The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-14 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1868.

LO DON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAY.—IIEREFORD. RACES, Oct. 15 and 16, 1868.

ORDINARY RETURN TICKETS to HEREFORD
issued at any Station on the London and North-Western
Railway, where they may usually be obtained, on WED-
NESDAY, 14th October, and intervening days, will be
available to Return any day up. to and including SATUR-
DAY, 17th October. _ _ _

By Order.
W. CAWKWELL, General Manager.
Euston Station, October, 1868.

JOHN GOSNELL and CO.'S CHERRY
TOOTH PASTE is greatly superior to any tooth
powder; gives the teeth a pearl whiteness, protects the
enamel from decry, and imparts a pleasant fragrance to
the breath. Price Is. 6d.—Red Bull Wharf, 93, Upper
Thames-street, London.

WHY incur the risks of Limited Liability, by
If V taking Shares in Civil Servine or Co-operative
Stores when you can SAVE TEN PER CET. by
PURCHASING CE!
of

THE EAST INDIA. TEA COMPANY,
and can have the goods delivered at your own door ? Teas
of all descriptions from is. 3d. per lb. upwards. Price
Lists post free, on application at the Company's Ware-
houses, 9, Great St. Helen's-chureiyard, Bishopsgate.

SCIENTIFIC AND ORNAMENTAL PRESENTS.
ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a now and elegant as-
sortment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, .obe-
lisks, Inkstands, beautiful- inlaid Tables, Paper Weights,
&c., in Italian, Alabaster, Parian, Marble, 13ronze' Derby-
shire Spar, &c. Imported and manufactured by JAMES
TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand,
W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS,
MINERALS, and FOSSILS to illustrate the new edition
of Lyell's Elements of Geology ; they will greatly facili-
tate the interesting study of MINERALOGY and
GEOLOGY, and can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 500
guineas each.
PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and
MINERALOGY is given by Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., at
149, Strand.

ALDERSHOT.-ARMY CONTRACTS.-.-FLOUR AND
MEAT.

Commissariat-Office, South Camp, Aldershot,
16th September, 1868.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon on Thursday, the 22d October, from persons who
may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the SUPPLY of
FLOUR (Ration and Hospital), Cones, for dusting Loaves
and FRESH MEAT,

for six months, from Ist December next to 31st May, 1869, for
the use of her Majesty's Forces at Aldershot, and within the
command.

Separate tenders are required for each of the above articles.
Forms of Tender and conditions of Contract can be obtained
on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., where any further information that
may be required will be furnished.

R. ROUT IT,
Deputy Commissary-General.

JOHN BURGESS AND , SON'S Original and
Superior -ESSENCE of ANCHOVIES, also MANFIELD'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.

COMPAGNIE GENERALE TRANSAT-
LANTIQug.
4, Rue de la Paix, Paris.
FRENCH MAIL STEAMERS.
NEW YORK.
Leave every 14 days, from Havre and Brest, for New York.
RATES OF PASSAGE.
From HAVRE or BREST to NEW YORK.
First Class 7OO fr.
Second Class 425 fr.
Third Class
From Paris to New York via Havre or Brest, including
railway ticket, 725 fr. ; second class, 440 fr. ; third class!
285 fr.
WEST INDIES AND MEXICO.
Leave St. Nazaire on the 16th of each month for St.
Thomas, Havana, Vera Cruz, Now Orleans, Porto Rico,
Haiti, Santiago de Cuba, Guadeloupe, Martinique.
JAPAN, NORTH AND SOUTH 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 JapaL.
Hand books, with full details of all the routes of this
company, can be had of
STRINGER, PEMBBROKE, and Co.,
Agents, 8, Anstinfriars, 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 SMITH, K.H.,
Policies payable during life—lndisputable—Not liable to
nrfeitnre.
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.C.
Subscribed Capital Two Millions.
Total Invested Funds upwards 0f....£2,750,000.
Total Income upwards of .£320,000.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that FIRE POLICIES
which expire at MICHAELMAS 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 tho benefit of the Reduced
Duty of ls. 6d. per cent.
For Prospectus and other information apply to the Com-
pany's Agents, or to
T. TALLENIACH, Secretary.

NEW SOUTH WALES GOVERNMENT
LOAN.
FOR £1,000,000 IN FIVE PER CENT. DEBENTURES.
Authorisod by the Colonial Parliament under the Act 31st
Victoria, No. 11, for the Completion of Railways already
sanctioned and secured upon the Consolidated Revenues
of the Colony.
Messrs. N. AI. Rothschild and Sons and the Bank of
New South Wales, as agents for the Now South Wales
Government, have been instructed to negotiate the said
loan of £17 0007 000.
_ _ _

The Lon Will be issued in Debentures of £l,OOO, £5OO,
and £lOO each, 13,:>arin; interest at 5 per cent., to com-
mence from the Ist January, 1869, and the coupons of the
said Loan are payable on the Ist January and Ist July in
each year, at the office of the banking agent; in London.
The said Loan will be redeemed by a sinking fund of 2
per cent. by annual drawings at par, the first drawing to
take place in December, 1872, at the office of the banking
agents in London, and will be conducted in the manner set
forth in the Debentures.

The interest on the cancelled Bonds will 'also be em-
ployed in the purchase of the Debentures.
Copies of the Act, with the Debentures and Coupons, can
be seen at the Bank of New South Wales.
Tenders in the form annexed will be received at the
office of the Bank of New South Wales, No. 61, Old
Broad-street, on Tuesday, the 20th day of October instant,
till One o'clock, where and when they will be opened in
the presence of the agents of the GoVernment, and of
those wbo have sent offers for the said Debentures.
The Debentures will be allotted to the highest bidders,
provided the prices offered aro not below the minimum
price fixed, which will be placed on the table in a sealed
envelope previous to the opening of the tenders, but it
will only be opened if the whole amount has not been
tendered for at and above the minimum.
Tenders at a price including a fraction of a shilling other
than sixpence will not be preferentially accepted, and
should the equivalent Tenders exceed the amount of the
debentures to be allotted, a pro rata distribution will be
made. , .

Payment of the Debentures will bo required as fol.
lows :

£5 per cent. on application.
£lO „ 4th January, 1869.
£lO „ Ist February, „
£lO „ Ist March, 11
and the balance lst April,
Payment in full can be mado on any ;of the days the
instalments become due, under discount at the Bank of
England rate for the time being.
Allotments will be represented by scrip to bearer, which
will be exchanged for tho Debentures when the instal-
ments are paid. . . .

Forms Of tender can be obtained at Messrs. N. M.
Rothschild and. Sons and the Bank of New South Wales.
London, 12th October, 1868.
FORM OF TENDER.

To Messrs N. M. Rothschild and Sons and the Bank of
Now South Wales, London.
Gentlemen,— hereby tender for £ Deben-
tures of the Now South Wales Government, according to
the annexed notice of the 12th instant, on which
enclose the required deposit of £, and undeftake
to pay for every £lOO in Debentures., and to ac-
cept the sane or any less amount that may be allotod to
and to pay the balance in conformity with tho
terms of the said notice.
Name....
Address
Date

October, 1868.