§ MR. MALINSsaid, that on Tuesday last he put a question to the right hon. Gentleman the Clerk of the Ordnance as to whether the Government had satisfied themselves as to the groundlessness of the accusation against Messrs. Grissell of having put pieces of iron into certain mortars supplied to the Government with a view to conceal defects in them, and the right hon. Gentleman said he was in communication with Messrs. Grissell on the subject; and as he had not yet received an answer, he (Mr. Malins) was obliged to postpone bringing forward the subject to-night on going into Committee of Supply. As he intended to make it the subject of a Motion, he begged to ask the right hon. Gentleman whether he would have any objection to lay on the table the papers relating to the question?
§ MR. MONSELLsaid, that there was not the least objection to laying on the table of the House all the correspondence which had taken place between the Ordnance and the Messrs. Grissell with respect to the fraud alleged against that firm in the fulfilment of their contract.