The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-10 00:00:00

THE ORDER OF THE BATH.

MONDAY NIGHT.

The ceremony of the investiture of the Order of the
Bath came off to-day between 1 and 2 o'clock. Sir P.
Jones was ill and unable to attend, and Lord Stratfor..
de Redcliffe went to his quarters and invested him then,
L .rd Stratf,rd, I think I mentioned in my last, ar
rived here two days ago, accompanied by Lord Napier.
M. Pisani, Mr. Moore, Mr. Brodie, Mr. Allison, and b..
Dr. Tice., staff. surgeon, as medical attendant. Ti
place where to-day's ceremony came off was a squat.
court in front of General Simpson's quarters. One aid.
of the court is formed by the long, low building occupie
by the English Commander-in-Chief, two others
,tables and outbuildings, while the fourth is open t
the delves. This square, over which, a year age
Crimean pigs and poultry grunted and crowed
glittered to-day with British and French uniform,
gilding, and embroidery. At the entrance to the
house a sort of tent was formed of flags. Abov,
waved the standard of England, flanked by th,
British ensign and French tricolour, and by the Sar
dinian and Turkish colours. The square of butl,l
ings,vas lined by another of troops—detachments
Guards, Rifles, Line, Artillery, Cavalry, and Naval Bri
Bade. From the side facing the house there extended
double line of lancer sentries along a gentle slope, at tlm
extremity of which guns were in readiness to fire the
salute. Inside the square assembled a number of office),
in full dress. Outside were other officers and a few cie
iians, among whom some ladies' riding habits were to I;
observed. General Pelissier came in his carriage, witl
his staff, and other French generals were there. TI.
corpulent person and dark complexion of the Frenci
commander contra.,ted strikingly with General Simpson',
tall, slender figure and white hair. When all wer.
a sembled the ceremony was proceeded with. Lox.:
Stratford made a dignified speech, which acquired addi.
firmal interest from the circumstances. He remarke
on the unprecedented nature of the investiture, occur
ring, as it did, almost on the ground where the service
bad been rendered and the exploits achieved for whic;
the honour was conferred, and almost under fire of th.,
enemy's guns. As be spoke the words a loud boom fron
the batteries gave peculiar appropriateness to his expret
sions and a dramatic interest to the scene. Sir ColL
Campbell and Sir Edmund Lyons each spoke a few word
in reply. The troops presented arms, the band plays..
" God save the Queen," the artillery fired a Roy,
salute, and then the force assembled, which about 1,00,
men, filed off, and the numerous groups of office,
shortly left the ground. The pageant was favoured bz
a brilliant sunshine, tempered by a pleasant breeze, an.,
could not have gone off better.

OPENING OF MOYER'S KITCHEN.

Later in the afternoon we had a spectacle of a dii
ferent kite], but, in its humble way, of a not less int.
resting nature. Soyer, the Regenerator, now the carol
cook par excellence, opened his kitchens on the esplanad,
in front of the Guards' camp. A row of huge ir'
boilers supplied each one its different soup or stew, cot
cocted entirely from the rations daily furnished to tl,
troops. From the summit of a large marquee flutter'.
the French and English colours ; smaller flags wave.
gall) over the enclosure, which was formed by garland
of foliage. The guests, wbd were very numerous, pai
due homage to the savoury cauldrons, the depth .•
which alone saved them from speedy exhaustiot,
There was no denying the excellence of the cookery
Five o'clock 6 a hungry hour in the Crimea ; and I c•
answer fir it that few of the guests contented thernselw
with merely tasting. General Simpson smiled approb
tion of the skill of the French artiete, and General P.
lissier seemed highly to enjoy his countryman's potagc.
A great nurnb4.r of persons were present. There wet
rice pudding and Cossack plunipudding (all rations),
snug tents, with champagne, and the most crystalline o!
ice (not rations), and Soyer was voted, nem. con., the
worthy chef of the army in the Crimea. To speak seri-
ously, he will render real service if be teaches the sol
dier, as 1 understand be proposes to do, to make thi
most of the very excellent materials new supplied tm
him, and which hitherto have unquestionably been more
or lees wasted through ignorance of a few of the simpleaL
laws of the gastronomic science.