The Sun.
London, England, 1867-03-22 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR SEAMEN'S CLOTHING.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, March 5, 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
25th instant, 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 the undermentioned articles,
viz. :

Quantities.
Flushing Jackets, No. 1 6,000 No.
No. 1 74,000 Yds.
Blue Cloth {No: 2 15,000 „
Duck
Blankets 37,000 No.
Flannel 423,000 Yds.
Blue Serge 373,000 „
White Cotton Drill 140,000 ,
Bed Covers 45,000 No.
Black Silk Handkerchiefs
Shirtings
Blue Jean
Flushing 5,000 ,
Hair for Beds 73,000 Lb.]
Comforters 5,000 No.
When to be delivered—Ono-half of each quantity with.
in four calendar months from the date of the acceptance
of the Tender, and the remainder thereof within two
calendar months afterwards, or earlier, if preferred by the
party tendering.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole
or for such part thereof only as they may deem Ilt, or
for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and
also 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 Depai tment of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, and at
the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
Tenders will be admitted for any portion of the above
quantity.
Separate tenders must be made for each article, as none
will be entertained unless so made.
Samples of the articles may be seen in the Lobby above
mentioned, between the hours of ten and two only ; and
also at the Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
Particular attention is called to the revised conditions of
the contracts (especially as regards penalties for non-deli-
very in time), which may also be seen in the said Lobby,
as well as at the Victualling-yards at Gosport and Ply-
mouth.
No Tender will be received after 12 o'clDck 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 ," and must also be delivered at
the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Somerset
House.
The Contractors will have to pay one-half the amount
of the stamps on their contracts and bonds.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

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THE LONDON FEVER HOSPITAL has
-I- URGENT NEWD ot FUNDS. —Donations and Sub-
scriptions will be thankfully received by Nlessra. Dimsdale
and Co., 50, Cornhill ; Messrs. Drummond and Co., Chiring
cross; Messrs. Coutts and Co., Strand ; Messrs. Hoare,
Fleet-street; and by the undersigmed, at the Hospital,
Liverpool-road, N., CHARLES FINN, Sec.

BRITISH ORPHAN ASYLUM, Mackenzie
Park, Slough, Bucks (formerly at Clapham-rise). In-
stituted 1827.
PATRON—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.
AID 0 this Institution will be gladly received by the
Secretary, at the Offices, No. 73, Cheapside, E.C.

HENRY SYKES THORNTON, Treasurer.
THOMAS TILSON, J.l', Chairman of the Board.
STI4.II'H EN REED CATTLEY, 31. A., Hon. Sec.
ALFRED MACKENZ 1143, Secretary.

ItOYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, Ring's-cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
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This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and l,4azies
It afftrds relief to a large number of in-pa ants, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the pr rises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several h, more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by thtir bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts ano
Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Derides and Co. ;
Ransom and CO.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; ‘,l Mama, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co., Bernere-street ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5.
.BIIANYOUD Mini, Secretary,