The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-09 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

ROYAL

COMMISSION ON THE MEDICAL
DZPARTIKENT OF THE ARMY.

(rLo 'Aar 11IOReS ouarri.)
W2IR-9FFICE, )4LT &

The Qualm bet been pleated to Meese a eiffiffilelitin
under her Regal sign manual, at which the ilegiewbg
copy, le *Om bee the impadistien, govemmat, mad di
relies of tim eaudieel alperlmenit ef the army :
Vida* by be ipsMl Oil of the Oldest Kingdom of l
Great BMWs end Isii Chesis, Defender d w Faith,
' To our right belay sal welhbeimed temellker, the Hight
Hon. S BMW.. sal to am Meaty sal well-beloved
Augustus gis<Msd
sieg libeibin.; Mr Beaty Knight Storks,
Knight Cameembe ef meat lieweasekh Order of the
Bath, a eelamila on , mad eireveterp he military cm-
tammedlenee le ear mar ; Askew Smith, KD.,
aireeteripmetal at army mama leparlement ; Thelma
Alessaider, Oempodea Abe meet hearienable Order of the
Bath ; Sir Mara Mks, Males ; James Banal 4 bar-
ite, Fog., !.LS. ; Sir Jame. Clark, Bart., M.D. ; and John
Satheileal, gratiftg;
Whereas it bath toes humbly repo:minted to tie that,
considerbeg the great importance of maintaining end Mi.
proving the ULM of all ranks of our army, at home and
abroad, sag of providing for their medial are and treatment
to cams el Abase, wound., and other casualties whatsoever,
in the mat mgremd manor, it is expedient that certain in-
trie&hoell lee made late the comuitution of the medical
Mt ear mow, the mode of appointment of its
ad the scolem which regulates their rank, pay, pro-
motion, sag millteme*; lamas it is further expedient to
examine tale the meditlea and administration of the hospitals
of oar assay, with • view to their increased efficiency.
Now Irsoothal we, having taken into cur comiders.
Om the de hereby cedar and direct you the said
Aogsdes ballad Stagued, Sir Henry
SICZt Beirks, Andiew Smith, Thome. Alexander, Sir
Themes Sir James Cleat, James ltanald Martin,
and Jahn elm to inquire into the organisatioo, go-
venmsat, and direction of the medical department of our
slAnday.
firstly, to inquire into the mode by which candidates
for list comniimions are selected, and the system adopted for
their promotion sad routine of service; also the mode adopted
in regard to their pay and retiring. aIIOWIIIIOIIII,
And further, vs do order sad direct you to inquire Inhale
taesneaow br sequiring, keeping op, and adding to
the prodemiewel knowledge of the of of our medical do.
perhas* sad le mmeider whether it will be expedient to es-
Courage them le emeleas ebil packs* where compaliMe with
And
they.
And %ether, we de eider and direct you to inquire Waldo
operative et the elgublisse now in force, will • view to the
prevention ef Ahem la air army, both at beam and shreal,
as regards hens& accommodation, eamielitnaltai anthill&
name, and ear matters relating *bevies, herb( mend to
the miens Mamba to which our =•=and
the se end rompasibility of the en
these embas.
And Meader, me de eider and &est yea to lola. he.
the MN Ned embillea militery beagle* Maigimeml
end regimentiL
Also bee the mem Amid fe the sane, or the treat-
meet of me seldiere, mil the pewees peemesed or exercised
by the melba imprinkendesta saw fencticamiss in rich
bumph* *poem madiskaw, ad every
ts
maw
requisite
tar the rid awl soiled trasimist of patien
their OagaNer wish the
obaweeka ol dm dist, mod
sooktia War lisqltsVl:s.
Atmore de le gensraßy se la
the expeadieme ef eire mod Inancial control
sow merebed to and ever tL emnin and the salmi re audio-
'by of the vale= dispeelmeals Asia Motions are witched
within the berefeek
Lad foram, we de eider and ant you to inquire into
the nilm and or she resetke, in force for in-
=ea dr Milos of our army, when
Ihresed as tads for further macs.
And Iferibmore de mkt rd &set you to inquire >W
the gin Of meneememe and treatment of, anil the imp
view mob b, pit in beepitale whether =
ditto somodta wait oar amp or dimwits, sad to
mikados one aratimmat so bentmeat, or ay
_melba ,
therm', ma be brersilneed with advantage in the mead '
pertment of ow may.
And we fumble seder and direct you to WA, into the
eapediesey et nab( provisies la ear military heipbele be
ths dicers of our army sulhabg been berm araaildsst be
coned is our server% sad to casialsr *Air it la ain
vital& to provide is oar allittry lissplado trm the Irsabild
oat taro of lass& amp sr radio% or to satoblitha a.
parole military heepikall et hoopla& Set tlent pepper. et Is
may edesr rams lie provide he the imatennet of sash mesa
And me de twee" sod admain 7.• to Ma
vast simps saw assaider K aware to trio is do
orpaiostiat, sweasawast,_ sad taloadltars attar isalloi
ctsportmotat dear mom al& view to tit vilialst slatioir
of the Mesh of we wilksay
.arlieload when ammo
you may recommendle be alepkil. web • view to do PIP
nervation of the b. of der as_ at boas and sits/{
and also that yea de report your *mita ors NA Mom
or monis ea Amid be kept by the masa *Boss of ear
army, with view to the protarstisa as wall Spiel ad'
accurate body of military medical Mnlielbs.
And it is our further wid led pima* ben yen, er se,
dm or more of you, do shaft ialamdioa tinder the
matters atureasid by the ozmalwales Of ell mama um
competen meson of Voir Imatitado, bilatio, apptet-
enc. to atilt, and ales by ceding famildsonmente, ppm
or records which may appear to yolk or any Ave rams of
you, calculated to maim your reeenrehos and to prommile be
frmation of a sound judgment on the subject, sad that yea,
or any gm or mon of you, do report to us, under your limb
sod seek your severni praosedings, by virtue of thile ear
ea ea, together with your opinions touching 111911Milll
mallese hereby referred fur your tronsideration.
Olean stair mart at St. Janus's, this Orth day of May,
tothe year of our Lord ono thousand eight hundred as 4
and to the 201 h year of our reign.
By her Jbleelrs onamend.
(Signed)

P* ull'lli.

AMITIALTY, MAT 9.—ATPOTSITMENTII.—Surgeon
A. Elliott, M.D. (1851), to ILo Victory, 101, flog-ship, at
Pcatoonnuth.
Assistant-Paymaster A. Whiffle' (1851), to the Centarks,
80, woes'-steam ship, Mediterranean Motion.
/twisting Clerk G. B. Weetoott„ to the Calcutta, 84, flag-
ship, East India station.

CHATHAM, MAT 8
This morning Lieut.-General Sir Charles W. Pea-
ky, K.C.B. R.E., arrived at the headquarters of the Royal
Engineer; fur the purpose of auperintimiling some experi-
ments with a new description of pontoon which has hear
invented by the gallant general. The experiments took
place at the Gun-wharf, whets two of the newly-invented
were launched and formed into • raft. Btr Charles
rarjwnef: pontoon. differ in shape from Glom now in use,
wbkh see of a cylindrical form, whereas General l'aaley's
are shaped like a canon, and aro competed of sheets of cop-
y-. On the raft king conairueted, a 32-pounder iron gun
red easelogis. weighing four tom, wet lowered upon it, and
notwithstanding this great weight, the pontoons were several
imam above wake. TY rat and ita load was then rowed
be Upeor Code rad tack, and the min anshipprJ. The re-
soh of Ms esperhoode proved that General, Paaley's ipos-
ken is mare borpat then that invented by General ll-
el m* end mom easily managed in the saber. A report
of the experiments will be torwuded to the Board of
Gramme.

Lieutenant-Colonel Straton, C.D., 77th Regiment,
has received perntimon from the Hale Guards to embark his
favourite charger with the segment for New South Woke.
Tide home he rode in the campaiga in the Crimea.
_ . . .

It has been decided that, beside* the regiments
ordered to China, four other corps shall proceed at once to
India—partly in rail of others, awl partly extra to the
'weber &bendy there. The tOth and the 20th are the
regiments next on the ruder for returning home. The
regiments to rowed to India are tho 7th leathers, the 88th
(Connaught Rangers), the tilted battalion of the nth Rides,
end the third hattalitth of the Rifle Brigade. The 37th m-
urk for the present, the 50th going to Ceylon in Witten to
that regiment.—Untfrd Strvite Oaette.
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The Lancet calls attention to tho fact that at
length • member of the medical profession bee reeervod the
decoration of the Victoria Cron on account of cervices par
formed before the enemy. The honoured ran t -Dr,
Thomas Egerton Hale, eanistent-surgeon, 7th

•
LEGION OF lIONOVIL.—MEMOHANOEM.—CoIoneI
John William Gordon, CH., of the Royal Engineers, has
received her Majesty's royal berme and permission to accept
and wear the fourth elms of the order of the Legion of
Honour, and not the fifth clues, as statol in the Supplement
to the London Gamete of Friday, the Ist inin.—OacsMs.

ARMY COMPETITIVE MEDICAL EXAMINATION.—
The MlCOlia onapAtitive enarnivAtion for Bits® assistant-
wirieemeies tn the ester y will take place on the 19th instant
We see merry le bser tint there are very few candidata, for
fbr appolattawasor the system of competitive examine-
tion is on its kW, sad It Le possible that, if a sufficient num-
ber of candidates do not come forward, the Minister for War
may return to the old system and the path now open to
aimpple tuseielsted merit may ,o again sumundod with dila-
mitten—Maisel Ames.

ENTERTAINMENT TO COLONEL HUDSON.—On
Thursday , the British orlicces of the Italian Legion showed •
mom of their gratitude for the great exertions and general
kindness of Colonel Hudson, the inspector of that form, by
inviting him to a handsome entertainment at the Star and
Garter ilotql, at Richmond.
DEATH OE Lomb WILLIAM FitomaY.—lntelli-
game of the death of this nobleman was received in London
yerterday. Lord William was the third son of the third
DU* of Grafton, by the daughter of the late Rev. Bir
}Delimit Wrotteeley, Bart. He was born in 1782, and mar-
ried in 1818 the maid daughter of the late norms
&Bee, Esq. His lordship entered the navy in Int, com-
manded the Bolas frigate In Sir Richard Wadies action in
1804, at the reductional Martinique. In 1809 ho was ap-
tsd the Meads& bigots ca the Lisbon dike, end
In April, 1811, was diamiesed the streice for having pat the
maim of thate la hi... This nee wee eulargamitly
tried ter at leedeldp, Mamboed the navy, end
reedited of asinise wit; Asivet, ,1611
lard William mimed to Ida wk. nil Mar Matesl
et the Moe * 1863.—Ast.