cause) was i.uV-i'."»n in the next p
bv order of - w-nor, > is deli i' *d
in the memorial. I will fur-lie.- '> "an
order fremibe Seep" v to «lr. I.D "lic'f i*d W
another printer, under >7o. o. th i \vV .I>• nt
- >of every part of m v cm \u-\ , re- nv return from
Tellicherry, to be in r er °d in his p«per, he was 1
* interdicted from pubb'hi it, by th- a ; iig
governor's order, and *hat while the pt-efs .vas i
thus (hut again It , \ 'he iron hand of def- i
potic power, it was l"f' open to my adversaries
to abuse and vilify me as thev p' --l'ed, und :- a
certain knowledge that I neither could judify
mvfelf, or expose affertions.
It was this principle that prevented me, while
I remained in India, from ever finding an oppor
tunity-os the statement with the vou- ,
. cher's that now appear, and when* 1 left it, the
lame system being pursued, Mr. Paddock was
emboldened to publish the piece on the hearing
of Mr. Taylor's cause. The veil has been now
withdrawn, which covered the falfehoods con
tained in this piece or faandalous calumny, and
it now ftands'exp'f.-d in all its crooked defor- j
micy, as th£ production of a man. whose very
existence depended on his being able to accom
pliill my deltru&ion, and whose motives there
fore for vilifying nv character in this produc
tion, must be ielf-evident to every one ; It there
fore now only remains to (hew, what proof
he brought forward againit me, in iupport of
his info mvioo; having, I flatter mylelf, al
rea ly pro> p I, that his piece, refpefting the asser
tions ot tie Counsel on the purchase of the Fe
rokiabnd paze g > 1 Is, and the other matters
they b- night forward, contain not even the
(hadow of truth.
The memorial further dates, that after every
effort used to prevent it, I-left Bombay on the
2oth January, 1792, in the Raymond Eall-lndia
ship. Captain Sired ley, having been obliged,
contrary to the laws of England, to swear to
matters that might have crimin red m felf; I r I
was obliged to arfwer interrogatories on oath,
whether J had no' made the faliV. fictitious, and
exce'Uve charges Mr. Paddock befievt and c
ctiled weve made in my accounts, article h ay
tie'e, 1 iblemnly swore, wjlhout hesitation, I had
rot.
In the courle of the paflage to England, the |
Raymond put into the C?pe of Good Hope for
refrefhmen-% while there,'he AAing Governor,
Mr. ('arnegi (who was alio a pufl'enger with me)
being taken violently ill with a complaint that
threatened a speed termination of his exigence,
called me up in the middle, of the nigh: to his
assistance! Hardly as I had been oppreiTed by
this man, when in the plenitude of his power, ,
to him, and afforded
him the fame aid 1 should have done to my ijear
eli relative, in the lile Gtaat ion, he was for
foire rime in imminent danger, but recovered,
and he was so sensible of the injustice he hid
heaped-upon me, that laying, as he fuppoled,
upon his death-bed, h<* made a solemn declara
tion that " he had \>t n milled and mifinformed,
44 which had criiied those steps to be taken
" againit me, but that he was then sensible, I
•• had been an injured man." This declaration
he deTired miglu be communicated to me, as
will appear by accompanying aftidav t, under
No 9, whioh I delivered to tfce court of Direc
tors, in London on the ltd August, from
Doftcr Underwood the surgeon of the Raymond,
(now on the Madras establishment) and Mr.
George Corfellw, a civilian on the Bombay efta
blilhment, v. here, he now is, and then also a
paflengcr with mc. On this declaration no other
reman: is necessary, as it mult speak home to
the iVelings of every mar , than that, it very
clearly CupporTs and accords with Colonel Hart
ley's testimonies in favour, as to my conduit
while I was comnuflfary to the army under his
command, and is another confutation of the j
malicious assertions brought forward by the [
counsel at the hearing of Mr. Taylor's cause.
On the 15th Augult t7?2, I presented my me- j
morial to the court of Dire&ors in London and j
the refuh of the complaint I had preferred in !
that memorial against Mr. Paddock, was, that
the firlt ships which failed for Bombay, carried
orders for his difmifTion from the service, the
orders arrived in Bombay towards the end of j
and he soon afterwards died suddenly a
vitftim to his own chagrin, malevolence and
badness of heart. I
It will appear by Mr. Anderfon's letter to me, I
under Ko. io, dated Bombay, Bth January, 1795, j
that to the very I3.it moment, the fame difpofi- 1
tion to oppress me prevailed as in the 6rlt in
stance, and that the letter will {hew that after
my departure from Bombay, and previous to
the hearing of the cause, Mr. Anderfon moved
the Cbavrt for tbe production of the following pa
pers, and that t'e same counsel \vho made the j
cbfervations publiihed on the hearing of Mr. >
Taylor's cause, opposed the motion.
These papers were,
Col. Hartley's letter to Government, requeftirg j
an investigation of his accounts, (my accounts.) |
Government orders to the military board, in
conftqiience. and their report.
The minires of council, exonerating Col Hart
ley from the fevei al items, carried to his debit I
• by their order until his accounts had been j
finally audited.
A cop / of the papers furnifhed to Col. Hartley I
by authority of government, from the Aud
tor-General's office. 1
The report of the Military Board was, that j
these charges did not appear »o them either frau
dulent or fictitious, bui all vouched in the belt !
manner poflible. The board therefore recom
mended the whole of the debits to be remitted
Col. Hartiey ;
The govei nment approved this recommenda- ;
tion, and pronffunced his public exoneration, on |
their own records,and in public military orders.
Col Hartley's Ivtter to Government was to
V.:e ,v that his deviation ftom tbe government
jnflnidions, to him, as to the fvflem of expen- '
<li*ures, was not only unavoidable, but for the |
good of the service. In this letter government
heartily concurred, and declared that he had j
performed the service with honour to his em- j
plovers and his own glory.
The proiecution was then carrying on agafcft i
me, as Col. Hartley's commissary, by the fame
men who thus approved the foregoing report of
the military board, and dtclared mv said ac
n_„a6 approve -,. c roregoing - --- , - -
he military board, and declared my said ac- * or a ' rupees, uarr.ages for defamation
counts were neither falfe, fictitious, or excef- i terming your public letters of November anc
sve on their own records and by public mili- I December 1790, tranlniMted through me to go
:nry ojrdeffc, but they notwithilanding, held me | vernment, libels against him.
e o bail, in 113,000 rupees, on charges which lam ready to give testimony upon oath, to
hey had thus r.cknow 1 edged, they knew to be the truth of thole letters, when offictStly called
'se and co.itinuc l the p'-osecution. on, and I dare lay Kerr, and Co. as gentlemen
'swill not be denied, I imagin#, by any will alio declare what they know o£ the matter,
/-fee a fore opprefllon, but not content in difputcs of this kind between individuals,
Ith, they resolved, if pofiible, to prevent men do not like to stand forward linlefs called
rdu&ion of these papers at the trial, that on officially, and besides it has not that appear
lt receive no benefit thereby. , ance of impartiality.—l will get M*K.enzie to
will also appear by that letter, that though copy those papers jrdn want, and lend them i>v
court, by ordering the produ&ion of these the fir ft Ihip and speak to Ken*, and Co. about
ft s, were in com pleat pofTeflion of fafls, to making oath to the testimonies given you.—With
.v the prosecution against me, to be totally regard to the purchase of the property at Fero
juft. Yet* by the majority of one voice, they kiabad, yofl certainly consulted me previous to
fufed to quash the suit, on the motion of my \ your complying with the request of the gentle
'olicitor. And it will further appear by that! men, who made the purchase in the name of
le'ter that the Suit, was then heard on its gene- Moofa, to ait for them and which I consented to,
a! merits, and that after my accounts had un- for ailing as they have done, I rauft refer you
the ltri&eft scrutiny, that malice could to them for their reasons. Reynolds is to have !
invent, not a single item, was proved, or a court martial. lam ready to declare upon oath, '
deemed by the court, either falfe, iidtitious or at any time when cj led upon, that at the time
exceflive, nor was it proved, that I had in any I approved the offer in the name of Moofa. I
shape imposed upon Colonel Hartley, but tHe considered it as perfectly fair and just, in conle
tuit brought against me was diirnilfed with Coils, quence of which 1 approved it, and I have neve
ML-;
-^.VV 6 *
1 ' • of he diiVerrnt in -'
ncntionta by rhe counsel, will, 1 d i »iot not. i"
hem ia a very diih rent point of View, than
.hey ippe-jr when di Ported and 'not
nlv.b- their misrepresentations, but by" their
ialieh ods. One of -he couufel, Mr. Caflan,
had be, a a pettyr>g??ng attorney (nnt a coun
'felloe) at Calcutta, f>r manv years from vsbence
be ran a~ u.7 hi the night from b{s bail, whom he
left to oav his deb's, his charafter was notorious,
for taking fees from both parties, and it was
well knc-.vn, he was frequently bribed, to betra
his clients, mone , he refused from ho one, as
he had no character lose. The other party
Mr. Hall, had likewise been obliged to get to
Bombay fr Benga', his charafter was some
what more refpeotable than that of his col
league's, but there w,as not much to chute b?-
tweeA them —Reproach had never been coupled
with, ®r sullied my name, for I had always
enjoyed a reputation in point of abilities and
in-egritv. equal to any civilian on the Bora ha
establishment, and was looked upon, as one of
the rising young men of the lervice: ill these
mifcreaits were hired to do the dirty buiii t
Mr. Paddock, and af.er the documents I have
i brought forward, 1 hope the foregoing will no:
be deemed, as founding my own praiie, for I
have o her testimonials 1 c >uld shew equally
honorable to me, as those I have produced, In
deed, I have a pride in faying, I had in three
different initances, before i was. appointed com
miffiary to Cdlonel Hartley's ariny, received
Public thanks for my conduft in the fitua ions I
had filled, and copies of thele testimonials I will
at anv time shew to anv gentleman of relpe&a
bilitv as I have previously mentioned.
I cannot couclude without noticing, that the
malicious purposes for which this Publication
was anonymoully republished, "by rcqueit, at
Philadelphia, Co far, from my place of rep- 1
dence, cannot be mistaken by any one ; bin as
the author has chosen o be anonymou . i- rich
(hall he be considered, his views being
exavfHy the lame as those that influenced \^r
-1 Paddock and the counsel in the remarks vliey
I made at Bombay after I lad returned *o lv.iglar.dj
like those men, he nevefr expelled 'hen* pu bliCa-
I tion would be answered, and like tho& men, he
i has descended to misrepresentation, to fabrica
| tion and to falfehood in order to gain his ends,
i but the fame fate awaits him, that befel his pro
i totype, Mr. Paddock. —He will find his falie
hoods detected, his artifices unmasked, and his
j whole train of deception, fraud, perjury and
colluiioh ft and exposed 'o open daylight; they
v.-ill not n»u.ch longer (belter bin or his mil
deeds, but diveited of the flimfy covering they
1 have hitharto worn, the piercing eye of
' flrfy, W|l l h-rlfl.hjj.il mini" !>-»-«—'•*
ion, sls. rrrrm, i-rffoi,i no l.Lws »»• uld bind, who
mocked, defbif'd and repeatedlv violated the J
fa ictity of oaths when i hev interfered with his
▼iews, who has been disgraced for his conduft
as an officer, at the head of the line of an army,
and whose bcit friend and benefactor, has driven
him from under his roof, and not permitted him
to pu: his foOt over the threlhold of his door,
from the turpitude attached to his name, and
then will other matters be brought forward,
which will prove him as equally 1 oit to all sense
of shame, as to every principle of honor, and
i with the' aflurance that these matters shall be
brought fulty home to him, I will take my leave
of the anonymous author for theprefent, with a
rcquell, that the public will excuie me, for thus
obtruding- on ihem, wish the affairs of an indi- j
vidual, who has now no other wifn, than to live
in retirement? but who has been obliged to
ome forward, before them, in defence of his
ehara&er.
I am Sir, 1
Your Obedient Servant,
' 3AM, RAY. |
j No. I. I
Cannanore, $d August, 1791.
De'ar Ray, ■
! I have received your letters inclosing me n copy I
of a bill exhibited againll you in the mayor's court, j
for certain overcharges made by jfou, when aft- j
ing as coramiflary under my command, and you
! and vou requelt I vLll write a letter to the Gover- j
I nor in council, to CQjrQ-adidl the aflertions made j
1 by the attornies,_>HSat vou had imposed on me by I
| procuring my signature to those accounts with- j
j out a thorough examination.
In anfver to that part of your letter, I can- J
not give the Governor in council, a stronger tes
timony than what I have rlready dove, by my
approval and signature appearing on the face of
them. It is much easier for the attornies to as-
I fert, than to support their afiertions by proof,
j and it is an absurdity to suppose tlfey can cblige
you to answer interrogatories upon oath, to
prove to them, that your accounts are unjuftand
unfair.
] They alledge against your accounts, that many '
articles are overcharged above the market price,
| and that other articled charged have not been
1 iffimt. With regard to "the prices, ,yon have j
J only to coftrpatc -them wjth fimihir articles pur- !
j chafed bv the committee at the period alluded to, j
ixed allowances of government will determine ! Paddock, had, tooii after the Colonel's arrival me
he ifnes. j ferwl a sett of charges ijgSinft Mr.vßav, which
They further Tav, that the bills were not pro- ; concerned, at be alledged, hU conduct "as Cori
jerly vouched, as they had no; been lent to the miliary to the detachment Nov- day- at the in
tommittee for examination, before they were stance of Colonel Hartley, Mr. Kav and Mr.
ipproved cf by me: The atron-.ies cither rii.l Paddock were brought under a Iblcmn ertt**!
n<« know my orders from gcvevnment or had ment before Mr. Powney the Madras rcfident"
forgot them, iiic'.ofed is an e\trad. that the djfpdte Ibould ceal'e, on Mr Paddock's
'1 he governor will proceed to Bombay, by the maki..g what was deemed a prcpei concession
firft velTel, 1 shall certainly talk to him on the and Mr. Paddock withdrew th? above mentioned
fubjeft before he goes. 1 cannot publicly write charges, iie> Ui ii.g them u,founded, iu a public
to t'.ie board until 'heir proceedings are ollicial- letter to Oi ■.:•<?! .ianley."
ly noticed to me, but I diink they have treated I well know Mr. Hay onlv buried his resent.
me with great indignity, by fofi'ering accounts ment, !•••• -he good of'the iervice, ai-u
bearing my fTgnatare to be fubjeft to the invefti- j intended again to call on Mr. Padio'cK and 1 have
gation of Mr. Paddock, who i was under the . not the lealt doubt that a meeting would have
necessity of suspending from his office of pay- taken place on the evening of the day the inf'ult
master for disobedience of orders, and whole was given, had it been coineniei.t for Mr P~ J
motincs cf aftion are (elf-evident to all who dock, and had, I not attempted to biine about "an
kno\» anything of themat:er; and this is the accommodation,
rewarJ you have received for as faithful and ex- Camp Cerca Ghaut ")
emplary a dilcharge of your duty as I ever wit- 21 tb April nui '< CHARLES KER.
lelled.
ftYoilfaythat Mr.- Paddock ha«
■ ' -r jjr ■ ' - <0 r j ,
•v. **
tnnfldered that you either comurotrntTed your
character, or your duty, by the you took
11 'he tranfaeUon.
Subyn is gjne to the Sou'hward, but will
probably be hick before a velfel fails for Bom- .
bay, I will then get v* u the account of what
Pepper has delivered to the company, on
account, the arm. expcnces.
I am lsnfible you have had a great deal of
.rouble aad vexation, and have fuffered for
others, who ought not to have treated you as
th£y have done—mem*} minds are very much
hea'edhere and there is no talking with temper
on ihe Tvibicd, the in'ue of the buiinefb can alone [
determine the matter.
Yours truly,
JAs. HARTLEY.
i No 11.
C*mji % PvoJkltrrurn Ghjut, lit May, 1791* (
Dear Ray,
I wrote )om < ei\erday in answer to your letter j
of the 17-h which i have laid before the general, 1
[ have deli red he will write to Mr. laylor, on
'he fubjeft of your p.e.'ent fituanon and treat- |,
ment. • 1
Doctor Clug a r»n and Reynolds have sent me (
word, they a ill add a letter to me, pn the
of the Ferokia prize money, Rating their |
reui'ons for the tra.il":iiti ni—Which I (hall lay be- | (
fore the officers of the detachment, when I get |
rhetr determination you (hall be made acquainted
with it. Your* trulv, •
JAS. HARTLEY.
No. 111.
Q/rnp Ferokia bad, yth February, 1791.
Dear Sir,
T cannot permit Alt. Ra> to quit the army
without ;icqja ; nt ; ng yon, that he has ditcharged
his du-y wi h the- in oft commendable zeal and
li.'ll r., ind'.-ed, everv part of his public and
p.ivau- conduvl has deicrvedl;. m«rt my ii• icereit
approha'ion —and lie has in every ihape proved
hinlelf worthy the high choraAer, you gave me
of him, previous to my leaving Fombav—As
one of his b. .* f.-i'-nds, I am lure this will give
you p!:ifure, i.ideed, nothing but the very un
pit-ui' iv. si he is reduced to. by Mr. I'ad
i'Uc ha\ in*- hnn so much injury, in both
traducing his public and private reputation,
could have indue* 1 me to have contented to his
leaving his c<~ mrrii'.faryfhip—which he has at
tended to, nuch to the company's intcreil, his
own honor, and my entire fatisfaftion.
I am Dear Sir,
I £r V»nrs mrf^
I ***'} JA s - HARTLEY.
No. IV.
The following i* a cop/ of part of a fetter I
wrote from camp BlUapatam, 2oth February I
1791. In compliant with a request of Mr. Ray,
that he might be Enabled to contradiS, with
proper fellimoniesj some assertions derogatory j
to his honor and ouragr, as 1 have real'on to
believe this letter fcas never reached Mr. Ray, 1 1
now think it necelftry to transmit whiat follows
for public infpeftiot, feting that the conduft of
this gentleman on tie occaiion my letter related
to has been tnoft wifarJor.ubly misrepresented, in
a paper, William Paddock, in the Gazette of the
13th April.
"Sometime in Augiif last, 1 called* on Mr.
Ray at his house in Co'chh, and to furprize 1
found him preparing to rilent a gross inl'ult he
had about half an hour Wore received from Mr. j
Paddock, Captain Craufoid had promised to at- I
j tend him on the occafion,and had jult gone out !
to fettle some previous buinefs. A few minutes :
after 1 had called,-Mr. R»* received a note from 1
J Captain Crauford, wheren this gentlemen of-
I fered loine realnns reJoaJi-ng himfelf—for de- '
I cliningL iLe rr)<nfi«m«.>t hv Had -»ny"t
j then jiikpH me to perform ttie office Captain Irau
j f'o:-d had declined, the Inlult Mr. Padriock had ;
given, and Mr. Ray's determination so refem it j
I appeared so great, that, as much xs 1 wifhtd to
I do it, yet I did notice ap-iffibility of succeeding '
in any proposal of accommodation, I might
' make to Mr. Rav, and therefore undertook at ;
j his request, to writft a letter for him to Mr. '
; Paddock, demanding-immediate fatisfaSion for |
the insult, this I did accordingly, 1 was then
I under lbme engagement to go out of tows, and j
I made this an insurmountable excuse to Mr. Ray j
I for leaving him for an hour, that I might when I
alone receive Mr. Paddoc'c's answer, in which !
Mr. Paddock declined fighting, but had no ob
jeftion to an accommodation, which wai what I
I wanted, on which, I wrote to Mr. Paddock j
again, and this brought about an engagement, '
that he and I Ihould have a meeting in the even- '
i"g,. in order to bring about an accommodation
if p ffible, v. hich 1 did without Mr. Rav's know- :
. but I afterwards went to him thinking it
j pn per be fliculd lie acquainted with what 1 had
done On my return for 'his purpose, I found
thfi' Colonel Hartley and his family had come to
j Cochin, from can'oriniems and th'-it Mr. Ray's
! impatience had excited him to wait no lonprr
I for nie, but to l'crd to fSpatTiTHawkec in orHer
Itogo to Mr. Paddock, on'the errand 1 had nn- j
dcrtakc.i.—l at this time also found, that M
i—j '..x.— ,t. .
Hawkti ail d Captain Crawford, and being alraok
the fame as Doftor Ker's, it js not thought nec
-eflary to piiblifh them, the .foregoing Will no
doubt be fufiicient. .
No. VII.
COLONEL HARTLEY.
Sir,
Mr. Ray's accounts of charges, hiving under
gone an explanation, since I preferred charges
agaifcll him I beg leave to inform you, they were
j unfounded, and now appear f*tisfa«Qry to me
therefore it is niv «arne.t wi(h to withdraw those
.charges I exhibited againd .he Connniffarv's ac
: counts 1 request you will permit me to"do so
likewise the letters 1 addressed vou r,f the i o th
a id -,oth instant, and if there Ihould be any un
guarded expression in them, which mav be turn
ed into diireipefi towards you, I beg you will 's,
canlider it altogether uuin e-. iona). I aifure vou '
upon my word of honor, that nothing further
I in this bu fine Is either publickly or privately
will be brought forward by me.
I have the honor to be,' Sir,
Your molt Obedt. humble fern
Cvcbm, \uh7 ,
Augutt 17 jo. 5 WILLIAM PAD DOCK..
«• "nkjr' ~y>
--mr
No. via.
Mil. I. D. RICHAKDSO -".
Sir,
I have it in command from the Hon. the Act
ing Govtrnor m Council, to acquaint you, it is
his pleasure, you do not insert in yaur paper,
any publication from Mr. James Ray, on any
pretence whatever.
I am Sir,
Your Obedient Servant,
Bombay Cos-") WILLIAM PAGE, SECT.
tie, i7ji. 5
[/ am not certain tie above is word for word, fat
it i.: the substance of what Mr. Richardson fur
nuhed vie
No. IX.
James Ray, la'e Commiffliry to the foutheni
detachment of the army in the F.aft Indies, com
manded by Lieutenant Colonel Jam-s Hartley—
lohn Underwood, Surgeon of the ftiip. Raymond
in,the service of the honorable United com
panv of Merchants of England, trading to the
East Indies, and George Corfellis, a paliengei
ton board the said Ihip Raymond on her late
i voyage from Rombsv to London, fevcraHy and
I each for himfelf make oath as follows.
To wit. ift. The deponent James Ray, lor
i himfelf depofeth and fai-h, that on the twelfth
day of Mav lalt past, being then at the cape of
I Good Hope, on his paflage to England, and be
ing lodged in the fame house with David Car
negie Esq. late acting Governor at Rombav, the
fald David Carnegie was taken violently ill with
a complaint that threatened a speedy termination
of his evidence, that he can Ted this deponent to
be called up in the middle of the night and re
quested his afliftance, and no medical aid being
at hand, and the said David Carnegie, being ;
labouring under an agony of pain, this depo- ,
nent took such fleps, as he thought most likely !
to procure him relief, which fortunately proved
fuccefsful, until the arrival of the deponent Jphn
Underwood, whom this deponent lent for*fex
prefs on this occasion, to fall'e bay about twenty
miles from the cape—And the deponent John
Underwood, for himfelf depofeth and faith,
that being sent for express by the said deponent
James Ray to False bay aforefaid in order to
come to the afliftance of the said David Carnegie,
upon this deponents arrival at the said Cape, he j
attended and administered to the said David C%r- I
negie accordingly, and that during his inter- i
cOHrfe with the said David Carnegie on that oc
casion, the said David Carnegie acknowledged
to him, this deponent.
•' That he did not expefl to receive any civili
ty from Mr. Ray (the other deponent") after the ,
part, he the said David Carnegie " had taken |
agsinft him at Bombay, where he had afled from j
misinformation and which had been deceived, •
occasioned the steps that had been pursued against
j Mr. Ray, being resolved on in council, but, that
he, (the said David Carnegie) was then sensible
; that the said Mr. Kay was an injured man" or
! words to that effeft, and *he said David Carnegie
I at the fame time requested that this deponent
weuld communicate to ttie said James Ray, such
his declaration and acknowledgment, avowing j
i that he had not the confidence to mention it him- I
felf to the said James Ray after what had passed ,
between them.—And the deponent George Cor
fellis for himfelf depofeth and laid, thai lie alio
, was at the cape of Oood Hope, time the
occurrences aforefaid took pUce that he was
prelent when the deponent John Underwood
J communicated to the deponent James Ray, the
before mentioned declaration and acknowledg
ment of the fait] T)avid Carnegie, and that he
the said Davit® Carnegie, during his aforefaid
illness a«?, prior to the arrival of the said John
UndefTvood from False bay, had in the presence
°f 'nim (this deponent) expreiled himfelf to the
, f'ame effeft as heretofore recited, with refpeA to
• fe^±gh , Ztfe'r^--\ i |'l MS W&tr
injury uune mm mereo) —an wmcn tne laia ae
.ponents, each speaking for himfelf only, declare
to he true, the whole truth and nothing; but tl>e
j truth, as God shall help them refpeflively.
All three rworn thit Signed,
linddavof August JAMFS RAY,
1792, before me in JOHN UNDERWOOD,
London, GEORGE CORSELLIS.
J. BOYDF.LL.
In the pretence of.
JOHN MITCHELL, Nntdry Pullic.
Delivered to the court of Dire&ors, 33*1
Augoft, 17y3.
J. a AY.
No. X.
Dear Sir,
A very {hort time before mv receipt of yayr
favor of 3d June your cause with the com
pany had been brought by. the mayor's court to
hearing and judgment—Prerious however to
that, 1 had thought it for your interest to have
produced certain l documents in the pofleifion of
the plaintifts, which 1 conceived would give the
death stroke to the a&ion. I accordingly peti
tioned the court for their production, viz.
Colonel Hartley's letter to government, requift
ing an investigation of Lit, (and your) ac
counts.
Government orders to the military, in soufe
querice, and their report.
The minutes of council exonerating Colonel
Hartley frcm the several items, carried to his
debit by their order until his accounts had
been finally audited-—And a copy of the pa
pers furniftied by authority of government to
t olonel Hartley, from tue Auditor-general's
oitice.
The plaintiffs roqu?fted to (hew cause, by their
council at the bar against the produ&ion of these
papers, and were accordingly heard, but with no
efl'ec*, the papers-were produced and read "n evi
lence at the hearing. ■ • <
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My realons for wishing the production of theft
papers were, because the bill ftateri ihe fuiril
clain-ed frrra you, were not rnly in manv re
tpeftsexceffive but were in othere altogether frau
dulent and fiftiticus, as they flood charged in
your accounts, and if neither, excessive, frau
dulent or fifiitious they were incurred contrary
to the rule prescribed in vour inilruilions.
The report of the military board, was, that
these charge? did not appear to hem ei;lier frau
dulent or fiMtious but all vouched in the best
manner pojfible, the board therefore recommend
ed the whole of the debts to be remitted Colonel
Hartley, which the governmen* approved, and
pronounced hi*' public exoneration on their own
records and in public military Orders.,
Colonel Hartley's letter above mentioned was
to (hew that his deviation from this government.
inLruilion, to him, as to the fyilerti of expendi
ture, was not only unavoidable but for the .good
of the public service, in which government hear
tily concurred, and declared, that he had per
formed the service with honor to his employers
and glory to himfelf.
I was therefore in hopes that these public docu
ments, would have laved me the trouble of go
ing into the general merits of the acftiop Be
cause I argued, if the plaintiffs from subsequent
and better information were of opinion the
charges in your accounts were neither fraudu
lent or fi&itiojs and that the deviation from their
i, ructions was Proper and for the good of the
l'-'rvice, they coufefl'ed they had no juit cause of
action against you, independent of the circum
itance prevtoufly proven, in the course of the
pleadings, that they had accounted Hartley tinal
y reipohCMe, by direfting your accounts to be
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returned tr Viir», and to debit himfelf therewith,
and moreover, as Hartley must, as commander
in chief, have been the sole cause of the deviation,
the suit was more properly direfted against him,
than you, at lealt, that the bill defective for want
of him as a party.
The court however, by the majority of one
voice, were for determining the cafe on its ge
neral merits, the more especially, as the counsel
for the plaintiffs, urged, and strongly iiififted,
that the moll material part of the bill, charged
you with imposition on Hartley, i n causing him
to believe, that the charges were for articles
•aflually received and paid for, when the very
reverse was the cafe, and therefore if it could
be eilablilhed by evidence, you was bound in
your own person, and by force of your covenants
to make reparation. I had in the end the good
fortiinfc to find j that not otic of the articles,
charged againll you by the plaintiffs was proved
or deemed by the court either falfe or fi&iaious.
or that you had by any means impoied on Col.
Hartley and the bill was difmifled with coftg"
1 am dear, Sir,
your moll obedient servant,
JAMES ANDERSON.
Bombay, Bth January, 179 J.
James Ra.y, Esq.
w——
noticeT
A PERSON
V\7"HO will do any kind of business, either
VV as a Labourer, an Accountjnt, a Jierk,
an A ffiitant in a School, rtr any occupitnn by
which" he jean make a living— wants employ
ment. lie is a but aflc, no wages till
J earned, and i» willing to forfeit any he may
earn in caic he does not fully fatUfy any person
; who may honor him with employment.
| +Jt A PPIy «No 58 North Seventh street,
j near Cherry alley, or to the Printer-hereaC
! January
ANY Person or Persons, wilhing to avail
therafelves of any epportunity of hiving a
person well calculated to perform the -nectflary
avocation of a DUM, wi.l hear of on«, hy loving
' a lii.e at the Office of this Gazette, directed
to A. B.
Any recommendation* neteflary can be giveni
dtf
January 22.
(0* THE COMMITTEES
Appointed by the several Fire Companies
in the City and Liberties, to devise a plan of
nflociation for the purpafe of acting in efl«-
rert at fires are reqiiefted to attend a me'tirg
to be held at Cameron'; Tavern, sign of the
Golden Swan, in Third above Arch
Street, on-Saturday 6«ninff the ift of Fe
brcaryt precifcjy rt'6 o'clock.
January a?. dtS.
« r ~ HENRY BENBRIDGE
BPGS lea re to inform his friends and the
pwMic, that he has commenced thebuhnefs
of a BROKER, at hn Office No. 83 Dock
fl'tet near the Rank of the United States,
where he buy* and fells or Commission all kinds
of Public Securities, Stocks, Notes, icc. &c.
and offers his services in any bnfioefs in his line.
Jan 14. diw3aw6w
THE UNDERSIGNED,
. IS Swedilh Majesty's Consul General, and an
_i tKnuaod to tfrrr Buftnefs,
or hi? Majeftv the King of Denmaalt in the United
itatei of America, refilling at Philadelphia,
Hereby gives public Notice,
That in t'i recewt in&iuitions received
from hi« government, it i« thedu'y of all Ma'tert
ot SwcJith and Danilh vtffcls, before their Jailing
Irom »ny port in the laid States, to calLupor'him
or the Vice COiiftil. in order to he granted such
C\rriticat«< tor rl t-ir Cargoes, which the ci/gcncy
of the (late of thr N«utral Conuiv ree and (he fe- i
v j r 1 Detn'en nf the Liilligerent Power?, renter
indifpei'Tably necessary, and, that any Matter of
veffeJs belonging to the refpeiSiTe nations, or na
vigating uvuit-r the p-nteilion o! their fl.igs, in
oraittirg to - such certificates, will personally
fta;id r.-iposlibk lor the confcr)ucnce«.
RICHARD SODERSTROM.
Philadelphia, 18th December, 1799.
United Slates, iff
Peunjjlvnru* Dlfirttt, J .
Notice is hereby given,
'jpH a Special BiftriA Court of the United
State« will be holdsn at the City Hall, in the
city of Philadelphia, in and for ths Pennfylvar.il
di(lrii3, on Fri ;»y tho jifl day of January uiftant,
at ten o'clock AM. for the trial of an information
filed by William Rawle, Esq. attorney of the
Uuited Sutc« in an-1 for the fiid difirifi, against
1 Caflc, and
3 Hogsheads Spirits,
diftillod at a diftil'.ary within the city of Philadel
phia, and removed Irom the fame without being
firft branded or marked according to law—where
fore the fame have been seized as ferfeited.
By order of court,
D. CALDWELL, Clerk Dirt. Court.
January 18, :Bco.
CITY OF WASHINGTON.
TBF. POSSESSORS
OF OBLIGATIONS «r CER MFICATES fill
ed Ly the fnl-,fcril»er, 'or undivided Shares or
Lots on hi. purchrifc within the city of Wafting
ton, who have not y«t applied for and received
their Deeds, are hereby notified, that their feveraJ
TitWwrl be duly completed to the order of those
who in conformity with the terms of the laid Cer
tificates, do make the Payments in full therefor,
either to Tbumas M'Eutn \S" Co. or to the
fcriber at Philadiflphia, on or at any tine before
the 31ft day of vlay Best.
Samuel Blodget.
December 17
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
/
TOR SALE
About 25 acres cf Land,
LAYING on the east fide of the Falls Road.—
On the East it is bounded by property belong
ing to Mr. Tench Francis, f«n —on the south, ky
a road »i two perches, and on the north by a lane,
which separates it from Mr. M'Call. It is propo
sed to divide this land into 3 equal parts in order
to (nit the puichalcr*.
Alio, 31 acres, fit >ated on the weft fiiie ®f
Gcrn.antown rmd, adjoining Mafter»'s eftatc,
bfine part «t" ths property of the lat« Samuel
Mifflin.
Pertersnt apply to Samuel Mifflin, corner o£
Market and nth llreeta.
Jar.uary 14
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