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theee reattees carne at length to right, were' des c.intel upon by a person, of no light authority, and stinted to-b tlee.- cause and origin'of these Loans and Taxes; and other burthens which fell so heavily upon the . ,People. This was riot true, and its ten .dency. Was ;doubtless to influence persons who were ,incapable of forming any fair judgment onthe nut— ter. With respeEt to the ReSolutions of the Ilbuse, he *mld not enter into them. Whether the fa&, as lately explained, coincided with these Resolu tions, every one would judge for himself. One point which Was much dwelt upon was, that Lord Melville had by his own authority postponed for s'ec months, from the tit of July, - ; l'7R5, to Ist - January, 1780,, the operation of, the Art for the purpose of regulating the Office of Treasurer of - the Navy. Those Who litiaed' chits ;appeared to him tea. have read only thd tirst, Clauses of the - In _the beginning, the Ad provided for the tr4ide in . which the money sheuld , he issued from the Piehe . querto the Batik ; but in the hater part it direel— ed. the 'Treasurer fel make te) his Accounts in "an annual' , -series. The Accounts were to clone every , year, on the :3 est December.. The first Account was to close, not On the 3 tst December 1785, Itet7B6. It could be only an account of six months it made up to the '3lst of December:l7Ba. .1f an annual account was ,made up from the very time of passing the .A6l, the year would end in , June, whereas , the direaion of the ACtwaa, that the account, should be • made up every year to the' 3 Ist of December, begin ning with the 31st of December 1786 e A great deal had been said Of Mr. Raikes's communication with the Chancellor of the, Exchequer, which was ,sup posed to go the, extent of stating that Lord Melville, was,guilty.offraudulent connivance. As to the mal praaiees made use, of with . respe& to the Public • Money, "'"No ground existed for such an allusion." . The eantrainicittion made by Mr. Raikes to the Cbaneellor of the Exchequer; and by him to Lord 'Melville, presents 3 , very different appearance to lino. The condua of Lord Melville on 'receiving of the information, is to rue a convincing proof :of Lord Melville's sense of the extent to which he pet- 7 mitted Mr. Trotter .to draw the Mdney-gratited . for Naval' Services, and beyond which he did not ,con , ocive it possible 'for him to draw it. The Hon. Gen tlernan wlio spoke last alluded to,considerable sums of . Money standing at one time in the. mine of Lord Melville in the Funds, J..ord :Melville could; have • had no difficulty in giving a full explanation on this pointwhen he was heard in his defence, except, in-% deed, be might be unwilling in the variety of Matter be had to notice, to Occupy the House with detaila, of hisiamily affairs, details which might prove disgust-, Ing. The loyalty ',Loan was the only Stock, Lord Melville bad .ever purchased with 'Public:Money, "1 and that tord 'Melville always . considered ,as au Official TranstiClion. The sinus to witiOlt the HOnourable gentlemen: alluded were supplied from various sources uncenneacd with Lord Mel villO's Official Situations. I have myself supplied a great part of it, said Mr. Ditndas. Jdo not know whether it was rrit. , !-tnt to insinuate 'that this stock was purchased with the Navy Money, but that was the impression made bythe manner in 'which the thing was mentioned. ..The circumstance oldie re 7 kaie has -beery:llSo much dwelt turn ; and it was 'stated thai the record of the lle:3,istry was- a mere tacit. proethlin.e That may be so in" this ,Coun 7 try, but in the t Court of . Session : in 4codand,,whae 4111 instruments affeamg Land, or as they were called in that Country, all Heritable' Lands, were tegistered; nothing ; was done with •res' ped to them . without their being inspected by the ,Agents of both .parties. And was Lord Melville sveli :i person in - that' part of the Country that such 'an apt done by -him could - pass totally unobserved and unattended to. Another observation made on this instrnment was that the name of the Procurator was not inserted. , A Noble Lena the oilier sale LA,rd H. Petty), • who prefaced hii observation on tins head With it declaration, that' he Was not Nvell .aequainted with. the praCtice i,i Scotland in this reTeet, and the preface was necessary from what he . stated. after, conceived that the nam e of the Procurator should be always affixed to such ipstrom - - etitA. 'That, .116 W • ever, is •not necessary. If it is intended' to ren der them available, they avast be deliVered into the proper Court, which, in this instance, is the Court of Session, and the'Clerk ptoe'eeds with, them se cording. to the,fermS of the Court. Another 'Hen. Gentleetin (Mr. 'Bond) states, that a precept had • been issued to Mr, Trotter ; nay, 'he would go fur •ther,. to Lord 'Melville also, dated .17th January, calling on thetn to -seticl in an account df their ba lances, and that an unsatisfactory return was made on the 24 February. 1 , do not know with respect to Trotter's ; btit .with respect to. Lord Melville had doubts of the filet at the time, because I did not'see how Lord Melville could make such a re turn" without referring i te Papers, &c. 14,:c. I have since taken some pains to Invetigatec and I cannot find that any sucleprecept was delivered before July 1804, which was answered by the return novibe. 7 • fore the Committee. . Mr. 0, in explanation, Mated, .that lie had tnisundeedood about the precept, and was gIA4 this elneit.'..atlon had set the point right, • Aft, wished to have the whole But he thclught enough had met.: eer • e.i Is , cent investigation to war lilt. t , ;rig Nit,lville on another • reseet e he, had for the rant, talents, and 7 of the Noble Lord; he .th ou6 hi •• • , ; nt tie *Arable, to hint. • lie wished he - 111 y) % . bith ,fame and character restored: ' It v . ae certainly the best meanS of egablishing.hiS in . ,.,ccence, if he was innocent,. lie ui I 1 an. • inn , . • (airy had been made in ' t h e. first instance AO thin the best mode - of prmyeding; but he did. not hint .that . b :Guise that had not been done, the Llonse was precluded from going forward now ,with time only measure that could be efkdttal. Mr. G. VANsurTmur recommended the, prpceeding by Criminal Prosecution. Air. BANKES had ori;itrily recotitinerried proceedintr by o..:minal Prosecntion, :1;“! di s approved of the Civil Suit as futile. A Crimlnal Prosecu tion was the only fair way t:m si'r't the matter to time bottom, and to inflio prtnishnienC:C,T)lr. He preferred that procceng to hilpi'aC!lTTlCqlt, and he was still of the v•mi... oieeioe. weo re - • •,-• case, Merril e.vd the grievances telt in the little hob() tr the dtr: , , ,, d in that business . , and the lit tie eili.lst preduee , t : world agree with him. Lfe haj s agltt for pr: • -dente i nedlburel some vely n.arly . co;:u ereeealegs v. , it'a sped to the Lir! 1-Li;?;,:,.; rl 17c , :t . , ale( tht canastlinces of his CA3C, were niatir the s at as Lord It was tt niglea. of duty with - re.PpeEt to the' Public Money in the ottee .of Auditorof the PubliCAceountS. The House passed a Resolution to that effeel, Previous to prosecution it was pro per to decide as to the existence of the crime. The Resolutions were -laid before the Queen, and Her Majesty the Attorney General, to peeSecute. This precedent applied to what was done in the pre sent case, except with respeEt to the civil prosecution. The House was free to institute such further pieceed , ings as it judged proper.. The erasure from the Privy ..Council was not. the.ael of the House. • The Resolu tiorii wwere laid befbre His Majesty, with the donble view of sheWing-HiS Majesty that the person who was the Objea Of them was unfit to hold a - high. office oftrust and confidence in the Public Service; and•se _ eondlv, thathe was not a tit person to be admi l qed into the PresZtnce and Councils of His Majesty, The ,Erasure was made, npt , by the interference- of the House, but by the .recommendation of His Ma jesty'S Ministers. The other precedent was in 1711, with respea to the Duke of -Marlborough's 'conduit' relating to the ContraCts for the Army, of Which he was Cpmmander in Chief, and his taking one-half per cent. on • the Foreign Subsidies. The . QUeen ()Meted a prosecution by the Attorney-Gene . ral;and Historians remark, as an'extraordinary thing; that tile Warrant anthorising the. Duke to a& so was signed with Her Majesty's "(win hand. Tho Censure,of the House Was a .grievous calamity, attended . with shame and diSgrace ntre galling to a 'feeling' mind than a severer punishment ; bin in- no instance had it been the 'sole punishment. The ad ditional inVejtigation the. House had thought proper to Make-increased the suspicious .appearance of the thing: The : defences that had been made, both by the Noble Lord himself 'and . his Noble Friend Lord Castlereagh); had given no satisfaaiori. No de fault of any person entrusted with . the Administra-. tion of the Public-Money could be called to . account :such suspicious concha& and evasive answers were not Scrutinized with all the strianess of the tillr.-C.i/ATM(N.Gn considered the precedents ad duced by: his Hon: Friend extremely distinct from the present case. The precedent of Lord Halifax was distinct in this, that the Resolutions were carried up to the Throne 'with an Address, praying Her Majesty to order him to be prosecuted. There. was this . material dill4ence, therefore,. that the whole of .the proceedings' in that were one. , It was not st second proceeding accumulated on the first, after th© first. had been disposed . of. The - case of the Doke of .Marlborough Was 'also distinct. The House expre , ised its displeasure, and the Crown or dered'a prosecution on being - 4.alied :upon With the Resolutions:, It was not matter of any distinction, Whether the prosecution was ordered in cense ,quetree of an AddreSs Or of Resolutions 'convey lug the sante sense. The whole of the proceed ings in both these cases was- due connefted whole, but the course - nowrecomineuded'wasAsultory and. inconsequent. While Gentlemen who had joined in the other votes feltllieniselves embarrassed by them as to the course they should . take with reSpeCt to this, they would not allow,ethers to think W tth the same freedom with respect to theie Itc.4oltitions. if he'had risen after the Hon. Gentleman whom he hewed a diSpoA'ri ion • t follow, he sh mild have bc!gge4 it as a.fiivour that he s.Huid be at liberty to compare • what had already pasied wliat, was I)(ANV pro., powd—not for . the purpose of :It - .;:ckitig what was done, but with a viev.•ul compariJon,.arid,m shew how, ill the 'prop . :ions, i flicee'ded to, -would agree / with the forther. tio had sat. long enough her in the Le L OM vet 611iyitii3OhltiOni of the House, iVas Of the Legislature, were trqued with i'reedom: '..01d be .parti clolanb' Ii I if 1.1)- ' 11 Y \".4 dthied , 'wtlell the House -bf Conitr , .;,c; ::I) , P it to e.:.,e:•e:,e its mo s t 4111)0)(411i. p4exer. A 'mill thwie - ciflteoltitioni, various hi their nature,. had preeipitiitely after . a hot - debate, tiod voted not oul.y in opposition.. to those who directly 'cotidenuted them, bit even. of those who wished 'merely for time to ''insider them. The Noble Lord had been Liiraigited for charging the Resolu tions with had nor and with re- sped to the recent inveStigation, he only said, tint it del away Lite idea that he connived at the draw ing. of the money 4i.0t0 the 13ink for the 'put- Pose Of priv:ltc emolunicnt. The Resolutions had bo.CII to Meetings iu an exa ,g..:tt and the. Honourable Gentleman ought • no•,:,- tLe the opportunity of correeting • the misrei)re::.'ntations. The praetieo of keeping money at,.Contts's was. not - contrary' to th e 46t wheli•not exceeding the assignments. • Tire money for minute payments. must be kept either in - a private Bank of in the iron chest tht custody of the indiVidual.— A private Bank was certainly more, secure and con: venieot, though he could not :venture now to keep it, after the obloquy - that..hal been cast u po n it, — The custom 4allo‘ehig for money lodged in private Banks •;vas, knowle:lge, observed in many in London. (;;Ytitiernen oppo 7 „ s it e m a y it or rt , A„ I'l,! ;st s, ~.I.'jl ey ma y ' follow their ma ;I.C'• they did with respect to the te,..titn(}l,) , Lord ;Whin e an d M r. Trotter, to witich they 1 - 4 - 4 c the fullest credit, When it suited tio..m, and i to which they gave the most unqualified djuial when it did not coincide with theh ideas. li<rase had come to its first . Resolution, on the that 00,0001. was applied by Lord Migville to private purposes. Th e 'tpf)li, 7 cation of 4.0,0001. of that sum being aecounted for on:,a .satisfaefory if not Merito r i ous groun d, i t oaraordinary that tin:. the .'..'!9,0001. remaining, the House adhered to its first Resolution,' and even saw reason to go further. If' the Resolutions and the , E . !. !sure from the Privy Council, and all the other. d' , gradatiolls inflieted .011 Lord Melville, 'Were pot ptinishment .adequate to this reduced stun, the application of Which was not explained' though in on- taine4l not, to be mtinstifiable •' the only evidence that could' be had on the subjeCt declared that LOrd viW never participated hi the profits made' of the Public 3NTotiev: 1 1,erd Letters denied it. Lord .Melville 11,verhnew the Money ,was from th?. Ban::, but in (Jaifortnityto the assigninents. He allowed the eireo. o.aances 'Trott being the Paymaster and Agent -,,as.avt kward : :it was an as - sociation 110 to iii afier this *example would have the folly to tml:e. -• Mr. B11.4(16 1 1';' rose prircip:llly to vindicate 4 he Moti Vrinkls Bond and Mr. Addiugton) I:r4m the aversions thrown upon them by !ht. Ili!!'ht Hon. 6/ntermit) \rhospfAck lug:, tit; 7 thfly. had tiono. no inure THE SUN. SOLEM - QUIS DTC/AZS I.SM:A ettiDEA I ? LONDON, THURSDAY; JUNE )3, 1805. TFIE Negotiations which have been for a long time pending between. America and Spain have ter minlted abruptly, and the American Minister at Madrid has quitted that City. it is, however, pro bable that the Trench . Government will use every effort to prevent the commencement of Hostilities. Sir S. Hoon is arrived at Portsmouth from Bar badoes in the Amsterdaili Frigate. The Camilla Frigate fell in with a Portugueze Ship from the. Brazils, which spoke with four Spa nish Ships of the Line, in lat. 13. N. long: 48. steer ing a direa course for Trinidad. This ,was probably the sarfle Squadron that was released iiont Cadiz by the Toulon . Fleet, and which was seen two days -after by the Beagle. The Holstein; HELSENG, 'from Bengal, and the ifiaCa, HANSEN, from China, bound to Gottenburgh, • are arrived off Dover. The Cirencester, Wincht*ea , Gktion ~ Canton, ll'alngoi• Castle, and the Marquis of m; from China, arrived at St. Helena on the .ed April the ,Brunswick, from China, parted. fgr Bombay, being leaky. DA,Late respeaing Lord MELVILLt (of which a full and inipartial account is given in our preceding Columns) was last night resumed in the House of ez);nin 41,i, and it, was resol4:t4 that a Criminal Pro secut;.9. ~ botil4 be commenced I%ainst his Lord- . • • ' . 5114).7 !Li this iini.lortaUt . ›ubje.l is n Ar to r.,-,a a legal investigation, we feel it .our duty to grit fpm any fur.dir observations upon it. - • ' • Tn.E. fin; al)urgh .31,111 due yestcrday arrirdo . -.......... . g . d . a . r .....• articles r l i . i s ri,• - o . f inTt.e.,l2,ellgtebnicelowwithwiciari ite brrhiengosnly imporo mi ß ss .: : ::Ks t i? o r THE MAIN: Tuts: 1 .- 7 -PriVate t eller ' from Vienna assure . us,. that . the Emperor of 114 French has dernanded of the Court of Vieto Per' . .. . it consent to ti o u ct t t ipproypol:::.trian Dalrw.tia Ivith Den , c ,!i Troops. It is much donhted.Uilittlwr not 6 1 110 .lti 1 They 'write Lion:Laubach, of the datO the 18u of May—" Every tlinig here assumes awarlitsar .. ~ pearance. A greit quantity of artillay and ball arc 4 ;I sett ding - every day to Italy." ' ...„ 42 . 4 . 2 . 11 .1 Several Regiments from Austria anal 4w, in motion, destined for the, same country i' - 40 d' Troops which are here have reco . ' themselves in readiness to march destination nor the time when known. • . •• MILAN;* MAY e 2 The Qua not come to the Coronation, as -French Frigate and two Brigs, wit at. Genoa, will very. soon sail from -FlANintrtton, 34.vr ‘,4.--4'roln stances; one ; may .conclede, ences have arisen between Swedi .and it is said th..t.Connt VON' 14( appointed Minister to the Court not repair thitkertefore an explottion place. At' present .there is, at Stockholaits, 11; Nt Minister nor Charge-d'Affeites fw m P r' ',ll l .ll, re d'''' a Copenhagen therels a Swe4o -1',;Id:.• jested faire,N V I 1 i l partnre., • - • • iesPeaed by them' with the greatest care t. c the the DanishEngii coenrumitzeerrcei., itshaintc(?ws.sitniivt.set:is,.: somuch that several. neutral Ships frolucialtrioco bound to the Mediterranean have availe. Li, tb n c at or e of the . Swedish flag-. It is evea Fiou rer s eo have been sent from England o ", II j,dpUili' bweyho does n°t shew any signs of 3 ir 4 VeStelS to, have free access to the blooNituL• , ..............-- • WO This morning arrived a Mail from I, ; '' t ' pl i :; t osT to 'Falmouth by the Wa/singham Packet, one days. _ . . ii 6sl - ed 'itil the" Yesterday .His NtaJzsvir din 'ti . I S r o P rl K t t'A theo f P G L: L K ot c o E f s ize C T E v. p i' Ll ' i l at ; y L c Er c, lr' el) l 3 l; n l : t iii:il : l4 o, l : ' ‘. l " .i , : o l v t oo ll 4 rA l' t :. i i ii l l ' d'. li s : :2rll33 : ol g , !::14 ; ai aw . ,,Lus a Illackheath: ' t k[ Fa it : t , 'Ai ii . i.,. ls c il i t ' ll : Yesterday, about two o'•cloc-, D ' ti cisit t}.23helg:aiiniinc.fit:,:otso'f :he t) D I ::: '''''' - ' 'o' s " It LP' '• 110 and. one a the .DuKs of • CoNo - Itllistrao,4 DVKE of CiNtl/ a max followed (h i re owo 0 064 r v e , carriage.. The grit Gates. were udlr,, they' oil" cttheeeeiT‘r•-it,R:dcoe°bGonlyAiiith_leran.P eAndG9Rerldr'e:wrbcadiCitatieerrp6ilCt.otfh:ep.4:l.ll!,. ‘;11.:i318::::„. e 0 1 % i r ELIO .....,,f '4 Directors; in full Court Dre.S3es, NVerq 0010 j receive ;the Royal Visitors. BEi4JA:)ll`mAjitfY)o .Esq. the (Governor, approached..HEr' ~,,,fics .0P she very .00tidescenctitigly condo her through the differt"nc4Ljbv the•P'',ol,l The. PR INC ri SE 9 . wer e conduce''‘. iv. flr . N 4; : ..of CtIIqBERLAND and Ctotaldroir D1,40,1'1,, WATSON, " T Lu ss4s' ' rid ''. • i :- . soli, r. tits n .,., riala 1 1' ti.. DIriCiiESS of Yolm , by ,-.u4.,8‘4,,,i0t - Gr4S Stii.lita. of Gl.oircr.s.Tß, L'Y .. , , 1 , 4 i (I uetecl til°,4l,g tie' ?Esq. the Deputy GOvernor. The. Royal Party Nirerc cc ' 1 r , ,c 23 to- 'b', principal %)16,i•es ; the business t 14 , i _, ‘ , 6 3 t o t ,1 . h k 3 1 1111 Y UNP*:"'" the j c i • tilerll„as' •.veli, as die - 00 , .. i if a r the Ccrks, all. at' their dek.i.)., .; Tarty ele'g., • transacting bus Mess. The, I 'l,, ttrioia6t4,n,i4: their adruiration.of the iil6qFgeiice of die ' l :j 0 s'.ness, as well. as the marl ~,,sitrxr,o o,isoi : Viscount and Viscauntei C.kr on ly s trans e 'Coutite,•l of CAR Pral+N, . were '''e' 1e,....e' ~xtt.'h•-...e,s,r\eo.f.iiiilioci;tixi,•,ej tllools;dp\rreissictllotr; 111,0.,,,,,:0uite:10)4111.1,114iii5 they Ivetp eO.l/I‘sultiltriplatiur CO ld Cu Room, Where there was , `volt: . att est provided, of Which tl4 l''ar‘da for tlie ° .„ A similar provision '‘,'.35., in. • ~A t 4, ilf: spilleonireafteror.otidrPoar,cleloiicric . ti,,.leiellosid:.,.,;:ii rdirii;ll'o::lctioti Rank, they P 3 -4- edlluvugh :661i/ilea, ''s' b " g i/i4 the ntnnhhl of 557, ever a sst to " i r iO ltr j i three cheers. rilhey N'vere 00 to t he ail to 14 ,6 and -Viseoure..is CasT,o gouse, where they were` linuott.4 rorT,, oil in lid] dresses. A v er y s a, u .t . India “fnktßall° India Mrarehotise.i„ qadE,:it:rirerAceeived by, t,,.11;00it 0. likewise provided at the . ‘r i. to. tho aud. The Royal Party returr.P'''' at half past six. to ' • hr I V e ne, ,1 i ~t, e Hay-market Theatre oa ,- pais i j ;g,t it- 1 1 . 0110 , THEIIt 'MAJEseris, it t s ,, e ° lll d sZajy neij r , ,j, commanded John lig' 11 anit 0 , 100 MP ec Jj' c Loral ' . t io The tith Regitnent 0 , ' . i dut y tor .ce0001,14 ;ye 'ordered on yerrnanetairLing ibr the t 4 to 1 1 0 0' • t co joi l l or o l f el B ,N o V o l n 6 i it e A n b : , the 9, 3 th innt. tilICP:S•re3..Pt ti ' rti . llY (; :I I : 2 ° lll l s 4 1 : Vi lril‘l , s o ' ' ',..- -note t° ' ll 1 1 00 1 LEA, . have received the. . 1 -_ e they Wi : Iv ~ iii ~,, The NVitharn Rifle-CgrP'' ore° 'ol.l` Edttiunds to-intirroW-, Aciw4 • ,;-- f urteen d ays ' Yellert4"'46l peTrAllient duty 0 die d ; it On the tr. , tli of*:\VlY, ci,.,4sP, ~...9 1411 $ A i-County .0f..i./..von, --;- a ~ r , years. • 1 4 IR I) 1 11°111 ,1 1 )4 ,, li l JZ,,, oci tf r, d 0 )6 1. n den, 'iq' . i dPu / On T tiestlay last; at flarqi,,,,i,„paig r I . pan, Esq. of Tltt.ttbrt!?o-'f'pjal., ~ I)3violcilaino, sq, .i ~: 1 ,, . . .0.0 i),. )ifp ilto i p ' ./..... . . A rc . e 0, • ' • ~.t pobiln, ~, ii ..., At hitttnuse in Clare-5re.."1,,,,i jteL,o I .. .1 His Majesty's Priatc Serie'' ' f 1° (o f . i ...........ccdrit. by Mr.1....-13u,......7.........:;_5he. : , , Is: (0 ..I,oo.3trt':,;' .Ij„ftli, I.o ' N Pat 4 : .1'64/2CI I,ot. d br 0 , 13.)W-si tc,ot it and jiltbilSF!e. .titrio, $ 0, ): 1r tie Iii,111‘4111..(1. CO soea L:IL3B. 1301),Iiiiljoi:1 ~tbi'',eo., ,„- rtillay and tuo is and Bey Country dud !?1, oired orkleri ; but neither is tlioy will set eV) A W:l5 efre,le,, hick have Waite. ti that Pot. )111 several that den Add rovrx.E, the floor, t of Stod:holo, vlanlition 11,0 01°' • neitle tha'n perform'ed their duty hy Moving.the Amend ment they had proposed. -He should now only sect - e respecting the release upon which so much had been said, that though it might have been re corded, yet, that circumstance wai not enough to give it notoriety ; but it did not appear that it had ' been recorded, . and there was reason to believe it -never would he recorded. That new matter had come out respecting the sum of the Public Money ap plied• to private uses by I.o;rd Melville there•cofild be little docibti" at -least there was new matter in proof, though not, perhaps, in allegation. it would also appear that during the Administration ,of 'Lord Melville of the Treasurership of the Navy, there was a continual• deficiency; while none: occurred since his time. These Could not be denied to be new fats; and surely enough to justify a Criminal Proceeding.. It was said, that the taking of the 100001. was no offence, because it Was taken before the A& was passed. But it was impossible to know whether it was taken before or after the A& had Passed. •It might also be asked, whether the same salaries should be taken after,- as before the fees of office had been abolished ? Could it be proper, after the salaries were increased, to lay hands- also • upon the fees ? Mr. RICHARD RYDER• contended, that to adopt either of the modes'proposed would be to a& contrary to the spirit of justice. For when the Re solution passed for addressing His Majesty to strike Lord Melville from the of Privy Councillors, all idea seemed td be relinquished of a Criminal Prose cution. , !-. ' The ATTORAY-GENERAL, in compliance with a question put w him respeaing the progress of the Civil Suit, obse . .ved, that the case was not yet filed,, bectise'he era ted the event of the Repdrt of ttithe ScleEt Commie; that he might see what 'new lights might have been thrown upon it, and forma . mailer of a new charge. He was also ready to coo.; fess that the civil proceeding would be no bar to the. criminal process, though both could not well go on at the same time: He also must Concur with the Ho . a. Gentlemari who spoke last, that it,Was not consonant to the spirit of justice to punish the aggra vation ,after having punished the offence. To pro ceed in the manner proposed would be incompatible with the merciful administration of justice, and which he hoped would ever be the distinguishing *chantatTistie of British .justice, That Lord' Mel ville had hen guilty of a: violation of the law, he never had denied ; but he contended, that for the .violation - Of it he liad'al:c.Ady been punished. Mr. WI LB tlt FOR CL and Lord Hemel( Pa'r'ty severally explained. ' Mr. 11111711RE4D then entered into a very , long and minute reply, which want of room will net permit us to de. scribe. The Question was then called for, - and the Gallery was cleared. When strangers had withdrawn, Mr. Sheridan, we understand, addressed a few observations to the House. A division then took glace. Mr. Whitbread finding that Mr. Bond persisted in lus Amendment, telinquished the support of his own . Motion, for the purpose of securing the attain ment of justice, ar he ,had stated in his reply, by carrying the qtlegiOn for a Criminal Prosecution. For the original Motion Against it tog - - - 272 . • Majority . . Whilst the Members who voted against theDrigitial Mo tiOn we :o in the Lobby, Mr. Fox stated to them that a se cond division would take place, perhaps immediately, on the Motion that tho words piopiiz.ed as An Amendment• by Mr, . Bond, stood part of the Motion—such Gentlemen, there fore' as wished tor II Prosecution' would vote for 014 Amendment. lit should himself have preferred,. the Impeachment; butt had voted' for the Amendment, •iii order to he more ctrtain of -securing the object they all had in view, tb.:: attainment of justice. On their return to the House, the numbers were declared as above; and the Question be ing then put on Mr. Bonds , Amendment, a second division took place,, _ .For the Amendment ' sit 'Agains4 It . - - 2.29 Majority - , The Queltiw therefore for a Criminal Prosecution against • Lord VI ~ : unit Metvitte, by His Majesty's Attorney-General,. was carri ed . • - , • . M r . %ll, ' t fl u tE A-14 we understood, put off his Motion or Resolution,. expressive of his winion Of the conduct of the. Chancellor of the I'. Vl:airier, till friday. - The flume then adjourned at a 'few minutes before Sis. o'Clock till Friday. . MAILS. ARp.tv Fn—t Harnbtirgli, 1 tisEittn Waierfnrd. 1)u Z z 2 C,utttiburgli , t Dublin, i'VVl . tb:ford. • I'HltE OF STOCKS • • THIS DAY AT r EAN 1g cecLoci:. Cons. for Opening . 591 ()lithium