The Sun.
London, England, 1859-03-10 00:00:00

PEFORM.-THE GOVERNMENT BILL.-
In pursuance of a requisition most numerously and re-
spectably signed, addressed to me, I do hereby convene a
PUBLIC METING of the citizens of London-, to be held in
the Guildhall of the said City, on FRIDAY next, the 11th of
)darch,'at one for two o'clock, for the purpose of the citizens
exj)ressing their opinion upon the Government Reform Bill.
Mausion-house, March 7, 1859. D. W. WIRE, Mayor.

BANK of ENGLAND, March, 8, 1859.—The
COURT of DIRECTORS of the GOVERNOR rand
COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND GIVE NOTICE,
That a GENERAL COURT will be held at the Bank, on
THURSDAY. the 17th inst., at Twelve o'clock precisely, to
Consider of a Dividend.
Also, that another General Court will be held at the Bank,
en Tuesday, the sth April next, from len o'clock in the fore-
noon till Four in the afternoon, for the election of a Governor
and Deputy Governor for the year ensuing which will be de-
clared that evening, and the same Court will be continued by
adjournment, and held at the same place and during the same
tours on Wednesday, the 6th April next, for the Election of
Twenty-four Directors, which will also be one of the Quar-
terly General Courts appointed by the Charter, and the Elec-
tion of the Twenty-four Directors will be declared as soon as
the scrutiny is over.
Printed lists of the Proprietors having votes will be ready
to be delivered at the Bank, on Monday the 21st March.
JOHN BENTLEY, Secretary.
N.B. By an act passed in the 7th year of the reign of George
In, no person will be entitled to vote at the said election who
shall not have been six calendar months possessed in his own
right of the Stock for which he shall then give his vote, unless
the said Stock shall have been acquired, or shall have come by
bequest or by marriage, or by succession to an intestate's
estate, or by the custom of the City of London, or by any deed
of settlement after the death of any person who shall have
been entitled for life to dividends of such stock.

CONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES, 1859-60.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, LONDON, S.W.,
7th March. 1859,
INMOE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That Sealed
Tenders in duplicate will be received at this Office, on
Or before Saturday, the 19th instant, for the supply of such
quantities of COALS and CANDLES as may be required for
service at the several,War Department Stations in Great
Britain and the Channel Islands, for a period of twelve
months from the Ist April, 1859.
All proposals to contract must be made upon the proper
Printed forms in duplicate, which may be obtained on appli-
cation at this office, between the hours of ten and four.
The Tenders must also be made for the several Stations,
as joined together in the particulars of Contract, and must be
niarked-on the outside, "Tender for Coals," or " Tender for
Candles" as the case may be.
THOMAS HOWELL,
Director of Contracts.

TENDERS FOR PAPER FOR POSTAGE ENVELOPES.
THE COMMISSIONERS of INLAND RE-
VENUE will be prepared, on or before the 31st March
instant, to receive Tenders for the supply of
TWELVE HUNDRED AND.,FLFTY REAMS OF PAPER
FOR POSTAGE ENVELOPES.
under the following conditions :
One thousand reams to be of one size called V, and two
hundred and fifty of another size called W.
All the paper to be cream-laid or cream-wove, to be tub
sized and milled on one side, and in quality about equal to
that of the laid paper now used for postage envelopes—a
sample of which may be seen on application to Mr. 0. Hill,
at this office.
Each ream to consist of 480 perfect sheets.

The sheets to vary but little-in thickness.
Each ream of size V to weigh 741b5., and each sheet to mea-
sure 67 inches by 17 inches.
Each ream of size W to weigh 791b5., and each sheet to
Measure 86 inches by 181 inches.
The paper will be required as follows :—viz., 100 reams of
sach'size within five weeks of theracceptance of the tender, and
afterwards, at the rate of about 100 reams of size V, and about
60 reams of size W per month. It is to be delivered at such
times and at such places in London as the Commissioners of
Inland Revenue may from time to time direct.
Payment will be made for each consignment within six
Weeks from the time it is delivered.
The tenders to be enclosed in a sealed envelope, and to be
accompanied by a separate parcel containing twelve sheets of
Paper of the precise substance and quality which the maker
Purposes to supply, the dimensions of these sheets being im-
MateriaL
Upon each sheet must be written the price of a ream of
similar paper of each of the required sizes, as above specified,
and a distinguishing mark must also be put upon each sheet,
and a similar mark upon the envelope enclosing the tender, so
as to connect the sheet with the tender.

The tenders to Waaiiie7sediotire" Secretary of Inland
Revenue, Somerset-house," and to be marked outside "Ten-
ders for Paper for Envelopes."
Further particulars may be obtained by application to the
tu_perintendent of Postage Stamps, at this office.
The board do not bind themselves to accept any of the ten-
ders which may be received.
THOMAS KEOGH, Secretary.
Inland Revenue, Somerset-house, sth March, 1859.

INDIA OFFICE, March 8, 1859.
The SECRETARY of STATE for INDIA in COUNCIL
Üblishes, for the information of the Holders of Promissory
-Loan Notes and Transfer Loan Securities of the Government
.._of India who may be resident in Europe, the following
NOTIFICATION, ,published in the " Calcutta Gazette Ex-
gitordinary " of the 26th January, 1859 :
NOTIFICATION.

Fort William, Financial Dpartment, 26th January, 1859.

NO. B.

Referring to the Notifications Nos. 27 and 31, issued from
this department on the 20th and 27th of July, 1857, and to the
Notification No. 63, issued from this Department on the 19th
November, 1858, under which Promissory Notes of the Four
Der Cent., Three-and-a-Half per Cent., and Four-and-a-Half
Per Cent. Loans and Transfer Loan Securities were severally
allowed to be received in part subscription to the open Five
Per Cent. Loan, it is hereby notified that the receipt of the
said Promissory Notes and Transfer Loan Securies in part
subscription to the said Five per Cent. Loan will be closed
after the 30th of April next.
....It is further notified that the Sub-Treasurers at Calcutta,
eladras, and Bombay have been authorised to receive money
for the purchase of Treasury Bills payable to order, and bear-
interest at the rate of 3 pica, or one-fourth of an arena a
day, for every one hundred rupees.
On money being paid into their treasuries, the said Sub-
Treasurers will issue Loan Certificates in the usual manner,
Which Certificates will be exchanged at the offices of the Ac-
countant-General at the several Presidencies, for Treasury
Bills, as soon as possible.
The Bills will be paid off at par at the General Treasuries
Of the Presidencies from which they may be issued, at the
the4t)getirateofofi
s shuoeld
•The after
yll theitls expiration
re expiration
poliaear:na rol'roonme
Year from the date of issue, be receivable at par, with allow-
ance for any interest due upon them in payment of Govern-
ment Revenue, into any Treasury of the Presidencies from
which they may have been issued, or in subscriptions to the
present Five per Cent. Loan, or, at the option of the holden,
to any loan that may then be generally open, as well as in
liquidation of all Government demands at the General Trea-
suries of the several Presidencies, and in payments, on ac-
Count of salt, opium, and customs.
Bills issued by the Accountant-General in Calcutta will be
receivable as above, in payment of Government revenue, into
the Treasuries of Bengal, the North-West Provinces, Oude,
and the Punjab.
The Interest on the Bills will be payable half-yearly, at the
General Treasuries of the several Presidencies only.
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The Bills will also be liable to be paid off, at the option of
Government, at the General Treasuries of the Presidencies
from which they may be issued, at any time after the expira-
tion of one year from the ffate of issue, provided that notice
of such intention be given in the " Calcutta Gazette " at least
three months before the date of proposed payment. After
/Inch notice is given interest on the Bills will cease to run
from the day on which they shall have been notified for pay-
nient.

The Bills will be issued in sums of Rs. 1,000. Rs. 5,000, and
Rs. 10,000.

Published by order a his Excellency the Right Honour-
able the Governor-General of India in Council.
(Signed) C. HUGH LUSHINGTON,
Secretary to the Government of India.

With reference to para. 1 of the above Notification, the
secretary of State for India in Council does hereby' give
notice, that the date fixed for closing the receipt of Promis-
sory Notes and Transfer Loan Securities in part subscription
to the Five per Cent. Loan, viz., the 30th April next, is
hereby extended to such date as may be necessary to include
all paper, or instructions for immediate transfer, sent from
this country by the mail which will leave London on the 10th
April next.