Star. — London, England, 1809-01-04 00:00:00

IG NCB. •••• 4.•• ' _. . • FALMOUTH, JANU.IIkYth Sailed the Prince Ernest packet for the Mediterra nean ; Snake packet, for America ; and Lord Corn «•allis packet, for Barbadoes and Jamaica. pLYMOTJTH, JANUARY 2. Came in the Telemac hus of Poole, with 3300 qu;n_ t als of salt fish, from S . t. John'sto Falmouth, retaken by . t he ENcouNTER gun.brig.' Also another vessel from Newfoundland , retaken by the LAVINIA. frigate _not arrived, name unknown. PORTSMOUTH, JANUARY s. Arrived his Majesty's ship NIOBE, with dispatches f rom Spain ; the PHEASANT from Guernsey ; M E _ Imo and COQUETTE from a cruize—Sailed his Ma- PRIMROSE on a cruize off Havre, and th e jesty's ship WOW to the Eastward.—His Majesty's brig c o upon is appointed convoy for the Downs, and ind N.W. t h e GOLDFINCH IO the Westward.--W DEAL, JANUARY 3. Sailed his Majesty's ship. ZzieosiA on a cruize off r us hi n g. His Majesty's ship TROMPEUSE has brought into the Downs foot French fishing boats, which the captured off Dieppe• • SHEERNESS, JANUARY r. .4rtired his Majesty ship ALAART, from earls a, with a convoy ; she "passed by Wango Boss, nea r Gottenburgh, the 26th ult. and experienced very bid weather on their voyage ; the last convoy, under deaf the ntowirr, was to - sail from Carlserona t h e rids, and as the wind has been fair, maybe soon e xpected, Arrived the Johanna, Awnzasow, from Gottenburgh, for Cornnna, 'with deals and iron ; the Gustaff•Wasa, EILMAN, from St; Übe's for Gotten burgh, and the Providentai, MOPANDER, from Nork open, for Lisbon, having lost a cable"and anchor.— Returned o harbour the Caledonia, CABLE having esJuvoured tp . proceed without convoy tc Gotten blugh, but the pFsvalance of easterly winds prevents her. His Majesty's ship THAMES has been paid prize money to-day she is nearly ready for sea, and will go to the NOre In akw days. We have had a very thick snow all the day, and many ships are runssing into the harbour to take, shelter from the NW wea ther. The Dou'uni, Captain Watvsote, will proceed to Gottenburgh as soon" a 1 the weather will justify her departure. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. Alum—At Sheerness, the Providontia, —, from Gotten.. burgh. At Bristol, the Waterhouse, ---' from Gottenburgh.— At Falmouth, the Sally, Blinkinsoff from Cadiz. At Liverpool, the John, Vickers ' from Nova Scotia. At Cork, the Active, Pidgeon ; London Packet, Roberts ; and the Sussex, Crosby, from London. At Alicant, the Hector, Howe, from Condon.— At Newfoundland, the Jo, Botly, from Liverpool. At Rio 'a new°, the Mentor, Bruce, for the Cape of Good Hope. . . . . A Swedish ship, of SOO tons, laden with deals, pitch, tar, and hmip, was towed on shore near Lowestoff, on the 29th ult. by some fishing boats, having been found at sea, without any person co board ; she is suppose•d to be the Maria Charlotta, Blenmar, from Gottenburgh, for Gibraltar, which was deserted by the crew near Yarmouth, on the 10th ult. The Hope, 111Tabe, from Liverpool for London, is on shorn at the back of the Isle of `Nigh:, with seven feet water in her hold. • The I.,mely Ann, --, from omeemburgh, it arrived at Gransbi; she parted from the fleet, for Leith, on the 22d ult. in a gait. The Brilliant, Donovan, from Gosport, for Plymouth, is on near Narlfoa2 C. Part of the cargo expected to be saved.. The Pegasus, Stofthrom, from Stockholm, for Bristol, is taken bya French privateer, in tbe North Sea. The Cora, Morgan, from Dahlia, for London, has been taken, waken, asd carried Into Plymouth. His ItLiiesty's ships Tigre and Lashila, from Portsmouth, are arrived at Lisboa. • The Maitland, Romsyne, from Rio Janeiro, arrived at Fal lm'uth,saded on the ISth of October, in company with the Mel va!: and 47: Jason, for London. 'I he packet sailed three clays bc-re. The Ann, Morgan, for London, was to sail on the 14th ed October. His Majesty's ship Clorinde, Capt. Briggs, now at Spithead, u appointed tienvoy for the Cape of Good Hope. 7he Cupid, Gales, from London, is on 'bore near Whitby ; ftew swig. The Woodman, Wool, from Newhaven, for Newcsatie*is lest MI tic :out of Suffolk. The Rebecca, Ninuno, from the Bahie, for London, is on sheite war Malmoe, and it is feared will be low. The Ariel, Crosby, from Nova Scads, -foe Hull, is lost on the Llanti of k tress saved. The Johns, ?Innen, front Leith, for Gottenburgh, Is lost on tie toast of Norvray—erew saved. TLe Johan .a, Storr, from Carlsham, for NIA has been cap tuasl by a Danish privatxr, recaptarest by eke Charger gun bri, and carried into Yam& near which place the Cathcrir.a, liriArn, from Caslsbaut, for f.ondon, is stranded. Thrce other are on shore near Ystadt. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY. The Lord Keith, for the ifronwengunst, captured July 15, Isn7; aadthe Decade, Ariadoe, Ranger, Pluto, Merlin, and King Ceer g e, kw t h e Matilda, May 28, t 804, will be recal led at No. 18, Clestseat's lan, on Tuesdays and Fridays. The Romney, for the Johannes, captured May 17, 1799; and tbc Wolverine and Romney, for the Swedish convoy, detained on the ist July, 1 798, will be paid on the 12th instant, at No. 22, Amadel-street, and there recalled. The Pheasant, for le Trop Tard, captured April 5, A BOB . 'WM be paid to-morrow, at Weymouth, and seclined at. No. L'2, Arun: de - street, Strand, ' for three months. The Plover, for the Die Perk, misted August 30,1807, Will eeeaUed at Mr. Greenway's, Plyasoutls, on Wednesdays and er k h ys. 16 The Albicore, for the Beerhehen and Argo, captured 7th and April,lBoB, will be paid on her arrival, and recalled at Mr. Plymouth, on Tuesdays and Fridays, for three months. Iht Orestes, for the Coneepcione * captured June 18, 18 08 , w is Paid on b oar d t hi s d ay, and will be recalled at No. 18, Cle z aer 4. l Ina, on Tuesdays and Fridays. ' His Majesty's ship MAR'S arrived in Yarmouth loads on Sunday last, from Gottenburgh; which Place sh e l e f t on t h e 29th ult. The °mow arrived at Gottetburgh th e day before, from Cariscrona, with e onsiderable damage, by running . down the Triton, "AM!, from the - Baftic for London; her convey dispersed, but 43 of them arrived off Wingo ; r ed from thence on the 28th, under convoy , of the leant and Ye su vitis. Eighteen others of the fleet ere in charge of the Saucers.; MAGNEry And FAME, and eleven or twelve others were with the EAINEST. ra Fain LORIN, of the _MAlefig taartP"e* 41 the fjrs ) n, under convoy of t h e And Y - uvius, Jzt be onthe ctlast. ini • ' ' " ,;.- THt ARMY. Yesterday the brigade of Foot Guards, under Bri gadier General CAstrazt.z., arrived at Spithead : part of their baggage, and the whole of their horses, are going down to Portsmouth by land. The whole of the expedition at Portsmouth, will, it is supposed, start from thence on Friday or Saturday. It is not improbable but that they will put in at Falmouth, and there meet - the two regiments of cavalry, with the troops from Ireland and Scotland. General SPENCER, with Dr. SOMERS, set off for Portsmouth to-morrow. Dr. Som ELM, a very able and experienced Physician, goes out at present to Spain instead of the Physician General.' The Transport Board has one member in Spain ;• and the Adjutant and Quarter-Master•General's depart ment have each an officer high in rank, at the head of their departments with the army in that country. Several British Officers were landed yesterday at Portsmouth, from Lisbon. They came over in the NIOBE frigate, Capt. Lonticc ; which also brings dis patches to Government. Captains CHAPMAN, GOLDFINCH, and FANSHAWJ, Lieutenants EJONES, EMNIET, FERS, and THOMP I &01, of the Royal Engineers (under the command of Captain CHAPMAN) are under orders to embark at Portsmouth for Spain and Portugal : they expect to sail with the troops embarking at Ramsgate. Orders are received at Portsmouth to ship medi cines and purveyors' stores for .5000 men fcr Spain. Saturday morning, 150 of the German Horse Ar tillery embarked at Porchester for Spain. Captain GRAHAM (26th Regiment) Brigade-Major to General PORTER, commanding the Brigade at Gosport, is appointed an Assistant Adjutant-General to the force under Sir Joni; MOORE, and has set off to join the army. The 73d Highland Regiment, Colonel M , Qt:.teRIE, are on their march to Portsmouth, to embark for New Seuth-Wales. Major-General NIGHTINGALE goes out with them, to command in that quarter. Lord HAWICESBURY has sent a circular letter to the Lords Lieutenants of Counties, dated the 7th ult. iA which he states, that from and after the 24th inst. one half of the non-commissioned officers and drummers allowed on the establishment of each regiment of local militia, together with the.dram-major, shall be placed on permanent pay ; and that from the aforesaid pe riod, the pay of the Adjutant should be increased to Ss. per diem, and that of the Quarter Master to ss. per diem.—The following is the allowvce for cloth ing : Serjeant-Major £4 10 0 Corporal CZ 0 0 Serjeant Drum M..jor 4 1 9 Private ........ ...... 1 19 6 HINTS •• • • • c -1 741, On the mode of conducting the Medical Duties of the British Army, and on the Constitution of a Board for the direction thereof ; with some Remarks on the comparative utility and advantages of General and Regimental Hospitals, &c. mihi nullo diicrimine agetur. (Continued from Me SrAR of Friday lust.) Having finished what was intended to be said on ! th e subject of General Hospitals, we proceed to offer i some hints on the present state of Regimental Infir- 1 maries, in doing which, we shall have occasion to advert to the stat'o i and duties of Regimental Surgeons, as' well as to those of Inspectors and Deputy Inspectors of Hospitals lately established. In the cOurse of these Remarks, we have more than once hinted, that Regimental Hospitals, on fixed sta tions, and in times of peace, would almost supersede the use of General Hospitals, both at home and abroad. We here beg that this observation may be clearly understood, as only applicable to Regimental Hospitals, on an ample scale and liberal establish ment. Within these few years, the system of Regimental Hospitals has been improved in several respects.— Many very general defects and material imperfections, nevertheless, still exist, which render Regimental Sur. geons often unable to provide that relief and accom modation for the sick of their corps which their situ ation demands, and which they are-supposed to be entitled to. The Barrack Hospitals in Great Britain are con-1 trived on an inadequate scale, and are generally defi- 1 cient in every species of room and accommodation. I Being mostly constructed for the reception of the sick of regiments in the highest state of health ; that ie. in the proportion of five sick in one hundred men, or' fifty sick in a battalion of one thousand. This, with very few exceptions, will be found to be the scale on which these hospitals are usually built in this country. It is, we believe, generally admitted, that this propor tion is smaller than the average numbers of men re quiring medical assistance and confinement, in the generality of regiments, among whom must be inclu ded, p u nished and itched men, who are kept , apart, and the most trifling sores ; and although the ordinary ratio of sick in regiments is not greater than t w o_and-a-half or three in one hundred, yet it will be found that the former proportion is most usual. But if it be even granted that the usual number is as low as four in one hundred, it must be evident, that an ad dition of one fourth to the sick list would completely ' fill all the Hospitals of the construction above stated. Now, it is not unusual for regiments to have an in crease of sick in the year, amounting in one Italf Or ~y~'~~ ~`nT . .~. -- • .•~ r and dll es of the Surgeon are peculiarly lirerent, and the relation in whi c h be-is pl a ced to the Com and Officer not at all defined. He is entrusted with the tare of the sick, and is presuMed, from the ordeal of his examination, to be equal to the charge, and, being responsible for his Department, ho should be more exempt from military controul than the Other Of f icers, as far as is consistent with military discipline. Besides the subordination in which the Regimental Surgeon is placed to his Commanding Officer, with a weighty responsibility for all medical duties, he is t present subject to the orders of the Medical Board, _and more immediately to those of the Inspector g• • neral, to whom he is obliged to send weekly and monthly returns, besides a detailed account of his medical practice. He is also subject to the orders of the District Inspectors, whose authorities, being as yffe undefined, are, in a manner, unlimited. The duties aqs sao!ladns siq OI suodas put info} 3u Lia!atte Saaao and labours of the Surgeon, therefore, are various; and the official detals of his practice exhibit themost con vincing documents of his diligence and ability.--.-He is "engaged in resisting the continual attack of disease, in progressind result of his operations on the disorders which esent themselves in the way of his duty. His professional abilities are thus brought amplyto thetest. The Commanding Officer exhibits no proof of this na. tore, at least he is not called on to adduce any criterion of his talents, which it is hoped would be unnecessary. Yet it is greatly to be regretted that Officers should be appointed to the command of Regiments without any regard to their qualifications for so important a station, of the melancholy effects of which we have abundant and daily_ instances. The Surgeon, it is presumed therefore, from what we have said, is al -1 ways equal to his duty ; while the ability of the Commanding Officer can in general be only esti. mated by conjecture. From the variety and respon• sibility of the Surgeon's duties, it does not appear that the interference of the Commanding Officer in the strict Medical parts thereof, can be either proper or useful, for which reason their relative jurisdiction and prerogative should be more accurately defined, since encroachment, on eithet side, may be productive of baneful effects. The peculiar and heavy respon sibilities imposed on the Commanding Officer for all the duties of the regiment, with little exception, render •t necessary that he should also enjoy great power and prerogative ; and this being, for the most parr, inexpli. citly defined, if not tempered with becoming zeal and prudence, will be liable to be exerted with great in jury tpwards individuals, and to none with more dele. terious consequences, than when unduly directed nwards the Surgeon in his official capacity. The Commanding Officer should not impose any unneces sary labours, nor in any manner encroach on his time, either by summoning, him onsfrivolous pretences, or otherwise ; on the contrary, every aid should be ren dered him in the execution of his duties, and in the furtherance of his views for the good of the sick. (To k continued.) , • three fourths of their ttsuai numbers, -it will follow, that, oUstkh occasions of additinnal sickness,. in an Hospital calculated for fifty, With the barracks com- , pletely occupied, twenty or thirty sick men will be left without accommodation'. For an increase of sickness, therefore, there does not appear to be a suf ficient provision in Barrack Hospitali, which would seem to have been erected throughout • the kingdom with as great mathematical exactness to the size of the barrack, and without regard to climate, as if the proportion of sick of the British army could, byofficial mandate,bereduced to a just and unvarying standard. Bsicies a general deficlmcy of space in Barrack . Hospitals, a great want of other conveniences is often complained of ; yet great pains appear to have been taken to impress on the public mind a belief, that the system and equipments ofregimental troops are in every respect as they ought to be, although it admits of no doubt that few or none of' them in the kingdom are s ) complete as could be wished. The Surgeon is coolly instructed never to croud his patients, ' evry man to have at least the space of five feet allotte4to his bed, and each man a bed to himself, but not a word is , said about the size of the Hospital, or whether its di mensions will allow of the space necessary for each patient. Besides a sufficient number of Wards, every regimental or detached Hospital should have the fol lowing rooms and offices : A' Surgery for each Corps. Washing Houses. A Serjeant's Room ditto. Cooking Houses. A Nurses' ditto ditto. Bathing House. An Hospital store-room do. Dead House. The Wards for sick should never be larger than from 30 to 36 feet long, and from 18 to 20 feetbroa The height should be at least I 2 feet. A ward of this size would afford good accommodation for twelve patients, and would be more warm and comfortable than if it were of a larger size. The Serjeant of the Hospital, as well as the or derly men, should be exempt from all military duties, and under the entire direction of the Surgeon. As it is important that the Serjeant be a man of some edu cation and respectability, an allowance should be granted to him sufficient to render the situation accep. table—his duty is always active, often disagreeable : and there are many who, on no consideration, woulci voluntarily undertake it. His pay ought to be, at least, equal to that of the Nurse. For nearly equal) reasons, the situation of Orderly-men is in most regi. ments a service of disgrace, not ordinarily of choice. Wheiva man has become unfit for any military duty,i and is otherwise useless, or unsightly, he may be very!, ; properly converted into an Orderly-man for the Hos. i pital. His pay is 4d. per day—his duty "to assisr the Nurse •by attending the sick, administering the I medicines aniitomforts, and keeping the Wards clean" ' for fifty or sixty patients. The framer of the code of ' Instructions to Regi mental Surgeons', although he has strongly incul cated many wholesome lessons of ceconomr, has omit ted, not without symptoms of design, the mention of several essential requisites for Regimental Hospitals. The duty of the Hospital cannot be performed with justice and comfort to the sick, and with satisfaction SURREY DISPENSARY.—The letter in this raper of to the Surgeon, under the exi s ti ng regu l at i ons , w i t h- Friday last, had been sent to t h e press previous to the numbers having been declared. H a d D r. TArreaa out the permanent appointment of a Co o k, a Surgery. sALL's friends been content with publishing the gross man, and a Clerk or Steward's Assistant. numbers on the poll, that letter should have closed Next to the Commanding Officer of the Regiment, all farther animadversions on the subject for ever. no Officer is of greater importance to t h e we lf are o f Unsatisfied with that, howeve r , t h ey h ave dissected the corps than the Surgeon. I n t h e h an d s o f t h ese 1 the members, and claimed a m a j or i ty o f 167 of the old two Officers, his M-tjesty places the health an d di sc i- votes. Dr. BLEceortovou reasserts that th e majority of the old votes, as far as can b e ma d e out, was clearly pline of the whole. It is essential, therefore, that with him. Custom — Zi e s s e te , rd w a as y a ch y arge oung d ni b " ; ' diffl a sit acted " a persons both of them be men of sense, humanity, and expe.' 'brokerw.M sN at sio th riH e c o u t s , rience. As their respective duties are important an d wi th d efrau din g them of sums of money, received to pay duties for responsible, they should not be fette r ed i n t h e execut i on goods shipped for Russia, which duties were not paid, and the of them by foreign interference ; and a s th e y oug h t to goods lt seized in conseq uence . Mr. Cur* attended fo r the - ti..ir, and explained the Act of Parliament provided in this be both equally interested in the health and effective- case, which made it a transportable offence, and callil forward Pugh and Mr. Pavev, . who proved givin g the derendipt ness of the Regiment, their respective labours should Mr ' , Ist. s.. for this purpose, which had not been paid. Several be unanimous , and co-operative. I tiemen from the Custom-holm proved the goods being seized for The Commanding Officer, from the infl uence o f . wan t of the duties bei ng p a id. M r . All y, as Counsel for the de. I fenuant, sad he had several objections its make tothispZe ''''' ehnet, had he d b a ili u f ld oran reserve yain the d t e w fen h c i e trial. which the favour, money, or length of service, a r ri ves at t h e l i on , b ut as M r . Gurney hid come prepar e d w i th a large volume summit of regimental rank, without b e i ng ca ll e d on ; th o fA t h e e e s m o e a t' P I, a t t . ; na . ' e , for any proofs of natural or military knowl e d ge . H e , di ate l y entere d i nto , the defendant in £4OO, and his bail a in s , c-ross 'e. may, or may not, be fit fur hi s sit uat i on . H e un - i eac .Z . man, who stated hims e lf to b e a coal - dealer at Kiddermin surre t exan but ti t n h a e ti evidence not b e i ng complete, he WAS committed on dergoes no examination or trial for th e p ur p ose o f L C ', UM char g ed with for g i ng and uttering Bank of Englan d ascertaining his professional talents, previously to his notes being entrusted with the charge of the health and MAataottovou-sTatur.—Y etterday a man of a venerable Grui.., was charged with setting fire to a discipline of, perhaps, 1000 men, besides the con house, No. 3, New Road, Sloane-street, and appearance, named troul of all the officers. The Surgeon, who, in point meat therein . Richard Vincent stated,' that burnin g one aPart • he was landlord of of real importance to the State, may be supposed less the ab )ve hous f e, th and the prisoner d. and his son his lod g e rs . La ' h rhis, boa 'ever, he refused l to do, and swore lie w e aPotairtki valuable than the Commanding Officer, is neverthe- ! ou g t h consequence ppr to giv e q e uar the ! p o m neirsptvositiinong of to his a ttehnant9) he less obliged to submit to an examination before he ' 1 1 7 3 1 ents• ii su e ch a use tnanner re at lie ga w v o e u the d leave it, and he he conducted him• believe be would carry his threat into effect Ab ery out 1S I r il "3 'O n to be permitted to assume the duties of his station, al- seulfrnint though his sphere ii subordinate to the Commandino. b the same night, the prosecutor's wife was awaked by ° d°4:ll lg knocked at his door. A considerable time elapsed before he an- Officer. This appears to b e an i ncongru i t y, and smell offal.; when she proceeded to the prisoner's rt a atra - signs of distraction as ver that he bad been in a sound sleep. H e then aros d s tu would- SEM to chew that a greater degree of conse , swered, and not until she had knocked re pe atedl y di he d t iscoveredhis back- id roorn was in fames, he appcs red us e t sh dw e isch tfi quence is attached to the duties and qualifications ot the Surgeon, than to those of the Commanding Offi ettd•d to an d tb e 6 n S fo ol r l c ci d tor h for h.tt h e Sun t by their exertion,, soon put an end to the conflagration. The' e sufficiently consternat ion , xculpate a d hintf e x hibited a° many ter, although every one knows that, in point of com- Oril all suspicion ; and he and his parative utility, a bad Commanding O ffi cer is, in man a r tt e e se iid li every respect, infinitely more injurious to the health circums t an ces o that gntle ' ng ire the and discipline of a Regiment, than the post ignorant grou f nd of theprisoner's threat. It appearing, howeYe t r gei tha m t all sta e nce of in . the room was his own, and from the ' circtim. and inexperienced Surgeon. A good Commanding his activity us putting out the dames, it could hardly be Officer saves, and greatly abridges, the labo urs o f his intenti on to conun i t so foul a crime, the 'Magistrate was the Sur n.severe in duced to dischar ge hi m w i ck a • reprimand. geo I Stienwei.u.—Yeste dray J. Hourt, labourer on the canals, pea It has been &Iliad essential to discipline that the charged with stealin g two kedge anchors in Bow Creek, from Surgeon, in common with every other Offler of the Re. te ba d k fgesor belonging to Mr. Mill s , bargeman, and was fully co • • 1. gimenf, should be alike subordinate to thtsCommand. THAMES Pot rex Orricr.—Yesterday Ch. 4.ftsphrr .8 , ing Officer, and subject to his orders, without any ex- Frenchman, was charged on suspi,:ion of havit. g robbed so:ne shi a ception having been made in regard to the peculiar in the Stream of a quantity of seatten's app At el, coppkr nadir bolts, and sheatbin g,and was committed for re-examination. 9 nature of his duties. In the ranks of the other Officers WVITICHATEL—Yesterday Seris ; A Nerd, warcdrobe.keepe r there is a certain 'and regular gradation, and the re. the Royalty Theatre, was re-exalitined, charged wi t h • at ritealan g a gip-amity of dresses belongin g to the rim - formers. ' Slati Was (W I spective Odes are more or less definnsl. The rank socank:t mi. T `1