The Sun.
London, England, 1853-10-01 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

SIR C. NAPIER AND THE ARMY.

The following is from the Belfast Whig :
" We have great pleasure in publishing the following
letter in reference to the last moments of Sir Charles
Napier. It is the reply sent by Major M`Murdo to a
letter addressed to him by Colour Sergeant John A.
Casey, late of the 22d Regiment, and now residing at
Ballynafeigh. It is the best testimony to the virtues of
the deceased great commander, that those who had the
most ample opportunities of thoroughly knowing his
character cannot speak of him without the liveliest emo-
tions of affection :
" Blendworth House, Horndean, Hants,
19th September, 1853.
" Serjeant,—Your letter gave me heartfelt pleasure.
It was in possessing the affection and confidence of
noble soldiers like yourself that our beloved com-
mander reaped his proudest reward. You are worthy
to receive his dying words, which he charged me to
deliver to the soldiers whom he loved so well, and
thus I impart them to you. Guard them from
dishonour and misrepresentation, as you guarded in
battle the glorious old colours that received his latest
breath :—" I took up my sword at 11 years of age,
and I now sheath it at 72 with honour. I have never
stained it by a mean or dishonourable action, or by a
desire to use it to my own aggrandisement. I have
served my country zealously and honestly, hut my chicf
aim was to protect the poor soldier. I may have to re-
proach myself for some things, but not for my regard
for the soldier's welfare. Tell them that, Montagu,
who have followed me. Yet even in this I had to
check myself, lest my bitter, bitter enemies might say I
courted popularity. I never courted popularity with
the soldiers • I only strove for their rights." I know,
serjeant, the reverence and affection with which you
will read these words, because you and the soldiers
know them to be true ; and I see, by the feeling expres-
sions in your beautiful letter to me, that you have a
he art to appreciate them. Accept, serjeant, my thanks
and good wishes.—Yours faithfully,
To Colour Sera‘
the 22d Regiment,nMßoa
Ballynafeigh,
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John
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__Jieut.-Colonel Sidney left Limerick on Wednesday,
for Plymouth, to_Fnfnommand his regiment, the 50th.
Colon
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asthaerrived lorke Scarlett, sth Diagoon
Guards,Limerick from Cork, to purchase
remounts for his regiment.
pacd
Captain Massy and Lieut.
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have
caormripvaendyinnfthe 14th will ro
L
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for
rrhe practicel7 th atn Regiment, in
Ship-street, 21st to Richmond, 46th to Royal Barracks,
63 to Linen Hall.
Captain Jones's troop, 4th Dragoon Guards, is ordered
from Monoghan to Dundalk.
Captain Lord S. Compton, 15th Hussars, is gone to
the Mauritius, to see his brother officers of the 85th.
Lieut. Dowling, 20th, is appointed to the recruitino-
service at Aberdeen, in succession to Lieut. Eager, a
the 40th.
Lieut. Lyon, 68th, has sailed for Malta.
Captain Hay, 78th, has left for England.
Captain Layard, Ceylon Rifles, must quit the service,
in consequence of the recent court-martial.
Captain Hawes's company of the 9th has arrived at
Cashel, from Clonmel.
The Duke of Cambridge is to succeed to the command
in Ireland, and Loid Cardigan is to be the inspector-
general of cavalry. This implies that the brevet will
take in more colonels to be major-generals than was at
i first surmised.—Limerick Chronicle.

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tobacco plant was
" That forbidden tree whose taste
Brought death into the world And all ow woe."