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Y~x } . ~ 4 .~` t •,~ s4l ~.~ i s a~~. 'rt, _' ;.~, ,~. . f „g z ~, ‘, rF' NIMUER 3): t. I.4IPERI4L PAR 4 LIME:NT. • 'OUSE OF PEERS. . • MONDAY, APRIL 8. - • . • Mr• TIENI2I' PFSKINE was' heard at some l ength for the Respondent i n the Scotch , Appeols EL A INN , I ' . the Earl of u4,4st Lis. " t " o in lisrtiwr viTs cedd, , ..l i, to.iriorrovv. flit Bills on the Table ~Vert: forwaided in their respeetive . stsge a , it ILiTIA REDUCTION BILL.' 't f n the question being put by Lord .ELLazoßour:ll, who aboeSot - the LOKI) CHANCE LLOR, for the ti third re a di n g of thb hill, f . Earl ,SPENCER rose anti observed, that he bad, on a s Z l , 4 l 'et day, ,put a sinestion toA Noble Lord, in private, rev ,„ r '„ ` 41 , 11 g Ow Officers' at precent serving is tne Mllitia ; that :Neitton he would now repeat; as he Conceived it or great PrPnltance . , . nswer. He would ask the So. Lis Majesty's Ministers intend- Ificets, or whether they are to . ii , g their Corps are , reduced 1 a the number of Officers .}re led, that he had no hesitatiOn mueito,,,l. : It is. he said, .1110 , ernitiefir tiii - Contintie those Of rtor to the reduCtion) to their . hat he, was app r eh ens i ve t h at be sure some Amerdments to the coutse of the Session, the right to receive lull pay, they could not be entitled to; 1 on the question. for' the third 40,-- Majo rity is. W,th , le and ',asstd. d a second time, ittifi 1111 was read vti i o r ro. i ii o rpow.— Adjourned:- .6 ' ( N. •'y 1 , 2 • ()F.COMMONS. • , , • r4.-NoAY. APR ti, o. ii• .n.whies _ Mr. ho s x r ‘ sOI4 iirought in, the P":P'"): t)-tY ni ' e t°- was reati atir4ilitne, mitt ordered to to redo a second time ntsrrow. The it.os'i went into a Committee Of Sirppiy, in.'vvhich ' sum' ' be the m o . r i on of N i r, Eu 4 T E . at i,. W.'S' resolvtd, 11.1".aurien. rklek'ecualg ei"iit ~.hidred thousa..4l Pou9 (l s, Irish. Curren- I 411"414111(: 1:i . ..,!,1 iv I . :itch:quer bilis in Ircland.. I'4' I 1; 11c: boo ic,unk,i the Ittport Wah opered to ba received to.morro4w. ' • H UB the Moth% -ot Mr. Fos p i it ' it was . ordered, t t l ) at eo t n lt! '''''' 'lO c-inotro4.4e,rsolve itso.: into a lornnittte... V..',le4.tiie e:tpecikncv Of certain Grants to inc. Lord L ieutenant , 1r04 41c1. ror tlie.puti)ok of . cnoblin; hint to !train at the t in tintt Colithry in go o d order. . tisi4r. F0x:1,„;46iii,,,,c, ..I, witice o t' a Motion . g ' rnisnthd on ‘44e,lrisi. CinhorL; P.Etiio;: . 0 1 i d:ty the toth ?1'11611:1ri•an I near. e1m,41 r lohNabw wisilt to know Lit' an Hctn.. „v, van % he pr , ilichea ta .rnaltu his Motlon 6 o e n the' subjcd of iii` Naliob of A 1 't t ') . .1 t:4l brit .}.t1,11 ll)0114, in icpiy, 44-11nate 'tr S • ' c, '.' ,' i• . d lift rietenriinatioo to %An early opportunny for that purpose-. LORI) MEL VILI.E.TENTII REPORT. is , .. 1111 P. M i lli TA fa AD r05e,...-He said, that ~„it had ,rigir..lly been Lis intention t o move, that the House 411,11941 d, resolve it4elt. into a Committee:of the whole 11, 1 tu coi , idea" of the ;;ariety o f matter Containe d i . 1 :` 'he Tetith Report of the CotatitisSidkrlut.N 4V4 4:)-':ilirY ; but at this inignt have-been produUive of ' -' L t'd ! f:6 coltY, and as he was determined that the 'il '. :1 1 ; — ' . 1 1 " 11 of this important subject should not be ) „' i v , e 'l to evaporate in a dispute about the forms, eC at .: e I'4OY confined to the substance of it, he had t,l l6e( ' his purposed mode of proceeding into ter.. PProPatitionS grounthd upon that Report„whicb, su bmi t be concluded, he should have the honour to pli t' ; ) , nl „ i i t t ° the House. The Honourable Gerktleman Isr v l !, high eulogitirn on the Com . rrassi..:ner s of:, tr4t.:4l:44letty. Feeling every due rasped for all met, ' c""""g .Conirnissiuns of a similar nature, lie f t l'e allowed to say, that t h e t ne h ad ii....,_ proceedings o f ati k "n sd honourable, that the labours of the 11-- 'gen so indefatigabl e , and that the result ti , - ;'e exert so of none had been so advaotageous well Public as those of the present. 'The I - louse. kna; kl•w that this Commission originated in the aid,":' of Admiralty., over which a Noble Earl Pre' pr:::.whn, after Combating and defeating the oPe". e;;','Net of his Conn try upon ate ocean, returned .to f w hich those mines of corropion,- the existence . o I,l"lich rendered useless the most brilliant victor ies. *,11! 'iloolissioners had 'nude varioot Repot'rs.init "of ti Which contained *matter highly desk:lring of loves" tgeactilarl 1 but on none of these Reports had any pro.. rt ian tn ,g' been instituted. The lion.ourable PHitle ci . th e „cl`..,iMe4 sonic merit to himself for hatring''au'l . the '-'°`ll°jori of Pirne Paperp tending to elt#i.tate the ()I the se Reports. At that period if'. Imi it vt -entletnen on ,:al the inrenti„h of 60vcrnin' the other side, whether or not ‘ltq l ? .„ >i-it to proceed oh 6 4 , i 4.he. answer had, been in the affirmative; Curn iL : t `', 4 l had ever - yet been done. Thor the . th e etr..lo.ners had experienccd, greater difics!lty te tn . Accutton ut th.:ir office than any of their pre. th - • th ew . i a sincerely believed vand . their merit . was. ie, they hall ter. That to ' th e 'course of their ingot tiii-;.leY l 'Akl met with rude 'rebuffs . in Ilic differ e nt u4;:l. tltrutigh- the corruption of which they_ th ew ~; ,that they had been violently . o pPose tl by th e hale host of those "whosedqtedations upon ! beeTivubli.p th„,,,., I ",,, Were u n veilin g ; that they ha , t. illid ith4lnted with the appellAtion of Ingoisitms ; in 1/, ; 4t evetY potsihie means had been used, bur ' Whie"t'.l! t ° -,11•,,g4it 11.,-,n with the' Ciispi , oyt . n ._ e_dt_ . 11,,,,.1,"1ey had so nuhly and disinterestedly ts'l'ei.' tict inctutelves ; and he was as fi rmly persuao t r , e ', lll 'r the Public, whese interests had ben .411' istn44ll7 set by their pel,,ever n ice amidst ti4ittli.te nbstsae' ,e,s, tvot.Vd .not be found deli ilit, tir' grlktinutie . to. them. They had draggetl , of o h' ( . 1 ft.itts which - had chided the vigi4nee." 't)t i l • urn)" Cohiniis)itnis : it now only remained 1i ; u lt il td endeaVt/ur to . brii.g to justice' the de. pi il 4 l l icil4 1,09i11,,. their patriotic lahou(4.%h3d so ' c( " P ; • tt4llY eltPostd r u tl it! iintlx, Ile was 4:;orivtriceo ;h is he .I!ee„ci not dcLeo; t on the ittipPrtimee uf 1 ltess*.4ll.Sti; he way e‘itivinerd that lie need "Dr s k , l lt. Q 4 ,• !he tiuuse, ;:u"aireil.ting the Noble 'er ,'l44„Tit h,linstif who - was the .bjec't of his acco. t 4,,, .► .te. lionout.of the rlouse; who were to be oludaes' of I s 'l del -- 'P t 4 ; th - 11- thtlgeney, thi weifart, nay,. tv, dl l4 ' -e very existeuce ot the Country, which /41itillttel.y conlietted with the teattlt• Whe'n • ~. IT! ' ; . . any person, had been • incontestibly proved to have flagrantly vi o l ate d t h e l aw hi mse lf,- and to have connived at the violation of it in Others; when,. inaddition, be was exposed to' tlie . stronest suspi. Cion of being an actbniplice in the guilt and a par. ticipator in the gains of such. inferior. culprits ; if the House did their duty, they should . at least !r. raign and censure hint; and, by So•doing, confer the greatest benefit on their Country. In the present exhausted slate of our finances, it would she w the People that the House of Commons were determined that the revenu:s should be frugally administered, that they would keep a watch. ful eye oVer those entrusted with the disposal of them, end that no man, however high his rank # or however sandifiecl by the public conli. dence of many years, slionid be suffered to infringe the laws voided for their regulation with greater impunity theel what would _attend , the meanest det retied*. in .existence. Should the House, how. not .come to decision on the ecrbjed, ors should they, in defi Ince of the clearest' eViderice that could be eossibly adduced of the guilt of an indi. vidual, agree to hod him not guilty, 'viliat would then be the opinion of the People on their caodud ? Would they not say, and sly justly, " is for the emolumentrof youCeituations that you contend for them, and for those alone; regardless of justice, honour, or public virtue, you wish for the places of those Who are accused before you, merely that you may leap the same iniquitous 'advantages, nut tram the laudable ambition of servini your CeOntry, but for the lia , e sordid expeditions of gain ?"- He fervently trusted, therefore, that feeling as they must the extranrditiary importance t. 4 the occasion, the HOtise .would come to that dasion . which he should ultGnately propose to them; The Hon. Gentleman here entered upon'a long and close inso s . ligation of the Tenth Report of the (Ointnissinto:t.o Ir contained • meter. in which Lord • Mel v tile, Mr: Trotter, Mr. Wilson,. and Mr., Mark Sprott, were deeply Implicated ; some imputation of blame too attached to the Bank of Erigland,.,who, according to the evidence given by one of . their own Officers, had issued,.money on the draughts of Mr. Trotter in an* illegal and ueju,tifiable. man. ner. If he had not been very much Mloilll . oflPeil, the Right Hon. Gemlettiln op e osite cattle in for a share s.if the . delitiquency, for being privy to the pool cc of die wing the public money illegally out of the Bark of Engiand WithOlit having put a step to its: With Mr. Trotter lie iftltltl have little to do at I;tesent ; at a future period he must become the pokit of a distiod eitarge In bringing an accusation against Lord Melville, he wes sensible he accused no mean person. The Nubble Lord during his whole life head enjoyed if great 'share of the pubiloceetifidince.u ... r,, near thirty . years he fiadiltrioit colistanilia4iireer offices for which his industry anti his talents had been supposed peculiarly to qualify him." During that period lie had possessed more , extensive patronage than any ma i n n the kingdoin„ and of course buth in and out of Parliament he was surrounded by !fiends and connexions, who were, he apprehended, more willing" than able to defend him in his present situa. lion. In proceeding to an examination of the Noble Lord's transattions while Ticasurer of theeNsvy, he 'should conduit faith's& with that moderation which so far Iraq being inimical, was ever condoeive7 to public justice, and at the same time with that firmness which became a man who brought forward accusations that he was convinced were well founded. When the origin of that Ait of Parliament, for the vitilation of which the Noble LOrd now stood accused, was considered, it would he found to be attended with circumstances of peculiar aggravation. At the close' of the American War, when the Country wens in the ,greatest distreas, and When that distress was increas. ed bytfut profusion which existed in all the depart. merits of public expenditure, Petitions Were present. ed to, Parliament from all parts of the kingdom; in conicqUence of whiCh certain Resolutions were adopt. ed by the Moine 'of Coinitions, on the Motion of Lord Geo. r CAveridish. The lion. Gentleman licit read the Resolutions of the Committee of thit pee nod on this sobjed. They - stated the 'expediency of some regulations so keep down the 'expenditure of the public money,and as on rn e 6arif of doing sootiOested the proprielyofabolishiog the perquisites of 'Clerks in the public offices; and increasing their salaries. they gave it as their Opital;M i lhat the PaYtnatet.Gencial of Abe Army, and the Treasurer of the Navy, slitiltl not be allowed, direetly or indireCtlYs to use the public money • lying in their hands fist their own advantage. They deprecated the leaving of large balances in the hands of the Treasurer °Utile Navy, and. suggeSted, as essentially : necessary to' remedy the grievances complained of, that for the future the Treasurer of the Nayy shisuld be merely an AC. counomt to the Public. 'He dwelt upon theittpZoo. sibility that the Neble Lord now accused should for a e n misiinderstAntl. the , tendency of these Re'_ solutions, and the equal iireposeibilily that any piau. Bible defence could be set uP of a deviiitiOn from shim. Immediately alter the Resoleti:ins had pass. ed, a reform took place in the Navy Office. The - salary of. the Treasurer was only 2 0 60 1 . a year , butt then he was permitted - to e n joy th e in te r e st 'of the balances in his hands: the selary wow augmented Et' vool. and all lees, tatoluments, - and a9vanerges derived from the use of the public Money; were strict. ly forbidden. Mr. Barre, the then Treastirer, immedi. 4tcly paid all Ilse balances in his Possessioo 'into the &A of England ;,aryl "proved, thlit (row that. periOd neither he, nor. any of thuse to.der him', had riceivel any emolument whatever of that deseriptiOn. To Mr.• Bat re succeeded Lou) Melville in Ns first 'Fred. surership. Whether he'kept the publie ninney in the Batik of England, in an iron ch'est, or , at his priv.ite Bankers, it is impossible at this distance tone to say. In the extratirdiner letter tt theit fit sent the week beluie last to' the •Lontalti 4l 4 l q" ()I til•• •• •• c 1 , r4 . r ut ianCe t o have a public an, e LON opposite, ,vin:thi 'ed to rethice the Subaltern er 0 t H it 7htidt-pay, notwitnstandil ht Noble Lord observed, that c t)' Kre4r. 1, , 'Lod 040104' Y rep lie( ;411.4Yiritlii1 I\ra,tie.llarl's 44404114c1'; tiA'f,tnrctt Y's r; ° VL Autis, itio.ding Commissions pr 'Ne;AR .74 ; OM ne 4 , 11 e ' To 4ntOuilk.vii 'in t il e:Hi I 1, 1 ,,"" , 9 1 11ti kkvi give ►Lliri© 'Law now.otnnti. was 11,s opinion. • Tl4itl.wesitips then divided nt r is CQi .j - cati a tout! rink. 2112 cOttunitt 1 ►forkoduet!rni --.. ~ , . 4, ; 7 ~E S1)."1 Y, :IVPRIL 9, iSos. way to proceed. it was highly ma t e r i a l to ot.iLler the. nature. of theevidenee that had been adduced. In the first place, the Commissioners ducovered, that in 41r e a etnoradidion to lain, certain enormous dc. neiencieg existed in the Department of the Treasurer of the Navy, amounting at an average to . about 43 or +4,0001. a year (w!lether a little less dr a little .more was iintnaterial,- it was not the sum, hut the intrattitm of the law that rendered the transac. tion 'culpable), On that foundation the Commis. *loners raised 'their investigation. He should have frequent t.)CCisipn to name Mr.. Trotter in the course olnis speech, be would therefore observe here, that what applied to Mr. Trotter di;i oot apply to hint „l;tne, iditti Melville anti Mi. Trerterwqe itirtitificti. Lord Mzly tile was worthy t 1 seen a ~- :tzsottil' as Mt. 'Trotter, and Mr. Trotter wait _ • ~. .. ,_ . _ . ( , :r . 1 m, : , :, :ti,'—' t i 1 f '4 , .... , N, a , fi , .....: - 4.,,. •c \'‘,.-. .. .. Or i . ....,,f. ----: ~ • . .'4(.11V,1111111.4At 10 , . 1 "V" 'W I to-,,.., ,-....:;-:-:<Vs.l- 4 f'c; , - ' 1, ..' .....r. I. .. ;•••=',%.0,;` , ----, k 4 0 ---;;;;.:•--Ar 1.4,,, ':%/1;',4';,...1, Naval Inquiry, the Noble Lord declirei Ile never derived any advantage 'from 'the use of 3r.- Lord Blaney followed, and had mode a -similar deelara. tion. Oa the stli of January 17540 Lord Melville again became 'Treasurer of tile Mies., whicti situation he retained till the tit of June, 1800, and it was to this period of sixteen years that the . Honourable Gentleman intended to canfinc his animadversions. In 1785, the Right Honour. able. Gentleinan epposite to him proposed a plan of public retreochment, founded on the Report of the Committee before mentioned, in which he held the most brilliant prospeCts to the Country; but no. fortunately he was mistaken in the charader of the. persons whom he had seleded 'to carry this pieta into execution. The Noble Lord had been one of those persons, and one too, in wtoo.c praise the Riede - Hon. Gentleman had been m .st loud. As kid been solicitous to place hirmelf app. e in chi:l - an ,of reform 0 0 . 4,ltet ice might faeillty suppress all s4rital the No. Lotd hiniselt intredueed the Bill for •regu. hying the office of Treasurer of the Navy; The Bill passed into o law, the .language of which was so clear and' determinate, that he would defy . the most dexterous lawyer in the profession to torture the letter of it into any c-nstrudion foreign to the obVious One. If it were possible rhos to pervert the letter of the Ad, and to force it to'contradid• the spirii of it, be Was persuaded that the feelings of. the House- would revolt at any such nefarious at. tempt. - The preamhle of the Ad stated it to be. founded on the Report of - tfie Committee, and in.' tended. to render the Treasurer of the Navy an Ac. counrant instead 'of a - Banker, by which means neither he tier any of those under him would incur the temptation of haz tiding . the public money in unsafe spectilations. There was one provision in the At the Operation of which Was to commence on the tit of July, 1785, to which he wished parti. cularly call the attention of the • fi.e.oe. It was therein directed, that on that day ell the pub_ lie money its the possession of the Treasurer of the . Navy should be deposited in the Bank tof England, and that from that day no "part of, it should be issued from the Batik but on draughts, specifying the service fur. whiCh it was intend. ed. Le.rd Melville, however, on Ilk own sole au thority postponed making this deposit until the first ofjanuary, 1786--Why, ? -Becauie, forsooth, the errangemeots in his office could nut be Completed before 'lilt time ! What, not in six months ? The feloky of the cause thus assigned for this shameful delay was evident,. and impelled us to search for the nue woe. 0.0 the 3t st December, 174. the haloce of the public money in Letd Mel v handi - did net muchoeotered., 70.,0001. He was diteded by the At of Paoliamerit to transfer this sum te the Biok of England on the xst of July, 1785, but on the otst Of December, 1785, he had not done so, and she balanie then amounted to above a hundred and thirteen thousand pounds, being-an increase of about forty. three thousand pounds. No proof could be established; but the fair inference to be drawn from this delay undoubtedly was, that Lord Melville hail withheld the public money from its proper destinatinn fer the purpose al his own private emolument. . This tronsedtiotO was comprehended in what he would call the lirst part of .Lard Melvillei.secnr,d Treasurership. In the second part arose the ekts which Formed the basis of the charges ageing the Noble Lord. He,would state them under three Morbid .heeds. The first was, that under' his own. authority, without the consent of Parliament,. and even in diredt violation of the Al of Parliament, he .had diverted to other public services the money appropriated by law to the :Naval Department. Secondly, that he had connived at a system of peculation in an dual, who will hereafter be responsible for his own. contiud, hut for whoin Lord" Melville is now responsible. To these two charge}, be would confine the propositions which he meant to" sub. ink to the House to-night ; but unless what. h a d been - said could be unsaid', and. whet had been done, undone, there existed hut too clear a,prouf that Lord Melville had participated in the freude. lent profits of his Agent. Should the House agree to his present Motion, he pledged himself to prose cute this part of the subject still further . , - To the honour of men who have held high official situations in this Country, it most be said, that socharge of a similar nature too not been brought for many years. The lair exhibited was by Lord_Melville himself againit a Gentleman Who filled an itnportatit office. abroad; . Sir T. Rumbold. - In a case like. the pre. sent he did not conceive that there existed any - neo crssiry for a precedent, but, if there did, he should be unwilling to follow that just mentioned, As he thought too much severity had been shewn o in the proceedings. His intention was to move certain Resolutions, grounded on the Report of the Commissioners, and. coupled with Resolu, tion of Censnre of the conduct of the 'Noble Lord. The House would afterwards have to consider in what 4-11 1 41 :j 1 11, y ~ '~ ~~h 'x , j [PRICE SIXPENCE* worthy of such a principal is Lord Melville: The' Commissioner's in their Report describe the of of Treasurer of the Navy as a mire siOecure, except as 'he is responsible for the- , safety of the public money. Jr deserves remark, that subsequent to the • -A.41 of Parliament of tells', the ecootony of that office was regulated by an Order of Council, drawn up by Lord Melville himself, and promolgated in consequence of _representations mede.hy him to. Ki Mijebty• The Hon."Gentlemon read this Order,- and commented severely upon the infringement of which took place. The Nsble Lerel first itettet e , ducea ACA which he imMediately violates; ao then he snggesrs an Order of Council on which .he !sever afte,. 'Whets theseithficienciet were discovered by: ate Commissioners, Mt. 'trot ter was gaped. on to say from what cause they arose.. By the way, Cl*, charades of the evidence inehio Report (with tout , few exCepti - ons) 'was-singular. When the parties were icwas impes-dhle to puteiey hilt ;be. moet vourable.ecnstruCtion nn risar - .hence, Whe - o - were extorted. frtim them, the reloannae with they afforded them was the strongest proof of their veracity. -He had heard with astoei!hmenr, :ye aasertiou Ater the evidence was ez p4rte ! . If .:1,1 persons accused were innocent, when questioned, whether or not they had-cOmmitted such mid sucly abuses, had they not the power of saying, No (" Hear ! near!") When Lord Meiviae was,. 4, asked if he had gained• any advantage from the Puldic in mey, could lie net have ;said upon hid-, honour and his oath,- No ? When Mr. ,T.isttee, was asked a similar question,. could lie raor„leorc,, made a similar answer ? WAS nut the 'circutn.' stance of their sheltering thems.l ves under. the lei.: ter of an Mt of Parliament a strung evidence of the, probability of their guilt ?, Oti Mr. Trotter's ing first called upon to acquaint the C entnisaionert; with the cause of the deficiencies, he preiendfig, noratre, and refuses 'to answer; but in the course bf a few days, he. finds out that they were owi ng to ilte money' appropriated' by Att. of Parliament tei, the service of the Navy having been tliverted intt* other channels ; and he instances a re.payment, Mr. Loug aa-a proof of the truth of this state. , meat.' It was extraordinary, thar,•Mr.. Lang had. not been examined by• the Commissioners. The, Henourable Gerfileman read Lord Melviilet s fi rst Letter to the Cdminissioners, remarking on *tie ferent paragraphs as they succeeded one bir . The assertiereof his belief that' not et single !.itscu.e ment existed which.would enable him to give the account required by the Commissioners waa very suspicious. Was it credible.' that a min so conver. , sane in buiiness a* the Noble Ltd should be on: able to furnish, even from memory, the gross turns' tieneanied He had burtee-Li s Veroers-f.worsts e misttemeanom to destroy Public Petters, anti by that lateens &event the elOcidarion of'Poblic Accounts. What was the opinion of the Committee of 1782 on d ie su bj e at o f de s troyij g public peoers f an opinion in which the Gemletnen: opoosite most haaitily co. inettled /when their objcCi: was fruetrattal by such destruslion. Their opinion was, that all public boob and papers should be Preserved for, the use of pos. terity. The Noble'Lord goes on to say, that at that time 'he held other confidential situations—r oe h e was at that one time Secretary at W e ir, Secretary of State,, President of the Board of C introit!, anti Treasurer of the Navy I He obstves that several '4 delicate and confitential" transaaions had occur. red, which it was inconsistent with his d ut y to re . veal. ilis sense of duty Should have reittained hint ' not from revealing these ads, but from committing them. He had ventured, when there was not Mort money in the Treasury of the Navy 'than was to pay the expenees of the Navy, to divert that money . from Ira proeer channet. What would have been the event had Mr. Loog been unable to repay it ? Where separme personsentetchange large sums of money, they are a check on each' other ; but. this case, although the Treasurer of 'the Navy lent to' the Secretary of State, or to the Board of Controul, this advantage ceased to Pxict. ITht.y were one and indivisible. Mr. Dundal lent Nlr.; pandas ; Mr. Dondas paid Mr.llundas; and all this without the knowledge of any, other human emit ore. The facility with which. supplies had always- beets granted by the 1 - t)uie of Commons loft the Nobles Lard without the'plea even of necessity for this illegal 4CCOM7ll.attiOn , ; brat had the strongest ne. cetigity existed, it would hive. been fir from- juati. fying his having recourse to such criminal measures for relief. The next article of charge is, his having connived at the public money being drawn front the Bank of England for private emolument, and thul having allowed an infraAion of the law, for which he is deeply responsible. Mr. Trotter confesses he did lodge large _sums of money at Coutts's, because, he says, it was more convenient and more secure.; andi notwithstanding all the Mb of PalliaMent which ex:. pressly cobtradid his opinion, he thinks it wits always intended that this should -be permitted. That tech a man as Mr. Trotter 'should make so weak, .surd a defence, was not !4eirprisi ng; but that Lord slr:)!Jld iroit4te hint wee really wonsferfei, After having himself' introduced the AA ketjelation before alluded to, 113 W Wclt 1 pQ3Sible that the Noble Lord could have the face to .say, that in a "private Banker's hands the public tn.:ney was MOM convenient or inure secure It is eiI6ICT, he says, to give a tiratiglit On a private Ban. ker, than on the Rink of &giant!. Why is net one as Valli.% and attenited ssith little dilEcu!ty as the other ? is it wit now indeed co regulated under the. -express ree•einmendiatiOn f Mr, Trottel- hatt3eif t av ii a r e rant t1:44. • Sub.ati - c6l2;:tslttt abliged to ket.p Afi dr accounts in the Bank p(1311Z1,10t1 i 1 the tx. perience t.t sixtvem yeari had thc I,«o')ic Lord thitt. the ACt t>i Parlimornt introduced by Lin t w3lvitleloi, ty!;:y did be out movo for Its TCpts`d A 7 teclarity, tt wA, I 13int CtittirgtiZtliity 1:14r f, _