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t it tic r , . either thi,Ceuntry. would:Lave the tatisfattiol of .finding that the,,public money : was faithfully ...a d p , ,- plied, or that, if ' ma l vers.ttions exivred, the, s.- Unguents would be brought to punishment,....-It was scarcely poss ibl e that in so 'great, so lip. libe nget Ogrosving an ex • enditure as ours had been, from t h e unavoidable consequences of the circum . stances that hail taken place of late years, abuses shoald not., he found, from which no Adminiet rd. tion c ou ld b e free. But whatever might be ;i ie abuies.eximing, h e trusted that the H o u se would l , prosecu te t h e I nquiry with ,temper. He wast. e. ttittats that the Commissioners should be invested w ith power , to ex am i ne on oath, in order to en . ' l '4 them to frame their decisions according to the purest principles of immutable justice. 'the My on of the Hon.As to Genteman, . he felt, no t hie4tien to the g enera l .objet! Of it. There was one point, however, to whiCh he should shortly ldve rt, be meant the insinqation that he had been iterlicated himself in • the charge of irregularity. L And it afrorded , him considerable satisladion, • that 'by tile appointment' of the committee' th e . Ro use would ! rave the Oppoe tuo i t y o f i o Yes t 1- g ay this ch arge f ully:. fie did suppose that any one who knew him would not imagine it Pois4ile that he ctaild he a party to any ti-amiaoli" from cattalo views. But he did not wish to rest his justiherai" 114" f oo on the pi rt i a li t y o f hi s f r i en d s, or tiraLle opinion,with which he stole flattered, and knew 4 considerable portion of the House to err_ Certain : he wished the fads to speak for themselves. As to die other part of the Motion, he did not think to would,, l'e roller to refer the whole of the Report 11,`),t1',.' Conitnittee, as he understood that the second ;:`‘'",.n of the,.lfon. Gentleman was to dire6t a p ro. sods the Attorney General. It the Inquiry il l. "' t ° lie Prosecuted by Bill of Discovery, as to the refer of patticipatit'in, it would be improper Co -.:c , t that part of the Report _ to the Cominittee,ov to establish two concurrent and collater4l. investiga._ 11 ,` )131 " Re did not tlaitili, therefore, that any part of . ti t le Re did which wits to be the object of the Bid e , b'se,,Vety, ahoul , l be subjected to the inquiry ml , the Coinfnittee. lie was indifferent whether his utris'iii'e. r i st:n 4 kl s i n t‘ g ) be attained by amendmoefrirtih:r Re p ort hot that such parts only ~w ere, tu be submitted to the Committee as should tiv.,:oturritiese, rife p s i t , ) , l c itt i i ntg) f . inviieeslighaattliun prepared in the some other Inent, as w il li l i ‘ c ,s li t I, icemsichiosildetillt mwoi7l, If'oYrnimisY qfslic'."l.ll.7ll:t li"uirretble Gentleman then moved, " That a be. . o le t , , ,, l C e o m m a tu tit it r tee be appointed to consider further contained in the Tenth Report of the ertmissionets 01 Naval Inquiry, SO far as the same I s e e ' ale s to .the applicationof Siniei gratited for Navy ~ tykes to other Branchei of tire Public Services ; as ...(! 1 , 1 60 to the Irregularities committed in the mode of r - aw ing the m-,ney granter lot' the Service of the Navy from the Bank ; and to any Communications I t hat toig,itt have been ni,ide to the CHANCELLitt. of t l' AelikQNltß, or the Lord of the Treasury, el 'itive t() htleh Irregularities ; tid'to the Proceed. 'li Aid e might Lave been taken for Recovery of the Arrears du, Lave th e late Mr. Tellico.", ,„,„ 42 '. FOX agreed wide the Right Hon—Gentle -11,..-rii that if a I,l' SeCution by the Arroa NE y-G It -1:1t;11' a t if be ordered by the Flouse, the Com 11141,u,ners should not interfere with the matter of ilf4:1`)."'"Illion. There were other parts, however, th le tteport that should be investigated. He a: ught 'he 11, 11,e ought to adopt some course for ,ktniinionnB,•in milder terms than censuring, the. .14 8 1 , 4 90n. Geritleman epposite, (Wit . ..CAstrsi No), tiir Vlpr. A it, 8 done as much as i n him lay to screen r,,,,.... e , _ i hOo . ; but this should be matter for a se. ;11,...7. Mutton. this brought him to the most: . 4 Llttt part of the question. Their , intention'. of ti c't to be simply an Inquiry into the Abuses (too l IN , lav Y and Military Exp%nditure. That un trihhew)tetliaYt wtlileythwe earers(tette'irl:4ilne;d bluuf.athlelYil'46ell'ijitilic°(l ere serious. lii orde r to re n d er the loqui;.y 41 , 2ern iil 0 they should give cisiintenance and encou -.-..'ent to thoNe who executed it. The Cotrl ati(i"l:ners had diseharged their duty honourably, w olli w i ' i t li a perseveralice and courage that few men cede to " e likely to exert. If the House should ac ,..oe to tile Motion of the Right Hon. Gent. for the • il;ettntnitee, lie trusted that the Members of it would t hat wi l th the "MC ability, integrity., and pertinacity, the ' t i le Nava l C omilnissionera had displayed ; as the , i, ()use ought to encoutage those who promote ti,i,t4nYlirY, so they ought .10 discounteoance those 101::ik;uld • impede it. If they employed the AT, ,tllol.,:jh GENRR AL . to prosecute' in this instance,. T44; 4 , "e had not beard him Like Any part on tilts e rno i ti —n ) 'lt Could .not but, think chat they could Il e ; ir," . , 3P 1 "ne would not be a, willing Agent. ( 11 ,,,.., no aoubt that the Right Hon. Gentleman .o., e ' t l / 4 4 . 1 ,.N'e t LLO a of the Excel t QV' E it ) ' would re"' loiembot ~rntuissioners, and that even , the Hon. tint, .! r (Mt. WiterittAst) would vote lot repla os thorn ; b ut , 1 be consid ered willi nv I iey v ere not to - bi:aii_ir:u:hultilin:,:eiFte.it stiwW°44BLienc‘Zt:l,ldelde°rketdll:keittl?4l3)°:lllitiiisteh:Bulitildill . touse. w, . .tv s% . tqlo r in t he tir uoght in by aletaii who was the pro.. thi rl i c el Public delinquents, he could not help ho hone r ift it was in unfortunate hands. If it H" lved by any . other Member ) t,'Y any 11, 1 ° :, 1 1) F‘ri enti on his side of (he Hoste, it wouid tft,,, !J ets nin th More likely to have been efrenual, st o ' y. wiw'en Moved by a First Lord of the Teta ,u,„hi It en he considered that this Right .Ho hole 'e, saentien„,, hail i I-- "" neen Minister during the 11, „ t ‘ line that all the kbusei were carrying on, scrub a t itn, 1 "41'1 pro all lc aim the proper person ru bring ~ i ch 4 , •sKe cm . ,s measure lie trusted the House would e( tr l , . e t " leave proper petsons appoinoni in the the' ' nittee. if tl '''r kiglit lion. Gen tietnao had had I "gi 4 o P t i) ,: t'intin g °I the liie C: , lllfOlSSl'Oner i of Na Val 'll tfpcd ? t h i _ W...,0u1ti airy h a v e the Tenth Kcport I He dit,,h4i..:kst.en.tletueo that should be appointed would P0ir0i,,,,,, I ,"eir duty. It Wa3 natural that in a p. tft,,,mtiwimnil the tiivourabie opininn of the Gen with hi m w ." d tties them, ~f those who concurred trol l . sue In '"l'inko, wculd Arad him to appoint but, th-„ h ,,* l'heY could not prevent such partiality, tncoury ...01.114 prornote•the effeA of theltiqiiify, hY tho,..'sgtng those who assisted, and. reprobatint . ttlin'7lll.o-thkvatted or .obstru fled it. -He— did 'tick I ,lt h e .. Wi Jit, ~,r olt Aing4litY Should be rewitted by the '''`"t"'nent, hut he,subtnitted tu!his Hors. whether the titotiorlor _the prosettitiou might - not be betterpostposed till after the Com. mittee shall have reported, and iscertaitV-d by their Inquiry what persons have been connected with the delinquents. The Hon. Gentleman (CnArec et, R • of the EXCHEQU ER) had this day More openly chain on any 'Oilier oCcaSion avowed his disapprobation of the condua of the Noble Viseount ; but 'he had also declared, that he did not look upon' it as his dtity id - advise His Majesty to any Other *step - , un. less the House, by 'a fresh decisiop,'.should make' it necessary for him. All were acquainted. with the condo& of Ministers. Some inquiries they set on foot theinselves,. whilst they took up others lest they shoOld be driven to them ; and it was rather 4n unfortunate circumstance that the inquiry was in such hands. There had been several Commissions of Inquiry, but the late discoveries shewed - how little had been done on their Report's, as well as what they, might have discovered. The CH ANCELLOR of the ExcH EQU ER explained. Mr. W/LTIB/EAD was desirous that no' Mo. tions introduced by him should either clash with each other, or interfere with the ordinary course of the distribution of justice. A very Material part of his inquiry was, whether LOrd Melville had par: ticipated with Mr. Trotter ; and the Public ex petted it to be ascertained. He submitted :to the Learned Gentleman opposite', whether, consistently with his objet}, he could agree to the Amendment. Mr.SII,gRIDAN rose to say a few words. He pettedly coincided with his Hon. Friend, that if they were to go into the Inquiry, the proiecution should be suspended until after the Committee shOuld report. As to the notice that had been given by the Right , Hon. Gentleman, who was to be the Pa. tron of Reform, he did not think him the most proper person to bring the matter forward. It had not been his fault that the bu , ,ioess bad not been brought forward before ; and.he was certain, that the Right Honlurable Gentleman had known that it was the intention of an, Hon. Friend near him (Mr. GREY, we suppose) to give a similar notice that very evening ,if he had not been anticipated by the Right Hon. Gentleman doing what, no doubt, was competent to him in giving his notice first.— The Hint. Gentleman had expresied his desire to have the Committee appointed, in order to clear up the imputittiOn against himself. The motive was honourable; but until the Report shall be made by the Committee, that Right Hon. Gentleman !Mist be under suspicion, and he Considered as on his trial, and, therefore, he repeated, that until he should be . absolv. ed, he was not the fittest person to institute an inqui. ry.' He understood that the objed of his Motion was the military expenditure in s till its branches. This embraced it number of important inviries, the.. Barrack Department Particularly, in Which he w as satisfied abases did exist . ; but it was not to be gotten that the First Lard of the treasury was in. innately tonnetted with all these Depirtments, and that he would be the first prison %s o uk, be. likely to be called on for information by the Commissioners'. But was there - no other object of Inquiry ? Was not the Treasury itself, the chats. nel through which the whole., of the, Expenditure of the Country passed,' a fit ot)j4,t ? Were there no Contrads or other praftices chat might be brought to light ? The Inquiry, he thonght, should be general, but insisted the Right Hon. Gentleman WAS not the fittest person to institute the measure. Mr. C AWNING defended the sentiments of his Right' Hon. Frienti,..and contended, that if his Amendment did not meet with the immediate ap. probation of the Hun. Gentleman opposite, be ought to give priority to the'Mdtion for instituting a civil suit, : and then bring forward a Motion for referring to a soat 'Commit tee such parts of the Report 'as were not included in the first Motion. It precedence were given to- the appointment .of Comniittee, with unlimitted powers,'it could hardly be exped_ ed,-in the examination of persons before that Cum. mittee, that they would give evidence Which might afterwards be adduced in a prosecution against themselves. !'hr. C ANC ELLO'R Ofthr AT )(CHEQUER, in allusion to an observation made by an Ron. Gentle. Man on the other side, defied that. Hon. Gentleman . to point out a single passage in the, Report of: the CoMmissioneri which in the , slightest degree ferred to him, as being concerned in thetransataions which that Report developed. • Mr. FOX üborrved, that the Right Hon.-Gentle— man was certainly not menlionesi by Marie, hut ih that part of. the Report which described the di Cert. ing to other purposes the money appropriated by the Legislature to the Naval Services, he :way dotibiedly implicated. Mr. Gesy said 4 few wordsin support of the. , Original Motion. The M AST R If Mr ROLLS declared it - to be the practice of the House of Commons, that when. Aver any riot w;t*Ortermined by them to be re. tarred to a Court of Law, all turther inquiry and investigation ceased in the 1 - Louse. In that case a partial-inquiry' might take place, to ascertain whether or not it Wall proper :to prosecute, but no further. Should the House choose the other alter native, they must abandon a civil process, The prosecution wild not then be earned on. to recover the i'ublic Money, but the inquiry might he put.; sued for the purpose of inflicting ppnishornt on , those who had embezzleti Me. FOX sit* pothiog improper in uniting the . Inquiry by a C ornrnitree with the Prpseeption by ~.Law, and cited several precedents in support Of Ws!, opinion. rbe 241 ASTER if Mr ROLLS (lbw-yeti, that those 'precedents ale matter investigated had al-: ways gone in the first instaoce before the Commit-J lee, and had never been primarily Aisiussed in the flothe. IC INNAI RP said, that theobk.a of the present investigation • two.fold, In the first place, . to ascertain from an :examination of va. 'loos parts - of the' 'Report, tho• pr4flicahilitY of recovering the Pubic Money, and ,then to . cover, whether wpr . c Out grounds sufficient_ strong ' to authorise. an ,Impeachment.: If the House were under the necessity of eelinquishing one of these . he should certainly prefer .abanhniug the .former. He clorvated •the flouse to consider whether the Public would, be. satisfied civil suit if tliere, wc“:, oroti4a sufficicoo for an luyeachtnen:. He : no oidealon to 1111)140141g a Committee with extensive otver s , Which powers might ,be diminished by the-House, should they afterwards deem a prosecution necessary, Mr. PCWON,BY was not for referring this mat. ter to, the Attoiney General. • Suppose the House were to order the Attorney General- to file- an in. formation in the , Court of Exchequer,- compelling Lord Melville and Mr. Trotter 16 render accounts of the Public Money ; and suppose they fouhd that they would be liable 10 pains and penaltiei for -What they had done, they would then, he believed, be entitled to what was called " demur:" The Learned Gentleman on the other sidetas he thought the conduct of a person justifiable, who availed him. sell'of a Clause of an Ad of Parliament to refuse giving satisfadion to the NavA Commissioners, was not very likely to press t his point against th e m. If it had happened that Mr. -Trotter had charged no interest on the large loans with which 'he had ac: commodated Lord Melville out niche Public, Purse, the conduct of Lord Melville, in accept ing such a fa your, was incontestibly-;corript ; but 'no tiling of an information could reach him. If, however, sucb a circumstance shoidd. be discovered in .the. of the investigation before the Couimittee, that ann. mitten would know 'how to deal with :the Noble Lord-. The_ House woultf be justified in giving an opinion which a Court of Equity would ntrt • He did not.wish to speak too harshly_ of the delinquents. -He felt for•them the•truest Commiseration—but he was convinced, that the Public would - think the House of Commons had failed-in their duty, which was to take the must elf:dual means of coming at tLe troth of these transattions, did they abandon the Inquiry to other hands: Lord HENRY PETTY felt. the - greatest reluct ance to accede to any Motion which would prevent or retard the proceedings of a Selea Cominiiree.- Whether or not the referring. certain points 1,4 pro secution by the Attorney.Gealeral would have that effeethe,knew nut. From 6. 4 investigation 4 ,,f t h e Report of the Commissioners of Naval this one great, conclusion had been ,drawn, viz. that Lord Melville had he , :tt guilty of it gro.s viOiation .of the Law ; but did it follow that`no ocher concha, siona might be obtained by u farther exAmination of that Report'? Did it follow that the House were to suspend . the exercise of their judgment on this sub. jed,and depute it to others ? should he the first consideration of the 1-IJuse to ascertain the whole cx.. tent of the business ; and they Might then ground Any legal procce..Lings on that lcrtawledp that they thought proper., Tne Nobletord, therefore, : wi‘hed, that the Motion fur ordering the AtiOrney.&:,terAl to prt.secute should be delayed, and he hoped that his Hon. Friend would persevere in his original Motion.' IPRITBME4O declared his intention of abandoning his. M,mun for a prosecution by the Attorney General, but of persisting in thil for a Selet C9romitter, v‘iithfult po,wers. • The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER feeling that there were some pulnis which might, with itr.dre pryriety, be exAmitted Court of Law rh. in in a Committee of the tion,e i . a4crted his•dc. .terMination to persevere-in liii Atricrhithera. • • , .Mr. W . HIFEO AD accused the. Right Hon. Gentleman of veering in his oPini.)n., The CHANCELLQg of the EXCHEQUER observed, that the Hon. G.mileniail fi Fling that part of , his plan was 'not Fir fur executi , :n had re iii,quished it, and.he now Accused bun ut flinquation of opini•al. WHITRREAD allowed, that when he came down to the . House he - thought the two modes prosecution. and iotluiry by a Committee,, were cum. patible. . He trusted that he ncvrr should have the arrogance to peraisr in an tutor sifter he had ;eetl convinced it, was one. The CHANCE LLOR of the EXCHEQUER only, h o p e d, that when cite Hon. Gentleman changed Iris o pinion he Would not call kis change. Mr. wittrati g ,aid, he had nut changed his opinion, he had only changed the grounds of his opinion. M G ' GREY explained. Mr. GREArYILLII stool the question, which was, whether the House should reserve thelthel Yee the entire powei of investigating the whole of the Report, or refer a portion of It ro the prosecution of the Law Officers. If the llouse.adOpted the for. mer proposition, he could not easily tie persuaded t hat to that a reference to a Court of Law might be united. Ile confessed he was inclined to pre. {ser the latter ; and a great - rea,on kr this pre. terenee was his not being able to discover what supetior means. of arriving at the truth a Se. led Committee could possess ever those belOnging to.a Court of 'Law. Why was it expeded that a Select Committee shotild du More than the . Corn mission:l's of 'Navel Inquiry or all their extensive powers were enabled to do ?-0n the contrary, in his opinion, all that .vas wanting in the B.rard •01 Conunissioners, could be supplied b}. a Court of Law, and by that alone. He' sincerely wished his Rm. Fiiend had been induc:%l to move, in the first place, that the Attorney. General be direCted to prosecute, 'and in The second that a Stied Com. mittee , he appointed ro ex ;mine this; parts of the Tenth Report which were nut inclinW in the mat ter tor prosecution. Both his I.4'riend's nal Motion, and the Amendmeut by the Right Hon, Gentleman opposite, being howevet adhered to, and the question now being, w.h.ether a Committee ohoulti be appointed with extensive pacers, or a Committee with limited powers, he was certainly disposed to vote for aCrontnittee with extensive pOWCtS, peating, at the same time, that _he shAtitl-have pre. Netted the mode which he before alll,3ed to. The Cif ANRut the Ext.: qu s R explained. 'Air. IV) ND 114.411 ob , cet vett, that sentiments wete so completely in unison with those of the Learned Gentleman on the second hench (Mr. Pon. sonhy), and with fluke of the Noble buret who fol. lowed him (Lord H. Petty ), that he should not feel it necessary to „trouble the House at any great length on the .sublea. fle certaifily wished, that the Committee shotild he vested with extensive au. thority. As to the Amendment proposed- by the Right'Hon. Gentleman, evrn if it we re necc4tory, it by no included what it wa intt,tititttl to in. elude. The true audiaccurve w:ty oi -i,%;eribing it woulJ be to give to he C-mtnito. e Wrae not ip.ett to the but in the Howie ItOly eh-irr,e ?my . btl.a , e . A the) !kit- p4..)aci t„; ii''y ". • tintitit 'had atisOh lit hilte d hi on one of the piritt which hail been introdUceil into the discussion: It seemed to he taken fot gran td by some,Gentlemeri, that the House must make a n op t io n th at they were, nut at liberty to pursue the-11:T.44y generally themselves, and then refer the'examination of parts o f t h e fieesj , .et 'to enricher • Tribunal. In 'this opinion he certainly could not concur, 'although he wes not prepared to contradiA it. .For his part, lie saw no (...isoo why these'ti.Ou measures were incom , . gatible, He ciuld nor see 'why such an union was inconsietente with our jurisprudence. • If, however, the House must either give up the Prosecution by the Law Ofli,:ers, or .the institution of a Selett Cotnmittee, he certainly would not hesitate in re. Commending ihe. for Mer compelling the delin. rpients to reined the PU4:CProperty which they had alitrfSsCd; was an obj!ee of infinitely less conse.. quence than that A tuff declaration of the judg ment of the Hutt% of Commons on . them should be'tnade. Thar which . was the instant and imme,. tli4te duty of the. H nise should first be performed. . He deprecated .the ptirObiiity of their , power slip. ping. int o hands us had been stated by a Learned G.-ttletnen, mighe'eot he able to tired any beneficial purpose ; and there was then noiseeturn; the House could, nut resume what it hatkrashly Under these impression.), he should give his decided vote fox the Motion.of his Hun. Friend. Lord C A ,STLE M EACtI controverted.severel of the arguments of Mr. Windham, and contended., that a Court of Law was much better suited to the com plete inve!tigation of certain parts of the Report than a CoMinittee 0; that House, the Coin. mittee could enter into a covenant with the indivi. duals .exortined liefore them, that their evidence should not serve as a basis on which to foUnd legal proceedings, not much could be expeCted from thus: individuals ; and in such a covenant it was not in the power of a Committee to engage. What then w&old.bc the consequence ? The tipsiness would come .hack to the I louse 0. ilhinit having been investikateo. He was sure his Right Hun. Friend was willing to include in his Ameed.nent every point of the Report except those which he wished to refer to the ma. nagement of the. Law. Officers. Were the Amend.; enema agreed tn, it would be competent to any Gentleman at a fume period to armee for additional pre yers, if such were thought necessary.. Mr. RANKS argued the expediency, of appoint. ing a Cemetittee of Inquiry, .10 on their Report instituting any legal proceedings. He had no doubt that he differed frentall parties io the Kum, 'when :lte,exprested his wish, that the matter should be re. 'ferred back to the Commi-sionets of Neva' 'equity, arming them with fresh powers, that they might he. enabled to.plusecute their researches to the desired point., The Flen. Gentleman expressed great doubt, whetharthe individuals accused could be compelled to refund the Public, Money., asserting that consider. able difference of Opinioh existed on the suhjeEk . among several sages of the Law, anti eticerved, 'that lit 178 z and 178 e, 'a similar circumstance had been debeted in .the House, the result of which was by no meang favour A bic to t h e h opes o f t h ose w h o thoug h t that such repayment . could he compelled. Scrjeaut fIEBI7 u,i)Acti any recourse to Courts of LAW, and combaied the assertions of Lord edit, 1 kteiigh, 0.1)3 nt Maintained, that in a Ciitennittee iirj evidence would be obtained, from the apprehen. sion that such evidence would be mile use of against the Parties 'affording it. All th could be got by Law 'would be the restitution of the Public .Auney, a trifling objed when compared with the, examplaty runi.hatrfic which ought to be, ieflieled the peculators, The Amendment to' the Motion of his Hen. li..ricatt. was extraordinary. The Public was .aexioteily wishing for further inquirYe An Hon. Metribol. proposes a Committee to be appoint.. ed lot (hilt purpose, when, up starts the Right Hon. the. Chancellor of the Exchequer, and instead .of allowing +o that Committee the enjoyment of l ul l( powers, wishes 'to fetter theiroperetions in the very . outset, and all this without any , substantial reasons assigned.' He hoped , the Right Hon. Gentleman would nor press Amendment ;' if he did press it, he trusted the House would not agree to it ; he was convinced the Country would feel most seriously eisappeinted• Al; JOHN COXE JUPPISLEY, adverting to some rent ttks Made on a former evening by, an How, Director.,- which tended to prove that every draft on the Bu( by the late Paymaster had been couched in the proper forth, took occasion to observe,. that Mr. TrOtter was loaded with teach more censure than lie really deserved.. The Hon. Baronet alluded to the plan which Mr. Trotter communicated to the 'Treasurer, when he quitted for the purpose of preventing any tuzure speculations with Publi6 24unev, and asserted that the greatest misrepresen. rations had ti.:en spread abroad as to the extent of his fortune. had been estimated at' 30 0 , 00 a. He had good grzytinds for knowing, that were every atom of his kr tune, real and personal, to be colletted together, the sum, would not exceed twelve bun_ drett a year.. A great deal h a d b een sa id a b out , the Paiace,''..at it was termed, tit Drklliorne, which, in feta, had not cost eight thousand pound s . The Hoot. Baronet urged the consideration of theSe circumstances; but 'added, he II no means wished that the ctitis ut Public justice should not be perfect_ satisfied. • Mr. Ti...4RNEY remarked, that the drafts might he drawn according to the stria terms of the At, and yet the Mt he grossly violated. 'The objeCt of the At was, that no drafts should he drawn by the Paymaster of the. Navy on the Bank, except fur Naval Services. It was true, that Mr.,Trotter night use words expressive of different branches of Naval Service on his drafts ; but the service existed only. in imagination:, The public balances, which by MI of Parliament were ordered to he voted in the Bank, were, by Mr. TrOtter deposited at Mr.. Coutts ; and that nut as Paymaster nt the' Navy, bat in his own private eliaraaer. Had any thing 114 PPened to Mr. Trotter, how would his CS(att have been ads- ministered? -And if administered at all, ho s. long would the Pablic have been kept out of the money ? He would . allow Mr. "I` rotter some credit for the plan which he communicated to him to pre» vent the public money from running the lin ftd which it had heretofore done. With regard,to the subjea immediately before the House, it was cer. 3 ta cc ii o - li t y cd hi b w y op t i i n ic iot t i vi ti .r ia o t o. N N l s r. y `l G 'to : t x t E e lt r should L alth}eisptaci:.