The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-14 00:00:00

V. R.-TOWER,

QALE OF STORES.—By Order of the SECRE-
TARY of STATE for WAR.—To be Sold by Publi:
Auction, in the Tower, on TUESDAY. the 25th April. 1865,
at 11 o'clock in the forenoon precisely, the following Stores:
Tables. Bedside. Iron and Copper.
Chairs. Firtwood.
Accoutrements. Tools.
Boots. Engine Hose, &o.
Old Iron, Steel, and Miscellaneous Articles.

May be viewed at the Tower, from 10 to 4 o'clock, the three
days previous to the day of sale; and catalogues may be lied
at the War-office, Pall-Mail; the Tower ; and Royal Arsenal,
Woo/wich.

ARMY CONTRACTS.--
TENDERS will be received at this Office until 12
o'clock noon, en the 28th of April, from persons who may be
willing to enter into CONTRACTS to supply

BREAD AND MEAT
in such quantities as may be required. for the use of her
Majesty's Land Forces stationed in the following places,
from Ist June, to 30th November, IEOS.

LONDON DISTRICT.
1. Brompton House, Knightsbridge and 3l,gazine Barracks,
Hyde-park ; and Kensington.
2. Regent's-park, and St. John's-wood.
3. New Barracks, Chelsea; and Ordnance Survey Office,
Pimlico.
4. Wellington Barracks, Buckingham Palace and St.
George's Barracks.
5. The Tower. '
d. Hounslow and Kneller Hall. •
7. Hampton Court. •
8. Windsor.
9. Brighton, with Coast Forts from Newhaven to Shoreham.
10. Sandhurst.

Separate Tenders for Bread and for Meat must be made for
each of the above-mentioned Statons or Barracks, as sepa-
rately grouped and numbered.
Forms of Tender and Conditions of Contract may be ob-
tained on application at this Office, by letter addressed to the
Senior Commis ariat Officer, or in person, between the hours
of 10 and 4 o'clock.
Tenders on the r rioted forms must be properly filled up,
aid si.zned, and no Tender %ill be noticed unless detiv. red
at the u vier-mentioned Office,under dosed envelope marked
on the outside " Tender for Commissariat Supplies"), before
12 o'clock noon on he 28th April.
Deputy Commissary- 3eneral's Office,
5, New-street, Spring-gardens, London, S.W.,
6th April, 1865.

DINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical prole •aion for Thirty year,. have approved
of this pure solution of Ma ,nesla as the best remedy for Gout
and stomach disorders of every kir d ; and as a mild aperient
it is ksrecially adapted for ladies and children. Prepared
solely by
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &0.,
172, New Bond-street, London ;

And sold through:ut theworld by all respectable chemists,
CAUTION —See ihat " Dinneford and Co." is on each bottle

and red label over the cork.

HOME for LEITLE BOYS, Tottenham, N.,
for the Reception, from all parts of the Kingdom, of
Outcast and Destitute Boys, and those verging on crime,
under 10 years of age.
President—ROßEßT HA.NBURY, Esq., M.P,
VICE-PRESIDENTS.

Stephen Cave, Esq., M:P. Y Sir S. M. Peto, Bart., M.P.
Henry E. Gurney, Esq. Abel Smith, Esq., 31,P.
Samuel Morley, Esq.

COMMITTEE.
Mr Alex. Anderson. . Rev. H. M‘Sorley.
Mr. E. H. Burrows. Mr. W. J. MaxwelL
Mr. A. D. Chapman. Mr. Alfred Short.
Mr. E. F. Gedge. Mr. Robert Sinclair.
Mr. George Moo-e. Mr. E. J. Tabrum.
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Mr. Francis Lycett. Mr. R. T. Turnbull.
Treasurer—W. H. Willant., Esq., 78, Ilasinghall-street. E.C.
Honorary Secretary—Mr. A. 0. Charles, £6, Suffolk-street,
Pall-Mall East, S.W
Bankers—Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard-

streei,
This Home was opened in April. 1864. It was designed to 1,
take in the little ones whose charact r and circumstances
disqualify the for the Orphan Asylums, and whose tender '
age precludes their admission to the lt,fuges. Such are those
who, from' neglect, are already on the road to ruin. Such are
those who have been deserted by their natural protectors and
left to beecome idle wanderers. Such are those whose
parents may have at one time or other received parish relief,
and who are now friendless orphans. Such are those whose
parents are breakers of the law, or are in prison, and who
train their child= in the same path. Such are those whose
evil associations have already had their painful effect, and
must lead them to a life of crime and misery.
There are now 50 little inmates from about four years of
age to 10. There is room for nearly 10, and the Committee
would joyfully see the Home filled at once ; they only wait
for the necessary subscriptions.
The Committee feel constrained to plead for those who
cannot thus plead for themselves ; and, referring to the cir-
cumstances of some who have been already admitted, they
ask—ls it right to make a widow and her family paupers for
life because one of them (the naughty boy of the family) runs
wild in the streets and is beyond her control? Is it kind to
tell her, because she has so large a family, that you will not
h 'lp her to put one of them into a Home. but that they must
ail no Into "the house ?" Is it doing the bast we can for the
little destitute orphan to send him to the workhouse. Is it
doing to others- as we would they should do unto ,is that when
these little ones have unnatural parents who turn them into
the streets, or force them by ill-treatment to "inn away,"
none of us shou d be found to care for them, to speak a kindly
word to them, to befriend them, to house and clothe them ?
Shall we leave them still on the doorstep, passing by on the
other side, or else exclaiming "Am I my brother's
keeper?"
The necessity for an Institution for these little ones is evi-
dent from the police statis:ics, which show that in London
alone, in one year, no fewer than 311 boys under 10 years of
age, have been apprehended for various offences, 79 of whom
were convicted and punished, while the bulk, 232 were dis-
charged by the magistrates with a rebuke, as being too
young to punish. though not too young to learn th e beginnings
of crime. On the other hand. there are numbers who, but
for the timely help afforded by such an Institution, must
otherwise become paupers, and losing all ideas of self-reli-
ance and self-help, be permanent burdens to the State.
Lite Home for Little Boys has, therefore, been established
to rescue the little ones, to save them from the prison on the
one hand, and the workhouse on the other, and to endeavour
to make them useful members of society.

The daily routine of the Inslitution- presents all the fea-
tures of a home, a school, and a workshop. The little ones
are cared for as children ; they have their regular meals,
their suitable clothing, their hours of play and amusement,
and their singing class. They are treated as scholars ; every
morning is devoted to school work—reading, and writing,
and ciphering, and Scriptural instruction, with occasional
lessons in objects and other subjects. But they are also
trained to work. As they must all, and that at a very early
period in life, earn their living by the sweat cf their brow,
they are here at once taught habits of industry. So the after-
noons are occupied with various industrial occupations—
making brown paper bags for bankers, and white paper bags
for tradesmen, and door mats and servants' kneelers for any
who will buy them ; picking the coil for the mats, mendino,
the c othes, &a. Some assist the master in the garden,
digging, planting, watering, weeding, and so forth. By
degrees they are being made useful in the house, scrubbing
and sweeping, while the elder ones clean all the boots,
knives, &o. Ia this way it is sought to fit them for an active
working life.
The mode of admission to the House is twofold,
Ist. By election of she subscribers. Pops thus admitted
are received free, boarded, clothed, educated, and taught till
they are 11 years 0' age.
With the view t o secure the election of the most deserving
cases, the Committ e have from the first discouraged canvas-
sing, and they do not print any addresses of the subscribers.
The voting papers contain a description of each case, as care-
ful y investigated by the Committee, and with this informa-
tion the subscribers are able to judge for themselves as to
those most eligible for free admission.
2d. By payment of ss. a week, made quarterly in advance.
All children must be under 10 years of age at the time of
admission. Those received on payment are admitted at any
time as soon as approved by the committee,
Elections of children to be admitted free will take place as
frequently as the increase in the annual subscriptions will
admit, till the Home is full ; they will then be held periodi-
cally
Forms of application for the admission of children may be
had at the Home, and of the Honorary Secretary,

THE COD-LIVER OIL of DEROCQUE,
Paris, 55, Boulevard Sebastopol, Sole Purveyor to the
Hospitals. This superior oil, proceeding from his fisheries
on the coast of Norway, is used throughout France for its
efficacy in Glandular Disorders, Pulmonary Consumotion,
Bronchitis, and Leanness in Women and Children. May be
had of Ang. Whitburn, 174, Regent-street, London, in bottles
of 2s. 6d. each.

THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.—
MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and
Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry.
Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No.
1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases
of cutaneous affections or rheumatism.
Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the
hair.
Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable
odour.
All these preparations may be had at the central depot,
221 A, Regent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery
and Sone, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Sanger and
Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi-
monials free on a plication.
Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John M‘Ray, chemist, 119,
George-street.