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CONTRACT FOR SCOTCH BARLEY.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-House, 23 i February, I e 56.
pHE Commissioners for executing the Office of
..t_ Lord filch Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great 'Britain
end Deland, DO H EREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TIMES!) kY, the
6th March next., at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with
ucli persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering
in o her 3lajesty's Victualling Stores at. Deptford the undermentioned
article, viz. :
When to be delivered.
Lbs. Half in 3 week, and the remainder in
ACOTC [I BAILEY —50,000 3 weeks •ifterwardi, or earlier if pre-
furred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be male for the whole or any portion of the Barley.
Their Liirdships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
hereof only as they may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of
not contracting for any, and also an unlimited power of selection.
Samples of the Barley (not less than 21bs.) must be produced by
the parties tendering.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted
are requested to be taken sway by them immediately after the con-
tract has been decided.
isr., tender will he received unless made on the printed fl: m pro-
vided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
the said office, or to Commander Bevis, conducting the Packet Ser-
vice at Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs at liristol.
The conditions •f the revised contract, to which rttrticular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liverpool and
Bristol.
No tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty,
and it will not be require I that the party tendering or an agent on
his behalf should attend at the office on the day of contract, as the
result of the offer received from each person will be communicated
to him and his proposed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words, " Tender for Scotch
Barley," and must also he delivered at Smnereet House.

Captain Millett, on his return from the Crimea, by Field-
-3larshal the Earl of Stafford.
Captain the Hon. L. Milks, on appointment to the Rifle
Brigade, by Lord Sondes.
Captain Moles Worth. by Major-General Montgornerie.
Capt. the Hon. R. Monck, on appointment to the Cold-
streamGuards, by Field-Marshal the Earl of Strafford.
Mr. It. Money, by the Chairman of the East India Com-
pany.
Mr. B. Moore, M.P., by the Earl of Elleemere.
Captain U. Morgan, on appointment to the Staff of the
Turkish Contingent, by Lord Panmure.
Major Mullen, on appointment to the Staff at Aldershot,
by. Lieut. General
Captain 31ert is, on promotion and return from the Cri-
mea, by Field-idarabal Viscount Hardinge.
. Paymaster Murray, by Lord Panmure.
Mr. T. B. MYerij by the Mazquis of Salisbiry.
Major Newdegate, on promotion and return from the
Crimea, by General Sir R. Gardiner.
Lieutenant W. P. Newton, on promotion, by the Earl
of Hard wicke.
Captain F. G. Newnham, by the Chairman of the East
India Compary.
Hon. W. North, on appointment to the Ist Life Guards,
by Field-Marshal Viscount Combermere.
Major C. Owen, R.E , on promotion and appointment
as Companion of the Bath, by Lieut.-Geacral Sir J.
Burgoyne.
Ensign E. Pearman, by Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy
Evans.
Major Pearson, on appointment to the Grenadier
Gnards and return from the Crimea, by Col. Wood.
Lieut. C. W. Pearson, by the Right. Hon. C. P.Villiers,

Major J. Peel, on his promotion and appointment as
A.D.C. to the Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief, by
Viscount Hardinge.
Ensign P. Phelps, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Lieut. L. G. Phillips, on appointment to the Grenadier
Guards, by Colonel T. Wood. -
Lieut. E. J. Pollard, R.N., by Rear-Admiral the Right
Hon. Sir. M. Berkeley.
Mr. M. Pousonby, by the Earl of Lonsdale.
Ensign G. H. Powell, on his appointment to the 90th
Light Infantry, by the Marquis of Done ell.
Vice-admiral Sir H. Prescott, on 'being created a
Knight Commander of the Bath, by Sir C. Wood.
Ensign L. Price, by Lord Dynevor.
Mr. J. H. Pritisep, by the Chairman of the East India
Company.
Commissary-General Ramiay, on return from the Cri-
mea, on promotion, by Lord Pannaure.
Major Rawstorne, on his return from service at the
Cape of Good Hope, by Major-General Sir G. Wetherell.
Viscount Raynheru, M.l'., by the Marquis Townshend.
Mr. Rawson Reid, by Lord Napier.
Colonel Birch Reyuardson, on appointment to be a C. 8.,
by General Fane.
R:ar-Admiral Rich, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain Struan Robertson, by the Earl of Ellenborough.
Captain H. Robertson, by the Earl of Ellenborough.
Captain Rosser, by General E irl Beauchamp.
Lieut.-General Sir W. Rowan, on being appointed a
K.C.8., by Field-Marshal Viscount Hardinge.
Hon. Leslie Ruthven, by the Rev. Lord W. Russell.
Assistant-Commissary-General Salwey, by Lord Pan-
more.
Lieutenant W. M. Sanctuary, R.N., on promotion and
return from the Crimea, by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. C. Saunders, on appointment as Recorder of Ply-
mouth and Devonport, by Sir G. Grey.
Assistant-Surgeon R. H. Sawyer, on appointment to
Royal Elthorne Militia, by Lieut.-Colonel L. M. Prior.
Vice-Admiral Sir 0. Seymour, on appointment to the
naval command at Portsmouth, by Sir C. Wood.
Captain Skingley, by Lieut.• Colonel Towrieley.
Major Somerville, ou promotion and return from the
Crimea, by Colonel Hogge.
Second-Lieutenant Stannard, by Viscount Sydney.
Captain Stapleton, on appointment to the Grenadier
Guards, by Colonel T. Wood.
Rear-Admiral Sir S. Lushington, on promotion and
receiving the Order of the Bath, by Sir C. Wood.
Mr. A. Stewart. Judge of the ?admiralty of Nova Scotia,
on receiving the Order of the Bath, by Mr. Secretary La-
bouchere.
Lieut.-Col. Stepney, on return from the Crimea and being
made a C. 8., by Field-Marshal the Earl of Stratford.
Sir H. Stracey, M.P., on succeeding to the title, by Vis-
count Hardinge.
Lieut.-Col. H. F. Strange, C. 8., on receiving the Order
of the Bath, by Gen. Sir Hew Ross.
Capt. H. Story, it. N., on promotion, by Sir C. Wood.
Major-General M. W. Smith, on his return to Turkey to
AE18111:Cil the command of the Osmanli Irregular Cavalry, by
Lord Patnure.
Mr. W. H. Sunman, on appointment to tho 48th
by Major. General Sir J. F. Love.
Lieut.. W. H. F. Sykes, on return from the Crimea,- by
his father, Col. Sykes.
Major Teddy, on promotion and return from the Crimea
by Field-Marshal Lord Hardiuge.
Lieut.Tillard, on appointment to Royal Horse Arttlery
and return from the Crimea, by Field-Marshal Lord Hard-
inge.

Marquis Towithenl, by the Marquis of Lansdowne.
Lieut. S. Tuke, R.N., by Rear-Admiral Bethune.
Major D. W. Tupper, ou return frein the Crimea, by
Mr. Secretary Laboucbere.
Ensign Walker, ou return from the Crimea, by Colonel
Shirley.
Surgeon Wardrop, on promotion, by Col. Wood.
Major-Gen. Sir G. Wetherell, cn appointment as K.C.B.
and Colonel of the 84th Foot, I.)y Viscount ffardiuge.
Capt. G. S. Windham, on return from the Crimea, by
the Bad of Erroll.
Cep'. F. W. Woodall, on promotion, by Lieut.-Col. L.
M. Plior.
Major 0 Yonge, on promotion, by Field-Marshal Vis-
count Timeline.
Major-Gen. Sir C. Yorke, on appointment as K.C.B.
and Colonel of the 33d Regiment, by Field-Marshal Vis-
count Hardinge.
The follow tug noblemen and gentlemen alio attended
the levee :
Dckes.—Montrose, Leeds.
MARQUISES.— Westminster, Camden.
EARLS.—Gosford, Kintore, Effingham, Grosvenor, Ux-
bridge, Galloway, Suotfield, De;awarr, Maluiesbury,
Albemarle, Grey, Clancarty, Carnarvon.
VISCOUNTS.—Monck, Gort, Grey de Wilton, Enfield,
Holmesdale, Somerton, S.naden, Daugannon, Daub),
Enilyn.
LORDS.—Byron, Trimleston, Clarina, Guernsey, Sondes,
Milford, Overstone, Lovable, Colchester, Edward Thynne,
Hotham, Hathertoc, George Gordon Lennox, Churchill,
Wyntord, Alexander Gordon Lennox, Faversham.
RIGHT HONOURAISLES.—W. G. Hayter, M.P., R. W.
Henley, R. Lowe, W. Monsell, M.P., H. Corry, J Parker.
FIONOURABLES.—W. O. Stanley, M.P., flallyburton
Campbell, Edward Twisleton, Jacob Astley, H. Liddell,
J. VivianP W. E. Dtmcombe, M.P., E. Curzon, C. Gore,
G. Byng, M.P., SUE. Butler, Rev. L. Neville, Rev. E.
Moore.
BARONETS.—MichaeI Shaw Stewart, M.P., J. Bailey,
M.P., Alexander Bannerman, Robt. Throckmortou, W.
Stirling, Thomas Gladstone, Graham Montgomery, M.P.,
W. Somerville, H. Bedinefeld, R. Hayes, M.P., J. Duke,
M.P., J. V. Shelley, M.P., R. C. Dallas, J. W. Hogg,
B. Graham.'
SIRS.—F. Thasiger, B. Hawes, K.C.B.' C. Allis, J.
Kirkland, R. W. Carden, B. H. Wilson, K.C.8., J. Mel-
vill, K.C.8., H. Willeck, K.L.S., C. Trevelyan, K.C.8.,
E. Armitage, J. Forbes.
The Dean of Ripon.
QUERN'S COUNSEL.—G. Butt, M P., Andrews.
Rev. Dr. Vivian.
REvEnEarpe.--W. Cureton, Lord W. Russell, R. Bar-
goes, T. Gregory.
DoirrOße.—Maddock, Reath, E. Meryon, Ashley.
Alderman Watkins.
MESSRS.—Maze, Beresford Hope, Chas. Mills, Chas. H.
Mills, Seymour Fitzgerald, M.P., David Morris, M.P.,
Philip Perceval, Hugh Adair M.P., Walker Heneage,
W. Brown, M.P., T. Reignald" Kemp, Chandos Pole,
Brotherton, M.P., Bazley, Philip H. Howard (of Corby),
Gibson, Edgar Bowring, Hamilton Story, John Dent Dent,
M.P. Evelyn Denison M.P., William Law, Smollett, Hol-
ford;' M.P. F. Cox, Goddard, M. P., Merivale, C. Bruce,
Toker, H. S. Illingwerth, Hale, M.P. Goodlake, William
Knatchbull, M.P., Hy. Roberts, Antrobus, Newdegate;
G. Alan Lowndes, Hestia, M.P., Dodd, H. Porteus Oakes,
M.P., Hy. Whitmore, M.P., Palk, A. Buckley, Pollard
Urquhart, M.P., Weston, C. W. Grenfell, M.P., E. Mac-
naghten, .Cumming Bruce, M.P., Colvile, M.P., James
MacGregor, M.P., S. Child, F. Dundas, M.P., J.
Carrick 3leere, Beaumont, M.P., E. Bancroft Mackenzie,
Hindley, M.P., J. Booth, J. Stuart Wortley, W. Lane,
Wyville, M.P., Chichester Forteecue, M.P., John
Pritchard, ALP.' Pugh, M.P., Franklyn, M.P., S. Davies,
M.P., Philipps, M.P., Merriman, Packs, M.P., H. Baillie,
M.P., De Horsey, Vincent, Elliot Rankin, Thornely, M.P.,
Meadows, J. Banks Stanhope, M.P., S. Dickens, Sane-
teary, Mount, C.B.
FIELD-MARSHAL—Viscount Hardinge.
GENERALS—Patrick Montgomerie, C. 8., Sir L. Lovell,
K.C.8., Sir C. Smith, K1.).8., Mao luxes, Maclean,
Shawe, Sir R. Harvey, Peel, M.P., Power, Sir It. Gardi-
ner, K.C.8., Arbuthnot, Thackeray, Ashburnkam, Clark
Kennedy, C. 8., K.H., Right Hon. Sir E. Blakeney,
G.C.8., Huyshe, C. 8., Sir T. M'Mahon, Bart., K.C.B ,
Sir G. Pollock, Merlins, Walton, Wynyard, C.B.
COLONELS—Lord F. Paulet, H. Vyse, Hon. 0. Dan-
combo, Lushington, Clifford, Jebb, 0.13., M. Hodder, S.
Cowell, Clifton, Challoner; Adair, M.P., Sir F. Abbott,
C. 8., V. Harcourt, W. H. Sykes, Burnaby, North, M.P.,
Pipon, Hogg, Burlton, C. 8., H. Baillie, Gruville, M.P.,
Conway, Tomline, Mundy, Sir J. M. Wilson, C. 8., Lock-
hart, M.P., Turner, Oliphant, Brett, Douglas.
MAJORS—J. A. Moore, R. Brady, J. W. Reynolds, C.
Clements, F. Kane.
CAPTAINS—Houghton Platt, Bolton Edinborou,c,,h,Rin-
toul, H. Cooper, Clarence Judd, Sherson, Shea, ii.C.S.,
W. J. Eastwick, Fletcher, Maiden., Hutton, F. Vander-
lure Mills, W. G. Kell, Asculapius Field, D. Galton,
Vane, P. V. Irving, R. M. Piper, Turner, Thomson.
LiEnTENANTs.---PilkingtouJackson,Harrison,J. Clarke,
Burnell, W. Craven, Thesiger, R. Wilkinson, Stirling.
ENSlGN.—Henshaw.
ADMIRALS.—Sir J. Dundas, G.C.8., Sir J. Ross,. C. 8.,
Ferguson, Lysaght, R. Burton, K.H., Scott, C. 8., W. A.
B. Hamilton, H. Collier, D. Bethune, C.B.
CAPTAINS (Royal Navy).—Hon. J. Spencer, Hon. J.
Denman, Hon. F. Egerton, Lord F. Kerr, J. I. Dickson,
R. Gordon; A. S. Hamond, R. J. Macdonald.
DEPUTY MASTER OF THE TRINITY HOUSR.—Captain J.
Shepherd.
CAPTAIN (Trinity House).—W. Pitcairn.
COMIIANDER.—P. A. Helpmar.
The Queen and Prince Albert returned to Buckingham
Palace after the Levee, attended by the Ladies and Gen-
tlemen in Waiting.

ENGLISH, SCOTTISH, AND A.I7STRALIAN CHAR-
TERED BANK.—At a meeting of the English, Scot-
tish, and. Australian Chartered Bank, bold yester-
day, a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent. per an-
num was declared. Several of the shareholders
considered that it would be de3ireable to present
more detailed accounts ; but, after lengthened ex-
planations from the directors, a proposed amend-
ment was withdrawn, and the report ;111(1 financial
statement were adopted.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

EASTERN COUNTIES

The following is- the report of the directors to the 39th
half-yearly meeting of the sharehohlers, to be held at the
London Tavern, to-morrow

" Your direciore in presentitig,the half-yearly accounts
have to draw the attention of the'proprietary to the follow-
ing statement of receipts, expenditure, bonded debt, and
interest thereon as compared with the half-year ending
Dec,3l, 1854.

"REOEirrs.Flalf-year eliding Dee. 31, 1855; f 79,358/.
193. Ild.; ditto 1854, 637,409/. 143. sd. ; • increasp, 41,90/,
58. 4d.

" EPIT.N.SES.—HaIf-year ending Dec. ^l, 1855;,. 292,968/.
148. 61. Extraordinary expenditure : Renewal 2f line and
bridges, 15,0001..; additional repairs and alterations of
roadways, stations, and approaches, 7,3411.185. 10d. ; sur-
vey of line, 1251. ; deficiency of stored at sheet factory,
and patent right (Day's wheels), 6231. 13s. .7d. ; amount
set aside for half-yearly depreciation in tracks and sheets,
1 500/. • loss on working Harwich and Ipswich and Har-
wich and Antwerp boats for one year, 5,9761.15:. 7d. ; set
aside t) meet disputed claims and charges not previously
ascertained, 17,347/. 38. 7d. ; making together with ordi-
nary expenditare, 240,8821165, ld. ; half-year ending
Dec. 31, 1854, 277,645/. 2s. 9d. ; total increase of expen-
diture, 63,2371. 13s. 4d.

" BONDED DEBT.—Half-year ending Dec. 31, 1855,
2,41.:0,385/. 165.; ditto, 1854, 2,249;400t. 165.; increase,
1;0,985/.

•
INTEREST PAYABLE ON BONDED DEBT.—Half-year
ending Este 31,1855, 53;0881. lie. 3d. • ditto, IK4, 44,4091.
2s. ld. ; increase arising from higher rates of interest,
8,679/. 9s. 2d.
"The receipts for the half-year are thus 679,3581. les, 9d,
and the ordinary expandible-6292,968/. 49. 6d. ; extraordi-
nary expenditure, 30,5671. Bs. ; set aside to meat disputed
claims, &e., 17,3171. 3s. 7d. ; makiug a total a 340,682/. '
16s. Id. To which has to be added paymenta to the Nor.
folk, Eastern Union, East Anglian, Great Northern, wed
Blackwell Railway Companies, interest on the Newmarket
and Bury capital, the Newmarket line purchase, the Har-
wich lease and new works under agreements, amounting to
129,091/. 2s. 43., leaving a balance of 209,382/. ls. 4d., sub-
ject to 'payments for preferential and mortgage interest
amounting to 139,6301."195. 10(1., leaving 69,7511. ls. 6d. as
the balance of the half-Year's w' rkingeto which has to be
aided 1,745/. 13s. 2d. from the previous half-year, or
71,496/. les. Bd. applicable to dividend, out of which the
directors have declared a dividend of 4s. 6d. per share, car-
rying forward 5,8681.125. 4d. Your directors in their half-
yearly repel t of the 30th June last,in calling the attention el
the proprietors to the state of the permanent way, and to
the necessity of a large outlay being required, viz.,150,0001.
to place the line in au efficient and improved state, sug-
gested that this expenditure, although immediately to be
entered upon, should be spread over a given number of
3 ears, the engineer of the company (Mr. Bruff) being of
opinion that of this outlay 100,0001. would have to be pro-
vided out of the revenue in putting the line int) an effi-
cient state, and 50,0001. in improvements, so as to give
greater stabilityl to the work than in its original formation.
Of this sum there has been expended 41,0271. 14s. 10d., in
reduction of which your board have taken 15,0001. out of
the half-year's revenue and have debited the capital account
with 14,0001. for permanent improvements, in accordance
with the views of your engineer. Tho renewal of way and
works account now exhibits a debit balance of 7,7101. ls.
3-1. Your directors believing it would be satistactory to
the shareholders, as exceptions have been taken to vari-
ous outstanding accounts and liabilities, if they opened a
suspense account for the purpose of meeting any differ-
ence that iniglit take place iu their settlement, have set
aside out of this half-year's revenue 17,317/. 3s. 7d. Your
directors regret that the ordinary working expanses
of the half-year exhibit a contiderablo increase; this
is in part accounted for by the inci e end ex-
penditure in the locomotive department, anti the high
price of all stores in daily use upon the line, as also the
unsettled state of the company's affairs -by the attention of
its officers being distracted during the prolonged inquiry of
the committee of investigation ; but as the directors here
unity of action may now be secured, that e ith strict atteu
lion to detail and an improved system of accounts which
ttuy have directed Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co. to submit
to them, whereby the working expenses of each department
nosy be brought under their supervision at fixed periods
the expenditure of the company will be economised to its
fuleit extent. The proprietors are aware that. according
to agreements with the Norfolk and Eastern Union Com-
' le,niee we have to work their lines et the rate of 46 per
ce et. upon the receipts. Since those agreements were made
the cost of coke and other articles consumed in working a
rail way 12 eve been materially increased, the burden cf
whi Ai has fallen solely upon this company. Freights are
now co rifer lily reduced, and materials generally are lower
in price, '.nd as this company has hitherto borne all the die-
edema ge of high prices, so it will now have the entire
benefit of the re h:Alone. The working of the Belgian and
German traffic through the port of Harwich, although at-
tended with considerable expenditure, must be treated
ra' he a i an experimental outlay for future advantage than
an absolute and unproductive loss. The total deficiency
rap n this yeti's working, payable by this company, is
3,867/. lie. Bd., for which has been established by satisfac-
tory experience, that in certainty, time, comfort, and eco-
nomy, the route vie Harwich has great advantages, is sus-
ceptible of large and profitable development, and from
which eventually this company may look for considerable
revenue. Your directors finding, however, that a large
capital is necessary to successfully conduct and develops
this traffic—that steam vessels must be employed of much
larger capacity and power than those which have hitherto
been upon this station, and capable of conveying goods as
well as passengers at high rates of speed, and that an
amount of foreign supervision and commercial enterprise
must be entered upon, which can alone be looked for from
an association specially formed for the purpose—cannot re-
commend the proprietors to proceed further with the un-
dertaking. although your directors have the somewhat
inst ance before them of the Brighton Company's
continental route via Newhaven and Dieppe, which
they are informed commenced in failure, but is now
eminently successful. The directors feel it incumbent
upon them to be thus explicit in their views from the near
approach to completion of the Royal Danish Railway,
when this company's line, via Lowestoft, will present
the most direct route to aid from the Baltic, Ham-
burg, and North of Germany; but, beyond affording
facilities to steam navigation companies, no engage-
ments whatever will be entered upon by yoir direc-
tors. Your directors cannot refrain from expressing their
opinion that with the increasing revenue of the company
(notwithstanding the adverse reports which have been cir-
culated, the traffic for the 7 published weeks of the half-
year being in excess of the corresponding half-year 12,0601.)
there is satisfactory data before them to justify them in
stating that with rigid supervision of the expenditure and
close attention in developing the traffic, the net revenue
of the company will exhibit hereafter satisfactory results.
Your directors refer with satisfaction to the report of Mr.
Gooch, the locomotive superintendent, as to the satisfac-
tory state of the working "stook of the company ; and also
to the report of Mr. Bruff, the engineer, as exhibiting the
visour with which he is applying himself to place the line
in an efficient state. Under the advice of your solicitors a
bill has been submitted to Parliament for the purpose of
consolidating the borrowing powers of the company. The
Norfolk Company are prosecuting a bill in Parliament in
reference to the Wells and Fakenham line, against which
your directors have felt it their duty to petition. Two bills
have also been submitted to Parliament for constructing a
line from Beccles to Lowestoft, and from Haddiscoe to
Yarmouth—to which bills your directors will give their
most determined opposition ; and they feel, having made
sacrifices to consolidate the whole of the lines east of the
Great Northern, under one management, they haves strong
claim upon Parliament for their protection against these
aggressive schemes. The Norfolk and Eastern Union have
joined this company in petitioning Parliament against
them. David Waddington, Esq., M.P., one of your direc-
tors, retires by rotation at this meeting, and is eligible for
re-election. Vacancies have occurred in the direction since
the last half-yearly meeting by the resignation of Lord
Alfred Paget, M.P., and James Packe, Esq. The candi-
dates offering themselves for the direction are :—James
Goodson, Esq., the Albany, Piccadilly ; David Wadding-
ton, Esq., M.P., Adelaide-house, Enfield ; Charles Horton
Pulley, Esq., 28, Great Winchester-street ; James Packe,
Esq., Mildenhall, Suffolk •, Joseph Robert Morrison, Esq.,
Theobalds, Herts ; Robert Orr, Esq., Sydenham ; Thomas
Williams Helps, Esq., 9, Dean's-yard, Westminster ;
Relph Walters, Esq., 3, Sussex-gardens, Hyde-park ;
Michael Reilly, Esq., Bishop's Stortford. fames Reeves,
Esq., one of your auditors, retires by rotation at this
meeting, and is eligible for re-election.