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ruction of •ouchers ; it did not appear he was aware of this clause, and even by his own account he was ignorant of it; nothing at tache.' to him therefore, but having executed this Relea , e In what then did his crime con sist ? the Vouchers were mutually delivered up to each other and cancelled. A:id the Right Hon: and Learned Gentleman declared that if such a deed had been brought to him to s:gn, though the clause might have escaped his notice, nevertheless he would have no objedion in the world to execute it. With respei9 to the participation of profits with Mr. Trot ter, a stain had been cast upon the Noble Viscount, and a suspicion only had arisen, and he could not fairly see how any Jury would he justified in drawing such a conclusion. The Hon. Gent. (Mr.Whitbread) had endeavoured to fix upon lA. Melville a participa tion of profitstrising out of the public muney,grotuscl ed upon the construaion of an Act of Parliarnent,aod upon the Resolutions of the House ; but no Court, he contended, would take those Resolutions as the law. In order to have recourse to legal proceed ings, there should be strong and precise ground of law ; in order to support an indielment, the charges must be founded on a certain breach of the law. With respell to the construelion of the Aft of Parliament, Mr. Trotter had been in the habit., before the year 1782, of diverting this money to other purposes not naval ; and the question was, wile•ber the Treasurer of the Navy might ass the money for other purposes? he thought it would be extremely hard to have considered Mr. Trotter any thing more than as a mere banker ; from tlia• time the Treasurer of the Navy could not make use of the puolic money, and nothing was to be found in the Aa of Parliament relative to making nse of the public money ; with respect to drawing the money from the Bank of England, and lodgitig it in tie hands of private bankers, it never amounted to a breach of the Aft Viscount Mel ville had stated in the Commission !rs of Naval In quiry, that he never drew the money from the Bank till the moment he wanted it ; and further by his Lirdshil.'s account, no money remained in Mr. Trotter's hands; but such as was liable to be taken from hint at every moment. If the House was in a case when Viscount Melville was to pn al together unpunished, it might call upon the House for this proceeding ; but it vies not necessary to at sin the matter, a fter the House had passed sen tence of condemnation upon him ; he had been diarialified from holding any office under the Crown ; he had been struck off the list of His Majesty's Privy Council ; what new punishment. then was to be exercised upon ham ? Were he to go to a new trial, it would bea case unexampled in the pages of history. Whatever might have been the conduit of Viscount Melville, he would always find a follower or inmate in office, v-ho would say, " I will suffer all Viscount Melville has suffered," and no man would put his hand to his heart and say, that any Treasurer of the Navy would not have aged in the same'eay. His Lordship had already been severely punished, and justice would not suffer that punish. meet to be too far followed up. Under all thecircum stances of the case, therefore, taking all the advan tages and disadvantages together, he begged leave to ask, was it fit that after a fair arid candid view of 1 the case, they should call for a further punishment? He considered it would be a strong del clielion of their duty, to proceed without sufficient grounds. De therefore thought, if they must adopt some mode, that of impeachment he would prefer, in preference 40 any other way of proceeding. Eel] TEMPLE raid, the House had decided that Viscount Melville had been guilty of a high breach of the law ; that Resolution was not followed up by an Address to His Majesty, but merely carried to the foot cf the Throne. The Right Ho nourable and Learned Gentleman bad said, that nothing new had appeared but the release. Did he forget what had occurred that night in the charge on the public in the management of Scotland, and the Noble Lord's declaration that to no authority whatever would he be answer able, be it right or wrong; another discovery by that night, was the system of peculation which had ,been carried on. The perseverance of the Noble Lord's was a farther discovery. Here his Lordship adverted to the several answers of Vis count Melville to the Commissioners of Naval Enquiry, upon which he made some general ob servations. He declared, as far as his voice could influence, he would support the House in its dignity I and previlsges, to which they were bound to ea up; the voice of the country called upon them, the ' voice of the country should be heard, and he was the last man who thought the opinion of the public should not have its due and proper weight. He the:efore strongly supported the ori A inal motion. Mr. I. HAWKINS BROWNE agreed with the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman (the Master of the Rolls), and thought that the punishment already inflifted on Viscount Melville was extremely se vere. In gratitude for the many years public ser- • vices of that Noble Viscount, and the merits whial had I eta so much attached to his character, he thought the Re•olutions were very severe, although at the same time very just ; the teak. ore was a fair one ; proper regard had been shewn to the Resolutions, which had been canied to the frier of the thtone. The question then was, whether there was new matter to go upon ? and from the whole argument it was clear, that the most important part of the charge was that of participation of profits at ising out of the money of the public. The able speech of the Noble Viscount, he said, con tained a great deal in extenuation, and nothing to aggravate. By giving his negatise to the present mction, he did not mean to prevent impeachments ' in future, nor Was actuated by a feeling that the crime was a light one. His conduit was regulated by a reuse that there was no new matter disclosed in the Relent of the Scleit Committee, to justify a new proceeding, and that the punishment already inflift ed was severe enough ; but if either of the two modes proposed should be adopted, he did think impeach ment the mere becoming the dignity of the House. I Hew trig lioase hetreyed ifIJO , ; symptoms of imp:tie/4T, with ob viscount. .perienced sbrance ef from his must con- . orable and also beard I the Noble Ertel (Temple) and an Honourable and Learned friend on the floor (the Master of the Roll►) and, for the first tittle in his life, he was not con vinced by the arguments of the one or the other. —He was one of those who did not approve of the course that had been taken. Had tho course recommended by his fi lends been pru t ued, these consequences would have followed.2-Tirst, The whole case would have gone to an unfettered committee. Secondly, The House of Lords would have had no ground to interfere, and prevent. the Noble Viscount, charged with delinquency, from giving full evidence ; ot- it was upon the ground of the criminal charges fixed upon him by the resolu tions of that House, that the House of Peers had imposed its restrictions. He did not, however, think that by the course taken the I louse was barred from farther proceeding ; for the appointment of seleil committee must be nugatory, if it was in tended that in the event of a report favourable to his Lordship no farther proceeding was to take place. From the new matter disclosed in the Report, it appeared to him that a civil pro cess could not lead to any satisfatfory result. There were three courses which the House might pursue. To be content with the civil process, to adopt the amendment, or agree to the impeach ment. He preferred the amendment, because it was the most lenient, the less expensive, and in the result, the more expeditious; bin if the House should not agree to the amendment, he was bound in duty to declare, that he must vote for the original motion. Mr. ALEXANDER contended that the offence charged against Viscount Melville was not an offence at common law, and was only lately made so by statute ; that it was only whin, proliibeinni, and •tot inalarn in it; that there was no penalty an nexel by the an to the breach of the prohibition ; and, consequently, that the degree of offence, and the amount of the punishment, were both in the dis cretioa of the House ; that the House had already ascertained the punishment, by infliding it, a'sd the, for what remained, a civil suit was the proper remedy. The Hon. Member concluded with dis tinguis4ing the present case from the case of Lord Macclesfield, in which the offence charged was an offence at common law. Mr. WILRERFORCE rose, and suggested the propriety of an adjournment, from the state of the debate and the lateness of the hour (twelve o'clock) ; a loud cry of " Go on! Go on! followed, and Mr. Wilberforce did not persevere. Mr. PYTCHES then rose—He said that Vis- count Melville would have done better if, instead of asserttng his innocence, he had intimated to a friend that the purpose of his coming wars to confess that he had done wrong. On the contrary, he had shewn no • emorse of conscience, but had obstinately said, come decision, come banishment, come death and destruftion—( Three errs so mina smite occasioned by lusighing, coughing, and calling .for the, question, see could not hear any enact of the licts. Masher's speech.) The Hon. J. S. COCKS said, that, though a stranger to the Noble Viscount, he felt as much as any man, when lie saw him in the situation in which he recently stood in the House, but he must not suf fer his duty to give wa7 to his feelings. He could not agr:e that his Lordship had been sufficiently punished. Hi. Lordship had Din spoken like a man who had acknowleiged his offence. He could not un dertake to report his precise words, but the substarce of them was, that if he did not live to see his innocence acknowledged, he hoped posterity would. That i iouse bore hurthens, and they bore them well, because they felt they bad a stake in the country. The people also boretheirburthenswell,for the same reason. The Noble Viscount therefore should not be suffered to go off without its being made known to the country, whe ther he be or be not guilty of that petulrion of which he is suspeeled, and of having encouraged it in others. He must therefore vote for the impeach ment. Looking at the Report, looking at the con duft of Ministers, who advised His Majesty to ex punge his name from the list of Privy Council, looking also to the Report of the Select Com mittee, from which it appears that his Lordship was a debtor to the public, in a sum of 10,0001. that he had 20,0001. out of a mixed fund, and that there was besides a large floating balance, mostly against him, for all of which he paid no , interest, he must vote that Viscount Melville be brought to trial. :ionic have said that this is persecution. 'there is a great deal of difference be tween persecution and prosecution. The one was an attempt is overwhelm a man by power without justice, the other an attempt to bring a criminal or suspeaed person to trial and justice. the Honour able Member then adverted to several objet-lions, upon the ground that it was a party question, and aided by popular clamour, with considerable force, and sat down amidst a loud cry for the question. Mr. CARtWRIGHT contended that by the proceedings already taken. every objea of public justice had been attained. Lord HENRY PETTY, its a very elomeent and dignified speech, supported the impeachment, as equally convenient and etfieecious as any other course, and more dignified and consistent with the proceedings of the House. The Noble Lord could not plead ignorance of the meaning of the Ad, as its objeft was notorious. Its objet was to prevent the public other from becoming a public banker, and being tempted to traffic with the public money. If then money was drawn from the Bank, and applied to purposes different from thoseforwhich it was voted, it was a violation of the Aft. Of such misapplication there were innumerable proofs before the House, and he should not waste their time by detailing them. The Noble Viscount had said in his defence, thut there may be a breach of the law, and not a high breach i a violation of the law, and not a gross violation. He admitted it, but, in the present case, he must confess he saw no palliation. He could conceive many grounds of palliation : such as the case of an obsolete law, that it was not strialy ap plicable, and, that the breach cemplainedof was for a public ceme. But none of these could be urged in the present case ; the Ad was new, strialy appli cable, and its violation for the purpose of private emolument. His Lordship thin proceeded to ob serve upon the evil consequences of a corrupt example in a man filling the station of Lord Mel ville. When such a man put his hands into the 1 public purse, it was • temptation to 10,000 others to follow the same direition. He dwelt particularly tipin Viscount Melville's refusing to acquaint even Mr. Piu with the application of those sums for LONDON, WEDNESDAY, .11 , 14 e 12. Yesterday being the day fixed for the motion for In impeachment against Lord Viscount MEL vitas, a great crowd assembled, at an early hour, in the avenues of the House of Commons. At twelve the doors were opened, and a severe pressure ensued. The gallery, of course, was fined in a few minutes. In the early part of the day an opinion prevailed, that Mr. IVIIITIIKEAD would open the debate; but about three o'clock it was said, that Lord Vis. coent Keay:Las would be previously heard in his defence. This excited a great degree of expectation, and a great number of persons crowded into the lower lobby, and also lined the stairs to the gallery of the House, which command, a view of the lobby, through which Lord Viscount MELVILLE was to pass. About half-past four, his Lordship entered the lobby, and passed into the Secretary's room, on the left hand. The House was at this time en. , gaged in private business. Shortly after five, trc SPEAKER read a letter from Lord Viscount MELVILLE, requesting to be admitted into the body of the House, to be heard in his defence. The Honourable ROSERT DUNDAS SAUNDERS. his Lord ship's son, then moved, that his Lordship be called in; which being agreed to, the SPEAKER, desired Mr. COLMAN, the Serjeant at Arms, to take the Mace, and contlud Lord Viscount Metv.t Las into the House. In the mean time, Mr. BELLAMY, the principal messenger, brought in a square arm chair, and placed it within the body of the House, within the bar, on the left hand side The SERIZAST AT AM.SS then took up the mare, and, having waved it three times, went nit of the House, and took his station outside, in the lo°3by, in front of the door of the House, and also etepa.site to the door of the Treasury Room. Mr. IlEs a u, one of the Nlessengers, had previously thrown epen the folding doors of the latter apartment, and Lord Viscount Meavitte, being informed by him, that the House requested his attendance, Lis Lord ship came out, and walked uncovered into the House, attended by the SEP.IESPIT aid Mace.— His LOrdship was dressed in black, and WO: e a close buckled wig powdered. He bowed three times as he approached, and, on coming within the b.tr, the Se CAKitt, who wore his hat on all the time, aidre,s ing him, said, " My Lord Mi.:Lamar, there is a chair for your Lordship." His Lordship then sat down, and put on his hat. Thine was a loud mur mur in the house on his coming in. As soon as it subsided, which was in less than two minutes, his Lordship arose, and taking ea T his hat, he laid it upon the seat of the chair, and upon the hat several papers. His Lordship then standing at the back of the Chair, commenced his sneeeh, in the course of which, he frevently refreshed his memory from the papers before him. His Lordship spoke far two hours and a quarter. lii, manner was firm and isnplessive; and-he did not, even in the part of ac where he appealed to the feelings, appear the I !at shaken. The moment he had concluded, I.e took up his papers deliberately, one by one, Atli having put his hat under his arm, made a Sow to the SPEAKER and withdrew, attended by the SERJEAPEr, who, during the whole of the speech, remained standing on the right hand side of bis Lordship, but at the distance of a few yards, with the mace resting upon the ground, and his hand upon it. The House was uncommonly crowded. Not fewer than five hundred Members were present. Lord Viscount MELVILLE'S speech will be read with interest. Upon the subje& of the 10,0001. and other sums of the public money received by him, And not applied to naval purposes, his Lordship positively declared, that private honour, and per sonal convenience" must prevent hirn from ever giving Any account of them. Last night Their M AJEiTILS an d the Pitiscasset honoured - Drury Lane 'llt , atre with their presence, and this day they will visit the Bahk. - 111 THE F[7l ,SAL --- - - ob TUE 1: ITE S!R WM , I"gilff?l j At twelve o'clock _ . _ .. in the following order, from Dna w..„„ to Westmiuster Abbey Two ragason Hurceinck.. • Eight Horsemen. Two Pages en Nom-bock. • • The Equine or Feati•exa coserrd • with EsCxtelsoae,. The HEARSE and Six. Hearse and 110 se* covered with Ersevite.teona, (our l'aca,, each Me. Eighteen Mourning Coaches and Six. the Holies menet wlti Escutcheons; two Pages ou sash aisle. Gt the first Coach were, Sir Junes Mural itolteney John Johnson , as eh ,ef Mourners. Second Coach, the Biahop of Chiehea- e . In the ether Coaches, as Mourners, were the rollorno ir blernen and Gentlemour Lords--Kinnaird, Cherwyerl,c • ley, Grantham Northwick, and Molesw o rth. Hill, and David Weddeeherne Bans. G-niatals-44,4 in ; Nor•on. 'Elio Right lion. W. 1. rOnhonby, Hoe. Cherha Grey, Finn. A. Cochrane, /lon. George Leslie. Gea r y, j am. *ton, Archibald Dyer, William Young, --- Stewar, Js a ri Pusenha, Charles W hite, and Ifferninersky, Emifs, Then the late Baronet's, and Sir gamed Money P.itesey., Carriages, painted black. Thirty-throe Gamic:nab% Cp rum closed the Procession, which arrived at Wattatittuar about uric o'clock. The body was deposited in the femlly vault in the South Cloister. The coffin was covered with Isis:l velvet, superbly mounted with silver gilt claw, nails, handles, cherubims, and the plate for thel s . scription. The funeral rites were perfonne.; by the Rev. Mr. DEACON. After the interment, a cou . sultation took place between the relatives of the de. ceased Baronet, whether the coin should raised, and the vault made deeper, as it was inches from the surface; however, it was Maid the depth was sufficient to lay the stoat, alga * vault was finally closed. An immense timid speaators attended the proceuion. FROV LAST NIGHTS GAZETTE. k RUF'TC Y SUPFASEDT:D. Ifenry Jeffreys, 4 the town of Weymooth, in Ike creasy of Dorset, luseu-drsper, dealer and cbapsnaa. BANKRUPTS. James Swann, of ILIAley, in the county of Leicester, e e , tier, to surrender Jun.: 20, at one, 21, and pay 23, at e'erea,, at tn.• hots. of Edward known the sign of tat Genege, in WM:, aforesaid. Attorn t . %tr. Ilochard tat Forbes, No. 8, . • ; and WV. ward Mimic'', Hinkley, Leicestemh.re John Dutchman the eltiet, of t:o. we and county of the town of Kingston-o;astr Hull, sail maker, dealer and diapers, rn iurretidzr July 2, 3, a,d 23, at eleven, at the hour sf Jima Jeffcryi, the Cof use, in Scarlearough, in the minty of York. A t tomeya, M. Horgall, Han I and Meru. French and Williams, Castle-street, • fulmars. Christopher John•ma, stew or late of „neat Strambridge, le the county of (:.sex, merchant, deer and chairman, is set render June 2n, 21, and July 23, at ten at th • house this Seahrook, the stln of ehe Angel, C.:Wehes•er, iu the sari comity of Essex. Manners, Mr. Francis. Cok:hestet ; sal Naylor, Great New:ret.street, Richard Harrison, of 1441t0n l.a . • mid., in the pea of Dean, to the comity of I.u.cafte, iiteiteopTr, 4alep sal chapman, to surrender Jooe 17, 34 and .I.tly 23. at arsios the 11011•0 of Mr. William Fasiker , , the Peek Mira., la du Apple Nlarket, i, 11a.ntltester, in the (minty rid Lsoceste. A townej hlesari. Kearsl,:e an ; Cald eel, in Ma: cheNtrr atm.. 144, aul Mr. Ellie, eut•itaretteet, Londca. DIVIDENDS. Jig, 4. Letsis Isevy and J4ne.; Levy, mkaplue, tact. lens, Whitechapel, in the eniivy of Mddletvg, ter n.cilk manufaelmers, draie.s and chapnami, at re.l, at G...adoan, • London. July 6. William Grayson and Philip Shiro% of S. ; in the county of Surrey, It JIJ aril mei luercnasits, at ts.ni, at Guildhall, London. Joly 6. Martin Walther Persent, of Little I!. 11-!esr, is the elty of London, 11101"Cilttit, at on% et fahi , Ahalt. July 6. Anguatirs Wiltam Badecker, of Little St. Helen's, at the city of Loudon * 'merchant, at tan, at r:stildlivU. July 3. John Sharpies end James Sharpies, of Andeo in, its the county or Lio.rotc., mannfaSurcrs, st..alcrs and ce a .- men, at eleven, at the MK* Inn, in Little Bolton, in the of Lancaster. July 6. John l'homiseWebster, of the nigh-street, in the Boronsli of Southwark, in the county of Sii-eq, Muter, dealer and cliaprnan, at ten, at Guildhall, London. July 5. William and John Puma, of Basinglsalloteen, ra the city of Loudon. clothiers, at ten, at tkildhall. Jury 23 JAM% Widdows, of Manchester, in the clients of Lancaster, calenderer, dealer and chapni in, at three, at Ho Pack Flume luu , in the Apple Market, sit Maw-krises alottsaid. • Jolt I. Jim Seethes's, the yourtg?r, late of Lancaster, /tithe county of Lancaster, hqnsse merchant, at six, at the flaunt of Tholllall Hodgson, the New Inn, in LiIiKJACI July 5. James Roberts late of Ashford, in the c o unty of Kent, silversmith, deals and ehapmaii, at eleven, at o.eld• hall, London. July S. Philip Conti lon, of Lond..n, merchant, at tee, at Guildhall. July S. Anthony Garman and John lephson„ of the teenier Nnthneharn, hosiers, cotton' sellers, deafen and chairmen, at eleven, at the louse of Sarah Killer, the sign :d Punch B. wl , in the town of Nottingham, aforesaid. July 9. John Ryle, of the town and county of Nrocanies upon Tyne, linen drawer, hosier, deals r, and chepretrf:t eleven, at the house of :.(r. Charles turner, oinkeeyer, sr. Newcastle-upon Tyne. CERTIFICATFS—Jutr 2. Arthur P .ttei4 of Duke street, AiOgate, London, *wain' B u rton, fehiehiel John of New Court Fleet•market, in the city et London, carpenter, dealer acrd chapattis. Jams Rolrinson, the ybonge.. of L:verponl, I t the county of Lancaster, merchant, &dor, dealer, an I thapmaii. John Punic, of titi..mi6,li of Chippenhaiii, tit the county of Wits, clothier,. Bnr A ”---ThetelieingsioCourt of Aldermen yester day, the LORI) Nli'voa, after inspeCting tbeitctuturi ordered k to rernstiit at its resent prier. DEATH. TottenLty morning, hot nntan tae hoe,* of fire and six &duel', Me.. Western, of the Royal 11.4 , 11. rall.brialit ." awoke " the hark v* and ru lulling iso and duce h stain of a tareanle,e . I iivelog of het daughter's. M. WII.'"Z111 mos:, anti Cie !emit :on going to Win Western's room fluor, Mi l nn the ground floor, they. found it het, and on teellel: open, the was not there. They then followed Bye littl e up stairs, 1111,) ICa their to A runin on th e t hi r d floor, t he yds doe of W:11::1 WAS (yell, and on tookol Ont. she/ rem , '" Mel %I/Miter!) :ying 0.1 a nearly Jug hed in flit R.,7% 1 Hite viva the Prince of Wain'. gatgen, I.aTtng thrown Iserveli fie* the window. She was stall alder, alhoelfh the hat tAllga ill her heed, which wee sunk its the ground Mr. Taggeit 111 .* tent for, who :awe her every fittmtbk ourstseca ; see .urrisof• bieeding, a very few minutes. She we.; a very finis reth.g wee elan, just twenty-two yeani old; and took • rent active part in the latisine.s et her parents, of w.ltoet the Wit iii•asly child.... i She had dte.sed her.?l( preparnaory to atto fate! erect. An In. quoit was held—l:m..log, Landry. . _:. • LONDON:—Prima by cEußTZtliAviosnm, Wvch street, St. Clements, atu1 . 4,40,4•441 by •futirl RIDER, et the Of fi .e, N... 15, Keck of St, Clorne.lt n i Church, Strand, where Or,eri fife iteit PA.ser (rsill amil be duly attended w. ii . .4 the Hon. Verier;svie An. • .nl.' r - - — -j --r Mr. HILEY ADDING I'ON began wi ser.i ig upon the serv;ces of the Noble Vil to: d the pat ' r wrabhip he hid expel in : th• ‘ai .,. t. e .. fhe reniembri \ tl , ..e 4 , , ar . , „ 6 ,., '. obliterated trc xi .. .i . i, t..,,, , . ~ 1 , ,i , ,... Tx:vet he nw cur in - ' • i r - T 67 , . hts tionoural L is , . 1 :,.....,, ,, ,, ..... ......... 4.„ . fit had also 6 iiiiiiiih. i. ' Irk," which he refus...l to account. He insisted, that in Sco!land, with them he " had done good by stealth ;" and, no doubt, like the Man of Ross, " he blushed to find it fame."—( We regret Ikea want of ',sum obliges us to Jridge his Lordslpp's speech.) 'I he MA 51 rat of the ROLLS and Mr. H. BROWNE explained. Mr. WILBERFORCE said, the subjea was of so great and important a nature, that he thought it must be the wish of the majority of the I louse to discuss it at large—(n loud er ij or Gel MI, sto on). Ile then said, he only wished to remind the House, that in circumstances of the same nature. it often happen ed, that two or three persons were allowed to speak, and in the end, the debate was adjourned. He, therefore, would move an adjournment. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER spoke in favour of the adjournment at this moment, as he thought it must take place in a short time, when the Members would be more exhausted. The House then Adjourned at a QUA RTER PAST THREE O'CLOCK, until this day. TILE THEATRES.—Covewe G . This Evenhig, The School of Reform; or, Flow to Rule a Husband : with 'The Birth-Day...4l*T KA msg. Ways and Mean, with The limiter of the Al r s, and Los* Lassen at Loctimitlis. THE BRITISH PRESS. I Pre TM, 1111.14.11 &alai ceed,u Sao the tv3Blll VOIDS Welt MOO *pc ♦hirh or *use, Li• nh ann•ieu tri The e • SIAM' 11'10:, ouch %ItH •::.4 ' I pt• • ..! sto og:t ot 16.• a thi ft •Iti ilomt u , oar 'Mr. I tiePrl 1309, t of ti The ETrred I he 11 1, by te..toilac Wipe W