, 1877-03-24

cost of 93. 1000 of the peoples money
after which he asked for $500 o year
more to keen the garden up. The furni-
ture has now been three years in USE
and interest on tue original cost Of this
do2s not suit the ideas OF Sir William
Grey, so he ordered q valuation to be
made, and accordingly, instead OF sending
MeSSrS. Turnbull, Lee & Mudon. or Nj.
Alexander Berry, or MessrS. ". Harty 4
Co., who know something Of the value OF
furniture, there was most Convenient
lY, aud we may add most meanly, sent two
persons perfectly incapable of doing what
Was required Of them-viz., giving 8
proper valuation Of the Kings House fur
niture. One OF these %valuers was Master
Massias, q little boy belonging to Spanish
Town, who is an occasional clerk in the
Director Of Roads Ofice-the other was
q workman belonging to the same Office;
aud these two insignificant and irtesponsi-
bic Individuals are to be the judges OF Sir
William Grey's liability to the Colony,
aud their deprecated valuation Of the
furniture is to be the basis upon which
Sir William is to pay interest, and not on
the actual expenditure. Was ever any
proceeding more impudently dishonest, or
SO aagrantly fraudulent in its c%onceptionf
Perhaps this is one of che reasons why
Sir William allowed Captain Ferguson to
leave the island without paying the sixty
polnds he was ordered to pay up, Ono
good turn deserves anot her, and it is no
matter what the unfortunate beasts of
burden" have tOpay, so long as Sjr William
Grey aud the Chiefs of Departments eau
protect themseles by naming suitable persons
to value what they know nothing about.
The Qleen's Proclamation against Vice
and immortality in the Island calls upon
the Governor ana all those in authority
not only to set an example OF morality in
their W life, but to do their utmost to
expose and punish al those in Offices of
trust VINO so misconduct themselves. Tne
Chief Clerk Of the Constabulary Force
ruined Il young lady, his W sister in law,
and when her family applied TO Sir
William Grey Cor some little redress, he
kept this immoral officer in the service,
al sent the following answer to the mo-
Their Of the uabappy girl. A Sergeant OF
the SAM CJnstabu'ar r was tried and dis
missed the service for o similar IF 'nco-
but Mr.. Sinclair being a higher officer, and
drawing a larger salary, IS allowed to re-
maio. Why should the Sergeant be dis
missed aud not Mr.. Sinclair? AMI what
is the use of reading Morality Proclama-
tons when they are openly and algrantly
disobeyed, even by ConstabuIary oficers?-
Kings House, Jamaicl, January /, 1877.
Mas. MCANUFF.
M4d4m-Ia reply to your letter to the
Governor on the subject Of Mr.. Slnclair's
behaviour to your step-daughter, Miss
McAnuF, | am desired to say that, while
the Governor much regrets that any person
in the Public Service should be guilty of
such conduct as that disclosed by Mr..
Sinclair's own letters which you have sub
mitted, the case is not one which, in His
E~xcellency's opinion, should b. made the
subject of official enquiry.
I beg to return the enclosures Of your
letter.
Lam, Madam, Your obedient Servant,
VIC. WILSON, Private Secretary.
A couple Of ornamental Iron Gates were
recently imported from England at the
expense of the citizens, to put at the east
and west sides of the Public Square, but
they have been carried off, together with
the Iron Seats that were imported and