The Sun.
London, England, 1840-10-23 00:00:00

'EVENING

TOFFICE OF ORDNANCE, SEPT. 30, 1840.
HEPRINCIPAL OFFICERS of her
MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do hereby give notice
that they are ready to DISPOSE OF, to such persons as may
be willing to TENDER for the same, a quantity of OBSO-
LETEand UNSERVICEABLE IRON ORDNANCE, OLD
SHOT and SHELLS, OLD WROUGHT and CAST IRON,
In Store at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, which have been
divided into. Lots and may be viewed upon applicatirn to the
Ntorekeeper at that place any day (Sunday excepted) previous
tothe day fixed for the delivery of the Tenders.
wil Catalogue of the several Lots may be obtained by Persons
ling to become Purchasers, at the Storekeeper's Office,
oolwich, and at the Secretary's Office in Pall-Mall, where
the Tenders for the whole or any number of the said Lots are
ebe delivered ori or before TUESDAY, the 27th October next.

By order of the Board,
R. BYHAM, Secretary

ST. PANCRAS MIDDLESEX.
.
.At. a MEETING of the DIRECTORS of the POOR
the said PARISH, held at the Workhouse, on Tuesday,
the 20th day of October, 1840,
JAMES FORD, Esq., in the Chair,
The, following letter was presented and read, from the Editor
Le:
, Sun Newspaper, in reply .to an application from the
It made by order of th Board, for the name o the write
1. a letter inserted in that Journal of Monday the 12th inst.,
• 41'1°4 "-A Director of the Poor of St. Pancras" :
4 " Sun Office, 112, Strand,,Oct. 16, 1840.
3fr7,_he Editor of the Sun presents his compliments to Mr.
P:0";o"ey. and begs to inform him that " A Director of the
• ,of St. Pancras" give his tiame and address, but it is not
to:: t 5 give up the name of a Correspondent who communi-
h the Paper confidentially, and the Editor therefore
oer,ets that he cannot in this instance comply with the request
"le Directors of the Poor of the Parish of St. Pancras.
"John MiCahey, Esq., Clerk to the Directors."
T
.Revelved unanimously,
ohat this Board cannot but express its feelings of indignation
f 4.disgust at the letter which appeared in The Sun newspaper
• e 12th 'u inst., purporting to be written by Oof the
litectors of the Poor of the parish of Saint Pancras One :
that the
thtlo."` ents contained in that letter are unfounded in fact, and
Po 't' offensive observations on the other Directors of the
t or are in violat:ci g
n of that entlemanly feelino- which ought
° characterize the members of any public Bparqi.
unasimously,
tZhat the
Clerk he instructed to publish the letter from the
ti°l:
reo.of The Sun, accompanied' with a copy of the foregoing
present, r' r thereto the names of the Directors now
arPen'DIRECTORS PRESENT.
F.sq., Mr. Braithwaite. Mr.- G.- Davey.

kr :!- - Mr. Brettingham. Mr. Mama.
i'lektnan, Mr. Patterscn. Mr. Simpson.
Atr‘-.litirchwarden. Mr. Field. Mr. Willis.
Air. Csiadbold. Mr. Perry. Mr. Portvrine.
k nlith• Mr. Sanders. Mr. Horspool.
1.;•• Thorril v. Mr. Greenwood._ Mr. Matthews.
'' I-1 •
ughes. Mr. Prendergast.
.......__ JOHN APGAHEY, Clerk.

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