§ SIR CHARLES NAPIERsaid, he wished to know from the right hon. Gentleman the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he had any objection to lay before the House the evidence taken before a Committee as to the management of the Board of Admiralty?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODI must really beg the hon. and gallant Admiral's pardon, but he has given me no notice of his question, nor do I quite understand to what Committee he exactly refers. Undoubtedly some little time back a Committee sat at the Admiralty, composed of the Lords and the Secretary, to inquire into some details of management connected with the department. But I take it the results of such an inquiry as that ought not to be laid upon the table of the House of Commons.
§ SIR CHARLES NAPIERHas not there been a Report given in as to the management of the Board of Admiralty?
§ SIR CHARLES WOODCertainly: but it was a Report in reference to the private business of the department.
§ SIR CHARLES NAPIERThat is exactly what I want to see.