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

C.
ONTRACTS. 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 Kin Nem of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
notice, that on THURSDAY, the 18th April next, at Ono o'clock, they
.... will be ready to treat with such Persons as may lie willing to Con-
trisct for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores At Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz. :
Blud Cloth, No. 1. 28,000 Yards
Do. No. 2. . .
Duck
Flannel . . . . .
White Cotton Drill „ .
Blue Jean ' 10 OOO .
Worsted Mits 2,000 Pairs
Do. Caps . . • . 12,000 No.
. 16,000
Blankets
. • •
Black Silk Handkerchiefs . . 16,900
Caps for Boats' Crews, . . • 500
Flushing Jackets . • • • 2 '5OO
Hair for Beds 40,000 lbs.
Bed Cases . . . . . 7,000 No. .
• • 'lessen . • . .....
13000 Yards
Black Shalloon . . , • 8•000 (y
. . Royal Canvass . . . . 3,500 ,•
Padding Cloth . . . . 1,500 ~
White Calico . . • • • 20'000 ~
' ~ OOO ''
Black Stay Tape • . . . 30
White Tape .
210 000
White Dutch Tape 30,000 Pieces
Osnaburgh • , • •
. ' :850 Yards
Black Linen . 500 ,• • • • '
Black Silk 2B 000 Skeins
Black Silk Twist 28 OOO Yards
Sheeting
White Serge 2 OOO „
White Thread 2 OOO lbs.
White Linen Thread . • • B5O ,*
Whited-brown Threal . • • 1,500 ~
Black Thread
Sewing Cotton • • • 120 „
. • .
Horn Buttons, Small . . . 3,000 Gross.
Iron-sha=le Buttons 1,500 „
White Cotton Buttons • • • • 1,000 „
Pearl Buttons , • • . 1,000 „
Silk Wove Buttons . • • • 800 „
Horn-shank Buttons . . • 950 „
Black Iron Buttons (4-hale) . • 900 „
White Metal Buttons (4-hole) . Imo
Tenders will•not be received for a less quantity than 5,00(1 yards of
Blue Cloth, 50,000 yards of Duck, and 15,000 yards of Flannel.
sample. of thcartieles, and the conditions of the Contracts may
be sees at the said Oftloe, 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 must also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by ,a
letter Signed by two responsible persons, engaging to become bound
• with the person tendering, in the sum of 251. per cent. en the value,
for the due performance bf the Contracts.

EMPLOYMENT.—Ladies and Gentlemen may
profitably occupy leisure time by acquiring the elegant ART
of ORNAMENTING PAPIER MACIIE in Pearl, Gold, and Co-
lours, as practically imparted by the Advertiser, on an improyed
aYatern, by which.2l. a week can be realized. Premium 10s. Gd. As
the number must be limited, th se desirous of engagement should
make early application to Mr. Wright, 20, Tavistock-street, Coyent-
garden, from Ten to Four.

FISTULA INFIRMARY.
President.the Right Hon. THOMAS FARNCOMB,Lord Mayor.
Treasurer, JORN MASTER MAN, Esq., M.P.
Notice is hereby given, that the ANNUAL MEETING of the
Governors of this Charity will be holden at the London Tavern,
Rishopsgale.street. of WEnxEsDAY, 'April 10. The Chair will be
taken at Three o'clock, to read, for confirmation, the Minutes of the
Extraordinary Meeting of September kith last, 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 bu-
siness.
The Committee have the pleasure to announce that the ANNI-
VERSARY FESTIVAL will be holden at the Albion Tavern, Alders-
gate-street, on Mom:ea, May 13, the Right lion. THOMAS FARN-
COMB, Lord Mayor, President of the Charity, 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 Life Assurance, the whole Profits
belonging to the Assured.
No.. 72, LOMBARD-STREET, LONDON.
TA USTEES.
John Campbell Renton, Esq., M.P. I Richard Spoonei, Esq., M.P.
*!chard Manus, Esq., Q.C. James Fuller Madoz, Esq.
William Wilberforce, Esq.
DIRECTORS.
William Adams, Esq., New Broad-street.
John Atkins, Esq., White Hart .coart, Lombard-street.
Henry Augustus Bevan, Esq., John-street, America-square.
J. 'Thompson Bramwell, Esq.. Prospect-place, Kilburn.
John Dangertield, Esq., Chancery-lane.
Robert Henry Forman, Esq., Ordnance, Pall-real!.
John Hamilton, Esq.' Alfred-place, Thurloe-square.
James Fuller Madox, Esq., Clement's-lane.
John Matthews, Esq., Arthur-street West, City.
C. Octavius Parnell, Esq., Ncrfolk-street, Park-lane.
AUDITORS.
George Cumming, Esq., Westbourne-grove.
William D. Starling, Esq., Change -alley, City.
James Turner, Esq., Parliament-street.
David Henry Stone, Esq., Poultry.
RankEas—Messrs. Spooner, Attwoods, and Co.
SISCRETARY—Dayid Alison, Esq.
PADDINGTON LOCAL BOARD.
24, Connaught-terrace, Edgevrare -road.
The Revslatnes Shergold Boone, A.M., Stanhope. street, llyde-park
Captain Creed, Norfolk-crescent, Oxford-square.
Charles Pemberton, Esq., Eastbourne-terrace. Hyde-park.
George Y. Robson, Est, Eastbourne-terrace. Hyde•park.
Secretary, Chas. , Esq.
The POLICIES issued by this Company being INDIsPUTABHoghton LE,
are transferable and negotiable Securities. They may at any time
be made available in money transactions, their validity not being
depen dent, 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.
Owing to this important improvement in the practice of Life As-
surance, the progress of this Company has been rapid from the com-
mencement of its business, and is steadily increasing.
Prospectuses, Reports, and every other information,
talned at the Chief °Mee, or any of the Agencies. may be ob-
_ ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Manager.

THE LIVERPOOL AND LONDON FIRE
AL. AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.
, WATER-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
2, CIIARLOTTE-ROW, 3IANSION-HOUSE, and 25, REGENT-
STREET, WATERLOO-PLACE, LONDON.
LIABILITY of the PROPRIETORS UNRESTRICTED.
MODERATE PREMIUMS in the Fire Department. •
PECULIAR ADVANTAGES In the Life Department.
P°licies, insuring the value of Leasehold Property at the termina-
tion of the Lease, are also issued.
Persons whose Policies with this Company expire on the 25th n-
stant, are respecrthlly reminded that receipts for the renewalof the
same will be found at the Head Offices in London and Liverpool,preferring and
the
in the handa the respective Agents ; and those who,
security the
by this Company, remove their insu-
incurred by such re-
ranee's. are informed that may desire t
ne expense will be
Ileral,

BENJ. lIEINTDERSOIT, Resident Secretary, London.
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary to the Company.

ARCHITECTS', BUILDERS', and
GENERAL FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,
69, Lonmard-streot, London.
CHAIRMAN—SYDNEY SMIRKE, Esq., A.R.A.
TRUSTEES.

T. L. Donaldson, Esq. A. Sal Tin, Esq., F.S,A.
I
S. Grimsdcll, Esq. G. Smith, Esq., F.S.A.
The rates for both Firo and Life Insurances are as low as can
with sal ety be taken. Those for Life Insurance may be paid
either yearly, half-yearly, or quarterly; one-half the annual pre-
'Alum 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, Forme of Proposals, &c., may be had at the Office,
et Lombard-street, or of the agents.

JoirN. REDDISH, Manager.

METROPOLITAN LIFE ASSURANCE
SOCIETY.

No. 3 Princes. , Bank.
The Directors hereby give notice tostreet Members whose Premiums fall
dee on the bth of April next, that the same must be PAID within
Thirty days from that date.
The Premiums are paid Yearly, Half-yearly, or Quarterly, on
the bth of January, sth of April, sth of July, and sth of October,
either ef which several days constitutes the commencement of the
Sear to Members. Persons, therefore, desirous of entering the So-
ciety as Members on the sth of April next, should appear or lodge
their proposals at the °dice en 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 as Members of the Society.
For the year ending the 6th of April, 1851, an abatement of 51 per
cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five
Years' standing and upwards.
RICHARD HEATHFIELD, Superintendeat,
Princes-street, Bank, March 10, 13511.

RLIFE POLICIES FREE or STAMP DITTY IN THE
OYAL FARMERS' and GENERAL FIRE,
LIFE. and HAIL INSURANCE and LOAN and ANNUITY
INSTITUTION.
Empowered by Special Aet of Parliament.
Life Policies free of Stamp Duty. Claims paid promptly.
Life Policies Indisputable.
FIRE.—The Renewal Receipts for Policies due at Lady Day should
be takenre up oz or betore the 9th of April, 1850, or the Policy will
expi.
Prospectuses and every information may be obtained lithe Agents,
or at the Head Office, Strand, London.
WM. 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 caperl, cayenne
Pepper, all at. 681, per bottle ; real India soy, 9d. per bottle ; finest
Gergona anchovies, in bottles 18. each, Is. 4d. per lb., or 225. 6d, ler
double barrel; anchovy paste, for breakfast. luncheons, &e., Is. per
pot ; Yarnmeth bloater paste, for ditto, Bd. per pot ; superfine salad
oil, Bd. per bottle; real Dantzle spruce, 10s. 6d. per keg, or Is. 3d.
per quart bottle ; mustard, in lb. bottle squares, from 6d. to Is. 4i.
each for the finest article, also in 91b, and 181 b. casks, from 4d. to
Is. 3d. per lb for the beat; best London pickles, 7d. per bottle, or 61.
per dozen, of various sorts ; malt vinegar, from Is. 4d. to 2s. 6d. per
gallon for the beat; new lemons, from Zs. 6d. per 100; fresh lemon
juice, k ilf-pints, 2s. 9d., pints 45. Gd., quarts Bs. per dozen ; also in
Packages, from two gallons to 120 gallons, at Is. per gallon ; dried
Peel, Is. 7d. per lb. ; St. Michael and other table oranges, 16s. per
original chest, or from 2s. 6d. per 100 ; new Seville oranges, from
Bs. 6d. per 100 or Is. 4d. per dozen; fresh Seville •range juice, 28.
Per gallon; dried peel, 25..9d. per lb.: black Pepper, ls. per lb. ;
white pepper, Is. 4d. per lb. ; ginger from 6d. per lb.; coves, from
Is. 4d. per lb. ; isinglass, from Si. Gd• per lb. ; maccaront, from 7d.
Per lb. ; vermicelli, 101. per lb.; cayenne pepper, 2s. 2d. per lb. ;
allspice, 9d. per lb. ; floe mixed spice. 21. 6d. per lb. Terms cash.
All orders, by post Sr otherwise, delivered free three miles from
the city.
CLARK and CO., Italian, fruit, and spice merchants, and mustard
Manufacturers, 40, Coleman-street, City.

DR. CULVERWELL'S NEW WORKS,
147, Fleet•str
Cornhill ; or direct fro the author ;
To beec t; had of
Mann, 39, Sherwood, 23, Patcrnoster-rem
w ; Carralho,
price One Shilling each ; by post, is. 6d.
ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.

“Health, Recreation, and rational Use of Time.”
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Cowl -awn :—Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings-lex_
illusions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Dills,
Foresta, Fields, Ifigh-roads, and other pleasant places_Ceuntr
Trips and Rambles-,-The Sea—London at Night—Evenings at home
—Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Beet, Base, Occupation, &c., Sze.
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FRAGMENTS FROM THE MOUNTAIN'S. Two Vols,
A VISIT TO THE LAKES • SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &c,

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Vol. IL
TUE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF

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DUBLIN, &c. --
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WHAT TO EAT, DRINK, AND AVOID.
" That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vourly.dchilitated health and enfeebled constitution, that harasses
the yonng, besets the man of pleasure, business, or study, and em-
bitters old age, with tables and rules for the diet and physical regu-
lation of every-day life.

IV.
THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The advent
Of the passions. Chastity and its Infringenunts. The casualties of
licentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic,
narrative,
and remedlative. Advocacy of early marriages.

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THE MARRIAGE STATE.
" To be or not to be, that is the question."
ligion regardingre-
choice marriage, to be observed by either sex. Time and
, on both sides, as to age, temperament, complexion, and
figure, to secure healthy offspring, with the art of rearing them.
Physical defectiveness and its removal. Sterility and its -conversion.
Cases, &c.
By R. J. CIILVERWELL, M.D. (1841), M.R.C.S. (1827), L.S.A.
(0124). Twenty-I:lie years Medical and Forensic Referee in these
euitteril• RecePtion hours daily till dye. Eyeninge, Seven till nine.
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