The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-06 00:00:00

N. THE LOCK.

N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
hihe!'linble of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
r,-"ung, tho cartridges being arranged on a table.
-'ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM A FIXED REST.
„ Ile arm must give a mean figure of merit of not more
'flan 36in. at 1,000 yards, 30in. at 800 yards, 12in. at 500,
and Gin. at 300.
BhThe mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
ots each.

P. TRAJECTORY.
d llot mien uire at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1
eg• 30.

Q. FOULING.
14j12 shootin not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.
n. PENETRATION.
that of mean penetration of five shots not to be less than
via' of the present service muzzle-loading Enfield Rifle—
hf-,
uure 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
in water.
1/'stance 30 yards.
s. LUBRICATION.
Ina on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
nee,oBeary y the
Y he superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
competitor.
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111.
arras will be received without the usual proof marks.
stati "elfication and drawings of the methods proposed,
the probable cost per arm, and accompanied by a
ilit•-"a Specimen arm, with 20 rounds of suitable ammu-
oten. should be sent to the "Director of Ordnanc War
rile, Pall-mall," ono r before the 30th March, 1867 e.,
by the specifications and specimen arms will be considered
e Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
war Wbo will be selected by the Secretary of State for
tei,
ka who will, after firing the 20 preliminary rounds,
as acid recommend for further trial such of the systems
teel43- appear to them sufficiently promising, rejecting all
lye' as may not be considered to offer sufficient merits to
ditP'tuit their being included in the competition, the con-
Ea of which are stated in this advertisement.
for 'tell accepted competitor will then be required to furnish
to tejPeriment, at Woolwich, six arms in strict conformity
keaspecimen arm submitted, with 1,000 rounds of am-
tria,.,7ion per arm, within four months after date of de-
Each competitor will be require.d to. dis_close to the
coy'
the exact nature of the lubrication he may ern-
e° • A sum of .C3OO will be paid to each of the accepted
oiteePetitors, to cover the expense of the six rifles, and of
T rPray of ammunition required.
e Secretary of State offers a reward of £l,OOO for the
b
fo:which , on combination of all qualities, is considerede
mmcittee to be the best submitted.
tole. econd reward of £6OO for the arm which, wljaile at-
Ails a satisfactory degree of excellence in
A' 1 selected for merit in respect to its breech mechanism.
lit,z; third reward of X4OO for the best cartridge. The qua-
/14,7.8_,.'which will be principally taken into consideration in
of Zipg this prize will be economy of manufacture, power
Vairsmining rough usage, freedom from deterioration in
Thus climates, and eneral6 service.ability.
th 6 shooting qualities of the cartridge must be fair; but
the"'eY may depend upon the rifling of the arm with which
eiders is associated, they will not be so much con-
fer!d as those above-mentioned.
Pill Is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
stick c9repetitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
ti,7l' Prize will be irrespective of any reward which may be
servioleeto the inventor of the arm finally adopted into the

IV
let MAGAZINE AND REPEATING ARMS.
fs • aßazine and Repeating Arms for Infantry will be re-
load.'i and examined in a manner similar to the Breech-
loeblBg Rifdles. They must not be less in length than 48
Tkes, incluing the stock.
cltp,:) limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 911 b. ex-
ftlN:B of the charges in the magazine.
61„0,e 18
tindispensable that the arms be made to take a
k„ e Secretary of State offers a reward of 300 for the best
eoeiZ,ilie or Repeating Arm produced that fulfils the abave
°nB; and in the absence of experience does not at
to h'l:l4 define the standard of accuracy or other conditions
Tis fulfilled before such an arm can bo adopted.
r f"°3B Magazine orßopeatingArrns, which are accepted
°Trher trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O. each.
arta. 18 sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per

The
Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
adob-t.„—YA Produced in answer to this advertisement shall be
Itn(ftint into the service without proper acknowledgment,
hat_uuat the name of the individual with whom it origi-
fis shall be recorded in connection with it.
kto the rifle to which the first prize is awarded is adopted
the service, it will bear the inventor's name.
J. ST. GEORGE, Major-General, Director
of Ordnance.
17.4 Office, Oct. 22, 1866.

PIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S
PIMPLE
SKIN PILLS. They remove redness, sal-
lowness. dro. 2e 9d and 7s ed ; or post for 40 and 100 stamps.
—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and all Che-
mists.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By washing the
head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in seven
or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and remains
so by an 000tsional ies ed ; sent for stamps.—ALEX.
ROSS, 243, High Holborn, London, and all Chemists.

Just published, 2d ; sent by the author for 3 stamps.
UGLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
descriptive of articles and means used for improving
the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 218, High Holborn,
London.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
home to the 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
than 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected from
want of FUNDS and room. making a total of 9,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form world be for
young girls, almost children, frem the age of to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions wilt be received gratefully by the Secretary,
Hr. Daniel Cooper, 85, Queen •street. Cheapaide; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lombard-street.

D OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray'B-inn-road,
in the L-mediate vicinity of the areal Northern Rail-
way Terminus,
Patron—nor Most Gracious Majesty the QUItICN.

Vice-Patron—Ms Royal Highness the I'rinoe of WA LEB, It G.

President—Me Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCII. K.G.

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the first to entab-
llmb the principle of free admission to the slek roor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is Wholly de-
pendent for support o u voluntary contributions and i ,4icies.
It affords relict to a large number of In-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
lestitute sick has for a considerable period averaged between
3,000 and 1,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
containing several hundred more bcds had the Committee
the requisite lends to maintain them.
Contributions are reocived by their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs. Contta and
Co. ; Ortunniond and Co. ; Glyn and Co.: Ferries and Co. ;
Ransom and Coo.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; W lamas, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co., Berms-street and at the Hospital, from 10 fill II
S TAM. 0 ID ardrrU, Secretv

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-CON-
TRIBUTIONS are earnestly solicited for establishing
the COUNTRY ROME. £I,OOO required.
WK. WILLIAIO3, Secretary-
Boys' Refuge, 8. Great Queen-street, W.C.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--The
Committee are most anxious to provide for 400 boys.
One hundred and fifty are now In the Refuge. The annual
expenditure for supporting the 400 boys is estimated at
£6,000, being £l5 a year for each boy. Several kind friends
have proxised to pay for one boy each year.
Subscriptions thankfully received by the London and West-
minster Bank. 41, Lothbury, and 214, High Holborn; Messrs.
Ransom and Co., 1, Pall-Mall East; and by
WM. WILLIAMS, Secretary.
Refuge, 8, Great Queen-street, W.V.

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Sappers 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 aro 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, refused admittance, andhave
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
meet this evil, and to *vide more ample accommoda-
tion, X 2,000 has been ,Yaised, 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 propJeed, 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 destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. D. GILBEItT, D.D., No 22,
Fin Om ry-cii a,

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lengthen d period. In the opinion of some the con-
tingency of having very little, and sometimes abso-
lutely no meat fit for consumption in the London-
market, is not prov Ned for by consignments from
the Continent, but by the home-fed stock ; on the
other hand, the school alluded to has the greatest
faith in the doctrine that we should be richer, not
only in the number, but in the purity of our herds,
if we bad never imported a single foreign animal ;
but the author conceived this principle to be purely
theoretical.. As far as the rinderpest is specially
concerned, the Royal commission of 1865 failed to
establish anything conclusive as to direct importa-
tion; and veterinary authorities are even n6Vunde-
cided and far from undivided in their opinions. Still
more, the evidence .given to the Royal commission
establishes the fact of the existence at various times
of some plague among cattle in England analogous
to, if not identical with, the rinderpest is also a
strange circumstance that in 1318-49, after the
" black death" among men a grievous plague at-
tacked cattle, whereas in last year and the present
the converse has taken place, and it is a question
for those skilled in the science of contagious diseases
to determine how far such a coincidence may be ac-
counted for, but the author had the impression that
in attempting to establish the theory of direct im-
portation, we might be pursuing a fallacy. That
the necessities of our meat supplies have rendered it
incumbent on us to resort to continental Europe is
as self-evident as the fact of our having to go abroad
for cheaper bread than we can produce at home.
The increasing improvement in the quality of the
cattle imported is gradually being admitted by all
who approach the subject. To those who are satis-
fied with this improvement being correctly stated it
would be superfluous to urge the importance of our
having, as far as practicable, unrestricted importa-
tion of cattle alive ; and where opinions of an ad-
verse character prevail one can only hope for better
convictions, and the author assumed, therefore, that
the importation of cattle from abroad was an abso-
lute necessity ; and leaving the broad question of
such necessity proceeded to consider the details of
the system adopted in conducting the trade in
foreign cattle. After the removal of the pro-
hibition and restrictive duty on cattle no
material importation was received in this coun-
try till 1846, the numbers standing as follows :
—1843, neat stock, 1521 ; sheep and lambs, 216 ;
1850, neat stock, 66,462; sheep andlambs, 143,498;
after which there was no material increase till 1860,
when the numbers were-1860, neat stock, 104,569;
sheep and lambs, 320,218. 1865, neat stock,
283,171 ; sheep and lambs, 914,170. The author
was not prepared to show what portions of the
above were sold in London, but it may be roughly
taken that of all the importations into Great Bri-
tain more than half of the total number are sent
to the Metropolitan Cattle Market. Bearing in
mind the overcrowded state of the thoroughfares
of the metropolis, the author was quite prepared to
find himself at issue with the advocates of the prin-
ciple of " taking the butcher to the ox instead of the
ox to the butcher," for he believed that the prac-
tice could never be carried out. It would be more
than rash, however, to assert that any adaptation of
trade to circumstances is impossible ; but admitting
such possibility, it is a canon of faith amongst those
competent to form an opinion that it would be only
at an inconvenience and pecuniary loss to the seller,
and consequently increased prices to the buyers, and
the certainty of, in the warm summer months, either
having no meat in the market, or meat not sound
enough for ordin try consumption. It must also
further be noted that Holland is not the only coun-
try from which we obtain our supplies, but the voy-
age being of shorter duration than any other cattle
voyage; renders the experiment of shipping dead
meat one attended with less risk than from other
districts. Just in the same manner we have had
large importations of dead meat from Hamburg in
the cold weather, when it will keep for an almost
unlimited time ; but this is a question of weather
and distance, and it would not be safe to rely on 4ie
supplies subject to such contingencies. In summer
time the importation of carcases, even from Holland, :
would not be likely to be attempted unless in ex- 3
ceptionally cold summers.
The necessity of encouraging by every possible
facility the attendance in our markets of the foreign
dealer will be more appreciated when we consider
the actual number of cattle in proportion to the

That interest had been paid up to January last, as
also the interest on the debentures, which had been
created by a resolution of the shareholders in Feb.,
1863, and the proceeds of which had been handed to
the contractors. As regarded the relative positions
of the company and the contractors, the board were
not prepared to admit the representations of Messrs,
Peto and Co., and therefore uroposed placing the
whole matter in the hands of their solicitors. With
respect to their position with the London, Chatham,
and Dover Company, it was in every respect unsa-
tisfactory. An agreement had been entered into by
the London, Chatham, and Dover, and South East-
ern Railways, by which the whole of
_the suburban
traffic of the latter was to have access to the Crystal
Palace line, and the board had made some progress
with the junction which under the agreement they
were bound to make. The Chatham and Dover Com-
pany had, however, failed to perform their part of
the contract, and had given Parliamentary notice to
extend the time allowed for construction by two
years. At the latter end of 1864, the Crystal Palace
Company agreed to abandon its junction with the
Metropolitan Extension of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway, near Brixton, in consideration
of the Chatham Company making a link between
Walworh and Peckham. Here again the Chatham
Company failed them, having , been unable
to procure funds to complete the construction of
the section. The directors thought they had great
reason to complain of the Chatham and Dover train
service. It was hardly possible to conceive any-
thing more unsatisfactory than the way the line had
been worked. He had information to show that
instead of the traffic developing, as the traffic on
other lines developed, it was as near as could be
stationary. He could only say, without going into
particulars, that any gentleman who has gone once
or twice over the lin?, had declined going again. The
London, Chatham, and Dover Company also con-
tended that the working agreement was not in ope-
ration, because it had not been submitted to the
shareholders of either company, and they likewise
asserted that the receipts did not cover the charges.
The most painful subject to the directors was the
non-payment of their debenture interest, but they
hoped that, in the settlement of contractors' ac-
counts, there would be a balance which would en-
able them to liquidate the outstanding liabilities.
It was a difficult thing to speak of the future of a
railway. Statements had been so often made that
the results had not justified that he did not like to
come forward with positive assurances ; but their
position could not be worse than it was at present,
and whatever change took place it must be a change
for the better.

Mr. SINCLAIR, who had resigned his seat at the
board since the last meeting, rose to state his rea-
sons for doing so.

The CHAIRMAN asked Mr. Sinclair if it was true
as rumoured, that he had ceased to have any interest
in the company ?

r.
declared
lahNri
his
dui
I.ttahri
nna
that
ethphelei
reedm tahiante
d directors sooa
rliogning a as
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appointed
na
ttr
ehe
dse
company. He then proceeded with his explanation,
as tnoaMo
were nothing more nor less than nominees of the
contractors and directors of the London, Chatham,
and Dover Railway. He condemned the lax manner
in which the working agreement had been drawn
up, and was of opinion that it was not legally bind-
ing. Respecting the financial position of the com-
pany, they had £20,000 of assets and £60,000 of
liabilities, in addition to which there was the deben-
ture interest becoming due, and the contractors'
claim of about £71,000, making a gross adverse
balance of £.1.32,000. Ile thoroughly believed the
affairs of the company had been grossly mismanaged,
and it was on learning this that he left the board,
and publicly sold his shares for something like 20s.
or 30s. each.
A lengthened discussion ensued, in the course of
which
Mr. SURGEY moved the appointment of a com-
mittee of investigation.
Captain HOFFMAN moved as au amendment that
Mr. Lynch Stanton and Captain Leveson Gower be
nominated directors, and that the board be re-
quested to elect them.
Mr. SURGEY thereupon withdrew,his motion, and
that of captain Hoffman was carried unanimously.

The CHAIRMAN intimated that the wishes of the
meeting would be cordially acquiesced in by the

securities were in, charge of the prisoner. lie had
referred to the book that was kept by him, and h e
found that on Aug. 21th he had received a sum of
£299 10s. 10d. from various sources, and it appeared
by his book also that on that day he had paid the
amount into the Bank of England to the credit of
the governors, and it also appeared by another book
which the prisoner represented to be the pass-book
of the bank, that this sum had been paid in. He had

since ascertained by an entry in the genuine pass-
book of the Bank of England that the prisoner, in-
stead lod.,
bookthat
onlyptawi do in: £209
uauof
28th and 29th. On Aug. 11th it also appeared by
S 5.
I°o
is. Bd. and £488.35. Id. had come into his
fd
payingi
u nh
e i
prisoner's 299 °s. ,
and this not on Aug. 2lth, but on the
possession,t
and that he had paid those amounts
into the Bank of England, but upon examining the
genuine pass-book it turned out that he had
other entries l
kept back £5O of the amount. Mr. height-
ley went on to say that by a receipt that was pro-
duced, dated Aug. ?, 1866, the prisoner appeared to
have received the sum of £225 for half a year's rent
due from a gentleman named Longstaff for some
property occupied by him belonging to the Charter-
dtiotnot hLincolnshire,amount, except
andxoep
made
tbtyhnatoiti
eieonpttrirliy;
slhvooinivaestree
in
net
referencerlla a, np se ba ry e ,
fictitious pass-book there was an entry under date
of Aug. 13 of " Sundries, £225." There was no
entry relating to this sum in the genuine pass-book
of the Bank. The prisoner went for his holiday on
Aug. 24, and during his absence the supposed pass-
book was sent to the Bank of England, and the de-
..

t
falcations were at once discovered.
I\r
. Buchanan
h ot f
nan said that as the case must be re-
manded he should decline putting any questions.
Mr. Goodall, a clerk in the private drawing-office
of thei B
England, deposed that the governors
of the Charterhouse kept an account with the Bank.
The prisoner was the person who generally paid in
money on account of the Charterhouse, and on Aug.
28 he paid in the sum of £209 10s. 10d., and an en-
try of that amount was made in the genuine pass.
were the different amounts of which the £209 10s.
101 was composed, and the items were in his hand-
bworii‘otikir. The
n.gL..Baypnreigs, another clerk in the Bank, oner banded him a slip on which
i ic
ahcl the
clerk
failase
the entries
B Bank, proved
been made
that
pro-
duced the genuine pass-book showing the true state
of the account between the governors of the Charter-
house and the Bank, and he also stated that the
other book o
il
lila rwdi ,
was entirely fictitious, and did not in any way re-
semble the books used by the Bank of England.
on Aug. 4 the prisoner only paid in a coin of £BB9
fr.llro

14s. 91 instead of £939 14s. 9d., and upon this
evidence the further cmsideration of the case was
adjourned for a week.

The prisoner it was stated is very respectably
connected, and has a large family. When he was
apprehended a seven-barrel revolver was found upon
him, every chamber of which was loaded with powder
and ball.

A PRIZE FIGHTER IN TROUBLE.--At the Mau-
iiion House, yesterday, Samuel Hurst, the " Staleybridge
Infant," and a man named Thomas Coburn were charged
with being drunk and disofderly. A police-constable
stated that at four o'clock that morning the defendants
were fighting and creating a noiBe in OldhaM-street. Mr.
Fowler (looking alternately at the " Infant" and Coburn,
wbo was a man of low stature and slight build): 'These
two fighting ?—Constable : Yes. —Mr. Fowler : Which
won ?—Constable: They both tumbled, for they worn
both drunk. (Laughter.)---11r. Fowler said Coburn had
not been there before, and he would be discharged.
Hurst was well known; so he must pay a fine of 10s. or
go to prison for 11 days.

The Fenian uniforms and arms seized last week
at Liverpool are probably the first fruits of a large
harvest to be gathered in transitu from America to
Ireland. There are some ladies in Dublin so alarmed
they are afraid to go to bed at night, especially since
they heard that Gen. Sir Thomas Lamont had re-
solved to sleep in the Castle with a strong guard,
and that other extraordinary precautions are being
used by the-authorities. The news that Stephens has
left America and is on his way to this country will,
of course, increase the fears of the timid ; but those
who reflect do not apprehend any invasion.
They expect that the Fenian armada will be
disposed of by our gunboats before it reaches Ban-
try Bay or any other harbour. Since the laying of
the Atlantic telegraph the Fenians should have
given up in despair. They would have done so pro-
bably but for two causes—first, the pleasure of re-
ceiving large sums of money and exercising power
and patronage employed by the leaders, and next the
pleasure of annoying and tormenting England. This
is, perhaps, considered by many of the party as a
sufficient reward in itself for their labours and dan-
gers. Theextent to which this stinging and goading
process succeeds, though carried on by venomous
creatures so weak, and so easily crushed if they could
only be caught, should teach the Legislature the
wisdom of removing, if possible, the matter in which
they are engendered ; for this plague is like the
cholera or the rinderpest—it can be stamped out
effectually only by destroying the sources whence
it emanates and the bad sanitary conditions by
which it is attracted. In the meantime the pesti-
lence seems to be spreading over the country.
What occurred at Boyle on Monday is probably
only a sample of what happens in most towns in
Ireland wherever there is a fair or any assembly
which serves as a pretext for the appearance of
strangers. There a great number of strangers
thronged the various lodging-houses, many of
them suspicious-looking characters. The wealthy
graziers could not have contemplated
loosenessplalat this ted the
visitors with much comfort when they heard that
downthep o lni caemheas had beenand
making i payingaking
otother
inquiries, domiciliaryvisits,uiries.p
takoipn
ne w
ftreoelubnloewartihseestriuntah
great
feawt hmateasisursetatferdom t
h and leniency experienced by the Fenian conspirators
last year. But the lesson will not be lost if pirates,
robbers, and ruffians caught in the act of making
war upon society are treated as they deserve, and
as they have a right to expect to be treated.
COUNTERFEIT SO V F.REI ONS. —lt appears neces-
sary to warn the public of the appearance
terfeit sovereigns and a half sovereign
of a particular de-
scription which were lately stopped when presanted nt a
bank in Manchester. The counterfeits iu question tire not
rough casts taken from real coin, but have been struck fu
a press from false dies; and what is morn remarkable they
all contain gold, although, of course, in a less proportion
than the standar]. The fabrication of such counterfeits
requires arrangements for engraving and stamping, and
also becond
the the
mean,
ssea ofth ea. certainr,unaj
.y
forger.l'l4l nt of
.
;econsistreign of George IV., dated 1822 (a George and the Dragon)
241; f3l
quite
o f sove-
reign ll
containing gold to the value of about 145.; a sovereign of
the present reign, dated 1852, worth 17s. Gd. ; and a half
sovereign of 1819, worth about 7s. The half sovereign is
under weight, but the sovereigns are not. To detect the
forgery will require a close inspection of the piece, on the
part of must people, and ti comparison to bo made with a
genuine coin. It will then be perceived that the engrav-
ing is coarse and light, to give the appearance of wear,
and the le•ters of the inscriptions not sharply cut, nor
arranged with the regularity of the genuine coin.