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P4RLIAMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. HOME OF LORDS, FRIDAY, FEB. S. Mr. Cr R e, from the Office of the Judge Advocate General, presented the proceedings of the Court of Inquiry respecting the Armistice and Convention in Portugal, which wcre ordered to Be •n t7ie table. and to be printed. The Committee of Privilege on the Banbury Peerage was, af ter a few words from the Duke - of Cumberland, appointed for Tuesday next, with an understanding, that if the Judges could not attend on that day, it shonld be further postponed. It was also nndersto"d that the Roxburgh Peerage would be postponed to either Tuesday or Thursday se'nnighi. The LORD CHANCELLOR read a letter from Rear Admi ral de Courcy, expressing his high 'sense of the honour conferred on him by the vote of thanks of that House. INIPRISONMENT FOR DEBT. The Earl of NlOilt A gave notice for :Thursday of his motion fcr a Committee to consider the practice of imprisonment for Debt. EXPEDITIONS TO SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Lord ERSKINE renewed the motions which he mentioned on Wednesday for an address to his Majesty, praying for returns of • the number of troops, cavalry, inf an try, and artillery, andborse4, sent to Spain and Portugal, and of those 'sista! relunded, not being actually disalgad. The Earl of LIVERPOOL bad no objection to the motion; but merely wished to state, that it probably might take some time to make accurate returns front the different regiments of the num ber rehtnded. Every practicable expedition should, however, be ‘sed.-1 he motion orai agreed to. PORTUGAL. The Earl of BUCKINGHAMSHIRE postponed, first die, his motion respecting Portugal, it being generally understood that the French were now in that country. His Lordship lamented the injury which would result to the interests of Spain and of this country, if the French again obtained possession of Portugal ; and observtd, that if the occasion 'should arise, he should then state his sentiments upon the subj.:ct. The Farl of LIVERPOOL said, that no intelligence had been Teieived by Ms Majesty's Governrimit of the French being in Portugal. With respect to any motion upon the subject, he should merely observe, that Minister.; were ready to meet any inquiry with reference either to their conduct in Portugal, or iu any other part of :he ruin cola. The order of the day was discharged. Adjourned till Monday. lIOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. lIUSKISSON presented a copy of the appointment of Mr. George Lynd, as Consen,ator of Scotch Rights in the Ne therlands. _ Mr. ADAM moved, that Jehn Pugh be ordered to attend as au evidence before the Conunittee of Inquiry respecting the Duke of York.—Ordcred. Mr. CREENI•Y moved for an account of the produce of duties and customs in the iLle of Man, for the years 1796, 1797, and 1798.--Ordered, ORAEtt or• TUN. Dtlir. The House resolved into a.Connittee of supply ; iu which Mr. WARD moved for 130,000 seamen, and 31,400 marines, for the service of the year, which were agree Mr d to. . WARD explained, in moving for the; naval supplies, under the head of “ victualling" and ' a wear and tear," there would be some alteration in , the sums respectively applied, from the allowance*of last year, although in the sum total there would be. little or no variation. In the estimate of last year the wear and tear was Si. per nun per month, and the vtctualling 11. 19s. but the wear and tear turned out' to be considerably less, and the victualling mttch more. He should propose, then, to deduct one guinea per man per month from the former estimate of wear and tear, and add it to the victualling, which would be found to answer the true expenditure. He therefore moved % . for wear and tear of shipping for the 130,000 seamen, for thirteen months 11. 19s. per man per month, 3,295,5001 e for victualling the samei M. per man per month, 4,985,3001. ; wages, at 11. 17s. per man per month, 3,126,0001. which were agreed to: Mr. WARD said, that he had the pleasure to in• form the House, that so far from the existence of any necessity for raising seamen, in the present state of the navy, the number actually employed this moment on board his Majesty's ships, rather exceeded the whole number voted. Sir CHARLES POLE rose to express his satis-1 faction at the statement just made by the Honourable , Gentleman, and his own 'happiness in concurring in I every measure haying for its object the improvement and prosperity of the navy. He felt it, however, ne cessary now to call the attention of his Majesty's Go vernment to a subject which he had mentioned last session ; namely, the harassing delays attendant cm the claims of naval officers in the High Conn of Ad miralty ; and to express his hopethat some measi:re of reform in that department would be adopted by Government this session. He really thought 'the offices of King's Advocate and King's Proctor in that Court to hi wholly incompatible in the same person, and that they ought to be separated. Ano ther object, materially connected with the prosperity of the navy, and .in which reform was indispensably necessary, was the appointment of men to the Board of Navy Commissioners, many of whom were per sons, who, frorit their habits of life, were wholly un qualified to judge of matters daily referred to their direction. What, for instance, could a military offi cer, whose attention, for life, had been exclusively directed to his prtifeisional pursuits, know about the wear and tear of shipping, the. proper wages of sea men, and numberless other subjects, purely naval, re ferred to that Board, and of which naval men only could be competent to judge ? He did not Impate l such improper appointment to his Majesty's press n. Ministers, any more than to their predecessors. It was a practice which, unfortunately for the navy, had too long prt.valleci, and he hoped it would 'ere long be reformed.. The next point to, which he would ad vert was, the case of the widows of marine officers, - ,rho were widt,.ut any provision in consequence or the death of their husbands, and he could Nee no reason why they were not as justly to be considered objects of the Compassionate Vilna, as the widows of offi cers in. the land service. He hoped this, too, would he taLen into consideration by his Majesty's Mini sters ; and those poor ladies placed on as good a foot ing as the widows ot ntililAry officers. Until some thing w.ts done efficiently for this purpose, he should feel-it kluti,se,s;en after session, to call to it the attention ot the House. Mr. WARD then moved a sum of 591,9001. for ordnance for the navy, which was also voted. M r . }-11. 7 SKISSON moved fora sum Of 10,500,0001. to be raised by Exchequer Bills, to take up the like saM on 'Exchequer Bills of last year outstanding and unpiloVided for; and also a farther sum of 1,600,0001. to be raised in the like way, and for similar purposes. Agreed to. • • itAit zntit comintrEF.. Mi'. DtritlDA.S s at, the institnce - Mr. Crecvey, bostponeil till Tuesday, hi3-mcition; Ti. the nomina , Zi on Of she rant loth' Consititter; AL Ap ~. 4 • • . szeturrAnr •wet. lIUMMID. I , - Mr. WHITBREAD, in enagequeocellherlaz sorer he had received last night from a g ral, the Secretary to the Lori Lieutenant neirelo4 gave notice, that he would move on Moaday i f e tt , lotion, that the office of the Secretary for was an efficient office, and the- adatrthersot - ongbt not to be paid to any but the person doing the duty. Sir SAMUEL - ROMILLY'c tquity Debtor's 4 committed for . • . 14(62 - b - a ..,;.., ~. inon would e run to ers l'"4". - .int Wh formati o desixtitLit, . b 1 bvtote i letter to Itiajok ." and Mr. Finnerty' called on me in wow monte ; but from,my conversation with .him, I had ... e* , Het reason to think 4i , h'adlno infatmatiorwirdaver to ive on the subject, nor did he ever give me any: i :You - A* 10:-Tiblicify - you'isay. a few data ago Had you not then lame Conversation respecting these charges ? A. 1 answer tharanever tezeived.any in.. '-- -.ld kid" do the . the passage in Mrs. Clarke s letter respecting hf r that he was son of his Royal Highness. l'he ,was dated in July, 1908, and she was separated • r. !his Royal Highness two years before, althou g i, appeared from the letter he had not then withdt.s.. his protection from the boy, thotish he cast Mr. J. C. BERESFORD Old, he had atter: .111051 anittatel7.to,the evidenced Mrs. Clarke : loltheiliight, arid pariiiiiilliette nadir and rri, Relief Bill was read the second time, ani Monday, ‘. Lord HENRY PETTY deferred his Motion oa the subject of the Cintra Convention to Friday next, and hoped the Papers for which he had moved would be. produced in the interim. MILITIA ENLISTMENT. Mr. HILEY ADDINGTON wished to leirn froth his Noble friend (Lord Castlereagh), whether the ma jority of the men enlisted from the Militia into theline in 1807, was raised chiefly from the old Militia, or from the new levies ? Lord CASTLEREAGH replied, that he could not answer accurately ; but so far as re4nliection served, he thoeght the.greater part was raised from the old Militia. TILE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. Mr. WARDLE moved the Order of the Day for the Committee to investigate the conduct of his Royal fort - aeon from-Mr. Finnerty that 'coll. charges I hive Made. I believe he had none to give, : and none did he give me. I .never in itiflife 'saw Mr. Finnerty until after I wrote the letter to Major Hogan.—Q. Was k before or since the exaMination . . of Dr. Thynne, you saw Mr. -Finnerty ? A. I never. saw Mr. Finnerty from 'the. first time, 'some .months' a_ b ap, until the evening before the examination Of Dr.. Thynne, when lie spoke to me in or near the lobby of this House.-.-Q. Was not the day -the Hon. Gen: deman sass Mrs. Clarke three times, the.da, diately before her•eximination ? A. As I stated•be: fore, I was inditced to believe that whic'h passed. onl .Tdesday, had occurred oti Monday, and I yesterclay communicatUi my mistake to the Chancellor of the 1 Exchequer and the 'Speaker. Q. (Mr. J.C.l3sitesiknoa). What was the•CM1131111- . nication _made to you by Mr. Finnerty respecting De. Thynne i Lord " 4tght. - - of her testiMotty . therr, - -with tliedirect coritradi : ,this night given toler by the • statement' of the I i, . Gentleman. who - ibrkvard the charges, gether with the exposition of her motives, app al from her. letters read by the H ouse, lie sub:ri;,,. Whether the Cotnmonsof , EnglanAl would feel it c.• . sistent with their own :dignity, to proceed an? • ther with the investigation d . Stith Charges the illustrious Personage, f6thided upon the of that infamoui woman, for such he would c4;11 is Would the Housewife: their ears to - be.woundeti, their feelings farther hurt by-seeheilumnies the Royal' Duke ; - or would • tlierdegride tlic;;• dignity by inquiring into the priv*te .arriours Duke of York, or 'the base iurtlgtteC of this infarn• woman'? He trusted the House would dismiss t: business without farther pmceeding. Mr. FULLER decidedly opposed the propositi,% l . a the Henottratile Member. .He. wished the ob' gitestion• as -Highness the 'peke of . ork, touching the sale sind i _ FOLKSTONE jected to . this disposal of certain Commissions in the Aim y, - and , totally irrelevant to the present case. The Honaura- li ba ti on to proceed to its utmost extent. He wishe3 the House resolved accordingly. 1 ble Member had already declared he never had re. to have the business prebidto the. bottom, in ore r Mr. WARDLE, pursuant to his notice of yester- ; ceived any information - from Mr - . Finnerty upon the that the charaiter of the Illustrious Personstge en n e day, 'moved that a proper person do ateend this, day i subject of those charges, and therefore it was riot n e e! stead vindicated to the'Vent - Oin tliqtrees Imams , , :a•-..,,- from the office of the Commander in Chief, with the . eesrare nor reasonable he should disclose cornmuni- acensations proseedingiirom uodungelse than a f e n books containing the applications of Sub:deems to . cations upon the other topics totally irrelevant,. , • .• and infamous ecnispiracy egainst theeon of the Cron.. purchase promotions, within the period in v:hich Cap- i Several other Members also- objected to the ques- and collaterally against the Crown itself ?he un min Maling had received his three commissions ; and time ;_ and Mr. LEALskviiro was'at length induced to sure that his Royal Highness, as "au honest nee e also the books containing a list of the Subaltern Offi-t withdr aw it. . . , would ; lee acquitted by a House composed of his h,:. cers, with the dates' of their commissions, and stat- ! The CHANCELLOR of the - EXCHEQUER nest fellow-conntrymene• in? 'the merits of their respective claims. stated, that his interrogation of the. honourable Gvn- ' The CHANCELLOR. of the EXCHEQUER en The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER : tlenean arose out of his own testimony ,on a former: pressed his confidence than although his Hon. Friee had no objection to the former part of the Motion, i night , and in order to contradict the testimony given . (Mr. Beresferd) might feel his own . mind convinc • but objected to the latter, inasmuch as the books !by Mrs. Clarke ; for she had declared, -that shelled upon this subject, yet .that he would consider that e... would be sufficiently numerous to fill a cart, and • not seen the Honourable Gentleman at all on Tees- minds of others might .not feel •convietion en ee e, would rather embarrass than inform the House. He day, and that she could not have seenhim, because . strong; and that he would not, therefore wish to en thought the Honourable Member's object would be 7she, was from home the whole da y ; whereas the Ho- ; nriye the House prehe ,Royal Duke pith; ads inte e e as fully answered by interrogating t h e &N eer w h o i nourable Gentleman had stated not only that she was !of that testimony proposed to be adduced by his lent: should attend. At least it would be advisable to !at home that day, but that he had 'seen her at'her ' Honourable and Learned Friend (the Attorney-U - . postpone the latter part of the motion, until he should : house . three different times. It would be therefore . neral), and which was to shewthat no,reliaace wee, first find his purposes not answered by the infoirna: i for . the House to judge, whether any degree of credit ever was to be placed upon the evidence of a woni.:l. tion he should receive from. the person who should was due to the t t estitionyOf a werrian, who, after all who Was not only contradicted most positively by tee attend from the Duke of York's office. her own prevaricatiohs, had . been thus directly contra- , Honourable Member whobrought lorward the eliet...,:: . To this, .after some conversation, Mr. WARDLE dicted upon the testimony of the lionoutable Member : upon her representations, but evho, after obtaiiii!,g Receded, and the motion passed. himself ? . . i credit to a considerable amount, by represeitting her , • The House. then resolved into the Committee. - Mr. ADAM now rose and read to the abuse tw o . self as a widow ; the moment she was called on fer , Mr. WHARTON In the Chair. • . letters Which he-regretted he was Male toproduce on her debts, turned roliod, and said she was a marree Mr. WARDLE rose, in the first instance, to cor- a. former night. They were addreised tolimself, in i woman ; Who atfirst•stated herself to have been mer rect an error in an answer he had given to the clues-. Bloomsbary-sqUire. The one was dateclSunday tnnrn.,l rued to a Gentleman, whtiliadelever any concern in iron of -a Right Honourable Gentleman, on Wednes- ing,June . l9,lBoB, aud.signedld. A:Clarke. The other- trade or 170ii.ltesa, and yet whose husband emend te lip night. The question was, whether he had not . ivis . dited - Saturday, morning, but - withont.theday - of have been, a stenemison, With ; whom - she had lived seen Mrs. Clarke more than once upon last Tuesday? the month or dated 'the year. He . haetnotstndorsed : three year% sod by whom she had • three ebildven. But, confounding in. his recollection at the mornent,..-them upon it, as was his custoin butlethought it : His Hon: Friend must surely see the necessity of net Tuesday with Monday, he answered that he-had seen I must have been : the Saturday folliniing,,,. Ile would , refusing tOhear evidence of so important acontrade. her but once on Tuesday. He wished now to correct I now, with the leave of the House, 'read: them both. : ikon. . Theye was .no doubt that Mrs. Clarke mild;:: that statement, as from subeeqtrent recollection he T ire first was to the ptirpott following : • .1 have received - money, in th is ,clandestine -way, r.^.l found he had seen Mrs. Clarke twice on that day, ' " S,r, on the 11th of Mary, 1806, it was the pro-e might have, by false representations, have held out once in the morning, and once in the evening, among' mise, of his Royal Highness the Duke of Yori 'to ; prufisions of her infitienee over his Royal Highnen ; some company in her drawing-room. ' I allow me 4001. a-year. This allowance is now in I but tae great question for the House to consider was. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER:! arrear, for his Royal Higbness owes me 5001. A ft er! whether his Royal Highness ever knew any thing ei then interrogated the Honourable Member.—Q.Whae ! the manner in which hit Royal Highieene has) her eLendestile- transactions, or 'ever in the smelter time did the Honourable ittember stay it - Mr : ' treated me, I haie now nothing left to deLend on,i 1 dt,tritOarticipated m her, gaits ? It was, therefore Chile's on Tuesday Morning ? A.! cannot correctly i and I iin th ere fo r e ciame to:the resantiiin'ijfitialiit of .- the btntost eonsetinence to the ends of justice, :iel I • say, perhaps half an hour.—Q. Did the Honourable my intentieni linievree I therefore propose, Sir, that I the cleirecter of the illustrious-personage., not to r;:. Gentleman come there in his carriage ? A. I can't i he should settle upon me *4OOl. aeyeer for Sfe, and i ject any testimony. which .could , still further prove ten 'decidedly say, but I rather think so. I have been I pay me the enter due ; and-if he refuses I have no Ino credit whatever was due to . the testimony of the constantly in the habit of going to Mrs. Clarke's. r ;other means lift than to publish all the transactions womeh upon whose • statements such "charges wee: can't say positively, but I must have gone there ini which have passed'between his Royal Highness and founded. ; my carriage. —Q. What hour of the day was it you me. I wish. he may ci;enply—beceuse there a r e many, Mr. Puou was c.allel, but was-not in attendance. went there ?A. I can't exactly say. I think the first of those transactions which it. would be 'extremely ine . LUDOW ICI , : A ItNICRAND. time I saw her on Tuesday was early in the morn- , f urious to his Royal 'Highness to see published, and Q. Whose servant are you ? A:.H4 Royal Hi ,l:. ing ; and 1 went with her in her carriage down to the lit would be very unpleasant to my feelings to boob- ness the Duke of York's.—Q. How Icing have y! King's-road.--.Q. Then the Honourable Gentleman i lilted to disclose them. It is now in hiS power, if he been in his service? A. Eighteen years in Septembt: called on her in the morning. And what hour in thelchooses, to prevent me. I will send a copy of what . next.—Q.,Have you been in it constantly during din morning did he.call on her first? A. I can't precise. I shall write to every branch of the Royal Family.--period eA. Yes.--Q. Do you remember theileiikes ly recollect • but I should think ' about eleven or 'One thing more : I wish to add, should lies Royal visiting Mrs. Clarke in Gloucester Place ? A. Yes.--Q. twelve o'clock. —Q. Was it at that - time the Hortour e 1 Highness abandon my boy, I hope he will place hin4 Did any, and What servants attend the Duke on those able Gentleman called upon her in his carriage ? A.! in th e Charter:house •Sc'uool, fir some etherepub li visits ? A: None but myeelf.-,Q. In what capacie• No, it was not : I walked there the first time.—Q.l foundation. :My boy is not answerable for my faults do yon serve the bake ?A. As footman.—Q. At How long did the Honourable Gentleman stay, ati—you will please to communicate this to the Duke w hat time do y ou usually. go to the Duke in the the time he walked there'? A. There was a man nut-1 of York. His Royal Highness's condtict leaves no morning ?A. Sometimes at eight o'clock.—Q. For ting up some looking-glasses. I can't precisely say . room for reliance upon his honour." . , what purpose ?A. To take his. clothes.—Q. Did you how long : but I think it might be about a quarter df The other letter ran thus : • ever see Mrs. Clarke at Gloucester Place 1 A. Once. an hour. I think her carriage was at the door, but I . " Sir, Having received no answer to my former —O. During hew - long a period have you been in am not certain.—Q. Did the Honourable Gentleman I letter, and as you have advised his. Royal Highness the habit of going to Gloucester Place-I—A. from go out with her in her carriage at that time ? A. I to abandon me, I hive employedreyseleeitice in e put- the year 1804 to 1816.—Q. Were. you there fee "did es far as the bar on the King's-road.—Q. Didlting on paper an account of all the circumstances quently ?A. Yes.—Q. On what occasion did you the Plooourable Gentleman call on her that day af.. that have passed between his. Royal Highness and see Mrs. Clarke I—A. On taking her a favourite dee terwards ?A. I think I did.—Q. At what time did he ! me—.and I have besides 50 or-60 of his letters to me, of the Duke's for her to see.---=Q Was the Duke then call on her in his carriage ?A. I cannot exactly say, j all of which I have promised to deliver on 'Tuesday., in Gloucester Place ? - A. No.—Q. Are you sure you but I think it was about three o'clock. I had taken , next, to Gentlemen, not publishers, but persons who' never • saw Mrs. Clarke except once ?. A. Never et a long walk in the morning, and therefore I cannot i are just as obstinate as the Duke himself ; and if his Gloucester Place.—Q. Were you ever told by t!e• say positively as to the time ; but when I recollect the i Royal Highness refuses to comply, I must of course Duke or Mrs. Clarke, to carry a mite to get changed' places where I had been, I think it must have been I. relieve iny wants by an appeal to others, who will 'A. Never.--Q. Never ?A. NeVer •I Am certael.--• -three o'clock.—Q. Did you see her• when you called ' give me that which the Duke will not. Remember , Q. Why did you say no nerevay, east, you vlite , i in your carriage ?—A. Yes, I think she was upstairs, Ihe has it a ll -now in his o w n power, and may act as Gloucester Place ?A. .Ilecaosololbse was ordered , . one 'via - vane doin to Me.—Q: How Ion; •did you stay the second time? A. I cannot be precise; but I think about half au hour.--Q. Then you saw her a third time, on the evening of that ay> A. 'sail/hit:4s I' l before stated, for a very . 'short nine indeed.-9. Did Mu call on .her upon the Monday ? A. I dt4L-4 rs. Claris* was not at home then ? A. She its not. --Q. Did you see her at all on Nondayl,,,A.,l•was coming awayi:after for her nearly ilia hours, When slie came in, atter driving about tov . m,--Q. Did you stay any time? A. No; I went away in a few minntes.---Q. I wish to ask the Honourable Gentle man whether on .the Tuesday when he saw her, he , hail any conversation with her on the subject of these charges?. A. • I really don't recollect that I had then earrpointedeoriversation with her at all.—Q. Whe ther did Ms. Clarke first speak to the Honourable Meinber, on. the subject of these charges, or he first to her ? A. I believe, in the first instance I asked her some questions.—. Does the Honourable Gentle man • recollect the Person from whom he first re-, .ceived his information on this subject ? A. 'Tis to tally impassible to say from whom. It would be proper to name .them if I even did recollect.--Q. I *ish ' he hapleases, , but it will be of my power, after Tuesday next,to resat dims papers, as they will then Oe Out of my possession." . r. lit..oe Atiorney-General to Mr. Aclani—AreJ. I the twolettersaow , pnodaced those alluded- to in the' lexamiliatioo of-Mrs. Clarke on Wednesday night ?—, A. I am confident they,unts; be; for I never received F any others from her, except a very short note of -a few lines, . Did you communicate those, letters. ip3 hi; R Pl eghness the Duke-oflork ?. A. . L Rid.. you communicate akjetters.thera selves, or their cottons I A. The letters themielves. Q:.-Afton you shewed them to his Royal Highness, did he betray the slightest apprehension of any thing he had done in -private that she could communicate? the slightest.—Q., Does the Honourable Xeentleman remember his Royal Highness naming ' any thing that could be published for which he had any cause of apprehension ? A. I am not now sen sible of the precise words used by his Royal Highness, I but I am confident he said nothing that could betray the' slightest apprehension. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL then moved, • Mr. Pugh might be called in ; and stated, that of Mrs. and 110 other dare.—Q. Po you,. isitiloisr own know lidge,_.ass.'nt no other servant of ' the 1:::011ke.'s ever ft tilted Gloucester Place ? A. .I 3311U0 one 0• 1 ever talat.a letter there ? A. None.-,,Q. Bum cagY Men seriants • were there at GloncesterPlate ? • A. gertain,-ttQ, As near ss.youran..guessl. ..3.i believe two in livery, and one •out of w,as,he out of livery ? A. ntitler.-4L . Was that! Alan cook ? A. Ido uot know.-.-Q . How Often `.'fo.; you carried letters there ?A. Very seldom.--1- 1 ., • 0 4 :1 other ever carry letters there from the .i;ukc A. None other but myelt—Q. Did you ever c:17• ry letters there • from the Horse Guards ? A. Yei• 7 .Q. Many ? A. No.,Q. Did you Aever see Mrs. Clarke at Gloucester Place, except °lice ? A. Dili?' I once..—Q. Then to whom.did you give these letters? A. To the housekeeper. - : .Q. Whatis her name ? Taylor, I believe.--Q. at is the butler's name ? A. There were two. Pearse Was the name of one of them. Ido not know that of the other.—Q. Did you ever see Mrs. Clarke except that once at Gloucester - Place A. Yes, T met her twice, by accident, op posite Somerset Horse.- -Q.. Had you any convers.i. tion with any person before you came in bete ternin) the eviden( which - - were to give ?—A. _ to ask"the I-kJ:towable Gentleman7hether re ceived any inforzytation from a Mr. Finnerty ? A. I never received any information from him on, the sub :}ect in my life. Within there few days, Mr. Finnertp said something to• me respecting Dr. Thynne. I. do think it necessary to say, that shortly alter Majo r nti gan's Pamphlet came out, and seeing it held obt there that _ the object his testimony was to prove ' that Clarke had on one occasion represented herself as a widow, and had afterwards said she was a married woman. Mr. ADAM again rose,, and, in answer to some question which escaped our notice, expressed some surprise how any lioa. Member could suppose from ,ce you Yes, the Duke asked me if I had ever jot a n°: e changed for Mrs. Clarke.--Q With any one els. 2 A. Yes, Mr. Adam asked me the same qktestion Q L . With any one else ? A. Yes ! With Mr. Wl.' kinson and Mr. 1.0wt0n..49.Wh0 is Mr. Wain son A. A G:;derraan in Mr. Loar;o,!, • • ' =' Z iagi :~ Ole llle cer aer ti9it 4i? 1 •1