The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-16 00:00:00

2HE ARMY.

An experimental cooking stove, manufactured
of steel, has been erected in the Royal Artillery
Barracks, Woolwich, by Mr. Deane, of London-
bridge, consisting of boilers and oven, for which a
prize medal was awarded at the Great Exhibition.
The boilers, of steel, 1-16th of an inch thick, are
exceedingly light, and from the thin substanse of
the metal require but a small amount of fuel in
heating the contents. The flues are formed of fire-
clay: Dinners for 80 men, consisting of soup, meat,
and vegetables, were yesterday cooked in the pre-
sence of Mr. Warriner, instructor of cookery, at-
tached to the sanitary commission for the promotion
of barrack economy. The consumption of coal did
not exceed 61b. In order to prove the quality of the
metal the boilers were subjected to a severe test by
being heated redhot and filled with water, without
manifesting the least appearance of injury. The
ovens, also of steel, are set in fire-clay, and dinners
for 200 men, consisting of baked meat and pota-
toes, were served up, with a consumption of between
401 b. and 501 b. of coals. The amount of economy
expected to be realised to the army 133 the improve-
ments recently introduced in cooking apparatus is
calculated at no less a sum than £BO,OOO or £lOO,OOO
per annum.

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The B battery, depot brigade, Royal Artillery,
manned with 40-pounder Armstrong guns, yester-
day marched from headquarters, Woolwich, for Al-
dershot, sleeping last night at Chertsey. The offi-
cers commanding the battery are Capt. Taylor,
Lieut. Saunders, and Lieut. Gains. The horses re-
quired for the removal of the guns and Equipments,
baggage, &c., amounted to 150.
Capt. Brydges, Lieut. Hopkins, 2 sergeants, 2
corporals, and 50 privates, Royal Marine Light in-
fantry, from the 86-gun ship Exmouth (returned to
Plymouth from the Mediterranean) arrived last
night at headquarters, Woolwich, and will be
granted leave of absence and furloughs to visittheir
friends this morning.
The new naval smooth-bore muzzle-loading gun,
weighing six tons, and intended to throw a round
ball of about 100 lb. weight, has passed proof at the
Woolwich butt, and will shortly be ready for trial
at Shoeburyness. The gun ordered to be manufac-
tured for Mr. Lynall Thomas is fast approaching
completion under the able superintendence of Mr.
John Anderson, at the Royal gun factories, Wool-
wich, by whom the construction was devised. Its
weight when finished will be 16 tons; length of
bore, 131 ft. ; the diameter of the inner tube is to be
rifled so as to leave three projections on the interior
of the bore. One of the peculiarities of its con-
struction consists in the internal tube being closed
at the breech—a plan which was proposed and car-
ried out by Mr. Anderson in the manufacture of a
gun for Mr. Whitworth.
One of the new Armstrong 70-pounder guns ma-
nufactured for the navy is now under trial at Shoe-
buryness. It is a breech-loader, on the wedge plan,
which is intended to supersede the objectionable
vent-piece. The projectiles are inlaid with zinc
strips, 24 in number, each (six) of them forming the
bearings of the shot. This plan, if successful, will
be substituted for the present lead coating on the
Armstrong shot. A largenurnber of the 70-pounders
are now waiting the solution of the question, that
they may be rifled according to the plan approved.
Extensive alterations are in progress at Warley
' Barracks, near Brentwood. A sergeant's mess, a