The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-08 00:00:00

NAVAL AND ;iILI2'ARY.

ARRIVAL OF TRII CANDIA.

r, JAN. 7.

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The podasaler sad Oriental Company's screw
stoma Casa* Caplets Field, arrived her. to day. Hee
dotes are—Delsklava, Des. 16 ; Comsteatiseple, 24 ; Malts,
17; Gibraltar, Jan. 2. She brought Immo 220 painssgen,
oitiely lavalitted dams sad soldiers from Seated Hospital,
who had bees wounded at Alms, Belahlave, or Iskermana.
The eaters were Captain Hem, Ilee
tesant &tutu,
66th Regimest; Captain Thompson, 10th Hessen ; Lauf,
ewsultam, fated Regiment; Dr. Wilton. 7th Hawn;
Captain Ressedy, 77th Regiment; Llosteseat Clarke, 20th
Feeiliess; Captain Bamford, 63rd Regiment; Lientenest
Glanville, 93rd ; Liestessat Gilled, Lieutenant
Greenwood, 33rd Regiment; Lindeman' Irvine, Lieutenant
Shealleld, 44th Regiment ; Dr. Reads, Major Yates, Cap-
tain Tryon, 7th Fusilier% astll92 sencommissiesed akin
and soldiers belengisg to the 13th, 17th, 21st, 22rd, 28th,
30th, 38th, 39th, Cad, 63rd, 89th, and 96:k Regiments.
There were also as peressgees seven Sisters of Morey and
two muses from Scutari Hospital, and Mrs. Belie sad
family, tits widow sad children of Dr. Riede, who died is
the Rest. Two of the private soMiers died en the voyage :
one died yesterday, sad was buried at sea this stornina.
Twenty-ave of the soldiers wore lying very ill ea board,
portly front their wounds and partly from dysentery,
eassed by the *huge of elimate is coming hoses.
The whole of the *flan sad soldiers who maw home is
the Candice to. Scutari were either so ill or so mad
maimed that active duty was is their ow for a leas period
out of the question. The Candia same alongside the
Southampton dock quay between 11 sad 12 this morning,
and the passengen mold easily walk ashore. As soon as
she came alongside, a place on the deck quay was imme-
diately railed off to prevent the public frost incommoding
the pasaengen, end dock policemen guided the spot ap-
propriated to them. Mears. Hedger and Levy, the dock
authorities, with a large staff a dock porters, immediately
west cm board the Candi., with authority from Colonel
Barlow, the chairman of Southampton Deck Company, to
peas the baggage of the wounded officers and soldiers
through the docks as quickly as possible and without charge.
Mr. Sparrow, the collector of customs; Mr. Clarke, landlag
waiter ; Mr. Obese, the saperintendeat of the tide survey-
ing department ; Meson. Skinner and Vaughn, tide sur-
veyors, with a staff of tide waiters, were also on board, pre-
pared to pass the baggage of the oilcan who were about
is proceed to hotels is the town. Captain Cragie, the
Admiralty populational's% sad Captain Lacy, the head of
the Soothe:spiels moiled pensioners, were also to of
dials attendance to mugs the best method of disposing of
the soldiers to pat them to the best inconvenience. Dr..
Maul and Mackey, two resident swoons, went on board to
volunteer their &mimeses. None of the wounded officers
or soldiers on board the Candice had lost any limb, bat ell
suffered from gun-shot wounds : some were limping with
sticks, others were one:etches, numbers bad their arms and
hands in dings, some were crawling, others lying about the
deck—all betraying that peculiar appearance arbiag from
illness canoed by pain and hardships. Bet for the looks of
suffering in the poor fellows' oonatesaness, so one could
Dare helped laughing at their costumes. Some won red
coati, some green, others blue, many grey gnat-coats; assol
bad foraging caps, others fesses on their heads. There were
mixed together foot and horse soldiers, light sad heavy
dugouts, riflemen and highlanders—Alma, Baleklave, end
'airman men ; essay of them were youths with
scarcely any hair on their chine, but whom fighting days
were all over. Directly the Candice was alongside
the baggage of the alms was looked et on the
desk by the cutouts officials, and the officers were
enabled in half en hoar afterwards to get to their hotels.
A staff of leading waiters we ordered on duty as soon as
poeaible to provost any delay is the despatch of the
soldiers directly the sueesery anangemeats could be made
to convey them from Southampton. Shortly after the
arrival of the Cootie, the Admiralty ordered her to pre-
ssed to Portsmouth. The tido, however, was too low, and
she will leave Southaaptoo the first thing to-sorrow morn-
ing. Three or four thousand people assembled in the
docks to see the poor wounded men, who suited the
greatest interest in the spectators. Some amusement wee
mused in the docks by a horse, drawing a cart laden with
five 'oaks of porter, wain slue up to the ship. It
appears that Messrs. J. and 0. Cookaey, mereheate, of
Southampton, with great kindness and consideration
seat the porter as a preseat to the invalided soldiers
us seen as they beard of their arrival. As Ike soldiers
were frees various minute, may inquiries were made
of them by the people of Southampton as to absent Meads
at Scutari and in the Crimea. It was Italy
pitiable to see how ill some of the pose
sol-
diets were, stalwart men whose value hod bonne child-
ishly treble through pals sad feebleness. Comrades were
sift's' beside and undies upon those who were very ill.
There were female sum also, mad the medical atheism.,
on them appeared to be good. Great anxiety WaS
by the people of Southampton to get hold of miss the
terrible struggle in the Crimea which were bright home
is the Ouija. The wounded men spoke in the highest
terms of the treatment they received at Scutari. Copal*
Stratton we. in commend of the sick and invalided. The
Sisters of Mercy who come home fa the Candi& were Reg-
lishwomes, bat were dredged after ths fashion of nuns.
The Csadis left Toulon with 1,200 French troops ant
es
weeks sines, sad loaded them at Belaklava. It was
arreaged when she was hired by the French government
that if else Gould be at all dispensed with in the Black Sea,
after she had leaded the French troops, she should
return to Southampton to resume the mail service. The
Ripon sad limo are on their way to this country with
, invalids from &start

JAL 7.

About forty of the women, with their children, who
wen brought hem. from the Mediterranean In the Hasa.
lays, were forwarded to their homes yesterday by train to
London; sad another party will leave to-morrow for
Dahlia, these being Irishwomen. Mae haling they have
fared very well in the Clarence Harreeks, when they west
the ewe afternoon the Himalaya cams Into harbour. The
Wiltshire Militia, who occupy the same barracks, have
been very kind to them, supplying them with many little
things, and rendering them may little 'errata, which
could not be provided by any officals, or secured by no-
Latham however perfect. Oa landing they were is a help-
less, destitute, and unclean state, siWag necessarily
from a lea voyage, especially to women and children
et the class to which they Wag. The few days
they have had en dime, joined to the sire they have re-
solved at the hands of the authorities and the generous
hindeases of *tan, have materially improved their audi-
tion ; and as to their appearance, it is not that of the WOO

pumas. Oa disrobe:king these poor women could hardly
be incited to exercise energy enough to select or look after
their owe nuke sad "doffing, so weak bad the hardships
of the voyage made them, and this helplessness was evi-
dully increased by flan that they they would be thrown
entirely oa their own poor resources, without any au to
help them ea their way. Before the afternoon was goad
they, however, found themselves in tolerably umfortable
question Is barracks, with safacient food, and so forth; and
is addition to what wee provided beforehand by the
authorities, they found a good many friends to aid
them. We have already stated that the Amon-
tire of which Major Powys is secretary, had treassaitted
fonds for their bendt, sad in addition to this we an ballad
again to make negation of the kindness Oaths. boa sensed
to them by the oMesn and men of the WUts Militia. Lord
Meths's, the colonel of the regiment, without inquiring
what provision was made foe them at owe gave orders for
their being applied at hie son with may comforts or
luxuries any of the. might need. We only hope manna
that all the wives sad children of oar bran troops may
fare equally as weU as those who have come home by the
Himalaya. As • matter of duty, gad to prevent the pablic
mind bong misled for the gratilleation of sinister ehysele,
it is necessary to contradict the remarks made by the
Mows on Saturday with regard to the treat-
ment of the wounded sad sick troop. who
sena home by the same ship. She got slur
side the dockyard at a few minutes put two o'clock
P the afternoon, and those tuning immediate removal
were takes on anti:bets sad ia omnibus' to the Military
Hospital, when they arrived at a qurter to three. It was
impassible to set them there,wlth any arrangements, sooner.
Those who were sat very ill remained eta board the ship all
the night, and tha following moraine were taken to Chat.
ham by train. All tines men were in a fair stage of -eco.
very. All who bad an opportunity of knowing the
actual farts of the landing of these asfortunatse are coo-
rinsed that very little better unogemeate for
their comforts could have bees made. Then were
• gaMcient umber of °Medan present to de the
work required, sad very link time wee lost
In l asulefikhaleet The eeiblpeesse of the bar