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To Tint it or THE 811Tiat nisi.

IDITOIt.
A reader, observing in your Paper a statement of
General Hcwiu's cefusing to accept the situation of
Bart ack-Nlaster-General, unless Government con-
sents to exonerate him from all responsibility respat-
ing the passing of barrack accounts, begs to know
upon what pound such extmptinreshould be com-
plied with, as it is well known that the Bari ea-
Master-General draws for all sums of money that is
wanted for the supplies of that Department ; and it
is perfally novel, that the person having authority
to draw for this money, should not be per.ronallii
liable to account for the proper dispJsal of it by his
inferior official assistants. Yours, &c.
A. B.

ROCHESTER, JULY 31.

On Monday the North Aylesford Legion, consist•
hog of cavalry, artillery, and infantry, amounting
to upwards of six hundred men, under the command
of the Earl of Darnley, assembled in Cobham Park
(the seat of his Lordship) to receive their colours.
The Countess of Darnley, attended by the neigh-
bouring nobility and gentry, 'Resented them with
great grace. His Lordship then observed that he
was commissioned by the Countess of Darnley to ex-
press in her name the high gratification she felt in
presenting colours to men who, she was confident,
would defend them with credit to themselves and ho-
nour to their country. The troops were then re-
viewed by the Earl of Romney as Lord Lieutenant
of the county. A sham light succeeded, which last-
ed for two hours. The soldiers performed their
different military evolutions with great skill, and to
the entire satisfitaion of the Earl 01 Romney and
their Commander. At five o'clock they were dis-
missed to a very elegant dinner served under the
trees in the Park. _ _

The fineness of the day attrafted a great number
of persons of both sexes ; and there was a very great
display of Kentish beauty. The Park, which is
most beautifully diversified with hill, dale, and fine
grown oaks, produced a most enchant ng
from the moving pieture which presented itself on
every side.
The Countess of Darnley looked most lovely; she
was dressed in compliment to the occasion ell
rnili-
tan, with a helmet bonnet, white plume, and a scar-
let mantle trimmed with black Lice.

On Saturday the remains of Homy LEE WAR..
sialt,Esq.of Walsing Abbey, Norfolk, were con-
veyed in a hearse from his venerable mansion to the
parish church of that town for interment, preceded
by a number of his tenants on horseback, and fol-
lowed by several of the most distinguished gentle-
men in the neighbourhood in their carriages.
and a great concourse of spesiators. The lull was
supported by HENRY STYLEXAN,_ Esq. (High
Sheriff of the County), Sir Geo. CHAUD, Bart.
Sir JACOB Asr Lev, Bart. I'. W. Cone, Esq.
Mesas- Jonactt., Esq. and the Rev. H. ASTLEY.
The Chief Mourners were Mr. WOODWARD (the
nephew, who resides near Bath) and Dr. Bacot, of
Lynn, to whom the priilcipal part of his very large
property is bequeathed. Mr. WARNER was the lineal
descendant of Doan'. WARNER, Bishop of ROCHLA-
T Es, whn built and endowed the roll.s• for the cler-
gyman's widows at Bromley, in 4:ent. The deceased
never attended any public place of worship, but
was believed to be of the Roman Catholic per-
suasion.

Tuesday afternoon, during a thunder-storm, the
Lghtni.:g struck a large dotilile bat n, near Eythorn,
belonging to Mr. Louis, of Barrington, which im-
mediately took fire. Two threshers tieing at work at
the time, gave the alarm, and the neighbouring
inhabitants gave also the earliest as.istance ; but the
flames could not be extinguished till the whole
fabric was consumed, together with 30 quarters of
wheat, a sow, 16 pigs, 30 rabbits, and two fa-
vourite dogs. The howls of the latter, when sur-
rounded with the fire, were truly piteoui.
At the adjourned Quarter Sessions held at Swar-
ham, for the county of Norfolk, on Tuesday, the
-17th instant, a cause of importance to masters
and servants, occupied the attention of the Court for
sometime.

John F•edike was indiae.l under stat. 39, Geo. 3,
cap. Bs, for fraudulently and leloniously embezzling,
secreting, and making away with I Is. part of 11. 18s.
which he had received in the caracity of a servant,
on the 22d of December last. It appeared in evi-
dence, that the prisoner was employed by Mrs. Re-
becca Tuddenham, of Northwold, the prosecutriz,
as a journeyman Plumber and glazier, and that on
22,1 of December last, she delivered to him a bill on
Mr. Robert Palmer, of Feltwell, amounting to 11.
18s. 3d. and desired him to receive the mJney ;
that the prisoner, on his ren:rn hum Feltwell, in the
evening of that day, paid the Prosecutriz 11. 7s.
which he informed her he had received of Mr. Pal-
mer, on account of his Bill, and that Mr. Palmer
haideferred payment of the remainder till a future
day. Me Palmer proved that hebad paid the-prisoner
IL Ills. on the Std of December, at the Cock Inn,
at Feltwell, and took his receipt on the back of the
bill ; the receipt was then produced, which Mr. Ed-
mund Doer's proved to be the heal-writings of the
prisoner. The Jury found the prisoner gailte, and
the Court sentenced him to be imprisoned in
solitary confinement, and held to hard labour in
Swafham Bridewell for six months.

5P0041144 Badcvek, for stealing several pieces of
worstead and silken stuffs, the property of Batley
Warren, off a cart at Hillington, in November last,
vas sentenced to as months imprisonment. Jam
De /, for stealing three pecks of potatoes, the
property of Mr. Henry Benton, of Thornham, was
sentenced to be imprisoned for 21 Jays —1 bloat
Cason, for an aspult ca Jehn Anthony, one of the
constables of Wah.oken, when in the execution of his
office, was fined sixpence and sentenced to six months
imprisonment.—Mary of Sw.dTharn, fur an
assault on ..lice Syer, was fined one shilling, and
senteoce4 to be imprisoned for 21 days.—And
Uslfsitl Nichols, for beating and misusing a mate,
the property of Mr. Richard Wallis, n Wretton
(lib master), was sentenced to one month's imprison.
meat in Swaffham %six/iris Saudi, Bad-
cod, charged with stealing stuff -um the said Batley
Warren, s..ks t. Bills were found
against Jonas Whealbelly, Das.- %.:oluier, and John
Mai, fur larceny.