The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-17 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 48
inches, including the stock.
The limit of weight for these arms is fixed at 9ilb. ex-
clusive of the charges in the magazine.

It is indispensable that the arms be made to take a
bayonet.
The 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 orßepeatingArms, which are accepted
for further trial, will be paid for at the rate of £6O oach.
This sum is to include 1,000 rounds of ammunition per
arm.

The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenioils
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 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.
War QfAce, Oct. 22,1866.

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Gray's-inn-road, °LnYALthe 131FMRCEdiESteliviciTtPyrrof ALthe 4rest Northern Rail-
way Terminus, King'e-crots.
Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN.

Vies-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of W-ALZ3,I(G.

President—His (irate the Duke of BUCCLEIICIL

This Hospital, foundel in the year the first to estab-
lish the principle of free admission to the sick poor, without
the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is wholly de-
pendent for support on voluntary contributions and I .-:_;uteg.
It aff..,rds relief 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
3AO and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee earnestly solicit the ASSISTANCE of the
benevolent, as the premises of this Hospital are capable of
co!itaining several hundred more beds had the Committee
the requisite funds to maintain them.
Contributions are received by their bankers, Messrs. Brown,
Janson, and Co., Abchurch lane; also by Messrs. Coutts cue
Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Herries and Co. ;
Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne,
and Co.; Barclay and Co. ; Mims, Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet
and Co.. Balm-a-greet ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5.
BTAIIIVRJ) WITH. AeoretarY.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY wishes to add another
Lome to thn 12 now in operation. Last year no fewer
'ban 455 poor, friendless, young females were rejected irom
want of FUNDS and room, making a total of 3,087, who have
been sent away in five years.
The new home the Committee wish to form would be for
young girls, almost children, from the age of b to 15, who
have been led astray from the path of virtue.
Contributions will be received gratefully by the Secretary,
lir. Daniel Cooper, R 5, Queen •street,Cheapside; or by Messrs
Barclay and Co.. Lornbsrd-street.

PROVIDENCE ROW NIGHT REFUGE,
FOR
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14A, Providence-row, Finsbury, E.O.
Sixty Thousand Nights' Lodgings, with Suppsrs and
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the
e
destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass t
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
M present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Breakfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition lx.ing that
they are homeless and starving. The Mantiger
Notwithsta&C.,
nd-
receives no remuneration whatever.
ing the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
night numbers of young women, children, and orphans
I.re, for want accommodation, refused admittance, and have
to spend night after night in the cold, wet, ©des
ac eet. T
dao
meet this evil, and to provide more amplommo
tion, £2,000 has been raised, but to accomplish the
work a sum of at least £l,OOO more will lie required.
Besides providing shelter for the homeless, this year it
is propsed, 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 be most welcome,
and, night and morning, the prayers of the destitute will
be offered in your behalf.
strBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
gratefully received by the Rev. Gluon; D.D.,1N0. 2/,
F iusbury-ciroug, E.D. -
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S ARE WS BURY RACES—FRIDAY.
MATCH —S hrapn el (Parry) beat Polka (Grimshaw) by a
neck. Betting-5 to 2on Polka.
The Nursery Handicap of 5 sous each, with 50 added ; the
winner to be sold for .£5O. Half a mile straight.
Changeable (Parry) 1
Grand Duke
,• (Fordha*) 2
Variation
.. (Heartfield) 3
Queen of Nuts also ran.—Betting-5 to 4 agst Variation,
6to 4 agst Grand Duke, sto 1 agst Changeable. Won by
a head.

The Nursery Handicap Plate of 40 sovs, for two-yr-olds.
About five furlongs straight
Freemason .:„...(Parry) 1
Prima Donna (Goodwin) 2
Bedford (Gradwell) 3
Killaloe and Vice Versa also ran. Betting-6 to 4on
Freemason, 3 to t agst Kitlaloe, 7 to 1 others. Won easily.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added; for
all ages. Half .a. mile straight.
Volunteer (Fordham) 1
Hatty
Thermometer (Cameron) 3

Bessie, Naiad, and Prodigal also ran. Betting-2 to 1
agst Prodigal, 3 to 1 each agst Volunteer and natty, 8 to
1 agst others. Won by four lengths.
Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, with 20 added for all ages ;
selling and other allowances. Half-a-mile.
Zisca (Fordham) 1
Miss Fanny (Wyatt) 2
Birdseye
Queen of Nuts and Polka also ran. Betting-3 to lon
Zisca. Won by half a length.
Selling Handicap of 3 sovs each, with 20 added, for all
ages ; winner to be sold for £5O. About three-quarters
of a mile.

Tightfit c .. (Kenyon) 1

Star Cross ..

Overtonian .

(PAnson) 2

(liuxtable) 3

Double Stout, Verdi, and Gentian also ran:

Handicap Plate of .£25 sovs for all ages. About 5 furlongs

straight.

Queen of Trumps v (Morris) 1
Narino (Goodwin) 2
Columbine (Kenyon) 3
Augusta c, Viceroy, Prodigal, and Haidee also ran.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Narino, 3to 1 agst Queen of Trumps,
4to 1 agst Columbine. Won by a neck ; bad third.
The Welter Handicap of 5 sovs each, for three-yr-olds and
upwards; gentlemen riders; professionals extra. Half
a mile straight.
0 vertonian..... (Deacon) 1
Kingsley
Queen of the East (Parry) 3
The Loudown Handicap of 5 sovs each, for all ages.
About one mile and a quarter.

Nu (Goodwin) 1

(Butler) 2
(Cameron) 3

Caprice
Stiff

Wild Poppy, Cranford, Pelios, and Verdi also ran.
Betting - 5 to 2 each agst Nu and Pclios, 5 to 2 agst Stiff,
6to 1 agst Wild Poppy. Won by five lengths.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 5 Boys each, 20 added, for all
ages. Seven furlongs.

Saccharometer (Edwards) 1

Overtonian

(Kenyon) 2

Longbow c

(Quince) 3

Augusta c and Amanda c also ran. Betting-4 to lon
Saccharometer. Won in a canter.