The Statesman.
London, England, 1810-01-30 00:00:00

THE ORDNANCE.

A report has been prevalent, for some days, that
Mr. HUNT, the Treasurer of the Ordnance, was
a defaulter to a considerable amount. This report
furnishes anew instance of thu weakness of Minis.
tars, and is, we are happy to say, totally dustitute
of foundation. The following are, we understand,
the circumstances of the case :—Mr. PititCEYAL,
some days since, received as anonymous letter, stat-
ing, that Mr. HUNT was a defaulter to the amount
of t 50,0001. The natural inference was, that thelet-
tor came from some private enemy of Mr. BUNT,
'who sought to do him an injury. or derive some ad-
vantage by his removal from office. It made, how.
ever, an impression on Mr. PERCEYLOS mind, and
he communicated the contents to Mr. ASHLEY
COWPER, the Clerk of the Ordnance, and sum. ,
atoned a Board for Tuesday, at which Mr. HUNT
was requested to attend. Mr. HUNT attended
before the Board met, and was received by Mr.
COWPER, who communicated to him the purpose
fur which the Board was summoned; but Mr.
IIuNT, indignant at the treatment which he
had received, epee the mere suggestion of an
anonymous scribbler, immediately left the office,
and sent in his resignation. At that time there
was 280,0001. of the money of the Ordnance in
the Bank, and the Board thought it adviseablc, as
a measure of precaution, to give notice to the
Bank to suspend its payments; and they accord-
ingly did remain suspended until Thursday, by
which time it was ascertained, that the charge in
the anonymous letter was without foundation.

The boasted demolition of the docks and arse-
nal of Flushing amounts only to this, that the
gates by which the great basun was formed sod
secured, with the piles which surrounded it, have
been destroyed and removed, and that the interior
of the arsenal has been blown up ; but the prin-
cipal walls of the latter are still standing. During
two months of fine weather, the whole of the
damage done to the forts, docks, and arsenal, on
the final evacuation of Welchem', can be com-
pletely repaired.
No account has been received of the missing
ships in the homeward-bound Jamaica and Leeward
Island convoys, that sullered in the hurricane of
the 27th of August last. There is every reason to
fear they must have foundered.
A person who lately held a situation of public
trust, has been in custody some days on a charge .
of capital felony. The charge against him is for
an offence, which he was employed by a concern
of the greati-st magnitude to detect.
It must have been highly gratifying to Lord
CASTLEREAGH) milli' return to that side which
he ought never taltave abandoned, to find that his
weight had turned the scale against his former col.
leagues ; and it was perhaps no mortification to
him to discover that the plotter and contriver of
his disgrace had calculated so erroneously the re.
salt of that night's division, as to be found with
hit little senate of feeble amateurs in the ranks of
a Ministry which be had quitted, contending in a
heeled minority in a.lloe, by underhand arts, an
inquiry which tlisither he nor any one else had
the boldness openly to oppose. Nothing indeed
was wanting to complete the contrast between Mr.
CANNING and Lord CASTLEREAGII since their
quarrel, except the votes which they respectively
gave on Friday last.
On Sunday afternoon, a gentleman, wbo was
skaiting on the Serpentine River, had the misfur.
tuna to fall into a hole which was broken, near
the carriage road, on the North side ; he disap-
peared for a moment, and came,up again, whin he
supported himself by laying hold of the ice, and
in this situation called loudly for assistance. The
skaitors, however, dreaded to approach him, uutil
a gentleman, at the hazard of his life, skaited. to the
-oory tsdge, and, by holding out his stick, saved hit
fello* skaiter. w o was so iiilerZttittstvd. as to,
be carried to Kensington for assistance. 'Elie spec-
tators were truly entities for the fate of both the
gentlemen, until they.observed the exertiqua; and
humanity of the former crowned with success;
The ponds in St. James's and the Grant Parks
are again frozen over, and crowds of skaiters ap-
peared yesterday on each. ,
The Bath and West of England Agricultural
Society, in a late report on the subject of Wool,
have stated, that they have for two or more suc.
cessive years fonlid, that wool from a cross be.
tween the original Merino ram and Rycland ewes,
and from their 'posterity variously intermixed for
several generations, without any further recurrence
to the pure breed, has, iq every instance in which
the trial has been mad4,prpcluced cloth and im-
seym.ere finer than those
,ntitinfactured from the
most noted Spanish Piles, tor the express purpose
of oinoposi lion.
Thc ream of the delivery of letters from the
Post.uffice yesterday being later than usual, was
owing to the vast number of order's far Tickets
and Shares from All parts of the country. Indeed
the Seheine of the present Lottery is extremely
popular, owing to these,boing only 5,000 numbers
and 5,000 prizes, atm, .foresecing that, early
laid in a great variety of Tickets, that the public
Odic:m.lM considers, his bast friends') may be sup.
plied, at 4, Cortikill, and 9, Charing-cruse; where
eight of the principal, Capitals intim last Lottery
lere said. iq Slam,

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CELEBRATION4MA liVirantra,
•
GLASGOW. JeN. 25. •
Yesterday, niuety-nne Gentlessna
Great Ball of the Black. Bull Ina here, in
of the Birth-day of Mr. Fox ; Sir John Mint
of Pollock, Bart. in the Chair. Nationst"4
patriotic airs by an instrumental band, and
lest appropriate songs enlivened the comeeleit
Of the evening. It was resolved, that thop •
of Constitutional Principles in Glasgow
I/ 4neighbourhood, should dine annually on the
day. Among many excellent toasts, wo remisillorto
the following— •
The King.
The glorious aad iramartarMeraory of Chu.
Prince of Wales. gloit
The Navy.
The Army, and may its valour never be frustrated by
The incapacity. YIP
The H louse of llanover, and may they never forget the
ciples which seated them motile 'throw.
The Rights of the People, which Mr. Fox spent by
, in ilefeudiug.
The Cause for which Hampden bled In the Reid, mmi
gli
Lisec on the sestrate.
The Sovereignty of the People.
The Liberty of the Press.
The Man who dares be honest in the must of ti.,,
Magog Cbarta, and may the Nobility ever mad nil
tritest interest in prutecting the rights of the people.
A speedy, hononrable, and lasting Peace,
Lord Grenville, and may the kinOom saw betray mild
by his liberal policy to the Catholics.
Pee Grey, and may Presbyterians soon be peri
defend the State, without reautio:ing their Church.
The Memory of General Moore.
General Ferguson, and victories without convention.
The Itose; the Thistle, and the Shamrock.
The Duke of Bedford, and the speedy retarn of heal
Government to Ireland.
The Duke of Norfolk, mut the Whig, of Englad.
The Marquis of Douglas, and our friends who eel&
the day iu the Scottish capital.
The Doke of Argyll, and the principles of his ajair
House.
Lord Archibald Hamilton, and the iddependeat
holders of this widy.
Mr. Ponsouby, and the Whigs of Ireland.
Mr. Whitbread, and the efectual pumishamt of petal
tion.
Colonel Wardle, and his minority, and may it seas be
majority.
Lord Holland, and may he represent the principles of
immortal Relative. -
Lord Erskine and the Trial by Jury.
The memory of Wallace, and may our countrymen
cherish the cause in which he bled.
Lord Lauderdale, and a reform of oar India system. •
The memory of Professor Miller, and may Coastal*
principles ever distinguish the Scottish Universities.
Alderman Collte, and the City of Loudon.
The memory of Beek ford, and the Subjects' right of Pe,
'rite memory of IYashington, and amity between tie.,
two free nations of the world.
The revival and triumph of Spanish liberty.
Clerk of 'Odin, the inventor of the Naval manmerre d
breaking the line, and may British science ever glade liteS4
valour.
Sir Samuel Romiily. and the independence of the Bar.
The memory of Francis Doke of Bedford.
The memory of Fletcher of Saltoun.
Lord Folkestone, and the Freehulders of Berkshire.