The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-16 00:00:00

R. GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Obsorm tha Red Soal, Pink Label, and Cork brander
" Icinaban'H LL :VhiskV."

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
f incllrpor tted by Aot of i'arliarn.mt, 1850),
'4, a-13:3:Sk'N,L-STRE ET. COVENT-GARDEN. LONDON.
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Proon applimpt AD VA
cation NCI4S
letter to
EDWARD HARPER. Secretary.

•
COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and BUSINESSES.
FURNESS and KNEE'S List on application.
Partin Jars for insertio received until the 27th of the
month at their
Al.lO VION AND HOTEL AGENCY OFFICES.
5. Azar•street, S raid, NV.C., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cr-ss Railway Station.

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

"P.R." IRISH WHISKY.
DUNVILLE, and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRIS
WHISKY, BELFAST.
n.,‘ London Offices and Stores,
4. BEAUFORT-BUILDINGS, STRAND, W.C.
Establlithed 18C8. Quotations on application.

JAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.--" The purest spirit and safest drink in
,the
World."-- ondon Offi h
ces, 7, Printing-house-square, .C.,
next the "L Times."

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork, ben to announce that they tre able to supply the
tr'ide with their celebrated Whiskies, in onsiis or cases, and
to take orders in bond and for exportation, at t:ieir offices, 7,
Printing-hone-square, London, KC". the only houre in the
square not occupied by the " Times." J. I) and Co.'s whiskies
brine, the highest prices in the Australian and ether Colonial
ra,arkets, as may be observed by reference to the "Journal of
'`)Taraerc Of Victoria," by which it will be t that Their
Whiskies .e'en 6d. ner gallon sod Is. per c• • e over the next
bear, P.nd It .6d ne. -allon ants 6d. aC. J(' the lowest
(MTh, tion. Alw.,,.vs on hand ie.:,e supply of ye y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
• - casks unsutpas4r4ble hr quality and flavour, stLylfed on the
Most -eamonable ;exam

CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE
- - ROYAL MARINES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 9th Jan., 1847.
THE COMMISSIONEUS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN andof IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on WEDNES-
DAY, the 23d inst., at Twelve o'Clock at Noon, they will
be ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
Lopg-Hair Breom Heads, and Clamps and Blocks for Long
Scrubbing Brushes, as may from time to time be demanded
for the use of the Royal Marines, under a Contract for
twelve calendar months certain, and further until the expi-
ration of three calendar months' warning.
Patterns of the articles may be seen at the Royal Marine-
office, New-street, Spring-gardens, between the hours of
Eleven and Two o'Clock.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
on application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
the conditions of the Contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'Clock at
Noon on the day of Treaty; and it will not be required
that the Party tendering, or an Agent on his behalf, should
attend at the Office on the day of Contract, as the result
0 the offer received from each person will be communi-
cated to him and his proposed Sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
Tender for Barrack Stores ;" and must also bo delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in
44,0 sum of £3OO for the due porformance of the Contract.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities. .

° GIJ NMAKERS and Others.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
a
-;Yln PROPOSALS from Gnnmakers and Others for
r ,"4ECILLOIDING RIFLES, either repeating or not
fuePtilearetilhangiawufhaicethurrae.ay replace the present Service Rifles in

The foil
Owin IL
luilitag are the conditions considered essential in
17 non-repeating Rifles:—
A. WIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.
m LENGTH.
hoTile be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
ow of the butt-plate to muzzle.
hest not exceed 61h. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

D. CARTRIDGES.
lust ea'"--...y their own ignition.
;. SIGHTS. Ile foresight mustE
be such as to admit of a bayonet
"zed according to the present system.
P. STOC.
al be such as to carry a light metal cleaning-rod, and
a sling to be used.
G. .
Must not exceed that ofRECOIL the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 Per cent

x. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
tcniMust be as little liable to injurybylong-continued firing,
gli use and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to breech-la deers on the Snider system. To be as capable,
„aa of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
form quality a" of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
L THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
DZust be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
meer'xPosure r.ll climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
s converted Enfield rifle—also aa little liable to acci-
eptal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
being manufactured in lar quantities, and of uniform
quality. ge
K. CALIBRE.
Optional,
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional. M. THE LOOK.

N. RAIDITY FIRE. Capable of firing at P
least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
- ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
The arm must give a mean figure of merit o' not more
than 36in. at 1,000 yard; 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
end Gip. at 300.
The mean to bo taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.
r. TRAJECTORY.
Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
deg. 30 min.
Q. FOULING.
The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds. per cent.

R. 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.
s. LUBRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
~""IY be supemdded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
-'eceBsary by the competitor.
No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
rPecifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
ating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
titne,d specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
r„ should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
'"C`4l Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
1, 'lllO specifications and specimen arms will be considered
the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
bers' who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
t3"rer, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
eet and recommend for further trial such of the systems
ti.erl_!,,37 appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
wn." " may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
aitirorant their being included in the competition, the con-
:lcsOf which are stated in this advertisement
for e',„'„a,eeePted competitor will then be required to furnish
to tlm7„-.1:1°Illts at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
munition en
arm
submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am•
on per arm, within four months after date of tic
mend, Each

Jo-
,
co._ . ,ch competitor will be required to disclose to the
"'"lttee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
Ploy A
' sum of £3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
tilltiPetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
the Pet
of ammunition required.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
1113111 which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
7 the committee to be the best submitted.
tnA second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
"4ll,l.lg' a frosatisftry degree of excellence in other particu-
lars, is selected merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
ities which will be vincipally taken into consideration in
awarding this or will be economy of manufacture, power
Of sustainidg rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
'various clim..tes, 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 be understood that under no circumstances
Will a competitor ho entitled to more than on© Anne; but
such prize will be irrespective of any reward which may
be
given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the
service.

1 v:
MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
oading Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
aches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at nib. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.
bait is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
net.
The Secretary of State offers a reward of 800 for the best
Magazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above
conditions
reso ; and in the absence of experience does not at
entdefine the standard of accuracy or other conditions
be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
fo
Those Magazine orßepeatingArms, which are accepted
urther trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each.
arm
This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per

V.
The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
novelty produced in n.nswer to this advertisement shall be
adopted into the service without proper acknowledgment,
and that the name of the individual with whom it origi-
nator shall be recorded in connection with it.
if the rifle to hich e first prizo is is
into the service, itw willbear the inventor'sawarde named . adopted
J. ST, GEORGE, Major-General, Director
War Office, Ordnance Office, Oct, 22 iso