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

SEVENTH ARTICLE.

That amongst other advances of money so as
aferesaid obtained and received by the said Henry
Lord Viscount Melville from the said Alexander
Trotter, the cilia Henry Lord Viscount Melviiie did
obtain and receiver sum of 22,0001 or some other
lare sum or sums of 'money advanced to him by the
said Alexander Trotter; and for Which it, has been
alledged
,by the said Henry Lord Viscount Melville
that he was to pay interest : and for the purpose of
more effeaually concealing the said last-mentioned
advances of money, the said books of accounts,
vouchers, memorandums, and writings, were so as
aforesaid burnt and destroyed.

EIGHTH ARTICLE.
That during all, or great part of the time, the said
Aletander Trotter held and enjoyed the said Office
or Paymaster to the said Henry Lord Viscount Mel-
ville, as aforesaid, and the said Henry Lord Viscount
Melville held 'arid enjoyed the said Office of Treasurer
of His Majesty's Navy, as aforesaid, he, the said,
Alexander Trotter, did gratuitously, and Without
salary or other pecuniary compensation, act in and
transaa the private business of the said] Henry ,Lord
Viscount Melville, as his Agent, and wds',-froiu time
to time,' in advance for the, said Henry Lord Vis-
omit Melville, in that respect, to the. amount of
froin ten thousand to. 20,0001. ()eta some other great
amount: and which advances were taken from the
said sums of money so placed by the said Alexander
Trotter in the hands of the, said Messrs. Coutts and
Co. consisting, in part,' of Public Money clrawn by
him from the Governor and Company of the 'Bank.
of England, as afbresaid, and in part of his own pri-
vate monies mixed therewitise and undistinguished
therefroM as aforesaid: By means whereof the said
Henry Lord Viscount Melyille did derive benefit
and advantage from the aforesaidillegal teas of the
said Alexander Trotter.
And the, said Alexander Trotter did so gra-
tuitously, and without salary, act in att&transa6l the
private business of the said Henry Lord Viscount
Melville, and, make him such advances of money as
aforesaid, in consideration of the sail Henry Lord
Viseount Melville conniving at and permitting and:
suffering the said Alexander Trotter so as aforesaid to.
apply and make use of the said sums of Public Money
se drawn by him from the Bank of England, and
applied and appropriated for purposes of private ad-
vautage, or interest,profit, and emolument, as afore-
: said: and the said Alexander Trotter would not
have been, and was well known .to the, said Henry:
Lord Viscount Melville not to have been able :to
make web advances of
,money to the said Henry
Lord Viscount Milville, as aforesaid otherwise than
from and by means of the. said sums of•Publie
lo-
nty se drawll.by the said Alexander Trotter froni the
Bank of England, with the priVity, connivance, and
permission of the said Henry t,ord Viseoutit Mel
ville as aferesaid, and applied by the said 'Alexander
Trotter for purposes of private advantage, interest,
profit, and emolument : All which proceedings and
were
of the said Henry Lord ViscOunt .1\ klv
were contrary to the duty of Ins said (ace, in ()reach
Of the great trust reposed in him,-altd in gross viola 2
law;; on Of the law and statutes of this Realm and by
all and every (hie of the aforesaid wets dine and
coiemitted by Dial, the said Henry Lord ViscOunt
alai tlld', 11c 's .and is guilty of high Crimes and
misdemeanours.

Wednesday,afternoon a quarrel arose in a house
in the Grastnarket, ItAnburg,h, between a soldier
belonging to the Argyleshitv :Militia, and one of the
Aberdeenshire, -in .which both Niere severely wound-
ed. 'One of them atitmwards leaped Out of a win.
do w' into The street, by which he was nmeh bruised.
The soldier Most hurt, was sent to the Royal Infir-
mary, the other to the Military Hospital.. They were
bOth 'lunch tO y.ic;l t ed.
On the morning of. the I )tit ult, a fire broke out
h 1 the brewery at Rothsay, occupied by Mr. Wylie,
which, not%vith,tauding every exertion, was. coin-
pletely
.burnt It is supposed to have beets
set 'on fire, and a- precognitiorA is now taking to en-
deavour to find out the perptrators.
Tue:iday morning, between two and three o'clock,
a fires out at 1 le,-;:73-s. Davy and Co.'s, woollen
matun.., , ;scion, neo.r Crediton, Which raked
with grt t,l7y t; hours;, snd entirely consumed
the bitv.,i,; iilllls, The warehouses that were
attached t.; 1!;e (1.. .iiing-hoitses caught tire several
times, but by the :1, 1 ;Js ccrtions (Aso= Gentle-
men who attended, it was pre, ente4:frow spreading
further..

On Tuesday lentotpo of the tunporary stairs gave
way, at the new txtil !in; on Rose 'r erraee, for the
seminatici, Perth, ~even men wen-, On it, in
the act el carrvi;lo; up l very I:lrtye stotie. They wt:ce
all more or lc.,s hot _t, and tv.,o thet:l very e.eriLu.iy.

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