The Sun.
London, England, 1826-06-02 00:00:00

ARMY CONTRACTS.

,Commissariat Department, 'treasury Chambers,
May al, MIL
NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous
of Contracting to Supply the following Articles for the.
Use of the Army, viz.

BREAD—To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments.
Quarters, and. Barrades, in the under-mentioned County :

Illonmoutlf.

BEEP and AITITTON—To Ids hlajesty's Land Forces in
Cuntonments Quarters, and Barracks, in the undermentioned

Counties :

Cambridge, Devon, ❑unts, Salop, Westmoreland.

OATS—To Ids Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in
Cantonments and Quarters, in the under-Mentioned Counties:—
Monmouth, North and South Wales.

FORAGE, viz.—Oats, Hay, and Straw, to. his Majesty's
Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barracks, and Oats in Can-
tonments and Quarters, in the under-mentioned Counties
Dnrset, Warwick.

That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the 25th
day of July next; that Proposals in wilting, sealed up and
marked, Tender for Ar►ny Supplies, will be received at this
°dice on or before Wednesday the 29th of June, but none will
be received after Twelve o'Clock on that day.
Proposals must he made separately for each County, ex-
cept fir the aunties comprising North and Sonth
all of which must be included in one Tender, and earl►
Proposal must haVe the Letter which hi annexed to the Tender
properly filled up, by Two Persons of known Property engag-
ing to become bound with the Party tendering in the Amount
stated in the printed Particulars, for the due Performance of
the Contract; and no Proposal will be noticed unless made on
a printed Tender, and the Prices expressed in Words at
Length; and should it so happen, that during the continuance
of the Contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the
same, the amount of the Stamps on the Contract and Bond,
paid In the first instance by the Contractor, shall be refunded
to him.

Particulars of the Contracts may by had upon Application at
these Chambers, between the Hours of Ten anti Four.
N.B. Samples of the Bread and Meal may be seen at the
Office, between the Hours of Twelve and:Two. -

FOREIGN LOTTERIES, PRIVATE LOTTERIES,

LITTLE GOES, and RAFFLES.
Lottery Office, Sonicrset-place,- Allay 6, 1826.
LoTTERtEs being to END on the 18th DAY
of JUIN next, Notice is hereby given, that the haws
against the Sale, or advertising' for Sale, of Foreign Lottery
Wickets, or of any Lottery Tickets not authorized by Parlia-
ment, and against Little hoes and . Private Lotteries, will be
strictly enforced.
It is requested that the outstanding Prizes may be brought
in for payment, with the least possible delay, that all the Lot-
tery Accounts may be finally closed. . L. HESSE.

ROYAL ACADEMY, SOMERSET.PLACE.
THE EXHIBITION of the ROYAL ACA.
DEMY is NOW. OPEN. Admission Mom High
o'Clock till Seven), One Shilling.—Catalogue, One Shilling.
H. HOWARD, R..►. Sec.

coNTRACT for 25,000 TONS of COAL.—
The DIRECTORS of the BRITISH ROCK and
PATENTL SALT COMPANY hereb- Or Notice, that, on
ThuradayMe 15th day of June next, insflAdif Thursday the Ist
of June, previously advertised, thty will be Prepared to receive
sealed tenders at their Office in Lolalon, and to cuntrael, for the
supply of the Company's Works at Auderton, near Northwieb,
Cheshire, with Coals, for one year, from the 80th of the said month.

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Every particular may be known by applying pcmonally, or
by letter, post paid, to the Managing Director, at the Com-
pany's Office, No. 3, Great Winellvter-street, London.

PUBLIC MEETING ON SATURDAY
NEXT.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL, 115. P. in the Chair.
The object of the Select Committee appointed by the House of
Commons to enquire into and report ou the Case of Mr. Buck-
ingham, having been entirely defeated by the prorogation of Par-
liament, before their labours could be brought to a close, a PUB-
LIC MEETING will be held on Saturday. next, at the Thatched
House Tavern, St. James's, at Two o'Clock, for the purpose of
censidering whether any fitrther measures can he taken to avert
the impending calamities which threaten to overwhelm Mr. Buck-
bighorn, by the severe and disproportionate punishment to which
he has been subjected, without trial, and without necessity, by the
Government of India.
On this occasion the attendance of all Englishmen who feel an
interest in preventing a fellow-countryman from being crushed and
ruined by an arbitrary destruction of property, altogether unpre-
cedented in English history, is earnestly solicited.

CLERICAL, MEDICAL, AND GENERAL
LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY:
DIRECTORS.
GEORGE PINCKARD, M.D. Citarestart.
Rev. Christopher Benson, M.A. Henry Earle, Esq..F.R.S.
Rev. Gilbert Beresford, M.A. Jellies Kibblewhite,
Robert Bree, M.D. F.R.S. Samuel Melt-Mom, M.D.
James Carden, Esq. A. A. Mieville, Esq.
Arthur Chichester, Esq. F. I. Perceval, Esq.
Henry Jas. Choluieley, M.D. Sir George Pocock.
Thomas Davis, Esq. Ashby Smith, M.D.
Sir Chas. Des -Vortr Bart.
George Vance, Esq.
The Common usage of excluding from the benefitsofLifeAs.
ounce, or exposing to a • tbrfeituse of their policies,
indivi-
duals who may have been afflicted with "Gout, Asthma, Run-
tore, I, cts, Hemorrhage, Complaints of the LiVer, Spitting
of Blood, Vertigo, or any other disease," being liable to be-
come a source of fraud -can the one hand, and of litigation on
the other, this Society, in order to remove every pretence for
deceit cc fraudulent concealment, respecting the actual state of
health of the assured, extends the advantages of Life Assur-
ance to persons subject to such deviations from the common
stanthird of health, as do not materially tend to shorten life,
upon their paying a.moderato addition to the premium, pro-
portioned to the increase of hazard.
One-half of the Board of Directors being Members of the
Medical Profession, the attendance.of such a body of eminent
practitioners, on every occasion of granting on assurance, forms
a distinguished safeguard, which cannot fail to be beneheial
both to the assured and to the Society.
for assurance may arrange to pay their
premiums erirge7ngiiria single payment—by annual payments for
a limited number of years only—or by annual payments
thrTouhgeliTeurstotilli
rianstitihltelatTueio'llti(irfes'.hare the profits, either
easwsuhoreled
by adding them to the policy,
.for the benefit of his survivors,
at his decease; or take them, in reduction of the annual pre-
miums, for his own benefit during life.
J. PINCKA RD, Resident Secretary.
Office, 32, Great Russell-street.

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DR. FOT II ERGILUS TON IC FEM AIX PILLS.
THESE PILLS have . i•n I 3oldie ' est. •
In!en ima.,
lion for a very considerable time, and are particularly
of ti
recommended in general Debilityl
e Constitution,
ularities
also as
a safe and excellent remedy in those periodical irreg
which Feniales, of delicate and languid eirculatiOn, more espe.
daily the younger part, are liable to. they tend to strengthen
the Organa of.the Stomach, correct hail Digestion,'remove Ner
vous Giddiness, Ilead-ache, 6.r.c. &c., and as a Family Medi-
cine will be found generally useful.. .
Sold in Boxes, at Is. I d.i and 2s. 9d., by Butlers, Chemists,
4, corner of Cheapsitle, 'London ; 11.1, Sackville-street, Dublin ;
and 73, Princes.street, Edinburgh ; Savory and Co. 136, Ne
Bond-street, and 229, Regent-street ; and by the principw
al
Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom.
Of whom may be had, . .
Dr. FOT II ER 0 ILL'S NERVOUS DROPS, so much cele-
brated for their efficacy- in Nervous Disorders and their vat ions
distressing affections, as Oppression of Spirits, flead.aches, Loss
of Appetite, indigestion, Spasms, Tremors, Fainting Fits, and
Debility or Relaxation, of •tha'System.• in Bottles, at 4s. lid.,
116., and 22a.

T
INT
CLARK'S GIBRAL
A. • WAREHOUSE, for the EAST and WEST IN.
DIES and SOUTH AMERICA, EXETER CHANGE,
STRAND.

Officers (`adds, and Writers going to India, and Gentle.
men- proceeding to South • &aeries, or ally. other part of the
Globe, will. find in. this Establishment the whole of their Al di-
tary .4poiptments, Swords, Chacos, Sashes,Belts, Pistols, Av.
together with a large and Well-manufactured stock of Sea Cots,
Couches, and Bedding, Cabin Wash-hand Tables, Chairs; and
Lamps; Sea CheSts, Mule and. Bullock Trunks, and :every
other description- of Trayellinf( Equipaize. • -
- .AN ASSSOItTAtENTOI6 UANTEENS, ready fitted With
the- necetlarY requisites for India,, and other tropical climates:
lihewise a great variety of Silver and Plated Articles, 'KniVell
and Forks, suitable tor faMilies going abroad ; Military and
liindostanee-Books, Maps, &c.
A FA:;1110NA 1314 E STOCK Of Carriage, rankle, Tan
deni.; Piketon, Stanhope anti(:liaise 8A RN ESS, with every
description of Saddlery, &c.&c. flir Wane use, East and West
Indies, and South Aniericai whien merit inspection from their
excellent- quality,,: first style of workmanship, and moderate
prices. -
All the Articles in thisEstablishm.nt ardWarranted, and the
excellent plan of fifty years standing is still strictly adhered to,
of asking hut oue Ready Money Price, from which no abate-
moat will be made.

DETAINING TIIE REGISTER OF A

BRITISH sHirt

A proceeding of some importance to Shipowners
was taken a day or two ago at the Mansion House
on this subject, and as it is one that: cannot fail to in-
terest the commercial part of society, it was thought
that a brief review of the provisions of the law on this
point would not be unacceptable to the readers of the
Sun.

The question arose upon the construction of the
27th 'clause of the Act of 6 Geo. IV. 110, com-
monly called the Ship Registry Act. By this clause
it is expressly provided, that if the master of any ship
or vessel having possession of the certificate of register
thereof, shall wilfully detain the same, and refuse to
deliver it up to the proper officer of customs, for
the purposes of such ship or vessel as occasion

shall require, the owners may make Complaint
to a Justice of the Peace, who, is to issue
his warrant to cause the offender to, be brought before

him, and on proof of the offence, to convict him in
the penalty of 100/. ; and in default of payment there-
of, he is authorised to commit the offender to prison
for three or twelve months, in the discretion of the
convicting Justice. The residue of the clause is Occu-
pied in empowering the Custom-house to register the
ship, whose certificate is thus detained de novo, or, in
certain cases, to grant • a license. for the present use Of
the ship, until the certificate of registry is restored.
Although this application was made under the Act of
the. 6th Geo. 4, the provision- itself is not new to the
Shipping Acts. It was first-,introdneed Into them by
the 28 Geo. 111. c. 34, sec. 13, • 14, enforced by the
34 Geo. 111. 68, sec. 18, and more effectually'
provided • for by 42 Geo. 111. 61, section 20,
2L This last Aet • would, appear to'. be
a consolidation of the provisions of . the - for-
mer Acts, and therefore to operate as a repeal of
them to that extent. •But, notwithstanding, -the prin-
ciple
of this provision is not new, the words employ-
ed to give effect to it differ in very many. particulars
from those in which the clauses of the 28 George
c, 34, and 34 Geo. 111. c. 8 were couched; and even
upon the. enactments of the 20th and 21st sections ...of
the 42 George 111. c. 61. By comparing, therefore,
these clauses with the 6 Geo. V. c. 110, sec. 27, we
may arrive at a tolerably accurate idea of the intention
of the Legislature, and give a construction to the
clause in unison with the policy.by which it was at the
last time dictated. This comparison, is also the. more
valuable, as it. seenni that no judicial exposition of the
Statute" of the 6 Geo. IV. c. 110, or of the former Acts,
into be found amongst the reported cases, numerous as
they've. Now it is to be remarked, that the words of the
Act d Geo. IV. c. 110, see. 27, say, that if the Master
shall refuse to deliver-up the certificate to the proper
officer of customs, the owners may complain to a Justice,
from which it seems, that a refiisal to deliver tip the
same in request, by the owner of the ship, would not be
sufficient to render the Master detaining the certificate
amenable to' the act. Such construction too would
appear, by reference to the former clauses, •to be cor-
rect ; for it is -fair to presume, that the legislature in-
tended to giVe this precise effect- to the law, and not
to inflict the penalty, except upon reftisal to deliver
the certificate to the proper of of customs, seeing
that they have not employed the general words of the
clauses of former Acts, and from which. the clause

in question was framed. The Act of the 28th
Geo. HI. c. 34. sec. 13, says, that upon refusal to
deliver, the owner may complain to a Justice, using
the words " refuse to deliver," without the re-
straining ones, " to the proper officer Of customs,"
which appear in the 27f1i clause of the 6 Geo. IV.
c. 110. The Act 84 Geo. HI., c. 34, recites the 28
Geo. 111. c. 34, sec. 13, and that the good purposes
intended by it had not been effected, and then enacts
the clause over again, inserting, however, after the
words " refuse to deliver," the words " to the proper
officers empowered to make registry;" and. 42 Geo.
HI. c. 61, preserves these words exactly, thus demon-
strating the clear. intention of the Legislature not to
inflict the penalty until the master had refused to de-
liver the certificate to the proper officer, and sot to the
owners.

This construction would -also appear to be neces-
sary, for the master might be part owner, and in that
capacity would have quite as good a right
to hold the certificate of registry, as any of his
co-partners. And, moreover, the delivery of the
certificate might involve a question of property,
and which might be extremely prejudiced by parting
with the custody of an instrument which allowed the
right of, the party holding it to the property he
claimed. _ _

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In reason and justice it should therefore appear that
y p
the refusal to deliver a certificate of register must be
given to one of the officers of customs, before the
master can be made liable topenalty
the very heav
inflicted by the Act on the wilful detainer of this va-
luable document, or before a Justice would be author=
ised to issue his warrant for compelling the appearance
of the master before him, to answer the charge of his
owners.