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REFORM OF FINANCIAL ABUSES

... REFORM OF FFNANrtAL ABs9s LETITER VII. - Srn,-So much of late having been said and' written concerning the expenditure of publie money on naval purposes, it has oc- curred to me, to exanmine what light is thrown upon this subject in that notable parliamen- tary publication,.,No. 5. of the -public ac- counts, -which professes to'be an account she'winY howv the rtxaL IC MONIES remaining *in ...

MR. PITT'S ANSWERS

... - I SIRx,--Not having had an opportunity cf seeing the whole of Mr. Pitt's evidence, until I saw your paper, I swas imnediately strafk with his evasive answers to. questions that one would imagine, he could have had *no doubt upon. Having had a spare hour, I have endeavoured to bring the whole of his 'anwers into one view, and I herewith in- close you the sketch I have made. If it be S ot in a ...

MR. PITT'S CASE

... JuSTICE SHALLOW.-lt Is Well said, Sirt anddit Is we l said, ined too s good; yea, indeed, is it: good phrases *are sureiy, and vce4 were, very comuend bIe. Aeoommdatedt k comes of accommodo: very good ; a good phrase ?? ?? ?? eonSir, I have heated toh word. Phrase, call you it ? By this day, I know not the phrase: but I will maintain the word to be ;a word of exceeding good command ...

LORD MELVILLE & MR.PITT'S CONDUCT

... Where the supreme authority, not content with winking at the rapacity of its inferior instruments, is so shameless and corrupt as ?? to give bounties and premiums for disobedietnpe to its laws; wheit it wilL not trust to the activity of avarice in the pursnit of its own gains;, when it secures public robbery by all the careful jealousy and.attentisn, with which it outhtto piotect ...

DIRECTIONS TO THE BOOK-BINDER

... DIRECTIONS TO THE EOOK-NTDE'll. It is tobe observed, that this sheet, which is the last of Volume ITE. should not be rat open by the reader, 'but should be left to the Book-binder, who will perceive, that the frst half sheet, of which this page makes a part, comes at the end, and that the other -half sheet, containing the Title Page, Advertisement, and Table of Contents, is to be cut af;, * ...

OBSERVATIONS ON THE FOREGOING EVIDENCE

... OBSERVATIONSE oWI TTrE rO'RGOING EVIDENCE. To have .p.ublished the fboret.-ing evidence., ?? making any observation at all on it, might, with solme few personas, have tsub- jected me to a charge of-having, upon a sub-. ject pf the greatest importance, discovered an indiffierexw1ce in, the public.causej yet, so full is -my ornviction, that, in the opillnions bf all .inteficgent and hionet nr.an ...

TRANSPORT AND OTHER BOARDS

... TRANSPORT W.9 OTEZR BOARDS. SIxR,---..The new bills grant no power for an ?? into the office of Paymaster of the Marines; and of, Navy Widows' Pen.- sions; nor the department of MarineCloath- ing, in which, if reportspeakstruth,thiere has, in the mode of contracting, been some- thing worthy of ?? colo- Dial agents, who are great accountants, have been overlooked. It might have happened, that ...

FOREIGN OFFICIAL PAPERS

... ST. DoMIsGO.- Proclamoftio of Briga- dier GeneralFerrand, Commander in C07ief in the Island of St. Donzinda (or Hispa- n.-i7ak); dated at the City of St. Domtngo, 5th Eek. 1805. Convinced by long experience that all ikind of regard and moderation is useless to- -wards the scoundrels who maintain the re- bellion in Hispariola, by furnishing supplies to the rebels, &c.-Art.- 1. :All indivi- ...

REFORM OF FINANCIAL ABUSES

... - 9FoRM 0 PINAI-C.AI ABUSES. - ?? LEITTERI. VUi: SI,-Jsi X the several letters'.hatI t written to you upon «this sbject, -'rhavead- vanced certain, principle.s. on whic I.hIMr2 pose 'the management of the;receeipt d penditure of -the public money-shouldhbere- gulated. I think it;may be. of service tp ?? lent these -principles.undet oneview, so as to form, as it were,,a short code ohiaial ...

EVIDENCE OF MR. DRUMMOND

... The following evidence of Mr. Dninmond, a part, ner of Boyd and Benfiebd, was omitted in the last Number, for want of room. It was taken before the Selept Committee on the isth, ;5th, and 1yth uitime. 13it May.- .Q. Were you partner ip the firm of -Boyd and 'Benfield ? A. I was, but not precisely on the same footing as the other partners; the. house of Boyd and Ben. field was established in ...

IRISH COMMISSIONERS

... f1i'sH COMMiSSIONEES'.' SIR,,-1 feel anxious, through the me- dhim of your valuable 13egister, to call the attention of the friends of economy, to a subject, w-hich, I think welltworthy of their attention. -oon after the unfortunate re- bellion in Ireland, a Bqard of Commissioners was appointed by. the Irish parliament for the relief of, those loyalists 'who ?? in the rebellion; they were ...

MR.PITT'S CASE

... As when great Cox, at his mechanic call, Bids orieut pearls fronn golden dragort. fall, Each little dragonet, with brazen grin, % Gapes for the precious priie, and gulps it in.- Yet when we peep behind the magic scene One MAAsTrZea-WrEFL direr$s IR& mmoka macine: The seif-same r ,earls, in nice eradatvon. hi'l' Around one commn n cenitre, rise and hT. Thus may ?? lotii ,urprise; Aid What is ...