The Sun.
London, England, 1868-11-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FIIIDAI EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1868.

JOIIN BURGESS AND SON'S Original and
Superior ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also DIANFLELD'S
PATENT PICKLES, are perfectly pure and uncoloured. To be
had of all dealers and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS AND
SON, 107, Strand (corner of Savoy-steps), London.

TRANSAT-

CO MPAGNIE GENERALE
LANTIQUE.
4, Rue de Is Paix, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK'.
Leave every 14 days, from Havro and Brest, for New York
HATES OF PASSAGE.
From lIAvnE or BREST to NEW You.
First Mai SP 7OO fr.
Second Class -
Third Class
From Paris to New York, ria Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 410 fr. ; third class
28 fr.

WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazairo on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, New Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti. Santiago de Cuba Guadeloupe-, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH Cuba,
SOU'T'H PACIFIC, AND

CENTRAL AMERICA (via Panama).
Leave St. Nazaire 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 Japan.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROBE, 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 Sarni, F.R.S.
Policies payable during Life—lndisputable—Not liable to
Forfeiture.
Annual Income exceeds Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand
Pounds.
The Annuity Tables, 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.O.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
Total Invested Funds upwards of £2,750,000.
Total Income upwards of .Z 320,000.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at MICHAELM.AS 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 Is. 6d. per cent.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com-
pany's Agents, or to
T. TALLEMACH, Secretary.

oYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
ROYAL INSURANCE BUILDINGS,
Lombard-street, London, and Liverpool.
EPITOME of ANNUAL REPORT for 1867.
The "ROYAL" has never had a larger body of Constituents
than now.
FIRE BRANCH.

PREMIUMS in 1867 - £460,553
being a larger revenue than in any preceding

year.
LOSSES by Fire in 1867; £292,125
NET PROFITS, after paying all losses and ex-
penses £56,373
LIFE BRANCH.
Annual Average of new business in 1865-6-7.-- £BOl,OOO
Do. during previous Quinquennium £688,000
Amount added to Life Reserves in 1867 £128,583
LIFE PROPOSALS now effected will participate in the
increased share of Profits recently conceded to Policy-
holders.
PERCY M. DOVE, Manager and Actuary.
JOHN B. JOHNSTON, Secretary in London.
August, 1868.

CONTRACT FOR IRON CHAIN CABLES, IRON
' MOORING CHAINS, &c.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, Oct. 26, 1868.
lIIHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING'
the OFFICE of• LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of thet
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and
IRELAND, do hereby give Notice, that on TUES-
DAY, the •24th November next, at Two o'clock, they will
be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing
to CONTRACT for supplying and delivering, into Store.
at her Majesty's Doekyarks atWoolwich, Chatham, • beer-,
ness, Portsmouth, and Devonport, all such
IRON CHAIN CABLES, IRON MOORING CHAINS,.
and articles appertaining thereto, as may from time td'
time be ordered.
The average annual expenditure of the last three years
may be ascertained, and a Form of the Tender and Con-;.
ditions of Contract may be obtained at this Department.
No Tender will be received after Two o'clock on the day
of treaty, nor will any be noticed unless the party attends,
or an agent for him duly authorized in writirg.
Every Tender must he addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words,
"Tender for Chain Cables, &c.," and must also be deliVered
at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by.
two responsible persons, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering in the sum of .£2,000 for the due
performance of the Contract.
•
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

CONTRACTS FOR PEPPER AND TEA.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 23d Oct., 1868.
THE C OMMISSI N,EItS for EXECUTING the
-a- OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby give Notice, that on MONDAY, the
2d of November next, at Twelvo o'clock at noon, 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 undermen-
tioned Articles, viz.

To be tendered for
Quantities. at Rates.
PEPPER 12,000 Pounds per 100 Pounds. 41
TEA
When to be U slivered—One-half of,„„each quentity 4011!
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 or any portion of
the articles.
Separate Tenders are to be made for each article.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders 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
contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are
to make out their invoices 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 of the Departmdnt 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 tho 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.

PARTRIDGE AND COOPER.
MANUFACTURING STATIONERS,
192, FLEET-STREET (CORNER OF CHANCERY-LANE), LONDON (E.C.)
THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES.

- - ---
CARRIAGE PAID to the COUNTRY ON ORDERS OVER 20s.
per ream. s. d.
Fine Cream Laid Note; a cheap paper • 3 0
Superfine Cream Laid Note; much approved 4 0
Super fineThiek Cream Laid Note ; especially recommended 5 6
Extra Superfine Double Thick Cream Laid Note - 7 0
Straw Paper, " Patent:" adapted for rapid writing 2 6
Large Commercial Note Papers 35., 45., 55., and 6 0
Foolscap Papers, blue or cream... ..... 10s. 6d; 12s. 6d., and 14 G
Outsides Foolscap 6 6
Letter Paper for scribbling plain, 4s. • ruled ditto, 4 6
Tinted Lined Note five quires for Is. 6d., or 5 G
Double Thick Cream Wove "Club House" Note, five quires for

2s. 6d.
Superfine Cream or Blue Envelopes, 4s Gd, Cs Gd, & 6s 6d
Large Blue Wove Commercial Envelopes, 4s 6d per 1,000
Cheap Buff Colour, for circulars, &c., 3s
COLOUR STAMPING (Relief) reduced to ls. per 100. Polished
steel dies sunk by the best artists in the trade at about half the
prices charged by the retail houses.
An ILLU ,TR ATED CATALOGUE, containing full descrip-
tion, with prices of Account Books, Copying Presses, Inkstands,
Stationery, Cabinets, Postage 'cales, Despatch Boxes, Travelling
Writing Cases, Desks, and Bags, &c , post free.

1 ON DON AND NORTH-WESTERN
-RAILWAY.

REI4E WS BURY RICES.
NOVEMBER 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, and 13th, 1868.
First and Second Class RETURN TlCKETSissued from
JONDON (Euston, Kensington, Ohels3a, Battersea, and
Clapham Junction), to SIIIU WSBURY on SAT URD.I
the 7th Novomber, and following days, will b 3 available
to Return by any Train (Irish and Limited Atolls. ex-
c3pted) from Shrewsbury to London, up to and
Saturday, the.l4lll November,
RETURN TICKETS to SHREWSBURY. from Pe.):1.4
Street (City Tt.rminn.), Shoreditch, Da.lston, Jligl‘bary,
and Caindi.n Roarl, -will also be avalable from the 7:h to
the 14th Notrutlr:er, inclusive. For further particular's
see bills.

CAWKWELL, General Managor.

Easton Rider), Oct. 24, 1868. .
NOTE. —Thi, '5.0 p.m. Train from Easton will, on San-
di:7 the Bth iNevoniber, be continued through to Shrews-
bury, the same aS on the Week Days, for the conveyance
of Passengeriand Horses and Carriages.

'BEAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
SHREWSBURY RACES.

'Noi'EMBER 9, 10, 11, 12, nod 13.

First and Second Class RETURN 'TICKETS issued to
Shrewsbury on SATURDAY, November 7th, and follow-
ing days, from. any station on the Great Western Rail-
way, will be availalie for Return up to. Saturday, No-
vember 14th, inclusive.

A FAST SPECIAL TRAIN, by which horses can be
sent without change, will leave Paddington for Shrews-
bury at 4.0 p.ni. on. SUNDAY, November Bth, calling at
Slough, Reading, Didcot, Oxford, Banbury,. Leaming-
ton, Warwick, Birininizham, Wolverhampton, and Shiff-
nal, and will return from Shrewsbury at 5.30 p.m. on Fri-
day, November I.3th, taking passer%ers, for the same
stations. _ • _

J. GRIERSON, General, Manager.
Paddington, Oct. 29.

GRE AT WESTERN RAILWAY.
GOODS can now be collected and delivered alongside the
BRITISH and NORTH AMERICAN MAIL STEAM PACKET COMANY'S
(CUNARD) STEAMERS in the
MORPETH DOCK, BIRKENHEAD ;

and the Great Western Company receive Goods for cony( ponce
to or from BIRMINGHAM, WOLVERHAMPTON, STOURBRIDGE, and
other places in the South Stafford hire and Worcestershire Dis-
tricts; CARDIFF, SWANSEA, NEWPORT, ABERDARE, MERTHYR,
and other places in South Wales
LONDON, I • MANCHESTER,
BRISTOL, GLOUCESTER,
and other places in the South and West of England on the Great
Western Railway and Lines connected the• ewith.
Full particulars may be obtained from the Goods Ageut, James
Street, Liverpool, and Morpeth Dock, Birkenhead; at the various
stations on the railway; or of Ur. Grant, Goods Manager, Pad-
dington.
Paddington, Oct. 12, 1868,

J. GRIERSON, General Manager.

IFNDIA OFFICE, 15th October, 1868.
By order of the Secretary of State for India in
Council.
Notice is hereby given, that packages, stated to contain
reserved articles from the estates of deceased Officers and
soldiers of the late East India Company's Service, and of
Her Majesty's Indian Military Forces, have from time to
time been received from the Governments of the respec-
tive Presidencies in India.
Packages containing articles reserved from the follow-
ing estates remain unclaimed, viz.:-
11. Babington, W. R., Assistant Surgeon, Madras
Medical Department.
12. Briggs, F. W., Rev., Madras Establishment.
17e. Barclay, J. S., Captain, 39th Madras Native
Infantry.
20. Coust, H. A. 0., Captain, 2d Madras Native Veteran
Battalion.
21. Carter, C., Captain, 38th Madras Native Infantry.
26. Chancy, A., Lieutenant, 39th Madras Native In-
fantry. •
33. Donne, J. T., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical
Department.
42. Dillas, R., Lieutenant, 3d Madras European Regi-
ment.
48. Edmonston, W., Sergeant-Major, 28th Madras
Native Infantry.
52. Penning, D. A., Colonel, Ist Madras Light Cavalry.
63. Grinelack, E., Private, 104th Foot.
65. Harris, J. D., Lieutenant, 28th Madras Native In-
Infantry.
69. Hawes, J. C., Brevet-Maior, Ist Madras Fusiliers.
75. Halliday, J., Sergeant, Bengal Establishment.
79. Johnston, J. McM., Captain, 4th Madras Native In-
fantry.
83. Keighly, F., Lieutenant, 24th Madras Native In-
fantry.
85. Kensington, H. 8., Ensign, 32d Madras Native In-
fantry.
117. Owen, M., Lieutenant, 38th Madras Native Infantry.
128. Redmond, J. J., Lieutenant, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
134 A. Ryan, P., Deputy Commissary, Madras Sappers and
Miners.
142. Shedden, Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical De-
partment.
1508. Stothert, It., Major, 4th Bengal Native Infantry.
154. Walker, A., Captain, Madras Establishment.
165. Walker, T., Sergeant-Major, 7th Madras Native In-
fantry.
170. Wright, W., Sergeant, Madras Slippers and Miners.
Applications for such packages should be made by next
of kin of the deceased, or by the legal representatives of
such next of kin, to the Military Secretary, at this Office.
In the event of any of the packages in question remain-
ing unclaimed for the turther period of six months from
this date, they will be opened, the contents be disposed of
by sale, and the amount realized be credited to the estate
of the deceased.

T. T. PEARS, Mitior-General,
Military Secretary.

N CORP() RATED LIW SOCIETY, U. K.—
.1 LECTURES and LAW CIASSE6, n 63-69.

LECTURES.

Thr.,e Courvs of Lectur,s on Common fnd.Me cnntile
Law, C.-nvevatleing, and the Law of Renl- Property and
Equi!y,wilrbe delivered in the Hall of the Society in the
months of Novombr, -December, January,-. February,
March; April, May, and June next.