The National Register.
London, England, 1811-04-14 00:00:00

MILITARY INQUIRY.

The Thirteenth Report of the Commissioners of Military In-
quiry has been printed. It embraces the office of the Master-
st;ineral, and Board of Ordnance. It dwells prineirally upon
the Civil Establishment of the Ordnance, and the great increase
of its expences within the few last years. It concludes with re-
unumending a new formation of the Board of Ordnance, and
a new arrangement of the business of the Department,
with a view to greater simplicity and economy In conducting
It, and a more defined responsibility in those who have the ac-
tnal management of it. The alterations which it recommended
are—
That there should he only one Secretary attached to the of
fice of the -Master-General, with a salary not exceeding 804 a
year, in lieu of fees and every OM:I!. The business of the of-
fice to be caned on under the same roof with the general busi-
ness of the Ordnance.

office to

Two Clerk's appointed to the Lieu.
be discontinued, as unnecessary.
The fourjunior Members of the board to be abolished; and
the Board .of Ordnance, like those of the Admiralty and Trea-
sury, to he constituted- by one general COMIIII3SIOII, with the
Lieutenant-General of the Ordnance at-its head, with the
powers exercised by the present Board, subject, however, to
the Master-General's interference; and not more than two of
the Commissioners to sit in Parliament. The salary of the
Lieutenant-General not to exceed 15001. a year, and those of
the four Junior Commissioners at 12001. a year, in lieu of every
thing.
Allowance for stationary, and the practice of etnploying per-
*ems in the pay of the public in their domestic service, to be
discontinued through the whole department.
Instead of the present offices at tie Tower, an office of4turvey
and cheque, a money accountant efßee, and a store acoountaiit
office to he constituted. The office of clerk of the deliveries to
be abolished, and the actual custody, &c. of the stores to he
committed• to a new officer, called. the Tower Store-keeper.
The'eace of survey and checque to be the same, with the
exception of the tonnaiing of stores, &c. as is now carried on
in the Surveyor-general's office; and that of the IVloney-Ac-
cou=tant.office, the same as in the office of the Clerk tit the
Ordnance, except the recording of orders, warrants, &c.
LIEUT.-COLONEL Be E.—Thif young soldier, at the head of
his brave Portuguese regiment, made a charge on the French
line, when he received a musa.et ball in the thigh; notwithstand-
ing the effusion of blood, he advanced to the very muzzles of
the enemy's muskets, sward in hand, when he received a bay-
onet wound in his right arm, entering at his wrist, and vne-
trating to his elbow ; he then was made prisoner, and carried to
the rear of the enemy's line; his faithful soldiers seeing their be-
loved Commander taken prist.mer, rushed forward,bearieg down
every thing .before them, and carried him back in triumph.
Colonel Bushe was in the whole of the ever to be lamented Sir
John Moore's campaign, in which he underwent the greatest
privations, having been obliged to shoot his two chargers, aed,
when he arrived at Corunna, was literally naked.

A Court Nlartial is at length ordered to investigate the charges
-brought by Governor 13liAli against Lieutenant-Colonel Jolly,-
tittine, in consequence of the disputes whipi pDAIj p4ce Dy-
tany
,achecal Kerp:l is the'Vresiciek.

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