The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-14 00:00:00

Lti,oIC,....NTRACTS FOR SALT BEEF AND PORK.
of the COMPTROLLER for VICT CALLING and
rtipAsPORT SERVICES, Somerset-place, Aug. 3, 1846.
Commissioners for executing the Office of
iNg iri-°nl High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
Lltera-b,„4,.", do hereby give notice, that on THURSDAY, the 24th
p,r„," next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
Nitit;"ofns as may be willir g to CONTRACT for the supply of a
Ift4e
SALT MEAT,
kef,:ate of the United Kingdom, equal to 12,000 Navy tierces of
th.kNliii',lB,ooo Navy tierces of Pork (in separate tenders), all to be
71501ve-r-e ensuing season, their Lordships reserving to themselves
„41th„," wnen the tenlers are opened, of contracting either for
'ote,Ttrr'e, or for such part thereof only, as they may deem fit, or of
do,P.ctink for any part.
7rltlb;dl'ds of the Beef to be delivered in tierces, and the remain-
'tieh "rrels, and a quantity of Pork equal to 250 tierces (and for
,r)titatnrDarate tenders are to be made), to be delivered in casks.
1„1*4111 ,n,,g,_l°olb. each, and of the remaining quantity of Pork three-
oe delivered in tierces, and the remaining one-fourth in
‘Eitthuishle lier M • y' Victualling Stores at Deptford, Ports-
kekete rlYmouth,Neasntd wline, in such pi °portions as shall
BEEF
directed, and within the following periods :pO
`'4P, T‘vo-thirds 31t March
One-third On or before the
31st1st diet'
1847
4N, One-third
Two-thirds 31st May
kneee raid for b bills a able at sight, but not during the first
The In delivery fyor any payable
beyond those specified.
ut4ll,fre°llditions 'of the contract may be seen at this office, or by
; Ler' t° tile A ent f the Victualling at Cork, or to the Collectors
4aje,, g Or
to '7, S Customs at Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, aad
41'11 the Secretary of the Postmaster-General at Dublin, er
esident t'f T ansports at .
14f r,tl„°: for arm
less 4rant Transports at Leith.
3r a its, quantity than Leithbe equal to 300 tierces of
4.0
gi
of Pork (except for the Pork, to be delivered in
No loom each) will be admitted.
an kl°r will be .received 'after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
.tcalf /c; i'lleed Unless the party attends, or some person on his
Oti ib-aQt.l.,44thon'sedin writing ; and it is to be expressly tinder-
..j"Darate ``le tenders must contain a separate price for the Beef, and
ttlhle priDeriee for the Pork ; and that every tender must also spe-
'ei,et '3 both in figures and words at length, or the tenders will
t,,,N tea; tender Must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
4jrS,dtiNirle,,
and left-hand"
Comptrrn coollerer of the envelope the words " Tender
' ere,' for Victualling," and must also be
N.° res-:_S°tnerset-placc, and be accompaniedbobzda letter signed
(Nitmerag.stinble persons,
aeinrc2esl re
rbecee°neon the amount of the
'let, for the 4`use performanceeciu of.the same.

LEEDS , WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND
80r°-ee JUNCTION RAILWAY.
ritßa hereby given, that a MEETING of the SHARE-
ttAT'',Of the LEEDS WAKEFIELD, and MIDLAND JUNC-
Ati'Zliel'lVAT COMPANY will be held at the Sessions House in
14',.k Vin Tunasoar, the 24th day of September instant, at One
e aCernoon, for the purpose of laying before the meeting
4,1 of Li of the receipts and expenditure of the said Company,
theeterrninlng whether the said Company shall be dissolved
th;h4rfairiPrevisions of the Statute 9 and 10 Vict., c 28, or, whether
,z°f the said Company shall not be wound nit or whether it
It parrlient to prosecute the said railway in the ensuing ses-
loN7 into 14nient, and, if necessary, to empower the Directors to
and arrangements with certain other Companies upon the
kti: tr conditions to be laid before the said meeting, and gene-
wk.l onensact all other business whatsoever that can be trans-
"nletia,r the Provisions of the said statute. Dated this 10th day
uer, 1846. EDWARD TEW. Chairman.
HENRY BERNE'IS, secretary.

tfA7‘LN, S'FAMFORD, AND MAIMING-
dt, iiie,RAILWAY (STAMFORD AND WISISECH) ACT.
been brought
OF SHARES AND CALLS.
kti, ueen brought before the Committee of Directors super-
It, Zay tithe registration, that many of the Scrlpholders in this
14'4, ke f,ve,been tnformed that it is the intention of the Directors
440,t,tr -ad of
di per share immediately f‘n the completion of
z't, atiOn, with continuous calls as speedily as the Act will
iliZtke 1, ,
eo—iereb given, that such information has been promul-
1114,11Lirtotitr:17 Without the sanction or knowledge of the Committee
I, and that NO CALL has been determined upon, and
Ikrer/qrnbability, unless highly beneficial circumstances. render
Leas necessary, the first call, when male, will be for a few
Act kithieZ,•ta equalise the credit to be given on the reduced shares,
`ne holder to interest thereon at 51. per cent. under the
ic)tice is
b4tlTEN.as.,O given, that the time for REGISTRATION of shares
AI, the arpu from the 19th day of' September instant; to Sawa-
to f" clay of October next.
IN, Iv. or registration, and communications, are to be addressed
tkn'-steera:l43a, Esq., or to the Solicitor, at 18, Abingdon-street,

By order,

18 ,
, 4,,b,
'ngdpn-street Westminster,
Bent. 10, 1846.

S. S. BAXTER, Solicitor.

ti 11 ---------
I\ G, READING, and BASIN GSTOKE
Sept the
RAILWAY.
0. 2,4,0d0n Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, in the city of London,
ItkPtltslB46, at a - GENERAL MEETING of the SHAR,E-
-% 3/4WA, ot the TRING, READING, and BASINGSTOKE
Tiszete;t COMPANY, convened by advertisement in the London
1414't,!,, tiinecli,,,o three London daily newspapers, that is to say the
9th"qaat hs ..orning Chronicle, and the Evening Sun, held here
.‘,-,4114 In the previsions of an Act of Parliament, passed in. the
th'' to faZtlyears of the ram of her present Majesty, intltuled " An
trk. ta e the dissolution of certain Railway Companies, for
DI,. ,as Ze Of determining if the said Company should be dissolved.
11,„,llt-„„e4_, at the meeting if any member of the Committee was
u"ki . "'", no one answering John Wray Scott, Esq., of 75, Old
•ge te's,re,t, Was
within one hour' of the time appointed for holding
P4,:,.,ting, called to the chair. It was resolved that James Prior
I%ta, eeni, ofChambers, Regent-street. Esq., Robert ITlloc
of
J, Throlq., 55, South Audley-street, and Henry Poore Cox, Esq.,
t ~,,.,,prorortou-street. be appointed scrutineers.
alt as reposed that this Company be now dissolved. . _ .
lly 4;;.ia,_rilier Ps oposed that the resolution to dissolve this Com
tj!te serZetill to 1: an act of bankruptcy.
11111'44 that scrutineer appointed to take the votes. at the said meeting
ania 8,1, c the total number of shares, scrip, or receipts,
. issued
gq ti "'MTV, Previously to the 31st March, 1846, was 6,371,
km 'at Peru
•th .es representing 2,250 shares were present, and voted;
pttheyat.
:h4113., aat,%2'.2o3oll,areert were in favour of the dissolution of the Corn-
74ttnogi baannakertuftlanakrntiutn favour of such resolution being taken as an
20 were in favour of such dissolution not

ROBERT lILLOCK POTTS,
J' r. DE pARAVICINI, Scrutineers.
lhpereu HENRY POORE COX,
i 4 Pon the said Chaim n declared that the resolutions, that
the should be now dissolved, and that the dissolution
COrnpany should be taken to be an act of bankruptcy,
,regri.„
."`,..Vely carried in the affirmative.
J. W. SCOTT, Chairman.
J. P. DE PARAVICINI, Scrutineers.
HENRY POORE COX,
Henry Gilbert, 49, Torrington-square, solicitor.

),45USIC-INGIIAMSHIRE RAIL WAY.
KINCIIIAM BRACKL
(144,_`,IILEY JUNCTIONand RAILWAYSE.Y, and OXFORD land
'46,1 Pour per 'Cent., and Half Surplus Profits, by the Landon
and North Western Railway Company.
eA NOTICE TO SCRIPHOLDERS.
,stri'_seilltence of Acts of Parliament having been obtained for the
‘4ed,rtaa,tion
1.; of part only of the lines Oeposited, the capital of this
bakki-4,-`llB has been reduced to 45,428 shares of 171. 10s. each,
o a total capital of 795.000/ , divided as under :
Buckinghamshire and Brackley • • • • .... £200,000
ultford and Illetch ey • •• •• • • .......... 595,000

141 tat shares £799,000
10. or will be appropriated to the scripholders, .11 the pro-
hecl for one share of 171. 10s. for every two shares of 201. sub-
ailizefuglirdeenposfoirt
abein returned
43. on fractional allniments.
payment account of each
to kid 4narg, and interest at the rate of 4 per cent. per annum will
rt‘fro,' the "%n the Ist of July, 1846, on this deposit, and on future
thug of payment.
r)r threy lwill be allotted to
e shares in the Oxford and Bletchley line.
NCles • REGISTRATION OF SCRIP.
4,4401,0'91111g to be registered, or holding scrip or bankers' re-
to 4:,Cumpany, arc required to transmit the same for regis-
i ester
'n Srecretary, at the o.fficteb,e29,tGbreaftetyGoeto. George-tstreet,
rWi, est-,
1'2,014;
i:ttteri ,I°)y
ab:faoprpelleAafotinecna),
be 15
to registered of the proper form,
tolitT:nexed, and of which copies can be obtained at the office,
let at s4reot ';urge-street, Westminster ; from Mr. Ashworth, 13, Nor-
-14 ytanchester ; Mr. S. Wood, 3, India-buildings, Liverpool;
taklat,4,.,Vaterloo-street, Birmingham.
1,-;1,, ni respect of which scrip is not received on or before the
tern
tZfB:Ptember will (at the option of the Directors) be regis-
Itner hen ..,.arne of the original allottees.
tot of security parties are recommended to send their
Istered letters, writing across each certificate Sent in
lei th:tion," with date and address, nd inform
posing the Secre-
C7rt' numbers of the scrip so sent byes
separate t letter.
es tbr the scrip will be acknowledged, and certificates of
po
'gets ,;!`ler the seal ef the Company, will be issued to the share-
.,ter the completion of the registry.
order of the Board of Directors,
HARRY VERNEY, Chairman.
ee, 20WYNDHAM HARDING, Secretary.
teat George-street, Westrninster, Aug. 10, 1846
OF
—APPLICATION TO BE REGISTERED TO ACCOM-
kek,
PANT SCRIP.
I.SyICE/A RAMSHIRE RAILWAYS.—OXFORD AND BLETCII-
4Air 4-ND BUCKINGHAM AND BRACELET JUNCTION
i her request to he registered as the proprietor of such number
Iryih~es in the above undertaking as I am entitled to in accordance
e terms of the advertisement of the 10th August, in respect
\l_Lfor 201. shares, v-z.:

Denoting
From

Numbers.
I To

h
..ror One Share ....... • •
'1 Five Shares .
Ten Shares ........ .
h Fifty Shares

14,11-'&o request you to issue to me eeali
..` me as follows :
elt.

certificates; in which de-

•istian name In full
;eriptlon • • • • • • .. • • • • • • • •

a(Wit ,0 Ad(
th! „'" nIY hand this day of
oecretary of the Buckingham hire
litlE UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER.
b,„ 30 to 50 per Cent. Saved!
v
Ti„
_nad at the Patentees. 60. St. Martin's-lane, Charing-cross.
yatentees beg to call public attention to the following facts,
!takinauvantages resulting from the invention are various and
~u4tlo„g', Independently of a saving of 30 to 50 per cent„ the com-
gith ' .8 perfect, and the brilliancy produced superior to any light
fit:l;to discovered. It emits neither smell nor smoke, and burns
'I,: for any period ; and such is its purity, that it neither affects
144 the most delicate colour or the finest fabric. Objections have
!nth, '0 the introduction aim in dwellin:•-houses, to the expense of
boa,. are
to its destruction of furniture, dr;, PATENT
"'old moulting, &c. ;
UaNpl ti r, entirely obviated by the UNIVERSAL GAS
~, '
• As the cost of laying on gas is much lower than is coin-
"111).1, 'unnosed, it Is adapted for private dwellings, as well as for
°nses, hotels, manufactories, End public buildings. One of
ho
hornets is amply sufficient to light a good-sized room, at a sum
Nst asurahly lower than spirit, oil, or candle, with the avoidance of
everr trouble
e oeryQ Merits of the " Burner," its brilliancy and economy surpassing
9„Pliaon°ther known light, are shown by the annexed authentic
?f the qualities of the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER.
tomthe Proceeding' of the Institution of Civil Erwineers,
_ r'aY, 26th May, 1846, Siriotis RENNIE, Prei!dent, in the Chair.
li,`gas.burner of a novel and ingenious construction was exhibited.
'entr. ",undal novelty was the introduction of a s• ream of air to the
;io, the Rime by a hollow button in the middle of the burner.
"4e-tir„P.,assing up through the hallow stem of the button, was
and on. Passed out by two series of fire-holes around the periphery,
1p th 'a-Tinging with force on the flame o the gas curved it °award s
the (sltape of a tulip, whle the -xygen of the air, mingling with
the drett-cl hydrogen gas, produced a very p:rf.ct combnstion.,
flame was quite white down the top of the burner, was very stea.t ,
Itherq riplY demonstrated by the excellent light of the Institution,
of th,s 'Pse hurt.ers have been used. In co eparing the consumption
the
T, e burners with that of.the concentric rim burners, and trying
14ettarZer of the two lights by the photometer, the new burner gave a
ught, with a saying of rather more t one-third."

1846.

'e Railway,

oi.„ CERTIFICATE.
e,:-; MIMIC - CHEMICAL iCHOUL —" In to-ti..g Clark, Mc Niel,
turn„s_'. Universa 'Gas Burner with one of the hest shawdowless
tO it ttave a more pure and brilliant Belt, with a saving of 20
percent" G.'9IIGE CRISP, Engineer,
ROUT LONGBOTTOM, Secretary,
CERTIFICATE.
1.:;:n a series of experiments male upon Chia Mc Niell, and Co.'s
bli4; Universal Gas Burner, its superiority was satisfactorily esta
tin economy and the finality of the light. Tested against
a 115 tirntrs, Nos. 4 (12 holes), and 6 (15 holes), It afforded a
of at least 25 per cent., Full against three fish-tail burners,
nor °Per cene-
") any Other burner t. The colour and brilliancy of the flame is siv"

T. W. tE.kTES, Consulting Chemist,
J. 1). PALMER, Mechanical Inspector.
the UNIVERSAL GAS BURNER is used nightly at the Poly-
leaie Institution, and may be had and seen from 11 till 4, at the
-"mttea, 60, St,Nartileg-lane, Charing-Crops; and of all Go Fitters.