The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

REPT URN:S.-13Y ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
V‘THITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN THE GREAT
EXHIBITIONS Ot 1851 and 1862), 'is allowed by upwards of
wo Hundred Re 'Heal Gentlemen to be the most effective
invention in the curative treatment of HERNIA. The use
of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects. is here
avoided—a sott brndage being worn round the body, while
the requisite resisting* power is supplied by the Dior-Main
Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so rnuch ease and close-
ness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during
sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss,
which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the oircum-
f erence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to
the manufacturer,

Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 14., 215., 268 6d., and 318.64 Postage, Is.
A Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 42s , and 525. 6d. Postage, is. Bd.
An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage. is. 1-d.
Post-office*Orders to be made payable toJohn White, Post-
office, Piccadilly.
NEW PATENT
VIL A STI C STOCKINGS,
J 24 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of
Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, spratns, itc. They are
porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on
like an ordinary stocking. Price 45.6 d., 7s. 8d.,105., and 16s.
each. Postage, 6d.

JO EIN WHITE. Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

TO GUNMAKERS 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.
B. 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 their own ignition.
E. SIGHTS.

The foresight must be such as to admit of 'a bayonet
fixed 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
0 per cent.
• If. 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 tile Snidei 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.
L 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
Snider's converted Enfield rifle—also as little liable to acci-
dentalexplosion as the same cartridge, and as capable of
being manufactured in large quantities, and-of uniform
quality. r. CALIBRE.
Optional.
L. THE TWIST AND FORM OF GROOVE.
Optional.

M. THE LOCK.
Optional.
N. RAPIDITY OF FIRE.
Capable of firing at least 12 rounds per minute, without
aiming, the cartridges being
o. ACCURACY WHEN FIRED FROM 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,
and 6in. at 300. arranged on a table.
The mean to be taken upon at least five targets of twenty
shots each.

r. TRAJECTORY.
degN.o3totomrienq.uire at 500 yards an elevation of more than 1

Q. FOULING.
The shooting not to deteriorate more than 20 per cent.
at 1,000 yards after firing 250 rounds.

it. PENETRATION.
The mean penetration of five shotenot to be less than
that of the present service muzzle-loading Enfold Rifle
viz., 12 half-inch elm planks, which have been soaked 48
hours in water.
Distance 30 yards. _

8. LUBRICATION.
Wax on bullets is indispensable, but any other lubricant
may be superadded or applied to the cartridge, if thought
necessary by the competitor.

111. •
No arms will be received without the usual proof marks.
Specifications, 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
by the Ordnance Select Committee and its associate mem-
bers, who 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
warrant their being included in the competition, the con-
ditions of which are stated in this advertisement.
Each accepted competitor will 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-
mand. Each competitor will be required to disclose to the
committee tho exact nature of the lubrication he may em-
ploy. 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
arm which, on combination of all qualities, is considered
by the committee to be the best submitted.
A second reward of £6OO for the arm which, while at-
taining a satisfactory degree of excellence in other particu-
lars, is selected for merit in respect to its breech 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.
must be fair; but
the
as tThehey may otdinegpeqnuda uponitie s ofthe theri rifling
griodf cartridge
which
e arm with
the cartridge is associated, they will not be so much con-
sidered as those above-mentioned.
shooting
It is clearly to be understood that under no circumstances
will a competitor be entitled to more than one prize ; but
such 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.
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 91-Ib. 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 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
arm.

The Secretary of State will take care that no ingenious
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. S T. GEORGE, Major-General; Director
of Ordnance.

War Office, Oct. 22,1866.