The Sun.
London, England, 1868-09-17 00:00:00

HOMELESS BOYS OF LONDON.-FUNDS
aro 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, Lothbary, L.C.; and by
WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Secretary.
No. 8, Great Queen-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields.

CONTRACTS FOR SALT PORK.
Contract Department, Admiralty, Somerset
House, 10th Sept., 11368.
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 willing 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.:—

toafin4elbdsi. each, instead
anodf tbhaerrneysm. number
The Pork to be delivered into the respective Stores as
nthet
follows, viz.—one-third of each quantity for each place by
oe each
ch
piecesba barrel
rel 50formerly pieces
co contained
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 au 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 1)3 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.
Tho 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.

LORD NAPIER OF MAGDALA.

EDINBURGH, Wednesday.

To-day the freedom of the city of Edinburgh
was conferred on Lieutenant-General Lord Napier
of Magdala, in the Music-hall, in the presence of a
large assemblage.
The Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town
Council wore their official robes. Lord and Lady
Napier were loudly eheerei on entering the hall.
Lord Provost UHAMBERS, in presenting the free-
dom of the city to Lord Napier, said one of the old
usages of the Corporation consisted in conferring
the freedom of the city, as a token of respect and
goodwill, on persons distinguished in statesman-
ship, arts, science, literature, and arms, who might
come among them. He was quite sure that in his
lordship's acceptance of this honour the Corpora-
tion would itself feel honoured. He knew nothing
which could have reflected greater honour on the
British arms than the marvellous success of the
Abyssinian expedition. As citizens of Edinburgh
they welcomed his lordship to Scotland, and trusted
he might be long spared to his family and to the
public service. He would ever consider it as one
of the most memorable circumstances of his official
life that he was the means of placing the certificate
of burgesship in the hands of Lieutenant-General
Lord Napier of Magdala. (Cheers.)
Lord NAPIER, who was loudly cheered, said he
received with pride and gratitude the privilege con-
ferred upon him in making him a burgess of this
ancient and celebrated city. Viewing the privilege
thus conferred as a mark that in the estimation of
the inhabitants of this great and enlightened city
he and his naval and military brethren in arms had
faithfully served their country in the late expedi-
tion, he felt that no higher honour than that could
be conferred upon him under the sanction of our
most gracious Sovereign the Queen. (Cheers.) He
was far from arrogating to himself the success of
the expedition. It succeeded, under many difficul-
ties, because each and all in their several places
strove to do their duty—(cheers)—and because
they acted under the guidance of a merciful Divine
Providence. (Cheers.) The privilege just con-
ferred upon him was one for which he felt specially.
grateful. Ile had always felt that his name be-
longed to Scotland. (Cheers.) It had been borne
by many honourable and some great and distin-
guished men, and he had endeavoured, as far as in
him lay, to maintain its repute. (Cheers.) He
had often thought of the wonderful influence which
the inhabitants of this, he might say small and
rugged, though beautiful country, exercised upon
the welfare not of Great Britain alone, but on all
the countries where the flag of Great Britain
waved. He was of opinion that this influence
possessed by Scotland was attributable, in the first
place, to a deep reverence of sacred subjects
which dwelt in the hearts of the people.
(Cheers.) No doubt it had been said that the
Scotch talked a great deal about religion, and that
some classes in Scotland liked whisky—(laughter)
—but nothing had ever convinced him that there
was not a deep-seated reverence for religion and a
deep-seated spirit of religion in the masses of the
people of Scotland, which had elevated their views
and conduced greatly to their rectitude of conduct
and purity of mind—(cheers)—and next to this
spirit he attributed Scotland's position to the great
and liberal facility of education which was within
the reach of every class. (Cheers.) Without enter-
ing into the vexed question of the merits of the
English and Scotch Universities, each of which he
thought had excellences suited to the several coun-
tries, he might express the admiration he felt for
that system which placed within the reach of every
man in the land, however humble, not only a good I
education, but a broad, liberal education, embracing
natural, practical philosophy ; and this it was, he
thought, which had sent forth from Scotland so
large a number of highly-educated men in every
branch and every profession. (Cheers.) In conclu-
sion, he said they must all be convinced that one of
the greatest enemies, if not the greatest, in all com-
munities was ignorance, and as to the honour con-
ferred upon him to-day he felt doubly exalted in
receiving it from the hands of the man who was the
first in Great Britain to place cheap instruction and
instructive literature in the hands of the poorest iu
the country. (Cheers.)

Cheers were then Oren lot Lord and Lady.