The Express. — London, England, 1855-03-29 00:00:00

tobacco. Magnificint weather, after a bard night'. rain. The roadstead is crowd ed with vessels laden with cavalry. The fortificatioas ars still progressing, but no movement seems yet in contemplation. Let gs wait till the oonfersoces ars ow. EUPATORIA - (TIOX ♦ WPATOILIA 0? YID DAILY Wawa) Thanks to the untiring seal of the Egyptian troops, ho display as much courage in the field's aptitude handing the spade and pickaxe, the fortifications ter the security of our hitherto open town and encamp ment have made such progress that it would be im possible for the enemy, even with a force five time. ]urger than that of the garrison, to take it without the tedious process of a regular step ; and, although , pre have had neither the time nor the materials for making Eapatoria a second Sebastopol, yet it may be Indy put in a line with Kalafat. The plan of the system of fortifications followed has so much simi larity to that of Shang& and Kalafat that one cannot kelp putting some faith in the report generally circu lated, that the officers who superintended the works Dien and Bimmone—were but the tech- Meal directors for putting into execution the °weep lion of Omer Paella, with whom the idea originated. Boliman Puha, who is nearly recovered from his Dot dangerous wound, he. already assumed the com mand of the litgyßtiaa troops. &dim wu killed by a musket ball, which entered his mouth and came out at the back of his bead. His death was instan taneous. Whilst alive he was idolised by his mos, bat this feeling has been dissipated since hie death, he on wishing hie body previous to interment. a miniature picture of a lady was found suspended mond his neck, which the Sheiks maintain (whether sightly or not I cannot say) was a picture of the Then Mary, which, they add, accounts for his being killed. According to my idea it might have been meant for o Virgin Mary, but not the one the fanatic Diassulmans so much deprecate. But even if it were so, there would be nothing extraordinary in it, gis many followers of the Prophet, formerly Catholics, Garry snob things as amulets, supposing them to be 'Malicious in preserving the life of the wearers, and I scald mention an individual of high rank who wears round his neck a crucifix set in diamonds which los been hallowed by the Pope. OF TIN DAILY saws.) MALTA. Mason By letters from the camp dated March 13, 1 km that Admiral Stewart paid a visit of inspection Ili Use naval brigade. On Friday the 9th he west Ws Balaklava in the Beagle, sod returned to Kimbell an Sundry. All day Sunday, the 11th, the Swim amused themselves with throwing 13-inch shell WM our camp, and keep op a pretty constant fire. It h reported that the English cavalry are to be sent rand to Eupatoria, to join Omer Paella's army, and that I he, in conjunction with a French force to be sent from before Sebastopol, are to attack the Russians at Simpheropol, while others maintain that the attack will not be made till the arrival of the Piedmontese 0/0311 Til There m is always immense cheering on the arrival of any steamer with troops. Our men have now life and courage. although there are still oases of cholera in camp, and ocessicasally typhus, but they are rare. The naval brigade, out of 1,800, has only nine sick. They arie helping the railroad now, of which four miles are already finished. They are also building a suspension bldge in rather a novel man ner. They take three .hip€ hawsers, or large ropes, fix them firmly in the sides of a ravine they have to cross, and then fix staves of casks acme, and it is now nearly finished. Two days since Lord Raglan visited it, and laughed heartily at the contrivance, bat it also met with his hearty concurrence. Vessels and transports are crowding into this place, MS route for the Piedmontese troops that they are to bring over as the reinforcements. Yesterday two gentlemen came down from Scutari to see to the arrangements for the reception of the sick who are to come down. It is a surprise to every one that this had not been made the head quarters for the sick long since, instead of Smyrna, which is without doubt a most unhealthy place, while Malta is the most healthy in all the Mediterranean. The Firebrand came in yesterday, and the Triton leaves to-day for the Black Sea, taking Captain Lloyd, appointed to the Wasp ; his wound has not healed, but his health being good be prefers being on active service to staying here. The Firebrand has to be here some time, to repair damages—at least two alionths ; and should it not be possible to repair her here, she must go to England. We are in hourly expectation of the Great Britain, with detachments. The Emeu left two days since with the 91st Regi ment, for Athens, and will bring back the Buffs. The Calcutta ham returned, having landed the militia sbe had on board at Corfu. THE NAVVIES IN THE CRIMEA. (RON • DAILY WAWA.) The public will learn with satisfaction that the main object of the Crimean railway expedition is already. Mislaid, and that the munitions of war and the food of the soldiers are now being conveyed direct from Balaclava to the Megan. It is needless to say how vest • remission of toil to the overtaxed streostit of the troops is thus effected, sad with what increase of vigour and animation they sow Masses themselves to the legitimate prosicatMa of lb. Moises. of the siege, without the exhalation tiosseeptent es Mows wholly slim to the ordinary military nature. The Um is neerthver now laid sad worked from Balsklava to the Troia camp, at the top of the stoop Webs*, hitherto by berme ; but at the date of the last advises the stationary seem bad bogus to aspersed* animal power, which was gladly walled et for the purpose. Theatre to the agessy of the railway,we have sew begun to reciprosate the envies. the ?e.eb bed bestowed upon us is oar extremity, kw a large sweadty of but sad hospital timber bad bees ferwarded as Wisp as the 10th. Beek aid was highly appreciated by the thin, WIIS on eathualeetio is their misguide& of the syelematiesd iiggilisedim sad endures ef the series, sad ddighted bp re anbedioei lake sad segobselp tine pm vall Ibroark el time essergassts of the reps. Trio re segaities on the pineal re asset b the non remarkable, eatheauelvs. wer s pg her all aV i :;: e a . . well with *see slier et The to th en et Os Yam him he ran tine bees be renesebg the bear gra wed melees es the DieWrWherf. sod. *mem , ' bush 'Mad the herver ramble, is et the neater utility. The bre derllnese et the soiseineent foe fuel sad I N bode, hes for tim e Mr boss surer from Sikkim der elher ter Wtme the air*. had likewise en- Meer& s roger welpistdoon. with the moire sheds or seersiessen the owinesse whisk re 'rosy sere an le the ecesskar**. sail of *be liaimmira of the °para bola of the Mtn department, mime idea mai _be formed whoit I. staled *Mel barley aka* aiwity 1,11118 seeks are required by the sew then an d in ileasegamess d the vast {sanity r. Dairy, the sine whalers sire this natter , gladly eau...law the mistime Ye Naives ben the navvies, sad urn erudite, la lie power to fordleale is be readored. be Weed de seed eithe berboad lab without is all ethic thparusints al Bale= ai llf 'as& lies et which huesoder pas a great ad ire Mondry has heir to bibles It If use= Musses Waft. or see inpolle to teelleoldish bed so bag radlord it the eyesores If everthrg Ilse MO dose* sod dblowniag. The seneval ef the bee degannest at ell descriptions of wry main. sorts, as well le if forego salter bon Bela. Wen would ei mese, still bother sestribre to relieve the town; sal h is to be Impel tbel by this time the Quarteruestee4thnessi km adopted this awes, asps sially as to the Mae tithed la the am& whisk would caw the wears nom* r _orbs all doe Morro tio the tows he graiiiies. est fabrellsg bur with Si. de farther in Often ef the aredirros Wiry el Ihe Emir it nay be seerlosed that the sari Mgr" blabs dust of water, the wellonines iteirnieg to the vallwr mop bed bra set se bre to reds Ilerrild Is the rings afro ern nil ft ire greeted theirs"' esessores rail be sperft SSW new The lime We sualissed is dell spentien end sr art were is sari ef esastraseba seer the Ord dirks, is* best Nadir vire he the heribi bar Mr ri bees wed eilegerer the when oboe OW resod la or by re operation et the nib's, seeps was seerdsg on mese is ever way the reverse of Sig which prerned • very short time ego. As late es the 1/th, the date of the rest resat advises we ere now gaining from, the weather had bees theathc. ally extremely warm: sail 'assisting. ind the sures had i h r ia4:t begun to esesplaia of of -- ode whir they bed _saver . undoes/4 is eves wiles the thermometer bad wind esseiderriy r. The naturally begets okra as to lima* w hen the aka have really bogus to en ars Ilhi leSitisse ens sew eared by really parr M Wald desithirebise dell kinkier, es Idris several nibs of the Mali purr es ebbe 1140 1 sadrordmess oyinet ar tir It ts . :=l: arrival are L e e ;sisal ti lli th= dial rearm of 441 el hie ele*Noto Dm Silhalmei nail Osiih THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVEXING, MARCH 29, 1855. tags, commanding the Viper, for their able support, u well se all the officers and men. INXLIXGS FROM ME CAMP. ....p The Russian force, apparently 1,600 or 2,000 men, and the other inhabitants, are now encamped about a mile north of the town, having left a few men in the batteries; they will have great difficulty in commu nicating with Anspe, being surrounded by the Cir cassia= (who were collecting reinforcements), and should they return to the town, a small naval force caa at any time drive them out again. I enclose list of casualties among the ships. I have, &a, • (Signed) GEORGE GIFTARO, Captain. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart., Q.C.B. Ooly two Roman Catholic clergymen now remain with the army. This (the 14th) is the day when we were all to have die appeared, save Lord Raglan and his personal staff. A council of war, attended by Generals Canrobert, Boa quet, and Sir G. Brown, Omer Packs, and Admirals Lyons, Bract, and Stewart, was held at Lord Raglan's head quarters on the 11th. The Turkish general was droned in his until plain uniform—a fez, grey coat, and long boots. The Scots Fusilier Ganda have established a sort of can teen, at which articles of almoet every ascription are sold— good cheese, 9d., bacon, ditto, batter, &a., equally as cheap; and sherry at 2s. ad , port wine at 2.. 6d. Lord Palmerston is said to have excited some little indignation amongst the comosiasaviat and medical .111.1, of the army, by his remark that they did not be long ts the aristocracy or the gentry of the country. Tye oesialesedan placed on that declaration by those officers is, that Lord Palmerston thinks they are net "gentlemen, and that they do not belong to the class called " gentry." The following order has been based from head• quarters : —" In conformity with the directions of General Viscount Harding*, officers commanding regiments will prepare in the usual form lists of those entitled to wear a clop for ' Balaklaya,' and will forward them to the Adjutant-Ge neral of the army for transmission to Ragland on or before the 30th instant." OandliM MI IMMA hot Majesty's lommil , received airing theafter! it YON ibelith Mareh,ll ship 111.--ISEM : David Minh. amitt. mar, NW IN limbs Artfl'ary. diet ...... vi= v izi the eolt pmels sift mil Works se as spine.— I Dsvliii AI. Lolliklie world lig% severer Wales Ilmoodes. private. Boni ada" smatensi weal el dist& Lim el lasi sal Weemielia Isol kr OO Om at SairjelrAslO. kink IS. ISSA—llled: Wamadial Jaime lieirmil. A. 11., elightly i Jeremiah 01116 m. °Misery, Mealy. We have an account of the first " railway accident" at the Crimea. It took piste on the 10th :—" A serious wi dest occurred today on that portion of the railway which is completed from Balaklava. While tunaing in some *re( ha down a steep slope to the head of the harbour, the trucks got off the line and overturned, killing one Spanish muleteer on the spot, and so severely injuring one of the labourers that he died a few hours afterwards. Two others of the s navvies • wife also much injured, bat they are likely to do well Oar am►ulance corps have all been collected in one camp ; the waggons are put in nee ; and the gaps made its the casks are being supplied from the infantry rtgiments, to the number of 40, so as to make the corps up to its effi cient state. The mules which have died daring the winter are replaced by others, so that once more oar very smell corps of ambulance ate to be in an efficient state to take sick down, and prevent the torture the poor fellows are subject to from the necessity of riding cavalry chargers. It is in contemplation to give each ambulance orderly 6(1. a day sutra pay. Daring the day I (correspondent of the Post) took a walk tease burial plus of the three generals, Sir George Cath cart and Brigadier. Generals Goldie and Strang ways. The spot is one of deep interest; there lie the devoted soldiers la the middle of a small Kure, the sides of which are pro- tected by a breastwork. At the head of the two generals of the 4th Division are rude stones, plead in the form of a crew, while at that of the distinguished artillery officer is a nimble slab, on which ars engraved in English and Ruse the rank of the slain, and the occasion on which be was killed. Within a few yards of the above graves are those of the other officers of the 4th Division who fell at biker man. All who approseb this lest home of the brave stem impressed solemnly ; they tread lightly, and think seriously, and no mound of laughter is ever heard there. DESPATCHES FROM SIR EDMUND LYONS. (mom Lion mires TO Til " OAZITTI.") DESTRUCTION OF THE LOWER OF DJIMITEIA BY HER MAJESTY'S STEAM•VESSEL VIPER. ADMIRALTY, MAACK 211,1866. Despatches, of which the following are copies, have been received from Rear. Admiral Bir Edmund Lyon., Bart., O.CH., Commander in-Chief of her Majesty's Ship. and Vessels in the Mediterranean and Black Bea: Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, March 17,1866. Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for the infor mation of the Lords Commissioners o f Admiralty, a espy of a letter that I have reosived from Captain °dart), of her Majesty's ship Leopard, enclosing one from Lieutenant Armytsge, reporting his having destroyed in her Majesty's steam-vessel Viper, under his command, the Martino Tower and Barracks of Djimiteia, which had been recently erected for the defends of the direct communisation between Anapa, and Leitch. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 11is;ery useful service ham been performed by Lieutenant Armytage in the manner that might have been expected from an °Sow of his acknow ledged merit.—l am, &c., (Signed) EDMUND Lyose, hear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty. Her Majesty's ship Leopard, off Kertcb, March 8,1835. Sir,—The wind being off shore this moraing, I sent her Majesty's ship Viper to examine the &ghee of the Konban Lake, and also the coast aa far as the Tower of Djialiteia, and bars the honour to enclose a letter from Lieutenant Armytage, reporting his hav ing, in the latter place, destroyed the new tower, with two guns, also the barracks and other buildings. Lieutenant Annytage deserves great credit for the able manner in which he has performed this service with his small veasel.—l have, &c., (Signed) Otto. GIFFARD, Captain. Rear-Admiral Sir Edmund Lyons, Bart, 0.C.8., Her Majesty's Steam Vessel Viper, off Hertel, March 8, 1863. have the honour to report that, in obedience to your instrections, I left this anchorage at 5.30 this morning for the purpose of examining the month of the Kuban Lake. I arrived off there at nine, and observing a small force of Cossacks on the north spit opened Are and dispersed them, then examined the lake in the whale boat of this ship, but observing nothing of isonsettuence proceeded along the coast to the south eastward. I had just previously taken possession of a small vessel laden with charcoal and other goods, which I brought in with me, with three prisoners on board. I enclose you her papers, ate.. as they may be useful to his Excellency the Commander-in-Chief, and re• quest your directions in reference to the prisoners. At 1.50 p.m. I arrived off the Martello Tower, at Djimiteia, anchoring bow and stern at a distance of 500 yards from the beach, and at 2 .m. opened fire upon the fort, dispersing the few Cossacks that re mained. _ _ It is now my pleasing duty to inform you that I have effectually destroyed the fort, barracks, and granaries (having set fire to the latter), spiked sod disabled the two guns, destroying the ammunition ; and all, I am happy to say, without any casualty on board the Viper. I beg to bring under your notice the conduct of Mr. James Roche, second muter, who commanded the lauding pestles ; and Mr. John R. Moss, muter's assistant, who aided him in destroying the guns ; both having performed their duty much to my atie• faction.—l have, &c., , (Sigma) WK. ARMITAGE, Lieutenant and Commander. Captain George Gifford, H.M.S. Leopard, Senior Officer. ATTACK UPON SOUJAX. Royal Albert, off Sebastopol, March 17, 1856. Sir,—l have the honour to enclose, for the informa tion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. a letter which has been addressed to me by Captain Oiffard, stating that while making a reconnaissance near Soujak-Kali:, with her MAjesty's ship Leopard, under his command, and accompanied by her Ma *Ws ships Hightlyer, Swallow, and Viper, and also , by H.I.M. steam ship of war Fulton, he was in formed by the CircassMas in the neighbourhood that the enemy had so reduced the strength of that for tress by the removal of men and guns to Amps that they were ready to attack it by land if he would do so by sea; and that he, wishing to encourage the natives, and to embarra ss the Russians, had assented to the proposal, and moved the ships to within 1,000 yards of the south face of the fort, where he performed his part, but that, on finding the Cir cassian/ did not perform theirs, he withdrew, after having driven all the garrison out of the place, with the exception of a few gunners in the earthen batteriee, and having also dismounted several guns, and done considerable damage to the arsenal and public works ; leaving the garrison about a mile from the place, surrounded by Circassian', who were collecting reinforcements. The ships appear to have been well placed, and to have fired with great effect; and Captain Oiffard ex presses his thanks to Captain Le Bns, his able coed litter on former occasions, as well as to Captain Moore, Commander Cranford, and Lieutenant Army tage, and their rmpective officers and ships' companies, for their support. Of Captain Oiffard himself, I may perhaps be per mitted to observe that this is not the first time that his seal and gallantry have been conspicuous sines he has been ander my command. I am, &c., (Signed) ED. LYONS, Rear-Admiral and Commander-in-Chief. To the Secretary of the Admiralty, London. Her Majesty's Ship Leopard, Soujak Bay, March 13, 183.1. Sir —I have the honour to acquaint you, that from the hkormation I had repelled from the Circassian, INT:ajik, and also from the observations of le Brie, of his Imperial Majesty's statun- 1 vomeilelton, as well es my own me the Bth instant be Ileojek Bay, I was led to believe the Russians had Mat masy guns, stores, &o. away frose.ool tat, and would probably leave if a force ap if it. Wishing tolave more owed" titiaden for you, en my return to your fies,l, on theovening of the 11th instant, when the Ifighlipw jibed me, pro ceeded with the venal' reamed in a. isargin• to Sonjak Bay, where we anchored on the morning of the 12th, but a fresh gale, with heavy swell, prevented our clotting the batteries. I therolare threw some shells into the place r and the Ciremnians, who soon, appeard In, numbers, at the some time attacked the small fort at the head of the bay, apposite' the torn, drove out the werrisou, and ,horot it 8 a.m. This morning the Cheamians in formed me they had a milleient ham and would attack Soojek.Kali by land, if I wadi do so by sea, and wishing to encourage them and embarrass the enemy, I inuntdiately moved the spear= to within 1,000 yards of the Booth Face, and spoked fire on it. From this point the enemy only had bp pm tobsar oa the ships, but the light mad and demporeather made the smoke bang over and•simessi-lbses from oar fire, while our masts above wen osloadonous td them. We soon drove all the inhabitants end troops oat GI the plat" except those ju the .earths. but I was mesh disappointed to find the* the Okotedens did not advance to attack them when out of the town, as they had promised. I, therefore, moved, out sawn, as, with our small force of men, it would have been too great a risk to lend, the male, body of the garrison being close at band. The arsenal and public buildings are much injured, and several of the guns were silenced and die wonted. Oar loss, lam happy to say, has bee; small; and some injury has been dose to the masts and halls of the ships. I was much pleased with the able way in which all the ships took op theli assigned positions, and have to thank Monsteur is .Brie, of the Fulton, Captain Moore, Osaimander rentafard and Lieutenant Army- • Leopard, Higher's', Swallow, Viper, end Fulton, Flash mama. DESPATCHES FROM LORD RAGLAN.. (FROM LAST NIGHT'S SUPPLIYANT TO 21111 GAZETTE.") WAR DEPARTMENT, Maack 28. Lord Panniers has this day received two despatched and their enclosures, of which the following are copies, addressee' to his lordship by Field Marshal the Lord Raglan, 0.C.8. Before Sebastopol, March 13. My Lord,—The enemy commenced working upon the mainelon in trout of the tower of Malakoff in the night of Friday; but the nature of the work, from the thickness of the atmosphere, could not be distin guished. Great progress, however, had been perceived on Sunday, and that night • strong working party of the British troops was occupied in commencing a parallel from the advanced point of our right attack, with a view to form &junction with the corresponding parallel to be made on their side by the French, who began it on the following evening ; and much was done to forward the operation before daylight this morning, and it is hoped that the object will be com pleted to-night. The weather is generally fine in the early part of the day, but towards evening heavy sea fogs come rolling in, and wholly obscure the view of the place. The enemy have shown a battalion and some Congaed on the heights above Balaklava, and towards Kamm probably with the view to interrupt the French and English wood-cutting parties, for the con struction of gabions, in the immediate neighbourhood, but the allied detachments have not been obliged to discontinue their work. I enclose a return of casualties to the 10th instant. I have, &c., RAGLAN. The Lord Palmate, &c Before Sebastopol, March 17. My Lord,—The progress of the parallel, which I reported to your lordship in my despatch of the 13th instant (No. 205), has not been as rapid as was anti cipated, the ground being extremely rocky, and the dithculty of procuring cover consequently excessive, mud rendering it almost impossible to carry on the operation dunng the day. Both the English and the French have now, how ever, succeeded in establishing the communication between them. Her Majesty's troops have not been smiled ; bat our allies have been kept constantly in nation, and they have succeeded in driving the enemy from the rifle pits, in which they had established *massive. in their immediate front, with distio gsished gallantry and great perseverance. They, however, have sustained some loss, though not equal to that which they have inflicted upon their op pom e. As teady fire has been maintained upon the ma melqn in the occupation of the enemy, from the guns in our right attack; and the practice of both the navy and the artillery has been conspicuously good, and reflects the highest credit on those branches of her Majesty's service. Although no positive attack had been directed against our work., our approaches are carried so close to the enemy, that the casualties are greater than they have lately been, as your lordship will be concerned to remark in examining . the returns I have the honour to enclose; and it is my painful duty to announce to your lordship the death of Cap tain Craigie, of the Royal Engineers, whose seal sad devotion to the service could not be surpassed, sad who was killed on the 13th, after he bad been 19- 1 Herod from the trenches, and was on his way to the Engineer Park, by a splinter from a shell, which burst close to him. I have the honour to report the arrival of Lieut.- General Simpson, who joined my headquarters yes terday; and that of Sir John M'Neill and Colonel Tullocb, who reached &laicism& a few days before.— I have, &0., RAGLAN. The Lord hmor., &c. The foilowin are the cascades referred to in Loth .ItatiZa . anistste._ Befell ;Wears, Muth 13 1 . 38 4 .1. 11111 ,B. rwierit. Ilisl Wittily. Kush 15. 110&43ohilitiood Gib= and Idsdes AVM Ilk to 15th 'II% bilnelse.—Patiele has WII Nth Toot; prints Mar MO Fist prints Wlthot Collobsa, nth loot; t gr t* 41st Not ; Ompotol Owes Whelan, Yostuthols Thom Way, 14th foot ; photo *Mots snit. toWartot t Wm* Nwbot, 77th Not. sasses sod pantos wounded kho t fa to taw Indrullerrtrele !Meal Saddler, wah piss, mind, ; ydsersieCaCesesre. Ma Taut. deventy; pi law Ibiellyausso& Triapielleely ; Immo 0010, lith Not, deeT assa pssee sal. Ibah Malldii. Bed Aratere, mo* le nem Mt Nusit); orlosts Prier Hopis, Silk =ir is Alba isastear MI reek severely; y e t. rise Pak ; WWI= Isserarey. nit resewer& prima Isla Sell MM. servedy, Mc Pes Illiasei eers, asi het, , W; '..- &1; hos lel Bellilla Ms ilachnerlail lesictlea 11111, Mirk. - - ...k Bacireel e llp Feel, ail.elk is eetcles Ma -; Jobillesta, asrresl e ; hersDeures, illet i ' • prkeleelmarie lannere, I; Pest,nletto; , =r .46 ..411 ma ftlegil i T i t le llriek ibr eur V a l i 2=4, IF " "I. r il at drphodo yam& Carty, g , Pak Malt E l k i rasti l iedirsitersro kft—s• sless sees; Beath and Pist e WOW; Orsago, 77th 1,03 t, dniptallif. - . • NAVAL AN. I. MIL I Itiiir. We (Herald) believe that, as at present arranged, the lest, under the emennead-in.elsief of Hear-Adoirel the Be.. B. 8 Dandle, 0.8., will leave Bpithesd for the Haiti* on Metdsy Lent, April 2. AstasziTT, MAWR 28. APPOIRTIMITs.— Lissuisasts W. R. Beeman (1848) to the Impost:able, 104, flagship, at Plyrappsh, sad Y. B. Bssitheitt (1862) to ths Road'. 60, ww*w *ass ship, at 81sserases,, for oasis* fa Ohs Cliaher, 2,gaa boat. blaster F. W. Biomass (111117) for trsasport Dorsi**. Assist.-Oarpoos : C. 8. Lour (1846),111.D., to the Alban, 4. paddle...hal stssa assail, 100 lots* power, atWoolwich; C. J. Alas m the Locust, 3, paddle-wheel it... vessel, of 1001orse power, at Woolwich ; C. B. Wright to ths Hawks.. 60, wow stoma ship, at fibromas; sad 3.4. Button to the Raman. Clork4a Char,* J. R. Daffell (1860) to this Alban. ActioeClark W Ward to the Beata, 6, paddle wheel steam of 3411.1 wee power, at Woolwich. C 011mizaben the hotplate, 34, seam asszs NON 310.lisasipswer, at Stanzas. 7 . PLYMOUTH MARCH 28. ihaiiiiir, 44, Capt. T. Bailie, haa ja'at returned to th a2Mtllsem Lisbon. Then are maims reperts as to the both shi t t and Crew ; the latter, it is reported, will be .....w. ewer to • Cornwall* 89, senw, Amin at this r ta t e r tu the shipp, it is said, is to be fitted for an admirers sag to procee d Cossmatinvple. us, 8, paddle, Commander J. H. Balwyn.—The mom at this want have bees paid woos, and granted 14 Vo n t& Lteet.-Commaader Day, sad Wow, Wet.- OsematireU, gen-boats, will ge out of barboar allyilrigWasisig). and De swing foe the adjutant of thme=by Mr. Thompson, harbour-master. Both va bad IA tam of stone taken oat of the., Um. siosellOse at list pat on board having boon found tol beteg lb= lows too law is the water consistent with wish, if overtaken by bed weather in their voyage to the' Tax pATILL3IAirNss.—At thie nsoment there is not • IN& dlostive subaltern for duty at the Plymouth Division, a amemeleasetoprosedeated. The divines is about • down lismad idsutalmate short. Through having ao &miters', the dew atepealme hen at boadquartere are oblipd to perform ail the datbm PIRIBROILE GAILULSON, MARCH 27.—Tat ROYAL MONMOUTIIIIIIIZE comminesoo of the word fag of tie Militia kat of 1852 eerier dister►taeaa took place is the Moomoutbshire Maid at dosed zwasstiag Isatteslay. Ultimately, layover. thoattar t was formed, sat twain to-day the relief ►as goes into the Occkyord. Emits await • .rue information from hold quorum. The "le aa" b"^c ^ w e q u ' n t l 7 Teri =tilt iDndged, sa4 all was babt tiwd sacertaintr. EXPLORATION AND TRADE IN CENTRAL A full meeting of the Royal Geographical Society was held on the evening of the 26th inst., the Earl of Et, Lummox, K. 0., President, in the chair. Among the Fellows present were Sir R. Murchison, Lord Overstone, the Earl of Dude, Sir 0. Pollock, the Earl of Sheffield, and Sir John Rennie. _ _ Among the papers read was a despatch from Loanda re specting Dr. Liviogston's exploration of Central Africa, communicated by Consul Brand through the Foreign-office. Dr. Livingston left the Cape of Good Hope in May, 1852, for the purpose of exploring the interior of the continent, and establishing mission statism beyond Lake N'Elanii. After travelling for eight months, he reached the river Leeambye, or &albite where it bends from a southerly to an easterk so roe, bet w een 17 and 18 deg. 8. lat., and about 24 deg. B. lon. He was received by Bekeleto, the chief of this country, in the most friendly manner. He acquired a knowledge of its geography, its inhabitants, sad their language; and re mained there instructing the people in Christianity and civilisation for eight months. With the assistance of Bass ists he continued his travels up the Zambesi river and its affluent as far as 11.30 8. lat. into:the Balonda wuatry, the chief of which (named Illatianivo) is reputed to be the moat powerful in this part of Africa. The subjects of this chief treated him with kindness, but his desire to push on for the west coast p d him from visiting their master. In passing through the countries adjacent to the fronter of the Portuguese territory of Angola, he cape rienced great difficulties from the rapacity of the tribes, who now intercept the traffic passing between the coast and the interior, and are permitted to levy extortionate imposts on everything which comes within their grasp. Bat having reached the limits of Angola the Portuguese protected him from all arnoyauce , sad as sisted him to rash Loands, where he was treated with marked attention and friendship by the 'governor, the bishop, and the whole population, having thus accomplished a journey of 2,500 miles through unknown countries. In au address to the Portuguese settlers at Lomeli, Dr. Livingston maintains the opi nion that two or three years of honest commercial inter course would result in establishing a pet Stable trade with the laterite. Beeswax and other articles of commerce, with which the country abounds, are now thrown aside as useless. Ivory is abundant, and • ready sale would Screws the supply. Cattle thrive marvelously in the Boras* Valley, on the river Lumbers. At present the obstacles to commerce are, the absence of roads and the rapacity of the border tribes. About 90 men are now re quired to carry a load in Angola, which a Cape merchant would wave; in two large bullock carts, with cattle sad five HottentoV. Dr. Livingston urges on the Portngases merchants the construction of a road from Loanda to Me. tismvo's country, with the concurrence of that powerful chief, as the hest means of overcoming the difficulties of basal, as well as the extortion of the intervening tribes, and yielding a profitable revenue from moderate tolls. Dr. Livingston adverts to the remarkable fertility of the provisos of Angola. Its coffee stands high in the Leaden markets: it grows throughout the whole of the Master, sad trees once planted soutinue to bear fruit, rest vial entirely neglected. The country is particularly suitable he Otto, and the introduction of a better quality of seed ledestrahla The ground-ant, castor-oil, and other oil Neu may he obtained in any quantity, se well as sugar, indigo, dyeas drugs, &a. The baste of the country is the hope that - ie 'italicised of being able to revive the slave erne, the llsg eposulatioas of which seem to unfit nee he the Oft se ad h onourable profits of tropical &gel oaken The nature of the Portuguese popu lates she Impedes the prosperity of Aegola, for the Portu guese alay remain a ism years, and return home, although the Amato is bar Oen that of Brasil, the Mho's dales of which ountenets this evil. Bich specimens of =, Ina, sad idlest are found in the interior, but the l resources have never been explored. Labour is cheap and abundant, and no people are more apt at trade then the natives. Dr. Liviegton left Loanda with his faithful Atrium attendants, on his return into the interior, on the 20th September last. He had per fectly recovered from the effects of his extraordinary jour ney, and he is the bearer of • friendly communication and a present of • quantity of trade goods from the merchants of Loanda to his friend the chief Sekeletu. After his re turn to &heats he intends to trace the river Zambesi to its mouth, with the expectation of reaching Qaillimane, in the Portuguese territory, on the east coast, in Novem ber next. The governor of triple has given him letters to all the Portuguese authorities, and Lord Clarendon has been reqessted to cause ow of h er Mejeety's ships on that station to snake occasional inquiries for him at Qailliznans, and "sable him to proceed to the neared port to England. The merits. of Dr. Livingston were highly extolled by Sir H. lisrehissa, who referred to the numerous astronomical oh eervadcse for latitude and longitude made by Dr. Living otos, ad: verified by the Queen's astronomer at the Cape, and by ffir John Henna% He enaluded that the society would do itself an honour by conferring its gold medal upon this admirable traveller. An azteset of • letter from Admiral Mathieu to Admiral Smyth ea the survey of the Strait of Gibraltar was read. All the triaagulation and hydrographical ressaalawase of the Spanish and Morocco coasts are finished. Some 'Nudist/is ken been already obtained at the depth of 2,111 English (ethos's. It is ezpectertt a ar the .wM semplead is October next. It is Admiral 11; r etTen's lateallea to have a relief model constructed from his obsonetion. - Iteemsetlay Inca of Leichardt's expedition in Australia, sad nomnearaf the existence of Mr. B. Boyd on the Island ▪ Osaikammer, a paper, communicated by Captain P. P. King, LX., to Admiral Smyth, was read. Intelligence has nein Sydney, NJ3.W., that some hones and a mule hod been hod ea the meanie of the colony, which are sup-1 posed to IMO Modell to Lobbing's expedition. The en 6a be ken been made out, and may lead to their 'Umatilla's. It is rumoured that Mr. Benjamin Hod. who is somesn to have been massacred by natives in the Pacific, wldlin a Tome in his yacht, the Wanderer, is still alive is the Island of Gnadalcanar, in the Solomon group; sad a further search is proposed to be made for him. CONNEXIONS OF PEERS WHO VOTED AGAINST ABOLITION OF PURCHASE IN THE ARMY. Lord Ilinleglia I !All aillig. Ltd liiiise Lag Daiwa Ma. A. Dowewaw Ban. 0. Brag Boa. W. Cowper 800. Col. Twedvw H. C. away* His. CoL Lindsay er F. larisy Sir Mew Orey OnL RIM hoed liddid Lordeird. Lard Lard Lad =do Lord Pslibrestod Lad f+ Lasl Has. R. Horan Sm. W. Taal R. W. Poets= Has. 7. Paoy lion. C. P. Villiers Um. C. Fortnnt ek 0. Weed Oseeeel Peel E. norms= Ca North Mr G. C. Lewis Mr. J. Ittytet 4.14F1ai THE ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL. MR. ROEBUCK'S COMMITTEE. Yesterday Dr. Menzies, Inspector General of Hos pitals, wu recalled, and subjected to a crows:amine mu on various points elicited in his previous evidence. He said that when the day before he stated to the eommittee that he did not know hie duties," he meant that his position was such an anomalous one. When Dr. Cum- "Mg came out to the Crimea he (Dr. Menem) laboured 'leder the impression that hr to a certain extent superseded We s although Dr. Cumming told him that he did not take drop et the hospital ; and yet at the same time be gave eiders. In fee, ne looked on Dr. Clamming while he was there to be the principal medical Aker. Dr. Cumming arrived on the 4th of November, and gave directions in the hospital, being witneu's superior in the service. Bethought Dr. Cumming superseded him for the time being. Still he was of opinion that he (witness) was the really responsible person for all that went on in the hospital; but Dr. Cum ming being his senior, he gave orders u well as witneon He considered Dr. Cumming responsible from the day of his arrival for anything faulty in the state of the hoopital. His impression was that he had no right to dispute Dr Cummiag's orders, or to countenance them, he being his superior officer, bat he locked on Dr. Cumming u roman , sible for all the orders he gave. He had an impression that Dr. Cumming came out to assume the general charge of the hospital; but the general reports were all made to witness. In the strict letter of the law, he ought not, bring himself responsible, to have allowed another, to do that for which he alone was answerable. He took the whole charge of the hospital from Jape to January. and he was responsible for ice general superintend enee. He would not allow any indifferent person to give orders, but did not consider Dr. Cumming to be ad indif ferent person. It was a universal rale in the army to show a document of niperudeas where a person was to be re moved, but Dr. Cumming did not do this, and no instruc tions were given by the oommander-in-chief, nor were any specific regulations given out upon the subject. Dr. Cum ming gave orders that extras should be given to the patient. not as a commissioner, but only as witness's superior officer ; and he took upon himself a duty belonging to witness, pre • bably because it was desirable, but on no authority. He considered Dr. Cummiog's orders, as his superior officer, should be obeyed. This was his view of military medical discipline after a long experience in the army. He had no official eotnounication to the effect that Dr. Congaing was to take the superintendence of his hospital, but his impression was It was mentioned to him by a b4ll authority, whose name he did not recollect. He had heard from Dr. Hall that be should be relieved by Dr. Cumming in the superintendence of the hospital. • great objection to the situation of the dud-house was that the sick and wounded had to be carried by the rooms wham the patients were, and he, on that ground, objected to the position of the dead-house ; but he could not, as there were no buildings, select any better place, and could not remelt• bee whether the room next it bad any patients in it. He would request the committee to remember that his position was a most trying one, and that his duties were so over powering that be could not attend to everything ; but he issued proper directions to the officers, and expected them to be carried out and attended to. Although his duties were of this character he did not complain of his mullion, think log it would be of no use, es there were not sufficient officers to relieve him. If the orders he gave were not duly carried oat it was because the circumstances would not permit of it, and from there not being the necessary conveniences at the time. He had an operating theatre in the general hospital and an operating table in the barrack hospital, and he did not bear say complaints on that score; and if the Rev. Mr. Osborne stated there was no table, and that a man had to be supported without a table during an operation, he (wit ness) was not acquainted with it. There was an operating table is the barrack hospital, but not at the commencement, and latterly they got operating tables made, after the battle of BelaMave. In preparing a hospital the first thing to be done was to prepare a room for operations ; and if Mr. Osborne, who was at Scutari in November, stated there was no opera ting table, he questioned the truth of it, though the rev. gentleman might have supported a man while an °pew doe was being performed, and one of the tables might have been rieketty. Sanctions the operations wire performed Is the sight of the sick and wounded ; but there wee lie much confusion and so much to do that to attend to everything was impossible. Some allowance oast lbe wads from the immense number of wounded that arrived, though prior preparations of course were made. He received instructions to prepare a hospital et Scutari for the wounded, from the commandant, Msjor [finery, but he had not his letter on the subject. He bad, however, a letter that he addressed to the lummandaet on the 7th of August, in which be I stated the amount of accommodatipn that could bapro- vided for the sick and wounded in the hospital' at Kola.e and the general hospital at Scutari, in the case of a sadden emergency. He reported that the hospital at Koalas was calculated to coatain 2,000 men, and that it possessed all other requisites, but that it was not so eligible ea available as the - hospital proposed to be formed at Sanaa, which was well placed at the entrance of Use Bosphorus, and opposite the sea of Marmors, for the reception of the sick and wounded. In consequence of this and other recommendations con tained in that report, he was authorised to carry out its suggestions. Thought preparations were necessary to re ceive the wounded when they arrived, and that it would have been desirable to have had a partition between the operating department and the sick and wounded, so that operations might not be dons before the eyes of the invalided and disabled, and this was done latterly. There was a die peneary-room at the barrack hospital with shelves and medi sines. It was open day and night, sad be was not aware that the man who made up the prescriptions was absent at any time, or the medical officer would have reported it. There were medical stores us a large room in the barrack hospital, but they were heaped up without any order in the corridors, because, he supposed, they had not room for them elsewhere. Sheds might bare been built, but they were not, there really was so much to do. Mr. Lured—But nothing was done. It was much ado about nothing. (Laughter.) When you say there was really so much to do, does it mean the making reports end writing letters, in which you appear is have been princi pally engaged, when men were miserably dying of starva tion and want of clothes, and medical aid, as represented by the Rev. Mr. Osborne ? Witness begged to give the evidence of the rev, gentle man, on that bead, the most unqualified contradiction. He had a great deal more to do than merely writing reports. He bad to go roust' the hospitals and see that all the medi cal officers did their duty, and to attend all important operations. The Chairman—When you found all the stores piled up in the higgle-de-piggledy way described, did you take any steps to ;ale thißivejor die his duty ?. Witness—The purveyor knew - his duty, and be (witness) did his best to =eke him fulfil it. Mr. Layard—Did you reprimand, censure, or in any way punish him, or any individual who neglected to do his duty cemented with the hospital ? Witness—l sent one officer away. Mr. Layard—What was he ? Witness—A copying clerk. (Laughter.) The Russian prisoners were removed to Rohde*. They were under witness's care, but the medical offices saw them removed. If Mr. Osborne said no one took proper are of them and that they were grossly insulted, he must deity Mr. Osborne's statement. A guard was placed over them, and, as far se he understood, they had all proper supplies when they ar rived at Halals*. He sent a medical officer on with them, bat it was difficult to remember his name. There was a Mr. Krensikoff, who was a Russian prisoner himself, but he had the power of supplying them. Beds were supplied them and bedding at Halals, and they did not sleep on the bus boards to his knowled ge. He did not go and see them, for he bad other matters to attend to; end he did not send any one to see that the elate of the things was satisfactory. He could not believe Mr. Osborne's statement oa this point, and he had teem to believe they wanted nothing. It was the duty of the purveyor, es well as witness, to see that entytbiag was properly provided. When a wounded man arrived at Scutari his clothes were taken from him, be was pat to bed, and it was the duty of the medical officer to prescribe for him. Mr. Layard—lt hes been stated to the committee that the man were frequently static naked, and that in an utter Mate of audity they were left on the common boards. Witness—l never saw this, and must deseaseeAsy state ment to that e ff ect as incorrect. The purveyor clothe d them, and the orderly medical officers got the medicines from the dispensary. If they wanted tinnier arrowroot the steward pot it, and these individuals were supposed to have all these things at band. The !geed Mr. Wreford was 62. He was still at the bead of the purveying depeitmeat, bat he could not say he satisfied him in doing his duty. lie made repre sentations to the commandant sad to Dr. Smith as to Mr. Wreford not being an efficient °Son, and as to his opposing witness's authority, in December ; bat he had not bean removed. Mr. Wreford had access to all parts of the hospital, and when the sisk were sent home he had the arrentemente, and if they were sent home improperly pro vided for, the commandant and Mr. Wreford had the ar rangements, gad were responsible. He (witness) took care the invalids r koala be supplied with blankets and clothing for the move. The Choi rmaa—Then, if they were not supplied, you were "'IP° nsible ? Witner a—Yes. The duty of supplying the beds was the admiral * e. It was the duty of the orderly medical rffieer to ass that they were properly provided for, and if not, it was his dun Ito report it to whams. Tke official regulations first got to him two months before he left &staid. According to the -at regulation the purveyor was responsible to witness; but it was thought that some of these regulations were not ar,,licahle to the East. Mr. Layard—Wby they are espressly headed R.rulations 'for the Army in the Ran. He did not point out this regu lation to Mr. Wreford because he was already aware of it. Dr. Smith was acquainted with the fact that Me. Wreford defied his (Whams's) instructions, or, at any rate, did not carry nut his recommendations. In one case be suggested the appointment of a purveyor, and Me. Wreford questioned .weeitrds'criaughhtetocoinnsteuirtieedrehwimlthashtimo some la bil atof eifil hthe r A , iic ld eo: i ) s che t na h a e . n o t he turned round on him aod said, ohing to do with it. He (witness) frequently operated hims.lf in the hospitals, but generally divided the opera tion with a seeeed.cless surgeon. Was present, or nearly so, at every operation, it being the duty of every heed me dical _officer to be alweio must, an4tia iniantak; duties caked him elsewhere, but there was on duty so important as presiding at an operation and seeing it properly performed. His deputy on these occasions was first...class eieftsurgeon Carr at the general and Dr. M'Greoer at the Barrack Hospital. At first the h.apitels were short of medical mai:tune, but latterly they were well supplied. He should lay that altogether there was not a sufficiency of medical officers, but the patients did not stiffer to any considerable extent The medical officers worked night and day, and they were instantly on the spot when required. Though short of number., the few did a great deal of work. The vital powers of many of the wounded that arrived were so low, th a t they would have died under hasty operations. The head of the medical de partment at Chatham and Gibraltar were always present at important operations. Mr. Wreford applied to Messrs. Black for supplies of port wine, but he wee not aware that be gave directions to him to do so, and be did not know why that particular " house " was applied to, or what quantity was sent out from Holland. He did not know that the applieivie , a to Messrs. Black was in consequence of a scarcity of wine rent out from home. He received instructions from Mr. 8. Her bert with regard to the duties of Miss Nightingale in the ouspital, and from Dr. Smith to the effect that he was to afford her every assistance, and to point out in what way the nurse. would be useful, and to attend to any suggestions she might make. She was to receive his orders, and he was to auead to any suggestions she made as to the nurses' depart ment. Their duties were to be reciprocal ; and Miss Nightingale, when she arrived, stated to witness she was quite astonished to find the hospital in such good order She said this to him verbally, when she • d, on the 4th of November, at Scutari. In a private letter to Dr. Hail in December, be stated hew the nurses were going on, and that they were very useful in washing the faces and hands of the sick and wounded, and in washing the linen, and attending to their comforts ; but that at present their number was too small to enable them to judge of their efficiency. The hospital was then in tolerable order, cleanliness, and comfort; and Miss Nightingale observed to him, t hat she was surprised at the regularity and comfort that appeared to prevail in every ward in the general hospital. He had no fear of the strictest inquiry, and the medical men discharged their duties with the utmost seal and devivion. He called on the purveyor to make a return of the repairs required for the hospital to Ceptain Gordon, tie officer (tom mantling the engineers, shorty before the wounded arrived from Alma, and he also applied to have repair*. done to the flooring at the barrack huepnal, end Content Gordon undertook to attend to them. There were 2,000 patients in the barrack hospital in November, and the purveyors were supplied with clean linen before Miss Nightingale's arrival. According to the return, which be could not confirm, only six shirts were washed in the barrack hospital is Novem ber. It was the duty of the purveyor to purchase shirts, hut he could not say there were any purchased before Slim Nightingale arrived, but there were no reports made to tim that they were not supplied. Considerable difficulties were occasioned to him by Mr. W ars inefficiencies and deficien . . ties • but although both Mr. Ward (now died) sud — Hr. Wreford were deficient, he did not report against them. He bad been examined befure the medical commimion sent out te the Rut, sad he frequently made representations of the stabs of the hospital to the sentniandant. To Colonel Lindsay : He had not heard that some of the wounded brought down to Scutari remained is the bospi tAl fur days with the earth on their wounds which they had got in the field of battle. All the wounded effivers were sent to Scutari, where there was room enough for their ac commodation; but be had allowed some officers who bad come down sick, but not wounded, to go into Cunitantinople at their own request, instead of coming into the hospital at Scutari. When the board at Scutari decided that any offi cer might return home on sick leave, such officer was allowed to proceed home at once. To General Peel—The returns when made to him of deaths on board the sick transports were numerical sod not nominal ; but in some cases he never received any return of those deaths at all. Dr. Duebreck was next called, and he stated io reply to questions from the chairmen. that he was a deputy-In spector general of hospitals at Constantinople. He arrived there on the 16th April, and commenced his duties en the following day. He established a general hospital at Verna, whither he bad gone before the arrival of the forces there. He did not choose the hospital there ; he had it assigned to him. It was übjectionable in many respects. The windows in it were like pigeon holes, the privies were indescribably filthy, and many parts of the hospital wire covered with vermin. Beene he left 'Varna, through great exertions made at his instance, the sanitary state of the hospital wu improved, though far from twin in a satisfactory state. He remained in charge of the hospital about a month, and was then suc ceeded by Dr. Hall. The food in the hcspitsl and tho camp was good, and the bedding in the hospital was satisfactory. At first, when the regiments begin to arrive at Scutari, no purveyor's stores had presided t‘em there, end what sick there were had food and comforts from th ei commissariat. The comforts were not such as a purveyor would have sup plied. After the battle of the Aline, at which be wan pre sent, be saw r o want of medicines or surgical appliances. SO far as came under his observation. He left the camp before Sebastopol on the 13th of November, up to wleich time there were no wants among the troops that were not supplied; but there was a prospective scarcity of fuel. Green coffee wee served out in the camp, but he knew that SING asful attempts were made to toast it, but that was only done by a kind of make-shift. Ile should certainly say the use of green coffee would be most prejudicial to health. Before he left the Crimea, some medicines, espe cially opium, were consumed so rapidly as to ..use appre hensions of a scarcity. He sent to the spothecire at Scutari for a fresh supply of opium, and he got it. He believed he applied for 5011 m., and he got 30Ibe. Of lint, on t hat got t i, h kin a i t l i a c t F a r . . cr A . i t f a ll o b ' n e u t.:7 d ", He ce b e er w e bandage., and things of that kind, there was a cum uli'. Th e es present narmyth g en t slight e ste t v h e e r A su lm ffev a r , eesd a ti e Inkermann, and he saw no want of medical comforts on any of those =twins. He did not think much individual suffering was caused by the ambulance weggons we used. There was mule about thou ambulances which he approved, though he thought some of the features in the French ambulances might be advantageously engrafted upon them. To Mr. Layard—He wu only responsible for Dr. Menzies' appointment thus far. When Dr. Hall left Scutari, Dr. Menzies succeeded him, as much firm being on the spot as from any other consideration ; and, besides being on the spot, Dr. Menzies was the senior officer of his rank in the medical department of the army. He was not at Seutftri when Dr. Menzies was appointed. He (witness) preceded the arrival of the forces in Bulgaria, and before they came be, at the request of Dr. Smith (as we under stood) was engaged in inquiring into, and tutoring upon the diseases peculiar to that country, and the hest means of avoiding and treating them. I He made several suggestions calculated, if carried out, as he thought, to prevent disease smug the troop, but they were not, or only very partially, adopted. nose suggestions, however, had reference only to the stay of the army in Bul garia. One of those sugge-tions was, that from September until May the army should be clothed in woollen ; but it was not acted upon. The confusion in the hespites at Scutari was certainly not creditable to our system. At first there wee no purveyor there at all, and no sufficient hospital corps. He thought Dr. Menzies was ovesuorked, and that be was put into a position that no one man ought to have been placed in. The presence of a superior medical ufficar on any military station necessarily, by the laws of the service, superseded the medical officer in chugs and on duty ; hut then that must is merin general orders. lf, however, such superior came to the station to discharge only a specific duty hsdid not take the command of the station. A charge had been made against the medical department that there was a wont of lint, bandages, and medical comforts after the battle of bakermaan. That was a calumny He was able to state his own knowledge that an ample supply of these articles big reachod the lines early in the day of the battle. He I hod visited the hospital at Balaklava often, and he certainly sever saw it in anything like tie condition described by Mr. Stafford. Witness proceeded to enumerate several of the transport ships for the sick which be had inspected profession ally previous to their entering on that service, especially the Etrunga and the Talavere, both of which he described as being in the highest possible order. He had 400 mattresses provided for the sick in those transports, and 2,500 palliasses. It was his intention to have provided more pal liasse', but he wee unable to get a supply of hay with which to stuff them. Re had seen Dr. Lawson with his own hands spreading mattresses for tt.e sick en board the Medway. After the battle of Inkermano, the bedding on board the sick transports failed. Many of those ve.sels, however, were supplied with medicines and combats ac cording to lists drawn up by himself, and with reference to the number of sick. Ile also ordered ten dozen of port wine to be placed on board each transport, but he was laughed at ; and by the direction of Dr. Hall, his senior officer, the quantity was cut down to tour and six dozen. He mired the hospital tents regularly. Before be left, the sick is the tents were still lying on the ground is their great coats. Some of the divisions were better off than others in respect to burins, rents. Just before he left the Crimea he beard that in the Light Division the sick had got a number of beds in the hospial tents. The hospital tents were admirably adapted for the purpose in fine weather, but not in winter. The hospital marquees were excellent ; but the tect4 devoted to hospital put poses were most of them thin and old. A large proportion of the sick were accommodated in the marquees. He thought it most desirable to hove mined DIM.. for the hospitals, such as had been embodied by Miss Nightie.: we, and also trained orderlies. To Mr. Drummond—The routine services the molical officers had to perform, the accounts they bed to keep, and the great amount of writing they hod ro d do, most duties. s. roe. ly i nter f ere d with the discbarge of their mul Mr. Drummond asked witness if that bad not been the principal cause of the neglect that bad taken place in the poems' departments? Witness replied that he did not admit that any neglect bad existed. Mr. Drummond rejoined that that was another affiir, into which he would not then enter. Witness, in reply to Lord Seymour, stated that the sys tem of maintsining regimental hospitals in time of roue bad operated disadvantageoutly to the establishment of se petal army hospitals in time of war. He was under examination when the committee ad joutned until this day. NEwl derived 464,0091. i . 4 I 1 1 I 1 I rSPAPER STAMPIL—Lest year die revenue from newspaper stamps, at vat penny ants, waa 'L le. 74 - VII !limber inu,4 wes 1.11,302,179.