The Sun.
London, England, 1868-10-12 00:00:00

NEW PATENT

VLASTIC STOCKINGS,
4 KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases
of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &c. They
are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are
drawn on like au ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d.,
108., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

PROPOSED MEMORIAL OF LEIGH
HUNT.
The grave of Leigh Hunt—one of England's most
charming Poets, Essayists, and Critics—at Kensal Green,
is without even a headstone. It has been proposed to
erect there a modest Monument to his memory. Mr.
Joseph Durham, A.R.A., has been selected to execute a
Portrait Bust and Pedestal. SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE

SOLICITED for the purpos
form a Committee fur the col
requisite amount :
William Barry, Esq.
Sir John Rowring.
Thomas Carlyle, Esq.
Robert Chambers, Esq.,
LL.D.
Charles Dickens, Esq.
George Godwin, Esq, F.R.S.
C. L. Gruneisen, Esq.,
F.R.G.S.
Alexander Ireland, Esq.

P. The following gentlemen
lection and application of the

Charles Kent, Esq.
W. C. Macready, Esq.
J. Bertrand Payne, Esq.,
F.11.5.L.
Sir F. Pollock, Bart.
B. W. Proctor, Esq.
Sir Percy Shelley, Bart.
Chas. Ratcliff, Esq., F.S.A.
E. M. Ward, Esq., R.A.
S. C. HALL, F.S.A, Hon. Secs.
EDMUND OLLIER,
S. R. TOWNSHEND MAYER, F.R.S.L., 25, Norfolk.
street, Strand, W.C., Hon. Treasurer, by whom Subscrip
tious aro received.
Bankers—Messrs. Ransom, Bouverie, and Co.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT PORK.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 111th Sept., IS6B.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND, Do hereby give Notice that ou TUESDAY, the
13th October next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be
ready to treat with such Persons as may be wining to
CONTRACT for supplying and delivering into her Ma-
jesty's Victualling Stores at the undermentioned Ports
the following quantities of
SALT PORK,
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 Fork 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 ono 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 be obtained, and the recently
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
Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand 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, Somerset House.
The Contractors 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.

FRIENDLESS AND FALLEN.-LONDON
FEMALE PREVENTIVE and REFORMATORY IN-
STITUTION. _
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President—Rev. CANON DALE.
CONTRIBUTIONS for the 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, E.C.; Francis Nicholls,
Esq. (of the Committee), 14, Old Jewry Chambers, E.O.
E. W. THOMAS Sec., 200, Euston-r0a41., N.W.

THE HOSPITAL for WOMEN, Soho-square.
—Bankers : Messrs. Barclay, Bevan, and Co. ;
Messrs. Ransom, Bouvorio, and (30. —T he Committee
APPEAL very earnestly for CONTRIBUTIONS. The
Hospital is now open on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-
days to out-patients who are treated without letters of
recommendation.

HENRY B. INGRAM, Secretary.

THE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
Ire 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. with.
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, Cheapsido.
In addition to the above-named homes, the Committee
have under their charge three homes for servants of good
character, in which aro admitted about 1,000 friendless
servants annually.
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee are deeply anxious to
open another house for this pitiable class.
The
women
Societyand g arldsm. i t tletd
wasto its o homesmpell e lastd torefuse 524
appli-
cants, whose histories aro recorded in the applicant's book.
The Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never road 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. Bacclay and Go.
Tho Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER, see.
' 85, Queen-street, Choopside.

SEAMEN'S HOSPITAL, DREADNOUGHT,
off Greenwich, for Sick and Diseased Seamen of All
Naticns, who are received without any recommendation.
The receipts from all sources during the past year were
£879 less than the expenditure.
SUBSCRIPTIONS thankfully received by Messrs.
Williams, Deacon, and Co., bankers, Birchin-lane_; and by
the Secretary, at the Society's office, 86, King William-
street, London, E.C.
Qualification for a Governor, 218. annually ; Lif9
Governor, £lolos.