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I. : -ending &odd be poliponed to this day three IiT:Il:h a. r. it 'RST and Sir ROBERT PEEL confider. ed the Bill :ibfolutely necefary for filch a manufac turing dilltiet as that of Manchefier, where a very atter.tive Police was necefary. Sir Robert Buxton acquiefced on the ground of its local necellity, altho' be could not agree to its principle. Mr. 'WlNnt+e at made fame general obfervations. The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQU ER concluded the converfation, by ohfbrving thae ne ceffi:y of the Bill was not only evident from the tetli mony of the Gentlemen beft acquainted with that part of the country ; but from the circumfianie of the Petition being figned by all the Magifiratft, aqd by the Petitioners being willing to take upon than (elves the eapence of paying there Magifirates. The Houle then divided—for the third reading its —alainft it 23. The Bill was then read a third time mid pall. Adjourned. FOLLOWING Is LW ABSTRACT OF THE REPORT OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE, APPOINTED TO IN VESTIGATE THE TENTH REPORT OS THE NAVAL COUSIISSIONSRE, PILLEINTED LAST NIGHT TO THE HOUSE OF COMMUNE SIT MR. LITCRETER. THE REPORT WAS DIVIDED INTO THORN MOOS. The firtt head of inquiry relates to the application of Money voted for naval Cervices to other purpofes. Upon this head the Committee tlate that, not think ing it the intention of the Houle that they fhould go into the rubjed which relates to the profecution or dered by the Attorney General, they defired to make no inquiry as to ' , iliac fums Lord Melville or Mr. Trotter may have applied to their own ufe. They were, therefore, led into a long examination, not knowing the afloat application of any Corn until traced. —At the fame time they gave to every party exa mined, when he was liable by his anfwer to criminate himfelf, the opportunity of objeCting to anfwer. The Committee have found that 40.0001. from the naval funds have been advanced by Lord Melville and Mr. Pitt to the houfe of Boyd and Benfield. A fans of to,oool. had been advanced by Lord Melville before Mr. Trotter became Paymafter of the Navy ; bot how this firm was applied the Committee have been unable to afcertain. Sums have been frequently advanced by Mr. Trot ter for the ufe of Lord Melville from a mixed fund, at Coutts's, of public and private money. Mr. Trotter berrow•rd at one time 22,0001. for the tate of Lord Melville, for which the Noble Lord was to pay an intereft of 5 per cent. Lord M. did not inquire how, or from what fund the loan was obtain ed. It was lent by Mr. Trotter. Mr. Trotter was in advance in Account Current, to Lord Melville, generally tram to to 20,cc01. which was lent from a mice.) fund, and for which Mr. Trot ter confiderecl Lord Melville his private debtor. Upon there advances, however, no interett was ever paid; nor was any ir,•r'relt paid upon any of the fums of to,cool. or mooch already alluded to. The loan of the 40,0001 which the Committee re- Inas k was decidedly againft the law, was made under e;ecumflances with refpeet to the (late of the country of a '•cry peculiar nature. Mr. Boyd, however, re prefenied, on his application to Minifters, that he was ender great pecuniary difficulties, and requetted ac• eommodation. This accommodation was granted, good fecurity being given ; and it being confidered, as is Rated in the evidence, that if the accommoda tion were relufed, the houfe of Boyd and Benfield might have failed, and many other honks might have failed aifo. To present Inch confequences, which, if they Ihould occur, it would, according to evidence, be difficult to conclude a new loan for the public fervice without s great lois, Lord Melville, conc e iving that the Naval fervice would fuffer no in. convenience, advanced the fum required. The fecu tity given by Boyd and Benfield, cool - tiled of India Company's Bonds and Bills, and alfo of fome Go• •ernment fecurities. The fum has been fence repaid, but without in'ereft. As to the fum of to,oool. due by Lord Melville to the Naval Funds previous to the appointment of Mr. Trotter in 1786, it appears that it has been replaced wawa intereft, fubfequent to the year ;Soo. The time and manner of paying this fum, the Committee slate, that they have not been able to afce:tain. Immediately after Mr. Trotter became Paymalter of the Navy it is (fated that he was appointed Private Agent to Lord Melville. In this capacity Mr. Trot ter received the falary of Lord Melville, with other fums in England, and alfo remittances, fometirnes, from Scotland, which receipts he paid into the mixed fund at C"utts's. Mr. Trotter had advanced fums to Mr. Tweedy, and other perform The advances he made to Mr. Tweedy amounted, once or twice, to about three or 40001. All thole fums have been fince replaced, but without interett. The time at which they were ad vanced nr replaced cannot be faid, " all vouchers, &c. being drJlreyed." The Committee nbferve that Lord Melville, in a letter to the Commiffioners of Naval Inquiry, flate4 that he " aid net decline giving occafional accom modation from the funds in his hands, as Treat:Ter of the Navy, to other departments of the Public Ser vice." They do not find that any Inch accommodation has been given in any inflance whatever. The Com mittee allude to another letter from the Noble Lord to the fame Commiffioners, alledging that " he did not derive any profit from the ufe made by Mr. Trot ter of the Public Money," and icier to the Appendix, which contains the evidence. The lecond head of the Report refers to the repre• tons faid to have been made to the Lords Com. nAloners of the Treafury and the Chancellor of the ►achequer, refpetling the manner in which the Naval Money was drawn from the Bank, contrary to the Ad of the 25. th of George 111. chap. 31. The Committee Rate, that they do not find any re prcfentation on this fubjeet was made to the Lords of the Treafury, but that it was reprefcnted to Mr. Pitt, appears from the evidence of Mr. Raikes, and the admiffion of Mr. Pitt himfelf. The Rtpirt Rates, that come time in the year 1797, Mr. Raikes, Governor of the Bank, had an official interview with Mr. Pitt. After official butinefs was at an end, he told Mr. Pitt, in converfation, the man ner in which the public money was drawn from the Bank by the Treafurer of the Navy ; that he had heard the Treafurer (Lord Melville) kept cath at Coutts's, and that Navy Bills were paid by drafts on that honk, int - lead of by drafts on the Bank. Mr. Vitt thanked Mr. Raikes for this information. Such • Mr. Raikes, in his evidence, A MOS to have been the purport of the converfation. b warm the length of time that bas elapfed, he is no t are as to the term Mr. Pitt admits the general i mport of the oonve Cation as Rated by Mr. Raikes, hut differs with him as to the terms. He does not ni idertake to 4 , recoiled with accuracy," but Oates it in ftrbliance to have con veyed to him an impreffion that lona% were drawn from the Bank and carried to a priva r banking houfe to a larger amount than was fnppofed neceffary ; that he took an early opportunity of , fluting to Lord Melville the information he received from Mr. [bikes ; and though he cannot nate precifely what further paffed between himfelf and Lord Melville on the &tied, he was irnpreffed with a belief that no fonts were fo transferred, bat Each as were necef fary to carry on the details of fervice in payments to individuals, and that it would be difficult to carry on fuch details in any other way ; that in his eon verfation with Lord Melville he did not advert to the provifions of the Aft which forbid filch trans fers, nor did it occur to him the drawing from the BAIA rich films of money in fuch a way for the pm.- pore of carrying on the details of office, was an ilk. gal pradict.—Relying on the rectitude of Lord Mel ville, from the opinion he entertained of him, he made no inquiry as to the necelEty of the practice, and was fo far fatisfied with the general flatement given by that Noble Lord, that he did not think it nec e ff a ry to communicate the circumflances of the cafe to any other of his Majeay's Minifiers, or to take any fur ther Reps on the fubjed. He (Mr. Pitt) ,had no knowledge or information of any Naval money, the 400 cl. exceptel, being applied to other porpofes, ex cept from the communication of Mr. Raikes, until after his retirement from office he was acquainted of it by Lord Harrowhy: That Noble Lord told him that he thought the pridice very fingular, and was, therefore, taking fleps to put a flop to it. That pri• vale profit was made from the ufe of the money be longing to the funds of the Navy, he had no know ledge whatever, till it was Made known by the Re port of the Naval Commiffonev; nor did he fuppofe that the bufinefs of the office would admit of it. The Third Head of the Report relates to the cafe of Jellicoe. From the Tenth Report it appears that all Jellicoe's property, returned by the inquifition, had been fold, and the proceeds carried tb the tublic ac count, antecedent to the writlof Privy Seals, except Cort's Patent, Sheffield Farm, a Meal:age at Portf mouth, a Warehoufe and Wharf at Gofport: The Report notices that 40001. were owing to Mr. , Jelli coe by his fon. Con's Patent has net been made available. The Warehoufe at Gufport was valued by the Inquifition at wool. It was let to the fon in September 1791 at tool. a year, and in May 'Soo it was raifed to tsol. a year; 875 e. from the rent of tbts Warehoufe for ten years, have been paid to Mr. Trot ter on account of the Tteafurer of the Navy, and feveral fums out of the 40001. due by the younger Jel licoe, have been alfo paid. Upon the manner of accounting for thofe feveral furns, fume remarks are made. It is Rated, that the mefuage at Portfmouth was let at 121. per item., and that no rent was ever received for it. It is added, that no rent was ever received for the wharf, and that no meafures were , properly taken for the recovery of the arrears due from the rent of the warehuufe, or the inßalments unpaid out of the .1.0001. due by Jellicoe, junior. Mr. Pitt Rates that information was given to the Solicitor of the Treafury, to take the requifite mea lures for the recovery of this money. The Solicitor (Mr. White), admits that he received fuch inftruaions, and that he proceeded accordingly while there were irifible effects from which there was I a hope of recovering any thing. He Rates alfo that • although he received loch general inftrunions as are ufual on fimilar oceafions, he considered liimfelf charged only with condating the law proceedings.' He thought that Mr. Trotter had employed proper perfons to inquire into Mr. Jellicoe's property. Mr. Trotter appears to have colle&ed fever al parts of Mr. Jellicoe's property, till Lord Melville bad pro cured the Writ of Privy Seal. The Report concludes with Rating the reafons which induced the Committee to decline examining Lord Melville, as, according to the teßrielions under which he was allowed by the conference with the Lords to appear before them, they could not proceed fatisfac torily to examine the Noble Lord touching the points fubmitted to their confederation. LONDON. 6 . 4 The article re:peeling t',e Staffordatire Potteries, would be charged at the Stamp Office. If Infected, it MlLft be paid for as an Adverttfccuent. TUESDAY, MAY id. PA ICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK , Confols, 5 I,l—fer July, 59.1-I—.oumium, 3F—Reduted 571 i. Excheq. Bilb, par a,. prem. The important Report of the Med Committee, on the matters contained In the Tenth Report of the Commillioners of Naval Enquiry, was yellerday pre rented to the Houfe of Commons by Mr. Ls YC svta, their Chairman. It was ordered to be laid on the table, and to be printed. Mr. WH IT BR I•D then gave notice, that, on the firft open day after the Report was printed, and duly circnlated, it was his intrntion to move for the Impeachment of Vifcount Met.vtiaa, and at the fame time to propofe certain Refolutions refpelling the cor.du!t of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- C Qi/ I It.—ThelC notices were liflened to with the molt profound attention, uninterrupted by a tingle ' fyllable of comment, or of obfervation, as to the time. Thurfday fe'nnight is the day fixed upon by Mr. WHITBREAD for making his promifed motions. We have this day received letters from Gibraltar, which we lubjoin. Though fome of the particulars which they detail are not of a very recent date, they are, neverthelefs, intereffing, as they ferve to fill up fome chat . = in the regular chain of intelligence. Several letters which we have ken, fpeak in terms of great regret, and even ferioos alarm, of the ex. cetive intemperance of the troops in that garrifon, which, it will be fccn by the fubjoined letters, bas ready given tire to fume melancholy fcenes of blood• flied and murder. A letter, dated May as, received this day from on board one of our cruizers off Mend, rays, " We have been to reconnoitre the pert of Fluthing, where we found only tiro frigates and two brigs completely rigged, but their fails not bent, and lying in the har bour. At Mend there is nothing that appears like a man of war. We have learned that in the Teel there are five line of battle (hips and one corvette ready for fea, but badly manned, and that two more line of battle !hips are expeded down to join them." An overland difpatch from India was received yef terdayat the India Houle, brought from the Continent by the packet with the Hamburgh :nail. The accounts from Bombay come down to the zoth of January, and from Madras to the sth of the fame month. We are happy to announce that it is now the opi. nion of the Lett informed perfons that the Mahratta war may be confidered as terminated, by the defeat of HoLKAR's cavalry by General LA RE, and his in fantry by General FRAZt a. It will be remembered, that Gen. LARS'S difpatch, giving an account of his attack on the enemy, was not received, though the fubfequent difpatches proved bow complete the fue cefs had been.—General LAKE certainly deferves the utmolt ci edit for the promptitude and vigour of his operations. Some of his marches are extraordinary. In anotbcr part of this paper will be found details from the India newfpapers of every thing they pre fent, of which we had not received accounts before. Private letters, received by the overland difpatch, bring the pleating intelligence of the tale arrival of all the Company's (hips that failed from England, at the feveral Prefidencies, except the fleet which left Portfmouth on the 4th of Sept. laft ; but there is no ground for apprehenfion on account of it, as there was not tithe for the feveral (hips of which it was compofed, to reach their refpeelive deflinations.— The (hips of which it confifled were the Travers, SANDERS; Union, MACX INTOSH ; Indus, WELDER; Lord Keith, RAMAGE ; Ocean, *TAGGART Des vaynes, ADDER LEY ; Harriet, LYNCH ; Huddart, Earmetb, and Skelton Cattle, NORMAND. The . Gulf of Perfia being infelled with feveral of the enemy's privateers, to the great annoyance of our trade in that quarter, the Cornwallis frigate, of so guns, in the Company's Service at Boinbay, was dif pitched from thence to cruife, for the proteislion of our trade, between the Gulf and Bombay. on the sift of Wtober, Admiral Luton arrived at Poh Bourbon, in the ifland of Mauritius. It was underd;Asd at Bombay on the isoth January, that Sir E. PeLLztv was :At Trincomalee, or rather had gone to cruize off Madras, the Monfoon being over. There t:ls a report yelterday, that the troops of the Kit 4 c of CANDY had made a dcfcent on our p.. fi Lions in Ceylon, and made a confiderable impreffion apnn them, but we believe there is no foundation whatever fur the Rory. In the preceding columns we have given extrads from Paris journals to the zoth, and Dutch papers to the 25th intl., which came to hand lafl night. The molt important article is the letter, dated Cadiz, the 3oth ult. from the Moldiest. ; for from this letter it plainly appears, that the fleet had never returned again after quitting that porton the loth of the fame month. BONAPARTE was at Milan on the t ith inflant, and pas prefented, amidit great pomp, by the Pruflian Ambairador, with the Orders of the Red and Black Eagles. His Imperial Majefly wore them at the Re view, and at the Theatre in the evening. Thefe papers contain a demi-official report of the operations of the Rochefort fquadron. We are happy to find that by their flatement of damage done to us, it does not exceed what we have already been apprized of. It is with much concern we have to announce the capture of pan of the outward-bound Newfoundland convoy. The particulars which have come to our knowledge are as follow : gi Cork, May 2!. " I am concerned to Inform yen, that the Newfoundland Beet. which failed henct the 9th initant , confining of the Good Intent, Philan ; Eliza, Leiihman ; Ranger, Phelan; Endeavour, Elford ; Peggy, ttammeck ; and the Friends, Kavanaugh, from Waterford ; Harmony, Peele, front Cork ; Cram, Phelan ; and the Good For tune, Rickardfon, from Dartmouth, with coMroys, were fell in with by a French frigate, and were all captured or burnt ; two of them have fine been retaken by the Topaze frigate. and the Rots rio Hoop of war, off the North-W..11 coaß of Ireland. There were cruising two French privateers and a corvette,of ao guns : the lat ter is captured by the Topaze frigate. She had captured the Young William, of London, Capt. Young, from Cork to Waterford, with fpirits end porter." _ _ _ " Waterford, May 20. " The brig Friends, Captain Kavanagh, and the hoop Good Intent, Capt. Richard Phelan, that faikd from Pafrage for New foundland on the 3oth ultimo, were captured on the 13th luftant, about feventy leagues weltward of Cape Clear, by the French na tional corvette Sylph, of eighteen guns. The corvette,after taking out come of the provifions, &c. Sic. permitted them to return to this port, where they arrived on Sunday. The corvette, during her cruiL, had captured the following it, Mel% which the funk The Young William, Storey, from Cork to ieftport; Margaret, Chapel; and Hunter, Stevens, belonging to Arbroath; and the Bowman, Prieftman„ of Workington. The Captain of the cor vette intended to burn the Friends, and put the different crews and pairengers on board the Good Intent ; but three of the boats being hove, and • gale fpringing up, prevented him. Soon after the Friends loft Gght of the corvette, the fell in with his Majelly's frigate Totraze, with a Span& hoop of war, of 21 guns (prize), in company, who immediately went in purfuit Of the Frenchman, and there I. every probability of their being fucceMul. The Captain of the corvette behaved remarkably well to all his prifonen." A melancholy accident happened on Friday laft. Mr. Foote, the Brnker, and his Sitler, went below Gravefend on a failing party, w.ien a hidden fqtrall of wind upfet the boat ; the confequence was, that Mt. Foote and a waterman were drowned. and it was with difficulty that the Lady was raved. The body of Mr. Foote has not . yet bceu fodud. GIBRALTAR, APRIL 9. " This morning the Fretwi, fleet from Toulon pa Ire d this place at ten o'clock. On coming abreaft of Eu ropa Point, they hoined their colours. They con fined of eleven fail of the line, fix large frigates, at d two brigs of war. They mere difcovered coming from the eanward at feven o'clock this morning : fortu nately the RENOWN, Sir RICHARD STRACH AN, was cruizing in the Gut, who, at nine o'clock, difcovered what they were, and immediately bore away under a croud of fail, for Sir Jomm Ozns's fquadron off Cadiz. • •' the FiSGARD. Lord MARK Kilt, alto got under weigh in the afternoon to follow their motions. " The French fleet had a Prong eafterly wind, and were out of fight at one o'clock. " We have every futon to fuppofe that they will be joined by the Cadiz fquadron, where the Spaniards have eight fail of the line ready for Pea. Ir was a melancholy fight to fee them pars the Streights unmolefted, and we are much afraid th..t Lord NELSON will again have gone to Egypt in put fuit of them, as his Lordfhip teems to have been nni.. formlyperfuaded that theyw ere bound toAlexandria. 4 4 Arm to.—An American fhip arrived this morning from Marfcilles, the Captain of which fayr, that he was in company with the French fleet fix days; that their force confifts of four (hips of 84 guns ; feven ditto of 74; fix ditto of 44 : two brigs, and that they have about thirteen thoufand troops on board, and that they failed from Toulon on the 29th of March. He Pays that RFortisa commands die land forces, and Admiral Vissatt [ova the fleet, and that it was the general opinion that they were bound for Ireland. " APRIL 13.—Accounts reeeivedfrotnCadia to-day (late, that on the loth, the French fleet were joined off there by the Spanifh fleet, confiffing of feven fail of the line, and I'Aigle French line cf battle chip: the Spanifh (hips had 3000 troops on board, soon of which were difmounted cavalry, with all their (addles and accoutrements complete. The fame accounts add, that Sir Jolts °RDA was at anchor off Cadiz when the French fleet came in fight, taking in water and provifions from fome tranfports. He, imme diately on fceing the French fquadron, threw all the Iprovifi( ni on his decks overboard, cut his cables, and put to fea as fall as poffible, leaving his anchors behind, which the Spaniards are now at tempting to weigh. " The Spaniards, it is raid, are extremely exafpe rated at Sir Joan ORDE'S conduct off Cadia, particu larly in his refuting to exchange his prifoners, and keeping the Spanilb officers in the prifon (hip ; and we begin to feel the effects of their refenttnent here, in their cutting off our ufual fupplies of freth provi. (ions from Spain. 6s Amt. al.—This morning the BITTERN Sloop of war arrived from Lord tletsom's fleet, which the left on the 12th of this month off the ifland of Sar dinia. His Lordfhip had heard of the Toulon fleet having failed, but was uncertain which way they had gone, and was waiting off Sardinia for intelligence. , g The BITTERN failed again in the evening in quell of his Lordfhip. "A r en, 28.—A very ferious affray took place latt night between a party of two of the different corps in the Garrifon, owing to Tome drunken quarrel.— One party feized their arms, and attacked the other corps in their Barracks with filed bayonets, and be. before they could be cepa:l./tea, eight foldiers were feve re ly wounded ; and we are firoogly apprehenfive of more mifchief from the very unpleafant Rate in which the garrifon is from the exceffive drunken nefs of the troops. 4 ‘ A few days ago a private of the Barrack Arti ficers was hanged for (hooting his Serjeant when is liquor. ‘g Aram 30.—The A blazon frigate has juft arrived from Lord NILSON'S fleet, which the left on the 18th hill off Sardinia. His Lordihip had that day re ceived inteUigence of the enemy's fleet having pafted the Streights, and was Reering this way under a croud of fail. The ACTIVI frigate has alfo arrived from Lord Matson's fleet. and fails for England in a few hours. —The Captain of the Act's"' fays,,that he exprets Lord Naison will pars the Streights this emir:l; without flopping," Another application was made to Minißers on Sa turday by tome of the principal proprietors of ellates in Jamaica to know its probable fate, ftiould the unit ed fleets of the enemy be deftined againll that The anfwer was that Admiral COCHRANE would be there before the enemy pot ably could, and that on the whole Jamaica might be confidered in a (tats of perfeet fafety. The expedition under General CRAIG has pnt into Oporto. Letters have been received from on board the DRAGON, of 74 guns, dated the Bthinil. Oporto Roads, which Itate, that the expedition had got into the latitude of Cadiz, when they received from the Difparch (loop, the account (tithe failing of the Corn. bined Fleets, which induced them to proceed to Oporto, whtre they rived on the 7th. FIRE.— Lai ni i ,ht about eight o'clock a fire broke out at Mr. SMITH'S Upholftery Warehoufe in Grosvenor Mews, which raged 'with great violence for near two lours. The pi unites, two coach h and Rabling, were dettroyed ;—hut :heir being a plentiful fupply of water, the fire was happily got under without further da• age. The Loyal Britons, St. James's, and Littachraults from other Volunteer Corps attended to keep off the populacc. , 4 • 04,