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IMPEACHMENT-OF

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.I,ord'.At•scru.Aci itiOVed to striEtly forbid the pub-
lication of the Proceedings on . the -Trial of Lord
'Viscount;ivielville, and that notice thereof should be
Fix-ed on the doors of the House, and on` the doors
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of -West i-ntrwter. •.. • ,
The
,Dui e of, NoßroLx'fasked if there was any
• prtcedent for,such a•Motion
,? • • •
' Lord AtickLANTi replied in the negative; but ar-
gued that such a regulation. was called for by reason
and justice, as nothing could. be. naore unjust than
that an't!.x park statement:. should go forth to the
world; Which might eventually 'be- completely an-.
sl:vered,- bnt which, in the mean time, during the
progress of the Trial, might create 'a very unfavour-
able impression against the individualaccused:
• LordELnozsr concurred entirely in opinion with the
Noble. Lordas to the,propriety and justice Of with—
holding, from the public,' during a Trial,,statements
tending, to -establish an apparent guilt, although the
individual-- accused, miffht be enabled to. prove his
innocence, and ultimately' be acquitted. He.thOught,
however, that by the terms of the,Motion, the pub-
lication of the Trial' would be precluded after its.
conclusion, which; of course, was not intended.
• Lon{ TiAWICES.BURY also concurred in the ob-,
jest of the Motion, but wished to ifisert words in
'order to avoid the prohibitiOn of the publication of
the Trial-after its.conclusion, • , - • • , -
- The LORD CHAziaEr.,i.oit stated, that through mis-
take, in copying' the Motion, the words " during
the•sarae" had been left out. • • -

After some further conversation, the Motion, thus
amended; prahibjting'the publication of the proceed-
rngsduring, the trial; was.,agreecl to:

lord AUCKLAND "afterwards • made two Motions
for regulating the delitierY of tickets for the trial, ac-
cording -to which those Peers only were to entitled
to tickets who were Members of the House. - • '•

The Duke of Noßroi.:K • thought there would
a,hardsiiip resulting-from this •to afew,Peers who
had not token their seats, end who would be thereby
excluded -froiu having.iickets Be therefore moved
to substituto, that those Peers should have tickets
who were entitii l. to seats in •the-House. •

. Some-con versatiOn ensued between Lord Ahckland,
Lord Hawkesbury, and.the•Dhke of Norfolk.; after
%,k hich.the Amendment was' negftived, and •the ori-
. real Motion carried.,
,Lord ELDON adverted to the s'ubje4. which, he
, th
mentioned oh_Friu,ay, retative toat. part of the Re-.
i;crf respeaing the ceremonial to be observed on 'the
Trial of• Lord Viscount :Melville; which stated. that,
on giving, judgment,: each P.eer was to say—
Guilty," or “ Not Guilty, upon my honour." Flis
Lordship repented -bis-objeaion to the tenth judg-
rrr•ht, 'which 'certainly did not
.apply,'_that being a
iiroceeding which; must be settled by- a irate of the
aecording-toihe.usual form of "-Content,"
or Not C3ntent," arkl.the judgment to be deliver-
ed by their pears Fe ..somc.-,-.other mode
•should be adopted 'of. st'ating: that pa-rt of 'the.cere-,
I e objt;:aed, and he there:-ore.Mby,
ed.: to' rescind it, in-. order, to:substitute, on , a-fu-
ture -day, some other form
.more. analogous to the
1. • rre.l nature of the ,proceeding.
Earl SPENCLI concurred. in the objeaiou made
by_ the Noble.
add Learned Lord.: Although:the
forth' used in the' -ceremonial' Was
_conformable to
precedent; it 1,-,•as, certa'rplyinconsistent With the na-
ture-of the preeding •desigpated, such proceeding.
being more iti,the nature ,of a• N:ercli4 -than giving
judguAt.', argued on the propriety of respirid=. •
-thatpart of the ceremonial, and afterwards de-
vising some (laic'. Mode of stating the-form. • "
The_ Motion : was agreed to.--Adjourried till to;
morrow '(this day). • • ,

, HOUSE OF. Ca:WU-ONE:
. MONDAY, 'APRIL 28. •
Mr, C.W.- :WyNNE-prese.).-ited an "ticount of the
Number of Volunteer
.oa:et's above the, Rank of
Cap-tain who have, had Corpn,ilssions during the pre-,
sent War, distinguishing their Rauk. _" • .
•

A PerSoli front' the fay-offici. presented an. Ac-
count of all the Sums issued by the Paymaster-Ge-
peral on account of -the Volunteers during— tie pre-
(...1.1r Wol-.
Ori the Motion ofGeneral TARLEToN,this. yaper
was ordered to be printed. - - • • '

TRIAL OF LORD MELVILLE.
The SP.BAKE4 inforMed -the. House, that to-
rr:Jrrow being -Timed on. for the Trial of Henry Lord

Viscount Melville, it was his intention to come to
the House•at ten o'cloek in the Morning, that he
.might be. ready, if there was a sufficiency of Mem-
bers, to take the Chair at. a: ettarter paseten ; when
he should dispatch the Serjeant at Arms to clear the,
.passage.- 'Precisely at half paSt :ten: he should pro ;
ceed to-the Bar, when the,Mernbers.would be called
over according to their Counties, and . would follow,
him in orderly procesSionio: Westminster Hall.
The LORD ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND waved his
notice of a Motion kelativi" to. • the Payment of the
.Salaries to the Commissaries of Edinburgh ourof the
Scotch. Civil Establishment, till Wednesday.
The SECRETARY at WAR moved for an Account
of the Number of effee.tiva‘Men, and of Recruits,
raised for Great Britain, for unliinited
.service, for
the month of March, 1806.-77-Ordered.
He immediately brought up an Account of the
number of Men so raised for the years 1-803-4-5-6,
I and for .the month of March, 1806 ; which was or-
dered to be printed. • .
Lord St. Vincent's Annuity Bill, and the Longi-
. tude Bill, were read as third. time and passe:t•
The Repott of the Committee Of Supply being
brought up, . .
Lord GIRLIES rose, not (he said) to giVe any
Unnecessary trouble, btit, as the Noble Lord
,Vad-ex77-
presed his inclination to hear with pleasure and re-
ceive with attention any suggestions which-might be
offered, topropOse tWoAtnendments, the one of which
\• he had himself already alluded to, and' the other of
'Which proceeded' rather froth what had fallen from
the Noble Lord. The first of these Aruendtpents re--
garded an addition to the pay of First :Lieutenants of
Ships ofthe Line, includingfifties, who atpresent,ancl
by the rate introduced by the Noble- Lord, Nyere,.to,
stand.on no better a .footing than the other Lieute-
, tenants. This addition; •he -propesed, should -ofily
go to those: Lieutenants Wht, had a seniority' of-six-
yeari and 'the rate he should propose above the
'allowance -to other Lieutenants was is. per day,
• being an expence to Government of not more than
five or six pounds. per day. :The pradice, he stated,
during the naval Administration of a Noble .Lorc4
whose .careful attention to the interests of the:Navy
was universally admitted (Earl SPencer), had been
t 0 'employ as First - Lieutenant, only such Officers
as had a Seniority of six years. While he was at
the Navy Beard he had carefully attended to this
diitin6lion,-which he knew to be highly gratifying
to the feelings of the Officers: The other point to
which he Wished to call the attention of the Noble
Lord.,•was that of the Petty- Officers.. .The Noble
Lord had stated it to' be his wish, not to confine this
class of persons to ,their present number.. If increas-
ed, however, the way in which they at present
existed, he was afraid some inconvenience might re-
sult. ' 'He should therefore recommend, that ii new:
class be introduced among the Petty Officers, under
the description of Quarter-gunners. :These men
:formed the prime-sailors of the British Navy, and he
shOUld propose. that' one be appointed to every fourth
gun, being to a ship of 100 guns an addition of 25
men- of this description. There was still another sub-
je& to which he begged .to call the attention of the
House. . This was, as a sufficient encouragement,
in many instances, had not been held out to
Petty -Qfficers, that the Out-pension of Green-
should be granted to their widows, mo-
thers, or orphans, in cases where they should chance
to be wonnded, or loSe their lives, in thp service of
their Country. After' stating that. he was attuated,
by no party feeling of opposition in pfoposing the Pre-'
sent. Amendments, but that on the contrary he. had.
fermerly submitted his Sentinients on the subje& to
the consideration of the First Lord of
his Lordship concluded by Moving his .first Amend-
ment.

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' The SrEAKEE•suggested'to the Noble Lord; that
this could be only effeeled by moving a, Resolution;
specifying that the gross sum which it.was wished
should go. to effeet the obje6l of the Motion, should
-he put at the command of His Majesty.
Lord HOIVICK, after thanking the Noble Lord
,for the pains he had taken in the_ business, -begged
to doubt the necessity, or even Kopriety, of the
amendments suggested by him. He had .never yet
heard that any greater responsibility attached to,
First Lientenants of a Line-of-battle Ship than
,to
those of a Frigate. In many instances, he .was cer-
tain the labour was infinitely less.. Neither did he
-understand that First Lieutenants formed a separate
and distinet class.; .lar -lesg 'than six years seniority
was necessary to procure
.thein such - a situation. If
the last requisite were proper, he thoughtit.should
be at once declared that none else could be First
Lientenants. Itwas well known, too, that, from
,Onvenience to the.services, frcim the will of the 'Ad-
miral, Bce. a person
.Who -was First Lieutenantof a
Ship. tO.::clay might be Second ;Lieutenant of her to-
morrow. -SO in this'way the distinction proposed by -
,the Noble LOrd vVonlil be of prejudice. That, how-
eVer, First :Lieutenants had great advantages over
other Lieutenants, was'• to be seen in the facility of
-acquiring rank.. For instance, in the battle of Tra-
falgar, 'and in' ihat .lately :gained. by-Sif J. 'Duck;
worth,,every First Lieutenant had .been promoted
the rank of Master and Commander 'As to the second
.proposal of the Noble Lord, respealpg avaiter
Tiers, the- 1\;ohle Lord had misunderstood his -mean-
ing- .as to the -number of- Petty Officers-which -he
proposed adding. His cbjeet 'only. was to make the%
number, on .an average,. ten to each Ship, being to
thelarger,Ships; probably .15, and to the smaller in
proportion. The estimates `he had moved for would
iii :no resPeet admit of the addition proposed by the
Noble' Lord.
The Resolutions passed in the Committee; were
then pit and agreed to.
A Message was received from the,Lords; stating.
that they :had given directions for summoning the
Witnesses on -the Trial of Lord, Melville, agreeably i
to the request of the Commons.
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Mr. KER rhoved that there be laid before the
Haase an Accoutt of the Amount of. Exemptions
on Funded Property, Stock in the East India and,
South Sea Funds, allowed to Foreigners ,under the
Pfoperty Ta,c Act ; stating it,as his reason that he
thought it unjust- that such exemption "should con-
tinue. • •

Lord HEARTPETIT did not objet to the Mo-
tion; but thought, at the same time,`. that it would
be unwise-to extend the A& to for'eigners, •
Mr. YiOSE thought, to subjea'foreigners to, pay
a tax. of 1.0 per Gent. cm the prdpacty'bOd by thew
in our funds, would haw the eded of making. theta'

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immediatelywithdpw it.
Mt. FRANCIS wished to knew.whetheilt was pes
sible for people, in the- situatioa described, to nn

a'place where to deposit their money with equal
security. He thought the prop erty of Foreigners
in the Funds were equally liable -to the Tax •as that
of SithjeEts of-this. Country. - The Tax was imposed
for the prote& ipn of that part of the Funds belong-
irig to Foreigndis as: Well as that belonging to our
Own SubjeEts.
. After a, few words from Mr. HusxtssoN, the Mo-
tion was agreed to. .
Lord HENRY PETTY gave..notice that he should on
Friday next move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
better Regulating the Office of Receiver-General of
the Customs. •