Star.
London, England, 1806-03-08 00:00:00

miller. praying for pikf from the Pail& Bill—Referred to the
fame Stied Committee as the former Petitiolls nn the fatfte fuhjedt.
On the motion of the CHANCELLOR of the P.XCHEQIIER,
the OfEee of Treafiwer of Ordnance Regulation Bill was read a
teemed time, and ordered to be committed on Thurfikty.
On the motion of Lord TEMPLE, the Greenland Whale
Meer Bill was read a third time and pad.
The Carillon Corn Exportation Bill was read a fecond time.—
Ordered to be committed on Monday
The Foreign Force Bill was read a third time. and patted.
The Tortola Free Port Bill was read a Brit, anti ordered to be
read a feemid time on Monday.
Lord TEJAPLE brought in a Bill for continuing an At for
fufpending certain Adts relating to the Woollen Manufafture.—
Read a Grit, and ordered to be read a fecond time on Monday.
Mr. ALEXANDER brought up a Report on the kids Sugar
Drawback, and a Bill was ordered to be brought in accordingly.
Mr. HOLDSWORTH perfected a Petition front the Philan •
tbropk Society.—Ordered to a Committee.
In the Committee of Ways and Means,feveralßefolutlons were
agreed to. anti a Report ordered on Monday.
The Houfe refolved kfelf Into a Committee on the frith Duties
Continuation Bill, and the Report to be received on Monday.
MAROS OF ARCOT.
Mr. HOBHOUSE prelented a Petition from the
creditors of the late Nabob of .Arcot, Rating that,
whereat the Commiffioners appointed for the adjufl-
meat and liquidation of their claims, have pot at
prefent the power of examining witneffes on oath, it
would be highly expedient to inveß them with fuch
powers, and praying the Houk to take the fame un-
der their confederation.
Mr. KEENE profeifed hirofelf haile to the °Neil
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of the Petition.
Mr. GRANT thought the °lie& of the Petition
highly expedient. The Company, he Paid, had no
ohjedion to the prayer of the Petition, and the invelt-
ment of the Commiffioners with more emeriti ve powers
would be for the interell, be thought, of all panics
concerned.
On the motion of Mr. HOBHOUSE, the Petition
was referred to a Committee.

ADDITIONAL TOROK.
Lord CASTLEREAGH, without making any
preliminary remarks, which he thought unneceffaryi
ashe apprehended no objections could be offered tp his
motion, then proceeded, putfuant to. his notice of
Wednefday lei, to move for the following pallets re.
fpeeting the operation of the Additional Force Bill :
An account of the number of men railed in each week One; the
enadtment of the Additional Force Balt dlitingullhing fuch as
have been railed by the parlor dicers, from thole who have bees
enlifted by military OfileCTl altlagthfelog alb thole that have
been mired weekly in Scotland; Idoglead. Weldellent •
An abltrad of the *Naha aged la and away as oath week.
and the deficiencies of each aothep with t e }wails they may
have incurred.
A Copy of a letter from the Secretary of State. of the tfith Sep.
Masher, albs, addreffed to the Lord Lieutenants of the did. rent
counties t with the repot of their proceedings relative to the im
firuetiors contained to the raid letters.
Copy of a letter from the Secretary of State, of the Gift Deem-
ber, tilos, to the Lord Lieutenants of the counties, with a view to
render moreeffedtual the execution of the duties ottrutteCto them

by albs fealielL
Caplets of letter, Win is dilisreat oaken, rebate Model/ ex•
mom alas ptemilleasesetalsed IN the bid W . •

An account Of the totat number of uten raged lime ski, dif•
tiogailbing the men raged Is ascii year.
An account at the number of men tailed foriefteral fervtee,rros
January, a Sot.
A Itatement of the effe'.ive ftrength of eaelt (peeks of form,
dl tlnguilbing fuel% as hate been railed for kcal, from theta raged
for general fervice. •
A limllat hutment refpedtlng drivers.
A return of the men minted for the artllkry, time z got.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
had no objedions to the leveret papers moved tor by
the Noble Lord, and begged leave to move for ano-
ther, which he believed would be equally onobjec.
tionable. The Noble Lord then moved, that there
!We be laid before the Houle an account of all pe•
.nalties incurred by parifhes in confequence of the ad
*diticnal force aff. eliainguithing the amount of the
;' ices, and how much remains due, diftinguithing the
,counties.—(Near! bee! bear 1)
• Lord CASTLEREAGH objeaed to this motion
sts unneceffary, that account being neceffarily incor•
porated with one of thofe juft moved fnr.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
(aid, in reply, that this account, in the Shape he had
moved it, would come out more diffintlly—whereas,
in the manner it had been moved for by the Noble
Lord, it was more likely to pats unnoticed amid the
naafi of other information—( Hear ! bear 1 beer !).
All theta papers were accordingly ordered.
.1111 W ALTICI.! OF IMPFACHNINT.
Mr. WHITBREAD moved the order cf the day
41,the Houfe taking into confideration the Report
Aom the Committee appointed to draw up Articles
of Impeachment againft Lord Melville. He then
raid, that he was unwilling to take up the time of the
Hpile, by entering much at length irgo the details
of the Report, which were already before them
and, indeed, it would be unneceffary to do fo, as he
trolled, that the Houle, from what had been Cub-1
to them, would find no difficulty in fanttion-
ing the new article of impeachment which he was'
empowered by the Committee to propofe. Brit not.
withflanding the clearnefs and accuracy of the re-
port, which had been drawn up by an able and
Learned Friend, now in the Houfe, it might not be
improper to fay a few words as to its fubftance, and
the form in which the Committee had brought it be-
fore the Houfe. They had thought that the new
information which it contained was fo important, that
it could not with propriety be withheld from the
Houle and from the Country. The grounds of eli-
mination appeared fo new and material, as to call
for the addition of another article of impeachment.
It now appeared, that not only the turn of so,oool.
had been mifapplied by Lord Melville,. as admitted
by his own eonfeffion, but that he had poffeffed him.
Pelf at an early period, of very confiderable films, to
the grofi amount of about 27,0001. This money
had not been applied to the public Service, but for
his own private purpofes, and for the accommoda-
tion of certain traders with whom he was conneiled.
Whets he retired from the office of Treafurer of the
Navy, he went out a debtor to the public ; he re-
mained a debtor during the Short period of his retire-
ment ; and he was equally a debtor to the public
when he refumed that Situation; when he propofed
the very Bill for preventing the mifapplication of the
public money, he was a debtor to the public, and he
I continued afterwards to violate the very law which
he himfelf had procured. Such are the faits which
the Report difclofed. They might, indeed, have
been brought forward by the Committee, to futaftan-
tiate the firft article of impeachment ; but they con.
fideted that, by being mixed with other matter, they
were in danger of being confounded or overlooked,
and that, by being ufed in fupport of a new article,
the evidence would be more dired aril fatisfaetory.
Betides, it might teem unfair to the petfon accsfed,