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At a General Court Martial held at Weed-
hriAge, 011 the Gib January, 1608, aiicl continued
fla adjouramettia to the Bth of the aamt mokith,
. ichord Coiftli, Esq. Paymaster of the 13th (or
King's) Regiment of Light Dragoons, war arraign-
, *1 on the utislerineationed charges, viz.
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tat. Tor otalversatiou iu his Ofebe ut Yak muster .of the
15th (or King's) Regiment of Light Dragoous, iu haviug,
contrary to his *hay, and in disregard ti.e thine Article of
the Additional lustructioos and Rcril.ite.. Is respecting the
1.01141LC1 of Regimental Paymasters and others, dated 11th
May, sun, drawn gm the public recount, upon the Regi-
inental Agents, for the sum of dace thousand five hundred
pounds fouite en shillings and right-pence, or some other
large sum Ut sums of money bevon4 a bat us* actually re-
gutted gutted for the rrgulsr services of the sail cegiinent, between
the eath December, tack, and the Ihith tteloit,r, 1007.
" ad. For neglect of duty in out fitatug rendered his ac-
counts at the periods prescribed by tile established ltegula-
tiors and Oil etal Orden', and partieuLly bj the Instructions
Li Regimental Paymasters, dated the loth January, Piga ;
the Circular Letter from the Eaantiller or Army Accounts to
Regituental Peyularters, dated 14111 1 cheery, tatAi, and 7th
August, UM, sad the Secretary at Woc's Loci:due Letter to
Regimental Pavueistets, dated the bud July, too).
" The accounts hereto referred to, are tile MuntLly Ge-
neral Abstracts for the period, from the g:cth L e enahe r,l sub,
to October following, both inclusive, mid the Quarterly
Account fur the periods from the oath Just, Huai, to the
241.10 September, torn, tuth inclusive."
Upon which churges the Court came to the fol-
lowin decision:—
The c'ourt, having considered the evidence for
and egainst the Prisoner, with the whole of his de-
fence, and the accounts given in by him, tire of
opinicii, that he has drawn, between the ‘24tlt De-
cergher, 18Gti,end the .sth OctoLeo, I'bo7, fur the
sone pf 3.6001. 140. ed. stated in thesduirge, be-
yond the money actually expended by him fur the

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public service. - - 1
The Court is further of opinion, that the Pri- '
sinter has not accounted, by uny expenditure *wed
in his abstracts, for the sutu of money so over
drawn; awl although it were proved (sltiulilt is
not) dint the Ptit.otter had debited himself iu ids
abstracts, from error, with the sum clone thousand
pounds or thereabouts, expended for the terrier of
the regiment, which ought •torhave been charged
1 to the Colonel's titivate account, yet there would
still remain the sum of two thousand five hundred
pounds, fourteen shillings and eight-pente, over-
drawn on the public, of which no sittisfuetory ac-
count, supported by proper vow:hers, has been
given to this Court.
The Court do therefore find the Prisoner guilty
of malversation, as far as the wotd uppttes to the
improper expenditure of public ma:ley, but whe-
tht, it has been applied by the P: ;sone; tw his pri-
vate use, or advanced on the l'hav,,, of others,
without due examination, and without the care and
'caution which it is the duty of € very per.ott intrust.-
eti with the disbursement of pphlte move. , they
are not enabled to determine.

The Court do al,n find the Prisoner gully of
hawing drawn beem.d his estimate, in Leese* of
the third Article -of Additioaal lestructiotta of the
lab May, rool,
With !aspect or the seeond charge, the Coast.
are of opinion, that the inconveniences experienced
on the march of the itegitnent, might have delayed
for a shoat time the sending in of the monthly esti-
mates end abstracts. It does not appear to the
Court, that the want of samctiou of the allowance
of corn for the horses at raj', bliould have cre-
mated their being transmitted, as a remark niseht
hays been added on that charge. The Court ad-
mit. that the time during which the Prisoner was
.absent froes the regiment, attending to the clothing
sod ether conceits of the regiment, was a consider-
rahle impediment to his fulfillieg his dishes as Pay-
master, but they ars of opinion, that the that duty
of eveiz plan is to execute the business of the of-
Ace in whreh be is placed, and although if the Pri-
soner Bait cleared himself front the first charge, the
Court' Weald hoes received with great itniolgeoce
the, demises advanced for the breach of the regula-
tiemi ill the second, !etc-from what has appeared
before them, they consider the inability to account
for the expenditure of the money drawii, to have
beeu a renter impediment to the regular trans-
mission of the estimates and abstracts, especially
for the latter part of the pe,iod, than any which the
Prisoner has stated.
The Celia do therefore find the Prisoner gasifty
of the second charge.
The Court, therefore, basing found the:Primate
guilty tot both charges, do adjudge, that he, the
:FPri-
soner, Richard Correll, Esq. shall be 7 .
from bin situation of Paymaster of the VI (or
Kiel's) regiment of Light Draeooits; ' thy
Court do further adjudge, that the Prisoner 'shall
make good the whole of the money drawn beyond
the expenditure, not only of the sum of three
thousand five hundred
.pounds fourteen shillings
and eight-pence, *toted its the first charge, but Also
tti: money received for the site of cast Lunen, vet.
t sum a foiir hundred and sixty-two pounds ele-
ven shillings end ii),4lt-riTeit.e ; and further, what-
ever other money the Promoer may hare received
by stoppage' from the men, or any other public
. money. the application of which has not been
clearly accounted for : sod they direct that an ac-
comet of aueb stoppages be teatismitted by the
Commanding Qlficer ot the 15th regiment of Light
Dragoons to Mesirs, Greenwood, Coe and Co.
The Court have received with great respect the
teetiroony of his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cumberland to the zeal, attention, and long good
conduct of the Pt limner, and though by'the fact In
tlsel tat charge being proved, they are.preclieled
from tithing it into consideration in their senteuice,
they earnestly wish that that testimony may be at-
tend* to, and that it may benefit the Primmer in
atm otherdet nation.
i his Majesty has tug been pleased to confirm the
opinion and senteuce_of the Court, and to direct
that the sane *berth( be carried into effect, his
April illigtineve therommander in Chief is pleased
to direct that the. enrages, together with the WO.
' tenet of the Coact, isball be inserted iu the orderly
hooks of evuty corps:

11 ARRY CAL•EnT, Adj.-Gen.
Harm Guards, April i-a.

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South Setts, anal to be souk nu the North Saud
I lead, is drifter, •W, and.towed on s'iore uenr Mar.
parr. 'llw Ceres. COCK. from Gibris:tar and Ports-
mouth, for r:-tie, is ruptured aLd curried into
Cretvrllixo.