The Statesman.
London, England, 1822-11-09 00:00:00

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prtriosed to him upon . ;et
ind, among .others,. Fes Aim specie.,
'steers tq, those qnerien lilies stte*adi
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as viva race.
arose venwcting specie, to the atuotint:yf
153,502, received from Mr. Mauer, with,
ilia • ft limn very nearly corresponding to 11.
Ir. Hook ought to be rnarded by the Erskly
mnd that whlch hei admitted. Mr. Rook
the receipt of anv Nncli slim. We referred
111 of Me Moire, for connedilia opon that
alms °Neck stated to have helm procaied
I to the letter from the thief Secroirti
the payment of that bill, whieb authority
be founded on a report froin Mr. nook

Boo!: asserted, no each specie.was paid into
-, the whole of these documents are a dela-
lieved, and do still believe, that this was
mnd that the Governor and other principal
colony could not have conspired to carry
.ion. In that way only we made use of the
racy.
on on this point is further illustrated by the
•unv nt, communicated to us by I,eneral
ich it appears that on the 18th of October,
was written by the chief secretary to Mr.
ing to his information, that this very slim
'pees had -been paid into the treasury by
and giving orders as to the manner and
bills shonld be granted to Mr. Maure for
Is it possible, my Lords, after tliegf deco.
Ony doubts can arise whether such speck

has, however, compared the transactions
ire, to those with. Mr. Oomisir' although
ost There might, indeed, have
*teary in 3lr. Goodsir's case, if Governor
listened to the suggestions of sir. Hook.
his private letter upon that subject to the
..rretary are as follow:—" In Goodsir's
think, Maitre had better receive it in his
Goodsir must not appear. The amount is,
!alculations, as nearly as possible, 3,950
10f adopted the calculation, but rejected
on of concealment; and the consequence
it being made to Mr. tloodsir in his own
lat the real state of the transaction came to
ip's knowledge; the per centage to Mr.
lisallowed, and measures taken to recover
IC.

luons to press on Ole minds of your Lord-
inment on a private proposal from the
the Governor, to substitute one name
that the truth of the transaction might nut

ductance that we dwell ;ay longer upon
arising upon the per ventage paid to Mr.
ir specie received into the Treasury from
:hest ; but as Mr. Hook has endeavoured to
r Lordships that as a per centage was paid
ir, even when he did not pay specie into the
ought, upon his mere assertion, to believe
.cage was paid to Mr. Maitre ulso.when no
rece:yed, it becomes necessary to examine and
• facts. Mr. Goodrir was examined on Ile
119 ; he then stated, that the.whole amount
itage paid to him, ;has aithty for•specie paid
asnry, or for paper rent:?eti fromthe 'I rea-
-1 of specie.
on was then made by him tormypgyi,nent of
terchants, in order to prevent tlsOr 11107ing
sury for specie, in exchange fiir notes. tie
also, that he had kept a rmastee of Use
which was deitroyed from utontli.to month;
of the business he 'hewed a statement to.
which was found correct. • I
► of May, 1319, Mr. Hook was exantia.e4
the same subject ; lie recollected Mr. Goode
nr a memorandum; be knew not how the
kept; the creme received would appear in
teepees hook ; and finally, Mr. Hook referred
Pity for granting the per ventage, to throw
the transaction.
Ing to this authority, we found that the
been fixed in conformity with the letter
di to the Private Secretary of the Govern.
• the amount is, after all our calculations,'
possible, 3,950 dollars." The receipt of Mr.
ed that lie had received the sum in quell.
merie at different times."
`iseiment examination on the 17th of May,
sr the first time, referred to the payment to'
Saunders and %Veike, as constituting a part
ir's claim; he did not, however, recollect

I been communicated to the Governor, and
uninunicated, is not to be inferred from the

le of the second of Joll, 1819, these cir-
as far as was necessary, are stated to your

archer examination of Mr. Ho'ok's accounts
Lordships warrants, Mr. Goodsir, on the
st, 1821, gave that evidence upon which
Ir. Hook front further responsibility for a
mile with which he hail appeared to he
nit there was no ground or analogy upon
Id extend the same relief to the charge for
rived from alt. Maure.
toodsir, the per centage had been granted
serie paid iato the Treason•, or for pipet
fliers and others having demands on tho
r, in lien of specie., which would otherwise
mired from the Treasury; or because the
Ices and Weike were prevented4y the in-
31r. tioothdr, from pr.•tenting notes at the
P exehaaged tot specie. With respect to 3lr.
Hook at first denied, then admitted. and
•vies that any such specie was received at
sug ;t•c•st that the Government had, by any
rangement, the advantage of such specie,
it tact in Iwo; supporting his denial by the
that Mr. Miare received one per ceM, and
tnt : if so, why was it necessary to allege a
the Treasury of a greater sum, alien he
kceived the seine amount of per centage on

rations of Mr. Hook upon Lis transactions
Is of lionlioname and Co. neat claim at-

alleges that " the auditors contras, first,
one farthing lost to the public by the

irons having made any inch confession, we
; Mr. Hook with the difference of interest
original and substituted bill!, n hich, if nut
a 106 f.
iged also with the difference of principal,
t recovered, is a loss. _
Hook tart "that not a farthing. of profit
him." the interest received and not plid.
between the produce of the bills applied
. in liquidation of his own debt to Go►irn+
to amount of those deposited 1•y hint in their
profit to Mr. Hook.
its of the 22.1 of October last, or the 2J of
to not impute any charge against Mr. !took
;lot loan, or the extension of the time of
r Aar Gurercor, bat because, Ist, he ater-
Hied the time contrary to the tioreinor's or-
that lie did (lot communicate to the acting
tcli extension : Illy, Coat after inch utiotf-
tension, he anlistituted in lien of hills which
the tiovervweut accoult, inituri+iatehy von-

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vernal. into cash, others,—hie own property, doe at a
longer date„; when, at rhe-any tune he thootht 11101
house of llonhommeamd Ces.• in such, a state, that pres•l
sing.for,inttnediate payment would be their ruin.
Mi. Hook states, tor Lords, that his share is this
ttansieflen was itexatto nothing. • . ,
We hive refirterryour Lordships, is our report of the
2.11 of jaly,'lBl9, to the whale of his erideoce on this
subject;. bittfior the lake of bringing under your Wine-
'abate notice what was his share in the transaction,
Wilbur the following question relative to it, and his•
answer:—
" Were these transactions that you maw allude to an.l
thoriied by Government ?—No, I was afraid to men-
!ion' the circumstance to General Hail, being certain
that hit' would have seised their property if did, as he'
had exp d a determination to do so in cases of a
similar natore."
Was it nothing, my Lords, to assume the authority of
Goverment, and protract.the time of payment contrary
to the orders which be had received! Was it nothing
to conceal this fact from .the.acting Governor, month
after month, solely because be believed that he would
have enforced the payment. The very reason assigned
by Mr. Hook for this concealment—the dangerous situa-
tion of the house—was the reason of all others which
should have bound him to a strict pertformancd of his
duty, and deterred him from this assumption of autho-
rity. Was it nothing, in addition to these instances of
disobedience to the orders of,. the Governor, to have
taken out the Government Bills and substituted others,
in direct violation of every. principle which ought to
hare guided his conduct?
Mr. Hook next comments upon our expression, "that
lie dealt a ith thu public money (not trafficked, as he
terms it) as his own.
Whether the unauthorized advances by Mr. /look
to himself and others, his taking out the bills to a con-
siderable amount, and applying their produce in liqui-
dation of his own debt to the Government, sod substitut-
ing others as a security, were acts of dealing with the
public property as his own, we submit to the lodgment
of your Lordships.
It is then imputed to as by Mr. Hook, that we insin-
nate that be connived at the abstraction of the money.
A few observations on this point are requisite.
The deficiency being admitted, it was our duty if pos•
Bible, to trace out the delinquent. We areSinwilling,
except from necessity, to extend the circle of 'cessation ;
but in 'hewing to your Lordships that it could not have
bean occasioned by Mr. Allen, we arertiriven to show
who were the persons having the means of procuring
the money out of the cheat witboot forcible robbery.
The supposition of any such robbery is precluded by the
fact, that a sentinel was placed to guard the building
'out of office bents, and that no suspicion of any such
robbery ever existed. It is equally precluded by the
fact, that after the departure. of Governor Farquhar,
*hen, as Mr. Hook says, be bad himself the key of the
office, and the transactions of the Treasury were so
few that no error could have arisen, the deficit was
di-
minished.
It is therefore clear, eccordingto all probablelnferenee
that the money must have bees removed by some per-
son haying COntrolll over the chest. The cashier had
such controul in office hours. Mr. Hook hail the key
out of office-hours • except during the year that he slept
In the country, rime it was iu the possession of Mr.
Chaillet. It is also observable, that during office hours
Mr. gook used to give verbal orders to the cashier,
through Mr. Chaillet, the wilier being in a separate
building across the yard.
These three are the only persons who, ai appears by
the evidence, had any Means of abstracting the contents
of the chest. lt,la for yoer iordabipe to determine,
under all the•eitcumstances, where the ansplemu,snight
to rest.
With reference to the observations of Mr. Hook, res-
pecting the memorandum, by which be counted thechest,
the fact that the memorandum was destroyed ie admit-
ted; of die motives your Lordship' will itidge, Hider
all the circums:anres, and particularly by reference to
the evidence of ;W. Hook. Hit at first stated to us that
the memorandum was, made by Allan, be being then
" still in the office." 1-:e afterwards stated that it was
given to him by Mr.
19hether male by Mr. Allah or Mr. Chaillet, if made
from the books, it ought to have discovered the deficien-
cy, because it was on a comparison with those very books
that it was discovered by the Committee. Neither
could Mr. Alien have framed a statement adapted to meet
the altered state of the cheat, arising from the Conversion
of some of Bunitomme's bills into cash, the payment of
their produce into the chest to diminish the defielanry,
and the substitution of other bills to the amount of 6,60
dollars in their place, as a security to the Govern-
ment.
Of this transaction Mr. Hook admits, in evidence, that
Mr. Allen was is totally ignorant. This a most important
fact' and proves beyond impossibility of doubt., that any
memorandum made by Mr. Allen, or from the books
which he had prepared, could not have corresponded with •
the contents of the chest.
There is, however, one view of this subject, which is
most material for the consideration of your Lordships.
Mr Hook has stated, that this conversion of bills into
cash, and the substitution of others, took place when he
became aware of the deficiency, because there was not a
snrphis from the non entry or the dollars, 37,150. This,
as he has stated, was before the discovery of the defici-
ency by the Committee,
-Here then we have the admission of Mr. Hook that lie
was aware of the deficiency to some extent. it ass the
reason assigned for the extraordinary oreasurenpon which
we herein-ea commenting.
It is scarcely ce-alible that when Mr. Hook was so far
convinced of the deficiency as to pay at. once into the
Taeasnry arum of his own at the amount of more than
1,500141 e should have gone no farther, and not ascertained
the:real amount of the deficiency. He could never truppose
that payment of 6,600 dollars would compensate fir o de:
ficiency of 37,150 dollars.
Sir. Hook has stated to ea, on his oath, that he com-
municated to the Committee the whole of the trans.
actions respecting the bills of flunhoutine and Co.;
but no notice of the fact is taken in the report of that
Committee.
But whether communicated or not, it is extremely
difficult to reconcile the explanation of Mr. !look's con-
duct on this occasion, as arising from his knowledge or
suspicion of the deficiency, and his assertion that he bad
counted the chest that morning, his invitation to the
Committee to do the same, and his repeated statements
before us, that upon such counting he found the balance
correct.
Mr. Hook proceeds to comment upon the statement
in our retort, that the discovery of the deficiency
was once prevented by a fabricated statement of
vouchers, ond rests I:is assertion as to the correctness
of the statement of vouchers on the certificate of toe
Committee.
lre have already expressed our full conviction that the
ositifirate was completely erroneons • for oar reasons on
mitt head, we must.refer your Lordsfripa to the 401 and
sth paragraphs of our report of the 21 of July, Isl 2,
'iii which we have folly detailed the grounds of our
• opinion, that the deficit on that occasion amounted to
101.782 dollars.
Two points will, however, he decisive, to show that the
Committee on that uay must have been misled. Had
they counted accurately, and there had bee, no deficit.
the creation of the duplicate notes for 5,0110 dolars must'
• loom been discovered, as they were not hronglst to Recount '
i 40e-hooks, and t have appeared ea a miles. Of
• their existence Mr. Allan was not informed, so that he