The Sun.
London, England, 1841-03-12 00:00:00

SHIPWRECKED FISHERMEN and
MARINERS' BENEVOLENT SOCIETY.
President—Admiral the Right Hon. Sir GEORGE COCK-
BURN, G. C.B.
Annual Subscription, 2s. dd. Donations ad libitum.
The THIRD FESTIVAL DINNER of this SOCIETY
will take place at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on
WEDNESDA Y, the sth day of May next.
The Right Hon. EARL DE GREY in the Chair.
'rickets, One Guinea each.
By order of the Board,
EDWARD WEST, Secretary.
26, Bucklersbury, March 1, ILt4l.

CONTRACT FOR IRON HOOPS.
DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR
VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER.
VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, MARCH 11,
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT-
ING the OFFICE of LORD lIIGII ADMIRAL of
the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the 25th
instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and de-
livering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, the
undermentioned Articles, viz. :-
120 TONS NEW RION BUTT AND PLATE HOOPS.
Half to be delivered by the 30th April, and the remainder
by the 30th June next.
The Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the said Office.
No Tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day of
Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent
for him, duly authorized in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admi-
ralty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender for
Hoops," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, ac-
companied by a Letter signed by a responsible Person, engaging
to become bound with the Person tendering in the sum of
251. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the
Contract.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
MAILS FOR SWEDEN.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, MARCH, 1841.
The Weekly Steam Packets will re-commence running, and
Mails will be again made up for NORWAY and SWEDEN,
to be conveyed direct from HULL by them every Saturday
until further Notice, commencing on Saturday, the 20th instant.
The Mails for this conveyance will be made up in London
every Friday, on and from the 19th instant, and as the Packet
will leave HULL immediately after the arrival of the London
Mail at that Pert on the Saturday. Letters intended to be for-
warded by these Mails must be posted in London at the same
time on Friday Evening as the Inland Letters.
The Single Rate of Postage upon Letters conveyed in the
abovementioned Mails will be Is. Bd., except when posted at
those Towns, the Letters from which pass through LONDON
to HULL ; at such Towns the Single Rate to be taken will be
Is. 10d„ and in allcases the Postage must be paid in advance.
Letters intended to be forwarded to NORWAY and
SWEDEN, via Hamburgh, must be specially addressed via
Hamburgh, as those not so addressed will be forwarded via
Hull,—the Single Rate upon such Letters will remain as at
Present, Is. Bd., if posted in London. and Is. 10d. when posted
in any other part of the United Kingdom.
Those Postmasters whose Instructions direct them to send
their Letters for HULL by Cross Post, will of course forward
the Letters for SWEDEN and NORWAY intended to go by
the regular Weekly Steam Packet to HULL in the same
manner. By Command,
W. L. MABERLY, Secretary.

T JONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY
COMPANY.
TENDERS FOR LOANS.
The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are prepared, under
the powers of their Act, to receive TENDERS for the LOAN
of MONEY on security of their undertaking, and of the Rates
and Tolls arising therefrom, in sums of not less than 3001., and
for the terms of Throe, Five, or Seven years, on interest at
the rate of 51. per rent. per annum, to be paid half-yearly a'.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
The Tenders are to express the Sums and Term of Years for
which the same are proposed to be lent, and to be addressed
t 9 the Secretary, at the Company's Offices, 10, Angel-court.
l'hrogmorton-street.
By Order of the Board of Directors,
THOMAS WOOD, Secretary.

COMMERCIAL AND FAMILY - BOARDING AND
LODGING ESTABLISHMENT, No. 10, QUEEN-
SQUARE, LIVERPOOL.
MO TRAVELLERS AND FAMILIES
visiting LIVERPOOL, the situation of QUEEN-
SQUARE is especially eligible, being open, pleasant, conve-
niently central, and within one minute's walk of the Railway
Station.
In the domestic arrangement no pains are spared to com-
bine all the attention and convenience of an Hotel, with
the privacy and comfort of home, at the lowest scale of re-
munerating charges.

SIR JOHN HERSCHEL'S ASTRONOMY, &c.
New Edition, 1 vol. fep. Bvo., with Vignette Title 6s. cl. let.
TREATISE ON ASTRONOMY.
By Sir JOHN HERSCHEL.
Uniform with the above, with Vignette Titles and numerous
Illustrative Diagrams, New Editions of
DISCOURSE on the STUDY of NATURAL PHILO-
SOPHY. By Sir J. HERSCHEL. I vol., 6s.
TREATISE ON MECHANICS. By Capt. KATER and
D. LARDNER, LL.D. 1 vol. 6s.
TREATISE on lIYDROSTA TICS and PNEUMATICS.
By D. LARDNER, LL.D. 1 vol., 6s.
TREATISE on HEAT. By D. LARDNER, L.L.D.
1 vol. 6s.
TREATISE on OPTICS. By Sir DAVID BREWSTER.
1 vol. 6s.
TREATISE on CHEMISTRY. By M. DONOVAN,
M. R. I. A. l vol., 6s.
The HISTORY of NATURAL PHILOSOPHY, from the
Earliest Periods. By BADEN POWELL, M.A., Savilian
Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford. 1 vol., 6s.
Longman, Orme, and Co ; and John Taylor.

COMPLETION of MAXWELL'S LIFE
of the DUKE of WELLINGTON.
On the 31st instant will be published the TWELFTH and
CONCLUDING PART of this LIFE of his GRACE, when
the entire Work will be ready in Three Volumes, handsomely
bound, in demy, Bvo., price 31. Bs., or in Royal Bvo., with
proof impressions of the plates on India Paper, price 51.25.
N.B. Subscribers are respectfully requested to complete their
Sets at their earliest convenience, to avoid disappointment that
may arise from some of the Parts being out of print.
London : M H. Bailey and Co., 83, Cornhill.

-NOTICE TO, THE PUBLIC.
MAILS FOR SWEDEN.
GENERAL POST-OFFICE, MAacu, 1641.
The Weekly Steam Packets will re-commence running, and
Mails will be again made up for NORWAY and SWEDEN,
to be conveyed direct from HULL by them 'every Saturday
until. further Notice, commencing on Saturday, the 20th instant.
The Mails for this conveyance will be made up in London
every Friday, on and from the 19th instant, and as the Packet
will leave HULL immediately after the arrival of the London
Mail at that Pert on the Saturday. Letters intended to be for-
warded by these Mails must be posted in London at the same
time on Friday Evening as the Inland Letters. .
The Single Rate of Postage upon Letters conveyed in the
abovementioned Mails will be ls. Bd., except, when posted at
those Towns, the Letters from which pass through LONDON
to HULL ; at such Towns the Singlo Rate to be taken will be
Is. 10d„ and in all cases the Postage must be paid in advance.
Letters intended to be forwarded to NORWAY and
SWEDEN, via Hamburgh, must be specially addressed via
Hamburgh, as those not so addressed will be fen-ranted via
Hull,—the Single Rate upon such Letters will remain as at
present, Is. Bd., if posted in London, and ls. 10d. when potted
in any other part of the United Kingdom.
Those Postmasters whose Instructions direct them to send
their Letters for HULL by Cross Post, will of cc,nrie forward
the Letters for SWEDEN and NORWAY intended to go by
the regular Weekly Steam Packet to HULL in the same
manner. By Command,
W. L. MABERLY, Secretary.

LONDON and BRFG HTON RAILWAY
COMP 'ANY.
TENDERS T)-R LOANS.
The DIRECTORS of this COMPANY are prepared, under
the powers of their Act, to recei r e TENDERS for the LOAN
of MONEY on security of their tundertaking, and of the Rates
and Tolls arising therefrom, in iv. ms of not less than 3001., and
for the terms of Three, Free, s.r Seven years, on interest at
rate of 5/. per cent. per antE um, •to be paid half-yearly at
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths.
The Tenders are to express flue Sums and Term of Years for
which the same are proposed to 1 la lent, and to be addressed
to the Secretary, at the Company 's Offices, 10, Angel-court,
fhrogmorton-street.
By Order of the Bs ,ard of Directors,
TBCOIAS WOOD, Secretary.

COMMISSION Tit A. YELLER WANTED
IMMEDIA TELY.
An old-established manufactui Ing House is open to give a
COMMISSION for SNUFFS a: ad CIGARS to a Gentleman
already possessing a respectable connection among Grocers,
Tobacconists, Druggists, &c., and taking his journeys every
three or four months. Security " indispensable. It is neces-
sary that the parties advertising nlay have interviews with him
at the commencement of each jol irney. All unanswered Ap-
plications must be considered unsuitable, and it is requested
that no one will apply whe does not fully possess the above re-
quisites.
Address, post paid, to Z., at Messrs. Harwood's, No. 26,
Fenchurch- street, stating the houses the party now travels for.

COMMERCIAL AND FAIVILY BOARDING AND
LODGING EST ABLISIBLENT, No. 10, QUEEN-
SQUARE, LIVERPOOL.
/p 0 TRAVELLERS AND FAMILIES
11 visiting LIVERPOOL, the situation of QUEEN-
SQUARE is especially eligible, being open, pleasant, conve-
niently central, and within one minute's walk of the Railway
Station. •
In the domestic arrangement no pains are spared to com-
bine all the attention and convenience of an Hotel, with
the privacy and comfort of home, at the lowest scale of re-
munerating charges.