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^ w # . *** <^ -SSft & SS * : ^^ BMd-M & i ^ hal tord Kaplan , J & -C-B . J * M * X ^ a , —I hftv « received the QaeeaV ««» MBa ? to-nSySwH- ^ rd ^ p her Majesty ' s encuMs . aapb g ^^ STLdS ^ oa . - aathe officers aa « l *> ldier * of-the-amy-who have teen engaged in the arduous and brilliant campaign in the Crimea . J $ ? ftte medalwai bear on it the word « Ctnnea , -with aa appropriate device—a design for which has been « il *> i 8 also her Majesty ' s desire that clasps , with the names <« tf li * Alma * afitt * Inkerraatt' inscribed upon them , shatt ** accorded to those who have . been in either * or both .--ef those- haard-fcmg ht batfles , and that the same names -shiffl'fa future be borne on the colours of all the reguwMris which were engaged on those bloody aa & glerievs days . ' , "Y ear lerdaMp . will be pleased to convey to the army tbS » Royal command , an additional proof of her Majesty ' s appreefeafbkm of ks noble services , and her sympathy with it * vaiotH and Teuowii . ' "I "have the honour to be , my lord , your lordships obecBeHfe humble servant , " NEweAsrws .. « Sleld-Marehal Lord Raglan , G . C . B ., & e ., & c , & c . " By order , ( Signed ) " J . B . B . Estcourt , Adj . Gen . "
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& BRJY & L AND . DEPARTURE OP THE CRIMEA SHIPS . Th « Peninsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Candia , Captain Field , has arrived at Southampton * from , the Crimea , to which she conveyed 1160 French troop * from Marseilles , landing them in such good order and condition as to call forth the thanks of the adinisalin command of the French squadron in Kamiesdirbay , which were officially conveyed to Captain Field by Vice-AdmiralDundasiThe Candiabrings invalided ; troops of various regiments— the whole under the command of lieutenant Streatfield , of the 44 th , and in medical ; charge of StaffAssistant-Surgeoii Bcade . She also brings the following invalided and
offic * flr » :- ^ -Captain Hume XieutenaotBarnstoB , oft the 55 th Begiment ; Brevet-Major Thompson , 10 th Hihsjum , wounded at Inkerman ; lieutenant Newenham , 63 rd Regiment j Assistant-Surgeon Wilson , 7 tb Htusars ; Captain Kennedy , 77 th Regiment ; Lieutenant Clarke , 20 th Fusiliers ; Captain Barnford , 63 rd Begiment ; lieutenants Grranvilfe and Greenwood , 23 rd Fusiliers j Brevet-Major Yates , RoyaL Artillery ; Captain Tryon , 7 th Fusiliers . A passenger by the Candia , who caused some amusement , was the' dog formerly belonging to the Russian governor of Balaklava , which was taken prisoner by the . British , and was actually wounded in the leg during a skirmish . He now belongs to
Captain , Field , of the Candia , and limps about the deck , making friends with every one . Thousands of people crowded the docks to catch a sight of the wounded-soldiers , and the greatest sympathy--for their condition was . manifested . Refreshments of all kinds w ^ re spontaneously tendered to the men , and one firm , in Southampton ( Messrs . Cooksey ) sent a waggon . containing five kilderkins of porteijj with tobacco , & c , as a present to the men , but the-commanding officer declined to accept it 1 The- Peninsular and Oriental Company % steamer Rajah . l * a » also arrived from the Black Sea . She took oat * cargo of sjtores for the government , and lta * . brought home a cargo of fruit and emery stone , and a large-iraniber of Russian trophies , consisting of muskets , daggers-, guns , pistols , helmets , ooate ,
pouches , and sword * . One of the coats belonged to a Russian cavalry soldier , who was killed at Balaklava . ia the brilliant charge of the Scotch Greys . A goeh iaHiecoat sliows that the Iiu « eian wae killed by a ' swoud 1 > hr . ust j nst below the shoulder-blade . The colour of the coat is light blue , faced with gold lace , and edgvdwath black fur . The swords are shorter than i those used by tfoe English . Some of the muskets iap * longer than Brown Beea . There are heaps . of trophies takes £ rom the Russians at Cons eturilnopta' It is a singular fact that nine-tenths of-those wath g « n-sh © t wounds who came home in t & e'Himalar * and Candia were injured between the knee- and wot , whereas the greater portion of the Russian * appear to have been shot in the upper part of their ibodlss .
Hot M ^ esty ' s screw e team ship St . Jean d'Acre , 6 < M > bowse-power , Captain the Hon . H . Keppelj sailed from Queenstown , Dublin , on Saturday morning for tfee Crimea , with drafts from several regiments , and alvo-hairtngi o » board Major-Genornl Xord Rokeby and Majot-QemraA Bwsnwed , appointed to commands i » the- espeditAon « ry army . The steamer left Prynto « t | Uab 4 t p . m . © a Wednesday , and arrived next day In dock Harbour at 3 * p . m . ; and so sudden and un € 0 C ?* * 5 * " «* h « r arrival , and bo rapidly was the emtaAattoaAf th » men carried on , that some officers who , were to have sailed in , her happening to bo absent on a ahootiug excursion were left behind .
SoatUamptonifrlSOO . appears ^ XatXg them has not arisen at Southampton , Ss it . the fault of the contractor , hut f has been caused by the arrangements necessary for loading ¦ iS ishipslsome bf them not having full crew ^ and the narrowness of the hatchways , & c , rendering stowage difficult . It has also bee * deemed m ^ spensahle for each ship to have her quota of the barxSTntirely complete in all their details , and it nas been difficult to , arrange this , in conseaueBce of detached portions being received at . various tames
It that thedela ^ m The loatoi of the ship Saladinwitk stores and wooden huTfor the Frewh army in tne Jastjiav ^ been completed , that ship * in tow of the Btetunev WunamMt'Coimiick , left Southampton onSaturd » y morning . The Saladin has onboarda 50 nuts complete , etch capable of sheltering 30 men ; afca 1000 baiSlToTport 200 puncheons of raw , p other sSes , The WiUiam M'Cormick , hesideg 420 . toiw of coaJs , takes out 300 barrels of pork . The total number of wooden barracks to be shipped from
and by different trams . _ „ The Alfred , screw steam-transport , is atpepttor ^ being fitted as , a baking establishment for the Black SeaT * t is stated that another vessel will be fitted as a . flour-mill , which * with the baking establishnjent , will supply sweet new bread to the troops in . the . Cthneaf Purely some means will ajso be adopted fpr supplying the troops with , fresh roasted coffee . The Royal mail steamship Avon , Captain Ellison , arrived at Southampton , on Monday , from the Black Sea , Constantinople , Malta , and . Gibraltar * , bringing about 200 invalids and wounded soldiers and officers from the British army in the . East . Her Majesty ' s steamer Sampson * with sick ; and wounded from the Black Sea , arrived ajt Portsmouth on Thursday morning , at lLA-ar .,
Shipkng Specue/Ations For The Crimea. We...
SHIPKNG SPECUE / ATIONS FOR THE CRIMEA . We are indebted to the Globe for a very lucid _ acute summary of some- rather curious proceedings which have taken place at the Mansion House . The speculation out of wJiich-the inquiry arose , supposing it even to be thoroughly genuine , might be dangerous-to tl » e public from the want of necessary knowledge displayed by the principal / The Globe says :- — ¦ .-. ¦ ~ ' - " . - . . " " We have already called attention to attempts made by some of the Autolyei of our " age to do a stroke of business in what are called Crimean speealations ^ Whether the case now under investigation by the City authorities be one of that kind or not we shalT not attempt to determine , but leave the facts as we find them , unexplaine .
^ There is a person who signs himself ' W . Wardroper , 4 , Railway-place , Fenchurch-street , ' otherwise « W . B ., 114 , Fenchurch-street , ' otherwise ' F . B . W ., 77 ; Leadenhall-street , ' who manifests great anxiety for the welfare of our army in the Crimea , and , if must be confessed , a respectable desire for his own . He wishes to establish a free market for the troops at Balaklava , and he acts in this manner . In the Times of Christmas-day he published a letter , announcing that he had chartered a vessel for the Crwjea ^ in which he intended to sail himself , and offering , to take charge of contributions for the troops , at the seait of war . Mr . Aldridge , a merchant , desiring to make a shipment , betook himself to 4 , Railwayplace , for information . At first he . found no one there .
The second time he was more successful ; but the information he received was so unbusiness-like , indeed absurd , that he determined to have nothing to do with the conoern . Two days afterwards Mr . Aldridge receired , on behalf of his firm , a Battering invitation to send grocery for disposal in the Crimea , in charge of ' W . Wardroper , ' who was about ' to visit the seat of war for pleasure and amusement , as well as profit ; ' but Mr . Aldndge doeiined this delicate request . On the lat instant , ' W . B . ' advertised for a storekeeper , at a salary of 150 h , who must have 8007 . or 400 / . immediately at command . The advertisement was answered , at t h e suggestion of Mt . Aldridge , and the reply came from 4 W . Wardroper' on the 8 rd of January . On the same day F . W . B . ' advertised . capitalists that he wanted 2000 ? . or 8000 f . for * investment in a safe and very remunerative undertaking connected with the export
of goods to the Crimea . ' ' F . W . B . ' turapd out to be W . Wordropor , and the security offered for the capital was ' a m & rtgage upon the alleged ship and freight . ' This was so unsatisfactory that no capitalist ' would advanco the money . At the same time a letter appeswed iu a morning journal , in which W . Wardropor ajpjplauded the press for patriotically keeping alive , the sympathy for the sufferings ^ and privatious of the « ¥ rn » j , declared tliat ' la ^ ga quantities of goods and ojticle * of comfort for our deserving troops' had . been forwarded to him , and ' implored' merchants and manufacturer * to send him goods at cost price , which he would dispose of at a fair price and at a low commission . Mr . Aldridge , putting all these things together , knpwing that the said Wardroper was an invalid , knowing also , from personal experience , the difficulty attending the distribution of goods at Balaklava , thought this was a caso for
iavestiwanted ; and that he had called *©* 300 * a , , on order to lay it out for that official ' s behoof . The magis ^ trate , as well as he might , seemed asto unded at these , statements ; and his astonishment . was not removed when , at the close of the investigation , a professional gentleman enteredthe ^ urt on behau ^ ofWaTdroper , a » ddwlared . that the speculation was not at all likely to succeed , but taafe the intentions of his client were quite bondjide . However , ; it is not at all surprising that Alderman Wilson instructed the police to make a searching investigation into . * he mystery ; nor , under the circumstances , that Wardroper volunteered his assistance . The importance of the inquiry cannot be overestimated ; for anything like knavery in connexion with the noble exertions of all classes to testify their sense of the heroism of our troops , and practically to ameliorate the hardships of war , would but would damthe
with clerk cation ; and accordingly h * made hjs . statemenVac . companying it with Wardroper ' s documents , tft the Mansion House authorities on : Satwrdayi ^ . "But the singular part of tie case i » t « come ,, Mr , Wardroper was sent for , and appeared in . coiwi . Qweationed by Alderman Wilson ^ he admitted the jwbsUcationi of the circulars and advertisements i admitted that he had not yet chartered a ship ; and admitted that , he knew , nothing of shipping business ; but he insisted that his speculation was bondjide , ; and declared , that m such quantities had goods been received that he . should probably charter two or more vessels * and that one shjp was ' all the same as chartered . ' He explained ; that , he had advertis ed for 3000 £ > but was not sure it would , be
not only be disgusting in itself , p general ardour . So far as the facts have been , stated , it seems impossible to arrive at any other conclusion than this , that Mr . Wardroper is either one of the most selfdeluded or designing of men . " On a . snbseauent . occasion , Mr ; Aldridge said he Ixad been , waited upon by a lady wJio represented herself to be tlie wife of Mr . Wardroper ,. ai » d , who stated that her husband had been in a totally iocapacitated and belpless condition during the last seven , years , and that she apprehended he had fallen into hands from which it would be hard tp release him without damage , to himself . He subsequewtly received a letter , from the same ladtyv ia . which it was . stated , after a description Of the weakness , by which Mr . Wardropetwas afflicted , tluxt . be had .. been xpaade the instrument of other people ' s designa ..
A " Reader of the Times" forwarded , a »« thei : advertisement , containing a different . Sd . dr . e 68 , to , the others , but of . Similar character . It was asflejrtaJUied to have emanated from , Mr .. Wardroper .. After much discussion and surmise * : My .: Parry , the barrister , appeared in court on behalf , of Mr ,, Wardroper . Her stated that some error in the . time specified occasioned his . absence , and it was . finally agreed that the inquiry should be adjourned unjbil twelve o ' clock on Saturday ( this day ) .
Messrs., Price A8d Thfi Ojbdj^A^Cbojtfic...
MESSRS ., PRICE A 8 D THfi OJBDJ ^ A ^ CBOJTFICB . The writer of the City article of the Times has es > . po 6 ed ,. at . « omfi .-tefl « th _» . ease pjf ^ ^ . o ^ ciaiapathyoyindi £ fcrenc . e , ; which is calculated to matexiall y affect the , comforts ,, possibly tlie lives , of our army' in the . Crimea . The long statefioent of tbe Titaeal * summed up qariefully by tbie Gioibe : — " A specific instance of delay \& stated in the money article of the Tines , which is useful as exposing the general nature of the obstructions that hinder the working of our official departments . One of the greatest hardships ia tlie Crimea , ie the : oold , aggravated by the wet .. Another i ^ , tbe difficulty of cookiog , froaj , the want of fuel and ; convenient apparatofl- Both these really gricvojjis hardships might . be wended , by < on &« asilyobtaiived afl 4 higbly-portftble QontoiV 9 J * c &^ -Ta ,, very compact kind of stove , ia which is used candle material , A few pounds' weight of fuel cokoi . will go as far a * , a hundiodiweJ ^ ht of cools ; thecostbeiag 8 d > per pound . Three pounds weight will keej ) a stove alive for warming purposes throughout twenty-four hpurs $ six pounds will enable the stove , to boil ono quart , of imter ox bake three loavea for every hour throughout twenty-Jour . The eooapaaj 1-could furnish . 400 boxes containing 46 pounds , and 200 stoves per diem . Here ape wograth and cookery' secured tq the army ; moqe than a week' s cooking of bread for a troop , a fortnight's warmth for as many as ca » , gather round the stove , cap be soot In a , candlebox , the stovo
going out with the first box . The idea occurred to tiho manqgess of thq oompauy la & t month , and on the 2 Jhcd they wont with a stove and a few fuel cakes , a » d showed the apparatus to the Secretary at War . It need not bo said that Mr . Sidney Herbert was gratified . As little need it be eaid that no question can exist as to . tho power of tlie opmpany to fulfil its contract ; quite as ijttl-0 roajpecting th « disinterestediaess of the cooopooy or the bo w * jSde * of the oflbr . Any requisite arrau ^ ementci might have been mode , analogous to tliat wihidi has now beon adopted in seeking the assistance of tljLe Crimea Fund Committee to « arry out the aid , and to inodiato bat wean tho company and the public , as a guarantee against' tbe slightest pervoraion of a patriotic offer to 'selfish purposes in buainc 88 . Tho high character of the . company fov bcnovolenco ns well as probity would secure It against
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 13, 1855, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_13011855/page/6/
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