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Mr. Windham spoke in support 

 • f the motion. It could not be al- 

 leged that any part of the lawl'ul 

 property oi' the duke of Athol had 

 been taken Irom hirn; and he did not 

 see but that parliament had as good 

 a rit;iit to legislate in the Isle of 

 Man (in order to suppress the 

 practice of smuii^nns) as in (ruern. 

 tcy or Jersey, and he must cousider 

 this as " a mere job of the du- 

 Bistcr." 



Mr. Sheridan declared that the in- 

 sinuation of the honourable gentle- 

 man (job) had been refuted, at least 

 |j*re times over, in the discusaion on 

 tfic subject. He supported the 

 claims of the nublc duke, merely 

 on the merit of those claims. He 

 then read several extracts from let- 

 ters, and other papers, to shew that 

 the bariifain was absolutely forced 

 upon the duke of Athol, and, after 

 a few further observations, on the 

 wjustice and oppression of that con- 

 tract, concluded with giving his ne- 

 gatirc to the morion. 



After some further discussion of 

 the subject, the house divided, for 

 the motion 23, against it Gi, majo- 

 rity 38. 



On the 2d of July, Mr. Whit- 

 bread brought in a bill for indemni- 

 fying Mr. Trotter and others, giving 

 e»idencc in the case of Lord Mel- 

 ville, which was read a first time, 

 and ordered to be read a second 

 time the next day. 



(Jn the resuming of the subject of 

 ♦he Athol claims, Mr. Creevey and 

 Lord Temple were decidctily against 

 the bin. Lord Temple obsnvcd, 

 that it well deserved the epithet of 

 " a scandalous job." 



Colonel Stanley thought it a mea- 

 fiure of justice. 



•Mr. Sheridan and Lord dc I5Id- 



quiere spoke in favour of the bill, 

 Mr. Calcraft and Mr. Wilberforce 

 against it; after which the house 

 divided, for the tl, ird reading 42, 

 against it 12 — inajority 30. 

 ' On the 4th of July, Mr. Whit 

 bread brought up the report of the 

 comniittce appoiiited to draw up the 

 articles of impeachment against 

 Lord Melville, and moved " that 

 " the report do lie on the table, and 

 " be printed for the use of the 

 " house :" agreed to. lie thcQ 

 moved, " that the report be taken 

 '' into consideration on Monday 

 " next," winch was ordered. 



(For the articles of impeachment 

 exhibited against Lord Viscount 

 Melville, sec the Appendix.) 



Then followed the third reading 

 of Trotter's indemnify bill, in the 

 discussion of which it seemed to be 

 the prevailing opinion, that the 

 clause proposed by Mr. Whitbread 

 was not sufficient for its object, as 

 it would not relieve Mr. Trotter 

 from all embarrassment in the deli- 

 very of his testimony ; as it might 

 make a Tcry unfavourable impres- 

 sion on the minds of those who 

 might have afterwards to decide 

 upon his conduct a.s a jury. 



Mr. Whitbread had no objection 

 to withdraw his clause, provided 

 another was introduced by the 

 honourable baronet (Sir VV. tiford) 

 to-morrow, that would answer his 

 intention ; which was afterwards 

 done in the following manner, vi7. 

 that after the words " indemnified 

 '' for any public acts," should be 

 inserted " and against any public 

 " money he may have applied, con- 

 " trary to law, during the time 

 '• that visconnt IMel villa was trea,- 

 '•■ surer of the navy." 



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