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D. CARTRIDGES.
Must carry their own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.

r. TRAJECTORY.

NEW YORK via HAVRE and BREST, by
the COMPAGNIE GENERALE. TRANSAT-
4,ANTIQUI; STEAMERS,
NAPOLEON 111. (paddle) l,OOO-horse power.
13.1tOPE (paddle) 9Oll-horse power.
VILLE DU PARIS (screw) l,OOO-horse power.
PEREIRE (screw)
ST. LAURENT (screw) l,OOO-horse power.
The following dates are fixed for the sailing of these
Steamers
FROM HAVRE. From BREST.
6th December. Bth December.
20th do. 1 22d do.
Pares—First class, £2B ; second, £l6; third, £l2. For
Particulars apply to
STRINGER, PEMBROKE, and CO.,
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GUNMAKERS and Others.
The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR is desirous of
Leceiving PROPOSALS from Gunmakers and Others for
• IiEECH-LOA.DING RIFLES, either repeating or not
I:epeating, which may replace the present Service Rifles in
future manufacture.

11.
The following are the conditions considered essential in
Military non-repeating Rifles :
A. WEIGHT.
Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.
B. LENGTH.
To be 51 inches, with short stock, measured from the
hollow of the butt-plato to muzzle.
c. WEIGHT OF AMMUNITION MADE UP.
Must not exceed 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

The foresight must be such as to admit. of a bayonet
axed according to the present system.
F. STOCK.
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.
Must be as little liable to injury by long-continued firing,
rough usage, and exposure, as the naval rifles converted to
breech-loaders on the Snider system. To be as capable,
also, of being used without accident by imperfectly trained
!lien and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
'orM quality.

i. 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
Enider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
eutal explosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
being manufactured in large quantities, and of uniform
quality. K. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.
m. THE LOCH.

Optional.
N. 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 FROII 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,
Arid Gin. at 300.
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

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. LUBRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
Snag be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.
111.
v, No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
''Pecifications, 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
,037 the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
Ders, wbo 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
'arrant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.

EaeiCaccepieaCO;npetii;rwill then be required to furnish
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-
Maud. Each competitor will- be required to disclose to the
committee the exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
P',oy. 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
by which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
L'Y the committee to be the best submitted.
A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
tainin a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
ars, is g selected for merit in respect to its brooch mechanism.
A third reward of £4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
lities 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
diehy may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
Cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con-
sidered as those above-mentioned.
It is clearlyto be understood that under no circumstances
Will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
each prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
given to the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the
service.

Iv-
MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
Aragazine 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 911 b. ex-
clusive of the charges in tho magazine.
It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
baronet.
,The Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
'lngazine 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 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
ann.

The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
velty produced in anser to this advertisement shall be
adopted into the service w
without proper acknowledgment,
and that the name of the individual with whom it origi-
4ates shall be 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-General, Director
of Ordnance.
mar()face, Oct. 22, 1866._:i

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in tha immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail-
way Terminus,King's-croas.
Patron—Fier Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vice-Patron—llls Royal Highness the Prince of WNLES,IIG.
President-131s Grsee the Duke of BUCCLEUCII. K.G.

This Hospital, toundel in the year 1828, the first to estab-
lish the principle of ft eti admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders. is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and t -,aetea.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendanoe of the
.lestitute sick has for a oensiderable period averaged between
3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchuroh-lane ; also by Messrs. Coutts and
Co. ; Drummona and Co.; GLyn and Co. ; ferries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; 1i lamas, Beacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co., Beruers-street : and at the Hospital. from 10 till h.
SrANYWID WAIT% &wow y,

PROVIDENCE ROWS NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
At present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager &c.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
are, for want accommodation, refusedadmittance, and have
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will be required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is proposed, as far as the donations obtained for the pur-
pose will allow, to give bread and coals to poor families
in want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry on and
accomplish what has been begun ? Will you help to give
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
starving? The smallest donation will bo most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the dectitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBERT, D.D., No. 22,
ingbury-circus, cu

Nov. 12, at 3 p.m (to C. C.), Cranford out of the Shrews-
bury Cup. .
Nov. 24, at 1.30 p.m. (to C.C.), Patience, out of Chortsey
Open Handicap.

Dec. 3, at 9 a.m., Reporter and Globule out of Reading
engagements.

Dec. 3, at 9 a.m., Spakhoock, out of the Donington Open
Steeplechase.
.Doc. 5, at 1.15 p.m., Olabat, onjt of Depnington Open
Steeplechase.

Dec. 5, at 1.50 p.m. (to 0. C.), Benazet, out of Berkshire
Open Handicap, Reading.
Dec'. 6, at 9 a.m., Goldington, out of Donington Open
Steeplechase.

NOMENCLATURE.
Mr. G. Reynolds's Yearlings.
F (late Idsworth) by Buccaneer—Folly... Nonsense.
Fby Voltigeur—Skylark ..; ... Lady Zetland.
Cby Oxford - Egyptian ... Pharoah.
C by Magnus—Folly Hopkins how d'ye do.
Mr. R. Porter's.
Yearling f (late Victim of Error) by Thor-
manby—Dangerous Woman spiteful.
B c (late Zest) by Orest—True Blue, 2 yrs Skipper.
B f by Cawood—Lady Elizabeth, 2 yrs..- Lillie.
Lord Falmouth's.
B yearling f by Newminster—out of Bess
Lyon ... ••• ••• Pearlfeathei:.
Mr. C. Brewer's.
Ch c (late Marco Spada) by Newminster
—Snowdrop, 3 yrs ... mirmier.
B f (late Naiad) by Glenmasson—Mer-
maid, 3 yrs ... The Deceiver.
Sir H. do Trafford's Yearlings.
Br c by-Knight of Kars—Candy... Lollypop.
B f by Knight of Kars—Annette... Mignonette.
Mr. Alexander's foals.
B c by Thunderbolt—Lay Sister... Meteor.
Ch cby Wallace—Juuius's dam ...
Mr. Jay's. •

Bg by Turnus—Emma, by Storm, 6 yrs The Tavern.
Br c (late William Pitt) by the Prime Mi-
nister—May Morning, 3 yrs ... Aspirant.
Mr. Cameron's foals of 1866.
Bc by Master Fenton—The Fawn ... The Little Buck.
Ch cby Studont —Sister to Dexterous .„ Wllliam Lee.

STEEPLECHASE FORFEIT LIST.—The forfeits of the fol-
lowing horses bayo been paid :—Dewdrop and Lady
Blanch,e•

Mr: ~esmond's `coleurs, are alterea to green,. orange
sleeves and cap.

EXPOItTA7ION OF BLOOD STOCK.

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The following Blood Stock was sent from Liverpool on
Friday last, to R. W. Cameron, Esq., of New York, viz :
Silence, b f by Knight of Kars, out of Whist, 2 yrs.
Mavourneen, b f by Newminster, out of Patience, by
Lanercost, .2 yrs.
Peeress, b f by Newminster, out of Mainbrace, 4 yrs.
Antipodes, br c by Y. Melbourne—Aquamarine, 2 yrs.
Begum, b f by Lambton, out of Christabelle, 3 yrs.
Mrs. Somerville, b m byKingston, out of Altitude, 6 yrs;
covered by Macaroni.
May Flower, ch m by The Nabob, her dam by Faugh-a-
Ballagh, out of Julia, 9 yrs.
Persian Rose, b or hr m by Sweetmeat, out of Creeping
Rose, 8 yrs ; covered by Primo Minister.
Flowery Land, b f by Promised Land, out of Adulation,
3 yrs ; covered by Buckenham.
Bonnibelle, br m by West Australian, out of Gayfield, 7
yrs ; covered by Buckenham.

Piano, br f by Fandango, out of Aspasia, 4 yrs ; covered
by Port Royal.

Maid of Melrose, b m by Nowminster, • out of Belsay, 8
yrs ; covered by Skirmisher.

A Chesnut Mare, by a son of Pyrrhus the First and Con-
spiracy, out of So Nice, 9 years ; covered by Buckenham.
A Brown Filly, by Leamington, out of Annie Laurie, 3
yrs ; covered by Thunderbolt.

Juniper, b m by Bay Middleton, out of The Fawn ; 10
yrs ; covered by Underhand.

verVeedro bnyicUandbemrhabnyd.Uruiser, out of Speedwell, 9 yrs ; co-

Surprise, ch f by St. Albans, out of Twitter, 3 yrs ;
covered by Bacchus.

Emily do Lona, br in by Sweetmeat, out of Sangfroid, 7
yrs ; covered by Dollar.

Buttress, b m by Rifleman, dam (foaled in 1852) by
Sleight-of-hand out of Galloper's dam, 6 yrs ; covered by
Newminster.

A Chesnut Mare, by Bandy, out of Dan3eaway, 10 yrs;
covered by Dollar.

Mulse, bm by Yellow Jack, dam by Nutwith, out of
Tophano, 7 yrs ; Covered by Optimist.
Carbine, b m by Rifleman,
by Dollar. out of Troica, 8 yrs ;covered

Rambling Mary, ch f by St. Albaus, out of Rambling
Kate, 2 yrs ; covered by Thormanby.
A Bay Mare, by Uobbio Noble, out of Bangle, 8 yrs ;
covered by Claret.

Lady Cochrane, br f by Voltigeur, out of Latona, 4 yrs ;
covered by Port Royal.

Lady Well, br rn by Kingston, cut of Little Jenny, 10
yrs ; covered by Underhand.
White Rose of York, ch m by Connaught Ranger, out of
Dame Cosser, 9 yrs; covered by Underhand.
Volcuris, br na by Voltigeur) dam by The Doctor, out of
Grey Araby, 8 yrs ; covered by Thunderbolt.
Come Arouse, b m by Chanticleer, dam by Tho Saddler;
out of Stays, 10 yrs ; covered by Citadel.
Elfrida, br m by Faugh_a.Ballagb, out of Espoir, 13 yrs,
covered by Thormanby.
Birague, b g by Newminster, out of the Jewess, 4 yrs.
A Brown Yearling Filly, by Windhound—Casemate.
A Bay Yearling Colt, by St. Albans, out of Jerusalem.
A Bay Yearling Colt, by Marionette, out of Bapta.
A Bay Colt-Foal, by Old Calabar, out of Lady Well.
A Bay or Brown Colt-Foal, by Oulston, out of Volcuris.
A Brown Filly-Foal, by Old Calabar, out of Juniper.

AQUATICS.

OXFORD UNIVERSITY TRIAL EIGHTS.

This important contest took place on Saturday. Tho
course was from the Abingdon Lasher to Mr. Harcourt's
cottages at Nuneham, a distance of a little more than a mile
and a half and against a very strong current. The railway
bridge, which was approachable by train to the Abingdon
Junction Station, and a short walk up the line, which was
kndly allowed by the Groat Western Company, afforded an
excellent view of the race for nearly a mile. The crews
had been judiciously selected by the president of the Ox-
ford University Boat Club (Mr. Willan, of Exeter College),
assisted by his brother officials, and after numerous trials
and
h
of Mr. Crump, of Wadham College,
and the other under
that of a
Anign e the
Kershaw,following
osl one under the captaincy
ce College, wore chosen
ecn e
The former were favourites at 6 to 4 at starting.
changes,
of
Pembroke
Mr. Crump's Crew—Oxfordshire Shore.
st. lb.
Str. T. Crump, Wadham ll 0 ...Private.
7. li. liumsey, Brasenose
_Cheltenham.
6. S. Parbishere, 8a11i01....
5. J. C. Tinne, Uuiversty . l3 8 ...Eton.
4. E. S. Carter, Woicester l2 2 ...Durham Grammar

School.
3. G. IL Morrell, Exeter 12 6 ...Rugby.
2. E. Mansfield, Trinity
Bow,ox l. D. 'Thomas,
~ Pi W.
Pettorms'alsl,raliVihaad'hua.L. 10
7 }...Private.
C 6 13
st. lb.
Bows
Strokes
Average .................. 11 121

Mr. Kershaw's Crow—Berkshire Shore.
st. lb.
Str. L. A. Kershaw, Pembroke n 4 ...Private.
7. J. R. P. Goodden, Trinity 11 3 —.Harrow.
6. G. 11. Swinnoy, Exeter ll 13 ...t.ippingham.
5. E. Wason, Wadham
4. J.ll. Fish, Worcester ll 13 ...Durham.
3. T. Derriugton, Christ Ch l3 2 ...Private.
2. W. 11. Foster, Merton
Bow, S. S. 0. Morris, Jesus
Cox., W. H. Lipscombe, Univ 8 9
st. lb.
Bows
Strokes
Average ll 131
2

Mr. Crun►p, who had the choice of sides, took the favourite