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London, England, 1847-08-02 00:00:00

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CONTRACTS for SUGAR, • SOAP, TO-
BACCO and OATS.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, July 30, 1g47.
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 Thursil.ty. the sth of August next,
.at One o'clock,
they will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying a.,d delivering into her Majesty's Victualing
Antes at Deptford the undermentioned articles, viz.
When to be delivered.
Tons. rllalt of each in 3
SUGAR, (the produce of the Pritish Posses- Weeks, ,nd the
Mons) .. lon remainder in 3
SOAP (Mottled)• •••••• • • • • • ••••••• • • • • 30 Weeks after-
wards.
rlialf In a fort-
, I night, and the
•20 remainder in a
I fortnight after-
I._ wards.

TOBACCQ(Virginia).......

• • Quarters Within ten days
OATS (4cotch Potato) 300
't he Sugar and Tobacco to he exempted fro.n th Customs Duties.
Samples of t e Oats (not les. than two quarts) must be produced
by the parties tewl, ring ; and samples of the Sugar, Soap, and To-
bacco. tozetner with the conditions of the Contract., may he seen at
the said Office. No render will iv- received after One o'clock on the
day oftreaty, nor any noticA, unless the party attends, or an agent
for him, duly autho-iced in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
and hear on the left hand corner the words " Tender for
an I must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and those for Sugar
m ist tie accompanied be a letter signed by two responsible persons,
eizasting to become bound wilt the perion tendering, in the sum of
251. per cent. on the value, for the due performance of the Contract.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY
HALF-YEARI Y ORDINARY MEETING.

The TIAI.F YEARLY oRINNARY MEETING of the SHARE-
IIO of this COMPANY will be held at the Company's Offices,
61. moorgatc s•reet. london, on WEDNESDAY, the I 1 th day of
August next, at One o'clock precisely.

SPECIAL NOTICE.
At Ws meeting authority will be sou ht by the Directors to raise
additional capital under the powers of the Acts or Parliament ro.
eclair ohtained the Company, and the Shareholders will be called
upon to determine the terms and manner in which such additional
capital shall t►e raised.

The Reg stet of Traasfers will be closed from the 31st of July until
arter the meetinfe.

By order, GEORGE XINCI, Secretary.
61, Moorgate-street, tondo% July 24, 1847.

UARANTEE SOCIETY.
D The DIVIDEND of FIVE PERCENT. declared at the
G. neral Mer, insr of Proprietors, on the 22,1 July. is NOW PAYABLE
it the Society's Office, No. 19, Itirchin-lane.

THOMAS DODrISIN,NecreI

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MONEY to LEND at a VERY LOW RATE
of IN i ERE
LOANS of MONEY are offered at Five per Cent. per Annum for
teinvorary agreed periods, secured br the deposit of English or Fo-
reign ita:lw..ty Share-, Money in Pivilic Stocks, or any really tangible
property ; but such securities must have undoubted chara,tter and
value. It is presumed the terms proposed will preclude all specula-
tive and futile applications.
Apply to Mr. H., No. 7, Northumberland-street, Strand.

PATRONS of NICOLL'S REGISTERED
PAT.ETOT:—His Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal
Highness I.rinee George of Cambridge, his Serene Highness Prince
Edward of Saxe-Weimar, his Grace the Duke of Wellington, and the
someral royal visitors to the British Court, with aim st every noble-
nun and gentleman in this country. The best test i f the satisfactory
qualities of this fashionable overcoat is the constant renewal of this
high patronage.

SEA and FERRAN'S' WORCESTERStiiRE
SAUCE is universally allowed to be the most Piquant and
,the Richest in Flavour of any Sauce in use, and for Fl-h, Gravies
tor Roast Meat, Steaks, Game, &c., or a zest for Curries, Soup, Cold
Meat, it is entirely unrivalled.
The unparelieled success of this Sauce having induced imitations,
purchasers are particularly requested to see that the na'ne of. LEA
and PE !MINS are upon the. Label and the Metallic Capsules, as also
to read the Testimonials (which are enclosed with ever:. bottle)
from the resid.are of Royalty, the principal Club Houses and Ho-
tels in London, Etiinburgh, &c. &e., and from private Famui in
the c•amtry.
Sold by the proprietors, Lea and Perrins, 6, Vere-street, Oxford-
,treet, London, ans 68, Broad-street, Worcester; Messrs. Barclay
Intl Sons, Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell, and other Oilmen, Loudon,
and generally by all dealers in sauces.

ELVER PLATE, Nrw and Second-hand.—
t. -7 T. COX SAVORY and Co.'s Pamphlet of Price% with out-
laws, may he had gratis, or will be sent post free it applied for by
a paid letter. The contents are the prices, we!ght, and patterns of
new and second-hand Silver Spoons aa4 Forks; new and second-
hand rea and Coffee ervice+, Waiters, Silver-edged Plated Golds,
the new pia, ed oil white metal Spoons and Forks, Watches, Clocks,
Cutlery, Ladle,' Gold Ist‘ ck Chains and Jewellery.
COX SAVORY and Co., 47, Cornh.ll (seven doors from Grace.
church-st met), I,ndon.

THAMES GRAND REGATTA.
LAST DAY. •
The attPndance of cwopany on Saturday exceeded
even th:it of the pr,vious day,
and was extremely re-
T.ctable. The riv:ing was very tine, and ainrded much
grayifieation to the visitors.
GENTLEMEN AMkTEURS' PAIR PARED RACE F,lll THE

,ILVER PRESENTATION Curs.
FIR2T UEAT.

aria Str'
Messrs. W
uatton lm -le3 -
} rhames Club (purple)
F.,thergill and
Gregory Civil Engin:- ersClub (yellow) 2
St. Patrick and 1
Hu ward Leander (red) ••• ••• 0
The two hst named pairs got. off with a good start,
but. Purple,
in eons, quenee of 5111L1t, ha:2,s being at the
way, were for a moment, impeded OLf the comtnittee's
barge, opposite to Mr. Seerlu's, Yellow passed first on
.the SuLrey side, red were, level with their stern, and
Purple two lengths behind h, s:-con I I),:it. The latter
it.ea put on a stri„irt spirt. and ja4 above Finch's
grounds got up to the secohd pit% and at the Crab-tree
Aso out' owed the other boat, and won by two lengths.
. ...-, . SECOND HEAT.
Mews. Cooper i .
Hewitt 5 Guy's Boat Club, Green ... 1
t 'oulthard f
i St. George's Boat Club, red and
Fulls white ..• •••
ihrrison / Leander Cll pick . . 0
R ,binson j Thetis Club '1 ..
•.
It was a fine start ; then Green shot away with it
slight lead, followed by Red and White, Pink being
astern. They had not proceeded far when Green broke
a thoul ; but, notwithstanding this aecidelt, and the
efforts of the RA and White off the Crab-tree to over-
haul them, Green continued their lead, and aon by two
Lengths.

GRAND HEAT.
Messrs. Fothergill and Gregipr) (yellow)
• -

~. 2

- Citu Ith ard and Fal (red and white) ••• 2
- Waliesley and Strutton (purple) 0
Messrs Cooper 1/1141 Hewitt wife also in Ihis.lieat, bn,
,tt the inow:•itt ut 1-lartlng• Old,- very light boat capsized;
and they %%ere itninen.ed 1, the water, but w. re soot.
t-xtricated. Yellow to k the lead, toliowed by Purple.
but on nearing the Crab-tree the hi, t named pair begat,
to tall off, And Red tint! White eh.dlenged Yellow. A
most gallant race followed, in which thry were almost
oar and oar for a mile. On nearing Pumey-bti ge, tht
•
race having been rowed downwards from Hainuat molt!,
bridge, eite'ruragedlly the deaf,ning• ..bouts of tate popu-
lace, a desperate c t It was wade tor the victory, but out:
of the St. lie age s gentlein n mate a false stroke and
their oppooe.its went in winners by two
THE TRADESMEN'S CHALLENGE PLATE.
Lawoeth Aquatic Club (oght blue)
Muria to I Turner
Cr:o[lord Hawes
.Joseph Clayton, coxswain.
Isis Club, Wandsworth (red)
Sltnpson
Hull
T. Salter, steerer.

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Se rgeant
Salter

• It was a beautiful race. For two or three minute.!
lea of half arlength ;
after the start they were oar and oar, and then Blue
came out withth.. Red put on a
spin and came- up to their No. 1 oar. A few more dash-
ing strokes followed, and then Red drew in advance,
every foot of water being gallantly contested be-
tween them. At one time Red were a length in advance
of their opponents, but as th.-y approached Hammer-
smith-bridge Blue began to pick theni up. Red, who
was near( st the Surrey shore, instead of going inside the
dumb lighter at the brid;..e wont round, but Blue steered
inside, and when they again came into the clear course
they were almost as level as at the moment of starting.
A desperate effort put Blue a length ahead, and their
opponents were within a few yards of the distance post.
GENTLEMEN AMATEURS' EIGHT-OARED MATCH Fun
THE GRAND CHALLENGE CUP.
The Thames Ciub (pur le)
1 Blake, last 121 b 5 R.)billson, I Ist 51b
2 Montagu, 1 ls! 2ib 6 Playford, llst 41b
3 Strutton, lost 61b I 7 Chapman, list lib
4 Belfour, 12st 8 Waltusley, sir., lOst 3113
G. Walrasley, st,erer, 9st 91b.

Eton Coll, ge (light blue)
1 A. [Lillie, 9st 7lb I 5 A. de Rutzen, lOst 7lb
2. G. H. Holden, lOst I 6 11. J. Miller, 10q 3:b
3 H. H. Tremayne, 105t31b I 7 A. It.Thompson,lOstlolb
4C. H. Miller, 1 Ist 4lb I 8 Bagshswe, sir., lOst lib

J. GruenAood,;telrer, 9st 10Ib

It was a very bold proceeding on the part of the
Etonians to enter against so formidable and experienced
a crew as the name', and they deserve many thanks
for preventing "a walk over."
The start was good, bat immediately after Wards the
Thames d-ew gradually, stroke by stroke, away from
their opponents, and won by halt a minute. The Eto-
nians'made some plucky endeavours to better their posi
tiou, but their opp w,re too strong for. them
WATERBIEN SCULLERS' CONTEST.
FIRST HEAT. •
R. Doublvflee I.4.luot•Lß (I ght blue)
M.K.,nuey, Richmond (purple) ...
R. Messaw, Richmond (red) •••
'l'. Goodrum. Milbank (green) 0
Short, Bermondsey t black and white) , 0
Doyle, flungertned (~ellow and white) ... 0
The wo.ner to.tk the lead and kept it throughout in
very gallant style. Tbe lowing was the theme of
general admiration. It.:d was sec nid immediately after
the start. and then Caine Mack and White with Purple
rowing hard between them. The latter soon shot iutu
a good second.

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... 2

SECOND HEAT.
T. Coombes, Milbank (yell w) ••• "' 1
Joseph Leach, Lsinhetil (whir) -• •'• ..,
T. Cook, Ilungkrford (black)
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... 0 n
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Church, Wapping (retLand whits)
ii. Campbell, Wesiminlier (stripe-) "' 0
Wilson, Wepping (blue and a lute) 0 •••
hwuetnatlto:nhcaeo:fisneocba:::ndt
The wiow took the I,ad end kept it in style. Leach
man.wss accidentally
was second, but off the Crab-tree. Cook drew up to him,
(yeiGioßwa:D 1-IN.A..T.
...
..
001
H. Doubleder (1 ~ht blue) fouled, and Leach
M'icenney (purple) ••• ••. 2
•••
Leach (plibli) . ... ..• "
All started at the sarno instant—lloubledee then went
away with the lead, an t kept it. winning by tW.) lengths.
Coombes re.um..d a good second nearly up to the Crab-
tree, where M'Kenn..y passed him.
The sport concluded aids a scratch match.
The sculls and pair-oared races wer.. from Putney to
Flammersmith, and the tours and
gy, t. After high water the races w(re started down-
wards. eights to Chiswick

FRIDAY :NIGHT'S GAZETTE.
DIVIDENDS.
Aug. 23. T. Wallis, Oxford,trePt,
woollen• draw, at
plev:ol, at the Co.irt of Bthkruptey, London—Aug. 27.
H. Parker and Co., Stipa. d, hankers, at eleven, at the
Court of Bankruptcy, Sheffield.

August 20. E. Palmer. Great Surrey street, Black.
- CER rIFICATES.
friars. road; agricultural agent, at twelve, at the Court of••
Bankruptcy, Lonfion—August 21. W. Sims, Great
Queen-s:reet,,coach and harness maker, at half past one.
at the Court of Bankruptcy. Loudon—August 20. J.
Ramsey, Lansdowne-villas, Fulham road, drysalter, at
two, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London—August 20
1. Evans, Pump-row, Ofd•street road, PI per stainer, at
•falf-pa.t eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Loudon
August 20.—J. Morris, Crown.str. et, Finsbury, leather
"eller, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy,. London—
August 2rl. J. Mathew, Carshalton,burrey, liner:draper.
at one, at. the Court of Ihnkrupicy, London—August 24.
C. Evans, Bath, 'tuck broker, at eleven, at the Court OT
Bankruptcy, Bristol—August 27. F. Berner, West
Kirbt„ Cheshire, tea dealer, at eleven, at the
. Court of
Bankruptcy, Liverpool—August 27. J. Walford, Stam-
ford. Lincolnshire, innkeeper, at eleven. at the Court of
Bankruptcy, Nottingham—August 27. C. Samson,
Chorlton-upon-Medloa, Lancashire, brewer, at twelve.
at. the Court of Botkruptcy, Manchester.
P ARTNE ItSll lI'S DISSOLVED.
J. A. Down and R. 11. Dot‘n, Torpoint, grocers—
J. I. Owen and J. Graham, Wood-street, Cheapside.
warehousemen—C. N. Wilcocks and H. S. Cbauncy,
F. Blackman,
Gracechurcb-street, merchants—C. F. Pollard and C.
Wilkins, Walham. green, Middlesex, builders—J. R
Ashworth and E Lees, Manchester, manuf,cturers—T.
Bradford, York-
il. Burrell and G. A. Clark, Southwark, hotel keepers—
J. Bolt and J. Pala), r, Taunton, Somerset, coma";
grocers—J.
W)les and IL Hythe, Kent,
J Freeman and, J. Boitord, Butcher-row, Rad-:
elate, coal merchants, E. Oburn and
i M. Morn, Chelten-
ham'lli rs—J , mi ne •
shire, stone merchants—R. Quiney and J. Maclean.
Mark lane, drysalt.-rs—J. Barites and C. Lister, Bewd-
Geldard and Cu.,
ley, Worcestershire, timb.,r d, alers —ty.
--- C. Tunstall ants
M. Hunt, Upper Easton, near Bristol, comb nianufac.
tuners—l. Storey and J. Donaldson, Manchester—A.
'raw and C. Gilpin, Houndsditch. and Bisho seat..
Without, mine share dealers-E. Ketrby and B. P
Keirb),
Golden-hill, Lancashire, waterproof cloth
m aeanuf
turers—J. F. Thacker and G. Radford, Manchester,
shirt makers.
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS,
Alexander Brown, Broughty 1,
erry• Forrarshire
Aug. 5 anti 26, at twelve, at the chambers of m '
4 east!.
Baxter and Co., Dundee.
James Formal Henderson, Edinburgh, dealers in
shares, Aug. 6 and 27, at two, at the Waterloo Hotel,Edinburgh.

There is a rumour current of the return of Sir John
Franklin from the polar regions. It receives no credit
at the Admiralty ; and we believe it to be quite un-
founded. _ _

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WAKEFIELD ogN MARKET, FRIDAY.—To-day
is a small atC
t,ndance ot miders, and the transtic-
the trale are of a limited retw I
tions in every article of
character. On Wheat w. have to note a decline of 65. to
7s. per quarter from this day se'imight. Oats are offered
id. per stone, and shelling ls. per load cheaper. Beans
inaintaiii late prices.
Dispatches ft.r the Gov.-mon of the West India Colo-
nies were sent off on tiaturdAy evening lroui the Co:o-
-w:a-office.