Star.
London, England, 1808-04-01 00:00:00

NAtIP/CAL INTEL LIG

PORTSMOUTH, MARCH
Arrived his- Majesty's ships port _
pha, from a cruize. Sailed his Majesty',
taur, for the Downs ; and the Ant, wit
Guernsey and Jersey. His Majesty'.
is appointed convoy for the Brazils.—:.
The following men of war sailed
Downs, being part of the fleet intended
Mars, of 14 guns, Captain 'AMIN: Orion,,
11/tomtits ; Polyphemus, of 64, Captain Hartvoeta ; sakette
Daphne frigates ; Insolent, Thrasher, Hearty, Steady, pmt
Orastesand Redbreast,

SHEERNESS. MARCH 91.
Arrived his Majesty's brig Escort, L.
&Erni, and sailed up to the Victory, with the batyt
.
gage of Sir JANfE9 SACMAREZ. Sailed
the
cutter to the Northward. The Success and la art
frigates got under weigh to proceed to the North?*
with the North West ships, but, owing to the id'
wind, have been obliged to bring up again. Anieed
the Duchess of Bedford, PATTERSON, with loss abet
rudder; the Good Intent, Pitomos, having trtung
a. leak on her voyage to Jersey; the Fox traitipen,
BnoottE, with loss of an anchor ; the olive Lee; of
Lynn, SMITH; and the Fleckneys, Twerp the,
former with loss of a cable and anchor, and the itte
with the loss of an anchor only. Sailed the Ameti,
can ship Wanderer, SHE?, for the Downs. Arrived
several ships from the River, to join the Guttedutgli
convoy, which are to sail the momer.t the wind ccroet
fair, under escort of the Monkey and Ttabnint
gun-brigs —Wind E.

DEAL, MARCH si.

Arrived the Kangaroo sloop from the Nom, and
Sparrowhawk sloop from Plymouth. Sailed' the
Pandora sloop for Sheerness, to refit, and Shylarh
sloop on a cruize. Last night, in a very thick squall
of snow, the - sloop, Cole master, with a carp
of groceries, &c. from London, bound to Dartmouth,
got on shore near. Walmer Castle, where she stiff
remains; and it is feared while the wind cottinuesk,
blow from the N. E. she will not be got of these
springs..-.P. S. A large fleet of Merchant vessels bare
arrived froth the River, and sailed through. The
Osprey sloop has the signal for a convoy eying, tolls
West! ard.

Remain in the Downs, Princess of °singe, Centaur,
Trusty, Goßah, Clyde, Euryalus, Tribune, Ranger,
Kangaroo, Sparrowhawke, Magnet, Vulture, OIL
lenger, Osprey, Lightning, Zebra, Minx, Desperate,
Indignant, Firm, Tickler, Featless, Intelligent, Pier.
cer, Tigress, Urgent, Phosphorus, Arrow, Pigeon,
and Wrangler.

YARMOUTH, MARCH al.

This morning arrived a sloop of war, with a &et.
of Merchantmertt from the Baltic, and sailed again
this afternoon. Sailed the Majestic, Admiral Russtr..;
the Sappho sloop of war for the Texel ; and Safe.
guard sloop, with ships for Heligoland. Yesterday
the Providence of this port, THEOBALD master, front
London, with goods, sunk in the harbour, in cons.
quence of which a great part of the carp is very
much injured, and some of the hogsheads of solar
are quite empty. In the F.oad the Roebuck, mat
DouGLAs.—Wind

GRAVE:tEND, MAP:CTI Si.—Passed by the Dart, Wwt,tl
Cottenbur&h. Salad the Bengal, Sharp, for India; Edh, MME
art, for Jamaica; Adrisfral Berkeley, Irish, for the Brads; Wm!
garet, Ansell, for Cask, and Unanlmit y, for Dublin.

A private letter received by the last conveyance
from ll°lland states, that Count BENriscx has arrives
at Paris, in Order to seek the re-establishment of the
neutrality of Kniphausen, of which that Nobleman is
Sovereigin. The Count has had some interviews with

TALLE-YRAND.
Mr. PATISSON, the brother of the ci-elevam Zvi f
JEROME BONAPAATE, who is just arrived from the
Continent, brought no dispatches from General Aart.
STRONG.
A number of Horse Transports are ordered to the
Nore, from which they will proceed to Ramsgam
Sir RICHAED STRACHAN passed Alboran, a little to
die westward of Carthagena, on the 1 1 th, the day
after the Carthegena fleet sailed. Ho was working
up the Mediterranean. Alboraa is on the opposite
coast to C.artkagena, but not far distant.
Captain, C. M. FABIAN, from the Sea Pcncibles, is
promoted to the command of the Mutine at Ports.
mouth.
BRITISH NAVT.—The Naval force amounts to, this
day—in commission, 151 sail of the line ; from 50 to
4.4 guns, 22 • frigates, 173; sloops, 222 ;
&c. 222: total, 790—Building, and in ordinary, of*
line, 110; 50 to 44 guns, 15; frigates, 8.3; sloops,
&c. 75 ; gunbrigs, 30 : total building and in ordi•
nary, 322s—Grand total 1112 vessels of war • being
an increase, within the last month, of 32 vessels.
On the death of the President of Trinity College,
Oxford, the Literary World oct of the UniverotY
expected that Mr. KETT would of course be electei•
The Literary World did not know the policy of the
College. They did not recollect that Twos
Wflasurow was set aside at the last Election!
The rage for pedestrian feats has reached the Uri•
versity of Oxford ; but the Oxonaas, we observe,
make all their attempts on the road to Londe's.
CORN EXCHANGE, MARIC.LANE, APRIL
day's supply of Wheat is again short, and sales thereof
support last prices—Fine Barley in demand, and full
as dear—Malt and Peas vary but little—Very few
Beans of the two kinds, which are at higher prices--
Oats are likewise in short supply, and this article font
supports the late increase in price.—The prices of
Floe, continue without alteration.

NNNNN AL CURLINCT •3 UNDER:
Wheat, 48s. 60s. 725. Beans (old) 541. 605. od.
Bine ditto, 765. 78s. Tick ditto (old) 525. 561. 04.
Rye, 465. 30,. Oats, 345. 38s 403.
Barley, 425. 475. Od. Poland ditto, 425. 4ss. ed.
Mak 675. 778 Potatoe ditto 00s. 456 Id.
White Peas (boilers) 158 s. 168 s. Rape Seed, 32L 35.06.
Grey ditto 625. 51.
Yule Flour 555. 60s.—Seconds sos. 555.

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PtH RIPOAto
IF THE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED TO ENQUIRE. AND
EXAMINE INTO THE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE:

Aar a Courte
of Common Council was held
Your— Th minutes being read, the Lord
uaditall•
ported that he had, attended by the deptsta-
re
min el by that Court, presented the Address
a
fon aPe- • t and he had to lay before them his
his Mjesty ;
s Answer :which being read, was ordered
tered upon the Journals.
be en ddressed t mod, Lord Mayor, from the
A lownetterers,' a was also and referred to the Na-
'l• Cornmidee•
fp°neernembrancer laid before the Court a Bill for
tThe-age.o.ver the River to Vauxhall, when it was
ireesh to petition the House of Commons against the
and the Sheriffs were ordered to present it.
etne;
tAr Witirtim or then called the attention of the
the fate of the Reversion Bill, which had
tesniar- di thrown out in the House of Lords, as a
ce that astonished the minds of every honest
circuit's°
at a time when they were called upon to make
Ins' a 'Res, to surport their existence as a nation.
Ctthert- °had been a time when that Court gave an
the country, which he hoped would be
errni'le to
.2.a, followed in the present instance : he meant the
Pri of that Body in the year 1779, complain-
Adrthe obnoxious influence of the Crown, which
ehiregeil y gave rise to Mr. BURKE'S Bill for retrench-
6,the Cavil List, and other acts of reformation in
Zapenditure of the country. He then entered into
o let e,ew• f those Addresses, which brought about
cry reforms, and strongly urged the reading
tithe Minutes of the Court on the 16th of Dec. 1779;
siso the answer of the 32 Peers who entered their Pro.
tee against the scandalous abuses of the Public RHe-
roue, to a Vote of Thanks from that Court. e
then quoted several passages from Blackstone's Com-
raies, montesquieu's Spirit of Laws, Lord Cam-
les, and other writers, on the evil tendency of corrupt
parliaments, and asserted that the country would ine.
iitabll be ruined, when the people were excluded from
as ..essederance In the State. When the country sus-
r—r-
Died such heavy burthens, it was lamentable for the
ie,.vdeto turn their attention to the different sinecures
elojed by several noble families ; for instance. Lord
fGoGoat's, 80,0001. per annum ; Duke of Portland's,
geol.; Lord Arden's, 35,0001. ; Lord Melville's,
15,0001 ; togetherwith others, amounting to morethan
400,000 L; but there was another Nobleman, whose
come was more than 30,0001. a year, who had ac-
cepted a pension for his daughter, of 3001. per ann.
(Yeesesse! front several tart: othe Court.) In stating
dev facts he would ask the ourt, if such men as
allowed in places and pensions were proper to con-
fact, with purity and patriotic zeal, the affairs of the
Nation? The times were certainly trying, the people
ogling for existence ; and their hard.earnings
'pandered away by placemen and pensioners in
pmbling and expensive routes. Surely there must
to something fascinating in being a Member of Par
lament, when a man would give 6 or 70001. for a
ass to sit up every night, to the great injury of his-
etestitution and without saying a single word, vote
cc-sandy for the Minister of the day. No man would
dap such privations unless with the hope of re-
'mention, to the injury of his constituents. Mr.
Waithman requested the Minotes of the Court of thi
IE4 of December, 1779, together with the Duke of
Arguld's Answer to the Thanks voted by the City
of London on that important occasion, be read, which
was complied with. Mr. Waithman resumed, and
said, the Noble Duke had been in power several sub-
sequent years, and yet nothing of his former pledges
lad been evinced to the Public. He concluded by
moving—
Thu petitions be presented to both Houses of Parliament,
'Fusing out regret that the Bill for preventing the granting of
!lees in Reversion (which we regarded as the first step towards
reformation of existing abuses) should have been frustrated, and
ring that measures may be adopted for carrying so necessary
sibeitficial a Bill into effect ; and also for causing enquiries to
t nude into the receipt, management, and expenditure of the
'llk money, and adopting such measures as may effectually
lutti against such abuses in future, as well for abolishing all un-
sensuT places and pensions, as a means of consolidating the
mph of the empire, and calling forth the united energies and
actions of the people."
Mr. Deputy GOODBEHERE seconded the motion.
Mr. Sheriff SMITH said, that, as an independent
rani he owed it as a duty to himself, to declare that
the Motion had his full approbation. He thought
these Members of the House of Peers who had voted
against the passing of the Reversion Bill, had done
Ink credit to themselves, and he had no doubt the
day was fast approaching, when the country would
have ample justice done it, in spite of placemen and
Innioners.—(Hear, hear!)
Sir R. C. GLYNN supported the motion.
Mr. QeIN enforced the strong necessity for eco,
norny in the public expenditure, towards which no-
thing could so much contribute as the abolition of
Grants in Reversion. If the City was in the habits
nF granting Offices in Reversion, they might see a
roan succeed to the place of City Marshal, who was
/imp-hacked, or blind of both eyes. He then ad-
verte,_ dth the enormous pensions granted to Ministers
w"had been only a few months in office, and whose
wives were also pensioned, as if they, by their beauty
ar
intrigues, had contributed to the service of the
conlarb—Hear I Hear!
Mn S. DIXON supported the motion. He had one
remark to make, however, as to the manner in which
It. Waithman had opened the business. The worthy
Gentleman had painted, in extravagant terms, the
pensions and places enjoyed by Noble Lords who
were of opposite politics to himself, such as Lords
Eldon and Arden, but why did he omit to state the
enormous pensions and places held by Lord Auck-
land, Lord Grenville, and a few more of the late im-
maculate Administration?
Mr. Deputy KrAvitz wa.s glad to find such a spi-
rit of unanimity in . the Meeting, and he hoped their
sentiments would resound throughout the country.
—For his own part, he was determined to support
"ery motion that was made against Ministers, be
titeY what they might, until the people had been
relieved from some of the burdens under which
!hey groaned in consequence of the disgraceful traffic
in places, pensions, And offices in reversion.
The motion was then put and carried unanimously,
and a Committee retired to draw up the petition in
question.

ARMY MEDICAL DEPARTMENT;

(Continued from yesterday's Paper.)
3. The Regimental part of the Medical Establish-
ment of the Army, is the last subdivision of this
branch of our subject.
Previous to December, 1796, the Regimental Me-
dical Staff consisted of one Surgeon. and one Mate to
each regiment or battalion ; add the Surgeon had
an allowance, proportioned to the strength of die
corps, for medicines, the hire of hospitals, and the me-
dical expences attending detachments and recruiting
parties. But by a regulation of the above date, it
was directed, that medicines should be supplied to the
respective corps by the Apothecary General • and the
hire of hospitals, and the medical expenses alluded to,
were to be charged to the public. The Surgeon's pay
was at the same time increased • and the Mates re-
ceived a King's Commission, with increased pay, and
were styled Assistant Surgeons. It was further di-
rected by the same regulation, that the medical and
hospital expences of regiments should be inserted in
the annual public accounts of the respective corps.--.
By a regulation of June, 1798, the Regimental Hos-
pitals were declared to be under the immediate direc-
tion of their respective Surgeons, subject, nevertheless,
to the general directions and superintendance of the
Inspector of Regimental Hospitals. By the same
regulation, nine pence per diem was directed to be
stopped from the subsistence of the sick in hospitals,
which was to be retained by the Paymaster, and to
be applied, under the direction of the Surgeon, in
support of the sick, and in providing them " reason-
able comforts and indulgencies." The Surgeon w‘a
to keep an exact account of the weekly consumption,
which was to be examined and signed every week by
the Commanding Officer and Paymaster • it being
stated to be of the utmost importance that ;hose offi-
cers should superintend the expenditure. And the
Surgeon was further directed to make a half-yearly
return to the Inspector of Regimental Hospitals, of
the medicines used by him during the preceding six
months, and of what remained. Previous to this, we
understand that the sick of regiments were maintain-
ed by stoppages, the rate of which was regulated by
the Commanding Officer : these were usually paid
to the Hospital Serjeant, and the expenditure was ac-
counted for to the Commanding Officer. By a re-
gulation of September, 1799, the stoppage was re-
duced to four shillings per week, for each man ; and
now, for the first time, the Surgeon was required to
transmit half-yearly to the Inspector of Regimental
Hospitals, an account (approved by the Commanding
Officer) of the Regimental Hospital contingent ex-
pences, together with the vouchers for the same, signed
and certified by the Paymaster. The next regulation
is dated the 31st August, 1802, when the stoppage
was directed to be raised to ten pence per diem for
each man, which was to be paid over to the Regimen-
tal Surgeon, to be applied by him, under the superin-
tendance of the Commanding Officer, to the mainte-
nance of the sick, and the gen,eral expences of the
Hospital ; and accounts of the expenditure for both
services (being previously certified by the Comman-
ding Officer) were to be furnished to the Inspector
General of Army Hospitals in such forms, and at
such times, as he should prescribe, in order that if
there was a deficiency, it might be made good ; and if
a surplus, that the same might be applied to the ge-
neral medical expences of the corps. In September,
1803, an additional Assistant Surgeon was appointed
to regiments consisting of 500 men and upwards ;
and oiler regulations were at the same time issued,
bringing the Regimental Hospital expenditure more
directly under the controul of the Inspector General.
The forms in which the accounts were to be made up,
and the periods of delivering them, were prescribed :
the weekly returns of the expenditure were to be cer-
tified, and transmitted by the Surgeon to the Inspec-
tor General : He was also to transmit a half-yearly
account of all the expences charged in the weekly re-
turns : and he was to send monthly a return of the
sick belonging to his corps. It was a part of these
regulations also, that the Surgeon was to deposit in
the hands of the Paymaster, monthly, any growing
surplus of the Hospital Fund : and it is stated in this
regulation, that by a late Order of the War Office,
the Paymaster was allowed, when deficiencies called
for an advance of money for hospital purposes, to
issue it on account, under the authority of the Com-
manding Officer. The last regulation for the ma-
nagement of Regimental Hospitals, is of the Ist Ja-
nuary, 1806. This makes little alteration material to
be noticed in this place, except that the sick were to
be furnished with provisions according to the actual
market price, which was to be ascertained and veri-
fied by the Commanding Officer, whose approving
signature was required to be attached to the weekly
returns transmitted by,the Surgeon Inspector General.
The result to be collected from the statement of
these regulations (which, because they are officially
published, we have not inserted in the Appendix) is,
that the stoppage from the pay of the sick was first
applied to their maintenance only, and that it was not
till August, 1802, when it was raised from four shil-
lings per week to ten pence per diem ; that it was also
applied to the general medical expences of the Regi-
mental Hospitals : That these stoppages were first
retained by the Paymaster, and applied, under the di-
rection of the Surgeon, to the maintenance of the sick; I
and that it was by the same regulation of August,l
1802, they were directed to be paid to the Surgeon
for the same purpose, and for that of the general ex-
pences Ana, lastly, it appears from the above state-
ment,
that, although the Surgeons were required, by
the regulations of 1799, to transmit half-yearly ac-
counts of Regimental Hospital contingent expences to
the Inspector of Regimental Hospitals, it was, by the
regulations of 1802, they were further required to send
the accounts of the maintenance of the of the sick to
the Inspector General.
Subsequent, therefore, to August, 1902, the Regi-
mental Surgeons must be considered as a kind of
Purveyors of the Hospitals under their care, and as
accountants, also, for the stoppages issued to them by
the Paymasters of Regiments. In these characters
they are to make weekly returns of expenditure to the
Inspector. Geueral of Army Hospitals in London, and
to -account to him, half-yearly, for their receipts or dis-
bursements. It is obvious that these duties are very
distinct from those which are professionally required

al
bf the Surgeons ; and that tile first are '
which may seem to interfere With the last: •
The experience, or anticipation of stinie
thence trim this circumstance, produced, probably,
the regulation of. September, 1803, by which an ad-
dition was made of another Assistant Surgeon to re-
giments consisting of five hundred men and upwards.
For we have satisfactory grounds of belief, that on
home service at feast, the former esablishment of a
Surgeon and an Assistant to each regiment of infan-
try, would be fully equal to the care of its sick, if these
officers were Solely occupied in such duties ;--.and
even on expeditions, whilst they are accompanied with
such large establishments for General Hospitals, it
would probably be 'found, that the further Regimen-.
tad Medical Staff was generally sufficient for the ser-
vice. But if the addition of a second assistant was
made With the object alluded to,we are of opinion, that
the cause was temporary. Two Members of our
Board. have had Opportunities of visiting several Re-
gimental Hospitals of Cavalry, Infantry, and Militia,
and of obtaining Minute information from the Sur-
geons in each. It appeared, that the duty which
they performed as Purveyors, though doubtless out of
the strict line of their profession, was not troublesome,
and did not interfere with their professional, duties ;
in aid of which it in some measure operated, by
placing the quality of the patients provisions imme-
diately under their controul. From the information
thus acquired from several Regimental Surgeons, and
from a Deputy laspector of much experience, we feel
justified in giving it as our opinion, that one Surgeon
is competent to the management of the sick of his re-
giment in ordinary, cases, if together ; and, that the
necessity ofassi stance is occasionedonlyby detachments..
In this view of the subject, one Surgeon would
probably be found sufficient for a militia regiment ;
but to infantry regiments of the line, there should
always be one, Surgeon and one Assistant ; and to
regiments of cjalry, on their present large establish-
ment, one Surgeon and two Assistants, because
muds more liable to be detached.
But, though we admit the necessity of increased
Assistants to regiments liable to be detached, it must
not be .inferred,. that the regimental system of ma- ,
naging hospitals precludes the idea of assistance to
detachments of other regiments in the same quarters:
on the contrary, this reciprocity of assistance is cem-
mon ; and, from what we are about to state, it ap-
pears, may be conveniently continued, •even if the
appointment of the second Assistant. Surgeon were to
cease. In September last, the Surgeon of the second
battalion of 'the 43d Regiment had under his charge
in Hythe Barracks, besides his own sick, those of the
Ist battalion, sent on service, and th,:se of detach-
ments of the Royal Artillery, 53d, and 95th Regi-
ments, amounting together to about fifty patients ;
in the management of which he felt no difficulty,
though the situation of A ssistant,which became vacant
in October preceding, had not then been filled. The
Surgeon of the 16th Light Dragoons, at Shorricliff,
had more patients under his immediate care, to the
management of which he was fully competent, al-
though he was under the necessity of visiting Out-
quarters, and his Assistant was detached at Romney.
An increase of numbers allotted to a particular duty
does not always produce a correspondent benefit.—
This was witnessed with regard to the Medical Staff,
as we have before observed, by Dr. Jackson in Flan-
ders, during the last war. And it appears from a
printed order of his Royal Highness the Commander
in Chief, of 3d February 1803, that the consequence
of this addition of an Assistant Surgeon to the Regi-
mental Staff was not, as had been expected from the
former regulations, a diminution of the expence of
the extra attendance of country practitioners, but a
greater indulgence in the Commanding Officers in
granting leaves of absence to the Medical Staff of
regiments: and it was distinctly stated to those of our
Members who had opportunities of visiting those Re-
gimental Hospitals, that the appointment of Assistants
in the Militia Regiments, and of Second Assistants
in the Regiments of the Line, has been productive of
very injurious effects to the service, and even to the,
young men themselves who had been so appointed.
Subject to the observations we have made upon
the appointment of Second Assistant Surgeons, we
are disposed to give much credit to that uniform sys-
tem of account and controul which has been introdu-
ced into the Regimental Hospitals at home by the
present Inspector General ; and to admit that it has
been productive of much benefit and (economy.
But against the surplus of the Regimental Hospi-
tal Fund, arising from the stoppages which, from the
statement in the Appendix, appears to have amount-
ed from the 25th September 1802 to the 24th June
1806, to the sum of eight thousand five hundred and
twenty-eight pounds nine shillings and sixpence three
farthings, there shOuld be set off, perhaps, the addi-
tional expence of the appointment of Second Assistant
Surgeons, together' with the increased expence of that
part of the Army Medical Office which has the su-
perintendence of the Regimental Medical cor.cerns.
These stoppages, it appears from the statement in
the Appendix, although applied not only in the Last night, between six and seven o'clock, as Mr.
maintenance of the sick, but in the discharge of the May, builder, of George-street, Grosvenor-square, was
contingencies of rent and servants wages, the pay- I returning in his gig from West End, Hampstead, the
ment of country practitioners bills, the transport of horse took fright and ran off with him betweenKilburn.
medical supplies and stores to regiments from parti- Wells and the Hill House, passed Mr. Wow, of
cular depots, the purchase of many occasional arti- i Oxford-street, and another Gentleman on horseback,
des Gf medicine and utensils, and, since 24th Febru- . extremely frightened, and complained of his inability
ary 1806, to the payment of the full price of bread .to stop the animal. On coming up opposite Mr. Mar-
and meat supplied to the sick also, yet gives a ba- j vin's farm, he made a spring. from the back part of
lance in favour of the Public, as we have before stated, the chaise, but unfortunately pitched on his head, and
of eight thousand five hundred and twenty-eight ' was killed on the spot. He lies at the Portman Arms,
pounds nine shillings and sixpence three farthings. It on the Edgeware-road, for the inspection of the Co-....
may be thought, consequently, that the deduction of roner.
tenpence per diem from the pay of the sick, which I About fortnight since a fire happened at the bottom
was directed by the regulation of 1802, is higher of Gravel-lane, Wapping, which consumed three or
than is wanted for the purposes to which it has been I four old houses. Since that time some large piles of
applied. But in the first place, it may be remarked,l ruins have been left standing in a very tottering state.
that in the increase of the stoppage, leaving so much Yesterday morning, between ten and eleven o'clock,
less of reserved pay for the soldiers on quitting the las several children, most of them sons and daughters
hospitals, has probably checked that fraudulent dis- I of coal-heavers, were playing on the rubbish, the end
position, which we understand is sometimes found in I of a house which had been left standing gave way,
the soldiers, of procuring themselves to be placed on I and buried nine of them under it. All the assistancb
the sick list, and of continuing on it longer than is I which could be had was brought in aid of the sufferers.
necessary, and has consequently had a tendency to! It was a considerable time before they were all found;
keep up the effective strength of the army. And two of whom,.a fine girl about ten years of age, of the
next, it may be observed, that by the regulation of name of Evans, and a boy, named Axelby, aged 11
1802, the stoppages were to be applied not only to years, were both dead. The other seven were all
the maintenance of the sick soldiers, and to the foci- much bruised ; one of them a boy, who was carried
dental expences of the hospital, but also to the general ,to the London Hospital, died during the afternoon :
medical expences of each corps; which seem to include, end another boy, of the name of Allen, has received
and, in our opinion would properly include, the cost a fracture in the skull, which allows little hope of his
of -medicines as well as the expences to which the recovery. The others are likely to recover.
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• iambus isitliata ionkijaikt di 4Pli-az
pnten
elell,ll,4te cost Ot isediehies to the ' is at home
Awing 1866.1 eyed Odder the zi ' t attentive ma:
nagemenf of the inipplk; moult ,on an average;
to about forty-six pounds *battalion of 000 men ;
and consequently, from 190 i; front which time the
savings from the stoppeges ha itd been accumulating;
would' ilave greatly magi:kat such surplus. Wei
thinly, therefore, that it isnot consistent with the dis • .
rections of the ttgialgtibti of 18014 tb amide thil
-sum ,which has exceecier the maintenance and incis
dental expenses of ihiloldiers in Reginteiral Hospi-
tals as a surplus unappropriated, but that it ought to
have been paid to the Agent of the Amy., Medical
Depaftmettt, and have been applicable to the gene
purposes of the monies which ate front time to time
issued to hint: For it would have been inconvenient,
perhaps, according, to the mode in which the billsfor
medicines and hospital stores have been discharged, to
have applied this surplus directly in payment of these
articles.
In our 'slew, therefore, of the subject, the surplus
now in the hands of the Paymaster or others, and that
which shall hereafter accrue, should be paid or remit-
ted every six months to the Agent or Cashier of the
Department, and be applicable to general purposes.
There will do inconvenience arise from this proceed-
ing if the recommendation be adopted, which we shall
hereafter suggest, of placing the whole of the Army.
Medical Department under one connected manage-
ment, and of paying all the expences of it out of one
fund.
The appropriation of the surplus of the stoppages
had been under the consideration of the Secretary at
War in 1806, and the Inspector General's .opinion
was asked on the subject. It appears that his view
of it does not much differ from that which we have
given ; but he recommends that a sum, not exceeding
thirty or forty pounds, should be left in the hands of
the Paymaster of each regiment, oat of the balance
of his hospital stoppage account for each half-year.—
We think there may be a convenience in this, as a.
provision against the circumstance of the stoppages
not equalling the expences in a subsequent half-year,
which may occasionally happen, it is said, without
any default in the Surgeon.
The remaining consideration respects the controul
over the expenditure of these stoppages. Whatever
expediency might have existed at the time for with-
drawing this part of the regimental expenditure from
the examination and responsibility, in a great mea-
sure, of the Commanding Officer, we believe that
when the present good system shall have been fully•
established, there wouldbe a convenience, and even-
tually a saving, in placing this matter on its former'
footing. The Commanding Officer could as effectu-
ally check the expenditure on the spot, as is done at
present in London ; the Surgeon would be relieved
from some of the returns, and part of the correspon-
dence, which may at times interfere with his profes-
sional duties ; and the establislunene of the office in
town might probably be reduced, or its occupation
applied to other services.
We do not, however, recommend the immediate
adoption of a change, lest it should more materially
affect the efficiency of a system which we see great
reason to approve, than at present occurs to us. But
should our suggestion at any future time be adopted,
our idea is, that the Regimental Paymaster, who re-
tains the stoppages, might issue money for the weekly
expenditure to the Hospital Serjeant acting under the
general directions of the Surgeon : the accounts of
the expenditure in such case, vouched by the Diet
Table and the usual receipts, having been examined
and approved by the Commanding Officer, Paymaster,
and Surgeon, need not, any more than under the pre-
sent system, form an item in the regimental pay-lists.
But, that the state of the Hospital Fund in the Pay-
master's hands may be known by the Secretary at
War, he should be required to transmit half-yearly to
the War Office, an abstract of the weekly stoppages
and expenditure, certified by the Commanding Offi-
cer and Surgeon, when the Secretary at War would
be enabled to direct the appropriation of the balance,
if any, in the way 1; e have before recommended ;
and deficiences, if any occurred, might be charged
against the public in the Paymaster's monthly accounts.
We do not mean by what we have proposed to
withdraw the Regimental Surgeons from some gene-
ral medical controul ; but to recommend, that they
should still make the monthly returns of the state of
the sick, because from these their skill and assiduity
may be udged of, and the expenditure of medicines
furnished to them may be checked.
We have broken in a little on the next division
of our subject, relating to the Medical Expenditure cf
the Army, by some of our last observations ; but it
was difficult to separate the consideration of this from
that of the establishment, which we are disposed to
think is the greater, both in the regiments and in the
Office in Town, in consequence of the mode in which
the Regimental Hospital expenditure is managed.
(To be cornered.)