Star.
London, England, 1807-06-09 00:00:00

F'O'URTH REPORT.

SIR H P. S. MILDMAV, BART. M.Pi POI RAMPS/4MR.
Sir Henry Mildmay tome years ago faereeded, in
right of his wife, to a coanderable elate in the neigh-
bourhood of Chelmsford. Upon this property there
is z rnantion.houfe (Maullium Hall), wkh gardens
and pleaftire grounds s and Sir Henry was obliged
by the will of the lan owner, from whoa! he received
it, to rffick there three ma tt& Ia every jeer ,t a rendition
always unpleafant when a proprietor has other places
of relidence, and rendered pecolitrly fo in this cafe
from circumnances which it is needkfs to particola
cite, both touching the fitnation of Moulatam-hall
and Sir H. Mildmay's family arrangements. With
this condition, tieverthelefs, he was forced to comply,
however inconvenient or difagreeable. He was
obliged to live three months every year at *sailboat,
and was, of courfe, pretreated from letting the houfe
and pounds, although during the reit of the year
he had no octillion for them.

The land in the neighbourhood of there grounds is
let upon leafe to different farmers. and in Anglin
1803, a That of it was wanted by Government for
the ere&ion of military works. Sir ll.ldmay and
his tenants immediately c' nfented to give up the
fpace required for the public fervice, amounting to
about thirty acres, flipulating, however, that a jury
fhould, at a convenient feafon, be fummoned to
award them a compenfation, according to the pro.
vift,,ns of the Waste Ali. In confequence of this
permiffion on their part, the works were ere&ed
without lots of time.

The refidence at Moulfham hall now become fe-
rinufly difagreeable. There were batteries a quartet
of a mile from the houfe, and two barracks at the
diilance of half a mile, and an entrenched camp or.
cupied part of the Park. Sir H. Mildmay, therefore,
conceived that be had obtained fufficient grounds for
an Act of Parliament to relieve him from the obli-
gation of refilling there. He applied to Parliament
accordingly, and in Spring 1804, an Aft was pattedl
to this effect, the who .'s entente: of which goers paid by
the Treajitry.
A few weeks after this happy liberation (15th May,
1804) Sir Henry made an offer of his home to the
Q2arter Mailer General, as a fit refidence for the
Military Staff of the Dißria. The rent which he
demanded vtas 4001. a year, Government to pay all
taxes, and leave the premifes in good repair ; for he
obferved, they were then in perfra repair. Before
this propofal could be acceded to, a furvey was di-
retied to be made by an architeft, who reported that
2501. would be neceffary immediately to put the
bottle and Rabies in repair, and pl. a year to keep
them up. This being communicated to Sir Henry
he offered to give up the fird half year'. rent (zoo].)
on condition that the medial repairs should be made
at the public expellee. To this propofal the War
Office agreed, and empowered the General De
Lancey, Barrack Mader General, to conclude the
bargain. From fame circumllances, not explained,
it was delayed, and General De Lancey was removed
hefore he had entered into the kale with Sir H.
Mildmay.
In the mean time, and while the houfe and plea-
lure grounds remained in Sir Henry's occupation,
but after he had been alieved by an AR of Parlia-
ment at the public expence, from the obligation of
refiding there, a Jury was fummoned to fix the corn.
penfation to him and his tenants for the land occu-
pied by the military works. They returned a verdie,
teth of Auguti, 1804, awarding the fum of 13001.
for Or. fird year, which was then nearly expired, and
600 i. for every fubfequent year, during which the
land might be fo occupied, or at that rate.
As Government were to reflore the ground to its
original Rate, before giving it up to ti a prop' icier-, it
may naturally he afked, why fo large a rent as 6001.
a year mould be given for 30 acres of land, befides a
round fum or bonus of 7001. at fird ? The Jury did
not fpecify how their eftimate had been made, nor in
what way they meant the compenfation to be applied.
But Sir H. Mildmay, in his examination before the
Commiffioners, Rates, that he underilood the Jury to
have given " zoo!. per annum for the occupation
" of the land, and 4001. per annum to provide him with
" another plate of rilidenee." He accordingly has
always paid hi; tenants root. a year, and taken to
hirnfelf the remaining part of the rent, betides, as we
conceive him to mean, the extra 7001. But leaving
that fum out of the queftion, Sir H. Mildmay has
received, and continues to receive 4001. a year, be
caufe barracks and batteries were crated in his neigh-
bourhood t and an Ad of Parliament has been paffed,
at the public expence, to relieve him from the necef-
fity of 'eliding near theft barracks and batteries!,
The leafe of the houfe and gardens had not been
concluded when General de Lancey left the barrack
department; and his fucceffor, General Hewett, be-
fore executing it, found himfelf obliged by the in•
druftions under which he was acting, to obtain fpe-
cial orders from the Treafury. The delay in con.
chiding the bargain, had induced him to fufpcft that
a change of opinion might have taken place refpeBing
its probable benefits to the public. Upon examining
the circumilances of the cafe, he confidered this the
more likely, for he found that, befides the expence of
immediate repairs, Moult/lam-hall would cod the
public 6431. a year, and would, after all, be an ex.i
tremely incommodious refidence for any officer. All
this he very properly fubmitted to the confideration of
the Commander in Chief in a letter dated November
27, 1804 ; and about two months after he received an
anfwer, ordering him to put the premifes in a (fate of
repair, and to report, as loon as they thould be ready
for the reception of officers. In this anfwer the following
reafon is given for concluding the bargain with Sir
H. Mildmay. "I am further (lays General Brown.
14 rigg)commandedto obferve, as you remark upon the
" mince of thefe premifes being difproportioned to
" the public utility which may be derived from them,
" that the agreement entered into by the late Barrack.
" mailer Generalwas fanftioned on account of its being
44 neceffary to hire thefe premifes, and ix doing fo
44 to remunerate Sir Henry Mildmay, Inhofe rciseisoer had
" been deiroyed by the field work which bad dew amirm•
tai is the immediate vicinity bf the honfe." This tenet
is dated 23d January tilos, about five months atter
the Jury had awarded to Sir. H. Mildmay 4001. C.
year, and t tool. the firs year, as a rommeratioes for
the damage dose to his rOdeace by the he, work: coafiroc
dia its vicinity; or, as the verditt limes," to provide
" linafelf with another place of refidersee."
Vac leak, therefore. mull be cogigived with=
• IoA. t it. 3, P.

&lg. Dot for this pulp& the etttholfty of t!ie
Treafury was alto required-4o Many checks does
our Cordlitution provide to controul the expendii urd
of the public money I General Hewett accordingly
laid the above letter from the Commander in Chief
before the Treafury, inclofing an eflirnate of the ex-
pellee, viz. rent to Sir H. Mildmay, 4001. ; yearly
repairs, 501. ; tales, 1431. ; barrack officer to take
care of the honfe, 501. making in the whole 6431.
future annual expence, betides agol. which General
Hewett informed their Lordfi,ips had already been
expended in the firfl repairs. Mr. Sturges Bourne
immediately anfwered the letter, by althorixing r!re
General to complete the kale, and to hay our thefum of
6431. as irtntostisie repair:, accoreforg to the ffihrurte
turn required was .ol) 2501 decor* to the Ornate. and
that foul had already been expended.
The leafe was completed at lati ; and the opini, tt
of General Hewett has been amply corr .b,rrated
fpeaing its inutility to the public, or to any b dy but
Sir H. Mildrnay. The only advantages derived by
the fetvice, in return fur a yearly elpence o. 6431.
betides the brit repairs, is, that General Campb II
and his Aide de Camp refided the•e near lev:n
months in 1805; that General Murray and his Aid•
de Camp refitted there above three months in 18.:.6
and that the Turn of 41 was receive?, as two mood's'
rent for the pafture ground near the Iraife; the Gar-
dener having the ufe of the garden ground f.r keep.
ing 'he whole in order.
It is perfelly manila', then, that the public has
been paying, and Hill continues to pay. 6431. a year
for alrno4 nothing; and that of this fum, Sir Henry
Nutlet St. John Mildmay has been receiving, and
continues to receive, 4001. a year, for f mething
which he had fold to the public by another bill gain.
The Jury gave him 4.001. a year became the y
works were 'too near his honfe. after making full
compenfation to his tenants...-Tbe Treafury paid for
a bill to free him for ever from the inounsbrance of
a forced refidence there. All this is not enough, the
Barrack Office ",rives him another viol. per annum,
becaufe, again the military works were too near bia
bottle.

The above Ratement is faithfully abridged or co•
pied from the 4th Report, p. 164 to z 67, and the
documents.

DUBLIN, JUNE 4.

Lan night, between ten and eleven o'clock, as Mr.
Macirty, (Piielt of Lucan) and Mr. Lynch, jun.
were returning from Dublin, they wetc attacked by
Gs robbers, near Cultifs Stream, who (hot Mr. Ma-
carty dead, and beat Mr. Lynch •ery much, and
robbed bosh of their watches, and whatever cans _
they had about them.—The Priers was a man of moo
excellent chara'ler, and very much efleemed by all
defcriptions of People in the parith I his lots is much
regretted.—Patroles are hence-forward to take place
between Lucan and Paltnernown.

Since striking the above, the driver of a jaunting
car has given fnch information to Ju(lice Wilcocks,
as, it is hoped, will lead to a dircovery of the whole
gang; he is nnw in attire purfuit of therm
A man named Charles Toole, was apprehended
on Monday morning left, by Mr. Wilfon, Chief Peace
Officer : it was in this man's honfe Mr. Wilton dif-
covered, fome time back, the very enenfive mann-
faCtory for forging bank notes. Toole had abfconded,
but by the attivity of that officer, he was furptized on
the above morning. He was committed u Kilmain-
ham gaol by the Superintendent Magifit ate to Qand
his ttial for the forgeries.