The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-19 00:00:00

CONTRACTS FOR VEGETABLES.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-House, 16th Nor., 1858.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on MONDAY, the 6th
December next, at half-past One o'Clock, they will be ready
to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
forlsupplying (under separate contracts) all such quantities of
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VEGETABLES
as may be demanded for the use of her Majesty's Ships and
Vessels at the followlng places, from the Ist January, 1859, to
the 31st March, 18G1, both days included,

ENGLAND, Ace.
Douglas (Isle of Man)
Ilastings
Jersey and Guernsey
Lyrilirigtoll
Newhaven
Poole

SCOTLAND.
Bernera (Hebrides)
Campbeltown
Kirkwall
Stornoway
IRELAND.
Carrickfergus
Castletownsend _

IgneemThienniare River)
Separate tenders must beade for each port, and no atten-
tion will be paid to any offers not so made.
None of the contracts to be sub-let.
A. form of the Tender may be obtained, and the conditions
of the revised Contracts, to which particular attention is
called, may be seen at this office, or by applying to her Ma-
jesty's Collector of Customs at Douglas, Jersey and Guernsey,
Poole, Newhaven, Camp
to Stornoway, Kirkwall, and
to the Postmasters at each of the other places.
No Tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on
the day of treaty, nor any noticed unles ma
s de on the printed
form provided for the purpose but it will not be necessary that
the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him, should at-
tend at this office, 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 delivered at the above office, and
signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound
with the person. tendering, in the sum of £lOO, for the due
performance of each of the contracts.

CONTRACTS FOR FRESH BEEF.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-house„l6th Nov., 1858.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the:
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN andIIRELAND, .DO
HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That on MONDAY,. the Oth
December next, at Half-past One,o'Clocli,..they will be ready
to treat with such Persons as nitty be willing to CONTRACT
for supplying (under-separate Contracts) all such quantities
of

BEEF
Ise of her Vfajesty's Ships and
!s, from the Ist January to the
a included, viz. :--
Weymouth
Whitstable
Yarmouth
SCOTLAND.
Aberdeen
.
Bernera (Hebrides)
Catnpbeltowu
Cromarty
Glasgow
Granton
Greenock
Kirkwall
Leith
Montrose
Oban
Queensferry
Stornoway
IRELAND.
Bantry Bay
-Berehaven
Carlingford
Carrickfergus
Castletownsend
Galway •
Kihush
Kingstown and Dublin
Londonderry
Trade for Waterford
Port, aid no Queenatown and Kinsale
Rathmullen
Sneem (Kenniare River)
r
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andthe Contracts
Sheerness, ot
nb et,
be
sub-let, h
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Separate Tenders must be
at-
tention will be paid to any offers not so made.
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and the Cattlemfaoyr
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tehTenderPt. Contracts,
called,s
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perintendents se
ns
fe seen
the
t Victuallinghi s Office,
Establishments
and Gosport ; the Superintendents of her Majesty's Dock-
yards at Woolwich, Chatham, and Sheerness ; the Clerk in
charge of her Majesty's Yard at Deal ; the Agent for he
Victualling at Haulbowline ;g the Agent for Transports at
Leith ; the Officers conductin the l'acket Service at Dover,
Liverpool, and Southampton ; the Secretary to the Post-
ntaster-General, Dublin ; to the Collectors of her Majesty's
Customs at
Newhaven
Cowes
Dartmouth Yarmouth
Douglas Penzance
Falmouth • Poole
Grimsby Ramsgate
Harwich Swansea
Hull Weymouth
Jersey dr Guernsey Aberdeen
Lyme Campbeltown
And to the Postmaster at each of the other places.
No tender will be received after Half-Past One o'clock on
1 arm provided for the purpose ; bat it will not be necessary
the day of treaty, nor any noticed, unless made on th'a printed
that the party tendering, or an agent appointed by him,
should attend at this Office, as the result of the offer received
from each person will be communicated to him and hii pro-.
posed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be delivered at the above Office, and
signed 'by two'responsible persons, engaging to become bound
with the person tendering in the sum of £1,500 for the due
wrformanee of each of the Contracts for London-bridge to
Gravesend, Sheerness, Chatham, Portsmouth, and Queens-
town and Kinsale; and „in the f3lllll 01'4300 for each of the
other Contracts.

FRESH
as may' be demanded for the u
Vessels at the following place
31st December, 1359, both days
ENGLAND, &c.
P.rixham
Chatham •
Cowes
Dartmouth
Deal, and in the Downs
Dover
Douglas, Isle of Man
Exmouth
Falmouth
Grimsby
Harwich
Hastings
Holyhead
Hull
Jersey and Guernsey
Littlehampton
Liverpool
London Bridge to Gravesend;
inclusive
Lyme
Lymingion
Newhaven.
Penzance
Foote
Portland and Portland Roads
PortsmOuth (O►xen)
Ramsgate
Sheerness
Southampton.
Swansea

Glasgow
Greenock
Kirkwall
Montrose
Stornoway
Galway
Londonderry
Waterford

The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in
this company was held on Wednesday at Newport,
Mr. Crawshay Bailey, M.P., vice-chairman, pre-
siding.
The report of the directors, an abstract of which
appeared in The Sun of Friday last, was read.
The CHAIRMAN briefly commented on the report,
observing that it gave a 31 instead of a 5 per cent.
dividend, the reason of the diminution behig the
failure of one of their largest freighters. The
traffic had not fallen off. The entire deficiency for
the half-year was only £1,741 as compared with
the preceding six months, and the quantity of iron
conveyed was more than in the preceding half-year.
The coal tonnage was pretty nearly the same, but
in other minerals there was a falling off. As re-
garded merchandise little alteration had taken
place, but the passenger traffic had fallen off to the
amount of nearly £27000, That might be accounted
for by the reduction of wages on the hills. He
would say, for the encouragement of distant share-
holders, that there was no ground for being
disheartened at the 31 per cent. dividend, for he
felt confident that in future a steady dividend of 5
per cent. would be paid. (Hear, hear.) The chair-
man concluded by moving the adoption of the
report.
Mr. E. J. PHILLIPS seconded the motion.
Alderman LATCH expressed an opinion that the
shareholders ought to be afforded some explanation
with reference to the debt of Messrs. Price. He
asked what security was had from the freighters.
The CHAIRMAN said, unfortunately the company
had no security from Messrs. Price, but at one time
they owed a much larger sum of money. Their
tonnage amounted to about £7OO a-month.
Mr. E. J. PHILLIPS thought proper security
should be required of all freighters.
Sir. C. MORGAN observed that the directors had
come to the resolution that the • traffic should be
carried upon the same principle, as was observed by
the Taff Vale Company—namely, to pay up on
certain days specified.
The following resolution was then passed, and,
after some further business had been transacted,
the meeting separated :-
1 " That dividends at the rate of £3 10s. per cent.
per annum on the ordinary-share capital of the com-
pany be declared for the half-year ending June 30,
1858, and that such dividend be paid on the 31st of
December, 1858, to the proprietors whose names
stand on the register."
BORDER COUNTIES.
The directors of the Border Counties Railway
have given the usual Parliamentary notices of their
intention to apply for powers to extend their line
from the present terminus at Belling, in Northum-
berland, to Castleton, in Roxburghshire. From
this point, though no part of the company's appli-
cation, it is intended to form a junction with the
proposed extension of the North British from
Hawick to Carlisle. Two short branches are also
proposed from Birtley, near Chollerton, into Bute-
land and Bellingham. It is intended by the Bor-
der Counties Company to obtain Parliamentary
sanction to receive, in case of necessity, assistance
from the North British and Newcastle and Carlisle
Companies. A separate company, the Wausbeck
Valley Railway, are applying for powers to make
a line from Morpeth to Buteland to join the Border
counties at the Millhaugh on the Reed. The ap •
plication made by the Wausbeck Valley Company
includes a provision to make the necessary arrange-
ments for the traffic, use, and working between
their line, the North-Eastern, the Blyth and Tyne,
the North'British, and the Border Counties.

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HAWICK AND. CARLISLE, via LIDDES-
DALE.

A meeting was held at Edinburgh on Monday of
the local committees of the Liddesdale Line, at
which a' ew scheme was submitted by the North
British Railway. The projected line is proposed
to be called the Border Union Railway, and it is to
be double. It is to leave the North British Rail-
way station at Hawick, and, passing through the
valleys of the Slitrig and the Liddell, it is to pro-
ceed direct to Carlisle via .Longtown, instead of
availing itself of any portion of the Caledonian Rail-
way. Branchesare proposed to Langholm, Canobie,
and Gretna, so as to meet. the wants of the whole dis-
trict, and to open up the valuable and extensive coal-
fields and the freestone quarries and lime deposits
that exist there. The estimated required capital is
£495,000, and nearly all the principal landowners
and occupiers on the line are said to be favourable
to the undertaking, except the Duke of Buccleuch,
who gives his support to the rival scheme of the
Caledonian Company The companies that last
year supported the North British have agreed to
give their support to the new scheme. At the
meeting on Monday a letter was read from Sir
James Graham, promising his cordial co-operation
in promoting the amended measure, and resolutions
were passed pledging the imeting to its support,
and authorising the opening of subscription lists
for the purchase of stock.
SUNDERLAND DOCK.
The usual notices have been given of an intention
to apply to Parliament to transfer this dock to the
River Wear Co nmissioners. It is also contemplated
to extend the dock accommodation by converting
the timber pcnd into a deep water dock,

Robert Owen died on Wednesday, in the 89th
year of -his age, at Newtown, Wales, whither he
had gone on a visit to his native place,
With Robert Owen dies out one of the clearest
and most striking signs of -the times. He was a
man who would have been remarkable' at any period
for the combination that was so strong in him of
bcnevplence and inclin-ation to ordain and rule; but
these natural dispositions took form under the spe-
cial pressure of the time. So entire was the suita-
bility, thin, far, of the man to his age that there can
be little doubt that if he had been gifted with the
power in which he was most deficient—reasoning
.nower--he NV ould have been among the foremost
men of his generation. As it was, his peculiar
faculties so far fell in with the popular need that
he effected much for. the progress-of society, and
has been the cause of many things which will never
-go -by his name. During his youth and early man-
hood, at the end of the last century, ignorance,
poverty, and crime abounded, under the pressure
of a long and hard war.; at the same time, the old
methods of society had been brought into question,
in a very radical way, where they were not over-
thrown, by the French Revolution ; and the com-
bined benevolence and administrative power of
Robert Owen, applied to social difficulites, made
him a political theorist. As for the result, he could
assert dogmatically, and he could prove his con-
victions, to a consillerable extent, by act ; but *
could not reason. If he could have reasoned, he
might have achieved what he was constantly ex-
pecting, and have changed the whole aspect of
civilisation.
He must have been an extraordinary child, judg-
ing by his own account of himself as a teacher in a
school from the age of seven. He was under-master
at nine. He maintained himself as a shopman for
a few years, being always treated with a con-
sideration and liberality which tc!ify to there hav-
ing been something impressive about him. Ark-
wright's machinery was then coming into use ; and
at the ago of 18, Robert Owen became a partner in
a cotton mill where 40 men were employed. He
was prosperous, and rose from one lucrative concern
to another till ho became the head of the New
Lanark establishment, which included a farm of
150 acres, and supported 2,000 inhabitants. The
ordinary notion of Robert Owen among those who
had not examined his operations is, that he was
that kind of " amiable enthusiast," who is always
out at elbows, and making his friends so ; but
nothing could be further from the truth. He was
a consummate man of business, never wrong in con-
crete matters, however curiously mistaken in his
abstract views. He made many fortune), and
enabled others to make them ; and if he had been
selfish and worldly, might have died the wealthiest
of cotton lords, or a prodigious landed proprietor.
No one could go over any of his successive establish-
ments, in Scotland, America, or England, without
being convinced, in the first place, of the economy
of association, and, in the next, of Mr. Owen's re-
markable ability in the ordination and conduct of
the machinery of living. His arrangements for the
health of an aggregate multitude, fer their com-
fortable feeding, clothing, leisure, and amusement ;
the methods of cooking, warming, washing, light-
ing ; the management of the mill and the farm, the
school and the ball-room, everything requiring the
exercise of the economi' and administrative facul-

emigrating westwards. The community, including
several thousand person ~improved in Hind, manners,
and fortunes ;-butthero was still the something want--
in; which was essential to permanence. Duke Ber-
nard of Saxe Weimar stayed there for a week or
two, and, amidst all his respect and admiration for
Mr. Owen, saw that it would not do ; and in that
case the experiment Was not a ,long one.. The ac-
count given by the Duke of Mr. Owen's expecte.
tions is so precisely tine, at all periods of his life,
that it may stand as a general description of the
philanthropist's state of mind In seventy year:: "He
looks to nothing less than to renovate the world, to
extirpate all evil, •to banish all punishments, to
create like views and- like wants, and to guard
against all conflicts and hostilities." And so he
would
dt to br
ion tried
overallied in
vv here g
owl
went on to the end. At every moment, his' plans"
body who treated him with respect and interest was
sootmh
eer countryoohhe
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Eovtehreyr-,
his disciple ; and those who openly opposed or
quizzed him were regarded with a good-natured
smile, and spoken of as people who had very good
eyes, but who had accidentally got into a wool,
where they could not see their way for the trees.
He was the same placid happy being into his old
age, believing and expecting whatever lie wished ;
always gentlemanly and courteous in his manners;
always on the most endearing terms with his chil-
dren, sylko• loved to make him, as they said, "the
very happiest old man in the world ;" always a
gentle bore in regard to hisslograas and his expecte •
Lions ; always palpably right in his descriptions of
human misery ; always thinking ho had proved a
thing when he had asserted it, in the force of his own
conviction; and always really meaning something
more rational than he had actually expressed. It
was said by way of mockery that " he might live in
parallelograms, but he argued in circles ;" but this
is rather too favourable a description of one who did
not argue at all, nor know what argument meant.
His mind never fairly met any other—though at
the close of his life he had a strange idea that it did,
by means of spirit-rapping. He published sundry
conversations held in that way with Benjamin
Franklin and other people; and in the very same,
breathin which he insister on the reality of these
conversations, he insisted that the new found power
was " all electricity." -
It must be needless to add that whatever recep-
tion his doctrines and plans may deserve or meet
with, his life and conduct were virtuous and be-
nign. No censure attaches to him in his domestic
relations, in his personal habits, or in his ordinary
social dealings. He was a beloved and faithful
husband and father, pure and simple in his way of
life, and upright in his transactions. Taere was
therefore no solid ground for the hornr expressed
by the Quarterly Review, in the name of its con-
stituents, when thsy heard of Robert Owen from a
new place. When they were expecting, es they
declared, to hear of his being in Bedlam, they heard
of his being at court, introduced to the young
Queen by her Prime Minister, Lord Melbsui
Many have been introduced there who were quite
as wide of the mark in speculation, and quite as
complacent in their mistakes ; while there can
hardly have been many so self governed, so true to
their convictions, so thoroughly superior to the
world, so imp irtial and disinterested, and so de-
voted to the welfare of the people, individually and
collectively. As long as the name of Robert Owen
continues to be heard of there will be some to laugh
at it, but there will be more to love and cherish it.
The probability seems to be that time will make his
prodigious errors more palpable and unquestionable,
but that it will at least in equal proportion exalt
his name and fame, on account of some great in-
tuitive truths which are at present about equally
involved with his wildest mistakes and his noblest
virtues.—Dally News.