The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-06 00:00:00

CRIMEAN MILITARY ENQUIRY

k4eat"daY, the Board met at the usual hour, when Sir R;
reY resumed
evict his case. He read portions of Col. Tulloch 's
vioheo
et to show that the manner in which evidence was taken
Vireq ta the Crimea was most unsatisfactory. Colonel
herall's examination 'was then resumed, and, in
rePl7 t° Sir Richard Airey, said. the blue book did not
cl:etlit'iti the whole of thu evidence ho had given
15:re the special conanfissioners in the Crimea ; portions had
pertlol7itted without. his authority. He considered such
gee °s
t'n'itted were important parts of his evidence.
:a itistatices Oa° commissioners had not t tken the trouble
1:10417" their own returns before they came to their coon-
-11 °- 'The court adjourned at ten minutes to two.
n
tettlill of the commissioners, Dr. Balfour, the medical
attendam
dori °f Colonel Tulloch, informed the board, that,.
thit4 their absence, Colonel Tulloch bad been so ill
he el' haa been obliged to recommend his leaving for
o:„-: tie had been ill for some days. Colonel Weatherall
Ras '455 retailed, and, as well as Mr. Commissiary Filder,
a:. ertinod. After some further evidence, the court
PUrned till to-morrow (Tuesday')

THE
ARMY MEDICAL COMMITTEE

Pointed
select
r,inted committee of the House of Commons, ap-
The iat the laqtance of Mr. Stafford, to enquire into
trtorePortant subject of the medical department of ther
ambled yesterday. Mr. Stafford presided. ad
nxgat the members were, Colonel North, Col. Boldero,tl
.?T?Il: Sir 3. Trollope, Sir J. Hamner, Arr. Br.;.w,
>th,„ The first witness
called was Dr. Andrew Smith.
Ilk° :vas examined on the case of Dr. Lawson,
tah,,, :141 been charred with apathy and neglectd
Rho,
14 charge of the sick and wounded at Balaklava, an
oetigloin a general order, had been visited with the severe
tengo-vretact the Commander-in-Chief, and ordered to be
the from his nest. He was afterwards appointed to
atlY-4'eral hospital at Scutari, but witness could not lay
hr. I tirn"tS upon the seJject before the committee.fession.
Vito',wson was a most, able man in his pro
444 3 had not been ersinsulted on the appointment,suchedieal
etc° ts
being
left to rne discretion of the principal m
nlatdre:t. the seat of war, under the control of the Com-
tl4l rs):ll"Chier. Be thought that the system of eonfieclrento-
Sip j, repo "Chien.
wr,rked satisfactorily as a rule. In answer
Tron.
°Pe, witness said that cases had occurred in
ttt.gin7-Renerals of division had specially reported suerd-
trot., 'it. Rood coniuct, and their names had been omitted
14tti Public despatches. Until recently, no honours had.n
The East Wed on the medical department of the army in
listin,,e,!' and some gentlemen had been honoured t
lie,,,„"°°B who had been censured. He believed that r•
c't reported to him on the Bth of May, 1854, a number
Scatarig.B Which ought to be done, to render the hospital at
steps 0 In a sanitroy state. Witness took some immediatet
the dmri the subject, but it was no business of his, as
alloy of the local authorities there, and he was not
t° Interfere. In answer to Colonel Boldero,
had sa
he believed that his officers with the army
to th -'l4llll and conscientiously performed their duty
littha,,
, sick and wounded, and Coat the failures arose
%tor; department being defieient in a great measure of
41'r „1„84%., when the war toott place. In answer to Sir
brou..e"Pe, he said he was the cause of Dr. Hall being
and " from India to take the charge of the hospital
tiojn was tlical staff in the 'Crimea. In that case the se
teb
r 1 c-
cloitaS °no that did not altogether regard
lake °1 seniority.. Dr. Hall complained of being
tr t 2 5,r-c'rn Ind;.a 'where he was engaged at a fixed salary
!alit Pei' annum, to go to the Crimea at a loweren
h°nd with increased duties. He had lately been
to tnCed 11 his sovereign, but he could not when he wentH
t4,,e Crimea Calculate upon any such distinction. e
*kg d: risk and received the benefit of it. Dr. Burrell
641.t1111aeed who was his senior in the service. He (Dr.
Duke 28 appointed to his present office by the late
Plgeo tni Wellington, and when that appointment took
1110 un Passed over the heads of several senior officers.
entoraittee then adjourned till Thursday.

WEST COAST OF AFRICA

Nig:le Royal African Mail Steam Company's screw vessel
ta01:: CaPtain Parsons, arrived at Plymouth on
Africa,
Sunday
four g' with intelligence from the west
coast of
Her dates are—
k„tll-4 laYs later than by the Retriever.l 3 ;
Accra, 5; Cape
%a:° Po, March 28 ; Lagos, April '
6; Siberia, 10 ; Sierra Leone, 14 • Bathurst, 19 ;
t.. re,e, 20 ; Teneriffe, 26; and Madeira, 'B. Her cargo
41::tisis of several packages of ivory, 1.2602 s ooufncoeasmof gold
wood,
447 1)360 casks of palm oils, 2.378 bundle
beeswax4l of ginger, 3 packs of monkey's skins, 910y3inbea,gs of
and
i,, 19 of gum, 20 cochineal, 43 pipes of 2 vales of - -
eassen cotton.
14/1„, gera: Captain Witt and the Princes. Charles and
ttitiv4e
...10t.,1;a.tiioaorsasof; Kin Peeple-Lagos ; Captain Pigott and
Mr. Sing
; Ex-President Roberts„ Mrs.
a,latia. 18s Roberts ; Mr. Thomas, paymaster of H.M.S..
Tillie r, ; Dr. Duff, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Tuke, Captain
Ro =l.' governor O'Connor, Captain Robinson, Captain
the Re, Lieut. Anderson, Lieut. Haleman, Dr. Manners,Dom
Ribe—,,,e' Mr. Mountserrat, Mrs. Birly and child,.
Th'e4°LAtr. Cobden, Mr. Day, and Mr. Hutchinson.
km, I\Hger reports at Fernando Po the Ferozepore and
~, - Stle • , . . %Err,. , ' ""‘ Lagos, H.M. ships Childers and Minx
T;
The
bei,j,„"3°4o, H-M. ships Philomel and S
Captain at Bathurst. Off Bonny, she spokaeptphheo.Celema,
4Prii4l:,:°Y, on the 30th of March ; and on the 28th of
41°Itie, -'
'Matle:ira, the barque Pacific ; on the 29[1], the
atie.All's s..earaer Gambia; on the 30th, the Victoria
h
tile Cbe):t ; May the Ist, the steam transport No. 5,
1 1:23 of fore and main topmasts.
. . two
'1441, sons of King Peeple, ex-King of Bonny, were
Nth, 'ed at Fernando Po ,by the Niger. These youths
the kindare harles and Henry, have a free passage through
zaypettt4iliort,yeistat,ooff Captain Parsons, under the charge of
Liverpool, who has guaranteed to the
Ittt of the 134 the British Consuls to educate and take
The Ara'
lass , eto Era (Sierra Leone) of Saturday, April 12,
ago);u:rnishes the following items of intelligence :—.At
thereth
Ise learn great excitement prevailed vailed; the natives
sierra ire teeing to attack the merchants and
pears --'eone and Brazilian emigrants. It a
ul p-
itte,,, that the emigrants, from a superior
at
egence, have monopolised the trade, and there being
out 421 to the exporting slave trade, the natives are with-
betterwere their former means of living. They say they
thitt °lf when the Portuguese treated with them, and
t
go the
will be obliged to go into the bush, but willnno
traderm Without an effort to rid themselves of the new tile
B• The appointment of Signor Scala, formerly,cool_
tie slave schooner, to the office of "King s 1
tZotrt," has given great dissatisfaction to the traders, and
'"e ens to lead to many disputes.
At ea ,
for the Pe Coast the merchants were all prepared to leave
the : batch settlement of Elmina, in consequence of
All A
~ Port duties being raised from a half to 3 per cent.
Boothe vessels that had lately arrived had landed their.t
ahit at
the latter place. The principal and most respect-
youthful -
Yollthra, erellants complain of the system that permits
AP0151:11
wand inexperienced officials to be legislators for
the; - WhOna they do not understand, and whose interests
- ear°. nothing about.
Wa

44;4'11" METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY.--ANNUAL
N,.
latiPpor, '•---The annual general. meeting oftheonfrieensdtseradnidy
kerei 'ers of the ahove society, was held 3.
41ift TIF
in Exeter-hall ; the R;ght ion. the.-hEtarllionef
,/(esunrY in the chair, supportA by the R
sine n 'NaPier, M.P. The proceedings open dig with
Ntvhaes.
I;tlieg,i(),l a hymn after which the Divine b essin.,„ o
;qc rt` byte} the Rev. Robert Young. The noble chaairma
-rltZAna.encing the bu iness of the meeting, paid high
I)bserb't 'l3 the activity and usefulness of the
411 Ing that - • was one in which
dello the missionary cause Wesley.an body,
comb' tillnations 01 Christians could and ought to
secreta • The financial report then read by the_
sidtr,br,, shows an increase in almost every c.m
ft°reiii;"
tleQme•
item. of rec,ipts, both . in the home and
2 the 'lleotne. The total ordinary home income,
'W9,83-- Tear endini, December 31, 1855, amounts .to
htlxilia,2; I6s sd, xvhiel, with the contribution of fore!gn
,4, iner' &C., brirgs the total to £119,122s 4s 9d, being
'lne% ~-sse of £8,073 10s 5d over the receipts of the pre-
!uta eisea,,r• In the expenditure of the year is
.incllided the
'he qhrcl,4lo Os Id, specially reported contributions for
kissie 'na Mission in 1854, reserved for the support o fdthiet
ocelBion ; and .£9,326 9s 6d towards the reduction of ei)n
fc'rti.ertled bY the excess of expenditure over receipts,
of
the ,i,- Year
has; including these particulars, the payments
,2
4i ,-11!'' equalled the receipts, and amount to 1119 1-,
C6,*land the debt, of the society has been reduced from.
itild Re ' 193 7d to £6,397 lOs 1(1. Thirty-one missionaries
society 7e,n• wives of missionaries have been seat out by the
after y since the last anniversary. The report was adopted,
' some lengthy addresses, and the meeting separated.