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London, England, 1854-10-28 00:00:00

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DEATH OF SIR WILLIAM YOUNG, AT

ALMA.

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One or two different accounts of the death of
Sir William Young, Bart., of the 23d Fusiliers,
having appeared, we helinsford Chronicle) publish
the following extract from a letter received by a
relative, and written by one who was at the battle
of Alma. The writer of the letter alluded to, speak-
ing of Sir William, says :
"Thank God he died most nobly, while trying to
rally his men in front of a Russian battery. The 23d
were awfully cut up, having eight officers killed and five
wounded, in the space of about five minutes. The Rus-
sians were in a very strong position upon the hills above
the Alma, where they had one hundred guns entrenched,
and our guns could not reach them. The light divi-
sion went up, and succeeded in driving back the troops
opposed to them, especially the 23d, who behaved most
pliantly. After they had driven back their adversaries,
a large column of the Imperial Guard came down
on their right flank, whom they mistook for the French.
It was a fatal error, for when the 23d ceased firing
the Russians poured in such a terrible fire that the men
turned and retreated. The officers sprang to the front,
to bring them on once more, and were instantly shot
down. The colonel (Chester), two captains, and five
subalterns (among them poor William) were killed on
the spot. I saw to-day, who brought me William's
shoulder• belt, sash, &c. ; his sword was smashed to
pieces by the shot, and he told me that William was the
first who fell. When I saw him he was hit in five places
—one bullet in his mouth, a second in his neck, and a
third in his right breast, a fourth was through the left
hand, and the fifth through the left leg, below the knee.
When the regiment retreated, he spoke to Captain
Bell, and said, 'lt is all up with me ;' and when
they came up again a minute afterwards he was perfectly
dead. It is a comfort to know that he did not suffer any
pain. We came up at the end to fire upon the retiring
Russians, and I am comforted at the idea that we were
playing on these same guards who had done the mischief.
I found there when we advanced up the ravines lying
pretty thick there. We buried to-day the nine officers of
the 23d in one grave ; the chaplain of the light division
real the service over the grave, and it was a great consola-
tion to be able to hear the words of St. Paul, 'Not to sorrow
as men without hope ;'and again, 'to trust in a sure and
certain hope of a joyful resurrection.' Nevertheless, when
standing by the grave, I could not but wish to God that he
had taken me instead of William ; still not my will but
Thine be done I put his cloak over him,
which some of the others had not, and at any rate he
died a true soldier's death and met a fitting grave. If
it be God's will that I should survive this turn, I trust
to live to erect a stone over their common grave some
day. I cut off two locks of hair from my brother before
he was buried—one for myself and one for some of you ;
but no more tears until I mark on those same Imperial
guards, which I trust to do before this reaches you. I
have got his pistol as he loaded it, and that is not fired
until we storm Sebastopol. To-day for revenge—to-
morrow fur mourning."

CRYSTAL PALACE.-(THIS DA Y.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)

MILITARY FETE.
ONE O'CLOCK r.m.—The building is quite full.