The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-28 00:00:00

No.---

To the Directors of the Belgian Public Works Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Smith,
Payne, and Smiths, the sum of £ , being a deposit
of £2 per Share on A Preference Shares in the
above Company, l hereby request that you will allot me that
number, and I agree to accept such Shares, or any less
number you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec-
tus, and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to
sign the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
Company, as duly registered, when required. And I au-
thorise you to insert my name on the register of members
of the shares allotted to me.
Usual Signature
Name in full
Residence

Profession
Date December, 1866

The abovo is only a short extract from the detailed
Prospectus, which can be had, with copy of the letter of
tho British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clarendon, on
application to the Secretary at the offices of the. Company.

TO GUN M. AKE R S and Others.

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

The following are the conditions considered essential in
military non-repeating Rifles :
A. WEIGHT.

Not to exceed 91b. soz. without bayonet.

n. LENGTH.
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 61b. 4oz. for sixty rounds as packed for
service.

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

The foresight must ho such as to admit of a bayonet
fixed according to the present system.
F. STOCK.

Must ha such as to carry a light metal cloaning•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
men, and of being manufactured in quantities and of uni-
form quality.

HYAM & Co.'s ATTIRE for GENTLEMEN,
66 and 67, Oxford-street, London.
Hymn & Co.'s Winter Tweed Overcoats 21s. to 30s.
uyam & Co.'s Winter Overcoats 3os. to 84s.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Reefer 2ss. to 555.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Suits 42s. to 70s.
Ifyam & Co.'s Winter Jackets 2ls. to 425.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Frock Coats
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Yeats 6s. to 14s.
Hyam & Co.'s Winter Trousers l4s. to 255.

TEA IS CHEAPER THAN EVER.-Is. 6d ,
25., 25 6 I. per lb. are the prices at which PHILLIPS
and CO Tea Merchants, 8, King William-street, City, Lon-
don, E.C., are selling good and fine BLACK T 1 A. A price
current post free. 405 worth carriage tree to any railway
r baton or market town in the United Kingdom.—Observe—
nutting and Co. have no Agents or any connexion with
any house in Worcester or Swansea. Sugars are supplied at
market prices.

GEOLOG Y.-ELEMENTARY COLLEC-
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Elements of Geology" and facilitate the important study of
Mineralogy and Geology, can be had at 2,5, 10, .40, 50 to 50
guineas ; also single Specimens of Minerals, ltoaks, Fossils,
and liezent shclls,Geologlcill slaps. Hammers, all the recent
Pub'ications, tc., o- .T. TENNANT, 51ineralozist to Her
Majesty, 149, Strand, London.
Private Instru_tion is given in Mineralogy and Geology by
Mr. TENNANT, F.G.S., 149, Strand, W.C.