§ LORD MONTEAGLEwished to put the following question to the noble Lord the President of the Board of Control, namely, whether there would be any objection to produce "any Correspondence which may have taken place between the Treasury and the Board of Control, or any other Department of the Government, and the East India Company, on the subject of a claim for the payment of 400,000l., alleged to be due on account of expenses of the late Chinese War?"
§ LORD BROUGHTONbegged, in answer to the question, to say, that it was quite true that the East India Company had made a demand to the amount stated; and it was also true that a correspondence had taken place between some Departments of the Government and the East India Company. He thought it was better for him not to make any further remarks on the subject at present; and he begged to say, that he had no objection to lay the papers on the table of the House.
§ On the Motion of Lord MONTEAGLE, an Address for a copy of this correspondence was agreed to.