The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-26 00:00:00

ROME AND FRASCATI.

The general meeting of this company has just
been held at Paris, M. de Saulcy in the chair.
The report states that the whoe outlay for con-
struction of stock, and stores was, up to the 31st
December last 6,799,024 f. (271,9611.), which, with
general expenses to the extent of 115,669 f. (4,6664),
gave the whole outlay at 6,914,593 f. (276,4271.),
leaving upwards of 1,000,000 f. (40,0001.) in hand
out of the original capital of 8,000,000 f. (320,0001.).'
The report also mentioned that the concession .ac,-
corded by the Papal Government to the Frascati
Company of the railway from Rome to the Neapo-
litan frontier for a term of 95 years gave a gua-
rantee of a minimum revenue of 1,620,000 f.
(64,8001.) a-year, or 5 per cent. on the capital.
The new line was to be 70 miles in length, and,
must be opened to the public on the Ist of August,
1860. It would run over the Frascati Railway for
the first seven miles, -The capital to be raised was
fixed at 27,000,000 f. (1,080,0001.), and the pre-
ference in the allotment of the new shares was to
be given to applications from shareholders of the
Frascata Company.
Resolutions were then passe I approving the ac-
counts ratifying the convention entered into with
the Papal Government for the concession of the
new railway, and confirming the nomination of
'Count Louis Antonelli, Commander Filippani, and
the Federal Colonel Barman as directors. The
proceedings then terminated.

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Two of the steamers built for the Ottoman Giiver -
ment by White, of Cowes, and which are now lying n
;le
Southampton water, are to be called after two Batt s
won by the Turks over the Russians at the nommen e-
meat of the Russian war, viz., Citate and Oltenitzl. .

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ba dono,,tor the itnprovkirkintesfilie me%ar,,,_ , ,4,
4-4 . --, .:-:. 4) bl' hrnent'of .-thesT Brifisl iiriiyi'lifiiis. Y
sh uld intere4 every, one h:iviniffiieiiiii°orTerAL -'
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do s in thatarrny._ It iikSiilet lia shur`tei ghtedness to
re and it.is a mere personal matter affecting milie _.. ,
to surgeons. • This ireportatit I:ram:h.:of the ser-
vic has been_ negliTted; in 'a most shameful and .
- sui idal manner.' Attention huts been paid to every . ")
br nch
.ccf_ the service, Which appared r4tten in the
% , (iEcettithe medical department,. Which I , I
be- eve was the inosst rotientif-all. • '
xecuiive -officers hive new a stiff college, so'.
Idi s have good seliools, but What means'of improve-
to
)s tia,;.areveobffeeerendtatilzetiihte6 militaryper sy bbro•eon? ' What '
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prevent it einab less rot-
lei
rhoinia
fAselceopernedwesasr
?to the humblest mother, it is a
matter of deep concern that her clista;tritictskogrin,
dwhen
own
on a Weedy field, or, far we rse,
byla deadly climate, should be cared .for skilfully
and a,,sidur.itily., . .
Military surgeonS are kept tau , and ~.ven
fifteen yeai.S_ in c lollies, where they bAre no
' opPortuniiei of keeping up, .much less improv-
ing, their professionxl knowledge, an-I tho Go. '
verninent have the blindness or the parsimony
to Seni, these 'officersinto the field to discharge re.
sponsible dhtie4, and perform s:iriens operations in - •
Military Surgaryee•gives him the charge of perhap • •
1,000 '. brave tro•,ps, t.) prevent, alleviate, and
cure thEirmata-dim---It-is a crying ehame aix 1 a
'9083 'injuitiCe ite the troops, 'frou>t the general to
the private, to place valuabl'e. livAtite the hands of
• a man who has been, for tliWitfii.,fg4slyeays of his
- life, vegetating,' in the letck- wii6,1.37,4 AUitrAlia,
Canada, or :_the Cape.. Can thiseee4geon be as
courant with all theimprovenioniktitadiscoveries
in the pro-gre'SsiVe seikineee of nitertieito3 and stir:.
gory? Is he fit to take chargo,ol i74otirtiiaidinen in
th: ii. 41 I Decidedly. pet. ' ''" ..
It his. been well said that 'a of all :pretending
fools, t e ignorant physician is the greatest," but
what shall we say of tie ignorant surgeon 'I It would
corder a grea-1a.,71.,311L'0n die, army if the,Subject of
tlie !311.1..ati0n cli military Orgeons, and'lljkuper-
turlities-and-inducenienti otrtred thein't ret _tieing
thorough good surgeons were . broughe bett-ie the
puldic, Ido 'not :1-,ay Parliatnent,lor it has been de-
cided by. a Select Committee that time medical
b anch of the army is in a diegracefurre.ate of back-
wardness. _ It is hepecl by every flier and man in
the
.sec vice, that seine high-minded advocate of
army refor m will cause due consideration to be
given to this grave subject ; the Ferv'ece of the no-
ble and Chivalrous Stafford aro not forgOttc.n.
The Secretary_ for War stated in Parliement that
the Medical Department required compitte reorga-
uisAtion, and that the clamis of medical officers
would receive every attention. H. R.. 11. the Duke
of Cainbridge, in his impartial eVidence before a
Select Co aimittea of the. Ilouseuf 00111111,1135, 'that
1856,, stated his decided (pi-
terminated in July,
pious on the advisability of granting higher rela-
tive rank-to-surgeons-__Sir-DoeLacy Evans fully
coincided in that opinion, and passed :vn eulogium
on medical officers which :will not :be forgotten by
them. Many distinguished- military authorities
stated. that the position of military surgeons should
be improved in every respect, so as toinduce men
of science and ability to enter the service.
It is a melancholy thing to see wtat stratagems
the.Director-Gene' al is obliged-, to adopt in order
to procure some kind of surgic it attendance for the
army ; writing-to the 'different 'colleges; hospitals,.
And dispensaries, begging -far-student-so:0 matter
how. junior, offering them commissions it they pass
a farce of an examination ; getting -the Colleges of
Surgeons to reduce their curriculum to the lowest
p essible standard, and: wishing the professors to
puff up to the students the advantage's of entering
th© a. my. - . - -

From- the flagrant injustice shown to army
surgeons after the Crimean war, it cannot be
wondered at that -Surg onc, - bone fide. Surgeons,
cannot be got for a war, as yet not of ten months'
duration. To induce them. to go to the Crimea
they were given 401. towards an ou'tit, which they
were made to refund immediately after the peace.
The Royal wrrrant, granting in6reased pay mid
tank, and abolishing antiquated and musty regula-
tions, draWn up and almost signed, ivas rejected
the moment the peace was proclaimed.
They were put on half-pay in indecent has'e,
and in the most summary and unjust manner; and
these who were kept on full-pay were made to do
double work ; six weeks' I:ave to men who worked
their lives. and souls out in the deadly hospitals of
the East ! This was unfair treatment to a class
of officers who left 70 of their number in the ceme-
teries of the East—victims of their unceasing devo-
tion. It is undeniable that there'is an amount of
discontent and dissatisfaction in the breast of every
Military Surgeons, the sources of which ought
_in
fai!-Ttess towards them to be removed.
There are. no rules for promotion, for home
or foreign service, for pensions or allotn.ent of
stations, &c., &c. A man may be kept in exile
all his I,fe ; he may be ordered abroad, although
there are 20 of his grade much longer at home,
and complaint is unavailing ; be rarely or ever
gets leave, even fur a day ; he is always in har-
ness ; his position as Surgeon of a regiment is
most unsatisfactory, fur if he discharge his
duty, he is at constant war with his colonel. He is
supposed to look with assiduity to the preservation
of the health of the men in his medical charge, and
yet his rec tmmendatious can be put aside by the
officer commanding, in the orderly room basket,
as so much waste paper. If a surgeon wish to keep
on friendly terms with the colonel, who is to write
the confidential report on his conduct, the sooner
h 3 puts all ideas of n3ilitat y hygiene into one of his
pill-boxes the batter ; consequently a surgeon either
becomes listless and indifferent about adopting mea-
suresfor the preservation of the health of the men,
or is bullied o tit of the regiment if he uphold his
position with dignity, and discharges his duties in a
scrupulous, conscientious manner, bykeeping a con-
stant supervision over the health of his men, and re-
porting anything which he considers detrimental to
I it.

Finally, when promoted to be surgeon, he has to
serve in that rank for two years on the pay of an
as'eiStant-surgeon—an 'just ice which is apparent to
every one. These and a, legion of other. acts oft
stupid injus ice prevent men of status from entering
the army as surgeons. It is an undeniable fact that
the state is a loser by not having the medical charge
of regiments in the hands of scientific, able, and
independent military. s argeons.—l reinaiu,
Calcutta, • MILITARY SURGEON.
4th April, 1858.

DlethlTY IN LOUISIANA.

Speaking of grand juries reminds me that the
Parish Court is now in session here, .his Honour
Kid' Rodgers presidin-7- g
:t;riadiPKas3S'eingorKy,
sentenceil ou
y
usually call him. Old Ky
a criminal, and -delivered-him-elf as fdlows
" Prisoner, stand up 1 Mr. Kettles, this Coutt is
under the painful necessity of passing sentence of
the law upon you, sir. This Court has to doubt;
Mr. Kettles, but what you were broililt into this
serape by the use of intoxicating liquor. ThU
friends of this Coutt all knows that ef thar is any
vice this Ct urt abhors it is intemperance. When
this Court •was a young man, Mr. Kettles, it was
considerably inclined to think ; and the friends of
this Court knows that this Court has naterally a
very high temper, and ef this Court hAd not stop-
ped short off, •and stopped the use of intoxi-
cating liquor, I have no doubt, sir, but
what this Coutt, sir, would have been in
the Penitential yor its grave." Another case was
before the Court. Au overseer who had been dis-
charged brought suit against his employer for the
wholp year's wages, alleging
s.
that hedh d been dis-
Old K
charged without sufficient groun
T
t is ' well
charged the jury as follows : j y
riaeintuerd
notice that this Coin takewill t
h
e
When the Court fir, started
nature of the case.
out in the world it followed the business of over-
seeing, and ef there is any business which the Court
understands
it's hosses, d
in iatnsdliiifieggfeorrs—lestshotiulgan
80h
the Court
naterally gifted ; and this Court in running a guar
whar the hosses was turned could &lora
ticl) etvheirs oversee
in toss racin' was always
e
ter race
'turn a Ness so as to gain 15 feet iu a race ; and
that on a certain occasion in the parish of West
Foliciana it was one of the conditions of the race
that Ky Rodgers shouldn't turn nary one of the
bosses." Another case was up, and two lawyers
got into a fight—one of them a preacher of our
church. Old Ky called hastily for the sheriff,
" Mr. Sheriff ! Mr. Sheriff I Take them men to
gaol. This Court shan't have her dignity insulted
in this manner."—New York Tribune.

DECEPTIONS AT THE AYRSHIRE SHOW.—A discovery
was wade on the morning after the show at Ayr that the
two-year-old boll, for which the first prize had been
awarded, had been decorated for the occasion with a
pair of false horns, The deceptive work had been neatly
done. A thin band of gutty percha was put round the
base of the horns, and fastened by some adhesive sub.
stance, and the hair was carefully placed over it. The
skin of the animal had been punctured behind
the
shoulder, and air blown in to prevent a slight hollow
being observed. The third.animal in the same class bad_
and ialso been altered in appearance by puncturingex _._.--1
blow-
ing. The offending party is very: prnper.y
directors
further allowing stock again in .Ayr ; and. the
Counsel to decide
Crown
further resolved that the case should
Procurator Fiscal, for the
be
criminally prof
1 whether'or not Mr. Paton shquld be . laid before the
touted.—Caledonian Mercury. • - '

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.
THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with
AN UNEQUAL MATCH. Characters by Messrs. Buckstone,
Chipendale, Compton, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, and Miss
A. Sedgwick, Mrs. B. White, Miss Lavine, and Mrs. J. Fitz-
wilham.

After which a Classical Extravaganza, entitled PLUTO
AND PROSERPINE.
Followed by JACK'S RETURN FROM CANTON.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening). 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Price. s. d. Second price. s. d.
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 0
Upper Boxes... 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit „ 2 0 Pit 1 0
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