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ham, and took rtic4t of the papers respeeting the
Romney with me.
'I wish to ask, not whether any of the observa-
tions in that Report yon can confirm, lint whether
you know any of the tarts youtself ?—Yes, with re-
spe& to the Romney.
Do you know the fa6ts contained in those papers
that you examined ?—Sorne of them I certainly do
with respe& to the Romney.
Will you state the particular points which you
know of yoUr own knowledge ?—I Went out of
Town, by dire&ions of the Admiralty, -late at night ;
/ got to Chatham the next morning, and went into
the Dock Yard ; I had the papers in my possession
respeaing the repairs of tile Romney, and the stores
supplied at Calcutta. I went to. the Commission-
ers, and from thence to Sir Home Popham, - who
was in lodgings' and we went on board the Rom-
ney ; pointed out such parts of the repairs as
had been done, and dire&ed the Officers of the,
'Yard to fix the value of particulaf articles, and' to
state the v aloe of the work,if it bad been done in this
Country, knowing nothing of the prices in India.—
'spent the greater part of the, day there, and we
were dire&ed to examine the Warrant Officers on
Path ; there were two of the Carpenters in the ship ;
the Caulker, and I believe the Boatswain, were the
only persons we considered as Warrant Officers : the
diredion we had from the Admiralty was to exa-
mine the Warrant Officers : those people were exa-
• nilned that day, and I was direiSted, to return, my
services being required in town: After spending
part of that day at Chatham, I came up the next
day, and attended my business in town : after that,
before the return was made, il•om Chatham, I was

ordered to proceed to Riga at a very, short notice ;
and when T came back the Report was framed, in
a great degree, by Mr. Tucker, under the inspetlion
of Mr. Rolt, a Clerk in the Office.
There are 'vouchers which you examined ; is
there any thing M the vouchers ?—I saw the vouch-
ers, and of course examined them ' • but the chief of
the business was done by Mr. Tucker and Mr.
Rolt.

As far as the examination went, did the inspec-
tion of the Romney correspond with, the papers
v.yhich you took down with you went over the
Romney with the Carpenters, and pointed out the
particular articles ; whether they agreed in
,part or
the whole, was left to the decision-of the Officers
afterwardi i I had no time to go into it.
Had you an opportunity of forming any judg-
ment whether they corresponded, or whether they,
-ere fabricated charges ?—I could not' certainly.
Was -Sir Home Popham present when you in-
speaed the Romney was; he went on board
the Ship with us.
Did Sir H. Popham make any application to you
for the purpose of examining any otheepersons than
the Warrant Of ;, any of the Commissioned
Officers, for instance believe -Sir H. Popham.
wished to examine the Lieutenants, bUt the. instruc-
tions which we had, and which.we adhered striEtly
to, were the Warrant Officers ; it was the expendi-
ture of,the stores and the repairs which we were to
Attend to ; but the price of repairs in, this Country
'was no rule for that Country.
He applied to you to examine the Commissioned
Officers, and you,declined it, on the ground that it
was not in your authority ?—Certainly ; we said
that the 'Warrant Officers were the pertions we
were to. examine, they, having the charge of the
stores : Commissioner Hope and myself determined
-that, the' warrant was direEted to us; he is resi-
!lent at Chatham : as the Report was not made till
February,. 1804, I was returned at that
,time, and
then T. signed, the Report.
Did the Documents you carried .down with you
relate to the bloyes expended in, the' repairs of the
Romney, or any other point p—To the repairs of
the Romney. ' • . .
Did year examine the cable bitts did-net.

T.l49qq. iimotoop, giv: was called in, and • exa-
mined,

Your name is to the •Report of the coth of Fe-
bruary, too+, i•espeaing the repairs ,of the Rom-
ney ; are there any of thy, feels stated in -that Re-
port, pr the Vouchers .accompanying it, that you
know of your own knowlOge ?--'Though my name
was to it, I. was not one of the Committee to exa-
mine it,
There are, none of the fa as in it which come,
iithin your own knowledge ?—No • •it only came
to me officially to sign it.

, Sir Jon ;-lutssLo,,v was called in, and examined,
• Are there any of the fatal contained in the Re-
port of tho Nlvy Board of the 20th Feb. 1804, re-
lating to the repairs of the Romney, thot you know
of your ol.vn,knoWledge ?—No, I did not belong to
either of the Committees which had to regulate
that business ; and, thengore, I know nothing of
it. _

(Ti be eonthmul.)

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WE are at length enabled to lay before our
Readers soiree authentic intelligence respektirg Lorcl
/Insp.:. The Decade Frigate arrived in the Tagus
pn the i nth inst. with Dispatches from his Lordship.
His Lordship's Letters? we understand, are dated on
the 15th June ; but the Decade dig riot part from the
• Fleet until the igth : at that time they were in lat.
27. N. long.6o.West, and were under a press of sail.
pur Readers will
ifecollea that it, was on the
same day?. viz. the, lOth June, the Curieux saw
the Combined li'leet lat, 33, N. long. 60. W. ,So
that there is the strongest reason to dope that the
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