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

Births.

CHELSEA—On the 29th ult., Viscountess Chelsea, of a Oil.
MOSTYN— On the 29th ult., at 93, Eaton-square, the Roll
Mrs. Moston, of a son.
HUNT—On the 31st ult., at 36, Clarges-street, the wife a-)
Rowland Hunt, Esq., of a daughter.
JACKSON—On the 30th ult., at 12, Pembroke-gardens, Nell
sington, the wife of Mason Jackson, Esq., of a son.
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Marriages.
RIDOWAY—COTTAM On the 29th ult., at St. Mary's, Will?
bledon, Alex. F. Ridgway, of 8, Weymouth-street, Port"
land-place, to Fanny Juliet, third daughter of the 1,4
George Cottam, Esq., of Wimbledon, formerly of P
John's-wood.
SEVERN—FERGUSSON—On the 28th ult., at Newhaller, neap
Edinburgh, Walter Severn, Esq., of the Privy (2.0uu,°,,
Office, to Mary Dalrymple, fifth daughter of the late D'
C. Dalrymple Fergusson, Bart.
Deaths.
BLATIIERWICK—On the 29th ult., at Fareham, Hants,
B. Blatherwick, Esq., aged 73.
10,
ORESSALL —On the 29th ult., Mr. Samuel L. Cressall, • hi
Laurel-villas, Auckland-hill, Lower Norwood, and t"
Stock Exchange, aged 28.
FINUCANE —On the 27th ult., in London, D. Finucall6
Esq., of Larch Hill, county Clare, aged 28.
HAMILTON—On the 29th ult., at 16, Woodside-terrace'
Glasgow, John W. Hamilton, Esq.
bIEGGY On the 29th ult., at Museum-terrace, °helms.f °rdf
George Meggy, Esq., aged 59.
THWAITES —On the 30th tilt., at 48, Sydney-street, Etrol'ir.
ton, Lieut.-General George S. Thwaites, aged 88.

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LONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY
PRESIDENT.

Sir,,,WILLIAM FRASER, Bart., 11.4 P.S.A.
Owthe 13th of June, 1865, it was admitted unanimously in
the ; House of Commons that the condition of London,as
regards Paving, Lighting, and Cleansing, was disgraceful.
NG improvement has taken place.
The Traffic of London becomes every,day more un-
manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of
Provincial and Continental Cities.
This Society has been formed to stimulate public atten-
tion; to collect condense, and make kilown 'facts ; to
point out defects in the law ; to enforce_ provisions at
present neglected; .anal to watch Bills introduced into par-
liament on these subjects.
,Tho London Street • Reform Society is not pledged- to
support any specific change in the Government
.of the
.
Metropolis.

Those who may wish to join the Society- are requested
to write to J. S. Haly; Esq., Hon. Sec. L.S.R:S., .88, St.
James's-street, S. LW. •

CONTRACT FOR BEECH WEDGES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 14th Dec, 1866:
THE COMMISSIONERS foi EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
the Bth January next, at Two o'Clock, they will be ready
to 4reat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract
for supplying Her Majesty's Dockyard at Portsmouth with
Hewed Wedges of Beech, under a Contract for twelve
calendar months certain, and further until the expiration
of three calendar months' warning.
Tho average annual consumption, together with a Form
of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may bo seen in
the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department,
Admiralty, Somerset House. No Tender will be received
after Two o'Clock on the day of Treaty, nor will any be
noticed unless the Party attends, or an Agent for him duly
authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for Beech Wedges ;" and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House, accompanied by a Letter signed by two
responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the
Person tendering in the sum of £2OO for the due perfor-
mance of the Contract.

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By Order,

ANTONIO BRAY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities.

CONTRACT FOR FRE.iII OX BEEF AND VEGE-
TABLES AT FOYNES.
CONTRAMPEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset HouSe, .97th December, 1866.
TIIE 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 Tuesday, the 15th
January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will bo
ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to con-
tract for supplying all such quantities of
FRESH OX BEEF and VEGETABLES,
for the use of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as
may be demandel from the 15th January to the 30th June,
1867, both days included.
The Contractor is to supply good fat well-fed Ox Beef,
as no Heifer meat will be admitted.

The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to
themselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
Tenders must be made at rates per 100 lb., and no atten-
tion will be paid to any offers not so made.
The Contractor, in claiming payment for the supplies, is
to make out his invoices in pounds at per 100th.
The Contractor to reside on the spot, or to have an
agent resident there. If non-resident, the name and ad-
dress of the agent must be inserted in the Tender.
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, or to
the Postmaster at Foynes, where also the conditions of
the contract may be seen.
No Tender will be received after 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 communicated to him and his proposed
sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department
of the Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset
House, signed by two responsible persons, engaging to
become bound with the person tendering in the sum of
£3OO for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox
Beef, and £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables.
The Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on
the Contracts and Bonds.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

GUNMAKERS and Others,
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
receiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
BREECILLOADING RIFLES, either repeating or not
repeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
future manufacture.

The following are the conditions considered essential in
military non-repeating Rifles:—

A. WEIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.
E. LENGTH.
To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
hollow of the butt-plate to muzzle.
c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed 61b. 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
fixed according to the present system.
F. STOCK.
Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning rod, and
allow a sling to be used.

a. .
Must not exceed that of RECOIL
the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 per cent.

H. THE AAS A HOLE.
Must be as little liable R
to M injury bylWong-continued firing,
rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
form quality.
r. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.
Must be as little liable to injury by rough usage, damp,
and exposure in all climates, as the Boxer cartridge for
Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
dental explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional. 3f. THE LOCK.
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N. F FIRE.
Capable of firinRAPIDITY at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
O. ACCURACY WHENFIRED 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 bin. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

P. TRA.
Not to require at 500 yards JE
anCTORY elevation of more than
deg. 30 min.

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

R. PENETRATION.
The mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rine—
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
may be snperadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
specifications, and drawings of the methods proposed,
stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
flnistu3d specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
nition, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
Office; Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
Tho specifications and specimen arms will be considered •
by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
bers, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
War, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary roundp,
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 are 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 bo 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 £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
ities
which will be 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 mere than one 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.

111:
MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will bo re-
ceived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
loading 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 does 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 accepted
for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O each.
This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per
arm.

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 be recorded in connection with it.
if the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
into the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
War Offi ' of Ordnance
ce, Oct. 22 1866.

BOYS' at 66 and 67, OXFORD-ST.

BOYS' NEW STYLE OVERCOATS.

BOYS' NEW STYLE REEFERS.

BOYS' KNICKERBOCKER SUITS.

BOYS' OSBORNE SUITS.

BOYS' HARROW SUITS.

OYS' JACKETS for ALL PURPOSES.

BOYS' TROUSERS and VESTS.

B YS' HOSIERY and SHIRTS.

BOYS' HATS, CAPS, &c., Scc.

HYAM & Co.'s BOYS' WINTER CLOTHING,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
Tho first establishment in the kingdom for Juvenile
Boys' Sandringham Overcoats Clothing. lss. to 355.
Boys' Prince Alfred Reefer
s. to 30s.
15
Boys' Overcoats for Little Boys • los. to 30s.
Boys' Knickerbocker Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Westminster and Osborne Suits lss. to 355.
Boys' Eaton, Harrow, and Rugby Suits
Boys' Jackets for School and Home 9s. to 21s.

fl YAM & C.O.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s.
liyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats 3os. to
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer
25s 55
Ifyam & Co.'s Winter Suits
05.845.
7s.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 2s.
Hymn & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats 4 30s. to 70s.
Hymn & Co.'s Winter Vests 6s. to 14s.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255.

T_TYAM & Co.'s SELECT DEPARTMENTS.
1. Gentlemen's Clothing for immediate wear.
2. Bespoke or Order Department.
3. Boys' and Youths' Distinct Department.
4. Hats, Caps, Hosiery, and Outfit Department.

I I YAM & Co.'s ESTABLISHMENTS.
LONDON-66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET.
BIRMINGHAM-21, 22, and 23, NEW-STREET.
LEEDS-42, BRIGGATE ; and
DEWSBURY—WESTGATE.

UJust published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps.
GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
the
descriptive of articles and means used for improving
London appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248,
.I:Ugh Holborn,

SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in
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ONDERFTJL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured.
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This preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few boll*
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—248, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

HAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
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—llad of all Chemists.

UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF THE ELITE OF EUROPE
AND AMERICA.
• NO MORE CRUSHING OF DRESSES._

THE only PRIZE for any class of TRUNKS at
the Duolin Exhibition, 186.5, was AWARDED to Mr.
MYERS, of CAVENDISa 110 USE. wimore-street, Caven-
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Expanding DRESS BASKET TRUNKS, which are secured
by Royal Letters Patent in En eland and France.
All Americans visitinc.r, Loudon are.,:xespectfully'..recOm-
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Ladies especially will fin in M. Myers's Royal Alexandra
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constructed to carry a large or smill qaantity of Dresses,
&c. ; and from its r ecubar mechanical contrivance will' ex-
pand or collapse by its own action, thereby for
itself to
any size ; and it can therefore be used for either a short
journey or a long tour.

NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and
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gradually restores toe human hair to its pristine hue—no
matter at what age. The Agua 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 colour. Price one guinea per
bottle, or in half bottles, 10s. 61. Testimonials from artistes
offthe 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
Higtneas the Princes. of Wales.