The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-17 00:00:00

THE CORPS OF C,93IIIIIsSIONAIREs,

idge in-

His Royal Highness the Duke e
Canibri
Ti'
spected the London division of this cos
Sunday
ark:"
lest at the Wellington-barracks, St. Sames'6l3
Besides the Commanding Officer, the Adju.tant,
Capt, Peacb, Dr. Stavely Bing (the honorary 0:"
sician), and the Rev. J. Townsend, incumbent of the
district where the barracks are situated, Were pre.-
sent. The men, numbering about 250, were drawn
up in line, and the smart manner in which they
turned out proved their desire to uphold the charac-
ter of the corps, and their *Nish to merit the honr,ur
conferred on them by the inspection of the General
commcoding-in-chief.
His Roy.:l Highness, while passing down the
glict inter( st in the per-
lines, manifested the hi
son al history
of several of the .rien whose medals;
indicated the nature and length of service they had
undergone. He afterwards in,wreted title band, con-
sisting of 32 pensioners, musicians frcni
different
branches of her Majesty's service, azd who-se per-
formance gave the greatest satisfaction. Dr. Stt,'“iy
King, the honorary mcdiftal nicer of tiie corps, m'o
qt.cst!ontd by his Royal I:(ghn€l.6 or. f'e'vci
°I
details.
ff ectlng the health of the men, which from the
small amount of sickness (under 2 per cent.) must
be in a very satisfactory oonditior. Before quitting
the parade the men were formed in close columns
of divisions, and his Royal Highness made the
following address :
" I have been requested by your commaD3ing offi-
cer to repeat to you the substance of what I have
just had the pleasure of saying to himself, as the ex-
preseion of the impression I have received from the
inspection of you this morning. I say I have been
much gratitic'd, and I wish you distinctly to under-
stand this, and that I take a ;Farm personal interest
in you. You have established slrong claims upon
of interest or
my esteem altogether, independent
any other influence than the well earned flaircs your
own conduct has established. Many of you save dis-
uished ourselves as soldiers and s(: hors.
You have y
served your Queen and the country w7ith
the performance of your
honour, and both in
duty and the discharge of the trust which as mem-
bers of the two services Was placed in Tou many of
you have become incapacitated for ordsiti occu-
pations. It is most gratifying to me in 'her
I hold towards English soldiers to find you, after
when it is;tot
years of perilous service, at a time or mist
uncommon for men to efface by inactivity -
conduct the record of their previous career, gza to
make up by dissipation and thoughtlessness for VTO
tracted discipline and hardships, voluntarily
died, and and submitting to organisation and control
I for the laudable purpose of e.urning your own live-
lihood in an honourable and independent manner.
`he services of the
A fact like this is to my mind Very strong evidence
of the high spirit animating
country, and must be a considerable Source of pride
to Captain Walter, and a recompense for the diffi-
•culties with which he and those associMed withave
him have contended, and for the labour they
bestowed in bringing you to your present condition.
h
I am not at all surprised their efforts and yoor
discipline, the the results of which have impressed ma
so forcibly this morning, have been appreciated by
the public, and that the success that has attended
you has led to the establishment of similar division
of the corps in several towns throoghout the coun-
s
try. Your commanding officer informs me that
the demand for your services has suri;assed hi
expectations and is steadily increasing; anJ such a
fact is sufficient evidence in my own mind of the
necessity that Captain Walter was happy enough
to foresee, of the confidence you have so legitimately
earned, and of the respect in which you are held.
Your praiseworthy endeavours to maintain your
selves in honest independence, and. to deserve by
labour the position of useful members of society,
secure for you the cordial sympathy oou f
in every
right-minded person. I congratulate y
elate him
pos-
sessing so earnest a chief, and I congrat
in having got together men of so much character
and self-control. I shall, believe toe, watch your
further development with interest; and rely upon
it that, so long as you continue in the eame path
of duty towards yourselves and the public which
you have hitherto pursued, zou will be as suc-
cessful and respected as industrious citizens as
formerly you were fortunate and esteemed as
bravo defenders of the honour and interests of your
country."
At the conclusion of the above his Royal High-
ness quitted the ground, and the men marched to
their usual place of worship.

A PHYSIOLOGICAL VIEW OF THE
PREMIER.

_
A medical journalist can do 13.1 more appro-
priate service than give prominence from time to
time to a good specimen of fine old age. Lord
Palmerston certainly claims that atteniion at
our hands. All party and political considereqicna
aside, we pronounce the Premier a physiological
phenomenon. Politics only half explain Lord Pal-
merston. Few statesmen have enjoyed so much
power and popularity as the Prime Minister, and
there are few instances in which the secret of the
power has been less political. Lord Palmerston'o
influence is in a great measure physiological"--an
influence on the temper of the country produced
by his own temper and health and good
The nobility of England supply many speci-
mens of a fine old age, but it is difficult to find
Well nigh
one so striking as Lord Palmerston. spirits.
.I. :it
_twe the
tr arl
duringB2B
fhoeu
rhaodr
four score years have passed away since his life
began. They have been eventful years, and few men
bfieveenfor
have had more to say and do in the events than the
veteran Premier.
ry
19 years Secrets _
suc-
cessive Administrations, and was described by Lord
Brougham,-enother wonder of the physiological
order—as a,‘ sort of hereditary member of every
Cabinet." It is unnecessary for our purpose to go
into any detail. Be has had a hand in every Euro-
pean pie for more than 50 years. He combines in
his life the history, and in his person the qualities,
of two succes • sive generations. He was Secretary-
at-War in the days of Waterloo and Wellington,
and is as ready as younger men to entertain the last
suggestion of Sir William Armstrong. In 1809 he
was in office ; and in 1862, after a life of responsi-
bility that would have exhausted the brains or the
1 strength of most men, he is Prinke Minister, filling
the high place in no merely formal and honorary
way, but doing triumphant battle single-handed
with his enemies with all the shrewdness of age
and all the Smartness of youth. There is no finality
feeling in him. if he does not feel himself young,
he fancies the world is still in its youth. Men
would forgive him if he put off his armour and with
folded arms talked of the past and his part ill its
achievements ; but he talks rather of the future, and
is ready for anything the present seems to demand,
whether it be a new experiment on trade, an o°,ll-
- of the franchise, or a reconstruction of o.ntraaned"
fences ; and all this cordially, with the
°Pirithis is
the sprightliness of younger men. We meauych as a
a physiological phenomenon quite se -
a temperature,
political one—an affair of temper an .
study of phyla-
of health and habits, worthy the
In
old age to be able
cians as well as politicians.
and back again ; to
to ride to Harrow or Epsom
be conscious of no
feel the world still fresh ; to
a generation in which
want of sympathy with"
ries can scarcely be detected;
one's early contemporaries
able to make the Com-
te be cheerful and genial--
mons of England laugh and vote at pleasure, are
Old ego is the ti, for
great qualities• lc slow-
ingfferenceof men who in middle
the di
ou their
ern much alike. Why sh' ld
age se advanced
often spent in feebleness
age be so and frailty ?
:
Why should not the vigour of the middle period be
projected into the lest ? The answer +(;) such • queries
must be looked far in the study
of
such lives as
that of Lord Palmert4 ore W - .
c should greatly relish
a speech from the. noble lord on the art of attaining
to an enviable old - .gc.. Meantime we can only
guess at the secret ; but we have no doubt about
the essential part of itcertain '
—a . . cheerfulness of
disposition,
exercise, good digestion waiting on ap-
petite, and withal temperance, especially in the
matter of drinks. These are old-fashioned, plain
expedients. They have been the theme of moralists,
poets, and physicians from tine? immemorial.
Alas, that so many who praised did not practice
them! May the Premier live long as a proof of
their power, and as a happy" specimen of the men 4
sans in corpore sand I—Lancet.