The Sun.
London, England, 1805-07-06 00:00:00

doe ~i ►
:V;hich His ,:tqajesty .was greieusly. plea3ed toi At \IIW rQ as l'e Provisi s con tai!- cd in ''
tyrant him, cleat of all deduaions, fttll satisfaaion lastmentione a- od Af P,tti amp! Wer Were tnk•lj
• . -
of all wagei and fees, acidm
other pros and emolu. .ed to take place on the Ist day of .luLy, I ;6..5 ;
rents theretofore -enjoyed by former Treasurers. Of :execution iit'aist Ad, wit.hrespea to t H. Pry,
the Navy; the same to commence and be camputed Lontvisc, onti.tig acciam tor lef:i.itf
frOm the day of the date of th said letters patent, Witlithe Governor and tkliipany
and to continue during his Continuance hi the land,. as thereby w:is postli him an -
said Office : and His M.ijesty did further direff; til the 13th day of Jan.. 1766, •Whensaid Henry L0i..1
authorise, and empower the said =icnry Lord Vis- Viseount•Melville (Toned an account with the.Gover-
connt Melville, in case the said- additiaal allowance • nor.,arid Compan.yof the Bank of lilgi entitled;
of two thousand three hundred and twenty7fOur "Alight Hon. Henry Dondas, Ad ha Pariiamenit
pounds six shillings and six-pence, together with :iNew Acedunt ;", and which said account was coo..
the said several allowances before statckl;'should not timed, by hini until he quitted the said Office on the.
produce in each year the net -stun .of fonr thousand 3I st 1114.; 1800, and was the only account rlcepf by
pounds, to charge the 'deficiency in the annual • ,the Said:Henry J Viscount Melville, as Treasktrer
amount of monies disbursed bv hint for fees of divers •of His Majesty's Navy;„ with the Governor and Gum-
matures : and whereas the suit! Henry Lord viscount of the Bank of England; under and in pur!..lnapc:4:
Melville held arid enjoyed the said. Office of .Trea. of the said AO Of Parliament for regulating the, said 7,
surer of His. Majesty'•Navy,under the said letters., Office
patent, from the said i oth day of August, 1782, until - And whereas on the loth day of Januar7; 1786;
• .
the loth day of April, 14 ' while the said Henry Lord Viscbutit held.
And Whereas by letters patent, :bearing date the . and etijOyed the said Office of TreaSuret of as Mar
sth of January, 1784,
His Majesty. was graciously jesty's Navy, he did constitute and appol:,,t Alexaude;
pleased again to give and grant. unto the said Henry Trotter .his. Paymaster ; and the said Ifency Lord
Lord Viscount Melville the said Office of Treasurer Visconfit Melville did, on the said rot h day of
of His 'Majesty's Navy, in the same terms as hi the unary, 1786, duty authorise, and empower the said
said former letters pateot of the loth day of-Augnst, Alexander trotter to draw on the Governor and
1782 ; and Upon a similar representation made or. Company' of the Bank of England; for and upon t:n:
caused to be made by the said Henry Lord Viscount account of him the said Henry Lord Viscount .\:;et-
Melville„. or otherwise made to His Majesty as that vale as Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy, nil af
hereinbefore stated, His Majesty was graciously every slim and sums of IllOtiq that th2it
pleased, by 11qTrant under his Royal sign,n,imat, should thereafter be wanted for the public sot
bearing date the 16th day of January, 178'4', twang- under the care of payment of the said 4 ferny Lotd
meat the income of the said Office of Treasurer of the Viscount Melville, the &lid Alexander Trotter bein.
Navy with an additional 'allowance of .23241. (is. (id. particularly careful to specify in ea::11 arid eVety
in order to make the annual income of" the said dr;4l the service for which the .money shollit: Le
Office amount to the said • sum Of four thdusand dmwn.
pounds, and which said income His. Majesty was, And whereas it was the duty of the said Henry
thereby graciously pleased to grant to the' said Henry r,60 Viscount Melville, during all the time Le held.
Lord Viscount Melville, clear of all deductions, in , and etijoyed the said,Ottice of Tre:l,,urer ofjuis
frill atisfaelion: of all wages and fees, and other pro- lusty's Navy, to abstaiu 'from applying- and
fits and ernoluments theretofore 'enjoyed by former to prevent 'all persOns acting under bins from apply:.
treasurers of the Navy, and to secure and provide iug any part of the money i%sued from His .Majeay's
for the due payment thereof in like manner as in the Exchequer for Navy Services„ to any purpose of ad-
said former warrant of the 23d day of 04ober,- I:antoge or interest to himself or tie mercer e;ther
ditedly or indirealy, or to :ips, other purpos..:;s than
1782, is provided :
And whereas the said Henry'Lord Viscount Mel- . for NavyServiees ar d 0. a --'f t
, eetniti_ or
ville, under and by virtue' of the, said last-mehtiOn» emolument therefrom : And from acid att,.tr the
ed letters patent, held and enjoyed the said Offiee ing of the gaidA,_l of ' P pasz:-
arliament of the' Qsl_li year
of Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy from the; 'said of His Majesty's reign, for better regulating- the Of..
sth day of January, ,1784, until. the 31st day of flee of the Treasurer of His INl;ij e t N3s' y it wis
May, 1800 :
the duty of the said. Lord Viscount ,Melville' to ob-•
And whereas, on the 17th day of February, 1785, serve and pursue the provisiOns and dile:lions of tilt
the House of Commons ordered that leave should be said Al of Parliament ; yet the said Henry Lord
given to bring in a Bill for better regulating the cOnnt Melville, not satisfied with 'the ample FeVtlitle
Office of the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy, and . so provided for him as aforesaid, 'nor regardin' the
that (together with other Members of . the. said duty of his high and imPort‘nt• Office, or the ex.press:
House of Commons) Mr. Henry Dundas, now Lord provkions of -the said Act of Parliament, did,
Viscount Melville, should prepare. and bring in the he held and enjoyed the said °dice., act and cow:lna
same ; • and, inpursuanee of the said Order, the said himself fraudtslently, corruptly, and illegally, in the-
Henot Lord Viscount Melville, on the .29th day of several inStances herein 'set forth. •
Apt'il, 1785, did present to the House of Commons a
Bill for better 'regulating the Office of the Treasurer
of His Majesty's Navy : and said Bill having passed
the House. of Commons, was, in pursuance of an.
Order of that House, carried by the said Henry Lord
Viscount Melville to the Hoifse of Lords ; to which
Bill he (in the name of the House.Of Commons)
desired the concurrence of their Lordships :
And whereas the said Bill, in the 25th year of his
Majesty's,reign, passed into a law, intituled, "An
Alit for better regulating the Office of the Treasurei
of His Majesty's Navy;" the. Ist, 3d, 4th, and 56,
se6ions whereof are as follow:
rat Se lion.—" Whereas it appears by the Reports made
by the Commissioners appointed to examine, nuke, and state
the Public Accounts of the Kingdom, that lt.egulations are
necessity for better condueling the bitsiiiess in the depart.
ment or the Treasorer of His Maj:Nty's Navy be it Acre.
fore enaeled by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and
with the advice and consent of the Loots Spiritual and
Temporal, and COMMOni, 111 this present Pat-it:own' as-
sembled, and by the authority of the ‘.tine, that from and
after the tsr day or July, ts'3,;,t;;e Tie.i:wrer of Ills. Majcs,
.ty's Navy far the tinte being, to ah Meoiorials to be by him
presented to the Treasury tor own,:,- ,avy'Serviccs, shail
pray that such stun as he requires tiny be issued to the C.;
vernor and Compauy of, the Hank of England on 1)4.a-comfit,
and shall transmit with each Meroolial a copy of the hater
or letters from the Commissioners of the Navy,
and Sick and Hurt Boards, directing hint to alit,fy for iuch
sum or sums ;in which letter :or letters- the 5.-id Commis-
sioners shall, and they are hereby required and tFre4rted to;
specify for what particular service or services file said money
is wanted, and shall also state the balances then in the hands.
of the Treasurer ot'the Navy, under eacti head of service re-
spettively: ; and the Commissioners of His Maiesty's TrV4-
sury for the time being, by their letter from thin: to sitne,
shall dire& the Auditor of the EXchequer to issue to the
Covert= sad Company of the Bank of England, on account of
the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy, ruining. Such Treasu-
rer lot fhi time being, the soul for which such .letter shall
be drawn upon the unsatisfied order of the Eitehequer, in
tavourolthe said Treasurer,- tat which the receipt of the
Cashier or Cashiers of the said Governor and Company
Shall be a sufficient discharge ; and all sums tOr wlti‘li
pet-
ters et toe Commissioners of Jiis hiajesty's Treasury shall
be drawn, shall be 66401 to the Governer and Company of
the Bank of England in like manner as they have been here.
tot,rc issued to the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy; and
all such monies to be issued to the Governer and Cottii).ll,Y
Of the Bank of England shall be plaCed on an account or ac-
counts to.be raised in the books of the Governorate' Com-,
pan' of the said Ilank 'at' England, and to hie entituled,
o. be. Account of-thee Tirasurer of His Nlajesty fvavY,"
inserting the name of such Tre.witer for the OM being, (or,
the Pay Branch, Cashkir's Branch, and tha ViCtualling
; Branchand on receipt of all such monies at the Excite.
quer, the Treasurer of the Navy shall itrurtesiiarclY certify to
the Commissioners of the Navy an iiccontit of the whole re,
ceipt under the respedlive heads of service, shall !Iso
certiryto the Commissioners of the V,ualling and Sick
and Hurt Boards, the particular sums teceivcd AA applica-
ble to those services respeetively."
3d Section.—" And be it, further inieteet, That from and
after theist day of July, 178;, no money for the service of
the Navy shall be issued from His Majesty's Exchequer to
the Treasurer of the Navy, or shall be placed, or directed to
he placed,. in his hands or possession; but.the same shall tie
issued and directed to be paid to the Governor and Company
of the Bank of. England, and to be placed to the accounts
above mentioned, according to the services for which it is
craved anti issued."

FIRST AitIICLE.

That the said Henry Lord •Viso nt
vtibilsi he held and enjoyed thesaid Office of Tleasnrer
of His Atije4ty's Navy, and ptvvious to the stild t otit
chlY JanuarY, 1786, did take . and receive,
and out of the money imprested to him
of His N't tjesty's -Navy, from .
Auer, the sum
,of 10,0001.
or sums of 'money, ;nil di. i
convert iand'apply the ; • ;
Other corrupt aril
poses than those of t i‘;
Kingdom, to v,:hic.h •
applicable and : co, such
conver3ion :!,, •y. lon 0C .
sunii of tncney; iater the I:. of ' q
Parliament I.'ir the better re.ll',
Treastirer of His Majesty's ,‘; ; . ; t
Henry •Lortt Viscount • ; ;..,
never would rc..yeal the appit . ,;. ;f
1.0,000 j, and, in particular, ht. (Aid , 81,1;7!,1
claratiou in the Huse, of Commo? t.; • ;,
of „lune, 1805 ; and their and 0,,
fc It hialSolf• bound, by motifes ot ;. • „,;
well as plivatehonottr, and pt:rsol! , , „
conceal the same.; 'alt which comili
Henry .Lord vi.k.,,out Melville was cwt, I:i,,
duty of..his said a breach, of tit,- hiaxlt ;
reposed in him, and a violation a the 40,,s ,t; :1
Statute,, of this Realm.

SECOND .ARTICLE.

That the said Henry Lora Visronnt dic.
regarding theduties of hi said Oth; t, and in hreach
and violation it the said. A.& of Parliament, for I,:et-
ter regulating the'sarne, did, after the p.l,,,:ing
‘ln \cliiist the said fleircy 1,04
c4)ntinut-A to hold and (~:1• )f,.•
fiat , connive at and permit. and ; ;
n,.tor -r, 'under and by virlltf. :;1411-0.
• , to 1611 by tlv• said i km) I.
./.;;,I i 3:3 aforc.,aid, rlr
iiit L:11;t: th,..( ,;;;;Trnor and Comp-i, •
of Eny),a;•' '; : purposes than i;
„
appl y ocrvlcei, •;;; ;;; ;
fun of du; bOt
tilt! si d (4-oVerllc)r tan! Comp:iny 'of the 'Bank -c>f
Oil account of the saitl,Homy
count Alt. i+, flys as Treasurer of I lis Majest4'''Qlkav,i7,
An.i the said treury Lord 'Viscount Mel7ille rti t
connive at and permit and suffer the said Alex.:l!itt,.l-
- to ,
I:Chig7eatth;artsaltidl' eirtiestt;',llTonti.lll(ll',.-allyirna:3wi(i4,
received, and taken, froni him by the Governor, and
Comp:my of the Bank of England as aforesaid, ia
the hands of Messrs. 'Thomas Coutts and Corni)any,
the private bankers of the said Alexander Trotter,
in his own name, and subject to his sole controul
and disposition : allwhich conduit of the said Henry
Lord Viscount Melville was contrary to the duty of
his said Office, a breach of the high trust reposed in
him, and a violation of the Laws wind StatigeS of 111
Realm.

4111 Seetion.-11 And be it enadled, That the,Treasurerof
His Majesty's Navy for the:time being, by himself, or the
Person or Persons in his Office duly authorized by the said
Treasurer, from and after thc ist day of 'illy, 178 s, Sildn
draw upon the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng-
land for all Navy Services whatever, and shall specify in
each and every Draft the head of service for which the same
shall be drawn ; and no. Draft of the said Treasurer, or the
Permit* or Persons author zed as aforesaid, shallb.: deemed a
sufficient voucher to the said Governor and Company of the
Bank of England unless the same specifics the head of ser-
vice tier which it is drawn, and has been aetually paid by the
said Governor and Company of the Bank of England."
yth SeCtion.—" Provided always, That the Monies to be
issued unto.the Governor and Company of the Bank of Eng-
land; on -account 'of the Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy,
shall not be paid out of the Bank unless tin Navy Services.
and in pursuance of drafts to be drawn en the Governor and
Company of flue B:ink of Ellgland, and signed by the Trea-
surer of 1-tie Majesty's Navy for the time being, or the Per-
son or Pent:ins authorized as alue,:saiit ; in which drafts
shall be specifizd the heads,ref service to which the sums
iberein mentioned ,ive to be applied; and which draits so
drown shall be sufficient ;mammy to the Bank to pay such
Money to the l'el;:ous mentioned Its swell drafts or to ,tho
bearer tit' them,"

THIRD AuTreLe.

That after the passing- of the said Acct of Parlia-
ment for betreT regulating the °Alice of the Treasu •
rer of flis _Majesty's Navy, and after the said tuth
day of Jantuiry, and whilst the said trhimy
Lord Viscount Melville held' and enjoyed the said
°aloe, Tare sUITIS a money were from thne to flint:
iS3lKtti and paiCl to the Governer and Company of
the Bank of Eoghind, and placed on an ;.IccoAtit
raised in t;t,... I.r ~,ks of the said Glivernof and ,
piny with the 1 Henry Lord Viscount Melvide,
Intitaled, " R ht lion. Henry Dundas, AC 't of
Parliament New Account the Said /1.1? x..