The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-08 00:00:00

DR. TURNBULL.

The following has also been published, being the
return from the War-office to an address of the
House of Commons, dated Feb. 19, 1864, for—

" Copy of any Letter or Memorandum (other than the
Memorandum dated Horse Guards, February, 1863, now
upon the table of the House, Parliamentary Paper, No.
406, of Session 1863), signed by the Adjutant-General of
the Forces, and addressed to the Commander-in• Chief in
India, between the 18th day of December, 1862, and the
Ist day of June, 1863, in which his Royal Highness the

Field Marshal Commander-in-Chief is stated to have
modified his opinion on the remarks of Sir Hugh Rose on
Dr. Turnbull, surgeon of the 6 th or Inniskilling Dragoons."
" Horse Guards, S.W., March 14, 1863.

" Sir,—Having submitted to his Royal Highness
the Field Marshal Commanding-in-Chief your letter
of the 20th January last, enclosing copy of a letter
from Colonel Haythorne, written by your excel-
lency's direction, to Lient.-General Sir William
Mansfield, and also a letter from Surgeon Turnbull,
I am directed to inform you that his royal highness
considers that the unwillingness of Dr. Turnbull to
enter fully, in the first instance, into every possible
circumstance which might appear to bear on the
disease which carried off Sergeant-Major Lilley very
much modifies the opinion expressed by his royal
highness on your remarks upon that medical officer
and the circumstances of the case.

" His royal highness also approves of the remarks
made on Lieut.-Colonel Crawley's omission to send
Dr. Turnbuil's supplementary report, after he had
ascertained that very considerable quantities of
brandy had been consumed in the house of that
noncommissioned officer, and that there is a pro-
bability of his symptoms having been aggravated
by drinking.

At the same time his royal highness must remark
that, whilst the fact of the sergeant-major's having
hastened his death by drinking rests on doubtful
evidence, the whole previous life of that non-com-
missioned officer seems to have been marked by good
conduct and sobriety.
" With reference to the confidential reports of

Serious Accidaut at the Birkenhead Dock

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On Sunday an accident of aselious nature occurred at tl
Birkenhead Docks. The north wall of the Morceth bas
has for some time been in a tottering condition, and has hi
to be supported by piles and backing. In consequence of
portion of the backing having been removed, however, 14
feet of the wall fell in on Sunday, lifting 50ft of the heat
structure bodily from the foundations, carrying it 20 fet
across the new excavations, and piling it in an upright ma
against the splendid granite masonry of the Morpeth loci
The gates of this lock were closed,. and fortunately with
stood the shock. Had they not done so the most seriot
consequences must have ensued by the sudden abstractie
of the tidal waters of the Mersey, a quantity of water suff
cient to cover 11 acres 32 feet in depth. To fill the vacuul
between the old and new walls, a large quantity of at
was necessarily drawn off from the Morpeth basin, and I
compensate for the abstraction, a tidal wave of great magn
tude rushed up the basin from the river, breaking with ti
rific force against the head of the basin and inundating
portion of the shore road. The whole of the vessels in II
Morpeth dock broke their chains and ropes, and some ult
mately drifted with the current into the Egerton dock, bt
generally they sustained only slight damage. At the NIo
peth dock all the water was in violent oscillation for near]
an hour.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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COLCHESTER—MA.RcII 5.

We had a small show of wheat on offer at this marks
to-day, and former prices receded is per qr, with a limits
trade. Fine barlay is scarce, and late rates supported; is
ferior sorts at lower rates. Beans and peas were rathi
lower.

Wheat, white 440 50s Beans, Mazagan..2Bs 3%
red 40s 44s middle & small.32s 3i
Barley
Oats 2os 25s 34s 3(
. grey