The Sun.
London, England, 1845-08-26 00:00:00

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o'clock, for the purpose of receiving TENDERS for SLEEPERS, of
the quality and in the quantity following :—The number required
will be about 200,000. They are to he of good sound Baltic timber,
.from either Memel or Dantzic, to be cut diagonally, so as to snake
either two or four sleepers, from a square balk. No balk or log to be
less than either §% :Indies or 13K inches square before it is sawn
'either into two or four sleepers, and no sleeper to be less than 9 feet
'in length. Tho logs to be straight and square, and the diagonal cut
made true. Each sleeper to be sawn, or otherwise brought to a
parallel breadtji on its face, of not less than 12 inches, so as to leave
the edges at right angles to the face, as shown by the drawing, which
may be seen at the °tikes of the Company's engineers, Great George-
Street, Westminster. Any 'sleeper not agreeing with the foregoing
description will not be received. It will be required that the sleepers
be delivered on the banks of the Oxford, Staffordshire, and Worces-
ter, Birmingham, Coventry, Trent and Mersey, and Oxford and
Worcestershire Canals, or of any of them, in such proportions, and
at such points, as may from time to time he directed. The deliveries
to commence on the Ist of January, 1846, and to be continued uni- '
fonnly at the rate of twenty thousand per month, until the whole
number is delivered. The Directors do not bind themselves to
accept the lowest tender. Security will be required for the due ltd-
fliment of the contract, the names and address of the proposed
sureties being annexed to the tender. Payments will be made by
bankers' draft at two months for each month's delivery, if approved
by the engineer; any faulty or defective s:eepers which may be
found being deducted from the subsequent payments. Parties wish-
ing to offer any other description of sleeper are at liberty to tender,
describing its form and dimensions, the name of the wood, and
whence it will be obtained. Tenders must be delivered on or before
the day, and pieviously to the hour, above named, addressed to the
Secretary of the Company, and endorsed -- Tender for Sleepers."
• By order,
• E. J. CLEATIIER, Secretary.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE RAILWAY, AND
OXFORD AND WOLVERTON JUNCTION.
Capital 2,250,0001., In Shares of 20/. each.
Deposit 21, 10s. per Share.
Registered Provisionally, pursuant to 7 and 8 Vie., c. 110.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.
His Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, K.G.
The Right Hon. Lord Nugent, Lilies, Aylcsbuary, Bucks
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Lieutenant-General Sir James Watson, K.C.8., Wendover House,
Bucks .
Thu Hon. Philip Sidney Pierrepont, Evenley Hall, Brackley, North-
amptonshire
sldqd"l M.P.,
Bucks
Edmundsheriff Fofraßlcciks
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Charles John Bantle Hamilton, Esq., M.P., Thame Park, OxtbrdshLre
rsucklaledgerley Park, Bucks
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Robert Bullosk Marsham, Esq., L.L.D., Caversfield House, Ox-
fordshire
Walter Henry Bracebridge, Esq., Morrille House, Warwickshire and
Chetwode Priory, Bucks
John Barnes, Esq., Chorley Wood, Herta
William Osmond Hammond, Esq., St. Albans-court, Wlngham, Kent
Benjamin Price, Esq., Westbury, Bucks
Colonel John Hall, Life Guards' Barracks, Hyde Park, London
John Newman, Esq., Brand's House, Ilughenden, Backs
Thomas Newland Allen, Esq., me_vae,_ _,
ne Chalfont, Bucks
Robert Fox, Esq., Wendover Lodge, Bucks
61, Chester-square, London
Esq., Buckingham
House, Bucks
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Thomas Bands Chapman, Esq., The Park, Aston Clinton, asks
Esq., Brackley
George Parrott, Esq., Castle Farm, BucSkitrlal
Rrackley
Robert Marriott Freeman, Esq., Stony
Captain Edward Dewes, Buckingham Buckingham
Bucks
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William Davis, Esq.. Bicester, Oxfordshire
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Captain William Stile, R.N., Bicester, Oxfordshire
Oxford
John Horwood, Esq., Steane Park, Braekley, Northamptonshire
Oxford
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Richard Wootton, jun., Esq., Oxford
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Zacharia Daniel Hunt, Esq., Aylesbury, Bucks
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Joseph Ashby Gillett, Esq., Banbury, Oxon
George Carr Glynn, Esq., London
, Esq., Birmingham
Thomas Young, Esq., Albany, London
jTEohdailm'pahradsF4Srilleptrhpie,crki sq., Reigate Lodge, Surrey
Ross Donelly Mangles, P.
—Sq's M.P., London
Captain Constantine Richard Moorsom, R.N..
Birmingham
Robert Benson, jun., Esq., Fairfield, Manchester
Edw. Wm. Selby'Lowndes, Esq., Winslow,
Bucks
With power to add to their number.
COMMITTEE OF RIANLOEMENT.
Sir Harry Verney, Bart. G. C. Glyn, Esq.
The Hon. P. S. H. Plerrepont ' '.l. F. Ledsam, FA.
E. F. Day rein, Esq. Edward Cropper, Esq.
Z. D. Hunt, Esq. Thomas Smith, Esq.
Captain Edward Dewes Captain C. It. Moorsom, R.N.
Humphrey Humphreys, Esq, . Robert Benson, jun., Esq.
J. R. Cobb, Esq. Thomas Young. Esq.
Jon. Samuel Browning, rm. Ross D. Mangles, Esq., M.P.
With power to add to their number.
ENGINEER—Hobert Stephenson, Esq.
EANKEWL
London—Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, Mills, and Co. Lombard-street
Aylesbury—Messrs. Bickford and Hunt ; the London & County Batik
Buckingham—Messrs. Bartlett, Parrott, and Hearn ; the Lcadon and
County Bank
Banbury—Messrs. Cobb and Co. ; Messrs. Gillett and Tawney
Oxford—Messrs. Wootton and Co. ; tiro London and County Bank
BicesteL—Messrs. Tubb.

Directors
of the
London
and
Birmingham
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