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'IT survey such

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piec-es as at. .:at4w'defeetive.
As the inattention of the Mice-% anal el.u.knto rtie
receipt of timber gave great op-iiwtonCry for collu-
sion and fraud, and as, in the curse of our enquiry,
we found that fees, to a conisier:tble amotiat, had
been regularly paid to the clerks and measurers,
which, in the year 1798, on their application to the
contraaors, were more than cl. iubled, we issued our
precepts for the following accounts, with a view to
ascertain the effeslt which this culpable negligence
had produced s _ _ .

Ali accut.nt of the-quantity of English timber in Iv-we on
the Ist of October, 1790.
An account of the qiiantitie: of English timber received
from that time to the 17th of We:miter, 1102. shell a ge-
neralsurvey iif that article was male by the late timber master.
An aces-mat of tlee quantities of English timber converted
within that period, distinguishing the quaah,i^s conve tel to
the u 1... r which it 'bad bent receive!, at.d the qui. ll i t ie.,
which, from deter., or ether causes, had been applied to in.
fetiorpori rem: and
An amount of the quantity and state of the Fairish t:inber
hi Ante on the 11th et It-I-ember, 1602.
After a considerable lapse of time, we were fur-
nished with some of the accounts required ; but it
was afterwards discovered that they were inconeft,
owing to the very loose mann?r in which the ac-
counts of the receipt rind expenditure had been kept,
and to the business in the store-keeper's department
being so much in arrear. As, from these circum-
stances, it must have occupied much of the time of
the storekeeper and his clerks to have made out the
accounts anew, and as, with every care and atten-
tion, the correetness of them would have been very
doubtful, we der lifted punting the matter further.
In July, 1801, a new Officer was established, stiled
Timber Master ; who is releCted from the Assistants
to the Master Shipwright, and is entrusted with the
receipt and conversi .n of timber. The accounts
kept by that Officer are arranged in a most clear
sad satisfaftery manner, and are so particular as to
shew the purpose for which every log is received, the
quantity of timber paid for, the use to which each
log is converted, and the contents cf the timber so
converted, with the uses to which the inferior parts
may be applied. This register, when examined by
the Navy Board, is an effeftual check upt2n the con-
duit and good management of the 'cimber Master.
Previous to the establishment of thee office of
timber master, there was a subordinate officer called
a convener, selected from the shipwrights, whose
pay was two shillings and sixpence a day; but the
quartermeo frequently took upon themselves to
convert timber for the works carrying on by their
respeCtive gangs. In such a mode et concluding
business, where no person in particular was respon-
sible, neither regularity nor accuracy could be ex-
pected; and it has been stated to us, that in many
instances the timber was disadvantageously con-
verted, which occasioned a considerable loss to the
public.

NAVAL INTkLLIuENCE. •

POZTIMUU?U, ILII. 21.

Arrived the Chlrwell, sloop of war, from a ender. Cams
into htrbonr the ,hip Nile, Celli Sterling, bound to the Wen
Indies, to repair danuges received in leaving the Downs.
►LYMOUTH, ►(tit. 20.

Arrie.d the Spring, of Toole, from Li,bun. 'She was cap-
ture:l off Scilh: by the Swart privateer, of St and re-
captured by the Sirius frigate. Came in the Car.liie hired
armed iw,g, from Falmouth, with four French you brig., Kisco
to the Mr.lampus frigate, Rit44ll aura Flask cutters.

TALNOUTH. [ZS. 19.
Sailed the Primers of Walmi packet, (rapt. reel, with Maik
fn Li.buli —Wind ficwtheily.

DOV[R, rcs. 11.
The Mariner gtio brig ran on shore this intoning, in • tnick
foe, near the South ►,,.clap) Light, hut was g•,t off at the
flowing of the We, by t►ro.ing her guns, kc. over boa.

DI4L, is..
Arrived the L'Aiissb/e fripte front • Clllife j Cygnet sloop
of war, fro.n Seaford ; Almon, Witter, from the South Sea. ;
and Llatin Rummy, Ulivei, from the diver, bound to Jamai-
ca, and rentent to the Downs, wdlt the snipe as ,er last.

SCILLY, FIB. 15.

Arrived the ketch Suthennii,D3Vill,
laden with timber. fur rivmouth was captured uJ the
Land's Eid Sy a bug torisateer of 14 guns, awl retaken by the
Gann. rt ihwp war.
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The liel..naoloop of wir,vrtth a convoy for W tterfori, has
put in hale; al.oa cutter with a convoy front too North of
Inamod, four sail having re..aratrsl; there are about 6fty sail of
*easels in the different harbours here.
The Ann, Gearinan, fro.n Dublin for London, w It captured
yeaterday o/ the La.,d', End, bv a Fren::l luzger last...cr.

FROM I.LOYD's LIST.
A liblVID•
Ar Peti,Anc•—the Vrt.tx Mang•rethes, from St. Mi-
'Purl's, bound to London,
At Dublns.—.t ie FATC, M•tertah, fmm London.
At JC..nsate..-the As.t ot,A. Roger', from Sava.mah.

MEETINGS OF CKI'DITOR4 AI GUILDIIALL,

Tel- Def
John Verdon Cripps, Sul St. Edmund'', Suff,lk,
goo Ctr . 3 10
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Reniatnin Smith, jun. and Robert Cherry, fled Lion.
Omer, Midlik4ell, .4 Alth-441aM411. turas ~ 3 10
John (:nolt Hodson, late of St. JAW, row, St. Inez-4
Middlesex, Wild r •. 2 10
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John Purcell, late of Portland street, near Suho squwir,
Malelesex. grocer . 3 10
Robert Dawson, thaurd•stre A. ‘l.4l,llellex,ltri•a.draper 12
John Baker, lionvirii, Mid.ll,c s, imen•drantsr . 11
Francis Woolley, Char I .s-sireet, tho.venousqll.llf,apo-
- 2 10
Ra.:hael I loopei, With, milliner . 2 10
Marra W.ii'‘...., now or Lae of Wells, SomerseLliire,
milliner and shopkoeper 2 In
Thomas Seven Farntvr„ R thetitith.., Surrey, carpeoti r 2 12
William Cornwell, King David% Fort, St. (.-oige in the
East, Middlesex, rope -maker . . 2 11
William Thompson, Thrugmorton.streat, London,
• stock-broker . 4 1
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DIVIDENDS.
John Bolton, St. Martiresdana,llliddlesex, upho'der 10
John Agnew, Grosvenur-square, Michres:x, banker 1.)
Ja et.% Watts, Aldgate Higis.straet, London, tio.pLte-
worker lo'
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Thomas Archer, Hereford, linen•draper . 11
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John Scott and George Scott, South.street, Fins:wry.
square' Loud 'n, merchants lO
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Henry P. lass of huts-.neat, liiishopsgatestreet,
London, baker • 1
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John Timininv, Stewart-strect, Spitalields. Loudon,
sillt.brolccr • 11
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Tlwinas Eecrett and Joseph Eishop, late of IVolisi
Morfnlk, ship buil !_ri . IP
!inn Scircll, lax il the island of Guernsey, but
,w of ralcor. 3'/ ttarc, London, rnerchatit • 11
I Welts and Willard Wel.s, late of Swailow.str...t,
inever•sq,i.rc, but now of Noble-stmet, Lorislos,
!housemen . 11
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Thnroas Jones Lov!ey, late of Piccadilly, London, ha-
beni-nher I
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am Knight and William Nab, Toribridgn-wells,
~-iit,, bankers . I
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.11iant Knight, Tonbrillge-weils, Kciit,bankat . I