| Show THE BT ACK sea BEA FLEET from the Millen mai Wal star i ports ponts portsmouth mth fth april 1855 ISM 3 dint F D RICHARDS dear brothen having been england from the scenes ot of blood mood and carnage in vi which wu we have been for some borne time engaged I 1 tet fet reel feel I it a duty as president c of I 1 the floding Fl dram bram U or of the malta conference to give you ad as faithful an account ol 01 u the same bame as I 1 possibly can we left the crimea on the dec 1851 previous to which I 1 wrote to each eai h of the bretan a n 0 of my branch co them to keep up a correspond ene eue with the brt brethren thren at malta andt and if any of them thim should leave for england or malta to loc loz no time in reporting themselves and uniting unit ng with whatever branch of the church they should come coine to and to give a faithful account of them belv a to the president and in the meantime to lire much i la in alth falth and the spirit of prayer and to bear biar in mind that they tary are of the people over whom the lord is ever watch ratch tt fita and aud to rem emit r that the prize is 3 at the end of the race tace and so they amt mn t bear up under pres dres nt tr al the ship to which I 1 11 h iou lou ion lung got gut to constantinople on the and 2nd january while at that place I 1 learned that the brit I 1 auina autna and anti Tra fils ir r atre w re also aiso ordered to england those of my bran bzan h b iorg ong to those ships viz deacon L K ke members culver and atice ti ice I 1 doti doii t know whether these received my last caters or not as neither of min urn them have written to me since ginie I 1 wrote to them and anti I 1 therefore know but little of ihrer present i eachers corpora corporal pid Pia wialliam iliam lliam and sergeant allier Hl iii ller lier of the royal marines mari Marl nes neg ar i ft on the crimea with the army brother I 1 can recommend nd as a good and faithful 11 brother bro and as a person pirson I 1 think likely to be of mith minch winch in te tie church clinn h I 1 hate have sways found him ral rai hui hul and ready to respond to evi earv rr ami I 1 pray he be nicy oe e spared w it our uther uthen fredir iii iti ii to fro vii hine to Z zon zun on VI left constan illie icile ii lle lie ile ie on the january and got to 31 ilta on the nh wb rp res on going goins on shore I 1 found only li irolli others rs burridge and a I 1 sim six nt two nights and one day on shore wih with nid cid r bun ag rage me during which I 1 felt much of the good spirit nf of ald aad and I 1 sound found thattie that the h b nd ind of the lord was aall still w A h mi me I 1 am happy to say sav that brother burridge gut a passage with us 0 io o luald EUald nd during which time I 1 have done my best to make him as ai as circumstances would ailet when he ciali cami on board hi tie was recognized by bv brot broter r thomas of the llie regiment who had hadi unknown to mp me been on board from itola the time we left Constantino constantinople pil he h having bown town wounded in his itt ift hind bind and lost left areti fl finger fingers nger As I 1 far jar at as its practicable we have hive met and conversed red together but our situation on board Is euch such that we hold hoid hoid hold meeting meetings as we could wish 1 i t from the time I 1 I 1 tas tal june 18 1 have not be been enable able abie to meet my branch even once tnt bat I 1 feel eel that I 1 have done my pest best and ad am very thankful to the lord loni for or Us big goo goodness sio to rne moe toe during duning every trying scene I 1 have had to pass through the present state of the branch Is as follows elder eider der dawned dawnes president Ident buiringe Bur rInge going to liverpool teacher at the crimea hillier do member culver on passage in trafalgar trice do do thomas left for chatham to be discharged deacon locke arrived at portsmouth in the britannia all othir other particulars I 1 have from time to time commini catald through chroup h brother 1101 bill we have bad a very ing ang 1 ing passage home not having arrived here till the ard 3rd april I 1 was in hopes of 0 having a good time with the saints but I 1 I 1 find I 1 have only fourteen days leave with love and respect I 1 remain dear brother 3 tours yours in the everlasting covenant cotenant ALEXANDER aleyander alei ALEX dowses DOWNES |
