Star. — London, England, 1809-02-10 00:00:00

• ‘...... ~,,.10 .1 i :. . ''-` 314111 • • ', — cv . • * ii, 4 , .• .~ 4- )i.4.91.„; • ~ . am ~k ( (:; -` Ol. 4 y 4 's ' ,r — ". t i J .. ) az. we h ' • \ . ' , i }• • \\.,.-\''_ -:•-., ,i_ y \I , ~ I I; K_ / . -A-4., ...A. v... g N.....v (C )- -- /. c: 44 •7_ - --7 :-.): - ,\ ....' ) 1 `1)-, RI 1~~ FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, ii3o9. 6858] [PRICE SIX -PENCE. VICTUALLING OFFICE, February 6, 1609. COMMISSIONERS for VICTUALLING HIS MAJESTre NAVY do hereby give Notice, n Friday the 17th instant, they will be ready to receive in writing (sealed up) and treat for what Hogshead, ilderkin, Firkin, Long and Short Pink, and Stout Haze, ,10PS, (answerable to samples to be produced with the may be wanted for the service of this Department at and to be paid for by Bills payable with interest ninety T date. PiiRLI,IMENTARr PROCEEDINGS. 1 HOUSE OF LORDS, THURSDAY; FEB. 9.. Adams, the Private Secretary of Mr. Pitt, and he stated that he had not the least recollection of having re ceived any recommendation of Mr. Dowler. He; howeVer added that all the private papers of Mr. Pitt were removtd to the possession of his executor, the Bishop sof Lincoln ; that ReVerend Prelate was; however, now at Brogden, and consequently no im mediate search could be made amongst the papers in his possession. Mr. Adams, however, had stated that before the papers of Mr. Pitt were removed to the House of the Bishop of LinCOln; all the papers which were considered as of no importance were tttoyea. He had also engtiired of all the Gentlemen now in the Treasury, who were there at the time of Mr. Pitt's AdMinistration, respectiiig any knowledge they might have of Me. : Dowler's recommendation ; but not one of them had any knowledge of the mat tee. He felt it his duty, however, to inforrri the Committee, that a lever was addressed to the LOrdi of the Treasury, by Sir Brooke Watsoh, on the 29th March, 1805, recoMmending that three additional Assistant Commissaries might be appointed, and another letter appeared to have been written by him tb the Loids of the T reasury on the sth of June fol. ! lowing, from the contents of which it appeared, that his former letter had pot been attended .to, and iri which he recommended that two more COmmissaries Lord AUCKLAND wished to know from the Noble Lord at the head of the Doard of Trade, when those parts of the accounts he had moved for, that were to come from the northern ports and from Ireland, might be expected ? If the delay was likely to be but for a few days, his - Noble Friend (Lord Grenville) would probably postpone, for a short period, his motion on the subject of the Orders in Council, which now stood for Tuesday next. Lord BATHURST conceived that the accounts might be corn pleted in about ten days. Lord AUCKLAND then signified that Lord Grenville would probably be induced, in the mean time, to postpone his motion until to-morrow se'nnight. He also intionsted, that it would be desirable to put the Housein possession of any information which had reached Ministers, relative to a recent proceeding in Con gress, which had a very important bea r in g u p on t h e su bj ect o f his oble Friend's motion. 'ouditions of the Contract ma.y be seen at the Secretary's ~rd :rill be had to any Tender in which the prize shall not be -nh at lenzth, or that shall not be delivered to the Board! hes .1 on the said .Friday tie 17th instant, nor orders the mak:, the Tender, or some Person on his beh4f, Mends to .A. calLdfor. ORDNANCE OFFICE, January 25, 1809. PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of HIS MA. . ; ,..,;Ty . , ORDNANCE, de hereby give Notice, ;. , ls will be received at their Office in Pali-Mail, on ‘‘,,lneql.ty the 15th day of February next, from such r he willing to undertake the supply of HAIR BRUSHES, and MOPS, for service of this Depart for a r crled of three years, though Tenders for the ensuing ; . ; ;oily Bill he considered. r o 4 u,c Articles may be viewed, upon application at the s:4ckeepc r's Office in the Tower, where further para. )geher with the Terms and Conditions of the Contract, known, and also at the Secretary's Office, in Pall-Mall 'lke Earl of LIVERPOOL said, he saw no objection to laying before the House any Information received by Ministers relative t. documents or proceedings to which :Ile American Government had given publicity. He thought, however, it would be advise able for the Noble Lord to defer making any motion on the sub ject until to-morrow, to give him time to look over the pagers. Lord Boringdon's Divorce Bill was reported, and the standing orders respecting the progress of bills being suspended, it was read a third time and passed. Lord. MOIRA called the attention of the House to the evils resulting from the present mode of process in actions for debt, and briefly repeated the substance of the observations which he had so frequently submitted to their I.ordships on this subject. He did not wish to put an end to arrests in meme tracer,, but he thought the old practice should be revived, of making the plaintiff give a real pledge to prosecute his suite to a final judgment, with the least possible delay. This would prevent the grievance of per sons lying in custody, sometimes more than a year, before the actual ground of debt was ascertained. It was also his wish to make a distinction between the case of the fraudulent and the un fortunate debtor. The assertions which he had made of the be nefits that would flow from a recurrence to the ancient law and practice, had been controverted by high authorities. He, there fore, conceived that the best way of arriving at such a conclusion as should guide the opinion of their Lordships upon those oppo site statements, would be to refer the matter to an open Com mittee. His Lordship accordingly moved; that a Committee be appointed to examine into the present practice of imprisonment for civil debt, and the consequences thereof. ~~ i? r ar.y day, between the hours of ten and four o'clock, :so the Proposals angst be delivered, sealed up, and en- Propcsals for Ha 4 r Brooms, &c." but no Proposal can ted a*rer the said ISth day of February, at twelve o'clock of the same day, nether will any Tender be noticed .e party making it, or an Agent in his behalf shall By Order of the Board, R. H. CREW, Seerebry. PORT OF PLYMOUTH. of the Honourable Commissioners of His Majesty's Customs. 5 , 14 y the 14th of Februar 1,409, by Ten o'Cloek in the :len, will bie exposed to P 711LIC SALE, at the Custom e. to this Port, E GOODS UNDER-MENTIONED, VIZ. ms Erlndy, 4 Ditte Rum, 8 Ditto Whiskey, 146 Ditto Ditto Lime Juice, 374 Pounds Silt, 146 Ditto Coffee, tto Chocolate, 30 Pounds Cocoa, 305 Ditto Sugar, 33 Ahr.ondi, 51 Ditto Citron, 119 Ditto Tallow Candles, tta Wax Dino, 30 Ditto Tamarinds. The motion was agreed to, and the Committee was ordered to sit on Monday.—Adjourned. I. 1! I THE That on T,rsler• it 80r7,1, hil l‘ II() ferkief , ) , p t •rttord ; d. r a Übe Co. Oct'. -1 - lii , . rhi: Po. - •r• biti)o l , :It, in Pfr . .cipal :.1.17 3 , be k ,reslid, nee:: oly h; alsiat 37 0 F770:110 110 :.e. T" is G 7 on D:tt 1; Diu (:,74agt intbv: ^f, Pair ta tr:Snas a Pat N B. and hc E Order t , n, I,:s .1.1 191 of SIF tp, I,M• 1+1: , I 1_ I • " • f . r ; •- ;:n is •'! I • A T I • • 1 1 • • • • • Bzrley ; 9 Cwt. Grapnels and Iron Work ; 5 Cwt. ;e : 33 Do. Anchor and Stock ; 5 Spars ; ; Pieces Fir r; 4 Boats ; 39 Shawl's; 43 Glass Tumblers ; 4 Masts; :r Leather Slippers; 4 Bottles Oil; 1 Ditto Capers. large MORRIS'IOWN, Burthen 25 14-94 'Tons, with ,s ani. Materials. arced of Old Cordage, returned from the Ranger Cutter. .I:,e Goods above-mentioned will be set up in sev. ral Snld to the highest Bidder. _ _ _ w:11 be given a: the Custom House aforesaid, in rs, fo: - viewing and tasting the same three days before of. orly. PORT OF FALMOUH. 7 •)f the Honourab!v T mmissioNcsits of his MAJI3TY'S CUSTOMS, , 7;clay. letlt Fehrtary next, by Ten o'Clock in the Fore ,\\ be exposed to Public Sale; at the Custom-house in IL TOLLOWING GOOD S,- VIZ. lor* Wire, 33 Vinegar, 1 Capillaire, TO Oil, 60 Varnish; Rounds Sle Tobacco, 152 of Roll ditto, 14 of Segars, 13 incl . '', Hof Tea, 106 of Coffee, 16 of ChoculSte, 235 of , 11: of Pepper, 4708 of Sugar, 73 of Molasses, 196 of ;, s 5 of Inread, and 43 of Pins ; 13 Pieces Nankien; ± of ;•••,-..r , , 2 of Jean, v: of Long Cloths, 100 of Handkerchleti, C , ,or.s, ef Muslin, and II of Silk ;48 Silk Shawls and ) I,2r4hitL, 40 Yards Broad Cloth, 24 Hats, 7 Bonnets, ( ..•;tlon Hose, 2 do. Socks, 96 do. Mitts, 1 Bundle 17 Ile.th:s Castor Oil, s Waiters, I Piece Marble, Nct, 4 Watche9; 47 Candlesticks., 6 Spying Glasses, 7 I'ara.;ols, 2 Waistcoat Shapes, I Box China, • Half a Pound Hair Powder, 15 Boxes Cannis • : , rap,. :Y:iot, with sundry Sponges, Ladles, &c. ',lay he viewed three days before the sale, ' :.• the Cilskom-keouse. 'I I\ll3iik. L COLD, Iro ACres of very fie OAK t:ixed with seine very irauable ASH snd above 100 years g:owth. It is situated within azd twenty-one of Limerick, in the : ireland, from each of which 'Towns there is %:. - ater !post paid) will be received until the 3d of ti'sFi+l.34, North Great Geo.v.:'s-street, , idr:;culart may be known, by application to ", +a, ). it, Tokenhouse-Yard, London. Ai. 1 - REEHOLD ESTATE, ON THE BORDERS OF HERTS. GBINS informs the Public, that the valu. • f*:. el:old Estate called WARLIES, situate between • 4ild Epping, in the county of Essex, on the bor •:' ari , ...rti‘ed fur Sale by Auction, at Garraway's o Fr',!ay the t4th instant, is postponed Until f.., 7 —Warwick-street, Golden-square, Feb. 9. ARM Y. • • • r ANT of an Old Regiment wish& • , ri,lt 7 e to a Regiment at Home, or Garrison Battalion, t:•: , :nce.-I.t.tters addressed to C. D. Hailshatn, *lll •:!••: 1. •••• ca or about the 25th of Mar, 1803, be ., ' bur? and WJrcester, a BANK POST 41/.1., • (, UNLS, dated and accepted 14th April, iBOB, iAyible to t. Sheppard, seven days After sight, ; • Ircn, entered 3. Brent.--I.4'hoever will restore the ` l4 (. Chance, Dudbridge, near Stroud, Gloucester ' rrcr ive Thret. Guineas Reward. l'a inicnt is stopped at the Bank. . . , GRAND LOTTERY. 1 . (4.1.7 of ONE THOUSAND %moue TICKETS the First Day, Numbers as follow: •v • • 4 ;•;• 1 4,600 ' • to , 'Ot .. . ...... .... to '- a 1 1 h ' ;1 to .. . 9,100 50 .. 10,600 to , .. 1 to . 12,600 • 61 FIVE HUNDRED WHOLE TICkETS 'hc ars:.-drawo above £l6,2be Second Day, Numbers as follow : nl • '.,1 • to • ,* h.. , may gain the whole of the following APITAI. PRIZES: • ..... ,000 6 • ... . 1),000 10 - • • .... 5,000 &c. &c. hcr.:ls APRIL 19th, 1909. • -. the tbove Gifts of 1,500 Tickets, there are aniy 15,1,^0 for Sale. • - ....,arcs are selling at MI the liceated Offices~ HOUSE OF COMMONS. Mr. STURGES BOURNE, Cluirroan of the Donnegal Elec tion Committee, stated, that in consequence of the arrival of cer tain documents from the Commissioners of Contested Elections in Ireland, touching the Donnegal Election, which were so vo luminous, as to require some days for perusal by the Counsel on both sides, before the business of the Committee could proceed, he moved that the said Committee have leave to adjourn to Wed nesday next.—Leave given. _ _ , • Sir THOMAS TUIRTON presented a petition from the pri soners for debt in the Marshalsea prison, Southwark, praying re lief by an Insolvent EilL—Ordered to lie on the table. Lord PERCY, Chairman of the 'Wexford County Election Committee, said, that he had received a letter from Sir W. Ingk by, a Member of that Committee, dated at Cadiz, and stating himself to be in so ill a state of health as to be unable to undertake a voyage to England, to attend his duty in that Committee, with out danger to his life ; and that it would he necessary, so soon as he was sufficiently recovered, to proceed to Madeira, for the re storation of his health. The letter inclosed a certificate from Sir W. Ingleby's physician at Cadiz, to this effect. Th: Noble Lord, consissently with the forms of the House, was obliged to attest the letter on oath, when it was the pleasure of the House. to dis pense with Sir W. Ingleby's further attendance on that Com mittee. A petition was presented from Robert Williams, Tsq. one of the late candidates for St. Alban, complaining of the undue elec tion at Mr. Giles, the sitting Member, oa the ground of briber y. The SPEAKER stated that the time for the sitting Memberto enter into rectismizances would rot expire until the 9.31; and the petition was ordered to be taken into consideration on the 'Stith. Mr. ROBERT WARD presented estimates of the monks that would be wanted for the navy, dock yard buildings, and transport service, over and aboVe the ordinary grants for the service of the year, and gave notice that he would move for those sums to-mor row se'nnight, in the Committee of Supply. Mr. WELLESLEY POLE presented copies of the instructions and correspondence which passed between the Board of Admi ralt,r and Admiral Sir Charles Cotton respecting the Russian fleet in the Tagus.--Ordered t 6 be printed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER moped the thanks of the House to the Rev. William Carey, for his Sermon preachad before the House, at Sr. Margaret's Church, Westmin ster, on Wednes.•ly.—Agreed to. ' P.tr. ROSE moved, that the House do resolve into a Commit tee to take into consideration the expediency of extending the ju risdiction of the Admiralty Court, from Newfoundland to the Coast of labradore.—Resolved accordingly. The proposition was agreed to, and leave given to bring in a Bill. The Report of the Militia Enlistment Bill was brought up, and agreed to, and the hill ordeied to be engressel. _Lord CASTLEREAGH, is deference to the Wishes of Mr. I,l"udhatn. who expres ;ed his desire to inake some observations en the subjett, shoved that the bill be read a third time to-mor row.—Ordered. A Message was reieivrd from the Lords, transmitting Lord Boringdon's Divorce Bill, passed by their Lordships, and desiring the concurrence of this House. Read the first time, and ordered for the Second reading sine die. Mr EVAN 13A11.1.1E presented a petition from the prisoners fot debt in Bristol county gaol, praying relief by an Insolvency .Acr.—Ordered to lie on the table. The Cortimittea on the Corn Distillery Prohibition Bill wat, on the motion of the CHANCELLOR Of the EXCHEQUER, postponed till to-morrow. THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF. Mr. WARDI.E moved the Order of the Day 13r the House to resolve into a Committee for further in quiry into the conduct of his Royal Highness the Duke of York. Mr. YORKE wkhed, previously to the House re solving intei a Committee, to explain the grounds of his recommendation, on a former night, that a wit ness should be detained in the custody of the Seajeant at Arms, to prevent communication with other wit nesses already examined, or to be examined, on a sub ject of so much importance. The Right Hon. the Speaker had, on that occasion, given his opinion upon the subject, in opposition to what he felt it his own ditty to propose ; and he now thotight the House acted Wisely in following that opinion. What be himself had proposed he conceivedi to be fonnded on parliamentary usage, although he then spoke gene rally, without being able at the moment to refer to particular precedents. He had since, however, made more minute research ; and although Gentlemen seemed before to think he recorarnended.something which was novel in pArliaMentary proceedings upon such cases, he was now enabled to refer them to pre cedents upon the Journals of the House, and in times to which the House had bete in the habit of looking up with veneration, onsteills those shortly subsequent to the Brunswick accession. He then moved; that the Clerk might refer to the 18th volume of the Jour nalst and the proceedings which ,took place from the 12th ib the 17th J une 1715, from which it appeared, that the House, on the representation of Mr. Walpole, Chairman of a Secret Committee then sitting, had deemed it proper to order that Mathew Prior, Tho mas Hardy, and several other persons, should be taken into close custody of the Serjeant at Aims, and there detained during the pleasure of the Howse, in order to prevent them from withdrawing themselves, and to secure their evidence before the Secret Com mittee, touching the matters then under enquity. And the said Matthew Prior having refused to be ex amined before the said Secret Committee, he vas or derail to be detained in close custody ; and a petition having been presented ,by Mr. Prior to the House, complaining of the haidihip of such detention, no or der was made upon it until the 20th of SePtember following. The next precedent to which he s'rould refer the House for proof of what their ancestors had done in similar cases was in the 21st voldnie of the Journals, on 15th February, 1731, when -the House bad ordered a number of persons to be taken into cloie custody, Who, it was apprehended, were about to withdraw theinselves from giving testimony. The necessity of such proceedings, however, must always depend upon circumstances : the House must in its own discretion judge whether under those of the pre sent case, „it was eligible to follow the precedents he had stated at all events he hoped he had shewn that his proposition was not unparliamentary. Lord FOLKESTONE tould not accede to such a doctrine, as that the communication between wit nesses either before or after examination at the bar of that House was to invalidate their testimony. It must be quite impossible to preiient such communica tion from taking place between personi desirous of giving the fairest evidence. And if the Right Hon. Gentleman meant, in the course of this enquiry, to found any proceeding upon the pietedents he had quoted, he (Lord Folkestone) trusted no such pro ceeding would be adopted, without giving the House' time to search more minutely for further precedents. Mr. FULLER said it was impossible for any ho nest man, about to give testimony before that House, to entertain a wish for holding .any communication with other witnesses. No witness could wish to hold , any such communication but for the purposes _of de ception, and he was surprised the experience of the Noble Gentleman had Rot taught him a different way of thinking. • Mr. SHERIDAN ncrw rose, and observed, that in consequence of some interrogatories put on a former night by an Honourable Member to Mr. Corti, one of the witnesses examined before the Committee, in ord'r to ktiow whether Mr. Finnerty was one of the persons to whom he alluded as present with him at Mrs. Clarke's house, an idea had gone forth that Mr. Finnerty was the person. He had himself, however, since Tuesday night received the most consistent as. surances that Mr. Finnerty was riot the person, nor had he any concern whatever in these transactions. . With regard to Mr. Fihnerty hiinself, he was at pre 'sent under prosecution by the Attornex.-General for a libel against his Royal Highneis the Duke of York, and he felt that such an idea going forth to the pub lic as that he was the person alluded to by Mr. Corti in his evidence, would be extremely prejudicial to him on his trial. He was therefore extremely desirous to remove such ah idea, and to prove to the House that he was not the person. He now held a Petition in his hand from Mr. Finnerty, which he would beg leave to present to the House. The petition was received and read It purported to be the petition of Peter Finnerty, of Clement'slinn, gentleman, and stated, " that the pe titioner had heard with Surprise and regret, that in the course of an examination now carrying Oil before that Honourable House, relative to his Royal High ness the Commander in Chief, his name had been frequently introduced ; and that questions had been put, implying suspicions which might produce im pressions injurious to him, Upon a prosecution insti tuted against him by the Attorney-General, and which was expected shortly to be brought to trial. Petitio ner, therefore, thought it necessary to state to the Honourable House, that he was perfectly ready and willing to appear at the Bar, and answer any question that might be put to him, as he had never been en gaged in any transaction which he would shrink from avowing ' • and he begged leave to assure that Ho nourable House, that his answers would be frank, full, and explicit." _ _ _ The petition was ordered to lie on the table. The House now resolved itself into a Committee ; Mr. WHARTON in the chair. Mr. STURGES BOURNE wished to state, in re ference to an answer given by one of the witnesses ex amined at the Bar, oh a forinet night (Mr. Dowler), alledging that, he had been recommended to him by Mr Pitt, for an appointment on the Comnlissatiat, he had not, he said; the slightest recollection of any such recommendation ; he had since minutely search. ed every paper in his office and possession, and he could find no trace of any memorandum of his being so recommended. He had no knowledge of Mr. Dowler, or of his ever having been recommended to him. Mr. HUSKISSON also stated, that he had made strict enquiry in every channel through which such a recommendation of Mr. Dowler could come, and he now certainly had no knowledge of any such recommendation. lie bad caused careful search to be made through every office in the Treasury, to see whether any trace could be found of such recom mendation; and no such appeared. He then di. fected inquiry to be made in the office of the Com missary General, and a strict examination, not only of all the public records, but even of the private pa pers of the late Sir Brook Watson, who was at the head of that department, and upon none of those documents, public or private, could he find any trace of Mr. Dowler, or his appointment, . or any recommeadatic* of hint. lie next ap.plotd. to Mt. (five In all) sliduld be appointed. It appeared, on ftirther enquiry, that he (Mr. Hirskisson) was direct ed, in consequence of the letter of the 15th of June, by the Lords of the Treasury To, write to the Comp.. troller of ArMy Accounts, stating the direction of the Lords of the Treasury to examine Mr. Dowler, re specting his fitness to be employed as a Comrhissary, while he and his . colleagues were directed to prepare a Commission for Mr. Dowler; in case the opinion of the Comptroller should be in his favour: The Comp troller's report was received on the 3d of July, 1805, stating that he had put such questions to Mr. Dow ler as he tnought riece.sary, hii answers stated that he was thirty-two years of age ;.that he resided in the parith of St. Clement Danes ; that he had re ceived a commercial eduCation at an academy in Tower-street ; that he had letrn . t Latin and Greek; that he was sixteen years in his father's Counting house ; but that never having been employed in the Commissariat, he war unacquainted with the official forms of vouchers and other documents. The Comptroller-added, that he thought as Mr. bowler had received . a commercial education, and was an ac tive intelligent man, he thought their Lordships might safely recommend him to the appointment.— A letter was accordingly Written to the Secietary at War,. in order that A Commission might be laid before his Majesty for Mr. Dowler's appointment. It was necessary to explain that no commission was e'er issued by the Lords of the Treashry for Come missaries in the Hottie DepartMent : those commis sions came through the Secretary at War ; and it was only for foreign service, that such commissions were issued from the Treaury: in consequence, -therefore, of - Mr. Dowler being nominated for service in South America on the Ist November, 1806; a cotrunission was made out for him at the 'Creasurc, but he had never called for it, nor taken it up. On the 27th of July following, he found a letter stating that Mr. Dowler was appointed an Assistant Com riaisSary. But he found that this was in consequence of a letter from the conimissary General, dated the 18th June, and that Mr. Dowler received his commis sion on the 19th July, four others being appointed about the same time. But he had no recollection whatever of seeing any recommendation of Mr. Dowler, nor had he any knowledge of hig person ; and, indeed, of seventeen or eighteen similar appoint ments of which he kntnv under Mr. Pitt's administra tion, lie had no personal knowledge of more than two of the parties. What the motive was which inducCd the Lords of the Treasury to grant Mr. Dowler's ap pointment, he could not tell ; but he Would answer for it, that it was one that did notogive rise to any susPicicn at the time, that it was negociated through any sinister or improper means : for, if any such suspicion had arisen, the custom was to direct the Comptroller to examine the party upon oath; and he had no recollection of any such occurrence. The Honourable Member was proceeding to some further explanation on the appointment of Mr. Minby-, and his recommendation of Mr. Dowler, of which some thing had been said at the Treasury•; but the Com mittee became anxious for the examination of evi dence and after a Very general cry of Proceed ! Pro. reed Colonel MrARDLE moved that Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke be called in. MRS. CLARKE CALLED. On the motion of Mr. WARDLE, Mrs. CLAuxe teas ordered to the Bar. Some time elapsed before the witness appeared ; and when she did present herself, she appeared greatly . agitated and much distressed. A cry of Chair! a Chair! resounded front different parti of the Howe, when the CHAIRMAN ordered a chair to be brought for the accommodation of the witness, and signified to her, that she had the permission of the Committee to be seated ; an accommodation of which the witness at the moment availed herself, though.the afterward., gave her testimony standing. Examined by Mr. WARDLE. Q. Do you know Colonel French ? Here again some delay took place, when it was obvious that Me agitation of the witness prevented her from giving an answer; but that her distress had arisen from somefoccur • rester previous to her appearance at the bar, The CHAIR MAN, in consequence, made the following observation to her : CHAIRMAN.—If the witness has any complaint to mobil of ill war, the Committee will hear it. Man CLARKS.—I was insulted as I came to the House. had nobody with me to pritect me ; and therefore tentefor the Serjeant at Armt. This matter rested there, and the examination pro. ceeded. Q. (By Colonel Wardle.) Did you know Colonel French ? A. I did. Q. Do yourecollect Colonel French applying to you in the year 1804, for your influence with the Com- Mander-in-Chief, that he might have a levy for the