The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-10 00:00:00

Wallsontl, &c,

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Ships at market

LOCAL SHARE MARKIT3.

LIVERPOOL, DEC. 9.

STOCK EXCHANGE.—The transactions to-day were ♦ery
few, and prices are not improved. Birkenhead, 651 4-
-Lancaster and Carlisle, new thirds, 8 prem.—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 90I—Midlands, 854—Grand Trunk
of Canada, 92—East Lancashire, 91., 25.

MANCHESTER, DEC. 9.
STOOK EXOHANOE.—Tho market opened easier to-day,
but prices were rather lower. Eastern Counties, 11--
Caledonian, 38.; --Leeds, 91—Sheffields, 36A—Ditto,
1114—Londom and North Western, 91i I—Blackburn, 9
Birkenhead, 62 f —East Lancashire, 881—Great Northern
B, 15 13.16—South Eastern, 194.

SALE OF OLD STORES AT PORTSMOUTH.
ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, 7th Dec., 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 WEDNESDAY, the 16th
at 12 o'clock at noon, the Admiral Superintendent will put up
to Sale, in her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth,
Several Lots of Old Stores, con,lsting of Canvass Raze, Ham-
block Rags, Old Rope, cablelaid and hawserlaid, Old Coal Bags,
echam, Lignum Vitse, and Cast Iron Ballast, &c , &c., &c., all lying
in the said Yard.
Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
for notes of admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the
'Yard.

CONTRACTS FOR SEAMEN'S CLOTHING.
Department ofthe Comptroller for Victualling,
Somerset-place, Dec. 4, 1857.
THE Commissioners for executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
sad Ireland do Hereby Give Notice. that on MONDAY, the 21st
Instant, 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 articles, viz. :

Blue Cloth, No. 1. .. • • • • .. 50,00 Yardso
Hessen, 42 Inch • •
•• .. .. 7,000
111 , 40 jg .. .. .. .. 18,000
PP 36 ~ • • .. .. 13,000
~ 27 „ .. •• • • .. 4,0t0
• Gress.
Black Horn Crown and Anchor Buttons, 30 Line .. 5,500
~ 9 I Of 24 Line .. 1,300
~ One halfof each to be delivered in 3 months, and the remainder in
41 months afterward., or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when the Ten-
'ders are opened, of contracting either for the whole, or for such part
!hereof only as that may deem fit, or for a greater quantity, or of
et contracting for any.
No tender will be received unless made on the printed form pro-
Med for the purpose, and which may be obtained on application at
'the said Office, at the Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth, or
loCoramander Bevis, conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool, or
to the Collector of Customs at Bristol.
Tenders will be admitted for any portion Of the above quantities.
Samples of the Articles may be seen at the said office between
?the hours of 10 and 2 only, and also at the Victualling Yards at
'Gosport and Plymouth.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
stion is called, may be seen at the said office, and at the Victualling
-Yards at Gosport and Plymouth, and at Liverpool and Bristol.
No tender will be received after half-past one o'clock on the
May of treaty, and it will not be required that the party tendering,
'or an ogent on his behalf, should attend at the office on the day of
'contract, as • the result of the offer received from ea ..11 person will be
!Communicated to him and his proposed sure'ies in writing.
• Every tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty.
Ind bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for ,2 /
Ilild must also be delivered at Somerset-house.

MR. BENTLEY'S POPULAR NEW SERIES.
Immediately, in crown Bvo., 28.,
THE CONFESSIONS OF A THUG.
By CAPTAIN MEADOWS TAYLOR.
London : Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.