The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-10 00:00:00

M. THE LOCK.

Optional.

N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
O. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more
than 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yard; 12in. at 500,
and CM. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

P. TRY.
Not to require at 300 yards an elevation of more than 1
dog. 30 min.

Q. .
The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 pat 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. er cent.
n. PENETRATION.
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle—
viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.

mNs. LRICAT N.
VVas on bullets is indislTrßensable, lObut any other lubrican
InaY
u bo superadded or applied to the cartridge, if though
ecesaary by the competitor.

ICO arms will be received wIII without the usual proof marks.
Specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should he sent to the " Director of Ordnance, War
OXICQ, fall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
The specifications and specimen arms will be considered
beby the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
select and recommend for further trial such of the systems
as may appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
such as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
warrant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which aro stated in this advertisement.
Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
for experiment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
to the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
munition per arm, within four months after date of de-
mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
Ploy. A sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
competitors, to cover the expense of the 'six rifles, and of
the supply of ammunition required.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
by the committee to be the best submitted.
A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
A third reward of £lOO for the best cartridge. The ua-
ities which will be principally taken into considerationq in
awarding this prize will bo economy of manufacture, power
of sustaining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
various climates, and general serviceability.
The shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair • but
as they may depend upon the
rifling of the arm with which'
the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con-
sidered as those above-mentioned.
It is clearly to bo understood that under no circumstances
will a competitor be entitled to snore than ono prize; but
g i
such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
given to the inventor of the arm service. finally adopted into the

117:
MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
oived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
oading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
inches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.
It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
bayonet:
The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above
conditions ; and in the absence of experience dies not at
present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accqpted
for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £GO each.
This stun is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per
arm.

Tho
Secretar wV.
novelt y of Stateill take care that no ingenious
Y produced in answer to this advertisement shall be
adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
and that the name of the individual with whom it origi-
nates shall be recorded in connection with it.
if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
into the service it will hear the inventor's name.
J. 'ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
Par of Ordnance
Office, Oct. 22 1866

No. 23,271.

KIN AIIAN
'BEXHIILBITII49BB6KSY. --ÜBI.
"This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the
Dublin Prize Medal.

It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-
40IDO.

Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London;
by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or
wholesale at

R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
" Kinaban's LL Whisky."

nUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Inoorporited by Act of t'arliarn3nt, 18:.0).
4, tiUSSELL-STREET, COVES T-G AR DEN, LONDON'.
Prompt ADVANCES on all description of Smutty, Forms
tree on application by letter to

EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and 'BUSINESSES.
FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application.
Particulars for insertion received until the 27th of the
month at their
AUCTION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES,
5, Agar street, Strand, W.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.

tuANSION-HOUSE FUND for the RELIEF
of the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY
EXPLOSIONS.

COMMITTEE
The Right Hon t
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq.
Samuel Morley, Esq.
Geo. Moore, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Finnis.

ie LORD MAYOR.
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Waterlow.
Mr. Sheriff Lycett.
Mr. Alderman Besley.
Mr. Alderman Dakin.
James Hill, Esq.
R. N. Fowler, Esq.
W.J. Maxwell, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Cotton.
ic is earnestly drawn to the
errible calamity produced by

J. P. Gassiot, Ecq.
Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq.
Frederick Thompson, Esq.
R. A. Gray, Esq.
Colonel Stuart Wortley.
The attention of the pub]
suffering consequent on the I
the recent colliery explosion_
SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the
numerous families made destitute thereby.
The amount required to meet the memorable Hartley
Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that case 204
men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance
double that number are known to have perished, there-
fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen-
dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the
final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund,
£3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present
accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards
the fund now being raised.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales
H.R.11. the Princess of Wales
The Corporation of London
Amount already advertised £15,531 11 11
Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house ; Messrs. Barclay,
Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-
street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street;
Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street ;
Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ; the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-
Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ;
London and County Bank; the National Provincial Bank
of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival,
and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of
the Committee.

JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary,
Mansion House, Jan. 7, 1867.

DUNVILLE'S V. R. OLD IRISH WHISKY
BELFAST,
Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

" V.R." IRISH WHISKY.
DUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
London Offizes and Stores,
4, BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Established 1808. Quotations on application.

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street
world.,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
—Loudon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, Ex.,
next the " Times."

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
trade Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the
with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond at d for exportatioe, at their (aces, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, E C., the only house in the
square not occupied by the " Times." J. D. and Co.'s whiskies
bring the highest prices in the Australian and other Colonial
markets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of
Commerce of Victoria," by which it will be seen that their
whiskies fetch 6d. per gallon and is. per case over the next
best, and Is. 6d per gallon and 55. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ye y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, uusurpassable in quality and flavour, sn,,phed on the
most reasonable terms.

AfANFIELD'S PATENT PICKLES are per-
fectly pure and uncoloured. To be had of all dealers
and wholesale of JOHN BURGESS and SON, 107, Strand
(corner of Savoy-steps). London.

SAUCE.—LEA acid PERRINS'
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE.
This delicious condiment, pronounced by connoisseurs
"THE ONLY GOOD S UCE,"
Is prepared solely by LEA and PERRINS.
The public are respectfully cautioned against worthless
imitations, and should see that Lea and terrine' names are
on wrapper, label, bottle, and stopper.
ASK for LEA and PERRINS' SAUCE.
Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Wm-
cester; Messrs. Crosse and Blackwell; Messrs. Barclay and
Sons, London, etc. dic.; and by Grocers and Oilmen uni-
versally,

R. HOWARD, SURGEON-DENTIST, 52,
Fleet-street, has introduced an entirely new descrip-
tion of ARTIFICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires,
or ligatures. They so perfectly resemble the natural teeth
as not to be distinguished fro n the originals by the closest
observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will
be found superior to any teeth ever before used. This
method does not require the extraction of roots, or any pain-
ful operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are
loose, and is guaranteed to restore articulation and mastica-
tion. Decayed teeth stopped and rendered sound and useful
in mastication.

52. Fleet-street. At home from 10 till 5,

LAMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM-AN
14:PFECT UAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels
or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad-
mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving
coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con-
sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty
pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which
pliovokes fa rerequent coughin g' g. In approaching consumption
its effects truly beneficial. Persons derived ofp, or
even lying down for fear of suncation, may depend one relief
in a few minutes after taking it. l'reparea on,y and sold by
W. LAMBERT, Chemist. R. Kinz-Waliam-street, Charing-
cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 131 d., and
three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask
for Lainbert's Asthmatic Balsam. The name and address are
engraved on the stamp.
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WRUPTURES.-11Y ROYAL GETTERS PATENT.
HITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER T
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
RUSS
EXHIBITIONS of 1851 and 1862), 18 allowed by upwards of
Ivro Hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, is here
avoideda soft bandage beinv; worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power ii supplied by the Moc.3lain
Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and close-
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during
sleep. A descriptive circular may be post, on
tin truss,
which cannot to fit, forwarded by post, on the drown-
'erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufactu-er,
Mr. WRITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Singe
Umbilical Truss,
ussrle Truss, 10,
8.,6d, 218.,
2s 268 6d
an t., and
528. 316.6 d Postage, Is.
, 4 ,
425. and 525. 6 6d. Postage, ls. Bd.
d. Postage. 18. 10d.
AAnDuoumbbl 31s.
Post-office Orders to be made payable toJohn
office, Piccadilly, White, Post-

- NEW PATENT
pLASTIC STOCKINGS,
42.4 KNEE-CAPS &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, ',prang, &c. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 78. 81, 108., and 16e.
each. Postage, Od.
JOLT& WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for fitting up the TRAINING
oink% x2.n00 required.

Boys' WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street,

HOMELE SS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £l,OOO required.
Boys' Refu WM. WILLI 11113, Secretary.
ge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LOND ON. —The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now in the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£4,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have promised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank, 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pa/1-Mall East ; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge 8, Great Queen-street, W.C.

PROVIDENCE
FOR
Sixty Thlo4
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
ua,saPiarde v
ge nh ct
se riac virdgFinigllsBbUwryit,h.Es.Cu.ppers
and
Breakfasts, have boon given°.
in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had
nights in the bleak streets or undor railwtha pass
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppersar and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The pear
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Man -
ager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
moot this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will he required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving ? The smallest donation will be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the.Rev.;D. GILBEET.
,D.D., No, 22,
Finsbury-circus E.Q.

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
ALEX. 11088's CANTHARIDES 011... which speedily
produces whiskers and thickens hair, 3a 6d, 5s 6d, and iOs 6d;
sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.—ALlllX. 8088, 248,
High Liolborn, London, and all Chemists.

WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S cHruoro.
This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few hours,
removing the veryroot. Price is ; sent by post for 60 stamps.
—248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ourle
Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold
at 3s 6d, 5s 6d, and 10s 6d ; sent free for 54, 84, and 144 stamps.
—Had of all Chemists.

GREY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect colour
Immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na-
tural in effe t. Price 3s ad, 38 bd. and ied 6d; scut by post
for 54, 84, and 141 stamps ; and all Chemists.

H.AIR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
London.—AL EX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes
superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms, without effect
to the skin. Price 3s 6d, 6e 6d, and 103 6d; sent for 51, 84,
and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists.

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
skin aro imroved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
VEATI`AI3LE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lowness, &o. 2s 9d and 7s 0d ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with t beautifull-perfumed ash, in seven
or ten days the hair hi
as ssumes its original colourW, and remains
so by an occasional using-. 10s 6cl; sent for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
most useful invention of the day, AQUA AKAR/ILL A.
Keller& JOHN GOSNELL and ed Bull Wharf, 93,
Upper Thames-street, Perfumers to CO.,'her Majesty, respect-
fully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid, which
gradually restores tna human hair to its pristine hue—no
matter at what age. The Agna Amarella has none of the
properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the
system, and when the hair is once restored one application
per month will keep it in perfect colony'. Price one guinea per
ottle, or in half bottles. 10s. GI Testimonials from artistes
oflthe highest order, and from individuals of undoubted re-
spectability. may be seen on application. Messrs. John
Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal
Highness the Princess of Wales.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almosttray children, from the age of 8 to 18, who
have been led as from te ath of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Hr. Daniel Co.. Lombard n -street, Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co..street.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus, .King's-erosa.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty
the QUEEN.
Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, KG.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH. K.G.
This Hospital, founded In the year 1828, the Unto estab-
lish the Principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. Is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I,4acles It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear estly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the pr vises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several n,ndred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.;Berries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and do.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W fliianas, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Berney's-street : and at the Hospital. from to till 5.
.STANFORD ONITE, gienetuy,

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