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to thin) the record" ia. f their patriotic"vote- on did
forme- night. With ~,ito tn
attendance mote tuer,otta
than was usually proc:lled, the numbers had been
equally balanced, and it-remained for the Right Help.
'Meniber in the Chair to decide; that Hon. 111ertiber,
Mit) could not. be supposed to be attitated by any
' pa/Iv-spirit or partiality, of whom, he Could with.
:p
flattery flattery assert, that he presided in the Chair be.
,cause no man was more qualified to. discharge the
arddtuus, duties annexed to it : . " Yoit Sir," said
Mr. Wi3 till R EAU, "have decided in a manner that
does honour to the Chair, acid that will ever. be re-
memisered,by posterity with sentimehts of exultation
and gratitude." Such popularity a 3 was the result
of such a cpdrse of proceedings as had been adopted
on that night was justly to be regarded With pride.
If they saw in the visage of every man in the me-
' tropolis ; if they could lead in every face they met-
without doors; if. they. could. trace in the counte:
minces of people of all classes And descriptions, the
hitrnry of their—own. linnouralilelicon:lOtl, they,
't1i...41(1 not faithfully discharge theistie,oly w in at 1
19iii.c, if they did not render it iity:,ssilAe f 07.1.,,,,
Melville; aitigtnatised as • he Wat?,,, . 4 kr: L.) ,return
to His Mr.jesty's Councils.. it t!_;.: ~atile time'
that he gave expression un. ill,; powerful- feelings
and strong bias tti 1-,is oss n mind on this occasion,
he' e. was not ignordnt.shat he was'speaking to an as,
,OW.dy that had giver; evidence aireaciy of the,ho.
nograble sentiments by which they were aetuated.
He addresied them, therefore, with every deference
for their feelings, and if he Could suppose that the
tnotiOia.he meant to submit was unlikety,to meet the
approbation of the House, be should not be dispot-
ed, to . bring it . forward. He had used every
means in. his .power to ascertain the -opinion of .
Gentlemen on the subjell, and lie found a gene-
ral ' feeling pervading the 'House in favour of
his Motion. This sentiment was not.. confined
to his Hon. Friends about him, but was also felt
by those who Fad so, patriotically; supported his
former Resolutions, and who had been accustomed
,to vote against the Party to which he, had the ho.
nour to belong. He was also disposed to believe,
that many Gentlemen who had thought that theap,
pointment of a Select Committee was the most eligi-
ble course, in the first instance, would, now that the
House oftommOns Let adopted the other proceed.
ing, agree with him, that that should hefollowed

up by an Address to the 'Throne,: for " the
sit:of Lord Melville from all Offices held by him
during pleasure,
.and front Hii 11/14j,:sty's Councils
and Presence fur ever." He would aFlt the Rt. Hun.
Gentleman • opposite CMr. cnNistttic,l, what st,epi'
had been taken since thO discuision whether
Trotter had been dismissed ?---( CA.NNI No on.
mired, Yes.) Whether Mr, Wilson had been dis..
.missed•?—(No answer.) •Il' Mr. Wilson had not
Ate!, he 'Conttzrith that ~all,. had
not I,cen dune that ought to have been done. There
might be'particuhirciteunistantes, and Ire vas nor
disposed to deny ir,.tvliich ini.4ht ren(!er it necessary
to retain that:Gentleimm itt °theca few days. But he
wished tc. licnoW, whether it was in COntemplation to
retain him ; fur it:was evident from the matter of the

Tenth. Report that
.he ought to be tlisnsiated.' The
Hein. Gentleman took 'that Opportutiiiy of giving
notice, that ;liter the holidays he should make a
Motion, that the ATTOKNET GfiNERAL should he
direeted to prosecute the Qfferiders, for the purpose
of coming at an account of their' prtlfit'a by spe.
M
culations with the public oney,, as he'agreed per.
lettly with the Commissiuners, that they - ought
to be compelled to refund. There were other
proceedings w hich he should have to. recommend
if his Motion of that night should be agreed to.
They were yet far from fhe end of their 'labours
they, were only in the dawn of a day which he
trusted would prove auspicious to the Country, the
sun of which,. whenever it should descend, Would
set in glory. They had but begun, ands had at.
rived at that time. when he felt it •to he his
`duty to propose_ further objefts of investigation.
There could be nothing more. cleat' than 'some
.parti of the 'Report, whilst there were other
points so mysterious as to render examina.
tion necessary. 'lt had 'been his intention to press
with more earnestness the subject of the transfer of
the public money voted for one service to be-applied
.to'anothet, but he had colleaed from his communi.
cations with other Gentlemen on the subject, that
an-opinion was entertained of such tiansfer having
possibly arisen from the necessiiyUf the case, rind
he was willing to respecl such an impression. The
;Right' Hon. Gentleman opposite (the CHAIIC I LLOR'
of the EXCBEQOU) had admitted that he was privy
to only one instance of such transfer.- After' the
licilidays he should move for a Select Conimittee to
inquire into this transaftioni No subject was
:of more importance than the investigation,
to =ascertain the grounds upon which money voted
'for one service had been applied to another ; for if
:such a practice were once to be recognised as regular,
what a door-would be opened for the misapplication
of the public money ! During the Treasurership of
all„tvho preceded Lord Melville,. and. who had sue.
ceeded, no such negotiation had taken place ; it was.
only whilst-he was in office
,that the prattice had
been resorted to, according to every information
`which the -1-louse had on the subject. There were
other circumstances also which should be investigat-
ed, particularly the destruEtion of those Papers from
which any information could be cleaved as to the
nature of that transaction, 'Theat Papers should have
been left in the Office, or if not kept publicly, ought
to have been secured in- some secret place, whence
they might, do a future examination, be procured,
either as the record'Of the justification of thUse con.
cm-tett in the transaftion, or the., ground of their
.condemnation, liesidel, in many other parts of the
Report there vete trvii,y voihtii tint included:in if
which would be fit' vobj,tts .robv-Jefetred

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Committee. One point on which he 'hod
touched but lightly, nn 'the former night resee,.:teit
the conduel Of the. elppeared ley the
tlenee of one its Qscers,(Mr, Newland), that the
Bank. had not had sufficient votteliers fir the money
they had adV:inCed. It. was now . stated, that this
was Urnistztke in the evidence, and that the conduit
of the Bank had been cbrreet. If so, the evidence.
ought to be -explailied. There were .also rum'oi-s
rahraad that the Right Hon,Gentlemareoppocite (rile
7CII/04C LLOIt of the EkcHEQuee) hitnselt was eljpoi
cerned'in thi,sbusioess. He had charged this on 41;,e
Rt. Hon. Gentleman, and now repeated the charge,
and if the Rt. Hon. Gentlem.le should nue exela'io io
the present instance, whether hatlbeen privy- to t! e
application of the publ:e mfuley to pit oases of pri-
vate profi'r, titt was another sUbjeo, which file
should feel it I duty to *refer to „Inc cornrui:
The rume,...r.Ne alluded to was, that the Right 1-1;;0.
Gentlitille had, in an early peeled of the praftise,,,
infoinied: of it from a Tinter in whifff Oita
tut aelhenticianrmation was to he texpeettel.—
Mr. jellicoe's case also' had' made the; deepest/4M,,
pressien on the public mind, and would be anethet
subjeek of inquiry- to lac , referred to: the 'Com-
Mittee. This transaflionnot only concerned Lila
Melville, but the Cotrimioiopers of the Treasury,
who had given Loid Mefirille a quiefUs fot ; •
24.0001. the amuurit of Mr. rellie(p-',
The .prccedent was dangermii, as a quieus ini4lft-sa
well be givenfOia million as for 24,0001. , besides,
mistakes of in
'millions, from a fettiatity with mil.
lions, were 'bolelions, likely to be fallen into; and tie
Right Honourable Gentleman himself had, the other
night, mistaken 134,000,0001. for t 68,000,0001,
He was sure that on inqiiirY it would.be found time
the quietus had been obtained under false pretences.
Another point, and the most important one, which
they had once despaired of diseovering,was,whether
Lord -Melville,had been a participator.' with Mr.
Trotter, He had. before stated his suspicion on,
that, head,. to .Whichnci denial'had been given by -
any of the friends of the Noble Lord who had *p.
geared in, his defence. 'Dr. Swift had observed,
that in. customs two and two'do not always make„
foUr ; but Lord 'Melville
,appeared to think that
fdur and four were not always tklual. }le had held
at the -same time` the offices of Secretary of State,
or Secretary .at . War, and of President of the Illartl
of Controul all of which ofEces, from his peculier
talents to discharge their reslietlive funaions, might
very properly have been conferred on him ; but
there w+ uld. have been' no difficulty inproceringa
person, to fill
,the sinecureiptice ail.m,tvter of the
Nave for the selary it was not.Nceltart:thcreitne,
to have continued him in it, thei,N;libl6,Lordhad:
relinquished thesalury of `ie.co•!';try .Of state,
40Poi. 40a .**41.4 r• • • i; :.if 'rens e re: ;-of
the Navy. And why, it era that the latter wes
better,. that it, was more pio.tu:live, that one, was
small, the other formidable e It was therefore ;ilia,
opinion that the Inquirk'shouldbe iniititnr;•a,
trier he had been a partiC.lpator or not with his
master. fly did o.:t f,!el that Otis was the princip4,
parr Cif the charge, 1-',Ut that which the Noble Lora
had himself acknowletird
,with his own tnouthir:
which had bteo decided upon. by all::
Commons. If he had swerved. a sills& iota frorp,„
the ickmelions of .thp,Ati, it he had delilietately
vi„lated the dirge ions of Parliament, it, was pe._
cessary, for the honour of the flouse of -Commons
and the saccst'aaion of the Coutyry, t()' provide that.
no such perion as "Lard' 'Melville shout, l• be 'ctn..,
ployed by the Crowq ; it was necessary to carry
an Address on, that head to, the foot' of the 'I ;.rune.
And here he .begged lea,ve to observe, that the
'place of First Lord of the Admiralty was not the
only one which Lord Kelyille possessed, and bits
giving that up would far from affording sa.
tisfaCtion. to the PubliC, or to the claims .ot jus.
flee, As to the punishment, if his Lord Ship aluop:
were to be concerned, and not the .ends of pub..
lic justice,, he should be inclined ieSt *here, and
,say to him, 4 Go farthi- and !et ns neier, more heat

of you.' fhe state of dicradatiori and infamy to
which he hack been reduced was mote than sufiS.
cient a% apersonal punishment; but it was not with
a view to any vinditiive purpose he woreetied, but
to make the Noble Lord an The Noble
Lord had been known to be in the confidence of the

Ciown, and had continued so tluWn to the last rno.
ment.',Sinee he had been last in Administration, in.
dependent of all the offices he held, a pension of I soot.
a year had been, settled on him for life. Acter bar.
ing retired frOm office, as had been stated, for ever,
he had agaiti returned to Administration, at the tine
the Right Hun. Gentleman (the CttnxcuLott of
the EXCITEQV II It). was forming the Adaiiiiistratioo
•
over which'he now presided, not from any reptd to
the circumstances of the Country, but to his, own
interest. " The pension of tgool. a.year was i,ost
sufficient for him, an addition must be made to did
salary of the Office of Keeper of the Signet in Scot.
land. It was painful to be obliged .to mention tiahles,
but it would also be necessary to incfairq into the
Grant of the public money which litti ',seen made to
Lady Melville. This Grant' had hertz executed with
such hurry, and in so clandestine a Matinees that evca
the Parties concerned in making ,it had, not an op..
portunity of judgingof its propriety. It would also
be proper to ascertain what offices, during pleasare,
were held by Lord Melville. lie did not know whs..,
titer the pension of 15001. was during vleasure or
for life ; but he could not think. that a Grant of it,
even for life, made tinder such circurnstancesothQ,uld
not be withdrawn ; and he trusted, if it was revok.
able, that it would he revoked, Under all ,the,t
circumstances; confident of the ,sup z; of all jhose,
whoh.td 'agreed with him on,the former night, and
looking,to the support of many who had voted Lin
the' &tea Committec in the first instance, he eimsi.
tiered impassible that the ahijutity o thisLrts444