The Sun.
London, England, 1865-09-30 00:00:00

DEEtECTOBS,

Sir JOHN C. DALRYMPLEKAY, Bart., 108, St. George's-
square, Chairman.
Thomas Brassey, jun., Esq., 4, Great George-street, West-
minster.
Sir Arthur W. Buller, M.P., 20, Queen's Gate-terrace.
Colonel De Bathe, Fusilier Guards, 3. Morpeth-terrace.
The Hon Henry W. Petre, Springfield, Chelmsford.
John Gilbert Talbot, Esq., 10,, Great George-street, West-
minster.

CONSULTINq MANAGER.
Mr. James Gale.

RAsians.
Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, Tritton, Twells, and Co.
Messrs. Ransome, Bouverie, and Co.
Messrs. Heywood, Brothers, and Co.,
Manchester.
North Western Banlr Liverpool.
Town and District Bank, Birmingham.
English Joint Stock Bank, Bristol.
Devon and Cornwall Banking Com-
pany, Plymouth.

Will also receive
Subscriptions
and Deposits.

SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Marchant and Pead, 30, Great George-streot,
Westminster.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Huggins and Rowsell, 1, Threadneedle-street.
AUDITORS.
Messrs. Johnstone, Cooper, Wintle, and Evans.
Mr. T. Walliker.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.)
Mr. David Ker.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
132, Gresham-house, Old Broad-street.

This Company is formed for the purchase and use in the
United Kingdom of Mr. Gale's valuable invention for ren-
dering gunpowder non-explosive and explosive at pleasure,
and for protecting gunpowder from damp—an invention
admitted to be of national importance.
The objects of the Company will be as follows :-
1. To manufacture and sell the protecting material ready
for use.

2. To grant royalties and licences to gunpowder manu-
facturers and others for the use of the invention.
3. To purchase or manufacturegunpowder and supply it
to the public in a protected state.
4. To enter into contracts for the storage and transit of
gunpowder to any part of the United Kingdom or else-
where ; and the application of the invention to all the
other purposes of which it is capable.
The inventor has obtained certificates of protection
under the Patent Laws, and has agreed to sell—free from
all incumbrances, and free from the expenses attending the
formation of the Company, such as printing, advertising,
brokerage, law expenses, &c.—the whole of his interest in
the invention so protected, so far as the same applies to the
United Kingdom, for the sum of £50,000, to be paid.£2s, 000
in cash, and the remainder in fully paid-up shares of the
Company. The shareholders will thus be relieved of all
the preliminary expenses connected with the formation of
the Company prior to the allotment of shares.
Mr. Gale has consented to act as Consulting Manager of
the Company for three years.
The following extract from the " Times" newspaper of
the 3d of August last will show that the invention has been
thoroughly tested by repeated experiments before the Go-
vernment authorities and others.

"Experiments at Westminster.—These interesting ex-
periments—having for their object to show how gun-
powder can be rendered non-explosive, and yet have its
explosive properties restored at pleasure—were repeated
yesterday at Westminster in presence of a distinguished
company. They have been already performed at Devon-
port in presence of Lord Templetown, Admiral Fremantle,
and a number of other military and naval officers of dis-
tinction assembled for the purpose ; at Mount Edgecumbe,
in presence of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales ; at Wimbledon, on the grounds of the
National Rifle Association, before the Secretary of State
for War; and Afterwards, by the noble-Low s aesire, in
the presence of the Ordnance Select Committee at Wool-
wich; at the French Embassy; and on Tuesday last, in
presence of his Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief,
the Quartermaster-General, the Adjutant-General, and
other heads of the military profession."
The following extract from a recent report of G. P.
Bidder, Esq., the eminent civil engineer, shows in concise
terms the importance and commercial and practical value
of Gale's process.
"In short, I may sum up the results by stating that gun-
powder may now be conveyed, stored, and used, by means
of this process, with absolute safety to the public.
"On the whole, therefore, I am clearly and decidedly of
opinion that for all commercial purposes Mr. Gale's pro-
cess may be introduced with the certainty in almost every
case of securing an absolute economy to the consumer,
while, at the same time securing the public from the re-
currence of those distressing accidents to which the use of
unprotected gunpowder is necessarily exposed.
"No one resident in a town of any size can be certain
that he is nct within the influence of an explosion of from
one to two cwt. of gunpowder. Our police reports indi-
cate the reality of the source of danger ; but if it is rendered
illegal for any person whatever to have in his possession
any quantity of gunpowder except as a compound the cause
of apprehension would cease."
The above extracts demonstrate that Mr. Gale's inven-
tion affords an absolute protection against explosion.
As an illustration of the risks inseparable from gun-
powder in a non-protected state, it may be mentioned that
during the last twelve years upwards of fifteen serious
explosions have been recorded in the public journals, by
which more than 600 persons have been killed, and many
thousand persons wounded, and property to the extent of
snore than two millions has been destroyed. And the
" United Service Magazine" observes :—" In all probability
numbers of missing vessels have totally disappeared in the
midst of the ocean in consequence of having gunpowder
as part cargo."
The Directors will at once commence operations with the
supply of blasting, rifle, sporting, and other kinds of gun-
powder in a protected state.
As a large portion of the gunpowder manufactured in
England is shipped in an irregular manner and without
appearing in the ship's manifest, it is impossible to esti-
mate the total amount of the manufacture. It is, however,
certain that if only a fourth of the gunpowder made is pro-
tected by Mr. Gale's process, and a very small royalty paid
upon it, a large revenue will be derived from this source
alone.

The danger and difficulty which at present attend the
transport and sale of gunpowder so enhance its price as to
leave room for a large margin of profit on the sale of the
protected gunpowder ; and some of the leading railway
companies and shippers have already expressed their wil-
lingness to arrange for the carriage of the protected article
at greatly reduced freights.
In addition to the revenue to be derived from the sale of
the protected gunpowder, and from royalties and licenses,
it is believed that a considerable amount will be received
from the other sources named above, such as the sale of the
protecting material and the contracts for the storage and
transport of gunpowder.
The materials used in the manufacture of the protecting
powder are of an inexpensive character, whilst the working
of the invention is simple, and can involve no elaborate or
costly machinery. It is therefore believed that but a small
proportion of the capital will require to be called up.
The articles of association aro open for inspection at the
offices of the Company, and also at the Solicitors' office,
30, Great George-street, Westminster.
In the event of no allotment being made the deposits
will be returned in full.

Applications for shares, accompanied by a remittance for
tho deposit, may be made to the Bankers and Brokers in the
form annexed to the prospectus.

SAILORS' ORPHAN GIRLS' SCHOOL and
11011 E, Hampstead. Offices. 77, Cornhill.
PATRON—The QUEEN.
TRUSTEES.
Cant. the Hon. Francis Maude, I The Rev. Canon rhampneys
R.N Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P.
TREASURERS.
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq.
This Institution is designed to supply a great national
want, viz., an asylum for the orphai daughters of sailors in
the Royal Navy and Merchants service and of nannes.
It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic
service and provides a home free of ex ,ense for former
inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the
temptations they might otherwise be exposed to.
The Committee earnestly APPEAL forCONTRIBU-
TIONS to meet the increasi g applications through the
recent storms and loss f life at sea, and- o enable them
even ually to obtain premises more commensurate, with the
necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000
sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those
Who may per sh by war
Subscriptions thankfully receiv by the bankerP, Messrs
Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre-
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Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG

President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, ECG.
This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to estab-
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the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
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It aft,rds relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
Addition tl this, the average number of attendance of the
'destitute sick has for a con iderable period averaged between
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The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
btnevolent as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
several nundred more beds, had the Committee
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Contributions arc received by the Treasurer, bdwarc Maa
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