The Sun.
London, England, 1867-06-29 00:00:00

CAUTION.

Be sure and ask for "NORTON'S PILLS," and do not be
persuaded to purohase any of the various imitations which
have sprunz up in consequence of the success of NORTON'S
CAMOMILE PILLS.

NEWSPAPER PRESS FUND.—
The FOURTH ANNUAL DINNER will take
place at WILLIS'S ROOMS, King street, St. James's.
THIS DAY (SATURDAY), June 29.
The Right Hon. WM. EWART GLADSTONE, M.P.,

CONTRACTS FOR STAVES AND IRON HOOPS.
Contract Department,us June
24,
Admiralty,
18 , Somerset
I
ruHE 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 THURSDAY,
the 11th July next, a 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 Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, Gosport, and Ply-
mouth, the undermentioned articles, :

DEPTFORD.
Baltic Pipe Staves (New Fresh)
Do. Hogshead do. do.
Quebec Pipe Staves do.
Fiumo Barrel Staves do.
Length.
Ft. In
18 2
I 7 10
'7 6
17 0
1.6 7
(9 0
8 3
6 9
6 3
I 5 11
[6 1
5 9
5 5
5 1
4 10
'6 8
6 2
5 11
6 1
5 9
5 5
5 1
4 10
9 6
9 2
8 8
[ 8 2
7 0
5 5
GOSI
(511
6 4
6 9
5 9
6 3
S
4 10
(9 6
LYM,
6 7
'6 9
6 3
5 11

Now Iron Butt Hoops.

Do. Stout Plato Hoops

Do. Slight Plate Hoops

New Iron Stout Plate
Hoops

Do. Slight Plato Hoops

New Iron Butt Hoops..

Wire. Width.
Gauge. In.

... 13 ... 11 ..

... 13 - 11- -

Do. Stout Plate Hoops

... 15 lk

14 1i ~

~. 15 ... 11 ...

_ 15 - 11 ..,

... 15 ... 11 .
'ORT.

Quantity.
No.
46.000
~. 37,000

44,800
24,455
28,000
8,760
14,562
3,192
2,900
4,810

14 .

• ... 15 ...
15 ... 1
UTH.
... 13 ...
- 13 ... 1} ...

5,900
•
5,200
5,000
9,600

One-half of each of the said quantities to be delivered
within two months from the date of the acceptance of the
Tender, and the remainder within two months afterwards,
or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
The Staves are to be tendered for at per 100 No., and
the Iron Hoops at per I,ooolb.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the articles, but separate tenders must be made for each
port, and no attention will be paid to any offers not so
made.

Their Lordships reserve to themseli,es the power, when
the tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole
or for such part thereof only as they mny deem fit, or for a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the tenders.
Samples of the articles may be seen at the Victualling-
yards at Deptford, Gosport, and Plymouth.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and
contractors in claiming payment for supplies are to make
out their invoices in accordance therewith, both as to
quantities and rates.

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, and at
the Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
Particular attention is c•illed to the conditions of the
contracts, which may be seen in the said Lobby, and at the
Victualling-yards at Gosport and Plymouth.
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 communicated to
him and to his proposed sureties in wilting.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for ," and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Register of Contracts and Public Securities.

RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT

VITHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXUIBITIONS 01 1851 and 1862), is allowed by upwards of
Two Mulched Helical Gentlemen to be the moat effective
Invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here
avoided—a soft bandage fein4 worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting power 1% supplied by the sloc-Main
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 had, and the truss,
which cannot fall to fit, forwarded by post, on the circum-
ference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,