The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-10 00:00:00

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 2n SEPTEMBER, 1857.
HE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY puldish for Pie information of Proprie-
tors of Promissory Notes of the Bengal 4 per cent. Loans, who may
not be resident in India, the following Notification, which has been
issued by the Government of India, and publ shed in the "Calcutta
Gazette Extraordinary" of the 20th July, 1857 :

No. 27.
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT,
TUE 20TH &MT, 1857.

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The holders of Four per Cent. Promissory Notes ot this Govern-
ment are hereby informed that, until further orders, subscriptions to
the open Five per Cent. Loan will be received from them, half in
cash, and half in the said promissory notes.
In cases in which Promissory Notes cf the Ricca Rupee Loans are
subscribed, and in which, by conversion into Company's rupees, the
amount of such notes, added to the equivalent amount subscribed in
cat, may not make up even hundreds, it will be optional with the
holders to pay such additional sums in cash as may be necessary to
Make up even hundreds, or to receive back the difference between
the amount of the notes subscribed and the amount necessary to
Make up even hundreds.
Any broken interest that may be due on the Four per Cent. Pro-
Missory Notes will be paid at the time the notes are subscribed to
the Five per Cent. Loan.
(Signed) C. H. LIISTIINGTON,
Secretary to the Government of India.
JAMES C. 14ELTILL. Secretary.

PASSAGE MONEY 14/. AND UPWARDS.
"WHITE STAR" LINE
Of British and Australian Ex-Royal Mail Packets
BAILING BETWEEN
LIVERPOOLAND MELBOURNE,
On the 20th and 27th_of every Month,
And forwarding Passengers by Steamers at through rates to all parts
of Australia.
To the consignment of H. T. Wilson and Co., Melbourne.
Ship. Captain: Reg. Bur. To Sail.
SIT-A.KE SPE ARE..•• J. Norcross, 2,470 5,200 Sep. 20
BRITISH LION .... Harrington, 1,450 4,500 Sep. 28
SUCCEEDING SIIIII.
RI) JACKET • • .... M. H. O'Halloran, 2,460 5,000
GOLDE S' ERA...... H. A. Brown, 1,556 4,200
RH AMMAR .. • • J. R. Brown, 1,432 4,000
WHITE STAR.. ••••T. C. C. Kerr, 2,360 5,000
These magnificent clippers, the finest and largest in the world,
Wll sail at noon of the above dates with Mails. Passengers, and
Cargo. The Shakespeare is the largest and finest clipper ship in
England, and from her immense size and speed is expected to make
the fastest passage on record. She is magnificently fitted up for all
classes of passengers.
Thc British Llox is one of the fastest ships afloat, and has made
the passage from Calcutta to Havre in 91 days, frequently logging
1614 knots, and on one occasion sailed 362 miles in one day.
Passengers embark on the 19th and 28th of September.
Per freight or passage apply to
H. T. WILSON & CHAMBERS,
21, Water-street, Liverpool.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWA Y.-
CHEAP EXCURSION to Bath and Bristol.—On SUNDAY,
September 13th, a Train will leave Paddington at 7.45 a.m., re-
turning the same evening from Bristol at 6.30, and. Bath at 7
o'clock. Fares—Bristol, 10s. and Cs.; Bath, 9s. and ss.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
C FIE U' EXCURSION to Weymouth, Dorchester, Yeovil,
&c. On SATURDAY, September 12th, a Train will leave the Pad-
dington Station at 3 p.m., returning on Tuesday, the 15th, from
Weymouth at 11.30 a.m., and intermediate stations as per handbills..
ramp:— Chi ppenham, Trowbridge, or Westbury, 9e. and ss. ; Frome
or 'Yeovil, 10s. and Gs. ; Dorchester or Weymouth, 12s. and Bs.

MANCHESTER
EXHIBITION,—CARE
Trains from London.
Ring's-Cross Station.
Leave Arrival
uoa.m.
*7 ~ 4 26 P.m.
9 30 „
2 9 0 „ 0 „
~
11 0 „ 5 20
145 p.m. 10 15 „
~
5 0 „ 10 0
8 45 „ 2 30 a.m.
SUN
Leave Arrival;
*7:30 a.m./. 5 0 p.m.
11 0
5 0 p.m. 101

ART TREASURES
lT NORTHERN RAILWAY.
Trains from Alanebe.ter.
London-road Station.
Leave Arrival

*6 5 a.m. 4 15 p.m.
9 15 „ 4 0 „
955 „ 2 55 „
*ll 30 „ 6 0 „
1 45 p.m. 9 30 „
5 0 „ 10 0 „
8 30 „ 3 30 aao
9 30 „ 1
AYS.

Leave
*7 0 a.m.
3 30 p.m.
5 0 „

A rival
7 45 p.m.

10 *_o rr

Fares :-355. first class; 255. secc
Ed. third class, by Trains marked
Care must be taken at Manchesl
Northern route.
DAY TICKETS, available for. Seven Days, are issued by any train
from King's Cross Station to Manchester at 52s 63. first class, and
375. 6d. second class.
EXCURSION TRAINS, until further notice, will leave King's
Cross Station,' every MONDAY, WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY,
at 10.40 a.m., for Manchester; and Manchester, on the same days
at 11.0 a.m., for King's Cross, by which tickets will be issued at
21a. first class, and 12s. 6d. closed carriages, available for return by
Epeciad Trains on the Monday, Wednesday, or Saturday next fol-
-I"ritg the date of issue. And EXCURSION TICKETS, available
for 21,t days, will be issued by the saws, trains, returning on any
.14011 clay, Wednesday, or Saturday within that time. Fares-375.
.rat class, and 17s. closed carriages.
,_Tickets are issued by the same Excursion Trains on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Saturdays, and on the same conditions, to and
Iroln Guide Bridge. Dinting,, and King's-Cross.
Tickets for the above excursions can be obtained at the King's
Cross Station; and [for Manchester only]. at the Great Northern
Receiving Offices, " Bull and Mouth, St. Martin's-le-Grand ;" 16,
P;a11-street-hill ;" " 264, Holborn :" " 32, Regent-circus. Piccadilly ;"
"4 62 and 63, Bridge-road, Lambeth ;" " 269, Strand ;" " 33. Charing
Fross;- "27, King-street, Cheapside ;" "351, Oxford-street;"
George Inn, Borough ;" "43 and 44, Cradled Friars."
For further particulars see the time tables of the Company, and
the excursion handbills. By order,
King's Cross Station, September 1, 1857.

)nd class, by all Trains ; and 15s.

ter to ask for tickets via the Great

CONTRACTS for SALT BEEF and SALT PORK.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset House, 12th August, 1857.
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 TLIQRSIDAY, the 15th
°etcher next, at half-past One o'clock, they will be ready to treat
With such persons ad may be willing to contract for supplying and
delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at the undermen-
tioned Port*, the following quantities of s
SALT MEAT.

• of the cure of any country, and all of the curo of the present season,
viz..

NAVY BEEF. NA-rz Pons.
Tierces. Barrels. Tierces. Barrels.
Deptf0rd.......... 2,500 2,000 ~.. 2,500 2,000
Gosport .. • 1.500 1,200 .• .. 1,500 1,200
Plymouth .... • ... 1,500 1,200 .... 1,500 1,200
Ilaulbowline .. •• -. 1,000 600 .... 1,000 600

Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
ders 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.
A separate Tender must be given for the P.eef and a separate Ten-
der for Pork, and every tender must specify where the meat is in-
tended to be cured.
Persons tendering for more than one Port mast give la separate
Tender for each Port.
The Beef and Pork to he delivered into the respective stores as
follows—viz., one-third of each quantity for each place by the 9th day
Of January, 1858 ; anotherthird thereof by the 27th day of February,
1858 ; and the remainder thereof by the 15th day of April, 1858,
or any greater portion, or the whole, at any earlier period, if pre-
ferred by the party tendering, and to be paid for by bills payable in
seven days from and after the respective dates thereof.
Parties tendering are desired to take special notice that the
use of WOODEN HOOPS is ABOLISHED, and that Isom HOOPS
Only will be required for the Casks, in accordance with the condi-
tions of the revised form of Contract.
A form of the tender may be obtained, and the conditions of the
revised contracts, to which particular attention is called, may be
seen at this office, or by applying to the Agent Victualler at
naulbowline ; or to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at
Bristol, Limerick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry ; or to the Secre-
tary to the Postmaster-GencraLat Dublin ; or to the Commander
conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or to the Resident
Agent for Transports at Leith.
No Tender will be admitted foi a less quantity than 100 Tierces,
orsl Ofillarrels.

No tender be received afttr half-past one o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the printed form provided for
the purpose ; but it will not be necessary that the party tendering,
or an agent appointed by him, should attend at this office, as the
result of the offer received ftom each person will be communicated
to him and his proposed Sureties in writing.
Bills in payment for any Beef or Pork delivered into her Majesty's
Stores will be sent to parties upon transmitting the usual Certifi-
cates of receipt.
every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and hear in the left-hand corner of the envelope the words, " Ten-
der for Salt Meat„" and "Comptroller for Victualling," and must
also be delivered at Somerset House.

„lIU. BARRY'S CELEBRATED INFANTS
FOOD, for DRUM ITE INFANTS, CHILDREN, and IN-
', -A LIDS. Supersedes the expense and dangers of wet nursing, is
more easily digested, and imparts more healthful nourishment than
„.
acidity, cramps, bowel complaints, flatulency, cough, restless-
scr.tala, eruptions, are avoided by it, and perfect regularity of
rgYstem and sound sleep insured. Many respectable families who
ave reale,' and saved delicate Infants by this Food can be referred
0. and a cqpy of their Testimonials may be had free on forwarding
a stamped and addressed envelope to Barry Da Barry and Co., 77 ,
'egent-street, London. Prices : —ln Canisters, Is.; 2s. • and 121 b.
at 21s. The large Canister will be forwarded tree of Carriage on
receipt of Post Office Order.