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dr year ; n at the end of that half year,
• was adtiar.. indebted to the Barrack Master
General ten thousand tour hundred pounds, and
ha:, moreover thirty eight thousand pounds accept-
ances in hued. That in June, tool, the ba! aicc
was against 11;m thirteen thousand four hundred
pounds; that the cost of stoseo, for the next half
year, arnimated to forty.eight thousand two hundred
• pounds; but Mr Davisan haei:,g obtained, frog
the Barrack Master General, acceptances for fifty-
nine thous Ind pounds, on the 10th of July, the
balance against him on the 24th December, was
twenty -four thousand two hundred pounds; and
that on the 28th November preceding, he had got
a further issue of acceptances to the amount of forty.
four thousand poangis.
It resulted Irmo these issues, that, in June, lan,
he was indebted to the Barrack Office, sixty-eight
thousand seven hundred pounds; and this balance,
it appears from the statement, was not exhausted
u•:lrl the renewal of hostilities, in the Spring of
11803. afforded means fur its emaloyment.
We have particularly examined Mr. Davison and
Mr Stanbank relative to same of the conclusions
we had colleded from these half-yearly accounts.
Their explanations are given in the Appendix, and
are deserving, is our opinion, of much attention.
This view therefore of the mo..ey transadions be-
tween the late Barrack Master General and Mr.
Davison, shews, we think, most distindly. that
Mr. Davison had often very considerable balances
of cash, belonging to the Office, in his hands; and
in addition, excels( in one or two instances, the Bar•
rack M is-er Gen-rat's negotiable acceptances also
to a very large amount.
1-1.. WAS not eritaled, however, to such advantages,
either a czord flg to the nature of the agreement
beta.een him and the late Barrack Master General,
or according to the usual course of business when
arti les are flrni•hed on commission; and therefore
thi k that he noght to be accountable to the public
for whatever binefit he may have derived from the
cash bAlaores in his hands ; and that he should be
c rllei up an t r state a cash account with the Barrack
OdLe. I r this he should take credit for all payments
for stores, at the periods only when ths y were
aNually made, and *Haw such credit on the coals sold
b• him, asis the pradice with the whole dealers, when
selling to inhabitant, ; a al we think ti.at, upon the
face of such an account, interest should be charged
on buil sides.

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N N.11".4 L 'ATE LLIGECE.

TORTSMOVTII, JAN. 16.
Arrived the Ch;l4l,fr., and Horn. from Newfound-
.
land S..6Feeed. Sprialuy, and Lo.-wt. from a cruise.
Sakti the Thule, Avenger, and Zebra, on a ..roux.
JAM 17.
Arrived Ills Majesty's ship Sparri.a., from Ply.
mouth.
&Lied His M.djesty's ships C,p, lin and Cracier,
ou a cruise.—Wind S.W.

PLYIIIIOI,IIII. JAN. 13.
Arrived His Majesty's ship I.4mday. 91. Cap•ain
Western ; and Spar'',lta, 74, Capt. Sir F. Latorey,
from the Channel Flea ; the latter having buffered
much in the late violent gales ; also, the Dried, 36,
Capt. Drarnmcsod.liom the Irish station

Sailed the Arg,es sloop, Capt. Stuart, to the East-
ward ; the eflphve cutter ; Ilariegvii hired ship ; and
Co-Ltriet, with a convoy to the Eastward.
SAW 14.
Arrived lie Pierer :loon of war ; and the follow-
ing tcnkit.rs sailed for the Irish station, via
Frien•bhip, Louth', and Cire/y.—Wind N. W.

JAN. 15.
Came in L'Elise French cutter privateer, cap.
tared by the Plover sloop of war i the Danish Wig
}Janson, Master, from Teneriffe, for Ten-
ningess, laden with wine, &c. detained by the
Pluto, r sloop of war ; Roma, Bean, from Dublin ;
and the Gadand, Jones, from Limerick, with pro-
visions.—Wind N.W.

r•LUOtTH,JAN. 14.
Arrived the Pirilt schooner, from a cruise off
the LizArd.

Sailed His Majesty's ship Scorpion, on a cruise ;
and the MorriArown armed brig, with a transport
under con►oy, for Plyrouuth.—Wind N.W.

DIAL, JAN. 16.
Arrived His Majesty's ships Trait', from Yar-
mouth ; Vette!, Thames, Shaasion, Alias:, and Griper,
from a cruise : and remain in the Downs with the
ships as per law.
Arrived and s tiled for the River, the Alme►ia,
Whipple, from Virginia.
P. S. The outward bound East Indiamen, &c. arc
just under weigb.—Wind N.W.

.5 A PI. 17.
Put back His Majesty's ship Sea Herm with the
loss of her rudder, having been on shore on the
Vorn ; also put hack the Duke of Montrose, Cult(
Bden, and the Admiral Gordserr, East Indiamen.
Arrived His Majesty's ships Druid and kiti,
with a convoy from Ireland; Argus, with a convoy
from Falmouth ; and the Awarvwhe sloop of war,
from a cruise.—Wind W.