The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-16 00:00:00

ARRIVAL OP SICK AND WOUNDED.

An express down train from London arrived at the
Strood station of the North Kent Railway shortly after
3 p.m. yesterday, containing 25 detachments of regi-
ments serving in the Crimea. The whole of the de-
tachments are invalids, and owing to the number of dis-
abled soldiers—about 60 of them having lost their legs
in the late engagements with the Russians at Alma and
Inkorman, and others being unable to walk the Com•
mandant of Chatham Garrison, Colonel Eden, had in
.-eadiness a fatigue party of 50 men, with two serjeants,
snsder command of the Serjeant-Major of the garrison,
wits' 15 stretchers from the medical department of the
garriss'n ; and to see that every attention was given to
them tbs.' Brigade-Major of the garrison, with Adjutant
Band, of 1: .he Invalid Depot, and Staff-Surgeon Telfer,
from Fort Pitt, superintended the removal of the in-
valids from the railway carriasses to the conveyances
which had been provided to take ahem to Fort Pitt for
medical inapection. A large concourse of persons as-
sembled rowed the railway station to witness the removal
of these brava invalids. There was ;see man carried ;
he had lost boas his legs, and there was :another a mere
skeleton. There -were several others in a v,ery bad state.
The accommodatisin and arrangements were exceedingly
good. There was iso time lost in removing the invalids
Iron, the station to Vent Pitt, and on their art ival at the
hospital there was a strong medical corps waiting to at-
tend, with Dr. Taylor, the chief medical officer. Upon
medical inspection only 39 men were found in a -fit state
to be sent to the Invalid Depot, St. Diary's-barracks,
Brompton, and 104 were taken into the hospital--the
whole requiring ,immediate medical attendance. The
invalids belonged. to the following corps :--I.st
Dragoons, and 4311 Dragoons, 11th Hussars, lath
Light Dragoons, 17th Lancers, Ist Royals, 4th,
7th Fusileers, 9th, 39th, 234, 30th, 33d, 41st, 42d,
47th, .55th, 63d, 77tb.., 93d Highlanders, and 95th Re-
giments. The only officer in charge of the invalids
was Assistant-Surgeon ~41. G. M. Tyde, 58th Regiment.
The invalid Grenadier, o.)oldstreatn, and Scots Fusileer
Guards proceeded to London to join their respective
headquarters, and the 1 loyal Artillery proceeded to
Woolwich. The detachme 'its left Portsmouth at 8 a.m.
on Monday, by the up train, they having disembarked
from the steam-ship Avon.
Among the invalids was
Sergeant Major Silver, 11th L 'oesars,
curiosity, owing to his dress • b wore a Russian coat
who excited some
b
and cap, which he took two days:.Vter the battle of Alin&
from a baggage waggon which they
• fell in with belong-
ing to the Cossacks. A number of anon have brought
home Russian trophies, such as musk,' .barrels, swords,
&c , which they seem to prize highly. is of invalids
At 11 a.m. yesterday 14 detachmeii.
arrived at the Invalid Depot Hospital, p, ort Pitt, from
Gravesend, at which place they disembark, ed, from the
men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, belons
Cork steamer, from Plymouth. With Ulm n were two
sing to the
3d company. Lieutenant Charles Pringle,
7. Ist High-
landers, and Assistant. Surgeon Thomas Atkia‘ got), 315.1
Regiment, were in charge of them. The whol, of the
men were in a very sickly state ; they were verl ' cold,
compizined that they had nothing to eat since CI undsy
evening, and that they had to stand on deck duri i, 7 the
passage from Plymouth to Grz:vesend. Severa bad
1 eases were left behind.at Plymouth. Ten nun wer,N ad-
mitted into the hospital, and 63 Were sent to the inv.:\ -id
Depot for further examination.
The bulk of the Avon's freight of sick were careftilk,
landed at Portsmouth dockyard yesterday morning, an
conveyed to the railway station at Landport. whence'
they proceedtd to Chatham by the London, Brighton,
and South Coast Railway, the srvatits of which were
most attentive to their reception and comfortable
ac-
commodation, Four 'cases of extreme weakness were
removed on Sunday to the garriyoo ,sospital at Portsea,
which is now fully tenanti.d. The Avon arrived at
Southampton,
from Malta, last Thursday evening about
7 o'clock, dies three whole days and s .half were con-
sumed before her sickly cargo could be ,released from
her decks.

Vessels aro not put in quarantine at the pi agent time
at any of the Peninsular ports. Such a ciroumstance
has not been known for years.
PARIS Bouasu.—The last accounts from tit e • Paris
Bourse yesterday show a fresh advance of a-half c ‘Fthree
quarters per cent. At Vienna the unfavourable re action
from the improvement recently caused by the com-
mencement of the peace negotiations still continuasa
Tens POET.—The ancients were quite right in pro-
claiming that a poet must be born, not made. 'A. be
sure, fitting culture and art education will make the
best born poet better, since they supply the fine-totes-
pored implements of workmanship to the hands of genitals:.
Yet, without a certain given material, all the educatioas
is the world will never produce a poet. A due consi-
deration of what is essential to constitute the poet iN
suited to deter many versifiers from wacting precious
time in an unprofitable pursuit. Let us l'or a moment
glance at some of the requisite qualities. Tho poet
must have large perceptive powers, for they are the
windows, as it were, through which he looks, and in a
great measure determine his range of vision. Ile must
possess the faculty which we call imagination, anal which
is very compound in its constitution, and a vsrar Pro-
tens in its manifestations. At one time it is a ais rship
of beauty, at another it is a suffering or rejoicing -sam-
pithy. Now it will see a deeper meaning in the hu'art
of common things, and again it will light up the o'ull
face of things with magical beauty. He must poseesss
logical and analytical power, for the poet is the greatest
logician, and leaps to his results by no mere guess. He
must be the greatest master of common sense, for a
poet was never yet an inspired fool. He must possess
intense passions, for these, properly reined' and. guided,
draw the car of genius up the immortal 'vaunt. His
eye must be tremblingly alive to beauty, his ea r hunger-
ing for the melody ; indeed, ho must have tm'iat vehe-
ment passion for melody that buoys his speamch into
song, his footsteps into tune, and makes lais life
move in a melodious rhythm. But, above mall, ho
must possess a warm, kindling, electrical ten tpera-
meat. This attribute of the poet we shomehl set
above all others. Large heart and brain, .clear
sight, and general breadth of nature, are indisPea-
gable. There never has been •a peat but in the pro-
portion that he has possessed these characteristics. S'wch
have been the world's great singers. They were all th Vs
gloriously endowed, who have had the magic to unlock
the soueces of human smiles and tears, and send them
thrill of sympatlav through the heart of universal human-
ity. In this senses Homer, Milton, Shakspeare, Dante,
and Burns are putts. They are creators, seers, pro-
pbets, and singers.- —Eclectic Review, January, 1855..
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE AMENDMENT OF THE
LAW.—Last night tl2,e usual monthly meeting of the
members of this socieaa was held at their rooms, Lower
Regent street. Mr. .Carr, V.P. occupied the chair.
After the usual preliminaries had been disposed of, Mr.
Woolrych read a paper oat summary convictions, in which
he insisted on the propratity of giving the magistrates a
summary power in cases of petty larceny, as the present
system of sending them to quarter sessions for trial by
jury was expensive to the prosecutor, injurious to the
prisoner, and both expensive and injurious to the public,
and its inconvenience often amounted to a denial of
justice. Mr. Pulling agreed with nsost of the views
propounded by Mr. Woolrych, and thought that a pub.
mic prosecutor, who should have the supervision of all
these cases from beginning to end, ought to be appointed.
If that were to be the case, there could be no objec-
tion to giving the prisoner the choice a f tribunal.
With these observations, he would move that the paper
they had just heard read should be referred ao the com-
mittee on criminal laws. Mr. Elliott did ,sot think
that a mere transfer of jurisdiction could .'ore telle
evil—the origin of which lay in the morbid and dim eas d
,
state of public feeling with regard to criminals'
the
• who thieved was actuated vengeance, Balsa
• state of publlc feeling, which ignored %cure-nee,' pre-
The Corinlanes, sailing transport, chartered by the vented one of the must healthy principles of eri.ll mat
French Government, which has been for some weeks repression, Mr. Edgar said that they were not diecuse-
past in the Southampton docks, put out to the river ' in the origin of crime, but the best means of doeling
yesterday morning, laden with huts for the use of the with it when committed. it was, lie thought. for the
French soldiers in the Crimea. She has stowed away auto: est of all parties that theme elieuld be a public loose-
-382, besides a quantity of stoves, and will be aecom- cater, and even a public defender. Mr. Anstey wave-
penied on her voyage out by the chartered steam-ship sated not only the app oi»tment of a public prosecu .or,
Enniskillen. The fine clipper sailing ship Swiltsure, but also cheap procedure, eaod prison discipline, an in-
late Fatherland, also chartered by the French Govern telaigible criminal code, anet a a.: blister of Justice. )Ie
merit for similar purposes, is still in Southampton ha d little confidence in the pre; ent magistracy. 31re
Docks, and is being speedily filled with huts, large gaenunds suggested that the paper should be referredbtaot
numbers of which continue to arrive daily.. The General the committee on judicial tribmads. He thought
This
Screw Company's steamship Lady Jocelyn, 1,800 tons, pt blicity was the great guard against carelessness.a__.e
also chartered by the French Government, is receiving suggestion was adopted ; and the consideration , t the
on board her cargo. She will convey, besides huts, qi testier' of limited liability in partnership, which yeas on
1,500 barrels of pork, and about 3,000 bales of clothing. I the paper of the evening, was,
e
on account of the tirc
It is expected that she will go to Marseilles for the pur- occupied by the above diecussion, postponed in itil the
pose of taking on board French troops, and her main !.. next meeting. The proceedings then tor4ni.lateet.
.