The Express.
London, England, 1855-01-03 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ARRIVAL OF THE HIMALAYA WITH
INVALIDS PROM THE CRIMEA.
PORTSMOUTH, Jan. 2,
The Himalaya, sinew steam-ship, Captain Russell,
arrived at Spithead at 3 o'clock this afternoon from the
Bleck Sea. She left Malta on the 20th of December, calling
at Gibraltar, where she was detained three days coaling.
She !me brought home the following :—One lady, 10 min,
tary officers, 3 naval officers, 48 wounded soldier., 88.4
ditto, 225 Weston, and 300 children—making a total of 760.
The naval officers are Captain Graham, C.B. (brother of Bit
Jam Graham) from the Vengeance, 81, invalided; Ira.
limn H. Bridge, first Lieutenant of the same ship ; kg*
Inglis, second master of the Sidon, steam frigate, on
Lion. The military officers who come home k iho
Himalaya are, ;Colonel C. A. Fite H. Berkeley, lkok
Fusilier Guards, wounded; Colonel Hume, 96th Pests
wounded; Captain Kuollys, invalided; Captain Phillips
(and wife), 47th Regiment, wounded ; Captain White,
17th Lamm, wounded ; Captain Stoner, 68th Regimes;
invalided; Lieut. Garrard, 95th Regiment, wounded;
Lieut. Sanderson, 62nd, invalided (and who has sine,
broken his leg by an accident) ; and Staff Su•goons Mani-
fold and Carr. The whole of the offieer, and men who as.
sick and wounded are doing very well, and generally lye*.
ing a very good state of health prevails on board. One
death hes occurred on the passage. It was that of a private
in the Royal Artillery. Since leaving Malta there have
also been six births on board—one this morning. The women
are chiefly wives of soldiers who belonged to regiments
sent on from Malta, Gibraltar,'.&c., to the :seat of war, and
who have either been killed in battle or died from disease
These poor women and their children appear to be in a very
destitute condition, having no homes to go to when they
land, and no money to provide them with food. The state
of the Himalaya when we went on board this afternoon
was not very cleanly or prepossessing to the eye,whilst on the
lower deck there was a stench that was almost sickening.
On this deck, where women, children, and troops win
berthed there were stalled some eight or ten horses, which
had belonged to General Sir De Lacy Evans and General
Torten.. Then hones themselves were sickly, and one or
two were decidedly in a diseased state. The effluvium
caused by them in their confined stalls between decks was
very considerable, and it is only surprising that a large
amount of sickness was not the result.

The Himalaya came up to Spithead with the yellow flag
flying at her fore, and it wu feared on &here that it Mai.
natal the existence of illness of a severe form on board, bat
soots after she had come to anchor the flag was lowered, the
ship having obtainedprotique.
The Himalaya's engines are much out of order, and she
will have to go into dock for repairs. The damaged condi.
tion of her machinery much delayed her in her passage
home ; she will have her repairs effected at Southampton,
the Peninsular and Oriental Company beiag bound to keep
her in repair for 12 moaths after her purchase by govern-
ment.

The Sprightly, steamer, went out to Spithead to the
Himalaya soon after she had anchored and brought on
shore the wounded and sick officers, and subsequently went
out and brought some of the soldiers on shore.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 2.—APPOINTMENTB.—Inapeotor
of Machinery Afloat J. Ward, to the St. Vincent, 102, at

Portsmouth.
Muter G. Gilpin (1854), to the Perseverance, troop ship,
at Woolwich.

Chaplain J. B. Harbord, to the Diamond, 28, at Sheer-
Dell.

Surgeon H. Piers (1850), to Plymouth Hospital.
Second Muter G. J. Whitehouse (1847), to the Cour,
90, screw steam ship, iu the Black Sea.

There are at present in course of preparation at
the Naval Arsenal, at Malta, a number of shells to be used
in blowing tp the Russian ships sunk at the mouth of the
port of Sebsatepol. The shell is of the usual spherical
shape, and is divided into two maims, each having an
outer rim, by which when charged the two parts are
firmly screwed together. These shells are of different sine,
some constructed to contain 2501 b., others 500 lb., and
others even 1,000 lb. of gunpowder. When required for
operation, a copper wire will be attached to each, in con-
nexion with a galvanic battery, and the shell drops into the
bold of the vessel.

According to the returns made up yesterday at the
Admiralty, her Majesty has 142 vessels of war propelled
by steam power afloat and is commission, and 101 sailing
ships—total, 246.

THE MILITIA.

COUNTY OF EDINBURGIL—The total number now
enrolled is about 630, so that very few vacancies remain to
be Oiled up. The Doke of Bum:such attended head-
quarters on Thursday, when the pattern uniform of the
regiment wu exhibited. It consists of a scarlet tunic coat,
with yellow facings of the peculiar shade of the yellow
stripe in the Royal Stuart tartan ; the sergeant's dress
having yellow corded stripes on the arms. The uniform
coat of the band will be white, with the regimental facings.
The trousers are grey with a red cord, and the overcoat it
of dark grey, lined with warm drugget. . .

CITY OF EDINBURGH ARTILLRRY.—This regiment is
rapidly making up its complement, nearly forty men hav-
ing been enrolled %hie week. Throughout the week C lonel
Geddes, the commandant, was in constant attendance,
superintending the enrolment. The sergeants of the City
Artillery have been appointed, and have already received
their uniform, which they wear on the days of enrolment.
It maids of a blue tunic-coat, with scarlet facings and
silver lace; the trousers are blue with a broad scarlet
stripe; and a smart military cap completes the equipment.
The dress of the privates will be the same, with the excep-
tion of the usual distinctions of rank ; and the shoulder-
knots will be of white cord. This will the uniform of the
militia artillery of the kingdom.
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W=ar KENT LIGET INFANTRY MILITIA.—This regi-
ment assembles on Wednesday (this day) at Maidstone, (or
permanent duty. Its strength at the present time is 756.
Since the commencement of the last training, 96 men have
I joined the line, 61 the Kent Artillery, and 12 the East
Kent Militia. We have been informed that Captain
Whitman end Captain French have resigned their com-
missions.—South Eastern Gazette.
THE SCOTCH MILITIA.—There was a party lately
crafting in Fortwillism, for the Inverness-shire militia, but
with very indifferent suisesec The reason is obvious—there
are no recruits. Extensive clearances and a continual tide
of emigration have carried away all our eligible soldier',
and the residue are not fit for the army. Those who would
make no mean figure in the ranks of the army and militia
are now adding strength and stability to the trans-Atlantic
Republic, or fortunately enriching themselves in the golden
regions of Australia. They had no other choice. Starva-
tion and emigration were before them. The landlords
drove them from their homes and holdings to squalid
villages and barren bogs. Every opprobrious epithet was
heaped upon them when they failed to raise a crop from
miserable patches and from a stubborn and sterile soil.
The fair straths end green glens which they left are used
for sheep and game. In this parish there are three non-
resident graziers, who pay one third of its rental
and occupy three-fourths of its acres. They poe-
tess each nearly 30,000 sheep. They employ shep-
herds from their own country, and send them all neces-
saries on board ship from the south. They send all their
sheep and wool to the southern markets, and they cause no
traffic whatever in the country. It is perhaps easier for
the landlord and his factor to manage these gentlemen, or
rather princely farmers, than the hundreds of sturdy fel-
lows whom they evicted; but, in a political or patriotio
view, it was not a wise act to banish the natives of the
soil. During the last war, Lochaber furnished its own share
of brave soldiers and distinguished officers. The 79th and
924 regiments were almost entirely raised in it, and, be-
sides these, it bad its local militia, the Lechaber Volun-
teers, and the Lochaber Fencibles. What a change has
come upon the place within the last half century ! There
are now not more than twenty soldiers from Loehabet in
all these regiments engaged in the present war, and it will
be found impossible to recruit forty efficient soldiers or
militiamen in it for immediate service. If a tax were levied
on each head of sheep for the purposes of the war, thi., county
—if it would not furnish its contingent of soldiers—would
certainly furnish its proportion of the sinews.—Gkugoio
Dotty Mail.

'DIE LATE COLONEL MAULZ.—The following
letter hu been received front Lord Raglan :—" Before
Sebutopol, Dec. 6,1854.—" Sir —I have bad the honour to
receive your letter of 26th of October, transmitting to me,
by desire of Lord Duncan, a copy of the vote of sympathy
and condolence tendered to the family if PROMOTO, by the
lut general meeting of the scanty of Forfar, on the
lamented death of Colonel the Hon. Lauderdale Made, and
a copy of Lord Panmure'e usurer. Fully participating In
the sentiments esPestoed, 'en the address, and lamenting, in
common with all whq knew him, the loss of so estimable a
friend sad able afieer, I have perused with great satis-
faction this tsalic recognition of his worth, which cannot
fail to !fiord some alleviation to the grief of Lord FOAMS"
Lit his other relatives. I have the honour to be, sir, your
moat obedient humble servant, RAGLAN." —" Thoinee
Carnaby, Esq., Forfar, N. 8."
OFFICERS' PACKAGES FOR THE CElHEAr—Thres
hundred directed packages have been shipped on board the
Kangaroo, Prompt, and East Anglian steamers. Arrange:.
aunts bays been made that each aka will le advised °a
the sbipshot of his peehap.