The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-28 00:00:00

dies WEDNXIDAY RIPENING, MARCH IS, tisi‘

LINtB .LEAStD ATFIXED E:glll,ALg.

Shy eat& ICU:LW/al. Leasing Ctosink Price, Business
c, an s , yesterday. this day.
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flietchlcy N. West. ,
St. 100 3nckghamsh. L.&N.W. 5 97
St. LA/ Clydesdale•Te Caledon 7 99
25 24 Col. Stour Vy. E. Un.
Sud. and Hal. E. C..... ...
St. WO E. Lincoln gr
6 per cent. Gt.Nrthn. 134 136
St. all Glas. Barr. & Calclonian.
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25 all G'lstr.esDn.Fi Gt. Weser
100 all rlrtlpl. Dk. Sz Yk. New.
Railway & llerw.
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126 all Do. 4-1 Shares. Do —
12 all Lon.& Greener S. Ea.steri 124 1:41
20 all Do.Preferene( Do 23 —24
10 all Lon.,Til.,&S Peto &Co. 1.04 111
3t. 100 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent. Norfolk — •
St. WI) Do. 6 per et. • •••
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Do. 4 p. c. Shares
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Do. 101. Debentr.Sh
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East Lancash. 6 p. ets
Test and West York
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EdinbPrth.&Dunde.
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Glasgow & S.Westeri
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Great Northn. 5 p. c.
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at 10 p. c. prem.
Do. p.c
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at 5 p. c. pm_
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Gt. Westn. (Berks A
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Do. con. red. 4p. c
Do. irred. 4p.e.
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Lon. &N. W., Coy.
Nuneaton 5 p. ct
London & S. Wester
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NORTHAMPTON RACES.

(THIS DAY.)

(BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.

Foxhunter
King of Trumps

Fourteen ran.

LATEST BETTING.
EARL SPENCER'S PLATE.
6 to 4 agst Scherz (taken)

ALTHORP-PARK STAKES.
6t) 4 agst Queen's Head (taken)
2to 1 agst Slander C alt (offered)
CHESTER CUP.
25 to 1 agst Marc Antony
A.RRlVED.—Hercules.

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-
MITTEE --(THIS DAY.)

The committee resumed their inquiry this morning w
the usual hour:

Dr. Menzies was recalled, and stated that his position
at Scutari was an anomalous one, and he did not know
really what to do.
Dr. Cumming was his superior officer, and gave orders
frequently without consulting hins, and he felt himself
so awkwardly placed that he was often at a loss how to
act. Dr. Cumming arrived at the hospital in November.
The Chairman—WLat made you believe that he was
your superior °Mc( r ?
Dr. Menzies replied that Dr. Cumming was his senior
in the service ; and on his arrival he (witness) considered
himself superseded. He threw off all responsibility
from his own shoulders after the day Dr. Cumming
arrived.

Mr. Layard—Therefore, that being so, Dr. Cumming
was responsible for anything that went wrong after
his arrival ?

Dr. Menzies replied that he.should say so. He un-
derstood Dr. Cumming was his superior, and considered
he ought to obey Dr. Cumming's order. He considered
Dr. Cumming was responsible for the orders he gave.
Lord Seymour.—You stated the other day that you
bad the charge of that hospital from June until the Ist
of January last ; do you mean to abide by that state-
ment !
Dr. Menzies.—l do.

Lord Seymour.—Well, then, you were responsible.
Mr. Drurnmond.—Did Dr. Cumming show you any
document by virtue of which he superseded your autho-
rity ?
Dr. Menzies.—He did not.

Mr. Ball.—Did Dr. Cumming give any order which
you considered interfered with your management of
the hospital ?
Dr. Menzies.—No.

The Chairman--What authority did he give which
led you to believe that he was your superior ?
Mr. Menzies—He gave no authority at all.
The Chairman—Then why did you obey his orders
Dr. Menzies—l always regarded him as my superior.
He was above me in rank and seniority.
Examination continued—As all reports were made to
him, and he was responsible for what was done in the
hospital, perhap., strictly speaking, he ought not to
have recognised Dr. Cumming's orders. He was under
the impression that he had come there to assume the
command of the hospital.
Mr. Layard—Did you remonstrate with Dr. Andrew
Smith on your "anomalous" position, as you term it ?
Dr. Menzies—No. When Dr. Cumming arrived ho
wrote to Dr. Smith, telling him of the fact, and asked to
be relieved from a share of his responsibility.
The Chairman —A "share" of your responsibility.
Mr. Layard then resumed the examination of the
witness at the point he left off at yesterday. He ob-
jected to the position of the dead house fixed upon
by Dr. M‘Greegor, because it was inconvenient and dis-
agreeable to the patients. He did all he could to keep
the hospital in proper order, but the Committee must
allow that his position was a very trying one. The
large numbers of sick who were continually arriving
quite overwhelmed him, and the numerous duties he
had to perform rendered it quite impossible he could see'
to everything, All he could do was to give directions
to the different officers.
The Chairman—Did you complain of your position,
or notify what you have just stated to any person ?
Dr. Menzies—Nn.
The Chairman—Then why do you complain now'?
Why did you not complain then ?
Dr. Menzies—Because I thought it was of no use—
and I knee that there was nobody to relieve me at that
time.

Mr. Lay:ll-I—Sir. Osborne stated that there were no
operating tables in the hospital. Is that true or not ?
Dr. Menzies—l question the truth of that statement.
Mr. Layard--Are yon aware that the boards and
tressels used for such purposes were so rioketty that a
pen.on was obliged to sit upon them to keep them steady I
Dr. Menzi, s —I never heard of that.

ARMY _BEFORE SEDASTOPOL COM-

MITTEL.

(Continued fr•onz our first edition of yesterday.)

Mr. Flower, in continuation, said—To the sick it was
generally given out, but not always. When the wet
weather set in the illness increased amongst the men.
The knapsacks were not given out to the men who were
lying wet and sick in the tents. It was a regulation of
the service against which strong remonstrances were
made. The men suffered very severely from the want
of change of clothing, which might have been prevented
by giving them their knapsacks. The officers did not
suffer a like inconvenience, because they took up their
clothing with them. Up to the time he landed in the
Crimea, in Sept., till he left in the middle of Dec., nearly
three months, the men had not changed their clothing.
After the battle of Inkerman there were between 200
and 300 men of his regiment fit for duty out of the 1,020

who were taken out from Ireland, and an additional 100
the regiment received out there. The men were_ greatly
overworked, and exposed to the weather. Ho had fre-
quently heard men say that they Lad to work in the
trenches two days and nights out of three. About twice
a week the men had tea, at other time 3 coffee.
Mr. Layard—How was the coffee served out ?
Mr. Flower—Always green.
Mr. Layard—How did the men roast it ?
Mr. Flower—They roasted or charred it on the top of
the camp kettle, and pounded it wail a large stone or
cannon ball.

Mr. Layard—Do you think that was proper for the
men ?

Mr. Flower—Oh, no. It was nothing like coffee. I
tasted more like charcoal and water.

Examination continued—He was taken ill, and sent
on requisition for removal. That requisition had to go
through five different departments for "permission."
Ho remained a week in that state, but the permission
never came back, and he was at last removed by order
of the medical board. All requisitions for removal of
the sick had to go through the same process. While he
was in the Crimea his tent was blown down, and he
and his men bad to lie on the ground 24 hours. The
result was that he was frostbitten, and five of his men
died. The sick on being conveyed from the Crimea to
Scutari were lying about on the decks without any bed-
ding. There were 25 orderlies in the ship he was sent
over in, but they were all sick, weakly men. The pa-
tients were in a filthy state, and covered with vermin.
Between 20 and 30 died between the Crimea and Scu-
tari. Some of the patients were landed by means of a
steam tug immediately ; others remained three or four
days. The whole of the patients were not cleared out
until after the expiration of ten or twelve days.
Sir J. Pakington—•Do you think the number of
deaths in that passage was increased in consequence of
the defective arrangements made for their conveyance I
Mr. Flower—No doubt.

Examination continued—He believed that the pa-
tients were all supplied with food during the passage.
He remembered an order which had been issued
by Dr. Hall prohibiting the use of chloroform.
The impression of the medical men out there was de-
cidedly opposed to that order. He (witness) always ad-
ministered chloroform in cases of amputation, both from
motives of humanity and as tending to secure the suc-
cess of the operation. He did not believe that the use of
chloroform was dangerous either in gun-shot wounds, or
in any other cases.
The official return in connection with the Victoria—
the vessel in which witness was brought from the Crimea
to Scutari—was handed in. It stated that 1G persons
died on the passage, but witness said there were many
more than that. He also denied the accuracy of
other portions of the return ; amongst other things, the
time occupied in the passage.

Ly General Peel—The 63d Regiment consisted chiefly
of recruits, and the regiment appeared to have suffer ed
more than any other. He should not have complained
of the hardships on the march had they not continued so
long afterwards.
By Colonel Lindsay—lf the men had been allowed to
carry their tents and knapsacks with them, a vast deal of
sickness and mortality would have been avoided.