The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-27 00:00:00

To be tendered for
Quantities. . at Rates.
PEPPER 12,000 Pounds per 100 Pounds.
TEA
When to be t elivered—One-half of each quantity in
three weeks from date of contract, and the remainder
thereof three weeks afterwards. or earlier, if preferred by
the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole )r any portion of
the articles.
Separate Tenders are to be made for each article.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
theTonders 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 in accepting the Tenders.
The articles to be exempted from the Customs duties,
and parties tendering are to state where they are lying.
Samples of the Pepper (not less than .21b.) must be pro-
duced by the parties tendering.
Each Tender for Tea must specify the import mark and
number of each parcel, the ship in which imported, the
dock or warehouse where lying, and must be accompanied
by an average sample (not less than 21b.) of each parcel.
Tenders failing in any of these conditions will not be en-
tertained.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates; and
contrac'ors in claiming payment for articles supplied are
to make out their invocices in accordance therewith.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the pUrpose, which may be obtained on
application in the Lobby ef the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contracts may be'seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
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 communi-
cated to him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when,
but not before, the rejected samples are to be removed.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of
the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for ," and must also be deli-
vered at the Department of the Controller for Victualling,
Admiralty, Somerset House.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

Leave St. Nazairo on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago do Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH PACIFIC, AND
CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazairo on the Bth of each month for Mar-
tinique, St. Martha (United States of Columbia), Colon,
Aspinwall (Isthmus of Panama), La Guayra, Porto Ca-
bello, Guadeloupe, Trinidad, Demerara, Paramaribo,
Cayenne, &c., Callao, Valparaiso, &c., San Jose, La Union,
San Francisco, China, and JapaL.
lland books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Austinfriars, London, E.C.

EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Empowered by Special Act of Parliament.
For Life Assurance, Annuities, and Guarantee of Fidelity in
Situations of Trust.
Chairman—General Sir FREDERIC-SMITH, K.H.,
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tablas, offering special advantages to Annuitants,
and full particulars of the popular Principles of this Society, will
be found in the New Prospectus, which will be forwarded to
applicants post free

HENRY LAKE, General Manager.
316, Regent-street, and 17, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London.

THE GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE COMPANY.

Established 1821.
No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
Total Invested Funds upwards of —.L2,750,000.
Total Income upwards of £320,000.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at MICHAELMAS must be Renewed within
Fifteen Days at this Office, or with the Company's Agents
throughout the Kingdom, otherwise they become void.
All Insurances now have the benefit of the Reduced
Duty of ls. 6d. per cent.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com-
pany's Agents, or to

T. TALLEMACH, Secretary.