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sand two hundred and forty-trot nnaghteen shillings. In the quarterly book4f March. - 1406, from which an annual accounifhaOmen side'but, and is hereafter inserted, the. ialaaies fife laced to %A at the rate of nineteen thou.:AN** 'OW Ind , twenty-nine pounds fOur nd teri4ele par annum ; the latter Increase is occasioned. partly, by the augmentation of salary to some of;,the junioti Clerks, and partly by ill:. necessik otleirmin* a dfo , tiny department, consisting tirlltt aegiontsnea u t 1 three clerks, for the sole nhjeft oforrangingAta Barrack Master Gener.Fs official accounts. The contingent expellees of the Battok-OCce have increased in similar proportion with the s4 i a . view For the year ending December, 1796, these artinittred, as appears by the Re l ent of the Sete& Comni•tsee, to seven hundred and ninety pounds gee sl,illtags and eleven pence, and the travelling allowances and expences, for the same period, to two thousand seven hitnirad and fusty pounds five shillings and eleven pence. But, ten the year end ing December, 1004, the cnr,:ingent expences ar . • !stated at three thousand and six pounds thirteen . shillings and two pence, exclusive of one hundred pounds extra pay to the law clerk, and one hundred sad five pounds twelve codlings to the clerks for ex tra werk ; an .1 travelling Alb/mance' an.l expences,fnr lie mitre netiosta at three tlionsand and eighth-eight pounds thirteen shilling; Rad two pence ; and it is to be remarked, that in the statement of 1796, the rim of two thousand seven hundred and forty pi-triads five shillings and eleven pence, includes the travelling expences and conti agencies of the Bar tack Master General, but that the statement for 1804 is exclusie , of both, a circumstance which we shall have occasion to notice again, in a subsequent part of this Report. For the year ending Decem ber, IMO& the first entire year of the present Bar rack M toter Genet al's administration of the barrack coocetne, the expences contingent, as well as those atising from travelling allowances and expences. hre stated to he Cs ir thotpand six hundred and sixty-two pounds nine shillings and six pence, a sum harnly three-fourths of the expenditure of the pre cechn4 year, notwithstanding that the expences of the :Tarrack Master General are included in the ac assume. Although the entingent expences of the Barrack Office, for 1804,are stated to be three thousand ang six pounds th:rteen shillings and two pence, we ag prehoutplin is note coned state mein of their amount, and for the following reasons: in the account of the general receipt and expenditure of the department nanexed to our Fir -t Report, is at it:m of charge far contingencies, consisting of office establishme travelling expences, Sec. amounting in the total to 256 1491. 10s. 4J. in elucidation of which, an acconnt was, at our request, furnished by the Barrack Master General, detailing the particular amount of the several heads of charge for each year, an abstraft of which will be found in our Ap pendix (No. 3.) We had before cAll•el fora sepa rate account of the contingent expences of the Bar. tack Office for the several years succeeding 1796, in sonformity with that furnished fnialle Sete Com mittee on Finance, and were stuprieed, en collating the items into one aboraft, (see Appendix, No. 2.) to find that the same heads of charge, praduced,,in the two abstratis, very different results; *be ex pences of coals and candles, for mstafiee, are wholly omitted for several years in the firer abstraillt, and the charge for furniture and rrpairs varies much in each 44 them. This diversity appears to arise from the in complete state of the Barrack Office books, and the cause is explained by the late Assistant Accountant. From his examination. we learn, that, for the satis *alien of the late Barra' k Master General, and to in4wisite the great inconvenience arising from the ins petfea state .4 the books, the. Assistant Accountant lied for *carrel years past wide rut an annual state ment of the application or all monies issued to the Zare.kk Master G -iterate arranging the payments in some instances, under the head of the service for whislathey were made, and charging them, in other instances. to as account with the patty to whom ibe minty was tuned ; from the books in which these annual staterhects of :he Assistant Accountant were kept, the general acznunts of expenditure, as annex. ad to LIU= First Report were, we are informed. ex ;tailed I and as the balance in each year remaining tinerpended by the statem.nr, agreed, as is stated, w.:h the balance in the hands of the Treasurer at the respeCtive periods, thc.e books must necessarily accauut fur the expendittere of all the money in a general way : but that they may not exhibit a we ren't:item...tit of the i....a.snsesicisehich money has been Narked, the foi!owing observations will sufficiently sinew: . .Ve have before stated, that no charge appears in the account of contingencies, Ste. as exttaded from these irons, fur coals and candles for the nffice, al thriub.h in the Ow account of contingent esprnees of the Beseech Oif ce. the amount is considerable. The EA is, that coals and candles were supplied to the Odice by the Agent tor Supplies, in the same manlier as to a Bars ack, and the atnount included his general ac, 02413 ; in the account of contin gentle therelore, as extra led (tom the books we 11...tvg nantiatted, no charge of this sort appears, be 'auto the .revise was not specifically paid for, but is weluded under the head of bedding, Intuitive, malt, and cA.tilies, le.:. and the same lad possibly applies to furniture and rep-airs, if petfoinsed by rsor•s having other i once: t.s with the Barrack jepertment. roe account she contingent ex ,peacrs of else Barnett Office. Wa intended to remedy -these cannier:l.c by collet:11+1oz from the different of the tr..J.•smim :attd others, each items his sui.ght be co:leakiest contingent expences of the Paisp. We have no reason to surpea any inten tralial incorrectness is this account, but the mode of ill formation rendets it 1146113 to error. We have n ticeil these circumstances in some de• tail. because, though the t u fts on which our obser vations have arisen are of themselves of small im portance, vet the examination of them, es far as it ki.ts gone, leads ditedly to the conclusion, that other errori of call greater importance may exist in the general account of the expenditure of the Barrack AS-penmen-, as inserted in our first Report, so far as T. fates to the clsissitieatien 4•T a .peeve. o.lrer items of the general a:en:tat. An. ve alit, l ed to, arid also of toe abstr-ated accoun.s, a trAcling our a:oration, we deemed it rroper to hay: them ex• plainrd. These wore c,rt.'in sums steoited under the head of hslanc.s, ovet-paymenrs, oatmeal sold, and oats supplied in North Britain, Ste. and other sums debited u der the he.a!s of miscellaneous, ata- denary, furntiere, ke. It would he difficult to eit iabit as abstrae of these sums ; an.!, as the explana tion, :Oven by the Biltraci Office slie:r (he nature of ()WM, we must refs to the examination of the accountant on this sub:tea for the particulars. One of the items of the general a...count it for 'Lod g in g money to officers, amounting in the list t . year to tweinty-five thousand pounds It is stated to us, that there is no written document dteeting the Barrack Office to pay this allowance, and the present Barrack Islasta General is very anxious to he relieved from making these payments. He ob serves, that parr of this expence is for the lueging of Volunteer Officers on perminent duty. We think with him, that this part of the payment shorild he separated from that paid to regulars and militia, And charged to the account of the Volunteer expen diture ; the remainder of these payments, consider ing the nature of the service foe which they are ' made, cannot, we think, so properly appear in the accounts of any other office as in those un der the dice Lion of the Barrack Master General. We shall row describe the duties of the several officers in the department, in which division of our Report, to avoid prolixity, we mean to confine our selves to a general outline of the duty of the prin cipal officers,referring for a mere particular detail, to the different statements and examinations, which will be found in the Appendix. • BARRACK MASTIR OESIEItA. • The duties of the Barrack Master General re main nearly the same as those described in the Re port of the Selea Committee on Finance, in 1797, with the exception of providing stores ar.d supphes, which are now purchased by the Commissary Ge neral ; but the sphere of his duties has been en larged since that period, in proportion to the in crease of barracks ; and he may now he considered as the head of a very important and expensive branch of the public service. The powers and au thotity, however, of the present Barrack Master General, differ so far from those of 1116 predecessor, that whereas a wide range of discretionary power appears to have been exercised by the late Barrack Master General, the present Barrack Master Ge neral aOs wholly and-tr the direetion of the Trea sury, without whose sanaion he can neither vary the establishment of the office, undertake new works, nor even repairs, nor do any other all where the estimate exceeds five hundred pounds ; which es timates are now made upon oath by the officer to whom the same are referred. His salary, as Barrack Master General, is 81. pee diem, or fi.,9201. per annum, which is equivalent to what his predecessor received under various deno minations of regular, extra, and staff pay. The salary is paid quarterly, besides which he is repaid his travelling disbursements, and occpuies a house, the furnishing of which, together with the rent and taxes, is paid by the public. The present Barrack Master General has no other employment nor emolument under Government, except his commission as Colonel of the Gist Regi meat of Infantry; and forage for the effective horses, which the General states he is oLligi:d to krill for the discharge of his public ditties, :wawa mg to the regulations for officers of his rank longing to the Icing's staff. (To be ellllti.lue3 ) THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, THURSDAY, Seer arm* 15. His Majesty arrived, at twelve o'clock yester day, at the Quaara's Palace, where he was imme diately waited upon by their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Yose and CAMBRIDGE. At too o'clock, Mr. THOMAS Gas.). v mt.' had the honour of an audience, which lasted above an hour.--!li Council was then held, at which Mr. Gasovit.t.s was ap pointed First Lord of the Admiralty, and Visestunt I luwic Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in the room of Mr. Fox. It will be seen in our Court news, that the other arrangements are postponed. Viscount SIDMOLTH resigned the Privy Seal. The other appointments we believe will be carried into etre% as we stated yesterday. The nomination of Mr. Tr carnev , to the Presidency of the Board of Controul, of which we only expressed a belief, is now considered certain. Mr. BRAGG' B•THURST is also to be Master of the Mat, vice Lord CGAILES SPIINCER. nets We stated, yesterday, that the report in the Paris Papers, stating Bors•e•ar es intention to set out upon a visit to Brussels and thence to Holland, was only. a pretence, and that he really meant to put himself at the head of his army, to march agauht Prussia.—Some persons adopting our speculation. and encouraged by the promptitude and activity nt his charaeler, have gone so far as to say tha: he A dually left Paris last week for that purp.se.— We tl,it:k it a very probable speculation. A mail from' tie Leeward Islands arrived ester day, brought to kalmorth by the Prnocess Anedia packet, in 33 days from Tortola. We have receiv ed by it letters and papers from Earbadoes to the 13th last, and from Antigua to the 15:11, from which we have made some extraes.—Sir It ic it ARD Siaaca•res squadron arrived at Barbadnes on the Bth last, and after having taken in refreshments, sailed on the 12th. with intent to run down the Islands. and thence proceed to England. On the 14th, it was understood at Antigu t that preparations were malir.g at Martinique for the rezeption of another Fi ench squ tdren,which was hourly expected. Should Sir Rica A ill) S r11•Cil•IN have received this ittformatiim from an authentic source, he would, of course, change his intent:on of return'ng to Erg. Lind. As tl,e run, :toe-ever, ftl , m Ea ll ) 4l 'es I " Antigua, is nos Irv/re:Nan fuut teen )roar, he may probtbly hive passed Antigdi before the intelli gence WAS received them. It i; Aso probable that the French squidion, eN rft At NlArtiaiciac., ras that of Wm'. 'Aura eTz. an.', not a new squadron , frosts Europe, *hich had not pert .thly visited the West Indies. The Funds, yesterday, suit :eh a farther depres sion. The Om left off at (;',, and the other spe cies of stock fell in the came proportion. After the close of the Mat ket, a report was circulated, stating that Mr Ilsstt.rco had artiied from Entree with favourable di•patches, and that the Omfiium was et peFted to open tl,is day at 8 premium. We made diligent ircpthy, and did not find that Mt. Assn or any other Messenger, had 'arrived from Lord LAUDERDALE. It is believed, in the bcst-informed circles, that his Lordship may be shortly earthed from Paris, without having accomplished the pur pose of his mission. The Second Report of the Commissioners of Military Inquiry has been published. It contsins VG folio pages, including the Appendix. The subjea is the Barrack-Office. It commences with a statement of the establishment, as reported by the &lett Committee on Finance s in 1797 ; recapitulates the heads of their report, of the expence in salaries, extra allowances, and contin gencies at that period ; and then states what were the establishment and office expences existing in June 1805, a few months after Lieut. General De L Nctv had retired from the charge of concluding the Barrack concerns, and when the establishment had undergone little if any change. We have given an extrad in our preceding columns. - It was reported, yesterday, that the Princess Amelia packet arrived at Falmouth, from the Lee ward Islands, was spoken with on Sunday morning last, off Scilly, by a pilot-boat, which informed Captain Stteir rat, that the homeward-bound West India Fleet had passed up Channel the day before. We do not attach any credit to this report. The following is, we believe, the latest authentic intelli gence received upon the subjea : " His MAJESTY'S ship Alligator spoke on the 18th inst. (lat. and long. not mentioned) the Alexonfler, of London, one of the Agamemnon's convey, from which she parted on the 7th, not being able to keep company ; she had not experienced any bad weather, or seen an enemy." The Expedition was ready to sail from Flymouth on Monday, hut was detained by the unfavourable state of the wind. Orders were received; in the course of the day, for two companies of the Royal Artillery to embark for Melly. • Tuesday night, Mr. LYEL, the Messenger, was °Tiered to be in readiness to set off for France with Dispatches. We believe he left town at a late hour. We lately announced the return of the Lrandi.r, Capt. WHITBY, from the . Halifax station, upon which her conduit was so severely censured by the American press. It is said that Capt. WIIITIV'S conduit is to undergo a full investigation, the result of which will decide how far that Officer has me rited the violent and angry proceedings adopted against him in Amtrica. His Mascot y's ships Thalia, Nemesibitrol Comilla, with the fleet for N.:as-found:and. &c. were spoken with, on the 15th inst. in lat. 47. 22. long. 21. all well. Lord Haws:Emmy, in imitation of Viscount MELVILLE, has be-n recently engaged in recon noitring the forifications of Boulogne. His Lordship returned on Wednesday to the Downs in the names frigate, after a cruise of three days off that part of the French coast. The Independent Eleaors of Westminster are most earnestly and most particularly requested to suspend, for a day or two, all promise of their Votes and Interest, as, in the event of Sir FaANCI s BUR- Dalt declining the high and distinguished honour intended him, another person will be proposed for Westminster, worthy of their suffrages. The improvements at the Parliament Home are going on with the greatest activity, and when corn plete,f, will have a most magnificent appearance. The ectray.ce into the liense of Lords will be en. tirely, new, and the Parliament Hotel is pulled down, and will be converted into offices. In the front, towards Cotton-garden, three Gothic towers are in a great state of forwardness, which will be embellished by two Gothic bow winnows, after de signs by Lady Gaemvit. Ls. There will be A new entrance into Westminster Hall from the lions, of Common,. All the Exchequer Bill Offices are al tered. The body of St. Margaret's Church sell soon he visible horn Pal rce-yard. as the old houses in the front of it are nearly pulled down, and the Board Ordnancewill also be pulled down, a noticehavin b-en given to (pit it by the 7th of next month. Westminster Abbey will also be repaired ; the tower towards the House of Lords. which are in a very decayed state, will be new plaistered with stucco, and the ornaments repaired to their original are. The whole of this extensive work is under the direc tion of J. T. Gowns, Esq. Colonel Howe am, who has so ion commanded the British Artillery in this Dittlict, an.l who has blended in the execution of thst commend, the best qualifications of an Officer and a Gttith:rn to, has been recently recalled, owing, we beiigve, to his having attained a degree of rents which calls for his wirier+ h a mote enlarged sphere. The command, we un,terstand, devolves on Lieut. Colonel You:int ; an offi:er of whose talents report speaks most fit . your ably.— (Co I Mere Chronicle j k COLCHESTER THE 47 RICJLS. The Officers of the garrisons of Ipswich a-3 Colchester revived the tragedy of 'Re Orphrm r , China, which they performed on Monday ; h e I : „ 1 , , to the most brilliant and crowded Louse ever known at that Theatre. The Dranuitis Perrone were as follow : Tho.rhia I i ;cur. Clow. zirtir to,t,t Wood. Zimpti . Capt. Leggett. }.tan Capt. Rusliblooko. 'Luna . lieut liters. h/..at I ieut. Kteey. N.::,, ,, , (2,r , ein Wistmore. (),..,n.itag Capinift Oliver. Maralunt V.e Etriogtnn. TheAtte Ito al, Norwich. The performance went off wiTh the greatest 0.1.1 ; and the delineations of the characters throughout were most ably sustained. The arrangements of tl.e stage were such as are seldom witnessed. The splen dour and propriety of the Tartar and Chinese sat iates: completed the•dramaticillusion. The after-piece whi:t succeeded, was that laugh. able produCtion of Mr. ALLINGHAM, 7.4 Ali I Farce. Th? clilraf.ters were cast as fOlinik . : 1),,, coru: . l, , e „ t. Issilingharn. (.., 4. tgeg.,r , :e Don rt, y Lieut. Ke.ley. I/am Aida. n.n Capt. 011,ft. KlVapo Capt W httmore. Mart ilia Lieut. e ' er. Slice° Capt Lerr.at. Cs; Aims Mrs. Erlitigt.m. Theatre. Royal, Not, icli. . . . The audience were convulsed with laughter do-. ing the Farce, but most particularly in those .ce,.l which were enlivened with the drolleries nit; Hungry Hero. The Earl of Coal - it am and I. Lady, together with the General Officers and th.i'r Staff, &c. were present, who were highly gratifiA with the evenings amusement. Between the Play and the Farce, an Address was admirably delivered by Captain OLIVLI. BRIGHTON, SEPT. 23. YeFterday morning, the Royal Horse Artillery were revizwed by General I ugonin, and went through their manoeuvres to the sAtiJaalon of the General, and the amusement of a numerous and fashionable cnncour.e of spi doors, who adjnurnel, after the review, to Col. Fuller's rooms at the LAr racks, where they partook of an elegant cold colla tion, while the band of the King's Dragoon Gaards played for several hours. In the evening, the Ball at the Castle was graced by the presence of the beautiful Mrs. Thomas llone. who is on a tour of some days to Brighton and its 'vicinity: the com pony was not numerot::, but szlea. Yesterday Her Mattis . and the PRINICIESstSho tIOUied Sir W►s. and Lady PITT with a visit, at their seat, at I lighfield Park, near Hartfard Bridge, where they dried, and returned to Windsor hi the evening. Oa Tuesday, Earl Srit:Ctit, and Mr. T. Gets : vII,: :: dined with the Marquis of BUCRINGIIAM, at his ii. o•.', in Pall. Mall. The box-lohby, at the Theatres, is now called the London and Westminster .4,cerasre Office. Ramsgate continues very full, and the houses are let as fast as they become vacant. The Master of the Ceremonies' Ball was to take place last evening, ant a betrnper was expelled. The Right Hon. Lady Viscountess NC t.5n . :. wi dow of the late gallant and ever.to.be-I imenttd Hero, IsTELsos, arrived at Bristol last week, where we understand she means to reside some time. Mr. llocosan and Mrs. Dawns are announced fur next Monday, at the Bristol Theatre, in the part. of Don Felix, and Vida,rte, in The Murder. Mrs. F.uwta will also play Flora, in The MitLight Hour. The last arrivals at Bristol Hotwells, are. Cot. Sinclair, Capt. and Mrs. Bulkley, Mr. and Mrs. Da vidson, Mr. and M Micand JOhn' t"", 141. and M 1.4 Tomb., Mr. Lauer, 84c. Tastes Warr, Esq. left town, last Monday. for Worcester, to be present at the grand Mauna' Meeting, which took place on Tuesday last, at which Mr.. BILLINGToN and Mr. HAKaisOil Were amongst the principal vocal performers. _ HENRY SCOTT, Esq. atrivcd in town, yesterday. from Brighton. The Earl and Countess of Sams are !ward in town, this day, from Stoke Farm, to their house in Arlington.vreet. Herrcar PHILIP Elora. Esq. left town yestcal for Brighton. Karl SLI.KIIIIC arrived last Sunday at !do:Amu:4 Hotel, Dover.street, from Scotland. Viscount and Viscountess MeLBOURNr, arrive/ .. . - yesterday, at Melkuunle ... House, from Bracket. Hail. The FAO of - this'll:aces house, is Old lluilin ton-street, is undergoing s.veral repsirs. Till whole of the inside Ili to be new painted and bcou• tilled. Mr. and Mrs. &OKUDA% will rive a grand slin• ner, neat Sunday, at their seat at Richmond. On Monday, tke Loan CHANCEL L oa t nto . t.sined the Cabinet Ministers with a wile dinner, at h" house, in Hampstead. Yesterday, his lanrihh' gate a dinner to a numerous party. Last night, Mr. Sesentat KLollili again ap neared in I nlif.l. at Votent.garden Theatre. ll looked the charaBer, and atttaaed a full /mow Mr. Listotl, in Si. oid.r, displayed attach humour, and was loudly applauded. ".' ate happy to state. for the i!formation of td friends of ;PII . II tc 14 4 4 OSO a, the gentleman wound. — in the late duel, that altticu,Alt he is not pericOl out of danger , appearances ale such as I n pal: g a reasonable hype at his reeovtry. H a has the a siaat•ce of three sue eons ; Mr. Wu I Tit Tent -street, who is in constant attendce, mei ;sir Lass, attd Mr. Ciat W is ca, who meet Mr. art. in consultation, twice a itay. . The Royal York r.lar) -la-Bonne Volunteers v. assemble this day in CurniattlandisLicie, et thrrl o'clock, in held-day order, under tit: enntmand PI IKijor l'nost viola, and from thence will proceed t Hide-Pack, where they will have a g rand field -day, o f Parli A an 3 EST WAS pets to I of S Cha. cow sidi the Gni boi CO W 3 CH fro 1111 n St 1 iln