The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-20 00:00:00

" Tale of a Hair," 6d.

"WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured
in one day by using SEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO.
nig preparation gradually dissolves the Corn in a few
crs, removing the very root. Price 45.; bent by p3st
for CO stamps. 248, High Holborn, London, and all
Chemists.

Face Powder, ls.

RAIR-CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn,
London. ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID
curls Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied.
Sold at 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s. 6d. ; sent free for 54, 84,
and 144 stamps.—Had of all Chemists.
Advice upon all subjects of the Toilet.

GREY FIAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.—
ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR DYE produces a perfect
Nour immediately it is used. It is permlnent, and per-
fectly natural in effect. Prices 3s. 6d., ss. 6d., and 10s.
6'1.; sent by post for 54, 84, and 144 stamps; and all
Chemists.

Bloom of Roses, 3s. 6d.

IaMR DESTROYER.-248, High Holborn,
, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPIL tTORY re-
In9ves superfluous hair from the face, neck, and arms,
nthout effect to the skin. Poice 3s. 6c1., ss. 6d., and 10s.
ud• ; sent for 54, 84, and 144 stamps. - Had of 01 Chemists.
Skin Tonic, ss. 6cl.

FIMPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the
skin are
id by one dose of ALEX. ROSSS
-VEGETABLE SKIN PILLS. They remove rednes's,
84,11"ness, &e. 2s. 9d. and 6d.; or post for 40 and 100
s'amPs.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London, and
all Chemists.

Advice upon the Toilet. Fee, 2s. 6d.

HAIR COLOUR WASH.—By damping the
head with this beautifully-perfumed Wash, in
seven or ten days the hair assumes its original colour, and
remains so by an occasional using. 10s. 6d. ; sent for
stamps. ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London,
and all Chemists.

Just published, 2d.; sent by the author for 3 stamps,
u-GLINESS and BEAUTY; being a Pamphlet
descriptive of articles and means usod for imp-ov-
;lag the appearance. By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High 1101-
pcirtl, London. Had of all booksellers.

IrEALTH RESTORED WITHOUT MEDICINE OR EXPENSE.
DI). BARRY'S delicate health-restoring
and Infants' Food.
THE REVALENTA ARABICA
saves fifty times its cost in other remedies, and restores
Perfect digestion, strong nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver,
refreshing sleep, functional regularity, and energy to the
InSlat disordered or enfeebled—removing speedily and
effectually indigestion (dyspepsia), cough, asthma, con-
sullaption, habitual constipation, diarrhoea, all gastric de-
,stangernents, hamorrhoids, liver complaints, flatulency,
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%v." after thirty years of unsuccessful medical treatment.
688 quote from the Gazette du Midi, July 25th (Cure No.
f 13),—"Rome, July 21st, 1866.—The health, of the
oti)i Y Pather is excellent, especially since, abandoning all
er remedies,- he has confined himself entirely Du
Rs al enta Arabica Food, of which he consumes
Leful at every meal. It has produced a surprisingly
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fo Decies Lord-Lieutenant of the Count of Water-
yl
have deriv'd much benefit from your excellent
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JIHE RESCUE SOCIETY'S HOMES
are 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,
The home at Great Portland-street is for young fallen
girls from 10 to 16. The committee ue deeply anxious to
open :mother house for this pitiable class.
The Society admitted to its homes last year 687 young
women and girls. It was compelled to refuse 521 appli-
cants, whose histories are recorded in the applicant's book.
Iu 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 Society's Report (of which a contributor writes, "I
never read a reptirt 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
The Committee very earnestly commend its work to the
benevolent. DANL. COOPER) See.
a; Qum-Area, Qheapside•

RUPTURES.—BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT.
WHITE'S MOC-MAIN LEVER TRUSS
(Perfected and Exhibited in the Great Exhibitions
of 1851 and 1862) is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred
Medical 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
soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requi-
site resisting power is supplied by the Hoc-Main Pad and
Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease and closeness that
it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A
descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which can-
rot fail to fit, forwardei by post, on the circumference of
the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the
manufacturer,
Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly.
A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. Gd. Postage,
Is. A Double Truss, 81s. 6d., 425., and 525. ad. Postage,
Is. Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 525. 6d. Postage,
Is. 10d.
Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White,
Post-office, Piccadilly.
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NEW PATENT
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10s., and 16s. each. Postage, 6d.
JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, 228, Piccadilly.

PR I N TIN G.—TO PROPRIETORS OF
NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS, &c.
The Printing and Machining of Newspapers, &c., done
on exceedingly favourable terms. Use of Editorial and
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GREAT NORTHERN HOSPITAL,
Caledonian-road, Islington, N.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions.
This Hospital has relieved 481,954 patients since it was
established at King's-cross in 1856. Patients are admitted
free.
Bankers—Messrs. Barnet, Lloyds, and Co. 60, Lombard_
street, Messrs. Ransom and Bouverie, 1, Pa:11-mall.—Hon.
Sec., F. Smith, Esq. GEO. REID, Soc.

ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road,
in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern
Railway Terminus,_liing's Cross.
Patron—Her Most Gracious MAJESTY the QUEEN.

Vico-Patron—
His Royal Highness the Prince of WALES, K.G.
President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH,
This Hospital, founded in the year 1823, the first to
establish the principle of free admission to the sick poor,
without tho delay and difficulty of Governors' orders,, is
wholly dependent for support on voluntary contributior.s
and legacies.
It affords relief to a large number of in-patients, and, in
addition to this, the average number of attendance of the.
destitute sick has for a considerable period averaged be-
tween 3,000 and 4,000 weekly.
The Committee 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.; Glyo and Co, ;
Berries and Co.; Ransom and Co.; Prescott, Grote, and
Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co.; Barclay and Co.; Williams,
Deacon, and Co.; Nisbet and Co., Boman-Area ; and at
the LE9sPital, troz N till 6.

CONTRACTS FOR COCOA, TOBACCO, AND WINE.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY,
Somerset LlousP, 17th February, 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, that on MONDAY, the 2d
March next, at Twelve o'clock at noon, they will be ready
to treat with such persons as may be willing to CON-
TRACT for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's
Victualling Stores, at Deptford, the undermentioned
articles, :

To be ten-
Quantities. dered for at
Rates.
COCOA 406,000 lb. ). per 100 lb.
TOBACCO -
WHITE WINE • 2,000 Gals. per Gallon.
When to be Delivered.—One half of each quantity in three
weeks from date of Contract, and the remainder thereof
in three weeks afterwards, 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 Lordshipsreserve 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 anv, and
also an unlimited power of selection in accepting the
Tenders.
The Cocoa, Tobacco, and Wine to be exempted from the
Customs' duties, and parties tendering are to state where
they are lying.
Each Tender for Cocoa 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 their growth or pro-
duce,ple(nt less than 21b. for each
and au average sam
import mark) must be produced by she parties tendering,
and not an average of different marks or several imports,
and any parcel that is found not to be of the same mark or
average quality as the samples tendered and accepted, will
be rejected by the officers.
Each Tender for Tobacco must specify the several trade
marks and numbers, and the countries or places of its
growth or produce, and a fresh-drawn dock sample of
each cask or package must be produced by the parties ten-
dering ; and any cask or package that is found not be of
the same mark, number, or quality as the sample tendered
and accepted, will be rejected by the officers.
Samples of the Wine (two pints) for each import mark
must be produced by the parties tendering.
No Tenders will be received unless made in accordance
with the above denomination of quantities and rates; and
Contractors in claiming payment for articles supplied are
to make out their invoices in accordance therewith, both
as to quantities and rates.
No Tend& will be received unless made on the Printed
Form provided fur the purpose, which may be obtained oa
application in the Lobby of the Department of the Con-
troller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset 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 ou the day of Contract, as the result of the
offer received from each person will be communicated to
him and to his proposed sureties in writing, when, but not
before, the rejected samples are to be removed.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Sacra' aryof 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,
Re list of cvntact4 mul Public §ocuritio

THE GOVERNMENT AND THE EMPLOYES OF HER
MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS.—For some time past a move-
ment has been on foot directing the public attention, as
well as that of the Government, to the extraordinary dis-
crepancies which exist in the remuneration of officers in
different departments of the Civil Service, and more par-
ticularly the marked distinction between the Custom
House clerks and those in the west-end offices. There is,
it now appears, a still more glaring instance of injustice
brought to light towards a class of officers who, although
forming a branch of the Customs department, hold posi-
tions of a far more responsible character than mere
clerks, and upon whose unchecked integrity the Govern-
ment are compelled to place individual and implicit
reliance as a means of preventing frauds on the revenue.
We allude to the officers of the Old Landing Depart-
ment of her Majesty's Customs, formerly known under
the denomination of " Surveyors" and "Landing
Waiters." It seems that a system has sprung up under
which so soon as men, who have spent tke best part of
their lives in the public service, arrive at that ago when
they have a right to expect to rise to superior positions,
they are superannuated. In the highest class, where sala-
ries of £5OO and upwards were attached to them, they have
been reduced by nearly 63 per cent., and the number of
positions where th salaries were in excess of £3OO have
been reduced to 52 per cent., whilst almost all officers above
50 years of age have been removed ; six of the old officers,
of whom the oldest was 51, being retained. In justification of
this proceeding, the Lords of the Treasury have recently
propounded a most novel and startling doctrine, namely,
that there is no implied engagement on the part of the
Government to advance a civil servant, however comp ',-
tent and well-behaved, a single step beyond that ac-
quired by his first appointment in the service ; in other
words, that a youth engaging to devote his life to the
service of the State, and entering at the bottom of an
ordinary classification, say at £BO a year, has no ground
of complaint should his salary never receive any
increment during Cie course of his official life. However
subversive this doctrine may be of all our preconceived
ideas on the subject, and of the practice which has hitherto
prevailed in all our public departments, it has received its
first application in the Custom-house, whore that most
responsible class of officers referred to as "landing waiters"
have had their prospects wholly destroyed, adequate com-
pensation for the loss of those prospects being denied
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