The Express.
London, England, 1858-12-25 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(non LAG? 21101 IT'S warm.)
WAR-OFFICE, Dec. 24.
Borg Hone Onards—Lieutenant George Bull haa tom
permitted to retire from the by the solo d
oommiaefou ; Quartermaster-Corporal-Major gobs;
M'Alpine to be wean, without purchase Camillo*
M'ttlpirate to be adjutant, vice Lieutenant Bull.
2nd Dragoons—Lieutenant A. Smythe Mcangue Breen.
be captain, by purchase, vice Phut* who Was ; Cent
Fronds Lamb Phllp to be lieuttnant, by plepomti oile
Browns.
9th Light Dragoons—lieutenant John De Hay OW*"
has been
commisti psrmiton, tid to retire from the service, by tier
at his
11th Light Dragoons—Hegloald Calvert, gent, to be mot
by purchase, nos John Douglas Johnstone, who niter%
16th Light Dragoons—lieutenant George W. H. 110bj.04
be captain by purchase, vice Leader, who mires; Cent
Richard F. Morrison to be lieutenant, by purchase, via
Riddell.
17th Light Dragoons—Cornet James Harding to be Bs*.
Dant,oon
G by
Guards. rchase, vice W. King, promoted la the yog
Drag
Military Train—Lieutenant John Blake to be apish; withr
out purchase, vice Nation, killed in action ; Hudak leyt
Commits to be lieutenant, without purchase, rim Joh
Blake.
6th Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Hartley to be Use,
aunt, by purchase, vice Carlisle, promoted.
6th Foot—Lieutsnant Henry John Lawrell to be aajohoi
vies Mansergb,
7th Foot—blinor =egldit.i, from a depot battalion, to I.
major, vice Appleyard, who exchanges; Lieutenant Eery
N. Cotton Thurston* to be coigne, by porch % AN
Applayarl, promoted; Kongo B. W. C. Lloyd toy
lieutenant, by purchase, vice u:none.
9th Foot—Major Duncan Munro Bethune to be tionseag,
coaritthout mama, vice Brevet-Colonel Rem.
to • depot battalion; Brevet-bljor GoisZ
Hawes to be major, without purchase s;
Bottum; Lieutenant Allan George Douglas to be caps*
without purchase, vice Hawes.
14th Foot—Asaistaiat.llorgeon Andrew Thomas Celery,
from the staff, to be assistant-sorgeon.
19th Foot—Lieutenant Francis Davis to be captain, bjepal.
chase, nee Warbortoo, who retires; Ent*
French Valley to be lieutenant, by purchase, nee Dewy;
Martin Tucker, gent, to be ensign, without mobs% vim
Klttson, who resigns.
20th Foot—Major John Cormick to be liastesent-enem by
des Lys, who retires; Brevet-Major amp
Bennett to be major, by purchase, vies Con sick; List-
trent W. Fraser F. Garden to be captain, by pay%
nos Bennett ; Ensign Hubert C. Z. de Steep:oh to ta
lieutnakastiprohas, vice Gordon.
30th Foot— Joshua B. C. C. Liedesay, from the Oh
Font, to be me vice Hale, appointed to the 84th Foot.
31st Foot—Lieutenint G. N. Pepper to be instructor a(
musketry, vice A. T. Jones, appointed to the 24th Foot.
35th Foot—Lieutenant Thome. Lloyd to be instructor of
musketry.
41st Foot—Lieutenant J. Francis Kennedy to be instructor
of musketry.
Sth Foot—Aanstent-Surgeon Alexander Fisher Bartley,
from the 85th Foot, to be snistant-surgeon, nee Herbert,
who exchanges.
Sth Foot—Ensign Loftus Nunn, from the 22nd Fon, to be
ensign, vice Hughes, promoted in the Bth Foot.
;rd Foot—Lieutenant David Danes, from half-pay, 944 k
Foot, to be lieutenant, vie, Alextuteler M•Leod, premotel,
without purchase, to en unattached comptuy ; Bulge
Malcolm M'Neill to be lieutenant, be purchass.vice Densi.
who retires ; Ensign John Ingle, from the 94th FO3l, to
be mai vice M'NeilL
ith Fah— nalgn Richard Hebden O'Grady Holy, has
the 30th Foot, to be ensign, vice Horan, promoted.
Henry Carden Herbert, Imo
vice Bartley, vie

the 45th Foot, to be
exeluagep

A. 0. Tabuteatt. to
_to IJ:strider it

muakett7, vies Welsh, who has resigned that appoinneni.
2M Wm India Regiment—Ensign Robert Eyre to be M.
tenant, without purchase, vice Raman, deceased ; Cohn-
Bowan% Ambrose Madden to be ensign, without pc-
them vice Byre.
Ceylon Ride Regiment—Captain Cornelius Charlie Dm.
ford has been permitted to Mize from the service by ths
Me of his commission.
DEPOT BATTALION.
Brevet.Colonal Arthur Berton, from the 9th Foot, to le
lieutenant-colonel, vice Brevet-Coloael N. M. Stack,
retires upon fall pay Major Charles Rime, from helf.ms
=attached, lobe major, vice D. G. A. Demob. who a-
chapres ; Majer F. E. Appleyard, from the 7th FM, to be
major, vice Ines, who melange'.
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To be

HOSPITAL STAFF.

to do Nocol.—Benjamin Bat.
' Foot

Led, KB., vice Wean, &predated to 3rd - _-.; Alfred
Lower, pat. via Ryon, appointed to the 6th Foot;Thomas Hendon, want., vice Gibbon. appointed to the
7th Foot ; Edwlo Wilkes, went., via We l* appointed to
the 21st Foot ; George Edward Gaaeoyen, want., vice
Crimp, appointed to On 69th Foot ; Alexander Mach,.
gent- vice Ashton, sprinted to 63rd Foot ; James Chet
EaMey, M.D., vice Loot, appointed to the 6th Foot;
haling Aanstant.fittrivon Fttegereld Edward Eanden;
Acting dominant-Emmen George Alexander Megrims&
BREVET.

reset-Colonel NathanielMassayitsok. retired lull-pay of
a depot battalion, to be major-general in the array, the
rank being honceary on/.
THE MILITIA.
Coramiadon signed by the Queen.
• •

West DWI. Militia—Robert Otto T;avers, Esq., late
captain in King's Dragoon Guards, to be adjutant ht.
27th November, 1858, vice Boni, reigned.
Commiesion signed by the Lords lien'tenant of their revpectlw
Counties.

Queen's Own Regiment of Oxfordshire Yeomanry Cavell/—
Cornet William Fernier Hammy to be lieutenant, ,be
Daahwood, promoted; Cornet Henry El.es to be lier
tenant, via Fitzroy, promoted ; Henry Lomax Gad 0.,
gent, to be Hentenaut, vice Dormer promoted.
Royal South Gloucester Light Infantry Regiment of MIMI
—George Henry Bengough, Eq., to be captain, IN
Worthingtos, resigned.
tad Regiment of Royal Cheshire Militia—Edward Gilfp
111•Doepll Ick, gent., from 2nd West York Militia, to be
llenemant, vim James Brod Byers. reigned.
Forfar mad Kincardine Militia Artillery—Franeir=
Grahame, gent., to be second lieutenant, ylea M.

SysStarlinphlea, &e., Highland Borderer. Light Infantry En*
neat a Briti.h liditia—Edward Barracks, `mt., b b
Diehl's, vice Dunlop, appointed to the Line.
Royal Ayrshire B.iflee—Thomas Alexander Riddell, gad+
b be lionterst.

ADMIRALTY, DEC. 24. PEOMOTIOIi. Maker
J. R. Prime (1227) is promoted to the nak of wind
eaptata.
APPOINTYINTE.-Bargeon W. Macleod, M.D. (1863), lo
the Madegescar, store-drip, at Rio de Janeiro.
Second Masters F. 0. Simpson (11368), nom the Hopp
eteacesremei,_to the Reanital.9l, maw steam
owifeery, at Fortunes* ; and E. W. Cnak,
61i= steam Mate, at Demnport.
'a Ambient R. J. Stanley, to the Nile, 90, meg
dram der** at Qrsnsiown.
Doc. 93 •siaefr C. I. Austen (1848) to bs 14011.
fag esimaseist el the Coast Owed, Moe Edeo.
Lleawasni J. B. Butler (1865), to the Brunswick, Ms
mew anemn-ship, at Devoapwrt.
Colonel Edward A. Somerset, C. 8., who retied
from the Rifle Brigade last week, le about to eater as dr
duties of Amailitallt Qttertermeeter-Ociaaral of the 800
Woman district.

CHATIIAIf, Dtc.2L
SENTENCE OF A COURT-MARTIAL ON A DM:IM
—The ram lattation of the Royal Marino Light Wig.
now at headquartara aremblod ou the parade-grril dlt
moralism to aoooedree with an A!miralty le
..at, for the ptrpoae of hearing mad the
sorsoce if lb. diaetiet oottrbrartiol wrah"4:o;
serried at this garner for the trial of Prima
Webb, ea the ohmage of having deserted from bier to
&imp dor as army. risanor manner wile
dockyard ea tho night of Oa 9th of October loss, be ll'
=Lavin Ida loaded Merck and a portion al bis alt
aosonaresnto behind. He was subssont
headed, sad Imo& to Uri brie a Clair
Tho mart (rod the prisoner guiky, sad stead
bon broarad with she hoer “ro," slip es beiwilmiltli
Fait wear Miter, Prior for 188 ops. Nor Gs
metros bad boon read, the primer wr asompsd
prison to =dogs his punishment.

The Alecto, 6, paddle-wheel sloop, Corael2lll
hues Hest, arrived et @pithead thia forenoon from the wel
cent of Alias. The Alecto bring,. no news ed
Ohs was Via" sereessfel In the earlier part of her eoreeleles
Y II es tepees of dams, and now males home to b:evire
Cagy $2, screw, Captain T. Masao, was
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CITY OP LONDON HOSPITAL Tim DMIAIHS
OP THE CHEST, VICTriItIA-PARE.

A Irishman, who bed visited the red
Metropolis the arm time ,es kis retorts beam mos
asked by his sinters to Ifi sw them soros ides et its
extant. Hie reply was, that if a city "'test
Dublin wen swallows', up by in cacchile& any.
whore is Londoe, if It were not for the mum it i
would be mom than three weeks before half the
rest of the population would mains it. In
the far East of the Metropolis are Many
remarkable inetit otiose well worthy the atten-
tion of the douisens of the far West.
Few of those ever exist the real hive of London in-
dustry. They wear the silken textures woven by
the to of Spitalfielda. They sip the wino and tea,
they enjoy the treasures of the Baste= and Western
worlds, from the storehouses of the great docks of
the modern Babylon, with scarce a thought for the
wear and tsar of humtn life which provides so
bountifully for their necessities and lalunes. Except
from the sudden stoppers of the supplies, this great
'astern portion of the living hive might long be ex-
tinguished before the Western would disoover the
lose.

We are told that many of the inhabitants of the
Westin portages of our London world are suffering
under mum. They would fain spend some of thew
wasted energies in doing good it they could. They hays
means in abundance, and the wish to be no longer the
drones of the hire. Such as these, and indeed all who
wish well for the suffering portion of humanity, we
would salt to accompany us to an institution or the
far heat, when they may learn what can be done to
alleviate suffering bow the devotion of some
superfluous wealth and time can aid thousands
struggling under the oppression of direful diseases.

Victoria-park has been appropriated to give the
minims of the East a breathing spot, like thou
afforded so abundantly to those of the West. Three
or fear hundred some have imen reamed from the
devouring march of brick and mortar, to form a
place of recreation and health for the busy workers
which surround it. Most appropriately at ose of
the entrances of this park stands a noble building,
devoted to the cure and alleviation of those
disclaim most induced by overcrowded alleys
and ill-ventilated buildings. This hospital and
its grounds cover between two and three urea of
land. Like the neighbouring park, the site is
gravelly and study. Here, then, we have a refuge,
placed as near as possible to the teeming thousands
of Spitaltlelde, Bethnal-green, and the Docks, where
good Samaritans can give some alleviation to a few
of the wounds received in the fierce Battle of Life,
waged in the overcrowded hives of industry.
An srmy of 40,000 persona is annually annihilated
in this country by diseases of the chest. Deductingdeaths from accidents and those of infancy, diseases
of the heart and lungs cut off a fourth of those who
die from all other awes. It cannot be doubted
that a large proportion of the lives thus sacri-
ficed might be saved by due attention
to the sanitary conditions in wit,ch our population
live; that many of these valuable lives might be
prolooged, if not rescued, by an improved and skilful
treatment of the sufferers. To do a portion of this
good work is the object of the City of London Hos-
pital for Diseases of the Chest. Four skilful
physician' and a resident medical officer daily minis-
ter to the relief of the thousand applicants who
seek their aid. The most hopeful cases, who
require the benefit of a residence in this
well ordered institution, are admitted as in-
patients. The Hospital at present consists of
a basement and three upper floors. The rooms of
each floor open into • common corridor. The win-
dows throughout are doubly eased. Thus drafts
an prevented, and the cooling by the external air
diminished. A lofty ventilating shaft and hot water
apparatus supplies every room and passage of the
establishment with air of a proper temperature for
the sick inmates, while it carries off all the vitiated
atmosphere. The upper floor contains the male
wards ; the middle, the female. The lower floor is
appropriated to offices, the residence of the
matron and bowie surgeon, and an admi-
rable suite of rooms fur the out-patients,
where their cues may be duly examined
by the physicians. The basement contains stores,
the dispensary, and the kitchen. Every floor is
vaulted and tire proof. Lifts are need for conveying
the dirt and all other Deefilleritll—even an invalid
patient, if required, to the upper floors. A poor
patient exhausted and worn, straggling for breath
in the vitiated alleys of Bethnal-green or Spited-
fields, is thus brought at once into the artificial
climate of a Madeira or Hastings. Nothing can
be more home-like and comfortable than all
the arrangements. The matron—a truly good
soul, with • beaming, hopeful, cheerful faoe—
relieves the poor sufferer. Daly considering the
depressing nature of most diseases of the chest, and
the value of abundance of good sir, this Chest
Hospital differs widely in its arrangements hum the
general hospitals. In addition to the wards or
sleeping rooms, replete with every convenience, and
rivaling in cleanliness and comfort those of any
other institution, abundant maws for recreation and
amusement oat of the ward are provided. On
each floor there is a common room, when any
patient desirous of reeding or writing may
secure perfect quietude. This ie also the dining
mom. The long corridor, extending the whole
length of the building, is furnished with
couches sod easy chairs, where the patients
tired of walking may repose. A well-furnished
kitchen provides the means of warming arrowroot.
preparing tea and coffee, and all minor kinds of
cookery better door near the wards than ia the hot-
pita! kitchen. Books and papers, religions and se-
enlar, and even the go me of draughts, provide for the
healthy recreation of the mind. A head sane or
sister presides over each floor ; and in her neatly
furnished apartments may be found duly
labelled all the medicines provided far the
patients under her cheer. Of atone the
ti7rrstaff of servants or names is also provided
al I the menial work of the estabhahment.
Surrounded by each appliances as these, we need not
wonder that a, t great majority of patienteeubmitted
*their Mamma leave the establishment aired or
greatly wheeled. Baths and lavatories arc provided
utak* the sleeping wards; warm extra clothing is
also horaishood for the use of such patients as may be
allowed to take exercise in the grounds of the Hoe-
pital. Even that dire scourge consumption, early
treated in each an establishment as this. if net eared,_
at lout has its progress stayed, and thesis:dm is
sent forth with • few additional yam added to
hie life. Of coarse It Oast be borne is mind
that the infirmary is Nilo isommisd for the relief sled
core of hopeful cases. We have not yet arrived at
such • development of charity as to provide an
asylum where the poor victim cf conaumption and
incurable disease may wrier away in pesos and
earthly comfort the slender thread of a nearly
severed existence. The only drawback we mould
End in ear examination of this well-ordered bow-
hold was, that its bode were only hallteeaspisd.
There is accommodation for eighty patients; the
foods of the institution can only support half that
number. Very promising eases are therefore daily
retuned admiesion. The expenses are great, because
food of the best end most nourishing description
most be provided for the inmate.. Last year 273
patients received the comforts and benefits of this
tmly hospitable home.

Though arrow funds prescribe this seentay in
the reception of the in-pationts, the hospital exceeds
ma widely the advantages of grataitme advise
and medicine. More than six thousand seaters last
Year availed themselves alums means of alleviating
the pressure of their calamity. The institution
began as an infirmary for oat-patients only, in 1848,
and has since then relieved nearly 40,000 patients.
The oat-patient who preoents a let t er from a subscriber
st neon admiusd to all the benefits of mom skilful
medical advice. This prastation of a letter is
nemosary, both to limit the otherwise overwhelming
Ober of applicants who would throes the
of the Hospital, and also to memo
rtesethllloseellts to those whose eircurestaness Js
unt allow tam to pay for advice. How eagerly
then letters are sought for may be attested by the
tdartisoments which the active clergymen of the
mtaboarhood put in the papers, requentieg sub-
sabers to send them any letters they may have is
ePttn. The rem end abundant .td of labour in
',ha the physicians so zealously work, willed

IN cc award Ave the inertias of their knowledge
and experience, is ace of the greatest advantages
which the public at large reap from this noble insti-
tution.

Diseases of the chest are mostly obscure in their
origin and progress. Their symptoms can only be
appreciated correctly with the greatest care and
diligence combined with vast experience. The
physician who would master the indications of
nature, which betray the progress of the canker
worm destroying the flower of lite by stealthy steps„
must have his ear and eye, nay even his touch. edu-
cated to the highest degree. Special hospitals like
I this afford not only the best means of treatment, but
the beet fields for research and knowledge. Those
' who found and establish ouch institutions, those who
foster them, may themselves or their families, when
and where they least expect it, find their own gene-
rosity returned to them with tenfold interest. They
may see those they lore gradually drooping as it
were before their eyes. They may consider
them doomed to fell victims to the great
moor,' of this clime. Yet the skilful, prse-
tised ear and eye of the man whose ex-
perience in such an institution has given,
him the power to read all the symptoms, may cheer
their heart by the assurance that some few remedies
and • change of air and scene are all that is none-
' sary to restore the rose to the blanched cheek.
This is the good work to which we invite our
Western friends to help their poorer Eastern neigh-
I boors, who toil and moil away their lives to moors
them the enjoyment of eels and luxury. Malty,
we know, already interest themselves in it. The
Prince Consort laid the first stone of the hospital,
wealthy merchants leave their counting-homes and
the recreations of their homes to give their peremial
superintendence over the affairs of the hes-
pitaL An unknown donor has gives the memey
fora Chapel which will shortly be completed for the
benefit of the in-patients. Still mire remains to be
done. It is a crying sin amidst the luxury of the
richest city in the world that forty beds should not
be furnished by the crumbs falling from the tables of
the wealthy. In the old black letter chronicles we
read that when Bt. Bartholomew's Hospital was
first founded, old ',Upham, its first hospitaller, went
with his wallet into the markets and shambles to beg
for its poor inmates. We believe the Victoria Rile•
pital would not object to such aid. Amid the dams,
lions for which it records its thanks we find a ask
of cod-liver oil, • chest of tea, and a case of ferns
to enliven the wards with the beauty of nature.
Surely at a season so full of enjoyment to many
blessed with health, wealth, and happiness, we may
hope that a visit to the confines of Victoria-park
may bring some addition to the store of a most
deserving institution. Our hospitals, supnorted as
they are by private aid rather than public grants,
are the brightest ornaments of oar land. Those who
aid in their support sow their seed of charity in a
fruitful soil, where it will spring up and bring forth
a thousandfold return—a return not only reaped in
the place where it is sown by the patients who profit
by its exercise, but extended over a for wider sphere
by the wisdom gained there, and diffused throughout
the land, from the palace to the humblest cot.