The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-21 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

The Royal South Middlesex (the 4th) Regiment
of Militia will assemble for embodiment at the
Military Stores, Hounslow, on Thnrs,lay, Oct. 1.
The regiment will be commanded by Lieutenant-
Colonel Scriven.

The 3d Royal Surrey Regiment of Militia has
been under training during the last few days at
Kingston-upon-Thames.
The Lincolnshire Militia are to be embodied, and
notices have been issued for the 7th of October for
that purpose.
The West York Rifles are to be embodied on the
61). of October at the depot, Pontefract, from which
place it is expected the regiment will be sent on to
Ireland, where it served for nine months during
the late war.

The Durham County Artillery Regiment of Mi-
litia is appoiated to assemble for training on Wed-
nesday, Sept. 30, at the Sunderland barracks.
The West Suffolk Militia has received notice from.
Capt. J. M'Gregor, the adjutant, that on Wednes-
days, after the 22d inst., he will be prepared, at
the regimental head-quarters at Bury St. Edmunds,
to settle for the balance of bounty due to the vo
lunteers of the corps whose period of five years'
service has expired. The regiment will be reformed
without delay.
The men of the Herefordshire Militia who have
completed their five years' service will be discharged
early in October, and the bounty will be paid at
the same time. Captain Money Kyrie, the adju-
tant, has given notice that any qualified persons
willing to be attested will be then accepted.

NEW COOKING APPARATUS. —A very c mipa,ot
and complete cooking apparatus is now on view at
the new smithery. It is the invention of Messrs.
Redpath and Leigh, the engineers, of Limehouse.
It is six feet square, size of a ship's ordinary cook-
ing galley, but is capable of cooking food fur 200
men. Meat may be simultaneously roasted, boiled,
baked, or fried, vegetables being at the same time
boiled or roasted, bread baked, and soup made.
A valuable feature of the invention is, that it dis
penses with the enormous grates, and their massive
bars, common to the ordinary galley, three small
furnaces being substituted for them, and which to-
gether do not consume more than one-third the
quantity of fuel of a ship's galley.
NAVAL ARCHITECTURE. —The very beautiful
model of the new screw frigate Shannon, at the
Crystal Palace, deservedly attracts much notice,
and it possesses an additional interest from the fact
that that important part of a ship's economy, the
rig, was entirely produced by young gentlemen
being brought up to the navy at the naval establish-
ment of Mr. Eastman, of this port. Mr. Eastman
has now, however, engaged his pupils upon the
construction, equipment, and rigging of a model of
the splendid screw line-of battle ship Conqueror,
101 guns. Every cord and rope, and spar, on
board this ship, will be represented in the model,
and upon an accurate scale. This practical method
of inculcating a knowledge of some of the more im-
portant elements of the art of navigation, seems a
great improvement on the dry and uninviting one,
to the young mind, of theoretical teaching from
books.

ROYAL ENGINEERS. —The following is a correct
list of officers b4onging to the above corps now
under orders for India, and waiting for trans-
ports. In all probability this force will embark
about the 22d, but nothing is definitely settled :
L'eut.-Colonel Harness, in command, now com-
manding engineer atMalta ; Major Hon. E. Keane,
second in command ; Captain Cox, adjutant. 4th
Company—Major Nicholson, Lieuts. Edwards,
Keith, Wynne. 10th Company, Captain Fisher,
Lieuts. Longley, Maitland, Thane. 11th Company
—Captain Cumberland, Lieuts. Maquay, Walker,
Paterson. 21st Company—Captain Neville, Lieuts.
Scratchl.y, Gossett, Swetennam. Lieuts. Beau-
mont, Wilson, Webber, and Festing go out as su-
pernumeraries. Total, 23 officers and 468 non-com-
missioned officers and men. Lieut.-Co'. Stanton,
C. 8., proceeds to Honduras on railway purposes.
Major-General Calder is dead, which will promote
Colonel Ros 9, First Captain Ogle, Second Captain
Koe, and Lieut. Knox.

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POWERFUL TELESCOPES OPERA, RACE, AND PERSPECTIVE
GLASSES. -S. and B. Solonions, opticians, 39, A bemarlt-
street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel, W
By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for va'uable and ex-
traordina-y improvements in the most powerful and brilliant
Telescopes, Camp, Race-course, Opera, and Perspective
Glasses, to know the distances. These Telescopes possess
such extraordinary power that some, three and a-half inches,
with an extra eye-piece will show distinctly Jupiter's moons,
Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same tslescope
can be seen a person's countenance three-anti-a-half miles
distant and an object from 16 to 20 miles. For the waist-
coat-pocket, and arc of larger, and all sizes, with increasing
powers acesrdingly. The Royal Elhibition, 1851. —A valu-
able, newly-invented, very small, powerful, Waistcoat-pocket
Glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and
known one and a-half mile distant They answer every pur-
pose on the Race-course and at the Opera-houses. CAtetry
scenery and ships are clearly seen at 12 to 14 miles. They
are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to
sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera,
C.unp, Perspective, and It tee-c curse Glasses, with wonderful
powers.—lnvaluable preserving Spectacle Lenses of the
greatest transparent power. The great advantage derived
from this invention is, that vision impaired becomes pre
served and strengthened and very ages persons aro enabled
to employ their sight at the most minute occupation—can see
with tloie lenses of a much less magnify ink- power—and
they do not require the frequent changes to the dan-
gerous effects of further powerful assistance. PersAis
can be suited at the moi, remote part of the world by send-
ins oae of the glasses out of their speeta&es is a letter, and
stating.the diet dice from the eye they can read ,mall print
with it, and those who have not made use of spectacles by
stating their age. Deafness.--New Discovery.—The Organic
Vibrator, an ex!raordicari'y powerful, s-r,all, nowly-invent d
instrument for dcatuess, entirely different from all oth rs,
surpassing anything of the kind that has been, or probably
can, be produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is
not perceptible. It enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at
churchand at public assemblies ; the unpleasant sensation a
singing noises in the ears .is entirely removtd, and it affords
all the assistance that possibly could be desired.-3 I. Alto •
marls-street, Piccadilly,—Opposito the York tido], W.