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WEDNESDAY, J

Bill be read a first time, and ordered to be printed.
It wis his intention to mom the second reading of
the BM on Thursday.
The LOBO CHANCELLOR said a few words
with respeet to the precedi nue which applied for
proceedings of the kind, in tl ie case of Mr. Hastings
and Sir Thomas Itumbold.
Lerd HAWKESBURY, in reference to what he
had stated of his intention !of moving the second
reading of the Bill on Thurst lay, said, he was aware
he could not regularly give I uch a notice until the
prints were on the table. tie wish, therefore, was,
to have it understood, that if the Bill should be
printed before that time, he sihould move, minims.
day, for its second reading ; and moved that their
Lordships be summoned for t 1 tat day.—Ordered.
Mr. S. Boca:at, accompas ied by severed Mem-
bers, presented the Report of the S.ileft Committee
of the House of Commons, 'to wtnnuso much of
the Tenth Report pf,,rkst_Ct‘mnissraters of Naval .
tuquirf as.raiii.trto the appropriation of eel: ain
monies to purposes not nay ai, &c. we; referred,
pursuant to a late Motion of : Lord I lawk-sbury's.
Lord GLENBERVIE pees ented a Bill, we be-
lieve a private one, which wa s forthwith read a first
time.
Lord HAWKESBURY, t dluding to the docu-
ments which had been just laid wpon the table,
moved the second reading oft he Bill " to indemnify
all persons concerned in as !V:MCInS 40,0001. to
Messrs. Boyd, Benfield, and Cc. &c." which was
accordingly read a second tire 4e, and ordered to be
committed.
Mr. Montague, from the ( :bamberlain of Lon-
don's Offi.:e, presented certain; Accounts dire led to
be laid annually before radio' sent.
The Bills upon the table 91/ere forwarded, after
which their Lordships adjourned till to-snotrow.

ROUSE OF COM,
Mr. WELLESLEY P3l/LE bros.
numb.rr of Recruit, which t juu,el
the Corps of MIMI, Waggoners, 1
of January, to the Ist of June, IC
table.
A Message from the LOW/ Wort!
Lordsbii4 had agreed to Use Laud T.r
Barrack Ma.ter GetlC. An; Rill, the

Bill. the C.),umiettonere 114i;take I

Qounty Bill.

, )KS.
..ght ty an account of the
the Rot al Artthety Curlll,
Ninen, Ste. from thu lit
Ordered to lie on the
'mil tit.: Hone, that their
Cum 'oilstone's Bill, the
l'.onJon Port Improvement
lilt, and the London Fish

The Mesizngers also Informed tly r. Hutu., that their Lord
ships requested the !Ulnae wouid cootoivo.cate to theist the
Report of the Csmmittee upon the 'I tenth P :port of the Com-
mission r• of Naval Inquiry, teepee ting the issue of Money
front the Rank, oppropriei..l to sera •iees lint Naval, &c. alum,
respecting the Debt due to the C town, bi the late Adam
The Speaker informed the MA sengers that the [louse
would send an ensure' to tneir Lt. &rips by Messengers of
its own.

The Notth Shields Light House Bill, fmre the Lords, was
brought op, and read a first time •
The !taus• resolved itself into a 6 Nsmrvittee macre Wenon's
Divorce 11111; Counsel woe orderel to ire called in, and heard
at the Par.
Mr. Witten! accordingly attended at the Bar, and afte• a
short address, some witnesses were I minified. The House then
resumed.
On tit- Motion of Mr. ROSE, the House peaceedod to bal.
lot for a Secret Committee upon cs iriath,4 ZOiltalliet in
the Elevenei Report of the Colorist minners'of Naval Enquiry.
After the bad"( a Committee was appointed to exertions the
lists, and to report the names of Me seven Members en whom
the majority should fall.
Oil the Motion of Mr. STURf :FS BOURNE, the Com-
mittec the Corn Bill was de/ erred till Thursday nest.
Mr. WHITBREAD moved to at there be laid 'before the
House an Accosts% of the Balances in the hands of the Receiver
General of the Past Office, on the • sth of January, sth of Yoh
March, April, .srf. in the year to tie 50 day of Apr I
last; part:felarly an account of tl to names of the different per.
sons in whose hands the same 'care deposited, luring those
periods. He also moved for asi miler Account from the R.
meet General of Stamp Duties. Which were ord:red ac-
fordingly.
MARK( lAM expo seed a wish that the Honour-
able Gentleman (Mr. Jeffreys?, would postpone his Motion re-
lative to Ea.l St. Vincent, at.d the late Board of Admiralty,
which stood for Thursday neat , to a future day ; some mei.
only upon this silbjea had been laid before the House, and
several more were necessary., and if cwt all before the House,
they could not en into the question with propriety.
Mr. JEFFREYS declined postponing his Motion.
Admiral MARKHAM observed, that it was not his fault,
that this business did not come before the House earlier In the
present Session, but those papers were absolutely necessary,
and it was something novel to the House for an Honourable
Membet under such circumstances to refuse postponing his
Motion: it was a ease of very crest importance, not only to the
late Board of Admiralty, but to the country at large; very se•
rious charges were brought against the Noble Lord, late at the
head of that Board, and also against himself as a Member of
that Baud, and it would he a very great hardship indeed, if the
House were to proceed upon the question, when the papers on
one side only were before them.
Mr. JEFFREYS was proceeding to explain further; when
The SPEAKER informed him, that the only question was,
whether he would withdraw his Motion or not
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped the
Henom-able Gentleman would nut press his Motion ; the
name important the subjeft, the more necessary that all the
vouchers should be before the House. . .

INE 26, 1405.


seeemily real a find time, arid ordered to be read a second
to•rets,,ovr.
Mr. S ruRf;ES BIIUR NE also brougld up a RII for abo.
certsio fern In the Custom Howie, arid insuring the
more effectiral attendance of officers arid other 11Cf.Oil• belong •
ory to sire revenue; shoo Bra fie regulating the Exportation
~t' Spirdrems Liquors from England p SccOland. and from
thrice elsewhere, which were severally read a Snit tune, and
ordered to be read a scald time to.mnivolv.
Mr. WHITBREAD wished to be informs/I Ay the Right
Hoot. G mtlenran (Mr. Pitt whether Lord Barham had re-
sigued the office of uoe of the CoMmiaaavilers of tete Royal
Coinmirsion of Nava/ loqu.ry • to which hlr. Pitt arowered tai
the affirmative.
Mr. PAUL rose, in proseanee of his notice relative to the
Nabob of Ott le, anti a charge against Marquis Weile.ley; and
oliservard, that when lie first proposed to brim: this bosinem be-
fore Cad Howe-, lie was perfectly strisi&M that it was a questron
which should be brought 'reward ray some MemOer who would
have more wehvht with the House than he could; however, tie
felt it his duty, and as a very yourig Member, he bugged th
iorlidgence of the Horne. The charges Ire had to tool fur.
ward wren of a mon serious mature, against a Nobleman high
ot the coMOlence at bb IC!ng, and high in the opine/tool the
.PO/91*.:W/rh'l`Oill toil Me oriental career w7th v. much celebrity.
Fie eirarged him with, after having entered into a treaty with
the NaJmb of Gude, whereby the latter (one of the must
powtrfol Primes of the country, with near three millions of
so'iiectsj„ engiged to pay a tribute of 900,0001. amorally, haying
viol nod Cr it treaty, hies led the Nabob's territorie., took pos-
se; inn of his c 'entry, end converted two millions or the reve-
nue to the its,, o his own Government. lie therefore charged
h..n with a breach of the law, and s violation of the Act of Par-
Ailment, in appointing his brother, Henry IVellesley, to the
Government of that territory, at a thatance of 1,100 notes horn
this Kingdom When be origroilly gave notice a tins motion, it
Was his intention to enter at large upon the subject ; but from
the lateness of the Seredor . and many other circurnstances, he
feared the iisue might lie unsucceofal ; he therefore would
coratent himself wits moving fur cotain Papers relating to
Marquis Wellesley, ac 'riot's, at the same time, that he should
be present at the discussion ; his love of power, his insatiable
amtminii bad led him int,. errors, 'and into acts of oportemion
and injestice. He then moved to a copy tit the rionsiter of
Sir John Slone, now Lord Terignrrioath, stating Irma reasons
for entering into a treaty with Seaud Alley, and dcrivirig the
N rhob of OA,: of his possession., dec. also for several other
Papers relative to thieve transactions.
Lied CASTLEREAGH aid. he shoold not enter into the
legality of the aopointrocot of Lord Welleslesl/2 Branner but
begged leave to state the adore of his appointment. Ile was
private Secretary to Marquis Wellesley, arid was se..t nu a
moat impotent mission into the interior; tits firs return he
Was appointed Supertntendant of the ?mimic,: of oml.l by a
Curnenremn, he held that appointment 17 months, but never
received any kind of emolument, and executed hit trust not
only to the satisfactign of the Governer Gmeral there, hut to
the satisfaction of tot Board of Directors at home ; he attended
diligettly to the settleno at of the revenue of that county, and
exposed in. person at at' time, to tlor climate; and he averred
that the situation bed not only been prejudicial to bum in a
pecuniary way, but his health was considerably impaired
Sir W. BUR ROWLS did not think it fair that the lion.
Gentleman's opening should beatitude! with such expressions
against the Nelda Marti:vs: with respect to the legality of the
appoilitnient, it Bid been his lot to hold an ciAiemi legal .itri-
al.on in Bengal for ten Teats. from which he was well ac-
quainted wits theesibiect, arid he 41,1 no, llama the appoint.
me..t of Mr. Henry W...tieiley would ha rowel to be rilegir.
Mr. WINDHAM thought if it was improper for toe
Neiadertmas f Mr. Pool! ere wales- wadi observations, it wit
equally improper for the Noble Lord mid Hon. Baronet.
Mr. PAUL replied, that Mr. H. Wellesley was appointed
second sander tire Governor General, amid be was well infooned
that he 41.(1 derive Lem:id/cable pecuniary einultuiseirts, more
than any other %object eve. had. His annual income was
6,30311. 'reside, an allowsnee for his table.
'lr. WELLESLEY POOLE rose to contradict the aeserti,m
of the Hon. Gentleman: Mr. H. Wellesley items' sit deroreatry
emoluments, am! to his knowledge the expruaawof Ms mis-
sion to the interior was paid upon vouchers by tie Geverhmerit
of Bengal. Ile hoped all the papers might be laid rant the
table, and trusted lie tome would come whuti tois sohject
would be fully investleated.
Lord CASTLEREAGH propose) that those papers alsould
be produced without prejudice to the public service.
Mr. FRANCIS asked the Noble hind (Castlereagh) to in.
form him, whether any dispatches had been receiver, from Mor-
mon' Wellesley, giving an aceountr.fthe war web llolkar, in the
year IRA; arid also, whether the Directors lied received ac.
counts to enable bun to hang liWitatil the Imla liaJget this
year! •
Lord CASTLF.REAG'T answered, he 111.14 not in possessi rit
of any advice; direct from Bengal on that subject; the Packet
had been intercepted, arid from this, and other causes, no
account had arrived; as to the India Budgo, he bad riot re.
seived the necessary accounts.
Colonel CIAUPURD said, that from the delay in printing
the necerwary papers, it was impossible for him to bring forward
his Motion relative to the State of the Army.
ARer some conversation between the SECRETARY at
WAR and Colonel CR AUFUIt Do the latter tcbtpotied his
Motion till Friday next.
Sir WILLIAM BURROUGHS brought nip the Report of
the Committee, to which the ballot for a Secret Comontiree
was toferred, when the following Members appeared to bare the
majority of Votes, and were appointed atconlinglv :
Lord Castlereagh, Right Hon. R. Ryder,
Lord Glenbervie, Right Hun. G. Canning,
Right Hon. T. Grenville, .11512
Rt Illon.W.VVirulhani, Mr. Serjeant Bro.
It was then agreed that four shuold be a quorum.

Mr. JEFFR FVS answered, Le would ptedge himself to the
House, that there was nothing :it the Papers alluded to, which
could bear upon the subje3 iu any manner, an if it wu oe-
canary, he would take the %elite of the House tenon it.
Here the conversation dropped, and the Knice stand‘ as

I; . .

IMPEACHMENT OFJLORD VISCOUNT MELVILLF
Mr. BOND observed, that though his motion
stood first on the orders of the day, yet a notice
having been since given, by an Hon. and Learned
Friend of his (Mr. Leicester), of another• motion,
which, if he could persuade the House to accede
to, would render the instruction which he meant to
propose, altogether nugatory—he though it would
be more for the convenience of the House, that he
should allow the motion alluded to the precedence.
Mr. LEICESI'h R—" In the motion, Sir, which
I have to submit to the House, as my objeet is to
bring it to a revision of a former proceeding, I
think it will be fairest to all parties, that I should
set out with stating, that 1 mean to move, • That
the House should proceed by impeachment again,:
Viscount Melville, no the charges exhiloited against
him in the 10th Report of the Corn m:ssieners of
Naval F.nquiry, and the Report of the Commit-
tee of this I louse, and also to insttueit the Attorney-
General to stay any proceedings against him, by
ii-
formation, respeaing the said charges, by the order
of the 13th June.' I cooties', Sir, that, when this
subjeft was first agitated, I saw no auffi,:ient grouial
for any criminal proceeding whatever against that
Noble Lord. I considered the Noble Viscount
to have received, at the time, the full measure of
punishment for what he had done, in being corn.
pelted to resign one of the highest And must im-
portant offices in the State, and being struck out of
the list of His Majesty's Fr ivy Council. After hav-
ing undergone so much, I was of opinion, that it
WAS unconstitutional that he should be sent beMre

orrginady.
Mr. B.ALDWIN brought up the Report of. the C.rminittee
upon the Woollen Clothiers Sinpencion Bill.
Mr PETER MO(.11RIF moved for the Order for hearing
Counsel on behalf of certain persons petitioning against the
rirem the Report be discharged, and fixed for the third
reading of the ill, which was act orlitlly ordered.
The Report was then received, the Bill ordered to be en-
goiesed, and read a third time teeniorrow.
Mr. fIUSRISSON gave notice, that he would to-morrow
move for a Committee to consider upon
the _ n ut.,`S on Ow/ t
Plate Giese imported into this kingdom ; also on Drawbacks
and Mounties upon Sugars exported.
The SECRE TART at WAR brought up en Account of
the Cm:Ea:to:a he Death, Desertirm„tt. from the Army at
home, up to th latest period. Which Was ordered to Is on
the Tabu..

The CH ANCELLOA of the EXCHEQUER gave notice,
thaah• rioted to-morrow move for leave to bring in • 1141:, ay
liointing Controls...honer' for auiiiting the Public Account..
Mr. ROSE brought up • Arli to enable the Trustees of the
British /111WleUni to pilfcliamt thOCOlloCtiOri of Marble Statues
belonging to the late Charles Townley, Erq. which wa. mad
a first time, and ordered to he read a second time to-morrow.
Mr STUROES BOURNE brought up a Bill fur raising the
turn of 1,500,0004 Ihe the service of the present wear, to he
raised by loam Indiroptisr Hills. Heals) brought up • simi.
1 it 11411 for riming 11.111110,111.1. and ate • olatihar Bill for raising
It, Q1)0)001. fug his out ties o: tb• present yea' ; whir& sere


another tribunal to receive punishment 4 second
nrur, for the same offence. The decision of the

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House, however, expressed a different opinion. I\
fully acqeiesce, at this time, in the authority of '4
that decision—and, in what I mean to propose, I
have no intention whatever to controvert its judg-
ment, or w call it into question. The House de-
termieed, that his Lordship should be criminally
prosecuted. in the inferior Courts—and, had it '
adopted the motion fur an impeachment, I should
not have to trouble it with my present motion ; but.
whets I recolleet, that, after they had previously
determined against an impeachment, and the mo-
tion which afterwards was proposed by my Right .
Hon. And Learned Friend (Mr. Bond) was mite-
peeted by most of the Members, and was hastily
acceded to ; I put it to the House, whether, if the
motion was now to come before them, for the first '
time, they would not have preferred the mode of
impeectiment to a criminal proceeding? Is the
bra place, it would be most becoming to the dignity
of the psocedure, and the cbarther of the Helga el
Commons—in the second place, it would be more
consonant to the high rink and station of the indi-
vidual accused—and, in the third place, it would
be more conducive to the ends of substantial justice,
both to Viscount Melville and the public. It has
been the usual pradtice of the House, to psoceed in
the way of information—but, through the whole of
the Journals, I do not find a single instance.of such
a 'proceeding, towards any Peer of the Roam, ez-
ceptio the solitary instance of Lord Halifax, which
bore no analogy to the present case. Lord Halifax
was Anditor of the Exchequer; and this House,
heving first voted that he was guilty of a breach of
trust. in not having duly examined his accounts.
at the proper periods, passed an address to His Ma-
jesty, praying that he would order him to be prose.
cured by the Attorney-General. That Officer Was
once or twice called upon by the House, to gate what
proceedings had been taken in the prosecution, and
he answered, that lie had been stopped by an excep-
tion from the Court of Exchequer. The present
case, however, is evidently a deviation from the
long-established wage. It only occurred in the so-
litary instance of Lord HAlifax, that the Court of
Exchequer was constituted a criminal tribuaal—.
and eves y other precedent that we find, where
Peers have been concerned, has been uniform-
ly in the mode of impeachment. —I admit. that
▪ Peer of the Reelm is by common law subjeslk to
the iu. isdietion of the inferior tribunals; but I main- '
tarn the constitutional doctrine to be, that every
man has a right to be tried by his equals, and, con-
sequently, Peers to be tried by Peers—particularly
in all cases of this kind. I see, in this case, no
grounds of any exception to the uniform
popaEliow—
The circumstances were such, as excited the IlitMest
anxiety—Am' the public attention was called to
there in the most formal manner. I'belleve'thAt
there is scarcely any Gentleman who hears me, who
will deny, that the high rank of Lord V iscaunt Mel-
ville, and the great,, sr.eritoriouo and eminent ser-
vices he has rendered to the public, at least is his
former lite, must fully entitle him to every privilege
which the Peerage has been aecustomed toenjoy,koo
fore observed, that the proceeding by inepeacbdient
would he more conducive than any other to the
ends of substantial justice; but. in saying so, it can-
not be supposed that I mean the slightest refleetion
on the Courts below, or the the goer of 'foie
Judges. Si far am I from cuing sa, that .1
lemnly declare, if I had a suit in which my c/a:era/ter
and property were involved, I should prefer those
Courts to any other tribunal in existence. But is
must be remembered, that in all new gese., sucla as
this, the Courts of law are restrieted by the techni-
cal rules of evidence, from which they do not, and
indeed cannec depart, and must, of course, fir.cl
great difficulty in such an investigation as has been
proposed. For iustance, there might, perhapsobe
no great difficulty sn proving the a:counts of Mr.
Trotter I but. according to the rules of evidence,
all the to/snug:lions must be sifted to the bottom ;
and should Mr. Trotter be brought eke witness, his
evidence, according to. these rules, most last 12 or
14 days, and be decided upon by the same jure.—
In an impeachment, on the contrary, the comet and
the parties would be uniacumbered and unlettered
by such rules or orders, and there would be no 01-
, ficulty in receiving whatever proofsmay be adducml.
The mode of impeachment before the Peers 'HAS d
be by far the best for ascertaining fees and motive
and it would be the most advantAgeous to the N able
Lord. if innocent, and if guilty; the most injorievo
Another strong reason to induce the 'Jolliet° adopt
this method is, that of justice to Lord Melville,
against whom there has gone forth amost inveterate
pet judice in the minds of the public. which might
have its influence upon a jury, but could not
ra..ly reach the solemn tribunal of the House of
Peers. Every one knows, that a prejudice has e,
veiled the minds of the people, that the Noble L
in qaestion has embezzled the public money, as. A
defrauded the country of thousands and ten..-
thousatols, by which trues were enereAsed, and tee
national burthens accumui.teme. This w An the tneee. -
sal sentiment whisk ran through all tee addreoee
presented to this House on the subjeO of the Te..;.,
Report, and what chance can there be lor an imp..r -
tial decision, when such a case comes under the
cognisance of a jury ? The evidence to be pi so
duced is not of that short and sites:nary netere
which could be brought before a jury in the course
of twenty-tear hours, but to the length of he ini-
peachment there is no limitation ; and there wimol
be time for the investigation of testy thing. In
what I have to propose, I haven right to expeet the
concurrence el a great majority of the gentlemen
opposite me, who originally voted for an =speech.
spent; for out Of mernben who gave gulp
voices o i that occasion, there were not fifty who did
not prefer an ewe-et:him:To to a criminal prosecui :set.
It the decision of the I louse had been given solegeof
and deliberately. my respell for it would induce
ray Acquiescence; hut I maintain teat the vote 111-4
uponpasse the
dcoilatiitearahillyotoi,rmin. incidentally after ant,tierpaith:adeeerva..l::
questionblore the HClailwas, whether or Rat WAY