The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-21 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ADMISSION OF OFFICERS INTO THE ROYAL
NAVY FROM THE MERCANTILE MARINE.

Tha fu.lowing notice has been forwarded to the
pneeipal esteems's, sad great steam racket companies
Irma Ma Board of Admiralty :

" Admiralty, March 14,1855.
" Tice Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, belies de-
sirens to entourage gentlemen from the merchant serene to
eater the Royal Navy in the rank of second muter, see
pleued to invite each officers u can comply with the re-
glutamate of the Queen's regulations (copy of which is
subjoined) to offer themselves for such appointments.
* The Admiralty are also pleased to invite officers who
may not be able fully to comply with these requirements, to
offer themselves for the appointment of Acting Second
Master, provided they shall have completed four /irate'
MOTU see,. at have filled some of the ratings required the
Qom's regulations before mentioned, shall have comp Med
the fell age of eighteen years, and shall produce eatistotorq
proof of diligence, sobriety, end good conduct. The Basra
of Admiralty are willing to guarantee to them oa their
assepleting the necessary period of service in the royal
navy, widen their conforming in all respects to the require-
seats at such time misting, their confirmation to the rank
of mead master in her Majesty's service, with all the
farther advantages to be derived from suet rank, both us
regards half-pay and the prospect of future advancement to
the rank of muter, ito.
" Officers making application must state distinctly their
age, the ship, in which they have served, length of service,
ratings, fie., addressing such application to The Secretary
of the Admiralty,' when their claims will receive imme-
diate attentame.
Serest from the new regulations respecting second mu-
tes is the navy, 1844 --" To qualify an officer to receive a
oommiesina as second master, he must have served at lust
tzars at sea, three of which in her Majesty's navy as
puma or 111161101 assistant ; or bevies served eta
rue at sea, shall kayo actually hue one year or mere
allOgir, or two' years Miff mate, or three years interim
mate of a merchant USW; or shall byes served in the two
armee capacities is anineekeet vessel for • period, vim
'milked, of eighteen mills; Of in the two latter, or is
the three capacities for • gals% eosabined of two yews and
a ball. He shall prodsormilliests of diligence, sobriety,
sad good *induct, as weldeed k the cam of masters;
sad shall pas skit lIMMINIks is the Admiralty may
from time to time OM: ha se sondidate shall be *re-
mised before be shall limo anima the age of 19 years, 'vs
after the age of 35."

The 98th Regiment is on its passage from India, on
beard the slaps fintlej, Maidstone, Prince of Wale's and
Blaskens, and may bin expected to arrive early fa him
TM 26th Regiment of Foot is on its passage boss fain

ALEXANDRIA, MARCH 10.—The 10th HUMUS are
sew, with the isemptioa of 70 men, in Edypt, awaiting far.
that cwden to mend to the Crimes. They have been comp '
Ilenably lowed at Cairo.
Captain Mountain's company, 13th battalion Royal
Artillery, arrived is the garribon at Woolwich at six p.m.
am Koaday with a else-pounder field battery and hones,
bavlaa marched from Chatham& to Woolwich in one day.
Th• Crams, steam transport, 191, Captain Hall,
was of the Lizard on Sunday at 12, noon, from Ports-
mouth foe Malts, and took her departure with a Sae
loose at N. W.
The British fleet at the present moment in 0001-
Milli= COMMA 271 ships of all classes and One, from the
Daze of Wellington, 131, screw three-iteeker, to the port
admiral's cotter. Our ships mount 6,370 gnus, sad an
taloned with about 62,000 officer*, scones, boys, and
marines. It I. estioatod that we require at least 4,000 petty
allows sod seamen to complete the crews of our ships at
promo fitting out at the ports.

AIIRTILALIA AND TUE PARIS EXIIIBITION.—The
missies of Kalil and New Booth Wales will be well
represented in the Paris Exhibition, a very large and valu-
able collection of gold and mineral specimens, &0., hitless
Mum forwarded on board the Argo by the colonial sutheri-
tin. Commissioners have come over to Europe Is charge
adieus enatributlons, the special commissioner for Victoria
=Edward Bell, Esq. gold specimens from Victoria
fa the aggregate nearly 3.000 ounce., and among
Omen nuggets of remarkable site and purity. They are
sestsiesil in an immesse ease, about twelve felt Kura,
made of the moat beautiful specimens of wood toned is the
okay, end which cost 6001. There are also speciosas of
mirlsne Wads of wood, wool, grain, anixte:ti Bto- "mar
the latter is theiereat tiger shark, nine feet long, caught in
*shay of Pert Phillip. The eoniribaicos from New Beath
Wales sampriess epeeimisso of goli and minerals from every
Maio% the oolooy, collected from diff-rent strata, from
es Singliss b&the bed rook. Thin 'Tetouan' kin' bees
411111011 with Magian by the government commissioner&

THE ARMY BEFORE

MIL ROEBIICE'S COMMITTEE.
Thelnday, the twelfth dsy of this *Oily, wee
Mwith ~tic ersialaillies of tic lad of the ars;
aid, Da •ednw 1100, who was subjesed to a
poolemeed onseithellos by Elm mete of the inteme-
made' el the les member Ming, la lath sheet speedos
seas thea gessfiem
Dr. theta armed that be bad bed 30 pen' ezporiense
as ea anty moms% mid latee
honied% mg Mboi
&earthed the velem mewl mailed depsetment d
the Mastally. -The 11th pan of his maims was
OM to die gmedee of the Crimples eivm. He
mil the lionigals of the army wen semis ends
hie The member of mimeos as hell pry
WWI them IS fell•pay. They won imam who
bud
lined fa the Peahosele. He had the paint saner-
mei of the bespeak and the direeden of the moral
weasel Asses tithe .He doodad the systems par-
Memmiesgspgli.bb in the preen hospitals.
Thine was a perpetual metliet going on between wiser
ma the SeastorstoWer ea the subject of the
authority to be exeMsed over tee ranter. With nepost
to promotions is the ermy idled depsithisat ho was sir
jest to the mthedig of as Oommief. On the
10th Ti. lass year Ile rembed the but essatenieatios to
sake the aormearl separating le maids all media
se cesedes he the drat nodose( die limy of obeervidiew to
the Bast, swift at 10,000 mis teat eat to Malts. P.
Wasps hewed is miler Mae method agertmeat kr aB
shames imeised, sad by the Elai Telmory the mans
SUM were reedy to sail. The meilkdase were
yeattApetlamise Hall aad Messes. Savory aattilkiglilif
trier. The stead* beds, sad teasel forsitere, wen
all famished me requisition by the Booed of °Means. He
remind no bill of ladle( or anise fees the shipping
authorities of the Oedemas at this Tower. The Com-
ounder-ia-Ctilei .apAisid to the Ofeneweet the °M-
asses to the Adaslty, and the Adsisselp supplied
the medical comforts. The medical stores wen mssigaed
to„:the medical officer at Malta, but they MI sot
reach there for sit or eight weeks, the medical earn=
gone as to Coastantinople with the army. The
stores after considerable delays bathed o:mandate's ea
16th May. On hearing the army was increased to 36,000
strong, be mad* as application es the 26th Mesa for ad
dittoed supplies, whisk wire placed in cm wail, with
props eaters is esporalsadesse ever
Ott the ea them. Hemed ic repre-
department
sealed es the Cosimemthofwaief sy al
wen lemma of the Woad maim and he
smegabed IbM midis! Aloes shed be seat sae to inquire
into the diseases sad foriesey esadlias ef the anistry, sod
hew far it was abesteserras far aa army M mass in par-
dealer koalas& beeemal officers did pest and explore
the soma the lash Sea sail the mare *seamy,bat the
maid*, treat met mad est seems. to ',operate is
this eadertekleg. Them ~Wed after the lapse of two
minable niumbees spode from those Skin, describing
all that was nomad oessesteet with the den of the eons.
try audits phydelegy, and • copy was int with the prised-
pal motheet-ellsoref the army and Lewd Eaglan.No arrange-
ments wen mode far hespitah esti the arrival of the troops,
thoagh Dr. esthete milimmisaded ie the commander In
chief that honied' amid be sehalkhod at Malta, in pro.
portion to the somber of eies going out. The uncertainty
of the army snag t statism to station prevented this
beteg Mao to • way meat degree at int. After the troops
moved from Mae, Mr. Calvert reeelved authority to esta-
blish Umiak end to speed for the purpose, with General
Brows, any sum that might be required. The French
Is
contrived, seas may or other, to aimiselves of
all the beet tdiep.M this • hospital
medical st wee seat eat, Is ezpostedia id bomb& befog
required, in lamegy, seeshiing of bet they wen ulti-
mately issesesd SAw the ars snag farther east. A
penis. of Ms ME arrived at Moyle' before the
troops. The papas of modistes mot outt to Malta where cal-
culated to last de meads The seediest gibers had power
to psalm additimel mated implies is lonise weenies,
bet ow WOW ell aunt hen hero ; sad dd. was the in•
variable of the earths He would Mt hold himself
thr anything sent est but the soodisiess. The
were taUn by surprise is Idolisation, ia a state
of peers, sad were compalied le maws sores in may
ineweees not by astral, ass net beefing the seine in
heed, sad then beiag no time to Ism Heed nee made,
as did he direct amy inquiries to be made, as to
inedied supplies to be procured from the minkets
in the Boa, it being expected that the supplies
seat est would be sufficient. Ili" anuagements for
he
regiments taking am field were as follows :—On the 3rd
Monk hosed a circular to each surgeon of a regiment
that be should complete his medicine chest, which
arwetialltilt • salleient for • regiment 800 strong for six months.
He seated pansies, as in the Peninsula, to be peepared,
filled with medicines, to be carried oa horseback, for
each regiment where medicine chests could not be ormaysd.
If it was the truth that 0017 medicine chess were found at
Varna he could not account for it, unless it wee the fault of
the surgeons is leaving the panniers behind. The large
medicine chests would be conveyed by carts. Regimental ,
hospitals were established at Constantinople, as soon as the
force arrived, on • small scale ; but the general hospital was
not established until June. The first head officer
appointed to the general hospital was Dr. Men-
zies, and be remained in charge from its este-
blishment to the Ist of January. Preparations to
establish the bans& hospital began in August. It was ,
act at first; expected that the sick and wounded would go
to Scutari, but to Varna, and the preparations at first were ,
made at the latter plan. He considered sufficient authority
had bees gives by the government to Lord De Radcliffe to sap-
* all the necessary supplies for the sick and wounded. He
bid information from Scutari as to the state of the hospital
et the time that Mr. li'Donald applied to him for letters of
inaliertien, but he told him that his mission would he
or gereematery—that every means bad bens taken, and that
*e,, was an ample supply of lively oonefort that was
squired. If it had been represented before the committee
that there was a great want of medical comforts, all he could
yin was that he had despatched all provisions and stores that
wen necessary ; and he considered the medical authorities
,inhere had anything they wanted. He suggested to Mr.
1114Denald that the best way to apply his fund would be to
the poor fellows discharged from the hospital, but he advised
him not to give them money, as they would only obtain
drink. It was the duty of tU medical officer to have pro-
vided against, or to have prevented, the want of medical
comforts, er the state of things described by Mr. hi'Donsld
and Mr. Stafford, it they had had the means. He
could not positively say whether all the suffer-
ing and misery was caused by the conflict between
the superior medial men and the purveyors. He knew
that the purveyors did call in question the authority of the
medical officers, but there were other medical officers who
would give evident:le as to this. The coedits of authority
between &lithe de eats connected with the administra-
tion of the medical department of the army, produced on the
part of every puma of the disputants timidity and
itation, that led to bad results. With respest
to the disgraceful state of the " assmaries " at
the hospital, representations wore mad* to ale
rosTia out improvements and remove ashoweesurrs
and various experinteuts were made sad reenheik
a maiamion that nothing could be does short of reneging
them He suspected they were in this state while the Teas
used them. It was • very important point to pay attendee
to, but Turkish privies were not suitable for Emilia
soldiers. (Laughter.) It the medical officer had attested
to it he would, perhaps, have had to pull the building dews,
and he would by that have got into a mesa sooner dm be
could have got oat of it. (Laughter) The superior earns
in mamma of the Royal Ragmen' was the proper penes
teased to thew matters. The anessaries, he believed, re-
loaned is this Condition in emosenesee of a conflict hotness
as mins mastitis. Ile pats directions for providing
.1111=11111111111.1 airy mil yam it was suggested that old
possiume assn be sunset be objected to it to the utmost,
and made repneentations to the military secretary spinet
it, and to Col. Mauls, the superintendent of the sahe-
bs's& He believed the War-office appointed these
UM It was feared, in one or two instances, as regarded
some of the medical staff, that they would run away directly
they vend the firing. (Laughter.) Dr. Hall was the pin-
eipd modissl eater is the camp before Sebastopol. There
were two Tema WWI with method sews sent from Varna
to Balaban, sad he was surprised to bear there should be
any west of medisbes sad mead eentforts tither in the
mop, er the Ilemital at Bahian ; latterly, within the last
three meads regular empties of medicine sad medical
semis and asmiliets were suppled by stabs vessels. The
theme of the may from stacks to Miss readered it es-
mean to sellsblia a puma &Vet at UMW, Mae was
dem. The sews new sonsimod w die aid ormakeen at
Soateri, who dams& them
ern the of the
=yor. He meeneemedisil the et 1181111110.
stamen fir the seanyaaso et slit sad
wounded es hospital litho properly GUM sp, but
it was not dune ma MN time after be
Hulks as statesmsty lespieb meld have belialleCile,
bat be was she SWIM MS in Wm Peninsula balks were
'employed to sonny weals, hospitals. He did met think
that on the war brooklet est there was a rallasat staff of
medical Allan is the seethed department ef the army.
The ages cg same of the medial eta, varied hum M to 13,
and ales Wei sr perneyer 70. He coed BM meter
bow seems be dudes had bees mime the was had Woken
out. Previously, where he worked fright bones be am
worked 14 The perpetual rifeness of reprewstatiess
sad matters from one entheriry to asedser interlind most
se-lowly with the Admit Fatformass Mae dais of his
department. He would rather be plead mar the austral
of ow angle responsible power, the Minister at-War, es-
elusively, which would "cable him to "ants his duties at
onohalf the labsur, and with far greater @attitudes to the
public. Menses woad receive immediate attention, end
decisions would be given without delay, and without refe-
rence to multitudinous departments. The public would
know on whose shoulders the blame lay, and this would be a
pine of good leek for the doctors. (Laughter.) In November
he addressed a letter to the Secretary. st-Wer.liesselinlend
that preserved seats, vegetables, lime-jedee, smil mese sherd
be sent out so soon as it was known that the army WWI to
winter is the Crimes. The private eseammisadoes Itte re-
ceived as to the state of the hospitals at Scutari were not
borne out to the event, or one half to the extent navigated
by Mr. Stand and Mr. M•Donald. The medical staff at 1
Scutari sever apprised him that they wore dependent on
Miss Nightingale sad Mr. liPDsnald for 'moisten* and sup-
plies. He sever adhered to official routine when he had to
do • duty, but as soon as he heard of the groat want of
=se urged an immediate supply. The cost of medical
up to the present time was 30,0001. The want of
Mailebet sad supplies for the hospital was attributable in
oral ffietlfeee Is the ince:limey of the transport service
. lase of the ornate is the hospital at Sea-
led wen, believed, ornased.—Adjoined till Thursday.