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London, England, 1806-03-05 00:00:00

Loan COLLINGWOOITS ANNUITY

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
moved the Order of the Day for the further tenni-
deration of Lord Coßingwood'. Annuity ; which
being agreed to, he said, that the circumstances of
Lord Collingerood's family made it necessary to re-
vise what ha I been before proposed, and he had it
in command from His Majesty to recommend that
revision. He then moved, that it should be recom-
mitted for Friday nest ; which was agreed to.
His Lordship nest moved, that the House should
to-morrow resolve itself into a Committee to con-
sider of the circumstances of Lord Cullingwood's
family ; which was agreed to.
The foreign soldiers' enlistment bill was read a
second Lune, and committed for to-morrow.
IMPEACHMENT OF LOID VISCOUNT MELVILLE.

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Mr. WHITBREAD, in pursuance of the notice
he had given, rose to state to the House, that the
Committee appointed to prepare articles of im-
peachment against Henry Lord Viscount Melville,
bad, in the progress of its enquiries, made many
new and important discoveries ; in consequence of
which, he moved, that the Committee should have
leave to report such further information as came to
their knowledze ; which being agreed to, he imme-
diately brought up the Report. It stated, amongst
a mass of detailed and complicated matter, that
since the articles, which were already submitted to
the Nouse, the Committee proceeeded in its investi-
gation ; the result of which pointed out to them the
necessity of preferring an additional article or ar-
ticles of impeachment against that Nobleman. It
then went on to state, that in Lord Melville's first
treasurership, and before Mr. Trotter held his late
situation, he, in January. 1;86, appointed Mr. Doug-
las paymaster of the navy. The Committee wishing to
examine into the transauflions of that period, found
that a considerable number of the accounts remained
in the hands of Mr. Douglas's widow ; from looking
into which, it appeared, that en the 20th of Oanber,
when Lord Melville first received the Office of
Treasurer, he appointed Mr. Douglas his Paymaster;
who the neat day paid 10001. into the hands of Mr.
Drummond. Lord Melville's private banker, on his
Lordship's account. It then went on to state, that
Douglas deposited various sums, to the amount of
10,5001. in an iron chest, for which he received
Lord Melville's receipts, and received a discount.
The sums, the dates, and the names of the persons
by whom they were paid, were then enumerated,
together with the best account the Committee Could
collect of the manner in which they were applied.
horn the rapid manner in which the report was
read by the Clerk, it would be impossible to state
the details with any degree of precision ; but the
general result seemed'to be, that on the Sth of April,
1791, Lord Melville had applied different sums to
the amount of 23,0001. and upwards, to his private
purposes, but by subsequent payments had teduced
it to 7.6(10t. of which the Committee could not find
any traces of repayment.
The teport being ordered to lie on the talele, and
to be printed, together with its Appendix,
Mr. WHITBREAD, then, thinking it necessary
that no time should ba lost in proceeding to isiut on
this hu•iness, said, that lw was informed the report
wou!d be printed to-muaow, and gave notice that

!le en* ffsmorrow, frame for its beirit taint intd
consideration cn nista)! neat.
Earl TEmeLk, in movift the OrJ-r of the
Day for tilting into cOnsiderAtion the to'ffi of al-
lowing Wool to he imported into the Cloned King-
dom from the British Colonies ill America, wished
to observe to the Horse, that the importatioa of this
Article was already allowed from t..e ilaie.ed States
of America, from Spain, and other c .untries, and
that what he now proposed was tin mars titan an
extension of it to our own colca.i.2s. _

Nil. HARR ISON v i shed that die provisions of
the Bill should be confined to a Ir-iited time ; to
which Lord TEMPLE replied, that he could have
no material objeOion.
The Resolution to that etrea was then :weed to ;
and a Bill ordered to he brought in upon it.
The Marine Mutiuy Bill went through a Com-
mittee, and WAS ordered to be committed tomor-
row.

The Reports of the Committees of Supply and
K'ay s and Means were agreed to, and Bills ordered
to be brought in upon the latter.
Adinirned till to-morrow.