Star.
London, England, 1808-04-18 00:00:00

FIPTII REPORT,
OP THY CONINITSMONIKS APPOINTED! 41/43 F.NQUIRE AND
EXAMINE INTO THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE.

ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.

( Continued from the ST.III of April 12.)
The Medical concerns of the Navy, since the aboli-
tion of the Sick and Hurt Office, are conducted by
the Transport Board, and chiefly by the Medical
Member of it, who has had great experience as a
Naval Surgeon, and as Physician to the Fleet.
The establishment, independent of that of the Na-
val Hospitals, consists of two Inspectors of Hospitals,
being Physicians who have served at sea ; and of Sur-
geons and Assistant Surgeons to ships, whose number
is regulated by the rate of the ship, or, in smaller
vessels, by the complement of men ; and one Physi-
cian is occasionally allowed to a Fleet.
The establishments at the Naval Hopitals are
according to their extent. At Hadar, calculated to
receive 1800 patients, there are three physicians, three
surgeons, one dispenser, and twelve hospital mates.
At Plymouth, calculated to receive 1200 patients,
there are two physicians, two surgeons, one dispenser,
and ten Mates : but the number of Mates varies with

the number of patients. According to this proportion,
therefore, it seems tohe considered that one Physician,
one Surgeon, and four or five Mates, are sufficient
for 600 patients.
It is required that candidates for employment, pre-
vious to their appointment in the medical service of
the navy, should produce certificates of their surgical
abilities from the College of Surgeons at London,
Dublin, or Edinburgh ; and that they shoold be
examined as to their skill in physic by the Medical
Member of the Transport Board, who has two fixed
days in each week for such examination ; but wl.en
candidates have presented themselves, he is in the
practice, he states, of examining them at other times.
All persons entering into the Naval Medical Ser-
vice must first serve as Assistant Surgeons : these are
promoted to the rank of Surgeon according to the
time that they have served, and the characters which
they have obtained for general good conduct and pro-
fessional skill ; and they must again undergo an exa.
mination before the College of Surgeons and the
Medical Member of the Board, unless they shall have
been certified, in the firs_ instance, to be duly qualified
for the rank of Surgeon.
Hospital Mates, Assistant Surgeons, and Surgeons,
are appointed by the Transport Board. We tinder-
stand that there is great difficulty in procuring Hospi-
tal Mates and Assistant Surgeons, properly qualified,
and that the number deficient at present cannot
be less than six hundred. Physicians to the fleet, and
to hospitals, and Surgeons to hospitals, are appointed
by the Loris Commissioners of the Admiralty ; they
must, however, all be selected from the list of Naval
Surgeons ; and the Physicians must have served five
years as Surgeons.
The pay of the Medical Member of the Transport
Board is one thousand pounds per annum, with no
other emolument. The inspectors have each five
hundred pounds per annum salary, and an allowance
for subsistence when on service, (i. e. when absent
from town) of one guinea per diem, and one shilling
and sixpence per mile for travelling expences ; one-
half is, however, deducted from the subsistence when
they are embarked on board King's ships.
The duties of the two Inspectors, who are gene-
rally resident in London, and who, it is understood,
are not to practise for their private emolument, are to
visit the Naval Hospitals on shore and afloat, and
King's ships of every description ; to report on the
conduct of the Medical Officers employed, and the
.state of the sick ; on the general management and
economy of the hospitals, and on the condition of
the medicines and other articles in store ; but they
cannot give directions relative to the treatment of the
sick.

The Transport Board judges of the conduct of the
Assistant-Surgeons from the report of the Surgeons
and Officers under whom they are serving, and cer-
tificates from theni must be produced annually, before
the Assistants are allowed to receive their pay. The
professional conduct of the Surgeons is judged offmn
the reports of the Inspectors of Hospitals, and by the
opinion formed by the Medical Member of the Board
on his perusal of the Journals, which the Surgeons are
required to keep, of their practice on board ship, and
to produce, beibre their pay can be received. The
general conduct of the Medical Officers of Hospitals
is under the controul of their Governors respectively;
and the profes ;ional practice of those Officers is open
to the aniniadvelsion of the Inspectors in their vi-
sitations.

SALES BY AUCTION.

SUFFOLK.--LAVENHAM PARK I,AIUM„
Ty I.i.:n*oN 4111.1 I.AVALLIN,
At the Angel Inn, in BURY, on 'Tuesday, the 2d day of May
next, at Four o'Clock in the Afternoon,
LL that desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE,
L LAVENHAM PARK, situate in Lavetilatm, in the
Connty of Suffolk, containing by admeasaternent, of arable„ mea-
dow' and p. tore, 4604 A. and of Wood I.lnd, 411 A. t•igether
with .502 A. or thereabouts, now in the occupation of ;kir.
Kemball, tenant at will; from whom possession may he
had at Old Michaelmas next. 'i his Farm is divided into welt
proportioned inclosures, and has a convenient and well aci:Tted
Bar•is, St4toks, and Out-huildlilgs, and is free
of all tythes, being liable only to a modes of Y..sel. p.-r annum.—
Lavenham Is situate 10 miles from Bury, 12 fawn Ifadlei:;h, flier
from Melford, and seven front Sudbury, el good market,-towns.
Mr. Kemball, the tenant, will slaty/ the. estat: on appli....athn,
and particulars and conditions of salt may be had in du.: time, at
the principal Inns in the neigld:ouring towns; of Mr. Fir:nil,
Dedham ; Mr. Skinner, Lawford, near Manningtrefe;
and of the .Auctioneers. Colciu stir.

In pursuance of a Commission of Arprai itrnent ami S issaed
front the High Court of Admirahy of Engtaint, addressed to
Jou CiticarT, Esq. Casitleman, the Marshall of the said
Court,
On Friday, the 22d .4 pril instant, at '.estm 'o'clock in the forenoon,
HE FO 1. ING GOODS, viz
About 20 To::s of Cod J 6 Tons of Ling
60 Tons of OA and Ling (little damaged)
Being part of the Cargo of the Danish brig Fortuna, N. Foi.ar
Master, detained by the private ship of war Thomas and John.
For viewieg the same, and for any further particulars, apply at
the Counting House of THOMAS LOCKYER,
Substitt.te to the Marshall of the Admiralty.
Plymouth, April l 1, 1808.

At the I.ozloa .1 avert], Plymouth, on Friday
xhe 6th of May neat, at eleven o'clock in the.forenoon,
'HE FOLLOWING GOODS, viz.
4 Pieces Erandy 11. II ols. French White Wiut
126 Half Pieces French Wide I Hhd. Muscadel Wine
Wine 1 Case Anchovies &Salad Oil
Being part of the Cargo. nf the MARIANA ; and condemned to
His Majesty's Ship Ac I aye', R. H. Mow anAe„ Esq. Commander.
Also,
12 Pipes Brandy 4 Cases Oil in Bottles
3 Hhds. Red Wine •
Landed from the Danish Brig JOHANNA CATHERINA, and

re..toretl to the Claimants.
Also, 280 E Red Wine-30 Half Pieces Ditto.
. .

For Catalogues, and other paniculars, apply to
Mr. JOHN HAWKER, Merchant, Plymouth.

GOSPOWI.

gy virtue a a Decree of Appraisement and Sale from the High
Court of Admiralty addressed to Edmund Cobb Hurry aiat
William Carver, of Gosport, Esqrs.
On To:sday. the 19th day of April, 1909, at Ele.ven o'Clock in
the Foreruon, will be sold by Public Auction, at the India

It appears, therefore, that in the Medical Service
of the Navy, as in that of the Ordnance, the Medical
superintendance is in those who must necessarily have
had great Medical experience in the service ; and that
their attention is solely dedicated to their employ-
ments ; that the business oftbe Inspection of the hos-
pitals, and of the King's ships, is conducd by two
Navy Physicians, whose general residence is in Lon-
don ; yet that very effectual, checks seem to beprovi-
ded on the conduct of the Navy Medical Officers ;
and, that the Medical establishments of the great
Naval Hospitals at Haslar and Plymouth are very
inferior, in proportion to the sick calculated to be
received at them, to those which have been establish-
ed in the Army General Hospitals.
We have also inquired into the nature of the Me-
dical Establishment of the East India Company's
Army, and into the mode in which their Medical
department is conducted.
There is a separate Establishment, as we learn from
Dr. Yates, who was a considerable time in the ser-
vice of the Company) at each Presidency. That at
Madras, with which Dr. Yates was best acquainted,
consists of a Board, formed of theithree senior surgeons
in the service, who superintend the conduct of the
whole Department, and have the immediate superin-
tendance of the Madras General Hospital. The re-
mainder of the Establishment (there being no such
• rank as that of Physician in the Company's Service)
consists of Staff Surgeons (called Superintending
Surgeons of Divisions), of Surgeons, and Assistant
Surgeons., When the numbers of this Establishment
are complete, Dr. Yates thinks that it is efficient for
the Service of the Company's Army. The Medical
Board at the Presidency used tizmerly to nominate
to situations in this Service, but for some years past
the patronage has been entirely in the Governor and
Council. Promotion, however, goes according to
staiority.

Ant .. I
T HE: FOLLOWING GOODS,
viz.

140 frees Oranges 6 Sacks Walnuts
• '9'2 Ditto Lemons 3 Ditto Shelled Almonds
5 Ditto Citron 1 flux preserved Fruit
473 Frills Figs G Orange and Lemon Trees
Being part of the Cargo of the American ships Sally and I letty
(William Fleming master) detained on her voyage from Lisbon to
Philadelphia, by his Majesty's ship Blossom, George Pigot, Esq.
For Inventories and further particulars, anplv three days be.
fore the Sale to GEORGE MORES JUKES, Esq.
Agent for rho Captors.

After which will be Sold,
'THE fast sailing privateer LA VICTOIRE, 'with
-I- her valuable Stores, consisting of Masts, Yards, Bowsprit,
Booms, Sails, Anchors, Standing and Running Rigging, Scc. &c.
complete, and snay be hued for Sea at an easy expence.

DIMENSIONS.

Length on Deek - - 45 Feet
Extreme Breidth -
- 11
Depth - ..
- 6i
Admeasures about . - - 22 3 ons
condemned as Prize to his Majesty's ship Boreas, Robert
Scott, Esq. Captain.
For inventories and further particulars, apply three days before
the Sale, at the Ofice of HURRY, JURE:, and Co.
Agents for the Captors.

Also,
'THE Hull of the fast sailing privateer LA
A• COURIER, eondemned as Prize to his Majesty's brig
Linnet, John Tracey, Esq. Comnias.det,
After which, all her valuable Stores, consisting of a quantity
of Iron Pig Ballast, 18 Guns, Masts, owsprir, Yards, Booms,
Sails, Anchors, Cables, and small Arms, &c. &c.
Vox. Inventories and further particulars, apply three lays before
the Sale to HURRY, JUKES, and Co. Agents tut g eCs p era.

At same time will be Sold,
AQUANTITY of Oak Knees, Timber and Plunk,
New Iron Hoops, Old Iron, &c. and Sixty Barrels of prime
Yarmouth New Red Herrings.
For Catalogues and further partienlArs, apply three days, before
the Sale ti, lila kVA , JUKES, and, Co.
Gosport, April 8, 1808.

,The Andes of the Stafriit-&iperintending Surgeons
are, to reside in their divisions; to insr;!ct the. Hospi-
tals within them once in three miintlis ; to Agulate
the Practice of the Surgeon's and Assistant Surgeons
I Regiments ;' and to receive monthly Returns froth
them of the copies of their daily journals, cor.taining
in account of the number of the sick, their disorders,
treatment, and the event ; and of the quantity of me-
dicines expended, remaining, and wanted. These
'.:ll,l;4ufr-'eAriLngOlul-nder the dis-
Reports the Superintending .Surgeons communicate
Li t!•••e Board, with such comments as they may deem
necessary ; and the Board, makes a Report un the
whole to the Commander in Chief.
Even when the Company's Army is employei on
iseeve service, the system is the same; and the only
,i(ticrit, HUDSON'Swho
addition is, of one Staff Surgeon to superintend the .1 v HATDRI
whole Medical Department of such Army, and of a N wising pain of Chronic kheurnatisnt, or the m, .
Medical Gentleman to take charge of the. Hospital anguish of Goot, world not, at any price, .acily purchase
re,acute
g
Stores ; with, occasionally, three or four additional mealy to reti!..v his suthainzs I No remedy ;las ',teen sa effecn.al as'
Assistant Surgeons, who are at the dicposid of the , Dr. Honlif;antl:, m.,tsrtiral Oil, in aff, !Aiding certain else, and tint-
Staff Surgeon. It will he recollected, that the same E TdPslrtilfns of he t„t„stio",t,.....km.-.`i.,4::C"‘o6ti.,!ct."l:ef alv"stilir"‘'llii:lniatk
simple and economical mode of management WAS worse eitser by notch -.,,,er,i0n, or uy cell variabl'e"v;er,,e.id:r4
exemplified in General Baird's army in Egypt, whilst This excellent application reduces the swelling, and brings the
tend Jab and nutiei.l.Y6 P.'ft aid pliable; in ant-ti st-sit., the Rackets ,
the Medical Department of that army was under the
• the re!as:.,d yteldt;:g con..othli of the boats is so wonderfully'
superintendance of .:r. M‘Gregor. • changed by the regular use of tit: Loperial Oil, I I kU4 t..e ,•rn
We learn furth,..r lion, Dr. Yates, that the Sur- though distorted, gain their natal .1a cc
r.. shape and :gore. In I as),
,eons and Assistant Sargeons have an allowance Boni Nu:nboess of Litotes, and Torpor of the Bat:11 ur Spine, it prod;
the Company for providing what are called country sirdreig" remedy, Ly animating and restoring the etie:y tithe
medicines and necessaries for the sick ; but the Cum- , Isksro'l7' wholosale and retail at Mr. Butler's, No ,f, Chet p ~e.
pang supplies them with such medicines as are im- corner of Paternoster-row; Hazard ;old i'd.ut, and Cr- -1
I ' :
v)rted from Europe, on an indent, approved and Bath; Stains and Lynch, Manchester; Gre;;.l,•ni, Lir er4:wietl:
countersigned by the Staff Surgeon of the division. Baxter, Edinlsurgh and Glasgow; and moit ha.A.sarrs aud",,,:
ry town, in 1.,,,.•.:.c5, at. es. ode sulk.
Our general observations on this statement of the
diclue venders is every couut
India Company's army medical System, as contras- For CI•BANING and BEAUTIVVING toe 1 bETA, PRE
l'Altt'D CHAKLUAL anti CONIC .:EN l'itAl LD SOW: I
ted with that on which we are commenting, arc, that 1
the Gentlemen who have the superintendance of it I 'MN'
i CI kiA ROD AL. from its anti feotic nropetii• i, h •
the two
must necessaril, as in former medical de-
yl k... 4 has'
must been recommended by the Brit pro', Clonal men a
partments, have had great experience in allthe : ~,,•R,,,,•R,,,,•Reffi cacious Tooth Powder that can he urea fur rita4‘ ltilike
r_
branches of the medical service—that this superin. whi.ertitig and pref.-rang the Teeth. reniswing the ;:c,„,,v treat
tendance appears to be uniform and undivided ; that ; the Gu tits, and ..lelltroyii.g the fcetor aril', • g front cat iuu, tech.
, :I.Clenhercutitaminares the breath, and is incapable of injuring the
the regularity of the promotion must lead to a steady
continuance in the service, and is likely to prevent Ftu n the great reputation the genuine preparation invented hi
discontent ; and, that even on active service, little 1 Edni. la,,ltter ( Chemin. to the Duke and York)
Ducbefi of has
additional Medical aid is really wanting beyond that acquired, many imitations are daily offerrti for lak ; the tretouiy
which the regiments can furnish.—(Te be cnitinued.)l its fig" Edn' trod Lardner on the Libel.
. _.:-.•=-- .....=.--. • • It is fold wholefale and retail at No. c 6 Piccadilly, corner
of Al aov. In hoses and bottles, at as ana as. 9d CAdl; is alit.
101 l rvail by Newlt.ry, St. Paul's Church yard; ki,ge,Chean.
lid. ; Fade, Comilla ; Davifoa, Fleet ',tact ; slid hailsy and
Blew, Co, kfotir ft rce:.. London; Gregfon. Liverpool; Fcnirr and
Co. Dublin : .Car,.ill and Reaburn, Edinburuh ; Neak% Dow,
i-,12-1.. uortfrm.utli t suit Awing-n. I eicr.ft,r

. . •
/rESSRS.LEIOU and Co. Suigearts, Confine•
v:- attention to the treatment of certain Complaints, contra:tot
in an ungtiftrded hour, and that Debility which& caused by youth:
ful babies. Mr. l.cutn having been engaged in this esthisive
branch fur the last eleven year: in this house, i: is presumed
the advantage of such experience gives the uttr.mt Success c, thai
assiduity with which th. y deiote them elves to the Cure of these
Complaints.—ln all eaSes of recent occurrence the cute is speedy
and pin and daliger are equally avoided. In every cuthplicakt
case, ar.d in those distressing deficiencies, which are the come.
gnomes of youthful imprudence, or the them:ing indulgences ot
in.::uritv in warm climates. their mode of treatment ensures a safe
and pet natcent restoration to vigorous health. The terms are
oared on the first interview, or in answer to letters, cuntaiui: g a
bank !Lite, and in every case the mo.,t inviolable secrecy it ob,;:
served.— —tio. '29: Arundel-street, near Temple Bar.
llhere is mi additional entrance t

10k COUGHS,
COLL'S, ASTHMAS, AND CONS',JMPTIOIV..

pOBL:EIW's BALSAMIC ELIXIR ;or Cough
Ilror. There juilly celebrated trope by th, it happy and
i7imediate in removing the mcift ohtiiiiate Coughs or Ca.
tare's and ail tendency t.i Confumptiom render them a valuable
Family Medici te. Ard when we coihtkr the satial,k els uf
our rlil.ate. which c onftantly induce,, to to catch cold, and that
tram ti,i- taking o,•id ivicinates a muitriule t.f chleale,, as Alkhrra,
PliTl4 the Ch 13, Offenfive Breath, It thenmatinn of the Lohgs.
and Co, rts•i,t,:iiir,. with a Inn trait. of evils—nu head of a ts,
milt' limuld Le tlown Without a mall co, ply at halt of :hit
meily. Many th,,ltand perf.,ns e..t tellify
the hapi y they have received trcm r, *hen every other
arli:tance Lad tailed.
A CAUTION

Ohicree the name of R. Liwicr. Nu 4. Ch•aufule. is entravel
on a Shlck which is alixod to cads haat ; others are
courcrieits.

Said at Mr 130,1cr'4, Nn. t , Chi apfide ner of Prentofter-
r yr ; ,nd rctai'. by Crifp. Corner of NI: Clirk, 269,
g 1; Mr. Baxter, Fdinhurgh atti : andnny he had
ut m.O Country MedieineVetalers, hi hnttlog asyd and& each.

CHING'S PATENT WORM I.O7.F.NCES.
'TO Parents, Guardians, and ethers who have the
care of Children, this valuable medicine ...4.not be too strongly
recommended. Worms are a disn.ase few children etcape. They
destroy the appe'itt, weaken the organs of digestion, produce pains
in the stomach and bowcls, deprive the body of its nourishment.
occasion emaciation and paleness, stop the progress of growth, and
are the cause of the most alarming at/ovule/ens, which too often
terminate in d:at la. Nor are their effects less severe on grown per-
sons; by ulcerating the stomach and bowels, they are- often the
cause of lingering complaints, which prove fatal at kW, and subject
the patient to the most excruciating fits of agony a:td distress. to
childhood, every disease with which a child is afflicted Is also high-
ly exasperated by them. The certainty and safety both of their
prevention and cure, by the above medicine, is so fully established
to the satisfaction of the Public, by the testimony of the first and
most leading chart :tens of the Nobility, and of others of high re-'
spectability, who have witnessed its remarkable effecss in their own
families, that it is only necessary to observe, this is the psr:-A of
the season when such a medicine ought to be given to children and
others, to prevent any attack of this complaint.
loldwhol saleandretail,atChingand Bud .tr's, No. Cheapside.
Corner of Paternoster-row; Baxter, Edinburgh and Glasgow;
and retA, by most countq vendersin boxes, at tsd. and 5s 6d.

TO MORROW
Sun rise' Sun sets V of r[scs•
ST inillitates•aftet ♦ 1 3 tninuter

HIGH W_,ATER AT LONDON BRIDGE ft.)-ALOKIWW.
PAO.rning ........ 1 minutes after 9
Afternoon ...... Si minutes after 9

A. • •
LONDON: Printed and ptttallied by LEVEL KENT, of -
Can
ttchary Place, Lambeth) at the Stits-Orrical No. 1, Gist"
street. Published also tithe STAIII-011XL, TUDebeitg

IMPORTANT DISCOVERY, .
THE Advantage the Public nstst always derive
-A. from regularly educated professional men directing ahnost
exclusively their studies to one species of malady, was never most
clearly demonstrated than by the unexampled success which has
attended the administration of their Dew remedy, and thc extraor-
dirzry cures it has performed. For along series of years, Niesart.
CVM.RII. and Co. Surgeons, formerly in his Majesty's service, have
made the Venere.d Disease the particular object of their investi-
gation, and are happy Ist having discovered a medicine superior to
mercury in the cure of that complaint; it is sufficient to observe
that the effects of this remedy are diametrically opposite to those
of mercury, for though it completely eradicates every vestige of
the virus, in its most confirmed stages, yet it does not in the least
fajun) the constitution ; on the contrary, it reni,vatcs the system
ii) all its natural fora/ions, promotes appetite,' and facilitates di-
gestion: thus instead of reducing a strung and vigorous constitu-
tion to the frightful condition that mercury does, it nut only pre-
serves that constitution ill its primitive state, but restores a weak.
and debilitated one to its natural strength and vigour. Number-
less instances are on relent record of the superior efficacy of this
medicine, its Inherent and specific virtues acting as a perpetual
corrective to bodily debility, whether proceeding from an excess.
of conjugal or illicit pleasure, or from the more insidious, though
not le‘s destructive, indulgence of incautious youth of both sneak
in a certain perniciaus habit. Amidst the melancholy variety et •
disorders which are the consequence of this solitary vice, there art
none more afflicting than that distressing state of debility and de-
ficiency which prevents or embitters the matrimonial state ; the
unhappy stiffens broods ovir his misfortune, a..hamed toseek m-
iler, until he is reduced to such a state of wealtuesa as to wade.%
life oPPressive. To such persons it must be a consoling ;Oleos.
tion to know, that they may now, by a new infallible mode of.
treatment, be restared to that greatest of all human blessings,
strong, manly and vigorous constitution. •
eases of cLbility, deficiency, from whatever cause arising,.
as well as in every species of ven4eal infection, Messrs. Currie
and CO. may be consulted by patients of either set with the
greatest secrecy and honour, at their house, No. 107, Hattor-
i garden. Patients in the country describing the particulars of
their complaints, by letter post paid, enclosing a Funk note, crib
I have the necessary mediate and advice sent to any part of the
kingdom. N 0.107. Hatton Garden.