The Sun.
London, England, 1855-03-30 00:00:00

ARMY BEFORE SEBASTOPOL COM-

MITTEE (7'HtS DAY.)

The. Committee re-assembled this morning at the usual
hour.

Dr. Andrew Smith was recalled, and after some con-
versation with the chairman, he was ordered to bring
before the committee all reports made to him by Dr.
Menzies—and all letters written to him by the latter
during the months of October and November. It ap-
peared from the tenour of the colloquy that Dr. Smith
had misunderstood the orders of the committee in these
respect?, and had given instructions that copies only of
the correspondence should be made for the use of the
committee, to which the Chairman had objected. Dr.
Smith, however, produced several documents, and was
called upon by the Chairman to ex amine some of them,
with a view to explanation.
In reference to one of them, which purported to be
" a true and faithful account " of articles supplied to the
troops,

Vie Chairman said—l see no mention here of 1,400
dozens of port wine supplied. Will you be good enough
to look at it ?

Dr. Smith (after a pause for a few minutes which he
employed in inspecting the document in question)—The
storekeeper can give you better information with regard
to these details than I can.. I do. not, I must confess,
unthrstand them. I dare say this return is correct in
the main, but I am not sufficiently acquainted with the
details to explain it to you.
The Chairman—ls not your name attached to it ?
Dr. Smith— No ; certainly not.
The Chairman—No, not to that which is a copy—but
to the original, which I havelost.

Dr. Santli—Well, but I left the duty of making out
the returns to another officer, the storekeeper.
The Chairman—And do you put your name to reports
and official returns to the House of Commons without
first verifying them ? Are you not responsible ?
Dr. Smith—Why, in some sense I am. Ido not re-
collect the circumstance.

The Chairman—Fourteen hundred dozen is not such
a quantity as to be easily forgotten.
Mr. Layard—`Vh© is the responsible officer for mak-
ing out those returns.

Dr. Smith—The Board.
➢Tr. Layard—Do not let us have anything about a
B )ard—who is the responsible person?
Dr. Smith (after some hesitation) mentioned, as we
understood, the name of Mr. Pellew or Bellew.

Immediately after this answer being given, the chair-
man ordered the room to be cleared for consultation,
and the doors remained closed for about half an hour.
On the readmission of the public, the examination of
Dr. Smith was resumed in reference to the returns, the
nature of which, without any explanation being offered,
was quite unintelligible.

Dr. Smith expressed a hope that the strictest scrutiny
would be made by the committee into this matter. He
wa4 quite satisfied that there was nothing wrong on his
part, and he had nothing to conceal.

Tile Chairman assured Dr. Smith that no imputation
whatever was intended to be conveyed by these inquiries.
Toe committee conceived they were simply doing their
duty iu endeavouring to probe: the subject to the bottom.
Dr. Smith replied that he wished it to be probed
to the bottom, both for his own sake and for the sake of
freeing him from any imputation in theeyeof the public.
He therefore firmly and earnestly requested that it would
be sifted to the utmost.

After some further proceedings, the purport of which
we could not catch,

Mr. Layard asked Dr. Smith whether any eminent
medical men in London had offered their services to
take charge of the hospitals in order to relieve the mili-
tary medical officers of that duty, and to render their
services otherwise available?

Dr. Smith replied that he had been overwhelmed with
applications fur appointments which ho could not at-
tend to.

Mr. Drummond—Did Dr. Webb offer his services ?
Dr. Smith —I cannot remember. It is impossible for
me to say amongst so many applications.

Mr. Layard--Did any gentlemen offer their gratuitous
services.

Dr. Smith—Oh ! no.

Mr. Maxwell, one of the Government Commissioners,
sent out to inquire into the state of the hospitals at
Scutari, was next called and examined by the Chair-
man.

He stated that Dr. Smith wished two medical officers
with a secretary to be sent out. He was offered the
secretaryship, but he objected, and he was then made a
commissioner, together with Dr. Spence and Dr. Cum-
ming. He did not know whether his appointment, as
a commissioner, was settled by Dr. Smith or the War-
office. He left London on the 23d Oct., having previously
had an interview with the Duke of Newcastle on the na-
ture of his mission. The Duke of Newca4le informed him
that the Government were desirous that a searching in-
quiry should be made, and that the whole truth might
be laid before them, so that they might learn from the
experience of the past to provide for the future. When
the commission reached Constantinople Dr. Spence was
ordered on some special business to the Crimea. His
absence completely paralysed the commission, and on
the 19th of November the news of Dr. Spence's
death reached them, and after some consultation,
Dr. Laing, a staff surgeon, was appointed to the
vacancy, Mr. S. G. Osborne having been first solicited
to fill it. but he declined. The commission got to work
on the 28th November, and, in the first place, called
for full explanations with regard to the medical com-
forts, medicines, and stores. They demanded re-
turns from the medical officer and the store-
keeper, but no returns were made. The powers of
the commission only extended to reporting upo❑
what they found. He waited for two or three weeks,
but these returns were not forthcoming. He spoke to
the chief apothecary on the subject, and found two of
his books in which there had been no entry from the
24th September to the 28th November.
Lord Seymour—Did you inquire when they took
stock last ?

Mr. Maxwell said that he did, and ascertained that
the report on the stock had been sent to Dr. Hall. Up t.)
the day be left be believed the apotheca►y did not know
what he had i❑ stock. He had stated in his report the
facts generally as he now related them to the Cow.
mittee. With regard to the subordinate stores, there
were two or three surgeries in the branch hospitals,
which were supplied with medicines from the main store.
He met Mr. Osborne one day, who told him as a good
joke that Dr. Smith had wr►tten to order the surgeons
to use tincture of muriate of iron in cases of hospital
gangrene; but, added Mr. Osborne, " Dr. Smith fin got
to send any of it." He (witness), however, thought it
was the reverse of a joke. In fact the surgeries were
very badly supplied, sometimes even with the most ne-
cessary medicines, such as opium. At one time no
chloride of lime could be obtained.

jLEFT SITTING.]

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

THE BANK ROBBERY IN AUSTRALIA.

Shortly after one o'clock, Henry Garrett was placed at
the bar for reexamination, charged with having robbed
the Victoria Bank, in concert with three other persons
now in custody in Melbourne, Australia.
The prisoner had been brought in the van, handcuffed,
as early as half-past eight, in charge of Inspector Beres-
ford, but at this early hour a large crowd had collected
outside the court.

Mr. Clarkson, instructed by Messrs. Roy and Cart-
wright, of Lothbury, attended tl prosecute,,and Mr. J.
Solomons, of Southwark, appeared for the prisoner.
On being placed at the bar, the prisoner was closely
guarded by a policeman on each side. He looksd
anxiously round the court, apparently with a view of
seeing whether he could recognise any one.
Mr. Clarkson said that the proceedings were taken by
6 and 7 Vic., c. 34, and would authorise the magistrate
to send the prisoner to Australia.
The depositions of Quin were then put and verified.
Mr. W. Eckford was the first witness called, he said
he arrived from Australia about nine days ago, and was
the fifth officer of the Argo, which runs from Melbourne
to Southampton. Before he left Melbourne he ex-
amined the depositions of four persons before the magis-
trates relative to bank robbing. The depositions were
then placed in the baud of the witness, and he identified
them.

The deposition of Quin, which has already appeared
in 71te Sun, was then read.
Jarvis, a City policeman, who was present at the ap-
prehension of Garrett, said he did not find a pocket-book
on the prisoner, but at his lodgings he found a poi tfolio,
in which was the paper produced—it bore the name of
Bolton on the back.

Mr. Clarkson said this fact would connect the pri-
soner with the robbery.
Jarvis said, he also found another paper, it was a re-
ceipt for a portion, or share of the property at the
Gravel Pit diggings.
Mr. Clarkson—My object in having this paper read
was to connect the prisoner with the Gravel Pit diggings.
Webb's examination continued—Ile also found a bill
for an entertainment or breakfast at Melbourne deli-
vered to Garrett.

William Corry—ln November last he was in the
neighbourhood of Melbourne. He was one of the
stewards of the Argo ; she sailed from Sydney and then
to Melbourne before she left for England. She left on
the Ist or 2d of January ; he did not recollect which.
He had also acted as steward on board other steamers.
He first saw the prisoner on board the City of Sydney
screw-steamer, as she was lying in Hobson's Bay in
November. After that time he became one of the
stewards of the Arga. He knew by report a
ship called the Dawstone. He was living on
board the City of Sydney steamer when he saw
the prisoner, who was a passenger, in company with a
female who went by the name of Mrs. Solornons. The
prisoner awl Mrs. Solotnoas were on board three days
before she left for England. The witness here pointed
out, in the court a female who be said was the Mrs.
&anions he saw on board.
Alexander Pope, mate of the ship Dawstone on her
Passage to London on her last voyage. Had five cabin
passengers. The prisoner Garrett kaa one and Mr?.
Solotnous was another. They gassed ai man and wife.
They went ashore at Deal, and the Dawstone proceeded
to London ; and on the Saturday after her arrival the
prisoner took away his baggage.
Elizabeth Nichol] lived at 15, King-street, Golio.
The prisoner, on Wednesday, the 14th inst , took some
apartments she had to let. When he took the apat t•
ments he said he had just come from Australia. He
hal come on shore at Deal, and had slept at a coffee
shop for two nights. He was accompanied by a female.
Amongst his effects was a portfolio, which the police
took into their possession.
John Charles, one of the clerks at Messrs. Coutts,
said the prisoner came to the bank on the 13th inst.
He was introduced by Mr. Henderson; and he said