The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-24 00:00:00

THE ROYAL ARSENAL.

WOOLWICH, FEB. 23.
Lieutenant-General Lord Raglan, G.C.8., Master-Gene-
ral of the Ordwice, his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge and Ldrd Adolphus Fitzclarence, arrived at the
Royal 'Arsenal shortly after 10 o'clock a.m. to-day, and
were received by Lieutenant-General Sir Hew D. Ross,
Deputy-Adjutant-General of Artillery, Colonel Cater, Col.
Chalmer, Colonel Colqnhoun Lieutenant-Colonel Wilson,
Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, Lieutenant-Colonel Burn, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Pickering, Lieutenant-Colonel Palliser,
Lieutenant-Colonel Strangways, Lieutenant-Colonel An-
derson, Brigade-Major Bingham, and Captain Harrison,
with a number of officers of the Royal Artillery.
The royal and distinguished visitors proceeded to in-
spect the new machine for making Minie musket balls by
compressure, at the rate of 10,000 per hour, and the prin-
ciple of the machine, and its entire mode of self-action,
were explained pby Mr. Anderson, the inventor, and its
simplicity, and the perfect nature of the balls made by it,
elicited the highest approbation of the visitors. His
Royal Highness also visited a new description of stove
or fire-place, invented by Mr. Anderson, which may
be said to have no chimney, the smoke passing through a
circular aperture in the back of the concave fireplace, which
prevents the possibility of its smoking, and allows only of
heated air passing horizontally over the surface of the
burning coals, and combines great economy with cleanli-
ness, although no fender is used. After an inspection of
the Jll.inie ball and boring department, the visitors pro-
ceeded to tho carriage department, and inspected all the
new improvements recently introduced for the completion
of the various kinds of gun-carriages for sea and land ser-
vice and other articles required in the army and navy,
which are now manufactured by machinery in such quan-
tities that the largest orders can be completed in a very
short time with comparatively little manual labour.
The inspection of the new improvements in the various
departments of the Royal Arsenal occupied the Royal and
distinguished visitors' attention until half-past 12 o'clock,
when they left in Sir Hew D. Ross's carriage, and pro-
ceeded to the garrison.
On as riving at the barrack-square, the Duke of Cam-
bridge, as the chief inspecting cavalry officer, was accom-
panied by Lieutenant-Colonel Wingfield, while inspecting
the horses of Major Dupuis' and Captain Wood's troop of
Horse Artillery, each troop having 100 horses at present,
and they are to be increased so as to have 136 horses in
each troop, exclusive of the 11 horses required by the offi-
cers of each troop. The fine appearance and excellent con-
dition of the troop horses elicited his Royal Highness's
entire approbation, and he congratulated Major Dupuis and
Captain Wood on the high efficiency of the horses. The
whole of the new horses purchased by Lieutenant-Colonel
Wingfield for the batteries were subsequently ordered by
Lieutenant-Colonel Anderson to be brought in the east
square of the barracks, each horse led by a gunner and
driver, and the whole passed round the square in single
file for the inspection of his Royal Highness. There are
now 1,280 horses in the batteries, a number sufficient for
eight batteries containing 160 horses each.

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