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thtt it was in Lis puffeltou. Witrefs het a mark upon the letter, and took a copy of it. Harris gave it up totlio Magff trate with reludtance, tst the 9th ; but on the promife of Mr. Graham to return it to him again, he did give it up ; and as he was ordered by the Speaker's Warrant to produce this l et ter before the Honk, it had been returned to him by Mr. Graham. Harris went before the Magiftrate •with kerning pleafure. wish ing to clear up his charadier.ind gave his teftimony clearly. On the loth of February, the day after the examination before the Magiftrate,Drake told witnefs that he bad been appointed to the command of the Thiffie Hoop, which he afterwards Rated to be a brig, and that if Mr. Sheridan would apply to the Admiralty for leave of abfence for a few days, he would ferve his cattle. Mr. Sheridan hai diredled witnefs to tell Drake en no account to be abfent when the Speaker's warrant required his attendance before the Committee. On the evening of the rah it was that Drake called upon him at his delre, at his boufe in Frith-ftreet. Witnefs aired Drake, whether be had given a letter to Harris, Sped by any perfon ? and told him that Harris bad been before Mr. Gra ham with it. Drake laid, Harris was a mfeal, and that be dared not appear. Drake admitted that be had writom two letters to Harris, Miring him to keep out of the way. which witnefs told hi m was very wrong—Drake then told him that he had been of- fered money by the other party,and that he would give Mr. Sheri dan up. Witnefs had never laid any thing to Drake about getting the letter from Harris. Witnefs knew a perfon who was laid to be Draks father, and he had no reafon to fuppofe that he was not his father's he had written a letter to that perfon, appointing a meeting. with a view of having him, his fun, and Wetherhead taken before a Magiltrate, in order to prove a confpiracy-againit them. Drake was at his houfe in the evening of the 19th, by ap• pointment. There were prefent at that meeting, befides Wake and hiutfelf. Mr. Edwards, Mr. Ward, and Wethethead. There was no cunverfation about money or rewards,and when they went away from his houfe he could not now tell whither they went There had been loose wine drank whilft they remained. Wharfs bad written a note to Drake's father, but could not tell at w►at date; believed it might have been on Saturday the 324, appointing a meeting for Sunday, with Mr Sheridan, but could not fay whe ther at hit or Mr. Sheridan's houfe, though he had advifed Mr. Sheridan not to fee him at his bottle. Drake had been brought by Mr. Edwards to witnefs's !mule, with Mr. Sheridan's knowledge, and winters wilbcd to invettigate the butinefs before refpedtable w itneffea. Mr SHERIDAN obferved, that all the queftions that had been Fut upon the swots examination might have been fpared, becaufe Mr. Harris was in attendance in the lobby to give evidence with refpeot to the letter, and had the letter to produce. This Mr. Harris was one of the principal witneffes that the Petitioner had to produce before the Committee, and yet he had not been exa mined a (wind time. The reafon why the witnefs that ha I been examined had aeted as his friend was, that he sv,:s his relation. The next witnefs called by Mr. Sheridan was, Mr. Ward, who corroborated the teitimeny of Mr. Homan, re. F re ei ng Drake, whom he bad never known. nor ever teen till the me. ting On the loth. He proved alto. that no money had been offered by Mr. t 4 heridan to Drake, at the meeting which took place at Mr. Edwards's at South iirett, on the evening after he, Drake, Mr. Edw...rds, and Mr. Johnttone, left the honk of Mr. Homan. Mr. Juftice Graham examined. Mr. Graham raid. that on the 9th of February. he received a letter from Mr. Sheridan, requeiting he would come over to So. Inerfet-place, to examine a Jew refpecting a letter, which the man vine fuppofed improperly to have gotten poffellian of. Mr. Gra ham declined going to Somerfet place, conceiving it more proper the perfon Mould he fent to him to be examined. Harris, the Jew, was accordingly brought to him &tartly after, and examined. The examination was taken in writing, and Harris was then Item to it ' • here it was propofed, that the examination be read. The SPEAKER obferved, that it was not the pradice of the Houle to admit evidence upon oath. This obfervatiou was ae quiefccd in. Mr. Graham then eontinued.—He did not finial the examina tion the first day. but renewed and concluded it the next. lie was requetted ti) keep the letter alluded to; but he kept it only one night—the ntght that intervened between the two examina tion', and WWl(' to keep it longer, on finding that the Speaker's Warrant had hero ilTued for producing the letter before the Com mittee. He wiflied t o fee Drake in order to learn where he had got ;Water ; but Drake was not wilting to appear. Alex: nier Johnitene and Homan, he bulicved,were prefent at the examhia Lien. E. Harris examined- He firit avr kir. Bofwcll in contequenee of the warrant 'Coed upon hint to produce the letter before the Committee. Alter ferving the warrant on him, Mr. Borwell offered hien money, which he laded; he alto (:ffered to take him in a ehaife to Lon don from Pont:moth which be alto declined. On his return however to town. Mr. Burwell and Mr. Drake called upon him, and elked anxioufly for the letter, which he refuted to let them have, and went to Somerfet-place,where he informed Mr. Burgers of what was propot.d to him. Mr. Burgefs Ihortly after came over to Ids houfe in Holyweldftreet, and requefted him to come over to Somerfet-place, and to take the letter with him, which Mr. Borgets Milted him to give up: but this he conftandy refuted iu confequence of having received the warrant. He bad got ano ther letter front Drake about a month or more before, but, as it wa, blotted, he returned it to get a plainer one. He was willing to give tcl. to Drake for the letter, but Drake was fatisfied with faying he would not take more from a neighbour. Drake saiihtd to get the utter I , ack again, and offered him 3cl or 4cl. for it, hot he would not part with it even for act,octoL—The letter was allrefri.d to the Captains, Commatultrs, &c. &c. of his Ma icily'. Ups. The letter was here read: " November 3, MA.... a Mr. Harris is a refpeCtable tradefman as a flop feller; and if you do tiedi with him to fupply the flip under your command, I 'cm certain it will be well done to every man on board. to fupply Aim to fit ant (hips' cloathing, and other articles; and in your fo doing, you will oblige, your's, &c SIIIILIDAN, " Treafury of the Navy, Somerfct Place." " To Admirals, Captains. Ste , of His Majeity's Ships." And indorfed to Mr. Emanuel Harris, Slop-feller, Portfmouth. The Witners, on being mots-examined, kid, that be had no r-rfonal knowledge of Mr. Sheridan's hand writing, and that he bad never ken Mr. Sherhlan till the butint.fs of the letter brought him Somerfet place. He had given his vote for Mr. Sheridan, but never pramifed he would influence or bring up a number of votes. Mr. Powell, on being examined, faid, that he had employed hlr. Harrell to ferve the Warrant on Harris. _ Mr. SHERIDAN was forty to detain the Houfe by calling more witnefles: it was not from any anxiety to clear his own condud ; hut to clear the condudt of thofe who had been charged with the fame offences. and to make known to the Houfe the characters of thofe witneffes by whore teftimony it was attempted to prove the charges brought againlk him. Indeed the examination of the wit nefes he bad in view, would prove the whole to be a molt fool confpiracy Mrs. Butler, of Taviilock row, was then called in to fay what !he thought of —Wctherhead. He had lodged fomc time in her bode. She knew him to have very bad connedions, and would not truff him upon hi, oath for a farthing. Mr. PAULL was examined refpeilling Come letters laid to have gaffed between him and B. Hart. He acknowledged the band writing, and was proceeding to offer Come obfervations upon the queftlon to the Houfe, when he was reminded by the Speaker of the capacity In which he then Rood at the Bar of the Houle. B. Hart wa, next examined. _ He bad been ciiployed by Mr. Paull during the Ele,ftion ; he slid not, however, confider himfelf as Mr. Paull's agent. Mr. Paull called at hi, honfe and left his card; he called a fccond timc, snd rcquefted him to cot le to his hutife, Charles-itreet, St. Jam es's fquart, which he did, when Mr. Paull intrcate d him to exert his lnEuence to procure hint votes About a week after the kleetion he had fame coaverfatirn with Mr. Paull and Mr. Powell raped /rig tome futpiciors that had gone abroad about bad votes Paid to bave been given to Mr. Sheridan, and they recommended hint to endeavour to procure Info:maim refpedling that matter; he, however, loon after fell ill, In which Rate he continued tonic weeks, and had not fent Mr Paull fince. Mr. SHERIDAN was proceeding to a& the witnefs feveral more nueßioni refpc,fting his rniployment during the eledlion, whether he did accompany Mr. Paull in his carriage to and from the Hußings, &c. &c. when Lord HOWICK role, and obferved, that his Hon. Friend, ac cording to his own principle laid down upon a former occafion, thought it belt not to touch upon the gent ral conduct of the eke don, hut merely upon the allegation( contained in the Petition. Mr. SHERIDAN laid that fuch was the ohjedt he had in view; but be thought it neceffary, at the fame time. to afcersain the cha ?seen of the perfons who were made the inttruments to attempt m ferve theft allegations, and carry on one of the fouleit conipira des that the malignity of man had ever conctived. The examination and teftiniony of the laR witnefs was then, on motion, ordered to be czyungcd front the minutes taken at the LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 6. • PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Confols. for money. 64i—for April Oal 63—Omnium an pre Exchequer Bills, par as. dif. To the important intelligence laid'before our Rca. ders yerterday, we have this day added fome other interelling articles which ferve to throw farther light on the operations and pofitions of the contending ar mies. The fubjoining (bort and general Bulletin, received from klamburgh, is believed to reit on French authority, and may therefore be confidered as underrating the lofs of the enemy : " The Battle of Eylau was a feene of carnage which fatted from morning until night. It was the Ruffians, at (even o'clock in the morning, who attacked three French Divilions, all of whom would have been deftroyed, if Souvr and Ncv had not come to their affiance after mid day. NAPOLION, in a grey riding coat, and Polith bonnet, placing himfclf at the head of his Guards, led on the attack. The bullets whifticd around him, and a fhell beta a few paces from him. Auccaenu'a arm was broken, std he has let out for Paris. I.Asmes is wounded, but net fevercly, and is gone to Warfaw, his divifion bad no share in the battle. The Ruffians were immoveable. A french Officer, who was prefent, eftimates the lob of the French at 10,003 men : from the Bth to the lath, the day on which Captain Dow cc' ERS fe. eft' from the fcene of adion, there had been no fighting." On the whole of the intelligence before us, though we have not yet received the Rollian Ratements, we may conclude the refult to be as favourable to the latter as could poffibly have been expected from all the previous circumflances. They have evidently behaved with wonderful bravery, and if we confider the difparity of their force, have been very fuccefsful, for any thing (tort of abfolute defltueion in the cir• cumaances in which they were placed, might in fome fenfe be confidered as a vieory. In the STAR. on Saturday lel, we anticipated the intelligence that bas fince been received. A battle we fated to be unavoidable. The movements of the French were evidently calculated to draw the Ruf fians from their fafe pofition, and force them either voluntarily to feek a battle themfelves or expofe them felves to imminent danger. Baamanovrx's retreat was but a feint, to draw the Ruffians nearer to the Viftula —the bait took; and, with the view of cutting off the whole detachment, i. e. intercepting it between his own army and the Banks of the River, BONAPARTE broke up his army from winter quarters, and took a fweep, in order to fall upon them in rear, and exe cute his purpofe. One thing muff be here obferved, which will ,much facilitate our judgement as toithis plan and its execution :—The French Army appears to have been divided, for this purpofe, into two Grand Di ; the fmaller divifion marched in a line be tween the Viflula and the Ruffians ; and for a time, at leaf}, fee:ned to have given way before the Ruf flans. In the mean time, the greater divifion ap- Pears to have made a long circuit. By thefe means they fought to get upon the rear of the Ruffians, who would thus be attacked both in front and rear. Such teems to have been the plan of the attack, upon the part of the French. The fleady courage of the Ruffians has, however, prevented the enemy from effeeing his full purpofe ; and if he has gained any advantage whatever, he has bought it very dearly. From twenty.one to twenty-three Generals and Colonels were killed or wounded—a fore indica. tion of a dreadful flaughter among the enemy, at 1 , their Generals haveorders never to expofe themfelves, except in delperate cafes, and then to put themfelves at the beads of their columns. In the anion of the Bth, two Marthals are allowed to have been wounded. On the t7th ult. the French bad not (by their own accounts) entered Koningfberg, though it is only five German stiles from the fcene of action of the Bth. In fart the whole turns upon this—lf the French have entered Koninglberg, they have gained a vieory, though certainly at van expence of blood ; if not, the Ruffians have all the advantage of having defeated the French. Bann insert had only looniooo men to oppcte the whole French Army. BiTrLE OF PUITG'sIC. ST. PETERSBURGH GAZETTE, JAN. If, G. S. Sobfequent to the provilional fhort account, which has been publifhed, of the viCtory gained by the, troops of his Imperial Majefly, nn the -Ifth Decem ber, 1806, at Pultufk, over the French army, cnnfitt- I ing of 60,000 men, commanded by Bonaparte in perfon, and the Field.Marfhalb Davon ft and Lannes, the following circumflantial accounts have been re-1 ceived here, relative to that battle, which has crowned I the vietoriouc Ruffian warriors with frefh wreaths of glory. They are dated read quarters, Lomza, De. cember 27 f Jan. 7), and are tranfmitted from Gene ral Baron Bennigfen, by the Prince Golizyn, Adjutant to his Majefly the Emperor : " As loon as the corps of his Imperial Majefly, tinder the command of General Baron Bennigfen, confifling of about 45,0c0 men, excepting a part of the 3d and 4th ditihon, had arrived in the environs of Muffle, on the 41.11 December, after a very fa. tiguing march, (the roads being exceedi: g bad) and continually harraffed by the enemy ; the Paid corps was immediately In polled, that its right wing was fupported by the village of Molezina, and the left by the fmall town of Pultufk, with a view to cover • the road of 011rolenka, and the bridges near Pultufk and Zamik, to keep open the communication with the General of Infantry, Count Bushy wden. " The van, commanded by Major General Bar clai de Tolly, confifling of three regiments of Jagets (the ttt, 3d, and zoth), and fupported by the regi ment of Tengific mulketeers, and the Polifh regiment of cavalry, took a pofl%ion on our right wing in the babes ; whilft the detachment of Major General Baggowur, conning of the regiments of Starolkulfk, Willna, and one battalion of Revel mullceteerr, with two fquadrons of Kiew dragoons, was potted before the left flank, to cover the river Narew and the road leading from Sierock to Pultufk. Thefe regiments had no fooner made a movement, to occupy their politions aforefaid, than they were attacked about noon by a French detachment, under the command of General Suchet. The fire between the latter and our advanced pulls of cavalry commenced, and was kept up for near three hours; whereupon the enemy was replied with confiderable lots. It afterwards ap- 1 peared, that this attack on the part of the enemy was only made with a view to reconnoitre. 46 On the following day, being the 7,4 th of Decem- 1 ber, when our troops were refrefhing themfelves, but placed in order of battle, at t t A. M. they were attacked by a French army of fixty thoufand men, commanded by Bonaparte in pet fon, and confitting of the corps of the Field Marfhals Davnuft and Lannes, and the detachment of General Suchet. 66 The fira attack was made br the enemy in fix columns, under Marfhal Davoulf, with great im petnofity, and direeted againft nor left flank, which confited of the detachment of Major General Bag gnwut, with a view to take Pultufk, to get into our rear, and to cut off our commnnication with the divillon of the Lieutenant-General Aurep, svhichwa; polled beiond the river Narew, two leagues from Pultufk. Soon after this, the van of Major General Barclai de Tolly, on the right flank, was likewile at tacked by fix of the enemy's columns. " During theft attacks of the enemy, made upon both our flanks, he had polled a chain of bode jagers, behind whom flood feveral columns, which were to fall upon our centre ; but the enemy's views upon it were completely fruflrate,S owing to the powerful and well direfted effect of our batteries, which were ereeed before our front. The inipetuous attack,made by Martha' Divoull with 1 s,OOO men, in fix columns, upon both flanks, of the detachment of Major General Baggowut, obliged the latter to fall back a little, as he had only between 4 and soon men with him but in his re treat he checked the enemy's progrels with the 4th regiment of Jagers, which fpread itself before the in fantry. In the mean while, the Lieutenant General Count Oflerman arrived with the regiment of Tula, and one battalion of the regiment of Pawlowtky Grenadiers to fupport him, and the enemy's further progrefs was checked. Major General Baggowut, with the grenadier battalion of the regiment of Sta rotkolik Muficeteers, and a battalion of the 4th regi ment of Jagers, then threw himfelf, with fixed bayonets, upon the centre column of the enemy, by which he had been preffed, while Major General Kothin, with the regiment of his Imperial Majefty's Body Cuiraffiers, and two fquadrons of the regiment Af Kargopol Dragoons, penetrated to the front and flank of that column, and the refult was, that the whole column was immediately cut to pieces. " In the meanwhile, the other battalions of the 4th regiment of Jagers, and the regiment of Tartarian boric, with two lquadrons of Kiew dragoons attacked the enemy's columns, which had advanced from the left, and compelled them to retreat : however, the enemy receiving an immediate reinforcement, ad vanced a fecond time with impetunfity, hut were completely overthrown, as we had formed a firm front of the Jagers, and thefe had thrown themfelves upon the enemy with fixed bayonets, and our cavalry had alfo broke through the columns with their fabres. " At the fame time, Major General Dorochow, with the regiment of Ilium Huffars, made a preme• ditated retreat before the other columns of the ene my, which were on our right. and then fuddenly tut ned ahout on the left with his regiment, by which well-timed manceuvre he brought thole columns right upon our batteries, which made great havock among the enemy. " All the relt of our cavalry, which was polled in our front, and made partial attacks upon the enemy, received orders to march through our front of infan try, to leave an open field for anion, and to .111 itself in the rear. Gs At this , moment all our batteries opened their fire on the enemy's columns, which were advancing againft our centre, but which, in confequence of the happy effea of there batteries, were not only checked in their progrefs, but alfo driven back. 's The enemy's corps, notwithßanding their being tht ice defeated, attempted, on receiving a frefh rein forcemenr, to repeat their attack on all the points of our left flank. with renewed ardour, and preffed for ward upon it with feveral co-operating columns. The detachment under Major General Baggcwut was alfo compelled by the fuperior force of the enemy to fall back once more as far as the trench in its rear. —But being, in the mean time, joined by Murom's regiment, and two battalions of the regiment of Re vel, and Lieut. General Ofierman having occupied the height in the rear of the trench, and opened a brifk fire from the battery planted there , n, Major General Baggowut attacked the enemy's columns with frefh ardour, and focceeded in throwing them into difotder. At the fame instant, Maj r General Somow ruched upon the enemy, with the Tulas regi ment of musketeers, with fixed bayonets, and thus completed their total dilcomfiture ; the enemy was routed, driven from the field of battle, and purfued until the approach of night. Thus, the refult of the enemy's attack on our left flank, in cnnfequence of the intrepidity and judicious difpnfitions of 'Lieutenant General (Merman, terminated in this quarter, in his own dearudion, and the whole corps under Martha' Davouft was totally defeated and difom fed. " During this furious attack upon our left flank, a numermus body of the enemy's infantry, under the command of Martha' Lannes, divided into fix co. lumns, and, accordmg in the flatements of the pri• loners, accompanied by Bnnaparte in perfon, a•temp• ted, by penetrating through the wood, to forround our advanced guard, under the command of Major General Barclai de 'Folly, which had taken a p..fiti to cover our right flank. The ohjeCt of the enemy on this fide was to break, or at leaft to repulfe nor ticht flank, and by this means to cur 31F our communisation with' part of the army under Count Buxhowden, piled in the villages of Makow and Olt olecka The attack of the French on this fide was extremely vio lent anl impetuous. Our advanced guar 4 , notwith (landing a difplay of the utmoft valour and intrepi dity cn the part both at the commander and troops, was compelled to fall back, by which movement our battery. which kept in check the enemy's columns on the road from Noweiniaflo, loon fell into the hands of the enemy ; but the Te.iginac regiment of musketeers, in conjunction with the Jagers, charged the enemy with the bayonet, routed him, and retook the cannon f which he had got pallet - 11ln. In the mean time, by order of the Commander in Chief, General Baron Bennigfen, a masked battery had been planted in the wood, and the cannon were loaded with grape flvrt• A few difcharges from this battery killed a great number of the enemy, aid checked their impetunfity. But immediately after, the enemy made difpofitions in take the battery in reverie, and Major General Barclai de Telly was thus a fecond time forced to give way to their fuperior numbers. The Commander in Chief, General Bennigfen, the moment he obferved this movement, hillantly ordere dto change front, and to throw hack the whole of the right wing, to prevent an attack in flank, at the fame time detaching the regiment of 'irchernigow, and, immediately after, the musketeers of Lithau, to reinforce Major Gene ral Barclai 'folly. 41 Major General Barclai de Tolly, as form as he had formed a part of the infantry which he had with him on the one fide. and fent orders to Major General Prince Dolgorucki to march with the regi ment of the Tfcher nigow mufketeers on the other fide, boldly rufhed forward at the charge of the bayonet on the enemy's columns, drove them back. and by this means flopped the progrefs of the other columns of the enemy which were rapidly coming up. But the French, who hill kept up a fire of mulkerry and artillety, did not abandon their intention of attacking our right flank until the Commander-in-Chief took the refolution of attacking the enemy in his turn. 46 With this view he ordered Lieutenant General Count Otlerman to move forward with the remaining infantry of the left wing, twenty fquadrons of cavalry I to march from the right flank, and the batter yunder the command of Maor Stawizkji to advance at the • time, which thus ta king the enemy's line of infantry in flank, by a vigorous and well directed cannonade totally routed and difperfed it. In the mean time the remainder of our cavalry was polled in the centre to keep that of the enemy in check. The French fought defperately, but were at length compelled to yield. at all points, to the uncommon bravery of the Ruffian warriors, accuilomed to vidtory, the ability and re folution of the Commander, and the heavy and de ar-alive fire of the artillery, •' The battle continued from eleven in the morn ing, until (even in the evening, and did not finith until it was completely dark. The enemy was beaten and defeated at every point ; but the darknef• of the night, the inclemency of the weather, and the fatigue of the troops, prevented the purfuit of the enemy. 66 In this battle we made about 700 prifoners ; and, according to the ftatement of Come who were taken the day after, the enemy, betides three Gene rals who fell in the adtion, loft in killed and wounded about ten thoufand men. The total of the lots on our fide amounts in killed and wounded to between two and three thou. fAnd. As foon as corred returns (hail have been re. ceived of the Staff, and other chief officers killed and wounded, they will be forthwith communicated to the public. " The Commander in Chief, General of Cavalry, Baron Bcnnigfen, teftifies, that the troops of his Im perial Majefty, who fought on this day, gave inez preffible proofs of valour, and from the Generals to the ranks acquired never fading glory by their firm nefs, intrepidity, and zeal. He mentions, in particu lar terms of c',mmendation, the regiment of Jagcrs, who, as the enemy themfelves acknowledge, difplayed with the happieft died, an uncommon degree of activity and addrefs. Here follows a lift of the Officers who particularly diftinguilhed tht %delves in the above battle. Among them General liennigfeu mentions, " captainVonot Woronzow, who acted in the capacity of Aid de Camp to General Olterman. and who difplayed the molt fignal intrepidity in conveying his orders to the different Officers, through the hotteft part of the battle."] Sir JACOB ASTLEY and Mr. CORE were yeflerday defied Members for the County of Norfolk, without opp-dition, and were chaired. Information SVAS received at the Admiralty yef terday, that a Dutch frigate had failed from the Texel on Sunday laff. Captain Cunt WORONZOW, who is mentioned by Genet al BENNICSEN with fo much eulogium, for his conduit at the battle of Pultak, is, we believe, sh e fon of Count Woitos zow, the late Ambaffador at this Court from that of St. Petertburgh. Coast EXCHANGE, MARK LANE, MARCH 6.—The fupply of NSTheat tc.day is ra her confiderable, though few arrivals, and the fale sate made heavily, at a mall reduaion in price—Barlt y is in confiderable quantities, and good lamples mintain Taft prices-- Malt lik cwife—There are but few P.as or old Beansof each kind, which fetch better prices—The tuppiy of Oats is rather large, and this trade is heavy of tale, and cheaper, excepting fine famples.—Flolr at lat pt ices. tar, ee the ground that it entered too much into the merit of the Petition to be entertained by the Houle. Steel, Clerk to Mr. Burgers, ftated that Richardron had applied to Mr. B. to tumid' him with information relative to the Median, but Mr. B. did not employ Mm. . . After the witnefs had withdrawn from the bar. Mr. SHP RIDA.N obfcrved,that if the Houfe fhould deem it ne• ceffary to adopt anyfurther proceeding relative to what was difelolcd at their bar.th• re were feveral other witncfres in readirefs. whom p-rhaps it ?nig! the thought neceffary to callin, as they might pof fihly corroborate many of the particulars which had fallen from the other witneffts, or fill up fome miffing chafms in the evidence ; for his own part, however, he did not mean to trouble the Houfe with any further evidence, but was perfedtly fatisfied to let his cafe reft where it was. The papers which had been moved for that night, by a Noble Lord (Howick), would be fufficient to Thew that there was not a word of truth in what had been raid by Drake and another, who was thought to be a principal witnefs on the part of the Petitioner. lord HOWICK declared his firm eonvidlion, that a foul and f eandalous confpiracy had been entered into againft the fitting Member; and in order that the Houfe might have an opportunity of judging more precifely as to the quality of the evidence which had been adduced at their bar, he moved that the Evidence be printed.—Ordered. Mr. WHITBREAD obferved, that it might be neceffary to take fume neeafure to fezure the future attendance of the witneffes at the bar, in cafe the Houfe m o uld think fit to take any further Iteps relative to the nature of the evidence which they bad heard. On the fuggeftion of the SPEAKER, the Houfe then ordered, that the further proceeding on the Weftminfter Petition and Evi • dencc Inlaid he refumed this day (Friday) fe'nnight, and that the witneffes Ihould attend on that day. Mr. SHERIDAN thought it but juftice to Mr. Cobbet to Rate, before the Wing of the Houle, that, notwitliftanding an unfavnur• able report had been circulated about him upon the fubjedt which was before the Houle, he bad good teafon to be fatisfied that he (Mr. C.) was emirely unconneeted with the fcandalous proceeding which had been taken againft him. The Orders relative to other bufinefe before the Hoare were then difpofed of, and the Houle adjourned at Half after Foiir o'clock. THE EVENING STAR.