APPENDIX to the CHRONICLE. 
imterest ; and that, for the purpose 
of more effectually concealing the 
same advances, the books of ac. 
counts and vouchers were, destroy- 
Ninth. That Trotter did gratui- 
tously transact the private business 
of lord M. and was from time to 
time in advance in that respect to 
the amount of from 10 to 20,0001., 
which advances were taken‘from the 
money placed in Messrs. Coutts’s 
hands: whereby lord M. did derive 
benefit from the said illegal acts of 
Trotter. And that Trotter did act 
gratuitously as agent to lord Mel- 
ville, and did advance money, in con- 
sideration of the said lord permit- 
_ ting him toapply the public money 
to his own emolument—that with- 
cut such connivance, ‘lrotter 
would not have been able to have 
made such advances. 
acts were contrary to the duty of 
the office held by lord M. and a vio- 
Tation of the laws. And by all and 
every one of the aforesaid acts, he 
was and is guilty of high crimes and 
misdemeanours. 
_ To ail these charges lord Melville, 
Saving to himself all advantages of 
exception to the inefficiency of the 
articles in point of law, and of not 
being prejudiced by any want of 
form in his answer—and also all 
rights and privileges asapeer, saith, 
he is in no wise guilty of all or any. 
of tae suppesed crimes or misde- 
_Meanours charged upon him: and 
this he is ready to prove ; and he 
humbly submits himself and the 
justice of his cause to the house, 
—After the above answer had been. 
-givenin, the commons exhibited a 
further article of charge, being the 
fenth, against lord Melville. 
T his tenth article charges, that 
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after his appointment to the office 
of treasurer of the navy, on Aug. 
19, 1782, be did, between that day 
and Jan. 5, 1784, and between Jan. 
5, 1784, and Jan. 1, 1786, receive 
divers large sums of public money, 
amounting to 27,000l. or therea- 
bouts, and did illegally apply the 
same to his own use, or to some 
other corrupt purpose ; and did 
continue the said illegal application, 
after the passing of the act for bet. 
ter regulating the office of treasurer 
of the navy.—To this article lord 
M. answers, that he feels it incum- 
bent upon him to protest against 
being bound by the law and cus. 
tom of parliament, or the laws of 
the realm, to answer such article, 
Nevertheless, confiding in the good- 
ness of his cause, and the justice of 
the house, saith, that he is in no 
wise guilty. 
Mr. Whitbread, on opening the 
charges, addressed their lordships in 
a most impressive speech, occupying 
theattention of the court for three 
hours and forty minutes. It is not 
consistent with the limits of our | 
publication to follow the orator 
through the whole of his manly and 
eloquent harangue ; we must there.- 
fore confine ourselves to a bare out 
line of it. He began by stating, 
that he stood forward in support of 
those charges which the commons of 
the united kingdom had thought it 
their duty to prefer against the no- 
ble defendant ; and that the reasons 
for discussing those charges in that 
place were, that the managers of 
the impeachment thought it would 
be more becoming the dignity of 
parliament, and give greater publi- 
city to the proceedings. He feared 
he should, in the progress of his 
duty, fatigue his hearers. He had 
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