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London, England, 1856-02-19 00:00:00

THE EARL OF CARDIGAN TO LIED PANSIURE.

Portman-square, Feb, 13, 1856.
My Lord,—ln consequence of the allusions which have
been made to me in the report of the commissoners of in-
quiry into matters connected with the British army in the
Crimea, I consider it my duty to express to your lordship,
as Secretary of State for War, an explanation of my con-
duct as therein auimadverted upon.
The reflections upon me are conveyed in them words :
'• When the supply began to fail the commistariat officer
referred to, who appears to have done everything in his
power to meet the difficulties of the case, proposed, as he
knew there was plenty of barley at Balaklava, that if a de-
tachment of the horses were allowed to go down daily, he
would engage to bringup enough for the rest of the brigade.
This proposition appears to have been brought specially
under the notice of Lord Cardigan by Lieut.-CA. Mayow,
assistant quartermaster general of cavalry, who states than
his lordship declined to accede te) it, as he hid previously
done when a similar prop° dtion was flaw la to Itim to send
the horses down for hay before that supply failed."
.J will now, my lord, proceed to show upotwhatevidence
it is that this statement is made with regard to my con-
duct.

I will commence by stating that the 11th of November is
the earliest date referred to in these accusations, and that I
resigned the command of the Light Cavalry Brigade, owing
to extreme bad health, on the 28th of the same month.
I beg to transmit a copy of any official resignation.
Toe fillowing is an extract from Lieut.-Colonel Mayow's
evidence, then brigade major of the Light Cavalry Bri-
gade :
" For some time after the 14th of November no hay was
supplied to the brigade, but a full ration of barley, After
some days the issue of barley fell off, in consequence, it
was understood, of the deficiency of transport. The
commissariat officer applied to Lord Cerdigar. to have the
troop horses sent down for forage. When that application
was first made the brigade was receiving full rations of
barley, and he understood from the commissariat officer
that no hay could be got at Balaklava. It dil not, there-
fore, appear to him at that time that it was expedient to
send the troop horses. When the ration of barley fell off
the application to send troop horses for forage was re-
newed by the commissariat officer, and broight by him
(Colonel Mayow) under the notice of Lord Cardigan ' • but
his lordship declined to send them, and they wore not sent
so long as the regiment remained in front."
I beg here to observe that Colonel Mayow does not state
what the exact date was of his change of opinion as to the
expediency or inexpediency of sending down the troop
horses for forage. But that I must consider is of great im-
portance, when evidence is given four months after events
have occurred, and that evidence reflects upon the conduct
of an absent commanding-officer, that dates ihould be ac-
curately adhered to ; and the necessity for this is particu-
larly demonstrated by the inaccuracy of lieut.-Colonel
Douglas's evidence as to dates. Before I state in detail that
officer's evidence, it is right I should point oat that I have
Colonel Mayow's own official reports to me no to the 20th,
21st, and 22d November ; and on the 20t1. he reports—
" The troops have a supply of barley not quite the full
amount ; there is no hay." On the 21st he reports—" The
horses got barley last night, not quite the lull quantity,
but no hay. The men had their rations." Aad on the 22d
of November—" There was as near as possible a full ration
of barley came up last night. but no hay. Tie men are well
off for rations." On Nov. 18 Col. Mayow previously made
the following report—'' The horses had hay and cornyestor-
day, but not their full allowance; by some mistake the ar-
tillery got some intended for us. I had woken to Mr.
Cruickshank, who is now gone to Balaklavi, and said he
hoped to to able to supply full rations this evening."
I send your lordship Colonel Mayow's official reports to
me, that you may see that my statement is correct ; and I
beg to point out to you that the full ration of barley was
all the cavalry horses got daily, except for ihort periods,
since they lauded in the East ; there was very little hay in
Bulgaria, and the only substitute for it, viz., chopped
straw, was supplied with great uncertainty-
Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas in his evidence states as fol-
lows, viz. :—" For about a fortnight after tie 14th of No-
vember the horses were without hay er straw, and had
only on average 2ilb. of barley per day. *
"While things were in this state, I made a representa-
tion to the officer commanding the Light Brigade, through
the brigade major, proposing that a certain number of the
horses should be sent down daily to bring tp forego from
Balaklava, where it was understood that it could be ob-
tained, but the proposal was rejected."
This statement is supported in Appendix, page 19, by a
letter dated J3alaklava, Dec. 3, 1.851, four days after I had
resigned the command of the Light Brigade, and dated
from the camp near Balaklava, and not from that on the
I.lLeigh4&o.f.lnlterman.

"Balaklava, Dec. 5, 1554.
"Sir,—l have the honour to report that the 11th line-
sav, under my command, have only received the quantity
of barley specified in the margin, from the 28ti November
to let Decenibcr, 1854 (both days inclusive) aid no hay.
" I have, dre.,
(Signed) "J. DOZIGLAS,
Lisut.-Colonel Commanding 11thlinsgarB."

I beg to state that I could have furnishei some addi-
tional information to the board, and I do so row for your
lordship's perusal, viz., a letter from Lieutenant-Celonel
Douglas, of the 28th of November, 1854, the ecning before
I resigned the command of the brigade, in wha, although
the great deficiency of forage is complainec of, not one
wcrd is said in the way of recommending that troop horses
should be sent for the forage.
I beg leave to direst your attention to tic manner in
which this evidence is given, viz.:—" For about a fort-
night after the 14th of November the horses vero without
hay or straw, and had only on an average'' pounds of
barley per day ;" whereas the commissariat roports sent to
me daily by Col. Mayow go to prove that wry near full
rations were issued on the 20th, 21st, and 22.1 of the month;
and Col. Mayow himself states iu evidence that for some
time after the 14th of November full rations of barley
were supplied.
Col uiel Shewell states flat he learned froze Colonel De
Salis, then in command of the regiment, that " towards
the end of November a representation was rmde to Lord
Cardigan, of the expediency of sending down a certain
number of horses to Balaklava to procure forge, but his
proposal was rejected."
I have already pointed out the nature of therepreaenta-
tion made to me by Col. Douglas, and in addition I have
to state that the commissariat officer of the liigade pro-
posed verbally to Colonel Mayow, for my information, on
the 24th of November, that troop horses shculd be sent
down for forage to Balaklava. This I objectsd to, upon
the grounds that the horses were totally unit to march
seven or eight miles (the distance as stated in tile report of
the commissioners) from the camp to Balaklays,.and then
return heavily laden with forage, and without a greater
loss of horses to the brigade and the service than that
which occurred by the deficiency of forage.
The cow ruissary-general never applied to me officially to
send down troop horses, nor was any repreentttion made
to Lord Raglan by that department. It may :sere be ob-
served, too, that the greater part of the corresiondence by
the deputy-assistant commissary-general, relo,',ive to the
Light Cavalry Brigade, was -addressed to the lieutenant-
general commanding the division (vide pages 41 and 49 of
the commissioners' report).

I bee to add, that no proposal was ever math to me to
send down troop horses eithor by Col. Doughs, Col. De
Salis, or any officer of the brigade ; and I woad here ask
why Col. Showell, who in his evidence named me as the
responsible person, did not, on the 18th of Nov. when the
lieutenant-general of the Cavalry Division gar a variety
of orders to the commanding officers of regiments as to the
details of the duties of the brigade, and when hi (Colonel
Showell) personally asked for and obtained leaveof absence
to go on board ship. why he did not, if the case was so
pressing, apply to the lieutenant-general for permission to
send the troop horses for forage? But this omission of
profiting by such an opportunity, on the part of Colonel
Shewell, and the fact that no other commanding officer in
the Light Brigade, when they were assembled co receive
the lieutenant-general on the 18th of Nov., made any
similar suggestion, confirms my conviction tia.t what-
ever opinions those officers may have expressid in the
month of March before the commissioners, they all con-
curred with me in opinion in the month of November,
1854, that the troop horses were unfit to perform the duty
s
of carrying the forage.
Another opportunity was afforded to the Geremedin,
officers of reeiments on the 28th of Nov., 1854 of making
any
transport representations to
forage,the when
an
orderlieutenant-generallva sent direct with regard
to
to them with regard to encampment, a copy of which is
now transmitted.
With regard to Col. Shewell'a evidence, that 'Meer states
that, " if the horses had received their full rations they
would not have Buffered so much, notwithstandin-
g their
exposure to the weather,"—whereas it is no;orious that
the mortality amongst the horses in the hew), brigade
daring the month of November, 1834, was greater than
that a the light brigade, although they we'e so much
better supplied with forage.
Reference is made by Colonel Showell " to tle deficiency
of nosebags, is consequence of which the grair was laid on
the ground and a great part of it lost." I hive to state
that every endeavour was made by me to obtain nosebags
for the brigade, without success ; so that at list I applied
to Sir E. Lyons to assist me, which was the muse of 400
nosebags being supplied to the Light Brigade, by the kind-
ness of the gallant admiral.
I received the following letter, on the sub
jtct from Sir
E. Lyons
" Her Majesty's ship Agamemnon, off Sebastopol,
Jan. 3, 1855.
" My dear Lord,—At length the nosebags are made ;
but your lordship is gone, and I think I am Going as you
would wish in sending them to your saccessorin command
of the Light Division.
" I am sorry to hear that you had boon obliged to leave
this army—obliged you certainly were ; for no man fought
against the effects of rude campaigning, as well as against
the enemy, more manfully than your lordshic----to wit, the
heat and privations on the Danube, the cold end exposure
before S ,ba.stopol, and the glorious charge before Bala-
klava.—l have, &c.,

(Signed) " EDUIIND LYONS."
And I will here state that I feel proud of the good opi-
nion of so distinguished a man as Admiral S r E. Lyons.
Colonel Doherty gives similar evidence to that of C.
Douglas before the commissioners—viz., that the horses
only had an average of two pounds and a lialf of barley
after the 12. th of November, but which statement cannot
be sustained against the evidence I have adiucod to the
contrary. Ho also states that 16 troop horses fell dead, al-
though led, marching from one encampment to the other,

Although this occurred four days after I had resigned the
command of the brigade, I cannot but think that
that number has been unintentionally exaggerated ;
but if otherwise, it only tends to prove that for any rea-
sonable number of days previous the horses could not have
been fit to go the distance, and carry the burdens I have
already alluded to.
I have now to advert to a very important point—viz.,
that on the 16th of November I suggested to the officers
commanding the regiments of the Light Brigade the ne-
cessity of their furnishing me with 'reports of the state of
their regiments with regard to their men and horses, noti-
fying all deficiencies and grievances which they might wish
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Raglan, knowing the hardships and inconveniences to
which they were all exposed, and hoping that the com-
mander-in-chief would order the brigade to be removed to
a more convenient place of encampment.
I herewith transmit to your lordship copies of the re-
ports furnished by officers commanding regiments in the
Light Brigade ; and you will no doubt be surprised to see
that scarcely any allusion is made to the state of the horses,
and no suggestion whatever made as to the advisability of
troop horses being sent for forage. Not having received
after the 16th .)f November any acknowledgment of those
reports, I addressed a letter to the assistant adjutant-gene-
ral, Lord Win. Paulet, to which I received a reply, an ex-
tract of which I now forward a copy.
" Camp near Sebastopol, Nov. 18, 1831.
"My dear Lord Cardigan,—l submitted your letter, and
those of the five commanding officers, to Lord LuCan, who
has them now in his possession, and, I think, does not in,
tend forwarding them for Lord Raglan's consideration.
" I have, &c.,
(Signed) " W. PAULET."
To prove further my constant, attention to the details of
'the brigade, I beg to transmit a, letter which I addressed
to the lieutenant-general commandity, the division on .the
16th November, 1851, relative to the state of the sick in
the hospitals of the camp (in which, after making some
slight complaints as to the details of duties of the brigade),
strongly urged that immediate mous might be adopted
for them to be sent on hoard ship. In this, I regret to
state, a long delay occurred, consequent, no doubt, upon
the unavoidable absence of the means of transport.
I have only further to add, that Lacing advantage of the
private friendship with which Lord Raglan honoured me, I
several times urged upon his lordship the benefit that would
be derived by removing the Light Cavalry Brigade to a more
convenient encampment; and the brigade was removed to
the valley near Balakiava on the 3d of four days
after I had resigned the command of it, Colonel Doherty
having been instantly on my resignation put in orders as
my successor in command of the Light Cavalry Brigade.
Having thus, my lord, given a plain statement of all which
Occurred during the last days of my command of the Light
Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea, and feeling that in conse-
quence of the report of the commissiooers a great deal of
obloquy has been heaped upon me, and my military cha-
racter has been severely and unsparingly reflected upon, I
must beg leave in a few words to state what my humble
services were whilst serving with the army of the East,
and the opinion of the commander-in-chief of the army as
to the manner in which I performed the duties which de-
volved upon me. On the 24th of June, 1854, I received
the following orders :

" Head-quarters, Varna, June 24, 1854, 11 p.m.
" The Earl of Cardigan will proceed in person early to-
morrow to Bagurdjik with two squadrons of cavalry, carry-
ing with him three days' provision and forage, take with
him from thence the whole of the Turkish cavalry stationed
there, and proceed with the least possible delay towards
Karasou in ordor to ascertain the movements of the enemy.

"Forage and provision will be sent for his party, in-
cluding the Turkish cavalry, from hence to Bagurdjik by
the direct route early to-morrow. Await his arrival and
follow his movements. "I have,
(Signed) "RAGLAN."
" Varna, 24, 1854.

" My dear Lord Cardigan,—Accounts have just been re-
ceived that the enemy have raised the siege of Silistria and
retreated behind the Danube, but as there seems to be
reason to believe that a portion—probably a largo portion
—have gone down the right bank into the Dobrudscha, Lord
Raglan is desirous that you should in person push a patrol
through Bagardjik, in the direction of Karasou, in order
to ascertain the fact. From Bagurdjik you will carry with
you the whole of the Turkish cavalry stationed there, and
the commissariat have been instructed to posh on forage
and provisions for the whole three squadrons for three or
four days to that place.. Arrived at Karasou, you will
patrol with small parties to the left towards the Danube
until you either fall in with the enomy's posts, or ascer-
tain the direction of his march, and you will sand back
reports direct to Varna by means of Turkish dragoons,
which you had better leave at Bagurdjik and drop on the
road for that purpose. Tho patrol will, of course, leave
their tents in, camp, and take nothing with them that is
not carried on their horses.
_ _

" You will observe that by this arrangement you will
have forage and provisions for six or seven days, as the
mules will be able to follow your motions at such safe dis-
tance in the rear of the troops as you may direct.
" It is unrecessary for me to remind your lordship of the
necessity of caution and circumspection in the performance
of this important duty, or to assure you of Lord Raglan's
full confidence that you will conduct it with jadgment,
intelligence, and success. " I have, &c.,
(Signed) " G. BROWN."
I received the following letter from Lord Raglan, dated
Varna, 3d July, 1854:
" My dear Lord Cardigan,—Mr. Maze delivered to me
your ic.lport of the 30th, early on the afternoon of the Ist
instant.
then been at Karaiou, and were on the point
of patroling i Rossova, where I understood yesferday,
from an indirect source, you did not find any of the enemy.
You have thus fulfiidd your mission, and are now, .[ con-
clude, on your return,
"I am very much obliged to you for the pains you have
taken to carry out my instructions. By so doing you have
ascertained for me that the Erosions have withdrawn from
this end of the Dobrudscha, and. that the country between
this and Trojan's Wall is not only clear of the enemy, but is
totally deserted by the inhabitants.
" These are important facts, which it was very desirable
I should be made acquainted with, and I hope that the
fatigue that you and the squadrons have undergone in ob-
taining the information will not prove injurious to your
health and that of the officers and mon under your orders.
"I have endeavoured, I hope successfully, to keep you
supplied with provisions and forage corn.
Yours, dtc-, .
(Signed) " RAGLAN."
In the performance of this duty the squadrons under my
command marched nearly 309 miles, bivouacking for 17
nights in the open air.
I afterwards had the Light Cavalry Brigade, the troop
of Horse Artillery, and two regiments of Heavy Dragoons,
under my command and superintendence, at a distance
from head-quarters, in Bulgaria, during the period when
the cholera, fevers, &c., were raging, and I received his
lordship's approval of my arrangements and services in a pri-
vate letter, which I transmit for your lordship's perusal.
The commander-in-chief of the army wrote the following
despatch with regard to the cavalry affair at Bulgarnack
the evening before the battle of the Alma :
EXTRACTS PROM GENERAL LORD RAGLAN'S DESPATCH,
DATED HEAD-QUARTERS, ICATCHIC A RIVER, SEPT. 23, 1854.
"The English and French armies moved out of their
firstencampment in the Crimea on the 19th, and bivouacked
fir the night on the left bankof the Bulgarnack, theformer
having previously supported the advance of a part of the
Earl of Cardigan's brigade of Light Cavalry, which had the
effect of inducing the enemy to move up a large body of
Dragoom and Cossacks, with artillery.
"Oath;, first occasion of the English encountering the
Russian force is was impossible for any troops to exhibit
more steadiness tan did this portion of her Majesty's
cavalry. It fell back
:)on its supports with the most per-
fect regularity under the .fire of the artillery, which was
quickly silenced by that of the batteries I caused to be
brought into action."

Secondly
" In the afternoon of the previous clay, Major• General
the Earl of Cardigan exhibited the utmost spirit and cool-
ness, and kept the brigade under perfect command."
Lord Raglan again wrote the fellowing despatch with re-
gard to the battle of Balaklava
:
(Extract.) " Before Sebastopol, Oct. 28, 1854.
"Major-General th© Earl of Cardigan was ordered to
move forward with the Light Brigade. This order was
obeyed in the most spirited and gallant manner. Lord Car-
digan charged with the utmost vigour, attacked a battery
which was firing upon the advancing squadrons,and having
passed beyond it engaged the Russian cavalry in its rear;
but there his troops were assailed by artillery and infantry
as well as cavalry, aßd necessarily returned after having
committed much havoo upon the enemy.
" They effected this movement without haste or confu-
sion, but the loss they have ire: stained has, I deeply lament,
been very severe in officers, mbll• and horses, only coun-
terbalanced by the brilliancy of tto attack, and the gallan-
try, order, and discipline which distiLZui!hed it." * * *
The lieutenant-gehoral of the cavalry ,division, who was
a witness to the transaction, wrote the foli,"wing report of
the charge of the Light Cavalry Brigade against the Ruts-
t aian batteries on the 25th of October, 1854 :
, (Extract.) " Balalclava, Oct. 27, .1854.
" The attack of the Light Cavalry was very brii_liant
and daring; exposed to a fire from heavy batteries on tit...9r
front and two flanks, they advanced unchecked until they
reached the batteries of the enemy, and cleared them of
their gunners, and only returned when they found them-
selves engaged with a very superior force of cavalry in the
rear. Major-General the Earl of Cardigan led this attack
in the most gallant and intrepid manner, and his lordship
too expressed himself to me as admiring in the highest de-
gree the courage and zeal of every officer, non-commis-
sioned-officer, and man who assisted."
Having made this statement I now fearlessly leave the
case in the hands of your lordship and the public, trusting
that you wilt do me the favour to give it the greatest pos-
sible publicity. I have, &c.
(Signed) CARDIGAN,
Major-General and Inspecting-General of Cavalry.

A FUGITIVE SLAVE IN LIVERPOOL.—A female slave
was brought to the port of Liverpool on Saturday night
last by the American ship Asterion, Captain Day, un-
der the following peculiar circumstances :—lt appears
that while the ship was loadino. at New. Orleans the
poor creature made her escape, ;hereupon her master
offered a reward of 500 dollars to any person who would
restore his " property." The police, as is usual in such
a ewe, made strict search throughout the city and on
board the vessels in the harbour, but she eluded their
vigilance, and found a friend in the ship's :boatswain,
who secretly conveyed her on board and kept her in his
berth during the whole of the passage, which occupied
25 days. A remarkable fact is, that with the exception
of the boatswain, who liberated her, her prey ence in
the ship was unknown to all on board, even We cap.
tain ; and when the vessel anchored in the riv,lr she
was discovered by the Custom-house officers, sear,:hing
for contraband tobacco, concealed amongst the bed-
clothes in the boatswain's berth. She was taken on
shore and placed in lodgings in Queen-street, a " fr ea "
womar. She is a Mulatto, about 20 or 23 years , of
age, appeared tidily attired, and stated she was well
treated since her departure from !! the laud of libertyrn,

Orders have been received at Portsmouth Dockyard
for the authorities to expedite with all despatch the refit.
ment of the three steam troop-ships Vulcan, Commander
Bowyear ; the Perseverance, Commander Crang ; and
the Urgent, Commander Phillips, as they may be
wanted suddenly to embark troops. for colonial service.
Her Majesty's steam-frigaie 'Dragon, 6, Captain
Stewart, C. 8., will leave Portsmouth harbour for Spit-
head to-morrow. She was tried in the steam basin
after a refit yesterday.
The Flying Fish, 6, screw-sloop, Commander Dew,
has received her boilers at Portsmouth, and is otherwise
being equippecinipidly for service.
The Blenheim, 60, screw block-ship, Captain W. H.
Hall; bent sails yesterday afternoon at Portsmouth, and
will join the fleet at Spithcad on Friday. She is ordered
to prepare for sea, and it is rumoured that she goes to
Lisbon, and will send home the St, George, sailing, 120.
The iite:tva.tender Alban, 4,- Lieut. Fisher, arrived at
Spithcad yesterday iti4ning from the eastward with
supernumeraries' and lett again in the afternoon.
The Algiers, 91, Captain Codrington, C. 8., went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday to refit.
The Falcon, 17, screw sloop, Commander Pullen, com-
pleted the adjustment of her compasses in Portsmouth
harbour yesterday.
The steam-transport Cleopatra, No. 136, will embark
this day at Portsmouth about 500 of the Lancashire and
Oxford Militia for Corfu.

The Sovereign steam-transport, No. 68, went into
Portsmouth harbour yesterday afteri•,n.
The Royal Mail Company have received orders from
the Admiralty to immediately prepare their steam-ships
Orinoco and Great Western, now lxLog at Southampton,
fur the transport service. The Thames is also to be got
ready for the purpose of conveying to Malta from Poi ts.
mouth on Saturday next 500 men and 22 officers, de-
tachments of various regiments.
The General Screw Company have received an intima-
tion that the Government might require the use of their
four large ships now lying in Southampton Docks—
viz., the Calcutta, Argo, Hydaspes, and Queen of the
for the transport service. The company are act-
ing upon the intimation, and the vessels are being pre-
pared for sea,
The screw freight-ship Gottenberg, with a cargo of
Ordnance stores from the Tower, for the use of the troops
in the East, arrived at Woolwich yesterday morning,
and after shipping 20 tons of ammunition there will sail,
without delay, for her destination.
The Dee, with boilers and steam machinery, left Wool-
wich yesterday for Portsmouth.
The steam gun-beats Forester and Fervent were yes-
terday morning taken into Woolwich basin to be rigged
and fitted for service.

The following appointments were made yesterday at
the Admiralty :—Lord E. H. Cecil, Lieutenant (flag), to
the Duke of Wellington ; Lieut. Lionel Lampert, to the
Retribution ; Lieut. W. M. Sanctuary, to the Caesar ;
Lieut. R. H. Swinton, to the Cressy ; Lieut. John B.
Barwett, to the Desperate; Lieut. T. L. Pearson, to the
Lapwing; Lieut. A. H. Welch, to the Hogue.
Lieutenants appointed to the command of gun-boats:
—Lieut. W. B. Pauli, to the Louisa ; Lieut. E. A. T.
Stubbs, to the Fervent; Lieut. A. T. Key, to the Nettle;
Lieut. W. B. Stubbs, to the Pet.; T. W. Stephens,
Mate, to the Mohawk ; E. C. 'Hawarth, navel cadet, to
the Cressy ; H. S. Kelly, Second Master, to the Victory;
T. Coates, Master's Assistant, to the Salamander ; H.
Gilpin, Paymaster, to the Nile.
Recruits joined the Royal Marine corps at Woolwich
in great numbers, in consequence of which orders ha►e
been issued to withdraw the recruiting parties from
various stations—namely, Stamford, Ipiwich, Oxford,
Bradford, and some other places. The Royal Marine
battalions now number more Lhan 16,000. The number
of invalids discharged from Woolwich per week amounts
to about 20. The Woolwich and Chatham divisions
have each 200 supernumeraries, and Portsmouth 74.
Captain Walter B. Persse, 00th Light Infantry, will
proceed from the provisional battalitth this day for Port-
mouth, in charge of a large draught of the Medical Staff
Corm under orders to embark in the Cleopatra for
Scutari.

Yesterday afternoon invalids to the number of 67,
from almost every regiment now in the Crimea, arrived
at Chatham, having• disembarked from the Thames
steam-transport at Portsmouth. They left the hospital
at Balaklava on the 26th of January last, and sailed the
following day, in charge of Lieutenant William Daunt,
of the 9th Regiment. Captain H. Foster, 95th Regi-
ment, and Lieutenant H. J. De Carteret, 79th High-
landerg, also arrived with the detachment, having been
invalided home. .).lost of the invalids who arrived had
received their wounds at the attack on the Redan.

Dr. Andrew Smith, the Director-General of the
Medical Department of the Army, paid a visit of inspec-
tion to the hospitals at Chatham yesterday. After hav-
ing minutely inspected the Garrison and Brampton
Hospitals; which were considered by Dr. Smith to be,
as to their general cleanliness, all he could desire, he
drove to the General Hospital, Fort Pitt. After passing
through the various wards, which were scrupulously
clean, Dr. Smith inspected the new building now erecting
for the insane soldiers, and before leaving expressed his
entire satisfaction with the whole of the arrangements
under Dr. Dartnell, the principal medical officer.