The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-29 00:00:00

VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO CHATRAM

Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert
and suite arrived in town from Windsor, by the South.
Western Railway, and afterwards proceeded from the
Vauxhall Station to the Bricklayers' Arms Station of
the North Kent Railway, when, having entered the
royal carriage, a special train started at two minutes past
eleven from the Strood terminus.

At the Strood Station the staff of the garrison, Colanels
Eden, Sandarn, Savage, Phillips, &c., and Captain Wy-
veil, Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, awaited the
arrival of her Majesty, who on quitting the carriage was
received on the platform by General Wetherell, who
having introduced Colonel Henry Eden, Commandant of
the Garrison, and Geo. Russell Dartnell, Deputy Inspec
tor-General of Hospitals, the Queen, taking the arm of
Prince Albert, left the station, where a guard of honour,
in charge of Captain Stewart, R.M., received her ivla-
jesty, the Marine band playing the national air during
her Majesty's entering one of the royal carriages, which
immediately proceeded, attended by Major C. S. E. Gor-
don, 76th Regiment, and Captain Fitzroy Somerset,
Adjutant Royal Engineers, acting as equerries, in the
direction of Fort Pitt. Upon the carriages approaching
Fort Pitt a royal salute burst forth from the Spur bat-
tery, and her Majesty, received by a guard of honour of
the 91st, commanded by Ensign Perkins, crossed the
drawbridge into the fort. The front entrance of the
hospital being reached, her Majesty, assisted by Prince
Albert, alighted under the corridor, and, taking his
Royal Highness's arm, was received by General
Wetherell, Colonel Eden, and Mr. Dartnell, sur-
rounded by the entire staff of the establishment. The
two first-class surgeons, Robert Battersby and William
Parry, being brought to the Queen's notice, the latter
gentleman, the skilful operator of the establishment,
joined Mr. Dartnell in explaining every serious case to
her Majesty.
Among the men whose cases were brought to her
Majesty's attention were Andrew Crombie, of the 424
Regiment, who had been in six engagements in the
Crimea—Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Quarries, Redan,
and Kertch. This man received a wound between his
eyes, and in the advanced trenches a ball passed through
his arm, fracturing it. Dennis Brotherick, 55th Regi-
i aunt, was knocked down at Alma by a piece of shell
striking his hand and breaking his gun ; on recovering
his senses he got up, overtook his regiment, and fought
throughout the day. After escaping many dangers, he
was at last wounded, at twelve o'clock on 25th July, in
the trenches, a shell bursting, and fracturing his arm.
Her Majesty looked at every man's card as she passed
along, addressing consolatory words to the sufferer.
Another of the cases pointed out to her Majesty was
that of Richard Hagan, 21st Regiment. When in the
trenches a shell fell amongst several men, killing some,
wounding others, and it burst so close to Hagan that
part of the fuse protruded from one eye while the other
was completely destroyed by powder. A stone also
struck him at the same time, injuring his breast and leg.
w ceoHer Majesty, on leaving Fort Pitt, proceeded to the
Br ocepton barracks,
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of First-class Surgeon Henry C. Reade. This gentle.
man, being brought under the Queen's notice, followed
Mr. Dartnell, explaining the cases under his charge. Her
Majesty addressed most of the men.
Of the many cases brought to her attention at Brampton
may be named John Tong, 4th Regiment, whose leg was
broken by a shell, and afterwards taken off in regi-
mental hospital in the Crimea. A piece of bone was
taken away as late as the 22d Nov. Francis O'Brien,
4th Regiment, after escaping in several sorties, on the
24th July received a ball in his forehead, where it re-
mained for some weeks, and ultimately obtained a way-
of-egress through the eye, from which it was skilfully
this Russian relic,
extracted. O'Brien valves
through which will
form his pocket companion
for the. •
Her Majesty left the hospital train under a
pa
h lf: st two o clock
royal salute about -a..• having inspected
600 Crimean men. Her Majesty appeared pleased with
all she saw. The hospitals were in excellent order.

The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury have arrived at
their mansion in Grosvenor-square, from St. Giles'o,
Devonshire.