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lance due from J\Ir Jcilicoe to the 

 public ; he also states, that though 

 he had received such general instruc- 

 tions as are before nientionud, yet 

 he thought himself charged only 

 with conducting the law proceed- 

 ings, and that he understood Mr. 

 Trotter had taken upon himself to 

 examine into the state oi the pro- 

 perty of Mr. Jellicoe that was re- 

 coverable, and had ein[iloycd per- 

 .sons for that purpose ; and Mr. 

 Trotter appears to have collected 

 such parts of the debts and property 

 of Mr. Adam Jellicoe, as he had an 

 opportunity of obtaining, till lord 

 JVIelville had ])r()cureil the writ of 

 privy seal : m lio being thereby in- 

 demnified from the charge that stood 

 against him on account of Mr. JeU 

 licoe's dcliriency, .Mr. Trotter no 

 longer considered liimseH under the 

 necessity of acting in the business in 

 which he l.atl before acted without 

 any partici lar authority or obli:;a- 

 tion ; and Mr. \V liite not having 

 heard of tlie Writ of privy seal till 

 after t!ie e.xamiiiaticMi that took 

 place before the commissioners of 

 naval enquiry, and having received 

 no directions either from ]Mr. Trot- 

 ter or any otiier jicrson since the 

 year 179'2 or 1793, has not from 

 that period taken any steps what- 

 ever relative to the subject ; but 

 adds, the rents i\i\'^ ni'ay be now re- 

 co\ered ; and iMr. Trotter was not 

 .able to recollect any debts due to 

 the late Mr. Adaui Jellicoe, that he 

 considered as recoverable. Vour 

 conniiiltee, duly considering the re- 

 lerence under which their powers 

 are derived, have not felt themselves 

 at libert)' to come to any specific re- 

 solutions on the merits of the seve- 

 ral transactions whiaii have been the 

 subjects of their enquiry ; they liave 

 (ievuied it tivi^n morti coasisteat with 



their duty, to abstain from observa- 

 tions, which might seem to convey a 

 judgment upon any of the points in 

 question. They have endeavoured 

 to give the house a correct summary 

 of the material parts of the evidence, 

 confining their remarks strictly 

 within the limits of explanation ; 

 leaving the conclusions to be de- 

 duced therefrom altogether to the 

 V, isdom of the house ; but have 

 thought it right to annex, in the ap- 

 pendix, the whole of the evidcjice 

 taken before them ; considering this 

 course of proceeding, under all the 

 circumstances, as likely to prove 

 uiore satisfactory to the house, than 

 if they had omitted those parts, 

 which, upon a minute review, they 

 might have thought not immediately 

 relevant to the object of enquiry; 

 trusting, that if in any instance the 

 examinations should a))pcar to have 

 exceeded the strict line of investiga- 

 tion prescribed to them, it mmU ba 

 attributed to the desire they hav« 

 felt to execute, in the fullest man- 

 ner, the duty entrusted to them by 

 the liouse. 



Defence vtade by R. A. Sir Robert 

 Caldcr, on the 25th of December^ 

 1805, oji the Charges brovg/it 

 against him by the Ijords Commis- 

 sioners of the Admiralty ; uhich 

 defence teas read by his Counsel. 



i\lr. President and Gentlemen of 

 the court, — 1 appear before you in 

 a singular, I may almost say an un- < 

 precedented situation : having served 

 my king and country, not only 

 without reproach, but, 1 may add,/! 

 with some degree of reputation, for 

 upwards of 46 years, during which 

 1 have been more than once honour- 

 ed witia marks of approbation fropa 



my I 



