The Sun.
London, England, 1862-02-04 00:00:00

the effects produced by this dust alone is the cause of the
Psllid countenances so general among British soldiers, or
Whether it is combined with other matters—such as the too
frequent recurrence to cooking the meat rations by one old
system of boiling, by which the greater portion of the nu-
triment is lost ; or that the barrack-rooms are overcrowded,
and not sufficiently ventilated. Whatever may be the cause,
it is a fact, that the same ruddy complexions so common to
the peasantry, are uncommon with soldiers ; yet the latter
are supplied with a larger amount of daily food, are better
clad, especially in the article of warm clothing for winter,
aro infinitely better housed, and have decidedly loss labori-
ous work to perform. Soldiers however, notwithstanding
appearances, as a class, rank as one of the most healthy.
va•enew cooking ranges and the improved system of ven-
uation applied now to all barrack-rooms, will possibly solve
the problem.
Under the head of the " Colonial Question as affect-
ing British Honduras" the plan of encouraging or
in fact enforcing self-dependence of the colonies is
recommended. We consider that the author of this
Paper is perfectly right in maintaining that those
who serve in the West Indies should receive double
Pay, as they do in some other less deadly climates.
It was at one time the custom in the West Indies for
the planters to make an allowance, but on the
abolition of slavery, their profits decreasing,
the allowance was withdrawn. Where, however,
the climate was notoriously unhealthy, and living
expensive, it was insisted upon ; and here the
prompt decision of Wellington displayed itself; with
him there was no negotiation or delay; he settled
the question off hand with this message—" With-
draw the supplies," said the Iron Duke, " and I will
Withdraw my troops." A paper entitled " Remi-
niscences of the Last War in Canada," will be read
With interest. The author states he has recalled
from the lumber room (we suppose of his brain)
his experience of olden days, and trusts that if any
of them bear upon the present exigency, they have
not been rummaged out in vain. He has evidently
great experience of those days, however acquired,
and his narrati7e is full of interest and practical
detail. Among other amusing anecdotes related,
the following shows that the transatlantic fire-
eaters were not much smarter in 1814 than in 1861.
Peruse the following, 0 reader, and judge for your-
self

♦ CLEVER SURPRISE.
The capture of Fort Niagara was a smart thing. A
detachment of the 100th Regiment went across the river,
:3,1 the ice, after dark, and marched quietly down towards
toe Fort; two or three crept up to the advanced sentry and
;seared him ; getting the countersign from him, an Eng
Ishman took his place, and the relief coming out, they
Were also seized ; the party under Captain Nowlan then
advanced to the gate, and giving the countersign were ad-
Mitted, seized the guard in an instant, and let in their
comrades, the main body of whom had just come up ; they
Separated immediately, and posted sentries over the bar-
rack-room doors. Captain Nowlan and a party of Grena-
diers made for the officers' mess room, where they were
playing cards ; just as they opened the door one of them
said ` What is trumps ?' A British officer replied, Bayo-
lleta P It is not easy to describe the feelings of the Yan-
kees to find themselves prisoners all at once. The men
!flowed some little fight, but were quickly overpowered, and
414 Fort Niagara remained in our possession to the close of
the war.
A review of "The Second and Third Marquesses of
Londonderry," under which name the lives of Lord
Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart are published,
eaters at some length into tne history of these nota-
bilities. The number also contains several other
papers, among which are to be found "A Visit to
'us Tuscarora and Nashville," " The Indian Engi-
teere,,
"The Defects of Armour Plating" (of which
thepublic have heard quite enough for the present),
la The Administration of the Navy," and " Particu-
!S of the Murder of the late Mr. Adolphe Schla-
Rultweit, the Prussian Traveller."

7161-E POET LAUREATE AND THE LITE

PRINCE CONSORT.

. new edition of the idyll., of the Xing contains
he following dedication :
These to his memory—since he held them most dear,
Perchance as finding there unconsciously
Some image of himself—l dedicate,
dedicate, I consecrate with tears—
These Idylls.

And indeed he seems to me
Scare() other than my own ideal knight,
" Who reverenced his conscience as his king ;
Whose glory was, redressing human wrong ;
:‘,Y,110 Vale no slander, no, nor listened to it :
'Y loved one only and who clave to her"—
Iler—over all whose realms to the last isle,
Commingled with the gloom of imminent war,
The shadow of his loss moved like eclipse,
Darkening the world. We have lost him : he is gone
We know him now : all narrow jealousies
AM silent ; and we see him as he moved,
With
modest, kindly, all-accomplish'd, wise,
With what sublime repression of himself,
And in what limits, and how tenderly;
Not swaying to this faction or to that ;
Not making his high place the lawless perch
wing'd ambitions, nor a vantage-ground
For pleasure; but thro' all this tract of years
Wearing the white flower of a blameless life,
efore a thousand peering littlenesses,
111 that fierce light which beats upon a throne,
And blackens every blot ; for where is ho,
Who dares foreshadow for an only son
A lovelier life, a more unstain'd, than his ?
Or bow should Mrigland dreaming of his sons
Ilopo more for these than some inheritance
Uf such a life, a heart, a mind as thine,
thou noble Father of her Kings to be,
Laborious for her people and her poor—
Voice in the rich dawn of an ampler day—
Far-sighted
summoner of war and waste
~
"4 fruitful strifes and rivalries of peace—
r,weet nature glidel by the gracious gleam
Dear
letters, dear to Science, dear to Art.
to thy lani and ours, a Prince indeed,
13eY°10 all tiees, and 'a household name,
Tr,
ereafier, through all times, Albert the Good.
Freak nee, 0 woman's heart, but still endure;
Break not for thou art royal, but endure,
h Which
all the beauty of that star
alch shone so close beside thee, that ye made
Cno light together, but has past and left
'4O Gown a lonely splendour.
May all love,
111
‘is,ove, unseen but felt, o'ershadow thee,
~,h( love of all thy sons encompass thee,
,h 4 11) love of all thy daughters cherish thee,
0 love of all thy people comfort thee,
.11 9
God's love set thee at his side again.