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CROWN AND ANCHOR. Ili. ST. PATRICK'S DAY. rce P^-1 w,s ;era :e of The cted kJIZS fore )Like ROY g t° 'O(4 ii Earl rads, LLS. new )lace Lord Mo. Con- ATO USiC. light read" pre- 4 Oa , :ha La.fies ;. et- -d a con d in who tham, ard t 4 rile Ik. by a rmed the cis frcr) act 'bet, n 4 Now wits. ril•d Garr* r: or ig re of Vol The Sons of St. Patrick met yesterday to cele brate the Anniversary of his Birth-day, and a very full meeting there was, under the idea that the Earl of Moran, so deservedly a popular charafter in ge neral, and with this Society more particularly, would rake the Chair. It was also understood that His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex would hive been present ; but, after waiting for that Royal Per sonage till seven o'clock, the Company were mortifi ed by a disappointment, which was doubled by the cause, viz. indisposition, on the part of His Royal Highness. About seven, however, the Company were admitted into the Great Room, and the Knight of Reny was coiled to the Chair. As soon as the cloth was drawn, the toasts com menced with— The Ling, with three times three; which was drank with the greatest applause. After which, the song of God sore t/se Kz o was song by Mr. Hill and Mr. Dignum, and very much a pplauded. The Queen and Royal Family," followed in the ,am: tray. Song, Mr. HILL, alluding to an invasion; much applauded. The PI iIICO of Wales—!immense applause.) ---- - The Marquis of Hsa or oar said, he was well aware that any thing he could say on the subject could have no effe& on that very respedable Society, further than zu temi: - .d them, that the Prince of %Vales had, from its first institution, most liberally patronised the Society ; that he had, at the same time, uniformly shewn himself a sincere friend to the general interests of Ireland; and that he had, on the oresent occasion, again repeated his magnifi cent donation of 100 guineas to the support of the Society, which, he thought, ought not to pass with out this small acknowledgment of His Royal Highness's liberality to the society. This short speech was received with great applause. The Duke of York end the Army—the Duke of Clarence and the Navy—and the Duke of Cumberland— were then drank with three times three, amidst great applause. IleCnAlastAN then rose, and addressed the Com rimy, very modestly, saying, that it was by mere accident he found himself in that situation, which, he Asa' sorry to say, was owing to the indisposition of the illustrious personage (the Duke of Sussex), who would otherwise have filled so much more worthily the place he then held. He then read a letter from the Duke of Sussex, stating his indis position, and that nothing else should 1: e Tevented him from the pleasure of being with the S ociety. Sir .lomm Donut, Al (Aid de Camp to the Duke of Sussex) said, that he had it in command from His /loyal Highness to assure the Society, " that his heart and good wishes were with them, and that he sh , old f,el himself happy in taking the firs: oppor tunity allowed him of br'ng personally present in the Society (Great App/aloe.) The Children clothed and educated by the Soci . etv then came int , ' the room in proce,,ion, which was truly a most interesting and aff-fting sight. There were 75 Boys, and 30 Girls, neatly. cleanly, and comfortably dressed, whose countenances strengly pourtrayed hilarity and happiness. It we; a splbt which highl ! , gratified the Philosopher and the Philanthropist, and which did Nor fail to ar.imate and to interest the most yn'uhful part of the assem hly. Atter several songs and toasts, amongst which was, The nervy()hint Society . of St. Patrick ; The CIIAININ•N addressed the Meeting, said he felt himself bound to call their attention to his seem ing presumption in attempting to fill the office which Was to have been occupied bya Nobleman deservedly deur to that Society, and to all who knew him, on ac count of his numerous and transcendent virtues. If time had permitted, he would have endeavoured to have a person chosen to the office he then held, whose higher rank and superior talents should have given it more respell than he could pretend to. Pru deree would certainly have &Elated to Lim to de cline the task, but prudence, he was sorry to say, was not an Irish virtue ; and it was his misfortune tot to have at the moment the advice and assistance of one discreet Irishman. He paid a very high compliment to the virtues and talents of the Earl of Moira, who, he seemed to think, teas thereby peculi arly fitted to serve and support the best interests of the Society. He then read Earl Moira's letter, in which he expressed "great regret at not being able to be With t'c Sxiety. He had received no re two al of hi, leave of absence, and was, therefore, bnli. absent on sufferance, till the Countess of Loudon t'•ixtild be somewhat better. He could not, therefore, rake on himself to come so far as London, on his own responsibility, or the distance he should personally cansider as nothing. Ile hoped, therefore, the st,. eietr, seeing his situation, w ou ld b e p l ease d to ac cept the wil l for the deed. His Lordship concluded by saying, the Duke of Sussex had empowered him to name His Royal Highness as President for, th e next year." The Chairman, having read the let ter, conelnded by expressing hia regret that the Noble Earl should have been so hardly circumstan ced. He then proposed The Health of Earl Moira. Mr. StIF COLN rote and said, that he had, in ad dition to the letter just read by the worthy Chair man, a kind of commission from Earl Moira, to state to the Society the same fans which were there in ro , nained. He had the honour to leave his L si p n n Friday last with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, whom he humbly accompanied in a visit to that Nobleman, and he was desired by his Lordship to assure the Society, that nothing could possibly give him more regret or uneasiness, than the rafts he had stated in his letter. Ile paid a very high compliment to the moileAy of the Chair. many alluded to the national predilelion which Scotchmen feel towards each other, and ex pressed a wish that Irishtnea would imbibe and r V-nre the same principle. lie had therefore no e .at but that the Noble Earl would be drank with b.c greatest pleasure by every one present.—( Loud Lid Moira was then thank with enthusiastic applause. CHAISMAN then said, that while he felt Xr fit pride in having by accident obtained the ho of presiding in an assembly, the institution of reflefted so muds honour on his country, he could not but lament that there was so thin an at- , tendance of many persOns who had a great stake in the country, and whom he could have wished most devoutly to have been then present. Ile hoped, however, the Society would proceed ; and he hope:, on their next meeting, when the Royal Personage who was to preside should be present, that those Irishmen now absent would not fail to give their attendance. (Applause.) Song—Mr. TURN A Rai. LI, very highly applauded. Mr. PUGET then stated the accounts of the So ciety, in which he showed that they had .5,0001. in the 3 per Cents. 7,0001. in the South Sea Annuities, and 3,0001. for new building. In addition to this, the Prince of Wales had sent, in addition to his for mer donations, the sum of too guineas, and a long train of others who had done the same, as to their annual donations. The colleCtion, he said, was up wards of 5001. which was above 2001. more than last year. he CHAIRMAN said, that as he was one who loved extremely a military charafter, he thought he could not more amply gratify the feelings of the company present, as well as his own, than by pro posing to drink the healths of the re-conquerors of Egypt. They had then the honour to have in their company—Sir Sidney Smith, Sir John Douglas, and General Doyle, who had each of them borne a distinguished part in that memorable and truly im portant transaCtion. The healths of these three Gentlemen were then drank with loud and most enthusiastic applause. Sir S. Seems then rose and said, that having been first named in the presence of two more Gen tlemen, who were, in his mind, more entitled to praise than himself, he would trespass on the com pany so far as to return them the thanks of these Gentlemen, as well as his own. it had, he said, been customary, time out of mind, to return thanks to officers, who, whatever might be their merits, could do nothing but by means of the brave men who fought under them—he wished, therefore, that their deserts should not be forgotten ; andwhen he said this, he returned his thanks for the honour done him in now drinking his health. Sir JOHN Doutixas and General 11 isrxe made each a very neat and appropriate speech, which we are sorry the lateness of the hour will not permit us to insert. Mr SHERIDAN, after a short preface, gave, as a toast, The Chairman of the evening, which was drank with unbounded applause ; and after him, Th:. Vice President, Stewards, &c. The CitAIRMAN then retired, amidst universal ap plause, when Mr. Hoare being called to the Chair, the evening concluded with the greatest harmony. Among the company present were: Tne Marquis of Headfort ; thr. Earls of Besborough and Barrymore; Lord Lec.ile ; Sir Sidney Smith; Sir John Dingle.; Sir Edward O'Brien; Generals Doyle and England; the Kee. 1),. Glasse ; Dr. Hume; IL IS. Sherictin, E.q.; O. B Daly, Esq.; C. Totteahein, Erg ; Anacreon ‘l , .ore; John Latuuche, Esq.; Attersall, Esq. Portland place; John Bacon, Esq.; John E.q. Banker of Do.thia ; Eau; and i'ighe, Esq. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex is to be President for the ensuing year. INDIA. CHINA FLEET. An American ship has brought to Cowes an account of the arrival of the following ships at Canton, upon the I lth of October hut ; viz.— Glatton, Captain Drummond ; Cirencester, Captain Ro bertson ; Winclorlsea, Captain Campbell; Walmer Ca tie, Captain Bond ; Thames Captain Skottowe ; Br UlliWielt, Cap. taln Grant; Marquis of Ely, Hannay; and Canton, Lush in/ton ; .tko the Coromandel, from Port Jackson. His Majesty's ships—Gra,npn., Caroline, Dcdaigneuse, and Dasher. Bombay ships—Anna, S. 112 by Castle, Lord Castlereagh, Sha Kai Ku.ron, SArah, Ardrseer, Cr,ntwal Nem., Mincr.a, General Wised, and Imes Ormitnsond. Wellesley, (runt Msdr...t.--twu Swedes, sad 30 Americans. CALCUTTA GAZETTE, JULY 19, 1804. Adyices have been received from his Excellency the Commander in Chief, dated sth July, 1804, in closing intelligence of the complete success of Lieut. Colonel MAB ris o•LE commanding the troops in the province of liundle cund, against a party of ban ditti under the orders of a Bundela Chief, named RAJA RAM SING, and of the NA) A HI. By these advices it appears that on the Ist of July, 1804, Li nit. Colonel NIARYINDALE, with the detachment under his command, arrived at Ma liohah, and having ascertained the position occu pied by RAJAH RAM And the NAJAHS, determined to attack them. On the morning of the 2d Lieutenant Colonel M•ILTIHDALI accordingly direded Cap tains &Hatt. aa Au and ANL:MASON, with the Bri gades of Mimic Cotton ALLY and M•uosixo Jr N AWN KHAN, to move towards the banditti by the nearest road, while the detachment under his immediate command proceeded by a circuitous route through the hills. The position occupied by RAJAH RAM and the NAJAHI was extremely strong, being surrounded by ranges of high cocks, which were lioed by Match lockmen an id Rocket Boys, who kept up a con stant fire upob the British troops, as they advanced against the banditti. Both attacks succeeded completely, and the ban ditti were driven from the strong position which they occupied, with the loss of nearly the whole of their baggage, tents, camels, horses, bazar, Bcc. &e. During the greatest part of Sunday a man rather shabbily dressed was observed lurking about Wind sor Palk, which induced one of the keepers to en quire of him, whether he wanted any thing particular? He answered, he came there by the appointment of Mr. Pi rr to meet the ICI so, and he expected His MAJESTY'S carriage to convey him to the Castle. He having chewed evident symptoms of derange ment, the Park-keeper took him into custody, and delivered him to Downer, the Police officer, who, we understand, conveyed him to London. He proves to be a native of Ireland and a Barrister. A Proclamation has been issued by the Prevost and Magistrates of Edinburgh, stating, the appearance of mad dogs in that city, that a child had been bitten, and also some cows, who had died of canine madness, and ordering the citizens to confine their dogs, under a penalty, and that the dogs found at large in the streets shall be shot. EXTRACT from the TENTH REPORT o► THE COMMISSIONERS OF NAVAL ENQUIRY. The Act of t/ee 25th of !Us present Majesty, cap. 51, for better regnlating the office of the Treasurer of His Majesty's Nary, directed, that the several provisions therein commuted should tAke place on the Ist of July, 1785, but they were not carded intn eff.et ti.l the Ist of Jauuarr, 1786; we understand the delay we, occasio..eJ by the necessity of making souse pre vious official arrang.mentr. Lt that month, Alecuider Trotter, Esq. who had lately been Clerk in the Navy Pry 011 ice, was appointed Paymaster by Lord Melville, and h • stater, that he aged as Deputy to the Treasurer in all the duties attached to the aituatiori, except the appointment of officers awl clerks. As the direct' of the ad are positive, that the issurs of money for navy services shall be made to the flank, and that the money shall not be drawn from thence hut hir navy wr it appeared to us, that if the of the aft had been observed, the circumstance which we have before noticed, that the fumy standing iss the name of the Tr: isurer at the Rank were less than his unappropriated balances, could not have exited. We therefore deemed it our duty to enquire minutely into the came of such deficiencies, and with this view, we first ex amined Mr. Trotter, and afterwards Lord Melee:, Mr. Trotter, when first called upon to we! for thus !de- I ficienries, said he could not precisely explain the cause of them ; hut afterwards acknowledged, that lie had been ie the practice ofdravri g money from the Bank in large sums, and lodging it in the bends of private bankers, perviously I. its be- ' ing venee to the suletecountante for the public 6tri ire. This practice, he 'tette, was introduced about the year 17116, with the knowledge and approbation of the Treasurer. Lord leteville admits that he did permit Mr. Trotter te lodge. the I public 'stoney in his private banker s hands, but not, as it would I mere, to the extent tinderstmel Iry Mr. Trotter. Mr. Triter, on being gut-steered whether he had derived I any profit or advantage from the money withdrawn by him from the Bank, refused to answer under the provisions of the fifth clause of Ow Al by which we are constituted; and be availed himself of this clause in every question which bore any relation to the rise or etnploymtut of the public money, either by himself or Lord Melville; urging in the letter case, that as he had drawn a'l the money from the Bank in the first instauce, he conceived Ittivic•lf implicated in its subsequent appropriation. Mr. Trotter gave us to understand, that money applicable to navy services, which had been advanced by him to Geld Mel ville, was employed by his Lordship in the public service of the state ; and that he was led to this conclusion in consequence of a considerable sum so advanced, having been returned to him by Mr. Long, one of the Secretaries to the Treasury. Upon this statement we issued our precept to Laird Melville, fur an account of monies received by him, er any person on hie account, or by his order, from the Paymaster cot the Navy, between the Ist of July, 178.,, and the 316 t of December, 1800, Wilier when such monies were received; and also the times when, and the persons by whom the same were returned to the Bank or the Paymaster. In answer to . that precept, we received from his Lordship the following letter : " Gentlemen, " Wimbledon, 30th of June, 1804. " I have received your requisition, of date the 26th instant Ir is impossible fur eve to furnish you with the account you ask. It is more than four years since I left the office of Treasurer of the Navy, and at that period of doing so, having accounted for every sum impressed into my hands, I transferred the whole existing balance to the account of roy successor. From that time, I never considered any one paper or voucher that remained in my hands as of th e smallest use to myself rot any ether per son, and c o nseq uen tl y , b e i ng o f ten in the practice, since I retired to Scotland, of employing occasionally come time in asp - nettle my paeeoe ant deetroying those that were useless, 1 ant satisfied there dries not exist any one material by which 1 rued make up such an Account as you specify. But, inde peridfvy of that circumstance, 1 think It riglit to remind you, that, daring a great part of the time I was Tessurer of the Neve, I held other very confidmittal eituations in Government, and was intimately connected with others. So situated, I did not decline giving occasional accommodation from the funds in the Treesurees hands to other service", not connected with my efficial situation as Treasurer of the Navy. It 1 had materials to make up such an account as you require, I could not do it without relselerring delicate and confidential mesa/mons of Governineut, which my duty to the public must have restrained me from revealing. (Shred) " MELVILLE." Desit sus of being furnished with art account of thus sums 'ogled to the Bank for the service of the navy, which had been drawn front thence, and appropriated to any other public ser vice, and judging that some note or record of such transactions ought to have been preserved in the Navy Pay Office, we issued our precept to the present Treasurer, ler an account of the sums of money which had been advanced or lent by the Tree livers of the Navy, nr by their directions, to any public the tenement or applied by them to 'services net connected with their official situation as Treasurers of the Navy, between the Ist of January, 1786, and the den of Decemte r, Mee In answer to which, he informed us, that there were no docu ments in the Office, which enauled him to return any such account. We did not apply to the Navy Board fur information respecting the sums which had been so appropriated, as those tninsacdons are stated to base taken place without the know ledge of that Board. Lord Melville, in his examinatien, obiected to answering any question on this subject, relying on the fifth clause of the Act, by which we are constituted, and also upon the circum stances alluded to in his letter before recited. He also declined, and upon the same grounds, to inform us whether he had derived any profit or advantage from the use or employment of money sewed for curving on Inc current ser vice of the navy, between the Ist of .lianuare e 1786, and the list of May, 1800; that is, from the time of the mieretioe of the Act for lodging the money in the Bank, to the time of his quitting office. However the apprehension of disclosing delirate and conft -111041 transactions of Government might operate with Lord Melville, in withholding information respecting advance' to other departments, we do not perceive how that apprelsensinn can at all account fur his refusing to state, whether he derived nay pnaAt or advantage from the use or employment of money issued for the services rat the navy if his Lordship had re °loved into his hands such monies only as were advanced by hen to other departinente, arid had replaced them as mon as they were repaid, he could n o t have derived any profit or ad_ vantage fromsuch transactions, however repugnant they might be to the provisions of the legislature foe the safe castetly of the public money. Aithough we were not able to ascertain what monies were stolid over or advanced to L'rrd Melville, vet, independent of such advances, Mr. Trotter almits, in the fatter part of his ex amination, that in following his Lnrdshipes instructiorie, or in acting in heartens, as his private agent. he had occesenelly lard out for his use or benefit horn ten to twenty thoterid p de, without considering whether he wit previously in ad since to his Lordship, or whether such advances were made • from his public or private balances. Mr. Trotter not only drew !noney from the Bank in large . . . sums, which lie deposited with his private beakers, Mes r,. Thomas Couto' ant Co. hut heals., presaoed with the 111'l eountants to demon the greater part of their balances with t'i it house. One of them indeed, the Cashier of the Victual: ou, acquiesced with reluctance, haring als,vs before that time. kept his balance at the Bank, and wishing still to keep it there ; he stated to us, that it was be dreetion of Mr. Trotter that he opened an account with Messrs. Thomas Caucused Co. where he took credit for the {Mali advanced to him by Mr. Trotter's draft, on that house; but that he drew out thieve sum, as the public service required, and kept the greater part of his balance at the Bank, where he deposited such sums as were advanced to him by drafts ou the Bank, Mr. Trotter states, that between the years 1791 and 1799, the greatest pan of the meters drawn by him front the Bank passed through the hands of Messrs. Thorns, Coons and Co. ; that the monies so drawn were sometimes placed to his credit in his accounts with them, and at others were carried immedi ately to the credit of the respective suteacomoteets ; and that the consent of the Treasurer to this measure was signified to him in a conversation, in which be repreented the facility that would be afforded to the public business, And the addito , :al security to the 'manner, by the drafts being left with the bankers, instead of their being sent to the Bank, and the money brought from thence, at has risk, by the inreserigers of the Ace. Lord M•lvilte 'Cites, that he certaioly did permit Mr. Trotter to lodge any money drawn from the Bank for public purposa in hie private Banker's hands, during the period that it was , • , . . not demanded for the pn,o4e. for 7hich it Sra.s drawn ; but it ie to be inferred from his evidence, that he intended Mr. Trot ter to draw upon the liank ther amount r.r ly of the alert menu marl, on him . by the different boards .art account of which is furnished to Finn daily), and that the bahtnee of suck sum, till demanded, should 41..0ie be lodged by M, Trotter in the lianas of his private Saake.ra. The reason given b. h • L irdshin fo , this Dermi. , si,n is, t•ie opinion, rho it would add more facility In the conduct of the business of the office in the multitude of smal p.lnients to be made, than if the money were to be deposited, according to no. constitut , nii of the of: Fee, in an iron cheat; and that the rarioes parties nec icing smell payments would be less iiable to be int irosd upon than if they were each to receive drafts for such amall arum upon the Bank, at such, a distance form the race after its temoval to Somerset Place. A'thriugh the larger dein:mile upon the Treasurer are paid by rhafts, a nerresity for inakiny the am& pevments in rummy has :essays reign*, and the money mercenary for this purpose is of course drawn from the Rank. The sums so drawn, if eon veniency only half been studied, should itiee been phase lu the charge of the dilferent soli-aceournatirs, he whom such de. nand, are paid, arid riot kept in the hands of the Paymaster, who is not a disburser of public money, ease-pt that issued for the paynieut of Exchequer fees. With resp-rft to the rig:: of bringing the money front the Bank, and of the loss or embezzlement of the drafts by the rues.- singers of the Pay (Mier, we do not find that the apprehen. airing entertained on this auhi-," arose bona the experience of former loss w ; for none are known to hare happened. The minion which we had formed of the insufficiency of the motives assigned for the departwe from the Afi of Parliament, is confirmed be the enquiries iii.titutel, and the measures taken in consequence thereof be the sue.e.ding trersumr: Lord Harrow:iv, the immediate saccesor of Lord Melville, diesipphaved of the prettier:, as being ineonsiatent with the spirit of the AN ; and, as he ILA just quitted the office of Pay master 01 the Arinv, where similar regolatons had b-en mar ant carried into effect without any eomplaiat of Maw venience, he was desirous of putting the office or Treasurer the Navy upon the same footing ; but, prevrowsly to his dim& ing an alteration, he deemed it necessary to 'amuse mini, into the validity of the reasons urgwl agaion the cha.i4e Lordship had nearly cumpletA the necessary enqurries, to ea tidy his mini that the difficulties and inconven'a might arise in toe detail of the busilen Co n Chia change, were not sufficient to alter the opinion he hid forum .d, when h was preterite-I by a severe dines from attending further to the hu since of the office. The Right Hors. Charlet Bithunt, whey succeeded Lord Hat rowbv, put a final stop to the pm lice of drawing the money out of the Bank, and lodgiug it in the hand. of a p irate banker, in die swum: rot' 1302, from a convietion that such praNice was iiironcster.t with the spirit of the Aft fan the re ; enlation or the office rf the . fr•rmurer of the Navy, and that the emir/en:mines which were suggested to taswit from it, in fa cilitating the transattion of batmen, were not of weight suf ficient to jrat.fy the continuants: of such irregu'arity Thee Sub-Accountants wens iltewiee directed to lodge their balances in the Bank. Mr. Bathurst states, that no r. presentations were made to him of in..onveriiences re:tilting from :Isis champ of system ; arid Mr. Trotter himself allow., that no :nsterial inennrenieri ces did aroe. Mr. Trotter, a few days before h. rwtrd rf fice, proposed to the Right Hon. Gernert Tierneo, the then Treasurer, that, inveal of dafta being givm) t.. the Sub As countairts on the Bank pay.ible to th-na or bearer. the Pay master shou:d,f rom ti.ne dinvt mach sums sn inielit he neeeseary to be, transferred from the ri.:4serev'trerei-urt It the Bank to the accounts of the Si.b,keems.r.,,,t,, 1 posal, which, if adhered to, would be all effactmil bar , . successors receiving money inro th,ir own liands by their on the Balk, was adopt , ' by Mr. 'riernee ; and we Mara tr Mr. Latham, who a , ted as his pe7m.a.v.r, thie no in, , 01 • • nienee was experienced from this mode of trtn‘fer, nor wa • aware of any facility or advantage from the interver.tion of a private banker. As it is the strongest refutation of the wasoning urged for a departur; from the regulations eetablish.d by the Al of Par liament, that these regulatens have been earriel into ex. 'elitism without inconvenience, we 'hal not dwell longer en thi. subjeet ; but we (eel it incumbent on to or declare our opinion, that the circumi.;ance which actually led to th-, with drawing of the money in large suns forma the BanY,pregiously to ne being issued to the Sub A - Leasuintesesd"rhe Ser. vice, was the opportunity thereby affirolerl to the ipplleatiote of it to purposes of private use and advantaee. As an additional security ageing the pobre mem,' Ming drawn from the Bank for any but public purroc-s, it is d'retted by the Act of Parliament, that in eac't dtaft sitall specified the head of service for which it is drawn, and that withoat this gpecifleation the draft shall not be ii-nned a von ...her to the Bank for the payment; and it ha. been dated to us, that this form has been strictly adhered to, and that no has been drawn from th..! Bank wititaut specifying a particu.ar :wad of service. Such drafts might be in all raya sufficient au'itr'ry to the Bank; hut, when Lied hy the Paymaster to sl - aw money into his own possession, and for other purposes than the s.isiees specified, it has bred a palpahle tearl , ,ll of the Act. As we could nut obtaiis ititormition front Mr Trotter as to the manner tit which the nubile money had been disposed of, between the time of its being dawn from the blob, and the time of its being applied to the public service, we called uport Mr. Thomas Wilson, the Chief Clerk in the Bill and Remit. tancedepartmesst of the Navy Pay Office, a branch lately ie. tablished, but who has been generally e.ouloye..l us au assist. ant to the Paymaster, and by whom nee of the accounts ren dered ro us of tire d situation of the Treasurer's balances was signed. The evidence given by Mr. Wilson is of an extranoi.iiary nature; he avowed having derived an advantaee from the se or empMernent of money issued for the psy meat of Euchre:o.er fees, the charge of which was nansferred to him by Mr. Try!. ter in the year 1100 ; but he ohjected to answering every questinut put to him, as to the divosi 'boa of the pubic ba'ances, or the advantage derived by the Paymaster therefrom, or eves to giving any explanation of the of f icial account of the Trey surar's balance., although signed by himself ; and pleaded his being protected by the 3tll Clause of the Act by which this cemrnission is constituted, although hr dechsed that he hail nut derived arty profit, advantage, or benefit whatever, ir , in or in consequence of the public looney having been a.;:i , tal to private use by soy person or 1. C,11011.. Such conduct in a person in office appestril to w '-r pro means creliosb'e ; and, if it were eerier/illy ails/stet', it , 11.4 t bs the means of rendering in. tactual all rUCII C011111114islo;li of enquiry as that under which we act. !laving no other tnell44 of obtaining information as to the manner in which the public money had been *Killed to pri vate me, and the extent to which it had bean gamed, hut by resoftmg to Messrs. Thomas Omits and Co. we examined FA muod Antrnbus, Fail tile yrincipal acting pannier in that Annie. From ham we ;earned that Mr. Iruttet, &nom the time he was Paymaster, accounts wnh th-s hm..e, of the 101. hermit dracopooEe, viz An accout, in his name. as Piymaster, which commenced the 10th of January, 1786, and wee dosed on the 4 , 1 a of March, IPOI This accoeot was prit.eyally confined to the money received from rho Exclieqn, or tic pay ment of Exchequer fees, and sane ether contingencier.. An account, in Meilen name, which commen ed the lc! of April, 1786, and is .ww opegs,--Ta this account the realer part of the motile, drawn from the Hank rte.% and blended with his no t a t e monism. A seprrate accoun:, which comrn,rtcerl the sth of April, 17811, and was closed the ?J of September, 1 91 —4a this account the money drawn from the Lott has els i Deem lilei:Jed with his private ruftney. A private aci.munt, which ciii:,regred the 9th of Oclob-r, 1769, and was closed the flth of Febri .r., 1793.—Thre arc.iti»t was bra deac,ibed by Mr A i iliwts .1% M contain ing public MOW,' ; hut, lel , oti a further investigation, be desired to alter that stater tent. An account, in trait, fur the estate of Adam Jellicne, F./. deceased, which commenced Svc 19th of lieptem !ter , 17i9, and was closed the 17th of Ma+, Ibil(l..._Th this ii:eount was carried the more' , recovered from the estate of Mr. Adam Jellicoe, late Deputy Paymaster of the Navy, which will be hereafter ..xi , a , eeil. Sp the evidence oi Mr. Aitth,b.ris it appears, that polgh money received be Mears. Thos. Coatis and Cu. frtim the a. ilk, f , on Mr. Trotter% ts . had been int .irted in Excheque r and Navv dills, lent the security of stock, *Pit entutned bp Mr. Trotter en d wanting private bills; t..ii that owisiderablet purchases .it Ba il 4114 East India Stock were made by Maim Thome. Courts Ltd Co on account of Mr Trotter . The money received by Neon. Thomas Coutat Mad Co.. Al