The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-10 00:00:00

i.i4PER I .;!1., PA R. L.1..1.it-11?:.N.T.

liOC/SE OF PEERS.

Tuk,,DAy, ArttiL 9.

Hirm, Fietry Er,hint w heard r.r the Re.
rA in the AppeAl C Andrew Mane, Eig.
againi.t the ZAti of Cassilis.—Farther hearing to.
Morrow.
The Iri‘h R..flnetion Bill went through a
Committee, and mil reported without any amend.
men t,
The Doke of ArtAot, presented a Bill forgranr.
sri V) Elizabeth Attalston a divorce m Edward
ltyuche her'husband, with liberty to her to marry

again.
The Louis CHANCELLOIt) after stating that their
turdships had, in the year 1861, sanltioned.the
right of a woman in apply for a Divorce and tit
marry again, but that no instances of such appli.,
cations except two had ever occurred, and thnhe
standing in peculiar Situations, begged theattentiqn
of the House to the present Bill when it should
come to be read a second time.
The Duke of ATHOL, assented to what had fallen
from the Eciun CHANaELIiOIt, and said, that tPt
present Bill must stand on its own merits wfle4
they come to be inquired into. Adjourued.

The following is a coma copy of the Resolutions
moved by Mr. WHI-raitiAo, on Mundy evening,
in 'the, House of Commons :

t. That it appears to this Itouie, that on the igen of liahei •
'Rol, the House of Commons, in a Committee ef,.the, whole
douse, cantle, utisoisgst others, to the following Roolotiohs t•
". That it is the opinion of this Committee that some Re*
gelations ought to be edopted for: the purpose' of lessening
, and keeping down the balanems of Public Money which ap-
pear to have usually been in the hands'of the Treasurer of the
. Navy, and it would be beneficial to the Public if the First and
other Clerks in the dilikrent branched belonging to the said
Office were paid by fixed and permanent salaries, . in lieu. of
all tees, gratuities, and oats r perquisite; whateegver,
" That it is the opihion of this
,Coottnirtec, that from
henceforward the Parrmister General atilt ,Majesty's„ land
Forces:, and the Treasurer of the Navy; for the time being,
shall not apply any sum or sums of money imprested to
them, or either of them, to any purpose, of advantage or in-
terest to themsel yes, either diteetly or indirectly'."
" That it appetos to this Committee, that the Commis.
sioners‘ appointed to examihe, take, and bum the Public
Accounts of the Kingdom:, have, so far as appears from the
Reports which they-have hitherto made, disci eiged the duty
intrusted to them.with great diligence, accuracy, and ability ;
awl if Petliiunent shall carry into execution those plans of
reform and tegulation which are suggested by
.the matter
contained in the Reports of the said Commissioners, it
cannot but be attended with the most beneficial conse.
'voices to the future Welfare and prosperity of this kingdom.
2. `` That in futheratiaof the '
intention of the House of
Commons expressed in inch Resolution*, His Majesty, by
his Warrant, stated June directed that ,the salary of
the Treasur:r of the Navy should be increased tb the sum
of 430•11. per annum, in full satiefaition, of all wages arid
fees, and usher profits and emoluments theretofore enjoyed
by former Trerteurers.
3. " That it'appeartero this House, that during the Treas
stirership of the Right Hon. Isaac Barre, theconditinns of the
eta t:said Warrant wereetrittly complied with; that the whole
of the money issued from the Exchequer to Mr. Barre for
Navel Services was lodged in the Bank ; that it was never
drawn from thence previously to its being advanced to the
6W-1-Accountants M be applied to the Public Service ; that
during tits time Mr. Barre acied es Treasurer and ExTrea.
surer he had not iu his peissession or custody any of the Pub.
lic Money; and that neither he nor the .Paymaster of the
Navy clack:ilia any profit or advantage from the use or sm.
ployment thereof. •
4. " That the Right Honourable HenryDundas, now Lord
Viscount Melville, succeeded to the othectrfTreasurerorthe
tfayy. cut the teth °I./at:tofu, Oa, when a further addition'
was merle to the salary of the said °like, in Order to pre,-
ditCe a net annual income of epoole after the payment of all
taxes and charges on the ; and that this additional debit y
was considered by the:staid Lord Viscount Melvilleae grantud
to Witt in lieu of all wagee, fees, profits, and other einolus
nitrite enjoyed by tortner
,s;. !I, Ttit_ the .sidd Corti Viscount Melville continued in ,
Oze.tsid Otticetill the loth of April, 1783 : that being iisked,
whether he, derived any advantage trout the uSe or thc Public
noney during that ()mod, he, in hie examination before the
Coitunieeioners of Naval Inquiry, declined answering any
eiteastielson that heed; hit tint he has, in a letter since writ.
tett to the said, Centimssioners, anti dated this 2Sth of March
List, Jeciared, that, previous to 1,86, " lie did not derive any
advantage from the use. or employment or any mopies issued
tor carrying on the rservice.of the Navy." But Mr. Douglas,
who seas • Paymaster,' beirie dead, and his ' Lordship haying
refueed to, answer any qUestigh on this head, us aforesaid, no
evidence has been obtainta,us to'
the anPlieation. of Monies
ierined for the service, of the Navy, or the mode of drawing the
Sant*: front the Bank during this period.
6. 44 That the lion. C. .Towniheitd, now Lord Uayning,
beld.the office of Treasurer of the Navy from the tith
178 a, to the..atli of j.attuary, ; and that from the eXatni,
nation of his I.•Ordainti it aepears, that, during his Treasurer.
siaip, no part of the 'Henley matted for the service Of the Navy
was applied to his private use or advantage; and that he does
not believe that Mr. Douglas, who attest under hint as Pay-
master, derived any profit or advantage train the use or em-
ployment of the Public Money, except the money issued for
the payment of Exeliequer Festa
7." Thar the Riglitt lon. Henry nundes was re-appointed
Tteit‘iltet °Elite Navy on the eth of January, 104, and con..
tinued in the said Office until the tat of lune, deo,
8. " That in the year 1785, an Act of Parliament was pass-
ed (25 Geo. I 1 l cap. et), intituled An Act for better Re-
gulating the Office of Treasurer, of Ilia Majesty's Navy g"
Wher,by it iadiretted that no Money shell he issued from the
'Treasury to the Treasurers of the Tievy ; hot that all monies
issitel for Naval Services shall be paid to the Bank on tie-
some of Naval Services, and placed to the ace aunt of the
Treasurer of the Navy, acid shall nut be paid out of the Bank
unless for Naval Services, sovi pursuance of drafts stencil
by the Treaatirer. Or pelson or persons eutberizect by
which drafts shall specify the heeele of service ti) which
auCli aittas are to be applied; and that time Regulations under,
the Said Mt-shall take place 1 tom the 3 i,t of icily, 1735.
9 Thai the execution of the wire Act was peetponed till
the moetleof lsn- 1786; and from tri..it time till the manth of
lime ape, when Lord Melville lett the ollice of -1 reesurer,
toritittrY to the prat:lice established in the Tretieenersltip of
the night itot). tsco..ilarre, contrary to the Rewiutions of
the Honer oh Critninnis, of trio act tune,. 112, and jo
da-
fistrce proyiaions of the abovesmentiosied of the
setla.Ceo. 11 l c 31, large stuns of were, under pre-
tence of Neva' Stivi ues, and by a ecanslalous evaiiion of the
.Aft, at vatioua times, drawn trom the Bank, mad invtieted in
kesitequer ante Navy Bills, ient ttpun ate !:critrity of Stock.,
employed in uleCounting private Bins! 'Bank
and Stuck.' and used in" various ways for the pun.
posCS of private ertiolutnent.
ar-e"—That i'tior, Trotter, Fs + Paymaster of the Navy,
•
yees the perevit by whom, or In whose name, the Public
Money teas thus eniployod ; and that in Si null% he acted
with the low N ittige and consent tit Lord Viscount
Chi svhson itte was it the same time Private Agent,' and tin-
-whew .uae or 6eitetit he occasionally laid out from to to
2n,n001. wit Ii it COnsicleting wit4l;scr he was previously lit
afrvant-re to ails Lordship, arid whether such advances were
1113 CL: from his,public or private halahi.ca.
ii"'Plat the Right ileto, Lord Visernint: Melville have
ing been privy to and connived at 'the witlieraw log front the
*sink, of Englend, for the eurposits of pirvate litiereet or
ressealownti .sonis issued M hint as Treasurer of the Navy,
I placed to iris tacouitt in tile Bunk, according to the pro.
,w,sions at. the z;tli Gee., 11 Lc. r, leis been guilty eta gross
sialsition of the law, and a high bteacit of duty.
" It further appears, that suliequent to the eppoint.•
merit of Lord Melville as '1 te.ssurer of the Navy, in f7i.iai
and during this tittle he held that large sums Ot
issutti 10t the Sery ice of the Navy, were applied to ether
setyir,cA and that the said Lord Melville, in e Letrer writ-
ten in answer to a precept issued by the Commissioners of
Naval Inquiry, requiting Ur, aceoulit of money received by
.hirri, or Any tiereeu sal it sea-omit, or by hie order, from the
Vayniaeter of the t`.'avy,and .11-in of the time when, and the
-persons by whom" the ssine Wire reittrued to the Bork or
y. tyrnaster, had tr,4l he his tto tbAletkiht by which
ec.could imike tip 4i4cii ;Ind that, if he hall-Bette-