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AKRIVAIi AND PBPARTUEE OF THE CRIMEA SHIPS . The lEeoinsular and Oriental Company ' s steamer Cartdia , > Captain OField , has -arrived at Southampton , from the Crimea , to which she conveyed 1160 French troops ftom -Marseilles , landing them in such good order and condition as to call forth the thanks of the admiral'In command of the ^ French squadron in Kamiesch-bay , tohdch were officially conveyed to Captain Field by Vice-Admiral Bundas . The Candia brings invalided droops of various regiments— the whole under ilie- com mand of lieutenant Streatfield , of the 44 tfe , apdin medical charge of Staff Assistant-SurgeonBeade . She also brings the following invalided
offioere : — -Captain Hume and . Lieutenant Barnston , « j £$ he 55 th Kegiroent ; Brevet-Major Thompson , 10 th HaiSWfs , ^ wounded at Inkerman ; Lieutenant Newenivam , 6 Srd iRegiment ; Assistant-Surgeon Wilson , 7 th'Hussars ; Captain Kennedy , 77 th Regiment ; Xdeutenant' ¦ Clarke , -2 Oth _ ' 3 ? uailiers ; Captain Bain ^ ford , J © 3 rd Regiment ; Lieutenants Granville and ( Greenwood , 23 rd Jfusiliers ; Brevet-Major Yates , Royal Artillery ; Captain Tryon , 7 th Fusiliers . A passenger by ! tfae Candia , who caused some amusement , was the dog formerly belonging to the iRuesian governor of Balaklava , which was taken
prisoner by the Britislvand was actually wounded in the leg during a-skirmish . He now belongs to Captain 1 * -Field , 'Ofithe Candia , and limps about the deck , making friends with every one . Thousands of people crowded \ he doeks ^ to catch a ^ sight of the wounded soldiers , and " the greatest -sympathy for ijheir condition was 'manifested . Refreshments of all kinds' were spontaneously tendered to the men , and onedBrm in Southampton ( Messrs . Cooksey ) sent a waggon 'Containing five kilderkins -of porter , with tobacco , &c , as a present to the men , but the ^ omroajadfog-officer declined'to accept it !
. The -ijteainsttlar and Oriental Company's steamer -Rajah 4 w * s -also arrived from the Block -Sea . She look ' out a . cargo of © tores for the government , and has 'brought home « , oargo of fruit and emery stone , ¦ and-a'large'number of Russian trophies , consisting of > muskets , . doggers , guns , pistols , helmets , coats , pouehea , > and swords . One of'the coats belonged to a Russian cavalry soldier , who was killed at Bala-3 cl « va 4 a the . brilliant charge of theSooich Greys . A gash in the coat ehows that the ^ Russian was killed byasword'thrustjuflt below the shoulder-blade . The colour of the coat is light blue , faeed with gold lace , and « dged with black tar . The -swords are rfiorter than ^ hose < ueed by -th e English . Some of the musket * * re longer than Brown Bese . There are heaps-df trophies taken from the Russians at Constantinople . 'It is a singular fact that nine-tenths
of those fwith gun-shot . wounds who came 'home an the Himalaya and Candia were injured between the knee ¦ and > foot , whereas the greater portion of-the Russians appear to have been shot in the tipper-part of-their'boaios . Her 'Majesty ' s seiwr steam ehip'Bt . Jean d'Aere , 600 -horse-power , © aptam the Hon . JHL Keppel , sailed from Queenstown , Dublin , on Saturday morning for * the Crimea , with " drafts from several regiments * and alaoihanring on boawi Major-General Lord Rokeby and MipecwQgnenKl Barnard , appointed to commands 4 n the / ompeditionary arnvy . The eteairter left PlymosAh at' 4 rpim . on Wpdnesday , and arrived-next day in'OoHc Harbour at 8 * p . m . ; and so sudden and -unexpectedwas her arrival , and so rapidly was the embarkation of the men' carried on , that sorao officers who . were to have sailed in her happening to be ' absenfc on a Shooting excursion were loft behind .
The ' loading of the ship Saiadin with ^ tores and wooden-tuts for the FrencB army in the East having beeiTompleted , that ship , in tow , *> f . the ^ teamer TOliam ^ l'Cormick , left Southampton on Saturday moraUag : The Saladin has on board 250 ^ complete , each . capable of sheltering 30 , men ; also 1000 barrels of , pork , 200 puncheons ^ f ^ rum , - and . other stores . The William M'Corniick , besides A 20 tons of coals , takes out 300 barrels of . pork . The total number ' of wooden barracks to . be shipped ^ from that thedelay
Southampton is 1 SO 0 . It appears , , an despatching them has not arisen at Southampton , norS Sthf iault of the contractor , but it has been caused by the . arrangements necessary for loading the shipvsome of them not having full crews , and the narrowness of the hatchways &c , rendering stowage difficult . It has also been deemed ^ ndispensable . for each ship to have her quota of the barracks entirely complete in all their . details , . and it has been difficult to arrange this , in consequence d detached portions being-received at various times
and by different trains . . The Alfred , screw steam-transport , is at Peptford , being fitted as a baking establishment for the Black Sea . It is stated that another vessel will be ntted as aJQour-mill , which , with the baking establishment , . will supply sweet new bread to the troops , in , tJae Crimea . Surely some means will also , be adopted . for supplying the troops with , fresh roasted coffee . The Royal mail steamship Avon , Captain EUi » pn , arrived at Southampton on Monday , from the Black Sea , Constantinople , Malta ,, and Gibraltar , bringing about 200 invalids and wounded soldiers and officers from the British army in the . East . Her Majesty ' s steamer Sampson , with , sick and wounded from the Black Sea , arrived at Portsmouth oh Thursday morning ,, at 11 a # m .
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SHIPPING-. SPECULATIONS . FOR THE - CRIMEA . ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ . We are indebted to tb& Globe-for a very lucid and acute summary of some rather otMous proceedings which have taken place at the JSartslon House . The speculation out of which the inquiry arose , supposing it even to be thoroughly genuine , might be dangerous to the public from "the want-of necessary knowledge displayed 'by the principal . The Gtfe * e says : — t .-We have already called atteirtion-to attempts made by some of the Autolyci of our age to do a stroke of business " in what are called Crimean speculations . 'Whether the case now under investigation-by the City authorities be one of that kind or not we shall not attempt . to determine , but leave the facts as we find them , unexplaine . " There is a person who signs himself l'"W . Wardropor , 4 , Railway-place , Fencliurch-street , ' otherwise ' W . B ., 114 , Fenchurch-street , ' otherwise ' F . B . W ,, 77 , Leadenhall-street , ' who manifests . great anxiety for the welfare of our army in the Crimea , and , it must be confessed , a respectable desire for his own . He wishes to ' establislTafreei " ma 1 rkl ! tf 6 Fth ^ lrbopTa ¥ B alalffavaV ' and " he acts in . this manner , in the Times of Christmas-day he published a lei ^ r ,. announcing that he had chartered a vessel for the Ciwfta , in which he intended , to sail himself , and offering . to . take charge of contributions for the troops at the seat of war . Mr . Aldridge , a merchant , desiring to make a shipment , betook himself to 4 , Hailwayplace , for information . At first lie found no one there .
The second time he was more successful ; but the information he received was so unbusiness-lika , indeed absurd , that lie determined to have . nothing to do with the concern . Two days afterwards Mr . Aldridge received , on behalf of his firm , a flattering invitation to send grocery for disposal in the Crimea , in charge of ' W . ' Wardroper , ' who was about l to visit the seat of war for pleasure and amusement , as well as profit '; " but Mr . Aldridge declined this delicato request . 'On the 1 st instant , "W . B . ' advertised for a storekeeper , at a salary of' 150 / ., who must have 800 / . or 400 / . immediately at command . The advertisement was answered at the suggestion of Mr . Aldridge , and the reply came from "W . Wardropor' on tlio 8 rd of January . On the same day F . W . 1 J . ' advertised capitalists that he wanted 2000 / . or 8000 / . for ' investment in a safe and very remunerative undertaking connected with the export
Of , goods to tke Crimea . ' ' F . \ V . B . ' turned out tc- bo'W . ' Wardropor , and the security Offered for the capital was - ' ft mortgage . upon the alleged ship and freight . ' This was so unsatisfactory that no ' capitalist ' would advance the money . At the same time a letter appeared in a rmorning Journal , in which W . Wardroper Applauded the press . for . patriotically keeping alivfi tho syjnpatliy far . tho auiTerujgs . and privatious of th ^ Army , , declared that ' largo quantiti « a of goods and jrrtioloa of comfort for , our deeerving troopflVbad been forwarded to him , . and 'imjplonul' uocrchanta and ananufacturora to aoad . him goods at cost price , which ha would Uiapose of at a iCair prioe and at a low commission . Mr . Aldridge , putting all tlioso thiiuja togothor ,, knowing that the said Wardropor rwaa . an invalid , knowing Also , from per / aonal oxporienco , the difficulty oltondinff . the diatoribution , of goods jut Balaklava , thought thia mw a . mmo for
iuvaatigation ; and accordingly lie made Jus flta ^ einen . accompanying it with Wordroper's documents ,, to . the , JUansiou House authorities ion Saturday . "But the skjgular : part of the cose is to ,. come . Mr . Wardroper was sent . &r ,. and appeared ux-. co « rt . . Questicoied by Alierman Wilson , he admittedtJie . p ^ iblication of the cirQulars . and advertisements- ; a dmitted that . he hadnotyet . chartered , a shipjand admitted . that . he knew nothing of shipping business ; but he insisted . that his speculation was bond Jide ; . and declared ., that in sucii quantities had goods been received that ihe should probably charter two jpr more , vessels : ; and that one ship was ' all toe same as chartered . ' He explained : that . I }«
had advertised for 3000 / ,, but avas not sure , it would be wanted ; , and that lie : had calledfor . 300 / with . a clerk , in order to jay . it out for that official ' s behoof . The . magistrate , as well as he might , seemed astounded at tJxese statements ; . and bis astonishment was not removed when , at the close of . the investigation . r a , professional , gentleman entered thecQurt on behalf of Wardroper , iinddeclared that the . speculation was not at . all . likeiy to succeed , but that the intentions of . his client were , quite bonajide . However , it is not at all surprising that Alderman Wilson instructed the police to . make a > searching -investigation . into the mystery , ; nor , under the circumstances , that Wardroper volunteered his assistance . The importance-of the
iuquiry cannot be overestimated ; for . janything like knavery in connexion with the noble exertions of . all classes to testify their sense of , the heroism of our troop * , and practically to ameliorate the hardships of war , would not only he disgusting in itself , but would damp the general . ardour . So for as the facts * 4 iave been stated , it seems impossible to arrive at any other conclusion than this , that Mr / 'Wardroper is either one of the . most selfdeluded or designing . of men . " On ja subsequent occasion , , Mr . Aldridge . said lie
had been waited jipon by a lady -who-represented herself to be tlie wife of Mr . Wardroper , and who stated that . her husband had been in atotally incapacitated and helpless . condition during the . last seven years , and that she apprehende < l he had ifallf . n into hands Srova wliich it would ibe hard ioreleasehim without damage to himself . He subsequently received a letter . from 4 he -same lady ,. in . whicli , it -was stated , after a . description , of ilie . wea 5 neasbyrWiiicli Mr . Wardrpperwas afflicted , thathe had , beeaunade the . instrument of other people ' s designs .
-A "Header of the Times" forwarded another advertisement , containing , a different address to . the others ,. but . of similar character . It w < as , aaceriaincd to have emanated from Mr . Wardroper . After . much discussion xmd surmise , Mr .. Parry , the barrister , . appeared in court on . behalf of Sir . Wardroper . . He stated . tiiat sohie error in the time specified occaeioned his . absence , iand it was finally agreed . that the inquiry should be ^ djojurned . until twelve o'clock on Saturday ( this day ) .
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31 ES 3 RS .: PRICE ANJ ) THE QJZDHAJt $ e&-OFFICiE . The writer of the City article of the Tinies hasiexposedat some lengthTiT&M ^ fTxWa ^ j ^ afh y ^ or ' indifibrenee , which is ocaloulated to mateuriallyAffect the-eeinfoijts , poasibly the lives , rof : our jatmy in 'the Crimea . The . kmg statement of the iTdmes b * summed upvcarefullyiby ttaeGlobe : — " Aapecific : instanoeof delay is stated in 4 he"money article of ike . Times , ( which is "useful as exposing -the general nature of the obstructions that Mndeivlrhe -working of our official departments . One of the greatest hardships in the Crimea iis tho cold , aggrAiraited by the w « t . Another : is the , difficulty of cookinc , from the
want of fuel and convenient . apparatus . ! Both those really grievous hardttliips jnight bemendedi by ooe eaeilypbtained and highly-portable oontrivanoe- ** a Tery . compactkindi 9 fi 0 tove , in'Wbioli is used candle amtterial . A fow px » iuids' -weight of fuel cake will 'go as fjunks , ahundredweightof coala ; the ; coat being 8 d . per pound .: Throe poundaweightwULkeepioatovo alive iforwarming ^ uBpoecb throughout ( twenty-four . hours ; six pounds twill . > enable the stove to boil one quart . of ' water or bake three loaves for every iour throughout twenty-rfour . The i oompany could furnish 400 boxofr containing 48 pounds , and BOO stoves per diem . Homarerwarmth and cookery soenred to itho ^» rmy ; more than a -week ' s cooking'of 'bread for u troop , -a lortoight ' s warmth for as many as'can gather round the atove , can be sent in . a oondlebox , / the » stovo
going out with the first box . Tho idea occurred to < the managers of the company last month , and , on « hoi 88 rd they wont with a jstove . and a fow fuel jcofepa , <« b 4 showed the apparatus to tho Secretary at ^ Wa ^ . ; lt nood not bo said that Mr . Sidmoy Herbert-was gratified . 'As little need it bo said that no question con exist as 'to I the power of the company to ftilnl its contract j quite-as little respecting the diaintertwtedncsB of the < company ior the bom ijide s iof iino ofFer . Any inoquisite ' ommgumoirts might have bean made , analogous to that whichthaM now been adopted in seeking tho assistance of the Orfcnea'Fand Committee tp carry out the . aid , and to . modiateibetweon the company and the public , as a guarantee jagahwb 1 the slightest porveraion of a patriotic offer to ¦ atl&Bh . < purpt » mB in buainoss . The high charactor of : tbo -company » ft » r benevolence as well as probity would eoouro 'it «« r « itwt
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^ o . ^ VM > F' >«^ ; < jgS ^ 8 e ^ FieId-MarsJ iairLord' R » gla % . OiCT . ]? - ) -& C ;> &c , be ?' the contm
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« My < Lord , —I have ^ received yneeas ^ ua to ^ Sr ySrourlordshi ^^ er Majesty ' s gracrouff- ^ en-SSSr * » edal npon oil the officers and soldiers of 4 e * rmr who-have been engaged m the arduousarid brilliant campaign in the Crimea . . ., . , ^ This medal-will bear on-i t -th e word ' Crimea , with an appropriate deviee—a design for which has been ^ jHstlSS ^ esty ' s desire that clasps , with the names' ** ' Alma' and 'Inkerman' inscribed upon them , shaTlHw -accorded to those" who have been in either , or botti t ) f . those 4 iard ^ ouglit battles , and that the same names ^ ShaU in . ratuTe be borne on the colours of all tne regiments -which were engaged on those bloody atid gforiiyiis days . -- * . * Y-our lordship will be pleased to convey to the army tftis ^ R oyal command , an additional proof of her Majesty ' s appreeiatMm of its noble services , and her sympathy with its valour ana-renown . , ¦ , xl- ¦> ¦ M . Hiave the -tonour to be , my l ord , your lordship s obedtent ^ mimble servant , " Newcasti ^ :. •¦^ Keld-Marslial Lord Raglan , G . C . B ., -&c ., &c , &c . ^ By order , ( Signed ) " J . B . B " . Estcoujjt , Adj . Gen : "
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 13, 1855, page 30, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2073/page/6/
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