The Sun.
London, England, 1805-04-09 00:00:00

[PRICE SIXPENCE*

worthy of such a principal is Lord Melville: The'
Commissioner's in their Report describe the of of
Treasurer of the Navy as a mire siOecure, except
as 'he is responsible for the-,safety of the public
money. Jr deserves remark, that subsequent to the •
-A.41 of Parliament of tells', the ecootony of that
office was regulated by an Order of Council, drawn
up by Lord Melville himself, and promolgated in
consequence of
_representations mede.hy him to. Ki
Mijebty• The Hon."Gentlemon read this Order,-
and commented severely upon the infringement of
which took place. The Nsble Lerel first itettete,
ducea ACA which he imMediately violates; ao then
he snggesrs an Order of Council on which .he !sever
afte,. 'Whets theseithficienciet were discovered by:
ate Commissioners, Mt. 'trot ter was gaped. on to
say from what cause they arose.. By the way, Cl*,
charades of the evidence inehio Report (with tout ,
few exCepti-ons) 'was-singular. When the parties were
icwas impes-dhle to puteiey hilt ;be. moet
vourable.ecnstruCtion nn risar-.hence, Whe-o
- were extorted. frtim them, the reloannae with
they afforded them was the strongest proof of their
veracity. -He had heard with astoei!hmenr, :ye
aasertiou Ater the evidence was ez p4rte ! . If .:1,1
persons accused were innocent, when questioned,
whether or not they had-cOmmitted such mid sucly
abuses, had they not the power of saying, No
(" Hear ! near!") When Lord Meiviae was,. 4,
asked if he had gained• any advantage from the
Puldic in mey, could lie net have ;said upon hid-,
honour and his oath,- No ? When Mr. ,T.isttee,
was asked a similar question,. could lie raor„leorc,,
made a similar answer ? WAS nut the 'circutn.'
stance of their sheltering thems.l ves under. the lei.:
ter of an Mt of Parliament a strung evidence of the,
probability of their guilt ?, Oti Mr. Trotter's
ing first called upon to acquaint the C entnisaionert;
with the cause of the deficiencies, he preiendfig,
noratre, and refuses 'to answer; but in the course bf
a few days, he. finds out that they were owing to
ilte money' appropriated' by Att. of Parliament tei,
the service of the Navy having been tliverted intt*
other channels ; and he instances a re.payment,
Mr. Loug aa-a proof of the truth of this state.,
meat.' It was extraordinary, thar,•Mr.. Lang had.
not been examined by• the Commissioners. The,
Henourable Gerfileman read Lord Melviilets first
Letter to the Cdminissioners, remarking on *tie
ferent paragraphs as they succeeded one bir.
The assertiereof his belief that' not et single !.itscu.e
ment existed which.would enable him to give the
account required by the Commissioners waa very
suspicious. Was it credible.' that a min so conver.,
sane in buiiness a* the Noble Ltd should be on:
able to furnish, even from memory, the gross turns'
tieneanied He had burtee-Lis Veroers-f.worsts e
misttemeanom to destroy Public Petters, anti by that
lateens &event the elOcidarion of'Poblic Accounts.
What was the opinion of the Committee of 1782 on
die subjeat of destroyijg public peoers f an opinion
in which the Gemletnen: opoosite most haaitily co.
inettled /when their objcCi: was fruetrattal by such
destruslion. Their opinion was, that all public boob
and papers should be Preserved for, the use of pos.
terity. The Noble'Lord goes on to say, that at that
time 'he held other confidential situations—roe he
was at that one time Secretary at Weir, Secretary of
State,, President of the Board of C introit!, anti
Treasurer of the Navy I He obstves that several
'4 delicate and confitential" transaaions had occur.
red, which it was inconsistent with his duty to re.
veal. ilis sense of duty Should have reittained hint '
not from revealing these ads, but from committing
them. He had ventured, when there was not Mort
money in the Treasury of the Navy 'than was to pay the expenees of the Navy, to divert
that money. from Ira proeer channet. What would
have been the event had Mr. Loog been unable to
repay it ? Where separme personsentetchange large
sums of money, they are a check on each' other ;
but. this case, although the Treasurer of 'the Navy
lent to' the Secretary of State, or to the Board of
Controul, this advantage ceased to Pxict. ITht.y
were one and indivisible. Mr. Dundal lent Nlr.;
pandas ; Mr. Dondas paid Mr.llundas; and all this
without the knowledge of any, other human emit ore.
The facility with which. supplies had always- beets
granted by the 1-t)uie of Commons loft the Nobles

Lard without the'plea even of necessity for this
illegal 4CCOM7ll.attiOn, ; brat had the strongest ne.
cetigity existed, it would hive. been fir from- juati.
fying his having recourse to such criminal measures
for relief. The next article of charge is, his having
connived at the public money being drawn front the
Bank of England for private emolument, and thul
having allowed an infraAion of the law, for which he
is deeply responsible. Mr. Trotter confesses he did
lodge large
_sums of money at Coutts's, because, he
says, it was more convenient and more secure.; andi
notwithstanding all the Mb of PalliaMent which ex:.
pressly cobtradid his opinion, he thinks it wits always
intended that this should -be permitted. That tech
a man as Mr. Trotter 'should make so weak,
.surd a defence, was not !4eirprising; but that Lord
slr:)!Jld iroit4te hint wee really wonsferfei,
After having himself' introduced the AA
ketjelation before alluded to, 113 W Wclt 1 pQ3Sible
that the Noble Lord could have the face to .say,
that in a "private Banker's hands the public tn.:ney
was MOM convenient or inure secure It is
eiI6ICT, he says, to give a tiratiglit On a private Ban.
ker, than on the Rink of &giant!. Why is net
one as Valli.% and attenited ssith little dilEcu!ty as
the other ? is it wit now indeed co regulated under
the. -express ree•einmendiatiOn f Mr, Trottel- hatt3eift
avii are rant t1:44. •Sub.ati-c6l2;:tslttt abliged to ket.p
Afi dr accounts in the Bank p(1311Z1,10t1 i 1 the tx.

perience t.t sixtvem yeari had thc I,«o')ic

Lord thitt. the ACt t>i Parlimornt introduced by Lint
w3lvitleloi, ty!;:y did be out movo for Its TCpts`d
A 7 teclarity, tt wA,I 13int CtittirgtiZtliity 1:14r