The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-04-18 00:00:00

VIE NORTNERI4 TIMES.-LIVIMPOOL, FRIDAY, APRIL

VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO THE

CHATHAM HOSPITALS

We yesterday announced that on Wednesday the Queen
and Prince Albert paid another visit to the Chatham
Fiospitals, for the purpose of inspecting the sick and
wounded from the Crimea. We now add the details of
the visit.

Her Majesty and suite reached Brompton Hospital at a
quarter to four, and were received by Dr. H. C. Reade,
the principal medical officer. The whole of the con-
valescent invalids from the Invalid Depot, at St. Mary's,
to the number of 396, were drawn up in the barracks, and
these were first inspected by her Majesty. All these
men have been wounded, but are now sufficiently recovered
to be fit to be discharged. Nearly the whole of them wore
the Crimean medal, arid a large number had lost either an
arm or a leg. The illustrious visitors then proceeded to
the hospital wards for the purpose of visiting the sick and
wound-K1 still in hospital. Each man held in his hand a
card on which was written his name, regiment, le:- gth of
service, where wounded, and the nature of his wound.
Among the cases which more particularly arrested her
Majesty's attention was that of Corporal Joseph Caush-
sham, 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade, who, during the attack
on the Redan, received no fewer than four wounds whilst
on the ramparts. The first wound was from a grape-shot,
which struck him on the right foot. 'Whilst engaged in
binding it up he received a gunshot wound in the chin,
and immediately afterwards another shot struck him in
the shoulder. Before he had recovered himself another
ball shot away a portion of his foot. He was then taken
to the rear. Another distressing case is that of Private
Henry Birland, 33rd (Duke of Wellington's) Regiment,
who, whilst exposed to the inclemency of the weather in
the trenches, had both his feet frostbitten. After a par-
tial recovery he landed at Portsmouth, where it was
found necessary, in order to save his life, to amputate
both his legs. One other remarkable ease also attracted
the attention of the Queen and Prince Albert; that of
Henry Collin, 7th Royal Fusiliers, who was wounded in a
very extraordinary manner during the attack on the
Redan. Whilst scrambling up the ladder during the
height of the attack, the English troops were met by a
murderous fire from the Russians. They however pushed
on, and Collin had just reached the summit when he was
shot at by a man from above. The ball entered his
stomach, passing completely through his body into his
thigh, where it still remains embedded. John Dryden,
11th Hussars, and John Lucas, 4th Light Dragoons, were
also shown to her Majesty. Dryden has thirty-one
wounds, received at Balaklava, where he and Lucas were
taken prisoners and kept by the Russians a year, before
they were released. Her Majesty inspected 262 sick and

wounded men at this hospital, after which she proceeded
to the model-room, formerly used as a chapel. Here the
royal visitors were shown several interesting objects,
including a number of trophies taken from the Russians.
The train conveying her Majesty left Strood a, ten
minutes after five, and her Majesty returned to Bucking-
ham-palace.