The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1805-08-13

body of the Houte, to be heard in his defence.
| The honorable Robert Dundas Saunders. his
Lorhfhip's fon, then moved, that his Lordfhip
be called in which being agreed to, the Speak
er de.ired Mr.. Goldman, the SERGEANT at Arms,
to take the Mace, and conduct Lord Vifcount
Melville into the Houfe. In the mean time,
Mr.. Bethany, the principal mefienger brought in
,quare arm chair, aud placed it within the bo-
ty of the Houfe, within the bar, on the left hand
f'de--The Serieant at arms then took up
the mace, and having waved it three times,
went out of the Houfe, and took his cation out
file, in the lobby, in front of the door of the
Houfe, and alto oppofitc the door of the Trea-
fury room. Mr.. Heard. one of the meiengers,
had prsvioully thrown open the folding doors
of the latter apartment, and Lord Vifcount Mel
vile, being informed by him, that the Houiere-
Queaed his attendance. his Lordlhp came on,
and walked uncovered into the Houie, attended
h. the Searieant and Mace-Hs Lordihip was
drefIed in black, and wore clofe bucklsd wig
powdered. He bowed three times as he ap-
preached, and, on coming within the bar, the
Speaker. who wore his hat on all the time, ad-
dreiiing him, fiid, "My Lord Melville, there
is a.chair Cor your Lordfhip." His Lorcihip
then Cat down, and put on his hat. There was
loud muru,ur in the houfe on his coming IN.
As foon As it fithiiied, which was in lefs than
two minutes, his Lordlhip arofe, and taking of
bis bat, he laid II upon the feat of the chair, &
upon the hat feveral papers. His Lordihip then
ftandng mt the back of the chair, commenced
his fDeech, in the courfe of which, he frequent
" refrcihed his memory from the papers before
him His Ior,iD.:-- r. - Coz .,po hanrs and E,
-.-.rfter. Ills manner was firm and imprcfve
aud he did not even in.he part of it where he
appealed to the feelings appear the leaft fhaken
\ The moment he had concluded, he took I'D his
papers deliberately, one by one, and ha
wing put his hat under his arm, made
bow tn the Speaker and withdrew, attended
Ivy the Sergeant, who, during the whole of the
fpeech, remained Handing on the right hand
ii'le ofhis Lordihip, but at the difance of few
yards, with the mace reiting upon the ground,
and his hand uponit. The Houfe was uncom-
monty grounded. Not fewer than five hundred
members were prefent.
Lord Vifcount Melville's fpeech will be read
with intereh. Uponthe fubeet of the 100000.
and other funs ofthe public money received by
him, and not applied to naval purpofes, his
Lordhiip politively declared, that |" private ho-
nour. and pcrfonaI convenience mutt prevent
him from ever giving airy account of them.
Accounts from Paristo the slft are received.
. The Monteur a6erts that Sir James Craig's ex-
petition was compelled TO quit the Tarus, in
can!equence of the French and Spapifh amhaf-
lfadors threatening TO leave Lifbon, ifthe arna-
n,ent was fnfcred to remain. II is certain that
4 inch remonitrances were made, and there is lit
! tie doubt that the Portuguefe government urged
SIT 3anes to haften his departure; but it ia not
likely that any menaces were MED, as ftated in
the Moniteur. The French official journal ike
wife itates that the Carthagena feet had convey
: ed troops, &c. TO Minorca. This nav be
true, though the whole article derives an air of
'1dicue, from the abfIrd ftatement, that the
Carthagena feet of eight fail, had chafed Lord
NclioH's Of eleven
, It's poftively dated that NJ Novozzoff's
paaports were, Immediately on their being ap-
Aplied for, ient off from Milan. NJ. NovoziIzoff
- expected in Paris about the middle of June
Letters from Holland fay, that it is generally
believed that negotiation for general peace
which both Rutfia and Pruflia are arxious TO eff
tece, will ioon take place. We do not think
much reliance t,ould he placed on thefe fate
mentS, even as TO the fact of a negotiation Ia
king place. As 70 the probability of peace, the
Dutch merchants know no more than the mean
eli 'hopkreper in London.
The Nile Lugger reconpoitered the Charente
on the 27fh ult. and found in Rochefort, one
= Zip of three decks, FIVE two deckers, three
I friFates, two brigs, and Geyeral gun-boats.
In Ferrol the enemy has twelve n,ips of the
\ line, beiides frigates which are watched by Sir
Rohert Calder with fix lhips of the line ONLY
Our fl'ips at Brett in daily expectation of
their coming out, as they have twenty feven
thoufandtroops embarked, and their illips of the
, line appeared foil OF men.
June ID,
Extract OF private letter from an officer ON
board one of mis- MajeRy's fliips in the Downs,
dated Jure lo-s. We have is fail of the line
here now, the North Tea fqnaclron being order
ed round and we expeGl FIVE fail more from
|. the weaward believe it is expected that the
combined feet is coming north about. BY eve
Try crufer that comesin learn, that the French
appear in all their ports ready for puih out,
and moi Of the officers are ofopinion they GER
tanly will rio it ihortly, as their preparations
with their niippirg are different from what they
have feen before"
We yeaerday received letter from an officer
on board one of the tranfporis in the Cove of
Cork, in the expedition under Sir Eyre Coote
tlays, "thjs morning, June 9Th, the troops
were brigadcd rs foows.--The l e. or Highland
brigade, crnIifing Of the 7If, 72i, 90 and
Bluffs, under the command of general McFar-
lane. The fecond, Of the 9Th, cath and SD,
with artillery, under Gen. Balfour. The third
Brigade. Of the SOD, ssth and 62d, under the
command of Gen. Montrefor. The seth regi.
ment is 10 form detached corps, under the
command lieut.. col. Lord Blaney. have not
yet learned who is TO command the artillery, or
faF corps. General Drnmmond is fecond in
command under Sir Eyre Coote. The troops
are IN good health, and are landed every dav RI