The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-26 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR OILS AND SOFT SOAP.
Department of the Storekeeper-General
of the Navy,
Somerset-place, 23d March, 1861.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the UNITED
Ti "EBYan-D of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND, DO
OM GIVE NOTICE, That on TUESDAY, the
16th April next,. at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
With such Persona as may be willing to CONTRACT for
supplying her Majesty's several Dockyards with
LINSEED OIL, GALLIPOLI OIL, SPERMACETI OIL,
NEATSFOOT OIL, and SOFT SOAP.
Distributions of the Articles, a sample of the Soft Soap,
and forms of the Tenders may be seen at the said office.
No tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends, or an
agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every tender must be cleftaddresed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the -hand corner the words
"Tender for " and must also be delivered
at Somerset-place, accompanied by a letter signed by two re-
sponsible persons, engaging to become bound with the person
tendering in the sum of £25 pler cent. on the value for the
cl,u_e perform ance of each of the Contracts for Linseed Oil and
Gallipoli Oil, and by one responsible person in the sum of
,4
''Z5 per cent. on the value for each of the other Contracts.

BANK OF DEPOSIT,
Established A.D. 1844,
No. 3, PALL MALL EAST, LONDON.
Capital Stock £lOO,OOO.
Parties desirous of investing money are requested to ex-
tinine the plan of the Bank of Deposit, by which a high rate
of interest may be obtained with ample security.
Deposits made by special agreement may be withdrawn
Without notice.
The interest is payable In January and July.
Forms for op
PETR , aginening accounts sent free onMan application. Director.

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS-REDUCTION IN SCALE

OF PREMIUMS.
THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY
ISSUES POLICIES of GUARANTEE, at reduced
rates, for Officials in or under the Treasury, Customs, Inland
Revanue, Board of Trade, Poor-law Board, Admiralty, and
Other public departments, and for bank and railway clerks
and persons in commercial employments.
Further reductions on the combination of life assurance
with guarantee. Annuities granted on favourable terms.
„ Forms and every information may be obtained at the Chief
°rice, No. 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

TUE INTERNATIONAL LIFE
ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
142, Strand, London.
ampiimiered by Act of Parliament, for LIFE ASSURANCE
KVIVORSHIPS, ANNUITIES, ENDOWMENTS, &c.
DIRECTORS.
EDMOND SHEPPARD SYMES, 3I D., Chairman.
jcii
Elliotson M.D ,Cantab., John Moss, Esq.
P.R.S. John Symes, Esq.
—Y J. Hodgson, Esq. Joseph Thompson, Esq.
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD.
Alexander Richardson, Esq.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY.
Augustus Blondel, Esq.
DITRS.
Professor Wheatstone, F. AU
R.5.,0 and Professor J. Radford.
Young.
MEDICAL REFEREE GENERAL.
J. Elliotson, M.D., Cantab., F.R.S., 37, Conduit-street.
ACTUARY.
W. S. B. Woolhouse, Esq., F.R.A.S., F.S.S.,
ASSISTANT ACTUARY.
Barker Woolhouse, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Gregory, Gregory, Skirrow, and Rowcliffe, Bedford
row.

Examples of Bonus up to May, 1855 :

Bonus in Permanent
Policy Sum addition Bonus in Reduction
taken Age. Assured. to Sum Cash. of Annual
outin Assured. Premiums.
....-
Z £s. d. £s. d. £s. d.
1838 55 i 3,000 867 17 7 428 1 4 56 3 8
1841 48 4,000 749 4 0 325 16 0 32 0 4
1845 59 2,000 232 18 0 156 15 0 16 6 0
1848 60 2,000 154 2 8 103 16 8 10 15 2
1851 55 2,800 120 17 0 72 14 6 67 7

The following are amongst the advantages offered by the
elnternationaloiey LA:
establishedAs s nceSioncilety :-
838.
Two-thirds of the profits are divided amongst the assured
For
five years.
For prospectuses and every other information, apply to the
Chairman, 142, Strand.
EDMOND S. STILES, Chairman.
142, Strand, London, W.C.

OYAL NATIONAL LIFEB OAT
ALL) INSTITUTION.—The Committee of this Institution
earnestly APPEAL to the public for PIICITNIARY ASSIST-
ANCE to aid them to meet the present heavy demands on
the limitedTunds of the Society.

THOMAS BARING, Chairman.
THOMAS CHAPMAN, Deputy-Chairman,
14, John-street, Adelphi, Feb., 1861.
Bankers—Messrs. Willis and Co. ; Coutts and Co. ; Herries
Said Co,

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL. Gray's-inn-road.
Patron—The QUEEN.
Thin Hospital is entirely devoted to destitution in its most
disease form, viz., that which is accompanied by sickness and
_. anti is now of auffielent magnitude that, with atle-
!Tale Rapport, It may be rendered capable of admitting into
.2eNvards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this
5f at metropolis. It requires but the funds in order to have
?_OO beds immediately available for the reception of these the
Coat wretched of our fellow-creatures. Moreover, it gratui-
er 4:181Y affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the
age, than 2,000 out-patients a week.
vhContributions received by the Treasurer, Edward Master-
Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ;
soin and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co. ; Smith,
-bane, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ;
a'arolay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and
Overend, Gurney, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berners-
street
; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Masterman
"ncl Co. ; and at the Hospital.
STANFORD S. SMITH, Secretary.

A. NEW BLACK SILK, " Noire Imperiale."
Such is the name given by the Lyons manufacturers to
lt,ilew shade of Black Silk. By the side of other black glace
Will be found brighter, and, owing to it being made of more
valuable raw silk it will wear much better than the old black,
11.1 d never change colour. The price Is very little higher than
the commoner black glace.
4,,Nfesers JAY have imported, and will continue to import,
Ice "Noire lmperiale " Glace during the Season, and they
Will be happy to forward patterns for comparison with the
01d-fashioned glace to any part of the country.

JAY'S,
THE LONDON GENERAL MOURNING WAREHOUSE

247, 249, 251, Regent-street.