The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-27 00:00:00

OFFIMS' WIDOWS.

It is difficult to conceive a more painful position than
that in which the relatives of officers serving in the
Crimea are placed by the sudden removal of those near
and dear to them by sickness oi, the sword. This is a
truism and something more. It is unhappily only too
true that there are now many widows and orphans of
officers who have been deprived, at one blow, in a mo-
ment of time, of all that comfort, assistance, and support
in life on which, in the ordinary course of nature, they
might have reckoned for years to come. These are
wounds which no surgeon can heal, no medicine assuage.
The surviving wife or child is in this respect beyond
hope of complete care. All we can do is to mitigate
the pangs of a separation so sudden and so tragic. We
are not now speaking of money ; the blood thus shed
is beyond price to those who best know how to value
it. What they desire is the recogpition, by some
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have been informed of her Majesty's gracious. in-
tention to bestow some mark of favour on the widows
of several distinguished officers who have fallen before
Sebastopol or met their death in consequence of wounds
received during the siege. Thus, two sets 3f apartments,
which have recently become vacant, in Hampton Court
Palace, have been assigned, the one to Mrs. Shadforth,
widow of Colonel Shadforth, who was killed at the first
unsuccessful attack on the Redan on the 18th of June ;
the other to Lady Torrens, widow of Sir Arthur Torrens,
who died at Paris a short time ago from the effect of the
wounds which he received at the battle of Inkerman.
Again, we are informed that the only appointment in
the Royal household which has been recently vacated
has been given by her Majesty to Lady Chewton,
whose husband died after receiving no less than seven
wounds at Inkerman, having conducted himself with
the utmost bravery during that eventful day. These
are appointments which speak for themselves, and will
carry the conviction of the kindliness of feeling and
honesty of purpose which dictated them to every English
heart. Let all Court appointrnentsbe similarly bestowed
and we shall hear no more of Court intrigue or Palace
j obbe ry. Times.

TOBACCO FOB THE ARMY IN THE EAST.

A public subscription having been opened in the
department of the Gironde, the amount of which
is to be laid out in tobacco to be sent to the Eng-
lish army in the East, Count de Persigny, the
French ambassador in London, has just received
the following letter from Lord Clarendon, in reply
to the announcement of that fact :

" Foreign-office, Nov. 19.

" Monsieur l'Ambassadeur—l have communicated to
her Majesty's Secretary of State for the War Depart•
ment the copy of a note which I had the honour to receive
from your Excellency, dated the 12th inst., on the sub-
ject of the subscription opened in the department of the
Gironde for the English army and navy in the East. I
have now the honour of requesting your Excellency to
express to the subscribers the sincere thanks of her Ma-
jesty's Government, and the lively satisfaction with
which it has received this public testimony of sympathy
and esteem on the part of the French people for the Eng-
lish army and navy in the East. I have the honour at
the same time to request that this money may be sent to
my department, to be transmitted to Lord Panmure,
who will take on himself to see that the intentions of
the subscribers are completely carried out.—l have the
honour, ecc., " CLARENDON."