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'itoti,''therefore, the communications with him were
,entirely by note.. His (Mr. Sullivan's) letter to Sir
Andrew Snape liamond was dated 9tli February;
on-the loth Lord Hobart wrote to Lord St. Vin.

eent.that for Security and expedition Sir" A. Ha-
mond was to take charge of the whole of the prep,
rations, and to AdvAriee the funds, which were to be

afterwards replaced. Sir A. Hamond prop.sed to raise
the money by An issue of Navy Bills, which were to be
paid off when the money for the Expedition was is-
sued from the Treasury. The funds thus created,
were paid into Messrs. Hammersley'a Bank. He
did believe, in the beginning, that Lord St. Vincent
was acquainted with the whole of this arrangement.
But he acceded to the declaration of partial know.

ledge, because he was sure that the NJble Lord
would not say that which was nut. But till he
knew that hi.; Lordship had declared himself so
entirely, ignor,int thise particulars,. he did believe
that he was perledly aware of them. He did
believe the • Hon.. Gentleman opposite, when he

stated that Lord St. Vincent declared he would have-

sooner put his • hand in t'Ae fire than have younte.
nanced this alylication of the Navy Money. 'But
certainly Lord Sc.
,Vincent did not chew any such
aversion to it at the time, he supposed, from what
had been said, because his, Lordship did not know
it was, to be 4iolle. _

Mr. Y ANSITTA RT thought he couid, throw some
light on this transaction, by stating what he knew
of it ut.,rn his official situation at the time (Secte.

Lary of the Treasury). Great difficulty:orate from
the,miwillingness of Lord St. Vincent to apply the
Nagy money to this Expedition; and there being
at that time no vote of credit, the only resource
that remained was, that the Comptroller of the Navy
should provide the funds in the fir,t instance, and
that they should be replaced from the Treasury as
soon as the vote of credit passed. He was glad
his Right Honourable Friend, who was then
Treaauter of the. Navy,, had explained the matter in
the manner he had.done. • He was sure Lord St.
Vint ent was a man of honour, but without that
explanation he. should have found it difficult to re.
coneile the evidence a'! at he knew of the fads,
though he could nit immune any improper design in
Lord St. Vincent. At the same time, it was ob.
vious that the Hon. Baronet stood fully acquitted
by the documents on
.the Table, so. far as any
charge may have been male agrainst him of having
acted in this business without being frilly authorised.
The CHANCELLuk o f the EXCIiEQUEK
supposed the House must now he satisfied from
the reading of the Papers that there was no inten.
tion to take the House by surprise, nor to advance
any other unfair objed, and that any surmise of
that kind was absolutely' unfounded. Wha,ever
construdion may tut? ue put on the words of the
evidence, the obvious impression they were calcu.
laced to make was, that contrary to the inten.
lion of 'the Noble Lord, Sir Andrew Snape
Hamond had issued Navy money for services, of
which the First Lord of the Admiralty knew no.
thing. This eves the impresiion they had made on
his Hon. and Learned Friend (the Attorney Ge-
neral), till the Matter had been explained. He
asked, under these circumstances, what would have
been the consequence if the inquiry had been stifled
in the manner that Itad been proposed ? What in.
jury would mot have been done to Sir Andrew
Hamond, if it had been only known that he had
advanced the money to be replaced, but, without
the First Lord of the Admiralty having any ac.
qnaintance with the transaction for which it was
advanced ? Now it appeared that it was advanced
for a iervice known and approved of by the 'first
'Lord of the Admiralty—that there was an arrange-
ment that it should be advanced by the Comptroller
of the Navy, to be replaced by the Treasury. It
now appeared, and it was a point much relied on,
that in a transaction which was purely Naval, and
which was approved of by the First Lord of the
Admiralty, there was no objedion on the part of
that Noble Lord to the plan going forward, provided
the expence was not defray et) out of the funds for
Naval Service, This was a new light, in which
the transaction would not have been ',laced if this
discussion had not been institoted ; what the circa
of it was, he should .not say.
Mr. FOX argued, that Lord St. Vincent's evi.
dence must be understood to be meant relatively, for
it was impossible to suppose the Noble Lord to say
he was ignorant of the bet of the Stone Expedition.
He denied that there was any disposition to stifle
inquiry, though there was a reludance to let Papers
go to the PoWlic without knowing what they con.
tamed, or in what they were deficient, He was
positive that when the proper time came for investi.
gating the matter, the Noble Lord's evidence would
be found pettedly comet.
The CIJANCAiLLOR of the EXCHEQUER in.
ferred, that there was a disposition to stifle inquiry,
because the Hon. Gentleman's Him. Friend (Mr.
Grey) wished to prevent these Papers (tarn being
printed or read, and even proposed to rescind the
Order'fur producing them. tie did not know what
the Noble Lord meant, nor slid he ascribe any mean.
ing to-Mole—but the impression his evidence, would
have made was, that he knew nothing of the trans.
aelion, and that the step was taken without his
knowledge. He cited the letters, and contended,
that the Hon, Baronet had a right to coned an cr.
roneous and unfavourlible impression.
Mr. Gary said, the Right Hun. Gentleman had
been guilty of wilful misrepresentation (a cry of
Order).
The SeitAxeit felt it his duty to inform the Hon.
Gentleman, that the expression he had Made use of
WAS not justifiable.
Mr. Gut sr was very sorry that any improper ex„
pression should hive escaped him in the warmth of
the moment. He contended that there was no evi.
inquiry--on the
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regulate the manner in which such documents should
be allowed to go forth. He contended, that the
questions put to Earl St. Vincent were only vela.
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