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SIX -PENCE. i sts paESEDIT EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, their Majesties Servants will act the New May, adkd VtNONI ; Or, THE NOVICE OP ST. MARK'S. Velum', Mr. ELLISTON; Count Benvolio (Viceroy of Sicily,) Mr. SIDDONS ; The Marquis Caprara, Mr. POWELL; cs i est i no , (Prior of St. Marles,) Mr. WROUGHTON, Hortensia, Mrs. POWELL ; Veronica, Mrs. MUDIE ; Josephs, Mrs. H. SIDDONS. To which will be added the New Comedy, called THE UNCONSCIOUS COUNTERFEIT. The Principal Characters by ELLISTON, Mr. DOWTON, Mr. MATHEWS, Miss BOYCE, Mrs. HAALOWE. : , t „jor, lan and Wife ; with the Unconscious Counterfeit. IRSTr's ORDNANCE, Jo hereby give -. Notice, That Proposals will be received at their °nice iii Pall-Mall, on or before Friday the 17th day of February neat, from such Per sons as may be willing to undertake the Supply of COLOURS and OILS for the service of this Department, for a period of Three Years. HOUSE OF COMMONS, WEDNF.SDAY, FEB. IS. Mr. WARD presented an estimate of the Debt of the Navy as it stood on the 31st January, 1808 .—Ordered to lie on the ta ble.. Mt. Alderman COMBE reported from the Committees to whorii Were referred the Petitions of the Corporation of the City of London, for farther time to purchase grounds for widening and improving the avenues of the Metropolis, west of Temple- Bar : and for erecting Sunday Toll-bars on Bladkfiiars-Brklge, for horses and carriages, Reports agreed to . and leave given to bring in Bilis pursuant thereto. Sir M. FOLKES presented a Petition from the Debtors con. 'tiled in Swansea Gaol. On the motion of Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, the Irish Militia Act Consolidation Bill was read the second dine, and eommitaed fur to-morrow. Sir ARTHUR also presented the Irish Wilda rioablishrnent Biß. Read the first time, and ordere..llo: the second reading to- IriorrOW. Mr. WHITBRgAii added, that Major Covet had been thirteen years a Captain in the tegitnent s and had purchased his Majority, MIKE OF YORK. Mr. L}ACH brought op the Report from the Se• lect Committee, to whom was referred the selection of certain papers and letters laid yesterday before the Committee fat Enquiry into the conduct of the Duke of York, in order to lay before the Committee only such as related to the subject tinder enquiry, The Report was to the purport following ; 46 Your Committee have inspected the several let. ters referred to them by this Honourable House ;aka , and, in pursuance of their instructions, they have se., lected those letters inclosed in a bundle marked A.. But they beg leave to remark, that they do not wish it to be understood that all these letters afford direct evidence applicable to,the subject now made, or any 1 which may hereafter become the subject of inquiry ; 1 but your Committee do not conceive themselve autho. rised to judge whether these letters are admissibh evidence." Samples of the Articles may be viewed upon application at the Principal Storekeeper's Office in the 'flower, where further par ticulars, together with the Terms and Conditions of the Coarracts, may be known : and also at the Secretary's Office io Pall-Mall aforesaid, any day, between the hours of ten and.four o'clock, where also the Proposals must be delivered, sealed up and en dorsed " Proposals for Colours, or for 'Oils," as the case may be ; byg no Proposal can be admitted after the said 11th day of Febru ary, at twelve o'clock at noon of the same day, neither will any Tender be noticed, unless the party making it, or an Agent in his behalf, shall attend. By Order orthe Board, R. H. CREW, Secretary. THEATRE-ROYAL, HATIVIAREET. THIS PRESENT EVENING, FEBRUARY 16, wiu be acted the.. Comedy at • THE MAN OF , kIE WORM). • Si r Perrino: OArmt, Mr. C • • • Egerto n, Mr. C. KEMILg ; Melville, Mr. MURRAY ; R i ne y. Mr. BRUNTON; lord Lambereourt, Mr. WADDY. L a dy Rodolphe Mrs. N. JOHNSTON. Ludy Mtiliant, Mlss - LESERVE ; Coastal* Mill R'TON ; Betty Hint, Mrs. DIEtIN. Afte which the Grand Hiss* T Pantomimic Myna of DE LA PER USE • Or, THE DESOLAE ISLA ND. Saturday, The Tragedy at Macbeth ; with Is Hs a Prises VICTUALLING OFFICA, Neirnarj 6, 1609. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING XIS MAJESIT's NAVY' do hereby give Notice, That on Friday the 17th instant; they will be ready to receive Tenders in writing (sealed up) and treat for what Hogshead, Barrel, Kilderkin Firkin, Long and Short Pink, and Stout Hazel Wood HOOPS, (answerable to samples to be produced with the Tenders), may be wanted for the service of this Department at Deptford ; and to be paid for by Bills payable with interest ninety lays after date. Mr. C. O'HARA gave notice of a motion for Friday next, for leave to bring in a bill to regulate the office of Consatble in Ire land. Mr. S. BOURNF. presented pn account of the sum yet to be received of the Twenty Million War T.ixes voted in the last year, 'for which Exchequer Bills were issued.—Ordered to lie on the Table. Mr. FOSTER, the Irish Chaniellor of the Exchequer, preserli ed several documents respecting the Public Accounts for Ireland. The Exchequer Bills Bills were read the third time, passed, and ordered to the Lords. On the third reading of the Malt and Pension Duty Bill, Mr. 'HUSKISSQN proposed a clause, by way Lf rider, fur exempting from the pension duty the allowanc's annually made to those who had acted in the department of Ministers to Foreign Court;, but on the suggestion of Mr. Baukes, that such an exemption would ,excite murmurs amongst the public, he withdrew the clause. s ECOND NIGHT.--ORATORIOS. THEATRE-ROYAL, IN THE HAYMARKirr, TO4IORROW EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, will be perfprmed THE FIRST ACT OF THE CREATION. Composed by Dr. HAYDN. With TWO GRAND MISCELLANEOUS ACTS, which will be introduced " England's King and England's o r b" and for the first time, Purcell's celebrated Cantata of Ad and the Witch of Endor," by Mr. Braham. " Angels tnr bright and fair," by Mrs. Vaughan. Kent's favourite Atrlicm " Hear my prayer," bly Mrs. Bland and Master Don- T ous-et. " Farewell ye limpid springs," and " The Soldier u'd," by . Mrs. Dickons. Several Grand Chorusses, never refereed. To conclude with the Coronation Anthem" GOD 5,,ve the King." • : Ile Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the Secretary's Office. No regard will be had to any Tessier in nvhich the priceduzll not be in serted in word ! at length, or that shall not be delivered to the Board before One o'clock on the sail Joriday, the 17th instant, nor unless the person who snakes the Tender, or some person on his behalf, attends, to answer when called for. VICTUALLING OFFICE, Feb.:gory 10, 18G9. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING XIS ilitAlliSTl",Nerr, b herelti give Notice, • IRISH PECULATORS. Sir J. NEWPORT wished to ask the Right Hon Secretary for Ireland, whether or not any steps had been taken for the criminal prosecution of the late Collector for Cork, in consequence of his embezzlement of the public money. Sir A. 'WELLESLEY answgml, he did net understand that any steps had been Liken few his prosecution : he was now, how. ever, in gaol. Sir J. NEWPORT thee gave potice, that he should, on Friday next, move for leave to bring in IBill to constitute-embezzlement That on Friday pest, the 17111 instant, they will be ready to . receive Tenders in writing (sealed up), and treat for Two hun dred and fitly Bags of KEN I ISH HOPS, of the growth of the year One thousand eight hundred and eight, to be answerable to Samples to be produced with the Tenders; to be delivered in the space of one month into the Stores at Portsmouth and Plymouth, in the following proportions, viz. PORTSMOUTH - 150 Bags PLYMOUTH -100-25 U And to be paid for by Bills payable with interest 90 days after date. -..Tho Conditions of the Contract may be seen at the Secretary's Once. of the public money by any collector or agent entrusted with the I receipt thereof, a Felony, without benefit of Clergy. Principal Performers : Nrs DICKONS, Mrs. BLAND, Signora GRIGLIETI, Master DOOR - W.5El', and Mrs. VAUGHAN. Mr. BRAHAM, Mr. GOSS, Mr. PYNE, Mr..TAYLER, And Mr. BELLAMY. Inter of the Band, Mr. ASHLEY—Organ, 'Mr. J. ASHLEY. r,:taincler of the Band and the Chorusses, which will be ..e o::; and complete, by the most approved Performers. izittd by the Choristers of His Majesty's Chapel Royal, and St. Paul's Cathedral. •,' In consequence of the great overflow from the Pit, the 11,strical Orchestra will in future be added to it. Places for the Boxes to be taken of Mr. Brandon, at the Box- Oftt in the Haymarket. GENERAL ISERTIE. Lord HENNIKER rose to call the, attention of the House to the subject of a motion made by an Hon Gentletaan yesterday, for a writ to issue for the election of a Member for Stamford, in the room of General Bertie, now a Peer of the United Kingdom. But first be moved, that the Act be read which explained the cases wherein Members should be deemed to have vacated their seats.—lt was read accordingly. Lord HENNIKER then observed, that although he was sure the motion of the Hon. Gentleman last night for the writ in ques tion to issue, was made with the worthiest motives, yet it appears d to him that his zeal was rather premature, as such - a motion could only be warranted by a thorough convicabn of the fact that the Hon. General had really vaca te d his seat ;by a letter in his hand from General Bertie, it appeared that Hon. Member was not him self conscious of having vacated his seat ; neither did he appear, under the meaning of the Act now read, to have done so, by any thing stated in the motiveassigned for the Hon. Gentleman's mo tion. It was here, indeed, that General Bertie had ground to con sider himself as next heir to the noble title of Lindsay, and conse quently Peer of thz.f.Jnittd kingdom, and might have received:his ouminons uaderthe Great Seal to assume that title; but then he was of summoned to take his seat as a Peer of Parliament, which was No regard will be had to any Tender is which the trio shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shall not be delivered to the Board bc for: one °Wool on the said Friday the .171 k isttant, nor unless the person who makes the Tender, or For:e'er:on on his behalf, attends, to answer when called for. VICTU-14LING-OFFICE, Feirseary 9, 1809. THE COMMISSIONERS for VICTU/ILLING HIS MAJESTY', NAVY, Jo hereby give Notice, Doorsto be opened at Six, and begin at Seven. Boxes 6s. Pit 3s. 6d. Gallery 2s. Upper Gallery is. Half Pen at Nine. ti Correct Books of the Performance to be hadfit the Theatre ray, prise td. Those sold in the streets are spurious and im perfect. That on Friday the 24th instant, they will be ready to receive Tenders, in writing, sealed up, and treat for the supply of wh.t VEGETABLES than be demanded for ;he use of His Majesty's Ships and Vessels g Yarmouth, is the County of Norfolk, during the space of twelve months, horn the '24th of April next ; to be paid for by Bills payable with interest ninety days after date. • The Conditions of . the Contract may be. sees at the Secretary't, Office ; at this Office, or by applying to Mr. John Waiter, at Yarmouth. No regard will be had to any Tender in which the price shall not be inserted in words at length, or that shaH not he delivered to the Board be fore one o'clock on the said. Friday fife 24th instant, nor unless the Person who makes the Tender, or some Person on hit Lehalf, attends to any leer when called for. BY AUTHORITY. . 7 . U. , day was published, price Its. in THE WHOLE of the PROCEEDING h g of the BOARD of INQUlRY,relative to the Campaign in Portugal. Nnted for T. Egerton, at the. Military Library, near Whitehall. tLe IA of February was published, price 38.6 d. The 16th Number of the RETROSPECT of PHILOSOPHICAL, ME CHANICAL, CHEMICAL, and AGRICULTURAL IWOVERIES. The design of this work is to lay before the every three months correct accounts of all facts and die reLrirg to Arts an d Sciences generally, by giving the sub of urcry interesting paper wb?ch shall have appeared during •tx periods of this publication; with remarks. on the papers, including criticisms on the merits of new ; r dby W. H. Wyatt, (Agent for obtaining Patents for Pickett-street, Temple Bar, and to be had of all Book- NEW COMEDY. . -. EDITION. .14. , was published, Pre Half-a Crown, ANi) WIFE ; or, MORE SECRETS ONE. A Comedy, in Five Acts. As it Is pet. r ' ; 1:, .1 heatre-Royal, Drury-Lane. By S. 1. ARNOLD, Esq. ' f , r 12!CI! At o PHILLIPS, No. 0, Bridge-,tweet; and sold !'‘ Chapple, Pall-mall; Booker, Bdudostreet ; and ;ocilurs in Town and Country. Of whom may be had, 301.DIER's DAUGHTER. 12th 4dition. By A, Cherry, 2,. lid. lj It VE W. 7th Edition. Price 2s. 6d. THE BELLES LETTRES. t . :y was published, in Two elegant Volumes, deodceamo, price Ins. in boards, or 14s. bound and lettered, LLI'TERS on LITERATURE . and COMPO srnoN, addressed to his Son, Ey GEORGE GREGORY, D. V:eir of West -Ham, Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of I.landaff, Sec. Sce.tte.. • i7t,reiting Work had been sent to press before the la tql 01 the Author, and the manuscript had been corn : !.,,1 in the week previously to, the sudden illness • • rmivated his valuable life. In a letter addressed to his ;.ts completion, he remarked, " That this work con .. result of the observations of his whole life , on every : kind literature, and that whatever might be the of' its merits, his reputatiori in the republic of let , !.. in a great degtee depend me it." • - :,, t RICHARD PHILLIPS No. 6, Bridge-street, Black • , 1), had of all Booksellers. (n . whom may be had, by the same Author, hi% on EXPLRIMENTAL PHILOSOPHY and .1. Y, in 2 vols. price 13s. boards, and . 14s. bound. :s -2 -1% . CYCLOPEDIA, in 2 vols. quarto; price six guineas, SALE OF BOOKS. TO BE SOLD BY AUCTION. '.'s tale Rooms, No. 69, South Bridge-street, Edliburgh, Ic•-:•lay. the 2011 February inst. at seven (Mock, p.m. add tur the twenty-three following eveninp, A( OI,LECI'ION of RARE and VALUABLE consisting of nearly 4000 Volumes. in various is, I intory, Topography, Biography, Antiquities, Arts ar nee:, Voyages Travels, Divinity, &c.; being the whole "•\ 1 0i: of the late ' Mr. GEORGE PATON, of the Customs, . , a Gentleman well known to the cost eminent His -47,1 Biographers of the Present Age—from whom many Weil a 6 private acitnowledgetnents were received, for hu afforded in their researches into Antiquity. !,. - far the iirser wenty Nights' Sale to be had at Messrs. Hurst, Rtes, and Orme'a, London; with whom COM'. "alnUlltS wilt boa found in a few days. ‘L. add ressed to R. Ross abpve, will be faith s • XttUtt.d. ARMY. ACAPTAIN in on old Regiment ( 2 d battalion o n in England) wishes to exchange to the British Half p a y, equal Terms.—Letters (from principals only) addressed to A. B. marked " Hal( Pay," New Exchange Coffee-house, Strand, will be Immediately attended to. '.IINIBER. O BE SOLD, 16,0 Acres. of very fine OAK T 'TIMBER mixed with some very valuable ASH and ALDER; all of above 100 years growth. It is situated within fifteen miles of Closunell, and twenty-one of 'Limerick; in the Kingdom of Ireland, from each of which Towns there is Water carriage.—Proposals (post paid) will be received until the 3d of March, by Wm. Roper, Esq. 34,.North Great George's-street; Dublin, and further particulars may be known, by application to Mr. John Nesbitt, No. 1 6 , Tokenhouse-Y ard;London. No. 4, CORNHILL, and 9, CHARING CROSS. TDISH solicits the atteution of the Public to the • Scheme of the ensuing Lottery, which contains the same number of Prizes and Tickets 'as the last, but with an ADDITIO NAL BoNus given by the Contractors, which may entitle the for tunate Holders of a single Ticket or Share to an immense and in calculable Benefit—The first-drawn Dire above £l5 on the first Day, will be entitled, over and above the Prize, to 1000 WHOLE TICKETS ; and the Holder of the first-drawn Prize .above £l5 on the second Day, will also receive, over and above the Prize, 500 WHOLE TICKETS; which Tickets are Sealed up and de: , posited for security in the Bank of England. The Numbers of the 1,500 Tickets so given are inserted in the Schemes which may be bad gratis at the above Officei, where Ttcketi land Shares are selling in great Variety; and as there are but 18,500 Tickets for Salo, the earlier the purchase the better.* T. Bins has been remarkable for selling a prodigious number of Capital Prizes ; and it is extraordinary that he sold the last £'20,000, the last £95,000, the two lest £30,000, and the last Prize of 500 whale Tickets ever drawn, all in Shares, at No. 4, Corn hill, and 9, Charing Cross. • Notwithstanding there were SOO more Tickets for sale in the last Lottery than In this, every Ticket was sold, although the price was £55 per Ticket. GRAND LOTTERY. FREE GIFT of ONA THOUSAND Wilma Timms the First Day, Numbers u follow : -1.- • 8,001 4 - to ' 4,01 /... to 1 4,600. 5,001 6,501 ...... ............ to ....... 7,001 8,501 ...... to ........... .—.... 8,600 9,001 10,541 11,001 12,501 Also a FREE GIFT of FIVE HUNDRED WHOLE TICKETS to the first drawn above £l5, the Second Day, Numbers as follow : 13,001 14,101 15,001 16,501 17,00.1 - to The above Ticket' may CAL in the whole of the following CAPPRIZES: 4 ........ of ......... .. 10,000 10 ......... of 5 00 2 ......... 2' # ........ o of f Begins APRIL 12th, Aim In coniequence of the above Gifts of 7500 Tickets , there are only 18,500 for Sale. Tickets and Shares are telling at all the licensed Offices. necessary, in order to vacate his seat in that House, where Peers of Ireland and Scotland, not i f the Upper House of Parliament, might sit as Members. Besides, so far from beit•.g actually in the possession of the title of Lindsay, it was necessary Mr the Hon. General to go into the investigatioc of records for MO years, in order to prove his claims. He, therefore, concluded by a wish to put some motion for withdrawing the writ, or annulling the order of yesterday. Mr. MADOCKS said, that • he was not aware of the circum stances now stated by the Noble Lord, when he made his motion for the Writ yesterday. It had been communicated to him, that General Bertie was come to the title, and summoned to the Upper House, and therefore feeling that the right of election and repre ; se!!tation was the privilege of the electors of Stamford, he had moved for the writ. 'lke SPEAKER rose to state, with leave of the House, what. ocsurted to him on the subject. It was usual with the House to give credit to the statement of any of it. Members which met no contradiction, and therefore when the I lonourable Member sta ted yesterday as a fact the circumstance which was the ground of his motion, and no objection was made, the House, as a matter of course, agreed to it, and the order was made accordingly.— But now that the House was better informed upon the subject, it would be competent for them to amend the proceeding by an or der to supersede the writ. Something similar had occurred in the case of General Egerton, the presumptive heir to the Duke of Bridgewater. The writ was then ordered to be superseded. MAJOR COVEL. Mr. WHITBREAD rose to throw himself upon the indulgence of the - Rouse, having no motion to offer upon the subject to which he wished to call their attention. It was the case of a vety meritorious officer, ,Major Covel, who felt himself extremely hurt by something which was stated before the Committee last night. He (.Mr. Whitbread) l4eld in his . haad a let letter from Major• General Leith, which. fully testi fied Major Covel's professional abilities,' and was the decisive opinion of those appointed to in quire into the competence of Major Covel that he was fully adequate to the duties of the rank which he sought. • Major Covel had said that he had nothing to impute to, the evidence of Colonel Gor don, as injurious to his character or feelings, in the course of his examination. It was from the public papers he feared some misrepresentation of the questions and answers which related to him : but he hoped the Committee would do him justice. Here Mr. Whitbread read a letter from General Lcith to Sir John Moore, bearing high testimony to the character, talents, and conduct of Major Covel, who acted in the command of the 76th regiment, of which he was a Major in the late expedition to Spain, in place of Col. Symes, who.from illness was prevented from 'taking the command of . that regiment more than one day. It was on this account that Major Covel had felt the severity of being refused the liberty to purchase pro motion in the regiment wherein he had so long served with honour and reputation, in preference to an officer from another regiment. Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY said, that Colonel Shawe was formerly, as he had been himself, an Of ficer in the 76th regiment. He had served with the regiment in India under Lord Cornwallis, and had therefore claims to promotion in it. He was Lieute nant-Colonel, and Mr. Covel but a Major, And he himself had recommended him to the Commander in Chief as a person highly worthy of promotion to the command of the 76th, in case Colonel Symes should sell. That Officer, however, was removed, but not allowed to sell, surd Colonel Shaw was promoted to the command of the regiment. . lord FOLKSTONE now rose to Move the Order of the Day for the House to resolve into a Committee upon the Inquiry respecting the conduct of his Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. But first he hoped to be indulged with the liberty of a few obser vations, In consequence of what had pasted last nights He felt it unnecessary to say any thing with respect to himself, or the part he had taken in this proceed. ing ; but he hoped the House Would do, ustice to the motives and conduct of the Honourable Gentleman whom he was happy to call his Honourable Friend, but who had been more than once stigmatized in the course of this inquiry by the appellation of the accuser. His Honourable Friend, he would say, had not been fairly dealt by : for in the arduous and im. portant task he had undertaken from an imperious sense of public duty, he had not been allowed to proceed in the mode he himself would have chosen, but was forced to adopt the line suggested by a Learned Gen,• deman in that House, who was, the avowed friend .and adviser of the party accused. He believed this was the first time when, on any .similar proceeding, the person bringing forward a charge for the sake of public justice was refused the liberty of choosing his own mode of conducting his proceeding, and forced to adopt the line pointed out by the friend and ad viser of the accused. His Honourable Friend had been obliged to go on day after day without in terval or respite, under the fatiguing exertioas inse parable from the duty he had undertaken". up to the very moment when he (the Noble Lord) seeing. him oppressed, and sinking under the task by mere fatigue of mind and body, had come forward to his assist, ance. His Honourable Friend, in the side he had taken, was allowed no such assistants us Loa:atom and Mr. Wilkinson. Ho was obliged to do the Whole duty, and seek evidence where he could find it. The Noble Lord trusted it would never be forgotten in that House, that his Honourable Friend had been obliged to follow up his duty under threats repeatedly held out to intimidate him. Menaces had been fre. quently uttered, that infamy would attach to him if he failed in his pursuit. Such was the language eil - over and over again to deter him from the task ; but nevertheless his Honourable Friend had gone on, day after day, in spite of such menaces, and performed his public duty as became a Member of that House. Having stated thus much on behalf of his Honourable Friend, there were some other points to which lie had now. to call the attention' of the House, in respect. to some papers to which he had al luded yesterday, and the particulars of which he did not think he was bound to conceal from the House. As to any attempt at stigmatizing the motives by which he was actuated, he felt the most' perfect in. difference. In addition to the proofs in the hands of Ins Honourable Friend, a clue- to other document; had been given him by a gentleman who did not wish to be brought forward ; but who stated that he had seen in the possession of a person in the city some papers of an important nature, chiefly affecting the Duke of York. Those papers he said were in the hands of a 1 , person who did not wish to produce them. He did not 1 name the man, but left it for conjecture to find him out fi om the mere suggestion of a remote clue, that he was the Solicisor to a Bin krul.t, whom he named, and thatthey had come into his Lana in consequence of a bankruptcy. There were sever al bankrupts of the time name ; but he (Lord Folkstrne) undertook the inquiry, and found out the solicitor, called on him, dnd asked him if he had the papers ? He said he .had. He was then asked whether he would pro duce them ? He answered, that he wished not to do it. His reason was asked ; and he answered that he did not wish to appear at the bar of the House of Commons, lest he might be looked upon as an in. former, or his name held up to the public coupled with some of the persons who had been examined there. Some pains were taken to obviate his jec .tions ,• but he said he was afraid the Right Hon. Gentleman the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and his connections, might injure him in his professional pursuits : indeed his principal apprehension seemed to be of professional injury. He was asked, if it was a matter of dire/tit in his profession, in cases of bank ruptcy, not to produce such papers, and he answered ; but said, that as the matter was taken up as a ministerial question—[No, no, no I from the Treasu ry Bench]—he was afraid to produce them, as the consequences to his family might be injurious, and he shouldbe ruined in his profession. This case, to the Noble Lord's own personal knowledge, was not the only one in which important evidence on this subject had been kept back on similar grounds, for he knew of several officers in the army who could offer very important evidence in support of thetharges, but who could not be induced to come forward, avowedly through the apprehension that they would in conse quence suffer severely in their professional pursuits, and be ultimately ruined.—lt was early in the ing of this day when he had last seen the Inquiry was made whether the papers were . his possessioa and he answered «No P' frankly ' i 111 he morn. Solicitor. e then in . ankly de• , r • i ' ' f , I •' 0 I I I i 1 I 1 ' 1 Of t . It, ; ' I 1 I f ll' f 4 • I 1 k ` t 1J r``. • '', ; I ..?' . . . i 1 .1 ', ,!, e ' t i 1.1 ' . 1 . N Q g j Ii ? 4. , A l , 1 .t t , ti 1 4' : : ': • il . ~ 1; 2 ? 1 61,1 ~. ij l i , ' t li