APPENDIX. 485 to be thus satisfied with the state of the hospitals, there is ample proof. See evidence of Mr Sidney Herbert, Seb. Comm. , 19,8I6-17-20-84-85-87, 19,869-83-87, 19,900-10-42 ; and that the satisfaction was ill founded, ibid., 19,905. Note 41. — The latter end of October. It was then that the ladies sailed, and then — the 23d — that the males took their step. Note 42. — ' Oh I good gracious! how like "them!"' If re- membering and admiring, as I do, Mrs Oliphant's delightful ' Chronicles of Carlingford,' one can almost liear some such com- ment on the masculine ' them ' from the lips of her charming Miss Marjoribanks. Note 43. — The Sebastopol Committee Rep., pp. 5, 7. Note 44. — The first week of November 1854. The Commis- sion at first consisted of Dr Gumming, Dr Spence, and Mr Maxwell. Note 45. — The Government detached Dr Spence on a mission to the Crimea without providing that his two colleagues might act as a * quorum,' and the powers of the Commission were thus thrown into abeyance. Dr Spence being on board the Prince off Balaclava on the 14th of November, there lost his life, and Dr Sidney Laing was appointed to fill his place. The Commission recovered its competency on the 27th of November. Note 40. — -The principal change recommended to Lord Yv'illiam by the Commissioners had been previously submitted to Lord Raglan himself by the Lady-in-Chief. Note 47. — Even then they had not had time enough to com- plete the whole Enquiry directed, but the Government pressed them to end theii- task, because one of them (Dr Gumming) had become the chief medical oiScer at Scutari, and his services were there greatly needed. Note 48. — The Instructions to the Sanitary Commissioners* ' War Department, 19th Fehmary 1855. ' Gentlemen, — Her Majesty having been pleased to assent to ' your proceeding on a sanitary mission to Constantinople and the ' Crunea, you are instructed to obey the directions which follow : —
- It is on account of the striking efTects it produced (see p. 390 et seq.)
that 1 think it advisable to print this despatch. The italics are mine. I have resorted to them for the purpose of showing how deeply the Government — at last — had become impressed with the value of Time, anil also, I think, with a view of showing that —
