The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-27 00:00:00

LAW

' LIFE ASSURANCE.
Office—Fleet-street, London. _ _

23d May, 1859.
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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That in conformity with
the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, A GENERAL
MEETING pf the Proprietors will be held at the Society's
Office, Fleet-street, London, on FRIDAY, the 24th day of
June next, at twelve o'clock at noon, precisely, to elect Five
Directors and Two Auditors, when those who go out of office
by rotation will be proposed for re-election ; also to elect one
other Director, in lieu o,' William Vizard, Esquire, deceased,
who would have gone out of office by, rotation ; and one other
Director in lieu of Francis Smedley, Esq., deceased ; and for
general purposes.
The Director to be chosen in the room of Francis Smedley,
Esq., deceased, will remain in office until 24th day of June,
1861, and the Director to he chosen in the room of William
Vizard, Esq., deceased, will remain in office until iith day of
June, 1863.

By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary.

CAUTION.—COLONISTS from AUSTRALIA
N.-1 and NEW ZEALAND are hereby c cutioned agsinst an
impostor. calling himself Mr.- or the Rev. Mr. Thomas, or
Thompson, who; subscriptions, in some cases for
establishing schools, and in other cases churches in the
Colonies. lie has also a confederate who solicits money or
clothes for himself and family to assist them on a voyage to
the Colonies. One of them is well known to the Mendicity
Society. •
Further particulars may be learned by applying at the
Australian and New Zealand Rooms, Change-alley, Cornhill,
London.

CONTRACT FOR RUM.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and
Transport Services, Somerset-house,
25th May, 1859.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
-1- 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 be ready
to treat with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT
for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned article, viz.:—
RUM lOO,OOO gallons.
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When to be delivered—Half in fourteen days, and the re
mainder in fourteen days afterwards, or earlier if preferred
by the party tendering.
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 partied 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
nfficers.

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 Liverpool, or to the Collector of Customs
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 of the 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.