The Sun.
London, England, 1854-08-26 00:00:00

THE IMMORTAL FORTY-SIXTH.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
SIR, —Some of our regiments in the army have from
time to time acquired honour and celebrity by their in-
domitable bravery, and, as a mark or marks of distinc
tion, have had engraved on their colours the names of
the places where those honours were achieved. Thus we
find some colours bearing the names of " Vittoria,"
" Waterloo," and others those of " Acre" and " Scinde,"
which the soldiers can contemplate with a heartfelt pride
and.swisfaction, enhanced to many of them by the re
Election that at those places they courageously distin-
guished themselves in the service of their country. Now,
as it would be a manifest injustice to the " Forty-sixth"
to refuse it those or similar honours which have been
bestowed to other regiments, I humbly suggest that on
its colours be engravers " Windsor," " Nun- ni-ricordo,"
and " sent Perry to Coventry," as at that place, and in
conjunction with such exploits, the officers of the "Forty-
sixth" have earned an undying fame.
" Black Bottle" has long been synonymous with the
name of one of our ce!ebrated officers, and most cer
tainly "Get into your tub" and "Shoulder arms in
nothing but your shirt," will henceforward continue to
be associated with the names of other "gallant efficers"
which need not now be mentioned: But what have
,nvilians to do with these things? Nothing more,
indeed, but that those who "pay the piper" should
mave a voice in the direction of the dance. It is-
to be hoped we shall hear no more canting about "the
ignorance and immorality of the lower orders," or
what the Earl of Derby denominated " the noxi-
ous influences of the working classes ;" whilst
the disgusting operations which recently were
enacted at Windsor continue to be practised by men
calling themselves "officers" and "gentlemen." The
recent court-martial was nothing better than a playin.4
at "Judge and Jury"—l had nearly said at "Punch
and Judy"—and the one-sided reply of Wetherall is
scouted by the most ignorant amongst us. Such melan.
eholy exhibitions do more to bring the calling of a
soldier into everlasting contempt than waggon-loads of
tracts issued by the Peace Society. It is to be hoped
that the Press will not suffer, as far as its combined
ageucy can prevent it, the sacrifice of Lieutenant Perri
to as diabolical a persecution as ever was practised upon
earth.—l remain, Sir, yours respectfully,

A►. WORKING MAN.

Brynamaur, South Wales,
Aug. 24, 1854.

BRITISH ARCHeBOA,OGICAL ASSOCIATION.

FRIDAY. —The excursions made were to Caerleon,
Usk, and Raglan-Castle. Caerleon was Roman sta-
tion, and the ancient metropolis of Wales. It was a
Place of great note—the " city of the legion." The fol.
towing is from the account which Geraldus Cambrensis
gives more than seven centuries after the Romans had
left this island :—" Many remains of its former magni-
ficence are still visible; splendid palaces which once.
emulated with their gilded roofs the grandeur of
Rome, for it was originally built by the Roman
princes, and adorned with stately edifices ; a gigantic
tower, numerous baths, ruins of temples, and a
theatre, the walls of which are pattly standing. Here we
still see, within and without the walls, subterranean
buildings, aqueducts, and vaulted caverns ; and what
appeared to tee most remarkable, stoves so excellently
contrived as to diffuse their beat through secret and im
perc ptible pores." All these things, however, in the,
lapse of seven centuries more have disappeared, although
Roman relics are occasionally excavated. ' The amphi-
theatre may still he traced ; tt is of oval form, 222 ft. b 3
192 ft. Caerleon Church contains a curious sepulchral
stone of the fourteenth Century, on which are carved
two rude whole-length figures of a ma,' and woman, with
their arms folded, standing on each side of a cross. A
superstitious belief prevails among the lower class oh
people in these parts that sick children who touch th.-
stobe on the eve of the Ascension are miraculously cured.
There ars other remains of interest to the archreologisi
at Caerlson.
Usk is .even miles from Caerleon, situate on the river
of that name. Near to it. on the right bank of the river.
on the brow of a precipice, is a Roman encampment.
Craig-y-G ,erwyd, which attracted some of the party
Usk Castle was the favourite abode of Richard Duke of
York, father of Edward IV. and Richard HI., b.,t11 of
whom, it is said, were born here. In the church is ari
inset iptiun on brass, which has long puzzled antiquaries.
Raziari Castle is a much admired ruin, belonging to
the Duke of Beaufort, and, like Chepstow Castle arid
Tinter,' Abbey, is kept in as perfect a state of preserva
tion as the inroad-, of the destroyer time will permit
Cliffe, in his valuable hook of South Wales, says it is the,
most perfect decorated stronghold of which thie- 'country
can boast, a romance in stone and lime. No portion of the
structure except the Yellow Tower, or keep, can be
assigned to an earlier period than that of Henry V..
front which tran-ition styles can he traced down to the
first quarter of the seventeenth century. It was one of
the refuges of Charles at the period of the Civil War."
It was then held by an' ancestor of the present Duke of
Beaufort, who raised an army of 2,000 men to support
the royal cause.

To-day the congress will terminate with further re•
searches and a concluding meeting at Chepstow.

COURT CIRCULAR.

OSBORNE, FRIDAY.
His Royal lElizhness Prince Albeit, attended by Col
the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Captain Du Plat, went to
Newport yesterday, to lay the firs. stone of St. Thomas's
Church, about to be erected there.

The Prince was received by the mayor and corpora.
tion of Newport, the Bishop of Winchester, Lord Downes,
and Mr. Fleming. A guard of honour, with the Royal
Marine Band, was in attendance.
The Queen and Prince, with Princess Helena and
Princes Louia, drove out in the afternoon.

The Maharajah Duleep Singh left Osborne yesterday.

The Earl of Clarendon arrived in town yesterday from
the Grove, near Watford.
The Dike of Newcastle has arrived in town from a
visit to ber Majesty at Osborne.
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial.
office to the Governor-General of Canada. Despatches
were also sent to the Governors of Hong Kong, Ceylon,
and Malta.

During the last week there arrived at Gordon Castle,
on a visit to the Duke and Ducheis of Richmond, the.
Prince Guillaume Radzivill of Prus,iia and son, Lord and
Lady Churchill, Lord Hill and Mr. 13.ildwin, Lord
Arthur Lennox, brother to his grace, and Lord Henry
G. Lennox.

CRYSTAL PALACE, FRlDAY.—Shilling day : Admis-
sion at the doors, 7,305 ; admission by season tickets,
792 ; total number of visitors, 8,097.
THE GENERAL BOARD OF HEALTH.—fir. J. F. Camp-
bell, barrister, late secretary to the Duke of Argyll, is
appointed assistant secretary to the hoard, at 6001. per
perititending
annum.; Mr. H. Austin, C E., consulting engineer, at
1,0001. ; Mr. Ranger. C E., uperintending inspector,
One
at 8001. Mr. Raminell and Mr. R. Rawlinson, late su-
inspectors, were offered appointments, and
have declined. There are to be two superintendiii, in-
spectors.
by a appointment remains to be made. 'The
appointment ~f Mr. Toni Taylor, as secretary with salary
of 1.0001. per annum, was announced earlier.—The
Builder.
SHOCKING MURDER IN THE 87TH REGIMENT —Let-
tersgal Presidency, men-
from the 87th Regimeet, at present stationed in
had a brother in the regiment'
India, at Rawul pi I in the Ben
tion the • n'
ee'
particulars of a very shocking murder, perpe-
tratedwoman from the Butts, in Dublin, named Mary Walsh,
private, named Cestelloe, on his wife, a young
aged twenty-two years. It appears that the deceased
Wide the regiment in Lydia, a man of very excellent
character, and through him became acquainted with Cos-
telloe, whilst at the depot in Chatham, where she mar
rind him. When Walsh and Costello° were going out
the young woman was net
permitted to accompany the draft. bit she was sent out
to her husband along with the la,t draft, and joined the
regiment at Rawul Pindee last February. Several of
the soldiers who are natives of Kilkenny frequently ac-
companied her brother to see her ; and although there
was no blemish whatever upon her character, her hus-
band exhibited much jealousy of any man who spoke to
her, and they became very unhappy. In the begin-
ning of May a detachment was sent from the regi-
ment to Murree-hills. to remain for the summer, and
Costelloe and his wife being of the number he there con-
tinued his unjust suspicions of the woman, and in the
paroxysms of jealousy frequently beat and ill-treated her,
On May 24, he made a murderous attack upon her, but she
got away, and reported his conduct to the commanding
officer, who -placed him under confinement. However, in
the evening the officer commanding (Major French, 53d
Regiment), ordered his release, and upon 'caviller the
guard-room he proceeded to drink, and, maddened by ar- j
dent spirits, he went home and beat his wife in the most
dreadful manner. As soon as he freed her she ran out of
the bungalo vv, with the intention of again reporting him,
but he pursued and overtook her. She cried out that he
was choking her, and although there were about twenty
of the soldiers within a few yards of the scene, they did
not interfere,
supposing lie only meant to stop her from
going to make the report ; but almost instantaneously
they saw her fall to the ground with her throat cut
from ear to ear, and her head nearly severed from her
body. The murderer was at once seized by his comrades,
and it was found- that he had committed the dreadful
deed with a razor which the spectators had not pre-
viously perceived in his hands, as it was dark-at the
Alton. The wretched murderer, who .is a Centiaught
IftalNcas expooted to be tried by ootirixtrial.
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