The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR RUM.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Services, Somerset-house,
25th May, 1859.
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 THURSDAY, the
2d June next, at Half- past One o'clock, they will bq ready
to treat with such Persons as may be Avilling to CONTRACT
for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned article, viz. :
RUM lOO,OOO gallons.
' When to be delivered—Half in fourteen days, and the re
mainder in fourteen days afterwards, or earlier if preferred
by the party tenderinz.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any, portion of the

Rum.
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 fit, or for a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection.
The Rum to be exempted from the Customs' duties,
and parties tendering are to state where it is lying.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import
mark, and the average 'strength of each mark ex
to be stated, and not an average of different marks or
strengths of several imports, and any parcel of Rum that is
found not to be of the same quality, mark, or average strength
of the sample tendered and accepted, will be rejected by the
officers.

The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not ac-
cepted, are requested to be taken away by them immediately
after the Contract has been decided.

No tender will be received unless made on the printed form
provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained on ap-
plication at the said office, or to the Officer conducting the

Packet Service at Liverpo'ol, or to the Collector of CuWtoms
at Bristol.

The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular
attention is called, may be seen at the said office, and at Liver-
pool and Bristol.
No tender will be received after Half-past One o'clock 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 ofthe offer received
from each person will be communicated to him and his pro-
posed sureties in writing.
Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Ten-
der for Rum," and must also be delivered at Somerset-
house.

IGHT AND HEARING.—SPECTACLES.—
L, POWERFUL TELESCOPES.—OPERA, RACE, and
PERSPECTIVE GLASSES. Messrs. S. and B. Solo-
mons, Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe
—opposite the York Hotel, W.—Opera, Race-course, Field,
and general Out. door Day and Night Perspective Glasses.
very small, for the waistcoat pocket, each containing 12 and
18 lenses, constructed of German glass. Will show distinctly
persons to know them at two-and-a-half and three miles,
and an object from eight to ten miles distant. Her Majesty's
Coast Guards are making use of them as day and night glasses
in preference to all others ; they are also preferred for deer-
stalking by sportsmen, gentlemen, and gamekeepers. Tele-
scopes 31 inches long, by which a person may be clearly seen
and known at 31 miles, and an object at 12 to 14 miles dis-
tance ; and with an extra astronomical eye-piece, Jupiter's '
moon's, Saturn's rings, and the double stars are distinctly
seen. All the above can be had of larger and all sizes, with
increasing powers, and are secured by her Majesty's Royal
Letters Patent. The Royal Exhibition, 1851. A valuable,
newly-invented, very small, powerful Waistcoat-pocket
Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be
seen and known one and a half mile distant. They an-
ewer every purpose on the Race-course and at the Opera-
houses. Country scenery and ships are clearly seen at four
to six miles. They are in valuable for shooting, deer-
stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers,
and tourists. Price 30s.—Spectacle Lenses of the greatest
transparent power. The great advantage derived from this
invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and
strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ
their sight at the most minute occupation—can see with those
lenses of a much less magnifying power, and they do not re-
quire the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further
powerful assistance. Persons can be suited at the most
remote part of the world by sending one of the glasses out of
their spectacles in a letter, and stating the distance from the
eyes they can read small print with it, and those who have
not made use of spectacles by stating their age. Deafness.—
New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinarily
powerfully small newly-invented instrument for Deafness,
entirely different from all others, surpasses anything of the
kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being
of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible. It enables
deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assem-
blies ; the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in the ears
is entirely removed, and it affords all the assistance that
possibly could be desired.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.
Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W.

STATE OF TRADE.

LEICESTER, May 25.—There is not much doing
in the hosiery trade. Most branches are exceed-
ingly quiet; the market, however, continues
healthy. There is very little stock in hand, and no
disposition on the part of manufacturers to make,
except the most saleable goods, or to order. In
the country districts, also, the hosiery trade con-
tinues dull. In yarns there is not much doing.
NOTTINGHAM, 25th.—There has been very little
doing in the lace warehouses this week, most
branches of the trade continuing quiet. There is
less machinery at work, and no immediate return
of activity is, expected ; manufacturers therefore
carefully abstain from increasing their stocks.
The hosiery trade, in all except the home depart-
ment, continues active; there are some good orders
still on hand for the American market, but the
home trade remains dull. Upon the whole, the
hosiery trade generally is in a healthy condition.
There are symptoms of a decline in the price of
yarns.

MODEL MOTHERS.—On Monday last two boys,
apparently nine or ten years of age, were brought before the
county magistrates by the parish constable, charged with
fighting on Sunday at Wednesfield Heath. It appeared
that th boys had quarrelled before, and the mothers, who
are sisters, said they thought it best' that their sons should
kilt it out, and settle which was master. Accordingly at
11 o'clock on Sunday morning each mother brought her son
to the scratch; "they acted as seconds,
from their faces between the rounds, and were at last in-
terrupted by the appearance of the parish constable. The
boys were considered too young to be punished, and the
peace.—
mothers were ordered to find sureties to keep the
Wolverhampton Chronicle. wiping the blood

Sweepstakes of 5 sovs each, witl 20 added, for 2-yr-olds
and upwards. Optional selling .eight's, &c. One mile.
Mr. Dawson's Mushroom, by Mlcolm, 3 yrs (ac), Est
61b
Mr. Wyatt's Ferndale, 4 yrs (E5O, 7st 51b....(Ducker) 2
Mr. R. Ten Broeck's Olympias, 3 yrs (5.,50), 6st 61b
(Custance) 3
The following also ran :—apoca, colt by the Flying
Dutchman, The Poet, and Arcanum.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Mushroom sto 2 agst Ferndale, 3
1 -.apt Olympias. After several allays caused by Edwards
and Ducker attempting to get the best of the start the flag
was lowered. Mushroom got a pod start, maintained her
lead to the end, and iron by a length and a half; bad third.
The winner was sold by auction io Mr. Brayley for £llO,
and Ferndale was claimed by -_,,fr.Stevens. After the race
a complaint was lodged by the staiter against Edwards and
Ducker for gross misconduct at tle post, and the stewards
suspended them from r:tling, againat Bath, Epsom, Ascot,
and Newintu-ket.
The Weston Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added; for 2-
yr,elgls : colts, Bst 10Ib ; fiiliig end geldings, Bst 71b ;
winners &N.fra ; certain allowutces. Hall- a-mile. (40
subs.)
Mr. E. Hall's Seclusion, Sat 51b... (Challoner) 1
Mr. E. R. Clark's Emily, Bst 711) (French) 2
Mr. T. Parr's Rattlebone, 8s 71b..
The following also ran :—Plumper, Turn of Luck, tllly
by Kitteston—Sacrifice, Byeway, Maid of Orleans, Man-
at-Areas, tilly by Orlando—Vivandiere, Dreadnought,
Predictor, and Grand Mistress.
Betting—Even on Byeway, ste 1 each agst Seclusion
and gmily, 6to 1 agst Rattlakow, 12 to 1 agst Maid of
Orleans. Seclusion made all the running rani wen by a
short head ; lengths off Rattlobone was third, a head
only dividing bird fr,am Maidpf 61.1eane. Plumper headed
the next lot, which finiste4 hi a body; the last two, beaten
away, were Grand Mistress and the 8.4,gi1 ge filly.
The Somersetshire Stakes of 25 s*s each, 15 ft, and 6 enly
if declared, with 100 added ; winners extra. The second
to receive 50 sovs, and the third, to save his stake, Two
miles and a distance, (90 subs., 62 of whom pay 5 soya
each.)
Mr. W. Day's Schism, 3 yrs (inc. 61b ex.) 44 CI, Adams) 1
Mr. Mill's Pensioner, 4 yrs, 7st 61b ...... (L. Snowden) 2
Mr. J. Thopipson's Tunstall Maid (in. 51b ex.), Bst 41b
(Aldcroft) 3
The following also ran :—Nosegay, Black Tommy,
Supple Jack, Grillade, Belle, Rosabel, Princess Royal,
Pavilion, Hobgoblin, Orleans, Czarina (late Signorina:
Blackmail, Lassie

Betting-5 to 2 agst Rosabel, 6to 1 each agst Belle and
Blackmail, 12 to 1 agst Pensioner, 100 to S each against
Schism and Orleans, 100 to 7 agst Tunstall Maid, 100 to
6 agst Princess Royal. The running was made by Belle
and Pensioner until after entering the straight,when Schism
began to draw forward, and, coming away by herself at the
distance, won by 10 lengths, bad third ; Nosegay was
fourth, Blackmail fifth; Princess Royal sixth ; tLe lot pull-
ing up and passing the chair at wide intervals.
The Shorts of 25 sous, for 2-yr-olds and upwards. Optional
selling weights, &c. Straight half mile.

Capt. Bayly ns Marmalade, 3 yrs (£3O), Gst (Grimshaw) 1
Mr. G. Angell's Hassock, 3 yrs (£3o),Gst..(Challoner) 2
Mr. Allibone's Burnous, 3 yrs (DO), 6st .... (A. Sadler) 3
The following also ran :—Nanetta and Table Bay.
Betting-5 to 4on Marmalade, sto 2 asst Hassock.
Won by a length; bad third; the others beaten off. The
winner was sold by auction for 150 guineas to Captain
Christie.

The Dyrham Park Handicap of 100 sovs. Winners extra,
To start at the distance post, and go once round.

Mr. Menifield's Charles the Second, 4 yrs, 7st 91b
(L. Snowden) 1
Mr. Mercy's Peeress, 4 yrs, 7st (Challoner) 2
Mr. Gulliver's Apollo, 4 yrs, Bst (Keeler) 3
- • -

Betting-6 to 4 agst Peeress, 3to 1 agst Charles the
Second, 6 to 1 agst Eltham Beauty, 7 to 1 agst Apollo.
Won by a length and a half; three lengths between the
second and third.
The Aristocratic Handicap of 10 sous each, 5 ft, with 50
added. Gentlemen riders. Jockeys 71b extra. Winners
extra. Once round. 7 subs.
Mr. Mellish's Tame Deer, 6 yrs, list.. (Mr. W. BeYiI1) 1
Mr. F. C. Webster's Catherine, 3 yrs, Bst 12Ib (in 71b ex)
(French) 2
Mr. Marshall's Bracken, aged, lOst 41b.... (M. Thomas) 3
Mr. Hunt's Soapy Sam, 5 yrs, lOst 61b (Owner) 4
Betting-6 to 4on Tame Deer, 4to 1 agst any other
(offered). Won by half a length; 12 lengths between the
second and third.

LATEST BETTING.
DERBY.

9to 4 agst The Promised Land (taken to upwards
,
to 1 agst Musjid (taken)
Bto 1 agst Trumpeter (taken)
20 to 1 agst Electric (taken)
30 to 1 agst Ticket-of-Leave (offered)
40 to 1 agst Marionette (taken) '
100 to 15 agst Highwayman (taken)