The Sun.
London, England, 1850-04-02 00:00:00

CONTRACTS for SEAMEN'S CLOTHING.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, March 30, 1850.
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 TIMRSDAY, the 18th April next, at Ono o'clock, they
will be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz.:—
Blue Cloth, No. 1. . . . 28,000 Yards
Do. No. 2. , . . 16,000 ~
Duck 135 OOO Yards
Flannel 200 OOO ~
White Cotton Drill , . . 50,000 ~
Blue dean 10 OOO „
Worsted Allis 2 OOO Pairs
Do. Caps 12 OOO No.
Blankets 16 OOO
Black Silk Handkerchiefs . . 16,000
Caps for Boats' Crews, . . • 500
Flushing Jackets . • • • 2,500
Nair for Beds 40 OOO lbs.
Bed Cases ..... 7,000 No.
Hessen ... . 13,000 Yards
Black Shalloon . • , • 8,000 ~
Royal Canvass 3 5OO „
Padding Cloth . . . . 1,500 ~
White Calico 20 OOO ~
Black Stay Tape 30 OOO ~
White Tape . , . . . 210,000 ~
. White Dutch Tape 30,000 Pieces
Osnaburgh 850 Yards
. • . • •
,• Black Linen . • • • ' 800
Black Silk . . . . 28,000 Skeins.
Black Silk Twist . .
. : 28000 Yards
Sheeting
White Serge . • • • • 2,000 „
.
White Thread 2,000 lbs.
White Linen Thread • • • 850 „
Whited-brown Thread . • • 1,500 o
Black Thread . • • • • 800 „
.
Sewing Cotton • • • 120
.
Horn Buttons, Small • • 3,000 Gross.
Iron-shank Buttons • • • 1,500 ,1
White Cotton Buttons : :
.• Mg ..
Pearl Buttons •
Silk Wove Buttons . • • • 800 „
Horn-shank Buttons . . . 850
~
• Black Iron Buttons (4-hole) . • 900 „
White Metal Buttons (4-hole) , 1,500
~
Tenders will not be received lor a less quantity than 5,000 yards of
Blue Cloth, 50,000 yards of Duck, and 18,000 yards of Flannel.
Samples of the Articles, and the conditions of the Contracts may
be seen at the said Office, between the hours of Ten and Two only.
No Tender will be received . after One o'clock on the day of
treaty, and the party tendering, or an agent for him, duly authorised
in writing, must Attend on Monday, the 22d April next, at One
o'clock, to learn the result of his tender.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear In the left hand corner the words "Tender for
and mutat also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by ,a
letter signed by two responsible persops, engaging to become bound
with the person tendering, in the sum of 251. per cent. en the value for the due performance of the Contracts.

EMPLOYMENT.—Ladies and Gentlemen may
profitably occupy leisure time by acquiring the elegant ART
01 ORNAMENTING PAPIER MACIIE in Pearl, Gold, and Co-
leus, as practically imparted by the Advertiser, on an improved
system, by which 21'. a week.can be realized. Premium IN. 6d. As
the number must be limited, th se desirous of engagement should
make carp application to Mr. Wright, 20, Tavistock-street, Covent-
garden, ftom Ten to Four.

FISTULA INFIRMARY.
President, the Right Hon. T HO MA S FARNCOMB, Lord Mayor.
Treasurer, JOAN MASTERMAN, Esq. M.P.
Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL MEETING' of the
Governors of this Charity will be holden at the London Tavern,
131shopsgate-street, OR WEDNESDAY, April 10. The Chair wall 131
taken at Three o'clock, to read, for confirmation, the Minutes of the
Extraordinary Meeting of September 1 lth la't, to receive the Re-
ports of the Treasurer, Medical Officers, and Committee of Manage-
ment for the past year; to elect new Members of the Committee in
Place of those who retire by seniority of service, and on other bo-
ldness.
The Csmmittee have the pleasure to announce that the ANNI-
VERSARY FESTIVAL will be holden at the Albion Tavern, Alders-
gate-street, on MONDAY, May 13, the Right Hon. THOMAS FARN-
COMB, Lord Mayor, President of the Chai ity, in the Chair.
J. J. VIVIAN, D.D..
Chairman of the Committee of Management.
London, Charter House-square, March 27.

THE LONDON INDISPUTABLE LIFE
POLICY COMPANY
INCORPORATED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENT,
Upon the principle of Mutual Lire Assurance, the whole Fronts
belonging to the Assured.
No. 72, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON.
TRUSTEES.
John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. Richard Spooner, Esq., M.P.
Richard Math I Matins, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Modox, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
William Adams, Esq., New Broad-street.
John Atkins, Esq., White Hart .cart, Lombard-street.
Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street, America-square.
J. Thompson Bramwell, Esq., Prospect-place, Kilburn.
John Dangerfleld, Esq., Chancery-lane.
Robert Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-nsall.
John HEsq., Hamilton, Alfred-place, Thurloe-square.
James Fuller Madox, Esq., Clement's-lane.
John Matthews, Esq.. Arthur-street West, City.
C. Octai'lus Parnell, Esq , Ncrfolk-street, Park-lane.
AUDITORS.

George Cumming, Esq., Westboame-grove.
William D. Starling, Esq., Change alley, City.
James Turner, Esq., Parliament-street.
David Henry Stone, Esq., Pouray.
BANKENS—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and CO.
SmarrAnT—David Alison, Esq.
PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD.
24, Connaught-terrace, Edgeware -road.
The Rev. James she gold Boone, A.M., Stanhope. street, Hyde-park
Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square.
Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace. Hyde-park.
Thomas Jervis Antos, Esq., York-street, Portman-square.
George Y. Robson, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace, Hyde-park.
Secretary, Chas. ton,
The POLICIES issued by this Company being INDHoghISPRTA_BEsq.
are transferable and negotiable Securities. They may at any time
be made available in money transactions, their validity not being
dependent, as in the case of ordinary Policies, upon the import of
other documents. Used as Family Provisions, they relieve the As-
sured from all doubt and anxiety as to the result of Assurances
thereby made certain.
Oaring to this important improvement in the practice of Life As-
surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com-
rnencerneat of its busidess, and is steadily increasing.
Prospectuses, Reports, and every other information, may be ob•
tained at the Chief &flee, or any of the Agencies.
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
3, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
3, CHARLOTTE-ROW, MANSION-HOUSE, and 28, REGENT-
LIARILITY
STREET, XVATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
MODERATE of the PROPRIETORS UNRESTRICTED.
PREMIUMS in the Fire Department.
PECULIAR ADVANTAGES in the Life Department.
Policies, insuring the value of Leasehold Property at the termina-
tion of the Lease, are also issued.
Persons whose Policies With tll5 Company expire on the 25th in-
stant, are respectfully reminded that receipts for the renewal of the
mine will be found at the Head Offices in London and Liverpool, and
in the hands of the respectire agents• and those who, preferring the
security offered tie respective
Company,
es, are inlormed that no
expense
will be incurred by such
moral.mar' desire to remove theirlnsrue.-

ENj* HENDERSON', Resident Secretary, London.
WINTON" I.IOIJiT, Secretary to the Company.

•
ARCHITECTS', BUILDERS', and
GENERAL FIRE AND LIFR INSURANCE COMPANY,
69, Lombard-street, London.
CnAtuNLII-BYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A.
TRUSTEES.
T. L. Donaldson, Esq. 1 A. Smith, Esq., F.S.A.
S. Grirnsdell, Esq.
IG. S, Esq., F.S.A.
The rates for both Fire and Life InAurances are as lew as can
'With safety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid
either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly ; one-half the annual pre-
mium may be left unpaid for seven years, or one-third to the end
of life. Thus large sums may be insured at the smallest present
outlay.
Prospectuses, Forms of Proposals, Sze., may be had at the Office,
CS, Lombard-street, er of the agents.

JOHN REDDISH, Manager.
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AIETROPOLITANCIELIFE ASSURANCE
The Directors No. 3, Princes-street,
Bank.
fee on the he
of reb y give notice he Members whose Premiums fall
Thirty days from thatprdate. ith Ail next, that the same must be PAID within
The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, en
the ith of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either of which several days constitutes the commencement of the
year to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So-
ciety as Members on the sth of Api it next, should appear or lodge
their proposals at the eines on or before that day.
This Society, for Mutual and General Assurance, appropriates the
Whole of Its profits to the benefit of parties assuring their own lives
for the whole term of life Pt. 9 Members of the Society.
For the year ending the sth of April, 1851, an abatement of 51 per
cent, has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five
Years' standing and upwards.
ICHARD HEA.THFIELD , S uperlntendcat.
Princes-street, Banßk, March 20, 1850.

ROYALLIFE POLICIES FREE OF STAMP DUTy IN THE
FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE,
LIFE. and HAIL INSURANCE and LOAN and ANNUITY
INOTITUTION.
Life Policies frpeeo of
Emwered by gpecial Act of Parliament.
Life Policies Indisputable. Stamp Duty. Claims paid promptly.
FIRE.—The Renewal Receipts for Policies due at Lady Day should
be taken up OR or before the 9th of April, 1850, or the Policy will
ehidre.
Prospectuses and every information may be obtained of the Agents,
or at the Read Office, Strand, London.
W.M. SHAW, Managing Director.

TO EVERY FAMILY in the KINGDOM and
the PUBLIC UNIVERSALLY.
CLARK'S HARVEY'S SAUCE. Clark's Reading sauce, also
essence of anchovies, mushroom ketchup, French capers, cayenne
Pepper, all at Gd, per bottle ; real India soy, 9d. per bottle finest
Gergona anchovies, in bottles Is. each, Is. 441. per lb., or 225. Gd. ter
double barrel; anchovy paste, for breakfast, luncheons, Bce., ls. per
pot ; Tarraeath bloater paste, for ditto, Bd. per pot ; saperrloe salad
oil, Bd. per bottle; real Dantzle spruce, los. Gd. per keg, or is. 3d.
per quart bottle ; mustard, in lb. bottle squares, from 6d. to Is. 4d.
each for the finest article, also in 914. and 181 b. casks, from 4d. to
Is. 3d. per lb for the best; best London pickles, 7d. per bottle, or 6s.
Per dozen, of various sorts ; malt vinegar, from Is. 4d. to is. 6d. per
gallon for the best; new lemons, from 3s. 6d. per 100; fresh lemon
Juice; half-pints, 2s, 9d., pints 4s. Gd., quarts 88. per dozen ; also in
Packages, from two gallons to 120 gallons, at Is. per gallon; dried
Peel, Is. 741. per lb. • St. Michael and other table oranges, 16s. per
original chest, or from: 2s. 6d. per 100 ; new Seville oranges, from
Is. Gd. per 100 or Is. 4d. per dozen ; fresh Seville *range juice, 2s.
Per gallon; dried peel, 2s. 9d. per lb. ; black Pepper, Is. per lb. ;
White pepper, Is. 4(1. per lb. ; ginger from Gd. per lb. ; coves, from
Is. 4d. per lb. ; isinglass, from Bs. Gd. per lb. ; ruaccaroni, from 7d.
Per lb. ; vermicelli; 1041. per lb.; cayenne pepper, 2s. 3d. per lb. ;
allspice, 941. per lb. ; fine m'xed spice, 2s. Gd. per lb. Terms cash.
All orders, by post er otherwise, delivered free three Miles from
the city.
CLARK and CO., Italian, fruit, and spice merchants, and mustard
Manufacturers, 40, Co:lel-aka-street, City.