The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-31 00:00:00

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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 43
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 bo made to take a
bayonet.

The Secretary of State offers a reward of 800 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
rovolty 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 bo 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. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
0 ()Aimee
War Oftico, Oct. 22 180.3

DIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
akin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSBIB
V 1 ,ETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lownem &it 2s 9d and 78 ed ; or post for 41 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

IT AIR, COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
IJ. head with this bc9.ntifull3-perfume3 Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes its oridnal oolour, and remains
so by an occasional usinz. 10s ed ; sat Tor stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 24.,, ugh Holborn, Loudon, and all Chemists.

ryinE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
han f 55 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
fhe new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of •‘.) to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by th 3 Secretary,
11r. oaniel Gooper,S.Queea•etreet.Claeapaide; ur by litessra
Barclay and Cr.. Lombard-street.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in tha immediate vicinity of the Orest Northern itit.ll-
- Tertninne, King's-cross.

Patron-11er Most Gracious Majecty the QUEEN.

GIN-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of ‘74' LE 6. KG.

President—llls Grace the Duke of BUCCI:EUCH, K.G.

l'his Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the iirst to estab-
t.ish the principle of free adimeslon to the sick poor, without
.he delay and difficulty 01 Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and
it affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendsnoe of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee ear eatly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, an the r nines of this hospital are capable of
Cer taining• several Es,uclred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers. Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abehuroh lane; also by Messrs. Coutta and
Co.; mammon.' and Co. • ClAya and Co. ; Herries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; VE Mares, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Oa, Bern#rs-street and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
STANFORD BMITE BtQYetUy,