The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-13 00:00:00

President-I-His Grace the Duke of BUCCLET:ICII, K.G.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without tho delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributioLs
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the assistance of the
benevolent, as the premises of this hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs.
Brown, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co,;
Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernera-street ; and at
the Hospital, from 10 till 5

CONTRACT FOR SOUTH-NESTERS.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, July 1, 1868.
rilliE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
I the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the
13th instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
ready to treat with such persons as may ba willing to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
SOUTH-NESTERS

as may from time to time be demanded under a Contract
for twelve calendar months certain, and further until the
expiration of three calendar months' warning.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves an unlimited
power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, which may ba obtained on
application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
tr,dler of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset !louse, where
the Conditions of the Contract and a pattern South-
Wester 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 communicated 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 South-Nesters," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Ad-
miralty, Somerset Muse, signed by two responsible per-
sons, engaging to become bound with the person tender-
ing in the sum of £lOO for the due performance of the
Contract.

By order,
ANTONIO BRADY;
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

LONDON AND N ORTH- WESTERN
RAILWAY.
STAMFORD RACES, 16th and 17th July, 1868.
RETURN TICKETS to STAMFORD from LONDON
(Euston, Kensington, and Broad-street), issued on WED-
NESDAY, 15th July, and intervening days, will be avail-
able for Return up to and including Saturday, 18th July.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, July, 1868. •