The Sun.
London, England, 1854-04-24 00:00:00

ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES.

ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.H. PRINCE ALBERT.
The SEAT of WAR, showing the principal places on the DANUBE,
KALAFAT, WIDDIN, GIURGEVO, SEBASTOPOL, the entrance
to the BLACK SEA, BATTLE of SINOPE, and DE,TRUCTION
of the TURKISH FLEET, and other scenes (kindly supplied by,
the proprietors of the ".Illustrated London News"), EXIIIIIITED
in a NEW SERIES of DIS‘IOLVING VIEWS.
LECTURES by J. H. PEPPER, Esq.. on the CHEMISTRY of PAPER
MAKING, and its decoration with Colours, and on VOLTAIC
ELECTRIC I rY, and the ELECTRIC LIGHT, by Du. BACHUOFF-
NEIL Explanations of MODELS, MACHINERY, Ssc..•Szc.
Open Mornings and Evenings. Adniission, Is.; Schools and
Children under Ten years of age, Half-price.

A.LLSOPP'S PALE ALE, genuine and in fine
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BARON LIEBIG. The pretensions of certain parties to any eielu-
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public that a supply can always be obtained from his STORES, of
the finest quality and character, both in cask and bottle.
Apply to NATILLNIEL EASTY, Wine, Boer, and Brandy Mer-
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RENT FREE, a Respectable PRIVATE
HOUSE TO LET, situate In the neighbourhood of Blackfriars.
It contains a Parlour and Drawing Room, and four rooms ab ,ve,
wills Kitchen and large dry Cellar. The rent is Forty Pounds per
annum. Let off, 17s. 6d. ptr week. For Gas Fittings and two floors
of Furniture, 401, or without the furniture, with gas fittings and
premium, 101.—For cards to view, apply to Mr. Barker,lobacconist,
Corner of Old Bailey, Ludgate-hill.

MILITARY COSTUME.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Sir,—Few women who have ever witnessed a field-day
in which the 11th Hussars have borne a part will easily
erase from their memories the impression produced by the
attire of these splendid light horsemen. The brevity of
their jackets, the irrationality of their head-gear, tke in-
credible tightness of their cherry-ooloured pants, altogether
defy description. They must be seen to be appreciated.
But, sir, for war service it is as utterly unfit as would be
the garb of the female Hussars in the ballet of Gustavus,
which it very nearly resembles.
It would seem, from your columns, that the officers are
very sensibly preparing for war by having the said cherry-
coloured pants reseated with black leather, a wise precau-
tion, which, however, will be more useful than orna-
mental.

But the privates cannot adopt this step without the in-
terference of the highest military authority, and, as I per-
ceive ho finds time at the present momentous crisis to ex-
perimentalise on the effect of exchanging the blue and
gold trousers of certain other regiments for French gray
and yellow, I think it would be for the advantage of the
country, if he could be prevailed upon to allow the un-
happy 11th to have the tightness of their nether integu-
ments relaxed and their bottoms releathered.
Indeed, I would go even further, and suggest the substi-
tution of a more sober and durable material than cherry-
coloured kerseymere, which effective as it may be in the
Phcenix-park and on Wimbledon-common, will, I am as-
sured by those who know the country, assimilate but ill
with the mud of Dobrudecha.
But, as I see that the Earl of Cardigan, the colonel of
the 11th, has not yet departed for the seat of war, it is not
improbable that he may be detained thence by this inte-
resting and impo;tant question. The swords of the regi-
ment, we know, are sharp. I feel certain that the men
would be able to use them better if their garments were
not so abominably tight.—l am, sir, your obedient servant,
COMMON SENSE.

"Rumour" says that the 11th are to be embarked in
steamers and conveyed to England, where they will be
landed, and re-embarked in sailing transports; but I
should be unworthy of my name if I believed that.