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 FROM THE 
 
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 I T T E 
 
 O F 
 
 vs E c R E c y. 
 
 Appointed to Enquire into the CONDUCT of 
 
 ROBERT Earl of OR FORD, 
 
 During the laft Ten Years of his being 
 Firft Commiflioner of the Treafury, 
 and Chancellor and Under -Trealurer 
 of His MAJESTY'S Exchequer. 
 
 Puhltjhed by Order of the House of Commons. 
 
 LONDON', 
 
 Printed for Thomas Co;: under the Royal Exchanoe in 
 CoryjhtUt Ch A R L E s t>A T H L R s T cv*; ale Croji Kc^s, 
 and John Pemberton at the Buck in Fleet-Hreet. 
 MDCCXLII.
 
 Jovis 13 Die Maii, 1742. 
 
 BT lArtue of an Order of the Houfe of Commonsy 
 this Day made, I do appoint Thomas Coy, 
 Charles Bathurft, and John Pemberton to print this 
 Report, with the Appendix ; and that no other Per/on 
 do prefume to print the fame. 
 
 Ar' Onslow, Speaker.
 
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 A ' 
 
 REPORT 
 
 From the 
 
 Committee of Secrecy, 
 
 Made on Thurfday the 13 th Day of Ma'y^ 1742. 
 
 "^ '7' O U R Committee finding themfdves obflrufted in their En- 
 ^' quiry, by the obftinacy of Mr. Nicholas Paxton upon his fe- 
 
 ■ veral Examinations, are under a Neccdity of laying that whole 
 Tranfadion before the Houfe, (together with a fhort State of his Beha- 
 viour, as Solicitor of the Treafury and a pubhc Accomptant) as alfo 
 an Account of the Behaviour of GwynVaughan Efquire, on his Exami- 
 nation. 
 
 Your Committee now think proper, in order to avoid Repetition, to ac- 
 quaint the Houfe, that, in purfuance of their Orders, all the Perfons exa- 
 mined before the faid Committee, were examined in the mod folemn Man- 
 ner-, and Mr. M/V/jj^/ GiWow being examined, faid, he was Agent to 7(?/6;/ 
 Bolder Efquire, who flood Candidate at the Eledlion for a Member of 
 Parliament for the Borough of TFendover in the County of Bucks, in 
 1755-, that Mr. Boteler did, the Saturday Night before it came on, ad- 
 vife with the Examinant, what was proper to be done -, that the Exami- 
 nant told him, nothing could be done without 5 or 600/. that on this, 
 he believes, y[r. Bolder to\<\ him, that he had not fo much Money, but 
 he would write a Letter to Mr. Paxton; that the next Morning one 
 Mr. John Jones, who was a Friend of Mr. Boteler\, was fent to Lon- 
 don, and returned on the Monday Morning to TFendover, and on his 
 Return told the Examinant, that he had delivered a Letter to Mr. Pax- 
 ton, and Mr. Paxton had given him 500/. he having at the fame time 
 in his Hand great Numbers of Bank Notes, which he told the Exami- 
 nant was the 500/. in Queftion, and which he immediately carried in 
 to Mr. Bt'teler, who foon after came out, and informed the Examinant 
 the 500/. was come, 
 
 Mr. John Jones, being examined, faid, that he had no Intereft in the 
 Borough of fFoidover, but was employed by Mr. Bolder as a Friend ; 
 that, before the Day of the Ek(5tion, Mr. Boteler defired the Examinant 
 
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 •to gc to Town with a Letter to Mr. Nicholas Paxlofi for Money; that 
 
 he tbund Mr. Paxton at Fulham, and gave him the Letter, and Mr. 
 
 :P-axt6n^ on reading it, defired the Examinant to meet !iim the next 
 
 '■Day at Roger IVilliam/^ ColFee-houfe ; th:U he did meet him according- 
 
 Jy, and Mr. Paxton gave him a Parcel of Money (of which tlie great- 
 
 • eft Part, if not the whole, was in Bank Notes) and told him, on deli- 
 
 • veringit, " Here is your Anfwcr-, " the Sum, he believes, might be about 
 
 • 500/. that he carried it the lame Morning to JVendovrr, and delivered 
 the fime, or the greatcft Part thereof, to Mr. Boteler. 
 
 John Bote! er Efquire being examined, faid, that, when he ftood Can- 
 didate at fi-^endover, in 1735, he did, on occafion of that Election, and 
 not long before it, make an Acquaintance with Mr. Paxton Sollicitor 
 to the Treafury •, that the Examinant was pufhed at the Election, and 
 v/anted Money, and thinking he had fome Pretenfions to Favour, on 
 account of his having been ill uf.'d in his former Eleftion, and knowing 
 Mr. Paxtcn was a Pcrfon about the Treafury that might have an Interelt 
 where the Money might be had, the Examinant, as he could not come 
 away from JVcndover without Money to defray his Charges, fcnt Mr. 
 John Jones to London, with a Meflage to Mr. Paxton for Money, 
 which MefHige, the Examinant believes, was a Letter for 500/. that 
 Mr. Jones returned with the Money to the Examinant a little before 
 the Eledion ; that the Examinant did never give either Bond, Note, 
 or Receipt for the Money, nor has Mr. Paxton at any Time fince 
 made a Demand either of the money, or any Security for the fame, 
 no- did he confider himfclf as a Debtor for the Sum thus received. 
 
 Mr. Nicholas Paxton being examined, faid, that he knows Mr. John 
 Jones very well, and has known liim for fome Years ; that he likewife 
 knows Mr. Boteler, formerly a Candidate at (Vendover, and has known 
 him feveral Years; he believes, that Mr. Boteler flood Candidate for 
 JVendover in the Year 1735, but that he was not an Agent for Mr. 
 Boteler, 
 
 Mr. Paxton being further afked, if he advanced any Money to Mr. 
 Jones, on the Account of Mr. Boteler, about the Time of that Ekcftion.; 
 
 He faid, " I will notanfwer that Queftion, as it may tend to accufe 
 myfelf. " 
 
 The Comniittee defired he would ccnfider of it. To which he an- 
 fwered, 
 
 " I defire no Time to confider of it." 
 
 Then he was ordered to withdraw. 
 
 And bei.g again called in, the Queftion xvas read to him, and he 
 was informed by the Chairman, that it was the unanimous Opinion of 
 the Committee, that an Aniwcr to this Queftion did not tend to accufe 
 himfelf ; and therefore the Committee did infill on an Anfwer. To 
 which 
 
 He faid, " I defire to be excufed." 
 
 Then he was again ordered to withdraw. 
 
 And being agiin called in, the Chairman repeated the Queftion to 
 him, and informed him, that the Committee did infift on an An- 
 fwer, and would not excufe him. To which 
 
 He faid, " I will not an'w^r that Queftion-," and. perfifting in his 
 Refufal, was ordered to withdraw. 
 
 Mr. Paxton being, on the nextDav, taken into the Cuftody of the Ser- 
 jeant at Arms, by Ordu of the Houfc, was on the Day following, 
 
 brought
 
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 brought before the Committee, in Order to be examined, and being 
 jigain aflvcd, if he did advance any Money to Mr. John Joires, on the 
 Account of Mr. Botekr, about the Time of the Elecflion at IVcndovery 
 in the Year 1735. 
 
 He fiid, "• 1 adhere to my former Anfwer ; " upon which he was or- 
 dered to withdraw. 
 
 And being again called in, the Chairman by the Dircftion of the Com- 
 mittee, repeated the fame Queflion to him, and acquainted him, that 
 they expefted he fhould give a pofitive Anfwer thereto. Upon which 
 
 He fa id, " If you will have me give a pofitive Anfv/er, I do fay, I 
 will not anfwer that Qutftion, as it may tend to accufe myfelf " 
 
 Your Committee in the next Place, proceeded to examine Mr. Rich- 
 ard Banks, late Partner with Mr. Paxton, who laid, that he became a 
 Partner in Bufinefs with the faid Mr. Paxton, about the Year 173 1 or 
 1732, and continued toadlv;iih him as fuch, till within thefefouror five 
 Years -, that in their private Bufinefs he (Banks) generally received the 
 Money from the Clients, tho' not always -, that in other Bufinefs, which 
 he apprehended related to the Publick, he gave the Bills to Mr. Paxton, 
 who allowed them to the Examinant upon Account, as Money ; that the 
 Examinant had one Bill of near 3000/. for Profecutions relating to the 
 Borough of Orford in Suffolk, in which Mr. John La-ixjlon, of the Ex- 
 chequer, appeared to be the Client; that Mr. Lazvton paid the Ex- 
 aminant feveral hundred Pounds for carrying on this Profecution, 
 and fometimes he had Money for the fame Purpofe from Mr. Paxton, 
 for which the Ex.'minant gave him a Receipt; but this was, for the 
 mofl: Parr, wl en Mr. Lawton was out of the Way, and when they met 
 again, Mr. Paxtcn ufua'ly gave up fuch Receipts to the Examinant, 
 who then gave Mr. Lawton others in Lieu thereof; that twice Mr. 
 Majlerman received Cofts from Mr. Moxon, who was concerned on the 
 other Side, about 200/. the firll, and about 500/. the fecond Time, 
 and thefe Cofts being allowed to the Examinant by Mr, Mafterman, 
 who taxed th; Bills, the Examinant gave Mr, Laivton a Receipt to their 
 Amount, and, the Examinant believes, that he gave no Receipt to any 
 Perfon, excfp: as atorefaid, for money advanced in this Affair, but to 
 Mr. Lawton, from whom molt of the money came ; that at firll the 
 Examinan' did not know whether this Profecution was a public or pri- 
 vate one, but he did at laft believe it was anfwered by Public money; 
 that it was underllood by all Mr. Lawton\ Friends, as the Examinant 
 believes, that the faid Profecutions were carried on with Public money, 
 and that Mr. Lawton di(i not bear the Expence thereof ; that the Ex- 
 aminant, bring at Bury, was one Evening in Company with Mr. Prime 
 and Mr. Lawton, when Mr. Prime took occafion to talk to Mr. Laiv- 
 ton, as not thinking he had received enough in that Caufe, Mr. Lawton 
 told Mr. Prime that Mr. Banks had Orders to fee him handfomely, and 
 asked Banks, what he had given him, wh'b anfwered. Five Guineas on 
 each Information ; and the Examuant intormed the Committee, that 
 there were feveral Informations; he further added, that Mr. Prime faid 
 to Mr. Lawton, I do not doubt, but this is an Exchequer, or Trea- 
 fury Profecution (one or other Fxprtffion the Examinant was fure of") 
 Mr. Lawton tfien faid c Mr. Prime, Why cio you ask me that Que- 
 llion ? Mr. Prime replied, I fee there is Abundance of Care taken in 
 thefe Profecutions, and a thing carried on by a private Purfe would fcarce 
 have had two Sollicitors.; that thereupon angry Words palTed between Mr. 
 
 Lawton
 
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 'Lawtcn and Mr. Prime, and that at lad Mr. Laivtcn h\d to hxm, "I 
 afllire you, there has been no money dilburfcd hitherto, but what h;is been 
 out ot my Pocket, but I do not pretend to fiy, I fliill not be reimburf- 
 ed it again;" that the Examinant has fometim'es jocularly afked Mr. 
 Paxton, it rhefe Profccutions were not on the Public Account, but that 
 Mr. Pi~.xton has been on the Referve, and evaded it by telling the Examr- 
 nant, ''-What is that to you, as long as you are paid ?" that there remains 
 Seven hundred and odd Pounds unpaid of the Bill for thefe Profccu- 
 tions i that Mr. Paxton has likewife charged himfelf with another Bill 
 of the Examinant's as money in an Accompt to pafs between thtm 
 I in a Profecution againft a News Writer for defaming Sir Cbarhs Gunler 
 Nichol, juft after his Death, for having accepted of a Red Ribbon •, that 
 CounfcJlor Chute recomniended Mr. Paxton to Lady Nkbol, and Mr. 
 Paxton gave Orders to the Examinant tor this Profecution ; and that a 
 good while afterwards, the Examinant afked Mr. Chute, \A\o he fliould 
 make out the Bill to-, that Mr. Chute told the Eximinant, that he fhould 
 be no Lofer by it, but that he thought it was to coft Lady Nichol no- 
 thing -, and that he apprehended Mr. Paxton was to pay it -, on which 
 the Examinant went to Mr. Paxton, who at firft made a little demur 
 about it, but after a while he did agree to allow the Bill to pafs in Ac- 
 count, as aforefaid ; but the Examinant never did apprehend it to be 
 at Mr. Paxton's, own Expence ; nor doth the Examinant know, that Mr. 
 Paxton ever charged himfclt with the Examinant's Bills as Money, be- 
 fore he had actu-dly received them, unlefs in what the Ex.uninant ap- 
 prehends was iiilcharged with Publick Money ; but that Mr. Paxton has 
 engaged himfelf under his Hand, to anfwer fir the bcfbre-menticned 
 Bills as Money in his Account with the Examinant. 
 
 Mr. Leonard /Martin, who has been Partntr widi his Father in-I aw 
 Mr. Paxtoii fince Aiuhaelmas 1737, being examined, faid, that he was 
 concerned tor the Borough of Radnor, but not till they came to apply 
 for a new Charter-, that he received his Dirciftions trom Thomas L/^wis 
 Efquire, who told the Examinant, as he believes, that he fhould bt paid 
 by the Government ; that he conlulted Mr. Paxton, as well as Mr. Lew- 
 is, and, to the beft of his Remembrance, Mr. Leiiis told him, Mr. 
 Paxton was to pay him ; that the Examinant's Bill tor folliciting, and 
 pafling the new Charter, and for defending three Informations in the 
 Nature of ^w l^arranto, againft three Members of the Corporation, 
 was 12S4/. ot which upwards ot iiool. was on Account of pafTmg the 
 Charter, and it was paid him by Mr. Paxton above a Year ago ; th.At 
 this new Charter was for an Incorporation, the old Corporation being 
 broke up by Profccutions and Judgments of Outlier; that he apprehends 
 the Petitioners for this Charter were only Perlons fet up by Mr, Lewis , 
 for he was the Perfon that had it at heart, and who chiefly follicited, and 
 puflied it forwards. 
 
 Thomas Lewis Efquire, a Member of this Houfe, being examined, 
 faid, that he applied to have the Expenoes of an intended new Charter 
 for the Borough of Radnor born by the Crown ; that he had a favourable 
 Anfwer; and believes Mr. Paxton has told him, he had Dircdions to 
 take care of it; that Mr. Martin adt l: as Sollicitor in procuring and 
 patTing the Charter, and furnifhed the Money tor that purpofe ; but the 
 Examinant believes, Mr. Paxton pud Mr. Martin again; that the Exa- 
 minant paid fome Fees to the Couriftl for attending tht Attorney andiSc/- 
 liciLor General in this Afiair, which amounted to about 40 er 50/. that 
 
 he
 
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 lie delivered a Bill for the fame to Mr. PjxIcu, who repaid him -, that 
 Mr. Paxtoji in the fame manner fupportcd the Expence of defending 
 three Informations which were brought during the paffing of the Char- 
 ter, againft the BaiHff and two Aldermen of Radnor; on which Infor- 
 mations they were oufted from their Offices as Biyliff and Aldermen. 
 
 Your Committee proceeded, in the next Place, to examine into Mr. 
 Paxton's Behaviour as a publick Accomptant; and find, that he entered 
 on his Office of Sollicilor of the Treafury on the 22d of December 1730, 
 from which time till the Month of July 1734, being four Years and 
 upwards, they find that he had paiTed no Account, nor was he in Readinels 
 to pafs the fame ; for it appears to your Committee, that, on the 2d of 
 July 1734, he procured a Warrant from the Treafury for flopping 
 Procefs till the Hillary Term following ; but it does not appear to your 
 Committee, that, fince that Time, Procefs has ever been revived againft 
 him, or that any other Steps were taken towards his paffing any Ac- 
 count, till about twelve Months ago, when his Account, ending the 2 2d 
 of December 1732, was delivered into the Auditor'^ Office. 
 
 That, befides the Account juft mentioned, there is another of Mr. 
 Paxtoit's, ending the 22d of December 1734, now under Examination, a 
 which was delivered in to the faid Office lall April was twelve Months ^ 
 there lies alfo before the Auditor a third Account, ending the 2 2d of 
 December 1736, which was delivered in the 8th Day of February laft. 
 
 And your Committee find, that, on the 8th of February lafl, a State 
 of the Account of Mr. Paxton, from the 22d of December 1730 (the 
 Day of his Appointment to his Office) to the 22d of December 1732, 
 amounting to the Sum of 28,235/. 00 ^d. i and the Difcharge whereof 
 amounted to 26,630/. 4J. c,d. was fubmitted to the Lords of the Treafuryh^f 
 Mr. Edward Bangham, Deputy-Auditor, who has obferved at the Foot 
 of the Account, that for 3251 /. 17 j.Part of the Cravings of the faid Mr. 
 Paxton, no Receipts, or Bills of the Particulars, were produced ; and that 
 it appears by the Warrant of the Treafury, which diredl the Accomptant's 
 Allowance of 500 1, per Annum, payable out of the Exchequer, that the 
 faid Allowance is to be, as well in lieu of Termly, and other Fees and 
 Allowances, which he might claim for his own Pains and Service, as for 
 Clerks, Coach-hire, and fuch other the like Charges, incident to the Exe- 
 cution of the faid Office ; but that it is alledged by the Accomptant, 
 that the Services beforementioned are foreign to his Bufinefs as Sollicitor 
 of the Treafury, and that he was direded, by fpecial Orders, to attend 
 the fame; the greateft Part of Vv'hich were betore his Appointment, and 
 required his Attendance in the Country ; and it appears, that this State 
 of the faid Account, though it bears Date on the 8th of February, was 
 not in Fad deliverc'd into the Treafury till the 9th of February laft, 
 when your Committee, to their great Surprize, find, that, notwith- 
 ilanding thefe Obfervations laid betore the Commiffioners of the Tr^^- 
 fury by the Deputy Auditor of the Impreft, they did, the very fimc 
 Morning, ifiue their Warrant to one of the Auditors of the Impreff, to 
 authorize the paffing and allowing of the faid Account. 
 
 But though, by this Means, tlie Treafury did grant to Mr. Paxtcr. 
 all the Favour in their Power, his Accounts are not yet pafTed ; for they 
 mull be firft declared, and the Declaration is the judicial Aft of the 
 Chancellor of the Exchequer; in which he can revife, and, if he fees 
 Guife, difailow them, or any part of them, notwithftanding the Warrant 
 of the Treafury, and the Allowance of the Auditor, founded thereon. 
 
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 Your Committee finding, that Mr. Paxlon had aflually paflTed no Ac- 
 count, during the whole Time of his being SoUicitor to the Treafury, 
 proceeded to enquite, whether any large Sums of publick Money had 
 been intrufted to him, and find, that he Itands Infuper 5,382/. i8j. id. for 
 Money paid over to him by Mr. Cratcherode, when the faid Mr. Paxton 
 was his AHillanc; they alfo find, that he ftands charged upon the Im- 
 preft Rolls with a Sum of 89,31 + /. 19^. ^d. 1. upon Account; fo 
 that the whole Sum of publick Money, with which he ftands charged, 
 is no Icfs than 94,697/. 17^. 3^. t- 
 
 It alfo appears to your Committee, that, befides the fiid Sums, they 
 have already difcovered, that Mr. Thomas Ixwthcr., one of the Melfen- 
 gers of the Treafury, l;as paid to the faid Mr. Paxton one Sum of 
 1500/. by Virtue oi a Minute of the Treafury; for which Sum neither 
 the {x'A Lo'-JJther, nor the faid Paxton, are publick Accomptants. 
 
 But your Committee are utterly unable to difcover, by what Arts and 
 Methods Mr. Paxton could evade paffing any Account duiing the Time 
 of his being SoUicitor to the Treafury, which is upwards of eleven Years; 
 efpecially as it appears to your Committee, that it was the Duty of the 
 faid Treafury to oblige him to profecute all fuch Accomptants, as 
 Jhould appear to be in Arrear by the Certificates of the Auditors ot the 
 Imprells; for your Committee find, from a Report of the faid Auditors, 
 (which is hereunto annexed hy w.\y oi Jppe/:dix J that, by a Warrant of 
 the Treafury, dated the 1 6 of Aiiguft 1 7 1 1 , and fiii,ned Oxford, the 
 SoUicitor of the Treafury is direfled to take Care, that the Procefs be 
 regularly ifllied ag.iinit fuch impreft Accomptants as fhall appear to be 
 in Arrear, by the Certificates of the Auditors ot the Imprelb, to the 
 Queen's Remembrancer ; as alfo againft all Perfons Handing Infuper 
 upon any Impreft, or other Accounts ; which Warrant was confirmed in 
 his hie Majefty's Reign, as follows, viz. 
 
 IVbitehaU, Treafury- Chambers iS November, 1717. 
 
 Prefcnt 
 Lord Stanhope, L.ord Torrington, 
 John WaUop, Mr. Eadlie. 
 
 " Renew the Order to the SoUicitor of the Treafury to profecute Supers 
 <.' upon Accountants, " 
 
 And your Committee are at a L.ofs to determine, what Motives 
 could induce the Commiftioners of the Treafury, to continue the faid 
 M.r. Paxton fo many Years in the Office of SoUicitor of the Treafury, a.nd 
 to dired, that fuch large Sums of publick Money fhould, from time to 
 time, be lodged in his Hands; when they muft have been infoimed, 
 by the Half-yearly Certificates, delivered in to them by the Auditors of 
 the Imprefts, that he had paft no Accounts from the Time of his firft 
 Appointment to be SoUicitor of the Treafury, which was on the 22d of 
 December 1730. 
 
 Your Committee, the better to be enabled to difcover, by what Ser- 
 vices the faid Mr. Paxton could deferve fuch fingular and extraordinary 
 Indulgenc,', did, on Friday laft, direcfl the Keeper of Nezi'jate to brir.g 
 him ciore them; and, upon his being called in, the former Queftioa 
 was gain repeated to him, viz. 
 
 " Did you advance any Money to Mr. John Jones, on the Account of 
 Mv. Boleler, about the Time of the Election at f-Fendovcr in lyss^" 
 
 Upon ■
 
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 Upon which he defired, that his former Anfwer to the Citd Queflion 
 
 might be read. 
 
 Which being read accordingly ; 
 He repeated the very fame Words, viz. " I will not anfwer that 
 «' QuelVion, as it may tend to accufe myfclf." 
 
 Whereupon he was asked. Whether the Apprehenfion, that it might 
 tend to accufe himfelf, was his only Reafon for not anfwering ? 
 He fiid, " That is my principal Reafon." 
 Whereupon he was ordered to withdraw. 
 
 Gwyn Vatighan Efquire, being examined, he was asked, If he knew 
 of any Sum, or Sums, of Money, paid out of the Salary, or Profits, 
 of any Place, or Office, under the Government ? To which he an- 
 fwered, 
 
 " I do not know of any, at this time." 
 
 Being then further asked. If he knew of any paid within thefc ten 
 Years ? 
 
 He defired to know. Whether he was to include himfelf, or only 
 others ? 
 
 He was then informed, that the Queflion was general, and included 
 all Perfons. 
 
 Then he faid, that he was apprehenfive, an Anfwer to that Que- 
 ftion might in part affccfl himfelf i and therefore defired to be excufcd 
 anfwering. 
 
 Whereupon he was ordered to withdraw, .^^^ -., 
 
 And upon his being called in again ; 
 
 He was acquainted by the Chairman, that the Committee had con- 
 fidered of his Objeftion to the Quellion put to him, and would not 
 prefs it further at that time. 
 
 Your Committee are now proceeding, with all poffible Difpatch, in 
 profecuting the Enquiry into the Conduift of the Earl of Orford, du- 
 ring the laft ten Years of his being firft Commiffioner of the Treafurj, 
 and Chancellor and Under-Treafurer of His Majetly's Excbeiiuer ; but 
 they cannot conclude this Report, without reprefcnting, to the Houfe, 
 the great Difficulty they labour under, from this obiUnate and con- 
 temptuous Behaviour ot Mr. Paxtoii, who appears to have been dircdt- 
 . ]y or indirectly concerned in moft of the Tranfaclions, into which they 
 have hitherto enquired-, and whei^ they confider the very large Sums, 
 which have been ilfued to him, during the Time of his being Sollicitor 
 to the Ti-eafitry, and that no efleflual Methods were ever taken to oblige 
 him to account for any Part thereof, (a Circumllance, which could not 
 arife from mere Negligence or Inattention) when they confider that the 
 (Irong and well-grounded Remarks made on his Accounts by the De- 
 puty Auditor of the Impreils, were inlbntly followed by a Warrant of 
 the-TreAfury, directing the Auditor to allow his Accounts ; when they 
 confider, what ftrong Sufpicions muil: arife from the foregoing Evi- 
 dence, that fome Part, at leall, of the Money in his Hands, may have 
 been employed in Pradlices dangerous to the Liberties of this Nation, 
 and defl:ru6live of the Independency of Parliaments •, they cannot help ob- 
 fcrving, that this Perfeverance in refufing to anfwer, feems to take its 
 Rife from a premeditated Sclieme, to obflruCt and fruftrate their En- 
 quiry, and, (hould it pafs unregarded, may probably communicate ic 
 
 felf
 
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 felf to otiier Perfons, whom they fhall have occafion to cail before 
 ■diem •, and, by that means, render it impolTibie to lay a clear State of 
 Affairs before tlie Houfe. 
 
 Your Committee therefore thought themfelves obliged in Duty to 
 Report thefe Matters fpecially to the Houfe, and do humbly fubmit the 
 ame to their Confideratioa. 
 
 THE 
 
 APPENDIX. 
 
 GentlemeHy 
 
 MY Lord Treafurer is pleafed to Order, that you, together with 
 Mr, Borret tlxe Sollicitor for the Affairs of the Treafury, do at- 
 tend Mr. Attorney, and Sollidtor General, and advife with them of the 
 mod effe<5tual Methods for making out the Procefs of the Exchequer 
 from Time to Time, againft Accomptants in Default, and for Execu- 
 tion of the fame. 
 
 I am, 
 
 Treafury Chambers, Gentkinen, 
 
 4 June, 1 71 1. 
 
 lour moji humble Servant^ 
 William Lowndes. 
 
 f To the Right honourable Robert Earl of Ox- 
 j^uditors Imprejl \ ford and Earl Mortimer, Lord High Trea- 
 l fiirer 0/ Great Britain. 
 
 IN Obedience to your Lordfliips Order of the 4'" o^ June, vre have 
 attended Mr. Attorney, and Sollicitor General, and advifed with them 
 of the moft effectual Method tor making out the Procefs of the Exche- 
 quer, againft Accomptants in Default, and for the due Execution of the 
 fame •, and by whofe Approbation do humbly propofe. 
 
 That the Sollicitor of the Treafury be dire<^ed to take Care that the 
 Procefs be regularly iffued, againft fuch Impreft Accomptants, as lliall 
 appear to be in Arrear, by the Certificates of the Auditors of the Im- 
 prefts, to the Queen's Remembrancer; as alfo ag.iinft all Perfons ftand- 
 ing Infuper, upon any Impreft, or other Accounts. 
 
 That the like Diredions be given with Refpeft to the Receivers of 
 the Land-Tax, who are behind with their Accounts ; as alfo to the 
 SoUicitors of the Cuftoms, Excife, PoftOffice, Salt and Stamp Duties, 
 with Refpeft to the Perfons ftanding infuper upon the Accounts ot the 
 Revenues ; and that the Effect of fuch Procefs may appear, It is hum- 
 bly propofed, that the fame may be reprefented, by each Sollicitor, in 
 the Beginning of every Term to your Lordfhip, in the following 
 
 Method,
 
 (9 ) 
 
 Method } and that a Copy thereof, be each Term tranfmitted to the 
 Auditors of the Imprefls, and the Auditor of the Land Revenue. 
 
 And whereas many of the Accompraots have no vifible Eftate in 
 Land, and it has been found by long Experience, that the iffuing Di- 
 Jiringas ad Computandum, have had very Httle Efted ; It is therefore 
 propofed. That in all Cafes, where a Diftringos has once been ilfued 
 without Effeft, the feveral Sollicitors fhould be directed to take out a 
 Capias ad Computandum the next Term, to fecure the Perfon of the Ac- 
 comptant, till he gives Security for his rendering a due Account. 
 
 E. Harky, 
 
 A. Mainwairing^ 
 
 I approve of the method propofed 
 
 Edward Northey, 
 July 20"", 171 1, 
 
 I likewife approve of this method, 
 
 Robert Raymond, 
 July 30'\ 1711. 
 
 Accomptants ap- 
 pearing to be in 
 Arrear by the 
 Certificates of 
 the Auditors of 
 the Impreft. 
 
 Perfons Handing 
 infuper upon the 
 Accounts of the 
 Army, (jfc. for 
 which no Ac- 
 count has been 
 xendred. 
 
 Procefs ifllied a- 
 gainit, and exer 
 cuted upon fuch 
 Accomptants. 
 
 Procefs ifllied a- 
 gainft, and exe- 
 cuted upon fuch 
 Accomptants. 
 
 Reafon why Pro- 
 cefs has HOC been 
 executed. 
 
 Reafon why Pro- 
 cefs is not exe- 
 cuted. 
 
 Accounts 
 brought into the 
 Auditors fince 
 the ifluing of 
 Procefs. 
 
 Infuper Accounts 
 brought in fince 
 the laft Certifi. 
 cate. 
 
 After
 
 ( lo ) 
 
 After my hearty Commendations, having confidered the Reprefenta- 
 tion, of which the within written is a true Copy, and approving there- 
 of; thefe are to authorize and dircLT: ycu to t:^k.e Care, that all Mat- 
 ters and Things therein and thereby prcicribed, for the Sollicitor of tJie 
 Treafury to do, be carefully and duly done and performed by you; 
 and that your Proceedings thereupon be, from Time to Time, repre- 
 ftnted in the Manner, and according to the Method thereby propofcd, 
 and, for fo doing, this fhall be your Warrant, 
 
 Whitehall Treafury Chambers 
 
 i6t)\ Augujl lyii. Oxford. 
 
 To my very loving Friend William Borret 
 Efquire, Sollicitor for the jiff airs of the 
 Treafury. 
 
 Which Warrant was confirmed in his late Majefly's Reign, as follows, 
 
 viz. , 
 
 Whitehall^ Treafury Chambers, 1 8 November 1717. 
 Prefent 
 Lord Stanhope Lord Torrington 
 John Wallop Mr. Baillie. 
 
 Supers upon Accomptants, 7 Renew the Order to the Sollicitor of the 
 about Frofecutions. 3 Treafury, to profecute Supers upon Ac- 
 
 comptants. 
 
 It is fubmitted, whether the Certificates from the Sollicitors, fhould 
 not be every ifluable Term, inftead of every Term. 
 
 The foregoing, are true Copies from the Entries in the Books in the 
 Office of the Auditors of the Imprefts 
 
 t • 
 
 Edw.lBan^hafn 7 y,, , a a-. 
 cy M * S- Deputy Auditors. 
 J a. ^immas 3 ^ •^ 
 
 FINIS',
 
 A FURTHER 
 
 R E P O R T 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 COMMITTEE 
 
 ^ 
 
 O F 
 
 S E C R E S T,
 
 A FURTHER 
 
 REPORT 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 COMxMITTEE 
 
 O F 
 
 S E C R E S T, 
 
 Appointed to enquire into the CONDUCT of 
 
 ROBERT Ezvl of OrFORD, 
 
 During the lad Ten Years of his being Firft 
 Commiflioner of die 1 reafury, and Chan- 
 cellor and Under-Treafurer of His MA- 
 JESTY'S Exchequer. 
 
 irtth the A P P E N D I X. 
 
 L O N D O ]>i : 
 
 Printed in the Year MDCCXLII. 
 
 .'//
 
 ( I ) 
 
 A FURTHER 
 
 E P O R T 
 
 FROM THE 
 
 Committee of Secrecy. 
 
 -TT T-O U R Committee having in their former Report laid before the Houfe 
 ^Ll the Obftrudions they met with in the Courfc of their Enquiry, and find- 
 W ing that the Lords had refufed to concur in the Means propofed by this 
 Houfe to remove them, by rejedling the Bill for indemnifying fuch Pcr- 
 fons as {hall upon Examination make Difcoveries touching the Difpoiltion of pub- 
 lick Money, or concerning the Difpofition of Offices, or any Payments or Agree- 
 ments in Refpcft thereof, or concerning other Matters relating to the Conduil of 
 Robert Earl of Orford, have not thought it advifeable to enter upon any new- 
 Matter relating to the Tranfadions of the Earl of Orford. But as previous to 
 the rejeding of the faid Bill by the other Houfe, they had feveral Matters before 
 them of the higheft Confequence and Importance to the Succefs of the War with 
 Spain, and to the domeflic Oeconomy and good Order of the Kingdom, to the 
 Payment of the Troops abroad, to the Freedom of EleiElions at Home, and 
 to the Quantity and Method of iiRjing publick Money for the fecret Services of 
 the State, in all which the faid Earl appears to have had the principal, if not thflk 
 fole Direftion. Your Committee thought it their abfolute Duty to lay thefe Mat- 
 ters before the Houfe, and were preparing to do it with as much Clearnefs and 
 Perfpicuity, as the many notorious Difficulties and Difcouragements this Enquiry 
 has laboured under would permit. But in the Execution of this Dcfign, they were 
 again interrupted by a new and unforefeen Obftru£tion to one of the moil material 
 Points in QueiHon, which therefore, together with the other Matters abovcmen- 
 tioncd, they find themfelves under a Neceffity of laying before the Houfe. 
 
 As the vigorous and fuccefsful Profecution of the War in America feems to have 
 been the great Objedl of the Interelh and Inclination of the People of Great- 
 Britain ; and as an Expedition to a Climate fo dilfant and dangerous, muft 
 unavoidably be attended with an immenfe Expence both of Men and Money to 
 the Nation, Your Committee therefore, confidering how efTentially it muft afFeft 
 the Glory of His Majefty's Arms, and the Juftice due to this Nation, that thofe of 
 their Countrymen, who chearfullv undertook a Service, where the Enemy was 
 the leaft Danger they were expofcd to, fliould be juftly and fully paid the great 
 Sums raifed to fiipport them, have thought it their Duty to enquire into the 
 Ccntrafl: made for fupplying His Majefty's P"orces going upon the Expedition with 
 Lord Lathcart, and to examine whether it had been eftablifhed on the mofl: juft 
 and advantageous Foot, for Troops fo peculiarly deferving the Care and Atten- 
 tion of the Publick. And in proceeding therein, 
 
 Your Committee find. That the Money, or rather the Currency oi^anwica, is 
 of a lefs Value than Sterling Money : and by the Examination of Merchants it ap- 
 pears, that for fome Years before the Commencement of the War with Spain, the 
 Rate of Exchange between 'Jamaica and England ■was from 135 to 140, but gcno- 
 rally at 140, very ftw Bills having been drawn under that Rate ; that is, Perfons 
 ^t Jamaica generally paid 140/. of the Currency of that Country, for a Bill which 
 intitled them, or their Agents, to 100 /. Sterling in England. 
 
 Your Committee find, that on the gth of July 1740, the following Propofal 
 was made to the Treafury for furnifhing Money at 'Jamaica for the Expedition un- 
 der Lord Cathcart, by Peter Burrell and John Brijlow, Efqrs. Members of this 
 Houfe.
 
 ( 2 ) 
 
 To the Right Honourable, the Lords Commijftoners of His Majejly's Treafury^ 
 The Propofal c/ Peter BurrcU and John Briftow. 
 
 " That they are ready to furnifh at "faynaica His Majefty's Forces going upon 
 " the intended Expedition with Lord tV-v/jcY/// with any Sums of Money, and at 
 " the Times which the Service fhall require, at. the Rate ot'ipoA Sterling for 
 " every i2o/. paid at Jamaica in tlic Currency of that Ifland ; that the Sum of 
 " 27,000/. be paid to them before the Departure of the Troops, they furniihing 
 " their Bills at Sight on Jamr.ica for the Amount thereof, at the abovementioned 
 «' Rate of 100/. S/er/w^for 120/. Jamaica (Znriencv. That the fubfequent Pay- 
 *' ments be made upon their producing the Deputy- Paymafter's Bills or Receipts, 
 " who Ihall be dired:ed to give the f.une, for the Sums they fhall receive from 
 " Time to Time. 
 
 <■<■ P E T E R B U R R E L L, 
 *<■ J O H N B' R I S T O JV. 
 " London, July gth, 17+0." 
 
 This Propofal was the fame Day agreed to by the Commiffioners of tlie Trea- 
 fury, the Earl of Or/srrt' being then prefentat the Board, which appears the more 
 extraordinary to your Committee, becaufe the Commiffioners of the Treafurv 
 (had they thought fit to enquire) muft have found, that for fevcral Months pre- 
 ccdin<^ the Date of this Propofal, all the Bills drawn from Jamaica for the Service • 
 of his Majefty's Navy and Ordnance, were drawn at the Rate of 140/. for lool. 
 Sterling, as appears bv the Appendix (No. i.) 
 
 Your Committee alfo obfcr\c, that at the Time of the Delivery of thi; Propo- 
 fal, it could be no Secret to Mr. BurrcU 2ud Mr. Brijiow that the Exchange from 
 Jamaica was 140/. for your Committee find in the Minutes of a Court of Direc- 
 tors of the South Sea Company, when Mr. Burrell Sub-Governor, and Mr. Bri- 
 Jiow Deputy- Governor, were prefent, the following Order. 
 
 " Friday, ibth oi March, 1738-9. 
 "Ordered, 
 " That it be referred to the Committee of Correfpondence, to confid«r and 
 " report their Opinion concerning the Exchange from Jamaica, which is now 
 " at 140/. for 100/. Sterling, and yet the Company are not credited for the Dol- 
 " lars, Piftoles, and Bar-Gold, more than when the Exchange was at 135/. 
 " per Cent" 
 
 The Circumftances which preceded and occafioned this extraordinary Tranfac- 
 tion, as far as your Committee have been able to trace them, are of a very fin- 
 gular Nature; for it appears by the Examination of Captain Alexander JFilfon, vho 
 was Agent to Lord Cathcart, when he was preparing for the Expedition to the 
 Wejl-lndies, (which is annexed to the Appendix, No. 2.) That in \\\c May 
 or June preceding this Contract, the Pay-Mafter-General communicated 
 to Lcrd Cathcart a Method of paying the Troops which his Lordlhip ap- 
 proved of; this was by fending a Sum of Money by the Dcputy-Pay-Mailer 
 who was to attend the Expedition, and impowering him to draw what Bills 
 fhould be neccffary, and directing the Troops to be paid at Jamaica at fuch a Rate 
 of Exchange asihould appear to Lord Cathcart and the fuperior Officers to be moft 
 advantageous to the Troops. And it beina; intimated fome time after to Lord Cath- 
 cart that a Contract for paying the Troops at 120/. Jamaica Money for ico l.Jier. 
 was then depending before the Treafurv, he immediately procured a Meeting with 
 Mr. Hanhury (Filfiams, Pdy-Maller of the Marines, Mr'. Burrell, and Mr. Brijlnu, 
 with a View, if poffible, to get the Troops paid in a more advantageous manner, 
 for he did not apprehend the Contract was at that time palTcd. At this Meeting he 
 mentioned the Inconveniencies which might arife from the paying Men at a Race 
 fo much lower than the known Exchange, and the Danger there was from what he 
 had obferved abroad, of its producing Difcontcnt and Alutiny. And after feveral 
 Arguments ufed on both Sides, their Meeting ended on Mr. Burrell or Mr. Briftcw's 
 dDclarin'J that they had made an Agreement with theTreafury already on the 'I'crms 
 o; 20 /. ^a.v:rica Mo:i2y for lOo/. /Icr. and that they could not do it for lefs Profit, 
 i'ro. -. ninaaons of Mr. Burrell and iMr. Brijhw (which are annexed in 
 
 ihc .'■. :■. ' '1 i: ap-JCiirs that thev applied for this Contract to the Earl 
 
 of
 
 ( 3 ) 
 
 of OrfcrJ, and to no other Perfon ; for when it was publickly known that the Troops 
 were going to Jamaica, Mr. Burrell acquainted the faid Earl that he had Corref- 
 pondents in Jamaica, on the South-Sea Company's Account, who were Men of 
 great Credit, and had the greateft command of Money of any in the Place; and 
 he thought if Money was wanting there, he could fupply the Government as well 
 as any body, and that afterwards confidering the great Importance of the Affair, he 
 thought it too much hazard for himfelf alone, and mentioned it to Mr Brijiow, 
 and they together fettled the Terms of their Propofal ; and about the Month of 
 June 1740, the Parliament being then prorogued, they waited on the Earl oiOrford, 
 and propofed to him the fanieTerms, which were afterwards agreed to by the Trea-' 
 fury. The faid Earl afked them if thefe were the loweft Terms, and hoped they 
 would not afk more than was reafonable, or what any body elfe fhould complain of, 
 that he would not take it on himfelf, but defired them to make their Propofals to 
 tlie Treafury, which feems to your Committee to have been intirely|Matterof Form. 
 For it appears that when this Propofal was accordingly delivered to the Treafury, 
 the Gentlemen cannot recolleft to whom it was delivered, nor when nor by whom 
 they were informed of its being accepted ; nay, one of the Gentlemen even does 
 not remember whether they themfelves went with their Propofal when it was pre- 
 fented. 
 
 And your Committee having alfo examined Charles Hanbury IVilliams Efq; a 
 Member of this Houfe, touching the Converfation that pafled between Mr. Burrell, 
 Mr. Bri/lmv, znd Lord Catbcart, at Mr. JyHliams's Office, have alfo added his Exa- 
 nfination to the others in the Appendix, (No. 3.) to which they beg leave to refer. 
 Your Committee cannot find that any Notice or Intimation was given to any 
 Perfon except what pafled between the Earl of Orford and the Contraftors as is be- 
 fore mentioned, of the Intention of the Treafury to make this Contra£l ; for it ap- 
 pears by the Examination of James Knight Efq; (which is annexed in the Appen- 
 dix, No. 4.) that when he heard the Troops were going to Jamaica, and was to!d 
 the Treafury would contra£t- with private Perfons for paying them, he did himfelf 
 intend to make an offer of furnifhing the Money ; but in a very few Days after, he 
 heard the Treafury had agreed with R'lr. Burrell and Mr. Bri/low, at the rate of 
 120 /. and he did not believe the Trealur^ ever gave any Notice of their Intentions 
 to make any fuch Contraft. That what he expefled was not a formal publick No- 
 tice, but that it fhould have been communicated to Merchants, as he has heard has 
 been pracftifed in Queen Amte's Wars : And had this been done, he believes feveral 
 befides himfelf would have propofed, and that he himfelf would have furnifhed the 
 Money at 1^0 I. per Cent for 100 /. Sterling, and fhould have thought it a good 
 Bargain, provided he could have had the fame Money advanced to him which he 
 has heard was advanced to Mr. Burrell and Mr. Brijiow. That after the firfl dif- 
 ficulty, which would be on the Arrival of the Troops, was over, he did not doubt 
 but he could have contracted with the People of the Ifland to furnifli the Money 
 at the rate of 137^. and if the whole Money was advanced to him here before-hand, 
 and he was only to fend it over and furnifh it at Jamaica at the Rate of 1^0 per 
 Cent, he thinks hefhouldmake 12 or 15 />fr Cent /nr ^«n«m of the Sums he fur- 
 nifhed by returning the fame Money twice a Year. 
 
 This led your Committee into a computation of the Profits which might have 
 been made in this ContraiS, which they conceive to fland thus : 
 
 If the value of 100 1. Jier. be fent to Jamaica in Moidores, it appears they will 
 produce 143 l.ios. Jamaica currency ; but by this Contrail only 120 /. Jamaica cur- 
 rency was to be paid at Jamaica for every 100 l.Jhr. received here. To this 120 /. 
 Jamaica currency, all the necefTary Charges muft be added, which your Committee 
 conceive to be i per Cent CommifTion, 2 h-per Centlnfurance, i per Cent Freight, 
 and %. per Cent tor the Charges of Shipping, in all 4/. 15 s. per Cent, which on 
 120/. Jamaica currency is 5/. li^s. of the fame currency, in all 125 /. 141. Ja- 
 maica currency. So that the Profit to be made on fending Moidores was the differ- 
 ence between 125/. 14 j. and 143/. 105. which is 17/. 16 j-. Jamaica currency, 
 or 111, Zs. id. Jier. out of every 100 I. Jler. which is 14/. 3^-. 2d. j;. per Cent 
 ller. And your Committee obfcrve, that if half of the Sum fent had been in Six and 
 Thirty-fhilling Pieces, and only half in Moidores, 100/. Jler. lb fent would have 
 produced \i^\ I. Jamaica currency, which is only 2 /. \0s. Jamaica currency Ms 
 than Moidores alone would have produced. 
 
 And your Committee cannot help obferving that if the Treafury had thought fit 
 to fend in Moidores to Jamaica, on the account of the Public, the fame Sums of 
 
 Money
 
 Money-wliich they ai^ual'.y advanced to the Contra^^orf;, then ertry lOO I. Jfer. 
 fo fcnt would have produced 143/. and an half, Jamsi.ri currency, except what 
 may be allowed for Infurance, which your Committee is informed amounts to 
 about 2/. and 3.n\\Ai per Cent on Money fent by Ships of War. Nor could fre- 
 quent Opportunities have been wanting of fending on Board his IMajeftv's Ships 
 fuch farther Supplies of Money as might at any time have been neceilary for that 
 Service. But if it had heen thought more advifeable to have fupplicd part of this 
 Expence by Draughts from thence, there can be no doubt but that the Deputy 
 Pay-Mufler being furnifh'd with a proper Proportion of Specie from hence would 
 have been able to keep up the Exchange at 140/. and in tliat Cife no Charge 
 would have attended that Part fo fupplied. 
 
 It further appears that in the Courfe of this Affair, and before tlie departure of 
 Lord Cathcart, iHU greater Indulgences were granted to the Contra»itors ; for by 
 their firft: Propofal the Sum of 27000 /. only was to be advanced tlieni by the Trea- 
 •furv before the departure of the Troops, but the fubfequent Pavments were not to 
 be made to tiiem till they produced the Deputy Pay-Maftcr's Bills or Receipts : 
 And yet on tlie 30th of September following, which w.is before the departure of the 
 Troops, iicool. was furtlier advanced to them by the Pay-Mafter General, for 
 their Bill of that date ; and on the ift of October 9500/. more was advanced to 
 them by tlie Pay- Matter of the Marine:, for their Bill of the 30th oi' September ; 
 and on the 23d of December a Sum of i2coo/. was advanced by the Pay-Maflef 
 General, for their Bill of that Day's date ; and on the 6th of January, a farther 
 Sum of 9000 /. was advanced by the Pay-Mafter of the Marines for their Bill of the 
 31ft of December, All in Conl'equence of Alinutcs of the Trcafur}', as in the Ap- 
 pendix, No. 5. 
 
 Here youv Committee cannot he'p obferving that the paying thefe Sums amount- 
 ing to 42,50c /. over and above the 27,000/. originally advanced before there had 
 been any Difburfemejus on the Part of the Contractors, altered the mture of 
 the Contract, and rendered it much more beneficial than as it was originally pro<- 
 pofed by the Contractors themfelvcs. 
 
 Mr. Burre'J f.iid, he did offer half of his Share to his Brother, and a Gentleman 
 engaged in Bufinefs with him, but tliey thought it too great aRifque for them to 
 run : He likewife mentioned it to another Gentleman (whom he did not namej who 
 would not accept of it, that thefe Refufals were very early before anv thing was 
 done in it, more than palling the ContraiSt, and that he mentioned them, to fhcw 
 that he thought he had no great Bargain of it. And from the Examination of Mr. 
 Burrell, and Mr. Br't/hw, it farther appears, that fome time after the making of 
 the Contract, they offered Mr. Monfon, a Member of this Houfe, one fourth Part 
 of it, as far as it related to the Pa)'ment of the Troops in the Office where he is 
 Deputy, which he accepted of, and has fhared accordingly the Profits of this Con- 
 tract. from the beginning ; and fome time after the Earl of Orford mentioned to M , 
 Burre'd, that Mr. Hanbwy JV'd'aams h.id defircd him to fpeaic to him, Mr. Burrell, 
 that one of Mr. JfilUami'i Friends might have a Share in the Remittances, but he 
 added. You are to do juft as you pleafe, I don't alk you to let any body in, for the 
 Contra£t is yours ; and foon afterwards, Mr. Hanbury IVtU'iami fpoke to the Con- 
 tractors, and told them, that he had a Relation, one Mr. Hanbury, a JVeJl- India 
 IVIerchant, to whom he had Obligations ; and as he had Money anJ Effedts at 'Ja- 
 maica, he defircd he might be concerned one fourth Part with them for the future, 
 which he has accordingly been, in what relates to the payment of the Marines in 
 Mr. Hanbury IFilliams's Office. 
 
 And it appears to your Committee, that neither the one nor the other of thofe 
 Gentlemen advanced any Money, or were concerned in the Management, but 
 were to be Sharers of the Profit or Lofsonly. 
 
 And it further appears to your Committee, that on the Arrival of the Troops 
 at Jamaica, and the tendering the Money to them at 120 /. Jamaica Currency, 
 great Dilcontents were exprelfed by the Officers, and fome aiStually rcfufed to re- 
 ceive it, and with time the Difcoiitent increafed, and nothing was t.ilked of fo 
 much amongft the Officers of the Army, as the Hardfliip of being paid at 120 /. 
 when the exchange was at 140 /. every one of them became a Calculator, and 
 complained that he loft 16 /. 6x. on every 100 /. he being paid his 120 /. Jamaica 
 Money, with 62 Moidores, which is no more than 83/. 14 i. Sterling ; all which 
 appears by the Letters of ColehrcAe and General IVenfworth, annexed in the Ap- 
 pendix, (No. 6.J fo truly were tlie Fears of Lord Cathcart verifyed. 
 
 And
 
 (5) 
 
 And tliis Uneafinefs among the Troops was greatly increafed by the peremptory 
 Refufal of the Agents of Mr. Burrell, and Mr. Bri/hw, to furnifh the Deputy 
 Paymattcr zt Jamaica With any Money upon their Credit, arifing, as Mr. Cokbrooke 
 Lvfs in his Letter of the 20ih of February, 1740, M.irk (B) in the Appendix, 
 (No. 6) from their Views of appropriating the Profit Jo themfelves, and being 
 dazled with the Profpeft of getting 15 or 20 per Cent, inftead of 2 per Cent their 
 C'ommiffion. Upon this the Deputy Paymafter took up Money from other Perfons, 
 and gave them Bills on the Paymafter General ; and tho' there were, as appears by 
 the Extradfs of Letters of the Deputy Paymafter, of the 20th of February, and the 
 2 -^fi of March, 1740-1, which are mark'd (B and D) in the Appendix (No. 6.) 
 Combinations to diftrefs him, yet the firft Bills he thus drew were at the rate of 
 130 /. and he by degrees raifed the Exchange, fo that at laft he drew at 140 /. whilft 
 the Troops ftill continued to be paid at I20 /. 
 
 And it farther appears to your Committee, that on the 5?^ of jfune, 1741, there 
 is entred in the Treafury Books the following Minute : 
 
 " Mr. Brijimu, oneof the Remitters for the /^i//-/«^;«, is called in, and ac- 
 " quaintsmy Lords, that he and Mr. 5«rr^//havedifcharged fuch of their Fadlors 
 " and Agents at Jamaica, as mifbehaved themfelves in their Conduct about fup- 
 " P'y'"g "^'^s Money for the Publick Service there ; and that as General IVetitvdorth 
 " has applied for the Troops to be paid at the rate of r25 per Cent, he will take 
 " care that the Remittance (hall be made accordingly ". 
 
 And on the lOth of July following, the Commiffionersof the Treafury agree 
 and order, " That Meif. Burrcll znd Brijiow pay the Troops in /America at the 
 " Rate of I 25 /. Jamaica Currency for I 00 /. Sterling, from the 24th of April pre- 
 " ceding." 
 
 Now yoiir Committee obferve on this aew Contraii, firft propofed on the 5th 
 of June, 1741, and finally regulated on the loth of July following, that Mr. Cole- 
 brooke, the Deputy-Paymafter at yiiOTj/fi?, did on the 24th of i^£'i;-«<7, )) preceding, 
 being nineteen Weeks before the fettling of the faid Contract, draw Bills on the 
 Paymafter- General to the Amount of 1250/. all at the Rate of 130/. and did in 
 his Letter of the 23d of March beforemention'd, acquaint the Paymafter-General, 
 that he had happily overcome all Oppofition, and could allure him, on good 
 Grounds, that whatever Money might be necellary to be raifed for the Service 
 would be found at Jamaica for Bills on the Paymafter-General, for 130/. and 
 upwards ; and this laft Letter is dated above ten Weeks before the Propofal cf 
 Ml. Burrell and Mr. Brijlow to amend their Contraft, and above fifteen Weeks 
 before the final Acceptation of that Propofal by the Treafury : And it is worthy 
 of Obfervation, that in the Months of January, February, March, April and M.iy, 
 preceding the July iw •w\\\z\\ this fecond Con trad; at 125/. was eflabliflr'd by the 
 Treafury, there were drawn from Jamaica no lefs than thirty- nine Bills for the 
 Service of his Majefty's Navy, moft of them at the Rate of 135/. and the Re- 
 mainder at the Rate of 140 /. 
 
 And it appears to your Committee, that feveral Bills, amounting to the Sum 
 of 1 1,392 /. 17 s. were drawn on the Paymafter of the Marines, by his Deputy, 
 betwc.n i8th of ivir«ffr^, 1740, and i ft of y/«^/y?, 1741 ; Part of which Bills, a- 
 mouTiiing to 5000/. were drawn in the Month of February preceding the new 
 Contradt, that thefe Bills were paid by Mr. Burrell and Mr. Brijlow, and that 
 Money was illued to them for that Purpofe by the Paymafter of the Marines. But 
 your Committee have not been able to difcover at what Rate of Exchange they 
 were drawn ; nor does it appear whether Mr. Burrell and Mr. Brijlow have been 
 allowed to take the Profit arifing from the Difference between 120/. the Rate of. 
 the Contract, and the Rate of Exchange the Bills were drawn at. 
 
 And it farther appears to your Committee, that tjie Bills drawn by the Dcputy- 
 Paymafter from Jamaica on the Paymafter-General, when the Agents of Mr. 
 Burrell and Mr. Brijlow refufed to iupply him, amounting to the Sum of 29,216 /. 
 5i-. 3^. and which were drawn in the Months of ivii«/fl;7 and Afarc/j, 1740, and 
 in April, May, June, July and AuguJi, 1741, at 130, 135, 137 i-half, and at 
 Icaft at 140 /. were fent for Payment to Mr. Burrell and Mr. Brijlozu. And alfo 
 that Money was ifTued from the Pav-Office to thein to difcharge the faid Bill j al- 
 tho' it docs not appear to 'your Committee what Pretence of Right the ContraiSlors 
 could have to the Profit arifing from any of thefe Bills, after the Forfeiture of 
 their Bargain by the Refufal of their Agents to furnifti the Deputy- Pay mafters at 
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 But tho' thefe Bills were thus paid by Mr. Burrell and Mr. BiiJIozv, yet your 
 Committee find, that on the 15th of December lall, the Pay mafter- General made a 
 Rcprefentation of this Matter to the Treafury, as in the Appendix (No. 7.) pray- 
 ing a Dircdlion of the Commiffioners, whether the Profit or Difference arifing by 
 the Exchange on the faid Bills ftiould be accounted for and paid to the Agents of 
 the faid Contraftors, or referred in the Hands of his Deputy for the Ufe and Be- 
 nefit of the Publick. And your Committee find the following Minute in the 
 Books of the Treafury. 
 
 " TmtehallTreafury-ChaniberSy 2qth December, 1741. 
 
 " Read alfo to my Lords a Memorial from the fame Paymafter, dated the 15th 
 " Inftant, relating to the Remittance of Pay for the Troops in Jmerica with re- 
 " fpeiSl to the Jamaica Currenc)', and order'd a Copy thereof to be fent to the 
 " Remitters for their Anfwcr thereto." 
 
 To which the Remitters gave in their Anfwer annexed in the Appendix (No. 8.) 
 in which it is remarkable, that in ftating the feveral Charges upon fending over 
 ^;pecie to Jamaica they make one Charg'i in the following Words, " Tliree per 
 " Cent. Commiffioji we pay in Jamaica." Wheri.as it appears by their Examina- 
 tions, that they paid One per Cent, only to their Agent, Mr. Cdehrookc, for the 
 Money fent out with Lord Cnthcart. 
 
 This Anfwer was received on th.e 5th of February laftj and nothing appears to 
 have been done upon it while the Earl of Orford continued in the Treafurv. 
 
 Your Comnjittee have been ob!i2,ed to dwell the longer upon this Contract be- 
 caufe tlie wholeBijhavicur of the Earl of Orford, who had the fole Diredtion of it, 
 feems fo extraordinary, that they fear this Part of their Report would want Credit 
 if they had not defcenued into the moll minute Particulars ot it. 
 
 ^ere they find a Contra£t enter'd into upon the good Faith of the Propofers, 
 only with an Ignorance of the Value of the Exchange, whether real or afF.cted, 
 does not appear to your Committee. And that Defe(?i: fo far from being endea- 
 voured to be fupplied by admitting Propofals or information from any otlver Mer- 
 chants, that it feem'd a dctennin'd Point to fhut it cut even when it feem'd to 
 obtrude itfelf upon him from the very Oi5ces fubject to his Infpedion. 
 
 But, as if this Injury to the Troops and Injuitice to the Nation had been too 
 little, he render'd this Contract mure advantageous to the Contractors than tlieir 
 moit (anguine Expedtation origiiiallv fuggefted to them. 
 
 For tho', by the Terms of the ContracTr, the Publick was to advance 27,000 /. 
 only in Money, yet we find the further Sum of 42,000/. advanced to them before 
 the Arrival of the Troops in America. 
 
 And your Committee obferve, that the Shares of the Profits of this Contract 
 were deidt out to the Deputy of the Pay-Office, and to a Friend of the Pay- 
 mafter of the Marines, at the Requeft of the faid Paymafter, without any Advance 
 of Money or Trouble on their Part. And it is very remarkable, that thefe Shares 
 were confined to the Sums iffued from the refpeftive Offices. 
 
 And here your Committee muft obferve, from the whole Courfe of the Pro- 
 ceedings, that neither the Intercft of the Soldier, or the Publick, feeni to have 
 been the Objedl of the Earl oi Orford' s Attention. 
 
 The Cries of the injured Soldiers, wiio had loft one Day's Pay in feven, where 
 Provifions of all kinds bear an excciTue Price, made fo little Impreffion, th-t the 
 only Relief they obtained, was an Advance of their Pay upon the Contradt, from 
 120/. to 125/. though there had been drawn upon the Navy-Office, during the fix 
 Months preceding, feveral Bills, none at Jefs than 135/. and fome at 140/. And 
 tho' the Deputy of the Paymafter-General likewife, 19 Weeks before, had drawn 
 upon the Oiiice at 130/. and 15 Weeks before had written to the Pav-Mafter- 
 General, that he might depend upon being furnifhed with whatever Sums Ihouid 
 be wanted at 130/. and upwards, nor could there be any Reafon to fc.ir a Difap- 
 pointmcnt in relying upon thofe Aflurances of the Deputy-Paymafter, becaufe to 
 his Care wholly it was owing that they were not difappointcd upon the Refufal of 
 the Contractors Agents to furnifh him. with Money. 
 
 Your Committee cannot but obferve, tliat the Treafury in eftablifhing this new 
 Contract, v/here the Contrafiors propofed the Advance from 120/. to 125/. to 
 commence from the 5th ^i June 1741, order it with a Rctrofpedt, and to com- 
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 mence from the 24th of Jpril preceding, arid are greatly at a Lofs to find if the 
 firft Contraft was upon juft and equal Terms, why the ContratStors fubmitted to 
 any Advance at all; and if it waf, not upon equal Terms, why the Treafury did 
 not extend their RetrofpecSl, and order it to be reiSifyed from the Commence- 
 ment. 
 
 And fo little was the Publick to aw.il itfclf of this Injuftice to the Soldier, 
 that when the Contradors could furnifh no Money at all, from their Agents 
 refufing to anfwer Credit, and confcquentiy the Contrail was diffolved, and the 
 Army muft have flarved, if the Deputy-Paymafter, who is the Officer of the 
 Publick, had not procured Money by Draughts upon the Pay-Office, at 130/. 
 135/. up to 140/. 'Jamaica Currency, for 100/. Sterling \ yet thoie very Bills were 
 fuffered to be paid by the Contractors, and publick Money ifiued to them to pay 
 the f.ime, but by whofe Order does not appear to your Committee, as if the Pro- 
 fits arifrng from the advanced Prices of thcife Bills, drawn by a publick Officer 
 upon the Publick, had belonged to the Contraftors. 
 
 And )our Committee obferve, that when on the 15th of December lafl the Pay- 
 mailer praved Direftions from the Treafury, whether the Piofits on thofe I5il!s 
 Ihould be paid to the Contraifors, or referved ior the Benefit of the Publick, 
 even that could not be obtained while the Earl oi Orford remain'd in the Treafury. 
 
 Your Committee now proceed to lay before you the great Part which the Earl 
 of Or/irrf appears to have had in feveral Tranfaitions which nearly concern the 
 Freedom of Eletfions, and the Independency of Parliament, and they ha\e 'the 
 greateft Reafon to believe that had the Perfons employed in thefe dark Tranfa£i:ions 
 been properly indemnifyed, many Difcoveries would have been made of the utmoft 
 Importance. 
 
 Your Committee having in their former Report laid befoYe you the Share which 
 Mr. Paxton and Laivton had in carrying on the Profecutions relating to the Borough 
 oi Orford, and particularly that Laivtonhiii declared, that he did not pretend to fay 
 he fliould not be reimburfed his Expences on that Head, think fit now to acquaint 
 you, that Mr. Abraharn Farley being examined, faid, that about "January 1736, 
 Mr. Lawion told him there was an Order made out at theTreafury in his [Farley's) 
 Name for 120c/. and bid him go and receive it, which he did, and paid it over 
 immediately to the faid Latvian. 
 
 And Mr. Richard Banks upon his Examination faid, that John Laxvton Efq; of 
 the Exchequer, appeared to be his Client in the Profecutions relating to Orford, 
 tho' he did not know v.'hat relation Mr. Lawton had to the Borough of Orford, but 
 he believed that what Mr. Lawtcndid was to oblige Sir Robert IValpole., to whom 
 he appichepMcd Latvian was under Obligations, that the whole Bill of near 3000 /. 
 which the Piofecuuons amounted to, was never fatisiyed ; that Mr. Laivton., 
 Paxton, ar.ii he [Banks,) met about it, and after a good deal of llrr^e allowed to ex- 
 amine the Bill, they on the 15/A of December, 1736, came to a ftated Account, 
 when there was a Ballancc of 1200 and odd Pounds in his (Banh's) Favour, whicli 
 Mr. LaiL'tan agreed he would pay in a Fortnight's time, and he did foon after pay 
 500/. to Paxtov., who paid Banks 100 1. thereof, and promifed foon to par more. 
 The remaining 7 00 and odd Pounds have notyct been paid, that he (Banks) d'ld about 
 two Years ago file a Bill zgamil Paxton in Chancery, to bring him to an Account, 
 that in this Bdl A</r. Laivlcn was made a Defendant, and that Laivton in his Anfwer 
 did fwear, that he detained the 700/. in his hands 10 reimburfe himfelf what was 
 aue to him from Paxton, -And to fccure the 2C0 /. Hill unpaid to Air. Idafterman for 
 his Bill. ^ 
 
 Mr. Leonard Martin, an Attorney, and Partner with his Father in Law, Mr. 
 Paxton, being examined, faid that he has been concerned in feveral Suits about th.e 
 Borough of C'oA-i^'/cr, and that he had hischiefDireftions therein from Mr. Daniel, 
 anAttorncy at 6Vf/j^y/tT,tho' j?fr. Lrtw/fl« fometimes interfered, and that foon after 
 Laivton's Death, lie received a Letter from Daniel, as annexed in the Appendix, 
 ('No. 9.) that he received 133 /. for Fines, to which tlie Profccuturs were enti- 
 tuled, that he believed he auvifed with Laivton about framing a Petition to the, 
 Treafury for the King's remaining'two Thirds of the Fine, th-At Lawton (who feemed 
 very delirous of Succefs in the Affair of that Corporation) approved of it, and he 
 beheved Lawton might fay he would fpeak about it, that he (Alaitin) thereon drev/ 
 the Draught of a Pctitioji, and fent it to Daniel to get it figned, and on its Return he 
 
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 procured a Warrant from the Treafury, direcYmg Puxt on to pay him 280/. that 
 the Warrant wasdatcd the ict.h of Ji/fy, 1741, and that he received the Money on 
 the 26t/:> of January laft, and did imagine thefe Profecutions were with a View of 
 influencing the Eleftion, and to turn the Borough, and to get out the Mayor, and 
 get the returning Officer. 
 
 By all this it appears thnt the Management of this Affair was lodged in the hands 
 of Paxtori's Partner and Son in Law, and the Expences attending it were in part 
 paid by the faid Paxton in Confequencq of a Warrant of the Treafury, But tho' your 
 Committee here met with a ixe\t\ Inrtance of the Sollicitorof the Treafury inter- 
 medling in Matters relating to Elections, yet they did not think fit to examine him 
 again, having little reafon to expect he would make any Difcoveries after the other 
 Houfe hadreje<Sed the Bill by which he would have been indemnified. And your 
 Committee cannot determine what could induce the Earl of Orford to continue 
 Paxton in his Office upwards of 11 Years, and to fufFerhim to defer accounting 
 for any Part of the large Sums, which were from time to time ilTued to him till the 
 (^th of February laft, and then to account for two "^ ears only in fo precipitate a 
 manner, but niuft fubmit to the Judgment of this Houfe, whetjier that Indulgence 
 was owing to a criminal Negledl, or to a more criminal Confederacy. 
 
 Your Committee now proceed to lay before you a Tranfadlion relating to the 
 Borough of fVeymouth. 
 
 Mr. Rkhard'Jordanhe:\nge\zm\v\\\, faid, That he was Mayor of /^t^OTou/zi and 
 Mdcomb Regis in the Year 1740. That on the i6th Day of June, in that Year, 
 Mr. Pearfe and Mr. Olmlus came down to Ifqinouth ; that Mr. Pearfe applied to 
 him (Jordan) and defued his Vote and Intcreft for himfelf and Mr. Otmius, and 
 two others in petto, whom he did not name ; and told him at the fame time, that 
 there would be a Letter produced, obliging him and all the Officers in the Service 
 to vote for Mr. Pearfe and his Friends. I'hat then Mr. Pearfe defired him to go 
 with him in private : That when they were alone Mr. Pearje faid he was defirous 
 -to have the Corporation filled up, and that a Hall fhould be call'd for that Purpofc. 
 And he further requeftcd, that he (Jordan) would meet him (Mr. Olmii:s) andfome 
 other Friends ; but Mr. Jordan refufed to meet Mr. Olmius ; . and then Mr. Pearfe 
 left him. That on the i8ih of Jtote Air. Pearfe came to his Houfe about Noon, 
 and told him, that if he ivould come into the Meafures of him (Pearfe) and his 
 Friends, and fill up the Corporation, in order to have a Returning-Officer, or 
 Words to that Eft'cft, he had it in Ccmmiffion to fay. That he (Jordan) fhould 
 have the Colkdicn of the Port of Jf^eymouth in a Month's Time, and a Let- 
 ter from Sir Robert JP'al'ok, under his own Hand, to make good that Promife. 
 .Mr. Pearfe then went trom his Houfe. and return'd about Four of the Clock of 
 the fame Day, and brought to him a Lift of fuch of the Revenue Officers as were 
 to be difplaced. ■ He took this Lift, which was wrote in Pearfe's own Hand, and 
 read it ever ; and after Mr. Pearfe was gone he wrote it down from his own 
 Memory. And it appear'd to your Committee, by this and the fubfequent Exa- 
 minations, that feveral of the Perfons therein-nam'd were difplaced accordingly. And 
 Afr. Jordan farther faid. That on the f.ime Day, as he thinks, Afr. Pearfe told him 
 he did not doubt of prevailing on Air. Charles Taver and Air. John Carjwell, who 
 were Aldermel), and others, that he fhould vv;-.it upon them and convince them 
 that they were going againft their own Intereft?, the Intereft of the Government, 
 and their Duty to his Majefty ; and again prefted him (Jordan) to fill up lix of the 
 Vacancies wi'.h Friends of his (Pearje's) who are moft of them fmce provided for. 
 That he farther told Jordan, that if he was fure of the Returning-Officer, Sir 
 Robert JValpole would fend down two other Candidates. Th.jt Air. Pearfe fooii 
 after went to London, but return'd to If'eymouth on the 3Cth of June, and fent a 
 Meiragc to him (Jordan) by Air. Richard Arbuthnot, dcfinng to fpeak with him at 
 Capt. Tizzard's ; but he (Jordan) told the MefTenger, That Air. Pearfe knew 
 Very well where he lived, and he fhould not go to the Captain's Houfe. Tliat the 
 MelTenger reply'd. Air. Pearfe had a Letter froiii Sir Robert IValpcIe to f],cw. him. 
 That when Mr. Arbuthnot found that he would not go to Mr. Pearfe at Captain 
 Tizxard's, he told him he would e;o and fetch the Letter, and accordinglv went and 
 brought the Letter, which he ('jordan) read, and tcok it to be addrcft'd to Air. 
 Pearfe; the Purport of which v/«, tliat whatever Mr. Pearfe proniifed to him 
 (Jordan) i'w Rohtrt TValpole v.culd make it good ; and that yor^a^'s Brother-in- 
 L;.w, Mr. Z";*??;;?'.^/-.', a Clergyman, fhculd have the firft Liv;i!g that fell, in t!ie 
 Gift ot the Crcwn cr tl.c Seal;, worth his Acceptance. • That with much Pcifua- 
 
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 fion liL- dill meet Mr. Pcarfe i;t .►-//-. Tizzard's Summer-Hfufc ; That Mr. Pcarfe 
 there Ihevv'd him tiiis Letter again, and told him it was Sir Robert IValpole's Letter, 
 tliat it was fign'd R. Jp^ulpole, and he apprehends it was all wrote in the fame Hand 
 with the Signing. That at this Meeting Mr. Pcarfe told him. Yon have four Al- 
 dermen now abfcnt, I would have you call a Hall and fJl up the Corporation. That 
 he reply'd. He thought Mr. Pearje hud been long enough acquainted with him to 
 think that He would not be prevail'd on by bale Means to betray his Friends. And 
 he further fiid, Th.it on the igth of Septtmhrr, in the fame Year, being two Days 
 before the Election for Mayor came on, a Letter was produced to him from the 
 Commiifioners of the Cuiloms, importing, that his Deputation as Land-Waiter was 
 fuperfeded, and Robert the Brother of Richard Arburthnot, who firft brought Sir 
 Robert JValpole^i Letter to him, was to fucceed him ; and he faid he had been 
 employ 'd in the Cuilom-Houfe ever fmcethe Year 171 2, and had been Land- Waiter 
 in the Port of JVeynmuth, from the 4th of May, 1729, to the Time of his Difmillion. 
 
 The Reverend Air. /'ra«/'/)7j being cxamin'd, faid. That on the ill oi' 'July, ij^o, 
 Mr. Pearje hchvy ihen st IFeyrnouth, feat for him to fliew him, as he faid, how 
 much he had his [Franklyn''&) Interelf at Heart ; but that he was forry to tell him he 
 was afraid his Brother 'Jordan would fpoil all his Endeavours to ferve him, for 
 that Mr. Jordan had promifed to come into his {Pearje\') Meafures, but now at- 
 tempted to evade his Promife ; but, however, Mr. Pearfe, to convince him 
 what a Friend he intended to have been to him, fhew'd him a Letter, which was 
 fign'd R. JFalpoIe ; the Purport of which was, " You have given me fo good a 
 " Chariifter of Mr. Jordan, that whatever Preferment you {hall think realonable 
 " to offer him, Ihall be made good : And as for his Brother-in-Law, Mr. 
 " Fran.Uyn, he (hall have the firft: Living that be will accept of which falls in the 
 " Gift of the Crown, or the Seals." That Mr. Pearfe, at the fame time, told 
 him, that he expected his Brother Jordan would call a Hall and fiii up the Cor- 
 poration ; which he (Fran.Uyn) took to be to get a Returning- Officer. And 
 Air. Pearfe faid, fmce his Brother Jordan had refufed him, he had nothing now to 
 trufl: to uiilefs he {Franklyn) could influence him ; that he told Mr. Pearfe, he did 
 not like the Affair and wculd not meddle with it, and Air. Pearfe then reply'd, 
 if fair Means would not do, foul mul: ; and he thought Mr. Pcarfe explain'd what 
 he meaiit by foul Means, for he faid he mult have at their Charter : And he thinks 
 their Charter has been fmce attack'd; for three Months after, Mr. Pearfe attempt- 
 ed to fet up a M.iyor in a Manner contrary to the ufual Cuftom of the Place, and 
 Mr. Pearfc's Friends have filed feveral Informations in the King's Bench againft 
 the Corporation. 
 
 Thomas Pearfe Efq; being examined faid, that fome time before the laft general 
 Election, Mr. Jcyeu.x of Jl'cymouth was fent up to London by his ( Pearfe\) f riends, 
 with a Scheme for the removal and promotion of feveral Officers of the Revenue at 
 the Port of JFcymouth, without which Alterations, tho' he (Pearfe) himfelf might be 
 choofe at the general Eledtion, yet it was impradticable to carry all the four Mem- 
 bers. Part of this Scheme was to remove IVilliam Clapcott Efq; from being Gover- 
 nor ci Portland CajUe, and Air. Richard Tucker from being Receiver of the Haw- 
 kers and Pedlars, and Surveyor of the King's C^arries in Portland ; which lafl: with 
 the Salary of 50c /. per Annnm, and 40 /. for a Clerk, was to be divided between Air. 
 TizT^ard, the then Colleftor, and Air. Bryor, which alterations took Place ; that 
 Mr. Olmius generally tranfadted with Sir Robert TFalpole every thing about the Elec- 
 tion ; that he (Pearfe) apprehended that all the Removes that were to be made 
 were with a View to influence the Election ; and Mr. Olmius and he went toge- 
 ther to Sir Robert JFalpolc to confult on Meafures for carrying on the Eledtion, 
 but he believes that the Scheme was not ihewed Sir Robert IValpole but only talked 
 over with lum. He further (aid, that when he was at Jl'cymouth in the Summer 
 174c, he was told by Air. Jordan, the then Major, if he was made Colledlor in the 
 Room of Air. Tizzard, that he would fill up the Corporation in order to chofe a 
 returning Officer againil the general Eleiftion ; but that he [Jordan) would not 
 think of doing any fuch thing unlcfs he faw a Letter of it under Sir Robert JVal- 
 pole's own Hand : That when he came to London he did acquaint Sir Robert 
 with thcdefire oi Mr. Jordan, and he (Pearfe) had a Letter from liim, the Pur- 
 port of which was, that whatever Friends Air. Piarfc fliould recommend, he (Sir 
 Rdert jraljolc) would endeavour to provide for. That he is well acquainted with 
 Sir Robert IJ-'alpole's Hand, and believes the l^etrer to be of his writing. That Air. 
 TranV.yn, a Clergyman, Biothcr-in-Law to Air. Jordan, was particularly men- 
 
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 tioned in the Letter. Sir Robert JFalfiok faying he would ufehis EiiJcavouis to get 
 him any Living; tliat fhould become vacant in the Gift of the Crown, or of tiic Lord 
 Chancellor. That he [Pearfe) returned with this Letter to JViymouth, and did 
 {hew it to Mr. Franklpi, and he believes to Mr. Jordan, and he thinks it was in a 
 Converfation he had with Jordan m Mr. TiT.zard's Surnmer-houfe ; but that Mr. 
 Jordan flew from the Propofal, faying. Employments might be given one Day and 
 taken away the next ; which much furprized him, and in a Day or two lie quitted 
 the Borou"h and came to London. Tliat he did not know but after the Eledlion 
 was over he might fay to Mr. Franklyii, Have at your Charter ; that he did not know 
 what was become of Sir Robert If alfiole' shelter, but he believed he has hnce buiiTd 
 it. That when he returned {rom Jf'cym9iith,s.i\cr Mr. Jordan's rc^ufA, he c^WcA 
 on Sir Robert IValpole, and told him he had been difappointed in his Scheme ; that 
 Sir Robert encouraged him to proceed, and he was told by Mr. Ohnius, that Sir 
 Robert IValpole had recommended to him [Olm'ius,) Air. Chslmondely, and Mr. 
 Plummer, to join with him (Olmuts,) and that he (Pearfe) did join with them. 
 
 John Olmius Efq; being examined faid, that there was a rough Scheme of Altera- 
 tion in the Officers of the Revenue at IFcy?noutb, which was talked over at Mr. 
 Pearfe's, and was intended to facilitate the Election at JVeymouth : That the Per- 
 fons who were mentioned to be advanced had all Intereft in Weymouth \ that he and 
 Mr. Pearfe were with Sir Robert IValpole to defire that the Surveyor's Place might 
 he given to Air. Tizzard and Air. Bryor, but he does not recoUciif if the whole 
 Scheme was Ihewed to Sir Robert IValpole or no ; nor can he recoiled: Sir Robert 
 Walpole's Anfwer about the Scheme ; but Sir Robert IValpole was very flow in pro- 
 moting TVzzfl/'^/ and Bryor. That Mr. Oymlus\i3.d an old Servant whom he want- 
 ed to provide for, and he told Air. Tizzard und Bryor that as he had fo much trou- 
 ble to n;et them the Place, he expected they fliouldgive his Servant 50/. per Ammm, 
 which thev agreed to, but it has not yet been paid ; for thev have not as yet recei- 
 ved their own Salaries. That Sir Robert IValpole faid one Day to this Examinant 
 that Colonel Cholmondley and Air. Plummer were very good Rlcn, on which Mr. 
 Olmius faid, he would give them all the Intereit he could. 
 
 Your Committee find that tho' thefe Endeavours of the Earl of Orford to influ- 
 ence the Voters of IVeymouth, and to procure a, proper returning Officer by thus 
 placing and difplacing the Officers of the Revenue, did, at that Time, prove in- 
 efFe£f ual ; yet juft before the Election came on, another Attempt was made of the 
 fame Nature, tho' with as little Succefs as before. 
 
 For Air. Ezekiel Pomeroy, Chief Clerk to the Clerk of the Cheque M. Deptford, 
 beina: examined, faid, that on or about Monday the 27th oi April 1741, -Eight or 
 Ten Davs before the IVeymouth Eleftion came on, the Reverend /Mr. Morgan 
 came to his Houfe at Deptford, between Five and Six of the Clock in the Mornuig, 
 and asked him if he was willing to go on a particular Meflage to Mr. Tucker 
 at IVeymouth, which would be of lingular Service to Mr, Tucker, as well as to iiim 
 Pomeroy ; that he anfwered, he wius willing to do any Thing which could be any 
 Service either to Mr. Tucker or himfelf, but that he muft have Leave to be abfent 
 from Duty : Air. Morgan told him he was going to Town to wait on Sir Robert 
 IValpole, and he would return as foon as poffible-; and about Two of the Clock 
 in the Afternoon of the fame Day Morgan returned to him again, and told him he 
 had got Leave for him, for Sir Robert IValpole had written a Letter to Sir Jacob 
 jlekiuorth for Leave, that Sir Robert had enquired much of Alorgan, whom Po- 
 meroy was, and if he might be fafely depended on j and that Alorgan faid he bad 
 anfwer'd to Sn Robert IValpole for his Fidelity ; and between Three and Four of 
 the Clock in the Afternoon, on the fune Dav, he (Pomeroy) came to Town 
 with Morgan, who carried him to the Crown-Tavern behind the Exchange, where 
 they met Air. Olmius, and they three dined together ; and after Dmner Mr. Ol- 
 mius told him (Pomeroy) that he found by Air. Morgan -he was willing to go on a 
 Mefl'age to Mr. Tucker ; he {Pomeroy) then asked liim, what the IVltiliige was, 
 and Air. Olmius told him, if he would go down to Mr. Tucker, and tell him that 
 if he would but agree to take him, Olmius, Air. Pearje, and another Friend who 
 was not mentioned, he (Olmius) was commiffioned by Sir Robert IValpole, to allure 
 him [Tucker) that every P'riend of his that had been difplaced, fliould have their 
 Places again, or any others that Air. Tucker fliould pleafe to ask ; and as for Mr. 
 Tuckcrh\mkU, he Ihould have any Thing he would be plcafed to ask ; and that 
 if he {Tucker) doubted of the Veracity of the JVIefl'agc, and cither he or his Bro- 
 ther would conae to Town, they fliould be fully facisfied of the 'Fruth of it ; 
 
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 and that he [Pomercy) was not to communicate this Meflage to any Perfons, hut 
 to the Tuckers, and his {Pomeroy\) P'ather, who liad been Poft-mafter, but was 
 then out ; upon this he obfervcd to Mr. Obntus, that Mr. Pcarfe, who was his 
 Patron, was then in Dorfetjhire, that he would wonder to fee him, and would 
 ask him Queflions ; and he delired to know if he miglit be at J^-berty to ac- 
 fjuaint him, Pearfe, with the MefTage. On this Mr. Olmins (m^ he would write 
 to Mr. Pearfc, and he did write a Letter to him, which he gave uiifeal'd to him, 
 Pcjtneroy, who read it two or three Times, and it was in Subiiaiice as follows. 
 
 " Sir, Mr. Pameray comes on a fpecial MefTage from our good Fiiend S. R. JF, 
 fwhiLli he, Potneroy, faid he underltood to mean Sir Robert IFalpole) " which 
 " Meflage he is not to communicate to any body, but thofe to whom he is fent, 
 " therefore ask him no Qi^icftions ; but be afllired that nothing fhall be done or 
 " tranfafted but wliat fliall be for your Inccrett, as well as for that of your huni- 
 " ble Servant, 
 
 JOHN OLMIUS. 
 
 In Confequence of this, he [Pomercy) fet out Poft tlie next Morning, which 
 was on Tucfdny, for IFcymcuth, and arrived there on JVednefday at Nine in the 
 Morning; that he waited i^n yV/r. Tttf/f^r, and found him and his Brother both 
 together; he told them the Particulars 'of the Meflage from Mr. Olrnius, and he 
 was anfwercd by Mr. Tucker, that a Propofal of that kind was abfulutely too 
 late, that his \Vord and Honour was engaijed, and he would not go from it for 
 any Confideration. He farther faid, that Air. Tucker a'.ked him if he had brought 
 any Letter from Sir i?cifr/ //'^la/f, to wliich he f.iid, No. He farther faid, that 
 Mr. M:rgan and Mr. Olmim had often told him, that if Mr. Tucker and his 
 Friends refufed to agree with Mr. Olmius, and join their Intereft to his, it would 
 be the total Ruin of Mr. Tucker and his Brother, and the Overthrow of the 
 Charter. 
 
 John Olmius Efq; being r'jain examined, and not receolleifting feveral Things 
 which had been mentioned by Air. Pomeroy, Mr, Pomeroy was called in, and he re- 
 peated the fame Evidence which he had before given, and the Minutes taken by 
 the Clerk of that Evidence were alio read in the prefence of Mr. Olmius, who 
 then recoUeding himfelf confirmed the fame : And further faid, that he did com- 
 municate to Sir Robert IValpole his Intention to fend a MefTage to Mr. Tucker ; 
 that he told him he had got Air. Pomeroy, who was a Relation of Mr. Tucker's, to 
 go down to uCe his Intercff with him ; that Sir Robert faid, by all Means do. That 
 he told Sir Robert JFcilpole that if Mr. Tucker came to Town, in Confequence 
 thereof, his (Sir Robert's) AfTiifance would be necefTary for the replacing oi-Mr. 
 Tucker's Friends ; that Sir Robert JVidpole faid, it was a very good Thoucfhc, that he 
 would do every thing that L.y in his Power to ferve him and his Friends ; and that 
 this was the Subllancc of what pafled between them. 
 
 The Reverend Mr. John Morgan being examined, and not readily recollefting 
 Tome Circumftances meniioned by Air. Pomeroy, he was orJer'd to attend the 
 Committee with Mr. Pomeroy, who then repeating what he [F'cmcroy) formerly faid 
 on his Examination, Mr. M:rgan did then agree, that the principal Part of what 
 he {Pomeroy) afTerted to have pafTed between them, was true ; and further and 
 ■particularly laid, that Sir Robert IP .ilf.ole did write a Letter in his Prefence to one 
 of the Commifhonersof the Navy, ior Leave for Pomeroy to be abfeiit, which 
 Letter he (Mirgau) carried to Sir Jacob Ackworih. 
 
 To fuch notorious Attacks as thefe upon the Frcedorr, of Eletfions, your Com- 
 mittee apprehend, are owing tl-.e great, and pofiibly ur. warrantable Expences that 
 particular Perfons may have been drove to engage in. Some Expences the Laws 
 allow, by regulating the manner of tlicm ■; and liiofe v/ho cnL>,aae in illicit Ex- 
 •-pcnces, are Uibjecl to heavy penal Laws, but there are none particularly adapted 
 to the Cafe of a Minifirer who clandeftinely employs the Money of the' Publick, 
 and tlie whole Power and profitable Eniployments that attend the collecting and 
 difpoiing of it againli liic People ; and by this Profuiion and criminal Diflribution 
 of Offices, in fome meafure, juflifics the Expence that particular Perfons are o- 
 bliged to be at, by mal.ing it ncceflary to the Prefervation of all that is valuable to 
 a Free Nation. For in that caie the Conteff is plain and viiihlc. It is, whether 
 the Ccmmon:, fhall retain the Third State in their own Hands, whilff this whole 
 Difpute is carried on at the Expence of ihe People, and on the Tide of the Mi- 
 
 niffer.
 
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 nifler, out of the Money aranted to fupport and fccure the Conrtllutional la- 
 dcpenJency of the Tlirje Branches of the Legillature. 
 
 This Method of Corruption is as fure, and therefore your Committee apprehends 
 as criminal a way of fubvertin-:; the Conititution, as by an armed Force. It is a 
 Crime produdlive of a total Dcftruction of tlie very Being of this Government ; 
 and is fo high and unnatural, that nothing but the Powers of Parliament reach it ; 
 and as it can never meet with parliamentary Animadverfions, but when it is uu- 
 fucccfsful, it mult feek for its Security in the Extent and Efficacy of the Mif- 
 chief it produces ; and therefore your Committee apprehend it is the more ne- 
 cellary for your Confideration, while it wants of Succefs, yet leaves an Opportu- 
 nity to preferve and maintain your Independency for the future. 
 
 Your Committee now proceed to lay before you the Conduift: of the Ear! of 
 Orford, with relation to the quantity and manner of ifluing and receiving that Part 
 ot the publick Money, granted for the Support of the Civil Government, which 
 has been employed in what is commonly called Secret Services. 
 
 Your Committee, having been informed that this Money had been iflued under 
 three different Denominations, called for an Account hereunto annexed, (No. lO.) 
 of all the Sums ill'ued for Secret Service, or for his Majefly's immediate or fpecial 
 Service, (the Money ill'ued to his Majelly's privv Purfe excepted) or to reimburfe 
 Expenccs during the lalt ten Years in which Robert Earl ot Orford was fiift Com- 
 miffioner of the Treafury, iSc. And the Account having been laid before them 
 from the Auditor of the Exchequer's Office, there appeared to be iflued under 
 thefe three Heads only, including the annual Sum ot 3000 /. paid to eacli oi tho 
 Secretaries of State for Secret Services, the Sum of 1,453,400/. bs. -^d. 
 
 The ifluing fuch an immenfe Part of the Money, given tor the Support of the 
 Civil Government, to thefe particular Ui'cs, during a time of profound Tranquility 
 till the late Rupture with Spain, greatly alarmed ycur Committee, and put them 
 upon examining what Sums had been iflued for tl;e fame Services in a former Pe- 
 riod of the like number of Years. And your Committee beg leave to rcprcfei.t to 
 you that exorbitant as this Sum may fecm, they would have fupprefled this part 
 of their Report, if, by the Comparifoii they had entred upon, th;y couIJ anv w.ivs 
 h.ive reconciled their Silence upon tliis head, to their Duty to this Houfe, and tjie 
 Nation ; and your Committee hope, that the Period they have pitched upon, will 
 evince the Truth of this Intention, as it comprehends a general and moft ex- 
 pcnfive War abroad, a Dcmifc of the Crown, the happy Elfablilnment of the 
 prefent Royal Family upon the Throne, and an open and dangerous Rebellion at 
 home ; in ihort, everv Event that can happen to juftify extraordinary Expences in 
 carrying on tiie Bufinefs of Government. And it is not cafy to exprefs the 
 Surprize of your Committee, when they found by an Account laid before them, 
 which is annexed, (No. 11.) that from the iji day of Aiiguji, 1707, to the \Ji day 
 of Aiiguji, 1717, there was iflued under the aforefaid Heads, no more than the 
 Sum of 337,960 /. 4^. 5 d. halfpenny. 
 
 Your Committee, obferving that the Sollicitors of the Treafury for the time 
 being, are the only Perfons to whom any of thefe Sums have been iflued that are 
 accountable for tlie fame ; and there having been iflued to Mr. Pnxton, the 
 prclcnt Sollicitor 68,8co /. in the lait ten Years, in which the Earl of Orford w.is 
 hrlt Commiilioner of tlie Treafury, and the Sum of 58,516/. 2 j. 10;/. to Mr. 
 Borret, and Mr. Cratchcrodc iucceflively Sollicitors, oetween the iji of /i:/g"./i, 
 1707 and the firft of Augiid i-fi]. Thefe Sums fubftradtcd from their refpective 
 Tot:ds, the Remainder will be 1,8484,600/. b s. ^d. ifilied for Secret Services, 
 during the lail ten Years, and 279,444 /.li. 7 d. halfpenny, iflued for the like Services 
 f/om the Year 1707 to the Year 1717 ; by which it appears, that the Sum expend- 
 ed on thefe Services during the lait Ten Years, amounts to near Fi\e Times as 
 riuch as what was expended for the fame Services in the Ten Years ending the lit 
 of Aagujl I'ji'j ; an.i your Committee cannot fee that any Exigency of Atfairs, 
 any Diminution of the national Debt, or Acccffioii ofWealtlito tlie N.ilio;i, has 
 liappencd 10 juitify fuch Profiilion. 
 
 And though your Committee very well apprehend, that no Form ot Govcrn- 
 mcnt can fubfilt, without a Power of employing publick. Money for Services, which 
 arc, in their Nature, fecret, nnd ought always to remain fj ; yet v/hen fijcli ex- 
 orbitant Sums are ill'ued lor thofe Services, as by pjfling tlirough the Hands of a 
 Miniltcr, may become dangerous to tlie Liberties of the People, your Commit- 
 tee thought themfelvcs inuilpenf-.bly obliged to lay it before )<ju in all the Li^ius 
 
 which
 
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 which tlic very iinperfcdl EvicJcnce they have been able to procure, am throw 
 upon this nice and dangerous Branch of Service. 
 
 Your Committee now proceed to lay before you the Proofs that the Mo- 
 ney ilTued under the Three Heads of Secret Service, of Special Service, and to 
 Reimburfe Expences, were underftood to mean one and the fame Thino;. 
 
 Chrijlophcr Til/on, Efq; a Clerk in the Treafury, and who came into that Of- 
 fice in the Year 1684, faid on his Examination, " That he look'd on all thefe 
 " Monies to be of the fame Nature ; that they are all without Account, except 
 " as to what relates to the Sollicitor of the Treafury, nor is there any Entry iu 
 " the Treafury of the Application of any of thefe Sums of Money." 
 
 John Shepherd, a Dcputy-MefTcnger of the Treafury, who has received very 
 large Sums under each of thefe Three Heads, being examined faid, " That the 
 " Warrants upon which he received Money at the Exchequer under any of 
 " thefe Three Heads, whether in his own Name, or in tUe Name of other Per- 
 " fons, were all without Account, and that he made no Diflincfion, whether 
 " the Orders were for Special, or Secret Service, or to Reimburle Expences." 
 
 But your Committee obferve, that all the Money iiTued under the Head of 
 Secret Service, is iflued in the Name of John Scrape, Efq; Secretary of the Trea- 
 fury, but the Orders for the Sums which were iflued under the Heads of Specisl 
 Service, or to Reimburfe Expences, are payable to Mr. Lcwther, Mr. Richards, 
 and Mr. Shepherd, M-aiXtngi^rsoi l\.e Exchequer, and to a great Variety of other 
 Names, for which Sums no Receipts appear to iiave been given 5 but none of 
 thofe to whofe Names thefe Orders .;rc payable, under either of thefeThree Heads, 
 appear to have any Interelt in the Sums thus iilued. 
 
 And your Committee have the greateit Reafon to believe that many of the 
 Orders for this Money were illlied unknown to the Pcrfons to whom they were 
 made payable ; for Mr. George Ccv/^p/'eH, Banker, in the Strand, did, on his Ex- 
 amination before tile Committee declare, " That he was delired by the Earl of 
 "• I/ay to go to the Treafury, and take up an Order which he would there find 
 " illucd in iiis OV.U Name, and to carry it to the Ear! of Orford ; that he ac- 
 " cordingly went to the Treafury, where he received from one of the Clerks an 
 " Order for the Sum of 2231 /. 4J-. bd. for Special Service ; that he carried this 
 " Order to the Earl oi Orford, and indors'd it ; and then the faid Earl defired the 
 " Examinant to leave it for him at the Treafury ; that he accordingly did leave 
 " it at the Treafury witli Mr. Lnue, one of the Clerks ; that being at the Trea- 
 " fury about fome other Affairs, m FebruaryXiSk, he accidentally faw an Order 
 " that was made out in his Name for a Sum of Money, wiiich he believes had 
 " been iigned two or three Days before, but tliat he had no Notice from the Earl 
 " of Hay, or any other Perfon, that fuch an Order would be made out in his 
 " Niime"." 
 
 And Mr. Abraham Farley being examined in Relation to an Order in his Name 
 for 1200/. faid, " That about the 'M.ow'Ax oi January 1736, Mr. Lawton told 
 " him there was an Order made out in liif Name, and bid him go and receive it ; 
 " that he did receive it, but not for his own Ufe, for he paid it over iramediate- 
 " ly to Mr. Lawton, and that he did not know what Lawton did with it, nor did 
 " he {Liii ley) know that any fuch Order was made out, tdl A'Ir. Lawton told him 
 " of it, and fent him to receive it.". 
 
 And Mr. Edward Bryant, formerly under Door-keeper to the Treafury, and 
 now Meilenger, being examined before the Committee, in relation to two Or- 
 ders, one for 3961/. 6s. Sd. and the other for 2700/. which were iffued in his 
 Name, faid, " That Mr. Tilfon called him to indorfe thofe Orders, which he ac- 
 " cordingly did, and then gave them to Air. Tilfon ; and that this is all that he 
 " knew about it, for he never did receive the Aloncy for thofe, or for any other 
 " Orders at the Exchequer, nor does he know who did." 
 
 And your Committee alfo obferve, that there ha\e been a great Number of 
 other Orders, which do not appear to ha\ e been connnunicated to the Perfons 
 whofe Names were made Ufe of therein (if any fuch Perfons there were ) altho' 
 their Names were indorfed on the Back of ilie refpc£tive Orders, as h.aving re- 
 ceived the Amount of tlie Sums therein fpecify'd ; for a Lifl- of Perfons in whofe 
 Names Money was iflu'd during the Term ot the Enquiry, lying before the Com- 
 rnttee, many of thefe Names were read over, (a Liil of wliiclr is annex'd No. 12) 
 to Mr. TilJjH, 'hAr. Fane, and Mr. Shepherd, ane| they -11 declaTd ihcy knew no 
 
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 fuch Perfons, tho' Mr. Shepherd in particular had received Money on rnsny of 
 thofe Orders, and faid " he has wonder'd he never faw the Perfons who endor- 
 " fed for large Sums " And tho' neither j'l/r. T/'/Tj?;, Mr. Fane, nor Air. Shep- 
 herd knew who thefe Orders were indorfed by, yi:X Mr. Fane izid, " That fcch 
 " Orders where the Perfons were not linov.-n, have been fometimes taken away by 
 " the Earl of Orford, and other Lords of the Treafury, to be endorfed ; and that 
 " they have often been fent away to be endors'd, and when they were thus fent 
 " away, it was generally to the Earl of Orford.''' 
 
 In the next Place your Committee lav before you. That though they have the 
 greateft Reafon to believe, that the whole Sum of 1,384,600/. 6 i. 3^. (excepting 
 the annual Allowance to the Secretaries of State for Secret Service) was under the 
 fole Direction and Difpofition of the Earl of Orford ; yet in order to proceed with 
 the utmoft Care and Caution, they think it becomes them to diflinguifh to the 
 Houfe thofe Sums which they can trace into the Hands of particular Perfons, from 
 thofe which were evidently lodged with the faid Earl, or with Mr. Scrape, Secre- 
 tary to the Treafury, and which your Committee have the ftrongefl: Reafon to be- 
 lieve, from collateral Proofs, (liaving not been able to obtain the direct ones) were 
 deliver'd over by Mr. Scrope to the laid Earl. 
 
 And they begin with Mr. Lowiher, to whom the Sum of 177,610/. 1 1 J. bd. 
 has been iflued within theTerm of the Enquiry, which has been difpofed of by him, 
 from Time to Tipie, purfuant to Minutes of the Treafury, and he has paid in that 
 Interval no lefs a Sum than 50,077/. 18 j. to Authors and Printers of New- 
 papers, fuch as Free-Briton, Daily-Couraiits, Perfuaftons to Candour and Impar- 
 tiality, Corncutter' s-fournal. Gazetteers, and other political Papers, as appears by 
 the Appendix (No. 13.) And your Committee leave it to the Judgment of the 
 Houfe, whether this particular Sum w^s lefs under the Diredlion of the Earl of 
 Orford than if it had pafs'd through his own Hands. 
 
 The next Sum to be ranged under this Head is a Sum of 30,119/. oos. 4/. 
 which has been paid to Mr. Middletan, Banker in the Strand, on the Eail ot Hay's 
 Account, being 27,769/. 4^. ifTued in his own Name, and 2350/. paid him by 
 Shepherd. Mr. M.ddleton being cxamin'ii, faid, " That all the Sums iflued in his 
 ■ " own Name, and what was paid him by Shepherd, was received by him on the 
 " Earl of I/ay's Account, out of which about 1500/. was paid for Fees: That 
 " the Earl of Hay has kept Caih with him for feveral Years ; and that he keeps 
 " no Account of thefe Sums of Money diftintl from his general Cafh- Account 
 »' with the Earl of Hay, and that thefe Sums were drawn out of his Hands in the 
 " fame Manner with the reft of the Earl of Hay's private Money. That perhaps 
 *' 5 or 6000 /. per Annum of the Earl of Hay's Money may have pafs'd thro' tliis 
 " Examinant's Hands ; that this Examinant cannot charge his Memory that any 
 " large Sums were drawn out at any Time, except for Purchafes and buying of 
 " India Bonds ; nor has this Examinant remitted any Money into Scotland for 
 " Lord Hay, nor does he remember that Lord Hay has drawn on him from Scot- 
 " land for more than one Sum, which vi-as about 4CO /. payable to a Merchant ; 
 " nor did any Perfons come to him for Money, according to the beft of his Me- 
 " mory, but Servants and Tradefmen." 
 
 In the next place, your Committee lay before you an Account of a Sum ifTued 
 for his Majefty's Service, vviiich tho' in itfelf not confiderable enough to deferve 
 the Attention of the Houfe, yet is accompany'd with fuch Circumflances as make 
 it their indifpenlable Dutv to take particular Notice of it. 
 
 For Mr. John Lever, ' High-Bailift of the City of IVeJiminjier, having incurr'd 
 the Dilplealurc of this Houfe, by acting at the general Eledtion in an illegal aiKl 
 arbitrary Manner, in prejudice of the Rights and Liberty of the Eledtors of the 
 faid City, and in manifeft Violation of the Freedom of Eiedlions ; and being in 
 Cuftody of the Serjeant at Arms attending this Houfe for the faid Ofter.ce, your 
 Committee find that 1500/. iilued under the Head of Money to reimburfe Ex- 
 pcnccs for his ALijeiiy's Service, was (during his being in Cuftcdy) apply'd to the 
 Ufe of the faid Lever ; for 'John Shepherd faid, " Tnat Air. S.rope lent for him 
 " and pull'd out of his Pocket an Order for 1 500/. which was in his (Shepherd's) 
 " Name, and told him he niuft carry it to Sir Charles Wager and endorfe it, and leave 
 " it v/ith Sir Charles ; that he went accordingly to Sir Charles, took the Order 
 " of him ag.ain, pafs'ditas ufual, and rcceiv'ti the Money, and deliver'd the 1503/. 
 " Net:-money, into Sir Cixirles's own liAwh." And Francis Gajhery, a Me-nber 
 of this Houfe, being exa.niia'd, faid, "i.'[\M Sir Chirhs JF^^er toM him, that he was 
 
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 in Expeftation of getting fome Money for Mr. Lever , the High-BailifFof Wejl- 
 minfler. And when he {Gajliry) one Day rcturn'd from the Navy-Board Sir 
 Charles told him, that in his Abfence 1500/. had been brought him by one of the 
 Treafury, and Sir Charles defir'd him to take the Money and pay it to Mr. Lever ; 
 and that he receiv'd the 1500/. from Sir Charles the 2d of January laft, and has 
 fince paid it to the Ufe of the faid Lever, as will more fully appear by his Exa- 
 mination hereunto annexed (No. 14.) 
 
 Betides thefe Sums there are two other Sums of 428 /. izs. and 2,110/. 13J. to 
 be added to this Account, ilTued to Mr. le Heup, which he faid were to anfwer Bills 
 drawn from abroad. Thefe Sums already mentioned, together v/ith the Money 
 iflued to the Secretaries of State for Secret Service, are all the Money which your 
 Committee has been able to trace into the Hands of particular Perfons, and 
 amount in the whole to the Sum 271,769/. 01. bd. and this being taken from the 
 Sum of 1,384,600/. bs. 3^. the whole iilued under the three Heads for Secret Ser- 
 vice, there remains theSum of 1,112,831/. 5^. ()d. which Sum your Committee 
 conceive they have traced more immediately into the Hands of the Earl of Orferd or 
 Mr. Scrape, and do now proceed to lay the Proofs thereof before you, as alfo 
 the Circumflances which induced them to believe that whatever Sums were paid 
 into the Hands of Mr. Scrape, were by him paid over to the Earl oiOrford. 
 
 They firft obferve that this laft Sum of 1,112,831 /. 5;. qd. hath either been 
 iflued under the Head of Secret Service in the Name of Mr. Scrope, or under the 
 Heads of fpecial Service, and to reimburfe Expences in the Names of Richards, 
 Shepherd, and others, the greateft Part of which hath been received at the Exche- 
 quer by Shepherd or his PredecelFor Richards. 
 
 Eor 'John Shcphcrdhcing examined faid, " That he has received at the Exche- 
 " quer fcvcral Sums of Money by Orders made out in his own Name, and other 
 " Sums by Orders made out in the Names of Peribns unknown to him ; and that 
 " he has generally received the Secret Service-Money which is in Mr. Scrape's 
 '• Name : That the Orders for thefe Sums were generally given to him by Mr. 
 " Fane, or Mr. Scrope, and fometimes by Mr. Tilfon, or an under Clerk, but 
 " chiefly by Mr. Fane ; and that he uiually repaid the Money when he had re- 
 " ceived it, to thofc from whom he received the Order, unlefs they particularly 
 " diredfed him to pay it to other Perfons; and that all his Warrants were without 
 " Account; and he made no Diftinftion whether the Orders were in his own 
 " Name or in Mr. Scrape's, or in unknown Names ; nor whether for Special or 
 " Secret Service, or to reimburfe Expences: That he has fometimes paid Money 
 " which he has thus received to the Earl of Orfard ; and this has fometimes been 
 " the Secret Service-Money which is in Mr. Scrape's Name, amounting to 5, 6, 
 " 7, or 8,000 /. at a time ; and that he has paid him likewife Money that was ilfued 
 " in his {Shepherd's) Name, but that he has not made thefe Payments often ; and 
 *' that what he had been employed in had been formerly done by Mr. Richards, 
 " but when Mr. Richards died it was put on him (Shepherd" .) 
 
 Mr. Tilfon being examined faid, " That he has had Secret Service-Money- 
 " brought to him, but that ha never did receive any Money at the Exche- 
 " quer himfelf. Shepherd always brought it to him ; but that he has always deli- 
 " vered all Moneys he has received, whether for Secret Service, Special Service, or 
 *' to Reimburfe Expences to Mr. Fane, Mr. Scrape, or the Earl oi Orford : That 
 " he has, to be fure, paid very confiderable Sums of Secret Service-Money to the 
 " Earl of Orford, but has no way of afcertaining by Book what he has paid, the 
 " Tranfition was fo quick". 
 
 Henry Fane Efq; a Clerk of the Treafury faid, " That he has received verbal 
 " Orders from the Earl oiOrford to prepare Warrants for the King to Sign, and 
 " to bring to him, the faid Earl, the Money. That Sums of Money for Secret Ser- 
 ■" vice have been frequently put into his Hands, which were fometimes brought 
 " liim by a Mcilengcr ; and that he delivered this Money either to the Earl of 
 •' Orford himfelf, or to Mr. Scrope, to carry it to the faid Earl. That when he 
 " gj.ve it to Mr. Scrope it was ior him to carry to the Earl of Orford, and he be- 
 " lic\es all fuch Sums came into the faid Earl's Hands, excepting fome trifling Sums 
 «' of 40 or 50 /. which he has paid to others . That he has paid many Sums to the 
 " faiJ Eirl, but kept no Account ; nor coulJ he rccolleil the particular Sums he 
 " ha^ th'is paid. That what he has received and paid, and what he has ailed in 
 " thefe Affairs was by the faid Earl of Orford's Dircdions either from himfelf or 
 
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 " fignified to him by Air. S.rypf ; an.-", he does not know that any ot'ier Lord of 
 " the Treafury has ever given him Directions for either receiving or paying any 
 " Secret Service-Monev. 
 
 " And he further faid, that the Orders he has received to prepare Warrants 
 " upon the three Heads of Secret Service, Special Service, or to reimburfe Ex- 
 " pences for his Maje(t3''s Si:rvice, have b^en either directly from Lord Orfotd 
 " himfelf, or from other Perfons who li^^nifud to him that thofe Oiders were Irom 
 " Lord Orford. 
 
 Your Committee next obfcrve, that the Sum ifiued in Mr. 5rr«i/»c's Name for 
 Secret Service, during the time of the Enquiry, amounts to 815,819/. 5 f. id. 
 And there has been iilued in the name of Shepherd, within the fame time, exclu- 
 five of what he paid to Mr. ATiddkton, and Sir Charles JFager, the Sum of 78,633/. 
 14J. id. and in the Name of i2;V/M?v/j, 45,546/. I'is. b d. and out of 32 Orders 
 in various Names, which the Committee called for, 26 of them, amountms; to the 
 Sum of iig,2ii/. Ss. ^d. appear to have been received by iSit-^it-n^ ; for he 
 faid he always iigned them on the Back, as a Witnefs when they were not in his 
 own Name. Thefe Sums, thus ifiued in the Names oi Mr. Scrcpe, Shepherd, 
 Richards, and of other Perfons received by Shepherd, amount in the whole to 
 1,059,211 /. 6 s. id. And this Sum your Committee think they have traced into 
 the Hands of the Earl of Orford, or Air. Scrape, who, JVIr. Fane believes, carried 
 all he received to the faid Earl. There is 11:11 wanting to make up the Sum of 
 1,112,831/. 5^. 9 (V. the Sum of 53,619/. 191. "jd. And this Lib Sum harh 
 been iilued by C)rders, fix of which, amounting to 23,650/. were in N^unes 
 not known, and witnefled by Perioiis belonging to the Treafury, tho' not by 
 Shepherd; and the Remainder were generally tor (uch fmall Sums, that your Com- 
 mittee did not think it neceffary to enter into a more minute Examination about 
 them. 
 
 It further appcirs to your Committee, that befidcs the Sum of i, 4535400/. 6 s. yl. 
 already mentioned, there has been paid in the ten Years preceding tiie icth of 
 February laft, the Sum of 45,675 /. without Account to the SociLty of the Po!t- 
 Office tor the time being, as by an Account hereunto annexed, (No. 15.^ by virtue 
 of a Warrant from the Treafury ; and this for a Service formerly iiico.iiiderable. 
 Your Committee find, by Papers laid before them, that the firft Payment of this 
 kind was in the Year 17 18, and amounted to 446/. is. o d. and the fuc^ 
 ceeding Pavments for fome Years were about 750/. per Annum, from whence it 
 has graduailv increafed to 4700 /. tiie prefent annual Allowance ; and the prefent 
 Secri:t2.ry, Jehu David Barbntt, Efq; being examined as to this Allowance, faid, 
 that the gre.acll: Part of this iMoney is for defraying the Expence of a private 
 Office for the infpeiStino: foreign Correfpcndence ; tha£ he cannot fay as to the 
 firft Eftablifhment of this Office, having been but three Years and an half in the 
 Poft-Office ; but he apprehends there was always an Office of this kind, and that 
 it was defraved formerly by the Secretaries of the State. The Eifabhfhrrient in 
 this Office feemed fo extraordinary to your Committee, that they have added the 
 Particulars, as contained in the Examination of Mr. Barbntt, hereunto annexed', 
 (No. 16.) Your Committee cannot but obfcrve, tiiat this Method of giving War- 
 rants for Money, without Account on the Offices, where any Part of the Civil- 
 Lill-Revenue is received, is highly irreguLir, as it tends to difguife tiij Sums 
 ili'ued for Secret Service, and may conceal the Amount of the Revenue itfelf ; 
 for if the Sums paid by fuch Warrants are deduced from the Receipt of the 
 Revenue before it is accounted for, and the Ballance only paid into the Exchequer, 
 tlie Revenue mull appear to be Icfs by fo much as the Dedudlions amount to. 
 
 Your Committee now proceed to lay before you tiie lalt Tranfaicioiis of the Eai*l 
 of Orford, as firll Commiilioner of the Treafury ; by vvhicli it will appear that be- 
 fides the vail Sums they have already mentioned, he not only exhaulled the Re- 
 maifis of the public Treafure, which his former Profullon had left in the Exche- 
 quer, but even prcfumed to anticipate the Revenues of his Majelfy's Civil-L'.il for 
 a confiderabic Sum, and by altering tiic regular Courfe of E.Kchequer- Pay men's, 
 did avail himfelf of that Anticipation, and got a large Sum of Money into his own 
 H.mds, difguifcduiidcr three differi-nt Orders. Poroii the 91,'j oi February laft, which 
 was but two D.i)s before he quitted his Employments, Orders were iigaed by him 
 for the Payment of 23,641 /. 7 r. bd. for Secret Service, and to reimburfe Ex- 
 pences, belides two otucr Or.icrs payable out of the Civ'ii-Li:t-Revenues, which 
 he iigned oil the fa:n.; i^'y> lor 5047 /. 16 J. 31^. hali'iJ-nny, ~tiiere being thca 
 
 otlur
 
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 other Orders in the f.'.ul Revenue, Ihinding cut and nncomplied with ; for the 
 t^um of 1562/. gs. H d. amounting; in the whole to the Sum of 30,257/. 12 s. 
 II i/. hahrpcnny, notwithflanding, that on th;it ])ay there was but 14,284/. 17 j-. 
 tliree P'arthings in the Exchequer, ?.ppUcab!e to the Uies of his Alaiclty's Civil 
 Government, as appeared to your Committee, by a State laid before them of the 
 Cafh of the Civii-Liil-Rcvcnues, on that Day ; and in order to f!icw the Irregu- 
 larity which the fiid Earl was guilty of in the Courfe of this Affair, it is neceiiary 
 to lay before the Iloiife, an Account of the regular Courfe of Pa\ment at the 
 Exchequer. 
 
 'John S/bcphei d hc\ngcx3.m\ucd, fiid, that the Courfe of receiving Money in the 
 Exchequer, is tiius : The King ifiues iiis Sign Manual for a certain Sum, which js 
 counterfigned by the Lords of the Treafury, and thereon the Lords of tlic 
 Treafury direfl a Warrant, figned by them to the Auditor of the Exchequer, wlio 
 on the Receipt of it makes out an Order, fignifying that Order is taken that 
 Payment fliaii l)e made ; this Order is fent to the Treafury, and figned by tJie 
 Lords, and then one of the Secretaries of the Treafury figns a Letter to the Au- 
 ditor, directing tlie Money to be ilFued when. the before-mentioned Sign Manual, 
 V/r.iTant, and Order, are produced ; tiiat thefe Liftruments, together with the 
 Letter,- arc carried to tlie Auditor, who dire£ts tlie Payment of the Order to one 
 of the Tellers, and tiien fends it to the Clerk of the Fells, in order to its being 
 recorded, but keeps the Sign Manual and the Warrant till the next Morning, 
 x-hen upon applying to him he delivers them up to the Perfon who is to receive 
 ■the Money, , who carries them to the Clerk of the Pells, where they are compared 
 with the Order, and then the Clerk of tiie Pells writes them upon the Order, 
 Gnder the Auditor's Direction, recorded fuch a Day ; then the Order beino- carried 
 to the Tellers, the Money is paid. 
 
 By this it appears that according to the regular Courfe of the Exchequer, there 
 muft be'many Steps thro' the different Offices between the iffuing of the War- 
 rant and the Receipt of the Money from the Tellers, which were not obferved in 
 the cafe of the Sum, which the Earl of (Jyford did, on the gth oi February, get into 
 his own Hands ; for it appears, tiiat this Sum was received in confequence of two 
 ^'v^arrants, iflued in the Name of il'/r. 5i.-r<5/)i', for Secret Services, one for 8442 /. 
 and the other for 5969 /. and one other Warrant, ifiued in the Name of Sihpha-d 
 for Special Service, f .r 3050, and was paid to the Earl of Orford on the very Day 
 the Warrants were ligned by him the faid Earl. This was efteiSed by depofiting 
 the Oillers with the Bank-OfHcer at the Exchequer, before they were properly 
 directed by the Auditor iov Mr.Mathew Collet, the principal Bank-Clerk, who at- 
 tends at the ExchequCT', and being examined, faid, tha the paid the Money for thofe 
 Orders to Mr. Fane, on Tuejday the g/A of February Uft, that the Orders were 
 not direfted by t!ie Auditor, till the nth oi February following, and he did not 
 receive the Sums for thofe Orders at the Exchequer, till the I'jth ; and Air. F^ane 
 being examined, faid. That he received on the gth of February laft the three 
 Sums of 8442/. of 5969/. and 3050/. as Secret Service Money. That it was from 
 the Bank-Olficer that he received this Money, and left the Orders with him, and 
 that the fame Day betv/een the Hours of 11 and i, he paid them altogether in one 
 Payment to the Earl o^ Orford in his Clofet at his Houfe in Doiuiiiiig- Street ; that 
 he took his Direftions from the faid Earl, to prepare the Warrants for thefe three 
 Sums, and was at the fame time ordered to bring the Money to him ; and he 
 being again further examined, faid, that on the Thurfdny preceding the Earl of 
 Orford's Refignation of his Employments, being the ^th oi February, Mr. Scrope 
 ordered Mr. Fane, to draw a Warrant for a Penfion of 4000/. per Annum, to 
 Lord Orford, during the joint Lives of the King, and of the Earl, which he 
 accordingly did, and gave it to Mr. Scrope, who returned it him the next Day, 
 and faid, the Earl of Orford had perufcd it, and approved of it with fome imma- 
 terial Alterations ; and when it was wrote fair, Mr. Scrspe took it again, and as 
 Mr. Fane believes, left it with the Earl of Orford. 
 
 It appears to your Committee, that one ol the other Orders, fign'd by the faid 
 Earl on the gth of February, was for 2000 /. payable to Major Forth, under the Head 
 of feimburfmg Expences for his Majefly's Service. 
 
 And Major Forth being examin'd, faid. That he advanc'd a Sum of Money to 
 the Duke of Bolton, for which he was to receive 7000/. at looo/. each half Year ; 
 and that the Duke draws a Bill, direfted to Sir Robert IValpole, which runs thus : 
 •'' I defire you will pay to Major Forth 1000/. or his Order, every half Year, for 
 
 E " three
 
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 •" three Years and a half, to commence from Lndy-Day lad, Value receivM, 
 " l6 Mjy., 1738." That 5/V Robert JValpole verbally accepted this Bill, but 
 would not indorfe it : That he has receiv'd 50CO /. at five diitcrciit Payments, froia 
 Sir Robert IFalp'Je's own Hands in Bank Notes; and that Li-rd Orford fold him, 
 about the g//j of February lall, That a ^Varrant w^s fign'J tor the 2CC0 /. unpaid^ 
 which was the firft Order that had paf>'d through the 'IVeafuiy. 
 
 Your Committee being further deilrous to inform themfelves in what Manner the 
 vafl: Sums iifued for Secret Service \'-::z accounted for to iiis Majefty, fent for 
 Mr. Tilfon^ who being examin'd, faid. That when his Majefty fign'd a Sign 
 Manual for the paying of any Sum of Money to Mr. Scrope, for Secret Service, 
 he alfo llgn'd at the fame time a Receipt to A'lr. Scrape for the fame Sum, but 
 that there v/as alv/ays a Blank left for the Date, and the Dates are at the fame 
 time put in at the Treafury to the Warrant, the Order, the Sign Manual, and 
 the Kinii's Receipt ; and this is uTuallv done by the Entering-Clcrk, who wrote 
 the Sign Manual, that it may all appear in the lame Hand : 'J'hat the Date of the 
 Receipt is always made the fame as the Date of the Order. And he produc'd to 
 vour Committee a Paper, the Copy whereof is here inserted, and is as foliov/s ; 
 
 ''GEORGE R. 
 
 " We acknowledge to have receiv'd of our trufiy and well-heloved 'John Scrape, 
 " Efq; the Sum of 5969 /. being the fame Sum which in purfuance of an Order, 
 " bearing Date this Day, was ifl'aed to him, at the Receipt of Our Excheqiur 
 " for Our Secret Service. Given at our Court of ^i.^rtwi^^'j, ths^thoiFsbrmrry, 
 " 1741, in the 15th Year of Our Reign. 
 
 ''GEORGE R. 
 
 " Examined. O p. F o p. d. " 
 
 And your Committee being inform'd, that the Paper dcliver'd by Mr. Tilfon 
 •was the Hand-writing of A'lr. Thzmas irHkim, fent for him ; and he being ex- 
 amin'd, faid. That the faid Paper was his Hand-writing, and was by him copied 
 -from a Paper deliver'd to him by Mr. Tilpn, and which he believ'd was an Ori- 
 ginal : 1 iiat lie has never feen the King write, but he has fecn many Sign Manuals, 
 and he thinks there was the fjme Hand to that Paper : That he has never feen 
 the Earl of Orford wiite, but what was to the Paper, he copied, was like what 
 he had (a^n for the Earl of Orfard's Hand : That he believes the Copy he fliade 
 was not examin'd, but he copied it exadlU', Word for Word, and took the Sums 
 and Dates exa<5lly, and b'.lieves it was a true Copy. 
 
 Your Committee cannot but obfervc, that this Receipt is for one of thofe very 
 Sums which Mr. Fane receiv'd bv Anticipation of the Bank-OScer, the gth of 
 February, and which was not really ifJ'ued at the Receipt of the Exchequer tdl the 
 lyth ol February, and never went into the Hands oi Mr. Scrcpe, but was immedi- 
 ately carried to Lord Orford. 
 
 \o\\- Committee were at a Lofs to know, what was meant by thofe W'ords, 
 Examined, Orford, it being impo'Iible to mean the witnefling to his Majelty's 
 Receipt of it from Air. Scrape on that Day ; for JWr. Scrape nev,er had the Money, 
 and therefore could not pay it Into his Majelly's Flands, as that wculd imply. Nor 
 have your Committee been able to inform themfelves, whether or no this is con- 
 formable to any antient and regular Way of difcharging Perfons for the Receipt 
 offuch Sums, or a modern Invention. 
 
 And in order to clear up this, and other Matters of far greater Importance, your 
 Committee rpply'd to the Houfe for Leave to examine John Scrape, Eki; in con- 
 fequence whereof he did attend on the ^th of June, inftant, when he did acquaint 
 the Committee, That he had read the Oath and found it to be a flrong one, and 
 defir'd the Opinion of the Committee how he was to behave : That if they in- 
 tended to examine him about the Secret Service Jvloney, he doubted he could not 
 anfwer without having his R4ajeity's Leave : And he faid he was tender of doi.ng 
 any thing that might leave a Stain upon his (ilharacler ; thougb he believes he can 
 give no Information to the Committee more than what they have already got. 
 And then he withdrew. And then Mr. Scrape was again call'd in, and the Chair- 
 man inform'd him, Tiiat the Coi^imicttee had confider'd of what lie had faid, and 
 
 he
 
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 he was direfled to acquaint liim, tliat they did not think themfelves to be in a Si- 
 tuation to dirc(5l or advife in the Affair ; but the Committee defir'd to know, 
 whether he would fubmit to take the Oath or not ? To v/hich A^r. Scrope an- 
 fwer'd, I hope you will give me Time to ccnfuler of it, as being a Matter of great 
 Confequence ; and then he witlidrevv : Upon wliich the Committee appointed huii 
 to attend on the 14!'/-' inllant 'June ; on which Day he did accordin'^Iy attend, and 
 your Committee being inform'd, that he defir'd to (peak with the Chairman and 
 the Committee, he v/as call'd in and ask'd, V\^hat he had to fay ? 
 
 Whereupon jVI?-. Scrope faid, He was cxtrcamly forry that he fliould give the 
 Committee fo much Trouble, for he did aflure them, that his Refufal was not pre- 
 meditated, for he came tlie other Day refolved to take the Oath, tho' he had then 
 Doubts if he fliould anfwcr in what related to Secret Service Money, and he 
 thought he might have made his Objcdions, when he was examin'd to it ; and ac- 
 cordingly began to take the Oath ; but when he came to the general Words, he 
 found them to be fo ftrcng, and general, that he doubted if he fhould not be 
 guilty of Perjurv, if he fnould take the Oath and not anfuer. 
 
 That he had improved the Time theCommitree had been fo kind to give him, 
 and had confulted with the abkfr Lawyers and Divine;:, and they have made h.is 
 Scruples flronger ; and tiiat he did not do it to obllrudt the Enquiry, but could not 
 as an honeftMan, and with a fafe Confcience, take tiie Oatli ; that he had laid 
 liis Cafe before the King, and was authorized to fay, " That the Difpofai of Mo- 
 " ney ifiu'd for Secret Service, by the Nature of it, requires the utmoft Secre- 
 " cy, and is accounted for to His Majefty only, and therefore His Majeily cou'd 
 " not permit him to difclofe any Thing en that Subject." 
 
 That he had well confidered with himfelf, and confulted other Pcrfons, and 
 thinks lie fhould be criminal if he took a general Oath, when there were parti- 
 cular Queitions Vi-hich he did not intend to anfwer ; that he hoped he fhould not 
 incur tlie Difpleafure of the Committee, for if the Oath was confined, he was 
 ready to be examined. 
 
 Which Behaviour of Mr. Scrope greatly furpriz'd your Committee, confider- 
 ing the Information they had received from the many Papers relating to the Se- 
 cret Service, which had been laid before them, and from the Examination of the 
 Mefiengers, and the moft knowing and a£live Clerks in the Office where he is 
 Secretary. 
 
 Mr. Scrope ha\ing thus refufed to anfwer to this material Part of this Enquiry, 
 your Committee beg Leave to obferve, that thofe Sums which are fpecify'd to 
 be for Secret Service, and v^hich lia\e always been ifl'u'd in Mr. Scrape's Name, 
 are the only Money for which His Majefty gives a Receipt, and may therefore 
 be all that the Crown conceives to be ifiu'd without Account ; for the fpecious 
 Titles of Special Service, and to reimburfe Expences, feem, from the very 
 Phrafe, to imply fome Account ; and what is iflu'd to the Sollicitor of theTrea- 
 fur}', under the Head of reimburfing Expences, is actually accounted for, fo 
 that His Majefly may poffibly be led to believe, that all the Money iilu'd under 
 thefe Heads is accounted for, as he gives no Receipt for the fame; and that it 
 may happen, that I'y the Artifice of a Minifler, fuch Sums of Money may b« 
 ifTu'd under the Heads of Special Service and to reimburfe Expences, as may 
 endanger the publick Liberty, while the Crown may be ignorantof the fame, and 
 by attending only to wliat is fpecify'd to be for Secret Service, may believe that 
 Service is kept within reafonable Bounds. 
 
 Thefe are the moff remarkable Particular? that your Committee think proper 
 to lay before you, relating to the Head of Secret Service, which, if it be confi- 
 dered either by Comparifon, or by its Conl'equences, either by the Sum, or the 
 Manner of its IlTue and Receipt, are equally exorbitant, dangerous, and defiructive. 
 
 If it be confidered by the grofs Comparifon, then it ffands as above ; as 
 1,384,600/. bs. 3^. to 279,444/. is. jd. Halfpenny; if by defcending into 
 Particulars, then it will appear, that the two remarkable Years 1733 and 1734, 
 amount to 312,128/. 19^. ']d. being confidcrably more than tlie Total of the 
 whole Ten Years, from 1707 to 17 17. 
 
 And what is moft afionifhing, the Demands for Secret Service, in the fix 
 Weeks inimediately preceding the Pvefignation of the Earl of Orford, amount 
 to more than the whole Expence, upon that Head, in the Three Years ending 
 AuguJ} 1710, and the Draughts upon the Exchequer for that life, in one Day on- 
 ly, being the gth Day of February laft (the laft indeed he fat at the TreafuryJ 
 
 amount
 
 shiount to a gre.iter Sum th.ir was ilTued for that SL-rvicc, in any one of the afore- 
 :nTeiition'd Three Years, fo gloriouflydiftinguHhed by repeated Victories. 
 
 And if the Confeqiicnces of this Profufion be confidered, what can they be biit 
 the Alteration of a Government, which fo lately was fiipportcd in that Branch for one 
 iifth Part of the Expence upon the medium of the ten ^'ears. \our Committee 
 have informed you how the Power, the Influence, the Offices of the Government 
 have been imployed by him towards violating the Freedom of your Eledions ; and 
 they apprehend thcv have juft Grounds to fufpecl that Part ofthefe immenfeSums 
 have been expended for the fame moft pernicious Purpofe ; and the rather when 
 they coiifuler from what Queftion the obftinate Silence oi Paxton took its Rife, as 
 alfo what Sums luue been given towards the defraying tlie Expences of the new 
 \2\vxrx.cr At Radnor, and to carry on theProfcculions at Culchefter, as alfo the ftron;; 
 Probability of the fame Practice being carried on with Regard to th? Borough cit" 
 Or ford ; befides the remarkable Sum to Lever, as a Reward to a moft unjull re- 
 turning OiEcer, ceni'ur'd by, and aftually under the Punifiim.ent of I'arliament, 
 ' as a Violator of the Liberties of his Country. 
 
 Nor are the Appreiienfions of your Committee at all lefl<?ned v/hen they confi- 
 der the manner of iffuing and receiving thefe great Sums : For here they find the 
 regular Courfe and Order of the Exchequer was, on the 9th o^ February laft, over- 
 turned by pawning the Orders to a Bank-Man for immediate P.'.yment, bv which 
 Means the Earl of Orford got 17,461 /. into his own Hands, one of the la'.l Davs he 
 remained in the Treafury, which was difguifed in three AVarrants, and was much 
 more than there adlually was in the Exchequer applicable to the Ufes of the Civil 
 Government. 
 
 Thcv alfo find the Sums ifiiied under the two Heads of Special Services, and to 
 reimburfe Expences for his Majefty's Service, tbo' they feem to imply open and 
 determinate Ufes, yet they are ifliaed without Receipt from his Majelty as. well as 
 without Account, except what relates to the Sollicitor of the Treafury ; fo that it 
 ib-poffible the Sums under thefe two Heads, amounting to 508,781/. i s. id. mav 
 be ifilied and imploved for Ufes, which the Crown itfeJf may look upon as no 
 ways making Part of the Article of Secret Service ; and if a profufe and defignin^ 
 Minifter fhould by thefe Means get a Power of fquandering fuch vaft Sums of Se- 
 cret Service upon his own arbitrary Dcfigns, while the Crown may be mificd to 
 imagine that this Branch of the Government is carried on at a moderate and juftifi- 
 able Expence, your Committee apprehend that the King may be impoverifti'd, the 
 Civil Lift exhaufted, the juft Debts unpaici, and the People iii Confequence loaded 
 with new Burthens to replace that Profufion which may be fo dangerous to their 
 Liberties. 
 - Your Committee have now laid before you the Conduft of the Earl oi Orford, 
 with relation to the Payment of the Troops, the Freedom of your Elections, and the 
 Qiiantity as well as Manner and Confequence of iiluing and receiving the Publick 
 Money, fuppofcd to be employed for the Secret Services of the State, nothwitli- 
 ftanding the Obftruiilions they have met with either for want of Power to compel 
 or indenmifythe unwilling Witnefs or Accomplice, and from their Inability to 
 proteft and fupport thofe who might have been more readv to do their Duty to the 
 Publ-'- 
 
 ici- 
 
 Your Committee are now proceeding in the Examination of tlie Copies of the 
 Papers and Letters, and Extracts of Letters relating to the Convention, referred to 
 ;them by the Houfe, which they will report with allpoftible Difpatch.
 
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 A P 
 
 E N D I X 
 
 Number I. 
 
 Navy-Of f I c e 
 IS Jpril, 1742. 
 
 , 7 yi N Account of all Sums of Money drawn by Bills from Jamaica^ 
 J ,/~\. for the Service of His Majefty's Fleet, fince the Commence- 
 ment of the War againfl Spain, and at what Rates of Exchange the 
 faid Bills were drawn. 
 
 Date of the 
 Bills. 
 
 26 Oft. 1739 
 I Dec. 
 8 Jan. 
 
 3 Ditto. 
 8 Ditto. 
 5 Ditto. 
 
 4 Feb. 
 
 13 Ditto. 
 
 14 March 
 
 5 Ditto 1740. 
 :6 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 April 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 May 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 8 Ditto. 
 
 1 June 
 
 3 Ditto. 
 
 4 Ditto. 
 
 5 Ditto. 
 
 6 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 
 2 July 
 
 3 Ditto. 
 
 4 Ditto. 
 13 Auguft 
 !5 Ditto. 
 t6 Ditto, 
 jg Septem. 
 ;o Ditto. 
 
 1 Oftober 
 
 2 Decern. 
 
 3 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 
 5 Ditto. 
 
 6 Ditto. 
 
 8 Ditto. 
 
 9 Ditto. 
 
 10 Ditto. 
 
 11 Ditto. 
 Ditto. 
 
 12 Ditto. 
 
 16 Ditto. 
 
 17 Ditto. 
 
 18 Ditro. 
 26 Ditto. 
 29 Ditto. 
 50 Ditto. 
 
 1 January 
 
 2 Ditto. 
 
 3 Ditto. 
 
 6 Ditto. 
 
 7 Ditto. 
 
 9 February 
 
 By nvham 
 draiun. 
 
 Sum. 
 
 1 
 
 Mr Geo. Hinde, 
 Naval-Officer 
 at "Jamaica. 
 
 I. 
 
 300 
 300 
 400 
 200 
 100 
 100 
 1071 
 500 
 
 474 
 200 
 200 
 200 
 400 
 zoo 
 300 
 
 100 
 100 
 
 160 
 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 
 100 
 200 
 300 
 
 lOO 
 
 100 
 
 200 
 500 
 too 
 100 
 zoo 
 300 
 300 
 300 
 200 
 100 
 200 
 
 100 
 
 300 
 100 
 100 
 
 100 
 
 100 
 250 
 500 
 zoo 
 200 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 100 
 
 70 
 
 200 
 
 100 
 
 5° 
 
 60 
 
 50 
 
 182 
 200 
 
 100 
 
 s. 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 8 
 
 00 
 
 5 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 CO 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 CO 
 CO 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 hi 
 
 5< 
 
 d. 
 
 oo"^ 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 CO 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 7 
 00 
 
 8 
 00 
 
 CO 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 GO 
 00 
 00 
 CO 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 CO 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 CO 
 
 00 
 
 CO 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 CO 
 CO 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 00 
 
 CO 
 CO 
 00 
 00 
 60 
 CO 
 
 00 
 
 CO 
 
 00' 3; 
 
 00 40 
 
 >40 
 
 Date of the 
 Bill,. 
 
 By 'whom 
 draivn. 
 
 21 
 
 3 
 
 '3 
 
 '7 
 18 
 
 >9 
 
 '4 
 
 7 
 
 1 1 
 
 12 
 13 
 
 '4 
 zi 
 
 23 
 24 
 
 25 
 27 
 29 
 30 
 I 
 
 '9 
 22 
 23 
 26 
 24 
 27 
 28 
 30 
 3' 
 >S 
 16 
 
 '3 
 14 
 
 «7 
 18 
 
 >9 
 29 
 6 
 u 
 12 
 
 '5 
 
 18 
 
 19 
 
 20 
 
 ZI 
 
 27 
 28 
 
 4 
 5 
 8 
 
 '4 
 
 Feb. 1740.^ 
 
 March 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 April 1741. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 May 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 June. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 July 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Auguft 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Sept. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. 
 
 Ditto. , 
 
 )Mr Geo. Hinde. 
 
 Sum. 
 /. . /. 
 
 zoo 00 
 
 250 00 
 
 ioo 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 50 CO 
 
 150 00 
 100 CO 
 
 r 
 
 -^N 
 
 2CO 
 200 
 
 150 
 248 
 
 00 
 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 150 00 
 
 150 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 ICO 00 
 
 IOO 00 
 
 50 00 
 
 170 00 
 
 400 00 
 
 600 CO 
 
 150 00 
 
 100 00 
 
 200 00 
 00 
 
 00 
 
 IOO 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 400 00 
 
 600 00 
 
 150 00 
 
 130 00 
 
 200 00 
 
 150 CO 
 
 160 00 
 
 150 00 
 
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 Richard Haddock, John Foster, J a. Achworth, John Fhillipfon, Thomas Pearfe. 
 
 An Account of the Sums of Money drawn by Bills from, or by Bills remitted to, Ja- 
 maica., for the Service of His Majefty's Ordnance, fince the Commencement of the War 
 againft Spain, and at what Rates of Exchange the fame were drawn. 
 
 Drawers. 
 
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 'Capt. William Douglas --.-....-- 1739 Dec. 28 
 
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 F. Percival 19 
 
 Thomas Watfon - 22 
 
 Digby Dent 1740 May 8 
 
 Charles Knowles --------- 30 
 
 Edward Bofcawen - 1739 Feb. 3 
 
 Charles Windham 1740 May 8 
 
 George Burrifh --- 1739 Dec. 20 
 
 Edward Bofcawen 1740 June 21 
 
 P. Mayne Aug. 20 
 
 Thomas Trevor ----.. -.--20 
 
 William Knight - - - - 25 
 
 George Berkeley Sept. 4 
 
 Digby Dent --23 
 
 William Douglas 'Oft. 8 
 
 M. Stapykon June 19 
 
 140 per Cent. 
 
 In Sterling 
 140 per Cent. 
 
 In Sterling 
 
 140 per 
 
 Cent. 
 
 Sum Sterling. 
 /. s. d. f. 
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 Drawers. 
 
 John- Rogers, Storekeeper at Jamaica. 
 
 \ 
 
 Dates. 
 
 1 740 oa. 
 
 Jan 
 
 1741 June 18 
 
 Rate of Exchange. 
 
 I 140 per Cent. 
 135 per Cent. 
 
 Sum SterUng. 
 
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 300 00 00 
 500 00 00 
 
 f 1 741 June 26 
 
 John Tuhter, Commifiary and Pay-mafter to the / 
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 John Turnir, Commiflary and Pay-mafter to the , 
 Train of Artillery. > 
 
 Dates, 
 
 Rate of Exchange. 
 
 Sum Sterling.' 
 
 
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 All the foregoing Bills are drawn from Jamaica. 
 No Bills have been remitted to Jamaica. 
 
 Received Advice of the following Bills drawn from Jamaica, but as they are not yet 
 arriv'd, the Rates of Exchange are not known. 
 
 Drawers. 
 
 Dates. 
 
 John Turner. • . - 
 Major Jonathan Lewis. 
 
 {1741 Oa. 27 ■) 
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 Sum Sterling. 
 
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 1 74 00 00 
 
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 Office of Ordnance, 
 
 jipri/17, 1742. 
 
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 Number II. 
 
 CAPT. Alexander JPllfon being examineJ in the mod folemn Manner, this 
 2ift Day of ylpril, 1742, faid, that he was an Agent to Lord Cathcart, 
 when he was preparing for his Expedition to the JVeJl-Ind'ies. That in or 
 about May or 'June, 1740, Lord Cathcart received from Mr Pelbam a rough 
 Draught of Iiiftruflions, which Mr Pelham propofed to give to his Deputy Pay- 
 jnaftcr, that was to attend the Troops under Lord Cathcart. That this Exami- 
 nant perufed the faid Draught together with Lord Cathcart. That it contained 
 Diredtions to the Deputy to pay the Troops at Jamaka, at fuch a Rate of Ex- 
 change, as ftiould appear to Lord Cathcart and the fuperior Officer?, to be moft ad- 
 vantageous to them. That this Rate of Exchange fhould be conftant and invaria- 
 ble ; and that the faid Deputy fiiould keep an Account current of what he thus paid ; 
 and if any Advantage accrued from the Currency thus fettled, the Publick were to 
 be entitled to it, but if there vvas any Lofs, the Publick were to make it good ; 
 and it was alfo propofed, that the Deputy fhould carry with him a Sum of Money 
 for this Purpofe, and fhould be authorized to draw the necefTary Bills on the Pay- 
 mafler-General. That Lord C(7//;^(7r/ approved of thefe Inftrudlions ; but on or 
 about the latter End o( June, or the Beginning of July, 1740, it was intimated to 
 Lord Cathcart from the Pay- Office, or by Meflieurs Burrell or Briflow, that the 
 Treafury were of Opinion, that the Troops were not to be left to the Uncertainty 
 of finding Money abroad, fmce Merchants might make their Advantages of the 
 Neceflities the Troops might be fometimes under, and that in Confequence of thij 
 Opinion, a Contract for paying the Troops at the Rate of 120/. Jamaica Money, 
 for 100/. Sterling, was then dependijig before the Treafury. That Lord Cathcart 
 immediately on this Information, applied, by this Examinant, to Mr iniliams and 
 Mr Monfons Offices for a Meeting. His declared Purpofe in procuring this 
 Meeting, was, if poffible, to get the Troops paid in a more advantageous Manner; 
 for he did not apprehend, that the Contract was already pad, but only that it was 
 then depending. That at this Meeting, which was at Mr IVilliami's Office, be- 
 tween the 4th and 13th of July, 1740, there was prefent Lord Cathcart, Mr Han- 
 bury [Filliams, Pay-mafler of the Marines, Mr Burrell, and Mr Brijlow, and this 
 Examinant, Mr Pelham was then in Tork/hire with Mr Arundel, as he believes. Lord 
 Caihcart'took notice of the Inconveniences which might arife by paying Men only 
 120/. Jamaica Money, for 100 A Sterling, when by the concurring Reports from 
 Jamaica, and of Merchants, the Exchange was at 13S to 140. That he men- 
 tioned hereupon what he had obferved in Armies abroad, particularly what hap- 
 pened at Ghent and Bruges in 17 12, where the Troops mutinied, on Account of 
 fome fmall Dedudtions for Camp NecefTaries and Bread, which were taken from 
 fome Regiments and not from others. That this Examinant faid at the fame Time, 
 that as the Troops from North America, under Colonel Blakeney, were paid at the 
 full Currency of the Exchange in thofe Parts, he apprehended, that if they re- 
 ceived lefs Money, when they joined Lord Cathcart, than what they had before, 
 they might begin a Muting', and by informing Lord Cathcart's Men, might occa- 
 fion Difcontents or Mutiny amongft them alfo. The Contraftors arWwered to this, 
 that the Difference of Currency in the North Provinces of America, from whence 
 Colonel Blaiene)'s Troops came, was rather more to the Advantage of thofe 
 Troops, than the intended Payment of 120 per Cent. That the Contraflors ex- 
 plained themfelves on this Particular, in a Manner that this Examinant could not 
 anfwer, nor indeed underftand. That Lord Cathcart was filent. The Con- 
 tra<3ors reckoned up feveral Articles of the Charge it would be to them, fome of 
 •which were the Infurance of the Money, the Freight, the Commiffion, which they 
 ■were to pay their Correfpondents in Jamaica, with other incident Charges, which 
 this Examinant cannot remember. All thefe together, they faid was the Caufe that 
 they could not contradt for lefs Profit, than what they fhould get by paying 120/. 
 Jamaica Currency, for 100/. Sterling. There was fome other Talk upon this 
 Affair, which all ended in A-Ieffieurs Burrell and BriJIow (but thinks it was 
 Mr Burrell) declaring, that they had made an Agreement with the Treafury al- 
 ready upon thefe Terms, and that they could not do it for lefs Profit. That 
 this Declaration of Mr Burrdl's put an End to the Debates, and the Meeting ; 
 
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 for Lord Cathcart acquiefced in what the Treafury thought fit, as he was under 
 Orders. He was a polite Man, and did not choofe to fignify his Difapprobatioa 
 when it was of no Confequence. So on the faid Declaration, he faid he was to be 
 determined by fuperior Powers ; but in private Converfation afterwards with this 
 Examinant, he wiflied it had been better. That this Examinant cannot of his own 
 Knowledge fay, what Steps had been taken with the Treafury, with Relation to 
 the firft intended Inftruiflions, nor does he know of any publick Notice given by 
 the Treafury for receiving Propofals, nor has he heard of any Propofals from others, 
 but Meflieurs Burrell and Brijlow : But he is not in the Waf^f Treafury 
 Affairs. 
 
 Being further examin'd on the 27th Day oi April 1742, in relation to the rough 
 Draught of the Inftru<Sions mentioned above, faid, that Mr Pelham in Converfation 
 with Lord Cathcart, when this Examinant was prefent, delivered it as his Opinion, 
 that the Troops might be fupplied in the Manner there laid down, efpecially as he 
 fuppofed that Money would be brought into Jamaica by the taking of Prizes. 
 That the rough Draught was delivered to Lord Cathcart after thefe Converfations. 
 That it began with the Style of Inflrudions, in the fame Manner as was cuftomary 
 to give to all Deputy Pay-maflers abroad, impowering him to take up, and draw 
 Bills for the Supply of the Troops, isfc. That it was written in a running Hand, 
 and, as he thinks, in two Sheets of Paper, Folio way, but all the Sides were not 
 filled. That as it was to be perufed by Lord Cathcart, as a Plan, on which, if 
 approved of, Inflru£tions were to be formed, there was Room left for Additions 
 and Alterations ; but that Lord Cathcart finding, that fo far as it related to him- 
 felf, it was complete, and wanted none, neither Lord Cathcart nor this Examinant 
 made any therein, but returned it to the Pay-OfHce unaltered. That this Exa- 
 minant believes Lord Caihcari's Secretary carried it back, or perhaps Mr Pelham's 
 Deputy might call for it. That this Examinant faw the final Inftruftions given 
 to the Deputy Pay-mafter, but he only looked over them tranfiently ; however, he 
 read fo much, as to be fure, that the Power of drawing upon the Pay-mafter in 
 cafe of Neceflity or Difappointment, was therein contained, though he cannot ex- 
 prefsly fpeak to thofe Words. This Examinant adds, that he has been informed 
 by one of the Clerks of Mr If^illiams's Office, that Meflieurs Burrell and Brijiovi 
 did enfure the Money they fent to Jamaica, but he does not know at what 
 
 Rate. 
 
 Alexander Wilfon. 
 
 Number III. 
 
 PEter Burrell, Efqj being examined in the moft folemn Manner, this 30th Day 
 oi April, 1742, faid, that about the latter End of the Year 1739, going 
 down Stairs from the Houfe of Commons, he was asked by Sir Robert Wal- 
 pok, if he, this Examinant, or his Acquaintance, had any Money in the Nor- 
 thern Colonies. That about three Weeks or a Month afterwards, he told Sir Ro- 
 bert that he could not meet with any Perfons, whom he could depend on, who 
 had. And Sir Robert then replied, he believed there would be no Occafion for 
 any. That as foon as it was publickly known that Troops were going to Jamaicoy 
 this Examinant took Occafion from this Licident to apply to Sir Robert WalpoUy 
 and to acquaint him, that as he, this Examinant, had Correfpondents in Jamaica, 
 on the South-Sea Company's Account, who were Men of great Credit at Jamaica, 
 and who had the greateft Command of Money of any in the Place, this Examinant 
 thought he could fupply the Government as well as any Body, if Money was 
 wanted there. To which the Examinant then received no pofitive Anfwer. That 
 after this, this Examinant confidering with himfelf the great Importance of this 
 Affair, he thought it too much Hazard for himfelf alone, and thereupon asked 
 Mr Brijlow, if he thought it could be undertaken without a great Rifque. That 
 when they had confulted together, they agreed on the Forms on which they 
 would propofe it, and about the Month of June, the Parliament being then pro- 
 rogued, they waited on Sir Robert IValpole at Chelfea, and made an Offer of fur- 
 nifhing any fuch Sums as might be wanting for the Payment of the Troops, on 
 
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 tlie fame Conditions, which were afterwards agreed to by the Treafury. That Sir 
 Robert TFalpole asked them, if thofe were the lowefl: Terms, and hoped they would 
 not ask more than what was reafonable, nor what any body fliould complain of. 
 And the Examinant aiTured him, that upon the heft Calculation they had not. That 
 he would not take it on himfelf, but defired them to make their Propofals to the 
 Treafury. That a few Days after this Converfation with Sir Robert IValpolc, they 
 did lay this Propo.'al before the Treafury, without any thing elfe paffing between 
 ihem and Sir Robert in the Interval ; nor liad the Examinant any Converfation with 
 any other Lord of the Treafury before he ofiered his Propofal to the Board. That 
 on Delivery of thefe Propofals, he does not recolleft, whether he was called in or no, 
 nor can he fay when he received the firft Notice of his Propofal being accepted, nor 
 by whom he was informed of it ; but he think?, if any thing particular had hap- 
 pened on this Occafion, he muft have remembered it ; nor does he recollefl of 
 meetin'' Mr. Har.bury IFilliams the Morning this Propofal was delivered. This Ex- 
 aminant does indeed remember that he one Morning met Lord Cathcart, or Capt. 
 Jfilfon, who defired a Meeting at Mr. Ilanbury Ifl/liam's Office, but he is 
 not fure that this was the Day of his Contraft's being agreed to, but ra- 
 ther believes it was a Week or a Fortnight after. That the fame Day 
 this Meeting was defired, Mr. Briflow and this Examinant met Lord Cath- 
 cart and Capt. IVilforiy and Mr. Banbury IFilliams, wh.o came after. That 
 this Examinant does not conceive, that Lord Cathcart would defire a Meeting 
 or could have any thing to do with this Examinant and his Partner, but as 
 Contractors ; and therefore he thinks this Meeting was after the Contrad was 
 rafll'd ; and that he fuppofes the Intention of this Meeting was, that Lord Cath- 
 tart might be fatisfied, that the Troops would not be difappointed, but that due 
 Care would be taken to fupply them with [Money when abroad. That at this 
 MeetintT I^ord Cathcart talked to Capt. JFilfon of the Manner in which the Troops 
 •were to be paid ; faying to 'them, that if the Troops going to Jamaica were not 
 paid at the fame Rate of Exchange as thofe from North America, it might occafion 
 Difcontents, as he remembred a Mutiny had like to have happened in Flanders, on 
 the like Account. That they faid they had nothing to do with the paying of the 
 Troops, what they had contraded for, was to deliver the Money at fuch a certain 
 Rate. That this Examinant takes it for granted, that Lord Cathcart by his Enqui- 
 ry wanted to know in what Specie the Troops Ihould be paid, and not at what 
 Rate the Money was to be furnifhed to the Deputy Paymafter. That this Exami- 
 nant does not remember there were any Difputes at this Meeting, whether the Con- 
 tra<^ was a ^ood or bad Contradt, or indeed whether there was mention made about 
 it • and he believes at the Beginning of the Converfation Lord Cathcart knew of the 
 Contradl bein^' pafTed ; and he is perfuaded that Capt. JVilfon knew it, becaufe the 
 Gentleman who is gone over Deputy Paymafter, was informed by the Examinant 
 ■with every Step taken in this Affair, and he was intimate with Capt. JVilfon. That 
 this Examinant does not remember to have told Capt. JVilfon, that the Contraft was 
 pafled, but if he had met him, he believes he fhould have told him, but he takes it 
 for o-ranted, that it was underflood to be done in their whole Converfation at that 
 Meeting ; and he does not remember that either Lord Cathcart or Capt. JVilfon 
 ihewed any furprize at that time, on hearing it was done ; and that he thinks that 
 this Meetino- with him and Mr. Brijlow, was on the Footing of their being Con- 
 tractors for the Money. That Lord Cathcart asked them how they would fupply 
 the Money ; and they told him, they would fend foreign Gold ; but this Examinant 
 cannot remember if there was any Talk about Infurance, Freight, or other Items. 
 That in this Converfation, which he does not know lafted half an Hour, many 
 Things of another Nature were talked of between Lord Cathcart and Capt. JVilfon^ 
 as about the Imbarkation of the Troops, iJc. That though this Examinant had 
 contraifled at 1 20 /. he does not recolledt, that the Rate was mentioned at this 
 Meeting. The Reafon for fixing the Price at 120, was upon the Confideration of 
 the probable Fall of the Exchange at Jamaica, when io great a Demand muft be 
 made, upon the Payment of fo large a Body of Troops. That as the Exchange 
 had advanced fince the laft War from 1 1 1 to 135, during which time, there not 
 h::vin<^ been any extraordinary Demand for Money in that Ifland, the Reverfe might 
 reafonably be expected when a Demand of Money was made, that greatly exceeded 
 the natural Currency. This plainly appear'd upon Col. Blakency's Arrival with but 
 3000 Men, who with great Difficulties raifed between 9 and 10,000 /. at 120, 
 and could not have procured more at above no, at leaft that was the Demand from 
 thofe who had Money by them, In regard to the Par of Exchange between Ja- 
 maica
 
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 maica and London, I am not informed by what Rule that dlculation is made, un- 
 leCs it be from the Value they have ftanipt on the Silver Specie of this Kingdom, a 
 Shilling; pafllng there current for 15 Pence, which anfwers to the Exchange ot" 
 125 /. for 100/. 
 
 From the Uncertainty of obtaining Rloney at Jamaica, I deiired Mr. Cokbrooke 
 to enquire at what Rate he could procure Bills on that Place ; and he informed me, 
 he could not get Bills at any lixt Rate, not even at 120 /. nor any other Price, than 
 what fiiould appear the current Exchange of the Ifland, as the fame fhould happen 
 to be, at the Time their Bills fliould appear there. We had then no other Reforr, 
 but to fend out fume Specie to fupply the Want of Currency in Jamaica, and in 
 that there was no Certainty as to its Value, as whatfoever was the nominal Price 
 there appeared no A£l of Council to oblige any one to receive it ; and the Valua- 
 tion is fo out of Judgment that no Man could conceive it to be made but by Chance, 
 as a Moida of 27 s. is above 3 per Cent, higher than a Moida of 36 j. in proportiun 
 to the intrinfick Value of each ; which determined us to buy heavy Portugal 
 Money of the Bank, not only to prevent any Complaint, if received by Tale, but 
 to anfwer their full Value, if received by Weight. The firfl Parcel fent being 
 heavy Money of 36 s. each, which if had been obliged to fell at Jamaica by the 
 Ounce, would have rendered Lofs inftead of Profit to the Contraftors. The In- 
 ■furance of this Money was at 2h, per Cent, which went by the Men of War with 
 the Troops, but we apprehend we had the Rifque of a Deviation, if the Ships had 
 been ordered to Carthagena, or any other Port but to Jamaica, which would have 
 thrown the Rifque on us ; but if from any Accident the Ship where our Money 
 was had not arrived with the Troops, we had then been at the Mercy of the In- 
 habitants, and in fuch Cafe, I would v/illingly have compounded for 10 per Cent. 
 Lofs. We agreed for one per Cent. Freight, for all but what we fent with the 
 Troops, but we are informed one of the Captains has fued our Agents for a Freight 
 of 2 J per Cent. The Charge of Shipping is put at one per Cent, for the Expence 
 of Guards, Iron Chefls, Servants, and Coaches to attend it, and for the Rifque 
 and Charges of fending the Money in a Boat from Portfmouth to St. Helms. 
 
 That in regard to the nominal Value of the Gold Species at Jamaica, at a Me- 
 dium, dedudling the Commiflion and Charges, we allow there doth not remain a 
 Profit of T^perCent. upon the prefent Contrail. That no other Perfons but A-Ief- 
 fieurs Burrcll and Brijlow were confulted or concerned in the Contract, when they 
 firft engaged in it ; that after the firft Imbarkation, and this Examinant believes 
 after the fecond, but before the Contract was raifed to 125 /. Sir Robert Walpole 
 fpoke one Day to this Examinant and told him, that Mr. Hanbury IFiiliams had de- 
 fired him to ask the Contra(5tors, that a Friend of his, a WeJ} India Merchant, 
 might have a Share in the Remittances. But he added, " You are to do juft as 
 you pleafe : I don't ask you to let any Body in ; for the Contract is your's." That 
 fome little Time afterwards Mr Hanbury WiUiams fpoke to this Examinant and 
 Mr Brijlow, telling them, that he had a Relation, one Mr Hanbury a IFeft India 
 Merchant, to whom he had Obligations, and as he had Money and Effects at 
 Jamaica, he defired he might be concern'd, for the Future, one fourth Part with 
 them : And fince that Time he has been accordingly concerned one fourth Part in 
 what relates to the Payment of the Troops in Mr Hanbury JFilUams's Office. That 
 , Mr Hanbury had wrote, as he told the Examinant to his Correfpondents at Ja- 
 maica, that in Cafe any Money was wanting, he might pay it into the Hands of 
 their Agents, and receive their Bills for the fame; but the Examinant faid, that 
 ; though Mr Hanbury wrote, no Ufe has been made of it. That before this Sir 
 Robert fValpole never recommended any Perfon to be concerned with the Con- 
 tradiors, nor had any Knowledge of any one that was ; but that fome Time after 
 the Contraft was palled, he (the Examinant) asked Mr Monfon, Deputy Pay- 
 mafter to Mr Pelham, whether he would take one fourth Part of it ; telling him, 
 that though the Profits might not be great, yet unlefs fome unforefeen Accident 
 happened, the Lofs could not be much. That Mr Monfon accepted of it, and has 
 one fourth Part of the Contraft, as far as it relates to the Payment of the Troops 
 in the Office were he is Deputy. And being asked if Mr Monfon had any Effeds 
 TA Jamaica, he faid he could not tell; nor had he any there himfelf, nor has he 
 (Mr Monfon) advanced any Money, nor has he had any Share or Trouble of the 
 Management, but is to ftand his Share in the Profit or Lofs ; and befides thefe, no 
 Perfon elfe is concerned with them, to the Knowledge of this Examinant ; that this 
 Examinant did offer half his own Share to his Brother, and a Gentleman engaged 
 in Bufinefs with him ; but they thought it top great a Rifque for them to run. He 
 
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 likcwife mentioned it to another Gentleman, who wouiJ not accept of it. That 
 there Refufals were very early, before any thing was done in it, more than pafilng 
 theContraft; and that he mentions them to fliew that he thought he had no 
 great Bargain of it. A Copy of a Minute of the Treafury lying btfore the Com- 
 mittee, dated the 29th of 7(7n«(jr;' 1740-I. relating to the Refufal of the Agents 
 of the Contraftors at Jamaica to fuppiy the Troops under Col. Gioch and Blake- 
 ney with a Sum of Money, being read to the Examinant, and being therein faid that 
 Mr Burrell agrees, that thofe Troops were always underftood and intended as con- 
 tained and included in his and Mr Brijiow'i Propofal to the Treafury ; this Exami- 
 nant faid, that Minute had miftaken their Meaning ; for their Agreement was for 
 the Troops under Lord Cathcart, and thofe he fhould find zi Jamaica ; and that this 
 Examinant never underflood, that the Troops under Col. Gooch and Col. Blakeney 
 would be included in the Contrad before the Arrival of Lord Cathcart at Jamaica. 
 That this Examinant believes, that it was about June or July 1741, that he had 
 the firft Account from Jamaica of the Refund of his Agent's to comply with the 
 Demands of the Deputy Pay-mafter. That the Contraflors having Advice from 
 Jamaica, that there was no Money in the Ifland, and that it was propofed, that 
 Notes of Hand (hould have a Currency, they had applied to the Treafury for the 
 Advance of a fecond Sum ; and that in December following there being a fecond Im- 
 barkation, they procured a third Sum from the Treafury, on Account of the Con- 
 venience they had of fending it. 
 
 And being further examined, this r5th Day of June, he faid, That Mr Coh- 
 brooke, the Deputy Pay-mafter, who went with Lord Cathcart, fupplied the Place 
 of an Agent for the Examinant and the other Contradlor ; and that Mr Colebrooke 
 had a Commifllon of one per Cent. only. And, he added, that there never had 
 been any Money advanced to the Contradors, without their delivering a Memorial to 
 the Treafury. 
 
 June 23. P, Burrell. 
 
 John Brtjlow, Efq; being examined in the mod folemn Manner, this 30th Day 
 of April, 1742, faid, That the firft Notice he had, relating to the Remittances, 
 was from Mr Burrell, who told him, that probably there would be a Contrad for 
 fupplying the Troops under Lord Cathcart with Money ; and he thinks Mr Burrell 
 mentioned his having talk'd with Sir Robert IValpole about it, but he cannot be 
 pofitive. That Mr Burrell zsked him, (this Examinant) if he would be concerned. 
 To which he agreed ; and then, between them, formed a Propofal to be laid before 
 the Lords of the Treafury. That previous to their laying of it before the Treafury, 
 they waited on Sir Robert JFalpole, who was then at Chelfea, the Seflions, as this 
 Examinant believe?, being ended. That in this Propofal, he thinks, they men- 
 tioned 120 per Cent, as the Rate at which, they would agree to furiiifti the Money. 
 Sir Robert faid, that he expe(3ed they (hould offer it at a reafonable Profit, that the 
 Publick may be well ferved. That this Examinant cannot recollect any other Con- 
 verfation that palTed, either with Sir Robert IValpole, or any Body elfe, before their 
 Propofal was communicated to the Treafury, nor does he believe that they fpoke 
 about it to any other Lor'd of the Treafury. That when it was laid before the 
 Treafury, he does not remember whether they went with the Propofals themfelves, 
 but is inclined to believe they did, and that they delivered it to fome Perfon in Office, 
 who carried it in. That he cannot remember, whether there were any Debates 
 about it, nor whether he was called in or no ; but from a Copy of a Minute of 
 Treafury lying upon the Table before the Committee, he thinks the Propofals were 
 immediately accepted ; and he is pretty fure he had Notice of it when it was ac- 
 cepted, though he cannot fay by whom, nor can he be fure that at that Time he ac- 
 quainted Mr Hanbury TFilliams he had agreed. That he remembers the Meeting of 
 Lord Cathcart, Mr H. JFiUiams, and Capt IFilfon, at Mr H. IFilliami's Office, 
 where Mr Burrell was likewife prefent ; but he is pretty fure no Body from Mr 
 Pelham's Office was there, and believes it was in July 1740, and believes it was 
 after the Contraifl was paft, tho' he cannot fay if it was that Day ; nor can he re- 
 member who firft propofed this Meeting, tho' he believes Lord Cathcart; nor where 
 or when the Agreement to meet was made. That theSubftance of the Converfa- 
 tion, at this Meeting, was the Manner in which the Troops were to be paid. That 
 Lord Cathcart talked about the Pay of the Troops, but this Examinant cannot tell if 
 Lord Cathcart fuppofed the Contradl to be pafied, or to be only a Propofal, though 
 he apprehends that the Contrail was then made, and that Lord Cathcart knew it 
 was made, becaufe othej wife they, as Contrailers, could have nothing to do with 
 
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 Lord Cathcart. That this Examinant believes it might be poflible Lord Cathcari 
 might except to the paying of the Troops at a low Rate. That this Examinant 
 and his Partner faid in Subftance, that the Rate the Troops were to be paid at was 
 no Concern of theirs. That their Bufinefs was only to fupply the Money at a cer- 
 tain Rate ; but this Examinant does not apprehend, that the Troops were to be 
 paid at a lower Rate than what they had contraded for. That this Examinant ' 
 thinks Lord Cathcart defired to know in what Specie they intended to fend out ' 
 their Money. That they told him, in Portugal Gold. That the Contraftors pro- 
 pofed the Rate of 120/. Jamaica Money, for 100/. Sterling, for the following 
 Reafons. That they were to furnifli Money in a Place where there was not 
 much ; that therefore in cafe a confiderable Sum was demanded at once, the Owners 
 of the Money would make the moft ufe of it they could, and lower the Exchange 
 under the Rate of 120/. at which they had contradted ; for that Colonel Blakeney, 
 before Lord Cathcart's Arrival, drew on the Pay-Office for a fmall Sum, and this 
 •with DiiEculty, as he has heard, at or under 120; and had he wanted a larger 
 Sum, he mufl have doubtlefs drawn even flill lower. Thp.t this put them under a 
 Neceflity of fendino; out Funds or Money to fupply the want of Currency in that 
 Place. That as Men of Bufinefs, it was natural for them to confider the feveral 
 Species of Money, which might be proper to fend thither. That in this they found 
 a great Variety. That they could not find there was any Law to fettle 
 the Currency of different Species of Coin, and the different Species of Coin 
 were actually at different Proportions of Value in their Currency ; the Guinea 
 in particular being at a lower Rate than the Thirty-Six Shilling Pieces, and 
 both thefe lower than the Twenty-feven Shilling Pieces. That this Exami- 
 nant is not fure, that any confiderable Sum of Moidores or Thirty-fix Shil- 
 ling Pieces were there before ; and they were apprehenfive, that the Sum fent 
 out by the Contraflors, v;hich was the greateft part in Thirty-fix Shilling Pieces, 
 and the reft in Moidores, might on its Arrival at Jamaica, be reduced to an Equa- 
 lity with Guineas ; and in order to prevent in fome Meafure the Lofs, which muft 
 attend an Alteration in the Value of thefe feveral Species, which was not improbable, 
 when the Difproportion fhould come to be confidered in the Ifland of Jamaica, the 
 ContracSors fent the major Part of the Supply by the Fleet under Sir Chakner Oglt^ 
 in weighty Portugal Gold of Thirty-fix Shilling Pieces, that at all Events they 
 might be the Value in Gold. That the Contractors fent their Money on board three 
 Men of War, and infured it ; but notwithflanding this, they were liable to many 
 Rifques and Accidents ; for had the Men of War been ordered to any other Place, 
 this would have been a Deviation from the Voyage, and would have vacated the In- 
 furance ; and that the very want of the Money at Jamaica, or even what was on 
 board one Ship only, though it had not been loft, would have funk the Exchange ; and 
 that this was no improbable Accident, for three or four of the capital Men of War 
 were adhially feparated from the Fleet and driven to Lisbon ; and had the Money 
 been on board either of thefe Ships, the Contra<Stors would have been under great 
 Difad vantages, as they muft have rais'd it at Jamaica, at a great Lofs ; and as it was 
 all the Money fent out, had upon the Arrival of the Fleet no more Effefl than to 
 raife the Exchange to 130, and fmall Sums foon after got up to 135 and 140. 
 Soon after which the Contractors came to a new Agreement at 125. That they 
 have been told lately that the Victualling and Navy have drawn at 135 and 140 ; but 
 this being for Stores, and Provlfion is not like Money, but is really no Exchange at 
 all. And this Examinant did not inform himfelf of the Rates at which the Navy 
 and Vi(Etualling drew, when he was deliberating about his own Contract. He ad- 
 ded, that he has fince been told, that the Independant Companies at Jamaica are 
 paid at 125. That he believes, that he might communicate a Memorial, contain- 
 ing the Reafons for fixing the Currency at 120, to Lord Orford, before this Exami- 
 nant's Memorial of the 5 th of Fehuary laft was laid before the Treafury. That foon 
 after Lord Cathcart's Arrival, MefTrs. Merewether and Manning, their Correfpon- 
 dents, from a Mifunderftanding, did refufe to furnifh Money for the Troops, but 
 the Deputy Paymafter Mr. Cohbrooke, drew on Mr. Pelbam. That this Examinant 
 believes, that the Reafon of the Refufal of their Agents, was their thinking they 
 could make a greater Advantage of their Money from the Neceffity of the Publick, 
 than what they would get by complying with our Commiffion. The Reafon urged 
 by them, was the indefinite Demand of Mr. Cohbrooke, who rcfufed tofpecify either 
 the Sums, or the Times when they would be wanted. That as the Contractors 
 Were to pay the Difference of thefe Bills drawn on Mr. Cohbrooke, if they had been 
 under 120 or 125 per Cent, they thought they had a Right to thofe Bills when 
 
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 'drawn at a higher Rate, and they accordingly took them up and paid them as foon 
 as due, with Money they received from the Pay-OfEce; but thefe Bills are flill ia 
 Difpute, and our Contrafl does not fubfift any longer ; for the Lords of the Trea- 
 fury have within this Day or two given Order to the Deputy at Jamaica to draw 
 on the Paymafter. That no Perfons were concerned with them in their Contradt 
 'till after it was made ; but that now Mr. Monjon, Deputy Paymafter to Mr. Pelham, 
 and Mr. Hanbury, a Merchant, are Sharers. Mr. Monfon has a One fourth Part of 
 what is paid in the Office where he is Deputy ; Mr. Hanbury has from a certain 
 Time been entitled to One fourth Part of what relates to the Marines, which are 
 paid in Mr. H. IFilliami's Office. That the Offer to Mr. Monfon was made jointly '- 
 by the Contraftors, on iheir own Motion, and without the De.lre or Knowledge, •• 
 as he believes, of any other Perfon whatfoever, and before anv Remittances were 
 made ; and he never offered a Share to any Perfon but Mr. Monjon. That as to 
 Mr. Hanbury^ Sir Robert JFalpolc mentioned to them, that Mr. H. TVdUams defired ' 
 his Relation, Mr. Hanbury., fliould have a Part. That Sir Robert had been fpoke to 
 by Mr. Williams about it ; but he (Sir Robert) told the Contraftors, he left it to 
 themfelves ; and it is moft ^rohdhh. S\r Robert JValpole mentioned this to the Con- 
 tradtors before Mr. H. JVilUams fpoke to them. That neither Mr. Monfin nor Mr. 
 Hanbury have advanced any Money on this Affair, nor indeed have the ContracSors ■ 
 themfelves properly advanced any Money ; for on delivering their Bills drawn at 
 Sight on Jamaica to the Paymafter here, he furnifbed the Money for them, as is the ■ 
 conftant Praftice of the Pay-Office, whenever Bills of Exchange aie furnifhed pay- 
 able in foreign Parts by the Drawers of fuch Bills, or by Draughts from Jamaica 
 on the Pay-Office, to make good fuch Sums, as are raifed for the Service in the 
 Ifland. 
 
 And being further examined this Twenty-fecond Day of June 1742, faid, that 
 the Contraflors allowed to Mr. Colehrooke, who carried out the Money fent with 
 Lord Catbcart, one per Cent. Commiffion ; but the further Sums, which have been 
 fmce fent out, and all other TranfaiSions relating to this Affair, have been ma- 
 naged by their Agents at Jamaica, to whom they are to pay two per Cent. 
 , And further faid, that an A<Slion has been brought againft their Agent at Ja- 
 maica by Capt. KnowLs for 2 i per Cent. Freight, for the Money which he' 
 carried out at the Time of Lord CatkcGrt's going on the Expedition, for which, as 
 the Examinant is informed, Capt. Knowles has obtained a Verdifl ; which if the' 
 Contractors fhall be obliged to pay, will be a Precedent for other Captains of Men of 
 War, by whom Money was fent out at the fame Time. 'i 
 
 John Brijlow' 
 
 jT^Harles Hanbury JVilUams, Efq; being examined in the moft folemn Manner, this 
 ^^ 30th Day of April, 1742, faid. That on the 9th Day of July laft, as he thinks^ 
 being in his Chariot, he met Melfieurs Burrell and Bri/low, who told him, that 
 they had made an Agreement with the Treafury for remitting Money to pay t'he 
 Troops, at the Rate of 120/. Jamaica Money for icol. Sterling. That aftef 
 meeting Meffieurs Burrell and Brifloiv, he went to the Treafury, and he thinks' h^ 
 faw Lord Cathcart in one of the Rooms of the Treafury, and thinks he talked of 
 what Melfieurs Burrell znd Brijlow had told him to Lord Cafbcart, but he is not 
 pofitive. That the fame Day there was a Meeting at his Office in Scotland-Tardy 
 at which were prefent Lord Cathcart, Capt Alexander Tf'ilfon, Mr Burrell, Mr 
 Bri/ioiv., and this Examinant, but he cannot fay any one elfe in particular : He 
 cannot fay Mr Monfon was prefent. That this Meeting was defircd that Morning 
 either by Lord Cathcart, or by Capt JVilian, at his Inflance, but he cannot tell 
 which. He- thinks they all met at the Treafury, and went from thence to the 
 Office. That the Converfation, which lafted two Hours, turned on the proper 
 Means of carrying Melfieurs Burrell and Brijlavi Contraft into Execution, and 
 preventing the Troops from being difappointcd for want of IVIoney. That he in- 
 clines to imagine, that Lord C(7//)far/ knew tliat the Agreement wa» made. This 
 Examinant asked Melfieurs Burrell and Bri/ioiv what Money they had fent 
 over, and what Credit they had edabliflied for this Purpofe ; but that this was a 
 Q^ieftion arifing from his own Care and Curiofity only. That he believes Lord 
 Cathcart faid, he had heard, that the Exchange in the City was 130 or 135 ; that if 
 the Troops were paid at 120, the Difference might occaficn an Uneafinefs amongft 
 them. That what Lord Cathcart faid, was rather repining and didiking the low 
 Rate of Exchange they lisd agreed for, than difputing about it. That in Confe- 
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 qucnce of this Diflike of Lord Cathcart's, Meflieurs Burrell and Brijloiu entred into 
 a Detail about Exchanges, endeavouring from thence to fhew, that they could not 
 afForJ to remit cheaper ; but this Examinant did not underfland all they faid upon 
 this Head. That Meflieurs Burrell and Brijlow talked of their Agreement as made, 
 but whether at the Beginning or End of the Meeting he cannot fay. That he can- 
 not fay or remember, that Mr Burrell^ at the End of the Converfation told them, 
 he had agreed with the Treafury ; nor can he fay, that he heard Lord Cathcart 
 mention the American Troops, as then paid at a higher Rate of Exchange. 
 
 iV. B. Charles Hanbury IFiUiams, Efq; being now at Bath, could not fign his 
 Examination, but it was read over to the Committee twice, and was found to 
 be agreeable to the Minutes then taken. 
 
 Number IV. 
 
 J Ames Knight, Efq; examined in the mofl folemn Manner this 3d Day of May 
 1742, faid. That he lived many Years in Jamaica, from, whence he came to!' 
 England about 5 Years, and that he has many EfFe6ls, Rents, and a Plantation, 
 in that Ifland. That when he lived there, he a6led as a Faflor to the Guinea- 
 Merchants, and has fold feveral Cargoes of Negroes to the South-Sea Company, 
 which were paid for in Bills of Exchange at London, and had by his Employments 
 the Means of being acquainted with the Remittance from that Ifland, both in. 
 Specie and in Bills. That the Exchange between Jamaica and London has for feven 
 Years paft varied .very little, being from 140 to 135, but generally 140, very few- 
 Bills being drawn under that Rate, excepting particular Contrafls in the Sales of 
 Negroes, Eftates, or other Effedls, when the Exchange has fometimes been agreed 
 on at 35, and fometimes at 37 I, the Difference in the Exchange being 
 confidered in the Purchafe. The South-Sea Company, in particular, fettled their 
 Exchange at 35 peY Cent, at which Rate they drew for coniiderable Sums ; and in 
 Confideration of the Exchange, and the Number of Negroes they bought, they had 
 them at a Price accordingly, the Planters paying 35 and 36 per Head, in Bills at 
 40/. per Cent, and 38 and 40/. in Sugars, or other Produce of the Ifland ; when the 
 Company by Means of their Bills being at a lower Exchange, furniflied the Mer- 
 chants at 31 and 32/. per Head, Jamaica Currency. That he has now a Bill of 
 tool, drawn on the Ordnance at 140, and he has had two others of 500/. each' 
 drawn on the fame Office, and other publick Bills as well as private, at the fame 
 Rate, within the laft twelve Months. That the Independant Companies conflantly 
 draw ^t 140, as he has heard and believes, except one or two Officers, who have 
 had Credit. That he believes, before the War, the Bills remitted from Jamaica 
 to England, including thofe drawn by the South-Sea Company, may have amounted 
 to I 00,000 /. per Annum. That there are befides, great Sums fent from thence to 
 England in Specie. That before the War, it was common for fingle Men of Wair 
 to bring 40 or 50,000?. from thence ; and he believes, including the Money fent 
 over by the 5(j«//jiS^a Company, upwards of 500,000 /. per Annum, in Specie, was 
 ufuaily remitted from Jamaica, at a Medium, before the Commencemebt of the 
 War. That the Specie of Jamaica confifts chiefly in Spanijh Coin : There are 
 fome Spanijh Piftoles and Doubloons. That there is a Law in Jamaica, made 
 about the Year 1681, which afcertains the Currency of SpaniJJ} Money, and makes 
 it Felony to diminifh or faifify it; tho' he has known Perfons tried upon the Law, 
 yet it is not, in general, much obferved, the Coin being commonly dipt and di- 
 minifhed of its true Weight, and the Portugal Money is not included in it, becaufe 
 there w'as then none upon the Ifland. That when this Examinant heard, that 
 the Troops were going to Jamaica, he enquired how they were to be paid ; and on 
 being told, that the Treafury would contradl with private Perfons for thdt Purpofe, 
 he did, himfelf, intend to make an OfFsr for the furnifhing of the Money ne- 
 cefl"ary ; but in very few Days he heard, that the Treafury had agreed with Mef- 
 fieurs Burrell and Bri/low, at the Rate of 120/. Jamaica Money, for 100 /. Ster- 
 hng. That this Examinant does not believe, that the Treafury ever gave Notice, 
 that they intended any fuch Contract. That indeed he does not know, that a 
 
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 formal, publick Notice has ever been given by the Treafury on fuch Occafions ; 
 but he has heard, that in Qiieen Annes War, the Treafury, when they had fuch 
 Contrails in View, have communicated their Intentions to Merchants, which was, 
 in Effeft, the fame Thing, and was what this Examinant expeded in the prefent 
 Cafe ; and had this been done, this Examinant believes, that feveral others befides 
 himfelf, would have propofed to have furnifhed the Government with Money at 
 Jamaica. That this Examinant would have furniflied the Money at i^O per Cent. 
 provided he could have obtained the fame Advancement, which he has heard was 
 made to MeiSeurs Sarrf// and Brijiow; for in Proportion to his Advancement, 
 he propofed to have made his Offer of furnifhing the Troops with Money, other- , 
 ■wife he could not have afforded fuch an Exchange, and fliould have thought it a 
 a good Bargain. That he fliould have thought himfelf fecured againft any Dif- 
 appointment for the Want of Currency at Jamaica, by fending over in Specie 
 one third Part of what he might be fuppofed to want in fix Months Time ; for that 
 he apprehends the only Difficulty would have been at firft, when the People there, on 
 the Arrival of fo great a Number of Troops, might endeavour to lower the Ex- 
 change ; that afterwards he does not doubt, but he could have contrafled with People 
 on the Ifland, to have furniflied the Money at the Rate of 137^ per Cent, or by 
 other Means provided Money to anfwer the Occafion. That if the whole Money 
 was advanced to him here, before-hand, and he was only to fend it over, and fo 
 furnifti the Money at Jamaica, at the Rate of i^o per Cent, he fliould think that 
 he might make 12 or 15 per Cent, per Annum, of the Money which he thus fup- 
 plied, becaufe he could return the fame Money twice in the Compafs of one Year. 
 He added, that he believes the Infurance of Money on Men of War from London 
 to Jamaica might be done at 2 per Cent, to pay 84. That the Commiflion which 
 he pays to his Agents at Jamaica for tranfacling his Affairs, is 5 per Cent, but if 
 he was to negotiate 30 or 40,000 /. for the Government, he would have done it, 
 when at Jamaica, for 2 ^ per Cent, with all his Heart; and doubts not but other 
 Perfons of Credit and Reputation in Jamaica, would have undertaken the fame 
 for the like Commiffion or lefs. 
 
 Jamei Knight. 
 
 Number V. 
 
 To the Right Honourable tlie Lords Commissioners of his 
 
 Majesty's Treafury. 
 
 M 
 
 May it pleafe your Lordjhipty 
 
 R Burrell, one of the Contra£lors for the Remittances for the Marines to 
 Jamaica, hath delivered the Letter hereunto annexed, into the Office of the 
 Pay-mafter of the Marines ; wherein he propofes that a further Sum of 
 9,500 /. may be iffued for Subfiftance to the Marines going on the intended Expe- 
 dition. I humbly pray your Lordftiips will be pleafed to order the faid Sum to be 
 iffued to the Pay-mafter of the Marines, for Ufes hereafter to be appointed, viz. 
 
 /. s. I 
 
 On the Order for 118,214 r — — — 7125 
 
 On the Order for 33,429 o — — .— 2375 
 
 L. 9500 
 Pay-Office, 23 Stptemhtr ^^ ^^;^^ ,.^ ^^„^; fubmitted. 
 
 Edmund Jones, Deputy. 
 
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 SIR, 
 
 THE Troops under the Command of Lord Cathcart being detained fo long at 
 Pert/mouth, that the Money fent by them will become due before they can 
 arrive at Jamaica ; we therefore beg leave to reprefent to you, that we apprehend 
 it will be for His iVIajefty's Service, that an additional two Months Pay may be fent 
 by them, that at all Events they may be fecured from any poflible Difappointment. 
 
 We therefore beg leave to requefl, that a further Sum of 9,500/. maybe ad- 
 vanced to us, for the better enabling us to forward fuch Supply. 
 
 IVe are, for Mr John Briftow and felf^ 
 
 Tour mofl Humble Servants, 
 
 Peter Burrell.' 
 
 To the Honourable Charles Hanbury Williams, 
 Pay-mafter of the Marines. 
 London, Sept. 23, 1740. 
 
 White-Hall, Treafury-Chambers, Sept. 2^, I740' 
 
 PRESENT, 
 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Siindon, Mr Earle. 
 
 ISSUE alfo out of the faid Funds to the Pay-mafter of the Marines the Sum of 
 9,500 /. upon Account for the Subfiftance of the faid Regiments, to anfwer the 
 Value of Bills of Exchange to be given by Meffieurs Burrell and Bri/low, ac- 
 cording to their Agreement in that Behalf, for their furnifhing Money at Jamaica 
 for the Expedition under Lord Cathcart. 
 
 To the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of 
 His Majesty's Treafury. 
 
 The Propofal of Peter Burrell and John Brijioiv. 
 
 THAT the Forces under the Command of Lord Cathcart intended for an Ex- 
 pedition to the IFeJl Indies, having been detained fo long at Port/mouth by 
 contrary Winds, it it apprehended, that upon their Arrival at Jamaica, a 
 further Sum will be wanting, than what is already remitted for that Service to the 
 24th of December 1740. 
 
 That they are ready to furnifh their Bills for 12,000/. Sterling, for the Subfiftance 
 of His M?,je(ly's Forces under the Command of the Lord Cathcart, from the 25th 
 of December 1740, to the 23d of February following, at the Rate of 100 /. Sterling 
 for every 120 paid at Jamaica in the Currency of that Ifland. 
 
 Which is humbly fubmitted to your Lordjhips. 
 London, Sept. 25, 
 
 1740- For John Briftow and Self, 
 
 Peter Burrell,! 
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 White-Hall, Treafury-Chambers, Sept. 26, 1740. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 Mr Chancellor of die Exchequer, Lord Simdo?i, Mr Earle. 
 
 MY Lords, upon reading a Memorial from the Pay-mafter of the Forces, 
 dated the 25th Inftant, for carrying on the Subfiftance of the Forces under 
 the Lord Cnthcart, from the 25th of December 1740, order 11,024/. 
 ij 5. 5 d. ^, to be iflued to the faid Pay-mafter on the Order in his Name, for Part 
 of the 200,000/. appropriated to the Extraordinaries ot the War, to be appointed 
 towards the Service of the Expedition to the Weji Indies. 
 
 White-Hall, Treafury-Chambers, JDec. 19, 1740. 
 
 PRESENT, 
 
 Mr Chancellor of the Exxhequer, Mr Wtnningtony 
 
 Lord SundoHy Mr Treby. 
 
 MY Lords agree to a Propofal now read, of Peter Burrell and yohn BriJJow, 
 dated the Inftant, for fupplying a further Sum of 21,000 /. at Ja- 
 
 maica, for the Pay of His Majefty's Forces gone upon the Expedition witfi 
 Lord Cathcart, finding that the Rate of their Bills is the fame as was agreed to upon 
 their Propofal of the 9th of "July laft, t'/z. in Bills payable in J-amaica at Sight, at 
 the Rate of 120 /. Jamaica Currency, for every 100 /. Sterling. And their Lord- 
 fliips order a Copy of this Minute to be tranfmitted to the Pay-mafter of His Ma- 
 jefty's Forces and Marines, fo as the faid Sum of 21, coo/, may be ilTued for the 
 faid Bills accordingly. 
 
 Number VI. 
 
 ExtraBs and Copies of Letters from Brigadier General Wentvvorth 
 
 and Mr Colebrooke. 
 
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 Extraci of a Letter from Brigadier Genernl Wentworth, to bis Grace the 
 
 Duke of Newcaftle. 
 
 Jamaica, 
 Jan. 20, 1 740- 1. 
 
 Muft beg leave to reprefent to your Grace, that the fixing of the Payment of 
 the Troops at 120 Jamaica Currency, will, I apprehend, be attended with 
 Inconveniencies. Upon the Money's being tendered to the Pay-mafters great 
 Difcontent was exprefled by the Oflicers, and fonie actually refufed to receive it ; 
 of which being immediately apprized, I have taken Meafures to put a flop to any 
 further Complaints. But as we ftiall have a Detachment from the Independant 
 Companies who are paid at 125 tier Cent. I believe it will be difficult to prevent the 
 Difcontent from getting amongft the private Men. A? the Exchange is always 
 
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 fiuiSluating, the Payment of the Troops according to the exaifl Currency, when 
 their Pay fhould become due, would be attended with great Inconveniencies. Buc 
 was there a proper Medium fixt, (even fo low as 125 per Cent.) I beheve all would 
 be made eafy. 
 
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 Mr COLEBROOKE to Ml- PELHAM. 
 
 Kingston, yamaica , 
 Feb. 20, 1740. 
 SIR, 
 
 YO U will certainly have learnt from Aieffleurs iBurrell and Brijlow, before 
 this Time, that their Correfpondents, Merewether and Manning, had declined 
 executing their Orders to pay to the Deputy Paymafter fuch Sums of Money 
 as thofe Gentlemen had by their Contradl with the Lords of the Treafury agreed 
 to furnifh here for the Service of the Expedition ; but it is probable thofe Gentlemen 
 were not informed, that the M'>tive of that Refufal was, that thefe Faftors had in 
 View the appropriating the Profits to arife by fuch Supply, to themfelves. What 
 Reafons they may have given to their Principals, I cannot fay ; but at this Place, to 
 juftify, or at lead excule, fo uncommon a Procedure, they fay Mcffieurs BurrdL 
 and Bri/Iow did not propofe to allow them a fufficient Commiffion or Provifion ; 
 that it was not worth their while to undertake it for a Confideration of One per 
 Cent, to each of them. The Truth is, they were dazzled with the Profpct^ of get- 
 ting 15 or 20 inftead of 1 per Cent, and reckoning that a much greater Sum than 
 thofe Gentlemen receiv'd from the Treafury, in July., would be due to the Forces 
 before they arrived here, finding Novetnbcr almofl: out, they made their Calcubtion, 
 that they fhould be able to fet their own Price upon what they imagined the De- 
 puty Pay-mafters would be under a Neceflity of taking from them. But the fur- 
 ther Supply you ifiued to Meffieurs Burrelt and Brijiow in September, and for which 
 they gave their Bill upon me, has put me in a Condition to anfwer all Occafions 
 hitherto, and difconcerted all their Meafures. 
 
 I perceived the General inclined to think favourably of the Intentions of thefe 
 Perfons, and yet it was not till the 25th of January, that he appeared convinced 
 that they never intended to furnifh Money upon the Account of the Gentlemen 
 in England; at which Time Mr Manning declared in exprefs Terms, in the Pre- 
 knc^ oi GtntxA IVentworth, Mr Stewart, Lieutenant-Governor of this Ifland, and 
 other Gentlemen, that they would not anfwer Meffieurs Burrell and Brifiow'^ 
 Credit. This was the i6th Day after I delivered Meffieurs 5a?rf// and 5r//?(jw;'s 
 Letters of Credit to them, and made my Demand on them. What pafl between 
 me and them, and with General IFentivorth, in that Interim, you will pleafe to 
 fee by the Copies of the Letters I fend herewith. 
 
 Upon the Refufal of Mereiuether and Manning to furnifh Money, General IFent- 
 ivorth defired me to flay in this Place, and endeavour to raife Money for the \]k 
 of the Troops, which I have undertaken, purfuant to the Inffrudfions you have ho- 
 noured me with ; and I hope my Zeal for His Majcfty's and your Service, will 
 receive your Approbation. 
 
 I have Reafon to think, that as Merewether and Manning expedted to fupply 
 what Money the Troops might have occafion for, at an immoderate Profit to 
 themfelves, that I fliall meet with all poffible Oppofition from them and their Ad- 
 herents, otherwife I could not have failed of finding all the Money I can poffibly 
 want, for Bills. What the Event will be, I cannot fay, with fufHcient Certainty, 
 more than that my Endeavours will be faithful, and I hope efFcdual. 
 
 Meffieurs Mereivether and Manning acquainted me the gth of January, that they 
 had fo long ago as the End of November, wrote to Meffieurs Burrell and BriJloWy 
 to tell them, that whatever Sums were wanted here for the Forces, mufl be fent in 
 Specie from England. They knew, that an Anfwer to thofe Advices could not 
 well come back to this Ifland till Jpril or May, and expefled in the mean Time 
 
 to
 
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 to have fupplied Money to the Troops upon their own uiijuft Terms, This faith- 
 lefs Treatment of their Principals, muft have aitoniflied and deceived Meffieurs Burrell 
 and Brljlow, till the Truth comes to be developed by fubfequent Letters ; and upon 
 what you will have heard from them, you have certainly been induced to fend 
 over more Specie, a thing that would have in no Cafe been neceflary, if thefe 
 Perfons had not entred into the moft ungrateful and unnatural Combination, to 
 difcredit their Benefadtors, and diftrefs the publick Service ; and infinuating to 
 Brigadier Blakeney, that themfelves only were in a Condition to fupply the Troops, 
 which for the Sake of the Service, as an Act of great Merit, they would find 
 Means to do at the Rate of no, this Currency, for loo/. Sterling. 
 
 (C) 
 
 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mv P E L H A M. 
 
 Kingston, 
 Febr. 24, 1740. 
 SIR, 
 
 I Gave Notice that I had occafion for a Supply of Money for the Service, and 
 offered my Bills at 130 Jamaica Currency, for lOoA Sterling; and not- 
 withftanding feveral things combine to make Money fcarce, I have made a 
 Beginning, and pafled Bills upon you for 1,250/. Sterling, as is noted at the 
 Foot. 
 
 ^. 500 to John Hamilfon, Efq; value of the fame. 
 200 to Robert JFilfon, value of John Ham'tlton. 
 300 to John Eajl, value of Samuel Spofforth. 
 100 to Samuel Spofforth, value of the fame. 
 150 to Jacob Mendes da Cojia, value of David Bravo. 
 
 £. 1250 all under this Day's Date, payable at three Days Sight. Which Sum of 
 1250/. Sterling, at the Rate of 130, making 1625/. Jamaica Car- 
 rency, I pafs to the Credit of the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Efq; 
 
 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Kingston, Jamaica^ 
 March 23, 1740. 
 SIR, 
 
 I Have now the Pleafure to acquaint you, that the Combination that had been 
 formed here to reduce the Price of Bills for the publick Service to no, is en- 
 tirely diflipated. The Confederates lately made a new Effort to put a Stop to 
 the Supplies of Money, which they found coming into my Hands, by endeavour- 
 ing to borrow all the Money they could hear of; but I have now happily overcome 
 all Oppofiticn, and can afilire you on good Grounds, that whatever Money may 
 be neceflary to be raifed for the Service, will be found hfire for Bills on you at 
 130 and upwards. I fay this with Confidence from the State and Courfe of the 
 Trade here ; and I dare venture to advife you not to fend any more Money from 
 England in Specie, upon Account of any Doubt of my findinj; all that can pofTibly 
 be wanted for the Ufe of His Majefly's Forces ; and I think I am not miftaken in 
 my Conclufion, if a War fhould break out with France, I fhall find Money at 
 140 this Currency, for every 100/. Sterling; becaufe as the Rifque of fending 
 
 Money
 
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 Money Home will be greater, the Premium of Infurance muft rife in Proportion, 
 and People will give a grt'.ter Price for fach Bills of Exchange, as they find by- 
 Experience are regularly difcharged. 
 
 Here-under is an Account of all the Bills I have pafTed upon you ; the 24th of 
 February, for 1250/. at 130, is 1625 /. the Qth of March for 2420/. at 130, is 
 3146; and the liih oi March, for 1285/. Sterling at 130, is 1670/. lo^. for all 
 which Sums I make myfelf Debtor according to the refpedive Dates. 
 
 BILLS drawn by John Colebrooke, for the Ufe of His Majejlfs 
 Forces in America, iipoti the Right Hon. Henry Pelham, Efq; 
 Fay-majler General of His Majejiy's Forces. 
 
 Feb. 24. N'. I. 500/. Sterling, Order John Hamilton, Efq; value of the fame. 
 
 2. 200 /. Order Robert JVilfon, value of 'John Hamilton, Efq; 
 
 3. 300 /. Order John Eaji, value of Samuel Spofforth. 
 
 4. 100 L Order Samuel Spofforth, value of the fame. 
 
 5. 150 /. Order David Mendes da Cojla, value of David Bravo. 
 
 1250/. Sterling at 130, makes y^^wtf/Va Currency. — 1625/, 
 
 Mar. 9. No, 6. 500 /. Sterling, Order Edward Trelawney, Efq; value of the fame. 
 
 7. 120/. OtAet John Hamilton, value of the fame. 
 
 8. 250/. Order Pat. Taylor, value of the fame. 
 
 9. 200/. Order John Douce, value of John Peete. 
 
 10. 500/. Order Juda Supino and Son, value of Jac. Pareira 
 
 I.-iendii. 
 
 11. 500 /. Order James Douglas of London, value of Murray Crimhle. 
 
 12. 300/. Order James Murray, value of the fame. 
 
 13. 50 /. Order Jof. Nott, value of the fame. 
 
 2420/. Sterling at 130, makes Currency at Jamaica, — 3146/. 
 
 Mar. 18. No. 14. 200/. Sterling, Order Strachan and TVilfon, value of the fame. 
 
 15. 200/. Order Papillon and Benjamin Ball, value of Murray 
 
 Crymble. 
 
 16. 200/. Order John and James Porter, value of the fame. 
 
 17. 100 /. Order Robert de Lap and Comp. value of the fame. 
 
 18. 80/. Order James Taylor, value of the fame. 
 
 ig. 130 /. Order Alexander Barclay, value of David Barclay. 
 
 20. 325 /. Order Robert and John Hamilton, value of the fame, 
 
 21. 50/. Order Matthew Cleveland, value of Robert and John 
 
 Hamilton. 
 
 I. 
 
 s. 
 
 128^1- Sterling at 130, mikes Jamaica Currency. 1670 10 
 
 Total 6441 10 
 
 . , . , ^ 
 
 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Kingston, Jamaicay 
 May I, 1741. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 1 Advifed you the 23d of March, of having drawn upon you 21 Bills of Exchange, 
 ■'■ under fcveral Dates, amounting to 4955 /. Sterling. 
 
 I have fince drawn 7757^- 1 1 ^. 2d. in other 24 Bills, as here-under, and 
 make myfelf Debtor for the refpedive Sums under each Date. 
 
 E .lam
 
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 I am now quite fure of raifing Money at 130/. and upwards, to any Amount, 
 that fliall be required, provided a proper Notice is given". 
 
 Account of B IL L S drawn by John Colebrooke, upon the Right 
 Ho7ioiirable Henry Pelham, EJq-, Pay-majler General^ for the life 
 of the prefent Expedition. 
 
 I74I 
 
 March 24. 
 
 
 No. 
 
 r 22 
 1 
 
 300 
 
 1500 /. 
 
 ^^3 
 
 100 
 
 
 24 
 
 100 
 
 
 L25 
 
 1000 
 
 April 6, 
 
 ~ 26 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 27 
 
 200 
 
 
 
 28 
 
 50 
 
 
 
 29 
 
 100 
 
 
 
 30 
 
 150 
 
 
 
 31 
 
 400 
 
 D7 /. II 5. 
 
 2^.< 
 
 32 
 33 
 
 300 
 
 450 
 
 
 34 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 35 
 36 
 
 200 
 
 150 
 
 
 
 37 
 38 
 
 207 
 
 800 
 
 
 
 39 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 40 
 
 200 
 
 
 . 41 
 
 200 
 
 JprU 24. 
 
 %a 
 
 100 
 
 850/. 
 
 J 43 
 
 ^ 44 
 
 200 
 
 350 
 
 
 
 45 
 
 200 
 
 300 Sterling to Alexander Campbell, value of the 
 fame, 
 to Ditto — — — Ditta 
 to Abr' Van Hoorn, yohn Hamilton, 
 to David Tavares himfelf. 
 
 to Pandofo and Paniero themfelves. 
 to yohn Fergufon, Thomas Stratton. 
 to ynhn Hamilton himfelf. 
 
 Ditto — — Ditto. 
 
 Ditto — — Ditto. 
 
 Daniel Dias Fernandas, A. and S. Dias 
 
 Fernandas. 
 Aaron Loufada, J. and B. Loufada. 
 Samuel Stork, John Curtin. 
 Ifaac Fuertado himfelf. 
 Ab. de For^feca, M. and A. La Mera. 
 Pereira (S Li?na, A. La Mera. 
 112 Jacob Brandon himfelf. 
 
 Daniel Mendes da Cojla himfelf. 
 , Juda Supino and Son, Ifaac P. Mendes. 
 'Pat. Taylor himfelf. 
 
 Ditto — — Ditto. 
 
 I Villi am Groves himfelf. 
 
 Jac. Mcrides da Cojla, David Bravo. 
 
 J of. Polander himfelf. 
 Taylor and Jack/on themfelves. 
 
 Which Sums of 1500/. Sterling, drawn the 24th of Af arch, and 5407/. lis. 2d. 
 the 6th o( Jpril, and 850/. the 24th o( April, I pafs to the Credit of the Right 
 Honourable Henry Pelha.mt Efq; at the Rate of 130 Jamaica Currency for 100 /. 
 Sterling, in his Account of Exchanges, under the rcfpeflive Dates. 
 
 John Colebrooke., 
 
 Mr COLE-
 
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 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Dated Sept. i, 
 1741. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 IN purfuance of your Command, in the fecond Paragraph of your Letter of the 
 Twenty fifth of jl//7y, about the Difcontent of the Troops, on Occafion of 
 their being paid at the Rate of 120 /. Jamaica Currency, for 100 /. Sterling, it 
 is my Duty to acquaint you, that the Par of Money between England and Ja- 
 maica is 
 
 I s. d. I. s. d. 
 
 Piftoles at o 16 8 Sterling 139 Jamaica 142 i 
 
 '' Guineas at i i 189 ^38 1 
 
 Moedas i 7 ■ 118 9 143 ^ 
 
 Portugal Pieces — i 16 2 10 138 
 
 To which adding 6 per Cent, for Freight and Infurance from Jamaica to London, 
 
 the Medium upon Gold is — — — — — — — — 149 
 
 Pieces of 8, 7^-3 '^- per Ounce Jamaica 
 
 ^ f. 6 d. London Vii — — — — — — ^39^6 
 
 S Hi 11 Pieces 7 J. id. — — ^ s. 6 d. — — — ^34 .'i 
 
 Medium 135 } to wtiich adding G per Cent, for Freight and Infurance as before 
 upon Silver, is — — • — — — — — — — — 143 
 
 I mentioned in my laft of September 12, that the Officers of the Independant 
 Companies here draw for their Pay according to the Courfe of Exchange, now 140, 
 ardpay the private Men at 125. 
 
 I have learnt, that when the Regiments of Cope and Hay arrived in this Hand, 
 the Affembly, in Confideration of the Dearnefs of all Neceffaries, then pafTed an Adt 
 to make them an Allowance of Provifioiis at the Country's Expence ; and I am well 
 informed, that Provifions are at tliis time fifty per Cent, dearer than they were 
 then. 
 
 I confirm, that the OfKcers of the Independant Companies, have an Allowance 
 of twenty Shillings, and each private Man five Shillings per Week, for which 
 10,000/. is raifed annually by the AfTembly. 
 
 My Duty requires me to fecond your Zeal in His Majefty's Service to the utmoft 
 of my Ability, in the Deportment you have pleafed to honour me with ; and it is 
 with Joy that I can inform you, that by Oicafion of the great Sum of Money 
 ifTued by you, and brought to this Place in Spc-cie, the Combination entered into to 
 diflrefs me in raifing Money for the Ufe of the Troops by lowering the Exchange, 
 has been entirely broken ; and from thence, and the State of the Trade to the Spanijh 
 Coaft, there is Reafon to be afTured that the Exchange will keep up to 140, not 
 without a Probability of its being raifed higher by proper Management ; and as this 
 favourable Circumliance may be the Rieans of producing very confiderable Relief to 
 the Troops by paying them at a higher Rate hereafter ; I hope you will look upon 
 it as an Inftance of my Ambition to make my Services agreeable to you, that I 
 offer myfelf to undertake to draw Bills upon you at the beft Courfe of the Ex- 
 change. 
 
 The Intereft of the Merchants fending Goods to Jamaica is againft the Rife of 
 the Exchange, but I perfuade myfelf I fliall be as fuccefsful in this Attempt, as I 
 have been hitb.erto in your Service; and I am fo well afTured ot what I advance, 
 that fhould you prefer the having a certain Price fixt, I am ready to furnifh any 
 Sum of Money wanted for His Majefly's Forces at 135 certain Price, without anv 
 Charge, and that my Bills bear no lefs Term than fdur Months after Date, or 
 fixty Days after Sigiit ; and that I will not trouble the Office with fmall Bills, but 
 pafs one i)i two Months, or one Month theohenclt. 
 
 I fent
 
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 I fent farther to Mr, Pitt, for the Ufe of the Forces on Cuba 6285 /. 15 s. by the 
 Defiance, Capt. Trevor, which failed yefterday. 
 
 / am Sir, 
 
 Tour mji Obedient, and 
 
 Kingjlon, Jamaica^ mojl humble Servant 
 
 Sept. I, 1 741. 
 
 John Colebrooke, 
 
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 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Dated "Jamaica^ 
 Sept. 7, 1 74 1. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 THE DifTatisfaftion of the Officers receiving their Pay at I20 this Currency, 
 for every 100/. Sterling, increafes every Day, and now I have found 
 Means to bring the Exchange to 140, they complain of it as a very great 
 Hardfliip. I had formerly reprefented to the General upon this Occafion, that the 
 Price of 120 was fixed by Contrad of the Treafury with MefTrs. Burrell and 
 Brifiow. That your Inftruftions to me to pay the Troops at that Rate was in Con- 
 formity to that Contradt, under the Suppofition, that it was the moft that could be 
 obtained. 
 
 That it was not to be imagined, that you could order the Troops to be paid at a 
 higher Exchange than the Price fixt with the Contra<ftors ; but that as the Con- 
 tract was not anfwered by the Agents of Burrell and Brijhw, I thought it probable 
 I might receive your Orders to pay the Troops at a higher Rate, when you were 
 informed of my Succefs in raifing the Exchange. 
 
 This I have happily executed, contrary to the Inclination and Intereft of fome 
 Perfons, and to the Opinion and Apprehenfions of others ; not only unafSfted by 
 the Perfons, whofe particular Stations required their fupporting my laudable Attempt^ 
 but oppofed and obftruded in my Meafures. 
 
 ( H) 
 
 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Kingston, 'Jamaica^ 
 Sept. 12, 1 741. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 I Have the R-Iortification to acquaint you, this Difcontent of the Troops increafes 
 every Day, the more, as thev come to underhand that the Exchange is brought 
 to 140, and that the private Men of the Indepcndant Companies here are paid 
 one Royal, or 7 2 Pence this Currency for bd. Sterling, which anfwers to 125 Cur- 
 rency for 100 /. Sterling, and the Officer draws his Bills according to the Exchange, 
 which is now at 140, Befides which, the Aficnibly in ConfideratJon of the Dear- 
 
 ncfs
 
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 nefs of all Neceflaries, allows every Capt. and Lieut. 20 Shillings Currency, and 
 every private Man 5 y. a Week additional Pay, called here Country Subfiftance. 
 
 This puts the Condition of thefe Independant Companies on fo much better 
 Footing than the Forces on the Expedition, that thefe latter are continually expref- 
 fing their Uneafinefs on the Comparifon. 
 
 I can now allure you, that you may denend upon my keeping up the Exchange 
 to 140, and railing whatever Sum may be wanted for His Majefty's Forces, and that 
 Bills upon you will have the Preference of all private Bills. 
 
 (J ) 
 
 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Kingston, Jamaica, 
 061. 8, J 74 1. 
 SIR, 
 
 1 HERE is nothing talked of fo much among the Officers of the Army, as 
 the Hardfliip of being paid at 120, when the Exchange is at 140. Every 
 one of them is become a Calculator, and complains, that he lofes 16 /. bs. 
 on every roo. For 120 Jamaica Currency is paid with 62 Moidores at 38 J. 9 d. 
 each ; which 62 Moidores is no more than 83 /. 14 s. Sterling, and I have been told, 
 that moftof them have wrote to their Friends at home to apply for Redrefs, finding 
 themfelves very much flraitened in a Place, where every Neceflary is exceflive 
 dear. 
 
 As the General feems not inclined fo order the Payment of the Troops, other- 
 wife than Sums of Money upon Account, notwithftanding his ftri(fi; Injunftions to 
 me to be always ready, it is probable I may not be obliged to take up Monies foon ; 
 which I fliall be very glad of, that I may be inftruftcd by you, whether I am to 
 receive Money from Meflieurs Gray and Woolley, as they now offer, at 125, or 
 pa& my Bills to the Publick at 140 ; on which Pi ice, and my finding all the 
 Money that may be wanted for the Service, you may hence-forward depend. 
 
 Mr COLEBROOKE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Kingston, Jamaica^ 
 12 Feb. 1741-2. 
 
 I Have received the Honour of two of your Letters of the i8th of July, and 
 the I ft of 0£}. with a Copy of the Lords of the Treafury's Agreement with 
 with Meffieurs Burrell and Brijlow. Your Order that it be complied with, 
 has been already executed, and the Additional 5 per Cent, upon all Payments for 
 Subfiftance from the 24th April, has been paid to the refpedtive Pay-mafters, and 
 the Payments fince the 25th of Dec. made at 125 /. 
 
 I have this Day pafled my Bill on you for 4800 /. No. 93, at 30 Days Sight, 
 payable to Peter Burrell and John Bri/iow, Efqrs. for Value of MelT. Gray and 
 IVmlley, at 125, is 6000 Jflma/ftf Currency. 
 
 Extraff
 
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 {L) 
 
 Extradi of a Letter to the P ay -m after of the Marine Sy from his 
 Deputy in Jamaica, Aug. 22, 174 1. 
 
 GEneral Guifi has wrote to Mr Cohbrooke, that it is his Opinion, he ought 
 not to take the Money from Mr Gray at 120 for 100/. Sterling, when he 
 can draw at 130 and 135. That as the Agents of Burrell and Brljlnu 
 would not fuppiy Money according to the Contradt with the Treafury, that it is 
 void ; and that he ought to keep drawing till he hears from Mr Pelham. There 
 is great murmuring amongft the Troops being paid at 120. I think if it had been 
 fettled at 125/. it would have done better, which would have anfwered to the 
 Currency of Silver here, 7 i for dd. Sterling. 
 
 I don't doubt, but if I was to take all Opportunities for drawing, but I could 
 be always fure of fupplying at 130 /. i^c. 
 
 Number VII. 
 
 May it phafe your LordJJnps, 
 
 I Humbly beg Leave to lay before your Lordfliips, Copies of three Letters received 
 from Mr John Colebrook, at 'Jamaica, the Perfon deputed by me to pay the 
 Troops employ 'd upon the Expedition to America, relating to the Exchange 
 of Monies between London and Jamaica ; which I thouglit proper to communicate 
 to your Lordlhips, with a Reprefentation of this AfFair, as the fame appears to 
 me. 
 
 That your Lordfliips were pleafed, by Minute of the 9th of Julyhj^-O, to con- 
 tradt and agree with Meflicurs Burrell and Brijlow, to furnifh Money for the Pay- 
 ment of the faid Troops, at the Rate of 120/. Jamaica Currency, for every 100/. 
 Sterling ; in Purfuance whereof, my Deputy was inftrudted to take up Money from 
 the Agents of the faid Contraftors or Remitters at Jamaica, and draw his Bills upon 
 me payable to them for the fame. 
 
 That upon a Reprefentation from Major-General IVentwortb, Commander in 
 Chief of ihe Forces upon the faid Expedition, fetting forth the Difcontent among 
 the Troops, occafioned by their receiving no more than 120/. Jamaica Currency, 
 for 100/. Sterling; your Lordfliips were pleafed, by Minute of the 5th oi June 
 1741, to make a new Agreement with the faid Meflleurs Burrell and BrijioWy 
 that the Money fliould be furniflied by them, at the Rate of 125/. Jamaica Currency, 
 for every 100/. Sterling, and that the Troops fliould be paid at the fame Rate. 
 
 That my Deputy, upon his Arrival at Jamaica, did apply to Mcffieurs Mere- 
 wether and AJanning, Agents for the Contradlors, who refufed to fuppiy the 
 Money that might be wanted for the Service of the Expedition, at lao /. Jaipaica 
 Currency, for lOo/. Sterling; and that the faid Contractors did, upon notice 
 thereof, in the Room of Meflieurs Merewether and Manning, appoint Mr John 
 Gray, their Agent, who made an immediate Offer of all Sums as were or fliould be 
 wanting for His Majefly's Service ; but, previous thereto, my Deputy, apprehending 
 a Combination was enter'd into, among fome monied Men of the Ifland, to prevent 
 his getting any more than lio I. Jamaica Currency, for 100 /. Sterling, found 
 himfelf under a Neceffity of making ufe of the Credit and Power given him by his 
 Inftruclions, to draw Bills upon me, as Pay-mafler-General, at the befl: Rate of 
 of Exchange that he could obtain j and hath adfually drawn Bills upon me to the 
 
 Amount
 
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 Amount of 29, 2i6/. 5 x. 3 </. at 130, 135, and feme at 140/. Jamaua Currency, 
 for 100/. Sterling, and makes no doubt but he fliall be able to draw for all Monies 
 that {hall be wanted for the Service of the Troops, for the future, at 140/. Ja- 
 maica Currency, for lOo/. Sterling; which is confirmed by Brigadier-General 
 Guifi, as his Opinion alfo, in a Letter of the ^.th o{ Sepiembn; a Copy whereof is 
 hereunto annexed. 
 
 That he hath kept a diftindt Account of the Profit of Difference between the 
 Rate, at which the Troops have been paid, and the Rate at which his feveral Bills 
 have been drawn according to his Inftru£tions ; but that the faid Remitters have 
 been furniftied with Money at my Office, to take up, and difcharge the Bills fo 
 drawn by my Deputy upon me ; they concluding, that by Virtue of their Contraft 
 with your Lordfhips, they have a Right to the faid Profits or Difference, and ex- 
 pe£l that the fame fhould be carried to their Account, and paid over into the Hands 
 of their Agents at Jamaica. 
 
 I therefore humbly pray your Lordfhips Orders and Directions, whether the faid 
 Profit, or Differences, arifing by Exchanges, (hall be accounted for and paid to the 
 Agents of the faid Contra<5tors, or referved in the Hands of my Deputy, for the 
 Ufe and Benefit of the Publick. 
 
 Fay-Office, Horfe-Guards, Which is humbly fubmitted to your Lordjhips, 
 
 15th Dec. 1 741. 
 
 H. P E L H A M. 
 
 Brigadier GUISE to Mr PELHAM. 
 
 Kingston, Jamaicay 
 Sept. 4th 1741. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 AFTER the Expedition of Carlhagcna, I arrived in this Place, and had a 
 violent Fit of Sicknefs, that I was not in a Condition to ferve in the Expe- 
 dition in the Ifland of Cuba. I find that Mr Colebrooke can have Money 
 enough at 140 Currency, at 60 Days Sight. 
 
 We have had a great Number of Officers fick here, and 'tis incredible the Ex- 
 pence they have been at ; and they flatter themfelves, that fince Money can be had 
 at fo eafy a Rate, they may reap the Benefit of it. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 Your moji humble Servant, 
 
 J. G U I S E, 
 
 Number VIII. 
 
 May it pleafe your Lordjhips, 
 
 WE having received, by Order of your Lordfhips, a Copy of a Memorial from 
 the Pay-mafler-General of His Majefly's Forces, dated the 15th of De- 
 cember lafl, containing a State of the Tranfaftions at Jamaica, relating to 
 the Exchange, and Pay of the Troops there, and referring to feveral Letters from 
 
 his
 
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 Ijis Deputy in that IflanJ, dated t!ie i ft, 7th and 1 2th of Si\t>lei/iber lad ; alfo a 
 Letter from Brigadier-General Guifi, dated the 4th a\ Seplc?nbcr, to all which your 
 Lordfliips are pleafed to require our Anfwer ; in Obedience thereto, we beg Leave 
 to lav before you, in the firft Inftance, the Reafons upon which our Contradt was 
 founded in its original Price of 120, and Augmentation afterwards to 125. The 
 RuJj for fixina; any Price of Exchange could only be found by the Probability of 
 the Rate at which Monev might be raifed in 'Jama'ua; and in order to attain that 
 Knowledge, we endeavoured to procure Bills here on "Jamaica, but could not fucceed 
 even at 120 I. It is well known, the Ifland of Jamaica has no Species of its own* 
 but is fupplied chiefly, if not intirely, by what it draws from the Spanijh J'/eJi- 
 Iiidies, for Ballance of Trade, and of this a very fmail Quantity does or can remain 
 in the Ifland ; for this Reafon, becaufe Silver in which that Ballance is paid, bears 
 a higher Pries in England, in Proportion to the Exchange, than it does at 'Jamaica; 
 and the Currency of the IHand is fo inconfidcrable, that it is extremely difficult to 
 recover Debts of any Kind, but in Sugar, or fome other Produce of the Plan- 
 tation. 
 
 The Par of Exchange between England and 'Jamaica is deemed to be 125 /. for 
 every lOo/. Sterling; but as the Exchange between any two IMaces depends upon 
 many Contingencies, and Incidents, no fixt Price or Courfe can be afcertained, but 
 as more or Icfs Money is to be paid at one Place or the other, it mufl eternally 
 vary. The Exchange might be at 125 cr higher, whilft the Illand of Jamaica re- 
 mained on the fame Footing with regard to England, which it had been for many 
 Years ; but the Moment England was obliged to pay fo large a Sum in 'Jamaica, 
 for Subfiftance of the Troops, the Cafe muft; alter, as it did with regard to 
 Col. Blakeney, who, before the Arrival of the Forces under General jyentwsrth, 
 could with Difficulty raife a fmall Sum for Subfiftance of the American Regiment 
 at 120; and had not this inevitable Confequencc been tbrefcen by us, and the Money 
 for the whole to have been raifed upon the Ifland, no Man can fay at what Rate 
 the Perfons in PofTeffion of the Currency would have given ir, or what Price the 
 Exchange would have fallen to ; but if a Judgment may be formed from the above 
 Inftance, it muft have been greatly under 120. The Pay of an Independant Com- 
 pany cannot bear a Parallel with the prefent Cafe, as there is no Proportion in the 
 Sums to be raifed. Upon thefe Confiderations it became incumbent upon us, for 
 the Publick Service, as well for our own Safety, to remove the Difficulties, which 
 attended the raifmg the Money there. And the only Expedient left to avoid the 
 Impofition of the Perfons, who were in Pofleffion of the Currency, was to provide 
 a new one, in fome Meafure, independent of them. This we did, by fending cut, 
 at our own Rifque and Charge, the proper Funds for that Purpofe. And your Lord- 
 fhips were pleafed to direct the Payment of a Sum of Money to us, upon our fur- 
 nifliing the Pay-mafter- General our Bills on Jamaica for the Amount; which 
 was accordingly done, and the Bills puniTlually difcharged. The Receipt of this 
 Money at Jamaica had the defired Effect, as it broke a Combination, which was 
 adtually entered into, to lower the Exchange and diftrefs the Service, and by 
 which Monies were foon raifed by Draughts from thence at 130, which enabled us 
 alter the Price from 120 to 125. 
 
 And as this Money was the fole Caufe of fupporting the Exchange in the Begin- 
 ning, fo that, together with what has been fmce fcnt out, and the great Re- 
 duftion of the Pay from the fatal Mortality among the Troops, muft be attribu- 
 ted the further Rife of the Exchange to 135 and 140. And we beg leave to re- 
 mark, that had the Money fent out by us mlfcarried, the Exchange muft have 
 been governed by the arbitrary Will of the Perfons pofl(;l]ed of the Currency of 
 the Ifland. 
 
 Meffieurs Mcriwelher and Manning, whom we appointed our Agents at Jamaicay 
 did refufe to comply with a Demand made on them by Mr Cohbrookc, for the im- 
 mediate Payment of a Sum of Money, and alfo what might be further wanted for 
 the Service of the Expedition, at 120 ; and the Reafon alledged for this Refufal was, 
 Mr CoUbrooke\ abfolute Denial of their Requeft to be informed what Part of the 
 Money brought out by the Deputies, had been iflucd, what Sums were then wanted, 
 and what Sums would be neceflary from time to time to be raifed for carrying on 
 the Service. This Denial of Mr dlcbnoke, and his peremptory Demand withouc 
 Limitation, we conceive mu!t have been calculated to deter our Agents from the 
 Execution of our Orders, and he thereby get tin; Tranfadlion of the whole Affair 
 into his own Hands. 
 
 As
 
 ( 25 ) 
 
 As foon as we received Notice of what had happened between the Deputies 
 and Meflleurs Mernucthcr and Maimmg, we made an Alteration in our Agency 
 acquainting your Lordftiips therewith, and in the Room of the former appointed 
 Mr John Gray our Agent, who made an immediate Offer of all fuch Sums as were 
 or fliould be wanting for His Majefty's Service, at 125, agreeable to a new Engage- 
 ment we iiad entered into with your Lordfhips. 
 
 As Mr CoUbrooke could no longer pretend Refufa! on the Part of our Agents, of 
 the Payment of any Sum of Money, which hefhould require, he pleads the Want 
 of Orders, and that our Contract was at an End, notwithftanding Notice was given 
 him of the new one made with your Lordfhips at 125, and under thefe Pretences 
 he refufed to accept of the Offer made him by our Agent, and continues to drawr 
 himfelf on the Pay-mafter-General. 
 
 The AfTurance that Mr Colebrooke gives to the Pay-mafter-General, that the Ex- 
 change muft be kept up at 140, appears to us mofl extraordinary, as we think 
 nothing in a Nature moie precarious or uncertain, than the Courfe of that Ex- 
 change. 
 
 The Computations made by Mr Colehroole in his Letter the id Sept. are errone- 
 ous in Part, and extremly fallacious in the whole. Piftoles, inflead of the Price 
 which he mentions o{ 16 s. 8 d. are not to be bought under 17 /. 2 cl. and Moidores 
 of 27 s. not to be found for any large Sum, the Non-Coinage of this Particular 
 Specie for many Years having rendered it very fcarce. The Addition of 6 per Cent. 
 to this Computation for Freight and Infurance from Jamaica to London., is placed 
 direflly contrary to what it ought to be. It is a nec^flary Charge upon the Re- 
 mitter, who fends it from hence, and at whofe Expence it got thither, and by 
 which means alone the Exchange bears any Price at all. His Computation on 
 Silver is equally erroneous; the Price which he mentions to be 5 j. bd. in En- 
 gland, lias been, fince the Commencement of the War with Spain, and will proba- 
 bly remain fo during the Continuance of it, from 5;. j d. to 5 j-. -jhd. for Pieces 
 of Eight, and fo in Proportion for fmall Pieces, wliich upon a Medium of 7 r. 3 d. 
 and y s. 2d. Jamu'tca Currency, forms an Exchange of about 128 \ per Cent. 
 
 Mr Colebrooke, to complete the whole, ventures, in his Letter September 7, to 
 •write to the Pay-mafter-General, that by his Succefs, His R/Iajefty's Troops had 
 been fupplied 20 to ■^o per Cent, better or cheaper than they would have been by 
 our Agents. In order to give your Lordfhips all the L'gbt in Our Power, we 
 beg leave to lay before you the real State of the following Species mentioned in Mr 
 Cdebrooke's Letter, in refpeiS: to their Price here, their Value in Jamaica, and 
 what the Produce is to the Remitter, after Dedudion of the Charges they pay for 
 the fame, wz. 
 
 s. d. I. 
 
 Piftoles at 17 2 each Sterl. pafs in Jamaica at i 
 
 Jamaica Currency. 
 
 Guineas at I i Ditto. i 
 
 Moedas at i 7 Ditto. i 
 
 Ditto. I 16 Ditto. 2 
 
 The Medium of the above Species produce for every 100/. Sterling Jamaica 
 Currency about — — — — — '39^ 
 
 Dedu(3 there-out the following Charges paid by us on Remittances to Jamaica : 
 £ I per Cent. Shipping and other Charges in England, 
 
 2 i per Cent. Infurance. 
 
 I per Cent, Freight to Jamaica. 
 
 3 per Cent. Commiflion we pay in Jamaica, 
 
 £ "J i per Cent, Computed on 139! the above Medium is about — 105 
 
 129 
 The Price contrafled for now being 100 /. Sterling for 125 Jamaica, de- 
 duct the faid — — .^. — — 125 
 
 Then their Remains a Profit, Jamaica Currency, the Sum of 4./. on 139 j not 
 qiike 2 p(r Cent, which we prefume will not be thought by your LorJfliips unrea- 
 fonable, confidering the Truft we are obliged to put in Agents, at that Diftance, 
 and the great Hazard that attends all Tranfaclions in thofe Parts ; to which we 
 muft again repeat, that as the Rife of the Exchange was entirely owing to the 
 
 G Monef 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 
 /. 
 
 
 
 3 
 
 9 
 
 is for 
 
 ICO 
 
 Sterl. 
 
 108 1 
 
 8 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 136 i4 
 
 18 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 U3i 
 
 10 
 
 
 
 
 
 1381
 
 ( 26 ) 
 
 Money fent only by us, had that Money mifcarried, we muft have felt the Incon- 
 veniency of a want Currency for the Subfiftance of the Troops, and been expofed 
 to the Mercy of thofe Perfons, who were engaged in a Combination to maicc their 
 Advantage of it, and the Profit now made, no way equal to what we muft in that 
 Cafe have fufFered. And this leads us to take Notice of what the Pay-niafter-Ge- 
 neral defires in his Memorial, that your Lordfhips will give Orders, and Diredtiuns, 
 for difpofing of the Profits for Difference by Exchange, on the Bills drawn upon 
 upon him by his Deputy, As we humbly conceive by our Contra£t, with your 
 Lordfhips, we engaged and obliged ourfelves to furnifti the Pay of the Troops, at a 
 certain Rate, and had the before- mentioned Combination taken Effe6f, and the 
 Exchange thereby fallen under that Rate, or the Funds fent out been attended 
 with Lofs, fuch Difference or Lofs muft: neceffarily have been borne by us. There- 
 fore we humbly fubmit it to your Lordftiips, that we are in Equity entituled to the 
 Profit, that fliall arife from fuch Draughts, and that the fame be carried to our 
 Account and paid over to our Agents at 'Jamaica, 
 
 Peter Burr ell. 
 
 John Brijiow. 
 
 Number IX. 
 
 5 /ij 
 
 INclofed is the Affidavit as defined. I fhould be glad to know how the Petition 
 fucceeds for Cofts out of the Juftices Fines. 
 
 I am exceeding forry for the Death of Mr Lawton. Where to have fuch 
 another for publick Affairs, I am at a Lofs. Sure I am, had he been living and 
 well, our Commiffion of Juftices would have been determined one way or other, 
 e'er this Time. If you have any Intereft, I beg you would profefs it ftrongly. 
 With it, the Corporation is our's j without it, it is hazardous, and will be attained 
 (if ever) with great Difficulty. 
 
 I beg you'd proceed no farther in any of the Motions you and I have been con- 
 cerned in, than Mr Brooksbank anfwers Payment for both to you, and me, who am. 
 
 SIR, 
 
 Your humble Servant, 
 
 William Daniel, 
 
 My Clerk was in London, when 
 I firft received your Letter for 
 the Affidavit. 
 
 Colchejler, 
 Jan. 17, 1740. 
 
 Number
 
 ( 27) 
 
 Number X. 
 
 or 
 
 An ACCOUNT of all Sums ifTued for fecret Service, 
 for His Majefty's immediate or fpecial Service, the Money 
 iffued to His Majcfty's Privy Purfe excepted, or to reimburfe 
 Expences for His Majefty's Service, diftinguiOiing the Caufe 
 aflign'd for iffuing the fame, the Time when, and Perfons to 
 whom, the fame has been iffued, from the i oth Day of 
 February 173 1, to the loth Day of February 174-1, Viz. 
 
 Sums liTued for His 
 
 Majefty's fecret 
 
 Service. 
 
 Sums iflued for His 
 Majefty's Service,or 
 fpecial Service. 
 
 Sums iflued to re- 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. 
 
 1. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 
 1 0000 
 
 
 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 600 • 
 
 600 — ■ — 
 
 739 12 — 
 75 II — 
 1228 19 8 
 497 10 — 
 285 4 6 
 112 6 — 
 
 
 199 
 3961 
 2700 
 2000 
 
 II 6 
 
 6 8 
 
 224 12 — 
 
 
 10500 
 
 — — 
 
 
 
 427 
 2231 
 
 17 — 
 4 6 
 
 
 
 3000 
 
 — — 
 
 
 
 2000 
 
 — — 
 
 
 
 5000 
 
 2000 
 
 615 
 
 18 4 
 
 
 
 1200 
 
 — — 
 
 
 
 2IIO 
 
 II 6 
 
 
 
 1 1000 
 
 — - — 
 
 
 
 3000 
 2000 
 
 5358 
 12000 
 
 18 6 
 
 2016 6 — 
 
 
 743 
 2000 
 
 19 — 
 
 
 
 5000 
 3800 
 
 
 
 
 4000 
 I981 
 
 4 6 
 
 
 The Time 
 
 when 
 
 iffued 
 
 
 5 July 1 
 
 739 
 
 29Aug. 
 
 741 
 
 2 7 Mar. 
 
 [732 
 
 2oApr. 
 
 ^733 
 
 5 Aug. 1 
 
 [732 
 
 15 Jan. ] 
 
 732 
 
 27June 1 
 
 733 
 
 1 3 July] 
 
 734 
 
 3oSept. ] 
 
 738 
 
 1 5 Dec. ] 
 
 73^ 
 
 3oSept. 
 
 ^73^ 
 
 23 Dec. 
 
 iy^6 
 
 23Aug. 
 
 '737 
 
 6 Sept. 
 
 '737 
 
 140a. 
 
 17411 
 
 6 April 
 
 f7H 
 
 7 Feb. 
 
 1739 
 
 5 Feb. 
 
 1740 
 
 21 July 
 
 1741 
 
 4 Jan. 
 
 1741 
 
 260a:. 
 
 '737 
 
 4 Jan. 
 
 [741 
 
 2 7 Apr. 
 
 '734 
 
 1 7 Jan. 
 
 iys6 
 
 29Apr, 
 
 '73^ 
 
 22 Jan. 
 
 '738 
 
 22 Apr. 
 
 '734 
 
 140a. 
 
 '741 
 
 9 July 
 
 739 
 
 i4May 
 
 '737 
 
 3oMar. 
 
 '73^ 
 
 ifDec. 
 
 738 
 
 4 Jan. J 
 
 [741 
 
 26 061. 
 
 '737 
 
 12 Jan. 
 
 ^739 
 
 i3May 
 
 1740 
 
 26June 
 
 [740 
 
 Perfons to whom iffued. 
 
 Richard Allen 
 Robert Adams, Gent, 
 Thomas Bowen 
 
 ditto 
 Samuel Buckley 
 
 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 John Barnaby 
 
 ditto 
 William Blair 
 Edward Bryant 
 
 ditto 
 ). Burton, Efq; 
 William Catton 
 Abraham Caftres 
 George Campbell,Gent. 
 Henry Carleton 
 George Denton 
 John Egerton 
 Francis Edwards 
 Thomas Ford 
 Abraham Farley 
 Will. Frazier, Gent. 
 Andrew Forfter 
 William Farmer 
 W.Frammingham,Efq; 
 Thomas Gibfon 
 John Hall, Efq; 
 Jofeph Hardifty 
 Will. Lord Harrington 
 Rich. Harrifon, Efq-, 
 Robert Jackfon 
 William Johnfon 
 Will. JefFerfon,Efq; 
 Will, Jackfon, Efq; 
 
 Sums
 
 ( 28 ) 
 
 Sums iflued for His 
 
 Sums iflued for His 
 
 Sums iffued to re- 
 
 The Time when 
 
 
 Majefty's fecret 
 
 Majefty's Service.or 
 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 iffuL-d. 
 
 Perfons to whom ifTued. 
 
 Service. 
 
 fpecial Service. 
 
 
 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 
 
 
 428 12 — 
 
 
 6 Sept. 1737 
 
 Peter Leheup, Efq; 
 
 
 2IIO 13 
 
 
 iiApr, 1739 
 
 . ditto 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 iiMar. 1731 
 
 Thomas Lowther 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 22 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 
 
 29 dit. 1732 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 • 
 
 20 April 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 lOOO — 
 
 15 May 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 26 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 
 
 8 June 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 I July 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 27 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 9 Auguft 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 lOOO ■ 
 
 19 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 20 Sept. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 • 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 1 9 Oftober 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 
 
 6 November 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 1 1 Decemb. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 — ■ — 
 
 30 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 12 January 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 • 
 
 8 February 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 28 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 22 March 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 
 
 17 Ap. 1733 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 rooo — — 
 
 2 June 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 19 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2500 
 
 30 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 • 
 
 2 July 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 14 Auguft 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 15 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 11 Sept. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 ' 
 
 2 Odober 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 
 
 ig ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 16 Nov. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 19 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 15 Decemb. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 I coo — - 
 
 4 January 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2000 
 
 17 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 26 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 22 Feb. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2000 • 
 
 2 6 Mar. 1 734 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2500 - — ' — 
 
 II April 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2000 
 
 3 May 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2000 
 
 13 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 — ■ — 
 
 ID July 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 2500 
 
 18 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 500 — • — 
 
 7 Auguft 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 24 Sept. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 8 Oflober 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 — ■ — 
 
 25 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 6 November 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 12 Decemb, 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 — — 
 
 4 January 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 
 
 1 7 Feb. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 1500 
 
 26 ditto 
 
 ditto 
 
 Sums
 
 Sums ifTued for His I Sums Iffaed for Ilj. 
 Majefly's fecret Majefly's Service, or 
 Service. fpecial SerWce. 
 
 (29 ) 
 
 Sums ifmed to re- ; Tiie T'me when 1 
 imburfe Expences. iffued. 
 
 /. 
 
 /. 
 
 d. 
 
 Perfons to vvhotn iiuied. 
 
 /. S. 
 1000 — 
 3000 ' — 
 1500 — 
 2000 — 
 1500 — 
 2500 — 
 2000 — 
 1000 — 
 1000 — 
 1000 • — ' 
 1000 — • 
 2000 — • 
 1000 — - 
 1500 — - 
 1500 ^ . 
 15CO — - 
 
 1500 
 
 1000 — - 
 1500 — - 
 1500 — - 
 2000 — ■ - 
 1000 — _ 
 1200 — . _ 
 lOOO 
 
 1500 
 
 1500 
 
 2000 
 
 2300 
 
 2000 
 
 1500 
 
 1500 
 
 2000 — _ 
 1000 — _ 
 
 20Q0 _ 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 500 — _ 
 
 2000 
 
 1000 
 
 2600 
 
 lOOo 
 
 1200 — i 
 
 1000 
 
 1500 — _ 
 
 1000 
 
 1200 
 
 1500 _ 
 
 1500 
 
 3500 
 
 1000 
 
 1000 
 
 3500 — -_ 
 
 2000 . . 
 
 1500 
 
 H 
 
 19 April 
 16" May 
 14 June 
 10 July 
 
 20 Aus;. 
 27 ditto 
 5 Sept. 
 26 ditto 
 
 20 oa. 
 
 7 Nov. 
 
 29 Dec. 
 
 3 f eb. 
 5 ditto 
 
 4 iVIar. 1735 
 16 Ap. 1735 
 
 5 June 
 
 9 ditto 
 
 30 ditto 
 I r Aug. 
 
 6oa. 
 
 10 Nov. 
 18 Dec. ■ 
 
 18 Jan. 
 
 19 Feb. 
 29Mai-. 1737 
 14 May 
 
 9 July 
 
 22 Sept. 
 
 7 Nov, 
 3 1 Dec. 
 I Feb. 
 22 M-ir. 
 19 Ap. 1738 
 4 May 
 
 10 ditto 
 22 June 
 12 July 
 16 
 
 250a 
 7 Dec. 
 17 Jan. 
 24 ditto 
 3 Feb. 
 28 ditto 
 
 7 ^Pr. 1739 
 12 May 
 20 June 
 II July 
 
 22 Aug. 
 5 Sept. 
 3 Nov. 
 
 23 Jan. 
 15 Feb. 
 
 Aug. 
 
 Thomas Lovvther. 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 
 Sums
 
 Sums iffued for His 
 Majefty's fecret 
 Service. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 
 (30) 
 
 
 Sums iffued for His 
 
 sums iffued to re- 
 
 The Time when 
 
 Majefty's Service.or 
 
 mburfe Expences. 
 
 iffued. 
 
 fpecial Service. 
 
 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 
 
 2000 
 
 8 March 
 
 
 1000 
 
 2 April 1 740 
 
 
 1500 
 
 22 ditto 
 
 
 1200 
 
 22 May 
 
 
 1500 — — 
 
 3 July 
 
 
 1300 — 
 
 22 ditto 
 
 
 3110 II 6 
 
 29 ditto 
 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 23 Auguft. 
 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 19 Sept. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 6 Novem. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 22 Dec. 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 9 Febuary 
 
 
 1500 — ■ — 
 
 28 ditto 
 
 
 1500 
 
 13 March 
 
 
 1500 
 
 1 5 Apr. 1 741 
 
 
 1500 
 
 21 May 
 
 
 1000 • — — 
 
 2 July 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 4 ditto 
 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 16 ditto 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 20 Auguft 
 
 
 1500 — • 
 
 I September 
 
 
 2000 ■ — — 
 
 30 Dec. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 21 January 
 
 2400 
 
 
 2 July 1733 
 
 5000 — 
 
 
 3oApr.i734 
 
 1675 
 
 
 22Apr.i735 
 
 1966 12 
 
 
 2oOa;. 1735 
 
 
 2090 19 — 
 
 3 July 1736 
 
 2090 19 
 
 
 23 Dec. 1736 
 
 2090 19 
 
 
 1 1 May 1737 
 
 2090 19 • — 
 
 
 28 Jan. 1737 
 
 2090 19 
 
 
 27Ju'yi738 
 
 2090 19 
 
 
 3 Feb. 1738 
 
 2090 19 ' 
 
 
 igMay 1739 
 
 2090 19 
 
 
 250^.1739 
 
 
 500 ■ 
 
 II Aug. 1 735 
 
 3030 
 
 
 4Marc. 1736 
 
 
 243 
 
 7 June 1 740 
 
 
 5Z^ iS - 
 
 3oSept.i735 
 
 638 16 6 
 
 
 230^.1736 
 
 g6 — 6 
 
 
 19 Jan. 1736 
 
 
 256 15 — 
 
 40a. 1738 
 
 
 469 
 
 5 Sept. 1 74 1 
 
 
 1000 — ■ — 
 
 4 Marc. 1 73 1 
 
 
 . 1500 
 
 24Apr. 1732 
 
 
 1000 ■ 
 
 i7junei732 
 
 
 1000 
 
 19 Auguft 
 
 
 1200 — — 
 
 4 Oftober 
 
 
 2000 
 
 22 January 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 2 June 1733 
 
 
 1000 • 
 
 25 ditto 
 
 
 1200 — — 
 
 30 ditto 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 25 October 
 
 
 1000 
 
 20 Novem. 
 
 Perfonj to whom iffued. 
 
 Thomas Lowther. 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 George Middleton. 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 William Marfhal. 
 Thomas May. 
 Horatio Mann, Efq; 
 James Payzant. 
 Daniel Prevereau. 
 ditto 
 J. Burnaby Parker, Efqj 
 ditto 
 Nichlas Paxton. 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 ditto 
 
 Sum.s
 
 ( 31 ) 
 
 Sums iffued for His 
 Majefty's fecret 
 Service. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 Sums iflued for His 
 
 Sums iffued to re- 
 
 The Time when 
 
 
 Majefty'sService,or 
 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 iffued. 
 
 Perfons to whom iffued. 
 
 fpecial Service. 
 
 
 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 /. 5. d. 
 
 
 
 
 1200 
 
 4 Jan. 
 
 Nicholas Paxton. 
 
 
 1000 • 
 
 7 Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 9 May 1734 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 16 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 
 
 2 oa. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1200 
 
 6 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 ■ — • 
 
 27 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 22 Ap. 1735 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 1 7 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 ■ — 
 
 10 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 8 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 ■ — 
 
 29 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 — — 
 
 18 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 II Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 . 
 
 12 June 1736 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 — 
 
 17 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 — ' 
 
 3 I Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 4 061. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 — ' . — 
 
 3 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 3 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 15 M.ir. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2500 . — — 
 
 30 Ap. 1737 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 12 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 24 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 6 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 I Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 23Junei73S 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 — . — 
 
 1 2 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 40a:. 
 
 ' dir. 
 
 
 2000 " 
 
 26 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 • 
 
 19 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 26 May 1739 
 
 dit. • 
 
 
 1500 ' 
 
 II Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 26 oa. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 — • ■ — ■ 
 
 II Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 30 May 1740 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 — — 
 
 7 oa-. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 13 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 i— — 
 
 4 July iJA^l 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 — — • 
 
 18 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 — . — 
 
 19 Jan. 1741 
 
 dit. 
 
 800 
 
 
 8 Mar. 1731 
 
 "William Richards. 
 
 5000 
 
 
 15 Apr. 1732 
 
 dit. 
 
 2700 — ■ 
 
 
 5 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2100 
 
 
 31 oa. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2065 . 
 
 
 22 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 3000 
 
 
 5 May 1733 
 
 dit. 
 
 2700 . — ■ 
 
 
 1 6 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 15000 
 
 
 28 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 • 
 
 
 1 7 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 ■ 
 
 
 21 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 3800 
 
 
 9 Mar. 1733 
 
 dit. 
 
 3722 _ _- 
 
 
 .12 July 1734 
 
 1 dit. 
 
 Sums
 
 ( 32 ) 
 
 Sums ifi'aeJ for His 
 
 Sums ilTued for His 
 
 Sums iflued to re- 
 
 The Time when 
 
 Majefty's fecret 
 
 Majefty's Service, or 
 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 iflued. 
 
 Service. 
 
 fpecial Service. 
 
 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 
 
 
 300 — — 
 
 30 July 1734 
 
 
 
 1276 10 6 
 
 8 January 
 
 
 42S 12 — 
 
 
 13 February 
 
 
 
 1812 
 
 27 dit. 
 
 
 
 3004 
 
 22Apr.i735 
 
 
 
 6000 
 
 19 May 
 
 
 
 1476 
 
 5 J"'y 
 
 
 S62 i6 — 
 
 
 7 November 
 
 5452 
 
 
 
 25 Feb, 1 73 1 
 
 5810 
 
 
 
 22 March 
 
 4800 — ■ — 
 
 
 
 i9Apr.i732 
 
 5990 
 
 
 
 2 May 
 
 6700 • 
 
 
 
 13 dit. 
 
 6800 
 
 
 
 2 July 
 
 667S 
 
 
 
 28 dit. 
 
 5000 
 
 
 
 16 Auguft 
 
 5905 
 
 
 
 17 dit. 
 
 2000 • 
 
 
 
 16 Sept. 
 
 7255 
 
 
 
 19 0(5tober 
 
 1 0000 • 
 
 
 
 31 dit. 
 
 7600 
 
 
 
 23 Decemb. 
 
 1200 
 
 
 
 19 January 
 
 6222 — — 
 
 
 
 5 February 
 
 5160 ■- 
 
 
 
 2 March 
 
 5450 ■ 
 
 
 
 7 Apr. 1733 
 
 4800 
 
 
 
 5 May 
 
 7100 
 
 
 
 23 dit. 
 
 7700 
 
 
 
 8 June 
 
 5400 
 
 
 
 21 dit. 
 
 1 1500 
 
 
 
 28 dit. 
 
 7610 
 
 
 
 2 Auguft 
 
 10000 — — 
 
 
 
 14 dit. 
 
 I 0000 
 
 
 
 22 dit. 
 
 5493 
 
 
 
 19 Sept. 
 
 6399 
 
 
 
 10 Odlober 
 
 6876 
 
 
 
 10 Novem. 
 
 6067 
 
 
 
 22 Decemb. 
 
 6000 
 
 
 
 12 January 
 
 6850 
 
 
 
 19 dit. 
 
 7328 19 — 
 
 
 
 1 1 February 
 
 7822 
 
 
 
 9 March 
 
 10300 
 
 
 
 13 Apr. 1 734 
 
 7650 
 
 
 
 22 dit. 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 
 
 2 May 
 
 5250 
 
 
 
 6 June 
 
 6800 
 
 
 
 12 July 
 
 6732 
 
 
 
 26 Auguft 
 
 6000 
 
 
 
 I ^ Sept. 
 
 4518 
 
 
 
 3 0aober 
 
 6621 
 
 
 
 6 Novem. 
 
 6059 * 10 
 
 
 
 10 Decemb. 
 
 5750 
 
 
 
 5 February 
 
 5600 
 
 
 
 27 dit. 
 
 1500 
 
 
 
 2 6Mar, 1735 
 
 Perfons to whom iffiied. 
 
 William Richards 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 John Scrope, Efq; 
 
 die. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit, 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 Sums
 
 (33 ) 
 
 Sumsiffiicd for His i Sums ifTued for His 
 Majefty's fecret Majefty's Service, or 
 Service. fpecial Service. 
 
 17 — 
 
 /. S. d. 
 5300 — ^ 
 
 8150 
 
 3600 . — 
 
 7QOO ■ — 
 
 6000 ■ — 
 
 7200 — 
 
 6500 — ■ 
 
 7500 
 
 5165 
 
 5000 
 6471 
 7000 
 6400 
 6600 
 8000 
 8725 
 
 7750 
 5300 
 
 6450 
 
 3000 
 
 5000 
 
 4857 
 
 5792 
 
 3850 
 1000 
 
 13 4 
 
 /. 
 
 Sums iflued to re- 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 /. s. 
 
 10 . — 
 
 — 
 
 4390 — — 
 6320 — . — 
 
 8250 
 
 7790 
 
 6200 — ■ — 
 
 S050 
 
 50CO • 
 
 2523 — — 
 
 3557 10 
 4690 17 — 
 
 2861 
 
 12000 — • — 
 4560 — — 
 3941 — — 
 
 5-^44 12 — 
 
 6950 
 
 7250 
 
 4300 — — 
 8000 — — ■ 
 
 5800 . 
 
 1 1000 ■ 
 
 6890 ■ 
 
 3200 
 
 6000 ■ 
 
 8159 16 — 
 
 12000 
 
 8900 — ■ — • 
 6620 — — 
 3220 
 
 The Time when 
 
 iflbed. 
 
 Perfpns to whom iflued. 
 
 2 2 April 
 
 John Scrope, Efq 
 
 12 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 19 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 28 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 6 Auguft 
 
 dit. 
 
 16 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 30 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 30 Septem. 
 
 dit. 
 
 20 October 
 
 dit. 
 
 8 Novemb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 16 Dec. 
 
 die. 
 
 3 January 
 
 dit. 
 
 25 Febuary 
 
 dit. 
 
 29Mar. 1736 
 
 dit. 
 
 17 April 
 
 dit. 
 
 13 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 27 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 3 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 6 Auguft 
 
 dit. 
 
 15 Sept. 
 
 die. 
 
 15 oa. 
 
 dit. 
 
 6 Novemb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 4 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 17 January 
 
 dit. 
 
 I Febuary 
 
 dit. 
 
 4 March 
 
 dit. 
 
 9 April 1737 
 
 dit. 
 
 27 May 
 
 die. 
 
 20 June 
 
 die. 
 
 7 July 
 
 die. 
 
 i7Aug.i737 
 
 dit. 
 
 5 September 
 
 dit. 
 
 30 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 26 Odtober 
 
 die. 
 
 3 Dec. 
 
 die. 
 
 22 dit. 
 
 die. 
 
 7 January 
 
 die. 
 
 1 1 Febuary 
 
 dit. 
 
 8 March 
 
 diit. 
 
 12 Apr. 1738 
 
 dit. 
 
 10 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 31 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 7 July 
 
 die. 
 
 10 Auguft 
 
 die. 
 
 30 Sept. 
 
 die. 
 
 1 3 Oftobcr 
 
 d'ie. 
 
 6 Novembe 
 
 r die. 
 
 2 3Decembe 
 
 r die. 
 
 27 Febuary 
 
 die. 
 
 3 iMar. 1 73( 
 
 ) die. 
 
 2 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 30 May 
 
 die. 
 
 23 June 
 
 die. 
 
 5 July 
 
 die. 
 
 Sums
 
 Sums iflued for His 
 
 Majefty's fecret 
 
 Service 
 
 
 ■ /. 
 
 s. d. 
 
 7800 
 
 — — 
 
 7200 
 
 
 6414 
 
 15 5 
 
 1195 
 
 — — 
 
 4250 
 
 — — 
 
 8700 
 
 
 
 6600 
 
 — — 
 
 7850 
 
 ■ 
 
 8000 
 
 — — 
 
 sees 
 
 12 — 
 
 6000 
 
 . — . — 
 
 6000 
 
 — — 
 
 6000 
 
 — • — 
 
 6000 
 
 — — 
 
 6000 
 
 . 
 
 8000 
 
 • 
 
 7250 
 
 
 
 8474 
 
 • 
 
 7233 
 
 16 4 
 
 7718 
 
 18 10 
 
 7300 
 
 — — 
 
 5000 
 
 — ■ — 
 
 5000 
 
 — — 
 
 5000 
 
 — • — 
 
 5000 
 
 ■ — ' — — 
 
 5000 
 
 — ' — " 
 
 5000 
 
 — . - — ■ 
 
 7994 
 
 5 5 
 
 8544 
 
 — ' — 
 
 2000 
 
 - - 
 
 
 ( 34 ) 
 
 
 
 Sums iffijeJ for Hia 
 
 Sums iflued to re- 
 
 Tiie Time when 
 
 
 Majefty'sService,or 
 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 iflued. 
 
 Perfons to whom ilTued, 
 
 fpecial Service. 
 
 
 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 
 
 
 
 9 Aug. 
 
 John Scrope, Efq; 
 
 
 
 15 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 23 oa. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 24 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 29 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 12 Jan. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 4 Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 2 8 Apr. 1740 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 13 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 5 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 28 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 16 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 10 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 130a. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 7 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 25 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 31 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 24 Jan. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 3 Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 2oApr. 1 741 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 9 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 6 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 8 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 8 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 25 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 150ft. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 I Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 II Jan. 1 741 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 23 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 4 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 5000 — 
 
 
 4 May 1732 
 
 James Sarkey 
 
 
 4160 — • — 
 
 21 June 1733 
 
 Francis Smith 
 
 
 2900 ■ — — 
 
 9 Jan. 1734 
 
 John Shepherd. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 lojan. 1735 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 21 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2900 — — 
 
 
 4 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 3269 15 7 
 
 
 25 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 4000 ■ 
 
 
 7 Apr. 1736 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2820 
 
 26 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 
 
 
 1 1 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2979 18 — 
 
 
 3 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2900 — ■ — 
 
 
 150ft. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1400 
 
 1 7 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 640 • 
 
 
 i3Jan. 1736 
 
 dit. 
 
 2900 
 
 
 3oSept.i737 
 
 dit. 
 
 3054 
 
 
 29Aug.i738 
 
 dit. 
 
 5286 7 3 
 
 
 16 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 
 
 
 17 Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2583 16 — 
 
 
 7 June 1 739 
 
 dit. 
 
 2983 6 — 
 
 
 23 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1321 2 — 
 
 
 3 Oft. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2900 
 
 
 7 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1900 
 
 
 29 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1321 3 6 
 
 
 8 Jan. 
 
 dit. 
 
 Sums
 
 Sums iflued for His 
 Majefty's fecret 
 Service. 
 
 /. 
 
 d. 
 
 Suras ifTued for His 
 Majefty'sService, or 
 fpecial Service. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 3600 
 
 1322 3 6 
 
 1322 3 6 
 
 739 6 6 
 
 2715 8 lo 
 
 1059 7 — 
 1584 19 — 
 
 3600 
 
 2350 
 
 2900 
 
 323 5 
 
 — 
 
 3112 I 
 
 6 
 
 3^ SO 
 
 — 
 
 2141 2 
 
 2 
 
 541 16 
 
 8 
 
 500 — 
 
 — — 
 
 4150 — 
 
 
 79 iS 
 
 — 
 
 53^ 18 
 
 
 ioooo — 
 
 
 1963 8 
 
 8 
 
 849 2 
 
 — 
 
 5000 — 
 
 — 
 
 5058 — 
 
 
 2000 — 
 
 
 1000 — 
 
 
 ( 35 ) 
 
 Sums iffued to re- 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 795 
 1500 
 
 II 
 
 389 10 3 
 
 533 
 658 
 692 
 
 131 
 
 8 6 
 
 6 — 
 
 8 6 
 
 - 6 
 
 500 
 
 IOOOO 
 
 323 
 
 The Time when 
 iflued. 
 
 Perfons to whom iffued. 
 
 9 — 
 
 i7Mar. 1739 
 
 3 April 1740 
 
 6 May 
 
 22 dit. 
 
 8 Auguft 
 
 23 February 
 21 March 
 
 4 April 1741 
 21 May 
 
 30 dit. 
 21 July 
 
 4 Jan. 1 74 1 
 
 7 dit. 
 18 dit. 
 
 17 Feb. 1738 
 i9May 1739 
 ioMar.1740 
 
 1 Feb. 1 74 1 
 
 2 June 1732 
 7 July 1733 
 23 Mar.i 733 
 
 3 Jan. 1734 
 1 2 June 1736 
 28Apr.i737 
 21 Jan. 1737 
 
 5 Feb, 1739 
 
 4 Apr. 1 734 
 7 July 1737 
 15 Feb. 1 734 
 26Aug. 1734 
 i6Aug. 1735 
 20 Oft. 1 735 
 
 3 Nov. 1735. 
 
 4 July 1738 
 
 3 Sept. 1 74 1 
 
 4 Jan. 1741 
 
 John Shepherd 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 John Scrope, Efq. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 John Shepherd 
 William Sperrin 
 John Smith 
 Arthur Stert, Efq; 
 George Stephens, Efqj 
 Henry Wilfon 
 John WafTe 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 John Williams 
 
 dit. 
 
 Jofias Wordfworth 
 Edw, Williamfon 
 Henry Walters 
 Andrew Wilfon, Efq; 
 George Wilkins, Efq; 
 Daniel White 
 Thomas Wilkin, Gent. 
 Charles Watfon, Gent. 
 
 Memorand' 
 
 THERE is iflued to the two Principal 
 Secretaries of State, by Privy-Seal, the 
 Sum of Z/. 3000 per Ann. each, payable Quar- 
 terly, for His Majefty's Secret Service. 
 
 Exchequer, 
 ylpril 19, J 742. 
 
 J DAWSON.
 
 ( 36 ) 
 
 N UMBER XL 
 
 An ACCOUNT of all Sums iffued for fecret Service, or 
 for the immediate or fpecial Service of the Crown, the Money 
 iffued for the Privy Purfe excepted, or to reimburfe Expences 
 for the Service of the Crown, diftinguilTiing the Caufe alUgn'd 
 for iffuing the fame, the Time when, and the Perfons to 
 whom the fame has been iffued, from the ift of Atigtiji 
 1707, to the \^ oi Augujl 1720, Viz. 
 
 Sums jfTued for fe- 
 
 Sums iflued for Ser- 
 
 Sums iflued to re- 
 
 The Time when 
 
 
 cret Service. 
 
 vice, or fpecial Ser- 
 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 iflued. 
 
 Perfons to whom iflued. 
 
 
 vice. 
 
 
 
 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 /. S. 
 
 d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 
 
 
 1339 15 
 
 — 
 
 
 1 1 Nov. 1 7 1 3 
 
 Daniel Arthur, Efq; 
 
 
 1032 2 
 
 6 
 
 
 1 6 Jan. 1713 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 II35 15 
 
 
 
 3 April 1714 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 1237 5 
 
 
 
 13 May 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 -^91 13 
 
 
 
 1 6 June 1 716 
 
 Mofes Berenger, Efq-, 
 
 
 300 — 
 
 -^ 
 
 
 7 Aug. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 1500 — 
 
 
 
 6 July 1717 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 546 6 
 
 6 
 
 
 16 Nov. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 217 8 
 
 2 
 
 
 29 Jan. 1717 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 500 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 1 3 March 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 861 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 13 Dec. 1 7 16 
 
 Samuel Buckley 
 
 
 6000 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 1 1 Jan. 1 7 1 7 
 
 Henry Bendyfh 
 
 
 127 10 
 
 — 
 
 
 22 Jan. 1 71 6 George Eubb, Efq; 
 
 
 500 — 
 
 
 
 19 July 1 708 
 
 Henry Baker 
 
 ' 
 
 150 — 
 
 — 
 
 
 23July 1719 
 
 Jac. de la Motte Blagny 
 
 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 2 3Sept. 1707 
 
 William Borret 
 
 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 6 Dec. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 400 — — 
 
 4 Feb. 1 707 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 1000 — ■ — 
 
 19 May 1 708 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 ■ 
 
 25 Nov. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 5000 
 
 7 Jan. 1708 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 4 May 1709 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 7 J"'y 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 — 
 
 27 Aug. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 ■ 
 
 21 Nov. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 200 — — 
 
 5 Apr. 1 7 10 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 300 
 
 10 May 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 150 
 
 14 June 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 350 ■ 
 
 12 July 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 — • — 
 
 260a. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 i4Mar. 17 10 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 28 July 171 1 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 18 Aug. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 23 Nov. 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 250 
 
 7 Mar. 1 7 1 1 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 250 
 
 27Mar.i7i2 
 
 ditto 
 
 
 
 
 300 
 
 19 April 
 
 ditto 
 
 Sunis
 
 
 
 (37) 
 
 
 
 Sums ifiued for fe- 
 
 Sums ifTued for Ser 
 
 Sums iffued to re 
 
 - The Time when 
 
 
 cret Service. 
 
 vice, or fpecial Ser- 
 ;vi.e. 
 
 imburfe Expences 
 
 iffued. 
 
 Perfons to whom ifTued. 
 
 
 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 
 
 
 200 
 
 9 May 
 
 William Borec. 
 
 
 
 500 — 
 
 2 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 31 Od. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 — - 
 
 29 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 31 Jan. 1712 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 6 May 1 7 1 3 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 700 
 
 14 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 1 1 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 I Feb. 1713 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 26 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 29AP. 1714 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 — — 
 
 22 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 1 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 13 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 1 7 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 300 
 
 2 Oft. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 600 
 
 1 1 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 2000 
 
 12 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 177 7 6 
 
 1 6 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 1000 
 
 6 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 6000 — — 
 
 1 7 Feb. 1 7 14 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 , 
 
 1000 
 
 5 May 1715 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 83 5- 
 
 
 i6July 1719 
 
 Col. Ralph Congreve. 
 
 1500 — — 
 
 
 
 27Aug.i7i5 
 
 William Cadogan,Efq; 
 
 
 J 706 10 — 
 
 
 4 May 1 7 1 7 
 
 Will. Lord Cadogan. 
 
 
 466 10 — 
 
 
 7 Apr. 1718 
 
 dit. 
 
 530 4 10 
 
 
 
 25 May 1 71 7 
 
 James Craggs. 
 
 
 16300 
 
 
 25junei7i9 
 
 George Clifford, Efqj 
 
 
 27000 
 
 
 2 July 1720 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 441 8 6 
 
 
 ioAug.1709 
 
 Charles Callmell. 
 
 
 500 — • — 
 
 
 i6Junei7i5 
 
 Anth. Cratchrode, Efq; 
 
 
 1738 15 4 
 
 
 22 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 22 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 220a. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 10 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 • 
 
 
 I Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 
 24 dit. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 — • — 
 
 
 18 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 9 Mar. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 ICOO 
 
 
 1 1 May 1 7 1 6 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 7 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 6 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 
 25 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 24 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 3000 
 
 
 19 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 7 Jan. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 4000 
 
 
 ir Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 , 
 
 2500 
 
 
 4 May 1717 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 
 15 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 
 13 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 8 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 — — 
 
 
 1 7 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1500 
 
 
 3iMar.i7i8 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 • 
 
 
 ly May 
 K 
 
 dit. 
 
 Sums
 
 ( 38) 
 
 Sums ifTued for fe- 
 
 Sams iffned for Ser- 
 
 Sums ilTued to re- 
 
 The Time when 
 
 
 cret Service. 
 
 vice, or fpecial Ser- 
 vice. 
 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 ifl'ued. 
 
 Perfons to whom iJTued. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 10 July 
 
 Anth, Cratchrode, Efqi 
 
 
 . lOOO 
 
 
 9 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 
 21 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 lOOO • 
 
 
 24 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 
 
 
 11 Dec. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 
 5 Ja"- 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 
 
 
 9 March 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1000 — • ■ — 
 
 
 25junei7i9 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2000 — ■ — ■ 
 
 
 10 Oft. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 800 
 
 
 29 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 2 1 May 1720 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 31 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 lOOO 
 
 
 4 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1300 
 
 
 I J Dec. 1711 
 
 John Drummond, Efqj 
 
 
 
 1237 *° 
 
 24 Apr 1 71 2 
 
 dit, 
 
 
 I038 
 
 
 14 May 
 
 Matthew Decker, Efq; 
 
 
 1038 
 
 
 21 Auguft 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 389 18 3 
 
 
 30 061. 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1038 
 
 
 4 tVb. 1 7 13 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 2064 5 — 
 
 
 i3M.iyi7i4 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 34 
 
 
 28Mar. 1716 
 
 George Dumereqiie 
 
 
 
 ICO • 
 
 2 1 Mar 1709 
 
 Charles Harrifon, Gent. 
 
 
 
 100 ■ 
 
 loMay 1 7 10 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 200 — • ■ — 
 
 19 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 10 Sept, 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 3 Jan, 1 7 10 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 50 
 
 4 Sept. 171 1 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 100 
 
 19 March 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 100 — ■ — 
 
 31 Jan. 1712 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 100 — — ■ 
 
 7 Odl, 171 3 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 
 200 
 
 1 1 Nov. 1714 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 3000 — — 
 
 
 7 Jan. 1715 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 1320 
 
 
 1 5 Dec. 1 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 19 July 1 71 6 
 
 William Leathes, Efq; 
 
 
 25^ 17 — 
 
 
 1 1 Apr. 17 1 7 
 
 dit. 
 
 
 263 14 6 
 
 
 1 1 June 171 8 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 2 Aug. J 707 
 
 Will. Lowndes, Efq; 
 
 1000 — ■ — 
 
 
 
 3 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1500 
 
 
 
 26 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 21 Oft. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 
 
 
 
 1 9 Nov 1707 
 
 dit. 
 
 1657 15 1^ 
 
 
 
 25 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 2161 12 10 
 
 
 
 27 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 — 
 
 
 
 2 7Mar.i7o8 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 15 April 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 — 
 
 
 
 4 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 12 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 • 
 
 
 
 19 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 6 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 lOOO 
 
 
 
 21 Aug. 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 3 Sept, 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 — 
 
 
 
 9 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 16 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 7 0(fl. 
 
 dit. 
 
 Sums
 
 ( 39) 
 
 Sums iflued for fe- 
 
 Slims iffued for Ser- 
 
 Sums ilTued to re- 
 
 The Time when 
 
 
 cret Service. 
 
 vice, or fpecial Ser- 
 vice. 
 
 imburfe Expences. 
 
 jffued. 
 
 Perfons to whom ifTued. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 /. S. d. 
 
 /. s. d. 
 
 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 140(51.1708 
 
 Will. Lowndes, Efqj 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 27 ditto. 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 30 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 1 1 Decemb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 • 
 
 
 
 27 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 
 
 10 Feb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 22 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 — ■ — - 
 
 
 
 I Apr. 1709 
 
 dit. 
 
 838 7 ih 
 
 
 
 13 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 161 12 lOi 
 
 
 
 10 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 750 
 
 
 
 19 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 — — 
 
 
 
 30 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 ■ 
 
 
 
 13 July 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 3 Auguft 
 
 dit. 
 
 1500 
 
 
 
 12 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1500 • — • — 
 
 
 
 3 Sept. 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 
 
 
 
 I Oftober 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 — • — 
 
 
 
 6 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 
 
 
 
 12 Nov. 
 
 dit. 
 
 500 • 
 
 
 
 3 Decemb. 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 
 
 
 
 29 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 700 • — • — 
 
 
 
 22 March 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 
 
 5 Ap. 1710 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 — ■ — 
 
 
 
 3 May 
 
 dit. 
 
 1000 — ■ — 
 
 
 
 10 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 2000 — — 
 
 
 
 14 June 
 
 dit. 
 
 888 7 ih 
 
 
 
 21 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
 1611 12 102 
 
 
 
 28 ditto 
 
 dit. 
 
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 Matthew Trior, Efq; 
 
 
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 John Robinfon, Efqj 
 
 
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 28july 1716 
 
 John Earl of Staire 
 
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 4 May 1 717 
 
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 200 
 
 
 4 May 1717 
 
 John Scott 
 
 2564 — — 
 
 
 1 9 June 1718 
 
 Sir Robert Sutton 
 
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 i3Dec. 1718 
 
 Alexand. Stevenfon 
 
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 29 Dec. 1 719 
 
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 1000 
 
 
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 875 
 
 
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 dit. 
 
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 7 Aug. 1718 
 
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 2518 9 — 
 
 
 28 Jan. 
 
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 I July 1719 
 
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 2441 II 6 
 
 
 I July 1720 
 
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 27Aug.i7i5 
 
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 200 
 
 
 6 Apr. 1716 
 
 Horatio Walpole 
 
 300 
 
 
 31 May 
 
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 65 II 4 
 
 
 25May 171 7 
 
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 I 1900 
 
 
 18 Jan.1717 
 
 To Henry Kellfall to 
 buy 1 0000 /. South-Sea 
 Stock, to be transferr'd 
 to His Majefty. 
 
 12000 
 
 
 10 May 17 18 
 
 To ditto, to reward 
 
 
 
 good Services to His 
 
 
 
 
 1 Majefty perform'd. 
 
 Exdejuer, May 5, 1742. 
 
 JOHN DAWSON. 
 
 Number XII. 
 
 'T' H E Names of the Perfons for which Orders were made out of the Exchequer, for large Sums of 
 ■*• of Money, from the 10th oi February 1731, to the loth q{ February 174.1, which being read 
 over to Chrijlopher Tilfon, Henry Fane, Efq; and John Shepherd, were to tliem unknown. 
 
 Richard Allen, 
 Robert Adams, 
 Thomas Barton, 
 William Catton, 
 Henry Carfeton, 
 George Denton, 
 John Egerton, 
 Francis Edwards, 
 
 Wiliam Frazier, 
 Andrew Forfter, 
 William Farmer, 
 Will. Framingham, 
 John Hall, 
 Jofeph Hardefly, 
 Richard Harrifon, 
 Robert Jackfon, 
 
 William Johnfon, 
 William JefFerfon, 
 William Jackfon, 
 Thomas May, 
 James Startkey, 
 Francis Smith, 
 William Sperrin, 
 John Smith, 
 
 Henry Wilfon, 
 John Williams, 
 John Williams, 
 Edward William fon, 
 Henry Walters, 
 Andrew Wilfon, 
 Daniel White, 
 Charles Watfoii.
 
 ( 44 ) 
 Number XIV. 
 
 FRancii Gajhry, Efq; a Member of the Houfe of Commons, being examined in the moll folemn Manner 
 this 3d 6ay of June, 1742, in relation to an Order for 1500/. which Mr Shepherd, in his Exami- 
 nation, mentioijcd to have been carried to Sir Charles Wager, when Mr Gajhry was prefent. And it being in 
 particular, aflicd this Examin^nt, What fhsll we do in this AHair? and if Sir Charlei, did not inquire of 
 Mr Shepherd whether the Fees were to be paid, or if Sir Charles Wager, did not defire Mr Shepherd to receive 
 the Money ? The Examinant faid, that he does not recollect any of thefe Circumftances, nor can he re- 
 member, that he was prefent, when any fuch Order was brought to S'xt Charles Wager ; that Sir C^a/-/« 
 Wager did fay to the Examinant, that he was in Expeftation of getting fome Money for Mr Lever, the 
 High-BailifF of Weftminfter, to affill him ; Mr Le'-jer then beirg in great Diilrefs, for he being a Brewer had 
 loft his Cuftomers, and was forced to keep at Home to avoid his Creditors, that when the Examinant re- 
 turned one Day from the Navy Board, Sir Charles Wager told him, that in his Abfence 1500/. had been 
 brought him by ore of the Treafury, and Sir Charles defired this Examinant to take the Money, and pay 
 it to Mr Lever; that the Examinant received the 1500/. from Sir Charles Wager, the Second of January 
 laft. That Mr Lever, fome time before thi-, though the Examinant believes it could not be a Fortnight, 
 applied to Sir Charles PFager, and mentioned the Diilrefs he was in for Money to pay his Maltfter, that 
 Sir Charles had been told, the King would give him (Lever) fome Money ; and thereon Sir Charles lent him 
 500 /. for which the Examinant thought it proper to take a Bond: That on the 3d o( January laft, Mr Le- 
 •z-vr had of this Examinant 1000 /. that is, 500/. in ready Money, and^oo/. to pay oti the aforementioned 
 Bond. That on the 6th of January, Mr Gc-'fiiee brought to the Examinant, a Bill of Cofts on an Infor- 
 mation againft Mr Lever, &;c. relating, as this Examinant imagines, to the Eleiflion at V/eftminfier, which 
 amounted to 124 I. 14/. and this Bill the Examinant paid on xMr Lever's Account : That on the gth of 
 February, the Examinant paid a Bill of 107/. \zs. bd. for Fees and Expences, during Mr iei/fr's being 
 in Cullody with the Serjeant at Arms ; and that, on the 27th oi February, the Examinant paid to Mr Lever, 
 zii-j I. 19 J. which he conceived to be the Ballance remaining in his Hands of the 1 500 ;. and for which he 
 has Ml' Levers Receipt ; but by what Accident the laft mentioned Sum exceeded the real Bailance by a few 
 Shillings, the Examinant cannot recoiled. FRANCIS G A S H R T. 
 
 Number XV. 
 
 N Account of all Warrants from the Crown, directing the Payment of any Money to the Secretary of 
 the Poll- Office without Account, frcni the loth of iviraarv, 1710, to ihe iil\i oi February, 1741. 
 
 £• 
 
 3900 
 
 I 719 Sept. 19, King's Warrant 
 
 1721 May 6, Additional War. for 
 
 1722 April 30, Additional ditto 
 Sept. 28, dit:o — — 
 
 1723 Aug. 17, di;to • — • — 
 1725 Aug. 19, ditto — — 
 
 £■ 
 
 £■ 
 
 — 
 
 75° 
 
 750 
 
 1500 
 
 1000 
 
 2500 
 
 2C0 
 
 2700 
 
 900 
 
 3000 
 
 300 
 
 3900 
 
 1727 Oa. 31, K.G. lid's War. 
 
 to confirm the former 
 1729 Sept. 17, Additional 
 
 1733 Nov. 15, ditto — — — 
 
 1734 May 6, ditto — — — 
 
 £■ 
 
 Vzr. ? _ 
 
 100 
 300 
 
 July 8, ditto — 
 GEORGE STONE, 
 
 200 
 
 — 200 
 
 Receiver-General 
 
 4000 
 4300 
 4500 
 4700 
 
 Number XVI. 
 
 John Davi4 Barbutt, Efq; Secretary to the Poft-OiHcc, being examined in the moft folemn Manner this 
 18th Day of May, vja^i. And being £":cd as to the Difpolition of the Money paid into his Hands 
 without Account by a Warrant from the Crown, faid. That there is in the Port Houfe a private Office for 
 the infpefling Foreign Corrcfpondents, and that the greateft Part of that Aioney is for the defi-aying the 
 E-xpence of this Ofiice. That the Accountant-General and Receiver-General ivho have infpefled the Books, 
 have told him, that the firft Traces they find of any Money thus paid by Warrant, was in the Year 171S; 
 that this Examinant cannot fay as to the firft Ei^ablilhment of this Office, having been but three Years and 
 a half himfelf in the Poft-OfRce, but he apprehends, there was always an Office of this Kind, and that it 
 was defrayed formerly by the Secretaries of State ; that he is a Stranger to the Eufmefs of the Office, hav- 
 ing never been in it, for they pretend to be independent, and to receive their Inflruflijns from the Secre- 
 taries of State, and carry their Intelligence to the Secretaries of State, though the Poft-Mafters have a 
 Right to go into the Office : That the annual Expences of this Office are as loliows : To the chief Decy- 
 pherer Mr Willes, for himfelf and his Son 1000/. to the fecor.d Decyphsrer Mr Corbiere, 800/. to the third 
 Decypherer Mr Lampe, 500/. to the fourth Decypherer VxX 7.oliman, 200 1, to the chief Clerk Mt Le 
 Fevre, 650 A to the Four other Clerks, MelT. Bade, Thouve'ts, Clark, Hemmitt, 300/. each. To the Comp- 
 troller of the Forc.gn Office, Wt Day, 60 I. to the Dcor-ke.'per 40 or 50/. but this Examinant believes 
 50/ there are befides, accidental Charges, for Seals, djV. an Account of which, is brought in by one of 
 the Clerks which may amount to 100/. and to Mr Lavalade, formerly Alphabet Keeper, but now 
 fuperannuated, 40/. That when thefe Sums were difcharged, the Overplus,, which may amount to 90 /. is 
 divided between the two Puft-.Mariers, and the Secretary, each Pcft-.Mr.fter taking three Sevenths, and the 
 Secretary one Stventh. That Mr L: Fevre, befides his abovemer.tioncd Silary, is paid fomething out of In- 
 cidents, fo that his whole Salary may amount to about as he believes 800 A p.'r Annum. Tiia: his {Le 
 Fe'in-e'%) is a very trouble Tome Pcft, it being neceffary he (hould be always prc:ent at the going oat, and 
 the coming in of the MaiiS ; that this Examinant does not know of a Penfion of 200/. per Annum, paid 
 out of this Money, but \l\: Clark, who has formerly attendfd and is incapacitated at prefent, has 200/. 
 paid him out of his Salary of 300/ and another attends for him. J D. B A R. B U FT. 
 
 FINIS.
 
 45 ) 
 
 ADDENDA 
 
 A Short STATE of the Accompt of the fever al Sums of Money 
 ifjued at the Exchequer, ^c. during the laft Ten Years, in 
 which R0BER7', Earl of OR FOR D, was Firft Com- 
 miflioner of //ji* Treafury, Chancellor ^W Under-Treafurer e/ 
 the Exchequer ; out of the Money granted by Parliament for 
 the Support of the Civil Government, &c. under the Title of 
 Secret- Service; or other Heads of the J ante Import: That 
 is to lay, Exclufive of the Sums paid to the Privy-Purfe, and of 
 all Bounties, Penfions, and Annuities, paid by Virtue of his 
 M 's Eftablifnraents, or Sign-M Is, during that In- 
 terval ; and, in fhort, Exclufive of every known and avowed 
 
 Expence ofG 1, amounting to the Sum of 1,447,736 1. 
 
 6 s. 3d. By TOiZ^y 0/' Comparifon, 'with the Total of the Ex- 
 pences incurred under the fome Head, from the Tear 1707, to 
 the Tear 1717. As follows: 
 
 U M S of Money receiv'd at the Exchequer by the following Peifons, in Purfu- 
 ance of Orders (fign'd by theCommilfioners of the Treafury) made out in 
 tlu-ir own Names, and the Names of others (fome of which were unknown 
 to the faid Perfons) who having no Intereft in the faid Orders, paid the 
 Money diredtly to Mr. Tilfon, Air. Scrope., or Mn Fane, from whom they re- 
 ceiv'd the faid Orders, and they again to Sir Robert JValpole, (viz.) 
 
 John Shepherd, a Deputy- MefTenger to the Treafury, for > 
 Orders in his own Name 5 
 
 1 . for Orders in Air. Scrape's Name 
 
 . __ for Orders in the Names of Perfons moflly? 
 
 unlaiown to the faid Shepherd S 
 
 John Richards, late a Meffenger to the Treafury, Shepherd's 7 
 Predeceflbr i 
 
 Air. Fane, for Orders in A'Ir. Scrape's and Shepherd's Name, -| 
 dated the 8th and 9th of February lafl, which Orders Mr. I 
 Fane pawn'd with the Bank-Officer, at the Exchequer ; | 
 there not being Money in the Hands of the Tellers fuffi- ^ 
 cient to anfwer the faid Orders ; which Money Mr, Fane 
 
 I. 
 
 s. 
 
 d. 
 
 78.633 
 
 14 
 
 z 
 
 815,819 
 
 5 
 
 1 
 
 1 19,211 
 
 8 
 
 4 
 
 4S>546 
 
 18 
 
 6 
 
 17,461 
 
 carried to the faid Sir Robert JValpole, the faid 9th of 
 February, amountina; to the Sum of -j 
 
 By Shepherd and other Perfons, which there is likewife great ? 
 Reafon to believe was paid to the faid Sir Robert Walpok 5 
 
 The Sum ilTued to Mr. Lowther, one of the Rdeffengers to the ; 
 Treafury, which have been difpofed of by him, under 
 the Diredions of Alinutcs of the Treafury ; viz.. To 
 Authors and Printers of News-Papers , fuch as Free 
 Britons, Daily Courants, Perfuafives to Candour and hn- f- 
 partiality, Corn-Cutters Journals, Gazetteers, and other 
 Pdilical Papers, delivered at the General Poll- Office, 
 amounting to 50,077/. 15 i. and for Bounties, i^c. 
 I27,!;32i. lbs. bd. In bath 
 
 M 
 
 53>6i9 19 7 
 
 177,610 II 6 
 
 The
 
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 The two Secretaries of State for fecret Services, 313000/. ;> , 
 per Annum, each, for 10 Years, is 5 ' 
 
 The Secretary of the Poft-Office for Decypherers, ^c. 455675 
 
 Mr. Middlcton, Banker, in tlie Strand, ^ '^ 
 
 for Orders made out in his Name, but V- 27,769 4 I 
 on L—-d /---^''s Account 3 ^^ 
 
 7o/;« 5/;«^/(w^, for an Order in his Name, p c" 30>"9 4 
 
 which he paid into the faid Middlfton^s > 2,350 | 
 
 on L — d / — y^s Accowit -> j 
 
 'John Shepherd, for an Order in his Name, which he paid -^ 
 to Sir Charles IVager, t!ie 2d of "January laft, for John | 
 Lever, High-BailifF of JFcJlminJlcr, as a Reward to a , 
 moft unjuft returning Officer, cenfured by, and a<SualIy r '5 
 imder the Punifhment of Parliament, as a Violator of the I 
 Liberties of his Country j 
 
 Peter Lcheup to pay Bills of Exchange drawn upon him 2,539 5 
 
 i>447'736 6 3 
 
 Whereas the Sums ifTued under the like Heads, from the ift o^ Augitjl, 1707, 
 to the I'H vii Aiigiift , 1717 ; in wliich Interval of Ten Years, A/l the Circum- 
 Ihmces occurred vvhicli can be urged in JuJi'ijication of the aforefaid Account ; 
 "(fuch as u General War, the Negotiations for a General Peace, Two Total 
 Changes of the Adminiftration, violent Party-Struggles, a Royal Demife, the 
 happ^^Acccffion of the Prefent Royal Family, many popular Commotions, and 
 a Rebellion, amounted to no inore than the Sum of 279,444 /. i i. 7 d. f . 
 
 So that it appears there has been iflued for SECRET SERVICE, t^c. du- 
 ring the lajl Ten Tears, in which the faid Robert, Earl of Orjord, was Firft 
 Commiffioner of the Treafury, and Chancellor and Under-Treafurer of the 
 Exchequer, more t}m,n in die Ten Years to the ift of Augujl, 1 7 17, notwith- 
 ftanding all the aforefaid Confiderations, the Sum of 1,168,292/. \s. -j d. 4. 
 
 Such an enormous Sum, fo much exceeding the former Allowances of this 
 Kind, obliged the Committee to make the ftridteft Enquiry imaginable in relation 
 to the Perfons to whom this Money was ifTued ; and as well from the Exami- 
 nation of the faid Perfons, as from the Particulars aforefaid, they found the 
 llrongeft Reafons Co conclude, that great Part of it, amounting to the Sum of 
 1,076,672/. ()S. ^d. was paid into the Hands of the faid Sir Robert IValpole, 
 or to his Order ; and that with fuch Circumftances as greatly aggravate the 
 Sufpicions which had univerfally prevailed of a Rlifapplication of the Civil-Lift- 
 Revenues, to the Deftruftion of the Conftitution, inftead of maintaining the 
 Honour and Dignity of the Crown. 
 
 T II E
 
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 THE 
 
 PROTEST, 
 
 Relating to Major-General Anstruther. 
 
 Die Jovis 28 January, 1741. 
 
 THE Order of the Day being read, refumhig the adjounid 
 Debate, which arofe Te/ierday, upon a Motion then tnade in the 
 Words following, (viz ) 
 
 ^' A S 'f appears to this Houfe, by the Lift of the Officers belonging to the 
 •^ " Y.i\-i.h\\ihmtnt oi Minorca ; Tiiat out of Nineteen Offiers, only one 
 Adjutant, one of the joint Secretaries, the Provoft Marflial, and one Sur- 
 geon's Mate, and the Signal Man, are attending their Duty in the Ifland ; 
 it is the Opinion of this Houfe, that the permitting fo many Officers to 
 be abfent in Time of profound Peace, would be a great Negleft of the 
 publick Service, tending to tiie Deftruftion of military Difcipline ; but 
 that the fufFering them to be abfent in Time of War, at ajunfture, when 
 the Ifland of Minorca has been threaten'd with an Invafion from the 
 Spaniards, renders the Polleffion of that important Place precarious, and 
 is highly injurious to the Honour and Intereft of thefe Kingdoms." 
 
 And alfo, 
 
 ^' A Motion for the Attendance of Major General Anjiruther ; who attending 
 
 " accordingly wascall'd in, and having been fvvorn, the Lift of the Officers 
 
 " belonging to the Eltablifliment of jMwori-fl, laid before this Houfe the 20th 
 
 " Lrftant, diftinguiihing which of them are upon the Place, and which of 
 
 " them are abfent, was fhewn to hi;n, and he was directed to give an Ac- 
 
 " count of the Perfons abfent, the Nature of their Offices and Employ- 
 
 " ments, and the Reafons of their being fo abfent ; and having given an Ac- 
 
 " count thereof, was examined further in general as to the State and Con- 
 
 " dition of the faid Jfland, the Number and Condition of the Forces tirere, 
 
 " the Manner and Method of Recruiting, and other Matters ;" 
 
 And then he ivas dircSled to withdraiv, and the foregoing Motion made Yejlerday 
 being infifted on. 
 
 After Debate, 
 
 The Queftion was put thereupon, and it was refolv'd in the Negative. 
 
 Contents • 57 
 
 Not Contents . 69 
 
 Dijfentient. 
 
 I. OECAUSE We conceive. That as the Faft ftated in the former Part 
 
 •L* of the Qiieftion, appear'd plainly from the Paper laid before this Houfe 
 
 by the proper Ofncer, and neither was nor could be controverted by any one 
 
 Lord. The Cenfure contain'd in the latter P..rt of the Qiieftion was not only 
 
 ?/
 
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 Juft, but as Gentle as Co eviJeiit a Neg!c6t of (o imp iit.-iit a Pl.icc, at L> cri- 
 tical a Time, could poffihly allow. The principal, it not the only, Argument 
 made uTe of by tiiofe Lords who oppofed the Motion was, That the Cenfure 
 was general, and pointed at no particular Ferfons, which we rather apprehend 
 to be a Proof of the Judice and Moderation cf that Cenfure, as it could then 
 only liiiht upon the Guilty whoever they were } and we arc inclin'd to believe, 
 tiiat had the Cenfure been applied to ;.ny particular Perfons, the contrary Argu- 
 ment would have been urs^ed, and the Injuflice cf a particular Cenfure, with- 
 out Proofs, founded high, tho' puffibly, at the fame time, the neccfiary Means 
 of setting at thofe Proofs might have been render'd difHcult ; That out of Nine- 
 teen Officers paid upon the Eftablifliment of Minorca, Fourteen were abfent, 
 amono^ whom were the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, and the Governor 
 of Fort St. Philip, was a Fad difputed by none, tho' the flighteli: Cenfure of it 
 was oppofeJ by the Majority of the Houfe. We therefore hope, that Pofterity, 
 to whom We thus Appeal, will not only approve of our Conduit in this Mo- 
 tion, but will likewife, from the ill Succefs of it, find Realons to excufe our 
 not attempting many others of the like Nature. 
 
 2. Becaufe, when we confider the tender Apprehenfions of the Admlniftra- 
 tion for the Ifland of Minorca in the Year 1740, when, upon Information 
 receiv'd, that a few Troops were marching to the Coaifs of Catalonia, and a 
 few Tartanes afl'embled in the Port oi Barcelona, Orders (pofllbly obfcure from 
 tliat Precipitation which the Emergency rcquir'd) were fent to our Admirals in 
 the Medittrranca/i to provide imn-.ediatcly for the Defence of that Ifland, even hy 
 going there with their ivhok Force if nccejj'ary. By tile Execution or Miibke of 
 which Orders, the Spanijh Squadron was fufi'er'd to fail from Cadiz to xheJVeJl- 
 hdies, to the imminent Danger of our Fleets and PoUefTions there. We cannot 
 well account for that profound Security in which the Adminiflration fcem'd to 
 be the laft Year, with regard to that valuable PoirelTion, when an Embarkation 
 of fourteen or fifteen thoufand Men, and above two hundred Tranfport-iliips 
 was publickly preparing at Barcelona, and confeqaently withni four and twenty 
 Hours Sail oi Minorca, which Embarkation foon after went undillurb'd to Italy : 
 But we fear this inconfiftent Ccnduft may give too much Credit to Inimuations 
 lately fcatter'd in the Publick, that the Britijh Minilters were as fecure that 
 Minorca would not be attack'd bv the Spaniards, as the Spanijh 'Miniilers were 
 that their Embarkation would fail to Italy unJii^urb'd by our Squadrons in the 
 Mediterranean. 
 
 3. Becaufe it appears. That about the fame Time that Major General An- 
 Jlruther left that Ifland, by Leave from the Secretary at War, which was on 
 
 the 15th of February laii:, Admiral Haddock informs the Secretary of State, in 
 a Letter of the loth of the fame Month, that by the lateft Letters from 
 Mr. Conful Births, he mentions, " That a Spanifh Embarkation is aHually in- 
 " tended, c^nd tho' the firjl Defign was on a fudden dropped, the lajl Intelligence 
 " declares the fame to be renewed again ; " which Information, we conceive, was 
 fuiTicient to have excited greater Apprehenfions for the Danger of tliat Illand, 
 than feem to have been entertained, lince no one Step appears to have been 
 taken thereiipcn for its Defence, or any Leave of Abfcnce recall'd ; but the 
 v.'hole Government was fufFer'd to devolve to a Lieutenant Colonel of one 
 of the Regiments there. 
 
 4. Becaufe it appear'd, by the Examination of Major General Anflruther at 
 the Bar, that when he \iii\. Minorca, about the 15th oi February lail, above 
 feven hundred Men were wanting to complete tiie Regiments tliere, and near 
 the fame Proportion of OfHcers abfent : That the pTi\ate Soldiers were lb 
 uneafy at having been there (0 long, that many deflroy'd theinfelves from Dc- 
 fpair, and many maim'd themfelves to get difchargevl. That fliould the Illand 
 be attack'd, the Inhabitants would, in his Opinion, certainly join the Spaniards : 
 That, in his 0;)inion too, t'l.it Illand was always in Danger when our Kaeaiits 
 wee: fuperior in the Mediterramaii, which has bjc.i f..r fome Tune, and is 
 
 il;il
 
 (49 ) 
 
 h\\\ the Cafe. All which Circumftances concur to prove the Dano-er, the Neg- 
 lect, and the Juftice of cenfuring fuch Negledl at fuch a Time. 
 
 5. Becaufe it v/as faid in the Debate by thofe whofe high Stations bed: 
 -enable them -to know, That a general Relaxation of Government, and Ahufes of 
 this "Nature, luere the Vices of the prefent Age. A melancholy Truth ! which 
 We conceive is fo far from being an Argument for Impunity, that it evinces the 
 NeccfTity, at leaft, of cenfuring fuch as We can attain to the Knowledge and 
 Proofs of. And indeed We have but too much Reafon to believe, that the 
 feveral Abufcs committed in the feveral Branches of the Government, un- 
 punifh'd at leaft, if not conniv'd at, have already produc'd Eft'c:(Ss too fenfibly 
 felt by this Nation ; which Abufcs, from the Nature of Things, neceffarily 
 multiply themfelves, and if not fpeedily check'd, muft foon forge a Chain of 
 reciprocal and criminal Dependancy, too ffrong for even the Authority of this 
 Houfe to break, too heavy for the Conflitution to bear. 
 
 6. Becaufe the Motion for an Addrefs ofFer'd in Lieu of this Queflion, in 
 •which the fame Fatt is ftated in its full Extent, but without the leafl Cenfure 
 annex'd to it, is, in our Opinions, not only unprecedented, but inconliflent 
 with the Honour and Dignity of this Houfe, as it may feem calculated to fcreen 
 the Guilt it avows ; and as it may be thought to intimate future Impunity for 
 publick Crimes, if ballanc'd by private minjfterial Merit. Artifice may elude 
 Enquiries, or prevent Detection ; Lenity may cenfure a Crime, yet fpare the 
 Criminal ; but Mankind, we fear, may be at a Lofs to account from what 
 Motives fo criminal a Neglc<St, fully ffated, prov'd, and admitted, could efcape 
 without Cenfure ; or may afciibe it to fuch as would affeft the Reputation, and 
 confequently lefl'en the Authority of this Houfe. 
 
 Sandivich, 
 Dunk. Halifax, 
 
 Greenwich, 
 
 Carlife, 
 
 Shaftjiury, 
 
 Northampton., 
 
 Manfel, 
 
 Chi/terfield, 
 
 Leigh, 
 
 jiilesbury, 
 
 Falmouth, 
 
 Craven, 
 
 Talbot, 
 
 Abingdon, 
 
 Cobharn, 
 
 Ward, 
 
 Bridgwater, 
 
 St. 'John, 
 
 Oxford, 
 
 Exeter, 
 
 Foley, 
 
 Denbigh, 
 
 Litchfield, 
 
 Beaufort, 
 
 Ric. Lie. esf Co. 
 
 Suffolk, 
 
 Haverjham, 
 
 Berkley of Strat. 
 
 IVeflmor eland, 
 
 Thanet, 
 
 Bathurjl, 
 
 Exeter, 
 
 R. Lincoln; 
 
 Clinton, 
 
 Hereford, 
 
 Goiver, 
 
 Aylesford, 
 
 Clfton, 
 
 Macclesfield^ 
 
 Bedford. 
 
 N
 
 (JO) 
 
 BILL; 
 
 In T I T I. E D, 
 
 jtn ASl for indemnify'ing fuch Perfcns as Jhall, upon Examination, make Difco'series 
 touching the Difpojition of Piiblick Money, or .concerning the D; fpofttion of Offices , 
 or any Payments or Agreements in refpeP. thereof, or concerning other Matters 
 relating to the Conduit of Robert Earl of Orford. 
 
 "(T "V 7" HERE AS an Inquiry is depending in Parliament touching the Co n- 
 V/V/ duiSl of Robert, Earl of Orforcl, during the luft Ten Years of his be- 
 ' ' ing firll Commiflioner of the Trcafury, and Chancellor and Ujider- 
 Trcafurer of his Majcfly's Exchequer ; ar.d it k necclTary for the Purpofe afore- 
 Jaid, That feveral Perfons Ihould be examined in Relation to any A4ifapplication, 
 illesial or corrupt Difpofition of any Money granted by Parliament for defraying 
 the Expellees of His Majcily's Civil Goveriiment, and better fupportina; the 
 Dignity of the Crown of Great Britain, and for enabling His Majelh' to make 
 an Honourable Provifion for his Royal Family, and of any other Publick Mo- 
 ney ; and alfo in Relation to the Difpofition of any OfHces and Payments, Al- 
 lowances or Agreements in rcfpctSt tiiereof, and concerning other Matters re- 
 lating to the Conduft of the faid Robert Earl of Orford : And whereas, in many 
 Cafes, Difcoveries relating to the faid Inquiry cannot be had and obtained, with- 
 out fomc Indemnification to fuch Pcrfon and Perfons as fhall make Difcovery 
 touching the Matters aforeftid : Be it enabled by the King's moft Excellent 
 Majeltv, by and with the Advice and Confent of the Lord's Spiritual and Tem- 
 poral, and Commons, in this preftnt Parliiament afiembled, and by the Au- 
 thority of the flime. That for the more effectual making the Inquiry and Dif- 
 covery aforefaid, all and every Perfon and Perfons (other than the faid Robert 
 Earl of Orford) who having been duly fummon'd, fhall, upon his, her, or their 
 beino' examined or interrogated by either Houfe of Parliament, or any Com- 
 mittee of either Houfe, relating to the Matters aforefud, truly and faithfully 
 difcover and difclofe, to the belf of his, her, or their Knowledge, Remem- 
 brance, and Belief, all fuch Matters and Things as he, fhe, or they fhall he 
 examined unto, or interrogated upon, touching or concerning the faid Inquiry, 
 and relative thereunto ; fhall be, and he, (he, and they, is and are hereby freed, 
 indemnified, and difcharged of, from, and againft all Forfeitures, Penalties, 
 Punifhments, Difabilities, and Incapacities which he, fhe, or they may incur or 
 become fubjedf to, for or by Reafon or Means of any Matter or Thing which 
 he, {he, or they fhall, upon his, her, or their being examined, as aforefaid, 
 truly and faithfully difcover, difclofe, and make known, touching or concern- 
 ing the faid Inquiry, and relative thereunto ; and that all and everv Perfon and 
 Perfons (other than the faid Robert Earl of Orford) making fuch Difcovery as 
 aforefaid, who lliall have, hold, or enjoy any Otfics (^r Offices whatever, Ihall 
 be, and he, fhe, and they, is and are hereby enabled and made capable to hold, 
 occupy, and enioy his, her, or their faid Ofiice or Offices, notwithflanding a.ny 
 Forfeiture, Penalty, or Incapacity whatfoever, which fuch Perfon or Perfons fnall 
 or may be liable to, in refpeCt of wl.at he, Ihe, or they fhall difcover, as afore- 
 faid ; any thing in the AiSt of Parliament made and paiied in the Fifth and Sixth 
 Years of the Reign of King Edward the Sixth, againft buying and felling of 
 Offices, or any thing therein, or any other Law or Statute to the contrary 
 thereof in any wife notwithftanding. 
 
 Provided always, and be it enadted by the Authority aforefaid, That this Aff, 
 or any thing herein contained, fhall not extend, or be conftrued to extend, to 
 give any Benefit or Advantage, or to indemnify, free, or difcharge any Pcrfon 
 or Perfons from or againft any Forfeitures, Penalties, Punilhments, Difabilities, 
 or Incapacities , who, being examined, as aforefaid, fhall give any falfj Evi- 
 dence, or make any falfc Difcovery, touching or concerning the faid Inquiry, 
 and relative thereunto ; any thing herein contained to the contrary notwith- 
 ftanding.
 
 (51 ) 
 
 The Lords Protest on the faid BILL. 
 
 Die Mart is 25 Maii, ^742. 
 
 *' TjO D I E fecunda vice le£}a ejl Billa, intitled. An Afl: for indemnifying 
 
 / / '* fuch Perfons as fliall upon Examination make Difcoveries, touching 
 
 " the Difpoution of publick Money, or concerning the Dif'pofition of 
 
 " Offices, or any Payments or Agjreements in refpeft thereof, or concerning 
 
 -" other Matters relating to the ConduS oi RO B E RT Earl of OR FORD." 
 
 Then it was prcpofed to commit the Bill, and after long Debate thereupon. 
 The Queftion was put, Whether the faid Bill {hall be committed. 
 It wasRefolved in the Negative, 
 
 Contents — — — 47 ? 
 
 Proxies — — — 10 W' ' 
 
 Not Contents — 02 > 
 1 roxies — — 17 •^ ' 
 DiJJenttenf. 
 
 MACCLESFIELD. 
 I. TlECAUSE the Rejecting of this Bill, founded, as we conceive, upon 
 D Reafon and Jullice, warranted by Precedents, authorifed by Neceflity, 
 and call'd for by the e;eneral Voice of the Nation, may appear a manifcil: Ob- 
 flrutlion to publick Juii:ice, in the prefent great and important Cafe, and a molt 
 certain Deleat of it for the future, in all Cafes of the like Nature. 
 
 2. Becaufe it is an uncontroverted Maxim of the Law of England, That the 
 Publick has a Right to every Man's Evidence, and vet, by the fame Law, no 
 Mar is obliced to accufe himfelf ; and as the Accomplices of Guilt are frequent- 
 Iv the only Witnefles of it, v/e conceive, that both Prudence and Juftice point 
 out this -Method c.f Impunity to feme, as abfolutely necelTary towards difcovering 
 the Guilt of others, and thereby diiTob.ing thofe Confederacies, which, formed 
 by common Guilt, can only fubhlt while they are cemented by common 
 Danger. From thefe undeniable Principles we apprehend this Bill ought to have 
 paiTed, in order to preferve the Rights of the Publick, and the Rights of the 
 Individuals. 
 
 3. Becaufe this Bill is juftified by many Bills of a much flronger Nature, in 
 Cafes of much Icis Conlequence to the Publick, fuch as the Cafes of Sir Thomas 
 Cooke, the Mafters in Chancery, Sir Robert Sutton, Tljompjon, and others, in 
 fome of which, the Perfons indemnified, in order to give their Evidence, were, 
 at the lame time, compelled, under fevere Penalties, to give it. And as there 
 is a Power not only of Indemnifying, but Revi^arding, necelTarily lodged in the 
 Crown, in order to bring Crimmals to Juftice, by Evidence known to, and 
 within the Reach of the Laws ; fo we apprehend, that in an Inquiry after 
 Crimes, that .may affe£l the Being of the VV hole, the People hax'e a Right to the 
 Exertion of that Power with which the Legiflature is undoubtedlv vefted, to 
 come at fuch Evidence as make that Enquiry effciiUial to their future Security. 
 
 4. Becaufe the Legiflature has e:cercifed this Power in many Inftances, re- 
 ■ iating to paiticular Branches of the Revenue, in. order to prevent Frauds, the Per- 
 fons concerned in fuch Frauds are not only mdemnified, but rewarded alfo ; and 
 for the private Utility of one Company, the Legiflature, by the gth of George 
 the Firit, after forbidding any Perion to be concerned in promoting an Ea/{- 
 India Company in the Aujtrian Netherlands, gives to our Ei'.ft-India Comp-iny 
 a Power to profecute, by Bill in Chancery, or Court of Exclitqucr, any Perfon 
 whom they fhall fufpecT:, obliging fuch Periijn to make Diicoverv upon Oath, 
 tho' fuch Difcovery fubjedls him to a Forfeiture. As alfo for the better Dif- 
 coVery of Felonies the Legiflature has thought fit by an Act, 5th of Anne, to 
 pardon any Perfon not only of the Felony diicovcred, but of all other Felonies 
 he has ever been guilty of, upon his making a Difcovery of two Perions who 
 ihall thereupon be convicted of any Burglary or PVlony, and that Dilcoverer is 
 alfo intitled to a Reward. 
 
 >. Becaufe
 
 ( 52 ) 
 
 5- Becaufe the rejcfling this Bill may prove a dangerous Prefidcnt of" fatal 
 Coiifcquence to this Coii(l-itution, fince, whenever this Nation fhall be vifitcJ 
 by a ivicked Minijier, thofe who (hall have fcrved him in defr.uuiingaiid opprd- 
 iing the Pubiick, and in corrupting Individuals, will be furiiifiicd with an Ex- 
 cufe (or ref'ufing their Evidence, their Danger will produce his Security, and he 
 may enjoy wjtii Safety the Plunder of his Country ; nay, we even apprehend, 
 that the rcjeding of this Bill may be mifunderffood by thofe who can riiake any 
 Difcovery, as if this Houfe dehgned to difcourage any Evidence whatfoever, 
 that could afJett the Perfon whofe Condudt the Secret Committee was appoint- 
 ed, by the Houfe of Commons, to inquire into. A Minifter may be rerrioved 
 from his Place, and not from his Power ; he may be removed from both, and 
 not fr«m the Favour of his Pi ince ; nay, he may be deprived of all three, and 
 yet his Succtllbr may think his Interefl and future Safety, and his P/ince may 
 imagine his Autliority concerned in prott<iting him from either Puniihment cr 
 Inquiry. In any of which Cafes, all written Evidence, all Office- Proofs, will 
 be fecreted or rcfufed ; and if verbal Evidence be rendered Impraificable too, 
 (which the Rejt<5ting of this Bill will furnifh a Precedent fur) we conceive we 
 might as well have palled an Aft of Indemnity to all future A'linillers. 
 
 6. Becaufe we can by no IMeans agree to the Argument principally urged 
 againfl this Bill, that there were not Proofs of Guilt againft this Perfon, futii- 
 cient tojuflify the PafHng it ; whereas, in our humble Opinions, the Voice of 
 the Natioti, the Senfe of- the other Houfe, and the lamentxible Situation of this 
 Kingdom, both at Home and Abroad, create Sufpicions, which not only juflifv, 
 but call aloud for Enquiry ; which Enquiry mult neceffarily prove inefFetSual, 
 unlefs proper Methods are taken to fuppi;rt it, of which we apprehend this Bill 
 to be one, and a Proceeding io juff, that no innocent Man would dcfire to avoid 
 it, and no guilty one ought to efcape it : Moreover, the Reafons alliened by the 
 Pcrfuns whole JSehaviour gave Rife to this Bill, for refufing their Evidence, is a 
 fufficient Implication that it would aitevit die Earl of Orfcrd, fince they admit 
 it would afiedt themfl-lves, 
 
 7. Becaufe we conceive that the rejfting this Bill may create great DifafFeftion 
 in the Nation, to the Diminution of the Credit, and confequently of the Au- 
 thority of this Houfe, when the People find themfelves difappoinleiiin tlvjir juil: 
 Expe(5lations of having a ftriiit Enquiry into the Condudt of the Earl of tt-yi/v/, 
 which they have fo long called for m vain, and hoped they had at lafl obtamed ; 
 groaning under the undiniinilhed Load of National Debts and Taxes, notwith- 
 ifanding a long Peace ; trembling under the Terrors of multiplied Penal Laws ; 
 deploring their facrificed Honour, and their negleited Intercfls ; the Bal- 
 lance of Europe overturned Abroad, and the Conffitution endangered at Home j 
 they call for Jufiice ; they hope for Redrefs : The other Houfe has taken the 
 proper Steps to anfwer thele Expc£lations ; the Enquiry begun there, could only 
 have been rendered effe£tual in one material Puint by this Bill ; Vi'hich being re- 
 jeiSfod by this Houfe, from whence they cxpefl JufHce and Redreis, We fear 
 their blafted Hopes, which, for a Time, may feem to fmk into a flavifh De- 
 fpondency, may at laft break out into Dilbrders, more eafy, polTibly to forcfee 
 than to remedy. 
 
 Oxford and Mortimer, JVeJlw.orclam}, Jrgyle and Green. Carlijle, 
 
 Denbigh, Abingdon, R. Lincoln, Sandivich, 
 
 Chejicrjield, Berkjhire, Dunk. Halifax, Litchfield, 
 
 Bathiirf}, Gower, Craven, Beaufort, 
 
 JVard, Northampton, Falmouth, Shaftesbury, 
 
 Thanet, Boyle, Bedford Leigh, 
 
 Foley, Coventry, Cihham, St. 'John, 
 
 Aylesford, Rockingham, A'dsbury and Elgin, Haver/ham, 
 
 E R RATA. 
 
 i'age 25. I. 39. forioS. read 138. p. 31. I. 50. for 15000. read 1500. p. 33. h 33. 
 for Dec. read Diiio. p. 36. J. 17. from the Bottom, for 5000. r. 500. 
 
 A STATE
 
 A STATE of the National Debt Provided or Unprovided for 
 by Parliament, as it ftood on the 3ifl oi December ^ I740> 2nd on 
 the 3111 of December, I74i' 
 
 } 
 
 EXCHEQ^UER. 
 
 ANnuities for long Terms, being 
 the Remainder of the orignall 
 
 Sum contributed and unfublcribedi 
 
 to the South-Sea Company. 
 Annuities for Lives with Benefit of 
 
 Survivorfhip, being the original 
 
 Sum contributed. 
 Annuities for two and three Lives, 
 
 being the Sum remaining after 
 
 what is fallen in by Deaths 
 Annuities at 9 fer Cent, for ftiort^ 
 
 Terms j* 
 
 Annuities on the Lottery ^ano 1710 ) 
 
 for i/ii/o *y 
 
 Annuities on the Plate Afl, 6 GcorgH / 
 
 \. Regis \ 
 
 Annuities for AW/; and St Chrijlo- ) 
 
 pber's Debtntures, at 3 fer Cent 
 
 fer Annum 
 Annuities at 3 /. 10 s per Cent. Anno'/ 
 
 ■73' S 
 
 Annuities at 3 fer Cent. Anno 1736, > 
 
 charged on the Sinking Fund ^ 
 Annuities at 3 per Cent. Anno 1738, i 
 
 chaiged on ditto < 
 
 Duties on Salt continued Anno I734 
 D/V/o further continued Anno 1735 
 Ditto further continued Anno 1741 
 Exchequer Bills made out for InteO 
 
 rell of old Bills exchanged ^ 
 
 Exchequer Bills on the Viduallers^ 
 
 Aft Anno 1726 •^ 
 
 Exchequer BiUs charged on the Du-T 
 
 ties on Sweets, Anno ly^,"/ J 
 
 Note, Tie Land-Taxes and the Du- 
 ties on Malt, being Anuual Grants, are 
 not charged in this Account, nor the 
 100,000 /. charged upon the Deduilions 
 «/" 6 d fer Pound on Penjions, (s'c. 
 
 EAST-INDIA COMPANY. 
 
 By two Afls of Parliament, 9 H'il/. 
 
 Ill, and two other Ads 6 and g ' 
 
 Anna- Regin^ 
 
 BANK«/ENGLAND. ' 
 By their original Fund at 6 per Cent.', 
 
 per Annum < 
 
 For cancelling Exchequer Bills, 3", 
 
 Geo. I Regis < 
 
 Purchafed of the South Sea Company 
 Annuities at 4 per Cent, charged on 
 
 the Duties on Ccals, ijc. fince ' 
 
 Lady Day yy^g 
 Ditto charged on the Surplus of the , 
 
 Funds lor the Lottery i 7 • 4. < 
 
 Ditto at 3 per Cent for the Lottery , 
 
 . ^niio I 7 3 1 . ^ 
 
 SOUTH-SEA C O NT P A N y 
 
 On their Capital Stock and Annuities 
 9 G;o. I, P.egis 
 
 Amount of theiVa- 
 tional Debt on 
 the 3 ill o( De 
 eember, i 740. 
 
 1836275 17 10 
 
 108100 
 
 109447 8 2 
 
 i6uo8 6 8 
 
 109290 
 
 3 1 2000 
 
 37S2' 5 1 
 
 400000 
 600000 
 
 300000 
 
 84500 
 
 500000 
 
 2200 
 481400 
 499600 
 
 3200000 
 
 1600000 
 
 500000 
 4000000 
 
 Increas'd 
 between 
 the 31 II 
 of Dec. 
 I 740, and 
 the 31ft 
 of Dec. 
 1741. 
 
 Paid off 
 within 
 what 
 Time. 
 
 S 00 
 
 I 1200000 
 
 84500 
 102500 
 
 1 
 
 Sooooo 
 
 27302203 5 6 
 
 Amount of the 
 National Debt 
 on the 31ft of 
 December 1741. 
 
 1836275 17 10 
 
 108100 
 
 108647 8 2 
 
 161108 6 S 
 
 109290 
 312000 
 
 37821 s I 
 
 400000 
 600000 ] 
 300000 
 
 397500 
 1200000 
 
 2200 
 481400 
 499600 
 
 3200000 
 
 1630000 
 
 500000 
 4000000 
 
 1750000 
 
 1250000 
 800000 
 
 27302203 5 6 
 
 45943946 3 5 1200000 187800 46956246 3 5
 
 TH E Exche- 
 quer to Ca(hi 
 on the Sinking^ 
 Fund, on the 3 ilt\ 
 oi Dec. I 740. 
 
 To the Produce 
 of the Sink. Fund 
 between the 3irt( 
 of December 1 7 40, 
 and the 3 1 It ol 
 December 1741. 
 
 Surplus of the. 
 General Fund 
 
 Z^;//oofthe Ag-7 _ 
 gregate Fund \ ^ 
 
 Ditto of the ) 
 South - Sea Com- V 99802 
 pany's Fund 3 
 
 Dr 
 
 18563; 
 
 ■^361487 
 
 54247 
 
 16 4 
 19 6( 
 
 .1165538 7 
 
 13 I 
 
 42 13 I 
 
 £ '35i'73 '5 3 
 
 9000 
 
 1 0000 
 
 Per Contra Cr. I- '■ <i- 
 
 Y Money ifTued between the 
 3 ill of Dece>nb:r, 1740, and 
 
 and the 3111 oi Duember, 1741 
 Jnfullof^ i?o,ooo granted for ^ ^0836 14 4 
 
 the Service of the Year 1740 ^^ 
 In fu!l of j^ 1,200,000 granted ^ 
 
 lall Scilian of Parliament for j> icoooco 
 
 the Service of the Year 1741. \ 
 To pay the Annuities at 3 per~y 
 
 Cent, on ^600,000 granted^ 18000 
 
 ^tino 1736, for one Year due^ 
 
 at Michaelmas 174 1 J 
 
 To the Ufher of the Receipt of \ 
 
 the Exchequer, for Necefla-^ 
 
 ries deliver'd for the Service^ 
 
 ofthefaid Annuities j 
 
 To pay the Annuities at 3 per \ 
 
 Cent on jT JOO.OOO granted^ 
 
 Jnm 173b, for one Year due?" 
 
 at Michaelmas 1741 j 
 
 To the Bank oi Enrland for In-^ 
 
 tereft of ^^ 500, 000 lent by 1 
 
 them on tne Credit of the Du- 
 ties on Salt continued Anno '" 
 
 1735, for fix Months Interell I 
 
 due the 8th o( March, 1740 -> 
 To the f-id Bank of England to > 
 
 make good the Premiums or 
 
 Rewards for circulating Ex- 
 chequer Bills charged on the "s, 1Q018 4 11 
 
 Duties on Vifluallers granted ^ ^ ^ 
 
 Anno 1726, between the 24th I 
 ■ of Jutj, 1739. and Michael ' 
 
 mas, 1741 
 To the fiid Bank of England,^ 
 
 to make good the Premiums I 
 
 or Reward.-., fur circulating | 
 
 Exchequer Bills charged on y 2785O I 4' 
 
 the Duties on Sweets, granted 1 
 
 Anno 1737, between the 24th I 
 
 of July, 1739, and Michael-^ 
 
 mas, 1741 
 To make good the Deficiency ~^ 
 
 of the Lottery Annuities ^^««oV 4048 147 
 
 I 73 1, at Chrifimas, 1740. J 
 To pay Interell on the Loans 
 
 charged on the Duties on S ilt/ 
 
 continued .^««o 1741, for fix^ 21000 
 
 Months Intereft due the 5th' 
 
 ofi\W. 1741. 
 To make good the Deficiency of ) 
 
 Annuities on the Plate Art to C • 1984 13 z 
 
 Ladj day, 1741 3 -^— 
 
 ^1190781 7 4 
 
 Ballance in Cafh the 31ft of De- 
 cember, 1741 160392 13 II 
 
 jC'35"73 'S 3 
 
 F INI S.
 
 ':^^3 
 
 D 000 010 315