The Sun.
London, England, 1828-02-11 00:00:00

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"FHB Comnaislioners for Victualling his
'IL Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give Notice, that
.511 TUESDA.r, the 19th inst., they will be reedy to receive
Tenders in writing, (sealed up), and treat for
One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Gallons of WEST
'INDIA RUM.

Thirty Tons of COCOA (British or Foreign Plantations).
Six Hundred Sacks of Kiln-dried Household FLJUR.
Taro Thousand Foar Hundred Sacks of BISCUIT
DI BAL.

Five Hundred quarters of Kiln-dried PEASE.
Twenty Tens of Black Smyrna RAISINS.
One Hawked Tons of SUGAR, and
Fifty Tons vf New OATMEAL.
To fre delig&ed into his Majesty's Victualling Stores, at
Deptford, 'ewe-half thereof by the 20th of March next,
and the teernainder by the 20th of April next following.
Stan/deo of the Cocoa, Pease, Raisins, and Oatmeal,
mist be produced by the Parties tendeiing, but that for
.Sugar will be exhibited at this Office.
The conditions of the Contracts may be seen at this
'Office.

Each Tender must specify the Price in words at length,
and be delivered befor e One o'Clock on the day appointed ;
and tsse person who makes the Tender, or some person on
kis behalf, must attend to answer when called for.

M. WALLER CLIFTON.

PRIVATE PUPIL:A Married Clergy-
man, for some years Tutor to a Nobleman, and sub-
sequently receiving Six Pupas into his house, a moderate
distance from London, would be glad to fill a Vacancy
with a Gentlerean's Son, whose Education or Health may
frequire more than usual attention.—Letters addressed to
;the Rev. H. Messrs. Harding and Lepard's, Book-
-sellers, No. 4, Pall Mall East, London, will be forwarded
14.0 him in the country.

Ifief
sanctioned by his MAJESTY'S ROYAL LET-
TERS F'ATENT,' for their Texture and Gentlemanly ap-
pearance 'are decidedly superior to any hitherto offered
le the patronage of the Nobility, Gentry, and the Public.
'They combine every recent improvement ; the nap or
covering is shortened upon the French principle, and has
the feel and appearance of Genoa velvet. The body being
made of vety fine materials, they can be manufactured of
the curious lightness of four and five ounces. It wil' be
the ettvay .of the Patentees to produce a succession of
;I"4ties, in style and shape, and the utmost attention will
',o* Paid to the trimming, in order to give ease to the head.
Extra Superfine quality
Extra Superfine, Spanish Trimmings 26s.
ROBERT FRANKS AND CO.
Abnufacturers and Patentees, 140, REGENT-STREET,
and 62, RED CROSS-STREET.

GUNPOWDER MANUFACTORY IN SCOTLAND

TO LET.

TO be LET, for such a number of years as
may be agreed on, possession immediately, the
AIARFIELD GUNPOWDER MANUFACTORY, duly
licensed, in terms of the Act of Parliament. The ground
npea, which this Manufactory is erected consists of about
Nineteen acres, is commodiously situated on the River
North Esk, only twelve miles from Edinburgh, and four
from the market town of•Pennycuick. The buildings are
'erected on the most approved plan, and may be considera-
Hy extended. The machinery goes by water, which
renders this work much safer than similar works in Eng-
land where the machinery is propelled by steam. The
manufacture of gunpowder is known to be very lucrative,
and there are only two ether works of the kind in Scot-
land, a country abounding in Quarries, which consume a
great dfal of that article; to supply which, there is a re-
lular importation of Gunpowder from England, to the ex-
tent of many thousand pounds sterling annually. And it
mow being time of peace, there is free exportation of the
commodity to all quarters of the globe. 'Workmen's
•wages are also much lower in Scotland than in England.
-There is abundance of coal and lime in the vicinity, and
freestone on the premises : also a dwelling-house for the
manager, as well as houses for the workmen. Prom the
extent of the ground, there is besides room sufficient for a
131cachfield,

For particulars apply to Andrew Clason, Writer to the
Signet, 57, Queen-street, Edinburgh.

AMBETH DION BRIDGE OF SUS-
ALA PENSION, proposed to be erected ACROSS the
THAMES, from the Horseferry-road, Westminster, to
,the Ptlace at Lambeth ; designed by Captain Samuel
&own, R.N.

From the great increase of the population on both sides
of the River, in the line of the proposed Bridge, and the
important improvements already completed, and others
-which are in progress, it is admitted. that the erection of a
Bridge in this situation would not only prove an essential
adkontage to the whole of these populous districts, but a
gltat convenience to the public at large.
The utility of the proposed undertaking has been ren-
dared still more apparent from the ample discussion which
took place at a Vestry Meeting held at Lambeth, on Fri-
day, the 25th instant, which was attended by many of the
principal and most intelligent gentlemen, inhabitants of the
parish, for the purpose of ascertaining the sense of the in-
habitants, respecting the proposed Bridge. Two plans
scare submitted; one for building a Bridge of stone piers,
and cast iron arches, similar to the Vauxhall Bridge—the
.other fur the above-mentioned BRIDGE of SUSPEN-
SION ; when the following Resolution was unanimously
adopted :
" Resolved—That in the opinion of the Vestry, the
erection of the intended Bridge across the Thames, from
the Palace at Lambeth to the Horseferry at Westminster,
will be highly beneficial to this parish."
Whatever may have been the extent of the improve-
ments, or the advantage which the public has derived from
the Bridges of ARCHES, which have been erected in the
Metropolis of late years, it is well known, that while they
have served to perpetuate the memory of the architect, and
added to our national grandeur, they have, in every
instance, from their enormous cost, involved the individuals
by whose means they have been raised in loss and disap-
pointinent.
The Vauxhall Bridge, notwithstanding some extraneous
exPenees, which were incurred in the early stage of the
proceedings, is still the cheapest of the modern Bridges.
It may therefore be properly mentioned, as a criterion for
forming a judgment of the comparative advantages of a
of Arches, and one on the principle of Suspnsion.
Bridge
The Vauxhall Bridge was begun in the year 1809, aend was
finished in 1816, and cost, including the Roads and Ap-
proaches, 263,000/. The proposed Bridge of Arches at
theß
;00
Horseferry,.._ where the River is deeper and wider, from
1
Bank, is estimated, with the Approaches, at
200/.

The entire expence of erecting and completing the pro-
r d Bridge of Suspension,
posed
all purchases of property, and co_
including the Approaches and
compensations, plans, sur-
veys, and engineer's expences,, will be warranted not to
exceed 60,0001. ; and time of executing the work, and
opening it to the public, would not be more than eighteen
months from its commencement.
The Bridge of Suspension is therefore proposed in pre-
ference to a Bridge of Arches, for the following reasons:
an improve-
First—Because it would occasion as great
ment to the districts generally, and to all the
. property in
the more immediate vicinity of the Bridge ; it would afford,
in all respects, as great a convenience to the public; and it
would facilitate and promote the intercourse between the
inhabitants on both sides, as much as the other.
than
half lesst
l
Secondly—That it would be built for considerable
than half the expellee, and a great deal less
time; the emoluments of the Proprietors would
be more
than double; while they would receive a much more speedy
return for their capital; and
Lutly—As an object of magnificence, it would I I stand in-
ferior to none.
The Plans of this Bridge, and of the adjacent streets on
both sides, together with an improved line of road recently
surveyed, have been deposited with the Clerk of the Peace ;
and all other necessary steps have been taken, that an ap-
plication may be made to Parliament for leave to bring in
a Big in the present session, for the erection of the Bridge,
and for continuing the road to Pimlico, should it be ulti-
mately deemed expedient
Subscriptions for raising the capital before-mentioned, in
1,200 Shares of 60/. share is to be paid each, on which a deposit of 21. 101.
per , w ill ived th Baking
Houses of Sir Scrope B. Morlbe and,rece Bart ,at ande Co.n Pall
mall ;'Messrs. Cockburn and Co. Whitehall ; and Messrs.
Maude Hallet and Co., Westminster.
All other information
office of Mr. Yatman may be had on application at the
, Solicitor, No. 7Y, Russell-street,
woomsbuyy-square; or of Mr. C. J. Brown, Secretary
betem.., No. 2, Parliament-street, Westminster, where
the designs may be seen, and Prospectuses obtained,
Jan. SI, 1828.