Star.
London, England, 1805-04-26 00:00:00

LARD .011ELVILLI.

Mi. WHITBREAD having inquired if the anklet
which his.M.rjeily- had been pleafed to return to Oho
• Refulutions of the Houfe vihkli had beeti'laid bcknift
him on ThutfdaY• the t ttb. inftattt,U d be411490.1.44d
to the'HoOfi. • . •
The SP/AAP/laid that he bard Moo& j
_a pro.
per marir,tiferefpedi•m•his Meffy and to the:TionEes
to make the epsnituniceting of the aufwee of his Ma-
ki, ,the 001. b.ullitefs of the day.
On..th'e motion .of Mr. WHIIIIREAD his Ma.
jelly's anfwer wa. again read.
Mr. WHITBREAD then raid, that he.copld pint
forbear orprang his alionilliment that after loch an
interval, ri,i llep had been taken to evince his Majetty's
ofßefulutions of that
fettle of the importancethe
Mire. Several Gazettes had appeared fince the
Refolutions were carried up. and none of them had
annouaced that the name of Lord Melville had been
expunged from the lid of histlajelly's Privy Council.
Neither had the }lnure been informed that night that
his Mikity had gi;en orders for the Books being laid
before him for that purpole. Unquellionably there
had been proceedings for the few lall days which
might have contributed to occupy his Majeity's amen.
tion from this fuLjed. He was, therefore, anxious to
know from the Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr.
Pitt), before he gave notice of any suction on the Tub.
jea, whether it was that Right Hon. Geotlerneresio.
tendon to recommend to his gajefty to.expunge
name of Lord Melville from thVlft of the Privy
Council ?
- The CHANCELLOR' of the EXCHEQUER
fad that he did not feel hinthif bOund to conkquence of any thing that had occurred in that Honfee
on the day when the Refoluii,ms of Parliament had
been ordeted to be laid before Lis Majellty, to give
any fuch advice to his Moja), as thatwhieh the Ho-
nourable Gen:leman frippufed. On the evening of
Wednefday a motion to addicts his Majafty on 1114
firbjeft bad been made, and had afterwarls. been
withdrawn, as it did not teem to be the fenfe of a
great many Members who had fupported the original
Refulutions, that the Horne was in a condition at
the moment to proceed to Inch an extremity. It
was then argued that a removal from any place of
troll and confidence would be facient, till farthe.
light was thrown on the lubjea. by it having been
ascertained by a Sete& Committee how far the Noble
Lr•rd was implicated in the bufinefs. A fuggellitm,
however, was thrown out, that the Noble Lord,
though be had then retired from office, might 60
again reftored, and hold other places of unit and
confidence, and it hid been propufed, as a Rep
which would be fufficient to guard againft this cir-
eumllanee, that the Refolutions of the former night
thould be laid before his Majetty. In this propofition
he had concurred. But he certainly did underhand
it to have been the opinion and genre of the Houfe,
that that tlep would of itfelf be fatisfaciory. And
under that impreffion be had not thought himfelf
called on, nor did he now feel himfelf called on, till
'he was otherwife inftruaed by the Houle, to make
any recommendatitm on the fubjetl to his Majellv.
Mr. WHIT.BREAD thought that a fettle of duty
Mould have diElated to the Right Hon. Gentleman
to have formed a different conclufion from that which
he had now profeffed. Indeed it had Teemed to him
abfulutely impoffhle, after the folrmn manner in
which it had been determined that the Refolutions of
that night lhould be laid before his Majetly, that the
Right Honourable Gentleman could have abliained
froth tecummetal;ng to his Majetty a Mt:41111e whit!:
teemed In naturally to follow tint the knowledge
th•rfe Refulution. Ile could nit fi,.;we h..ss sr.::
Tuilibie in more p• hued testa, to have expreilla cre
fent:menu of the 1:;,1.fe. The tiep uhieh tie. hid
adopted was, to his conception, egaally ma: kt.,4.
pointed, as if the in .tjon %lien l; had that night
tubmitted had been :greed to. li, however, the
!tight Hnnuirrable G.:mien:an thought that he had
fatisfied his duty by all wing. things to
remain as they were, be (V.r. Woi.b.ead) Irk that
he would not dicelialge Iris svithr•ut giving notice (la
motion, fimilar to t:re one which lie had formerly
ithdrawn, r the full open day. He then fixed
Tuelday next Iliac purpolc.
Mr. WHITBREAD then proceeded to call the
arter.tion of the Houie to the fubje& of the motir.tas
uf which he had given ratite previous to the It Ct:f.•
He could not I.,rhear Dorn conglatril itiNg the li c
on the Cenfd svhi, h feem:d fo itmv,:thily to b.: cot-4 -
tahted out ol doers thz c.: the II •
the reset which arcs had al:eady pac•:..! ""t.r.