0 iden are paying for
the gas they consume on ,their promls a co Welt rably above its fair
value,
2d. That the Gas Companies supplying the City have been per-
mitted. to establish a monopoly niter contemplated in the original
Gas Acts, and while satisfactory contracts have been entered into
IDs
regard to the public lights, the iatere;ts of the private con-
el Burnrs have not been protected, and are n,t now fairly and em-
7represented.
3d. That a Committee be appointed, with power to add to its
huraber, for the' purpose of protecting tha interests of the gas con-
sinners of this City, by taking such steps as may seem desirable, in
ejcier to obtain gas of the best, or most eamomic quality, at a Imo-
Berate price, with the security of a Lair system of metage.
4th. That the following gentlemen be named as the Committee,
With Purer to add to their number :
J. Dillon
A. Caldecott
Ednad. Pontifint
Chat. Gilpin
Saml. Hanson
T. Hale
W. }letting
P. Proctor
F. Clemow ;
Evans
Wm. Mawby
•
Larby
sth. That a Subscription be opened for the purpose of defrayit
the necessary expenses of inch' Committee.
6th. That a Treasurer be appointed, and that Mr. Caldecott be r,
guested to take upon himself the oftico. ,
7th. That the proceedings of this Meeting be advertised in four
Morning Newspapers and two Evening.
Bth. That the thanks of this Meeting are eminently due to Joh
Esq„ for his able and courteous conduct in the chair.
M. PITT, Secretary.
Guildhall Coffee-house, Feb. 22, 1849

Saml. Morley
Geo. Hitchcock
Bannock
Machin
J. A. Sharvrool
Wylie
G. Taylar ,
J. Lowe
Wm. Kirk
? B lowa
Kerry

VONTRACTS for RUM, COCOA, , PEAS,
• _SOAP, RICE, and BISCUIT-BAGS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Semerset•place, Feb. 20, 1849.
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 THURSDAY, the Ist March next, at One o'clock, they
will !le ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con-
ract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
oros, at Deptford, the undermentioned articles, viz. :
When to be
delivered.
The produce of the British Pos. Gallons:1 Half of each in
sossiens and not less than half
3 weeks, and
to be the produce of the British 50,000 . the remain-
Possessions in the West Indies, • der in 3
COCOA .................... ...... . • .. wwaeredkss. aft er-

• • Quarters:
night, & the
Half in a fort-
PE {4 ......... bOO remainder in
.% •••• ' • • • I a fortnight'
afterwards.

Tens. plait* of each in
10 days and
25 the remain-
betder in 10
days after-
wards.
No. rßy 30th June
BISCUIT BAGS (Large)...... • ... .. 20,000 / next.
The Rttm, Cocoa, and Rice to be exempted from the Customs'
Duties.
Samples o. the Coeol and Rice (not less than 2lbs. of each), of the
Leas (not less that 9 'quarts), and of the Soap (not less than a bar),
nt be produced by the parties tendering, and a sample of the Bis-
'wt-bags. together with the Conditions of the Contracts, may be
sees at the said office. No Tender will be received after One o'clock
"1 the day of Weal'', nor any noticed, unless the party attends,
Every
agent for him; duly authorised in writing.
very Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
sand bear in the left-hand corner the. words " Tender for
'lid must aro <be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Rum
must be accompanied by a letter, signed by two responaible persons,
and those for cocoa, Rice, and Biscuit-bags by one responsible per-
,ell, gi
peitr ng to become bound with the p tendering in the sum
44‘. cent. on the value, for the performancedu of the Con-
tracts.

SOAP (Mottled)" •• ••
ItICE (White Bengal) .

ETX cH E Elt .B ILL S.
Office of her Majesty's Paymaster-General,
•
Whitehall, February 19, 1849.
,e Exchequer Bills dated in the month of March, 1848, (per Act
, cap; 19, 18,310,7001., anno. 1847, with the Interest due
an, will be paid off on the 15th March, 1849, when the Interest
r. eaa'se.gush
1. Bills will be 'received at this Office daily, from half-past Ten
Threel4l
~ o'clock-until the sth day of March, 1849, inclusive.
;pait‘d forms, containing instructions for. the preparation of the
(or Claims),, and the arrangment of the Bills may be obtained
..40plIcat ton at this Office.
211: bearers mustlndors-e each 4111 with their usual signatures,
heY 'must insert their names and ad tresses in cash List or
.and where the names eflolders are inserted in the Bills, the
nitersernents of such holders mast also be obtained previously to
weir Claims being left for examination.
here
Bills,' bearing Interest at the rate of One Penny-halfpenny
ii,em day upon every One Hundred Pounds, and dated the said
Xll} daY of Mamh, 1849, may be obtained in payment of the
th„4elPal of the whole or part of the Exchequer Bills i.sued under
(4 Act above-mentioned, on the claimants specifying in their Claims
Lists).
the amount of New Bills required by them.
Tae :dew Bills, together with the interest on the Bills.left for
aged on or before the the sth day of March, as above, will be.
this on the IGth day of March, 1849 ; the bearers must at at
""1 Office to sign receipts for the payment of principal and interest.
ktip:tnent, in money, may be obtained at this Office for any of the
sp,,,,chequer Bills previously to the said 15th day of March, 1849,
athe claimants leaving the Bills for examination one day prior
hick such payment is desired.

GRAVESEND via BLACKWALL RAIL-.
WAN,. ilia STAR and BLACKWALL PACKETS.
Railway and Boat included in one Paymeat.
~00
' 'Fares, te or from London.
Fora Cabin and Secant Class Railway, ONE SHILLING t
and Pint Class ditto, ONE SHILLING. and SIXPENCE.
. ' ' , Ti or tram Blackwall er intermediate Piers,
. . -Fore Cabin...'..... 9d. Saloon ••.... .. Is.
Re Other
Packets call at the Grays or Greenhithe Piers.
Week 1-1.,! ROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND.
fitusday.-;-tof, at 8, 84*, 94, 114, 1, 24, and 5. .
Week Dais,
-itc;\",°)•., 114, 1, 24, and 5.
‘at}.I9II,,CINS WICK WHARF, BLACKWALL.
• Sunday , at (Ili 71. 11, 12. 14, 3,4, and 5.
' --1 v• II 14, 34 and 5. ' -
The TRAINS sta.' ' ' hour before each of these
times, *fling one quarter of an.
Passages marked * are run direct, the Packets not being per-
itlitted to stop at Piers or for Boats.
"try
from Penclturch-street Station to all parts of Landon
"try quarter of an hour.
BOAT,. TICKETS.—Twelve Months, 41.'45. ; Six Months,:2l. 158. ;
pee:_,Marlas, 11. Ms. • to be had of the Collectors on board the
• Br '144 3fx. Monk. 24rrace Pier. Gravesend ; or of Mr. Saunders,
llriswlck Wharf. Blackwall.
...PaSsengers' Luggage conveyed to and from the Packets and Rail-
a7. at the Brunswick-wharf, without any charge. The charge for
Porterage at Fencharch-street is Id. for small parcels, and 2d. for
large parcels.
November 7, 1848.

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.
The Directors of this Company are prepared to receive TEN-
bERS for the immediate Supply of !:00 GOODS' TRUCKS ; Plans
and Specifications for which may be seen at the Compaay's
work-
shops,, Stratford, on and after 26th inst. Tenders will also be re;
celYed from makers of Trucks, who happen to hare a stock on hand,
,r2ving• the lowest price and when and where they may he examined.
wonders markod "Goods Trucks," addressed t) the Secretary, will
Da received up to the Bth March next.
• By order of the Director;,
B. MOSEL.EY, General Manager.
London, February 20, 1849.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.
LOANS ON DEBENTURES.
the Directors of this Company are prepared to receive (under the
Dithers of their Act of Parliament) Tenders for Loans of Money on
security of Debeatures.
torenders, stating amount and term of years of proposed Loans,
be addressed to the Secretary, 61, Moorgate-street, London.
By order,
ANDREW G. GIFFORD, Secretary.
GI, Moorgate-street, February 20, 1549.

SIY FATHER'S OLD FILE.

One day I sine searching the library closet,
Where many Odd documents fbrmod a deposit ;
And having examined the contents awhile,
I happened to meet with my father's old file.
'Twas loaded with papers refer ing to trade,
7:t ' And I'm happy to say that the bills were all paid.
For my father did things in a straight,orward style,
-1-3 Proved by the swarms of receipts on his file.
You'll not be surprised that among the amounts
I should meet with a number of tailors' accounts.
The bill of a tailor I found in the pack,
Which my father had settled just twenty years back;
30, thinks I to myself, I will give it a quiz,
And see what the price on the document is.
COAT, WAISTCOAT, AND TROWSERS
• Were named in the bill,
• And the price was enough to make any one ill.
• • Icannet remember the sum to a fraction,
Put really it wasn't an honest transaction ;
And I couldn't help thinking how much had been done
11l those great modern tailors—E. MOSES and SON,
- Who would make one a suit in the very first style
Tor half the amount on my father's old file,
Ihe.next was a bill that I wouldn't destroy,
A JUVENILE SUIT
For m3ootif when a boy.
NI 0w I recollect well that the garments were trash,
fet oh, what a hole did they make in the cash.
I thought wken I put back the bill on the file,
'low MOSES would wonler—how MOSES world smile.
After this I examined a bill for
A HAT,
And I saw that any daddy was diddled in that.
And sure did I feel that E. MOSES and SON,
• For very much less would provide him with one—
, Not one such as that on my father's old file,
But a thoroughly beautiful durable tile.
A PAIR OF NEW BOOTS
Fer my father's own feet,
Was another affair which I happened to meet.
And again did I find that the purchase was one
At variance far with E. MOSES and sON.
A MUFF AND A CAPE
Were the next things I saw,
And believe me, I couldn't help calling out "la .
Tor I knew that the ladies at MOSES' are able
per
half such a sum to obtain the best sable.
nY other bills also I here came across,
hich proved that the goods had been bought at a loss.
THE HOSIERY GOODS
Whose amounts I inspected,
Plainly proved what E. MOSES and SON have effected.
E. MOSES and SON, for a very long while,
Have dealt in a fair economical style,
and so I perceived from my father's old tile.
tt.. etw w
.Lteti,„entitled ' The Treasury of Taste," containing a de-,
it tof prices for each department, with full directions for self-
, tnent, may be had en application, or forwarded post-free.
LIST OF PRICES.

IZADT NADI.
kith ' '
e1..-an and Winter Coats, in all the new styles •
i frteiomo £0 6
-.7..terfteld and Codrington's, and every deser p
3 0
•••••••••
II': Over-coats, handsomely trimmed .. • • • • • • • ....
0 15 0
l'realur• •••• • • • •• • ••• • • 1 • 0
b'°"ar • •-• • • • ............ ...... 1
ng Coats..
••• • •
.• 0 8 6
Autumn and Printer 'Trousers .. • • .• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
r".., kin ditto .•.•••••••• • • • • ' • • • • • •
•66
utnn aid Winter Vests .• ••••• • • • • •
••• • • •• • • 0
less Coats •• • • ••• • • • I °
c'elt d • .• • • •• • I 4 9
,",:/8 Hussar and Tunic •
Suits. .. •.. • •. ••••• • • • • • 0 16 6
MADE TO MEASURE.
tetlrlatt and Winter Coats, in all the newest style from XI 6 0
~6cleth Coat 2 2 0
Troueere ...... 09 6
ii"" LL43.4c1 Wrappers •••••••• • • • • • • • •• • • • . • • 18
0
b Patent Trousers, in all the approved styles...—. 0 16 6
1 2 0
re"
C*atB
••• • • • ••" • • • •••• •• • • 1 12
•
Yrut do Y••• • ••
•• • • • •
est quality
..... „ ..... •.•..• • • • • ..... .• .. 3 3 0
laaaltl2/..tto, periat.
,Toestr
00
128
non
and Tunic Suits .• ••••••• • • • • • • • ••• • • • 1 8 0
Mourning to any extent at Five Minutes notice.
A Suit of Clothes complete for 1/. 16s.
'WA .co.—The Shawl Department, 155, Minories, is now replete
coba`vbry novelty of the season.
sure ~°lll4—Any article purchased, ready made, or made to mea-
reo: o not approved of, win be exchanged, or if preferred, the
u•-• 07 returned.
Tieei-.I4OSES and. SON, Tailors, Woollendrapers, Clothiers, Hatters.
"--'ll, Furriers, Boot and Shoesnakers, and General Outfitters. for
Mies
94, 86 and Gentlemen, 154, 155, 156, aid 157 Minorier, and Pa,
mla 86 Aldgate, City, London; and their Branch Establish-
' llls• 3r
, Fargate, Sheffield; and 19, Thornton's-buildings, Brad-
(l I orkshire•
artCa;tution.—E Moses and Son regret having to guard the public
falsenfn...t imposition • but have learned that the untradesmanAike
Lai i,-;v2 of being co'nnected with them, or " It is the same concern,"
T , resorted to In many instances, and for obvions reasons.
ezcOer,ha" no connexion with any other house in or out of London,
Pc their Braneh Establishments, 36, Fargate Sheftleld ; and 19,
gfeoZtbles-buildings, Bradford, Yorkshire aaa, tuose who desire
their and cea clothing. &c.. should call at. or sand to ther of
'fake ranchehs, or to the Minories and Aldgate, City, Londoein.
till eon._ : Nuttee.—This Establishment is closed tr. Inn gullet Friday.
Bet Saturday, when business is resumed till twelve o'clock.
14 first-rate Cutters wanted fbr London and Country ; WAY
"W 4,1 *cinings, at Tau o'clock.