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ANNUAL REGISTER, 1805. 



Ireland, for the service of that 

 country ; he had also stated, that 

 there was a sum of 800,000/. due 

 wpon treasury bills, lie then stated 

 the terms of the loan. 



100/. long annuities £.5 

 24/. in the 3 per cents. 14 



Making together 6/. 4^. the an- 

 nual charge for the loan ; but in 

 addition to this, there was 4s. lOd. 

 for the sinking fund on the 5 per 

 cents, and Ss. 4d. on the long annu- 

 ities ; making altogether a sum. of 

 €/. 17s. 2d. per cent. He then mov- 

 ed several resolutions respecting 

 the revenue of Ireland, which were 

 agreed to. 



On the 29th of xVpril, Mr. Spen- 

 cer Stanhope, after stating that he 

 thought it improper to condemn 

 lord Melville without a hearing, 

 said, that, after the decision of the 

 house, it appeared to him right 

 that a civil process should be insti- 

 tuted against the noble lord and 

 Mr. Trotter, in the court of exche- 

 quer, for restitution to be made to 

 the public. He then moved, " That 

 , *' the attorney general be directed 

 *' to take such measures as may ap- 

 *' pear most effectual in asccrtain- 

 *' ing and securing, by a due course 

 " of law, such sums as may be due 

 " to the public, in respect to the 

 " profits arising from money, ap- 

 " plicable to the service of the na- 

 *•' vy, which came into their hands 

 '* since the 1st of January, 1786." 



Mr. Bankes moved an amend- 

 ment, to leave ovt the concluding 

 ■words of the motion, and insert 

 these words : " And that the attor- 

 *' ney general be directed to prose- 

 " cntc the said lord Melville and 

 *■ Mr. 'J'rottcr, for the said of- 

 *' fence." This, he said, was in 

 order to substitute a criminal, for 



a civil prosecution ; and, after some 

 discussion, the house divided, — for 

 the origiual motion 223, — against 

 it, 128. — majority, 95. 



On the sbth the report of the 

 committee, appointed to examine 

 the list of 21 persons, given in for 

 the purpose of constituting a com- 

 mittee on the 10th naval report, 

 was read, when Mr. Whitbread ob- 

 jected to tlie name;;, inasmuch as 

 th^y had been selected by the mi- 

 nister. He pointed out several 

 whom he thought unqualified, from 

 their situation and connections, to 

 sit on such a comuiittee ; , he there- 

 fore proposed to expunge several 

 names, and substitute others, and 

 concluded with moving, " that the 

 " name of lord Castlereagh be 

 " struck out, and that of Mr. liaker 

 " inserted.". The motion was sup- 

 ported by Mr. Fox, Mr. Sheridan, 

 Mr. iMilier, Mr. Windham, Mr. 

 (Jrey, and Mr. .Martin (ofGahvay) 

 and opposed by Mr. Wotley Stn- 

 art, the chancellor of the exchequer, 

 the master ol the rolls, the attorney 

 general, and Mr. 11. Thornton. On 

 a 'division the numbers were, for 

 the motion, 86, — against it, 219, — ■ 

 majority, 13.3. 



^Ir. Windham then stjited, that 

 having been a member of the ad- 

 m!;iistr;ition in which tlie abuses 

 alledgcd in the 10th naval report' 

 took place, and having also been| 

 in habits of private intimacy anc 

 intercourse with lord Melville, he,l 

 therefore, could not be a proper! 

 member to sit on such a committee.! 

 Me thiw i!!0ved, " that his nanie be 

 " struck out of the list." — I'pon 

 which a division took place, — ayes 

 80, — nors, 207, — majority, 127. 



On the 2d oi May, Sir II. Mikf- 

 may presented a petition from j\Ir. 

 Peter Stuart, j)roprietor of the 



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