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future weifare and banter; of this king- 
dom. 
A That i in furtherance of he intention 
of the Houfe of Commons, expreffed in fuch 
Reiolutions, his males): by his warrant, ’ 
dated June 26, 1782, directed that the falary 
of the Treafurer of the Navy ikould be en- 
creafed to the fum of 4066]. per annum, in 
full fatisfa¢tion of all wages and fees, and 
other proiits, and other emolements hereto- 
fore enjoyed by former Treafurers. 
3- “ That it™appears to this Committee, 
that during the ‘lreafurerfhip of the Right 
Hon. Ifaac Barre, the conditions of the afore- 
faid warrant were ftrictly complied with; 
that the whole of the money iflued from the 
Exchequer to Mr. Barre for Naval Service 
was lodged in the Bank; that it was never 
drawn trom thence previoully to its bemg ad- 
vanced to the fub-accountants to be applied 
to the public fervice; that during the time 
Mr. Barre acted as Treafurer and Ex-trea- 
furer, he bad not in hes poffeilion or cuitedy 
any of the public money, and that neither 
he, nor the Paymafer of the Navy, did de- 
rive any profit or Santee from the Ca or 
—- ment thereof. 
4. That the Right Hon. Henry Dundas: : 
now Lord Vifcount: Melville, fucceeded to 
the office of Treafurer of the Navy on the 
19th of Auguft, 1782, when a further addi- 
tion was niade to the falary of the faid office, 
in order to produce a net “annual income of 
40001. after the payment of all taxes and 
charges on the fame ; and that this additional 
falary was Coniidered by the faid Lord Vie 
count Melville as granted to him in lieu of 
all wages, fees, profits, and other emoluments 
enjoyed by former Treafurers. 
5. “ That the faid Lord Vifcount Melville. 
continued inthe faid Office till the 10th of 
April, 1783; that being atked, whether he 
derived any advantage ain the ule of the 
public money during “that period, he im his 
examiuation-before the Conunifieners of Na- 
val Enquiry, declined anfwering any queftion 
on that head ; but that be has, in Sdomos fince 
written to the Commitiioners, and dated ‘the 
28th of March lait, declared, that, pvevions 
to 1786, * he did not derive any advantage 
from the afe or employment of any monies 
iflued for>carrymg ‘on the fervice of the 
Navy.” -But Mr. Douglas, who was Pay- 
mafier, being dead, and his Lordfiip having 
relufed to aufwer any queition on this head 
as alforelaid, nu evidence has been obtained 
as to the application of monies iflued ior the 
fervice ot the Navy, or the mode of drawing 
the fame from the Bank during this period. 
6. “ That’the Hon. C. lative , now 
Lord Bayning, held the office of Treafurer 
ot the Navy, - irom the 11th of April, 1783, 
to the 4th of January, 17843; and that from 
the examination of his Lordihip it appears, 
that during bis Treafurerfhip, no-part of the 
money, itued for the-fervice of the Navy, 
was applied to-lis private ufe or advantage ; 
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Za that he ae not believe that Mi Deas, 
who atted under him as Pay mafter, derived 
any profit or advantage from the ufe er em- ., 
ployment of the public money, except the 
money iffued from ee payment “of: ee 
gee 
7. “ That the Right Hon. Heury ‘Hiesects 
was re-appointed Treafurer of the Navy on 
the Sth of January, 1784, and continned in. 
faid Office until the 1% of June, 1800. 
8. «That in the year 1785, an Act of Par- . 
liament was patied, (25th Geo. IIT. cap. 34,) 
intituled, *‘ An Act tor better regulating the 
A@ of Treafurer of his Majelty’s Navy ;” 
whereby it is directed, that no money hall 
be iffued from the Tieafury to the Treafurers 
of the Navy ; and fhall not be paid out of 
the Bank ‘Gitels for Naval Service, and in 
purfuance of drafts figned by the jreafurer, 
or {ome perfon or perfens, authorized by him, 
which drafts fhall fpecify the heads of fer- 
vice to which fuch {ums are to he applied, 
and that the regulations under the faid Act 
fh, ng take place ‘from the 3ift of July, 1785. 
», « That the execution of the faid Aét was 
Eee di till the month of January, 1786, 
and from tbat time till the’ month of Jone; 
1788, when Lord Melville leit the office of 
Treafurer coutrary to the praétice eftablifhed 
iu the Treafurerfiip of the Right Hon. Ifaac . 
Barre, contrary to the Refolutions of the 
Houle of Commons, of 18th June, 1792, and 
in defiance of tiie provifions of the above- 
mentioned Act of the 25th Geo. III. c. 31, 
large {unis of money were, under pretence of - 
Naval Services, and by a feandalous evation . 
of the Act, at various times, drawn from the 
Bank, and invefted in Exchequer and Navy | 
Bills, left upon the fecurity of Stock, em- 
ployed in difcounting private Bills, in pur- 
chafing Bank and Eaft India Stock, and ufed 
in various ways for the tied de of private 
emblument. 
10. “ That Alexander Trotter, Efq. Pay- 
matter of the Navy, was the Perfon by.whom, 
or in whofe name, the public money was.thus 
employed; and that im fo doing hé. aéted 
with the knowledge and content of Lord 
Vitcount Melville, ‘te whom hhe was ‘at the - 
fame time Private Agent, and for whofe ufe 
or benefit he occafionally laid out from 10 to 
20,0001. without confidering whether he was 
previoafly in advance to his Lordfhip, and _ 
whether fuch advances were nade | ‘from the 
_ public or private balances, © ‘ 
ii. “That the Right Hon. Lord Srekoouil 
Melville having been privy to, and connived 
‘at the withdrawing from the Bavk of Eng- 
jazd, for purpofes ‘of private intereft er emo- 
Jument, fums iffued to, him as Treafurer of 
the Navy, and piaced to his account in the 
Bank, according to the provifions of the 25th 
Geo. Ill. c.51, has been guilty of a grofs 
violation of the laws ane a high breach 4 
dary 
ie “¢ Tt further appears, that iibteqaeee 
to the appointment ot Lord Melville as Trea- 
furer 
