The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-04 00:00:00

trEN ENG EDITION.
CONTRACTS FOR SALT BEEF AND PORK.
DEPARTMENT OF THE COAIPTROLLEtt FOR
VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT CERVICES,
L, SOMERSET' PLACE, AUGUST 3, IS4O.
4 -1E COMMISSIONERS for EXE-
Mitt
--m-- CUOI
thTINGe
U the
NITED OFFICE
KINGDOM of of LORD HIGGREAT
H AD-
•‘l-
It3‘ltlT -kA/N and IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on
CI yuasnAy! the 24th of September next, at One o'clock, they
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
`'ONTRACT for the supply of a quantity of
SALT MEAT, of the cure of the United Kingdom,
equal to 13,C00 Navy
Tierces of Beef, and 15,000 Navy Tierces of Pork (in sepa-
rate Tenders), all to be cured in the ensuing season, their
ar Ll:edships reserving to themselves the power, when the Tenders
e opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such
part thereof, only, as they may deem fit, or of not contracting
for any part.
The said Meat is to be delivered, three fourth parts thereof
in tierces, and the rernainine' one fourth part thereof in harrels,
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Portsmouth,
Plymouth, and Haulbowline, in such proportions as shall here-
after be directed ; one third thereof by or before 28th
rtbruary, another third by or before 31st March, and the re.
tnainder by or before 31st May, 1841, and to be paid for by
bills payable at sight.
The Conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this Office,
or by applying to the Agent for the Victualling at Cork, or
fto (tie Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Limerick, stßel-
Waterford and Newry ; or to the Secretary of the Post-
master-General at Dublin; or to the Resident Agent for Trans-
plrts at Leith.
Ns Tender for a less quantity than shall be equal to 300
Tierces of Beef, or to 300 Tierces of Pork, will be admitted;
but all Tenders for such small quantities will be accepted,
if at a lower price than that for which larger quantities are
offered.
No Tender will be received after one o'clock, on the day
of treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or some
person on his behalf, duly authorized in writing ; and it is to
be expressly understood that the Tenders must contain a sepa-
rate price for the Beef, and a separate price for the Pork ; and
that every 'fender must also specify the prices both in figures
and words at length, or the Tenders will be rejected.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
tairalty, and bear in the left hand corner of the e-nvelope, the
Words, " Tender for Salt Meat," and " Comptroller for Vic-
tualling," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place, and be
accompanied by a letter signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in a sum
equal to 25/. per cent on the amount of the Contract, for the
doe performance of the same.

LONDON LIBRARY,
COMMITTE.
C. Buller, Jan., Esq., M.P. IG. E
C. Lewis, Esq.
Bir E. L. Bulwer, Bart., M.P.! T. H. Lister, Esq.
The Earl of Clarendon. ILord Lyttelton.
Lord L. Craik, . Esq K. Macaulay, Esq.
De L'lsle IH. Malden Esq.
Lord Eliot, 111 P iG. Mayer, Esq.
Empson, Esq i Rev. H. H. Milman.
E. M. Fitz e ld. R. M. Milnes, Esq., M.P.
J. Fo„te gEra ' Esq.
E. r, sq.
Kord Monteagle.
E. Gladstone, Esq , M.P. , Hon. C. J. Noel, M.P.
siirs.cHwoel.pisieEygNa.t,e,
841. r S. Glynne, Bart.,..M.P. :P. Pusoy, Esq., M.P.
Bart. ,J. Shedding, Esq.
;Mr. Serjeant Talfourd, M.P.
1Y unt Howick, ILP G. S. Venables, Esq.
. H. K, Eza •
I W. Wilshire, Esq., M.P.
J. Carlyle "p -1'
' —aci.• Christie, Esq., Honorary Secretaries.
ter% The Library will contain books in all departments of Li-
iinr, 7,,e and Philosophy, and in all Languages. The chief dis-
iof Ilua;'.ling feature will be the privilege enjoyed by Subscribers
'rig books at their homes both in London and in the
t-otintr .
2. 17 •
he instance of the University Library at Cambridge
amply demonstrates the practicability of a plan, in which books
I..roe,allowed to be taken out from a Library, without any restric-
tion :it as. to.the distance
.to which they are. taken, further than
Javolved in the necessity of returning them on certain
at,ated dajs in the year. The increased and increasing facilities
:3,1 coMmunication with all parts of the United Kingdom, and
the adoption of rules generally resembling those acted on in
the Cambridge University Library, will render the advantages
of the London Library Great Britain and Ireland available to persons living in all parts of
3. The rapidity with which Subscribers' names are now
corning in justifies the Committee in anticipating the commence-
ment of the Library before the close of the present year.
4. Thp terms for the first five hundred Subscribers are 51.
tranceen money, and 21. annually, the annual subscription being
!itY time commutable for a payment of 201. For all Sub-
ribers after the first five hundred the entrance-money will be
Ifigher, and there will be a corresponding increase in the en-
trance
-money after the number of a thousand, two thousand,
and three thousand, have been respectively attained.
a 5. All persons wishing to become Subscribers are requested
L‘4l' Send in their names, without delay, to the Honorary Secre-
iaries, at the Office of the London Library, 450 A, West
tromil, where all information may be had, daily, between the
anima of ten and five. Applications by letter for information,
or for Prospectuses will be immediately attended to. All let-
ters must be pre-paid.
By order of the Committee,
T. CARLYLE, Honorary Secretaries.
W. D. CHRISTIE, t
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0 be PEREMPTORILY SOLD pur-
suant to a DECREE of the HIGH COURT of
CHANCERY, made in a Cause HARE and OTHERS versus
131-IRDON and OTHERS, with the approbation of NASSAU
WILLIAat Stwioit, Esq.,ono of the Masters of the said Court,
At the Public Sale-roam of the said Court, in Southampton-
buildings. Chancery-lane, London, on THURSDAY, the 6th
day of August, 1840, between the hours of One and Two
o'Clock in the afternoon, in Two Lots,
The REVERSION subject to a Life Estate of a Lady, aged
about Seventy-five, of 8,0151. Is. Bd. Three per Cent. Conso-
lidated Bank Annuities.
Particulars may be had gratis, at the said Master's Chambers
In Southampton-buildings aforesaid ;of Mr. E. H. mptre,
Solicitor, 4, Lamb-buildings, Temple, London; Mr. T. R.
kawley, Solicitor 6, Tottenham-street, Fitzroy-square; and
Ilesars. Delmar and Wynne, Solicitors, 46, Lincoln's Inn-fields.

STAND TELESCOPES of High Power for
4;'-' Aiitronomieal Purposes are large and cumbersome. They
inches re h
riked in Mahogany Cases, measuring 22 inches long, 6 wide
and 4 inches deep. The New Patent WALKING
mathematical invented. by DAVIS BROTHERS, Opticians and
I)inematical Instrument Makers, contains a Mariner's Com-
-414g0 and finch a Stand Telescope, that the satellites of Jupiter
~.IL,Y be discerned with it, and terrestrial objects distinctly, 20
C',les off. his very light and small, weighs lilb. ; its size
ire'ng 1 inch at top, and decreasing to * of an inch. It has
ar:in highly approved of by his Royal Highness Prinee Albert,
not. tan; of the Nobility and Gentry, and has been favourably
k Alen" u), the
. Periodicals and Scientific Works of the day.
(1 notwithstanding the immense workmanship, of the best
Utztriti", the price is extremely moderate, considering the
tlte ship of the article—so much so, that we are sure every gen:
A rn" will buy one for a travelling companion,"—Blackwood 's
igazine.
. nts
4Pecunitae .1
lon.. Les, Operas, Telescopes, and every descriptionf of
.
cheaper than any house in London, and sent free
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Note
epart of the kingdom.
ote the Address —Davis Brothers, Opticians, &c. to his
Yal Highness prince Albert, 33, New Bond-street, London.

MEPUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
SSRS. SLOAN and CO., Members of
litGzitit Raja) College of Surgeons, 4, Alt GYLL-PLA CE,
CHRAII.,x-STREET, and 28, IRONMONGER-LANE,
tfo —;''' II)E, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the
g 71,..ng until Ten at Night, on every variety and stage of
air!), ilis, with that delicacy and secresy they have hitherto.ob-
to
cad- The treatment they pursue will not subject any patient
treCn6neinent or hindrance from business. Cases of an ex-
teee_o nature they eradicate in eight or ten days, or if slight or
tv nt in two or three, without the indiscriminate use of mer-
04' and at a moderate expense. Generative debility,
lento arrikea, and Strictures of the Urethra, unhappily so preva-
sur_. re reated upon those unerring principles which have in-
-40,7 to Messrs. Sloan and Co. so large a share of public pa-
tb!!afte for nearly thirty years in London, and which it will be
"nr future exertion to maintain.
aluiLetter.
9 containing an enclosure, will be answered by returu
toen,Patients, however distant, will be cerresponded with until
...........f_red.

SIGHT AND HEARING.
76 R . 3') ALBEMARLE.STREET, AND
',,1-,til WILLIAM-STREET, BANK OF ENGLAND
'1,., INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE
.Ot,o,,:ONDUCTOR, effected by the Messrs. S. and R.
4111.,V9.28, OPTICIANS and AURISTS to the ROYAL I.A.
%hot,. NA,VLBEMARLE-STREET, PI CCA DILLY, by which
lieve„--411,ef de.af persons have been greatly benefited, is the size of a 4lid ea. "off Piece, and when fixed into the cavity of the ear is soft
Place, IT, and not more perceptible than having a piece of wool. in its
ttWith
~,I, which the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard
ateyua..ser.:o,ctness. And defective VISION is brought to nature. by
newly-invented SPECTACLE LENSES:
.immediately
et 4n, placedle efore weak and imperfect eyesig.ht, either by day
boot
light, every object becomes clear and distinct, and the m.ost
both he article is seen with great distinctness, by the use of which
beiVieht and hearing become much Improved.
tr,i'rS• S. and B. S OLfft M ONS disclaim all connection with per_
e u e same name, and the Sale of Amber Spectacles: the per-
e4 th te of Amber Spectacles being now well known to the publlF.
unt, • vendor being aware of it, he has therefore altered their
tent inLq leaving out the word " Amber," and calling them " Pa-
,thei. aili,taces • these which he terms " Patent Spectacles " are no
"‘late,i 'n thaae of Amber, the history and destructive use of.
fact
t 44,1., al rat .
apeetacles to Imperfect vision is fully and most. sattsfac-
kro ' "Piamed by the undermentioned scientific author} s:-
4'
the " Dictionary of Arts and Sciences" of Andrew Ure, M.D.
," A,a,, F.R.S., &c. &c.
rig af.-vr is a indurated vegetable juice, and not produced by the
'‘eci, haigis tallinzation, but by the same causes which influence the
....". Am._ ' condition of gum. Insects are often found embedded in
'.elfit-,,`'r is most powerfully electrical by friction—very hot, to
allbjfti4,extent as to explode into fragments ; the workmen, too, are
conht_lAi nervous tremours in their wrists, arms, &c. ; they ecisi-
!.trat,;,,r
.greats danger. by handling such dreadful excited e
sutcl,
til_i,f.triautg.
..._ . vrenith lime, and
ris aptttoattiarkefire d
'lb
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wgipioasmede t, c.i wa Mth h swells, bubbles up, and
1111Iiivit,', ~ve Dr. Ure's statements are further confirmed by Sir D.
.I:he d ' .11. and Pliny, as also material and Hern on Chemistry.
tvi:::riture:stri:e effects of such a for Spectacles, to imperfect
Th,' 14aY be ascertained at any respectable Optician's in London.
Solomens' newly-invented Spectacle Lenses are not
btin. bated of such a material . but which are very superior, and
el,ai,"clE at once dimness of' sight and imperfect vision to its
ecing,,aciroransdfonraptueraafl t
opestarstoenis,hese Spectacles, and very small Voice
are only to be had at their Establish-
Eriatta.g. Albemarle- street nd 76, King William-street, Bank of

TRE ECCENTRIC SNUFF-
Should trade be dull and times go rough,
Oh, give Me then a pinch of snuff;
Give me my box a pinch to take,
'en When I'm pleas'd for pleasure's sake.
When fortune's frowns disturb my mind,
Reliefunkind; I seek within my box,
My When system is quite orthodox.
a true friend perchance I meet,
I cheerfully his person greet,
A hearty .. How do )ou do ?" takes place
When, lo! my snuff-box shows its face.
My' pulveriforous box supplies
A ree'oe for weakly yes;e
That nuo must be a silly goose
Who thouetlessly condemns its use.
If probosci could but speak,
'yould often say--the dose repeat;
Each grateful sneeze snd tittilation
Excites a frequent iteration.
Then here's any ►glass in which I toast,
Success to that which I love most ;
Reader, I pray don't think me bluff—
Mark well the hint!---lis 6 rusisToNE's Snu
Mr. W. Cr' W 1-1. H. E., Coopers' Arms, Bristol.
, imstone, 39, Broad-street, Bloomsbury.
Aptll 27, 1840.
I,t,RW CAsEg OF SIGHT RESTORED By GREnsToNE's SNUFF.
I.lses,".n. Lachfield, Esq., cured of opthalmia, Whitehall and Thatched
Tven. (Read his letter attested by G J. Guthrie, Esq.,
at,e.,B 8,) G. W. M. Reynolds, Esq., No. 96, Upper Stamford-
tthi-i''ndoo, cured of excruciating pains in the head, by using.
icknnuess& ar?de°:'ls
-,ts_, Elizabeth e Smith, Esq., No. 6, York place, KFeenbt.isp6tor4o,
irt.ntssosnofassint Rrefkb yi t •
Bell-streetsuse,—Edgware-road,
7.4'1 of opthahnia and deafness 23d March, 1840. Mrs. Ann
it..-".le,aged 69, sight restored, headTache and deafness cured, No. 7,
-,riner's Ams.houses, Mile-end.—Jan. 9, Isla
t,s1211,::? celebrated Eye Snuffis manufactured from highly
eii The above is only a part of the many thousand Curs
ecte
aromatic
ipitiby the use of this delightful restorative. It is sold in
Au"n'anisters, at ls. fkl •2s 4d. 45 4d., Ss and 15e. ficl. each. None Ss
lne that has .not 'the' signature 'of W. GriMstone, and the
e Arens with the Patronage of his late Majesty, her Royal
labile's the Duchess of Kent, and authorised by the Lords of the
ttallUly.

tidgYalie semi durant ma vie."