The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-28 00:00:00

VICTUALLING OFFICE, SEPT. 21, 1829.
THE Commissioners fki Victualling His
Majesty's Navy, &c. do by give notice, that on
TUESDAY, the 13th OetoherWr, they will be ready to
receive Tenders in writing (settled.wp), and treat for the
nudennentioned Articles, to be delivered into his :Majesty's
Victnalling Stores at Deptford, viz.:—
Articles. Quantities.
BIALT Z PALE 400 Qrs.
AMBER 200 Qrs.
PEASE 1,000 Qrs.
OATMEAL 4O Tons
TOBACCO
COCOA . lOO Tons
SUGAR lOO Tons
RUM
100,000 Gals.
BUTTER lO Tons
CHEESE lO Tons

One-half of cavil
by the Isth of
November, A:
the remainder
by thelstl4De-
cember next.

In equal weekly
proportions of
500 Quarters
from the day of
Contract.
One-half thereof
by the 31st
of December
next, and the
remainder by
the 31st of
I March, 1830.
And .also for all such Quantities of CAROLINA RICE,
PEARL BARLEY, and SCOTCH BARLEY, as may
from time to time be required from the day of Contract,
until the 318 t December, 1830.
Kati/In of the Malt, Pease, Oatmeal, Cocoa, and Wheat,
must be produced by the Party tendering ; those of the
Tobacco, Sngar,'lron Hoops, Rice, Pearl Barley, and
Scotch Barley, .together with ate-Conditions of the Con-
tracts, may be seen at this Office.
Each Tender must specify the price in words at length,
and be delivered before One o'clock on the day appointed,
and the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on
his behalf, must attend to mistrer when called for.
11. WALLER CLIFTON.
'dl S.

WHEAT (to weigh 60Ih,
to the Bushel

IRON VAT, BUTT, and
PLATE HOOPS (off4oo Tons
various sizes)

'PERM OIL, COLOURS, PATENT ESSENCE OF
ANCHOVIES, FISH SAUCES, CANDLES, Rm.
SPERM OIL having become so high in
price, J. J. SMITH and Co. have introduced a Patent
Oil for French, Sinumbra, and other Lamps, fully equal to
Sperm, without smell or smoke, 6s. per imperial gallon ;
also excellent, on the same principle, at 45., 55., ss. 6d.
per gallon ; Sperm, 6s. 6d. Also a new and superior
Essence of Anchovies, free from colour, consequently of a
superior flavour, combined with its being more wholesome,
price Is. 6d. per bottle, or three for 44., warranted to
keep in any climate. Wax Candles, 3s. ; Sperm, 2s. 4d.
per lb. ; Moulds, with wax wicks, 7s. 6d. per dozen ;
Store Dips, 6s. Sd. Soaps, Fish Sails, s, Durham 11.111.1..
bard, Spices, Oils, Colours, and all articles connected with
the Oil and Italian Trades, at equally low prices, war-
ranted in quality, and forwarded to all parts from J. J.
Smith and Co.'s, 3, Clare-street, near Lincoln's Inn-fields.
N.B. Linseed Oil, 2s. 6d. ; Turps, 4s. 6d. ; Boiled
.
38. ; Best White Lead, 255. ; Good, 245. per cwt.
Letters post-paid.

PALLADIUM LIFE and FIRE AS-
SURANCE SOCIETY, 7, Waterloo-place, Pall-
Mall and 26, Qtrnhill, London.
DIRECTORS.
Sir EDWARD HYDE EAST, Bart., M.P., F.R.S.,
Chairman.
Colonel JOHN BAILLIE, M.P., F.R.S.
/ Deputy Chairman.
John L. Anderdon, Esq. Neil Benjamin Edmonstone,
George Arbuthnot, Esq. Esq., F. R. S.
S. Bosanquet, Esq. F.R.S. Sir Thomas Fremantle, Bart.
Henry Browne, Esq. F.R.S. Capt. Henry Hater, F.R. S.
Sir W. Champion de Cres- Peter Reierson, Esq.
Pigny, Bart. Samuel Skinner, Esq.
Col. W. Bodycott Davis P.'Maxwell Stewart, Esq.
Keith Douglas, Esq. Col. Mark Wilke, F.R. S.
111. P. , F.R. S. Sir Wm. Young, Bart.
Joseph Esdaile, Esq.
AUDITOR/I.—Frederick Manning, Esq.—Samuel An-
derson, Esq., and John Barrow, Esq. F.R.S.
PIiTSICIAN --11111eS Bartlet, M.D.
RESIDENT SECRETARY.--.Waller Cower, Esq.
Fire Policies becoming due at Michaelmas should be re-
°erred within 15 days thereafter.
The distinguishing features of this Institution are—
First—The great proportion of Profits distributed
among the Assured.
,aSee"d—The controul which the Assured have over the
naginnent of the Society's affairs.
WALTER COSSER, Secretary.

ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COM
PANY,
ESTABLISHED BY ACT OF PARLIAMENp.
Capital £5,000,000 Sterling.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.
BOARD OF DIRECTION.
.14 rims] DE N TS.
k
M. P. N. M. Rothschild, Esq.
silk yrißaring, Esq.,
ng, Es
q. Moses Montefiore, Esq.
liet 'Gurney, Esq.

2. n. Barnett, Fsq.
tdrrard Blount, Esq.
Mu Bowden, Esq.
T. Powell Buxton, Esq.
Archibald Campbell, Esq.
William Crawford, Esq.
T. A. Curtis; Esq.
Sir R. T. Farquhar, Bart.
M.P. •

DIILEI

-TORS.
Edward Fletcher, Esq.
George Harrison, Esq.
John Innes, Esq.
Louis Lucas, Esq.
Thomas Mastersuan, Esq.
Thomas Richardson, Esq.
Oswald Smith. Esq.
Slelvil Wilson, Esq.

lieeijamin Cohen •t:DiTons.
, Esq. I Henry A. Douglas, Esq.
John Routh, Esq.
Baxxxas.--Messra. Barnett*, Hoare, and Co.
Acreany.—Benjamin Gompertz, Esq. F.R.S.
Szeitzwer.—Andrew Hamilton, Esq.
Pnrszctam.-7—John R. Hume, M.D. Curzon-street.
Soma rox.—John M. Pearce, Esq.
SITIVEYOR. —Thomas Allason, Esq.
Life Assurances may be effected with this Company
°On o moderate terms ; the rates required for Assurance
the greater period of life. being lower than those
god
by most respectable offices. The assurers for
the whole of lift participate in the Profits, which are
to he divided at the close of every successive period
°l* five years, and which may be applied either to the
Zoarewos of the sum assured, or to the diminution of the
Parnents of the Policy. Assurances may be effected
ger by °se a ment made at the commencement of the
64;elediltn p
-er . or by Annual Payments closing at the end of
aelleet fifteen, or twenty years, at the option of the
*Q7.
e4°" ; or by Annual Payments to the time the Assurance
at
&tont' fenutles in a state of Pregnancy,
heilaceePeed at the cionimon premium, a small fine only
g l'oPeeed for the first year's Assurance ; and the ordi-
be livered t'e"ele d under; ,G°os, Hernia, and several other diseases may
enareawall extra charge commensurate to the
net engaged— T rnhe lives of Naval and Military Officers,
rat"a in actual service, are assured at the common
Aisle A.-P.,_rehlinin and persons do not lose the benefit of
tintat :untnee residing abroad in any part o f the Con-
yeowit) Europe. provided they proceed thither in dcked
InY port between the Texel and Havre, ande take
ofperZt on their return within the same limits. The lives
toizth,el26 lOing abroad, are assured tinder an extra premium
for Ittorate with the additional risk. There is no charge
ahettn,trlnonce money, or for the policy, beyond the value of rrHE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL,
for Pearanee of those individuals whose lives are
pro. for OCTOBER, price and NAVALand MILITARY MAGAZINE
2s. 6d. contains among other
Assurance may be taken every day, Sunday ex- erecting articles :--Sketch of the Battle of Vittoria-
-147! at the GIN* of the Company, No, 1, Bartholomew- Narrative of the Loss of the Brig Woodlark on the 18th
ii)ndont or by any of the Agents of the Company. of April, 1828 ; with the Sufferings of her Crew for
pe4Prbeations for the Agencies of the Company, for the twenty-six days. By the master—Sketch of the Ser-
stll:47tims 14th of Life and Fire business, is those places vices of the late Major Herbert Beaver—On the Naval
drek,etin° Agents have as yet been appointed, may he ad- Resources of Turkey and Russia in the Black Sea—A
1514 h' t4e Scretary, Mr. Hamilton, Alliance Assurance Sketch from the Cockpit—Siege of Ismail by the Rus-
yes Lendom
sians in 1790—Assault of St. Spiridon in 1827—Royal
.„„.,,Ir‘f/115YNA POWDER AND LOTION. Naval College at Portsmouth—Stories of Waterloo—
DRUG,`tiIE 7 Naval Reminiscences—ltaly
.in 1820, 1821—On the
from which the AMBOI NA Standing and Setting of on a part
.of
Pettlia POWDER and LOTION are prepared, possesses Jomini's Theory—Winter its Quarters of Julius
N .Cae,tarHitsn-
114r,,,efficacy in cleansing, beautifying, and preserving Gaul, on his return from Britain—Colonel apier s
,4"in from decay. There is no Tooth Powder in the tory of the Peninsular War—Hydrography—The Works
41111: daY *hick maintains so extensive a demand as the of the late Captain James Vancouver, R.N.—DCsorrespon-
ja, it was originally prepared by an eminent Den- dente, New System of Police—Mr. Hilton's ethignsofourtha
tO in"" its excellent qualities have secured it a preference New Pendulum Pump—Recent Shipwrecks on
ee
m-
itaost eomPositions; it is a powerful astringent, and Coast of England—Mr. Gurney's Steam C
'N4547 'owes will remove all heats, ulcers, and gum boils tors Portfolio—Remarks on the Court
in European
Cap-
tshie'.°° month. Those who experience painful nervous tain Dickenson—Military Operations in and
lheslit 'a
.the fae, arising from complaints in the gums or Asiatic Turkey, &c. General orders, Circulars, &c. Court
rtioaWill, in all Probability, be relieved by a liberal use of Martial on Captain R. Dickenson, R.N. C.B. with scum-
. 0.,
t reparations are purely vegetable. plete abstract of the whole Trial—On Captain Butts,
)Itrd°ldoithr..E.:__EdwaPrds, chemist, 67, St. Paul's Church- R.A.—Monthly Naval Register—Annals of the British
Foot may ; Smyth aid Nephew, 117, New Fleet—Annals of the British Army—Change in the Dis-
'lN I;7c, Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; and Stradling, tribution of Corps, &c.,
(rcange, Cornhill; the Powder in boxes, 2s. 6d. Printed for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New
d• each ;,the Lotion, 4s. 6d. per Bottle. Burliegten-atreet.

ACTUAL STATE OF TURKEY.
Octavo Edition, in Two Vols. 245.
TRAVELS IN TURKEY, EGYPT,
NUBIA, and PALESTINE, in 1824, 1825, 1826,
and 1827.

By R. It MADDEN, Esq., 111.R.C.5.
Among other topics of leading interest treated of in
this work will be found :—Present State of Constan-
tinople—The Reigning Sultan— Turkish manners, cus-
toms, religion, and prejudices—Turkish Ladies—lnterior
of the Harems—lbrahim Pacha—Climate and diseases of
Egypt--The Pyramids--Mohammed Ali—The Plague—
Process of embalming—Arab poetry—The Bedouins—Be-
lief of magic in Syria—Visit to the Sites of Troy, Mem-
phis Thebes, and Jerusalem.

" Mr. Madden's volumes are replete with entertain-
ment. The details respecting Constantinople, a place to
which the eyes of the whole civilized world are just now
directed with extraordinary interest, are- full, lively and
descriptive."—Sun.

" One of the :nost amusing and instructive books of
Travels that we have ever perused."—Morning Journal.
" They combine an interest excited by the romantic
adventures of a Crusoe, with the deep researches of a
Humboldt."—Medico Chirurgical Review.
" The incidents of the journey are full of interest."_..
London Medical Gazette.

" We strongly recommend Mr. Madden's Travels to
our readers."—Age.

Printed for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8,
New Burlington-street.

This day was published, Second Edition, Two Vols. Svo.
with Map and Plans, 245.
BURCKHARDT'S TRAVELS in
ARABIA; comprehending an Account of those
Territories which the Mahommedans regard as Sacred.
" A valuable legacy from. one of the most laborious,
learned, and amiable of ipodern travellers."—Athenaeum.
" Many curiouy(nd novel descriptions of Arabian man-
ners are contained in phis 'interesting volume."—Literary
Gazette. . ' 1! . . .. ....,
4
,4744 k lieat scount ojEthe ceremonial of
the 11 , ' 'e nre •
...n tihas ever been given to the
En'ilisl 011! e to :.•,' s.u, i'Evening Post.
" It contains the best account extant of Arabia, border-
ing upon the Red Sea, including the Cities of Mecca and
Medina."—Morning Chronicle.
Printed for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8,
New Burlington. street.

This day was published, handsomely printed in 1 vol. Bvo.
with a Portrait, 14s.
MEMOIRS of LADY FANSHAWE,
Wife of the Right Hon. Sir Richard Fanshawe,
Bart., Ambassador from Charles H. to the Court of Ma-
drid. Written by herself, now first published from the
original MS. to which are added, extracts from the Corrcs.
pondence of Sir Richard Fanshawe.

" A very delightful volume."—Literary Gazette.
" The eventful life of these two excellent persons, their
perils by land and by sea, their imprisonments, flight,
travels, their relaxations, their domestic pleasures and
griefs; as well as their subsequent splendour and distinc-
tion in the embassies of Portugal and Spain, are all nar-
rated by Lady Fanshawe with a delightful and eloquent
simplicity. They will probably take their place by the
side of Mrs. Hutchinson's ; a praise which the admirers
of the latter will know how to estimate."—Spectator.
" A charming piece of autobiography."—New Monthly
Magazine.

Printed for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8,
New Burlington-street.

Octavo Edition, with Thirty-eight Engravings, iet Two
Vols. price 31s. 6d.
TRAVELS to CONSTANTINOPLE,
in the years 1827 and 1828.
By CAPT. CHAS. COLVILLE FRANKLAND, R. N.
" His volumes teem with interest and instruction, be-
cause it is impossible not to perceive what strong and new
lights they throw upon the present seat of War between
the Turks and Russians."—Sun.

" One of the most picturesque and attractive of modern
tours."—Morning Journal.
" This intelligent traveller journeyed through Hungary
and Transylvania, crossing the Danube at Giurgevo and
Ruschuck, and passing the Balkan, at Shumla, taking the
route by Carnabat and Kirk Brlessee he arri►ed at the
shore of the sea of Marmora, at Selyvria, and thence pro-
ceeded to the Turkish metropolis. He likewise visited the
Greek Islands, Athens and the Holy Land, crossed Mount
Lebanon, and, like Mr. Madden, paid his devoirs to Lady
Hester Stanhope, of whom he gives some very interesting
particulars. There are no less than 38 embellishments to
the work, taken from accurate sketches, many of them ex-
tremely beautiful, especially the vignettes."—Globe.
Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, 8, New Burling..
ten-street.