The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-03 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY—
VI
On EASTER NI ONDAY. the 6th April, an EXCUR
SION TRAIN: will leave Paddington At 8 a.m. and Reading
at 9.5 a.m., for Oxford (68 d and 4,), Banbury (Rs and '3s),
Leamington and Warwick 10. 6d and 6.), liirmingl,am (12s
and 7s), West Bromwich, Wedneslnry, and Bil ton (32s 6d
and 78 6d), and Wolverhampton (13. and 8s); returning the
same even,ng, or on the following day, as per bil,s, which
may be obta ned at any of the Company's offices.

RO)AL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT
INSTITUTION
(Incorporated by Royal Charter).
PAgnoxEss-11 er Most Gracious Majesty the Queen.
; 'RESIDENT —Vice-Admiral the Puke of Northumberland,
K.G., F.R.S.
ITAIIIMAN—Thos. Baring, Y sq., M.P., F.R.S., V.?.
'Frivry-CnAtumAN—Thomas Chapman, Esq., F.R.S., V.P.
APPEAL.
The Committee of Management have to state that, since
be beginning of the year 1860, the Royai National Lifeboat
Institution has e, pended £3?,i 00 on various Lifeboat Estab-
lishments n the Coasts of Eng and, Scotland, and Ireland.
The number of lives saved by the Life-boats of the
Society. and other means, since its formation, is 12,800;
or which services 82 Gold Medals, 718 Silver Medals, and
cfmacf_in cash have been paid in rewards. The Institn-
, tteiellais also eipended .EO7, on on Life-boats, Life boat
Transporting-cars cages, and Boat-houses.
The Committee desire to express their grateful sense of
the generomi s pnort which they have received from the
hritish public during. the past few years, a support which
has enab ed them to establish their present magnificent fleet
0 123 Lifeboats on the shores of the United Kingdom.
Dreply sensib e, however, of the great responsibility that
res s on them to maintain their fleet in a thoroughly efficient
state, and i s Crews practised in the management of their
boats, whi hca only be effecte l by a large and pe manent
annual income, they earn. stly appeal to all classes of their
countrymen to aid ts. em in upholding and perpetuating so
great and UM% national a work.
The Committee gratefully acknowledge the following con
tributions :

£ s. d
Fier Majesty the Queen .. annual 50 0 0
Campbell, the Hon. Mrs. G. .. .. annual 5 0 0
('lerk. Colonel, R.A. .. • • .. annual 11 0
('putts and Co., Messrs., Bankers .. annual 10 0 0
Currie, Wm., Esq., .. • • .. 4th don 10 0 0
Erie, Lord Chief Justice _ don. 10 10 0
Fanshawe, Vice-Admiral Sir A., K.C.B. .. 2d don. 25 0 0
Fenwick, (4. J., Esq., cost of a Lifeboat and Tran-
sporting Carriage •• •• •• •• •• 250 0 0
Harvey. Rev. G. G. and Mrs. • • • • don. 30 0
Martin, Sir Henry, Bart. .• 7th don. 10 0 0
Moore, Rev. G. B. . • .. .. don. 15 15 0
Smith, Mrs. George, Greenwich • • • • .. 30 0
Stirling, Col. Sir Anthony, K.C.B. annual 2 0 0
Thom s Lady, Weston-super-Mare, collectedby her
.. 16 16 0
Ladyship
Willoughby d'Eresby, Lord .. .. annual 5 0 0
Donations and Annual Subscriptions will be thankfully re-
eived by the Bankers of the Institution, Messrs. Willis,
Percival, and Co., 76, Lombard-street; Messrs. Ceutts and
Co., 59, Strand; Messrs. Berries, Farauhar. and Co., 16, St.
James's-street, London ; by a 1 the Collectors of Customs
and Bankers in the United Kingdom ; and by the Secretary
Richard Lewis, Esq., at the Office of the Institution, 14,
John-street, Adelphi, London. W.C.

SALE OF CHIPS, sAwDus r AND SHAVINGS, &c.
NoTirp, IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the
S CRETARY of S ('ATE for WAR is prepared to
recei,re TEN DERS for the REMOVAL of the CHIPS,
S AWDUST. SHAVINGS, &0.. which may accumulate at the
Royal Carriage Department, Woolwich, during a period of
three years from the - st April, 186 t
Tenders must be made upon the proper printed form,
wire, may be obt fined on spolication to the Director of
Contracts, War-office, Pall-mall; or to the Superintendent
of t..e Royal Carriak e Den .rtment, Woolwich; and are to
b d livered at ,he War-office, on or before the 9th April,
18t3, andressed to the Under S.-cretary of State for • ar, and
marked on the outside, "Tender for Removal of Chips,
"
The Secretary of State reserves the right of rejecting any
or all of the Tenders.
THOMAS HOWELL, Director of Contracts.
War-office, March 31, 1863.

NOTICE TO BEST GUNMAKERS.
THE, SECRET RY of ST ATE for WAR desires
to call the attention of best Gu Talkers to a consider-
able quantity of best quality GUN STOCKS, stutahle for
first-class Sporting Guns, which it is intended to SELL by
TENDER.
These Stocks have accumulated in the Government Stores
In recent years, and are thorou.ghly seasoned and fit for im-
mediate else.
The Stoc a are lotted in small parcels, and are to be viewed
at the Royal Small Arms It'oct or i, h.nfield, on any day of the
week xce t Saturday, on application to the Superintend nt,
tor fourteen days from thi date.
Forms of tender are t be obtained on application to the
Di ector of Contracts, War-office, Pall mall, or to the super-
intendent of the Royal ..Ima,l Arms Factory, Enfield ; and
ar to be del v* red at the War-office, Pall-mall,
Son or before
the 14th April, 1861, address'd to the Uncle ecretary
State for War, and marked on the outside " Tender for Gun
Sto ks."
Tile Secretary of State reserves the right of rej.cting any or
all of the tenders.
Tilt IMAS H )WELL, Director of Contracts.
War-office, March 30, 1863.

THE hegt TROUSER", frn ventiPmPri to -vfiar
are these made by ELS-T(B, of eO, New Bond street.
Thy are neither so low in price as t necessitate their t,ei ig
carel• ssly put tc4-ret er, nor so dear as to gain only the
wealthy as pureh sere. "In media via tutissimus ibis."
ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS
PER PAIR.

P
ARK.ER'S PATENT TWO-WHEELED
CARRIAGES.
The Exhibition "CAMBRIDGE CART," 45 guineas.
The Sporing, "CAMBRIDGE CART," 38 guineas.
Thetradesman's "CA MB RIDGE 'AItT," 30 guineas.
The Lady's "CAMBRIDGE "ART," 25 guineas.
These vehicles, c nst ucted on an entirely new prinlple,
surpa..s all other two-wheeled carriar,eq, for ease and freedom
Frederick
.t , a
from knee motion, combined with lightni ss.
free Prospectus, with itrawins and " op nions of the pre-s,
cr "
Parker,
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dr,
the,
Cambridge. Inventora Patentee,