Star.
London, England, 1805-03-19 00:00:00

THE NAVY.

Lord Vilconnt MELVILLE to move for feveral
papers relative to the Navy. His Lord(hip firlt laid
upon the table an account of the artificers difchasged
from Plymouth Dock-yard in tince
tered in other Dock yards, conform Air lb the mo-
tionsot Earl Fortefcue, which were Olikreld to lie on
the table and to be printed.

The Earl of DARNLEY then begged leave to
take up the time of their Lordikips for it few mo-
ments, whiltt he moved for copies of the letters of
Captain Vrazer of the Indoftan, and Captain Fay of
the Hymna, Rating the unfitnefs of tilde vefrels fur
the public fervice, to the production of which, he
underfloi•d, there would ROW be no objediou on thc
part of the Noble Vircount.
The motions were agreed tn.
Lord Vilcount MELVILLE nbferved, that the
principal at title of complaint made by a Noble Lord
(Darnley) on a former evening, againtt the prefent
13oard of Admiralty, wai, that they had purchafed
(hips which were unfit for the public fervice, and that
they had contrafted for Chips to be buikt in the Mer•
chant Yards, which, according to the Noble Lord,
ought to have been built in the King's Yards, when
it was hated by the Noble Lord ten (hips of the line
might be built annually. Theft charges involved
two very important cpleitions with refpe& to the
Navy, upon which it was his with that every poble
light (hpuld he thrown. lie therefore moved, for
a variety of (taco:milts amongtt which were a
of the thins in commillion on the 15th of May,
1804 ; a lift of the (hips put into and out of commit.-
fiun fince that period; a litt of the {hips building in
the King's Yards on the the 15th of IvLiy, 1804., the
time when they were cornmillioned, with thole launch.
ed (ince, and the periods at which the relt were ex-
petted to be completed. An account of (hip. refitted.
A ftatement refpe&ing the building (hips in the• Dock
Yards.—Accounts of the number of artificers entered
in the King's yards at various periods, Commencing
in :805. A lift of (hips built in the King's yards,
and contraaed to be built in Merchants' yards,
from 17.7 t to 1782. Similar lifts from 1782 to 1783,
1783 to 1788, 1788 to 1794, 1794 to 18tat; tacit to
the 15th of May, 1804., and from the 15th of May,
5804, to the prefent time. Tilde, with a few other
motions, relative to minor points of detail, were
agreed. to.
The Earl of DARNLEY exprefred himfelffatisfied
with the flatemeni die Noble Vifeount had made of
thc principal points in his (the Earl of Darqey's)
Ipeech, but °Waved that his fuppofition, with re-
fpeet to the ten (hips, was founded in the idea, that
the fyltem of building (hips of war, carried on in the
Merchant's' yards, might be adopted in the King's
yards.
The LORD CHANCELLOR. begged to remind
the Houle, in point of order, that the' Counfel in the
Appeal had been delired to withdraw only for a few
minutes while a meffage was receiving from the
Commons, and that it was now hi> duty to move
that the Counfel be again called in. He particularly
dwelt on the great inconvenience And expence to
parties, if when Counfel in reply had only a few
words to Rate, that reply timid be pollponed to
another day.
The Duke of CLARENCE was of opinion, that
however important the cattle lately hearing at the
Bar might be to the parties interelted in it, that im•
portance could only be of an individual and private
nature, and could never in any refperft (land in compe-
tition with the interett which the public at large mutt'
be prefuaned to have in tire queflion now before their
Lordfhips. The Noble Vifeount had been allowed
to bring forward all his motions without iuterrup•