The Sun.
London, England, 1805-03-23 00:00:00

exercising,that lost or gTCat extent and reiPonsi-
bili!v. „,

Wriether 41.ie salary of the Paymaster
,was mit in_
created when tbe general" augmentation of the gala.
ries of 'l4' Cashiers took place, in 1786, because he
was not in the.-direet charge or Ilse of the public
money, other than. the monev for, P:: chequer
or becanse he 'Was not, lik the Cashiers, in die
receipt ()flees or gratuities of which they were then
deprived, i 9 what we cannot pretend to,affirirr: hut
we.cantwtsupp,se that, the use of the public money
Was then c-o i 1 .ve,l as a perqui,ite of the Paymaster,
which iv,. w.l 'awl) , tha, the reenmineodation of ihe,
Cornmissioners Accounts, the ltesolutiori of the
I-Louse of commons, and, finally, the.--Aet of Patiii.
merit, Wefe, totally disreg tpled, and that an emolu.
mint t,o franght witbs evil to the Public," which had
;.eels- lately commute with the :freasuter for an
,i,lciilional:salav of more than.2oool. a-year, was,
by those en rifled, to consider of the establislunciat.of.
the N ivy Pay.',,ffice, :thought proper to devolve on
his Deptyy, .the'Payniaster.
Mr,Trot ter also states, that he hits no doubt, though
he cannot prove it, that advantages ivere enjoyed by,
his predecessors from the use. of public m'oney ;
and that, " 'the exceeding smallness of the salary of
Paymaster afrlds a presumption that such advantages
have been considered as forming a part of the remu.
iteration of so anxious and confidential a charge."

From all the information -we have been -able to
obtain, it does. not appear that Mr. •Trottet's pre.
tlecess rs did enjqy any such advantage. It is posi.
• tivily stated, by Mr. Harwood, Paymaster to Mr.
Birre, that he not ; 091 did ho.corteeive the use
of the public m .ney to form any part of the emu.
lumens of hiw ofric,.. And, it is stated by Lord 139,0•:.
ing, that he did nut know, nor did he believe, that
Mr. Douglas, while he acted as his Paymaster, de.
lived any profit. otvadvantage from the use or ens.
:ployment of ,the. public ;ueney, except tke money
issued for the payment of Exchequer F.es. The
'salary of the Paymaster was increased fr 5001, to_
8001. per .annum; in lieu of ali 'contingences and
allowances whatever, and-he was to del ive no'ad.
vantage tram public monies remaining is his hands.
Mr. Trotter, in hisjustificAtion,asserts, that the
,Public has not sbitaiped at,y loss from the use of
the money issued fur the Service of the Navy. To
this observation we cannot allow any weight : he
might have been unsuccessful, in his speculations,
or the persons with whom the public money was
lodged might have failed : and in either at these
cases the loss would probdily have fallen on the,
Public ; nr, in case of Mr. Trottel 's death, it might
have becothe nrcepary to unravel his very Intl it:l(e
• accounts in a Court of Law before the balance in
his liands court have been tecoveted. At any rate,
the public money has been unnecessarily put to
hazard, and that in defiance ()tithe precautions taken
against it by the Legislature.

(Ts Ge emtinift,cl:)

LOTTERY-:-- cAKTER.
KING CHARLES.

lir t Sons of.AdrerNity cease, to repine,
For CARTtIt'S filo Vrizst at DA,Nri: FOS "rt/14 t'S rich shrine;
His Office is noiy near A Century Gild, • ~ • •
And has always abothaled in 'IAA-Notes anti Gold,
Such Luck has attended his Tickets and Shares.
'That 1 hinssands oy liim Itave got rid of their Caret i .•
Then away to lant'd CART kit S„ And il•-.),„ in a trice,
For Tickets each Pay are ;Advancing in Piiiaei . . .
Th;e Scheme or tlita-Loittiy, the liiii•kt of the Year, •
is peculiarly striking. itiVititl6,, ;MO Ale ir ;
The PriZeS ars imiuy --then:, tear Ililt alilank, .
For the I,wcst of Buyers may rif.e into Rank.,
The Drawing begins on the 1311% or May, .
When Nature is atways propitious awl gay ; .
Charing-Cross is .1.1 w: place, ma to CitAitt.r.s..our good
: Martyr,
Then hey for the LtIITTSLY,DAtAItFOItTUSS,
arIdCAXTER.
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