The Sun.
London, England, 1867-01-11 00:00:00

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ONDON STREET REFORM SOCIETY.
pt.. 4
PRESIDENT.
Sir WILLIAM FRASEB, Bart., M.A., F.S.A.
On the 13.0 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.
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manageable. The Public Vehicles are inferior to those of
Provincial and Continental Cities.
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tion.; to collect, condense, and make known facts ; to
pint out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at
Present neglected; and to watch Bills introduced into Par-
liament Oft these subjects.
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support any specific change in the Government of the
Metropolis.
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to write to J. S. 13a11 Esq., lion. Sec. L.S.R.S., 88, St.
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p.,bl,,dieti, leap rivt.)., eliith price
ONION SELF-GOVERNER
-.1• By sir WILLIAM P R. Bart., 31. A , F...A.
do • • lecan..ig vov. 4, St. Jamos'=-Fitt,et.
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cox rnAcyr FOR BARRACK STORES FOR THE

ROYAL 31ARINES.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
Hons,,, 9th Jan. 1837.
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
Scrithbing 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
t:lmAdmiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
ender for Barrack Stores;" and must also be delivered
at the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admi-
ralty, Somerset House, signed by two responibl" persrmq,
engaging to become bound with the Person tendering in
the sum of 4300 for the due performance of the Contract.

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

CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE-

TABLES AT FOYNES.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 27th December, 1866.
TIIE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN andof IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Tuesday, the 15th
January next, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
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 1.143 of her Majesty's ships and vessels at Foynes as
TY' ay be demanded 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.
to
The Contractor, in claiming payment for the supplies, is
make out his invoices in pounds at per 100 lb.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and must also be delivered at the department
!. the Comptroller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset
11"se, sinned by two responsible persons, engaging to
pbecome bound with the person tendering in the sum of
eoo for the due performance of the Contract for Fresh Ox
-16,312eand £lOO for the Contract for Vegetables.
the Contractor to pay half the amount of the stamps on
Contracts and Bonds.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

U GIJNII A. KERS and Others.

The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
BEreceiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
E-LO &DING RIFLES, either repeating or not
reeating CH,
Which may replace the present Service Rifles in
future manufac

IL
The following are the conditions considered essential in
military non-repeating Rifles :
Not to exceed A. WEIGHT.
91b. soz. without bayonet.
B. LENGTH..
To be 51 inches with s sto,
hollow of the butt-plate tohort muzzle.ck measured from the
Must
c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
servico.

Must c D. CARTRIDGES.
arry thbir own ignition.
The t. SIGHTS.
fixed foresight must be such as to admit of a bayonet
according to the present system.
Must be such
as
used.
to car STOCK,
allow a sling tory a light metal cleaning-rod, and
be

G. Must not exceed that ofRECOIL.
the Enfield Rifle by more than
10 per cent.

H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.
'Must be as little liable to injury bylong-continued firing,
rough usage, and exposure as the naval rifles converted to
breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
Palso, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
en, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
Loral quality.
/. 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
qtality, quantities, and of uniform
Optional. K. CALIBRE.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional. M. THE LOCK.

x. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, 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 6in. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five 'Argots of twenty
shots each.

P. 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 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 Rifle
viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards.
s. LUBRCATION.
Wax on bullets is indispons sable, but any other lubricant
nlaY be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.
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111.
No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
Specifications, and drawings of the methods prposed,
stating the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
finished specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
'Alton, should be sent to the "Director of Ordnance, War
°Rio9, Pall-mall," on or before the 30th March, 1867.
, The specifications and specimen arms will be considered
.?3, the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
te_ras, who will be selected by the Secretary of State for
W r, and who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
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
vtLrra IA their being included in the competition, the con-
ditionsatbof which are stated in this advertisement.
for e; accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
to the speci
periment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
moo arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
unition 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 be paid to each of the accepted
competitor's, 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 clearlyt, 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.

1V:
MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
eived and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
°riding Rifles. They must not be less in length than 48
nches, including the stock.
Thelimit 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 Ann 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.

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