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Deaths.

ASIILEY—On the Ist inst., in Brook-street, the Hon. Jolla
Ashley, Q.O.
BLACKBURN—On the Ist inst., at Grassmoade, Southfieldsl
S. Blackburn, Esq., aged 61.

CLISSOLD -On the Ist inst., at 19, Talbot-square, Susse%'
gardens, London, the Rev. Henry Clissold, M.A., for"
merly minister of the Episcopal Church, Stockwell.
Duxx—On the Ist inst., at Hastings, Mr. Henry Dung
aged 69. •

EMAN—On the Ist inst., at 9, Foiley-road, North Brixtovr
Thomas Eman, Esq.,Colleetor of Inland Rovnuw, Gres-
bain aged C .
PARKIIOUSE —On the 30th ult., at Cambridge, Mr. Samuel
Parkhouso, aged 64.

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On thel3th 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.
No 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 known facts ; to
point out defects in the law ; to enforce provisions at
present neglected;, and to watch Bills introduced into Par-
liament on these subjects.
The London Street Reform Society is not pledged to
supp )rt any. specific change in the Govcrumunt of the
Mytrnn.)Hs.

3 who mw wiA to join the Society are requested
to J. S. Tlalv, E-1., Hon. Sec. L.S.R.S., 83, St.

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CON PRA CT FOR BEECH WEDGES.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
Irons,. 14th Dec., 1866.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
TINTTEn KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give NOTICE, that on TUESDAY,
the Bth January next, at Two o'clock, they will he ready
to treat with such Persons as may be willing to Contract
for supplyine; 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.
The average annual consumption, together with a Form
of the Tender and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in
the Lobby of the Storekeeper-General's Department,
Admiralty, Somerset House. No -Tender will be received
after Two of 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,
Sgmerset 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 duo perfor-
mance of the Contract.
By Order,
ANTONIO BRAY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public
Securities.

N. 23,26

QT. GEORGE'S CATHEDRAL, Soutbwark.—
NEXT SUNDAY (the 6th inst.), the Feast of the
Epiphany, SOLEMN PONTIFICAL MASS, at 11 a.m.,
with Full Instrumental Accompaniment. Music—Mozart's
12th Mass, Lutz's "Videruut," " Most° Fideles," dc.

:WAN'S LL WHISKY. DUBLIN
EXHIBITION, 1865.
This celebrated OLD IRISH WHISKY gained the
Prize Medal.
It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Whole-
,Orno,

Sold in Bottles, 3s. 83., at the Retail Houses in London ;
the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or
whobsgalA at
R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W.
Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded
" Kinaban's LL Whisky."

UTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
IL ;Inoorpor4ted by Act of Parlis.mtmt,
NUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN, LONDON.
Prompt ADVANCE i on all description of Security. Forms
free on application by letter to
EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

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COUNTRY HOTELS, PUBLIC HOUSES,
and RUSIN ESSES.
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•streek Strand, Wk., and nearly opposite the
Charing Cross Railway Station.

CONTRACT FOR FRESH OX BEEF AND VEGE-
TABLES AT FOYNES.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 27th December, 1866.
riPHE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
M_ 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 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 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 moat 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 100 lb.
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 mast 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 C ontract 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.

110 GUNMAKERS and Others.

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

Tho following are the conditions considered essential in
military non-repeating Rifles

A. WEIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.

B. LENGTH.

JSBORNE'S STILTON

Is THE Cheese !

171AU-DE-VlE.—This Pure PALE BRANDY,
, 18s. per gallon, is vt ry superior to recent i.nportations
of Cognac, recommended by the medical proles•don, and ex-
tensively used in hospitals. In bottles, 38s. per dozen, or in
a case 335., railway carriage psi (.—KEN Rl' BRETT and
CO., Old letuaival's Distillery, Holborn, E.O , and V, Regent-
street, S.W. Established 1829.

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 Glb. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

D. CARTRIDGES.
Must carry their own ignition,_

E. -SIGHTS,

Tr, HE OCEAN ST. LEGER of 1866.—What
Lord Lyon was to bis owner was the Taet,ing to her
Captain, viz., winner of the race, having distanced all com-
petitors, as the EAS I DIA 'rEA. GONIPANY have ha-
y triab y done in their choi e and sale of fine new season's
t ,as, now selling at imparter's prices. Warchouses-9, Great
St. if elen's-churchy,rd.

Tho foresight must—b. such no to admit of a bayonet
fixed according to the present system.

F. STOOK.
Must be such as to carry a light metal cleaning rod, and
allow a sling to be used.

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

H. THE ARM AS A WHOLE.

AVALUABLE NEW-YEAR'S GIF T.-
A CHINESE CADDY, containing Albs
. of really
good Black Tea, sent carriage tree to any railway station or
market town in England, Ireland, ticotiand, or 11, ales, oil re-
ceipt of 105., by PHILLIPS and CO., Tea Merchants, 8,
King William-street, City, E.C.

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d ,
25.. 2s 6 per lb. are the prices at which -PHILLIPS
and CO , Tea Merchants, 8, King IVilliam-street, City, Lon-
don, E.C., are selling good and fine BLACK TEA. A. price
current post free. 40s worth carnage free to any railway
Ftation or market town in the Unfired Kingdom.—Observe—
PHILLIPS and' Co. have no Agents or any connexion with
any house in Worcester or Swansea. Ellgan are supplied at
market prices.

TANS
the SUFFERERS by the recent COLLIERY
EXPLOSIONS.

Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing,
rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
lir,l,ch-loalers on the Snider system. To he as ramble.
also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
form quality.
1. THE AMMUNITION AS A WHOLE.

Conerrn.
The Right Ron the LORD MAYOR,
R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
Samuel Morley, Esq. Waterlow.
Geo. Moore, Esq. Mr. Sheriff Lycett.
Mr. Alderman Finnis. Mr. Alderman Besley.
J. P. Gassiot, Esq. Mr. Alderman Dakin.
Christopher T. Gabriel, Esq. James Hill, Esq.
Frederick Thompson, Esq. R. N. Fowler, Esq.
R. A. Gray, Esq. W.J. Maxwell, Esq.
Colonel Stuart Wortley. Mr. Alderman Cotton.

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 tho same cartridge, and as capable of
being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. x. CALIBRE.
Optional.
a. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
Optional.

ion, „uari
The attention of the public is earnestly drawn to the
suffering consequent on the terrible calamity produced by
the recent colliery explosions.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are greatly needed to relieve the
numerous families made destitute thereby.
Tho amount required to meet the memorable Hartley
Colliery Accident in 1862 was £50,000 ; in that cage 204
men and boys lost their lives ; in the present instance
double that number are known to have perished, there-
fore to make a suitable provision for the families depen-
dent upon them about £lOO,OOO will be needed. At the
final distribution of the surplus of the Hartley Fund,
£3,140 was allotted to the districts in which the present
accidents occurred, and this sum is now available towards
the fund now being raised.
H.R.H. the Prince of Wales GI £lOO
11.R.H. the Princess of Wales
The Corporation of London
Amount already advertised ' £14,554 1 10
Subscriptions will be received by the Right Hon. the
Lord Mayor, at the Mansion-house; Messrs. Barclay,
Bevan, and Co., 54, Lombard-street ; Messrs. Coutts and
Co., Strand ; Messrs. Glyn, Mills, and Co., 67, Lombard-
street; Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Co., 1, Lombard-street;
Messrs. Roberts, Lubbock, and Co., Lombard-street ;
Messrs. Dimsdale, Fowler, and Co., 50, Cornhill ' • the Lon-
don and Westminster Bank, Lothbury; the London Joint-
Stock Bank, 5, Princes-street ; the Union Bank of London ;
London and County Bank ; the National Provincial Bank
of England and all their branches; Messrs. Willis, Percival,
and Co., Lombard-street; and by the several members of
the Committee.

M. THE LOCK.

17. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.

Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
gluing, the cartridges being arranged on a table.
o. 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.

Tho mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

JOSEPH GIBBS, Secretary.
Mansion house, Jan. 4, 18G7.

TbINNEFORD'S FLUID MAGNESIA.
The medical profession for Thirty ye lrs have approved
of this pure solution of Magnesia as the best remedy for
Acidity of the Stomach, Headache, Heartburn, Gout, and
Indigestion • and as a mild aperient it is especially adapted
for IRdies and children. Prepared by
DINNEFORD and CO., Chemists, &a,
172, New Bond-street, London ;

Apd sal through:ut the world by all respectable chemists.
CAUTION —See that " Dinneford and Co.': is on each bottle

and red label over the cork.

"THE RUIN OF THE FEW IS THE GAIN OF THE MANY."
911 HE Panic of '66 and its consequent depression
of the Colonial M:irxets enables the "EAST INDIA
TEA COMPANY" to offer TEAS I.OWEa THAN EVER.
Six rounds of God Tea for 6s. td, can't be dear.
The Company's KAISOWS by the Clipper Ships are really
deli ions.
P, Gr,1,4 St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-
street, Jan. 1, 1867.

P. TRAJECTORY.

GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
TIONS, to illustrate the New Edition of "Lyell's
Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geolog,y, can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 59 to 50
guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, liodl s, Fosslls,
and iteccnt Shells, Geological Ways. Hammers, al' the recent
Plihioations, eze.. o• J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to Her
/gait sty, 119, Strand, London.
Private Instruction is given in Mineralogy and GeoTogy by
Mr. TENNANT. F.G.S., 149. Strand, W.C.

Not to require at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
dog. 30 rain.
a. FOULING.

The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cont.
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.
Disi,ance 30 yards.
B. LUBRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.
111.
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
finished 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.
The 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 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
warrant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.

ViTINSLOW HALL, Winslow, Bucks, having
been recently opened and fitted with requisites for
the care and comfort of the INSANE, the proprietor, Dr.
BoISRAGON, announces that he has transferred. his Estab-
lishment. from Birmingham to the above desirable residence,
easily accessible, and distant from London about an hour
and a-halt by the London an,f North-Western line, and fluty
minutes from Oxford. Attached to the mansion, situated on
a sandy soil, and commanding, an extensive and pleasing,
prospect, are garden, me .tiow, plantation, and recreation
grounds. For t;:rms and forms of admission address the
proprietor.

I-)R. SCOYf'S LIVER AND BILIOUS
piLI,S.-4 NEVER. FAILING RESlEDY.—Pre-
mired without any mercurial Ingradient, from the recipe of Dr.
t-eott, of dromley, ("lent, will be lound invaluable to all who
'offer trail bilious .nd liver somplaints, inligesticn, wind,
spasms, giddiness, ,izzinebs ot the eyes. am. For habitual
ostiveness, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier
the blood, they are truly excellent; mild in their opera-
tftl,oonteantti
ger3stnenft. &
il
to ,he stomach, they 'create appe,ite, pro-
-,tote strengthen the whole nervous systera.
Prepared only and gild by W. Lambert, Chemist, g, King
William-street, Charing-cross. London, and by most drug-
gists, in boxes,l.s. lid., and three times the quantity in one,
2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. Scott's Bilious and Liver Pills.
The genuine Ere a Fquare
re.eL passage. With " William
Lambert." ertirs.ved the stamp.

Each accepted competitor will then be required to furnish I
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 be 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 particn-
la rs, 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.
Tho 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 cleat-13,t0 be understood that under no circumstances
will a competitor be entitled to more 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.
IV;

PRICE.... 4d.
STAMPED sd.

plaited to as to form five points, that in the middle
of the back being much the deepest. These points
were surrounded on both sides with white lace, and
ornamented with small medaillons.

EXHIBITORS at the PARIS EXHIBITION,
who ADVERTISE in "THE SUN," can have the
SERVICES of A SPECIAL AGENT in PARIS, whose
address can be obtained at " The Sun" Office. lie has a
perfect knowledge of French, is also acquainted with busi-
ness, and has good connections. On application to " The
Sun' Agent in Paris, either personally or by letter, he will
obtain every possible facility for Exhibitors, or persons
who may have other business in Paris, or who may go
there (or pleasure only.

Gloves for evening wear are invari thly long, and
there has been some slight idea of introducing long
black mittens for young ladies demi-toilette wear.
We wish this fashion success, but do not think it
will take any stand until the spring, for IN hie!' sea-
son it decidedly more suitable. The parures of
flowers, brooch, back comb, and ear-rings, worn to
correspond with the dress, are exP.cedingly pretty
when worn by young ladies, but are totally unsuit-
able after a certain age.

Tib RINTING. —TO PROPRIETORS OF
-A- NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.—The Print-
ing and Machining of Newspapers, ecc., done ou exceed-
ingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and Publishing
Offices, if required. Estimates forwarded on receipt of
particulars, with stamped directed envelope for reply.
Address—The Manager "Sun" Printing Offices, 3, Church-
row, Savoy, Strand, W.C.

MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Magazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be 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 941 b. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.
It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
bayonet.
Tho 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 orßepeating Arms, which aro 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.

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for-

WHAT IS YOUR CREST AND WHAT IS
YOUR MOTTO ?
Send 3s. 6d. to CULLETON'S Heraldic Office for a
Plain Sketch, or 6s. for a Coloured ono. The Arms of
man and wife blended together in proper heraldic form.
'rho proper heraldic Colours for servants' liver:es, what
buttons to be used, and how the carriage should be painted,
foe 10s. Just complete, a very valuable book, with 3,500
Engravings, arms, crests, and mottoes of nearly every
family in the kingdom, tho result of thirty years' labour,
price £lO 10s., printed in soveral colours. Family Pedi-
grees traced from authentic records, information as to the
obtaining of a new grant of arms, how to change one's
name, by T. Culleton, Engraver to her Majesty and Royal
family ; also Diesinker to the Board of Trade, 25, Oran-
bourn-street (corner of St. Martin's-lane), W.O.

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 service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-Genoralj Director
t of Ordnance
1.)1. War Office, Oct. 22 1866

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Dung,

The following general orders from the Horse
Guards have been issued by command of the Duke
of Cambridge :
" The Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief hav-
ing, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State
for War, represented to the Queen that it would be
highly desirable, and for the good of the service, to
extend the system of five years' Staff appoint-
ments to field officers of the Depot Battalions, tak-
ing care, however, that the application of this spe-
cial staff rule should press as lightly as possible on
the officers now serving in Depot Batta,ions, her
Majesty has been pleased to approve the following
regulations taking effect from the Ist of October,
1866, viz.:--
« 1. The present lieut.-colonels of the Depot
Battalions shall remain in undisturbed possession
of their appointments until removed by casualties
of service—i.e., promotion to the rank of general
officer, appointment to the Staff, or any other bene-
ficial position, voluntary retirement on full or half-
pay, death, &c.
" 2. The majors shall, in like manner, retain their
appointments until removed by promotion to lieut.-
colonelcies on full or half -pay, or to the Staff, or
other beneficial position, or by death, &c. If, how-
ever, the promotion be to a Depot Battalion, the
command of the battalion shall be vacated at the
end of five years.
" 3. Field-officers appointed at any period here-
after to Depot Battalions, whether from half-pay or
from some full-pay position, shall be removed, as a
matter of course, at the end of five years, except in
cases of reappointment at the discretion of the
Field-Marshal Commonding-in-Chief.
"4. As a general rule, every lieut.-colonel re-
moved from the Depot Battalions to the half-pay
list shall be replaced, in the usual manner, by au
officer from half-pay, to serve or sell ; but the eligi-
bility of the senior major, if he has been appointed
under the new rule, to succeed to a vacancy. so
caused shall be left as a matter for consideration,
dependent upon that officer's standing and service
in the army, and the probability of the lieut.-colonel
removed to the half-pay list obtaining the rank of
major-general within a period of two years.
" 5. The present adjutants of depot battalions
shall, in the same manner as the field officers, be al-
lowed to retain their appointments until removed by
promotion to majorities on full or half-pay, or (upon
application) to half-pay majorities after six years'
service as adjutants, or to the Staff or other benefi-
cial position, or by death, &c. ; but the adjutants
appointed at any future period shall, after six years'
service as such, be removedby promotion to half-pay
majorities, when, if deemed eligible, they may, on
opportunities occurring, be appointed to majorities
in the depot battalions, and be allowed to hold such
appointments for the qualifying:period of five years,
it being understood, however, that the adjutants are
not to be considered as having any claim to re-ap-
pointment to the staff of the depot battalion.
" By command of his Royal Highness the Field-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief,
" WILLIAM PAULET, Adjt.-Gen."
" It having been brought to the notice of the
Field-Marshal Commanding-in-Chief that the prac-
tice of issuing commissions to officers of line regi-
ments, Royal Artillery, and Royal Engineers serv-
ing in India, who have been granted local ranks in
that country, entails upon them thepayment of extra
stamp duty, and, as the rank in question was con-
ferred to meet purely local requirements, his Royal
Highness has submitted the case to the Queen, and
her Majesty has been pleased to approve a discon-
tinuance of the system of granting local commis-
sions to the regimental officers iu question.
" In future, therefore, these promotions will only
appear in general orders by the Commander-in-
Chief in India, and ,i4ll not be subject to confirma-
tion by her Majesty.
"The lieut.-colonels, majors, and captains who
have been gazetted tolocal rank in India since July
4, 1865, inclusive, will not receive commissions for
such rank.
" By command of his Royal Highness the Field-
Marshal Commanding-in-Chief,
"WILLIAM PAULET, Adjt.-Gen."
The examination of candidates for commissions
in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers for ad-
mission to the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich,
under the regulations dated Horse Guards, Ist June,
1865, commenced yesterday at Chelsea Hospital,
before Major-Gen. W. C. E. Napier, vice-president,
and the members of the Council of Military Educa-
tion. The examination will occupy several days.
The deaths of the following officers have been
officially reported at the War-office since the Ist
ult.:—Lieut.-Gen. Richard T. King, Royal Ar-
tillery; Major-Gees. John Tylden, Royal Artillery;
and George Freeman Murray, 65th Regiment ; Col.
John Henderson, 16th Regiment ; Lieut.-Colonel
Barclay Thomas, 27th Enniskillens; Lieuts. Charles
Platt, 2d battalion 16th Regiment ; and James B.
Smith, 21st Dragoons ; Ensigns Walter F. Riddell,
2d battalion 16th Regiment ; and Hamlet Wade
Thompson, 2d battalion, 25th Regt. (accidentally
shot) ; Paymaster Thos. Bird, 101st Royal Bengal
Fusiliers ; Quartermaster T. Kelly, 2d West India
Regiment ; Deputy Asse.-Commissary- Gen. John
Peter C. Lawder ; Surgeon Charles Coombe, Cold-
stream Guards.
Capt. F. S. llerries, 65th Regiment, has been ap-
pointed aide-de-camp to Major-Gen. F. Murray, in
command of the Chatham district.
The officers of the Ist and 2d battalions of infantry
at Chatham garrison entertained Major-Gen. Free-
man Murray at dinner on Wednesday evening, on his
assuming the command of the Chatham district
Ist
Col. J. W. S. Smith, C. 8., in command of her
Depot Battalion, presided, the whole of the officers
of the battalion at head-quarters being present. On
or-Gen. Murray was en-
the previous evening
Maj
tertained at dinner by the officers of Royal Engineers
at Brompton Barracks.
An order was yesterday received at the Royal
Engineer establishment, Chatham, directing a de-
tachment of 31 non-commissioned officers and men
of the Royal Engineers to be held in readiness for
embarkation for Bermuda. .
Her Majesty's iron screw troopship Orontes,
Capt. H. W. Hire, was paid out of commission
at Portsmouth yesterday, and will this morning
be re-commissioned by Capt. Henry Helps and a
new staff of officers, the latter, however, includ-
ing her senior lieutenant, surgeon, and several
others under Capt. Hire's command. Capt. the Hon.
F. Egerton, H.M.S. Victory, aide-de-camp to the
Queen, superintended the payment of the ship's
company, who were granted 28 days' leave. George
Macarthy, quartermaster, having served his full
terms of service, was recommended to the Admi-
ralty for the silver medal and £l5 gratuity for long
service and good conduct, and receives a pension of
£35 15s. per annum. Captain Hire improved the
occasion by addressing the ship's company in a short
yet effective address, exhorting them to follow the
excellent example of their old shipmate Macarthy.
Some dissatisfaction was subsequently expressed by
the men at receiving only 28 days' leave in lieu of
the usual six weeks, but the reason of this depar-
ture from the ordinary usage on paying a ship's

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The rifle practice returns for the year 1866 of the
Royal Marine Artillery, which have just been made
up officially, has placed that distinguished corps first
of all, whether of the army or navy, in its " figure
of merit" for shooting, the highest figure of merit ye t
returned as having been made by any regiment or
'other corps urrler the Crown being 126.3, whereas
the figure awarded to the Royal Marine Artillery
for the year just condoled is 141.7. This sp:ondal
result of aftillerynieu's shooting with the rifle 'is
m_►de up of the following items : —First p.riod, 4(
percentage of first-elass shots, 80 ; volleys, f.. 1.3
less percentage of third-elms shots, 0.26. 311 i.er
cent. of the men exercised earned the marksman's,
badge, 15 per cent. being co:mil:l.A high for a lire
regiment ; 97 per cent. of the men are in the first
class in judging distance. The battalion badge Iva
earned with 38, 48, and 59 points in the first, seconds
and third class respectively. In any comparison o 9
the rifle practice of the Royal Marine Artillery
with that of line regiments it is necessary to remem-
ber that the former corps extends its practice through,
the winter over one of the most exposed ranges in
England, while the practice of line regiments only
takes place during the most favourable period of the
year—i. ee., from April until September. Men de-
tached from the marine battalion on sea service aril
also three and a-half years on the average witho.ut
any practice with the rifle, while on the contrary,
with the army this drawback may be said fv4ver to
Occur. The Hythe system is looked on very favour-'
ably by the officers of the Royal Marine Artillery
it being considered an excellent auxilAry training
for an artillery regiment, while it is also decided:y
popular with the rank and file.
The Wivern, 4, screw turret sloop, Capt. Hugh
Burgoyne, V.C., having had her engineering defect
remedied, has anchored again at Spithead, where
she awaits orders for her future movements.

Her Majesty's screw troopship Tamar, Capt. F.
Sullivan, C. 8., is under orders to proceed for Ports-
mouth to Queenstown, to embark there the 64th
Regiment for conveyance to Malta. From Malta
the Tamar will convey the 84th Regiment, relieved
by the 64th, to Halifax and Bermuda, and return
from the latter place to England with a regiment
relieved by the 84th.
The following appointments have been made at the
Admiralty :—Lieut. F. De V. Sanders, to the Irre-
sistible, for service in tender ; Lieut. Francis A. D.
Radcliffe, to the Bellerophon ; W. W. Kiddie, master,
to the Asia, for the Royal Alfred ; George Patterson,
master, to the Bristol ; John IL Tully, master and
pilot, to the Princess Royal, additional ; Frank .
Inglis, master, to the Asia, for the Warrior; F.
Piper, master, to the Asia for.the Himalaya ; R. M.
Bryant, second master, to the Princess Royal, addi-
tional ; Alfred Swain de Ridder, second master, to
the Princess Royal, additional ; Francis Rowlatt,
second master, to the Princess Royal, additional ;
Herbert G. T. Packer, second master, to the Tamar ;
J. N. Robinson, paymaster, additional, to the Bri-
tannia ; Alfred J. Tout, first-class assist.-engineer,
to the Irresistible ; Robert G. Gordon, assist.-
: paymaster, to the Royal George ; Allen F. Gain,
assist.-paymaster, tolthe Fisgard, as supernumerary,
and Norman Maclean, nominated a naval cadet.