The Sun.
London, England, 1856-06-07 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RUM.

Department of the Comptroller for Victa ailing,
Somerset-House, sth June, 1856..
THE Commissioners for executing the a flee of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Gres t Britain
old Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on WEDIC ESDAY,
'he 18th inst., at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat • with 'rich
persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and deliVi eel% into
her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford ,
1 When to be deliver. I.
Gallons. Half in 3 weeks, and the rem ainder in
RUM. • .... .. .... .. 50,000 3 weeks afterwards, or earl ier if pre-
ferred by the party tendert .ng.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of tit a Item.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, wh.nt the ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
thereof only as they may deem flt, or for a greater quu.n titr, or of
~ot contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of et lection.
The Rum to be exempted from the customs' duties, ni .d parties
tendering are to state where it s lying.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each Import 'mark, and
the average Strength of each mark ex to be state I, and not
an average of different marks or strength. of several im ports, and
any parcel of rum that is round not to be of the same qua) ity, mark,
or average strength of the sample tendered and accept ed will be
rejected by the office, s.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are ne : accepted
tre requested to be taken away by them immediately fat r the con-
ract has been decided.
No tender will be received unless mode on the printed form pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained oa application at
the said Office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Pad .et Service
.t.t. Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
The conditions of the revised contract, to which partg, tiler ellen-
. ion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Lay erpool and

Ilristol.
No tender will bo received after One o'clock on the c' rof treaty,
And it will not be required that the party tendering or a a agent on
is behalf should attend at the (Mice on the day of contt act, a 4 the
result of the offer received from each perbon will be con anunicated
o him and his pr posed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of tho Admiralty,
sod bear In the left-hand corner the words, " Tender fair Rum," and
oust also be delivered at Somerset-house.
•

Savbl and Military intailige.n

Her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, lal, Captain
Caldwell, 0.8., rehoisted the flat!. of Rear-Aodruiral the
don. Sir Richard S. Dundas, K C.B„ at Spithead yes-
terday.
Her Majesty's ship Cossack, 21, Captain T
seanshCawe,
,nd the Mohawk, 6, steam despatch gen-Nre
=nander Francis Close, were officially inspf:eted, and
their crews mustered yesterday at Spithead by Vice-
sl,
Admiral Sir George Seymour K.C.8., the Por t Admiral,
prior to their being despatched on foreign fiery icc.
Her Majesty's ship Fantome, 12, Comma: ider Gen-
nep, sailed from Spithead last night for Chat: ham, to be
paid off.
Her Majesty's ship Geyser, 6, Commarsd er Tower,
went out of Portsmouth harbour yesterdßy morning,
and anchored at Spithead to await further crt lers.
The steam-transport Excelsior, No. 235,, arrived at
Spithead yesterday from the East with Ordna ace stores.
Orders were received at Devonport on T, oursday to
expedite the completion of the screw site gym.frigates
Liffey and Topaze, of 50 guns each. The Liffey was
masted yesterday, and the keel of the Topaze laid.. Up-
wards of 100 shipwrights were to be employ ed on her.
Extra bands have also been put on the *crew steam-
corvette PeloruF. The defects of the sloop . talanta, 16,
having been made good, she will be taken ciut of dock
on Monday.
The screw steam-frigate Irup&ieuse, 51, Captain R.
B. Watson, with five despatch guu-boats, al' 3 ordered to
cruise off Falmouth, after which they will pr J ceed to the
coast of America.
The screw steam-sloop Niger, Captain the :Hon. Arthur
A. Cochrane, has had her repairs completela . She un-
derwent the first trial of her machinery yesl erday morn-
ing in the outer basin of Woolwich Dockyva 'cl. Her in-
ternal arragnements and receipt of stores, & c., are to be
carried out forthwith, so that she may be r sady for sea
before the close of the month. The repairs ,of the Rat-
tier and the Trident are likewise proceeding
'.rapidly.
The landing of the large body of men ,belonging to
the Army Works Corps from the transport Tynemouth
at Woolwich was effected on Thursday er with
the utmost order and regularity ; and so con inlets a sys-
tem of subordination and good conduct w as observed
during the whole voyage home of 35 days 1 hat Captain
Steward has considered it due to the men tt forward an
official report to that effect to Sir Joseph 3 'axton. The
Tynemouth is undergoing some slight repel] s to her ma-
chinery, and will return to Balaklava 1:0 re-embark
troops for England.
The screw-steamer Chester is ordered to be= discharged
from the transport service.
The following appointments were made yesterday al.
the Admiralty :—Theophilus J. Jones, se=,) od roaster,
to the Victory ; 'John Nihill, assistant-Nurgeon, to
Greenwich Hospital ; Henry Plyan, actiast• assistant-
suegegn, to the Elk ; dames A. Shame, stating assist
ant-surgeon, to the Niger ; G. C. Hall, nava.l cadet, is
the Conqueror; Charles W. Harris, payn taster, to the
Elk ; Thomas D. Smith, temporary clerk, to the Wa
terloo.

ARRIVAL OF BULLION.—The gold dust bt tougbt by tht
Fantome from Australia, amounting to 21 000 oz , wat
brought up from Ptirtstnoutb by Mr. H. Rt thertson, ant
ielivered at the bullion office of the Bank. of Englan(
yeEterday morning. This arrival adds about 80,000/. tc
the amounts previously sent into the Bank: (luring the
week.