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

His Royal Highness the Duke of , midge nom;
spected the London divisien of this corps ore'S'utfOr'",
last at the Wellington-bar racks, a. sainepark;.;
Besides the Commanding Officer, the IVdt4aleTel-
Capt. Peach, Dr. Stavely King (the honorary\playir"
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 wish to merit the honour
conferred on them by the inspection of the General
commanding-in-chief.
His Royal Highness, while passing dow-,n the
lines, manifested the highest interest in the per-
sonal history of several of the men whose medals
indicated the nature and iergth of service they had
undergone. He afterwards inepepteei
eieting of 32 pensioners, musicians fron different
branches of her Majesty's service, the band, con-
and whose per-
formance gave the greatest satisfaction. Dr. Stay(
lyl
King, the honorary medical officer of the corpee w-2
questioned by his Roy alHighnees on several dei.6l
affectingtl
small amount of sickness (under 2 per cent.) must
the health of the men, which from the
be in a very satisfactory condition. Before quitting
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the parade the men were formed in close columns
of divisions, and his Royal Highness made the
following
eaddress
" I have been requested by your commanding offs"
ends l fromn el's'
just had the pleaeure of saying to himself, as the ex-
pression of the impression I have rpeceresivo
inspection of you this morning. I say I have been
much.gratified, and I wish
under-
stand this, and that I take swarm
in you. You have established strong claims upon
my esteem altogether, independent of interest or
any other influence than the well earned claims your
own conduct has established. Many of you have dis-
tinguished yourselves as soldiers and sailors.
;You have served your Queen and the country with
honour; and both in tlee performance of your
duty and the discharge of the trust which as mem-
bers of the two services was placed in you many of
you have become incapacitated for ordinary occu-
pations. It is most gratifying to me in tho position
I hold towards English soldiers to find you, after
years of perilous service, at a time when it is not
uncommon for men to efface by inactivity or mis-
conduct the record of their previous career, end to
make up by dissipation and thoughtlessness for pro.
tracted discipline and hardships, voluntarily
embo-
died, and submitting to organisation and control
for the laudable purpose of earning your own live-
lihood in an honourable and independent manner.
A fact like this is to nay mind very strong evidence
of the high spirit animating the services of the
country, and must be a considerable source
the r
to Captain Walter, and a recompense for the diffi-
culties with which he and those aeeeciated with.
'him have contended, and for the labour they have
bestowed in bringing you to your present condition.
am not at all surprised their efforts and your self-
discipline, the results of which have impressed me
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 divisio
of the corps in several towns throughout this coun-
nS
try. Your commanding officer informs me that
the demand for your services has surpassed his
expectations and is steadily increasing; and such 0
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 of every
right-minded person. I congratulate you in pos-
sessing so earnest a chief, and I congratulate him
in having got together men of so much character
and self-control. I shall, believe me, watch your
further development with interest ; and rely upon
it that, so long as you continue in the same path
of duty towards yourselves and the public which
you have hitherto pursued, 3ou will be as suc-
cessful and respected as industrious Oitizens as
formerly you were fortunate and esteemed as
brave 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 TIIR
PREMIER.

A medical journalist can do no more appro-
priate service than give prominence from time to
time to a good specimen of fine old age. Lord
Palmerston certainly claims that attention at
our hands. All party and political considerations
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
1 there are few instances in which the secret of the
power has been less political. Lord Palmerston'S
influence is in a great measure physiological—an
influence on the temper of the country produced,
by his own temper and health and good spirit&
sonosbtirliiktyingofasELnogrldanpdalsmueprpsltyon.mawnyel 8! ple
nighe ie-
mens of a fine old age, but it is difficult to finc!
Theone
began. They have been eventful
he
ph
ha
Id
sib
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le
on
gifeo
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four score years have passed away man fli: mon
have had more to say and do in than
Lord
during four or five sue-.
19 veteranyear Premier.years
Secretary-at-Wand
er
e ta ry I.
ant theliT
detail. He has had a hand in every Euro-,
Brougham—another
order—as a "sort of hereditary member of every
cessive Admlitnisistraunetrnieenwcoeo,snasadnredyrwfoafthy2toeBehuar °eerdescribedents
be -
Cabinet." purpose to go
an pie for more than 50 years. He combines in
his life the history, and in his person the qualities,
of two successive 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
strength of most men, he is Prime Minister, filling
the high place in no merely formal and honorary
pineto any
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 in 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 exten-
sion of the franchise, or a reconstruction of our de-
fences ; and all this cordially, with the spirit and
the sprightliness of younger men. We say this iff
a physiological phenomenon quite as much se gi
political one—an affair of temper and temperainre.,
of health and habits, worthy the study
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cians as well as politicians. In old age to be almu
of no
to ride to Harrow or Epsom and back gain ; to
feel the world stilt fresh ; to be console):
which
want of sympathy with a generaitio
be detected.
one's early contemporaries can scarcely
to be cheerful and
answer to such querieS
ote at pleasure, are
mons of England laugh and v
time for
is the time for sl.ow.
great qualities. Old age . .
:riddle period be
ing the difference of me middle
Why should
age seem much alike:. advanced
age be so often spent. in feebleness and frailty
genial—nahlweilotoinmETtkhoeitrhe Com.
tpgoTahreofthe
must be looked for in toe study of such lives as
that of Lord Palmerston. We should greatly relish
Why
projected
a speech from the noble lord on the art of attaining
enviable old age.
to an Meantime we can only
guess at the secret ; but we have no doubt about
the essential part of it—a certain cheerfulness of
disposition, exercise, good digestion waiting on al?.
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 time immemorial.
houilndtonothtethlaesvt. ,
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 me9zB
scow in corpore nano !.—Lancet.

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