The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-18 00:00:00

I am, doar Sir;
Yours faithfully,
JAMES ANDERSON.

(Signed)

London, 4th August, 1868.
Gentlemen,—At your request wo have much pleasure
in handing you the present rep ,rt on the cable recom-
mended by us to be laid from Brest to St. Pierre, and from
St. Pierre to the coast of the Unit,d States.
The deep sea cable adopted is almost exactly similar to
that used in 1863 and 1866. The great merit of this form
is its strength, both absolute and relative to the strains
required while laying the cable. The actual strength of
this hemp and steel cable is
,74 tons, while the strain re-
quired for submersion need not exceed 14 cwt. Even if it
should b 3 necessary to haul hack any portion already laid,
the strain need not exceed 11 tong in the deepest water.
The strength is, therefore, amply sufficient to meet all
contingencies, with a margin. quite as great as is allowed in
any ordinary engineering construction or operation. We
need hardly remind you of the experimental proof which
has been given that this form of cable can, even if broken in
the deepest water, be recovered by dredging, but we take
the oppartunity of expressing our deliberate opinion
that this success was not fortuitous, but that the experi-
ment might be repeated as often as required with a like
result. The-power of transmitting messages through lone.
submarine lines is no longer a matter of doubt, and the
laws affecting their transmission are well understood. We
can promise with certainty that through your enlarged
core you will be able to send twelve words per minute,
and by improved methods of signalling we expect to in-
crease this minimum considerably. The length of your
cable, which will be in deep water, will be no greater than
that of the existing cablet,and4APill rest on the same
smooth and safe bottom. suallow water section will
be a heavy cable, protected against rust by a bituminous
compound, as used for the Persian Gulf cable. The route
avoids all considerable anchorages and all danger from
icebergs, and should any interruption ever .occur on this
portion it can be repaired with certainty and rapidity.
In conclusion, the strength of your cable is such as to
render its submersion a safe operation; the route to be
followed is eminently favourable, and a good commercial
speed is certain to be obtained. You secure the advan-
tage of a direct communication, and the risks you run are
not greater in any way than those already surmounted.
We are, Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servants,
WILLIAM THOMSON, HENRY C. PORDE and
C. F. VARLEY, FLEEMING JENKIN.
LATIMER CLARKE,
Messrs. Erlanger and Reuter.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
When filled up to be lodged, with a deposit of £1 per
Share, at the Union Bank of London.

CONTRACTS FOR SUGAR, TOBACCO, AND PORT
WINE.

CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset House, 6th August 1868.
THE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING the
OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of tho
UNITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
LAND do hereby Give Notice, that on Thursday, the 20th
instant, 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 hey Majesty's. Victualling
Stores at Deptford, the undermentioned Articles, viz
To be ten-
dered

Quantities.

for at rates
SUGAR 600,000 Poundd I per 100
TOBACCO lOO,OOO „ f Pounds
PORT WINE 2,000 Gallons per Gal.
When to be Delivered.

Ono half of each quantity in three weeks from date of
Contract, and the remainder thereof in three weeks after-
wards, or earlier if preferred by the party tendering.
Tenders may be made for the whole or any portion of the
Articles.
Separate Tenders are to be made for each Article. •
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.
The Sugar, Tobacco, and Wine to be exempted from the
Customs' Duties, and parties tendering are to state where
they are lying.
Each Tender for Sugar must specify the mark and land-
ing number of each cask or package, the ship in which im-
ported, and the country or place of its growth or produce ;
and an average sample (not less than 21b for each import
mark) must be produced by the parties tendering, and not
an average of different marks or several imports; and any
parcel eat is found not to be of the same mark or average
quality as the samples tendered and accepted will be re-
jected by the officers.

Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade
marks and numbers, and the countriesor places of its growth
or produce, and a fresh-drawn dock sample of each cask
or package must be produced by the parties tendering ; and
any cask or package that is found not to be of the same
mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered and ac-
cepted, will be rejected by the officers.
Samples of the Wine (two pints) for each import mark
must be produced by the parties tendering.
No Tender will be received unless made on the printed
form provided for the purpose, which may be obtained on
application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, sometset House, where
the conditions of the Contracts may be seen.
No Tender will be received after Twelve o'clock at
Noon on the day of treaty ; and it will not be required
that the party tendering or an agent on his behalf should
attend at the office on the day of contract, as the result
of the offer received from each person will be communi-
cated to him and to his Proposed sureties in writing,
when, but not before, the rejected samples are to be re-
moved.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of
the Admiralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
" Tender for ," and must also be delivered at the
Department of the Controller of Victualling, Admiralty,
Somerset House.

By order,
ANTONIO BRADY Registrar of Contracts
and Public Securities.