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seasons whicii enforced upon his mind the propriety of producing them. It was Military information that was required ; and not general information upon abstraet poiitlcal 'points. Indeed when he delivered in his opinion upon that occasion, he was not averse to limited service; but i delivering that opinion, he never expeaed, that upon the grounds now held out, such "a system was to be adopted. Lord'GREIWILLE said, that he had little or nothing to add in corroboration of the observations that had been made against the produ6tion of the Papers, by his Noble Friend (Lord Moira). The information they were said to contain --was not that kind, of information which was usually called for to assist the deliberations Of. Parliament. Such infor mation generally contained evidence of fatis ; but what was now called for consisted merely of the opinions and suggestions which a number of indi viduals thought proper to hold - forth, according to their own particular judgment. There, was surely no precedent for calling, for the production of in formation of that nature. 'Were that •to be the pratiice of the 1-1 - ouse, the same might be proposed upon. every other measure ; and thus a forum might be opened for the discussion of every measure brought into Parliament, not to be agitated by Members of that House, but by persons not Mem bers, whose opinions were however to guide the proceedings of the }Tense. The consequences of such a precedent were therefore monstrous, and could not for a moment be overlooked by any refle6ting mind. • • The question for the produaion of the'Papers waa 'n put, and negatived without a division, . After which the Mutiny Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed on .Friday next. Lord ELboN presented a Petition from Mr. Watson, Se jeans at Arms of the House, representing , the in adequacy of his salary, and praying it 'might be increased: His Lordship spoke highly in favour of the clainis of the Petitioner, which•claims were ac knowledged by Lord SPENCEn, who moved that the Petition be referred to a Committee on Monday next. On the Motion of Lord GRENVILLE., the Eonsidera tion of 'Judge Fox's Petition was deferred till Thurs day se'nnight.—Adjourned 'at half past Nine o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS. WEISNESDAY, JUNE 11. SirTHEOPTnLUSMETCALF obtained eve to bring in a Bill for incorporaing the Globe ,insurance Coin- p m i-. Mr. ROBERT TET OR NTOtsT presented a . Petition from the Curriers, Rtrriers, Leather 'Dressers, and Boot- Makers, of .Colchester, against the Bill for the re peal of the Hide Flaying A6L—Referred to the Corn wittee on the Bill; 4s was also a Petition from the Tanners, Saddlers,. and Harness-.makers, of the town and neighbourhood'of Birmingham. Ordered, on tb Motion of Mr.VANSITTART, that there be laid before, the House -an Account of the quantity of raw and thrown SilkS exported._ from, and impcirted into, Great Britain, for twenty years, ending the sth of January, 1806. Also, an Account of the quantity and 'Value of all Silk Goods expOrted from Great Britain for the twenty years ending the sth of January, 1806, dis tinguishing each year,. and the countries to which the goods were respectively exported. The Accounts were .afterwards presented by Mi. VANSITTA RTy and ordered to lie on the Table and to be printed. Mr. VA NSITTART moved, That there be laid be fore the Hou , ,e 'a Copy of the Agreement entered into between the Lords Commissioners of the Trea sury and his Grace the Duke of Grafton, pursuant to an Ad of the 43d of the Ic.ing.—Ordered. The Agreement was then presented by Mr. VANSITTART, and referred to a Committee of the whole House t 0 .7 morrow. Mr. Alderman CO BE obtained leave to bring in a 1.3j11 to alter and enlarge the powers of the Ad for the Improvement of the Port of London, so fig as the same relates to compensations under said Aft. Mr. VANSITTART presented an Estimate of the Expence of eretaiug a Court House in the neigh bourhood of Palace-yard.--Ordered to lie on ,the Table. LORD MELVILLE. A Message from the Lords informed the House that their Lorlships had agreed to the Irish Stamp Duty Bill, and several prillte Bills, without any amendment. Also, that their Lordships would pro ceed further with the Trial of Lord Viscount Mel ville, at ten oclock to-morrow morning, in West minster Hall. The SPEAXE,R, in consequence of this 11 , 1essage, informed the nOuse, - that he should to-morrow come down to the House at ten o'clock precisely, that the n M ames,of the anazers should be called over at half past ten, and of the other Members immediately al ier, in order to proceed to Westminster Hall. . . The Custom-House. Fee Bill was read a second tithe.--- 7 To be committed on Friday' , . Mr. At.uxt k r , amtibro,ught up the .RepOrt of the Cominittee on the General Assessed Tax Aft The Resolution fir allowing the exemptions in co4sidera, tion of children .was agreed to, and it was ordered to be an instru&ion to the Gentleman appointed to bring in the Additional Assessed Tak Aft, to make provision therein pursuant thereto. The Thread L, ice till was reported, when the. Mill, as amended, was ordered to be printed, and the Report to be taken into farther considetation on •, Monday pest. ABOLITION OF TH:• SLAVE TRADE. Mr. Secretary Fos gave notice, that lie should to, morrow move for leave to bring in a Bill to preVent the carryidg on of the Slave Trade in British Ships, except such as-may be employed-therein during the 'present se4on. The Committee of Supply, and Ways and Means,. were pot off to Friday. COICINkISSI,ONERS OF WEST INDIA ACCOUNTS. Lord HENRY PETTY rnol.:ed the Order of the Day, for a Committee of the 'vhoje House, op the West: India Commissioners' Oi cliwition that the, Speaker do leave the. _ . • Mr. ROSE obje.6 . led to the Notion, on the ground that the Bill . was li4ble to many serious objtaipns, nd that the I:louse had not ,an opportunity of con, viderinz the several provisions it contains, the Bill jot having been printed previously, to the second reading. Ie v.i4lied only., for a delay of 24 hOurs, to give - the`-leuse'an opportunity of considering csmtents of the Fill;;which he contended Contained, nothing more than the Bill which . it was to repezil: The Right Hon. Gentleman commented at some length on the various elauses of the Bill, and de fended the measures adopted by the late Adinini str2tion, with respea to the correCtion of the abuses in the West Indies. He insisted that this measure would enable the Lords of the Treasury to give greater powers to Commissioners of their appoint ment than had ever been given to any other than Parliamentary Commissioners ; and that it was . the boldest attempt to increase patronage, as tp Com missioners would be appointed under it, in the place Of ten that were at present in existence. He pledged his reputation and chara6ter to prove this to the House, if the Noble Lord should grant the delay he asked'for. , • . Lord H. PETTY thought it extraordinary in the Right Hon. Gentleman to discuss the measure in such a way. If he had waited for his answer, he would have found no hesitatiOn on his part to ac, cede to his wish. It was his desire that the House shduld judge of the , measure, upon its merits and when it should be before them fully, he was ,cono-. dent he would be able to satisfy them of its utility and importance. It was rather extraordinary that a charge of a design to increase patronage should come, from the Bight Hon. Gentleman, though from whomsoever it may .come, it was entitled to 'attention. The increase of Commissioners allude 4 to by the Hots. Gentleman was to be but tempo rary, and that increase had been rendered neces sary by past neglea with respea .to Public Accounts. He had no objet to put off the.connittee .to any day the Right Hon. Gentleman might think expedient. 'Mr. R osn wished to know' when the Noble. lord meant to bring . forward the other Bill; and was informed by Lord H. Petty that he shoi;kl he able to bring the Bill forward in a few days.: The commitment of the Bill was then put off to, to-morrow. Mr. ROSE gave notice of several Motions to-mor row for Papers relative to the Public Accounts. INDIA PAPERS. Ordered, on the Motion of Mr. PAULL, that the Papers ordered on the . 22d of April be presented forthwith. Mr. PAULL then moved for copies of all corres pondence between the GOernor General and thy Secretary to the Governor General, Mr. Edrnonson, relative to Major Ouzeley, Aid-de-Camp to, the Na bob Vizier, from September, 1802, to Jan. 189.5. After a short conversation 13. tween Si: A. WEL LESLEY, Mr. PAULL, Mr. CREEVEY, and Mr. W. Po LE, the Hon. Gentleman contented himself with giving a notice of his Motion for to-morrow, in or der that the Board of Controul might have' an oppor tunity of considering whether they could, with pro priety, grant a Paper which might have the effect of implicating a Gentleman (Mr. Treeves), now in Bengal, who could not, of course, have an oliportu-, pity of defending himself.' Ordered, on the Motion of Sir Ar.THUR WELLES LEY, that there be laid beforc-,,the House Copies of the Six Inclosures contained in a letter from the Governor General to the Court of Direaors, dated March co, Mr. Mooac gave notice, that he shpuld to-morrow move for several Papers relating to India AcCounts. CHELSEA ALLOWANCE BILL. , Mr. :Wl:sum/of moved the third reading of the Chelsea AllowanCe Bill. On the question being put, Mr. HUSKISSON opposed the third reading. He had already stated his objections to the measure, and had since .re-considered them altogether., with ,the answers that had been given to them. The con- - sequence was, that he was confirmed in his objec tions, and thought the answers unsatisladory. He begged, therefore, to restate his objedions, which be did at considerable length, and contended, that the measure was, a breach of the privilege of Parlia ment, as it pledged them to make good•allowances, to be granted under regulations of which they had no knoWledge ; that it was derogatory from the honour of the Crown, if, as had not been denied, the Crown was competent to make the allowances without this. Ad; and that it would hare the etfe& of rendering the Artily perennial, instead of an Annual. Army. Gen. Taut:ETON moved the Standing Order*of the House, to ascertain whether there was a sufficient number of Members present to constitute a House. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, when,.on the House being, counted, it was -found, that there were forty Members in attendance.. _ On our re-admission to the Gallery we found Mr. Windham on his legs replying to Mr. , linskisson . .-:— . He contended, that in voting for the'presiint Bill, without any specific estimate, the House would 'do nothing more than it was wont' o do with respe&,to, the Extraordinaries of the Army, to Treaties with Foreign Powers, to Commercial Treaties ; and even to future Treaties to be concluded. .* The Crown: might raise men to any amount, but the House could not interfere except by refusing to provide thO ex pence. But all argument was unnecessary on this head, as an Amendment had been made in the Bill, by which the House was not to be called on to ivake good any allowance' till tire Estimate should be laid before them; and the regulations under which . the' allowances were to be made have received the sanc tion of Parliament. Thus the House would have the 'opportunity..eVery year of deciding upon the. allowances and regulations, so that the objedion, that the Measure would render the Army perma . , neat, Was wholly tinfounded. Equally so, was the statement, that no man could be discharged after the passing of these Ads ;* . for the engagement was the same with respeOL. to His Majesty's power of discharging under these and the former Ads, the attestation being,*that the man engaged should serve ' His Majesty for a certain term, if His Majesty should so long want his services. . . Sir JAMES PULTENEY and Lord CASTLEIMAGIT put it to the RigliCHon. Gentleman, whether lie; would press the third reading of the Bill' in so thin an attendance: • General TARLETON again moved, that the House, by counted, when, some Members having with drawn, it appeared that there were but thirty•-ve present, and'the . House necessarily adjolAied; MAILS. AzzlvlD-3 TlATtlburgh, Duz—t ilat*t4; r l, z Gottenourgh;•l LisbOn, 3 Wiiterford. ' t STe".46 - 1; Ttita D,tY AT TWXLV O'CL4)CK. Red. Ann. . - 6o j Qinnitun - - - - 1 1 ,H E SU N. SOLESI QUIS DICIRS FALSUM. A.UDEAT LONDON, THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1606. WE received this morning french and Dutch Papers, the former to the sth and the latter to the Bth inst. The three Haniburgh Mails which were due also arrived this tnorning. The intelligence brought by the Mails we". have already, in' a great degree, anticipated, and the news in the French Papers is' not of a very interesting nature. The Moniteur contains a curious account of an at tack made upon a Battery in Carnaret Bay. The number of 'English who landed is stated to - be sixty; they attacked eight 'French Soldiers in the Guard-house, killed two and wounded two. But the remaining four. sallied forth, charged the sixty English with fixed bayonets, completely defeated them i and drove them on board their Ships ! The demands made by the FTench . Government Upon the Porte, for the surrender of all the Posses sions which formerly belonged t oyenice, has, asmight naturally be expeqed, excited the indignation of the Turkish Cabinet, . and has led to the conclusion of a Trciaty of Allianee, between Russia and Turley. With i:espea to the Eyacuation of Cataro, it still retuaitis in some degree. of doubt; on the one side, it isailirrned, that M. D'AUBRIL has, arrived at Vienna from St. Petersburgh with intelligence that the evacuation of caw° would speedily ta,ke place ; and the same Letter states, that M. D'Außnii. would soon go to Paris, for. the purpose of negotiating a General Peace.; while other accounts state, that the determination of the Court of St. Petersburgh respeaing Cataro is not yet known, at Vienna, and that apprehensieps are even entertained that •hos.,, tilities may recomnietwe between AuStria and France, - ' Yesterday, .about twelve. o'clock, His MA.TErr:Y; escorted by a party of Light Horse - , arrived at the ,Queen's Palace from Windsor. Soon after two o'clock, .His NlAs . rsT . helda Pri vate,which Leveewhich - was attended by . . The First Lord of the Treasury, the Chancellor of the. Exchequer, the Secretary of State for the Home Department.; the Loud Chaioberlain, the President of the Council, and the Lord Privy Seal. • Earle--Ayleseord, Fitzwilliam, Spencer, Carparvon, Win ?! cilelea,'Moira, and Dartmouth. V4co.un L4n/s—Henry Hood, Grenville, Pomfret, and E. Petty. l'icilessor.Harwood. Fane . and Haddon. . Captain Leg e, of th;', ROyal Navy. Mex,ri.— reeinan and Vawkencr. The following had the honour of being presentee • to HIS MAJESTY:, Lord Henry Hood, Baron of Catherington, by Earl Dart mouth, on his coming to the title by, the. death of his mother. ' Professor Harwood, of Emanuel College, Cambridge, on his being apliointed 'Professor of Anatomy and Physic to Downing College, by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, .LOrd Henry Petty ; oh which occasion he received the ho nour of Knighthood, and is now Sir BUswick Harwood Mr, Freeman, by Lark Dartmouth, when, he had the ho nour of presenting to His, Majesty a book on Horsemanship. Colonel Haddon, on his 'accession as Colima and: Pay master in the .A rtillery, by Earl MOira. Capt. Legge, who distinguished himself in the Engwrnent under Sir P.. Calder, by his brother the Earl of Dartmouth. After the Levee His MAsEsTY held, a Privy Coun cil, at the glose of which His MAJ STY gave an, audience to Lord GRESTVILLE for a considerable time. ~. . -.. At four o:clock His NtAJESTY set off forWinds97-, ' The Rovi. FAMILY are, expeCted in, town op, Tuesday, and HER. MA 7 TESTY to hold a Prawing, roprn on Thursday. On Tuesday and, yesterday HEZ MAJESTY and the PaitccessEs were on the Race Course at Ascot, and dined in a tent. • By the Packet from ,Gottenburgh, Mr. PEGLER, the Messenger, came over with Dispatches from St. Peterdiurgh, which be yesterday delivered at Mr;, Fox's Office. We areinforrned that a fortification of a very ex-. tensive . natnre is ordered to be immediately cot,- strueted near Harwich, and that a graild depot will, be established there under theirninediate diredion of the Ordnance Board. firs Majesty's Ship Pille_ de Milan , Admiral BEtt 'KELM"; with a Fleet under Convoy, from, Ports month, bound to Halifax .dsze. put into Cork on the 6th instant. - • - • Lord Howtcx has-purchased‘ the house of Mr. .T.OHNSC)N, at Wimbledon, Which he is to occupy as' a country residence. . Lord COCHRANE, the gallant Commander of the Pallas. Frigate, has proposed himself as a Candidate for Honiton, in opposition,to My. CAVENDJSII BRAD SHAW. The Eledion commenced on Tuesday. The numl?ers at the close of the:Poll on that day Were, For 'Mr BRADSHAW 20- For . Lord COCHRA 16 • Winchester-House, Chelsea. was fitted up'in the most,magnificent style. posible, for the fete given there last night. The • company present exceeded Op fashionable's. The mansion, which is roomy and extremely Commodious, was rendered still more deSirable by the introduCtion 'of' an immense quan tity of rare exotics and shrubs. A suite of six noble apartments were thrown open about ten o'clock. The entertainment was under the dire6tion of the Miss NORMS; the accomplished 'daughters of the. Bishop of WINCHESTER, ' • ''lt is with Pleasure we announce. the safe arrival of "the following Ships off Plymouth, the ninth, - inst Tint, viz. • • `Carmarthen, eneral Stuart, from Bengal ; Bar, ink, -dilly casek, Devaynei; from Madras ; 7'ra, Castle Eden, from Bencoolen. The, Syrias, and another Whgler in company. The Ships sailed, frOtn'S.t. lielena'the if.,:tll of April. 1 - NDIA-Hol33F,.—Yesterday a Court of-Diret.aors :yas hvid, - when ,the Union and Matilda wee, sta tioned fcir 'MadraS and Bengal. '• ' LORD MELVILLE. The Trial having concluded, we conceive that we. may, without disobeying the orders of their Lord ships, lay before our I:callers the following abstra& of the proceedings upon this interesting Trial. WE can only to-day present our _Readers with a sketch of the Trial, reserving a more complete and full report of it till to-morrow. The first day (29th April) was occupied in reading the Charges against Lord MELVILL&, ten in number, and his Lordship's answers to them, and_in hearing the case opened by Mr. WHITBREAD. In the course of his Speech he stated the 'substance of the Charges and the evidence . he had to adduc'e in support.of them. He went over the political life of , Lord iVIELvILLE from his con nexion with Lord- NORTH to his, removal from his Majesty's Councils. He contrasted his conduct'with that of Mr. PITT, of whom be spoke in the highest terms. He then went into a history of the office of Treasurer of the , Navy, and Of the regulations made, by which the salary of the office was raised to 40001. a year, on the express condition that the possessor of it should not employ the money to any purpose of private emolument. AIr.WniTBREAD, then adverted to the 4.6 t passed on the suggestion of Lord MEL, var..t, for preventing the money for Navy Services frpm being drawn from the Bank, except . for naval services. . . He procee,ded to shey;•, that money had been drawn out of the Bank by Mr. TROTTZK 2 the Paymaster, and placed in the hands of Messrs.. CooTrs, and employed to purposes of private profit. He charged Lord MLLVILLE with connis wing at Mr. TROTTER'S so employing the public money, and with borrowing large sums-Of ntoney of Mr. TROTTER, which money he knew was PubAic Money. He then alluded to the. manner in which these - pra6tices had been discovered by the, Navat Commissioners, upon whose Report certain news. lutions had been submitted by him to the liouset Cominons. The House of C0Mr49,11 - 4 4ad done hint the honor of adopting these Resolutions ; a train of proceedings had followed, the result of which was, that Lord MELVILLE should be impeached, at their Lordships' tar. The House of corn,. knons had cone him the further klonopy to placer .him'at the head of the Committee appointed to ma-, stage the Impeachment. lid was, perfealy sensible how little qualified he was for a situation so, eminent :incl, so arduous; but he would at least bring to the discharge of the important duty imposed on him al; the assiduity, zeal, and energy, of, which he ‘ , 7. master, and all the devotion to the public. good, which bad induced him originally to t*e.up, t4i4 ;natter., The Ntanager.s proceeded,. on the second day inf .• • Trial, to bring forward evidence. They producer; cvidonce to shew the increase of the salary of tll Treasurer of the Navy. Lord MELVILLE'S, ap-. pointmcrt to the Office, and the provision o the, Ad by which all Public Money in the hands, of th. 9. Treasurer is required to be kept at the Banl4. The, third, fourth, and fifth days were occupied in. pre-_ ducing evidence to transactions, that took place dm, ing Lord MELVILLE'S Treasurership, when I\ll - . DOUGLAS was his Paymaster. Several witnesses were called to. prove, that of the Public Mongywhicli t had, been paid to Mr. DOUGLAS part of it had been paid . in to Messrs. DRUMMOND, on account of Lord MEr.. 7 . viLLE. Bank Notes were. produced, which having bpeu first paid to the Paymaster of the Navy, were. afterwards carried to Messrs. Dnummorip, and, placed to •Lord MELVILLE'S account. The exami-. nation of his Lordship before the Commissioners of Naval, Inquiry was also road. .On the 6th day. Mr. WI.IITSREAD declared, he begged leave to depose upon, oath, that he, heard Lord MELvlt.r..g say, with regard to a sum of 10,0901, pUblic Money, he would not reveal the application of it, being re strained by motives of public duty, private. hpnour, and personal cenvenien-ze. On cross-examination, the lion. Manager saidi, that certainly the Noble Lord's speech went to de.. c4tre that he had not applied it to the purposes of private gain. IVlr.TßorrEit's appointment to the Office of Pay. master of the Navy was then proved, and the mu. tual rc-iease between Lord MELVILLE and Mr.TRoT. TER, in which was a clause for destroying vouchers, was put in and read, dated Ist!' and 23d February, 1803. Mr. ALEX. TT :OTTER was then called. Thefol lowing is the outline of the evidence :—He ac knowledged that be bad made pro& of the Public Money ; that. he was agent to Lord Mgoli.L2'; that he frequently lent him money out of the Public Money—purchased East India and other Stock, and Loyalty Loan for c 46int. On one occasion Lord MELVILLE; in a conversation ,with the witness, "stated the probable rise of East India Stock, and I observed to his Lordship, that if he was impressed with so good an opinion of that stock, I thought, in consideration of his own interest, he ought to invest a sum of money in it. His Lordship's observation seemed to throw it aside, by saying. he had no money. to invest in stock, I had mentioned to his