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Sevastopol, April 8,185 G.
My Lord,—l have the honour to transmit the weekly
report from Sir John Hall, Inspector-General of Hospitals,
by which your lordship will percieve that the general
health of this army continues good.
With reference to the latter part of my despatch of yes-
terday's date, I beg leave also to enclose a letter from Sir
John Hall, in which he makes favourable mention of Dr.
services.—l have, &c.,

W. J. CODRINGTON, General Commanding.
The Lord Panmuro, &c.

Enclosure I.

Head-qurrters, Camp, Crimea,
April 7, 1556.
Sir,—The sanitary condition of the army in the Crimea,
as exhibited by the accompanying weekly state, is very
satisfactory, and no disease of any marked or peculiar
character exi is in any of the divisions.
Chest affections continue to be of frequent occurrence,
and this we must look for until mild weather sets in, and
then fevers will in all probability replace their. ; as yet
winter cannot be said to have ended, for o❑ the 3d instant
we had one of the most furious snow storms that we have
experienced during the whole winter. It commenced
about eight in the morning and continued until after mid-
day. The Third Division, which was on route parade
marching exercise, was overtaken by it, and experienced
its full violence. Several men suffered from its eff.cts,
and one man a young lad of the 41th Regiment, died of
cold and exhaustion.
The ratio of sick has not increased this week, but its dis-
tribution is altered in consequence of the batteries of Artil-
lery, and battalions of Land Transport attached to divi-
sions, being returned with their respective divisions, in-
stead of being returned as separate and distinct corps, as
they have hitherto been.

The general health of the Laud Transport Corps con-
tinues gradually to improve, and in addition to the de-
crease o numbers in the Head Quarter Hospital Returns,
from transfers to divisions, the mortality is less and the
form of fever now prevailing amongst the men much
milder than it has been. More attention is paid to the
personal cleanliness of the men, and to the whole interior
economy of the corps than used to be done, which the in-
creased number of officers recently added to the corps in
all its grades admits now of being effectually carried out.
The hospital establishment has benefitted in common with
the rest of the corps, more huts have been built, the
druken negligent Regimental Hospital Orderlies have been
repl teed by men from the Medical Staff Corps, and within
the last week six nurses, under the superintendence of
Mrs. Stuart, have been added to the orderlies.
Of the 17 deaths which occurred during the week, eight
were from fever, two from ap plexy, the result of intem-
perance, three from diseases of the lungs, one from the
effects A frost bite, two from injuries, one in a man of the
11th Hussars, who was thrown from his horse, and ano-
ther, a man of the Land Transport Corps, over whose head
a cart wheel passed. The 17th man belonged to the Army
Works Corps, and is returned as hiving did of gangrene.
The ratio of admissions to strength this week has been
2.32 per cent.
Deaths to strength 0.02 per cent., sick to will 3.98 per
cent., all of which I consider remarkably low ; much lower
than we can reasonably expect them to continue as the
spring advances.—l have, &c., J. HALL,
Inspector-General of Hospitals.
General Sir William J. Codrington, K.C.B,
Commanding-in-Chief. • . . .

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~1 - :.--., Head-Quarters, Camp, Crimea, April, 8,1856.
Sir,—ln reply to your query of this morning, I have
the honour to inform you that First Class Staff-Surgeon
Mclllree arrived at Scutari on the 4th November, 1854,
and served in the General Hospitals ther3 until February,
1856, when lie came to the Crimea. He was anxious to
have served, in the Crimea at an earlier period, but Dr.
Cumming, Inspector-General or Hospitals and Principal
Medical. Officer at Scutari, wrote to me to say that he
found him se efficient and useful in the hospitals that be
could not spare him, but trusted it would not militate
against his future prospects.
Mr. M'lllree entered the service in February, 1835, ob-
tained his Surgeoncy in December, 1841, and was pro-
moted to his present rank in October, 1814.-1 have, &c.,,
J. HALL,
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General Sir Wm. J. Codrington, K.C.8.,
Commanding-in-Chief.
BUCKINGHAM PALACE, APRIL 4.
The Queen was this day pleased to confer the honour of
Knighthood upon William Henry Holmes, Esq., of the
Civil Service, British Guiana.
WHITEHALL, APRIL 21.
The Queen has been pleased to grant to the Rev. Henry
!shill, B D., the
place and dignity of a Canon E,esiden-
Jiary of the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, void by
the promotion of the Hon. Henry Montagu Villiers, D.D.,
'to the Bishoprick of Carlisle.
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WHITEHALL, APRIL 21.
The Queen has been pleased to uppoint Francis Offiey
`,Martin, Esq., William Davey Bosse, Eta., and John
Simons, ESq.; to be additional Inspectors for the purposes
'of the Charitable Trusts Acts.
CAMBRIDGE COTTAGE, KEW, APRIL 21.
The Duchess of Cambridge has been pleased to appoint
the Lady Geraldine &mivrset to be ono of her Royal
Highness's Ladies in *Writing.
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WHITEHALL, APRIL 16.
The Quseu has been pleased to grant unto John Halkett-
Craigie, Esquire, Companion of the Most Honourable
Order of the Bath Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the
20th Regiment of Native Infantry in the service of the
East India Company on the Bengal Establishment, her
royal licence and authority that he and his issue may
henceforth use their paternal surname of Halket in addi-
tion to and after, instead of before, that of Craigie, and'
that he may be called John Craigie-Halkett : And to,
command that the3said royal concession and declaration be
recorded in her Majesty's College of Arms, otherwise to be
and of none effect.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, APRIL 21.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy
of a despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Assumption,
enclosing copy of a decree, requiring all vessels, proceed-
ing up the River Paraguay to the capital, to declare their