The Sun.
London, England, 1823-09-05 00:00:00

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• • ARMY CONTRACTS.
Commissariat Department, Treasury
Chambers, August 26, 1823.
NOTICE is hereby .given to all Persons de.
1 - -4" ' -sirous, of contracting to supplithe fulkoiviog Articles
for the' Use of the Army, viz.:'— • 1.: :. • ... . .
BREAD—TO,his Majesty's Land-forces AU Cantonments,
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1 ' Quarters, and Barracks, in theAnder!nieutioned Counties
- arid fslands:--' . • • . -•-•• . -
'Alderney, Bedford, 'Perks (including the Town of Hunger-
. • ford),'BersVich, Rticiis; Cambridge (including the Town of
Newmarket),, Chester, Cornwall (including Scilly), Cumber-,
laild, Derby', tteveti; Dorset, Durham, Essex (exclusive of.
Ft 'Tilbury Fort), ' 61O'StAr (including the.' City of Bristol),
I • ;'Guernsey, Hants, Hereford, Hertford, Hunts, Ishe.of Man,
r i isle of Wight; Jersey, Kint'(including 'l3ltistry Fort, in the
Count ;• of .Eloicxi, Lancaster, Leicester, :Cittlip- Middlesex,
Monmouth,
,IlitrifOlk, •Northanytoni.NOrthumber:latiil: Not'.
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• tinghatu,.oxford, Rutland, Salopi Sonierset, Stall'ortl, Suf-.
I -, folk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick,, Westmorland, Wilts, Wor-
" - cester,.-Tork,. North and South Wales; and in, the several
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Counties itiNorth Britain. .. • - -
As also Bread to the Household Troops in London and its
Vicinity. ~. , • .
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. °Al's, to bis Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses, in
Cantonments and Quarters, in the tinder-mentioned Coun-

ties :•w . -..— -- .
Bedford, Berwick, Bucks, Cambridge, Chester, Cumber-
land; •Detb7, Durham, Gloucester, Herefnril,•Hertr, Hunts,
Leicester, LinOoln, Monmouth, Oxford, Rutland, Salop,:
Stalrord, Westmorland, Wilts, Worcester, North and South'
Wales.. .
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FORAGE, riz.—OATS, HAT, and STRAW—To hiS Ma-
jesty's Caialry awl Artillery" Horses in flu racks, and Oats,
in CantonMents and Quarters, in the under mentioned Conn-

lies South Britain :--
Burks; Cornwall, Devon, Doriet, Essex, Hants (including
the Islc of Wight), Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk,
Nottbamptou, Northumberland, Nottingham, Somerset, Suf-
folk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, York, and in the several

Counties in North Britain. _
That the Deliveries are to commence oil and for the 25th
day of October next; that Proposals in writing, :sealed, up
and marked, "Tender for Army Supplies," will be received
this.;office on or before Tuesday, the 30th day of Sep-.
tenther next, but none will be received after Twelve o'Cluck
tut: that. Day.
Proposals must be 'made separately fur each County, ex._
Copt for the Counties comprising North and South Wales;
all. of which must be included in one Tender ; likewise
-the Islands of Alderney, Guernsey, bud Jersey ; as also
must the several Counties in North Britain ; and each Pro-
posal must have the Letter which is'annexed to the Ten-
der properly. Ailed up, by Two Perso4 of known Property,
engaging to become bound with tire Party tendering, in the:
Amount stated in the printed Particulari, for t he due per:
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formanae of the Contract; and no PrOposal will be noti
'Unless made on a printed Tender, and the Prices expressed
in words at length ; and' should it so happen that during the
-'eoniinuance Of the Contract no Troops should be supplied
Con-
by virtue of the same, the expetice of the Stamps on'tbe
tract and Bond, P""1 .!n the first instance by the Contractor,
shall be refunded to him.
-Particulars of the.-. Contracts
of
_be had upon application
at this Office, between the hours of Teti and Four, and of the
Barrack Mastiirs in the Islands of Guerusey,lersey, and Man.
tween the hours of Twelve and Two, and as various
P. S.—Samples of the Bread and Meal
may be seen at this
puce he
alte,rations have been made in the 'renders, Persons making
are reqnested to attend to the same.

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According t 6 a 'Parliamentary Return just
vublisnea " of the Members of the /louse of Commons hold-
ing office, place, or pension, in the tint Parliament of George
I. and George 11.,' it appears that 271 Members, holding
place or pension, sat in the first Parliament of Geo. 1., and 277
in that of George. 11. The number of sitting
A Members o
it
the
same description M, present is much leas- mong the
Ives
ne.
cures of former reigns . were the following i-r-,Addison
Xeeper of the Records of Ilimiingliam 'Kowa ; the Sheridan
of his day, Sir - Richard Steele, ' a Commissioner of Stamps,
a surveyor of ,Stables,o COntinoner of Forfeited Estates,
,„, and.,--3laster, of the, Playhouse. Various places are men-
' stoned which are not no more.
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