The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-26 00:00:00

Mr. P. /1/00)ZE contended that the Commis.
sioners had not reported of Mr. Wilson is having..
refused to answer any
.qttestions that might crimi-
nate Hassell, heeause tr appeared by the Report,

164 ivhen asked whether' he had derived any profit
from the use of the public money, he had po‘itively
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declared that he had nor, The Report of the Corn.
missioners only charged him with having declined
answering questions• which, in being answered,
would expose the guilt of others. He shAuld ask
the Learned Gentlemen opposite,whether,if a witness
were to decline answering questions of that descrip.
tion in a cause before the King's Bench, he would
not be committed to prison ? As to the comludi of
the Right Hon: the Treasurer of the Navy, it ap.
peared that the first 'application had been made to
him on the loth of July, a second on' the i7th, and
no answer having been returned, a third application
had been made 'on the 2ti of and was
not till the 3d of ORober that an answer had been
returned, after he had taken the opinion of His

jetty's Attorney and Solicitor General, whether he
was b,nind by the Aft' to obey the precept of the
Cominis'sioners. He put it therefore to the good
sense of the House, whether the Right Honourable
Gentleman had accurately acquitted himself of his
duty ? When the Right lion. Gentleman had been
asked, on a former occasion, whether he had dis.
missed Mr. Wilion, it was his opinion, that the
question ought to have beeri carried further,
.whe.
Cher he had dismissed himself ? For when a Public

Officer opposed himse4 to an inquiry relatinklo the
Public Money,- for the purpose of sheltering the de-
linquents,itis guilt was nearly equ4l to that of the
man who declined answering lest .he
nate them. " 'He was happy that his Hon. Friend
had given notice of a Motion of-Thanks. to' the Corn.
missioners ; for if no other Member shoUld bring
the matter forward, it had been his, intention to have

given a similar notiee previous to the Adjournment.
The original Motion was then put, and Mr. P.
Stuart Ordered' to attend the HOuie to-marrow.

I.OIID MELVILLE.
Mr. WHITBREAD moved that the Answer of His
Alljesty to the Resolutions of the House ufCommons
laid before him on the t tth inst. be read. '
The SPEAKER informed the Hon. Member that
he had thought it his duty, pursuant to the praEtice
of the House, to acquaint the House of such tnattets
the first thing on their next meeting after the cam.
municatinn, and had consequently read the Answer

on his taking the. Chair. •
Mr. Witi t'SR.EAD, however, not having been in
the aiuse at the time, the Answer of His MAjeity
was 'read by the Clerk at the Table.
Mr. WHITBREAD then rem irked, that the
sensation, produced by the Resolutions of the )-louse
of Commons had been lively.and general, and yet a
considerable time had elapsed without His Ma.
jetty's having been advised to take any step-in
consequence, of having taken any such step. Se--
veral Gazettes had since appeared, and none 'con:
tained'any account that His Majesty had' called
the
the List of Privy Cotincillers in Urder to have the
name of Lord ' Melville erased from it. He was

much sarprisad at this ; but befate he should' give
notice, of any further proceeding which it might be
necessary to adopt, besides the Motions that' it Was
his duty to submit F.a the House that night, he
wished to•know whether it the intention 4 the
Right Hon. Gentleman to advise. His Majesty to
take.any such step ?
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
had not felt it to he 'his duty to give any soch ad,
vice to His M sjesty, in cons6pence of any thing
that had' happened with relation to, this lubjeet it
the Houses There seemed to have been an iiVipres.
titan in the House, 'that the removal of Lord Mel.
viile fr6m all offices of trust and emoltimeot would'
be suffi,:ient, in the first instance, to justify' the
wishes of the 11•!use. He conceived this to have,
been the feeling, of Geutterneo, and he had mit, con.
sequently, thought it 'his duty to advise His Ma.
jesty to take any further step. ft had ever been
argued as a ground of support for the Motion
'then under the consideration of tie House, that
they could nut be sure that L:ird Melville might
not be restored at a fottire day; and it had been with
a•view to obviate such an apprehertaimi that he had
consented to the Motion after wards.made for Laying
the Resolutions of the House at the foot of the
Throne, and he had supposed many of those Gen.
Omen ailto hail supported the Original Motion to
be of spin on that this would be a sulficient'aicOtity
against such an, event. If he had misunderstood
their feelings, 'he 'should be glad to be set right
r;
hot, untliiiihredly, he had not thought it is duty via
advise His 'Majesty to take any such -step, nor
shoOld he, till the sense of Parliament•should be more
fully ascertained on the subjett.
Mr. WHITBREAD had thought 'that a sense of
duty would have influenced theltight Hon. Gentle.
man, after what had passed, to advise His Majesty
to some such step. He thought that after the Re.
solutions had been laid at the foot of the Throne,
His Majesty ought to have been advised to take
those tneasures which the Country called fat. Tho'
the Right Hon.. Gentleman seemed to. think that he
had satisfied his duty, Mr. 'Whitbread would -not
acyttit himself 'of his duty if he suffered the matter
to rest here. He 'theiefore gave notice' that he
should move, that His Majesty's 'Answer be taken
into consideration on Tuesday' next. Mr; 'Whit.
bread then stated, that it was his duty on that day
to submit to the House those 'Motions of Which he
had given • notice on a , former day, 'and he hest to
congratulate the House and the l'ohlic on 'the effett.
that had been-produced by the Resolution of the'Sth
instant ; an effed which would not ha impaited by
any thing that Gentlemen Might say within the
House, nor by any libels that might be published
without. Hs: cu the net hire avoid adverting io'the
notice,'whiehthe Right Hon. Gentleman-had, in'ont
sense prematurely, though in another tardily
'with respect to a Motion' for .renewing the Commis.
aims of Naval Inquiry. By, woch a notice he took
the buiiness out of the hands of art Hon. and Learned
Friend behind hits (Mr. Giles), who kid given a
notice of such a Motion prey taut to the recess.-
This was not a huvli proc(cdititl with the Right
HMI Gentlentn. one years sikce he had taken a
ri)t)iie measure out of his , own hands (Mr. Whit-
breAki's POW' hill), in which, ft •
t A the irio3t p ornpoui
rofes*ioni, oocfreetud progress had ever heel) tirade.
The other notice Winch the Ittght G.rtitletnan