The Express.
London, England, 1855-05-30 00:00:00

A TRUE BRITISH SOLDIER.

A correspondent sends us the following particulars
of the military experience et Sergeant James Hill, of de
23rd Regiment, a gallant Scot who has just belt Fon Pin
General Hospital.
This brave, determined man escaped unhurt amidst the
terrific shower of round, Minie, 24 and 32 pound shot, Intl
within six yards of a battery, when one catered the loll!
part of his body, injuring his hip bone, lo3ging is nth
direction, where it is for ever likely to romain. After the
restful wound, Hill raised himself up, and firing three Malt
rounds, fell from exhaustion on the body of a dew Russia.
Captain Chaster fell by his side; Hill says bf him, "s braver
man never wore a sword." Sergeant Hill reviving, undid
his pack, put on bin great coat, and folding ha blanket
tightly round him, commenced rol:ing down the rugged and
precipitous hill of Alma; having in this manner promoted
some yards, while recovering his breath, sad looking round
on the dead and wounded, he observed a wounded
Russian sternly surveying him; Hid returning the
compliment, was surprised and disgusted on seeing
him deliberately bring round the mewls of his
gun, feel in his pocket for a cap to shoot Hill ; fortunately he
bad none,upon which the sergeant hastily disengaging hissed
from his blanket and raising himself on his knees shot the fel-
low. Hill reloading (for, as he observed, I meant to live), ltd
again folding his blanket round him, re-commenced his row
tory movement until he reached the river, where making ad
cf his gun as a crutch he tried to ford it, bus from inability
must have been drowned had not three of the fourth dmo
sine kindly assisted in placing him on the oopcsite hank
the river. Here, strange to say, Sergeant Hill saw ams
of his own regiment, and calling him, asked what he ni
about ? His reply plainly proved him to be a skulkel—
and Hill asked him to carry him to a stack of stay a
hay he could see at a little distance. The man wells
he could not ; and added, What shall I say when I gel
back to my company ? What ! (said Hell)—say test
you are a coward, and I'll wont you as one. Upon wine]
the man carried the bleeding sergeant, where laying 4,,r,
he faints... After much Buffering Sergeant Hill found him•
self in the hospital at Scutari, where he says, " be coalit
easily have died," but the same undaunted spirit postmen
him, and the thought of again seeing his wife gave him sue?
fortitude, that he repented, " was determined to live.'
The enthusiastic, and at the same time truly grateful
manner, in which Sergeant Hill speaks of the kindraus,
attention, and sympathy of Miss Nightingale to him—av
deed to all—entails upon every admirer of female devoted-
ness a debt of homage.
Sergeant James Hill entered Fort Pitt Hospital is
nusry, being amongst the first arrivals from the seat of wet.
where he has been up to the present time, during .I'lll
period attempts have been made to extract the ball, tot
without success. He has also undergone a most enuca
operation, the taking up the externs] iliac artery, bulb' hoe
manifested teroughout the came noble spirit, and abound;
with gratitude. He has lett Fort Pitt for Edinburgh, site",
he re.lons on presenting himself, and the silk handkeretai
(suede by the Princess Alice) be received from her lice!
Gracious Majesty the Queen, to hie anxious wife.
Sergeant James Hill is an ornament to his profesuA
pattern to every soldier. Long may he live.

RETURN OP MORE NAVVIEI3.—The North of Eotopv
Steam Navigation Company's clipper screw s essrship
Prince of Wales arrived at Gravesend on Saturday 001
Balablave, and landed a purtiln of the navvy rote
some officers from the Crimea. She left Balekleve on it'
3rd of May, Constantinople on the sth, Malta on the 12M,
Gibraltar on the 20th, and anchored at Gravesend at 2 pls.
on the 26th. On her passage home from Gibraltar she Tat
across the Bay of Biscay, from Cape Finiaterre to Udall.
in 39 hours. The navvies,with the exception of two who're,
invalids, were in excellent health and spirits, and appertain
none the worse, but rather improved in condition by thee
trip to the Crimea. They all expressed themselves pried,
satisfied with the treatment they bad received from Mr
Beatty, engineer-in-chief, and Captain Raymond,
tB
marine superintendent, who returned to England in to
Prince of Wales. This beautiful vessel, we believe, ll'
been chartered by the government for further service it the
Black Bea.
THE SUCCESS Or THE ALLIES. A oorrespolidolt
writse:—The intelligence of the success of the ass "
received with the utmost enthusiasm in Nottingham, w'w!!
a strong feeling exists amongst the inhabitants that the w!,,
should be carried on with vigour, and that no peace loom°
be established which s'aall be dishonourable to this me
m/.
or to France, or which shall jeopardise the independence el
Turkey,