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London, England, 1825-10-05 00:00:00

Commissariat Pepartment, &ptember 48, 1825.1
VOTICE is hereby given to'all Persons desirous of
contracting to supply BEEF and MUTTON to his Ma-
•••ty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Qnarters, and Barucks, in
:he uudeunentioned Counties :
Bucks,
Chester
Cumberland,

Dorset,
Kent,
Sussex.

That the Deliveries are to commence on and for the Twenty-
fifth day of November next ; that Proposals in Writing, sealed up,
and marked a 'fender for Army Supplies." will be received at this
Office on or before FIUpAY, the t.Bth day of October next, but
t.ot.e will be received after Twelve o'Clock on that Day.
Proposals must be made separately for each County ; and each
Prepusal must bare the Letter which is annexed to the Tender pro-
periy ailed up, by two Persons of known Property, engaging to
c.. come bound with the. Party tendering in the Amount stated in the
Particulars, for the due Performance of the Contract; and
10 Proposal will be noticed unless 'made on a printed Tender, and
tut Prices expressed in Wo►ds at Length ; and should it so happen
tna: during the Continuance of the Contract no Troops should be
t.riaited by virtue of the same, the antount of the Scamps on the
wract and Bond, paid in the first instance by the Contractor,
awl; be refunded to bins.

Panic-Aare of the Contracts may be hail upon Application at
these CLambers, between the Hours of Ten and Four.

3ILSHET'S PATENT SHEATHING COPPER.

ROYAL MINT, SEPTEMBER, 1823.
.7% , It MUSIIET begs L'ave to state, that he ha-
IIL lately obtzined a Patent for an improved Manufacture of
SHEATHING COPPER.

The investigation which led to this measure he undertook at
su2,ge4tion of the Navy Board ;—who had represented the ins-
rovemtet of Sheathing Copper as an object of the deepest interest
tv the Britil Navy, and to shipping iu general.
The subject was of so much importance that a Council of the
lieval Society was requested to investigate the causes of the rapid
decay of Copper Sheathing.
Air. .lu4iet thinks that he has succeeded in manufacturing a
species of Copper capable, for a very lengthened period, of with-
standing this decay:—his Patent Copper being distinguished by
uniformity of strength and durability throughout its whole texture;
so that the partial destruction and the rapid and irregilar wear, so
renr.rkably exhibited by Sheathing manufactured iu the ordinary
manner, are thus provided against.
The following facts justify this statement.

The Navy Lund supplied the Patentee with a specimen of Cop-
per frcm the bottom of the Batavia, a ship of war, taken from the
11..:ch in the year 1798. The surface of this Sheathing was smooth
uniform, and on comparing the centre of the sheet with the
euge which had no: been in contact with the water, it was found,
that after the wear and :ear of twenty-five years it had lost about
42 per Cent. This copper contained a small portion of tin. Ann-
liter specimen of Sheathing was obtained front the bottom of the
Plymouth Yacht, which was coppered In I 79ii. The wear of this
copper was equally uniform with the above, and its loss was in the
course of twenty-seven years found to be only 8 per Cent.' This
specimen contained a portion of zinc. Thus it is evident, that
whatever the causes may be which destroy ordinary Sheathing,
they had comparatively little effect in the cases here specified,
It has been by alloying copper with small portions of tits and
zinc, that the Patentee has succeeded in obtaining a metal duct-1
dedly superior to common copper : and since by his :node of ueat-
ins it, the strength a.:31 durability of the Patent Sheathing is rea-
t:tred unifot tn, the conclusion is justifiable, that it is calci.lated to
resit destruction, at least equally with the spcciate.is above-
'mentioned.

In confirmation of this opinion, several vessels sheathed with the
P-tent Metal have returned to the River 'Matsui from the West
:its, after one, two, and three voyages, and the Asia from Cal-
*flee one voyage, all exhibiting the copper, upon their re-
s., ective bottoms, as smooth and uniform in its surface, and as clean,
as when it was first put on. This appearance, it may be observed,
formed the chief characteristic of the Copper upon the bottom of
the Plymouth Yacht.
The• Patent Copper, besides, has been used at Liverpool, to a
considerable extent, and, as far as the trial has gone, to the entire
satisfaction of the purchasers.
It must be obvious to the consumers of copper, if Mr. !bushel's
Patent Copper possesses the darability of the copper of the Bata-
via or the Plymouth Yacht, that the weight of old topper (inde-
pendent of the advantage of ovate; durability) taken from the
ship's bottom, will more than indemnify the purchaser for the ex-
tra price per pound. In a comparative trial of common and Patent
Copper in sea water, Mr. Blushet found that the Patent lost in the
same given time 25 per Cent. less weight than the common copper.
Mr. Musket's Patent Copper is manufactured by the house of
Messrs. Williams, Pascoe and Win. Grenfell and Co. Castle Bay-
nard, Thames-street, and sold at id. per lb. above the price of corn-1
mon Sheathing Copper,by them, and by Mr. Samuel Taylor, their
Agent, in Liverpool ; by Christopher Pope and Co. Bristol; by
Mr. Benjamin BuUocke, Devonport ; and by Mr. Henry Marshall,
Newcastk.
Mr. Musket will be glad to wait upon any Ship-owner and ex-
plain fultf his reasons for believing in the superiority of his im-
proved Patent Sheathing.

. - MANCIIMITED. MARCH 26, 1825.
Case of WM. LEE, who after sureririg Nine Years from a vio-
lent Scorbutic Eruption, was effectually cured by the use of J.
Liancust moo Son's ANTMCORIE2IIII Ds OTE AND OINTMENT.
CIENTLEMEN—If the publication of my case will
NJ" be of any service its promoting the sale of your A/1211CD*.
Boric DROPS and Ontratmer, you are at perfect liberty to make
what use of it you please. •For the lest nine years I have had upon
my legs and arms a very troublesome dry scaly eruption, which,
aotwitbstanding the numerous remedies I had recourse to, conti-
nued 'to get vrerse, till I was fortunate enough to try your Anti-
corbutic Drops and Ointment for the Dry Scurvy. After using
them foe about three months, the eruption entirely disappeared,
and the marks only remain. I shall feel pleasure in answering any
enquiries, either ally, or if by letter, post paid.—And re-
main, your's o iently,
WM. LEE, labourer at Mr. Ormrod's Foundry.
N.Il. Enquirers msy have further information on application
To me, either at Mr. Ornvod's Foundry, or at Mr. Roberts',
Churitosa.row. '
To Messrs. John Lignum and Son, Surgeons, Manchester.
These Drops are sold in moulded square bottles at 21. 9d. 4s. 6d.
and 11s. each, bj John Lipton and Son, Surgeons, &e. 63, Bridge-
amet, Manchester; I. Sanger, 150, Oxford-street; I. *IA C.
Evans, 42, Long-lane West mithfteld; Barclay and Sons, 95,
Fleet-auarket ;C. Butler, 4, Cheapside, and 214, Regent-street;
Sutton and Co. 10, Bow Churchyard; Evan Edwards, 66, Sr.
Paul's Cbureb-yard ; F. Newbery and Sons, 45, St. Paul's Church-
yard ; Henry Mackrill, 35, Whiteehapel, London ; F. Newbery
and Sons, 29, Dame-street ; Butlers, 54, Sackville-street, Dublin ;
SCott and 0rr,.100. South Bridge, Edinburgh;. R. Nelson, Sur.
grim, Glasgow; and all respectable Medicine Venders.
Of whom also may be had, Mr. Lignunis Improved LOTION,
It r all Scorbutic Eruptions, price 21. 94. duty included.

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