The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THITRSDA EVENING, MARCH 29, 1855;

LINES LEASED AT FIXED RENTALS.

ARMY BEFORE SEBJ tSTOPOL COM-
MITTEE - (THI, DAY.)

CIVIL AND MILITARY CLAIJIS OF THE
MEDICAL PROFESSIO

Leasing Closing Ptices Rush sea
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The Committee re-assembled his morning at the
moat hour.

The first 'witness called was J )r. Forrest, who was
examined by the chairman.

His evidence did not disclose a el y facts which have
not been elicited over and ever ag. Li nin connection with
the Scutari hospitals and the Ct irre . It was to the effect
that he had been Staff Surgeon to tr.;re Zd Division in the
Crimea, but relinquished that dt Lell on account of
health, and was then appointed d iuty inspector of the
hospitals at Scutari, where he su: ),s.l ceded Dr. Menzies,
by a general order. He was onl y there for ten days.
He accompanied the troops to t he Crimea. After the
battle of the Alma the medical iti was were quite suffi-
cient. The hospital tents were, ht )w ever, very defective;
and accordingly the patients within: tl tem were exposed to
the weather. Ile made a represent tti'on to this effect to
head quarters, but he ascertained t ha t no others could
be obtained. He was only at St nit ari about 10 days.
The barrack hospital was much over • crowded, but he did
not feel any offensive smells in 'se walls, There
were plenty of medicines and met"' ies tl comforts at that
time, with the exception, however, of opium. He did
not notice any dirt on the floors. :There were two
Kitchens in the barrack hospital, one c )f which was occu-
pied by Mrs. Bracebridge and Miss ghtingale, and
the other was fitted up for the use of Mr. Wreford the
purveyor. There was an operating-r of containing
proper tables.

In reply to Mr Layard, Dr. Forrest laid. that there
was a supply of medicine in the camp, with the excep-
tion of opium, which was a most twee: eary article for
such a climate. He could never, hal snr, Ter, obtain a
sufficient quantity of quinine. He had a whest of medi-
cines and surgical appliances with him, wl d.ch he thought
quite sufficient for all purposes. There were sufficient
appliances for conducting operations after the battle of
Inkerman. The hospital tents were never arach crowded
except in wet weather, when the smell wi thin them was
very offensive. He saw the dead house of the general
hospital at Scutari. It was at the end .of one of the
corridors, and a very bad smell proof Jeded from it.
He accordingly had it removed. While the troops were
at Varna the Third Division were enc ~aped near the
Commissariat stores, and got plenty 3f porter, bitter
beer, and tea. The tea was sold to tl s) men at is. 4d.
per lb. ; the quslity was excellent. 71nere was a want
of lime juice at Constantinople. He tiniderstood that a
large quantity had been sent out, but. -to his knowledge.
it never arrived. The purveyor he .es Iways found very
anxious to do everything in his power • to second him in
his efforts.

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all Do. do. Pref. No. 2 ... • , • '
all -.•Jork &Bandonsip.e 2 4d
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lington, 5 per cent ... • ••••
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121 all Stockton and Hartle-
pool, guar. 5 p. c.
till Ist July, 1856 „.

By Mr. Ball—He could confirm ail rat had, been stated
by Dr. Menzies, that the time requim ad for the filling up
of furors and•making out returns in terfered materially
with the hospital inspector in falfillin g his duties.
By the Chairman—The division t - which he was at-
tached had not sufficient stores Col ring ten days after
their arrival before Sebastopol on t he, 23th of September.
Ho made application at BAlaklav a for medical stores,
but there were none there.

By Mr. Layard—He never fon ad vny conflict of au-
thority between himself and the c ommandant. For all
military purposes the cornmandai It had the direction of
the hospital buildings, but he cot tld not tell what were
that officer's instructions. It was: his duty to remove
any nuisances from the buildings. He had, never any
difficulty' with the purveyor, from -whom he readily ob-
tained everything he required. The duties -of hospital
inspector at Scutari were so numerous that; one man
could not discharge them efficiently.
By Lord Seymour—He did not see the limes com-
missioner at Scutari, and did not know wl tether or not
he was there at the same time with him. lie, however,
saw Miss Nightinglale, and found that she had done a
great amount of good. The system of ord,:r lies in the
hospitals was most inefficient. In his opinion trained
soldiers ought to be employed in that duty. He also
thought that in an hospital of each magnitude the duties
of filling up forms and regulations should 1..).a entrusted
to some other officer than the inspector, as they took up
too much valuable time, and rendered his. duties ex-
tremely heavy.

Captain Bamford, of the 6:34 Regiment, who was
wounded by a shell at Inkerman, was, next called, and
examined by General Peel.

He stated that he had read the evidence which had
been given with respect to the withholding of the knap-
sacks, and he believed that it was incorrect. Some of
the knapsacks arrived on the 12th November, and were
issued directly afterwards. Holes were meavated for
the tents, but he never heard that an order- was issued
that no knapsacks should be issued until these holes
were dry. Mr. Flower, who had given tl iat evidence,
was sick nearly the whole time, • and was coefined to his
tent. The knapsacks were supposed to be waterproof—
he could not say whether they were so
.or not.
By Lord Seymour—When he was wounded he was
taken down to Balaklava by an ambulance waggon,
which was a very unpleasant mode of travelling. He
much preferred the French mode of conlreying their
sick on mules. It was much easier and, safer for the
men. On the transports he saw the men. lying about
upon the decks. He was conveyed on betwd the Trent,
which had about 150 men on board. It was the worst
ship he was ever in. There was no convenience or pro-
vision of any kind. It was positively dreadful. He
did not know what sort of bedding there was on board
for the sick. On arriving at Scutari he was carried to
the hospital on a stretcher. Some of the sic.k were landed
that day, and others remained on board. He was taken
to the barrack hospital. His allowance per day was a
pound of raw meat, with some bread and, tea, but there
were no means of cooking. He was attended by Dr.
Forbes, who was very assiduous in the performance of
his duties. There was no supply of linen. He never
saw the deputy-inspector in the hospital. At all events
he never came to the ward in which he was placed. He
supposed that the military commandant was responsible
for the deficiencies which existed in the hospital.
cdednoats
ibiaeldiebveee
ntbsatattetdh.e 6H3de
presumed it was at Balaklava.
hßatßdgyirilloetinrht.ehaaljradaYboaefrediat—hseoUrreeedgdtliiment since January, but he
By General Peel—As fast as the knapsacks came up
they were delivered out, but he did not know whether
the whole regiment had them up to this time.

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By Lord Seymour—Up to the time of his departure
fresh moat was brought from Ba'aklava. The eat
pork was good, but the salt beef was horrible. Ile
very seldom saw potatoes or vegeta.sles served out. The
coffee was at first roasted, but it soon was given them
in a raw state.

By the Chairman.—When on board the Trent he did
not perceive that any offensive smells proceeded from
the hold.

The next witness called was Captain Mure, of the
Andes, Government transport. He stated that the ves-
sel was taken up by the Government last year. He left
England in April with troops for the East.

The examination of Captain Mure was proceeding
when our report was despatched,

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

LONDON, March 29.—Wind and weather this day z t
noon, N.E. ; light breeze, and fine weather. The Baro-
meter indicates "Sat Fair" weather. The letters received
to-day from Hamburg and Memel report a break up of the
winter.
PORTSMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, Sailed—
Hart, for Balaklava.
PLYMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Sea
Park, from Adelaide, S.A. ; Henrietta Breuss, Havannah.
FALMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, N.E. Arrived—Culdee,
from Foo-Chow-Foe; Albert, Monte Video. Off Port,—
Grampus, Matanzas.
RAMSGATE, March 28.—Wind, N.E. Arrived— Rhine,
from the Downs, with damage to bulwarks and hull, sus-
tained whilst discharging a cargo of coals alongside her
Majesty's ships in the Downs.
DARTMOUTH, March 28.—Wind, N. Arrived—Talbot,
from London, for Newfoundland.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 28.—Wind, S.S.E. Sailed—
Washington (s.), for New York.

(FEU ELECTRIC TELEGRAM.)
LIvERPOOL, Thursday Morning.

Wind, S.S.W.
Arrived—Geo. Evans, from Savannah ; W. Rathbone,
Antwerp ; Canada (s.), Boston.
QUEENSTOWN, March 27.

Wind, N.N.W.
Arrived—Albert, from Moulmein ; Switzerland, from
Manilla.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGBAPi3.)
GRAVESEND, Thursday, 10.17 a.m.
Wind, E.N.E. ; tide, 4,, hours' ebb ; weather, fine.
Arrived—Concordia (s.), from Rotterdam ; Wilberforce
(s.), Antwerp •' Baron Osy (s.), do. ; Triton (a.), Calais;
Fyencord (s.), Rotterdam ;__Sir R. Peel, Dunkirk ; Leonne,
Gravelines ; Leon, do. ; Nancy Dawson, St. Michael's ;
Providence, do.
Sailed—Pearl, for Halifax.
DEAL, Thursday, 9.30 am.
Wind, E.N.E. ; fresh, and cloudy.
Passed—Germania, 207 transport, from London, for
Balaklava ; Ajar, London, for Trinidad ; Oetavia, London,
for Adelaido ; Dolphin, Hull, for Jersey ; Suffolk Brig,
westward, for London ; Cairngornm, Calcutt, for London.
Sailed—Nimroud and Warhawk, for Loudon.

LIVERPOOL, March 28. —The steamship Canada, with
the mails, &c,, from Boston, of the 14th inst , is now
looked for by the mercantile community. Her prolonged
passage is supposed to be caused by the ice off the Ame-
r'eln coast.

7.'ETZ L. 71,; t rcrerrie tkrivi,(l
from uewsvaper stamps, at one peuuy duty, was
464,0094 is. 7d, no number issued w 111d62,179.

I 100,28 i

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