Army & Navy Club
12 Oct 1864

Sir, I beg respectfully to offer myself as a candidate for the App^t. of Dep^y. Insp^r. General at Bermuda vice Gallagher deceased, and expressing my readiness to proceed at a moments notice

I have the honor to be
Sir
Your most obed^t. Servant
W^m. Loney Staff Surgeon R.N.

Dr Bryson F.R.S.
Director General

Send by messenger in plain envelope with the following enclosed
W.L.

[A far as I know, Bryson - in contrast to his predecessor Sir John Liddell - was not a Fellow of the Royal Society; he was however a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians]

Dear D^r. Bryson,
Having heard of the death of D^r. Gallagher at Bermuda from yellow fever, I beg to forward the enclosed formal letter of application for the vacancy. I do so in an informal manner so that if you have any other, in your opinion, more worthy of preferment, you may put my letter in the wastepaper basket. In making this application I hope you will simply see the same desire for advancement which would prompt me to prefer the surgeoncy of Plymouth Hosp^l. for the better paid app^t. to Woolwich Dockyard.

Believe me to be
sincerely yours
W^m. Loney

N^o. 2451.

Sir,

I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of this days date, applying for promotion to Bermuda Hospital as Deputy Inspector General.

I am,
Sir,
Your humble Servant,
A. Bryson
Director General

D^r. William Loney
Staff Surgeon R.N.
Army & Navy Club.

The following appointment & promotions appear in the papers of the 9^th. Nov. 1864

"Admiralty, Nov. 8^th.

Surgeons - Dr Henry J. Domville, to be Deputy Inspector-General at Bermuda Hospital; John M^c Swiney to the Formidable (additional), for service with the Royal Marines at Deal; Dr W^m. Duirs, to be Surgeon and medical Storekeeper at Plymouth Hospital; D^r. W^m. L Gordon, to be Ass^t. Surgeon at Portsmouth Dockyard; D^r. John H. Patterson, Staff Surgeon, to be Staff Surgeon at Depford Dockyard."

Thus a junior is promoted and two men not yet Staff Surgeons get Staff Appointments. I have done with them. I make no further applications to either Summerset House [the Medical Department of the Navy] or Whitehall [the Admiralty proper].