February 18.] 
THE FIELD. 
159 
mirtrical ^^tions for the restoration or improvement . 
g. on ® 8 Tn the eases of 71 patients, cataracts had been removt 
f 1? »,« n fion successfully as regarded 65, partially in respect to 
b y f ? but without success in the other four. Of 89 patients of- 
Sed with the same disease, but operated on by solvents, 53 
recovered sight, and 36 were still under treatment 23 
hB ?i«XsW been operated on for congenital blindness, of whom 
W obtained the power of vision, und sis wero still under 
» oniment — surgical science having failed in only one instance. 
Sjjw haTbeei also 23 operations for artificial pupil. The 
..liters’ report represented the ordinory increase for the pas 
vpar including 236 /. 17 s. 2d., the amount of subscriptions and 
lono'tions, at 580/. 18a. Id . ; and the expenditure at 904/. 12a- bd< 
' amount exceeding the income by 316/. 8a. 10 d. Owing, h ? w * 
“““to a balance of 255/. Sa. 3 d. on the account of the previous 
III ' „ legacy of 605/. from the late Miss Hardwicke, and an- 
ntlier of 163/. Os. 6 d., there was. at the end of the year, in tho 
1, rinds of the bankers, a balance of 686/. 19s. 11<Z. These reports 
Z: unanimously adopted; after which it was determined to 
invest in the three per Cent. Consols 500/. of the balance. 
THE Surgeon-Soldier.— A young gentleman was embarked 
Ireland omongst a number of recruits on Thursday week, 
fnrservico in the Honourable East India Company s service, whose 
brief history presonts a sad reverse of fortune. He was educated 
for the medical profession, and received lus diploma from the 
“..liege of Surgeons witlidistinotion. After obtaining this degree 
L taste took a different turn, and he enlisted us a soldier in tho 
rood Ho continued in the service for some timo, when he became 
entitled to tho sum of 1.500/. With this money he purchased 
,.jg disolmrge, and with the balance he lived as a gentleman until 
iverv farthing was spent, and he has now entered the Honour- 
able East India Company’s service, where, if his conduct, is de- 
M rvin°-, he may rise to the humble rnnk of hospital sergeant. 
WtMiJS s DEN Cemetery Bill. — Lord Palmerston lias intimated 
to the Marylebono vestry, through Sir B. Hall, that he will not 
give his sanction to the establishment of a cemetery in the parish 
Medical Practitioners’ Bill.— M r. Brady s bill for the 
registration of the name, residence, and le^al qualification ol 
every physician, surgeon, and apothecary in the united kingdom, 
lias been printed. The registration is to be made annually, and 
the charge to each practitioner for registration is to be os. n-yoar ; 
tho register to be published every year at a charge not exceeding 
Is. A'ny person obtaining, or attempting to obtain, the insertion 
of his name by a false declaration of his legal qualification, or of 
his having been in practice ns an apothecary in England before 
1815, is to be adjudged guilty of a misdemeanor and liable to 1- 
montlis’ imprisonment. There is to be a penalty of n sum from 
5/. to 20/. for practising without being registered ; but physi- 
cians, who aro graduates of British and Irish Universities, and 
practising in England without a legal qualification, are to be 
allowed a year for obtaining such qualification ; and the bill is 
not to apply to them if they have been in practice for a certain 
number of years, not yet named in tho bill, flio bill is not to 
apply to dentists and cuppers now in practice. The registrar s 
certificate is to bo evidence of a person’s being duly registered; 
the certificate may be obtained for 2s. 6d. A medical registrar 
for each kingdom is to be appointed, to whom practitioners are 
annually to have their diplomas, &c., produced, or send a de- 
claration made before a magistrate, setting forth that they have 
obtained a qualification, with the date thereof. 
foreign |nttUip«. 
From Paris we learn that the curious in such affairs 
are full of a new anagram which has just been discovered by 
a worthy magistrate, president of one of the committees of 
the arrondissement of Valenciennes. It consists of a trans- 
position of the letters of the following sentence : “ A sa 
Majcste Imperiale le Tzar Nicholas, Souverain and 
Autocrate des toutes les Russies and the result is— “ Ta 
vamte sera ta pertc ; die hole la Russia ; tea successors tc 
mandiront d jamais .” Which of our London aldermen 
would have found time to distinguish himself by such an 
effort of genius? The approaching arrival iu Pans of the 
Prince of Saxe-Coburg, the Regent of Portugal, is an- 
nounced. He will proceed to Brussels, in company of his 
son, the King of Portugal. The marriage of the young King 
with the Princess Charlotte, daughter of King Leopold, 
iB spoken of. In Paris, “ war, war,” is heard on all sides. 
All the machinery of the Foreign Office is put in motion, 
and many hands are employed in translating into the 
various dialects of the East, circulars, manifestoes, and 
proclamations. Dragomans, or interpreters, are about 
to be eogaged for tho expeditionary army, and one will 
be attached to each battalion, thus indicating clearly to 
what point the troops are to be sent. How many English 
are there who know Turkish ? 
A Letter from Berlin says that on the 9th instant 
Lord Napier left for St. Petersburg, accompanied by Capt. 
Wright, Queen’s messenger, for the purpose ot taking Sir 
Hamilton Seymour his orders of recal. The visit of this 
Napier (Lord) to St. Petersburg will probably be unwel- 
come enough to the Czar, but wo may confidently reckon 
that the visit of the next Napier (Sir Charles), accompanied 
by Admiral Chads, for the purpose of exercising his 
“ Excellent” gunnery onCronstudt, will probably be much 
more so. 
A Letter from the Frontiers of Poland announces 
that a pressing order had arrived at Warsaw Irom St. Peters- 
burg to suspend the order to send forward troops. This 
measure is attributed to the fermentation which is manifested 
in that part of the Russian empire. 
The Chamber op Deputies at Turin was occupied, 
February 8, with the verification of some of the recent 
elections; and as it was found there were, in consequeuce of 
these returns, 56 members of the House holding Government 
situations, it became necessary to draw by lot the names of 
five from this number, as, according to the statute, there 
may not be more than 51. The result was the extraction 
from tho urn of the names of Signors Arminjon, Arrigo, 
Deviry, Mathien, and Paleocapa, bo that the colleges which 
have returned these gontlomen must proceed to a fresh elec- 
tion, and the Minister of Public Works (Paleocapa) will 
either have to find some Government employe complaisant 
enough to make room for him in the Lower House, or obtuin 
his promotion to the Upper. 
The Discovery op a Greek Conspiracy in the 
dominions of the Sultan has induced the French Govern- 
ment to address a note, couched in strong and energetic 
terms, to the Government of King Otho, at Athens. 
From New York we learn that the President had 
directed tho extradition of Alexander Heilbroun, on the re- 
quisition of the British Government. His counsel got out 
another writ of habeas corpus, in order to test the question 
in the Uaited States Supreme Court. 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
{Continued from Pago 135.) 
Vienna, Sunday. — It is announced on authority that tho 
Vienna Conference is not dissolved, altljougU tho Russian 
ambassadors have left l-ondou and Paris, 
Letters from Erzeroum, of the 12th instant, state that an 
immense quantity of snow had fallen at Kars and Bayazid 
md in the whole of Georgia ; and according to appearance* 
military operations would not be fully opened in thut 
direction until the month of May, but General Guyon is 
already making partial movements. 
A nomination that has caused much surprise, is that of 
Mehemet Pasha, formerly ambassador in London, to the 
vacant post of Grand Admiral. He is at present governor 
of Adrianople. It is tho first time that ho has formed part 
of the Ministry. 
The Patrie has the following account from the Danubian 
provinces, describing the horrible brutalities exercised by 
the Russians : — 
“The last despatches from the Danubian provinces an- 
nounce that the frightful measures recently adopted by the 
Russian generals had produced a feeling of general exaspera- 
tion. In the district of Mohedeny the peasants have risen, 
the Russian officers having wished to employ men, women, 
young girls, and even children, in the hardest and most 
painful work. At Isreosila, the villagers having refused to 
do tho work required of them, the general sent a detachment 
of 200 Cossacks to chastise them ; tho poor creatures de- 
fended themselves with courage, but, as they had not proper 
arms, they could not hold out long, and they were massacred. 
Some of them managed to escape, and gave an alarm in 
the neighbourhood. All tho inhabitants of the adjacent 
villages rose in the night to the number of about 3000, armed 
with muskets and scythes, and fell on the Cossacks, who were 
overpowered aud slain. The general was preparing to take 
vengeance for this act of self defence, and thon to march 
immediately on Giurgevo with his brigade. A much more 
serious symptom was manifesting itself in the country. As 
the Russians can no longer get supplies by the Danube, and 
as tho number of their troops is every day increasing, they rob 
the inhabitants of all they possess, and thus reduce thorn to 
famine.” 
Vienna, Feb. 11.— “The Turko-Egyptian officers who 
were made prisoners at Sinope, and who lately arrived here, 
having been set at liberty on giving their word of honour 
thut they would not serve against Russia, wore to have taken 
their departure to-day ; but at the hour named for leaving, 
they caught the Russian officers who escorted them unawares, 
throttled them, and locked them up in a room in the hotel. 
The Turks then went to the Ottoman Ambassador, and 
placed themselves under his protection. He was only too 
happy to give them an asylum, and advised them to remain 
quiet, and to await the result of the remonstrances from the 
Russian Ambassador to which their conduct would infallibly 
give rise.” — [This accouut from Vienna cannot be strictly 
true. We have lived among tho Turks, and still place the 
most implicit reliance upon their parole. The honour of 
the Turk is proverbial, and there is yot more in tho above 
case thau meets the eye. — E d.] 
THE WAR IN EUROPE. 
The last news received through Germany from the Danu- 
bian Provinces may be comprised in a few words. Prince 
Gor'schakoff continued to conceutrate troops in front of 
Kalofat. The Russians had made several reconnaissances , 
which had given rise to some skirmishes without importance. 
It is announced that a serious attack would be shortly made 
ugainst Kalafat. Omar Pasha was taking measures to defeat 
the Russians. He had the advantage of being able to draw 
supplies and reinforcements from Shumla. There is an 
army of reserve of 15,000 men at Widdin. Kalafat is de- 
fended by 32,000 men, with 230 cannon. At Varna there 
are 40,000 men. 
A private letter from Constantinople, of the 30th, written 
by a gentleman who saw Omar Pasha at the close of last 
month, states that the general is in excellent health. He 
was lately suffering from a severe cold, and the Porte, from 
anxiety for his comfort and welfare, sent him a physician, 
and this is all the foundation for the many stories about 
ague, typhus, and typhoid fever, excesses at table, and so 
forth, which tho German papers have circulated. 
The following may be relied on as a correct report of the 
army of Roumelia ; head-quarters at Sbumla :— 
Regiments. Men. Total. 
3,248 . . . . 07.440 
650 . . . . 5.200 
2,200 . . . . 8,800 
1.200 .. .. 13.200 
19.488 
ses 
nation la 
30 Infantry 
8 Cavalry 
4 Foot Artillery 
11 Horse Artillery 
fl Egyptian Infantry . 
Sultan Pa nomine i\ ce grade dans sea arnio s c atuit i 
condition “qu’il pourru conservor sa religion <t 
habitudes.” Je suie, monsieur, avec la consideration 
plus di>tinguee, Votre tris-huinblo servitenr. 
Haidar-Ali-Bey. 
10, Upper St. Martin’s-lano, 13 Fevrier, 1854. 
The Turkish government has very wisely appointed 
General Guyon chef do I'etat major o' the army of Anatolia. 
In this position he may be of essential service ; indeed ho 
lias already done wonders in reorganising a broken and dis- 
pirited army. Wo have had no accounts lately of further 
military operations in that quarter; but since great reforms 
have already taken place in the discipline and management 
of the troops, it is supposed that they will soon rocommenco 
offensive operations. Indeed, there is a report that Kurs- 
chid Pasha (General Guyon) has resumed tho offensive 
against the Russians iu Asia, with 30,000 foot, 5,000 horse, 
and 140 guns. 
Tho English merchants of Trebisond have just sont to the 
English Ambassador at Constantinople two of their body to 
present a memorial. This document stated thut tho English 
colony ofTrebisoud was numerous and flourishing ; that its 
commercial trun>actions surpassed tho yearly amount of 30 
millions ; and that in consequence of the return of tho squ nl- 
rons to tho Bosphorus the city might bo attacked by tho 
Russian ships, thereby exposing them und the inhabitants to 
a disaster like that of Sinope. It further stated that if such 
a calamity occurred all the English families would he ruined, 
as well as exposed to the greatest dangers. Finally, tho 
address begged for the energetic protection of the royal 
navy. 
Selim Pasha, who commands the Choronksoo Divi-ion, 
now within the Russian territory, and in possession of 
Shefkatil and Ozurghet, played the Russian General a clover 
trick lately. The latter offered him a bribe to retire before 
the Russiuns, abandoning all his advantages. Tho Pusliu 
accepted it, pocketed the money, and then laid the matter 
before a military council, when it was unanimously resolved 
that tho money should be distributed among the soldiers, 
which was forthwith done. The Russian General, believing 
that Selim had turned traitor, most anxiously looked for tho 
retreat of the Turks, but much to bis surprise they mud- u 
brisk attack, so that he found himself duped, und lmd to 
retreat with all haste, leaving four guns in their possession. 
According to advices from the theatre of war in Asia up 
to the 20th of January, Prince Worouzoff was still ill. 
Schamyl had received from Turkey a large store ot arms 
and money. He had also been joined by some officers to 
drill his men. He was pushing forward his armaments 
with great energy, and almost all Abasia had pronounced in 
his favour. 
It is usserted that the Russians lost in their second unsuc- 
cessful attack ou Fort Shefkatil (St. Nicholas), upwards ol 
2,000 men. 
♦ 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE BLACK SEA. 
Tho following private telegraphic despatch has been 
received in Paris; — 
“ Constantinople, Jan. 28. — The Seraskier has re- 
ceived the following report from Selim Pasha:— I'he 
Russian fleet having been apprised that the British mid 
French squadrons had quitted Sinope to return to Con- 
stantinople, immediately sailed. Five frigates have attacked 
tho fort of Shefkatil (St. Nicholas), which compelled them 
to retreat without success.’ ” 
Letters from Constantinople of the 28th ult. state that the 
steamer Fury, which had been sent to Odessa witli despatches, 
had returned to Constantinople on the 25th ult.. without 
having accomplished the object of her mission, in comoquonco 
of the ice, which had prevented her from entering tho port. 
A reiuforcement of 10.000 or 12.000 troops was to sail for 
Batoum on the 31st on board nino Ottoman steamers. 1 he 
greater number of tho steam vessels attached to the com- 
bined fleets were to accompany this expedition. The sp . dy 
return of the British and French squadrons to tho Black 
Sea was spoken of. 
A letter from Beicos Bay describes the Freucn and 
English fleets as in most beautiful order. Attached 
to the fleet is a Pole, an engineer, a long timo imprisoned at 
Sebastopol; and the Banshee had brought Mr. Llcoek, 
chief engineer of the Amphiou, for many years m tho 
Russian service, and a gentleman who knows Sebaatopol as 
well as he does his own cubiu. 
85,872 
70,000 
Basin Bouzouks and Rodiffs 
Garrison at Rulscliuk .. 15,0001 
,, Widdin .. .. 15,000V 
„ Varna .. •• 40,000) 
Advices from Bucharest, of tho 6th inst., announce that 
800 Turks, with eight gun-boats and four sailing craft, 
crossed tho Danube from Rutschuk to Giurgevo early on the 
morning of the 5th. They landed near the quarantine 
building, and arranged themselves in line of battle. They 
were received by two battalions of Russians with a mur- 
derous fire, which lasted lor three hours. The Russians 
suffered severely. The Turks finally returned to Rutschuk. 
By advices from Krajova of the 3rd of February, it 
appears that the Russian troops in Lesser Wallachia are 
forbidden by an order of the day to go beyond a mile from 
their camp, or to have any dealings with the treacherous 
natives. , 
On the 29th of January Prince Gortschakoff directed in 
person a grand reconnaisance before Kalafat. The Turkish 
outposts retired into their intrenchments. 
It is certain that the idea prevails among the Russian 
soldiers that they are on their way to the Holy Land, to 
rescue it from the hands of infidels, in which flattering 
term are comprised not only the Mussulmans, but the 
English and French. On the march of one of the early 
corps into the Principalities, a party ot soldiers halted at a 
house to beg for a draught of water. After their thirst 
was satisfied, they asked, with great simplicity, but with 
all apparent sincerity, whether they were tar from Jeru- 
salem, for which they were on their march ; and they were 
told they would reaoh it in one or two days more. 
THE WAR IN ASIA. 
Guyon. — Monsieur le Redactkur. — Dans un lead- 
in" article du Times je trouve aujourd’hui mon beau-frdre 
Guyon qualifie de “ Kurshid-bey an English renegade.” 
Vous m’obligerez infiniment si dans une courte notice vou* 
vouliez bien rectifier cette erreur dans ce sons que General 
Guyon n’ost ni “bey” ni “renegade” mais il ost “ Anglais” 
— sa famllle demeure Rlohmond-hill, Surroy— il e*t Ferik 
Po6ha ; ce grade est le premier apr^s le tnouohir (mareolwl) 
et correspond avoo le grade de lieutenant- g6upral (fold- 
marschal-lieutonant) dans Jesarn)6es Rraptjaisea, J 1 »» 
jamais chang6 de wlitfoa-et Jorsqu’il y fc 4 aas, S.M.l. lo 
COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE. 
Dovnino-strebt, Fell. U.-Tho Queen Mins been 
appoint Hercules George Robert Robinson, Esq., to be Prudent 
and Senior Member of the Council of the Island of ’ 
Stephen Rice and George Birnie. Bsqs., to bo Momben naMhe 
Executive Council ; and Joseph Hensley, E<q., to bo n jMember ot 
the Legislative Council ol Prince Edward Island, and Allied J. 
L) .income and William Hamilton. Esqs., to bo Members of tho 
Legislative Council of the Turks and Cuicos Islauds.— From 
^Canada.— T elegraphic accounts from Qoebcc of the 1st 
inst. stam that the Parliament Hou-c. build ngs 
attached, was entirely destroyed by Jim a. two o clock that 
morning. The fire originated in the south wing, in e 
furnace It was believed part of the valuable library was 
saved, but the historical library was entirely destioyed. 
The building was insured for 36,000/. various 
Melbourne (Australia).— With respect to the various 
articles of colonial produce, it is stated that from i the in- 
creased consumption of meat, and the breeding of«ooknoj 
keeping pace with the demand, the export of tallow must 
be expected steadily to decrease. The clip of wool tins > ear 
according to some writers, will likewise be very fa short 
of that of the season just closed, owing to scat .and Ot « 
diseases, while its quality will also bo 
same cause, as well a^ from want ot labour an .etti -g *t «i . 
Other parties, however, express a totally -I ff • . 
West Indies.-TIib Royal mail steamship La Plata, 
Captain C G Weller, has arrived at Southampton fr »m 
the* Wes >t I a dies. She’ brings 45 pM** s among w om 
r j u„rri« fox- Governor of Trinidad) and suite, 
desnatch the business of the colony. Sir Charles L. u y 
is still at Jamaica, and it was stated that lie was only wa tin 0 
for whiter to pass before leaving the island, having been 
abroad so long, and therefore unable to wUhstancJ t h« 
of a severe winter. Tonnage was still wanted for G ietB1 
tain. From British Guiana our dates are to tlw -oth ult. 
Tho Combined Court waa opened Q» th« -Ot'l »0’ 'j* > ‘ “j 
Governor, who delivered aa address oa tho state and pro* 
