§ MR. STACPOOLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty, If he has any and what objections to produce the Returns authorizing payment of retired pay to Naval Officers holding Civil Appointments, as stated in the Notice Paper of April 6th?
§ MR. HUNT,in reply, said, the Returns alluded to were the same, he believed, which the hon. Member proposed to move for that evening. He (Mr. Hunt) did not intend to produce those Returns for two reasons—first, because they asked for instructions from the Ad- 1830 miralty to a Departmental officer which it was not usual to produce; and secondly, it was an indirect way of obtaining the opinion of the Law Officers of the Crown, which could not be communicated.