The Sun.
London, England, 1820-10-03 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR STP AW.

Commissariat Department, Treasury
Chambers, 00.9, 1820.
°UCH Persons as are desirous of Contracting
F\ , with the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to furnish

r Wwelve Months from the Ist of November next, such

Qua i!tities of Straw for filling Pallias3es, ac may from time
to ti tic be required at the Barracks in the undermentioned
Counties and Islands, may receive Particulars of the Contracts
on a ipiying at this Office, between the hours of Ten and
Four 5 to Deputy Commissary-General VounK, at Edinburgh;
and t he respective Barrack Masters in the Islands of Guern-
sey, Jersey, and Alderney. and deliver their Tenders at this
Office, (narking thereon "Tender for'Straw,") until Twelve
o'clock on Thursday, the 19th Instant.

Proposals are to be made separately for 'each County
South Britain, for the whole of the Barracks in North Bri-
tain, and also fur the whole of those in the Three Island's of
Guernsey, Jersey, and. Alderney ; but no Proposal will be
molced, unless made on, or annexed to a printed Pauli-
tuba, and the Prices inserted in words at lentil ; nor
unless a Letter be subjoined to such Proposal front a Per-
Sall of known Property, engaging to become hound with the
Patty _tendering._ for the due perfdrmance of the Contract.
' If Tendets are sent by Post, the Postage must be paid.

COUNTIES.

Berks, Brecknock, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Devon,

Dorset, Dui lutm; Essex, Hants, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight,
Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Nerfolk,Northumberlhnd, Nor.
thampton, Nottingham, Pembroke, Suffolk, Somerset, Sur,
rep, Sussex, Warwick, York, North Britain.
Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney.

THE REV. WILLIAM HETHERINGTON'S CHARITY
TO THE BLIND.
• Christ's Hospital October. 2, 1820.
WHEREAS the abpve7narned Gentterm% in
his Life-time, enabled the Governors of this Hospi-
tal to pay ANNVI PIES of TEN POUNIAS to each of FIFTY
BLIND PERSONS, iu the hope that example would be
followed by other benevolent characters. The Governors
give this public notice, that from the very munificent addi-
tionsmade to Mr. Hetherington's original Fund, More than
500 Blind Persons are in the Receipt or these Annuities. •
A Committee • will sit in the Counting-house of the said
Hospital, some time in the month of Norvemlser next, to fill
up such vacancies as may then have occurred since the Elec-
tion in November last.

Petitions are to be had at the Counting House aforesaid,
from the 7th dayOf October to the sd day of November an-
nually between the hours of Ten and Four (holidays except-
ed), for 264-Blind Persons duly qualified , upon the petsonal
application of a Friend.*
'The leading qualifications are hereunder stated, and unless
the parties can. respectively prove themselves to he strictly
within the same, Applications on their behalf will be en-
tirely fruitless, viz. :
Birth, in that part of the United Kingdom called England,
exel usit e of Wales and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Age—Fifty years and upwards.
Total Blindness for the space of the last three years.
Residence, the last three years at least, in their present
pace, of abode or parish.
Income (if any) to be under the yearly value of Twenty
Pounds.

Those who have ever begged, received Alms, or are deemed
Objects for !latish relief, are excluded from the benefit of
these Charities, the Donors having. expressly declared the
same fur such only as have been reputably brought• up, and
who want some addition to what they possess to make life
more comfortable under their' misfortune of blindness.
THOMAS WILBY, Clerk.
• From the great extent of this Charity, it is found im-
practicable to attend to letteri.

COUNTY FIRE OFFICE, REGENT-STREET.
CUNTY FIRE-OFFICE • RETUNs._
NOTICE is hereby given to all PERSONS who
In 1819 completed their Terms of SEVEN YEARS', IN-
SMIANCE, that RETURNS of TwE.NTY FIVE PER
CENT. upon all Premiums paid by them during that time,
are reeeivaLle here, and of the Agents in all the principal
Towns in the Kingdom ; audit is requested that such persons
as have• neglected to receive their Returns in preceding years
will apply for the Bailie forthwith.
• J. T. BARBER BEAUMONT,
Managing Director.

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&c. &c. •
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