Portland gazette and Maine advertiser., 1805-07-29
fhe inreschment which Mt. WhitbreaA

tee, 10 which the Zenith Report was refer
cd.
Mr.. Whitbread mas ALTO given notice,
that lie will, at an early day, move GER ain
refoutions relative 10 the CbanoeZ.r 9f The
Exrkc9ney. The following part Of the re-
port Of the feleGt committe is the ground
Of which it is fad, the re(olutioas will be
bo.tomed; VIZ.
" The fecond head Of The rePort refers
to The representations faid to have been
made to the Lords commilioners Of the
Treafury, and the Chancellor Of The Ex-
chequgr, relpc0irg tile manner in which
The Naval Money was drawu from the bank,
contrary to tile at Of The 25th Of Gorge
III. chad 81,
f." The Committee fate, thct they do not
find any repre{entation on this fubje9 was
made to the LORDS Of the Trealury, but
| thar it was reprelenred 10 Mr.. Pitt, as aP-
pears from the evidence Of Mr.. kal9s5, and
! the admiGon Of Mr.. Pitt himielf
" The report ftates, that fomc'imc il
the year 1897, Mr.. Raike5, Governor OF
the Bank, had ar official interview with MIR:
| PIT After Official buincis was at an end,
he told Mr. Pitt, il converlation, the man.
ner in which public money was drawn from
the bank by the TreafureY of the navy !:
That lie had heard the Greaiury Lord
MefyiL't J kept cath at Comt5s and that
Navy Bills were paid by drafts on that houie,
I inltead of by drafts on the Bank. Mr.. Pitt
thanked MIR. Raske5 for this information.
Such Mr. Raike5, in his evidence, itates to
} have been the purPort Of the conversation,
but, from the lsng5h Of time that has tlncc
elapfed, lie is not lure as 10 the terms.
I" Mr.. Pitt admits the general import Of
TIE converlation as itated by Mr.. Paikes,
but differs with him as to the terms. He
don't undertake to recolled with accuracy,
| but ftates il i'll fubitancc to have conveyed
TO him an impreiion that fums were drawn
| from the Bank and carried TO a private
bankinghouie, to larger amount than was
fupPofed necefary; that he took an c arly
opportunity of ttatiRg 70 Lord Melville the
Information he received from MIR. Raikes !;
and though he cannot fate precifely what
further pahed between himfeIf and Lord
Melville on the luhj-C he was imPrefcd
with 4 belief that ~ iums were 10 transfer
red tut fuch a, were UrCefary to carry On
the detail Of fcryice iu payments to indivi-
duals, anl tharir -a..i be pilicult to car
ry on fucb aa.z's 3 III any other way; that in
his coverlatiln with Lord Melville he did
NOT advert to the proyiGons Of the act which
forbid {uch transfers, nor did it occur TO
him that drawing from The Bank luc. 1ums
Of money in luch way for the puepofe Of
carrying Oh the details Of Office, was an ille-
gal practice.-Relying on the reCtude Of
Lord Melville, from the opinion he enter
tanned Of him, he made no inquiry as to the
uecefi,y Of the practice, and was 70 far fat
iSied with the general ftatement by
given that Noble Lord, that he did not
think III necefary to communicate the cir
cumfance Of the cafe to any Other Of his
Majetty's Minitters, or to take any further
feps on the fubjeds. lie had no know
ledge Or Information Of any naval money
the 40, ,0OoL excepted. being applied to 9TH
er PurPofe3, except from the communica-
ton Of Mr. Raikes, until after his retirement
from Office, he was acquainted Oft BY Lord
Harrowby That Noble Lord tod him
that he thought the practice very fngular,
and was therefore :aSing reps 10 put a fop
to IT. Ihat private prcGt vas made from
thc ufe OF the money belonging to the
funds Of the Navy.had no knowledge what
ever, till It was made known by the Report
Of the Naval Commiliontrs, nor did fup-
r1{a +ha l,Erafs n { H.. IA r.. -.--..tI -. -.