The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-29 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR VINEGAR, SPLIT PEAS,
RAISINS, AND TEA.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 26th October, 1867.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
l the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
sth November next, 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 Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermentioned
Articles, viz.:—
To be tendered for
Quantities. at rates.
VINEGAR 20,000 gallons per 100 galls.

When to be delivered.—llalf in one calendar month
from date of contract, and the remainder in one calendar
month afterwards. Or earlier if preferred by the party
tendering.
To be tendered for
Quantities at rates.
SPLIT PEAS 5,000 imperial bush. per 100 galls.
RAISINS 50,000 pounds per 100 pounds.
TEA .....100,000 pounds per pound.

When to be delivered. —One half of each in three weeks
from the date of Contract, and the remainder thereof in
three weeks afterwards, or earlier, if preferred by the party
tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of
the Articles.

Separate tenders are to be made for each Article.
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the whole
or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit, or for a
greater quantity, or of not contracting for any, and also an
unlimited power of selection in accepting the Tenders.
The Raisins and Tea to be exempted from the Customs
duties, and parties tendering are to state where they are
lyi
Samples of the Vinegar (not less than a quart) which
the parties tendering may purpose to supply must accom-
pany their Tenders, as the delivery will be required to be
made in accordance with the samples which may be ac-
cepted, and the Vinegar teadered is to be of No. 20 trade
denomination. The casks in which the Vinegar is to be
supplied will be furnished by the Government, but are to
be sent for and returned when filled by the contractor.
Samples of the Split Peas (not less than two quarts),
and of tho Raisins (not less than 81b), must be produced 1
by the parties tendering.
Each Tender for Tea must specify the import mark and
number of each parcel, the ship in which imported, the
dock or warehouse where lying, and must be accompanied
by an average sample (not loss than 21b.) of each parcel.
Tenders failing in any of these conditions will not be en-
tertained.
Tho samples produced by persons whose Tenders are
not accepted are to bo taken away by them immediately
after the contracts have bean decided.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates ; and
Contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are
to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both
as to quantities and rates, excepting those for Peas, which
are to be in gallons at per 100 gallons.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on
application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House.
Particular attention is called to the Conditions of the
Contracts, which may be seen in the said Lobby. No Ten-
der will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon on the
day of treaty, and it will not be required that the party ten-
dering, 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 bo communicated to him and to his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and boar in the left-hand corner the words,
" Tender, ," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

PRICE ....4d.
STAMPED......Sd.

Faval and Military Intelligence.

Orders were yesterday received at the head-quar-
ters of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, ty Col. J.
L. A. Simmons, C. 8., director of the establishment
for the detachment of the mounted A troop, together
with the 10th company of Royal Engineers and the
parties of photogm2kers, well-borers, signalmen,
and telegraphists, to einbaiktpy Abyssinia on Mon-
day next at Woolwich, on bcrirk ttkiLchartereil
screw steamer Mendoza, which has been talit, l!yr
the Government for their conveyance to their destit
nation. The mounted portion of the detachment
have had their kits, valises, &c., taken away and
knapsack; substituted, so as to render the whole
of the party alike as to their equipment. The
officers and sappers employed on this service will
receive additional pay, some portion of which will
be paid in advance. During the interval which
elapses before their taking their departure from
Chatham they will be practised from time to time
in the particular duties they will be called on to dis-
charge in connection with the expedition. As pre-
viously stated in The Sun, the Government has
authorised the expenditure of the sum of £B,OOO for
the purchase of the most approved scientific instru-
ments for the use of the Royal Engineers employed
in Abyssinia, including a complete set of telegraph
instruments and wires, which will be laid down as
the force advances, thus enabling constant commu-
nication to be kept up with the reserve force at the
base of operations.
In consequence of the prevalence of marsh fever
at the Isle of Grain, the 7th company of Royal En-
gineers, employed on the defences at the entrance to
the Medway, has received orders to rejoin head-
quarters, Chatham, and may be expected to arrive
at the Royal Engineer establishment early in the
ensuing month.
Lieut. T. Fraser has been appointed assist.-in-
structor in field works at the Royal Engineer esta-
blishment, Chatham, succeeding Lieut. J. J.
Robertson, who was recently accidentally drowned
in Chatham harbour.

An order was yesterday received at Chatham
directing Lieut. Vibart and a detachment of non-
commissioned officers and gunners of the Ist divi-
sion Depot Brigade Royal Artillery to be held in
readiness for immediate embarkation for service in
India.

Col. Sir A. Alison's period of service as Assist.-
Adjt.-General of the South West Military District
having expired, he has been succeeded in the duties
of his late office by Lieut.-Col. J. Peel, Rifle Brigade.
The unarmoured screw sloop Rosario, 7, 673 tons,
150 horse power, Commander Palmer, sailed from
Spithead yesterday morning on a term of foreign
service on the Australian station.

The Supply, screw iron storeship, Staff Com-
mander C. Bawden, sailed from Spithead yesterday
with stores, &c., for Gibraltar and Malta.

The Plover, double screw gunvessel, 3, 663 tons,
160 horse power, Commander Poland, completing
her outfit at Portsmouth for a term of service on the
West Coast of Africa, is ordered to make a short
cruise experimentally in the Channel previous to
sailing for her destination. The Plover is the pioneer
of her class in her Majesty's navy, and it has there-
fore been determined to make a few experiments
with her under steam before sending her on her
station.

Her Majesty's paddle yacht Osborne, Commander
John D'Arcy, received orders yesterday at Ports-
mouth to fill up with fuel, and prepare for further
special service at an hour's notice.
Her Majesty's screw yacht Fairy has been brought
down Portsmouth harbour and temporarily berthed
alongside the dockyard, preparatory, it is under-
stood, to her being broken up. The little craft cer-
tiinly seems to deserve a better fate, especially as
there is no other vessel in the Royal squrdron that
can perform the duties for which the Fairy is emi-
nently adapted on the Rhine, &c. The Admiralty
have, howerer, such a wholesome horror of repairing
estimates made out in the royal de.kyards that it is
not improbable the Controller may have advised
their lordships that it would be more economical to
build a new Fairy whenever her Majesty may require
ono than to repair a craft designed so many years
since at an unknown and possibly fabulous cost.
It may be observed here that nothing in all our
system of dockyard management, or mismanage-
ment, of the present day in the shape of reports or
figures, is more unreliable than "estimates" sent
up from the yards to the Admiralty of the cost of
repairs required by the hull of a ship, or even the
" valuation" of such work in many instances after
it has been done. This is due to the mildew cling-
ing to the general system of dockyard management
rather than to the negligence or want of discretion
and professional capacity on the part of officials.
An English naval officer, writing from Yokohama
on the 29th of August last, says :—" The Admiral
has been away from here for nearly six weeks,
taking the British Minister on a cruise round the
islands of Japan. They are expected back every
day. The Pelorus is up here, and on the Admiral's
arrival will probably sail for England, being just
four years in commission. We have heard no news
yet of the Rodney or the Ocean. The former must
be very close to Hong Kong by this time. There is
a report out here that Capt. Stanhope will rezign
the command of the Ocean as soon as she arrives at
Hong Kong, and that Capt. Hewett, V.C., of the
Basilisk, will succeed to the command of the iron-
clad. If this change takes place Commander
Suttie, of the Salamis, will take command of the
Basilisk, and the Salamis fall to a lieutenant's com-
mand. So rumour declares."
The following appointment has been made in the
Royal Naval Reserve :—Thomas Jamieson, to be
hon. lieut.
The following appointments have been made at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. Henry N. Alleyne to the
Myrmidon ; Navigating Lieut. James G. Liddell to
the Myrmidon ; Navigating Lieut. N. G. Argunn-
ban to the Euphrates; W. H. Hooper, chief engi-
neer, tq the Rattler ; John Bremner, paymaster, to
the Myrmicoi: • clerk, to the
R. S. S. Ross Lewin,
Myrmidon ; Lieut. i D arrant, to. the Victoria and
Albert, complement inct;:nplete ; G P. Martin,
paymaster, to the Victoria and itLhert, vice Sather-
st.-
land, deceased ; Edward M. Onamannt:: ass!
paymaster, to the Lion ; F. R. G. Wright, assi.7.-
paymaster, to the Royal Adelaide, as supernume-
rary ; H. Wilson, engineer, to the Jumna ; and R.
S. Kiernan, first class assist. engineer, to the Jumna.
Rear-Admiral G. Buckle, C. 8., was yesterday
appointed senior officer at Cork, vice Rear-Admiral
C. Frederick, promoted to Vice-Admiral.

LIFEBOA7 SERVICE.

WINCIIELSEA, OCt. 25.

During foggy weather, and iu a fresh breeze from
W.S.W., on the 22d inst., information was received
that a vessel was ashore abreast of No. 35 martello
tower. The solicitors and proctors' lifeboat of the
National Lifeboat Institution, the Storm Sprite,
was thereupon promptly launched, and proceeded to
the spot. The lifeboat rendered good service to the
distressed vessel by getting out her anchor and
hauling at it. The lifeboat then remained by the
vessel all night, it being thought advisable to do so.
Subsequently, with the assistance of two steamtugs,
the ship was got off, and proceeded on her voyage.
She was the Micheils Loos, of Antwerp, 1,240 tons,
bound to that port from Callao with a cargo of
guano, and having a crew of 24 men. This is the
first service performed by this boat, which was
placed at Winchelsea some months since, having
been presented to the Lifeboat Society by the
solici-
tors and proctors of England, through Mr. F.
Ouvry and Mr. W. M. Wilkinson.

THE ALLEGED CHILD MURDER AT WOOLWICIL—
T he inquest on view of the body of the child Golding, who
is alleged to have been murdered by a German baker at
Woolwich, was resumed yesterday, and after a brief con-
versation wee again adjourned.