The Sun.
London, England, 1853-09-12 00:00:00

THE ARMY.

THE FUNERAL OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT-
GENERAL SIR CHARLES NAPIER, G.C.B.

The following very gratifying Memo. was issued in
garrison orders on Saturday by Colonel Menzies, com-
mandant of Royal Marines :
" Royal Marine Barracks, Sept. 10, 1853.
" The late Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Napier's
family request the Commandant to make known to the
officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the
Royal Marines, who attended the funeral, the grateful
sense entertained by them for that tribute of respect ;
and to observe that he served in action with the Royal
Marines, and always spoke of their courage, their dis-
cipline, and many honourable forbearance at times of
difficulty and moments of temptation, with the warmest
admiration ; and to Lieut.-General Sir Wm. Napier,
K.C.8., and all his family, the attendance of the Royal
Marines was a grateful spectacle."

GARRISON ORDER.
:'!The garrison chapel will be hung with black, and all
officers with crape round their arms, as a tribute of re-
spect for the deceased Sir Charles Napier. The Com-
mandant of the garrison (Colonel Menzies, K. 11., of the
Royal Marines) desires to give publicity to the following
letter which he has had the honour of receiving from
Lieutenant-General
Lieutenant-General Napier,asir berhoa.
thsertothe
late Napier,
G.C.B, whose funeral took place on Thursday last :
" Oatlands, Sept. 8, 1853.
"Sir,—Allow me to offer to yourself and staff the
i e Sirti t
grateful tribute of the late Sir Charles Napier's family,
distinguished
L
officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers, who
and to express a hope that you will make known to the
attended his funeral, what I in vain attampted to give
expression to at the time. I meant to say that a great
and good soldier was in his grave : a man who had
from his earliest youth been a soldier, loving them,
serving with them, fighting and bleeding with them (for
the poor shattered body before them had seven deep
wounds) ; but neither wounds, nor suffering, nor danger
quelled his spirit ; that was not in man's power, Death
only could do it ? That in his old age he commanded
armies, and led them always to victory. Neither in
youth, nor in manhood, nor in his aged years, did he
ever cease to love and cherish and confide in soldiers ;
and never had he reason to repent, for never did they
fail him or any general who confided in them.
" And now they thronged around his grave to do
honour to the dead man who, when living, they had, by
their courage, devotion, and discipline, raised to re-
nown.
"He could not thank them, but I, who knew his in-
most feelings, did so in his name, and beg of them to
pray for him, and I will pray for them.
" Sir, these are sincere feelings, and I pray of you and
all under your command to accept the expressions of
them.

(Signed) " W. NAPIER, Lieut.-General.
"To Colonel Menzies, K.H., Royal Marines,
commanding the S.W. districts."

cmHalnd.er.
The following has been issued in general orders to the
"No. 47.-1. The CloNm-
army in the East Indies :
" GENERAL ORDER BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE COMMANDER-
EE"
Head-quarters, Bangalore, July 12, 1853.
in-Chief is pleased to
direct that the following shall be entered as Paragraph
191, Section XI., page 99, of the General Regulations.
Books to be corrected accordingly :
"`191.--Instances having occurred in which offen-
ders, when under trial by courts-martial, or examination
before the commanding officers, have become excited,
and have so far forgotten themselves, and the respect
due to their superiors, as to throw their caps at the
court, or party engaged in the investigation, and thereby
involved themselves in one of the most serious offences a
soldier can be guilty of ; it is directed, with a view to
prevent as far as possible the recurrence of such crimes,
that henceforth, whenever soldiers are brought to trial
by courts-martial, or, as culprits, before their superior
officers for examination, they shall in all cases be de-
prived of their caps and such other articles as may be
calculated to be used as missiles, in order that they may
have neither the temptation nor the opportunity of com-
mitting such outrages."
"2. The attention of all parties concerned is called to
the above regulation."

Five large-class ships, namely the Queen, Havering,
Gramble, Hougoumont and the Minden, have sailed
from Gravesend direct for the Cape of Good Hope, the
vessels having been inspected by the commandant of the
garrison at Chatham. The above ships ai eto receive on
board at the Cape the following troops for India :---The
head-quarters of the 12th Lancers, the 43d Regiment,
and the 74th Foot ; the total number of troops for em-
barkation being about 1,400 men. The Queen is to take
on board 300 ; Havering, 232 ; Gramble, 184 ; Hone-
goumont, 342 ; and Minden, 282 men.

LONGEVITY.—A lady is now living, or was twomonths
ago, in Williamsburg, State of South Carolina, by the
name of Singleton, who is known to be in the one hun-
dred and thirty-first year of her age ! Her mental facul-
ties are still unimpaired, and she retains all her senses
except that of sight, of which she was deprived at the
advanced age of 99 years by an attack of measles.