The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-21 00:00:00

THE ARMY. COURT OF SEWERS.
THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON AND RELI- A Court of Sewers for the City and Liberty of
GIOUS LIBERTY IN THE ARMY. Westminster, and part of Middlesex, was yesterday
(From tbe Wellman.) held in the Court-house, Soho- square.
th_An inaccurate paragraph having appeared in some of The chair was taken at twelve o'clock by Thomas
newspapers with reference to the subject of the fol- Leverton Donaldson, Esq.
th%_ln g correspondence, we have been favoured by
R Roy. John Smith with copies of the orieinal do- On the minutes of last Court. day being read,
'Mr. LESLIE objected that they were incorrect, in-
tag, which we have much pleasure ' in'puhlish-
a*, as very important in themselves, and, more- asmuch as a statement inculpating him, and which
Over, strikingly illustrative of the character of one of was read by the Chairman to the Court, thereby
e greatest men of this or any other age. The cor- making it a public document, had been omitted. A
respondence having been on a public topic, and of a motion was founded on it and carried ; and when, as
strictly official nature, there can be no breach of pro- the person charged, he requested the chief officer of
pety in our placing it on record in our columns, parti- the Court, Mr. Hertzlett, for a copy of the document
clearly as it redoubeds so highly to the honour of the
in question, the answer returned was that the Chair-
t.ues Prove so satisfactory to the I
ritrious Duke, and must
Iman had it in his possession. He (Mr. Leslie) took
now ds of religious freedom. We judge it expeient, his stand upon the ground, therefore, that the record
n ever to omit the name of the sick seldier, as well as was not a correct one.
th title 'of the hospital at which Mr. Smith was refused
Pee
rmission to visit him : The CHAlRMAN—Certainly correct, as far as it
"9, Earbstreet, Westminster, Oct. 17, 1844. goes. It may not be full enough, perhaps, but
THE MOST NOBLE HIS G RACE THE DUKE OF WELLING- assuredly correct.
TON, Y.G., P.C. Mr. Lublin did not think it correct. Surely when an
t `,` Ify Lord Duke,—l think it proper most respectfully officer of the Court, a person paid by him (Mr. Leslie)
° lay before your Grace the following circumstances:— as a Commissioner, in common with other Commis-
"l am a Wesleyan Methodist minister, and in the sioners, chose to write a long letter, inculpating him,
(„coarse of my pastoral duties (at the written request of and when that statement was read by the Chairman,
sergeant --, a member of the Wesleyan Society, and a he (Mr. Leslie) was confident that every Hon.
Patient in the hospital of the ,in I went Member of that Court would grant that the person
°ll Pride the 11th, and on Wedne.sday, the 15th inst.,
Ifor, the purpose of visiting him, and on both occasions charged had a full right to a copy of the document.
He had wished that document entered upon the
abnave been refused admission. On the latter I was
minutes, but the Chairman, by taking it into his own
ruPtly told that, though I was a Wesleyan minister,
Your
seek admis,iou on Sundays as other visitors. possession, had interfered in the chief clerk's duties,
, our Grace will readily perceive that this would neither and rendered nugatory the proceedings of the Court.
.eonvenient to any minister whose employments on the Now he would ask if the Chairman would enter the
4:*,?4l's-day occupy all his time, nor would suet' a visit be matter, by giving up the statement referred to?
'4l that might he required by a sick or 'lying man. 'The CHAIRMAN--I will not, unless by request of
beg permission to remind your Grace that an op- the Court.
Vatunity of visiting a'member of his flock is regularly Mr. LESLIE—It is a question for yourself alone.a
t a lied to any minister of the Romish Church, and lam You have extracted a public document.
o loss to conceive on what ground it should be denied The CHAIRMAN-1 have not; for it never was
ministers of other religious communities.
"I
am unwilling to believe
that the interdict of which
put in.
Icomplain as to myself can have been sanctioeed by any Mr. FULLER-1 cannot understand, in that case,
order from the authorities of the army, and I trust I have what constitutes a public document.
°„„nlY to bring the matter under the notice of your Grace, as Mr. MuLusts—What is the object of reading the
'eamanderiii.chiet; to obtain for myself and for other minutes, exceptieg for the purpose of confirming the
Christian ministers, and for all such soldiers as may not accuracy of the Court's proceedings ? And how can
ek!liembers of the Church of England, those privileges those minutes be accurate, if the statement on which
tl,"_lch, while they are freely conceded to the members of the resolution is founded is left out?
)67 Church of Rome, ought not to be denied to the mem- Mr. LBSLIB said he would conclude with a motion,
vo? of any Frotestant Church.—l am, my Lord Duke, " That the minutes now read are not a true record of
" "r Graces most obedient servant, the proceedings of last Court, inasmuch as letters
" JOHN SMITH." from Mr. Hawkins, the assistant-surveyor, dated the
19th of November, was read by the Chairman, and a
motion founded and carried upon the subject-matter;
that the minutes be altered by the insertion of such
letter, or by placing it among the public documents
of the Court, and a reference to that fact made in the
minutes."
Mr. MtTLLINS seconded, and the motion was put
from the Chair, but lost by a majority of two, six
Commissioners having voted against, and four for it.
The salary of the chief clerk was, on the motion of
Mr. Wurre, increased from 4001. to 500/. per annum,
the Commissioners each expressing their admiration
of the business-talents and general courtesy exhibited
by Mr. Hertzlett in the arduous duties of his office.
Mr. LESLIE then brought forward his motion
" To print and circulate to every Commissioner the
details of the contractors' charges, as allowed by the
surveyors and Court, during the respective contracts,
commencing at Michaelmas, 1841, in such a
form as to show clearly and intelligibly
the expense of every particular work done."
The Hon. Commissioner said he had examined the
statements, and gone through many of the contractors'
accounts, and had found what he believed to be
great errors therein, but without a printed form it
would be impossible to convey in an intelligible
manner the proof of those errors to the Court. The
ordinary course of business, they were aware, was to
have a standing contract for all works. Now, these
works were, as he thought, so improperly taken by
measure and value, that it was next to lm-
possible to arrive at the cost price of any
single work. The items were spread over
a series of quarters, sometimes, indeed, all
contained in one, but frequently extending to two or
three. Now, as the remedy for disease depended upon
a thorough knowledge of its causes, so it behoved
them to look well into these accounts—to have a
thorough knowledge of them before parting with
large sums of that money which was entrusted to
their care. These works were ordered at a given
estimate, but when they were completed it was gene-
rally found that the actual cost greatly exceeded the
sum which the Court had before ordered ; and if they
would refresh their memories by a retrospection,
they would find that, in some instances,
they had in this way paid 100 per cent.
more than they ought to have done. In the neigh-
bouring Commission, if one wanted the cost of any
particular work, a book was produced in which the
information desired was exhibited in a few lines; but
in that office they had to run over a vast number of
bills, and trace the work in different stages at various
periods of time. He maintained that contractors had
been in the habit of charging more than they were
entitled to do ; and he was of opinion that Mr. Ben-
net and Mr. Bird ought to refund large sums of
money to that Court. He would instance mainholes,
which were almost invariably over the sewer. Yet
they were charged for digging, aye, and for carting
away the rubbish. Concrete was put in at four
shillings and sixpence the cube yard, yet in many
one shilling and sixpence was charged extra for cart-
ing away superfluous rubbish, although that, he con-
tended, was included in the two shillings charged for
digging. But all this could not be properly exhi-
bited unless they had the bills printed, as he desired
they should be. One further instance, however,
he would add, namely, the work in Bow-street, where
the estimate voted by the Court was 1,4001.,
hut where the actual cost exceeded 2,060/.
He would ask them, should they devolve the duties
which the Crown had entrusted them with, to other
parties who were not responsible ? Surely not. They
ought, then, as he had before that day suggested,
have their plans and sections properly drawn out, and
then they would get parties to tender willingly
for the work. He hoped they would allow him for
once to carry his resolution, convinced as he was that
it would lead to a considerable saving of the public
money. ,
A discussion ensued, and it was finally determined
that several works, estimated at 2001. and upwards,
should be extracted and laid before the Commissioners
in a form prescribed by the mover of the resolution.
The other business was then disposed of, and the
Court adjourned.

kr. Smith received the following communication, in
teillY, from Adjutant-General Sir John Macdonald :
" Horse Guards, Oct. 30.
I am directed by the Commander-in-Chief to
rulowledge the receipt of your letter of the 17th inst.,
which you complain that on two recent occasions you
had been refused admission to the Hospital of ---,
ti'llither you had gone, in the course of your pastoral
guties, for the purpose of visiting, at his own request,
geant --, a member of the Wesleyan Society, and
"t the time a p itient in the said hospital.
amcommanded to assure you that the Duke of
edington anxiously desires that soldiers should have
the benefit of the spiritual assistance of clergymen of
their own persuasion, whenever they may require it, and
efat,t.n,
eeommanding officers of regiments are fully apprised
ft„e perfect liberality of his Grace's views on that
-"Pt.
d." As regards, however, the visits of clergymen to sol-
i lets in hospital, the established rule is, that every soldier
!I at liberty to choose his own por, with this simple
Ltltiderstanding that he shall notifyast his wish, through the
44egillar channel, to his commanding officer, who will give
mediate directions for the admission of the clergy
4 whom the soldier may have chosen as his spiritual
adviser.
aud Sergeant conformed to this rule (which it
drPaared he did not), you would have met with no imp&
menu in your visits.
ex'i The indiscriminate admission of strangers (not Oren
taleePting the clergy) into barracks and military hospi-
is, without due authority, and without making them-
per ves and their business previously known, would be
ti:duetive of constant, and frequently serious, inconve-
tetlee ; but no difficulty of admission can ever accrue
're the individual who presents himself for admission
ieritions his name and the object to those who have the
th mediate charge of the sick,* and are responsible for
aloe enforcement of the regulations under which adnais-
into the hospital is given.
*4" The Duke of Wellington has commanded me to
-4tctr into the above explanation for your future guidance,
Sect tt4 prevent your being, upon these occasions, sub.
aay disappointment.
the I ain to add that, in the case of the Foot Guards,
wttlethe al officer in charge of the hospital will be ew-
er tieired to admit the clergy, as the commanding officer
top
as regiment cannot be forthcoming to be applied to
theh4d6g °llion, from his not living in barracks.—l have
our to be, Sir, your most obedient humble servant,
"JOHN MACDONALD, A. G.
ith,e. John Smith, 9, Earl-street, Westminster."
th 4 ut,-,:'ind anxiety of his Grace to make his veiws on
iretil,-sltion distinctly understood, as evidenced by the
desire-stkitiality with which Sir John Macdonald, at his
appre ters into explanation and direction, will be duly
eiated by every reader.
• This Mr. Smith did.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
LONDON'. DEC. 20., NOON.-Wind easterly, fresh breeze
/ad fine clear weather.
A DEAL, DEC. 19.—Wind E. to E.N.E., fresh breeze.—
Nestor, M`Meikam, Calcutta ; Ann Falcon,
(k)uness, Mauritius ; Golden Fleece, Hubback, Bahia ;
kinerva, Ogden, Nassau. Sld. Hebe, Valparaiso, Hor-
v'r,°o(l, Algoa Bay; Cecilia, Ichaboe; Sam Slick, Gambia;
Catherine Greene, St. Kitt's ; Cremona, Charleston,
aad the outward bound.
Iit'ORTSMOUTII, DEC. 19.—Wind S.E. to E.—Arrd.
44„Qrcules, Lightfoot, Quebec. Off, Amwell, Halton,
Afobart Town ; Robert Heddle, Cape Coast Castle.
OFF TORBAY, DEC. 18.—City of Poonah, Hight,
j*Mrs.a left the Cape of Good Hope, Oct. 26, St. He-
(-)4' Sth ult.
lb-L.!' THE NEEDLES, DEC. 18.—Eliza Bell, Bell,
lna to Bremen.
t0411,1-ILL, DEc. 18.—The Maria Amelia, from London
"Araburgh, has put into the Roads through stress of
ember.
413krinAm DEC. 18.—A butt of brandy marked
'6:1)./'.--No. 727, has been picked up off the Bolt.
tur-PE of GOOD HOPE, OCT. 25.—Acrd. the Pre-
:or steamer, Southampton.
qntTRAMPTON, DEC. 19.—Sid. Royal Tar steamer,
.araltar.
11,41'14ROUTII, DEC. 19.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrd. Princess
Ichaboe.
Li4,teENsroN, PREVIOUS TO OCT. 26.—Arrd. John, of
t",,°11, Ichaboe, leaky.
Ltiv,tra, DEC. 18.—A for,ign vessel is supposed to
Irk; been wrecked upon the Carne Rock, some wainscot
hap' and the stern of a boat, marked " Davis, Barth,"
6- come on shore.
ItrithltiolLHAvEN, DEC. 16.—A barque dismasted, and
4,L,'eqvs stove, and abandoned, was boarded 10th ult.,
fro„:, lon. 36, by the Hiram, arrived here. A schooner,
rAbyaterford tot England, is off this in a disabled state.
4117'4)101mi, DEc. 19.—A, black head-board,. marked
tNi44q,” was picked up on the beach, sth inst., when a
5111,41‘,.rnany burnt deals were washed ashore at the
h- time.
th,Q,eatonLYREAD, DEC. 17.—Arrd. Daniel Webster,
Curllx, 17.—Arrd. Sir J. L. Goldsmid, Jobson,
I Sld. Ergent, Buenos Ayres.
41;;YtiteooE, Dzc. 19.—Wind E.S.E., moderate.—
tif 4* Joshua Wuddington, Bottomby, Valparaiso ; Meg
tip 7eldon, Bleasden, Calcutta ; Inovoice, Rawlin, Icha-
qu; Sid. Jargar, Calcutta ; Matthew Pearce, La
S /11cnaIra•
• Argyle, New Orleans ; Carlton and Speed,
40h.
1(d E:'°Ric, DEC. 17.—The Borneo, of Beverley, water-
-3p and abandoned, was passed on the 7th ult., lat.
p()0. 69, by the Sir L L. Goldsmid.
4,ii'tl4olJTll, DEC. 18.—Off, China, Livesay, and New
1,411 d, Calcutta.
"it ItclIAE, DEC. 16.—The Severn, Seville to Dublin,
Th%was assisted in here, 13th inst.. must discharge.
etit:valentine, from Seville to Dublin, ashore at the
of the harbour, is discharging.

HARROW ScitooL.—The Rev. C. T. Vaughan,
Rector of St. Martin's, Leicester, was elected on Wed-
nesday to the office of Head Master of Harrow School.
This gentleman was a distinguished and favourite
scholar of the late Dr. Arnold. He obtained, whilst re-
sident at Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1836, 11137,
1839, and 1840, the Craven University Scholarship,
Scholarship of Trinity College, and two Porson Greek
prizes ; also the University prizes for the best Greek
ode, the best Greek and Latin epigrams, and the first
member's prize for a Latin prose essay ; also the Col-
lege prizes tor Latin and English declamations ; also the
classical medal ; and finally a Fellowship of his own
College. From the universal testimony borne to this
gentleman, it is confidently to be expected that the old
and distinguished institution, over which he is called to
preside, will flourish under his auspices.
A contract has just been confirmed, between C. G.
Parker, Esq., clerk of the peace, Chelmsford, and Mr.
Hartley, the managing director of the Irish Steam-
packet Companies, to convey Irish paupers to Dublin
and Cork for 255. 6d. each, the same contract as with
the county of Middlesex' being a saving of 4s. 6d. each
upon the old contract. Heretofore all have been con-
veyed to Cork, thereby entailing an injustice upon those
who lived in or near to Dublin, and in a thousand of in-
stanaes many had to travel upwards of 100 miles, there
being no conveyance. Instead of being fed upon bread
and cheese solely, the rations are hereafter to be on a
more liberal scale.—Chtlin,%ford Chronicle.
Thursday an inquest was held at the Elephant all
Castle, near the Wel worth-road, before Mr. W. Carter,
on the body of Thomas Mayne, about 30 years of age,
who died at the Baltic Coffee•house, 4, Walvrorth road.
Mrs. Shrives said that the deceased came to lodge at her
house on Sunday night last. He complained of having
had a fall from the kerb-stone. Deceased went to bed,
and appeared the next day (Monday) apparently better
but on 'Tuesday got worse, and by deceased's wish, Mr.
Gatley, a surgeon opposite, was called in, who bled him.
Deceased afterwards wished a nurse, which witness pro-
cured, who remained with him till his death. No papers
were found on him, but a bunch of keys. The jury re-
turned a verdict of Natural Death.
A WOMAN KILLED YY A POLICEMAN.—On Wed-
nesday afternoon the following fatal occurrence took
place at the lodgings of James Clark, police-constable,
No. 55 of the C division. It appears that Clark having
returned home after attending as a witness at Marl-
borough-street Police-court, had a violent altercation
with his wife respecting some family disagreements,
;
' during which the wifes mother interfered, takine part
with her daughter, when Clark took her by the shoulders
and gave her a violent push, from the effects of which
she reeled backwards and fell headlong down the stairs
from the first floor landing, and sustained such injury
that she shortly after expired. In the course of the even-
ing Clark surrendered himself at the station-house of the
C division in Vine-street, Piccadilly. He was imme-
diately taken into custody.
SEASONABLE LIBEBALITY.—The Duke of Norfolk
has given 100/. to be distributed in coals, bread, and
money amongst the deserving inhabitants of St. Mar-
tin's-in-the-Fields, and on Thursday morning the names
of those desirous of participating were taken down, that
inquiries might be made into their cases. In this parish
two distributions of one cwt. of coals and potatoes and
greed have been made this winter.
CAUTION TO JURORS.—At an inquest held on
Thursday before Mr. Payne, the City Coroner, no fewer
than ten of the parties who had been summoned to serve
on the jury were absent, and after waiting for same
time, he said that it was too bad that gentleman who
did attend should be kept waiting, together with the
witnesses, became of others who refused to attend to the
.ummons, and he should fine the whole of them in the
penalty of 20s. Several of the jury present appeared to
con= in this opinion.

EAST INDIA SHIPPING.
4141„tArivals—China, Livesay, from Bengal, off Falmouth,
I\Z„
- rt``4 July 16, Mauritius Sept. 14, St. Helena Oct. 24 ;
Zoaland, Gray, from Bengal, off Falmouth, sailed
't,j 15 ; City of Poonah, Hight, from_ Madras, off
St. a•Y, sailed Sept. 1, Cuddaloro Sept. 4, Cape Oct. 26,
Ati,llelena Nov. 5 ; Ann Falcon, Bowness, from Mauri-
-4; "4 the Downs, sailed Sept. 20, St. Helena Oct. 25 ;
mm `ell, liirkus, from Van Diemen, s Land, off Ports-
r!, lied from Hobart Town June 12, Bahia Oct. 8;
M'Mockup, from Bengal, in the Downs, sailed
Cel.t. 15, St. Helena Oct. 21 ; Jessie, Malcolm, from
41,"''',,11, off Plymouth, sailed Aug.. 10, Cape Sept. 30 ;
V1i.!,114 Mulholland, Brown, from Mauritius, off the
14.6„sut, sailed Sept. 20; Devon, Mallory, from Bengal, in
:a"owns sailed July 16, St. Helena Oct. 15.
14-,',;rtivals' in Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope—Janet,
ka-ift Oct. 18, from Leith, and sailed 22d to a market;
44 Luther, 19th, from Liverp
k4lool, and sailed 22d to
heulta; Rosebud, 19th, from Port Natal; John, from
(Jnt ,_ius; Louisa from Port Natal; Arab, 20th, from
lyjilip,
-
and sailed 23d to London; Anna Robertson,
Fr "r°, 21st, from Madras, and sailed 26th to London;
La7ll,,rsor, steamer, 25th, from Southampton ; Tudor,
jj"rotti Portsmouth.
Calllartures from Table Bay—Maidstone, Sept. 25, to
1iate,,11:44; William Ward, Oct. 18, to Ichaboe ; G. 11.
titi,7l4'n, 19th, to Knysna; Prince of Wales, to Mau-
leb-0,3; pagoda, to Simon's Bay; Frederick Huth, to
Lop -fre ; Bidston, 20th, to Liverpool ; Repulse, to
Aat"°ll; Roitelet, to Marseilles; Vectis, to Bassorah;
AL qicir, 23d, to Manilla ; Panope, 24th, to Ichaboe;
tollit Robertson and Vigilant, 26th, to London; Bland,
,3/40non.
Load at Adelaide—Taglioni, Black, June 18, from
.41;,,"n, and was loading for London, to sail Sept. 6 ;
estlis was loading for London.
134 rrivals at St. Helena—George Home, from the South
leh„k; igilant, from the C; Princess Victoria, from
'c'e, and all sailed Nov. spe
to London.

log UNGRATEFUL ` THlEF.—Thursday information
att., tl'ett that Mr.Lovett, of 2,Newman-place, Newman-
(t;o4' was robbed on Monday evening, of a silver watch,
teals
,*r;4 name, Walker, London, No. 120), three gold
pueSe (one with motto, " Forget-me-not"), and a silk
es containing 71. 10s. in gold. The thief is described
itto 3rb`seung. man whom Mr. Lovett first saw six weeks
"IPlo gging In a public-house, and received into his
%yeti. Y Out of compassion, but who absconded on Monday
at' 4trobbing him of the property above-men-