The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-19 00:00:00

REINFORCEMENTS FROM CORFU.

CORFU, Dxc. 2.
On the news arriving here that reinforcements for the
Crimea were leaving England and France, his Excellency
Sir H. G. Ward, with Major-General Macintosh, com-
manding H.M. troops in the lonian Islands, decided upon
sending a regiment from this. A transport being in port
at the time waiting for invalids and the wives of soldiers
who had previously left this for the seat of war, they were
ordered to embark immediately. Two days afterwards the
regiment was ready, and the Major-General issued a general
order in terms highly complimentary to the officers and
men. On the regiment being ready on their parade ground
at Fort Neuf, under the command of Major Goodenough,
his Excellency Sir 11. Ward and Major-General Macin-
tosh, with their staffs, proceeded from the Palace to where
the regiment was waiting, and, after their forming square,
Sir 11. Ward addressed them as follows :
" Major Goodenough, Officers, and Men of the 34th
Regiment,—Having taken upon myself, in concurrence
with the Major-General, the responsibility of sending you
to the seat of war, I cannot see yow leave Corfu without
telling you how sincerely I sympathise in the sentiments
which General Macintosh has expressed in
_general orders
this morning, or without thanking you it the Queen's
name for the excellent spirit which you have shown upon
this occasion, and expressing to you my confidence that
the honour of England cannot be in safer keeping than in
your hands. I have seen few regiments since I came here
that can boast of a finer body of officers or better-conducted
men.

"I have done all that lies in my power to expedite your
passage, feeling, with the Major-General, that the fate of
this campaign may turn upon a few weeks, or even days.
You go to meet an enemy whose numbers and discipline it
would bo wrong to underrate; but you meet him in a most
just cause. You will have the best troops in Europe
fighting by your side ; and arriving, as you will do, in the
Crimea at the same moment with other large reinforce-
ments both from England and France, I feel satisfied that
you will reach it in time to take your part in bringing to
a glorious issue the greatest struggle in which your Queen
and your country have ever been engaged.
" Good bye ! God bless you! And if we meet again,
as I trust that we shall do, in Corfu, may I see the word
' Sebastopol' inscribed upon your colours—for that must
now bo the end of the campaign."
_

On the conclusion of the address the men and all present
gave three hearty cheers. The regiment was then ordered
to march, preceded by the beautiful brass band of H.M.
71st Highland Light Infantry, followed by the band of the
regiment. Then followed the Lord High Commissioner,
the General, and staffs, and the Major Commanding—the
regiment proceeding through the town to the place of em-
barkation.

On the band of the 71st finishing, the band of the 34th
began playing "Cheer, boys, cheer"—the men singing the
air. Such a eight was never before seen here. The men
looked remarkably well ; and they are commanded by a
very worthy officer, Major Goodenough, whose departure,
as that of the other officers of the regiment, is much re-
gretted.