The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-14 00:00:00

IHE SUN,' LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 14, 18N7,

THE HEALTH OE EUROPEAN SOLDIERS
IN INDIA.*

The following suggestions which have been ap-
proved by his Excellency Sir Colin Campbell, the
Commander-in-Chief, are made for the use of officers
who have had no Indian experience :
On a campaign the mortality caused by sickness
is sometimes more than double, or even treble,
that caused by the weapons of the enemy. Disease
may so paralyse an army that the best efforts of a
General are thwarted and rendered abortive. An
originally large force dwindles away to a mere
shadow without constant reinforcements. This
happens in all countries, but perhaps to a greater
extent in India than elsewhere.

When men are disease-stricken they come under
the hands of the surgeon, and it is then his duty
to treat them, and to apply what remelies ar•
req iired ; but before they are thus struck down
everything depends upon the commanding-officer.
" Prevention is much better than cure," is an old
and•most true axiom, and one which every man in
India ought always to bear in mind. In nine cases
out of ten sickness may be traced to imprudence—
imprudence arising from recklessness, from want of
thought, or from ignorance. Knowledge on the
part of those in authority may do much to hinder
the imprudence of those under their power ; and
it is the objectiof these memoranda to point out
common things, easy to remember and easy to en-
force, which will have a marked influence in pre-
venting the stealthy approaches of the worst of foes.
Trifles constitute the sum of human life ; thousands
of human lives have been lost by the neglect of
trifles. Let officers carry out the trifling directions
is the following few pages, and they will quickly
see their good effect.

The instructions are very brief, and are purposely
put into terse and stringent language, to make them
more impressive. They treat only of those few
points with which every officer, if he does his duty,
must become acquainted.

door or panel in the ship that was not cracked or de-
stroyed. There were no bulwarks whatever on the
upper deck, and of the light iron railing used as a sub-
stitute for bulwarks two-thirds had been washed away,
Four out of the six boats on her deck had also been
washed away—(hear)—and the vessel had been as nearly
wrecked as could be with all her troops and crew. In-
deed, one of the men of the 94th Regiment was washed
overboard. The gallant colonel bad not stated the
number of crew and engineers on board the ship, and
he (Sir W. Fraser) would endeavour to supply the de-
ficiency. The number of the crew of this vessel of 2,300
tons, which had on board one of the finest regiments in
her Majesty's service, was 18 ; the number of engineers,
13`,oker,, and otin r persons employed in working the en-
gines was 22 ; and out of the whole of those 40 men only
tines could speak the English language. He was bound
to say that the captain seemed to be a most intelligent man
and to have acted with the greatest intrepidity during
those trying emergencies. He (Sir W. Fraser) was
told that for 48 hours he never left the deck--(bear)—
and that it was mainly owing to his conspicuous energy
and prowess that the ♦essel was able to reach Ply-
mouth. There was a story circulating in Plymouth
when be (S r W. Fraser) was there, though he would
not vouch for the accuracy of it, that during the storm
in the Buy of Biscay the great-r part of the men em-
ployed in the engine-room declared that it was no use
working any longer, because they raw no chance of
saving the vessel, upon which the first engineer, pro-
curirg his pistols, said, "The first man that goes up
that ladder," meaning the ladder leading from the
engine-room to the deck, "I will blow his brains out."
It was owing, it was said, to that circumstance and to
the energy of the captain that the vessel was brought
back to Plymouth. He did not know much of ship-
building, but he did not think a regiment could have
been convoyed to India in such a vessel. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. AYRTON said a great deal of dissatisfaction
was expressed last session at the manner in which the
East India Company hired transports, and be was then
induced to mere for a return on the subject, but that
return had not yet been laid on the table, which was
much to be regretted, as it was only in that way that
the house could form a just opinion on the subject.
The motion of Colonel SYKES was then agreed to.
TRANSMISSION OF TROOPS TO INDIA.

Mr. AYRTON complained that returns, moved for
by him last session, relative to the transmission of troops
to India had not been published.

LIGHTHOUSE AT GODREVZ.

Mr. A. &MICH moved for returns of copies of com-
munication between the Board of Trade and the Trinity
House relative to the erec,ion of a lighthouse at God-
revz, in St. Ives' Bay.
Mr. LOWE objected to it because the return asked
for did not comprehend all the papers. He would con
sent to the return of the whole of the communications
that bad taken place.
The return in an amended
The Louie then adjourned.

rAIRS ON MR. DISRI.

FOR AGAINST.
Sir Vt. iomervilleLord Bective
Sir J. Potter Mr. Wigram
Mr. Deasy Mr. Whiteside
Ir. Dunne a r. Alexander
Sir C. C ote Capt. Archdale
Sir De L. Evans Mr. E. Yorke
Lord A Chu chill sir F. Thesiger
Mr. J. A. Warre Mr. T. Bernard
Mr. Holland Sir F. Kelly

Mr. Waldron Mr. Vansittart
Mr. mills General Peel
Mr. Dodson • Mr. Cubitt
Mr. B. Wilcox Mr. Itolt

Mr. Marsh Mr. W Coptland
Mr. Bagshaw Mr Bennet
Mr. Sheridan lion. li. G. Liddell
Hon C. Fltzwil
liam Mr. Cooper

`oral was agreed to.

,LI'S AMENDMENT,

FOR AO AIN3T
[lon. 11. Denison Sir B. Booth
Sir. M. Manes Col. North
vlr. Ennis Mr. Dod

ierjt. O'Brien Mr. Dobbs
llr. Heard W. Bernard
Sir H. Peel Mr. Wynne
r. Sainsbury Mr. Stanhope
Air. Traill Mr. Franklyn
Ar.H Berkeley Col. Forester
A.. Harcourt Mr. Langton
Ar. G. Cavendish Lord Tempest
n S. Vivian Lord Lennox
S'ir G. Grey Hon. J Percy
fir. 1,1 indley 1 ord L ill
Lord Gro,venor Sir C. Burrell
llr. Mostyn Mr. Long
Corbally Mr. Conol'y

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, Dn. 10.

Country Markets.

DALKEITH GRA.IIsTMARKET—Dxo. 10.

Qrs. • Best. Current. Jamie,
330 Wheat 50s Od 36s ill d 24s 6d
1491 Oats 2tls. Od 2ls 6(1
1335 Barley 36s 6d 26s 01
32 Peas & beans 388 Od 3ss 6d ..... ...• Ns •d

HADDINGTON GRAIN MARKET—DEC. 11.
WHEAT. EARLEy I DAT!. I SHAI, N.
First s7a Od 355 Od 26s Od 1 42s 01
Second 3Bs ld 1 27s Od 1 21, 8d a 36s 9d
Third 3os 64 I 203 01 IHs 64 1 32s Od
Total quantity of wheat in market, 612 qrs., 674 mold
barley „ 989 qrs., 946 sold
oats ,; 418 qrs., 407 sold
_
Pt beans ~ 42 qrs., 31 sold
AVERAGES PER IMPIRTAL QUARTER.
Wheat, 1/. 18 1 s.l2ths 1 Barley, _P. 7 2 742ths
Oats, ... 11. 1 8 6.l2ths 1 Beans, 1./. 16 a 6.l2tbs

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