The Sun.
London, England, 1859-05-26 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief visited the Maidstone garrison yesterday for
the purpose of inspecting and dismissing a portion
of the cavalry establishment. The Duke, accompa-
nied by his aide-de-camp, was received at the bar-
racks by the Commandant (Col. Balders, C. 8.) and
by Col. Henry and Col. Booth, of the Royal Horse
Artillery. The troops were drawn up on the parade,
and his Royal Highness reviewed a succession of
"rides" in the following order :—Non-commissi9ned
officers qualifying for commmissions as riciln
masters, Heavy Dragoon ride, Light Dragoon ride,
followed by a ride of remount horses. The General
Commanding-in-Chief afterwards inspected a foot
parade in lance and sword squads, the review, being
concluded by a number of recruit rides by the 6th.
Dragoon Guards (Carabincers), 6th Dragoons (I a-
niskillings), 12th Lancers, and 14th Light Dra-
goons. His Royal Highness, after complimenting
the Commandant upon the excellent appearance of
the men and horses,_ and upon the highly efficient
state of the establishment, returned to town by the
2.25 train.

Orders were yesterday received at Chatham gar-
rison, directing the following number of officers and
troops to embark at Gravesend for Calcutta beiween
the 15th and 23d of June, for the purpose of rein-
forcing the regiments serving in India, viz., I cap-
tain and 25 men of the 6th Dragoon Guards (Cara-
bineers), 2 subalterns. and 102 non-commissioned
officers and men of the Ist battalion 3d Buffs, 4
subalterns and 51 men of the Ist battalion 13th
(Prince Albert's) Light Infantry, 5 subalterns and
62 non-commissioned officers and men of the Bth
Regiment ; 1 captain, 2 subalterns, and 102 non-
commissioned officers and men of the 93d High-
landers ; 50 men of the 97th (Earl of Ulster's) Regi-
ment ; 1 field officer, 2 captains, and 100 men of the
2d battalion Rifle Brigade ; 1 captain, 3 subalterns,
and 102 non-commissioned officers and men of the
3d battalion Rifle Brigade. With the above rein-
forcements are to embark 21 women and children,
the authorities having decided on sending out a
proportionate number of soldiers' wives and childn,n
in each ship proceeding to India.
The depot of the 32d (Cornwall) Light Infantry
will leave Chatham garrison this morning, and
proceed by special train for Dover, where they are
to be stationed to await the arrival of the head-
quarters of the gallant 32d from India, who are
shortly expected to return to England. Owing to
no reinforcements having been sent out to the 32d
in India for some time past, the depot is unusually
strong, the depot companies actually numbering
more than the service companies, which have been
considerably reduced, the frequent conflicts with
the mutineers at Cawnpore, Lucknow. and the
other mutinous districts having reduced the regi-
ment to a mere skeleton of its former strength.
The depot at Chatham musters 13 officers and about
600 men of all ranks. The 32d Regiment has been
absent in India 13 years, having left England in
May, 1846. For its gallant behaviour at Lucknow
and Cawnporc, where its ranks were terribly
thinned, it was honoured by her Majesty with the
designation of a light infantry regiment. The 32c1
depot will be relieved at Chatham by the depot
companies of the 77th Regiment, which will arrive
at that garris-n from Portsmouth this day, and oc-
cupy the quarters vacated by the 32d. The head
quarters of the 77th embarked for India in 1857.
The depot numbers 7 officers and about 650 men of
all ranks.

The Urgent, screw steam transport, Commander
Hire, will embark this morning at Portsmouth, for
Gibraltar, one field officer, 11 other officers, 305
non-commissioned officers and men, three ladies,
four children, three female servants, 11 soldiers'
wives, and 12 children of the 100th (Prince of
—Wales Royal Canadian) Regiment ; also, three
officers, 77 non-commissioned officers and men, 9
soldiers' wives, and 13 children, of the Royal Artil-
lery. As soon as the above are embarked the Urgent
will proceed direct to Queenstown, where she wi 11
take on board, also for Gibraltar, 1 officer and 30
non-commissioned officers and men of the 2d batta-
lion 6th Foot, and 1 officer, 100 non-commissions d
officers and men, 6 soldiers' wives, and 9 children,
of the 2d battalion Bth Foot.

The subject of providing the most effectual
method of cooking the soldiers' rations, so as to com-
bine the greatest amount of nourishment and whole-
someness of food which can possibly be accomplished,
according to the limits of the military cook-
house, having been under the consideration of the
Horse Guards for some time past, a number of
Cooking apparatuses have been erected at the Roy al
Artillery-barracks, Woolwich, under the sanction
of the General Commanding-in-Chief, each of which
has undergone a series of experimental tests for the
satisfaction of the officers composing the Royal
Sanitary Commission. Yesterday, Captain Freeth,
Deputy• Assist ant Quartermaster- Gen eral, Royal
Artillery ; Mr. Clerk, Royal Engineer Department;
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erected at No. 3 cookin
inspection
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Mr. Warrener, of the Sanitary Commission, and an
coiffia lc ienr
h g ouse. Royal Artillery
barracks, by Mr. Radl - ey, proprietor of Greskam 's
Hotel, Dublin. The apparatus was viewed through-
out by the members appointed for the purpose,
under the superintendence of the patentee after the
performance of the allotted day's work. The invt a-
tion gives to the roasting apparatus a rotary mo-
tion, which, it was stated, preserves the nutritious
qualities of the meat,and effects a saving of 20 per
cent. in weight alone, rendering the frequent open-
ing of the doors unnecessary, and more effectually
roasting the meat in a much shorter time, together
with the advantage of self-basting. The meat and.
vegetables are steamed from the boiler, which heats
several thousand gallons of water, and condenses
water, if neceosary. The ovens are capable of bak-
ing bread in the intervals of cooking and the
hot hearth appears to afford facilities for all
other branches of cooking. The consump-
tion of fuel during the whole day amounted to less
than 1 cwt. of coals, or below 111 j. per man within
the computation required by the committee, and
the attendance of only two men to 500 rations. The
grate containing the fire is fitted so as to reduce its
capacity when required for a small party, or to
husband the consumption of fuel, and retain a
moderate heat when the dinner hour is over ; and
was pronounced highly applicable to ships of war
and passenger and emigrant vessels.
Society A modified
of I
model of the invention is exposed in
the
Arts exhibition in the Adelphi, p
ada ted for the use
of an army on the march.

DARLNG ROBBERY FROM AN AMERICAN Gzic-
AT LTATE:ppooolLice.—Yesterday
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nutted a mos.. daring
of an American gentleman. The facts of the robbery
person.
are somewhat strange. It appears that Mr. J. E. Norwood,
tullilleira:f:t-uiAtellißtaiermjvi'i°ov+fTendra-tP°hne. robbery, who is at present staying at
the Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool, while standing at the bar
of the hotel can Tuesday night pulled out his purse and
asked the baruaid. for change for a£s note. On receiving
the change, five sovereigns, he put them in his purse, which
he replaced iu, his pocket and buttoned his coat. He t boa
turnedtowarcht the door, and walked up Mount-pleasant, but
before he had had got half way he was accosted by a woman,
who, after speaking a few words to him, was joined by two
men, who pushed her with much force against him, when
she put her hand into his pocket and ran off with his purse.
He followed in pursuit, and was joined by a policeman, when
the prisoner was discovered in a brothel in Hotham-street.
She had, however, gone through a complete transformation,
for she wore a false wig, had a patch on her cheek, a coloured
skirt, and appeared lame. The police officer, however, soon
divested the woman of her assumed habiliments, and she wag
then recognised as the thief by the prosecutor. Mr. Mt ns:
field committed the prisoner for trial, and the police are o
the track of her male accessories.
at quantities
from Odessa to France, owing to the fact h
of t
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Wheat is being despatched as rapidly ..as
shipped to that country after the Ist
liable to the old sliding scare of duties. possible