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London, England, 1867-01-22 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR SOUTH-WESTERS.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 19th January, 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 4th
February next, at Twelve o'clock. at Noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic-
tualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
SOUTH -WES TERS

• as may from time to time be demanded under a Contrnet,
for Twelve Calendar Months certain, and further until the
expiration of Three Calendar Months' warning.
The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Depaitment of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the Conditions of the Contract and a pattern Sonth-Wester
may be seen.
No Tender will be received after 12 o'clock at noon on
the day of treaty ; and it will not be required 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 re-
ceived 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 Sonth-Westers," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Ad-
miralty, Somerset 'House, signed by two responsible per-
sons, engaging to become bound with the person tendering
in the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Con-
tract.

By order, ANTONIO BRADT,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE
ROYAL MARINES.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 9th Jan., 1867.
HE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
UNITED
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
, KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
-LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES-
N.Y, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
9.9 ntract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
)ng-Hair Broom Heads, and
omit Camps and Blocks for Long
Scrubbing Brushes, as may f ime to time be demanded
for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for
twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi-
ration of three calendar months' warning.
Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine-
°Mee, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of
Eleven and Two o'Clock.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the pu-pose, and which may be obtained
nn application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Vietualline,, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at
Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required
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 communi-
cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing.
Ad Every Tender must be addressed to the Secreta of the
miralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
"Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in
the sum of ..£3OO for the due performance of the Contract.
By Order,

ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities.

MANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF
, of the S'UFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY
-lAPLOSIONS.

COMMITTEE.
The Right Hon the LORD MAYOR.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow.
I
Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett.
Mr. Alderman Pinnis. Mr. Alderman Besley.
J. P. Gassiot. Esq. I Mr. Alderman Dakin.
Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq.
Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq.
R. A. Gray, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq.
Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton.
The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the
suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by
the recent colliery explosions.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the
numerous families made destitute thereby.
The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley.
Colliery Accid:nt in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204
men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance
double that number are known to have perished, there-
fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen_
dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the
final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund,
£3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the resent
the occurred, and this sum is now available towards
Lao fund now being raised.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales
rI.R.H. the Princess of Wales
The Corporation of London
'Amount already advertised £19,461 5 1
pSubscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the
rci Mayor, at the Mansion-house Messrs. Barclay,
t-o and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Contts and
13V., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-
; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street ;
3/58sra• Robarts, Lubbock, and Co.. Lombard-street;
tioessrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co.. 50, Cornhill ; the Lon-
and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-
-11. °OK Bank-5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London
of Elan d County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank
Co
nd all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival,
the ca Lombard-street; and by the several members of
nna ittee.

JOSEPH
m., •
'louse Jan. 14, 1867. GIBBS, Secretary.

BOYS OF
oE,Ess
LONDON.—FUNDS
8411,• are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
42,000
required.
Ron,
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
-••=111ge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.
sti ONIELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—CON-
the enl,Sit
TRI ROME. riIiTTIONS are
£l,OOO earnestly solicited for establishing
—,.
WM. WILLI 4.MS, Secretary.
IlaYs' Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.
TIONIELESS BOYS OF LONDON.—The
One unroire 00Mmittee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
expert d and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
is,,,,diture for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
btlne" 415 a year tor each boy. Several kind friends
sn',D_rornised to nay for one bay each year.
toit,,,ut'or_ietiens thankfully received by the London and West-
er 'Atilt, 41, Lothburv. and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
in and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East ; and by '
Ilefuge, WM, WILLIAMS. Secretary.
8. oreat Queen-street. W.C.
pRovmENcE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOR
TIOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
Si 14A, Providence-roxv, Finsbury, E.O.
tr. .V - Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
-:.tdastis, have been- given in this Institution to the
destitute 'who oth • would have had to pass the
. otherwise
A In the bleak streets or under railway arches.
:,14 present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
,H;!lrooakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
theyall parts aro admitted, the only condition being that
are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
lecelvei no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
41g the provision made by the Poor Houses, each Rht riumbers of young women, children, and orphans
aro, for
to want accommodation, refused admittance, andhave
aleVaud night after night in 'the cold, wet, and sleet. To
tot this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda
1 11, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
Losidßesides
a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
es
P providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
r,„sod, as far as the donations obtained for the pnr-
°Be pro
'will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
fix,l4 want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
-oomplish what has been begun ? Will you help tog ve
stashelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
trving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
eci, flight and morning, tbo prayers of the destitute will
offered in your behalf.
11-BSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
141:at3faily received by the Rev. 1), GILBEET D.D.,1N0 22,
rtushiiry-circue, E.O,