The Sun.
London, England, 1857-03-14 00:00:00

REPRESENTATION OF CARDIFF.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE BUN.
SIR, —I feel confident you will allow me, as a constant
reader and firm supporter of your truly valuable paper,
to use your columns for the purpose of contradicting the
report which has appeared in several of the morning
papers, to the.effect that I am about to come forward
on the Tory interest for the borough of Cardiff. The
facts are entirely the other way. Some time ago I was
requested by several of the Lib. ral electors to allow my-
self to be put in nomination, in oppositicn to the present
candidate, Col. Stuart, but I then declined to disturb
the peace of the borough, unless there was a clear pro.
epect of the Liberal party being able to withstand the
vast power of the Castle interest, which was certain to
be exercised by the marchioness in favour of her nephew.
Cardiff will soon only be second to Liverpool, and in.
stead of only having one member, the nominee of the
house of Bute, it ought to have at least two free and in-
dependent members, unshackled by party influence.
Universal suffrage and the ballot will alone bring this
about. —Faithfully yours,
JOHN NICHOLL CARNE, D.C.L.
Cardiff, March 12, 1857.

ARMY SURGEONS AND THE VICTORIA CROSS

(Front the Lan•et of March 14.)
Consistent with their previous treatment of the
medical officers of the army, the authorities have
decided that they are not entitled to the Victoria
Cross ! That distinction, it was said, was to be
conferred upon those who had distinguished
themselves by personal courage in action.
On looking over the long list of gallant men
whose bravery and devotion were recorded
in the Government Gazette, no one will for
a moment deny that the Cross was most justly con-
ferred upon every one of them ; but we contend that
a gross injustice has been inflicted upon our brethren
in the army by shutting them out from the honour.
Many acts of heroism were performed by the sur-
geons of the English army in the Crimea, which fully
entitled them to the Cross. Independently of that
personal bravery which was evinced by such men as
Thompson, after the bloody fray, there were many
instances in which even in action the surgeons
greatly distinguished themselves. It was to the
personal bravery of Wilson, an assistant-surgeon,
that the Duke of Cambridge owed his life, and his
division its salvation from destruction. re could
mention other acts of heroism which called for
some signal acknowledgment at the hands
of the authorities—some unusual distinction,
such as that of the Victoria Cross. We
me
know that two surgeons were hhly recom-
mended for that honour—one by the the Medical
Director of the Army, for carrying a wounded
soldier into the trenches under a heavy fire •• the
other by several distinguished officers, who bore
personal testimony to his claims for the honour.
The latter gentleman is Dr. Frederick Robin-
son, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, who, ou the
heights of Alma and under a fire of musketry,
which makes us ast,nished that he escaped alive,
succeeded in rendering assistance to Captain Oust,
who, in the front, had been mortally winueled.
The 2311 Regiment was broken up, and ietreating
in such disorder to the rear, that Dr. Robinson was
nearly knocked down in the confusion. When are
we to rise above the petty, contemptible /tiles of
what is called the " discipline" of the Horse
Guards, and act in a liberal spirit towards medica
officers, who " are more than armies to the public
weal 1"

At a meeting of the Van Diemen's Land Company.
held yesterday, Mr. J. Cattley presiding, the report and
accounts were unanimously adopted. It was stated
that the revenue has slightly increased, and that the an-
nual rental is now about 3,0001. The proprietors will,
however, have to look principally to the sales of land for
dividends, and the agents will arrange these as
opportunities may be presented. Some expense has been
incurred through a lawsuit for the recovery of forfeited
shares, the directors having been defeated by a technical
objection. The accounts, made up to the 31st of Dec.
last, show a balance of 2,9861.
THE CHURCH ESTATES COMMISSIONERS.—The report
of the Church Estates Commissioners (the sixth general
one) was published yesterday. During the past year
they have approved the terms agreed on in 255 cases,
232 being cases of sales of reversions, and 23 of purchase
of leasehold interest, while the value in fee of the estates
so agreed to be dealt with exceeds 900,000/. The aggro.
gate number of cases enumerated in the yearly reports as
approved is therefore 1,082, and the value of the pro-
perty dealt with 4,200,0001. and upwards. The com-
missioners have still reason to believe that the terms
required for enfranchisement have proved generally
satisfactory.
EXPENSES OP THE METROPOLITAN PoLIOE.—The total
sum paid for the Metropolitan Police in the year 1856
amounts 434,0811., and the balance remaining at the
ecd of the year to 45,6351. The total amount received
on account of the metropolitan police included 281,0361.
from parishes, and 102,377/. from her Majesty's Treasury*
voted by the House of Commons in Committee of Suppl7,-.
These, in addition to a balance of 58,105/. and miscella-
neous receipts, raised the sum total of receipts to
479,7171. The following are the items of expenditure,_
viz., 10,7571, for office expenses, 335/. for legal charges,
363,4781. for the pay, clothing, and equipment of the
police force, 2,9751. for medical and funeral expenses,
9,6391. for-horses and vans, 21,904/. for police stations
and section houses, 15,5351. for light and fuel, 6,8161.
fo.l miscellaneous charges, and 4,6911. for retired allow-
ances, Ac. The receipts on account of the Superannua-
tion Fund amounted to 61,5851. and the payments to
:_yiteatre,rriwbitihe
affairftf
36,7751. The expenditure for the service of police
carriages in London amounted to 11,698/,
ei:
hTsil
ih The total
do tri .nione....
sum paid for the expenses of the police courts (chiefly
out of the Consolidated Fund) amounted to 67,0081.
One magistrate receives a salary of 1,5001, and 22
magistrates 1,2001. each. The rent of the courts costs
tt2,0031., and the exeadpnietnoasrrems(
yloofootlfe,sPa,Bro4ecice3,lnsGf7:l7.
ehrneedeesalary
swt ioittfuhtiet sssa salaries of 440/ . down to, 2560-63011 C.
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spects, with soaf
range a lic
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of
tm200076183./..0t;
081a4/n9. 811.18s.and 5'056
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salariesND SUICIDE AT PRAM::
whose with
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and clothing.
oceurred last week atr Prague, regiment of hussars, stationedsom
widow thirty years of age.
his re i
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miloeusnfgroomffitcehart ocfit;l,.
he found vith her some officers t *thout leave, to.
the garrison. The
whole party supped together, and at
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a late hour the officers departed, leaving the young
hussar alone with Mine. Katz. After awhile the lattert
sent her gervat.t to purchase some beer; and the servant
on her return found, to her surprise, the outer
d door
fastened, and received no reply
At last, after waitirg
who happened to pass, and
effected into the
stained 'with blood was
an inner room the
fully mutilated, 1
breast and arms .were so
be recognised;
her bracelets, . some time, she summoned a patrol,
widow's spart .
a forcible entrance was
to her !snacks and calls.
ment EThe officer's sword
picked up in the
. rutty ; and in
widow ass found lying dead, fright-
'l3 a pot' of blood ; her head, neck,
hacked that they could scarcely
her silk gown was cut to pieces, and
broken into fragments, were scattered
about the floold;ol,noyonbeeheaondtosrhoe
fhreolmd atoqeuoaffintcietyr.sofh
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which had tvi
and in the other the knot of his sword, which bad been
violently dragged off. In another room the officer
himself was found lying dead, with his throat cut.
What took place between the two before this horrible
r murder and suicide were perpetrated is not known. From
the officer's sword having been found in the entry, it is.
supposed that he had conceived the design of taking to'
flight, and of cutting down anybody who might attempt
to resist bin ; but that, finding the patrol at the door,
he felt the uselessness c f resistance, and, throwing aside
his weapon, or t his throe.