His Majesty's Navy during the present War. [27th June.] 73. An Act to enable the Commissioners of the Treasury to contract with certain Proprietors of Stock created by two Acts, passed in the 37th and 42d Years of His present Majesty, for granting other Annuities in lieu thereof, or to pay the same off at the Period herein mentioned." [27th June.] 74. An Act for granting to His Majesty a Sunt of Money to be raised by Lotteries. [27th June.] 75, An Act to remove Doubts touching Ap pointments to certain Offices in the Court of Chancery made during the Vacancy of the Office of Register, and Keeper of the Register and Regi ters in that Court. [27th June.] 75. An Act to amend an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland, for the Support of, the Honour and Dignity of His Majesty's Crown in Ireland, and for granting to His Majesty a Civil List Establishment, under certain Provisions and Regulations. [2d July.] 77% An Act to amend, and render more effectual, an Act, passed in the 42d Year of His present Majesty's Reign, for consolidating the Provisions of the several Acts passed for the Redemption and Sale of the Land Tax into one Act. [2d July.] 78. An Act to indemnify all Persons concerned in advancing Forty Thousand Pounds to Messrs. Boyd, Benfield, and Company, in 1796, out of Monies issued for naval Services. [2d July.] 79. An Act to amend several Acts, passed in the Parliament of Ireland, for appointing Commissioners to enquire into the Losses of such of His Majesty's loyal Subjects as have suffered in their Property during the Rebellion in Ireland, and for other Purposes in the said Acts mentioned. 12d July.] 8c. An Act for continuing several Laws relating to the regulating the Prices at which Corn and Grain may be exported from Great Britain to Ireland, and from Ireland to Great Britain; and to the Admission to entry of Oil and Blubber of Newfoundland taken by His Majesty's Subjects carrying on the Fishery from, and residing in, the said island, until the 25th Day of March 1806; and for seviving, amending, and continuing, for the same Term, an Act of the last Session of Parliament, for permitting the Importation of Hides and other Articles in Foreign Ships. [2d July.] 81. An Act to amend an Act, made in the 31st Year of His present Majesty, for the better Regulation and Government of Seamen employed in the coasting Trade: [2d July.] 82. An Act for. repealing the Duty chargeable on Woollen Goods, of the Manufacture of Great Britain, exported to the East-Indies. [2d July.] 83. An Act to continue the Operation of an Act, passed in the last Session of Parliament, to suspend proceedings in Actions, Prosecutions, and Proceedings, under certain Acts relating to the Woolen Manufacture, and also under an Act of the Reign of Queen Elisabeth, so far as relates to certain Persons employed or concerned in the said Manufacture. [2d July.] 84. An Act for making more effectual the gracious Intentions of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, for the Augmentation of the Mainteance of the Clergy, so far as relates to the Returns of Certificates into the Exchequer, and Gifts of personal Property. (2d July.) 85. An Act for authorising the Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury in Great Britain to advance a certain Sum of Money, to be applied in completing the Crinan Canal. (2d July.) 86. An Act to explain and amend an Act, made in the last Session of Parliament, to regulate the Importation and Exportation of Corn, and the Bounties and Duties payable thereon. (roth July.) 87. An Act to authorise the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury to permit certain Articles to be warehoused in different Ports in Great Britain, upon giving Security for the Payment of Duties upon the Articles therein mentioned. (10th July.) 88. An Act for repealing the Duties of Customs on Cochineal Dust and Granilla imported into Great Britain, and for granting other Duties › in lieu thereof. (10th July.) 89. An Act to alter and extend the Provisions of the Laws now in force for the Punishment of the Forgery of Bank Notes, Bills of Exchange, and other Securities, to every Part of Great Britain. (10th July.) 90. An Act to empower His Majesty to retain upon full Pay and Allowances Officers of the Militia during the War, notwithstanding the Reduction. (10th July.) 91. An Act for appointing additional Commissioners for the better examining and auditing certain of the Public Accounts of Great Britain. (10th July.) 92. An Act to amend two Acts, of the 13th and 44th Years of His present Majesty, for the more effectual Execution of the Criminal Laws, and more easy apprehending and bringing to trial Offenders escaping from oue Part of the United Kingdom to the other, and from one County to another. (10th July.) 93. An Act to amend two Acts, passed in the 430 and 45th Years of His present Majesty, for regulating the Drawbacks and Bounties on the Exportation of Sugar from Great Britain. (10th July.) 94. An Act for reducing the Duty of Excise on Hops, the Growth of Great Britain. (10th July.) 95. An Act to amend so much of an Act, of the 43d Year of His present Majesty, for consolidating certain of the Provisions of the Acts relating to the Duties in Scotland under the Management of the Commissioners for the Affairs of Taxes, as relates to the Appointment of Assessors and Sub-collectors, and the Notices required to be delivered to Persons assessed to the said Duties. (10th July.) 96. An Act for continuing the Premiums allowed to Ships employed in the Southern Whale Fishery. (10th July) 97. An Act to indemnify all Persons who have been concerned in issuing an Order of Council and Directions for extending the Time of certain Ships continuing to perform Quarantine. (10th July.) 98. An Act for increasing the Drawback on Linens exported from Great Britain to the West Indies. (ioth July.) 99. An Act for regulating and encouraging the Trade; for the Improvement of the Revenue; and Prevention of Smuggling to and from the Isle of Man. (10th July.) 100. An Act for better regulating the distilling of Spirits in England for Exportation to Scotland, and in Scotland for Exportation to England; for the better securing Licences to distil Spirits for Scotland. (roth July.) 101. An Act to repeal so much of an Act, passed in the 9th Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Second, intituled, " An Act to restrain the Disposition of Lands, whereby the same become unalienable," as restrains Colleges within the two Universities of Oxford and Cambridge from purchasing or holding Advowsons, except as therein is provided. (10th July.) 102. An Act to revive and continue an Act, made in the 31st Year of His present Majesty, intituled, "An Act for the Encouragement of the Pilchard Fishery, by allowing a further Bounty upon Pilchards taken, cured, and, exported." (10th July.) 103. An Act for charging additional Duties of Customs on Straw Platting, and on Straw Hats or Bonnets imported into Great Britain. (10th July.) 104. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, and amend several Acts for regulating and securing the Collection of the Duties on Spiritous Liquors distilled in Ireland, and the warehousing of such Spirits for Exportation. (foth July.) 105. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, and amend several Acts for regulating the Collection of the Duties in Ireland on Fire Hearths, on Dwelling Houses, on Coaches and other Carriages, on Male Servants, on Horses, and on Dogs. (Toth July.) 106. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 18c6, and amend several Ácts for regulating and securing the Collection of the Duties on Paper made in Ireland, and on Paper printed or stained in Ireland to serve for Hangings or other Uses. (10th July.) 107. An Act for charging, until the 25th Day of March 1806, an additional Duty on Spanish Red Wine imported into Ireland. (10th July.) 108. An Act to continue, until the 29th Day of September 1806, several Acts for the better Collection and Security of the Revenues of Customs and Excise in Ireland, and for preventing Frauds therein. (10th July.) 109. An Act to amend so much of an Act for granting to His Majesty several Sums of Money for defraying the Charge of certain permanent Services in Ireland, as relates to the Military Survey of Ireland. (10th July) 110. An Act for exempting from the Duties on Profits arising from Property the first Halfyearly Dividend on Annuities, under an Act of the present Session for raising the Sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds by way of Annuities, for the Service of Ireland, which shall not have been written into the Books of the Bank of England. (10th July) III. An Act to amend and render more effectual an Act, made in the Parliament of Ireland, in the 5th Year of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for erecting and establishing Public Infirmarics and Hospitals in this Kingdom." (10th July.) 112. An Act to appoint Commissioners to enquire and examine into any Irregularities or Abuses which may have taken place in conducting and managing the Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting the Streets of Dublin, and to provide 4 for the Suspension of the Powers and Authorities of the Corporation of Directors and Commissioners for Paving, Cleansing, and Lighting the said Streets, and for vesting the same in other Persons during such Suspension; and for the better conducting and managing the Business of the said Corporation. (10th July.) 113. An Act for granting a certain Sum of Money towards improving the Harbour on the North Side of the Hill of Howth, near Dublin, and, and rendering it a fit Situation for His Majesty's Packets. (10th July.) 114. An Act for enabling the Commissioners of the Treasury of Great Britain to advance a certain Sum of Money to the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Council of the City of Edinburgh, towards the Completion of the Docks and other Works in the Harbour of Lieth. (10th July.) 115. An Act for purchasing certain Buildings and Ground in and near Palace Yard, Westminster, for the Use of the Public. (10th July.) 116. An Act for enabling His Majesty to grant a certain Creek called Chelson Bay, otherwise Shilston Bay, in or near the Parish of Plympton Saint Mary, in the County of Devon; and for vesting the same, for a valuable consideration, in the Right Honourable John Lord Boringdon, and his Heirs. (10th July.) 117. An Act to continue the Proceedings in the House of Lords, touching the Conduct of Luke Fox, Esq. one of the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of that Part of the United Kingdom, called Ireland, notwithstanding any Prorogation or Dissolution of Parliament. (roth July.) 118. An Act for raisihg the Sum of Eight Millions by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805. (10th July.) 119. An Act for raising the Sum of Two Millions Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805; and for indemayfying the Bank of England for having advanced Money for the Public Service on the Credit of certain Exchequer Bills. (roth July.) 120. An Act for raising the Sum of One Million Five Hundred Thousand Pounds, by Loans or Exchequer Bills, for the Service of Great Bri tain, for the Year 1805. (10th July.) 121. An Act for the more effectual Prevention of Smuggling. (12th July.) 122. An Act for charging additional Duties on the Importation of Foreign Plate Glass into Great Britain. (12th July.) 123. An Act for settling and securing a certain Annuity on John Duke of Athol, and the Heirs general of the seventh Earl of Derby. (12th July.) 124. An Act to amend an Act, passed in the 4th Year of His present Majesty, intituled, "Au Act for preventing Inconveniencies arising in Cases of Merchants, and such other Persons as are within the Description of the Statutes relating to Bankrupts being entitled to Privilege of Parliament, and becoming insolvent, and to prevent Delay in the entering Appearances in Actions brought against Persons having Privilege of Parliament. (12th July.) 125. An Act to provide that the Proceedings now depending in the House of Commons, upon Articles of Charge of High Crimes and Misdemeaners, which have been exhibited against Henry Lord Viscount Mäville, shall not be discontinued by any Prorogation or Dissolution of Parliament. (12th July.) 126. An Act to indemnify Persons who shall give Evidence against Henry Lord Viscount Melville, upon the Impeachment voted against him by the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assem. bled, in respect of Acts done by such Persons in any Office or Employment held by them under the said Lord Viscount Melville, during the Time he held and enjoyed the Office of Treasurer of His Majesty's Navy. (12th July.) 127. An Act to vest the Townician Collection of antient Sculpture in the Trustees of the British Museum for the Use of the Public. (10th July.) 128. An Act for allowing, under certain restrictions, until the 1st Day of August 1806, the bringing a limited Quantity of Coals, Culm, or Cinders, to London and Westminster by inland Navigation. (12th July.) 129. An Act for granting to His Majesty à certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of Great Britain, and for applying certain Monies therein-mentioned for the Service of Great Britain, for the Year 1805, and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament. (izth July.) APPENDIX.. TO THE PARLIAMENTARY DEBATES. PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. VOL. V. REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE sponsible in the civil suit to be instituted against them.-In prosecuting our enquiry with this reserve, it could not be previously known to us, how any particular sum of money so issued had been applied, till such sum had been traced to the actual applicaThe Select Committee to whom the Tenth tion of it. We were therefore necessarily, Report of the commissioners of Naval in some instances, led into an examination, Enquiry (respecting the office of the trea-which, without adverting to this difficulty, surer of his majesty's navy) was referred, might appear to exceed the bounds of the to enquire into the application of any enquiry, which we understood to have been monies issued to the treasurer of the navy prescribed to us; leaving it to the party for naval services, to purposes not naval; examined to object to the questions that and whether any, and what representa-were proposed to him, on the ground of tions were made to the lords commission-their tending personally to charge him, ers of his majesty's treasury, or the chancellor of the exchequer, respecting the withdrawing from the bank any sums of money so issued, since the passing of the act of 25 Geo. III. c. 31.; and also into the proceedings had for the recovery of the debt due to the crown by the late Adam Jellicoe;-have agreed to the following report. whenever he thought fit to do so.-Of the sums issued for naval services, and afterwards applied to purposes not naval, which the cause of this enquiry brought into our view, it appears that the sum of 40,000l. came into the hands of lord Melville, and was advanced by the joint concurrence of his lordship and Mr. Pitt, then chancellor of the exchequer, for the use of the house of Messrs. Boyd and company.-Another IN taking into our consideration the three sum of 10,0001. so issued, appears to have subjects which are referred to your com- come to the hands of lord Melville, previmittee, it occurred to us, that though the ous to the paymastership of Mr. Trotter; first, in terms, comprehends an enquiry, but how it was applied, the evidence to generally and without restriction, into the which we have had the opportunity of reapplication of any monies issued to the trea- sorting, does not enable us to determine.— surer of the navy for naval services, to pur- Various sums appear also to have been adposes not naval; yet it must necessarily have vanced by Mr. Trotter, during a period of been the intention of the house to exclude between fourteen and fifteen years, whilst he from our consideration all such monies so was paymaster of the navy under lord Melissued and so applied as were to be the sub- ville, to the order of lord Melville, amountject of measures which the attorney general ing in all to 22 or 23,000l. which we shall was directed, by an order of the house, to distinguish by the name of the Aggregate take" by due course of law, for ascertain- sum of 22 or 23,000l. about one half of ing and recovering any sums of money that which, Mr. Trotter states to have been admay be due from lord Melville and Alex-vanced exclusively from public money; the ander Trotter, esq. in respect of any profits rest from a fund, which is called in Mr. derived by them from monies issued for na- Trotter's evidence, his mixed fund at Messrs. val services, and that may have come to Coutts, consisting partly of public and partly their hands subsequent to the first of Janu- of private money; for which aggregate sum ary 1786"-We, therefore, conceived it of 22 or 23,000l. no interest was paid.-In not to be our duty to enquire, whether any order to avoid confusion, it may be proper sums issued for naval purposes had been here to state, that Mr. Trotter was desired applied by lord Melville or Mr. Trotter to by lord Melville to borrow for him, and did their own use, for which they would be re-advance to him for his private use, a further VOL. V.Appendix. a sum of between 22 and 23,0001. of which payment of the deposit for which they were he was himself the lender, and for which he all jointly liable, responsible only for the charged him with interest at 51. per cent.; amount of the shares then held by them re-. but from what fund the same was drawn by spectively. Of the latter loan, in the beginMr. Trotter, we did not think it proper toning of September 1796, two instalments, enquire. He was also occasionally in ad- of 15 per cent. were due.-In the beginvance in his account current to lord Mel-ning of the year 1796, from the embarrassville, in sums to the amount of from 10 to ment of public credit, and the decreasing 20,000l. as mentioned in the tenth report, state of the specie at the Bank, the goverwhich came entirely from the mixed fund nor and directors thought it prudent to reat Messrs. Coutts and company (the balance strain their engagements, and upon that acupon that account being also occasionally in count had refused advancing the progressive favour of lord Melville to the amount of 2 payments upon the loan of December 1795; or 3,0001.) and for the last mentioned sum but in consideration of the purposes for of 22 or 23,000l. so lent on interest, as well which the loan of April 1796 had been as for such balance when it was in favour of made, as well as of its being comparatively Mr. Trotter, he states, that, he considered small, they consented to advance to the lord Melville as his private debtor; but on contractors, and did advance, the third, such balances in the account current, no fourth, fifth, and sixth payments; requiring interest on either side was paid.-Of the them to make the seventh, being the last specific sum therefore of 22 or 23,000l. so payment, which was to become due on the lent on interest, and those occasional ad- 26th of October in that year.—It is stated, vances in the account current from the mix- in the evidence given to your committee, ed fund at Messrs. Coutts and company, that the autumn of 1796 was a period of mentioned in the appendix to the tenth re- peculiar embarrassment, both of public and port, we shall abstain altogether from taking private credit, which led to the restrictions further notice; confining our remarks to of payments in specie at the bank, that took the several sums of 40,000l. 10,000l. and place in February 1797; that there was a the aggregate sum of 22 or 23,000l. upon very great run on private commercial none of which any interest was paid.-As houses, a great scarcity of money, and a to the 40,000l. the diversion of it from na- very heavy pressure on the bank for disval services to which it was appropriated, counts, which they had been obliged matecontrary to the provisions and meaning of rially to narrow, and had thought it neces the 25th of Geo. III. c. 31. attracted our sary to contract their accommodations both earliest attention, and called for a full and to government and the commercial world, minute enquiry into the causes and circum- not however making any distinction bestances of that transaction. For this pur- tween the house of Boyd and co. and pose, several witnesses have been called be- houses of the first mercantile credit in the fore us, from whose evidence it appears, city of London.-Under these circumthat in December 1795 a contract was made stances, at some time before the 9th of Sepby government with the houses of Messrs. tember 1796, Mr. Boyd appears to have reBoyd and company, Robarts and company, presented to lord Melville and Mr. Pitt the and Goldsmid and company, for a loan of great pecuniary difficulty and embarrassment 18,000,000; of which, in the beginning of of his house; that the Bank had refused to the month of September 1796, three instal- discount their bills, and that, with ample sements, of 15 per cent. each, were still due; curities in their hands, they were not enabled and that about the month of April 1796 a to raise money to pay the next instalment loan of seven millions and an half was nego- on the loan, which was nearly due, and retiated by the chancellor of the exchequer, quested immediate pecuniary assistance, for in order to fund a sum to that amount of the purpose of completing their engageexchequer bills and navy bills held by the ments to government.-It appears to your Bank, principally for the purpose of reliev-committee, that in addition to these engage ing the company from their advances to go- ments to government, Messrs. Boyd and vernment, which then pressed heavily upon them. That loan was contracted for conjointly by the same parties who were concerned in the preceding loan; all houses at that time of unsuspected credit; each house being generally considered subsequent to the co. had large payments to make on account of the emperor of Germany; that they paid, on the 31st of October 1796, a sum of 186,3401. 13s. 1d. on account of the director of the emperor's finances at Vienna; and that, in the whole of the same year, they |