l66 New A£lsofthe BritiJhLegtJldlure'^ Sept. I, 



iery, by which they will have liberty to extenfive and convenient for the purpofes 



make windows in the back- front of the to which they are to be appropriated, 

 ground-floor ware houlc, now ib ir-con- Mr. HoUoway's engravings from the 



venientlydaik; and that tliey alw have it Cartoons, now at Hampton-court, are in 



in conttmplation, to purchafe fome of the a forward (fate ; one of them will be pub- 



houfes at the back of the gallery, &c. by liihed in the courfe of this year; much is 



which ihey will be enabled to enlarge the done to two of the others, and a fourth '\\ 



premifes, and render them much more begun. 



NEW ACTS OF THE BRITISH LEGISLATURE. 



Being an Analyfn of all ABs of General Importance, fajfed in the prefent 

 ~ Sejjion of Parliament, 45 Geo. ILL 



«« An Aa to enable the Eaft India Company 

 to appoint the Connmander in Chief on the 

 Bengal Eftablifliment tobe a Member of the 

 Council of Fort William in Bengal, not- 

 withftanding the office of Governor Gene- 

 ral of Fort William, and the office of Com- 

 mander in Chief of all the Forces in India 

 being vefted in the fame Perfon. 45 Geo. 

 iii. cap. 36." (Palled loth April, 1805.) 



THE couit of direilors may appoint 

 the commander of the forces of the 

 Company on the Bengal eftahlilhm-nt to be 

 a i)itnibero! the council of Fort William, 

 Tiotw'thft .ndmg t'e office of eovernor ge- 

 neral ■,:'A commander in chief be vefted in 

 the lame perfon. 



And fuch commander flial! hnverank at 

 the boaid next to flit; g.>veri.or general, 

 but fliall not lucc.td to the government in 

 cafe of vacancy, unlefs prcvilionaily ap- 

 pointed to liipply the fame. 



But fuch commander fo appointed a 

 member of the council fliall be fubjeft to 

 recall. 



The next AB ixihich the ConJuBon have 

 to notice under this article is a very impor- 

 tant one, fpri'iging out of the prefnt laud- 

 able fpiril of enquiry into public abufes : 

 it is aifolloTMJ : 



*' An Afl to appoint Commlirioners to enquire 

 and examine into the Public Expenditure, 

 and the Conduft of Public Bulinels, in 

 tiie Military Departments therein men- 

 tioned ; and to report fuch Obfervations as 

 ihall occur to them for correcting or pre- 

 venting any Abufts and Irregularities, and 

 for the better conouiting and managing the 

 Bufineis of the faid Departments ; to con- 

 tinue in Force for Two Years, and from 

 thence uniil the Expiration of Six Weeks 

 after the Commencement of the then next 

 Sclnon of Parliament. 45 Geo. iii. cap. 

 47." (Palled 5th June, 1805 ) 



M;ij r G-ncral Hil ebrand Oakes, 

 Coloiitl Frederick Bcckwith, Lieuter.ant 



Colonel John Drinkwater, Samuel Comp- 

 ton Cox, Efq. Giles Temolcman, ECq. 

 Henry Peters, Efq. and Chailes Bofan- 

 quct, Efq. are appointed commiflioners 

 for carrying into execution the purjoles 

 of the aff, and to invelfigate how far the 

 regulations recommended by the commilL 

 fioners appointed to examine and ftate the 

 the public accounts and other maiters le- 

 lating thereto, and by the Seleft Commit- 

 tee of tlie Houfeof Commons ippoinied m 

 1797, to ajjamine into the public expcn • 

 ditu'e, have been carried into execu. in ; 

 and whether any oiher regulations may 

 conduce to the public benefit ; and Inch 

 commiffjOiiers fliall report upon and ftate 

 the fame to his M.'jcfty ar.d both Houfes 

 of Parliament. 



Such commifiior.ers fliall alfo examine 

 into the public expenditure and conduft 

 of public bufinef* in the feveral offices 

 hereinafter mentioned ; viz. in the office 

 of ordnance; the office of the fecretary at 

 war, including the mode of ifluing fub- 

 fidence, cloathing, and all other necerta- 

 ries and allowances to his Majelty's forces ; 

 and in the offices of adjutant, quartei- 

 mafter, and barrackmafter general ; and 

 in the office of the commitpriat ; and in 

 the Royal Hoipital at Chelfea, and the 

 Royal Military College, and the Royal. 

 Military Afylum, and the medical de- 

 prtrtment J and alfo what balances are (fill 

 remaining in the hands of any public ac- 

 couniants in any of the faid departments, 

 and whether any and what abules or itre- 

 gulariiies exilt, and in any fuch cafes as 

 appear to them to require it, whether any 

 or what abufes or irregularities have exifted 

 in any of fuch offices, or have been prac- 

 til'ed or committed by any perfon that now 

 are or have ben concerned in the faid offices, 

 and fliall report the fame to his Majelty 

 and both Houfes of Parliament, and ailb 

 report on the molt effedual means of re- 

 ffjeJying 



