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3.roceeded with it in time of war, but the war came
IT:Ion them, and they continued their enquiries. He
was not at all furprized at the obfervations which
had fallen from the Honourable Baronet, conGdyring
at what place the perfons that Member had defended
were refident.

Sir WM. ELFORD utterly diklaimed the ilighteit
pezfonal knowledge of the individuals to whom he
alluded. Nay, he had no eonneaion whatever

vith them, and aged wholly on public grounds.
Sir CHARLES POLE difelairned any imputation
calculated to make a quellion of the integrity of the
motives of the Hon. Member for Plymouth. But the
abufc of the Naval Commoi(fionera came naturally
from the ennilitiients of the Hon. Baronet; for he
did n't believe that thofe Commiffioners were ever

:L fpsafully foken of at the Docks ! (A largh.)
4ARKHAMAd viral requefted the indulgence
,f the Houfe for a few moments, while he offered
• is feutiments on a fubjed in which it was impolfible
!..r him not to feel a good deal interefted. He had
fficulty then in alluring the Honfe, that looking
die pall labours of the Commiflion, looking to
what was Rill before them, he law no hope of their
being able to finilh their invelligations before the
Ode of the fetlion. Hi defired Gentlemen ferioully
to confider what the Reports already produced dif-
doled. But thefc abufes, great as they were, were
not more confiderable than other; which Rill remain-
ed to be invefligated. He believed in his confcience
from all the inquiries which he himfelf had Eck it
his duty to make, from all that had fallen under the
obfervations of his Noble Friend, lately at the head
of the Board of Admiralty, that in the . Naval De-

pampa% not lets than one-third of the whole amount
might be Caved to the nation.
This was not an elution made on light grounds.
It was founded on documents in his poileffion, and
in poffeffion of the Noble Perron to whom he bad re-
ferred, and which were ready to be produced before
the Commiffioners, if they were fuffered to go on
with thofe inquiries, which had already produced
fuch important refults. There Rill remained many
ferious matters fur inveßigation. The Tranfport
Board had been alluded to, and he could allure the
Houle that this was a fruitful fubjea for inquiry.—
The conduit of the Sick and Hurt Board was ano-
ther fertile fubjea for ioveßigation. As a profef-
fional man, he was anxious to have this department
inquired into. In common with other officers and
(earnest, he had fuffered from the grofs and even
fcandalons mifmanagement of this Board. Some time
ago there had been a Bill before the Houfe for the
fairer ditiribution of prize money ; and hc believed
that many perfons concerned with the Navy had high
expeaations from its operation. Thefe expeCtations
had not, however, been in any one inftance verified.
On the contrary, the Bill teemed to have fallen into
total oblivion. [Here there was a notice acrofs the
Table that a new Bill on the fubjea would be fpee-
dily brought forward.] The Honourable Admiral
expreffee his fatisfaaion at this intelligence, and hop-
ed that it would not be merely nominally paffecl, sut
would be experienced in its beneficial effeas. The
fait was, that the Bill for authorising the Naval In-
epiry muff either be continued, or slfe many abufes
mull remain undifclofed, many enormities 110C0erte•
ed, many inflames of extortion unpunithed. The
Right Honourable Gentleman had expelled his
conviaion of the importaace of the labours of the
C.ommitlioners, and he now, for his part, called on
him to throw no obßacle in the way of their comple-
tion. He couldsecollea when the •bufinefs was ori-
ginally Rartede that an objeaion was made on the
ground that there was no neceffity for the meafure.
That objeaion was. however,completely repelled by
this confideration, that it would have been the height
of abfurdity to have had the Navy Board fifties on
a bufinefs in which they themfelves were interefted.
At. to the Admiralty, they were occepied by fuch a
swim of employmeets, that they could not take the
inquiry on themfelves ; hence the neceffity of the
Commiffion was ellablifbed. The Right Honoura-
ble Gentleman not only did not attempt to deny the
neceffity of the Commiffion, but fairly owned that
much of their work Rill remained to be performed.
So far, indeed, front denying that one Commiffion
was neceffary, there were two CommiCGons now ac-
tually in cliflence. Forma ly one Commiffion was
attempted to be refilled, but it was now judged that
even two might not be unprofitably engaged in the
work of inquiry and of reformation. If then the im-
pnrtance of the Parliamentary Commiffion was not
denied, if it was allowed that it had produced very
important effeas, he law no reafun why it fhould not
be regularly renewed. He had no idea of its being
got rid of as it were by a fide wind. He could not
relifh the plan of running it down foully and unfairly.
It was but common jullice to have it difpofed of on
its real merits, and on the cilia: which it had al-
seady produced, or was calculated to produce.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
publicly Rated what he had formerly hinted acrofs
the Table, that a Right Honourable Friend of his
(Sir W. Scott) had giveh a public notice of his in-
tention to bring forward a motion for the more fair
and fpeedy OR tibution of prize money.
Mr. CREEVEY eepreffed himfelf in terms of the
firongeß approbation of the labours of the Commit-
Loners for Naval Inquiry. From what they bad al-
. ready difclofed of frauds on the public, the Houfe and
*he country had every reafon to augur moll favour-
ably of their future exertions. He hoped too, that
their reports would not be fuffered to lie tattles on the
:able, but would be followed np by correfponding
improvement. It was the more neceffary to allude
to this, for be had formerly feen Reports of Abufes
in the Naval Department which were (offered to fink
into complete oblivion. He could remember twenty
years ago loch reports, and to this, though improve-
ments had been luggelled, they had never been re-
duced to praaice. nor had inquiries, of which there
was much promife and Rrong ezpeaation, prodUced
one important refult, except the fatisfaaion of know-
ing that the public had been gmfsly plundered. He
was lorry to be under the neceffity of alluding to the
Miniflerial Commiffion. which in all probability was
only inaituted for minifterial purpofes. There was
among thefeCommiffioners one name, the infertion
of which in a Commiffion appointed for inquiry into
the beg means of reforming abufes in the Natty, was
to him altogether unaccountable. This name was the
name of Mr. Fordyce, who has for feveral years
I' been fuppofed to be indebted to the public in no lets
a fum than the funs of eighty thoufand pounds. He
knew it was fail* that this lois was attributable to a