APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
lordship’s confidence, for the sug 
gestion he had made. Witness, how- 
ever, was desirous the stock should 
be purchased, and told the defen- 
dant he would endeavour to bor- 
row the money; but finding some 
difficulty in that, he advanced 
23,0001. from the public money, 
and the stock was purchased for his 
Jordship. He charged lord Mel- 
ville interest for the money so ad- 
vanced. His lordship never after- 
wards made inquiry. who advanced 
him the loan, nor did he ever know 
it was advanced from the public mo- 
ney till their final settlement took 
place. He added, that his lordship 
ultimately deriveda benefit of 80001. 
‘upon the stock so purchased ; and 
concluding his evidence by admit. 
_ ting, that the sub-accountants in the 
_ navy pay-oflice also made a /itéle ad- 
vantage of the public money in their 
hands. 
_ Cross-examined by Mr. Plomer. 
~—The witness stated, upon _ his 
 cross-examination, that he had re- 
_ presented to lord Melville the pro- 
priety of having a part of the public 
money at Coutts’s; adding, that it 
_ would be safer, inasmuch as it would 
prevent the risk in continually 
_ bringing large sums from the bank 
Pthrongh the streets of the metropo- 
lis, and would be more convenient 
for satisfying claims. He did not 
‘Say any thing about deriving profit 
from the use of the public money. 
He said, his lordship always investi- 
gated the public accounts, but was 
‘the most careless man alive with re- 
_ spect to his private accounts. He 
left all to the honour of the person 
_ he employed, and he believed that 
he never looked ata private account 
_ tendered to him. He had never stated 
to his lordship that the advances 
“he supplied him with were taken 
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from the public stock ; but he could 
not tell what his lordship’s conceP= 
tions were upon thatpoint. The 
only time a draft from the public 
money was mentioned to him, for 
private uses, he rejected: it with in= 
dignation. He never stated to his 
lordship what fund he . drew the 
loyalty loan from ; and he paid tue 
several instalments as they became 
due, without instructions. With 
respect to the 7000/. stock in the 3 
per cents. asum belonging to his 
lordship came into his possession, 
and he thought it was. best 
that it should not. lie idle. The 
profit and advantage made of 
the public money was entirely his 
own.—The amount was consider~ 
able; but the public never suffered 
“Joss or inconvenience by the use he 
made of it. The selease, he said, 
was a matter of his own suggestion ; 
and when he executed it, and burnt 
the books, vouchers, &c. the interest 
of lord Melville was not within his 
contemplation; he burnt and de- 
stroyed them merely as all the ac- 
counts between them were closed; 
Re-examined by Mr. Whitbread; 
—His lordship, he said, never told 
him in what account to debit the ad- 
vances. When his lordship asked 
for an advance, and said he expected 
to receive money shortly, he con- 
cluded that was for his own private 
concerns, and he entered it in the 
account current; but when he madé 
a peremptory demand of an advance, 
he concluded that was for the public 
service, and he entered it in the 
chest account, i. e. the account be- 
tween his lordship and the public: 
The witness admitted, that he was 
forced himself to borrow sums of 
_money to make good official pay. . 
ments, rather than part with those 
securities at a discount, which he had 
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