The Sun.
London, England, 1847-09-29 00:00:00

CONTRACTS for SALT BEEF and PORK.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Sotnert et-Place, Aug. 13, 1847.
The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral
}the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice, that on THURSDAY, the 30th September next, at One o'clock,
they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for the supply of a quantity of
SALT MEAT,
of the cure of the United Kingdom, or elsewhere, equal to 5,000
tierces of Navy Beef, and 11,000 tierces of Navy Pork (in separate
tenders), all to be cured in the ensuing season, their Lordships re-
serving to themse:ves the power, when the tenders are opened, of
contracting either far the whole, or for such part thereof °MY, as
they may deem fit, or of not contracting for any part; and also an
Unlimited pewer of selection, according to quality.
The tenders, Loth f r Ileef and Pork, to specify ti.e place where
the meat is intended to be cured.
All Beef to be delivered in tierces, and a quantity of Pork
equal to 150 tierces (and for which separate tenders are to be
made), to be delivered in casks, containing 1001 b. each, and of the
remaining qeantity of i'ork three-fourths to be delivered in tierces,
and the remaining one-fourth in barrels, into. her Majesty's Vic-
tualling Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth, Plymouth, and Haulbow-
line, in such proporti-ns as shall hereafter be directed, and within
the following periods:—
BEEF Two-thirds 313 t March,
One-third 31st May 1842
PORK, On On or before the 31st March
Two-thirds 31st May
and to be paid for by bills payable at sight, but riot during the first
period of delivery, for any quantities beyond those specified.
The conditions of the contract may be seen at this office, or by
applying to the Agent for the Victufilling at Cork, or to the Collee'ors
of her M ajesty's Cu -toms at Limerick, • elfast, Waterford, and Newry,
or to the -ecretary of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, or to toe
Resident Agent for Transports at Leith.
No tender will be admitted for a less quantity than shall be equal
to 300 tierces of Beef, or to 300 tierces of Pork, except for the Pork,
to be delivered in casks containing 100 lb.. acts.
No tender will be received atter One o'clock on the day of treaty,
nor any noticed unless the party attends, or sonic person on his
behalf, duly authorised in writing; and it is to be expressly under-
stood that the tenders must contain a separate price for the Beef. and
a separate price for the Pork ; and that every tender must also spe-
cify the prices both its figures and words at length, or the tenders
Will be retected.
Every ten ter must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, and bear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words
" Tender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Victualling," and
must also be delivered at Somerset place, and be accompanied by a
letter signed by two responsible persons, engaged to become bound
with the person tendering, in a sum equal to 251. per cent. on the
amount of the contract, for the due performance of the same.
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THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
8, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
3. CIIARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-110 _ SE, LONDON.
Liability of the Proprietors unrestricted.
Moderate Premiums in the Fire Department.
Guar intend Bonuses and other peculiar advantages in the Life De-

partment.
Policies, inmring the value of Leasehold Property at the termina-
tion of the Lease, are also issued.
Persons whose Policies with this Company expire on the 29th In-
stant are respe ifully reminded, that Receipts for the renewal of the
same will be found at the Head Offices in London and Liverpool, and
In the hands of the respective A ents ; and those who, preferring the
security offered by this Company, may desire to remove their Insu-
rance,' are informed that no expense will be incurred by such removal.
SWINTON BOIJLT, Secretary to the Company.
B E.NJ. H ENDERSO N, Resident Secretary. London.
25th September, 1647.

CORPORATION
(Established by Royal Charter A.D. 1720.)
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OF HOUSES AND GOODS FROM FIRE.
°EEL:ES—ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON.
Branch, 29, Pall-mall.
l•fotice.—The usual fliteen days allowed for payment of Premiums
falling due at Michaelmas will expire on_the_l4th October next.

ASSURANCES ON LIVES,
WITH LARGE PARTICIPATION IN PROFITS.
Two-thirds of the profit on Policies dated since December, 1841,
will be apportioned, periodically, among those effected for Life ;
Without involving the Assured in any risk of Partnership.
GOVERNOR—Thomas Tooke, Esq.
SUB-GOVERNOR—WiIIiam Sampson, Esq.
DIMITY-GOVERNOR—The Hon. J. T. Leslie Melville.
DIRECTORS.
Sir J. W. Lubbock, Bart.
Charles John Manning, Esq.
Henry Nelson, Esq.
Edward H. Palmer, Esq.
John Henry Pelly, Esq.
Abraham G. Robarts, Esq.
Charles Robinson, Esq.
Sir Samuel Scott, Bart.
William Soltau, Esq.
William Wallace, Esq.
Octavius Wigram, Esq.
Charles B. Young, Esq.
ALEX. GREEN, Secretary.

Rent", Bainbridge, Esq.
• George P. Barclay, Esq.
Zchnond S. P. Calvert, Esq.
John Garratt Cattley, Esq.
t Alexander Colvin, Esq.
William Davidson, Esq.
John Deacon, Esq.
'Wiliam
W. Grenfell, Esq.
ntiliam T. Hibbert, Esq.
Lancelot Holland, Esq.
Sir George Larpent, Bart.
John C. Lochner, Esq.

NATIONAL LOAN FUND LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
26, CORNHILL, LONDON.
Capital £500,000. Empowered by Act of Parliament.
This Institution embraces important and substantial advantages
rth respect to life assurances and deferred annuities. The assured
has, on all occasions, the power to borrow, without expense or for-
feiture of the policy, two•thirds of the premiums paid (see Table);
aSO the option of selecting benefits, and the conversion of his in-
terests to meet other conveniencies or necessity.
Assurances for terms of years on the lowest possible rates.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
Tke increasing prosperity of the Society has enabled the Directors
. the annual meeting held on the 12th May, 1847, to declare a fifth
bnnts
, varying from 35 to 85 per cent. on the premiums paid oa each
b'w.ey effected on the profit scale.
EXAMPLES.

The Annual Report, with tables of rates, &c., may be had at the
re fooe. or any of its branches in the country ; or, on application, will
rwarded post free.

F. FERGUSON CAMROUX, Secretary.

VICTORIA LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY.
No. 18, KING WILT.IAM-STREET, CITY.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
Maxthe Bret septennial Meeting of this Company, held on the 11th
premiums
last, BONUS, averaging 23 per cent. on the amount of
r.enlianis Paid, was declared on Policies entitled to participate in
Profits.
„lour fifths, or 80 per cent. of the entire Profits of the Company,
11 at future divisions be appropriated to all Assurers entitled to
'hare therein.
Every advantage is offered by this Company to Assurers.
„°_,n Policies taken out for the whole term of life, one-half of the An-
"uPreinitans thereon may remain unpaid for five years.
QParties Assured with the Company are allowed to reside in many
1 1/4 the Colonies with stn. additional charge, and the Premium required
sr the East or West Indies, and other extra risks, is snore than
1/111411Y moderate.
4.7 a plan originating with this Company, great security is offered
" Parties Assuring the Lives of others.
Advances continue to be made to Assurers on Assignable Property
Income, and also ou the guarantee of most undoubted personal
lalreties.
Detailed Prospectuses, and every information may be obtained, by
P°.eation at the Office, or by letter addre:sed to the Actuary.
WILLIAM RATRAY, Actuary and Secretary.

PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION
LE, FOR MUTUAL LIFE ASSURANCE, AND BENEVO-
'T FUND, 42, TMoorgate-street.
Tomas TRUSTEES.
111, Baring, Esq., M.P. I W. G. Prescott, Esq.
"'ion Hankey, jun., Esq. Baron L. de Rothschild.
TREASURER OF TIIE BENEVOLENT FUND.
John Abel Smith, Esq., M.P.
Every description of Mutual Life Assurance may be effected daily.
The Sixth Annual Report may be had on application.
THOS. MULLINDER, Secretary.

UNDER THE ESPECIAL • ANCTION OF THE LORDS COM-
MISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY.
THE NAUTICAL GAZETTEER; or DIC-
TIONARY OF MARITIME GEOGRAPHY.
The object of this Publication is to furnish the Naval Service with
a Rook of Reference, applicable to the localities of the seas, embrac-
ing general and particular accounts of the coasts of the continents
and islands of the world, with the roadsteads, harbours, navigable
rivers, shoals, bars, rocks, channels, currents, &c., together with the
towns and cities approachable by shipping ; also the latitudes, longi-
tudes, soundings, anchorages, and compass variations, with the
general sailing directions to andfrom the principal roads ; the whole
arranged alphabetically, in -six grand divisions of the oceanic surface,
namely, the North Atlantic, the South Atlantic, the Indian Ocean,
the North Pacific, the South Pacific, and the Arctic and Antarctic
Seas.
The work will combine nautical with geographical Information,
and form a complete epitome of easy reference, adapted to the con-
venience of the seaman, useful in professional education, whether for
the Royal or Commercial Navy, and advantageous in the counting-
house of the merchant, as well as in public libraries.
It will be published in Monthly Parts, price 2s. 6d., and the whole
will be completed in One large Volume. The First Part will appear
on the Ist of October next.

London : 11. Hurst, publisher, King William-street, Charing-cross,
Sold by It. B. Bate, Poultry ; and NoHe and Co., Leadenhall-street.

O C L E R, K S.
T Owing to the great derangement of mercantile affairs which
prevails at the present time, the Board of Management of the
PROVIDENT CLERKS' ASSOCIATION, in their earnest desire to
benefit their fellow Clerks by every means in their power, deem the
present a most fitting opportunity to remind them of the existence of
this Association.
It has now been established for nearly seven years, and, from the
peculiar privileges and advantages it possesses, it is calculated to
promote the comfort and to relieve the mind of that Clerk who, in
the time of prosperity, shall have had the foresight to become a
member, and have thereby made some provision for the contingencies
of the future.
It is with the utmost satisfaction that the Board of Management
announce that the Association exhibits a continued progressive im-
provement in the number of it., members, and that the Life Assur-
ance Department is now established beyond doubt on a safe and per-
manent footing.
In issuing this short address, the Board strongly invite Clerks to
consider the principles of the Association, and they feel that they
cannot express themselves more effectively than in giving au extract
of a speech delivered by the Right Hon the Earl of Dalhoasie, on
the occasion of his Lordship presiding at their anniversary dinner, in
May, 1846, and which has particular reference to the advantages of
Life Assurance, viz.:—

"And the Society has this recommendation, that there are none
whose means are so small but that they may obtain advantage from
it. No man is so poor, no clerk so humble, but may join in order to
provide for the wants of the fature by contributing towards its
funds, which will be fostered and cherished, and paid to the utter-
most farthing. Such Associations are of the greatest value in this
country, hose yearly increase in wealth rivals and surpasses that
of princes. And permit me to say, that which I take the liberty of
recommending to you and others of our humble brethren, is not that
which Ido not practise myself. I do not preach other than I prac-
tise; I feel the full value of what can be done by mutual as-
surance."
42, Moorgate-street, London, Sept. 25, 1847.

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<-1..e; Annual 'Policy Bonus in. mit Re- Assured Ilk li TENDERS FOR LOANS.
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The Directors of this Company are ready to receive TENDERS
Nahum = g out in Assured. Cask. Annual row on
'or LOANS on security of the Company's Debentures, in sums of
Premiums. Policy.
5...... ‘ not less than 1,0001. each, at 5/. per Cent. interest, payable halt-
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Yearly, and for terms of Three, Five, or Seven years.
£ s. 4.; £ a d. £ a. d. £ a. d.
r Applications to be made to the undersigned.
1837 243 9 3112 8 5 18 4 6 494 S 10
CHARLES A SAUNDERS, Secretary.
1838 218 48,99810 15 13 5 445 0 0 London Terminus, Paddington, August 20, 1547.
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43 ' 1840 143 5 10! 66 8 4 919 1 346 2 3
L 1841 138 14 2; 61 17 69 9 2 296 13 4 3/1 A It It I A G E.
One half the world are desolately single, and the other
1842 111 6 8; 49 10 0 710 4 247 4 5
~,,,,no.inm them married. ouestionably contented. Diffidence, or a

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Illustrated by 26 Anatomical Coloured Engravings on Steel.
ON PHYSICAL DISQUALICATIONS, GENERATIVE INCAPA-
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THE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical Work on
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ON THE SECRET INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH N ::;11
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WITH TWENTY-FIVE COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
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ELF- PRESI4_;RVATION : A :Medical Tren6f,:c
C.. 1 on Marriage, and on those Secret Infirmities and Disorders of
Youth and Matur. y, that are n-ually acquired at an early period of
life, which tend to destroy phys'cal and mental energy, ardour, pas-
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five Coloured Engravings on the Anatomy, Physiology, and Dis-
eases of the Urinary and Reproductive Orgars, explaining their
various structures, uses, and functions, and show;rg the injuries that
are produced in them, by solitary habits, excesses, and infection.
ilacti.;al Observations on the Treatment of Nervots Debility,
Local and Constitutional Weakness, Syphilis, Stricture, and other
disease,.
By SAMUEL T.A.'MERT, CONSULTING SURGEON,
9, Bedford-street, Bedford-square, London;
Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorar,
Memter of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of
Apothecaries' Hall, London, Eitc., &c.
CONTENTS OP THE TREATISE.
cniaork.s. x. On the Philosophy of Marriage, with its Hindrance,
and Obligations, and on Infelicitous and Unproductive Unions.—
Cnarrea 2. On the Anatomy and rhyslology of the Generativ.
Organs, their functions, structures, and secretions, proving that tree
Mental and Physical Power are dependant upon their healthy action
—CHAPTER r, . On Solitary Habits; their various effects on th,
Animal Economy ; the concealed cause of Debility of the function
of the Stomach, Lungs, and Brain, and general weakness of tit'
Mental Faculties. CHAPTER 4. On the Secret Disorders of Tout'
and Maturity, and the Treatment of Nervous and Local Weakness,
Mental Debility, and Premature Decay.—Crtarreas 5 and 6. 0'
the Disorder arising from indiscriminate Excess, Strictures, and
other Diseases.