The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-12 00:00:00

THIRD EDITION

SUN OFFICE, SEVEN O'CLOCK.

TATTERSALL'S—This Evening,
Ided 1

NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAXE4.
Sto 1 agst Lioness (offered)
11 to 1 agst Blithfield (taken)
100 to 8 agst Gardener (offered)
100 to 8 agst Dollar (offered)
14 to 1 agst:Wingrave (offered)
20 to 1 egst Costa (taken and offered)
20 to 1 agst Gibraltar (offered)
25 to 1 agst Union Jack (taken)
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
25 to 1 agat Jarnicoton (taken)
TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS.
11 to 2 agst Cambusean (taken)
6to 1 agst Fille de l'Air (taken)
DERBY.
17 to 2 agst Scottish Chief (taken)
100 to 8 agst Canibuscan (taken)
15 to 1 agst Coastguard (taken)
22 to 1 agst Blair Athol (taken)
25 to 1 agst Idler (taken)
28 to 1 agst Ackworth (taken)
28 to 1 agst Ely (taken)
30 to 1 agst:First Flight (taken)
30 to 1 agst Birch Broom (taken)
1000 to 10 agst Solon (taken)

MANCHESTER BETTING—Tnis DAY.
NORTIrA3IPTONSHIRE STAKES.
100 to 15 agst Lioness (off)
10 to 1 apt Blithfield (taken)
100 to 8 agst Gardener (taken)
100 to 6 agst Dollar (taken)
100 to 6 agst Benjamin (taken)
40 to 1 agst Despair (taken)
Lioness at one time was in great force at 6 to 1.

Captain Grant's Cooking Apparatus.

The committee appointed by Lord De Grey to in-
vestigate the claims of Capt. Grant for remunera-
tion over and above the sum orsurns 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,Cap t
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 £1,3G5 135., of which £852
3s. was on account of his barrack apparatus, and
£513 102., 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 ; but 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 !laving 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-
dence and returns appended to this report in illustra-
tion of this conclusion. The committee therefore con-
sider that Capt. 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 £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-
dence 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 tho
total payments made to him, amounting in
all to
£1,365 133., 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
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Hartington, Sir E. Lugard, Mr. H. H. Cli fiord
Capt. Douglas Galton, and Mr. G. Arbuthnot.

TUE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, NATAL, ST. HELENA,
AND ASCENSION.-A 3 many letters for the Cape of
Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, and Ase:nsion continue to
be posted insufficiently prepaid, the public are reminded
that letters for any of those places, wLea not specialty
directed to be sant by private ship, are forwarded by nigli
packet, and aro chargeable with the following rates of
postage, viz :—Fur a letter not exceeding ?tea, Is—above
Yzoz and not exceeding lcz, 23—above loz, and not exceed-
Ilez, 3s—above ILez, and not exceeding 2oz, 42—for every
additional lez, Is. In all cases where the whole postage ie
not paid in advance the letters are charged, on deliver;y,
with an additional rate of Is, besides the amount of the de-
ficient postago.

MAI?SHAL IWMA HON AND THE CAMP OF CHALONS.
—The 211onite. ur of yesterday gives prominence to
the following announcement:—"A foreign journal cites
among the number of symptoms which have alarmed some
minds the appointmq.n: of Marshal M‘Mahon to com-
mandh
telnatrhsheaelasmapreofegeuhalaly entitled to exercise this imprrtant
Chalons again in 1564. Assuredly all
command ; but they are appointed to it by the choice of the
Emperor, and not by strict ordor of rotation. The nomina •
tion of Marshal 31,Mahon isin no way irregular ; therefore
as to the composition of the divisional staff placed upon his
orders it will be wade according to the, ordinary basis and
regulations,"