The Sun.
London, England, 1812-08-25 00:00:00

-YOTIK T-rOS,PTTAT,..

fTis Thdril Highness the Commander in Chief,
accompanied by Mr. Lot;a-,ibitic pay master to the
forces, inspected,' on Wedne,sday last; the General
Triospital, york Hospital,, Chelsea.
" llis Royat IfightiefiS was ,there two hours, and
his inquiries respecting the_ comforts and. essist-
Alice aiforded to the sick and wOunded soldiers,
returned from the Peninsula, iind other parts of
the world, andplaced here for the benefit of the
best m_:dicat aid, were very particular end very
minute.

He mat into- every ward, and to the bed of
every man confiaed; and be kindly and most com-
passionately spoke to each. Every department of
this 'hospital passed nutter bis Royal Highness's
personal inspection, And its the direction and ma-
nagement of such aplace is of the highest import-
ance, considering that it is the receptacle for the
*orst cases that occur in the Brit'sh'ai ray, and is
continually, occupied by a succession of brave fel-
lows, who .heve fougbt and bled, and last their
limbs or sight in the cause of_ their King and
country, we can easily conceive, from the well-7
known disposition of his Royal Highness's mind
to alleviate suieringsto the "utmost exient of his
ability, though not to the extent of bis wishes,
hoc much his feelings, were alive to whatever
concerns the whole- economy of this Hospital.
Having gone. through.. the wards, and satisfied
himself as to the attention .of the. respective
Officers of the Hospital to their duty, his Royal
Highness's be,ieyolent mind vas directed, in the
next place, to the relief of the wives and children
of the brave soldiers, some of whom are objects
of the greatest cotnpaSsion; and he was gracious-
ly . pleased to command, that 100/. should be
given to them, in such manner and proportsinn
as their necess,Aties-inight require, on being inves-
tigated,
The poor soldiers were highly delighted with
his -Royil Highness's visit, condescension, and
generosity; -and, to. slew' him all posilble re-
spect, the convalescents cheered him repeatedly,
and

CP Shotildei.'d the erutehruid show'd bow fields -.Tem von."

13.0xm,,A,,i17t.nra-T-1-2ATRE.—A splendid Military.
Spectaae,
.foluided on the total ikleat, of the
FrenCh:by•the heroic 2nd invincible Marquis of
Wellington, was p:-Oduced at Astley's last night
for the, 4nt time. The scenery is beltitifttl, the
music excellent, and the dresses strictly confortn-
able-tO'tbe Eiglish; .Spanistf, and Pre:fell cos-
tumes.,....Thelo.it scene; representing the glorious
battleon;the:plains,of Salamanc 4-, together with'
'the-inatioeuVres, evolutions, &c. of the contend-
ing- armiei; is the master-piece of stlge ea'ect,
and- drew forth from a crowded audience the
loudest plaudits ever heard in the walls of a Thea-
tre. The story of this excellent production is a§
follOws

General-Count dela Pena, a Spanish Noble, re.-
solving-to maintein the ancient dignity of his
hozre, promises his only daughter, -Vittoria, in'
marriage to 'Signior Campilla, the Town Major
of Salamanea, though extremely old and
peevish, is descended front some of the most '
eient families in, Spain ; this, of course,. proves
repugnant to the youthful Vittoria, whose ever-
sion is considerably heightened by the gallant be.e
baviour of Fernando, a. brave Serjeant, who res-
cues 'her and the General her father from the pow-
er of kbanclof French marauders, for which va-
liant conduct lie receives the thanks of them both,
and wins the'affeetions of the grateful Vittoria.
An explanation takes place, and they make rau'-
tual vows of Constancy to each other, which being-
discovered, he gives Way to. the impulse of envy
and jealousy, and. reprimands Fernando for• his
presumptnnusattempt. to seduce Vittoria from her
thity ; • Fernando becomes, indignant at the asser-
tion, an alter6tion takes place, which ends ,in
Fernando; the Brave Serjeant, being sent into.
confinement for insulting his superior officer.
Vittdria having been
.previnusly conned in the.
Castle by 'her :.tather'S orders con the above ac-
count);:contrives„-with.theassistanee of Sanch6:,
Fernan!in's comrade, to escape &dm thence at the
. hour- of.midnight, soon.after.PernandO, the Brave
Serjeant, on his trial, ancinoncieinrA to die;
after' iglu^h Vittoria assinries the disgnise of a.
Htissar,nirill: is: introit aced to the rave Serjeant,
when
,an interesting interview takes plaCe, which
is interrupted by the nnexpecteearrival of the
General and-the TOwn Major, when on the latter
bidding Fernandoprepare for clef-4th, , Vittoria
rushes into his arms to take a last farewell, on
.which the :Gcneral indignantly sapen.ates them,
when VittOria discovers herself, and ,kneeling with
Fernando, the Brave Serjeant,-implores himself to
revoke the sentence; the.Geheral, hoWei-er, urged
On by-the malicious insinuations of th:Tow:l'l\47a-
jor,'remains inflexible, and is 'On- the point of or-
dering Fernando to itrimediate execution, when a
tond Cannonade is heard near Salamanca, which
eanses.,therieto quit the Jail in gre.at haste, on
:Which Vittoria ,and Sanehei release Fernando,
who'rusbes off to join the battle, near Salamanea,
accompanied by Vittoria; hythe course of v:hich
I\A-Imnd° a second time saves the life Of his Gene-
ral, and gets rewarded *with the hand of his- be-
loved Vittoria.

The Grand Spectacle terminates with a correct
view ,of the brilliant occurrence's which took flAce
on the ilorious 22c1 of July.

.The wheats and oats are now cutting very fast
inmost parts of Kent, .Sussex, and Surrey, and
are:a most abundant crop.
A great d•eal of nei*.whept !old in Le'ci-es Mar-
ket-.on Saturday, at from SR to 371. 10s. the
load.

On "fnendaynight, at seven o'clock,while a fine
boy, six years of Eigek, son 'Of Mr.'Rohert Mjae-
hose, was leaning; .over a slight spar upon the top
of atwo-story trap,stair„adipining a.work-shopin
the.deighboArhood of St. Enoch's-square, Glas-
gow,: the spar gave way, his head pitched on the
causeway in St. Enoch;s4ant, .hi, . which 'his scull
Was .so ofracttured, that be died--about. an hour
after. Hew not five minutes pit !if his mother's
sight hefofe lar.smet with the fatal fail.. :She heard
the tvas hmenting over
.the.sore.heart
that the mother would get; supposing.thlit a child
had failed front a window i 1 the la :c ; but- her agi-
tation may easier be conceived than described,
wherusba discovered that it "vtas her oWn Child,

LIS, REPORT.

couritTpr CHANCERY, AUG. 21.

'Me LORD CHANCELLOR did not sit in Court,
bin in his private ruorn delivered jtt*rtilent in se-
veral reserved cases, to the hearing oF•wiiicp.
the pgrtle.s interested;and their Counsel, v.-( re a:1-
mated. The-Sittings adjourned to 31s:: Oc:ober.

TWTELFTH REPORT
-O,N PUBLIC EXP.2NDIT'C:I-

[Concluded from our Paper of l'estetilay.j

The New South Wales .Account being by far the
most considerable, our inquiries- hie been prinCi-
pally directed to this part of the present case ; and
,we find, upon referring to the account of this..ser-
vice for screral years past, that Mr. Chinnery's
payine‘its h9ye never exceeded. for any. one year
the sum of 1; ,0001.‘that they have only • in one
instance amennted to 10,0001. but have usually
fallen below 6,0001. the average of the last six
years being little more than 5,0001-. per annitm..--
Tile balances in Mr. Chinnery's.hands at the foot
of h.s?;.cconuts, (fitring these years, have in gene-
ral. ainountecl to upwards of 15,0001. and in Some
cases have been considerably larger. • AlloWing
fOr the sums stir charged in formeraccounts, which
constitute -a part of these balanees, we are jucti-
fled in stating, that the actual balances of money
in fir. Chinne.ry's hands during:the above period
have fluctuatel bet-i.i.-zen 12,0001. and 15,0001.
• TbediStAnce of the settiernent :of New South
Wales, and the difficulty' of communication with
th:s .country, snAiciently account for the great
antount Of these balances, which are principally
.occasioned bythe-long intervals during which. of-
"continne vacant; • and the nurnber of small
salaries Whieli eventually are not claimed. Frcim
these-anri :4,ther cluseii.., it has happened that the
payments, n:acle upon thii account have constantly.
fallen short of 'the payments authorised by the
Establishroent, and the balances in the Agent's
_have accumulated in a much.greater degree than
in any other Colonial service.
The inagnitiLie of the balances upon this ac-
count appears at different times to have engaged
the attention of our predecessors at. this Board :
in consequence, as we -appre'nendt.of . their repre-
sentations, Mr. Chinnery, was directed, by Mr.
S. Bourne's letter, dated -20th ,March, 1805, to
apply 2;300/. Is, sd. then in. his hands as Agent
for New South Wales, towards the, expenses. of
the Civil Establishment of that settlement for the
Current year ; which sum was accordingly de-
ducted from the 'amount of Mr. -Chinnery's re-
ceipt at the ExChequer for that service. In con-
sequence of similar representations of the late
Board, Mr. Cbinnery also paid into the ExcheqUer
on the 19th of July, 1806, under the directions of
your Lordships, the sum of 2,5001: on the New
South Wales account, and 1,900/. on that of the
Bahama Islands.

Under the above circumstances, we apprehend
that we are strictly justifirl in recommending
to your Lordships, that (in' case' Mr. Chin-
nery has 'obtained your Lordships authority for
ret-.e:viug the sum granted .for the service of New
South Wales by the last Appropriation Act) he
should be directed to,pay intO thS JE?..eceipt of his
:Nlatesty's Exchequer the
.surd.of .8,(;.004: as Agent
for that colony.. The.pay:nent.,of this sum will
.still leave in r. Chinnety's hartLs -a balance of
near 16,00 a which there:lBzogd reason to be-
lidve from all past experience will he.more than:
sufficient to answer the dethands which will be
made for this service, before the next an:O/ath:4,-
prcst shall be rnade to hi.,, at the ExChequer: In
ca:e Mr. Chinnery has not -yet obtained your
Lordships' authority for receiving thesum -granted
for this Service by the- above Act,- we recommend
that the vita of 8,000.1. be deducted frOm 'the
12,705 t. wilier, he would -otherwise probably be
authorised to receive, being the' sum granted'by
that Act.

Before we conclude this representation, we
tliink it our duty to 'submit to your Lordships,
some observations of a more general nature,
which have occurred to us in the inquiries into
which we have been led, by observing the great
amount of the balances in these and other Colonial
Accounts.

The drnotint of these balances; in many in-
stances, is evidently occasioned by the practice to
which we have alluded, of issuing to Colonial
Agents, the whole of the money granted by Par-
liament for the service, without _al's' regular in-
quiry whether the probable demanjt; of the ser-
vice require such advances to be „made. Where ba-
lances in the hands of. Agent; have increased to an
unreasonable amount by means of such issues, the
only method by which they can . now be reduced,
is by payments-to be made by the Accountants in,
to the Exchequer, under the special directions of
your Lordships, in consequence of representations
a this Board ; these representations .are in all
cases preceded by inquiries, which take place sub-
sequently to the delivery,of :the Accounts,, and in
the course of which we have sometimes experienced
difficulty 'and delay in obtaining the necessary in-
formation from the Accountants. ~ It is evident
that . the excesses in the balances upon these
Accounts are very inconveniently and imperfectly
checked by the cotrrse of proceeding which we haVe
now described, and that the irregularities in ques-
tion v.-ould be, obviated in ,a much more effectual
manner by souse inquiry previous to the issue -oft
the Money from the Exchequer. With this view,
we take the liberty of recommending, that the
Colonial Agents, instead of receiving, according
to the coarse of office, the whole of the money
granted by Parliament, should be directed to .pre-
tent annual Memorials to your Lordships, speci-
fying the amount of the balances in their hands,
and praying issues of money founded upon Esti-
mates of the probable demands of the Service for
the year. The necessity of making such state-
ments in their Memorials would operate as some
check upon the Agents ; and if such Mcinoriali
were referred to this Board, as is the_ practice of
your Lordships with respect to similar Memorials'
of the Clerk of the Hanaper (and inlateinstances
those of the Solicitor of the Mint), the ristric-
lion upon unnecessary ,and excessive issues • of
public money for the 'Colonial Service would- be
as coteplete _and effectual as•the nature of the case
will admit of.