The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-02 00:00:00

President---His draw the Duke of BUCCLEIjCH,

This Hospital, founded in the year 1828, the' first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without the delay and difficulty of Governors' orders, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributions
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the
destizute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committeg 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, Hansom, and Co., Abchurch-lane ; also by Messrs.
Coutts and Co.; Drummond and Co. ; Glyn and Co„-
Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Bernera-street;and at
the liespita troth 10 till 6.

ASSISTANT SC EIOOLMASTE It AT
SHEERNESS. •
ADMIRALTY, 23d Sept.. 1868.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVE7s7, That a VACANCY exists for
an ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTER at Sheerness Dockyard.
Candidates who may wish to undergo a Competitive Examina-
tion for such an appointment are invited to apply, either per-
sonally or by letter, to the Civil Service Commissioners, Gateway,
Dean's-yard, Westminster, on or before the Bth of October, fur-
nishing certificates of age and health, together with testimonials
as to character and capacity for teaching. The, examination will
commence on Tuesday, the 13th October. Candidates must be
between the ages of 20 and 35, and will be examined in the fol-
lowing subjects, in all of which it will be necessary for Candi-
dates to pass:-
1. Exercises as to Handwriting and Orthography.
2. Arithmetic and ensuration.
3. Grammar and Analysis of Sentences.
4. English Compositibn.
5. Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially
of England and Europe.
6. English History.
7. Euclid—first four and sixth books, and first twenty-one pro-
positions of the eleventh book.
8. Algebra.
9. Plane Trigonometry.
10. Differential and Integral Calculus (Elementary), and Plane
Co-ordinate Geometry (Elementary).
11. The Elementary Principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics,
not requiring the Diff rential Calculus.
They will also be competitively examined in the following sub-
jects, and although it will not be necessary for each Candidate
to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will
be set on them:-
12. Elementary Chemistry and Physics.
13. Plane Trigonometry (Analytical) and Spherical Trigono-
metry.
14. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced) and Analyti-
cal Geometry of three dimensions.
15. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced) and the
easier Differential Equations.
16. Mechanics and Hydrostatics, including Problems requiring
the Differential Calculus for their solution.
The salary of the Assistant Schoolmaster at Sheerness Dock-
yard commences at £lOO per annum, increasing by £lO each year
to £l4O, and the Certificate of the Civil Service Commissioners
will entitle the successful Candid .te to the benefit of the Super-
annuation Act.
Assistant Dockyard Schoolmasters are eligible for promotion
to the higher office of Schoolmaster and Head Schoolmaster,
with salaries varying from £l5O to £250 per annum.
W. G. ROMAINE.

ALDERSITOT.--AR)IT CONTRACTS.4LOER AND
MEAT.

Commissariat-Office, South Camp, Aldershot,
16th September, 1868.
TENDERS will be received at this Office until
noon on Thursday, the 22d October, from persons who
may be willing to enter into CONTRACTS for the SUPPLY of
FLOUR (Ration and Hospital), Cones, for dusting Loaves
and FRESH MEAT,

for six months, from Ist December next to 31st May, 1889, for
the use of her Majesty's Forces at Aldershot, and within the
command.
Separate tenders are required for each of the above articles.
Forms of Tender and conditions of Contract can be obtained
on application at this Office, by letter or in person, between the
hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., where any further information that
may be required will be furnished.

R. ROUT B,
Deputy Commissary-General.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT PORK.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 10th Sept., 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give Notice thon ,TUhrSDAY, the
13th October next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such Persons as may be willing to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores.,.at the undermentioned Ports
the following:quantities of-
SALT PORE,
all of the cure of the present season, viz.
NaVy Pork.
DEPTFORD 4,800 tierces 4,800 barrels.
HAULBOWLINE l,BOO „ 1,800 „
Each tierce of Pork to contain 75 pieces of 41b. each, and
each barrel 50 pieces of 41bs. each, instead of the number
of pieces formerly contained in the tierces and barrels.
The Pork to be delivered into the respective Stores as
follows, viz.—one-third of each quantity for each place by
the 15th day of January. 1869 ; another third thereof by
the sth day of March, 1869; and the remainder thereof by
the 30th day of April, 1869 ; or any greater portion, or the
whole, at any earlier period, if preferred by the party ten-
dering, and to be paid for by bills at three days after date,
which will be sent to parties as usual.
•
Their Lordships reserve to themselves the power, when
the Tenders are opened, of contracting either for the
whole, or for such part thereof only as they may deem fit,
or for a greater quantity, or of not contracting for any,
and also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the
Tenders.
Every Tender must specify the name of the person by
whom the Meat is intended to be cured, the Brand of the
Meat, and the place of cure.
Tenders for Pork of the cure of the United States of
America will not be admitted.
Persons tendering for more than one Port must give a
separate Tender for each Port.
Persons tendering must give a reference to a Banker for
each surety proposed ; and they aro desired to take special
notice that the use of Wooden Hoops is abolished, and that
Iron Hoops only will be required for the Casks in accord-
ance with the conditions of the Contract.
A Form of the Tender may bnotitatted, and the
altered conditions of the Contract, to which particular at-
tention is called, may be seen in the Lobby of the Depart-
ment of the Controller of Victualling, Somerset House ; at
the Victualling Yards at Gosport and Plymouth ; or by ap-
plying to the Victualling Storekeeper at Haulbowline ; or
to the Collectors of her Majesty's Customs at Bristol, Lime-
rick, Belfast, Waterford, and Newry; or to the Secretary,
to the Postmaster-General at Dublin; or to the Comman-
der conducting the Packet Service at Liverpool.
No Tender will be admitted for a less quantity than 100
tierces, or 100 barrels. •
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at noon
on the day of treaty, nor any noticed unless made on the
printed form provided for the purpose ; but it will not bo
necessary that the party tendering, or an agent appointed
by him, should attend, as the result of the offer received
from each person will be communicated to him and to his
proposed sureties in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Se o
Contractorsmerset Ho
Admiralty, and bear in the left-band corner of the enve-
lope the words "Tender for Salt Pork," and must also be
delivered at the Department of the Controller of Victual-
ling,
House.
se
The will have to pay one-half the amount
of the stamps on the Contracts and Bonds.
By order,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.

TILE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Go.—The Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
dtys to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM., Secretary.

THE LONDON SURGICAL HOME for
DISEASES and ACCIDENTS of WOMEN, for
the Reception of Gentlewomen and Females of Respect-
ability upon a weekly payment. Under the management
of Mr. Baker Brown.
The private medical attendants of the patients are
in vited to visit them, and to meet in consultation before
treatment.

Full particulars can be obtained on application to the
Lady-Superintendent, 18, Stanley-terrace, Notting-hill,
W. ; or to Mr. Baker Brown, 136, Harley-street, W.

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FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN
STITUTION.

Pident —Rev. CANON DILL
CONTRIBUTIONS forresthe support of the Homes in 1868 are ear-
nestly solicited, which may be sent to bankers, Messrs. Blon-
quet, Salt, and Co., 73, Lombard-street, N.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, 111.0.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-road, N.W.

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.--FUNDS
are earnestly solicited for the purchase of food and
clothing for the
126 boys on board the Chichester Training Ship-
-150 boys in the Refuge, 9, Great Queen-street.
94 girls in the Refuges, 19, Broad-street, and Ealing

370 children.
£l5 will keep a boy or girl for one year.
Contributions received by the London and Westminster Bank
214, High Holborn, and 41, Lothbury, N.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

NATIONAL ORPHAN HOME, Ham-common,
Richmond, Surrey. Founded 1849. Enlarged 1861.
Under the patronage of H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, E.G.,
whereby a home has been afforded for 280 Destitute Orphan
Girls of all ages, classes, and denominations, from all parts of
the kingdom.
to give orphan girls a plain Eng-
lishinstruction in the kitchen, house,
d
sdomestic service; and, if not other
wise
attain 15 years of age, to obtain
anl The
a providedun objectdreducation,
,
ofortheandfitCharitywhhepracticalmefo r
they
n
suitable situations for them,
The Committee estnestly appeal for support. The Charity is
entirely sustained by donations and subscriptions. -
HENRY Envenom, Treasurer
W WARWICK Secretary.
Office, 121, iW

T" RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
%re as follows :
For Fallen Women.
28, Church-row, Hamp- 150, New Kent-road.
stead. 48, Church-street, -Stoke
13, Camden-street, Camden- Newington.
town. Maize-hill Cottage, Green-
-205, Great Portland- street. wich.
For Young Girls in Danger.
27, Church-row, Hampstead.
9, Henstridge-villas, St. John s-wood.
St. Mary's Lodge, Buckhurst-hill.
Country Home—St. James's-street, Dover.
Temporary Home-85, Queen-street, Cheapside.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which are admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ate deeply anxious to
_open another house forthis pitiable -class.,
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 524 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a report of any charitable institution which so
entirely commended itself to my mind and awoke my
sympathy") may be had on application.
The Society is under the presidency of the Earl of
Shaftesbury. Its bankers are Messrs. Barclay and Co.
Tho Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. CODPEE, &x,
' 85, Queen-street, Qinapeidq.