The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-16 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR WHEAI, PEAS, OATS, and SALT.
DEPARTMENT OF THE COMPTROLLER FOR
VICTUALLING AND TRANSPORT SER-
VICES, SOMERSET-PLACE, MAY )3, 18-to.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUT-
ING the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of
the UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the
21st instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
such Persons as may be willing to Contract for supplying and
delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, th
under-mentioned Articles, viz.:—

When tobe delivered.
Half of each in three
WHEAT ¶Red l9OO Quarters weeks, and the re.
tWhite .... CVO Quarters mainder in three
weeks afterwards.
Half in a fortnight,
PEAS 5OO Quarters and the remainder
in a fortnight after-
wards.
OATS (Scotch Potato& 5OO Quarters- -Within ten days.
SALTS-White coarse-grained] 50 Tons [Within six weeks,
L and stove.dried in two deliveries.

Sam Plea of the Wheat, Peas, and Oats, (not less than two
quarts of each). must be produced by the parties tendering;
and a Sample of the Salt, together with the Conditions of the
Contracts, may be seen at the said Office.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the Day
of Treaty, nor any noticed, unless the Party attends, •r an
Agent for him duly authorized in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
alUalty, and bear in the left hand corner the words " Tender
for
," and must also be delivered at Somerset-place.

CONTRACTS FOR PAPER.
STATIONERY OFFICE, MAY 11, IS4O.
THE COMPTROLLER of HER MA-
JESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE is ready to
RECEIVE TENDERS for different descriptions of PAPER
required for the public service.
Particulars of Contract and Samples of the Paper may be
had at the Stationery Office, between the hours of Ten and Four.
Tenders to be addressed to the Comptroller of the Sta-
tionery Office, James-street, Buckingham-gate, and to be deli-
vered by Twelve o'Clock on Wednesday, the 27th of May,lB4o,
'narked on the cover " Tender for Paper," after which day an
hour no Tender can be received.

110 BE WON, 2,555,720 FLORINS.—The
DRAWING for the GREAT SALE, by SHARES, of
the Seignory of TREFFEN and EIGHT VILLAGES, at the
value of 2,555,720 florins will take place irrevocably on the 27th
last., in Vienna, Is? the authority and under the guarantee of
the Austrian Government.
They are also to obtain the following money gains:-100,000,
85,000, four at 50,000, 40,000, 20,000, and five at 10,000
florins.
Price fora Single Share 1/. Purchasers of Ten Shares will
receive a Red Share Gratis. The Red Shares must win pos-
sitively t least 1/.
All gains are paid, without the smallest deduction, a fort-
night after the drawing, to the holders of the gain tickets, and
an authentic bulletin of all gaining numbers sent to every Pur-
chaser.
The amounts may be remitted in Bank of England notes or
bills on London.
Apply for Shares and Prospectuses (post paid) at
HENRY BEER and Co., Bankers, Paris.

CHILDRENS' FRIEND SOCIETY.-
„ Notice is hereby given that the ANNUAL GENERAL
I%IEETING of the CHILDRENS' FRIEND SOCIETY
Will be held at Exeter Hall, on SATURDAY, May 30.
The Right Hon. EARL GROSVENOR, President.
The Chair will be taken at Twelve o'Clock.
J. SPARKE, Secretary.
9, Throgmorton-street, May 15, 1840.

EXTINCTION of the SLAVE TRADE,
and CIVILIZATION of AFRICA.

A PUBLIC MEETING of the SOCIETY, instituted for
promoting the above objects, will be holden at Exeter Hall, on
WEDNESDAY, the 27th day of M•ty instant.
CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE.

THOMAS FOWELL BUXTON, Esq.
DEPUTY CIIAIRME N.
The Right Hon. STEPHEN LUSHINGTON, D.C.L., M.P.
and Sir ROBERT HARRY INGLIS, Bart., M.P.
J. M. TREW, Secretary.
Office, No. 15, Parliament-street.
N.B.—The doors to be opened at Eleven o'Clock, and the
Chair to be taken at Twelve o'Clock precisely.
Tickets for Admission may be had after the 20th inst., at the
Office of the Society ; of Messrs. J. and G. Seeley, 169, Fleet-
street; Messrs. Nisbet and Co., 21, Berners-street ; Messrs.
Harvey and Dalton, 55, Gracechurch-street; Mr. Samuel
Gagster, 15, Paternoster-row; and Mr. J. Barns, 17, Port-
Inan-street, Portman-squ..re.

LONDON and BRIGHTON RAILWAY.
The Public are informed that the SHORE-
HAM BRANCH RAILWAY IS NOW OPEN, and that
he Trains of the Company start as under :
From Brighton—Morning, 9, II ; Afternoon, I, 3,5, 7. 9.
From Shoreham—Morning, 8, 10, 12 ; Afternoon, 2,4, 6, 8.

ON SUNDAYS.
From Brighton—Morning, 10; Afternoon, 4befo.^2 3, G, 8;
*After 9.

From Shoreham—Morning., 9; Afternoon, 2,5, 7, 9-
The Fares will be—First CiassCarriages, Is., Second ditto,
9d., Third ditto, 6d. In the Coupe of the First Class Car-
riages, is. 4d.

N.B.—The Trains will call at the intermediate Stations to
take up and set down passengers. The doors of the booking-
office will be closed precisely at the hours appointed for de-
parture, after which no person will be admitted to go by the
frains.
May 12, 1840. THOMAS WOOD, Secretary.

METROPOLITAN INFIRMARY for the
CURE of STRICTURES of the URETHRA,
41`10NORRHCEA, GLEETS, SYPIIILIS, &c. This Insti-
tthere ution is closed, but as the Surgeon of it feels assured that
are hundreds sufferin,, under the diseases, to the cure of
W Leh it was especially dev6oted, who would gladly avail them.
•"Ives of his professional assistance, rather than place them-
selves under the charge of chemists, er, worse still, have re-
course to any of the dangerous and inefficient nostrums daily
advertised, he has made arrangements to sec patients at his
own residence, at the mere expense to the patient of the neces-
sary medicine. Thus persons of limited means have now an
Opportunity of securing for themselves a mode of treatment
that, whilst it is based on experience, is regulated by the pecu-
liarities whieh their own cases and constitutions may require ;
thereby freeing themselves from the absurdities and dangers
that wait upon the employment of one kind of medicine for all
forms of these diseases, without regard to these essential
particulars.
Apply at 42, Great Marlborough-street, Regent-street,
1,r(3t0 Eight to Ten in the morning, and from Seven to Nino
in the Evening. On Sundays in the Morning, but not in tho
Evening

DEVIZES UNION.
IfvITANTED, a MAN and his WIFE, without
family
DEVIZES UNION WORKHOUSE.
The salary of the Master and Matron will be 801. per
annum, with Lodging and Firing, &c., in the Workhouse,
ang Rations.
The Laster will be required to keep the several accounts of
Werl;lloit,e, according to the rules and regulations of the
foot-law Commissioners for England and Wales, and to be
*abject to the orders of the Board of Guardians.
Certificates of character will also be required, as also testi-
tannials of the Master being a good accountant.
_ The party elected will be required to give security for the
ptithful discharge of the duties of the situation, and to enter
!_lto an agreement to continue twelve months, and not to resign
wltilent giving three calendar months' previous notice.
Candidates to appear personally at the Board of Guardians,
It their meeting to be held on TUESDAY, the 26th day of
tIlkY next, in the Board Room at the Union Work-house,
eyizes, at ten o'clock in the forenoon, when the election will
take place.
Particulars as to the respective duties of Master and Matron
kal be known on application to the Clerk.
(By Order) W. E. TUGWELL,
Clerk to the Board of Guardians.
°Tins, 28th April, 1840.

TO PERSONS FURNISHING.
THE FURNITURE DEPARTMENT of
the PANTECHNICON, BELGRAVE-SQUARE,
11 be found to comprise the largest stock of CABINET and
UPHOLSTERY FURNITURE ever exhibited for Sale.
rho Manufacturers' lowest prices are affixed to each article.
The materials and workmanship, being of the best descriptiGn,
Will be:WARRANTED to the Purchaser, and delivered within
live miles free of expense.
A few days' notice is sufficient for furnishing houses of the
rat class. •

MONS. MALLAN and SONS' improved
MINERAL SUCCEDANEUM, with permanent
and indestructible White Enamel, not distinguishable from the
natural Cortex or Enamel of the Teeth, for filling decayed Teeth.
Mons. MALLAN and SONS, Surgeon-Dentists, 2, Upper
Eaton-street, Relgrave-square, Pimlico; 32, Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury ; and 8, Rue de Castiglioni, Paris, beg to
apprise their Patients and the Public generally, that trey have
succeeded in effecting the above desirable improvement. In-
corrodible artificial and natural Teeth fixed, from one to a com-
plete set, without wires or ligatures, guaranteed for mastication
and articulation. Loose Teeth securely and effectually fastened.
2, Upper Eaton-street, Belgrave-square ; 32, Great Russell-
street, Bloomsbury; and 3, Rue de Castiglioni, Paris.

RS. JOHNSON'S AMERICA N
SOOTHING SYRUP, for Children cutting their
Teeth, which has been held in such high estimation for so many
atoll !ears, for relieving Children when suffering from painful Dentition,
eontinues to be prepared according to Mrs. Johnson's Original
eciPe, and with the same success, by Barclay and Sons, J;, Faring-
Vu-street, whose name and address arc engraved on the Stamp.
R.Oll Directions are enclosed with each Bottle. Price s. 9d.
Be sure to ask for MRS. JOHNSON'S SOOTHING SYRUP.

•
•I'. CURE EFFECTED, OR THE MONEY CHARGED
RETURNED.
M ESSRS. COOPER and CO., Members
of the Royal College of Surgeons, No. 10, Bouverie-
Fleet.street, may be consulted from Eight o'Clock in the
(knrAtng until 'fen at Night, on every stage and symptom of Syphilis,
st rhees, Gleets, Secondary Symptoms, Seminal Weakness, end
~,'',!ctures of the Urethra, &c. The treatment they adopt is the re-
of twenty-five years' extensive and successful practice in London.
d;10 most inveterate cases of Syphilis eradicated in eight or nine
exY'. and cases of a dangerously naure in two or three, at a moderate
ThOense, unaided by the indiscriminate use of mercury.
cure effected without confinement or hindrance from business
-etters ( t •i d) enclosing a remittance for in edicities will be
ijele3lovveerreedu typ•
id)
return; and Country Patients corresponded with until

tiRANKS'F SPECIFIC SOLUTION OF
wit • COP AIBA.
a poriod of Two Months upwards of Three Hundred Patients
I,eitc.,bin
successfully treated at the Metropolitan Hospitals with
SPECIFIC SOLUTION of COPAII3 A.
)'itoseph Henry Green, Esq., F.H.S., one of the Council of the
Professor
College of Surgeons, Surgeon to St. Thomas's Hospital, and
if'rofessor of Surgery in the King's College, London.
I have mane trial of Mr. Frank's Solution of Copaiba, at St.
4,lllqnas', Hospital, in a variety of eases of discharges in the male
Female, and the results warrant my stating, that it is an etlica-
ern remedy, and one w Molt does not produce the usual unpleasant
'vets of Cspaiba.

(Sign:') ...JOSEPH HENRY GREEN.
iZy 4i's Lincoln's-Inn-fields, April 15, 1835.
llransby Cooper, Esq., F. R.S., Snrgeon to Guy's Hospital, and
Lecturer on Anatomy, ,
&c. &e. and others most eminent in the
edica 1 Pro i on.
a ": Mr. Pransby Coolie r present F his compliments to Mr. Gee. Franks,
1,‘',4, has great pleasin ei bea7ing testimony of the efficacy of Isis So-
`hlori of Copaiba Gonorrhma, for which disease Mr. Cooper has
Prescribed the Solution in ten or t welvecases with perfect success. •
„,,Nr.w-street,Spring-gardellS, Ar,r1113,15:15."
3h. Invaluable 131edicide is confidently recommended in all cases
. tionorrlnea, (Beets, Urethral Discharges, Spasmodic Strlr.tures
rritation of the Kideeys, Bladder Urethra, and Prostate Gland;
Ptlrtfying elects the genital health render it particularly ap-
'",,,able in all cases of relaxed fibre and nervous debility.
frepared
mayy (icorge Franks, Surgeon, 90, inackfriars-road.
70000, and be had of all Medicine-venders in the United Kin,g.
v4(An , iu Routes at 2s. 9d., 4s. 6.1., aral I Is. eacn.
°,l
Curt fox.— Unless Ceorge Dania, Bla-kfriars road,
the Government Staatp it cannot be genuine.
• Mr. Franks may be consulted until Two daily.

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