The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-19 00:00:00

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE.
December 14, 1849.
Tile Principal Officers of her Majesty's Ordnance do hereby give
notice, that the will SELL, by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Tower,
on Famsy, the 21st December,. at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon
Precisely, sundry Lots of OLD STORES, consisting of greatcoats,
serge-cuttings, shoes, horse-collars, horse-shoes, new gun flints, salt -
Pones .bz". brass hose, cocks, tools, iron, steel, brass, end various
other articles, the whole of which may be viewed at the Tower three
dais previous to the sale, frdm Ten till Four o'c'ock, upon appli-
elttion to the Principal Storekeeper's Office at that place, where cata-
logues of the lots and conditions of the sale will be delivered to those
Persons who may apply for the same.

By order of the. Board,
G. BUTLER, Secretary

EAST INDIA HOUSE, DECEMBER 18, 1649.
TRE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COBIPANT do hereby give notice,
That the RATE of EXCHANGE at which they will receive Cash
ror Bills on Bengal and Madras will, from the present date and until
_tirther notice, be Is. 11d. the Company's Rupee; and for Bills on
Bombay, Is. 11 yid. the Company's Rupee.
JAME"; C. MELVILL, Secretary.

THE ISLINGTON CATTLE MARKET
AND ABATTOIR COMPANY.
Empowered by special Act of Parliament, 5 and 6 William IT., cap.
• cal. Provisionally registered, 7 and 8 Vic., cap. ca.

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Offices, Wellington-street North, Strand.
Caal 200,0041. Shares It. each, to be paid in full on allotment,
ereby avoiding any calls, and unless. the Company eomplete the
Purchase of the property, the bole amount will be returned to
the shareholders.
The responsibility limited to the amount of the shares.
The rental of the houses, &c., on the Islington Market Estate ensures
interest on the subsezibed capital, independent of the removal of
glnithfield Market.

TRUSTEES.
(l,ee • Stone, Esq. (Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Co.), Lombard-street.
ehn Twells, Esq. (Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.), Grace-
church-street.
W„1”. Shaw, Esq. (Member of the Council of the Royal Agricultural
°°cletY), Strand.

COSIMITTEE.
*WILLIAM SHAW, Esq., Strand, Chairman.
W. Anderson, Esq., Oakley, Bedforshire.
R. Beman, Esq., Donnington, Gloucestershire
J. Clarke, Esq., Westbourne-park-road
• - *Major Crosawell, Northficet, Kent
T. Crisp, Esq., Gedgrave Hall, Suffolk
*S. Grantham, Esq., ,Itoneharn, Lewes
' *W. Hamilton, Esq., Hampstead
*H. A. Harrison, Esq., Greenend House, Little Munden,
Harts
John W. Jeyes, Esq., Uppingham, Rutlaudshire
*Ely. Kirk, Esq., St. James's-square
E. Lewis, Esq., Hertingtordhury-park, Herts
W. Loft, Esq., Trusthorpe, Alford, Lincolnshire
G. Parsons, Esq., South Petherton, Somerset
J. G. Phivps, Esq., Connaught-terrace, Hyde Park
*G. Sherborn, Esq., Ashford, Middlesex
James Smith, Esq., C.E., Deanston, N.B.
George Turner, Esq., Barton, Exeter, Devon
0. Wallis, Esq., Overstone Grange, Northamptonshire
*A. B. Wall, Esry., Bishop's-road, Bayswater
• J. Williams, Esq., Bucklaud, Faringdon, Barks
W. Wingate, Esq., llareby, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire
* "embers of the Acting Committee.
gettexTou—Messrs. Armstrong and Westbrook, 2, Great James-
street, Bedford-row.
A. d
v4e,a 3' for the Allotment. of the Shares will shortly be fixed, until
tits linle applications will continue to be received at the Once of
th.L'urnimaY by the Soli; [tors ; Thomas Allsop, Esq., Royal Ex-
We-buildings ; and by the Members of the Acting Committee.
JOHN T. TIDD, Secretary.

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