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the dralk of Mr..Trettev on the Bank, appeals to have been money tsstied fur Navy seivieecbecause Mr. Trotter had no pirigraa • account three, anal drew upon the Rank solely as the egmt tir attorney of the Treasurer of the Navy. If of!icial convenience only had been'the objeO in opening aceitunts with MCISIII. Thomas Coons and Co. it might have been expetted that the public money placed there would have bee.. separated (runt all private concerns, and kept under clear and distinct heads. Instead of th's obvious caution, we do not find that seen any open deelarati-in was made to the house of the nature of the worsen, 'intuited to them ' • and the whole of the public money r ece i ve d on account of Mr. Trotter b. his drafts on the Bank, was placed to his private accounts, aid an mixed with other monies, that the one could not be d;rln guished from the other ; nor Coll d it be discovered, upon the face of the accounts, (mm whom several of the SUillil were re. coved„ or to whom paid; and Mr. Trotter himself could not assertain whether cattalo advance. of money made by him to Lord Melville, were from his public or private balances. The manner of keeping Mr Trotter's accounts is also smigned by Lord Melville as a reason for his not being able to answer some questions which were put to hint, relative to the employment of the pulsar money. it was not in our power, without the assistance of Mr. Trot ter, to distinguish whether many of the items in the account, related to public or private money ; and Mr. Trotter, when called upon refused to give us that assist ance . W e h ave there fore einem; in the Appendix copies of the accounts. in spection of these accounts will afford much fuller information of the manner in which the public money has been applied than any description which it is in net power to give. We have distinguished in the accounts the sums that were received by Messrs. Thomas Courts and Co. by Mr. Trotter's drafts oaths Bank. The part of the account rendered to us, entitled Mr. Trot ter's separate account, contains only a few entries of money received by his drafts an the Bitik ; but the money so received caeca* distinst'y on the face of the account to have been ap pltd to private purpo..s. . . Although etc .- Indy direct roof which we have been tibl to obtain of public money harinl been carried to the credit dd Mr Trotter's accetints with Mums Thomas Coutts and Co. is, by their having received oline, u,ion his drafts on the Rank ; yet, nn an inspection of the accounts, it will be seen, that sums of such rnarpturlar, not received by Mr. Trott. is drafts on the Bank, have been timeglit to his credit, as to afford strong pea gumption, that they were part of the public money. I.h.rpo its of money, not received by drafts on the bank, teethe amount of one hundred thousand pound.: and upwards on the same day, and iii the course of a low dayv, will be met with frequently. In one instance, namely, on the II th of April, 1791, the sum of one million, not received by draft on the Hank, is plated to his credit. . . Ay a further proof of other public money ' besides that re vived directly from t h e 13.nk, being included in the account, called his own account, we subjoin a comparative state:mut of the sums received drrectli from the flank, and the •I 1 s plot from that account to the differutt sub.accountain, the Navi P.iv 06ce, and for services which we conclude to be of a puuiic /Attire. Amount. of sums receiyed by M revs. Thereat Corms and Co by the drafts of Mr. Totter, 0.1 the Bank, and carried to the trodit of his own account 8,295,4201 Amount of sums paid horn the &exeunt of Mr. Trotter with Messrs. Thomas Coon. and C-.. entrtled,. Ins ow ft account, to the dfforent sub accountants of the 1. s d. Navy Pay thrice Aeorsat of the sums paid from the same amount, for sweices suppeard to be of a puhlic ttawrq viz. .• To Art of p ir. lianient Amount" (by which is nvoint the Low part of 1,r41 Melvide's S-cond rmasurer.hip), 'l4 "Tn Are of Par. Lemma 111.1 r Ace...int," being the &wood ;mart of that Treasurership /...1b,078,737 15 4 We °include that thithlerenee,sia miC,ons Rearm hundred and righty-thret th.nsiand three hundred and sevenrren round,. two shillings and eleven pence, wa. money issued for nave s , rwiee., drown from the flank by Mr Tientr, and e-oo ”toti with ! 1 / 4 1s-5,.,.. Ti. eau Clovis and C. after has . n,7, pas.4.l tnranijh his own hands, or the Ilan& of agent e.up'oyed by hi... to receive a by hn draft.; on the Bank. As the name 41U Mark Sprot appeared frequently in the amnions, as paying into the chits of Messrs. Thomas Coot.. and Co. on tee eodst M Mr. Trottto, and retiring from trienee very largest:lns% we deemed K Difee+lllif to eWmir hill) All to the 1:0111.1110 h 4 traittedttorie with the Payment., of Um Nave ; but a('er deosighte that, ts the beet of his 1% - es:teen-in, he red not rose we: an. money from th^ B t y Mr. Trottera drafts, he refused to answer every other qrsestioo rut to him, atom ing that he had taken the advice ot ermod, Wm were of ops anon that he was not bound to answer such ououions Upon the whale, it appears to us to be • elealy.establohed fact, that. doting this Trmsuirenhip, the money i.s s s e d tor ivy temsees was used In a greet autouitt fe the pinisoues of private ersr•lement seed this circumstance leads to tnnosuove, teat if a Treasurer of the Navy, alter an increase of hi- si , arr *pan the term- contained in the warrant under Ho Ma:e.t i '. Lin Maunal , thence pe4t from che use money sa•urd for navy services, he becomes, upon principles of equit i a debtor to the public, and Is accountable (or all such profit. Our duty requires us en add, that the vrithdreemg M . the public money from the Bank of England in the marsir.o and for the purposes before related, was, its our Judgment, a di.. obetendsto the law as established by the 25th of the piesesit reign, cap. 31. We cannot dismiss the consideration of this Treasurership without adverting tea paper delivered to us by Mr. Trotter, drown up ars justification of his condites, and purporting to be a statement of the transactions of his parmastership. Actuated by a desire that all persons who might conceive their character called in question by our proceedinp, might have an opportunity of ji.stifying themselves, and explaining their cond uct, we have never refused to admit any details riven with that slew by the perenns whom we have examined, lint. w t'sstandiog such &tads may have been irrelevant to the qpiestions proposed by us. Upon this principle we received from Mr. Trotter the piper in question , which is attached to his evidence of the 25th of July, 1804 ; bust it is fit that we should offer time com ments up ru it, as well as upon the evidence contained in the Appondix. And this a more especially called for in the cave of an examinant, who, to avoid thereafter of crisninating self, refuses 'alienations requin-d of him, and afterwards offers ajnstitic.ition on his own terms. In this paper Mr. Trotter does not deny his having made u• e erif the public money 'withdrawn by him horn the Bank ; sod, in his subsequent reanimation, he intimates, that in .o doing he had acted under permission, elthoisgh, he sa a, he is nut at liberty to state that he has ever boo explicitly authorised to do co. Lord Melville, upon being risked whether he gave permission N the Paymaster to withdraw the money from the fLnk and lodge it ia the hand. of a prrsate banker, with a view to his rbs riving any advantage or emnlument tberefom, an-were, If it le meant toast me whether I ever gave any direct authority to the Paymaster go me the money in the manner above men tioned, I should certainly answer No; but I have on he.ita• lion u. saying, that 1 belivred aid anderstood he did, and never yrnitibitud him from doing so; and I believe it was so understood by others at different times, when the edablisla meat of the Navy Pay fJttice was under eontrderation, when certainly no competent provision was made for the p , rson ex oreisitag that cruet of great client and responsibility." Whether the salary of the Paymaster was not increased when the general augmentation of tbsendaries of the cashiers took place in 17116, bes.ause he was not in the direct charge or use ef the putiloc money other than the money for Exchequer fees, or became he was not, lake the (ashlers, in the receipt of fees or gratuities of which they were then deprived, is what we can not pretend to affirm; but we cannot ...impose that the use of the pu'rlic money was then conardered as a perqui ite of the Paymaster, which would imply, that the recommendations of the Ceenmiesionery of SC.IIIIIII, the resolution of the House of Commons, a n d, finally, the Act of Parliament, were totally dis regarded, and that an emolument so fraught with evil to the public, wbichharl hero lately comonind with the treasurer fur an additional salary of more than two thousand pounds a rear, was, by those entstkd to consider of the establishment of the Navy Pay Office, thought proper to devolve on his deputy, the Paymaster. -- P.177n4 tor in his paper also states, that he has ars doubt, though ha cannot prove it, thaciptvantayes weraitailipail by hI , 10.111PCP.1.0,11 from t. Adel. , - • , oney: alit that, ir, 4. lot. e \ 410 4 s - 0 tile ez ceeding Si F rassalphua, that T ermala forming i part of the temeeetalion of M *suttees end tionfisien tiA a ena,ga." From ail the information we have been able to obtain, it dues not appear that Mr. Trutrei's predecessors did enioy any such advantage. It is postaisecy stated by Mr. IlarmoA, Pay mastr-r toldr. Barre, that he did not; nor did he eon:else the use or the 'rehire Money to form any part of the emolument or his office And it is stated b..- Lord Bayniug, th.rt he did net know, nor did he believe, that Mr. Douglas e ohile he acted as his Paymaster, derived arty profit or advantage Irons the use of employment el the public money, except the money issued for tire payment of Exchequer fees. As a further answer us Erc observation, that the us. of the public money was considered as a perquisite of the Paymaster, when the augmentation of salaries ire the Navy Tay Office took i place in August 178 h, we find that Mr. Trotter, in his exami nation on the 24, 9th, and 12th of October or that rear, ht.- ' fore the Commissioners anpointed to enqu.r.r into the fees, g-a tonics, psorrisites, and emoluments receive in the seveial Public Offices, contained iii the Appendix to their Fourth Re. pat, deposes, a That he bas at present some advantage from balances remaining its his hands, which were impresterl to the present Treasurer for the purpose of paying Exchequer fees, arid some other contingencies; but the amount of such advant ages he cannot possibly ascertain. Ile is also allowed Stationary of all suns for his own use, but does not recollect any fee, gra tuity, or other allowance or perqui s it e w h atever , w h ic h he en joys as Paymaster of the Navy ' If Hr. Trotter was in the practice of deriving advantage from the use of anoney applicable to navy services at the time of making tli;* deposition, whir!, was only two months after the increisz of the salari -* in the Navy Pay Office, the mention of so considerable a source of emolument could not have been omitted. The Commissioners, before whom this deposition was made, cerainly did mist toile& from it, that the use of money applicable to navy services was a perquis to o! the Paymaster; for in detailing his income, after mentioning his salary, and his allowances of coach-hire, coals, candles, and stationary, they stet:, " he at present derives some advantage from the balance of morsev remaining in hi. hands for the pur pose of owlet Exchequer fees, and sons* other contingencies, but Ins is. fee, gentility, or other emolument whatever." And they reemilmeml that his salary should be increase I from five hundred to sight hundred pounds per annum, to be in lieu of all contingencies or allowances whatsoever ; and the he should " not be pernsitteel to derive airy advantage whatever from medic money remaining in his hand?; but that the money is grief to pay Exchequer fees, & c . should be paid into the Bank, and drawn from thence for the public semi -7e, in like rosiider as all other money for naval services now is." The salary, p.oposed be those Commissioner, was of course themed by them • full equivalent for the labour and response b.lity of the situatton. When shy h:t.mcss of the Nary Pay Office way under th • conaideration or the Select Committee of th_• Haase of Coatroom on Finance, in 1797, they requirel an account of the increase or diminution which had ta:,:en p ace since the year 1:82, in the amount of salaries and entolummta un tha Navy Pay ()Mee. Tee ;account iurnished is contained in the Appendix to their 17th Rep.•rt. The increase of the emolu ment of odd pence revived by the Clerks it mentiiined; but no not is taken the advantage derived uy the Paymaster from the el:: of the intontv kith d fur vie a rake of the Navy ; although it must have aristl si.re•• the year 178 V, as the Pay :astair at that time did hot dense arty emolument therefrom. Hence it must ainwar, that the use of the yoe.lic money was not emuid-red, even In 1797, as an avowed emolument of the Paymaster. Mr. Trotter states in his paper, that in drawing money (ions the Bank in K.no4, and retain lig it in his own hands, or lodging it with his private hanker, he does not eonsider that he has de parted front the lettsr or sp.r:t of the Act for the better rtgula. lion gi the other of Treasurer o f the Navy: He says, it wa s di mete Sby that Act, thy .s ismes to the Treasurer of the Navy from the Exclieque-, should Displaced to his credit at the Bank of Eite.iiid, and drawn from thews. be &wits, spec (sing the i 1,1414 of service for which k is wanted ; and he further states, that ti.-se directions have accordingly been invariably foiluwed. We have already shewn in what manor., the dime tions for the heads of aerate: bong mentinueJ in the drafts have been evaded ant. .n reciting the Art, he has got noticed the clause whi , m diiects hat the monies issued to the Rank, oo accaunt of the Treasurer, shell net be paid out of the Batik, unless fur navy servi vs. It Purely ra•isiot be ads .11Ce.1* that the money drawa by the paymaster for pr.v*' use, was paid out of the Bali,, for navy services. One Of the reason. g.mit by the Pamesster foe keepir; has lances is hh own h iad. is, the having of money in readmess ria advance m the gob at oiturams when tb? gle.nanis upon them were greater than wr: l finteeim ; and, in ho evidence of the 19th o. U9nber , he lies, that he has made advances to them in rash and Bank oides ; but this circumstance is cantraditir I tlic sun ae:ountents ; and it will barfly be contendssl, ili•t money stmdilie ten the name of the Treasurer at the Lt.nlc s nut as Leech within his powsr as in the honee of a pr.vati bankm. In .seder however to judge of the necessity of the use, we Nought proaer eiomire, whether, a s it seas state d to in be tee Pat mast. r,wthe cas`uers received daily advances of money equal to on e or ten days expenditure' We di wefore required an account of their balances on the 31st of December ie each year, and of the days in each succeeding year when those balani•-a time esihansted. By the following statement, drawn oat from (1102/I•CVMSOMI, it will appear that, pr-riously to 1301, them balances were generally equal to between • week's and a fortuities expenditure. The Report then goes on to state—" Mr. Trotter, in his paper, lays much stress triton the smallness of his salary, in comparimo to the responsitality of his Sir(Miln. The office of Paymaster is emminey an important one, and considera'ale con * lessee must be rem;sed in him ; but If lie regulates his eon duet strictly by the provisions of the Aet of Parliament, his actual responsibility is much less than that of the Sub-Account ants. Since the time that the Paymaster transferred the cria•ge of the Exchequer Fee Mosey to the Clerk employed in,,.. licitin; the money at the Exchequer, there has not . been any necessity for the Pas master's having in his haartt any part of the public money; whereas, large sums mu , t necessarily be trusted to the custody of the Sub. Accountants. se With respect 1., the owervation contained in Mr. Trot t-r's paper, namely, that the amount of Money issued form the Exchequer did wit depend upon him nor upon the Treasmer, it is true, that in id. applications to the Lords of the Treasury fur money, he was ion ter the direttions of the Public B orris ; but it is certainly in the per ter of a Paymaster, by delaying his appli maces% or nnt ushig du* diligence in solicit' g the mousse from the Exchequer, to create a necessity for the diffymet &SUM to make earlier applications, and consequently to keep greeter balances with the 'rreasur r. However this ipay have been, we know that the disbursements in the Navy Pay afire might have been earned on with smaller balances ; in proof of which, we need only not re the wins received fmm Mr. Trot. ter sod applied by Lord Melv.lle, those in the hands of Mr. Trotter, and thee: fur many years ennverted lit Mr. Jellicoe to his private concerns, of which we shall speak hereafter. The amount of thew sums (and at times they m.. 11 have been very large) need not haw been taken tronathe Exchequer, fur it is evident the poyesents tor the navy services were carried on with mt them." The Report next proceeds to observe—v." Mr. Trotter, in his jostificatirio, Lewis, that the public has not .usiained any loss from his use of the money icued for the service of the Navy. To this observation we cannot allow Inc weight; he might have been unsuccessful in his speculations, or the Ki ssing with whom the public money was lodged might have tailed; and in either of these cases, the lose would probably have fa:len on the mettle; or, in case of Mr. Trotter's sicith, it might have beconse necessary to unravel his very intricate accounts la a Court of Law, before the balance in his hands could have been recovered. At any rate, the public money has been an necess.inly put us hazard ; and that in defiance of the precau tiorss taken against it by the Legislature." The esil arising from the application of public money br individuals to private use is strongly exemplified in the cars of Mr. Adam J.-Ilicoe, formerly Deputy Paymaster of the Navy, which was brought to our notice fmm the circumstance of Lord Melville'. hay.ng bee.t acquitted in his accounts of the suns of twenty-four thousand eight hundred and forty-six pounds, sin shillings, aid sixpence farthing, as the amount of Mr. .I..li.coe's dehei• The Report next enters into a decided account of the de- Goismcv of Mr. Jel!:coe ' and charges the T re a suter w ith great freli•Stle,S in el,t .uopentli ig that Gentleman from Wfice, car procuring Securities upon the Macorery of hi. situ3ttnn.—it then goes ou,—'s ths reference to the acc-runt of the sums with which Mr. Jellicoe stood charged on aes.oistit or Vie Trua sur•rs tur the time Leine, it will be men that in the yew 1782, a tine wf War, a. 1 178;3, when the Fleet was paid the average of Mr. Jabcoe's monthly charge woe only six .. thousand seven haniftad and seventy.shr pounds thine(' shil• lingo y whereas ' in the years 17118 and 1789, a period ar Peace, the average of his monthly charge was thirty-eight thousand Mum hundred and ' ety-nine pounds seventeen shillings ar d seven pence. We therefore cannot agree with his Lortlabip, that the confidence placed In Mr. Jellicoe way not beyond what other Treasurers had placed in hint in less expensive tunes ; nor can we subscribe to the opinion, that measures could not have been adopted which would have contributed more to the public good. After several other observations upon Mr. Jellicoes dcht the Report concludes this part of the subject with the following statement :—Lord Ilarrowby held the Office from the 2d of June 1800, to the 2 th of November 1501. Mr. /inherit, (ruin the 21st of November 1501, to the 2d of June 1803. Mr Tierney, from the SEI of Suite 1803, to the 28th of May 1804. We have little further to state respecting these treasurers; as we have already noticed thcir comium, sn far as relates to pre venting the papma4er from drawing the public money from the Bank, and lodging it in the hands of a private Banker, fur the purpose of elucidating some parts of the detail of Lord Melvilles second treasurership. It appears, that worse of them derived any profit or emote mein from the use of money issued for navy services; and that no part of that money was applied by any of them to the use of any other public department. Mr. Trotn•r acted as paymaster to Lord Harrowbv and Mr. Bathurst, and, for a ',bort tine, to Mr. Tierney; he was suc ceeded by Mr. Latham, who continued in office till Mr. Can ning became Treasurer, when Mr. Trotter was age ii appointed paymaster. • It is stated by Mr. Latham, that he did not withdraw from the Bank any money issued fur the service of the navy, but transferred the mate from the account of the Treasurer to the accounts of the respective sub accountants; and that he did not derive soy profit or advantage from the use or emplOyment the public money. Extras from the examination of she Right HIM. Lord Viscount Melville, taken upon oath. the 9th of November 1804 t Q. It appearing by accounts laid before us, that the sums stated in your name as Treasurer of the Navy, at the Bank, at the following periods, were less than the sums with which you stood charged, exclusive of the money advanced to your Sub-Ac countants; and that the deficiencies were as fol low, viz. L. a. d. L. s. d. Dec. 31. 1286 56,00 J 0 0 I Dec 31. 1794 28,7'4 7 9 1787 53,600 0 0 1795 30,316 16 1 4 '1788 48,11/0 0 0 1796 75.411' 5 0 1789 53,800 0 0 1797 58,640 14 10 1791 19,988 9 8 1798 54.140 15 0 179 26,476 19 8 1799 54,140 15 11 1793 27,025 17 9 To what cause are such deficiencies to be attributed ? A. Although I take it for granted the sums ate stated by the question accurately, I could not, on memory, state that they are so. I desired Mr. 'Trotter, so far a. I was concerned, to give you every informa tion he could; and it was oniy in consequence of a otiv:trs ttion with bim, immediately alter the re ceipt of your letter to me, of date 26tIs June, that I warned, from the manner he kept his private ac counts, it was impossible for him to give me the ac curate information I required. The same reasons render it impossible for me to give you an answer to the question you pt. lam aware that lam not bound to answer it, under the provision of the Act establishing Otis commission, but I should not have dwelt on that object;on it there had been nothing bat personal consideratioas to operate against my doing so; but for the reasons 1 hinted to you in my letter of the 30th June last, as I am not hound, so I would not feel myself warranted to give the explanatious which your question points at. NAVAI. INTALLAIENCF. POIITSMOUTH, MARCII IG. This day arrived the Emerald frigme, Captain O'Brien ; and the Milihrook schooner, Lieutenant Carpenter, from Lis! , on, from whence they sailed with a convoy of GO ships, which they parted from in a gale of wind on the 11th ult. of the Lizard, under the charge of the Way sloop. The Emerald was coming home with a convoy from the West In dies, when tempestuous weather so much damaged her, that she was obliged to make for Lisbon : she was now in great dar.z.:r. The Afill4reak %%IS 'pooped and laid upon her beam ends. There are three Spanish p:izes with the convoy, two captured by the Ahdeesivar privascer, and one by the Leona. also arrived the Safeguard gun-brig from a cruise. The Honourable Wellesley Pole, of the Oral „ince, is arrived here to inspea the stowage of 14 large transports, laden with ordnance, which are come into the harbour. PLYMOUTH, M•IICH 16. Sailed last evening for the Downs, I I's Majesty's ship Centurion, of Su guns, with the following ships under convoy, viz Britannia Earl Sjeneer, Dpiid Stott, Euphrates. and Lord Melville, Indiamen, from Madras; William, Juno ' and Darien of Portland, from the S 'uth S eas , a ll for London: many other vessels that were bound to the Eastward availed themselves of the opportunity, and sailed at same time. The Ranger cutter, of 14 guns, Capt. Frazer, accompanied the Indiamen. Came in the lieanin, of 40 guns, from 'a cruise ; she has captured two Spanish ships, one of which went up Channel yesterday ; also the Proridentaq, Danish Bark, Capt. Hornbek, from Salo, with wine for the navy ; Swede ketch Formate. Captain Oster man. from Barcelona. laden with various goods, ' , Lund to Seville, detained by His. Majesty's ship Flygni,of 44 guns; the Spanish brig Ratertarentawa, from the Havannah, for Cadiz, laden with logwood, taken by the La,.,,., of i 8 guns; and the Young June. Captain Burd. from Wilmington, for this port, with tar, turpentine, and staves. FALMOUTH. MARCH 15. Arrived the ship Randier, Capt. Smith, from Smyrna, with fruit, carpet; Ste. 19 days from Gib raltar for London, was one of the fleet under con voy of the .irrow, and a bomb • when she l e f t Gib raltar, the•e were arriv e d thereof the said fleet, and waiting :envoy for England, Lade, Ann, Ctpt. Mar. tin; Speedwell, Findlay; Andromeda, Leveret; Maieu, —; Pawns, of Liverpool, and two ships belonging to Guernsey. The Lkandw, Mallet; and Mary Ann, Peartn, from Smyrna, were seen from the Rock four days prior to Capt. Smith's leaving Gibraltar: but, owing to light and contrary winds, they could not get in. The Woodland Castle, Captain Llewellyn, bore away before the wind with all her studding-sails o•n, and being a very fast sailing vessel, Captain Smith has no desist of her being safe $ but he fears near halt the Rest was taken or destroyed : be saw two brigs set fire to the night after the engage anent. The Captain of the .6•rier fought a 44 gun frigate most gallantly, from lee in the nieniing hall-past eight o'clock. The bomb fogght the other for an hour and a half : after the crews eete tak en out, they were burned. The crews of these vessel;, with twn bri gs , b a d arr i ve d at Alicant and Cartha. gena. The aftion was fought on the 4th of Feb. The Ricky. of 64 guns, convoyed the R a y, through the Gut. Captain Smith says, that it is impossible to conceive' itle what bravery the Cap t . of the Armor engaged the frigates for so long a time ; it was very little wind, or probably all the merchant vessels would have escaped. Thera was only one transport in the fleet, and she had no troop; on board, but several Ladies passengers. CORN EXCHANGE, M,AI4IIAIr, Maar The quantity of Wheat to dry is rather coasi4erable,ehi^q? from Essex and e; at agouti quality is extreminy in sale, and other qualitiei are at a still further es.luctlia rice Barley, with Malt, are in tolerable quantity, a,. trifle down. White and Grey Peas experience little awn Lion. The MOM demand fur Bean causes a cumin, le , • late prices. Oats are in tolerable supply, mostly satL: • last we. k, and Ott article rather inclines deems:tick arrives at of !ate in large supplurs, and Is expected cheA . CURRENT RC tt heat 7 2s 93. 102. P I BE OF GRAIN. . ean. 44, 30 Fire d 0... ...10Ss. 100 s. 04. Ti c k B ean' ..•..42t 47. Rye.. s6s. Illta ON. Oats 2C. 48 „31.. $O. Barley 43.4 Ms. 04.1 S. n Malt.. 704. Od. Rape 5eed.......53 47! r. White Peas 434. 41110 Oil Fine Flout .... bd, i',4 Grey Pass 41)4. 434, Od. Seconds... ..... PRICE or sTocKsy m --- - 1 --- -- :Ar.RD S percent. Consols 59i Si per Cent. Nays Omniuni. Exclitqwer W 1 r par h. dn. Eng. Lottery T i ckets ....... 181. 111. Consols fief • • 581 T. NISH. Mock-brok er , Pk, 4, Curuhill, ind No. 9, Chari rtg-ercss PRICE OF IRISH STOCKS * - Gov Deb S per Cent. (March 12.) 81 Rays/ Canal Loan, 6 seer cent... 14k COURSE OF EXCHAMI Ams,tettlam .... 38 10 W. Ditto at Sight .. 2 Rotterdam 1. 1..: li 42 U. liamloursh 35 9 till alums 35 9 qt Pam Olin ...... 30 unleaux .26 9 ... .. Ca4ii in piper Dato Madmt . .... in paper Ditt. 33 effect. 141160 leghn. r 49f Natdes Publin on London ( March Belfast on LNultut (March Belfast on Dublin (dinn.L.. ig, Iris o•r, M l 5. none& 4sj Veake 564 I.i•lasn 6O Oporto 6 Dublln 1 sutures. Portugal Gold in Coin and Bars per os.. ♦ 0 9 Doubloons . ..... ..• 0 0 0 New Diillars Silver in Hors_ 0 0 0 Net Louis each 0 0 , 1 Apio on the Hank of Holland 5 per Cent. 1... IL a ) 3 41 61161 day. MAR ft RGE. Yrite►day, at St .larnes's church, Grorge 1-ackingten. of Finsbury-+ytra•r, t I.l4ughtcr et (:ao.an 11.11...rek, of the R..) al Nan. DEITHS. Law week, at ittalshang -r, near Basingstoke. F.. F,A,m, F.sq. one of the Cortamiwionen of the i.xcere, a.sd late undo. Secretary of State. lln died at his Gthei• house. Sunday ' the 24th of Fehruary, at lisobur:., WO, Soranrisli IValford, fourth da,ghter of the late Thunwa Wilford, Eq. of Sibfued Terris, in Otfordshire. Uw TUe14.131 lASI, at Woodstock, in the Zttutpar of hit age, Mr. James Des/does. who, for thirty-five yearilast past, war engaged in hos Grnce the Duke of Marlborough's s./ffice. On Saturday, Mani, 16, at Wiiirlasir, Mrs Jail's., •alow o' the late Rev. Dr. Jefirsys,Cwisio Itesidwariary et St. PAltrs• aged 74. 111 CM WATER THIS DAY AT LONDON•BRIDGL 41 111111. after 4.—Keen. mio. att., 4. SALFS 1W AUCI'ION. PRINIS. Ry Mr. RICHARDSON, By Order of the Executors, at his h•ii:se, No. SI, in the Strand, THIS, and the Ten following Er ' gs, at Six o'Clock I SunsLy excepted), r Extensi We awl Valuable C,olleaion of NIS- I. CELLINEtSLIS PRINTS of Mr. ROBERT GRAVE, deceased Comprising the Choicest %Yorks of the best ancient and modern Masten, including the fiiii it Inipresinois of the Works of Abort Duerr, Gulkius, Saenraitam, Ruben,, Vaud) ck, Jordan% Bartoloazi, Hoganh, capital Proof: by Woollett, &c drc. Fine Portraits by CEgidus Sadder, Sur &whoa, ant Com. Vl:sheet ; a capital Work of Rembraniit, rollected ►e the late Mon.ieur Calenite, 1111110 ft the entire Works of Callot ; a superb Collection of Portraits and tori ral by John Smith, consigned from the Continent sines the Revolution ; the Works of Gorge Vertue, from the Port. land Museum ; and Worletges Works, from the Collection of Ingram Foster, Est; with a numerima assemblage of Speci. man of different \ Mag. A 14.), BOA% Prints, and Port. folios ; the whore formed with great care and attention during the at thirty years. To he viewed till the Sale. Catalogues mar be had, pr 2s. with a Portr.iit of Mr. Grays prey Ss. of Mr. Richardson, No. dl, Strand. rn CURRIERS AND LEATHER SELI.I LEASEHOLD PREMISES, FURNITURE, WtoLk, !•-. My Mr. PRICKETT, On the Premises. No. 2, Up ' iier Russellatreet, TO-MORROW at Eleven &Clocks A IL the Genuine HOUSEHOLD FURNI- Lll. TURF., FIXTURES TOILS, IMPI.F.MENTs, and STOCK IN TRADE, of Mr. William Si:r Coiner and Leather-seller, comprising bedsteses and fund. tuns, soma feather beds and bedding, chairs, tables, drier 's. copper as get, useful kitchen regulates, &c. &c. The Anct and Implements consist of brims-vita boards and beams, • .i hogany boot.* frames and work-boards, currier's kids.. sii.all quantity of oil, %Row, and bLickwg, a scond,ig An I various elf..als. At TwlseoCluck will be Soid , the LEASE of the PI: t • MISES, thirteen years unexpired at Lady-day next, at very low rent of VSI. per annum. To be viewed; Catalogers may be had on the Premiw and Mi. Priebe., Upholder and Auctioneer, nil, site street. BOOKS —By Mr. KING, At his Great Room, in King street, Covent Garden, 0.1 THURSDAY Nett, at Twelve, AChoke COLLELTION of BOOKS, including Milton's Works, 3 was. and River Thant's, 1 vols. pub. fished by Borden; Hearn and Byrnes Antiquities • Thornton . ' Nottingha.nshiro ; Atkin's Gloucestershire; Hasßod's Kent; Moranes Essot; Linwhoten's Voyages ceniplete ; Grose's England, Wales, Seutlaild, and Ireland, 11 vols. a fine sot ; Pennant's Wales, 1t rids Russia; Long's Jamaica, 3 vols. Bus.'; Cook's Voyages and Life, 9 vols. fine set; Butler's Hudibras, by Nash, 3 vols.; Thomson's Works. 2 vols. 41". fine copy ; Den Quixote, by Jarvis, 2 vol.. Oro. ; Venire" Anecdotes of Painting, by Walpole, 4 vols. lint edition; Ly ma's Fovirmi. of London, 4 vols. ; Ben Johnson's Work. by Whalley, 7 vols.: Gilpin's Tours, 5 vol.; Bolinbroke's Works, 11 'MIL • Le Cabinet des Fees, 41 vols. &e. May be viewed, and Cablnguns had at the Roos. LONDON:—.Ptinted by GEORG& DAVIINION, No 3% Wyeb street, St. Clement;, and pablisbod by JOSIAO RYDER, at the Office, No. 13. Moat of sc clew_ , 0 • 11 b, Church, Strand, where Ueda. toe Church, b Paw. (ralfg"; wLI be duly asseedsi 1- t