The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-09 00:00:00

THE WOUNDED ON BOARD THE CANDIA.

SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 8.

The Candia, which arrived here yesterday with
upwards et 200 invanded and wounded soldiers frrm the
Crimea, left to-day f Pjrtsmouth. The sick soldiers
were well taken care of du, ing their stay in 6 uthampton.
The inhabitants of this town have now seen two compara-
tive life pictures of goina and returning from the war. It
is little more than six months ago that thouvands of peop:o

assembled is Southampton I) mks to witness end chess the
departure of troops marching on board steamers in gay uni.
forms with music and bantam, elated with the hope
of Soloing the enemies of their country. Yesterday thou-
sands assembled rgeio its Southampton Docks to witness the
retarn of some of those tr 'etc, eshibitine in their pallid
C.3414411111CF11 and maims d Ilona the evidences of their im-
mortal valour and patriotism. The interest and sympathy
of the public were es great on this as on the former more
gledseme occasion, although, as was proper, it was
diffnently manifested. Thousands crowded ye sterdsy
round the ship where the wounded Dun were, to
shake hands sod talk with them, and the lingering of
crowds on board the Candice end outside of it until after
uightt ill, showed wh .t a deep impreseion amongst rich and
poor the achievements of ear army at Alms, Daleki :vs, an,.
Inkermann, have made on the hearts of Fogliehmen, and
how roger they are to show their aprreciatien
of the valour and the sacrifices which tht ir
brave country men have made. Numbers of the
poor vi-imrs on board the Candie yesterday, while
gehge round to the cabins ef the sick, slipped tobacco into
the bands of the latter, with a sixpence or a shilling rolled
up in it. Thanks to two generous tradesman of the town,
named Cooksey, none of the invalids wanted for porter or
tobacco while they remsined in Southampton. If it could
have been permitted, every one of the invalids would have
been taken from the ship, and been welcomed during their
Frey in Southampton at the firesides of the townspeople.
Dr. Mackey, one of the principal surgeons of the town,
and a very amiable and eccomplished man went on board
the Cantina, as we anted yesterday, to volunteer assiemece
in a medical capacity, if it were wanted, lie enteiel into
conversation with awounded private in the Bth Dusan, a
very genteel and good looking young man. The doctor was
se pleased wth his cent. ereetien that he obtained pertais-
sien of the commanding ofhloer to take him hump to pass the
enaing. This young man, only 2t years tine, was
engaged in the deadly and heroic charge of the
light cavalry at 11;1.klava, and had his sword
atm nearly chopped off just above the wrist. Ile tell amidst
the dead and dying, Rut•ian and English ; and catching a
trooper's hors withcut a rider, which came close to him, he
jumped upon it, and holding the bridle with his left Lead,
managed to reach the En etieh Hass. This youth, when he
entered Dr. Mackey's house, was overjoyed at the sight of
a cheerful fire. Re had nut been in a room with a fire-
plac. h:GCO April last. He will lose the use of his hand,
as it is withered, and is no bigger than a übilu's.
Many trophies were brought by the wounded officers who
came borne in the Candle. One of them, who stopped a•
Radley's hotel, had a Russian musket and drum. There
were also on board the Candice piece, of Balaklava Fort—of
granite, and much waterworn.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Rajah
arrived here to-day from the Black Sea. She took out a
cargo of stores for the government, and has brought home a
cargo of fruit and emery atone, and a large number of
Ruwian trophies, consisting of muskets, daggers, puns,
pistols, ht lmets, coati, pumice, and swords. One of the cute
belonged to a Ruesian cave'ry soldier, who was killed at
Balaklava in the brilliant charge of the Scotch Greys. A
gash in the coat shows that the Russian wee
killed by a sword thrust just below the shoulder-blade.
The colour of the coat is light blue, faced with gold btu,
and edged with black fur. It is a comfortable garment, but,
the cloth is rather cum, end the lining is a very inferior
material. Another coat on board the Rajah belonged to a
foot soldier who was killed at Inkermann. It is made of
very curse, dark-brown, almost black, cloth; the fheings
are white; the number 16 is marked on it. The leather of
the pouches and ccabh irde is inferior. The daggers are
about two feet long, clumsy, and badly made. le
was with these weevil, that the barbarities were
practised by the Russians on the wounded Eoglish
and French. The swords arc shorter than those used by
the Ecelieh. Some of the muis..tts are longer then Brown
Bess There are heaps of trophies token from the Russians
at Constantinople. It is a singular fact that nine•tenths of
thou with gun-shot wounds who came home in the
Himalaya and Candia were injured between the knee and
foot, whereu the putter portion of the Russians appear to
have been shot in the upper pert of their bodies.

PORTSMOUTH, JAx.B.

The Car.dia, screw steam transport, arrived at
Spithead at noon to-day, with the sick ar.d wounded sol-
diers she has brought home frcm the teat of war. All the
officers, with the exception of two, wtre leaded yesterday
at Southemptan. At 3 o'clock the Candi& came into har-
bour alocigeide the dockyard, where were in waiting the
usual otil:len; including the Acting Lieutenant-Governor,
Major-General Sir F. Smith, Admiral Superintendent
Dalgetty, sad other officers of the staff. A number of
Ist:etchers had been got in readineu to convey tho more se-
♦asly sick and wounded to the hospital; and thsso,sightisn

in number, have been taken than. The remainder will
remain oa board ship till to-morrow morning, when thry
will be eonveyed in omnibuses to the railway station, and
thence foewarded en by rail to Chatham. A party of the
Wiltshire Militia, di) in number, were mustered in tin
dockyard to assist in the removal of those who went to
hospital. The number on board when the Candle came up
bore was 2 officers, 191 moo, and 6 women. Sickness is the
sauce of most of these poor fellows having to come home.
Some were seised whilst the troops were at Varna, and
have not been to the Crimea at all ; whilst others again
who have been in every battle fought there escaped without
wounds, but bad to invalid from sickness. A number of
officers of customs were in attendance to overlook the bag-
gage, but this had been done at Southampton.

MALTA, Die. 27.

We have this morning had the following vowels
from Constantinople, the Rajah, Avon, Can.:ia, soil French
government steamer. There appears to be no news of
moment.

An eye witness who went to the French camp on the
,15th, and went through the whole of the lines, taking a
good view of Sebastopol, exprnies his surprise at the very
slight effect we appear to Lave made either on the town or
fortifintione. He describes the English troops u looking
very like the Spanish Legion on their return from Spain;
the French looking much more spruce, neat, and natty, and
in fact having much more comfort than the English, who
appear to be sadly in want of cooks. Both English nod
French ate ntiering sadly (torn cholera aud low fever. Oa
the 19th, when my informant left, he describes the road
between Balaklaya and the camp aa almost impassable
from mud and nth.

Brigadier-General Adams had died at Scutari. Admiral
Boxer is to be removed to lialaktava, Admiral Stnpfurd
taking Constantinople. Hon. Captain Carnegie is in-
valided, and Captain Jas. Patrick Hamilton succeeds him
in her Majesty's ship Leander. Ile leaves this place tot tho
Black Sea on Monday next.
The Candia is to go to Corfu to take a regiment from
thence to the Crimea. The Avon proceeds to England, her
engines being out of order. She is to take invalids.
It is currently reported here that Admiral Stewart leave.
this as second in command in the Bieck Sea.

EMBARKATION OF TROOPS.

DUBLIN, JAN. 8.

Her Majesty's screw steam ship St. Jean il'Aere,
600 horsepower, Captain the Hon. 11. Kenai, sailed from
Queenstown at 7 o'clock on Saturday morning for the
Crimea, with drafts from several regiments, and also having
en board biajor•Goneral Lord Itakaby and 7.lajor-General
Barnard, appointed to commands in the txpeditionary
army. The steamer Icf. Plymouth at 4 p.m. on Wrdnrs-
f day, and arrived next day in Cork Barbour at 3/ p.m. t and
so sudoen and unexpected was her arrival, and ea

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was the embarkation of the men carried on, that sumo
officers who were to have sailed in her happeninK to be
absent on a shouting excursion were lelt behind. The fol-
lowing were the drafts who embarked, with the maces of
the officers accompanying them ; viz.:-51 of tho Ord,
with Lieutenants Hunt and Hand ; 51 of tho 30th, with
Captain It ,bertson and Lieutenant Hill ; 97 of the 33rd,
with Captain Ellis, Lieutenant Wallis, and Ensign Ellis;
109 of tbe4lat, Captain Bertram, Lieutenant Lambert, and
Lieutenant Nowlan ; 67 of the 47th, eoptnin Coltl.urst,
Lieutenant Thonarion, Ensigns Travis and Disbrow'); 17
of the 50th—no officer.; 45 of the 68th—no officers ; 39 of
the 55th, Lieutenant Hannay ; 67 of the 49th, Lieutenant
Eustance ; 9of the 57tb, Captain Brown and Lieutenant
Ashwin. Lord William Lennox, one of whose ems is an
often on board the ship, soiled with her some clist.inec oat
of the harbour, and returned by the pilot boat.
Drafts of the 7th, 9lb, and 14th Regimen's will embark
at Queenstown fur the Crimea this week, un board tLe
Princess Royal (c.a.), 91 guns, Captain Lord Clarenco
Paget.
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Captain Hawkins's troop of Royal Artillery, at present
stationed in Portobello Barracks, received orders on S rur-
day fir immediate embarkation for Woolwich, there to join
1. other troops of the same corps en route to the
Crimea. Captain liowkins's troop will he repliieed iu
Dublin by ilttaclimento from the garrisons of Atlale.ux, Kil-
kenny, and Waterford.
The appoimmtnt of General Sir Ed•rard Blakcuey,
G.C.8., commanding the fortes in Ireland, to the c'.l nets:,
of the let or Royal Regiment, has given great soli-faction..
The Limerick Chrouith rays:"The people of Ire lead way
rejoice that the Qaeen has presented the colonelcy of one
of the oldest regiments in the service (usually held by mem-
bi rs of the riyal family) to one of the most ais:injuiohed
veteran general of eers in her Blajeaty 'a service, whose
armorial shield is emtdszmed with records of martial feats
the mast illustrious in the hist.ry of Great Britain fur the
last half century. The honour was mast grociously con-
veyed to Sir Bdword, the colonelcy of the Royals hiving
been also held by Prince Edward Duke of Kent, father of
cur beloved soveregn."