The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-27 00:00:00

CONTRACT FOR HAMMOCKS.

Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
ttouse, March 11, 1868.
TILE COMMISSION ERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby givo Notice, that on TUESDAY, the
7th April next, at Two o'clock, they will be ready to treat
with such Persons as may be willing to CONTRACT for
supplying and delivering into Store, at her Majesty's
Dockyard, at Deptford,
50,000 HAMMOCKS.
_ .

Patterns of thellarnmocks, and a Form of the Tender
and Conditions of Contract, may be seen in the Lobby of
the Storekeeper-General's Department, Admiralty, Somer-
set House.
No Tender will bo received after Two o'clock on the
day of treaty, nor will any bo noticed unless the party
attends, or an agent for him duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for Hammocks," and must also be delivered at
the Department of the Storekeeper-General, Admiralty,
Somerset House, accompanied by a letter signed by two
responsible persons, engaging to become bound with the
person tendering in the sum of £25 per cent. on the value
for the due performance of the Contract.
By ordor,
ANTONIO BRADY,
Uogt§trar Qi Gwatracto Aug ruDli9 §ocuritioo.

Ihe Terrible, 19, paddlewheel steam frigate,
Capt. J. E. Commerell, C. 8., V.C., arrived at
Spithead yesterday morning from the Mediterra-
nean (last from Plymouth). After dischargingT her
powder she went into the harbour to land the Arm-
strong guns belonging to the Royal Oak, which she
brought from Gibraltar, whither they had been sent
during the last commission of the ship ; but she had
l€ft for England previous to their arrival. She has
also a monster gun of ancient date and of Turkish
manufacture, which will have to be sent to Wool-
wich, as well as a number of cases of antiquities for
the British Museum.

The Dee, paddlewheel storeship, Staff Comman-
der Raymond, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday, and
proceeded directly into the harbour to load stores
for that port.
The discharge of the non-established, or hired,
mechanics and labourers from the several dock-
yards, in accordance with the present Admiralty
scheme, to provide a sum for building ironclads
with money that would have been expended as
wages if these men had not been discharged, has
already produced the greatest distress. At Ports-
mouth men with large families, who hitherto have
been accustomed to all the comforts implied by the
receipt of good wages, are absolutely in want of
-food. They have not as yet applied to the poor-
house or relieving officer, although they must even-
tually be compelled by hunger to do so. As a rule,
they have been accustomed to live weekly up to
their income, and, consequently, but very few have
available savings now that they are being so sud-
denly and ruthlessly discharged from work. Many
of the more frugal among them may be found to
belong to some building society in the endeavour to
become the owner of a small house, but among the
hired class now being discharged these would be
exceptional cases. Several hundreds of families at
Portsmouth alone are already in the position we
have described. The men and their wives appear
to be paralysed with the sudden shock and the
knowledge of their inability to procure employ-
ment OlieWhOrQ i England iu public Qr pxiTMQ,