The Statesman.
London, England, 1812-02-13 00:00:00

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ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT

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LAW INTICLLIGENCE;
COURT OF CIiANCEitY, Frs. 12.

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The Seventeenth Report of the Commissioners of
Military Enquiry relates entirely to the Ordnance
Department, and is arranged under seven distinct
Leads. •
Ist. MILITARY ACCOUNTS.—The Commissioners
state, that their enquiries respecting the accounts of
the Military Corps, have been directed to the situa-
tion of the Agents and Paymasters of these corps,
to the course observed in issuing money to them, and
to the mode of distributing and accounting for its
expenditure, &c. The , most considerable' of the
Agents are Messrs. Cox and Greenwood.' The Re-
port recommends that there should not be an unne-
cessary accumulation of cash balances in the Agents',
hands, and complains of delay in the transmission of
accounts and vouchers from abroad.
9.. d. The FIELD Tams; -DETAIRTMENT, which, it
says, is generally, commendable, and recommends to
the officers employed in it
_a more establithed situa-
tion than they. have at pregitni;'and that as not' more,
than one-third of the estektishmint of horses in each
brigade is employed, the remainder might be.Occa7
Sionally used in the Rogineerand other Departments.
3d. ROYAL ARTILLERY DRIVERS.—After some
observStions en the-psi-of Major-Gen. Douglas, the
Commandant of,thia Gorey, the Report recommends
that the staff rank Of Major should he struck out of
the establishment of the 'Corps ;.and that this Corps.
should compose an integral part orthe Rpyal Regi-
Ment of Artillery,, iestekkof being, as, at, present,
an ROXIIIIIFy.IrOFCG:IOIitn... .
4th. DEPUTY ADJUVANT GENERAL Of 'ARTILLERY.
this Office the Report observes; that it has been
held by Major.iGeneral M'Leod, since its establish-
ment in 1795, who is also a Major-General en`the
• ' Staff.: and it objects, as in the eases of Major-Gen.
Douglas, and other officers, under the preceding head,
rho have other situations, that it is giving two pays,
and•two classes of allowance, for executing a single
servitto.• • ' • •
..sth. MMEDICALDxiis.serW
Ile MEDICAL Report
approves the appointment anit conduct of Mr. Webb,
the Inspkittor General of Ordnance Hospitals, but
.. rßeefers for the details, of this department to the Fifth
prt.
• 6tb. ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY at WOOLWICI4
alteration in ilia conduct of this ERCIIREDI
Institution- is, that expense would be saved in the
establishment, of Offictib, Professors, and Minters,
awl a uniformity of instruction and disciplinitie'pro-
batily better maintained, if all the. Gentlemen Cadets'
touldbe accommodated tinder nee roof.
7ds TRIGONOMETRICAL SURVEY.OF GREAT Bar.
• wste.--This survey has been extended to the Frith,
of Forth, the whole of _England, ulth a,small excep-
tion,•having been completed ; and it is expected the
whOle of *Mend will be also completed within
four yrars. The gnalifications of Colonel Mudge,
• who• conduits the survey, are so great, that alp.l
though 'it may interfere with ,the duties of Lleute-1
nant-Goventor. of the Royal Military Academy, the I
Cammissimierrsay they forbear to question the profi
• priety of his holding the two offices at the same time. I
The Report concludes with some general observe-
tiens on this and the five preceding Reports, all of
which 'respect the Ordnance Department, in which,
it says, that in the general opini3n of the Commis-
sioners the conduct -of the Ordnance business is, on
the whole, efficiently carried on, but often executed
on too large a *ale, and' without a due attention to
of onomy ; that although the Commissioners have'
etonsetimes doubled the ptopriety of establishing cer-
tain officers,..their objections are more frequently te-
ther salaries 'and emoluments; that the alteritiona
suggested, although nntnerous, are not, in general,
inconsistent with the established system, and that
lsornei might 'be adopted at present, Mit that others
most be dtiferrred until a season of pest*: Mut here
they close their Enquitieti respecting the Ordnance.
Department.

• • " • STIR WATKINITIVE.s V. MORGAN.
Sir SAMUEL ROMILLY moved for an injunctien in
• this cause to restrain an actiou brought by the 1/efee-
dant,' upon a bill. of costs,-againsL the 'Plaintiff,
fernier client. The demand was tendered in Court,:,
but the Defendant objected to it, as•not being tendered.
in guineas. :There was no resistance, and the in-
junction was granted.
WiTASAMI V. STOCIRDAZE ANS OTII2IIIII.
The same Learned Counsel mores to •difeloire rt.
injunction formerly obtained by- tho,Plaintilf against
the Defendants, to restrain them from re-publishing
• a work, In font octavo volumes, called
' whole Office "of Justice, compiled by the Plaieliff,
and first published in 1797. The grounds of the.
present application were not,the contradiction of the
foregoing statement, but that or the Defendants'
being the assigns of the bona fide purchaser of the
reversionary right in the work, which, byan easiest
tory deed, or articles of agreement, handed ap •to
the Lord Chancellor, manifestly appeared.
Ills Lordship observed, that no case could be clew
er than this appeared to be, and dissolved the tin-
junction.
Sir S. Ronits.tv also moved, that an injunction
Aright be granied to restrain the piratical republica-
tion of the works and miscellaneous writings of Mr.,
Richard Cumberland, which appeared recently edited
• without lawful authority. The Learned Counsel
'hewed the 'plagiarism. of this new yublication, by
pointing out forty whole pages in continuation,
ithout any variation from the original work.—
The motion was not opposed, and the injunction was
granted.

• The Loin) enaNces.Loa appointed, Friday morn-
ing next for finishing the pressingiudginents and mo-
tions of this Term, standing for his 'Lordship's im-
mediate decision, instead,,Af the following sear,
which will be on Wednesday next.—This arrange-
ment is quite" unesuat, as the Master of the holiti, j
in course, sits in his oleo Court on Friday, and tali
-;ist'O Congo by tieceslity,*thes clash against the conVe. I
Juictice o 4 Counsci ~n 'the accustomed practice. '
The parish of Christ-Othrch,* Surren has offered
te-iAvird ter the appechtsisiett of strieLtehbera, ittld
r.'r tins appeeltensiorref !Jenson' foutffivvrith bulge.
of house-b'reakingitetlyir posseatit7l.
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