Star.
London, England, 1808-03-25 00:00:00

INSCRIPTION. •

The Honourable A. H. Hutchinson state',' that
he had often gdne in search of Lonergan, a his
brother Patrick Lonergan, the witness, agains duhunt
informations were positively sworn by a fish man
and his wife for assault and robbery ; and h sail
he never could find either of them, either in .heir
own or their father's house, or in the neigh:3llu-
hood. He knows the general character of James
Butler, wh'ell is highly infamous, and he liAiev s him
capable of perjury. He kaows Mr. Power as an ac-
tive Magistrate some years, and believes him a hu-
mane man. He knows the character of Patrick Lo-
nergan, the witness, which he states to be worse even
than Butler's.
Jane Hayden, wife to the roler, swore, that when
Joseph Loncrgan was bro:ight to the gaol, Mr. Power
desired her to send for a doctor, and gave a crown to
procure nourishment fi r Lion ; and Lonergan said
that he did not blame any one b'tt himself, for that
he threw a stone at Mr. Power, which made him fire
at him. Mr. Power was acquit.ed.

IN MEMORY OF ROBERT scan., ESQ.
CAPTAIN OF HIS SIMITSTY.II SNIP TUX BOREAL
ifthote short lie of meritorious eves-tan ov.o terminate) k el, on
the Hannoir the tout of Guernsey, Nruentbes 28, 1607.

To SCOTT, r.ow fluting on his watery bier,
His Country pays her tributary tear;

. .
With fond regret, recounts his virtues o'er—
Virtues, now ardent in her cause no more!
Yet still they live, in ntem'ry taking root,
Still shew the blossoms of m•rturer fruit !
The proud disphsy, that, passing in review,
Awakes domestic ROT, yet ►oothes it too;
lOrings to the kindred heart a short relief,
And calms the anguish of fraternal grief!

ASSIZES.

CLONMEL, MARCH IS.
Edmond Power, a Magistrate of the county of Tip-
perary, was arraigned for the murder of Joseph 1 HORSHAM, MARCH '23.
Lonergan,at Mullough, in the county of Tipperary, on 1 John Baker, James Baku-, Benjamin Baker, and three
the 21st day of April last, by malicious shooting him. others, were indicted for assaulting the Reverend
Mr. Somerroa GENV(AL, for the prosecution, said, ! H. n Williams, and keeping him in imprisonment the
that it would appear, as he was instructed, that the
whole of the night of Tnesday the 22d of December,
deceased lay under the suspicion or charge of having
i and making him sign a promise to pay 51. as :t con-
committed some offence in the county, and that a re-
releasing
ward of one hundred pounds was offered for his ap- I• sideration for him. It was a trifling case,
and the prisoners were acquitted.
prehension : that the prisoner, a Magistrate of the 1 Ge
county, under the colour of discharging his duty, I orge Lo9seley was indicted for a burglary in the
, house of Richard Dewdney, and stealing therefrom
left the town of Clonmel in pursuit of the deceased; ;
that he found the object of his search at work in a; a table cloth, and several other articles. It appear
in evidence, that, on the night of the 2d of Februar
field, unarmed and unprotected by any other person ;
!
. last, the prosecutor had fastened all his windows.
that without making any endeavour to arrest him, 'l' The prosecutor's wife said, that having occasion to
requiring him to surrender, he fired at him ; that
n . rise before day-light, she discovered that a window
not being certain of the effect of that shot, he did !
had been broken open in the night, and the articles
coolly and deliberately re-lead his piece, and fired ain question were stolen away.
second shot; the consequence was, the man was mor- ; The prisoner being called upon for his defence, did
tally wounded ; that having thus secured the body of not deny
his prisoner, he brought him into the town of Clon- i the charge, or give any account how he
lbecame possessed of the articles in question.—Guilty.
mel, and lodged him in the county gaol, where the I Edward Ball, who was convicted of fcrgery at the
wretched man died in the course of the following day.
In commenting upon the general law as applicable • last Summer Assizes at Lewes, but whose sentence
j was respited, on the ground of improper evidence
to the facts, the Solicitor-General stated : if a Ma-
gistrate shall receive information of a felony having ' having been received against him, was put to the
. bar ; when the Loan CHIEF BARON told him, the
been committed, (and whether in this particular case Judges were of opinion that his conviction was right.
there was such information, was a circumstance with 1 Hc a
•' '
which he was not acquainted) it is the bounden duty 1
1 Talton, Gillislne' and Looseley also received sentence
of euch Magistrate to pursue, overtake, and apprehend of death.—The Assizes then concluded ; at which
the person so charged ; and if in the pursuit or at-
tempt to apprehend, a life is lost, the Magistrate or nothing of importance occurred on the Civil side be-
.
an ordinary person so pursuing, overtaking and ap- :
', yond what we have reported.
prehending, shall be excused such homicide, provid- 1
cd, on enquiry before a Jury, it he sufficiently esta- ! At the late Assizes for Gloucester, a true Bill for
blished that the necessity for taking the life was ine- ! wilful murder Was found against Lieutenants Heazle
Nimble, and that it was impossible, without having and Sargeaunt, the principal and second in the unfor-
Lieutenant Delmont
recourse to such desperate measures, to apprehend 'tunat
the felon, But if it was possible 1 ,
for the prisoner to was kille • but neither of them have yet been appre.
e duel at Stroud, in which
overtake and bring the deceased to justice—if there ended.
was no resistance made, no apprehension of a tumult,l Yesterday the Plantation Appeal Clause of George
or danger of 4 rescue ; there the wantonly taking and William Diekson, against various proceedings,
away the life of a fellow-creature, under circum- ' instituted against them by Archibald Gloster, Esq.
stances like these, would be clearly murder. He ! Attorney-General of the Island of Trinidad,was again
added, the prisoner at the time of this transaction ' called on before a Committee of his Majesty's Privy
was accompanied with his son and a man-servant ; - Council, when Mr. Harrison was shortly heard as
and the man who lost his life was labouring, and un- ' Counsel on the part of the Appellants. Their Lord-
armed, in a field. A Surgeon proved the death of ships were pleased to reverse all the decrees, as well
Lonergan to have been occasioned by a gun-shot of the Alcaldis's as of the Governor in Council, there,
wound with a ball ; and James Butler and Patrick by relieving the Appellants from penalties to the
Lonergan swore to the fact of the killing. 'lamount of 59001. and upwards. Mr. Adam also at.
Butler said he saw the deceased fall, and Mr. Power tended as Counsel for the Appellants.
followed the deceased with a gun in his hand after the A very fine larch plantation waelast week destroyed
shot was fired. as Camis Eskan, in Dumbartonshire, the property of
Patrick Lonergan, the deceased's brother, swore Mr. Desetseoe of Colgrain, by the too common
that I.e saw: Mr.*Power fire at Lonergan and shoot at imprudent practice of burning heath at. this season of
him, load his gun again, and go into the garden the year, in the near neighbourhood of wood.
where the deceased was, and stand over him : that he BOW-STREET.—A few days since, Mr. Barnard, one
did not see the deceased do any thing to Mr. Power
before the shot : that he heard another shot, but did of the Proprietors of the Bedford Bank, sent a parcel
by the Bedford Coach, to Messrs. Harrisons', the
net sec who fired it, as he went away. bankers of London, their agents, containing Bank of
John Everard swore, that he, on hearing that England notes, and country Beak notes, to the
Lonergan was shot, came up and saw Mr. Power
amount of .£.1,100, by which conveyance he had
armed with a gun, in a field near Mulloagh, and that ,
the deceased was running from him. He asked i been in the habit of sending notes for upwards of
seven years past, and they always arrived safe. Mr.
Power why he had fired on the man, and Power took i
1 Barnard advised Messrs. Harrison' of the remittance,
out of his pocket a stone of about 21bs. weight, and i which not coming to hand, they applied at the Cross
said that the deceased had hit him with it, and then .
Keys Inn, in St. John's-street, but it was not to be
turned round and said, "the villain is running away.'
i found. Seyeral persons were yesterday examined,
On which he immediately pursued the deceased, and
but no trace has as yet been found of the missing notes.
tired at him, when at the distance of about 150 yards.
About three weeks since, a female of genteel ap,
He afterwards saw Power and the deceased at a house
. pearance, who lodged with Mrs. Derville, in Leices-
at Mulloitgh together, when Power asked if it was the
last shot that bit him ?to which Lonergan replied, ! ter-square, very unexpectedly left the house. Soon
after she was gone, Mrs. D. discovered that she had
" No, it was the first shot," en which Power said he , been robbed of Bank-notes and bills to the amount of
was glad of it ; for if it was the last it would have ;
stias, a pearl necklace, a diamond ring, a diamond
killed him. He sail there wee no assemblage of peo-
broach, several trinkets, and other property to a con-
ple taking Lonergan's part, who WAN alone, and ap-
i siderable amount. Mrs. Dsrville suspected Mrs.
peered to him to be unarmed : there was no person
with Power when the second sket was fired, except • Morgan, and gave a full description of her person.
About a week since Anthony received a letter from
winless and J. Rogers, and Power spoke to them as
a Police Officer, at Portsmouth, stating, that a woman
friends, was in custody there, on charges of several robberies,
On his cross-examination, he said, he heard there , and slie being from London, requested to know if
had been informations lodged, and a pursuit after Lo- I
; Anthony knew her, and having sent a full description
nersban' the deceased, and that fin- a few nights after i
of her person, Anthony recognized it to answer the
Captain Jephsen bad been searching for the deceased,
description of a woman who had Tabbed Mrs. Der-
he did not sleep in his own house ; card there was a
ville. He communicated his infotmation to Mr! Gra-
large assemblage of people when Power was taking 1
1 ham, who having received several 'info' metions of de-
Lonergan away ; that he was obliged to swim the ri- 1
re '
detions which she had committed, sent Anthony,
vets which was high at that time ; heard that Mr. ; P
on Monday, to Poramouth, to bring her to town, and
Power was an active Magistrate, and that that parel
the Officer arrived on Wednesday morning ; and in
of the country was disturbed :it that time. He never
the evening she underwent an examination before Mr.
heard Power call on the man to stop ; and when he
Graham and was committed for further examination,
14
saw them at Mullough, after Lonergan was appre- •
raARLHOROLICH-STREET.—A man was yesterday exa.
hended, there was nothing said about the stone being
I mined on a charge of swindling the Nobility and Caen_
thrown. He said, he sae: no fire arms with Lonee. I try, out of sums of money, under the pretence of sub.
I
gan, and that he believed Mr. rower went to appre-
scribing for a History of Botany Bay, which he has
fiend Lonergan for felony. been years about. The defendant was remanded to
On the defence several witnesses ware called.
Lorenso H. Jephson M
, Esq. a Magistrate of the hear other charges nainst him.
CORN-MARKET, ARK-LANE, MARCH 25.—This
county of Waterford, stated, that Lonergan and
day's supply of Wheat is short, but waiting the ett
others formed a most dangerous banditti ; that he re-
pected arrivals it is not quoted at any ince-ear in
ceived a letterfromMr. Elliott, the Lord Lieutenant's
Price—Barley and Malt are more ready sale—Peas
Secretary, directing him to offer a reward of 1001.
each, for the apprehension of Lonergan's gang ; tiles and Beans of each kind are rather dill in sale—the
he resorted to Power, telling him to get them appre- supply of Oats is likewise short, and this article fully
supports onr lest quoted prices.—la Flour no 4,
headed, and he should get the hundred pounds for •
each of them. He said that power had not received 1 teretion, •
this money, but that he held himself accountable for
any expence Power might incur in procuring their
apprehension. He went himself to apprehend Lo-
nergan, but does not recollect Power's going out with
him. He said he knows Patrick Lonergan's general
character, and does not think him entitled to credit on
his oath in a Court of Justice,

GRNCRAL CURRENCY As
Wheat) 455. 60s. 703. Beans (old) s‘;'s. S7i. Odr
Fine ditto, 725. 765. Tick ditto (pld) 50s, 534. ('4
Rye, 455. 50s. Oats, 335. 36s
Barley, 40s. 465. Od, poland ditto, 395. 40.0. Pcl,
Malt 655. 7Ss. Potatoe ditto Oce. 48s
White Peas (boilers) 158 s. 168 s. Rare Seed, 34.1. 591, Cl.
Grey ditto SO,. 565.
I fine Flour Se.. 601,—Secands Vile
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FIF2H kEPORT;

OF TUT: CONIMISSIONLES APPOINTED TO ENGIVIRE AND

EX2I,3IINN INTO TIIN PUBLIC NXIIiNDITURE.

ARMY MI DICAL DEPARTMENT.

(Continued from Tsieeday': Paper.)
It appears from the inquiries which we have made
respecting the full pay part of the establishment, that
with the exception of a purveyor employed in the of-
fice as an assistant to the Surgeon General, and of two •
deputies stationed at the York and Depot Hospitals,
the whole of both descriptions of purveyors are em-
ployed on foreign service. The particular duties,
therefore, of both classes, and the mode in which
' they are executed, fall more properly under the con-
sideration of the General Hospital system, and to
that division of the subject which relates to the ex-
penditure in the Medical Department. The only
observation which we shall make in this place is, that
when the rank of purveyor was no longer considered
as a step in promotion in the medical line, it is vet?
questionable whether the same rank and pay should
have been continued to those who, it is admitted by
the Inspector General, are now mere storekeepers or
stewards.
It will be proper to notice in this place what is not
particularly distinguished in this full pay list, that a
new rank, and increased pay of five shillings per
diem, may be given at the discretion of the Surgeon
General, to any one belonging to the classes before
ea amerated, and even to an Hospital Mate, by in-
vesting him with the name of Principal Medical Offi-
cer. A medical olicer, so entitled, whatever his
previous rank may have been, becomes immediately
the Chief of the Staff of the Hospital to which he is
attached, and supersedes in controul all his former
seperiors. This title and pay were first established,
as we learn from the Physician and Surgeon General,
at the commencement of 1798, by the authority of
the Secretary at War and Commander in Chief; and
they state, that, from the extreme inconven7ctree
which arose from the frequent sudden removals of
the superintending Medical Officers of II ospitals to
foreign duties, and of leaving the charge of the sick
and stores to the next in rank, who had every thing
to learn, it was thought expedient for this, and for
other reasons, to give superior title and authority to
a proper person from any rank, appointed to manage
and d:rect the concerns of these hospitals. The no-
mination of the persons who were to have this addi-
tional pay and rank, is stated to have been in the
board collectively, until the regelation of the fith of
March 1798, wh:n it devolved en the Surgeon Gene-
rel. As this nomination is confined to the General
Hospitals, of which only two now remain, we shall
make no observation on the alledged rceson fer re-
commending this rank, nor on the dissatisfaction
which, it is ohrions, must have been created by such
an inco trams appointment.
The half-pay list, it will be seen, is also consider-
ahle ; the number on it being ninety-four, and their.
pay amounting.to nearly seventeen thousand pounds
per aantun. Fifty-seven of that number have been
allowed to retire on account of length of service, ill-'
beelth, or infirmity ; four of them have been dismis-
sed, but are allowed half-pay seven are considered
as ireeicient ; three receive half-pay because their
renew has been abolished ; seven have been placed on
the half-pay by order of the Commander in Chief,
or Secretary at War ; and there are eleven whose
ser.-ices are not at pressent required : we conclude, •
thcrefote, that the three last of these classes, making
tsstnty-one, are liable to be again called into service.
It is one of the general rules laid down in his Ma-
j2sty's warrant of 12th March 1799, that the half-
pay list should be first resorted to fur the supply of
ail o.ficers of the " Hospital Staff." And the Sur-
gt-iit General and Inspector General state, that they
observe this in the promotion recommended by them,
N'.'.‘:s.ever efficient officers can be obtained from the
We doubt, however, whether the rule has been
c:iserved so strictly as it ought to have been, or whe-
th:r new appointm.2nts have not been recommended
at times when the half-pay list should have furnished
the requisite officers. The subject appears to have
attracted the attention of his Royal Highness the
Ct.mman,ier in Chief in ISM, in consequence of the
recommendatitin of the Surgeon General that three
Assistant Inspectors, cite Surgeon, one Attothecarv,
and one Deputy Purveyor should be placAl on half-
pay. ' On this occasion the Secretary at \Var was in-
fia-nted, " His Royal Highness could help ob-
serving that frequent promotions are recommended
by Mr. Keate in the Surgeon General's department,
for which his Royal Highness does not Fee the neces-
sity, when others of the same rank are to he placed on
half-pay." This intimation of his Royal Highness
being communicated to Mr. Keate by the Secretary
at War, Troduced :m answer, in which he assigns
the di;Terence of time between the recommendations
fir promOtion and those fin- half-pay, together with
the motives for each recommendation, as a justifica-
tion of his contliN.t. We insert the letter at length in
the Appendix*, in justice to Mr. Kcate, that no part
• The fothywirg ie a copy of the Letter here allude,d to :
laAter is Neat,. Cs.i. Sur.7e.en General, to Matthew
r•.A.
Cot, • Arlinr,n-street, Feb. 29, 1501.
I have the hnnenr to acknowledge the roccipt of ytbur letter of
the 7th isn't lamer. ti-!p. to perceive that his Royal Hight-its.;
the Comr.:::7:dur i t Chiulcamot help observing—" that frequent
promotio;:: cor.mended by in. in my Department, of which
. Royal Ilt but <s th,es nut tee the neces.ity, when other officers
sante r..nk are to be placed upon half-pay."
I therefore humbly hope his Royal Highness will he pleased to
lend a momentary attention to a representation of the circunt-
stances ; and I have then no doubt but his Royal highness will
see, for the reaorts alleged, tiro what his Ray: Hiehness has
been pl. as, d to consider as an inconsistency, will appear to his
Royal Hishatss, from observing the difference of time between
the recorwatendations hsr promotions, and those fi,r half-pay, to-
cher with the motiyeF, he each, that 1 have had only the good
of the service, with attention to unnecessary expen-
di!xre. in stew.
rez:ard to Promotions, a P't of which for the year ]fell,
11 .ive the :tut oo: tr. inelos:., 1 hev leave to obstr;,, that the ser-
vi:e of the sear rt quired rr. tly (;;;-,,...r. in eh; room. at
that 141, of others that were sick, and in cens.eqs.encc of
taw stations fur rt;imental ini2ection' or foreign service ; and it
it is proper 1 stmehl acquaint you. for the inform..tion of his
Royal v.:A I had the Latour to recommend sotae, of
v'aom his Ronel li!Fitness was pleased to approve, and to submit
others, rot:at:1;1T v horn I have not been honoured with an an-
swer, except the ca,e ef Mr. Locitley, whom I recommended
lip be t'tati. Sur;,ertn, Nice Atchison deceased, which recoil; mends-
dim his Vioyui WOUIeSS was phased to consider unnecessary; but
the objection I understoed not arise to the person; and was in
CiniSecl.fitCC AV,i.:ant-L.-,pector M.lntyre Ewing dirt cted to do
lu.pecturial fluty of the \vests's' district. I beg leave to ob-

of the explanation' may be omitted. Whatever bpi
nion, founded on the particular circumstances at the
time in which it was given, may be formed of thi,
answer, we still think ourselves justified in the doubt
we have entertained, and in recommending, there-
fore, a strict attention to the general rule to which

we have adverted.
Having now made these observations on the full
and half-pay lists of the Medical Staff of the army,
we should proceed, according to the arrangement we
have laid down, to a consideration of the General
iHospital System, on which the Staff Establishment
is almost entirely founded. But, previous to this, it
is necessary to state, that besides the large establish-
ment of Medical Staff appointments attached to the
system, there is also a Military Staff Establishment
belonging to it at home, the propriety of which must
be considered.
This establishment, it appears, commenced in
1797. On the 20th October in that year, a letter
was addressed to Colonel Sontag by Colonci Brown-
rigg, the Secretary to the Commander in Chief, !.tat.
ing, that by his Royal Highness's command, resiAn
military officers were to be appointed to the General
Hospitals at Deal, Gosport, and Plymouth, who
were to act under the -immediate orders of Colonel
Sontag, according to the instructions which were in-
closed ; that he was himself to be generally resident
at the York Hospital, and in respect of it to consider
himse:f as the Resident Superintendant, and acting
under the accompanying instructions : he was to ,
visit the several General Hospitals occasionally, to
see that the Resident Officers conformed to their or-
ders, and-. that the duties of the hospital were con-
ducted w 7,11 due regularity : he was to require
monthly returns from the Resident Superintendants,
and to frame from them a general -monthly n tarn
firthe Commander in Chief and Secretary at War :
and when soldiers were reported to him as recovered,
he was to procure from the Secretary at War the
routes necessary for their joining their respective
corps. Colonel Sontag was also directed by this let-
ter to recommend proper persons, of the rank of '
Captain, to be Saperintendants at the three first-
named Hospitals, who, it was stated, *ould be al-
lowed their full pay as Captain, and five shillings per
diem in addition.
The instructions to the Resident Superintendents
-direct, amongst other matters, that they should visit
the hospitals frequently, and at uncertain hours to see
that the hospitals were kept clean, and that the sick
were properly attended to, and that they conducted
themselves with propriety. The Superintendants were
furthgt directed to require from the senior Medical
0111,1,- a written report, every morning, of the state
of the sick ; and they were to take care that the
hospitals were supplied with proper non-commission-
ufficers and orderly-men ; and to proportion the
hospital guard. They were diligently to observe
whether all persons attached to the hospitals were as-
siduous in their duties ; to detect malingerers (i. e.
loiterer) ; and to see that all things were conducted
ccconomically, and according to rule. The cony de-
scents were to be paraded by the Superintendant ;
land if any were fit to be removed, they were to he
reported to the Superintendin:2,- Field Officer (Colonel
Sontag), under whose immediate orders these officers
were to consider themselves to be : and the Superin;
tendants were to make monthly returns to him, and
to the Commanding Officer of the district, f the
state of the hospitals.
In a general view, therefore, of the foregoing in-
structions, their only object appears to be, to invest
the Military Superintendanqvith the care of the dis-
ci}-line of the General Hospitals. But, by an order
of 31st March, 1800, it was directed, that the Pur-
veyor's weekly account of provisions end expenditure,
of every denomination, should be minutely examined,
and signed by the Military Superintendant, who was
also to examine and sign the Purveyor's quarterly ac-1
counts. And by other regulations cf 20th January,
!so!, it was directed, that no new contract for sap-
plies for General Hospitals.should be entered into by
the Purveyors, but with the concurrence of the Mili-i
tare Superintendant, who, \yid: the Purveyor, would
be held responsible for the propriety of the contract.
And, as a check on the quality of the aHelt.s deli-
vered by the Contractor, the Military Sup.2rinteadant
was further directed to visit and examine the Pur-
veyor's stores whenever he should see occasion. His
examination and concurrence were, also, required in
the condemnation of Purveyor's stores ; and his ap-
proving signature was to be put to all bids drawn by
the Purveyor for sums in advance on account of con-
tingencies, as well as to the acceptances or bills by the
Purveyor in pa; meat of the Cont::u.eors. And by
subsequent regulations of Bth July, I Sol, it was stated,
to be expected that the Military Si tperi ntendant should
serve that Mr. Luckley was not i:ltended for that daty, but for
Foreign Service.
Tin four Assistant-Inspectors re commended were, in conse-
quence of extreme long service, and their ...theiency for inepection
at home, and that seine of them did duty at that time upon t•etr-
genii's pay.
With respect to .econunendations for half-pay, it has been
usual about Christmas, to examine the list, and ..ee what Medical
Officers were likely to be wanted for the service of the e.. -ming
year, and such as probably weuld not be called upon, have been
generally placed upon half-pay.
For the year I gen, the number amounted to sixteen, yet seve-
ral of these were afterwards employed.
For the year 1901, the nurobar amminted only to six, whom
I beg leave particularly to raention, because these recommenda-
tions appear to His Royal Highness to be connected with the pre-
ceding promotions; two of them, viz. Williams and Hugo, were
in a state of inability from ill health for service; Assistant Inspec-•
for 1.. S. Wilson is lame, and therefore not efficient for active
service; with respect to Surgeon Richard North, he was appointed
one of the first this warYor a particular service; Assistant Inspec-
tor Ker had very recently objected to go on foreign service, unless
upon conditions of hie own, that could not be complied with ; in
consequence of which the armament he was intended to accom-
pany. had nearly proceeded without an Inspector; and the last,
Deputy Purveyor Warner's residence is in town, so that when-
ever called ttgen, he is certain to be ready for service; thus it
appeared to me, that the full pay of these 'six Officers might for
the present be saved to the public, and each placed on half-pay,
*Bahl... as they are always informed, to he called upon again during
the star ; and of course, if the -ere ices of any of them should be
wanted, provided they are fit and able to undertake the duty re-
quired, they would be employed before any new •appointments
world have been recommended.
1 humbly hope that his Royal Highness will think me justified
in recommending these six for half-pay, as I conceived it my duty,
on revising the List in December, to recommend such as had been
long sick, inefficient, or unwilling to serve, to be placed upon half-
pay until they were again called upon; and that it could have no re-
ference to the preceding promotions—and I therefore humbly hope
and trust his Royal Highness will be pleased to see my conduct in
a different light from that in which it has appeared to his Royal
Highness, and is expressed In your letter.
1 have the honour to be, Sir,
Tout mast oiesalivnt humble Servant,
T. )(FATE.

• • . .
zttetii at-the inspe dein ("4"lie iitedicines amd
stores, and examination of the Apothecary's and Pur-
veyor's returns of receipts and expenditures, and re-
mains, directed to be made by a Board of Medical
Officers at each Hospital, in order that he might re-
port. his observations, particularly in respect of the
Purveyor's department, to the Military Superinten-
dant General at York Hospital. And it was ex-
pressly declared, that the monthly inspection should
not be considered as interfering with that controul
over the expenditures and accounts of Hospitals,
which had been before assigned to the Military Su-
perintendant by the preceding regulations, and par-
ticularly by that of the 20th January, 1801. And,
lastly, by an instruction of the 12th Sepember, 1801,
relative to the disposal of condemned hospital stores,
it was directed, that the whole of the inspection should
be under the controul of the Military Superintendant
of each Hospital ; and he was to be responsible that
none of the stores ordered to be sold or destroyed
should be brought forward again, in any shape, to
the prejudice of Government.
By these last different regulations and instructions,
therefore, it appears that, in-addition to their former
care of the discipline of the General Hospitals, the
Military Stye:intendants have now a controul ovcr
the expendi.nre and the accounts of those Hospitals; a
controul which, as they are required to be resident,
May undoubtedly prove a very useful check en both.
The mode in which this controul is executed will be
noticed hereafter, in that division of our subject which
relates to the expenditure of the department.
There was no alteration in this establishment prior
to 1803. But at this time, as we learn fi-cm Colonel
Burnet, the present Superißtendant General, it was
thought proper, under the apprehension of invasica
which then prevailed, to appoint Field Oilleers to the
situation of Resident Superintendants, with the pay
of fifteen shillings per diem, in addition fo their half-
pay ; aad to allow them lodging money, and fcrage
6n- two horses : and a deputy was appointed to Co-
lonel Burnet, at that time acting (ptirsaant to the in-
structions given to Colontl Sontag) as the R ident
Superintendant at the York Hosnital, en his (CAtnel
Barnet's) recommendation, founded on an. expecta-
tion that. he should mach c mployed at that sea-
son. Since that time, four of she General Hospitals,
viz. Deal, Chatham, Gospwt, and Plymouth, have
been discontinued ; and the York Hospitalit Chelsea,
and the Depot Hospital in the Isle of Wight, only
remain. The expence of this part of then ‘rmy Me-
dical Department, incltiding the pay and• contingen-
cies, was, for the year ending 2.lth DeceMb2r,
oae thousand seven hundred- and nin:4-one pounds
inr shillings and sixpence ; for the'liall year en.:.ling
21th June, 1807, it was eight lrandre:: and sixty-four
pentads five shillings and two pence ; making, there-
fore, little diminution in the expence, notwithstanding
thit the establishment at ore of the General Hopl-
tals was discontinued in that halfyear.
During the continuance of Gcreral Hospitals, it
may, we think, he admitted to be tit that the discip-
line of each should be superintended by an experienced
military man. An immediate and local controul, too,
over the expenditure and the accounts of these Hos-
pitals, may be very beneficial ; but we see no existing
reason, in the present reduced state of General Hos-
pitals, for the continuance of a Deputy Superintendant
at that of Chelsea, or of Field Officers, with increaed
pay, being employed in this service ; or of an allow-
ance of foray for horses to those wose duty is en-
tirely confined to one spot.—(To le continued.)

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