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

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.

UNVILLE'S P.R. OLD IRISH WHISKY,
BELFAST,

Is regularly supplied to the House of Lords.

" V.R." IRISH WHISKY.
BUNVILLE and CO.'S " V.R." OLD IRISH
WHISKY, BELFAST.
London Offices and Stores,
4, BEA.EFORT-BUILDINGS,•STRAND, W.C.
Established HO& Quotations on application.

TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
Cork.—" The purest spirit and safest drink in the
world."—Loodon Offices, 7, Printing-house-square, E.C.,
next the "Times."

_TAMES DALY and CO., Distillers, John-street,
tir Cork, beg to announce that they are able to supply the
trade with their celebrated Whiskies, in casks or cases, and
to take orders in bond and for exportation, at their offices, 7,
Printing-house-square, London, KC.. 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 le. per case over the next
peat, and Is. 6d per gallon and ss. 6d. a case over the lowest
quotation. Always on hand a large supply of ve,y old
mellow whisky in the finest condition, matured in sherry
casks, unsurpassable in quality and flavour, supplied on the
Most reasonable terms.

CONTRACT FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE

ROYAL MARINES.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 9th Jan., 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and 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
Long-Hair Broom 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
of 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 be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responsible persons,
the sum of £3OO for the due performance of the Contract.

By Order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities.

GUNMAKERS and Others.
I.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
`"''ziell-LOA.DING RIFLES, either repeating or not
lePeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
mture manufacture.

jl'he following are the conditions considered essential in
1417 non-repeating Rifles:—
A. WIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.
B. LENGTH.
, be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
uoTlloo wOf the butt-plate to muzzle.
c• WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

D. CARTRIDGES.
Must carry their own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.
The foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet
uzed according to the present system.
F. STOCK.
a sling
alloy,Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning rod, and
to be used.
Must G. RECOIL.
not.
exceed that of the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 per cent
R. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injurybylong-continued firing,
,(Ingh usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
ileech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
alB'3, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
ipen, anal'of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
orto ty.
I. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
"Posure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
.niier's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
2!ptal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
being' manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. Optional. x. CALIBRE.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional.
m. THE LOCK.

N. F FIRE.
Capable of firing atRAPIDITY least 1Z rounds per minute, without
tinning, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
0. 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 yards, 12in. at 500,
and Gin. at 300.
The moan to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

P. .
Not to require at 500 yards anTRAJECTORY elevation of more than 1
dog. 30 min.

Q. FOULING.
Tho shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
at 1,000 yards aftor firing 250 rounds.

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
Lours in water.
Distance '3O yards.
s. LUBRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
IllaY be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

I
No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
414414. the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
'nished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
`'ln,n, ce Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
b
'llO specifications and specimen arms will be considered
Y the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
"; who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
vari and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
select and recommend for further trial such of the systems
„„8 TaY appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
-"en as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
ti‘:4Trant their being included in the advertisement. the con-
Thous of which aro stated in this advertisement.
f aeli accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
101. "Perinient, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity 0 the specimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
nillnition per arm, within four months after date of de-
bland. 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
eepetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
°,BuPPly of ammunition required.
;tr-Oho Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
ill which, on combination of all qulities, is considered
by the committee to be the best submiatted.
A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
,
lars,aini ryg a satisfacto degree of excellence in other particu-
Is selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
A. third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
ities which will bo principally taken into consideration in
awarding this prize will be 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 be understood that under no circumstances
Will a competitor be entitled to more than ono prize ; 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-
oived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
ending Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
tales, including the stock.
Tho 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
llagazine or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the above
conditions ; and in the absence of experience does not at
present define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
to be fulfilled before such an arm can be adopted.
Those Magazine orßepeating Arms, which are accepted
for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £OO each.
This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per
arm,

V.
The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
novelty 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 ho recorded in connection with it.
if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
into the t
service, will tho
hear ( inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
of Ordnance
War Office, Oct. 22 1866