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- TWELFTH REPORT O,N PUBL IC7 - E 'li. PEN D TI.TBE.. [Continued from our Paper of Saturday.] Copy Treasury Minute, 3d April, 1812. My Lords have under their serious considera tion, the arrangements , which it may be .expellient to adopt for providing for the future payment and "execution of the several services which were under the charge of Mr. Chinnerv, late a Chief Clerk in this Office, independently -4 his situation of Chief Clerk. These services may be classed under the follow ing heads, viz. The Nyment of—.. Ist. The Salaries and Establishment of the,Treasury out of the Fee Fund, and the Issue from .the Exchequer ont of •the Civil List, to. make up the deficiency. 2d. The Incident s of the Trea.r..llry. 3d. Special Service and Royal 13omity. 4th. Lady's Bounty List, sth. Sheriffs for Conviction of Felons, and over payments u their Accounts.. 6th. Rills for Expenses of Convicts at home. 7th. Bills drawn from New South 'Wales, which is distinct from the Agency of the 'Colony. ' Bth. Small Payments out of Array Extraordinaries. 9th. Miscellaneous and occasional Services. 14th. The receipt and payment into the Exchequer, of the Fees of certain Offices in the Establishments of the Lord Steward, Lord Chamberlain, Moister of the Horse. Master of the Robes, and also in Abe, ENchequer ; which °dices were suppressed by-the Act 22 Geo. 111. c. 82. but the Fees there tofore payable in respect .of the said suppressed ()likes were directed by that Act, tine continued to be reCei red. for the benefit of the'Civil List, and for that*purpose to be at the disposal of the Lords of the Treasury. • - It appears to my Lords, upon the best cOnsider-• ation they are able to give to this subject„that, the • • greater part of these services must necessarily, and that tie Whole of- them (with the exception of the fees of suppressed offices, to - which my 'Lords 'will hereafter advert) would most conve, niently be executed by indivjduals- in the Treasury Under their Lordships' immediate ,ditections ; but considering the variety and magnitude in the ag ,gregate of‘the issues for these services, their Lord . stiipZ are ofoopinion, that the execution of them should be allotted to, and divided between such four of the Are chief and principal Clerks, as shall not, under the existing arrangemsnts for the audit and examination of Accounts 111 the Treasury., associated with - the Assistant Secretary in that duty. " By this arrangement, the pecuniary responsibi lity- of each IndiVidnal -will be• very - much dimi nished Land "in order to insure the speediest ex amination of the several Accounts for these Ser vices, my Lords are pleased to direct that the fol . teqving . arrangements be adopted, .to take effect from the sth inst. Vi'L. That eeCil. chief Or3principal Clerk charged with fide extention'of any of theme services,' shall depo sit all II:Ionics received forthe same : with a hanker to be approved by this Board, immediately. upon the receipt thereof, and in cage siich banker shall be his private banker, .shall open. a separate' ac 'count for the , sanef and' shall not defray any of the services entrusted to him iii any other manner, than by a check on his banker for the same, upon which check shall be written the words, " Trea sury Account," or by the acceptance of Bills pay-; able at his banker's, in cases where it has been the ordinary course or 'practice to discharge such services by Bills drawn upon this Board„ or on the principal or Chief Clerk by direction of this Board ; and shall enter, all receipts and payment's relating tot the Accounts under his charge in s , epar4e Books of Accounts , , - to be kept in - this Office, in the form of a Day-book and,a Ledger. - That at the clOse of every quarter, each chief or principal Clerk shall make out separate and dis tinct Accounts of the Receipt§ and Payments for each Service with which he is entrusted, andlay the same before the Board on or befdre the fourth Board-day after' the expiration of such Quarter, together with the Vouchers in support of the ac count and the authorities, in all casesewhere the payments shall have been made•under special, and not under general authorities ; and shall also lay before the Board his. D.4-book and Ledger ; and upon tke view,and inspection-of those Accounts and Documents, my Lords will either proceed themselves to 'the immediate examination of the Accpunts, or will direct their eyEimination by the Auditors in the Treasury; as they may deem expe 'dient. And .that eaehofsuch Accounts, in case its nature- and descriptiOn will admit of it, shall be , accompanied by an Estimate of the probable Ex penditure for the current quarter. - And'up money shall be issued for any such services, but upon a application'to the Board, stating the amount of the .balance unapplied on the account for which the issue i 3 required, andthe probable or expected amouu t the Service's to be defrayed by the issue', and the probable periods when the sar4e will be.; Come payable :. and my Lords are pleased-to allot the execution of the afire-goin7 services (with the exception of that relating to fees or suppressed 'offices) between Mr. Alcock, Mr. Cipriani,' Mr. 7 Speey, and Mr. Nieolay, in the following plan ner, viz. "-* , Mr. Ale o:.7lc—The payment. of,the Bills irawn t - -titri New SontirWales ; : Sheriffs Convictions and fl;'<rpaymeniN. • . TO-Mr: - payment of I.sreastey Salaries and Establishment. To Mr: Speer-Special 'Service and Royal Bounty; Treasury Incidents; Lady's Bounty List, To Mr. ` , iicolay-, ,. -The Bills for Expetices of Convicts:at home ; rayments Out of Army EN:traordinaries. \Stith regard to the payment of - misceilaneous and oc&It iOnal services,•which, froM their nature, it is obvious must occur at uncertain periods, it Appears • to ;my. 'Lords that some inconvenience might arise from making any specifice allotnientof those services, and that it will therefore be more desirable that they should. _be left 'open to_be exe . -, cacti by any one of tlie said principal and chief Clerks, to whom their. , Lordships may, when the services,shall occur, think fit to allot the Payment of the same. And is their Lordships' inten tion (and they desire : . it to-- be so distinctly under stood) that no profit whatever is, to he derived by any muividaal executing these service, from mo :ney remaining in his • banker's . 'hands• applicable thereto, my Lurds are of opinion, that it is rea sonable that the respective principal and, chief • Clerks should each receive for their trouble in the execution of these services, the sum of 10Q/. per annum net, in addition to their present salaries, +6 comrt . encetroin the sth instant, .rid are pleased to direct that the same be- placed upon the esta blishment elf the Treasury accordingly. illy Lord s read the Act of the 22d of the King, -cap. 82, directing the continuance of the ree,:ipt and th eappli cation of the fees of suppressedoffees. As under the said Act, the fees of suppressed of fices in the:several departments before referred to, are placed at their Lordships' disposal for the be-, nefit of the Civil List, my Lords are inclined to think that some arrangement of the followin'g de scription, might render the office of -theßeceiVer of th ese Fees altogether unnecessary; namely, that the amount of the Fees received in each of the said several departments (with the exception of the Exchequer) should be stated to this Board in their quarterly_ applications for the issue of the .snins necessary to defray their quarterly expences., .and should be (lauded from the amount of such quar .te4 eXpenseS, and that such a sum only should -be issued,_ together with the ;Amount of those Fees, shall be adequate to defray-the - same. . And when my Lords have before theM the Returns which have been called for, of the sums paid to Mr. Chinnery by the said several departments on ac count of such fees; they will take this subject into their further Consideration. With respett to the Accounts of Fees received in. the Treasury, which constitute a part of the Funds applicable - to the payment bf the Salaries and Expeuces of the Offices, and which at the close of each .quarter , are paid over by the. Clerk of the Fees, to the chief Clerk paying the salaries, .thy: Lords are pleased to . direct, .'.that the four. chef Clerks do .consider and jointly report to my 1.43rd5,: their opinion as to the manner rn which the quar terly Accounts of those Fees mar be, most satis factorily examined And checked, When. my Lords Will again have this part of the subject under their consiaeration: . . . . An -Account of the Fee, of Suppressed Offices, paict into the Exchequer in the Fire Years ending the 5t4 Jan. last statinglry whom paid, and thc dates of the several Pay ments. Date of Payment. I By whom paid. Sum pail in. 25th Sept. 1810. I Wm. Chianery Esq, 42.440.,55. Qd. lUSE Exchequer, ad April, 1812. • .. Mr. Chinnery - du,es• not enjoy any. place. or office of trust or firofi,t, or pension under the Crown. . .(General BoarA.) , Audit-Office, Somerset-place, 11th Nov. 1307, My Lords—We have the honour to infbrm your Lordships, that havins; observed in the account orWm. Chinnery, .Esq. as Agent for the Bahama Islandg; for the year ending 31st Dec. .ISO 6, a balance appearing' to be due to the Public, of 6,331 t. ss. lid. ; and in his account, as agent for New South Wales, for the same period, a like ba lance of 21,7141.55. 3d. ; we thought it our duty to "inquire into the nature of We- outstanding de mands upon these balances, with a view of ascer taining, whether they were not more than an ade quate provision for the payments, which were likely,to be claimed within a reasonable time. In consequence of these inquiries, we have been informed by Mr. Chinnery, that since the delivery of the above Accounts he has made' certain pay ments,' as Agent for the Bahamas and New South Wales, by - which the amounts of those- balances have beenn-considerably reduced. The. payments made by him On the former Taccount he stetes to .be 91 . 71.105. and those on the latter, 71,7751. 6d. ; and he deducts also frOm the amounts of' the balances, the several sums - disallowed or'Surcharg eel in- former accounts, and the sums retained at the Exchequet for Property Tax upon the Salaries of the several Colonial Officers. The deductiOns made upon these grounds by the Accountant, amount in the Bahamas Account, to 3,9021. ss. 9d. and in the New Squth Wales Account to 4,9291. 9s. lid. After these deductions, in addi tion to those for payments'made since the delivery of the Accounts, there - will remain *,a balance in Mr. Chinnery's - hand, in the former instance, of 1,5111. 95.,714. and in the latter, of 2,90061. 7s: sd: Since the delivery of Mr. Chinnery's New South Wiles Account, we have been informed, by Mr. Harrison's letter, dated sth JUne, 1807; that Mr. Chinnery has received your Lordship's directions to present for acceptance tCVo bills for the stuns of I ,050/..,..n.nd 1,1t41. remitted from New South Wales. for value of - Government Cattle, and to re ceive the amount when due ; and we are 'directed to charge Mr. Chinnery with those sums in his account; as agent for New •Soiith Wales. We also observe, by the 'Appropriation Act of the last Session : of Parliament ] 47the Vreo, 111. Sess. 2.eap. 76, that there b granted c.).liis Ma jesty out of the aids and supplies of the present year, the sum of 4,4001. for defrayingthe expences -of the' Civil Esiablislinient in the Bahaina Islands f6r the year 18071 anfl 12,7051. for the like pur pose :Neiv South Wales, during the _same pe riod. .• We apprehend.that. it is the, usual practice of Colonial Agents; shortly after the passing of the usual APpropriatiOn Acts, to -obtain from your Lordships ant'hinify; enabling them to receive the amount of the sums granted for The sel-vicf:s 'of their respective Settlement. In case Mr. Chin nerST received the abtive sums trout his i:lajcs ty's Eehequcr, and the two bills from New South-Wales, the balances in his hadds, according to the 'foregoing statement, must amount, at.the present time, upon his, :Account/as Agent for the Bah:imas, to BA2I. 55.,9d.•; and as agent for New South Wales to the sum of 23,865/.ls:sd. • (To be continued.) ' In c o nseque nc e of the war with Ameriea, it may be difficult to procure flax seed in that abundance whieh may sow_the laud in cultivation : It would therefore be a desirable thing, that during the flax Harvest, [sue attention should by paid to linen and ireserve the, seed throughout the British tupire, which, if properly reaped, is equally excelle4 with that of our enemies. All the money on board the Abero - avenny , lost some years ago near Weymouth, to, the t ' amount of 60,000/. in dollars, has' been recovered by Team of the diving-bell. The vessel has since been blown up under water, to prevent, the wreck from forming a dangerous shoal. 4 .1:, A - CV REPORT; COURT OF c HANCEI!Y, c. -227 Mr I 1 ,, ,TY, V. MO 1-111 IS TLC 1.13Rp C . 1.1:11•“.;LLLOR this•day, gave judgment on; the motions made and repeatedly argued, aris:- . ing out of the affairs of the Haymarket Theatre. .The • parts of the question which related to the propriety of Mr. Colman's conduct as principal manager,. and 'whether Mr. Moak, by : the. pur chase - of the moiety , ofOne' of the thirdsewas to be held as possessing the majority of interestein the Theatre, coukl not be decided till the causes 'on.t of which they arose came to be heard., There Were Some points, howeyer, Which be could now decide, independently of those two questions. In the first place, as to the rigliPt of Mr. Morris, the Treasurer, to draw out 'of the handi of the bankers at the commencement of a season, and 4001. each a week .during the season—that was a right which ,his Lordship could not withhold from him without at once putting an end to the conCern. 'The clause no doubt required that the receipts of each night should be lodged in.the hands of tii6 bankers in the,naines of all the three proprietor and Mr. Morris disregarding this•clause, had been in the habit of.lOdging the receipts in his own name, tinder th`e iniinvsion,. that if he. had paid them in in the naives - of ail the proprietors, they would not cot enr iii)tllot.ving him to draw it out again. ';This practice, though it had been attend- ed with no injurious. eonsequencce, innst be 'dis= *continued; and, Mr. Morris must in. future pay the nightly receipts intothe hands of the e bankers, in the joint names of the three proprietors, they, how 'ever, being restraiutel from interfering, with the drawir,g out the 400‘. a w e ek. .As to the -ouestion of arrears of salary, chimed as due to Mr.ninston, his Lordship could - not .see on what . grantid Was to be : withheld while. the salaries. of .11r. Colman and. Mr. .Morris were to them. The .Stage, l'NLitinger,. which Mr.. Winston was, at the time time td the execution of the dee*, was to.6et ap pointed annually a majority :,",pro /sac taco, the Court i::self.nrait be that majority, till the eines tion which Constituted . the majority was ,settled. The Cutirthad found Mr. Winston Stage "..N.lana ger, and in that situation he must remain till the main que;tion was decided. His salary, of course, must he paid to, him. As to the stun of Mt. ad mitted by Mr. .Morris to have been retained by him, his. Lordship - was not, in the whole' circum stances of the case, prepared to order it to be paid by him into"the hands of the hankers at present. There was nothing'morally wrong in the conduct of Mr. Morris; which conic! warrant the Court in saying that he ought td be removed from the office of Treasurer. The Court, his Lordship again re minded the parties, could only interfere between them to the of of dissiilving the ill-arranged and everlasting contract which had hitherto . pro duced so much unhappiness. lf, therefore, they wished the concern not to be broken up, he once more advised them to refer it to' some person to draw up a rational deed between them, which might be capable of beingazted on. LOblp.,ON: Printeir.by ROOD, of ti 0.33, Maiden-kine, Covent-garden; ' , ll,n(iTillifishk . d by' WILLL's.M (.South Molton-strut, /-- Af:the suN•O cE, No. 112, 'Strand,-where Advert6enzents, Orders for the Paper, Lettcrs for the Editor, &c. (post paid), must be add.res.soercis.quac, POLICE. Bow-STREET.—A Bill of Exchange for 1451. 10s. on the Pay Master of the - Marines has lately been paid into the Bank of England, which has proved to be a forgery. It purports to be drawn by Joseph Edward Bredon, on the Hon: George Villiers, bearing date the 27th of August, 1811; payable 30 days - after sight; and to be accepted by the Hon. Edmund Phipps; Paymaster of the Royal Marines. • On its being sent , from the Bank to the Marine - . Pay Office, Mr. Thomas Hind, the chief Clerk - in the Office, discovered thk the ac-, ceptance was not the hand writing of Gen. Phipps, and also strongly suspected that thedrawer's ira me, purporting to be Joseph Edward Bredon;'First Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, and who is em— ployed in Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land, is in the' practice of drawing bills of exchange on the Paymaster of the Royal Marines . , was forged. In. consequence of these suspicions cireum:- stances, inqt!iriet were made respecting the bill, and it was: nscertaitted that it was paid . into. the Bank of - Etn,.4land . by William Tally,• clerk to Messrs Bidduiph and Cox, ..f.:haring- Crosit.. They received it from Mr. -Isaac Fisher, a silversmith,. 'in . CockTur,strect, who had paid it into his own cash account; which he keeps there. Mr. Fisher took 'it of Mr. Gladstanes, a silver smith in Wells -street„ Oxfotd-street, , havinis dis counted it,for him on the 24th of June last.„ . The account Mr.Gladstanes gave of it was, that he had taken it of a man whom he had.known about four months,. when he came -to purchase jewellery at his shop ; he had several transactions with him. On the .234 of last June, he took the bill in question from him. observed to the man on the strange circumstance of its. being drawn on Mr. Villiers, 'and accepted by General Phipps ; but the man explained that eircuntstance, by saying he was lately come -from the Colony where. the bill purported to he drawn from,, and that at the time Lieutenant Bredon drew it, he did , not:know that, T k ilr.,Villiers had been distuised, and that GeneratPhipps had been appointed to his place. He said he had other bills of a similar dc script:ion from the, same quarter : he - confes3ed he did not know where the man liV`cd, but knew his resort: In: consequence of which, Lavender was employed, and. lay a stratagem traced him out, and took him into custody. He has been examined at.the Marine Office by Mr. NAnßs „and says his name is .Francis Shepnm. Ile ,was committed for further examination. . John Sia!telyfe was charged with feloniously stealing nine books, and a variety of other arti cles, the property'of Mr. Hugh M‘rien'zie, Brick eogrt, Temple. He liras committed for further examination. QuEEN-SQUAME„—Saturday, a private belonging to the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards underwent an examination on a charge of murder, at the above Office. It appeared by the testimony of his,com rade, he had confessed to him that about 4 Years ago - h wassconcerned in the mneder of A Clergy man, at Truro, Cornwall. Under this circum,,, .stance, the prisoner committed till information can be. received from.the Mayor of.that place, re specting this mysterious business. thottp.ian was on Fr(' i'ay charged . by Messrs. Fields, wax-chandlers ,- in Lambeth INlarsh, with robbing them of a quail tit-y of waX.candles and paper., Mr. Field .stat- 1, the prisoner was the Officer of E . iteise ar pointed to survey his business, and having reason to suspect him of dilhonesty, he desired that the ,next. _time he 'came he should be watched. Ac cordingly, on his coming, as usual, on Thursda,v morning, 002 of Mr. Field's Workmtin did wach him, and perceived him put three hxge wax 'can dles into his. pocket; .he immediately informed his master of the circumstance, who challenged him with it. The prisoner denied it, but on • constable being sent for, the candles were taken from. Iris packet; and or searching him furdier, a :roll of wax-taper was also,produced„which Field knew to be his property. At .the prisoner's lodging there was also found.a quantity of papers which lie acknoWledged. he 064. frouLM.r. shop. He fully committed for trial. atichael Dines, the Collector of the Queen' s Elms Turnpike .oate, was charged with 'extort' ing double toil, to I,vbieh he pleaded . guilty,. an 4 cotri a xted in the penalty of 40s. nil o 9 sts.---. - Tlie.,Geritletnan:who,,hrou4lit forward the prose- , cutio - a, however, stated his case,. is--tba t on.,,Sunday-the 2d inst.-. be went through the above Gate it) a post-chaise, when the prisoner. demaii ed -double toll, on account of itS.belug avhich he paid.. Since that time be learnt tIn!!: bt wa,-; an impositjon; h'owever . ,• he would have given the prisoner if he would hays asked partioa in the r,..nvspapers 5 his object in proposin l 4 was to ,_ciartl the public .against insp , :seij in bat cit lrest ,timnly he was going in a piP 4- cflaiSe Oro:1g') the. 'cane Oate, when a similar in4i)o:r4ition Was attempted. Half the. penalty. coming to the Gentleman, he gaveit to the pow: of 0,1 , 4 parish. . :Thc thirteenth annual sale of. sheep, at Cos-, • ford - Park, took . Place,on 24.)aday last, and, was, as usual, aitended by a number of mos' respeeinlr.; agriculturists. Mr. Western, .the Mt:inner Na i !den, was present Ile. appeared in a coat; tlie , • c10..h of which, he said,. was manufactured foul wool of. his ovv.a g'iowth.—After dinner the-Wor" thy alember very politely entertained the company with a statement of the prices he had obtained for • his wool ; the fleeces of his sheep had broug:ie him,. upon an aV - 21„ge, 23z:. Mr. Western said t . , that his next object was to retain the quality of the Spanish wool, and to Improve the carcase 0 as to-make it-good mutton, which lie had rcasoo to hope he should accomplish. Mr.We , tern also gave an account of his progreSs in the system irrigation,fro which he had already observed th ni z most beneficial effects. Some "resolutions were proposed and entered into to support the Colches ter Wool. Fair. The usual conviviality Prevailei!• and.the company separated much,please4 with the biisiness of the day. The canker in the stems and branches. of apPle" trees may be cured, merely by lifting tree's; fu October or November, planting them again above the land's level, upon little hills of common-raid -- sand.. No other application is wanted .for the - cankered holes hi the stem—rub the road-sand int° the wounds, ,after cutting out the black. Branches, must be cut away to souud wood, n and -if you re; duce the tree .to a mere post, a ew head 3'6 4 quickly shoot forth. An interesting ease was lately determined at Cardiff Assizes. The point at issue was, ,whedwi . , an iron-master and mine-owner could, by a C 1 rious process which has the name of scouring,. work his mine so as to impede the navigation pre"; viously existing; of a'canal established by Act o. ` Parliament. The Counsel for the iron-Maste contended,' that he bad the right of using thi s process whether it obstructed the canal or not' but Mr. Justice Hardinge,. wlio tried the caul was of a different opinion, and the Jury foulf` a verdict for the Canal Company, Vith 200/. (13- mages. Weduesdayevening-, as an elderly woinan sr' s ptrichasing : a, sthali tokantity of apples, Lit a fruit' stand, : ESsex-street, Strand, she .suilde,r u Y drojped and .instaut,iy expired,: She Tvl: conveyed.Ao a pubic-house in I...sex-st;ee(, 9-a Thursclayaftepoon the b oL ci was. ,, a ,vnta son.. Thursday night, an elderly man, a Scotcbriar' l sat dowii to rest-himself at.the. door of -tl - 1 Lion public-house, corner of Great Wild-strect, Lincoln';; Inn-fields, he was.seized with all at pieetic fit, and died imraedieftelv afterwards. bodyrernainslor a,Goroner's inquest at the Pab lic-ballSC.. • • BIRTH. • - " On.the 2 ict inst. nit,, his house in Olifford-street, the L 1 of .I.9v,a.itus I: , :liottFuller, Esq. of a Son. - 4 r MARRIED. On .the 21i;t . of May, in : the Island of it. Martin's/ ' .ts 'i,' Indies,' Lieutenant John ,Tuulier, It. A. second son o f 1 ',."- Rev. .J. 'flicker, to •Mi . is Ei"..zalietil M'. Richardson, nice e" Engle J. itichateison, Esq. President of the Counci l of thzt Island. . .. On Saturday; at St. Paull's, Covent-garden, Mr. S' 0f 14 : 3 7 ris, of Humus Terrace,' Chelsea, to Miss Maltwood, '- ,, Lon-street, May-fair.. . . . The saint day, H. D. Mislci, Esq. of Camberwell -grove,. to Miss RiChar:Json, of Walworth. .. . ____.... • DIED. 1- On the 14th inst. at Bromptnn, after a long. series of ' ness, Elizabeth, tte v.ife of Henry Stebbing, Eq. da u g i ' ter of John Whitiourd, Esq. formerly .of the Hey Wood, tie" - • fordshire. Qn the 21st inst. Mr. Thomas Bell, of Southwar k, in -`- ?."tit year. On Friday morning, Mrs. Clouteic• aged 7.9, of St. Aull °- street,. Dock. , m 19, Yesterday, at a very advanced "aee, Mrs. Moil sister Of the laic John Twywan . ,:Esq. of St. 1 4 -athc' ln square. PRICE OF STOCK. Bank Stock, : Navy 5 per Cent. 902 i Irish S per 'Cent. 4. par Cent. 751:11 3 per Cent. Red. sem, 3 Ifer Cent. Cone. 58 MI Bank L. Ann. 1511 i 13-16ths India Stock, ON SATURDAY. India Bonds., 7s• dis. s . Excliecf. Bilis, 4 er d. p' " 34 ' 1' 2s. dis. par Omnium, 5 54k pr., Imperial 3 per. Cent., Ditto All 11 . Cons., fur oith inst. SPII HIGH WATT AT LONDON IMIDGE TO - M° 11g97474 after 4. Fortthig, 5 miwites after 4. I.Es-ening.; 30 minutes ~-- y' ~+, ' •