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opened with all due solemnities and 
forms of justice, a master in chan- 
cery read aloud the charges exhi- 
bited against Henry viscount lord 
Melville by the commons of the 
united kingdom : 
The first urticle charges lord M. 
with receiving, previous to Jan. 10, 
1786, 10,0001. of the public money ; 
with fraudulently converting the 
same to his own use, or to some 
illegal purpose ; and with declaring 
that he never would reveal thé ap- 
.plication of the said sum, feeling 
himself bound by motives of public 
duty as well as of private honour and 
personal convenience, to conceal the 
same. 
The second charges hith with con- 
niving at, and sufieritig Trotter to 
draw money out of the Bank for 
other purposes than for immediate 
application to navy services, and to 
lace such money in the hands of 
fessrs. Coutts and co. -his private 
bankers, in his own name, and sub. 
ject (o his sole control. 
Third. That after passing the act 
for regulating the office of treasurer 
of the navy, large sums of money 
were from time to time paid into 
the Bank, and placed tothe account 
of Mr. Dundas; and that during 
all the time he held the office, from 
Jan. 10, 1786, he did permit Trot- 
ter to draw money out of the Bank, 
and place it in the hands of Messrs, 
Coutts, in his own name ; that the 
said Trotter, with the privity of 
lord Melville, did apply the said 
sums to his own advantage, and that 
he did mix the public monies so 
placed with his own proper money, 
whereby the public money was not 
only used for private emolument, 
but was exposed to great risk, and 
was withdrawn from the control 
of the treasurer of the navy. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1806 
Fourth. That after Jan, 10, 
1786, Trotter did, with the privity 
of lord M. place sums of money 
issued from the exehequer to the 
bank, and drawn from the bank by 
Trotter, in the hands of Sprott and 
others, and did apply the same for 
purposes other thati naval purposes, 
Wfth. That after Jan. 10, 1786, 
lord M. did fraudulently,for the pur- 
pose of advantage to himself, or for 
some other illegal purpose, receive 
from the public money, placed at 
the bank, 10,000]., or some other 
large sum, and did convert thesame 
to his own use. 
Sixth. After Jan. 10, 1786, lord 
M. fraudulentlyconcealing the illegal 
use of the same, did procure from 
Trotter advances of large sums of 
money which were made to him in 
part from money illegally drawn 
from the bank, and in part from 
monies placed in the hands of Messrs, 
Coutts, when mixed with the pro. 
per monies of the said Trotter. 
That during the time Trotter was 
paymaster, he kept with lord M. 
an account current of all the sums 
paid and received by him on account 
of lord M. and by agreement dated 
18th and 23d Feb. 1803, they had 
delivered up or agreed to cancel and 
destroy all vouchers and memoran- 
duins that had passed between them : 
which vouchers were destroyed with 
a view to prevent the discovery ef 
the advances made to lord NV 
Seventh. That lord M. received 
from Trotter 22,000I., orsome other 
large sum, without interest, part 
whereof was advanced from publie 
money, and part from the said mixs 
ed fund. 
Eighth. Thatlord M. did receivé 
from Trotter 22,000]., or some 
ether large sum, for which it has 
been alledged, lord M. was to pay 
interest ; 
