The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-25 00:00:00

Tll2 DUKE OF BE,AUFORT'S &I LE.

From all sporting classes of society the greatest regret
is expres3ecl at tho sudden withdrawal of the Doko of
Beaufort from tho Turf: It is, however, unfortunately
next door to a fait (Tyco np?i, as the whole of his grace's
horses in training aro announced to bc sold without re-
serve ou the 14th of March by Messrs. Tattersall. De-
pression of the iron trade—an important feature in his
rent-roll—is stated to b) the cause in Saturday's
Gazette, of which, it is well known, the duke has
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er ae n.
bo'r some time ane of tho principal supporters ; but
o hear from a trustworthy source that it is more to be
attributed to certain complications connected with the lato
secession of a well-known marquis from the Turf. —Racing
Times.

DEATH OF COLONEL DUNN.—On my arrival in
camp I found that a deep gloom hung over every one, and
I heard the sad news that Colonel Dunn, the commanding
officer of the 33d, had the day before accidentally shot
himself when out shooting. The native servant who alone
was with him reports that he himself was at the moment
stooping to pour out some water, that he heard
the report of a gun, and turning round saw
his master stagger back, and then sink into a sitting
position with the blood streaming from his breast. The
man instantly ran back to camp, a distance of five
miles, for assistance, and surgeons at once galloped off
with bandages, &c., followed by dhoolie wallahs,
with a dhoolio to carry him back to camp. When the
surgeons arrived they found Colonel Dunn lying on his
back dead. His flask was open by his side, his cap pulled
over his face. Ho had bled to death in a few minutes after
the accident. It is supposed that the gun was at full cock,
and that the slight jar of putting the butt to the ground
must have lot the hammer down. There are very few men
who could have been less spared than Col. Dunn; none
more deeply regretted. He was ono of the most rising men
in the service, and had helived would have probablygained
its highest honours and position. He was with the 11th
Hussars at the Balaclava charge, and when the men were
asked to select the man who in the whole regiment was
most worthy of the Victoria Cross they unanimously named
Lieut. Dunn. Never was the Victoria Cross placed on the
breast of a more gallant soldier. When the 100th
Regiment was raised in Canada, ho enrolled a very
largo number of men, and was gazetted its major.
After attaining the rank of lieutenant-colonel he ex-
changed into the 33d, of which, at the time of
this sad accident, he was full colonel, and was next
on the list for his brigadier-generalship. Ho was
only 35 years of ago, tho youngest colonel in the British
service, and would in all human probability have been a
brigadier-general before ho was 36. Known as a dashing
officer, distinguished for his personal bravery, a colonel
at an age when other men are captains, there was no
rank or position in the army which he might not have
confidently been predicted to attain, and his loss is a
loss to the whole British army. But not loss than a
soldier, do all who know poor Dunn regret hint as a man.
Ho was the most popular of officers. Unassuming,
frank, kindhearted in the extreme, a delightful companion,
and a warm friend—none met him who ware not irresis-
tibly attracted by him. He was a man essentially to be
loved. In his regiment his irreparable, and as they
stood beside his lonely grave the foot of the rock of
Senafe, it is no disgrace to i i manhood to say that thereo
were few dry oyes amongst either officers or men. H
was buried, in accordance with a wish he had once ex-
pressed, in his uniform; and Wolfe's line on the burial of
Sir John Moore will apply almost word for word, to "this
grave where our hero is buried.—Standard.
PRUSSIA IN THE DUCHIES.----The Prussian Govern-
ment is at this moment directing its attention to the crea-
tion of strategical lines opposite to Denmark, which may
servo either to repress any invasion on the northern side,
or to prevent a landing in case of a naval war. Some
hesitation is felt as to the selection of the works of Alsen-
Duppol-Boal, or those of Kiel, Rendsburg, and Friedrich-
stadt. In any case the old Dannewirk, which was used as
a first lino of defence by the Danes in the Schleswig cam-
paign, would servo also as.an advanced line for the works
to be executed by the Prussians on the side of the Danish
peninsula. In another quarter several arsenals aro to be
armed and organised in the early spring at Posen, Stettin,
Neibse, and Wesel.

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