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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



' tion of public Tirtue which has 

 ' lately distingnished certain brawl- 

 ' ing patriots of the da_y." 



" Lord Melville has not deprived 

 ' the public of a single fartliing ; 

 ' his most implacable enemies hare 

 ' not dared to char^jc him with ifcjch 

 ' an act ; can as much be said of 

 *' the fathers of some men ? If the 

 ' public were paid its pecuniary 

 ' claims, long since indispulably 

 ' proved, certain furious patriots, 

 ' instead of living in splendor, 

 ' would be put on the parish. In 

 ' the future resolutions of the house 

 ' of commons, in the future resotu- 

 ' tions of all public meetings, wc 

 ' hope that an immediate attention 

 ' to the enormous debts still due to 

 ' the public, by certain noisy indi- 

 ' viduals, will be strongly recom. 

 ' mended.'' — As soon as the clerk 

 had read this last paragraph, 



Mr. Fox rose up, and emphati- 

 cally asked. Is this ariy palliation ? 

 Mr. Ward replied, that though 

 it was no palliation, it afforded .1 

 good and sufficient reason for hav- 

 ing the whole enquiry prosecuted 

 ■with temper, particularly by per- 

 sons whose families might appear 

 to have been defaulters to a consi- 

 derable amount. After a few ob- 

 servations from Mr. Sheridan, &c. 

 the motion was agreed to. 



Mr. Whitbrcad enquired of the 

 chancellor of the exchequer if it was 

 his intention to require of his ma- 

 jesty to expel lord Melville from 

 the privy council. — The chancellor 

 of the exchequer rep'ied, that, under 

 all the circumstances, he did not feel 

 himself called upon to make any 

 sueh recommendation. — Mr. Whit- 

 bread then gave notice, that, on 

 Tuesday next, be should make a 

 motion for that purpose. 



Mr. Whitbread then, after some 



prefatory observations, moved for 

 a select committee to ta!ke into fur- 

 ther consideration the tenth report 

 of the naval commissioners. 



The Chancellor of the Exchequer 

 then moved, by waj' of amendment, 

 " that a select committee beappoint- 

 " ed toconsidcr further of the matter 

 " contained in the 10th report of the 

 ^' commissioncrsof naval enquiry, so 

 " far as the same relates to the appli- 

 " cation of sums granted for navy 

 " services to other branches of the 

 " public service, as also to the irre- 

 " g'ilarities committed in the mode 

 " of drawing the money granted for 

 *' the servic^' of the navy from tlie 

 " bank, and to any communitions 

 " that roi^cht have been made to the 

 " chancellor of the exchequer rela- 

 " tivc to such irregularity." On 

 which, after a long debate, a divi- 

 sion took place, and the numbers 

 were for the amendment 229, for 

 Mr. Whitbread's motion 151, ma- 

 jority for (he amendment 78. An- 

 other division afterwards took place, 

 on the question whether' the com- 

 mittee should be appointed by no- 

 mination, or ballot; in which the 

 numbers were, for ballot 251, a- 

 gainst it )20, majority 1.31. 



On the following day, when the bal- 

 lot was over, Mr. S. Bourne moved 

 for the appointment of a committee 

 to examine the lists, and report the 

 names of the 21 members who had* 

 the majority of votes, which being 

 agreed to, Mr. Whitbread renewed 

 the objections he made, the day be- 

 fore, to the mode of ballot, and read 

 over 21 names, which he under- 

 stood had been selected by the 

 minister, and gave notice that, should 

 these be the names returned by the 

 scrutineers, he should move to have 

 them expunged. He afterwards 

 moved, " That it was a high breach 



" of 



