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boen admitted, and tlius abuse. ob:ains ft tacit ariprr.;
bation, and may be of long continlance- ber,)te is
-deteded; and when (!etecteds the-deaili of the Natty,.
and Various other causes, arty render the recovery of
•
any sum of Money thus l'inproprly charged,-impos-
" We cannot avoid remarking, that when ; becornt's
notorious that the accounts delivered into any otlicc t
generally lay'there for a considerable tit»e, and some-
times for years, before they are_finally. suttle'ri, it _
otl. rs an'inclucernent to men of incorrea prit-11!i'1,72S
to hazaid the making of unjust charges,. which they
would not venture to do were the Recounts more
speedily examined, and finally. liquidate,d.7
The Commissioners then proceed to detail a -plan
lot the more efiedual performance of the (tut ies: of
the office. They then proceed to state,' that the ar- --
" rears of unliquidated accounts are accuninatecl to an
enormous amount in this attioe.

. . "
Say the statement wtlicit, we received, in return
A •
to ottr Precept, dated gth"Dv..cenwer,, 4(..06, ap-
peared that the amount of-the cash acioun.is
dated in the Vithialling-Lit-hce at that ticpe wa; .as
follows :-- _ .
Accounts of Commission Agents - L. 27.40,233 0 o
of Foreign Agents '—
of Home Agents anti Strxekeepers6-15::::;:!:4
Promiscuous -A Lcoun is.
The amount of these is not given,-but tiley
• are stated to be of long staudin,;, as weil
55 ut recent dates, And HI point at num-
13.rs to a great extent; and in a letter itoin 7, '
tilt; lioara to toe Adtriiiatty,_
of 29th November; 1866, it is-statect,. that
those of thorn of Oates subsequent to the
tat latatary,
,1792, may-, in toe 4,glegato,,
amount bc.-.estintittc,l auout 700,0cr0 o o

i.?,9,35,1:.,3 Tx
"We shall-first speak of the Commission Agetits' - •
accounts, These-ai:Connts, which 'trivolve'stiots to
the amount 4'2,740,8881. are thirteen in ntmber,
and 'coiriprebend periotls from the 31st X-tober,
1794, to 6th May, 1806." Four of these accounts
are with one louse; that of Messrs, iforqaine',
and Co. -for .the purchase provlsioris to the
navy, and' nyolve the immense stint of 2,003,673,
as tollows, viz.
)
1 beef and pork, fromjan. 2;, 1799, to
• Jan. ikpo, 4813,724
Ditto reb. i, :V°, to Aug. 9, .
'Ditto N0v.2.4, iSo.), to July 25, iSot, 7i4
Butter- / 31, 1799., to Ud. 17, 1799, ,

42,003;67;

CURIOUS SWINDLING.—A. B. a native of the vt-
cinity of Bolton, and of indigent patents, by trad;
,
a weaver, and ot.dissoiute manners, while sitting in
company at a public-house, fell into converiort.
with two strangers, who told him, that a cert.:till
Gentleman; a supposed native of Bolton, had lately
died in their neighbourhood, fo w hose estate 116 '
heir_ could be found, and which, if not claimed ill
six months, would devolve town old servant, accord:
ing.to the will of the deceased. Perba-pS,-..says-
B. " it is my old uncle• Mather ?"..--" Right,"
plied the two Gentlernen, By G—d you are the,
heir to'all the specious appearance of the strangers
gained full credit the tale ;.and numbers of the •
habitants, thinking it a good sp,,,culat ion, contribatei
towards the equipment of the indubitable heir, with
decent. clothes, and - a sufficient sum of inoney,
order that he might undertake a journey r0(...410‘K-'-
ct-ster, near, which city the psuqmony' kria'
lie. Accordingly he went the journey,yand 'snol
z-tter returned, giving a splendid account of th-e
and 'furniture, its -bast hop-yards, and also. the sum
of t2o,oodi. lodged in the Bank at Gloucester: The
news spread'; B. was dubbed, ,Esq. his .childrel
were sent fct a boarding school,. and numbers
Would have disdained to have notifed an honest-
weaver, went to worship the newly erected goldeut
calf; in short, Mr. B. was invited to dinners, and
he aho, in return, had his feasts and his trierds.
After B. had thus ri4ted on the credulity of his
townsmen, they became impatient for the payday
ri he 15th of last
.May was-the fitue at 'which he w,ll
to enter upon his estate, and he commenced
journey for that purpose, After a (long- and anxious
.expectation of his return, it was suspeCted he had
taken a final farewell' of Bolton. The onnik,--Oe ,
priived true; for, two Gintlemen going' in quest of
the new Squire, ,found _ him, a few days T,o, act
work in a coal mine. The two impostors with"mhorta
the plot was concerted have not been discovered.---
The sums swindled' from various persons ATC supposed
to ampunt to 60001, , In millinery alone, in one
year, 6001. was 'co-ntraeted.--(Manchester Paper.) -

SHIP

AV•£SEND, AUCtiST

Arrived—the Neptune, Salisbury, Concord, Eringtotr,
Elizabeth, Smith, harmony, Armstrong, Thames, Ma-
kin, Margaretth, Rogers, John, Croft, and the Recovery,
Todd, from Oporto. '-
S.:l.i led —the- Shepherdess,: Nelms,-for Baltimore; and:the
Buscan, Crowe, for Cadiz...

13IRTIIS. •
On Wednesday the t6th inst.. at Dover, the Lady of CV.'
tain Temple, of the King's own Militia, Of a Daughter. On the 2/d inst. the•LadY—of Mr. F. M.:OnunanneY: c
a Sen. .
On Wednesday mon.ing last, at Broekley-hill, the seat of
tiodfrey, Esq. the 'Lady 'of Robert Webber, LAI.
of a Daughter,
On Saturday se'nnighr, Thrown,. of Bughtrig, Berwick-
shire, of two daughters ar.d a Son, all of whom are doing
well.

/MARR/ED. - • •
Yesterday, at St. Mary's, Lambeth Mr. john Wairert
Paget, of,Comberford-Hall, near i'amworth, Staffordshire; _
10 Elizabeth l'aget, second daughter of, the Rev, tiVil Paget, deceased, late of Totteridge Grove, Herts, and ReCtor
of North Wingfield, in the County of Derby.
On Monday, at-Trowbridge. Mr. Fethant, late of
Royal Marines, to Miss Jane Allen.: the bridetlootii, wh" 15
72 years of age, from the wounds lie received in the scrvic:', •
was obliged to be carried to church in 'a sedan chair ;
bridels unLy 16.
On the 13th inst. ,at, Smallholm, Edwin Paul Nelson.
Esq. of-Leeds,-• to Miss Norris; daughter of the late Capwill
J. P. -Norris, of Fans. • -
In Stephen's,green,, Dublin, lames F. Castles, Es,(l•
river at Law, to Miss Ogle, eldest-daughter of the late Rev•
Williarrt Ogle.