The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-11 00:00:00

Captain Grant's Cooking Apparatus,

The committee appointed by Lord Da Grey to in-
vestigate the claims of Capt. Grant for remunera-
tion over and above the sum orsums already awarded
him in consideration of the services he has rendered
to the public in respect to the introduction of his
system of cooking, having met, from time to time,
and taken such evidence as they considered neces-
sary for the purpose of elucidating the subject, have
agreed to the following report. They find that Capt.
Grant was employed by direction of the Secretary
of State for War in superintending the erection of
various cooking apparatus for barracks and camps
on his system, from 1855 to 1859, and that the total
sum which he has received from the Government
for the expenses connected with his personal super-
intendence amounts to £1,365 135., of which £852
3s. was on account of his barrack apparatus, and
£513 10s., on account of his field apparatus. The
expenses attending the construction and fitting up
of both kinds of apparatus have been paid by the
public. Capt. Grant founds his claim to further re-
muneration upon the large saving to the country
in the consumption of fuel in army cooking since
the introduction of his apparatus ; bat he makes no
claim on account of the services rendered by him
for improving the comfort and condition of the
British soldier. The committee consider that cre-
dit is due to Capt. Grant for having been the first
to call the attention of the Government to the ab-
sence of system in the cooking for the army, espe-
cially in the case of large bodies of troops, and for
his disinterested exertions in endeavouring to im-
prove this service. From the circumstance that at
the time when Capt. Grant's apparatus was first
used the issues of fuel for cooking were not made
separately from the general barrack issues it is 'im-
possible to form an accurate comparison between
the consumption in the then ordinary methods of
cooking and that which resulted from the employ-
ment of the apparatus. It is probable that there
was formerly great waste, which the attention
drawn to the subject by the use of the apparatus
was the means of correcting; but since other means
of economising fuel have been introduced results
equal to or even exceeding the saving which has
been attributed by Capt. Grant to his apparatus
have been obtained. The committee refer to the evi.
deuce and returns appended to this report in illustra.

ion of this conclusion. The committee therefore con,

sider that Cept.Grant's claim, so far as it rests upon a
saving of expense to the public from the use of his
apparatus, cannot be admitted. The only other
principle of remuneration brought under their no-
tice is the grant of a royalty on the apparatus. It
is to be observed hereon that the offer made by the
Secretary of State in 1858 to grant a royalty of L 35
on each apparatus for 500 men that might be
erected (which offer was declined-by Capt. Grant)
was made at a time when this apparatus was sup-
posed to be the best, and likely to be brought into
general use. Since then opinions have undergone a
change, and with the evidence before the committee
of the superiority of steel boilers in point of eco-
nomy and convenience they cannot recommend a
royalty in respect to Captain Grant's apparatus
already erected, in the view of their being a success.
But in the event of their use being hereafter ex-
tended it would be reasonable to revive the proposal
for the grant of a royalty, and to reconsider the
question of the term for which it should be allowed.
Having been led to these conclusions by the evi-

dente submitted to them, the committee feel bound
to add that they consider Capt. Grant is entitled to
remuneration for his services, which were accepted
by the Government, and continued with its sanc-
tion, and which by drawing the attention of the
military authorities to the question of the defective
arrangement for cooking in the army, have been
a means of leading to good results. The
last payment of £5OO to Capt. Grant was intended
by Lord Herbert to be in full satisfaction of all his
claims, but it was not so accepted by Capt. Grant,
and he has explained to the committee that the
total payments made to him, amounting in all to

£1,365 135., have not been more than sufficient to

cover the personal expenses incurred by him in con.
nection with the barrack and field apparatus. Under
these circumstances, therefore, the committee have

decided to recommend that the sanction of the Lords

Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury should be

obtained for the further grant of £l,OOO to Captain
Grant in full recognition of his claims. This recom-

mcndation applies only to the barrack, not to the
Meld apparatus, the latter not having been adopted
for the service. The report is signed by Lord

Harlington, Sir E. Lugard, Mr. H. H. Clifford,
Capt. Douglas Galton, and Mr. G. Arbuthnot.

SHIPPING—This Day.

LONDON, March 11.—Wind this day at noon—South-
Weat ; moderato breeze, and showery weather.
OFF DOVER, March 10.—Arrived—B ellona, screw
steamer, from New York.
PORISMOL TIE, March 9.—Wind E.—Sailed —Pevensey,
screw steamer, for Bermuda.
BIIND2RLA.ND, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Sailed—Ever-
green, for Malta.
FALMOUTH, March 10.—Wind S.W.—Arrrived—Helen,
from London for Bermuda.

NEWPORT, March 10.—Wind S.W.—•Arrived—Rising
Sun, from London for New York,

(BY MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Friday Morning.
Arrived, March 10—Katie, fr om Terceira ; Eleanor,lt'rom
Grena.

DEAL, Friday Morning.

Passed.—Wild Hunter, from Mauritius, for Lund-on ;
Mendozi, of Liverpool, from the north for the west; Clan
Alpine, from Adelaide, for London.
Anchored.—George Andrews, of Sunderland, from the
north, for the west.
The Heroine, from. Loudon, for East London, slipped
from anchor and chain last night to avoid collision ; has
since been supplied with others hence.

JOURNALISM AND PUBLIC WORKS IN TURKEY.

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—ln countries where the pro;ress of civilization is
slow, and therefore the introduction of railways and tele-
graphs, those pioneers of improvement, desirable, amongst
the first to recognise their value and to point them out to
the people are the journalists. But it is not often that the
journalist has means to apply, and energy to create, the
opportunity for working out the benefits himself. Fortu-
nately for the people of Asia Minor, such a man was found
in Smyrna. Mr. Anthony Edwards, for many years the
proprietor and editor of the Impartial in that city. perceiv-
ing the wants of the country in this respect, applied him-
self zealously, diligently, and successfully to supply them.
Through his exertions the city is about to be lit with gas,
the works being already in a forward state, and ho has pro-
cured a concession for a great line of railway from Constan-
tinople to Sivas, and also ono from Smyrna to join this, and
form the first great link of communication between the two
chief cities of the Turkish empire. Mr. Edwards, during 25
years, was at the head of journalism in Turkey, and on his
return to Smyrna, from a recent visit to Europe, he was
presented with three addresses—from the public authorities,
the commercial body, and the inhabitants of that city—in
which the most flattering testimony was borne to the con-
duct of Mr. Edwards as a journalist, and his efforts to pro-
mote the general welfare and prosperity of the empire, to
secure the lighting of Smyrna with gas, and to procure
the construction of the railway above alluded to, were grate-
fully acknowledged.—Overland Mail, March 10.
TRADE OF CARDIFF.—The returns of the trade
of the pore for the month of February show that
the exports were 130,000 tons of coal, nearly 16,000 tons of
iron, 3,400 tons of patent fuel, 152 tons of coke, and a num-
ber of miscellaneous articles. As compared with the month
of January there was an increase of 130 tons of coal and
nearly 10,000 tons in iron, which is accounted for princi-
pally by the favourable weather and the fact that the
colliers worked more regularly during the month than was
the case in the previous month. The import trade is
increasing, and the number of vessels arriving in ballast
is gradually decreasing. Iron. ore, pig iron, and pit-
wood formed the principal imports during the past
month.