The Sun.
London, England, 1806-04-25 00:00:00

DUBLIN, APRIL 19.

• This day,, at one o'clock, the Catholic .Convention
of..this City, consisting of sixty Gentlemen, at the
head of whom were Lord FRENCH: and Dr. SHE-
RIDAN, arrived at the Ca;itle- with a Congratulatory
Address to the Lord Lieutenant. The following is
•• •
•an ex tratif from' the Address': •
We, with unanimous j hail the appointment of your
_Grace as the omen of Royal Favour-, and as tlte declaration '
of Illis.Majesty's most. grScions -pleasure to strengthen
pal:tor his Einpir4, And give the Most beneficent exertion to
the existing laws. • . • .
"Thus it will he theachievernent of your Grace's acimini-
strationtohave guided a-salutary and comprehensive scheine •
of. policy to that glorious development, of which .the ad-
vanta,-,es have been in part akplayLd, and the impirtant con-
sequences must be to iiiviAorate the admirable british Con-.
stitution, by in'ttpducingy a Loyal People to defend it as their
own chief good.
" May your Grace permit us to conclude with the ex-
pression of those sentiments in which all Irish- Catholics
C 414 have but one. voice.. Bound as we are, to the fortunes (a
the Empire, by a remembrance of past, and by a hoveof fn
ture benefits —by our prefuence, by' our oaths-r-should
tit: wise generosity of our Law-givers vouchsafe tn icy-own
that hope which their justice inspires, it wuuld'be longer
'our duty alone, -but our pride, to appear the Ibie:l-ISt apitiNt
approaching danger.; and, if necessary. to remunerate our be-
net:dors ley the sacrifice of Our Lives." • •

Ei‘tratt from His Excelicilcy's Ansv:er :

" I feel great satisfaCtionin receiving.this testimony of the
loyal and constitutional sentiment's, or the viny numerous and-
respeelable-pody who have signed the Address iIQW preSelatd,
to me, and I cannot adequateit express how much I ain gra-
tified by your recoilettion, of the services of my respettzct
itn-
cestor,.and by the conridenee •you repose in me, and tivise
distinghiated persons lately.called to the CoUnciis of His M 3.-
jesty. .; . • • '‘ •
" In the•high situation in which His'Majesty has been gr
ciously pleased to-place me, it is my first wish, as it is:my fir,:
duty, to secure to all classes and descriptions of His Nlajesty!s
Subjects in this part of the United .Kingdom, the advantages.
of a mild and beneficentAdimnistration at the Laws. With this
important objeCt in view, I entertain no doubt that the Ro-
man Catholic , Inhabitants of the City of Dublin will, by.
their loyalty to the King, their attachment to the Constitu-
tion, and their attetitin tor their Fellow-Subjects,
titrongest recommendation to a I'avottrable consideration ot.
theirinterests."

At the close of the
.Old Ba►ley Sessions Sentence
Of Death was passed on the following. Prisoners,

John Stranger, for stealing two heifers; value t 51:
ofW..Clark.

, .
Edmund Johnson; for being at large' before the
expiration of the term of seven years, for which he
bad been ordered to b© transported.
. .
li)m. Lancy, foia burglary in the dwelling-house
of,isaae 'Tapper, and stealing six pair of women's
shoes-, value LI. i Gs.

George Calder; for personating one A. McGotigan,
a seaman on board the Carolina Frigate, being a per-
son: intitled to certain prize-money for his ser6c.;
done on board said Ship, thereby defraolng , Thos..
Good, Nairy, Agent, of 1.,-,231.
George Richard Walker and Christopher Dodds,
for forging a certain paper writing, purporting,t6
he the last will and testament of Major Richard
Hawkins. ' . ,

John McGee, for robbing' Gotfried,THenry. Pauzer
Bitter; on the King's highway, of a metal Watch, a
metal chain, and a gOld'seal..
Charles Hemmings. anti -George Bevan, for as-
saulting the aev. Henry Craven Ord, on the Kiwr's
highway, putting him' in fear, and stealing from Ili
person- a red leather purse, a 7s. piece,' and a bill
of exchange for' I,sl.
William Bowen and William Tools, for a ,bur-
glary in the dwelling-house of George Wilcox,
rind stealing- a quantity .of bopt legs, value 91. 11;i
property. •
Thos. alias Daniel Fitch, feir stealing a mare,
theLpioperty of J. Vaughan.
• Twenty-nine. Prisoners, were ordered to be trans-
ported for seven years:—One to be imprisoned in the.
, House ofCorreaion, at Clerkenwell, for two, years.
Five for 12 Calendar months.—Thirteen for six Ca-
lendar months, three of which were ordered to be
publicly whipped.—Seven were ordered to be im-
prisoned in Newgate for different periods; 'and '2U
were discharred by Proclamation.

WEALTH AND PATIIIOTISM.—The love of money
and the love of one's country-may be associate prin-
ciples. An important subje&, now near at issue,
evinces the fa&. In illustration, HODGLS and Cc.
proprietors of the old established Lottery Offices, in
St. James's and Oxford-Streets, instance the present
most highly interesting Scheme, which gives the
adventurers many a rich chance of obtaining opu-
lencQ,Tand opportunities of manifesting that noblest
of virtues, amor Patrice. In truth, while they are
pkesented with a brilliant prospe& of great gain; at
a small risk, from the judicious struCture of the
Scheme, they will experience the• heartfelt pleasure
of contributing, at a.momentous crisis, to the aid of
their coutitry's Governmerit. In both' these good
causes, wealth and patriotism, HODGES and Co.
will be hapry to distribute the one, and .to give
every: opportuaity.for a spirited display of the othe:;

FIRST REPORT

• OF TETE
COMMISSIO.ATER.S of MILITARY INQUIRY.

Wchave been 'favoured with a view of this interesting Re-
- port. It occupieS,. with the Appendix, ttB ft:4os. It be-
_ gins with the hiitory• of the establishment of the Barra&
Department, commer,cing in 1792,,, under the arrangement
and superintendence of Colonel,-'now Major-General De
Lancey. It 'then proceeds to the mode of receiving and
issuinA Money. It next explains the causes of -delay in
making up the Account of the Snperintendant General of
liarrcksg and concludes with proposing measures for a
swedy settlement or the Accounts. The pressure of tem-
, iurary 'matter obliges us to confine our Extrads to the
Second Wad,- Which is-as follows :

NaMEOF RECEIVING AND ISSUING MONEY.
onl the time that Colonel De Lancey was op-
pointed Superintendant-Generbl.of Barrack's in 'the
year 1793, isSues• of money, for Barrack _ services
ceased to be trade to -Regimental Agents, and were
made to-him as Bupeiintendant ofßarracks. The
• •mede- observed .in making these issues was this :
• . ' Thee Secretary at War dirtied the Paymaster-Ge-
,neral to pay to Colonel De Lancey, 'or to the Bar-
• - rack Agent or Treasurer, on his accounts such sums
- as appeared necessary for the current service, which
sums, so advanced by the Paymaster7Genentl, vi-ere
directed by the Secretary at War to be deduCted
--from the warrants that 'would be afterwards issued
by the War-Office'for the specificexpenditure, when
ascertained.. Afterwards, in 1794, regular estimates
of the sums-wanted for services previously author-
ized, were in 'atfstated periods by the Barrack-
.
MAter-General, to the • Secretary at War, who
having included them in his official estimates of the
Extraordinari'es of the Army, annually raid -before;
• Parliament, directed such 'portion to,bQisSued by.
tile Paymaster-General, from time. to time, as Ma-
jor=General Dc Lancey applied for by official re-
viisition, the -Secretary, at War's letters for these
advances alway's expressing that the sums so ad--
,
ranted were to be " dedudedeout. of the warrants
• which Shall be granted for this service;" This
riause does not, as we understand, discharge the
_ 33:1-rack-Master-General of any responsibility,
,until
the warrants alluded to are granted, and the opera-
tion of these, when granted, depends upon their te-'
nor ; but the introduction of this clause is not tin-
usual,. although the: precedent is not of long-stand-
ing, and whenever used, may be construed to
ply that a warrant is meant to be granted at a future
period to cover the whole of the sums issued under
the authority of these letters Of the Secretary at War,
which, in the present instance, would have been in
Conformity to the 23d SeCtion of his Majesty's war-
, rant for the regulation of Barracks, elated. 24th
March, 1705, in which :it.. is, expressly proVided,.
that ,‘F The Barrack-Master7General Shall, from
time to time, receive imprests of money fiir the cur
rent services of each year, upon estimates signed by
him and delivered into the office' of our Secretary
at War ; and at the end_ of each year he shall make
. up and, deliVer into the said office, 'a general ateciunt
of barra6k "expenditures fur the preceding twelve
• • months, the half-yearly accounts of the several
Barrack-Masters, and the' accounts of other persons
to whom monies shall have been paid within the pe-,
riod, on behalf of the Barrack Department ; for the
propriety, justness, and accuracy of which, as also
forfort heir stria- conformity to our regulations, he shall
~ be held responsible e which together with their ac-
quittances, shall be the vouchers upon which the
, said general_ accounts shall. be passed; and warrants
Shall be made out accordingly for our Royal sign=
manual."_, ' , •
The money thus placed
,in the hands of the Bar-
rack Treastuer has been drawn'out either by the
'drafts -of the Barrack-Master-General, or more ge-
• nerally-by bills (accepted according -to the- course of
the office) drawn by various persons for services
. performed. The drafts of the late Barrack-Master-
, General do not -appear, to have been subject to any
controul, and the first 'knowledge which the AC-
_ couintant had Of them was from the Treasurer's
book. Of- the acceptances, a register-was-kept in
the Barrack-Office, by which the Treasurer's book,
stint weekly to the Barrack Office, was regularly
chequed.
On the resignation of Lieut.-General De Lancey,
in. November, iBO4, many new regulations were
introduced into the -Barrack -Department, by the
Lords 'of the Treasury, Of which We shall take no-
tice hereafter; and, amongst others, the office of
• •Treasurer was suppressed, since which change
the cash has been kept at the Bank of England.
At the period of suppression (in Februahy, 1805) -
the Treasurer had in his:-hands
_sixteen -thousand
eight hundred and fourteen pounds nineteen shil-
' hugs and seven-pence, of which sum twelve thou-
sand pounds was paid. into the 'Bank by him on
the 31st .of December, 1804, in pursuance•of the
order of the Secretary at
,War ;, two thousand
three hundred and. ninety-tight pounds two shil-
• lingseand sixpence, part of the balance of four
thousand- eight hundred and fourteen pounds,
nineteen , shillings and seven-pence; was paid into
the Bank on • the- t ith February,, 1800; and the
Treasurer - informs us, that he . will pay 'in the
- re:main:fig sum- of two thousand fo-ur hundred
and -sixteen pounds- -seventeen shillings and one
Denny, as soon as the advance of one thousand
four hundred and sixty-five pounds' three shillings
aad nine pence, made by him for. the Artificers'
Conipany at Gibraltar, shall- have been repaid him.
During the time Mr. Greenwood aded as Agent or
Tnasurer to the Barrack Office, the balances in his
hands, on the account of the late Barrack-Master-1.
General, -appear to have been very considerable;
varying from ten or twentyje fifty and sixty thon-
d :pounds, and, in ware instances„ in 1803, to
• have amounted to• an hundred:thousand pounds.
The accounts have fiuddated, however, very rapidly,
and occasionally the findse'hai-e been wholly ex-
hausted,' and the Treasurer in-ad•hnce. It is easy to
ascertain the amount of the balances at any stated pe-
riods, but it would be a, work of considerable labour,
to deterniits whether they have exceeded a just and
prudent provision f-th.
_the. payments .to be made
Within any limited period.. We-entered on this in-
veStigation, and pursued it to ascertain -extent; but
.we have not deemed it expedient to carry it through,
as, whatever might be the result, it could produce
no pra6tical benefit. The Barraek-Masten:General,
though he, furnished the information tin which
&rids were provided, did not interfere with the issues,

Which; were regulated between the Lords of the
Treasury .and. the Agent; and moreover it is stated
to us by Mr. Greenwood, that no, advaritab,o-e„ to his
knowledge; was. made 'by the 'Barrack-Master-Ge-
neral, of these balances, while he acted as'Treasurer.
It occurs to us, however, that if the sums requi-
site for the service of the department had been
issued monthly, the balances must of 'necessity have
been considerable. Estiniating the expenditure
previous to 180:3- at an average of eight hundred
thousand pounds per annum, the monthly proportion
would be_ upwards of sixty-five thousand pohnds;.
this sum paid to the Agent at the' commencement,
and exhausted at the end of the Month; would leave
au average balance of-thirty-two thousand five hun-
dred pounds: in -1803, the expenditureexceeded one,
hundred • and fifty thousand pounds :per month,
which, on the same date,' wouldleave an average
balance -of seventy-five thon4and pontids;and in, the
early part of each month a much later sum would
appear in hand on the face.of the 'account. It does
not seem that- the -money -was provided • eXaEtly in
thiS mode, the issues appear to have, bean More fre,
quent, and. in proportion as` they becatne so, the
average balances of course were less. • , . ,
Whilst examining into -the balances of money in
the handS of the Treasurer, We, for the purpose of
ascertaining what balances might be. due' front other
persons in the Barrack DepartMent
.ealled for the
ledgers Ofthe office; hut fromtheie'no intormation
on. this head' could, be Obtained. The payMents
made appeared to be regularly charged to the ac-
counts to which they respeaively rtelongede 'hut,
singular as it may seem, these are not added up, nor
the amounts brought forward from prior to subse-
quent ledgers ; neither are there any entries on the
credit side of the accounts, with the exception of
those accounts which the death OrremOval of a-party
has made it requisite to close; the ledgers, therefore,
were totally useless for the purpose for which we re-
quired them ; they are 'mere registers 'of payments,
Offering no results, and could not in case the Vouchers
should be lost, or by accident destroyed, afford:any
light to justify or exonerate The variety of per Sons
who have been connected with the Barrack Depart-
ment; but it must not from hence. be inferred,, that
payments have been made without references to the '
service performed; it appears; :on the' contrary,
that care has in general been taken in this respect.
The accounts of the Barrack Masters bare been pe-
riodically received,: and after a certain degree of
examination, the balances have been paid; bat the
ACCMiII lant of Barrack-office thinks,* that allthese
accounts subsequent to the 24th Junee 1794, not al-
ready finally examined, museundergo a final exami-
natiot# before they can 'form a part of Lieut.-Gen. De
Laucey's accounts. Builders have received 'payments
in proportion only as their work advanced;:bufthe
Accbuntant himself can assign no sufficient reason
for the present imperlea State of the ledgers; and
the fact is, that we cannot front- hence learn whether
any and what balanceS are due to the ;public from:
any_ personseonneeted with the Barrack Departnie,nt.
We are induced, however, to think, from the infor-
mation we have acquired from various sources, of
'the course of ,business in the Barrack-office, that
(exclusive of the Treasurer)" the Barrack-MaSter,`
General, and die Agent: employed in' the pikchaSe of
stores and supplies, are the only persons to whom
money has been advanced, in, such mode as to ren-
-der it probable that it:may have exceeded the service,
performed. The issues to this Agent, and the state
of his cash account, have engaged our attention, and".
will noticed in a future Report. '• He ceased to be
emplwed in September 180-t,.: ancl the -bal-ance is
now, in his favour; yet; like (Abel's, he has received
no credits in the office ledgers for artieles fui-hished;
and stands charged in them 'With nearly a-million,
being the amount of the .payments- made-to hint in
the course of. ten year's. -
There are no accounts in the Barrack ()Mee to
justify the payments to the hite Barrack-Master-
General, and his account "in the office ledgerS is
therefore an exception to a preceding remariz, that
payments have not,: in general, been made, without
'reference to services performed: There
.are, it' is
true, certain entries 'made, to the credit of the late
Barrack-Master-General, under 'circumstance's which
the 'Accountant has fully explained; but as the do-
cuments delivered in by the late.Barrack-Master-
General, if such they could be called, have - been
withdrawn by him, the entries must be considered
as of no effect; they afforded us, 'at least, no infor-
mation. But that we might ascertain the balance.
of any which was due from the late Barrack-Master-
General to the Public, we -required froth 'him an
account of theapproptiat ion of the sum of 135,1281.
4s. 10d. which he admits to have drawn 'on his
.oW'm
account, fiom the period-of his appointment in 1793,
to that of his resignation, in November 1804.
-In answer to the precept Of the Board, Lieut.-
General De Lancey furnished us with certain state-
ments and accounts, from ;which there results a ba-
lance due to the public of six thousand eight hun-
dred and sixty-five pounds four shillings, being' so
much which Lieutenant-General De Lancey has
drawn from the Treasurer beyond the amount which
he states to' be due to him ; but' on reference to-the
items of these accounts, it appears to us tnat alnuely.
larger sum is. due to the public'.
Lieutenant-General De: Laticey takes credit in
every 'year for allowances and emoluments under
three heads :

•
His_pay as Barrack-Master-General-, and. Ge-
neral Officer on theStait
2. -His travelling ex' pences. .' •
..;3. His contingencies for additional Charge and
responsibility upon unsettled accounts, anil.at one
per cent. on the expenditure of the Barrack Depart-
ment in-each
-
.
The two-fir? A heads have, been made subjeas .of
inquiry, and "the observations which may arise on
them will .be hereafter noticed ; the third is the.
transaction to which we have,before alluded, and it
is of so 'important and singular a nature,, that we
have been greatly influenced by the
.considerations
which arise on it to make this partial Report.
The Lieutenant-General informs us,, that he takes
credit for .this suni on account of contingent
charges, such as, upon The making'up and settling
his accounts, he,'shall bring against the 'public .'
and in an explanatbry• paper; on this subject, he
adds, that,..feeling most acutely the-criticai siti-
tion in Which lie has been placed, not only' with te-
speci to the losses to which he must • be subjected,
the mode to be applied to the Settlement of

his accounts, but likewisofrorn the.delay 'which has
-taken 'place, and which' has 'deprived him, of the
means .of recovering disallowances from the' subor-
dinate Accountants ; he, therefore, in order to in-
demnify himself frdm loises Which may arise upon
the settlement of his' accounts, found himself under
the necessity of availing himself of the authority
.granted to him of maktng _contingent charges, and
stating a sum in his contingent account for addi—
tional charge and responsibility, to which, in justice,
he ought not to have been subjeaed.".
f
Admitting that losses are likely to accrue, and for
the cause assigned, it yet does not occur to us Lien-
tenant-Gene:al De Lancey --can indemnify him-
self against' such losses or disallowances by appro:
priating to himself so considerable a sum of the
,public money,. since this appropriation- must; in
passing his'accourits, be disallowed equally with any
other charges for which no voucher nor authority is
produced.
It is obserVable, that Lieutenant-General De
Lancey introduced a similar charge of IL Is. per
cent, on barrack expenditure, into his early ac-
counts, -s,ubmitted to examination at the War Of-
fice in 1795 ; which charge, from the year 1794, he
Justifies- on the ground that the " War Office had
charged hint with large sums winch he had never
received;:' and .for the period previous to 1794, on
the ground that he considered his-increased respon-
sibility to take place from the commencement of his
account.
But the fa& of the introduaion of this charge, at
a time WhCil no delay had occurred, its
_being .af-
terwards 'withdrawn from the accounts which were
passed at the War Office (withdrawn, as he !states,
by hiMself, that " no delay might _take place in the
settlement of his accounts: by any .questions ;iris=
ing'), and his total silence on this subjea, in any
communications 1113.0 IV:11411 to the Select Com,.
mittee of Finance, in 1797, tend' to invalidate the
'reasons adduced in its justification; and Lieutenant-
General De Lancey not shewing any authority for
this charge, amounting to eighty-eight thousand
nine hundred and IWenty-theee pounds, ,we' are
of - opinion that :this stint should be added •to
his. acknowledged, balance -of six thousand eight
hundred and sixty-live pound's :four
hefigii-mentioned, and "the total amount repaid,
without -delay; to' the account -of the present
Barrack-Master-General, at the Bank of Eng-
land. It further a 1 pears to us, that there is an
error in
,Lieutenant-General Be Lancey's personal
account, the correction of which will add to this ba,
lance. -:Lieutenant-General Be. Lancey takes credit'
for one thousand five inindred and -severity pounds
the amount of a warrant granted hint
by the War' Office for his' pay and allowances far
-the year 1793, : these charges are_aiready included
in th‘two first items of his account, and amount,
to one thousand six hundred and twenty-six pounds
sixteen shillings ; Which credit must therefore be
cancelled and added to the balance, making. the
total Stim due by Lieutenant-General De Laney to
thepublic ninety-seven-thousand four hundred and
fifteen 'pounds.

The appropriation-of so large a sum to an unau-
thorised use, and especially of so great a Proportion
; of it in-the'last ten months of Lieutenant-General--
De Lancey's holding the Office. of Barrack-Master
General, afforded. strong' grounds
than
to presume, tha
the statements (riven in by the Barrack •Otlice,
on, which the Lords of the Treasury proceeded
in the, issues of money for.: Barrack Services;
were not the , correet documents we should have-
expeaed- them to be ; and our inquiries have
justiiied this prestimption. The current services.
were. provided fjr oy monthly statements, and the
extra or unforeieen services by subsequent requi-
sitions'on estimates ; but • the, existing balances in
the hands of the Treasurer were no where no 7
ticed ; nor was any allowance or deduction made
for sums received for rent of canteens and pleof
dung, and re-payments to a considerable amount.-
It is obvious; flier-et-Ore, hbw funds have • been
found to answer the 'drafts of -Lieutenant-General
De Lancey on his personal account ; and by refer!.
ence to Mr, Greenwood's examination, it will be
seen in what manner a part of the sums drawn by
hiM: in the • years )803 and 1804 has been appro-
'priated.

- The allusion of Lieutenant-General De Lancey to
delay in passing his accounts will•nowte more fully
explained. Wherever the blame may attach, the fa&
is certain, the evil is great, and it isproportionably
important to provide a speedy remedy. • 2

An }Eronaut, of the name ofMOSMENT, perished
in cowquence of falling fromhis Balloon on the 7th
instant, at Lisle, in Flanders. He had ascended an
immense height, and was out of, the view of, the -
speNtors an hour and a quarter, when his flag' vas
seen .!6‘Vly descending ; and SOC)11 after it was an-
nounced, that his .body had been found dreadfully
mangled in a ditch near the town. It was supposed
that the car of the Balloon was too shallow, and that
the unfortunate JEronaut had logthis.balance, upon
strongencountering a current of air, -and had been
thus thrown out of the Balloon.