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PPP' rites, much less that he participated in any of the profits ar ising from them. It was not upon Mrs. Clarke's general demeanour that he discredited her evidence, but upon the proof of certain indisputa ble facts. It was notorious, that from the year 1804, she began the business of an army-broker, and that she carried on after her separation with the Duke of York ; during the whole of that period, she was en gaged in that traffic, and the whole of her stock in trade consisted in lying and deception. The whole of those engaged with her, all the witnesses on her side, Sanden, Donovan, Corri,&c. contributed to con firm the same notion and character of her dealings. The evidence of Mrs. Clarke alone attempted to establish a privity and connivance on the part of his Royal High ness; nor did tbedocumentary evidence produced afford any corroboration of her testimony. Every thing on the , contrary tended to shew that Mrs. Clarke, instead of being a reluctant witness, as she had been represented by some Gentlemen, was a witness instigated by re venge, and prepared by design. Up to the very znornent of the present inquiry, she was known to be collecting matters of charge against his Royal Highness the Duke of York, which she offered to , deposit in the hands of other Gentlemen, before she entrusted them to those of the Hon. Mover of this Inquiry. Witness her letters to Mr. Adam : witness her repeated threats against his Royal Highness: yet 1 after all these proofs of an hostile intention, of long , premeditated revenge, some Gentlemen will continue to describe her as an unwilling and a reluctant evi dence. The Learned Gentleman next took a retro spect of Mrs. Clarke's transactions from the time she opened a shop for the sale of commissions in 1804 down to 1806. She pretends to have carried on that traffic during nearly the whole of that time, with a view to raise a fund to enable her to defray the ex pences of her establishment at Gloucester-place ; and that during the whole of that period the Duke of York had suggested and was the contriver of the system she was carrying on. Yet we have in con tradiction of this assertion, the evidence of Colonel Gordon, whose accuracy, whose correctness it was impossible to impeach. The very .sale which his Royal Highness is accused of conniving at and pro moting, he himself in conjunction with Col. Gordon had taken measures to prevent in 1804, when measures were taken to prevent or regulate the sale of Commis sions, to frustrate not to favour the traffic for which he is now accused of participating. Besides, if the Duke of York had ever been conscious of participating in or conniving at such abuses, would he ever have se lected a man of Mr. Adam's principles, of Mr. Adam's character and integrity, to whom to disclose his af fairs ?—most improbable. The Learned Gentleman next set forth the resolution and firmness with which his Royal Highness had dismissed Mrs. Clarke, up on finding she had made an improper use of his name in money transactions. The consciousness of his innocence enabled him to set her at defiance. The same consciousness of innocence impelled him for the most public inquiry into his conduct, for the most minute and impartial investigation of every charge that was brought against him. Yet, with all these proofs of innocence on his part, is Mrs. Clarke to be believed against him, instigated -as she evi dently is by a spirit of revenge, and upon an evidence uncorroborated by any other witness ? The Learned Gentleman concluded by vindicating his Right Honourable Friend from the imputation of having treated Miss Taylor with unnecessary rigour and harshness, where nothing more was done than was in dispe.:sable to the detection of the truth. He had only to remark that the same tenderness was never manifested by the Gentlemen opposite him, for the witnesses in favour of the Duke of York, which they wished to be observed towards the winesses against him. He had only to exemplify the manner in which Mr. Nicholls, of Hampstead, had been treated by an Honourable Gentleman (Mr. Whitbread), who ac cused Mr. N. of having acted basely, dishonestly, and corruptly, only because he had refused to deli ver up Papers to Mrs. Clarke, which were only called for after the present investigation ,had begun ; and which Mr. Nicholls might justly have thought neces sary to detain in case they might be called for during the course of the inquiry. Upon the whole of the cases, he saw no reason which could induce him to vote for the Address of the Honourable Gentleman. Lord FOLKSTONE and the ATTORNEY and the SOLICITOR GENERALS offered a few words in explanation ; after which Lord CASTLEREAGH rose, and moved that the House do now adjourn, giving notice, at the same time, of a Bill for increasing the Militia force of England and Ireland, which he intended to bring forward on Wednesday. The House then adjourned till this day, at four o'clock this morning. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. TUESDAY, MARCH 14. PRICE OF STOCKS HIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Consols, for money, 671 Ditto April 6711-omnium pr. Exchequer Bills, Its. prem. • PRICE OF STOCKS YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent. Red shut S per Gent. Cons. 6711 4 5 per Cent. Navy 97 Fadia Bonds 10s. 1 Is. prem. • I Ficheq. Bills, 10s. 1 Is. pr. Ditto, Fundable, 10s. 11$. pr. I .ottery Tickets 911. 19s. I Consols, fur ace. 67/ A Gentleman, who has arrived in town from Hol land, states that accounts had been ,received there, that so late as the 25th of February, Saragossa still held out, and that it was reported that the differences between Austria and France were in a train of adjust ment. 'We cannot vouch for the accuracy of either of these statements. Some. Spanish Papers have been received, the con tents of which would be highly gratifying could we rely on their correctness. Their . contents may be summed up in the following particulars : Accounts from Andalusia, dated 7th ult. state, that t h e army in the vicinity of the Sierra Morena; con sists of 21,000 infantry and 1700 cavalry. The Mar- quis de P4LACIO4I has been superseded, and to the Count of CarrecoL the command of those forces is conf ided. The Dyke of INFANTADO has also been re. move d; and the army. of the centre under M s or d ers i s m inuted to the same General ; but not without T , some altercation on the part of the Duke, who reluc tantly resigned, and who has been required by die Junta to appear before them at Seville to explain his motives. The head-quarters of General Cuitsm were at TruOlo. His force amounted to 14,000 infantry and 2000 cavalry. His advanced guard was at the bridge of Almarez. About 14,000 men, consisting of Eng lish and Portuguese, were encamped at Alcantara. A considerable French army was still in the province of Leon. General CUESTA had been apprized of the situation of the Marquis de la ROMANA, and of the retreat of the British army ; but not discouraged by those circumstances, in conjunction with the Count de CASTOGAL, he meditated an immediate attack upon the enemy. Conformable with this design, we learn, under date of the 10th February, that the Duke of ALBUQUERQrE, who commanded the advanced corps in La Mancha, composed of 8000 infantry and 2000 cavalry, had instructions to proceed to Toledo, where the enemy was in considerable force. We befure no ticed, that the 40th British Regiment had descended to the Guadalquiver, in the vicinity of Seville. This regiment has been since joined by some other British troops, and it has been requested by the Count of CAsTAGoL and Generals Cruz and ABADIA that they will join the Patriots in La Carolina. Private letters from Holland report, that according to a secret article of the recent treaty between Great- Britain and Turkey, the Poirre is to join with Austria in the war against France, and Great-Britain is to furnish the 'Turkish Government with arms and am munition at Malta or the Morea. This intelligence, it is said, comes from Malta. Letters of the sth ult. from Bermuda, state the arrival them of his Majesty's ship Melampus, Capt. Hawker, from Barbadoes, having captured in her passage the Freich corvette Wahl., re, bound fr om Havre to St. Domingo, mounting sixteen 24 pounder carronades, on the new recoil principle, commanded by the Lieut. de Vaisseau DE LONDE. Having re ceived orders from NAPOLEON not to strike, even to a line of battle ship, without fighting, she fired seve ral broadsides at the Melampus, in consequence of which the latter killed three of her crew, and wounded eleven. She was loaded with gunpowder, and had 350 barrels of flour on board.' The Melampus had no person either killed or wounded in the action. The Calibre, before her capture, had fallen in with two Newfoundlandmea belonging to Darmoutth. She took out the crews, and left both of them, with their main top-sails to the mast, lying to, without a soul on board. 1 Our letters from Bermuda state, that flour was . much in demand there. It was sellin g at 30 d o ll ars per barrel. His Majesty's ship CoLommNx had arrived at Ber muda from a crnize, also the CHERUB schooner, Lieu tenant Cu ()CITE, from Barbadoes. A few days before these letters came away, as some (Arian were return ing from a party at St. David's Island, the boat up set, and, shocking to relate, Lieutenant RAM, of the i Royal Navy, Captain PEAKE t and a Serjeant of the Royal Marines, werr drowned. Their bodies were found, and they were interred on the sth February, with every honour due to their rank. His Majesty's ship SWIFTSURE, Captain CONN, has taken a French West Indiaman, laden with sugar, coffee, and cotton. She was forced to put into Scilly five days since•by contrary winds. BuEAn.- . —There was no Court of Aldermen held this day : the LORD MAN•on, after inspecting the r: turns, ordered the price of bread to fall one-penny per peck EPIGRAM ON O'NILARA'S GOING IN SEARCH OF PREFERMENT. Determin'.' no more to be left in the lurch, And knowing the CLARK keeps the keys of the Churth, With his noted PROTECTRESS he carried a farce on, And lost in the CLARK what was du! to the Parson. There was a meeting held yesterday of the princi pal Per.o.-mers of the late Theatre of Drury-Lane, when it was agreed to perform a certain number of nights at the King's Theatre, under a licence from the LORD CHAMBERLAIN, granted to the Duke of, BEDFORD and Lord KINNAIRD, as Trustees. TILE LATE ELOPENIENT.--- , toTd PAGET has made his appearance in town, in good health ; and the re pert of his having been dangerously wounded in a duel, is of course exploded. Ever since the elopement he has kept up a constant communication with his family, through his brother Sir ARTHUR PAGET, who was sent for by his father upon the first intelligence of this unfortunate affair. His Lordship, in his letters, expresses the most poignant sorrow, and sincere con trition, for his offence ; an d d ec l ares t h at h e i s in a state bordering on distraction, being unable to eat, drink, or sleep. Were it possible to effect a reconci liation between Lady CHARLOTTE and her friends, it would be, to him, he declares, a great alleviation of his distress ; but however much he wishes for that result, he would suffer death sooner than do a violence to Ler feeling , , by forcing her inclination. Lady PAGET kept her bed for two days after his Lordship', elopement, and has not left her house, in Upper Brook -street, since that event.; The Countess of UxantoliE sleeps' at home, in Old Burlington -street, but spends all the rest of her time with her Ladyship. Lady GRAVES, his Lordship's sister, who had come to town from Devonshire, on a visit to her father, was so much affected, that she was taken ill ? and has since been delivered of twinb in the sixth month of her pregnancy. Mr. HENRY WELLESLEY'S house, in Curzon -street, is shut up, and he still remains, with his children, with his bro ther, at Chelsea. We have authority to state that Madame CATALANI will not perform on any stage during the present season. But she will sing in subscription concerts, the first of which is to take place in the sew rooms, Hanover-square, on Thursday next. TO THE EDITOR. S - .a.—Having been informed, on my return from Bath, of re po:ts spread in my absence of the pretended exorbitant ee nands which, it is said, I made to the Managers of the King's lheatre, lbeg leave to declare, through the medium of your Paper, that such reports are entirely without foundation. 1 never mentioned to the Manager of the Opera House, the salary for which I would perform at his Theatre this season. The great and flat tering reception with which I have hitherto been honoured by a generous nation, has determined me to renounce Continental engagements, and I hope to merit a continuance of that approba do a with which• I have been so largely favoured, and which has made so deep an impression upon my heart. I am, Sir, ANGELICA CATALANI. • N. 4 17 ill. INTELLIGBNCL HERTFORD eISSIZES. . FALMOUTH, MARCH 11. • Arrived his Majesty's ship SURVEILLANT% of 38 has lately attracted so much public notice, and a n,' Maitland, were indicted for a conspiracy W . tll (.; 9 1 $4 guns, Captain rear G. COLLIER, with convoy from Rio Cole and others, and thereby defrauding Fred ei .: Norris of a variety of articles of household feraitua.- Janeiro, which they left on the 22d December.— la Lieutenant SCOTT, of his Majesty's ship BEDFORD, Norris said he was an upholsterer at Chesh unt , came over in her with dispatches from Lord STRANG- this county. In the month of July Cole and Reberts FORD, with which he is gone off for London. On the came to his house in a post chaise ; Cole said h e h ad taken a house at Broxbourne, and that he would g i ve 3d instant, in lat 4.6. 30. and long. 12. 10. at day- 1 the witness thejob of furnishing it, and desired O r : light, saw a squadron of four ships of the line and i le was o n It would come over the next morning, wh . h . 4. three frigates, lying to, to leeward, and in the act of : a Saturday, to take measure for the carpets, curtair:, burning a brig—several large ships, apparently men of , 201. worth of furniture. He then thought i. Pruden ; &c. He accordingly went the next day, and dent j.lahe t ir . - war, appearing in sight to windward, the above squa- I to ask for a reference. Mr. Cole mentioned the nam e , drop made all sail and steered to the westward,the wind.' of several Lords and Earls, but said you may as v a it then east, when the SURVEILLANTE lost sight of them. go to my Solicitor, Mr. Crawford, No. 1, Ch ai l e , Two ships of the pursuers were much a-head of the square, Hoxton, he has six or 70001. of mine in his remainder of the squadron, and apparently gaining hands, and will give you satisfaction. He accordingly went there, and Mr. Crawfurd confirmed this , Lat -. fast on the others. The following ve s sels sailed un ment, observing, Mr. Cole was a man of large lara:.:d der convoy of the SURVEILLANTE, viz. Essex, Stmu ptoperty. He therefore went on furnishing the her:‘. VAN ; Vigilante, CLIFFORD ; Neptune, BROCKLETY ; • on this assurance, and frequently saw Robert; in th• Mary, SNOW ; Ann, LACIIEUR, Nile, —. Sailed in I company of Cole. Shortly afterwards he thonale i t right to ask for some money on account. Col.! and company, but parted soon after, the Danish galliot Emanuel, from St. Martin's, with brandy and salt, Roberts were then at the Six Bells, where they u sua ll y • lived, while the house was preparing. Cole said he prize to the Lion privateer of Guernsey, which had would give the witness a draft for 501. on his attar. also taken a fine schooner with sugar and coffee, and ney, Crawfurd. The witness said he wanted money. which they sent for Guernsey. Four Danish vessels Cole replied, that Crawfurd would give him money ' had left St. Martin's three days before for Copen- for it—if he did not, he would the moment he b roug h t hagen ; it was at the recommendation of the Danish it back. The witness , went to Crawfurd, but the bill wa; not Consul that they left France. Also arrived several paid ;. he then came back to Broxbourne, and saw coasters from Wales, Ireland, &c.—Wind E. S. E. Roberts, who told him that he expected Cole would PLYMOUTH-DOCK, MARCH 12. dine on Sunday with Lord SOME ONE ; bitt, in f act , This day, a fine breeze springing up at the North- 1 the goods were all moved off -in the night, and R e . i berts was apprehended the next day in" the. Lond on . East, the family and domestics of Admiral DE Road. COURCY, proceeded in Admiral YOUNG'S barge on ' By the testimony of Mary Little, and other wit. board the DIANA frigate, and at three this afternoon , nesses, it appeared that the goods were carried t o a 1 the got under weigh, and was soon out of sight of the court near Nelson -street, in the neighbourhood o f land. Admiral DE COURCY, it will be recollected, is Shoreditch ; ' some ;ere pawned by Maitland, a n d others sold to a person of the name of Clarke, by th e going to the Brazils to supersecie Sir SIDNEY SMITII, directions of Cole, in the name of Lidyard. who is recalled. • Trott, the police officer, stated, that being upon the A French brig, bound from Bourdeaux to Bayonne, watch in Baltic-street, where he knew Cole lodged, hc was sent in here yesterday, having been taken by the met Roberts going to his lodgings, MERCURI us sloop of war ; and this day another French. T , , he case of the prosecutor being fi nished, Ihe prisoner addressed the Jury in a long speech, brig, prize to his Majesty's ship HERO, was sent into stating, that he had been born to the expectation of Hamoaze—she was from Nantz, bound to the Isle of independency ; that he had been liberally educated, France, laden with wine and canvas. and was a member of an honourable professian ; but Arrived the Ranger transport and Britannia hired that finding his talents not adequate to his profession, cutter, from Portsmouth ; Entreprenante, and Nim- he had turned hii attention to the quiet pursuits of lit terature, in which he had produced several works that rod hired cutter, from A cruize off the Ram Head, a had met the approbation of eminent men. His wife French privateer having made her al:pc:trance there too, was a woman of an accomplished mind, and last evening. The Betsey hired cutter sailed at the haek.produced literary works which had met the ap. probation and brought her the Protection of Ladies same time with the above, but-laas not returned. of the most exalted rank, who had not only afford. Sailed the Supply, Government transport, with ed her their protection, but received her •at their stores, and a company of supernumeraries from the houses, and themselves repaid her visits. Of late, SALVADOR DEL Morino, to Milford, to bring round however, his fate had been sadly reversed ;. the hand a new 74, built there for his Majesty's service, and of oppression had fallen heavily upon him. hr June now ready to launch—to be called tile MILFORD. last his wife died, and himself, from the enjoyment even of the luxuries of life; had been dragged to the --Also sailed the SARACEN brig of v7::r to the East- damps of a cold and-solitary dungeon in Coldbath ward, in the night, and returned this day ; the Betsey fields prison. This had produced disease and the loss and Nimrod cutters (the latter cf . which put back of the use of his limbs. From that period he had again yesterday) on a cruize after French privateers ; languished a miserable victim in the sick ward of and the DIANA frigate for the Brazils. The Gisam, Newgate, where he had experienced all the grinding oppression to which' the unhappy inmates i , l a vriLua TAR, 8b guns, and the TRIBUNE frigate, were paid are necessarily subject. But the only cheek ing hope wages yesterday, and are expected to be off either this which ever entered those walls was now realized, evening or to-morrow morning. The ENTREPRENANTE-t namely, the day that he could face a Jury of his Id cutter, which sailed in quest of the French lugger, 1 low countrymen ; that day was now arrived, an,l he that captured, a few days ago, some vessels off the from further sorrow. Edystone, has returned without being able to come The Jury found a verdict of Guilty, and he was up with her—the lugger and her prizes got safe into sentenced to twelve months imprisonment, and cu I St. Maloe's. stand in the pillory. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 13. Arrived his Majesty's ships DEFENCE and SATURN, from Plymouth. Sailed his Majesty ships TORTOISE and JAMAICA, with a fleet for the • Mediterranean. His Majesty's ship THALIA is appointed convoy for' Newfoundland, Quebec, &c—Wind N. E. FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE, March 10. Average Price of Corn in England and Wales, from the teturus ending the 4th of March, 1809. Wheat. Rye. Barley. Oats. Beans. Pease. s. d. 94 9 I 62 10 I 46 s. d 5 I 34 d 2 . I 1 64 0 1 s. d. 63 2 The average Price of Sugar, computed from the re:urns mad: the week ending the Bth day of March, is 4‘..4. 9id. p... - cwt. SCILLY, MARCH 8. Arrived the Francis, Captain APPLEBY, from Ber muda, prize to the Swiftsure. The Calista, WEA THERHEAD, from Surinam, for London, having thrown her guns and part of her cargo overboard. The Good Intent, LEFEYRE, from Liverpool, for Lisbon, got on the rocks on the 6th instant, and filled with water. The crew and all the cargo saved, except 40 casks. COAL MARKET, Marci► 13. Ships at Market Ships sold 116 Newcastle Coals 24 26 Sunderland 1 3 455. Od. to 575 a 465. Od. to lOi tid DEAL, MARCH 13. Arrived his Majesty's ships CENTAUR from Ply. mouth, and the CHEROKEE from a cruize. YARMOUTH, MARCH ie. Arrived the REDBREAST and PINCHER gun-brigs from a cruize.—Ships remain as per yesterday. MARCH 13.—Arrived from Heligoland the Ann, of this . port, JOHN ROBERTS, with a mail and dispatches. It was confidently believed there that Austria had de clared war against France. The MOSQUITO and RICHMOND are under sailing orders for Heligoland. Wind N. E. fine breeze. FROM LLOYD'S LIST. The Glenmore, Goulding, from Surinam, is arrived at Liver pool, with the loss of her mizen-mast, and most of her guns thrown overboard. The Atlas, Hill, from Demerara, for London, was captured on the 26th of January last, and carried into Dieppe. The Amiable Betsey, Gamble, from Sicily, for Leith, is cap tured by a French privateer, and carried into St. Maloes. Maly In—At Lewes, the Stranger, Gordon, from New Bruns wick. At Cork, the Hawkesbury, Batch, from Cadiz ; and Two Patricks, Power, from London. At Limerick, the Perseverance, —, from London. At St. Thomas's, the William, Burton, front London. At St. Croix, the Princess of Wales, —, from London; and the Lord Cranstoun, —, from Liverpool. At Malta, the Daphne, Mitchel, from London ; and the Fletcher, —, from Liverpool. At Demerara, the Gorthland, Barclay, for London. At Messina, the Stark, —; and the Martha, Bale, from London. At Lancaster, the Neptune, Wilson, from St. Croix. At Liverpool, the Dalby, ; John, Sander son; Washington, —, and Mayflower, —, from avannah. In the Clyde, the Cotton Planter, —, from New York. At Hull, the Propitious, ---, from Picton. At Cork, the quperb, Jones, from London ; J up i ter , —, an d t h e I ntegr i t y, Kane'', from St. Übe's. At Waterford, the New Carlisle, Hall, from Newfoundland; and the Camilla, Matson, from Stockholm. DIED. On the Ist instant, at Leith, Archibald Geddes, Esq. Thursday last, at Sandbach, in Cheshire, Mr. P. Peover, an eminent grazier and butcher of that place—a strictly honest man. A few days ago, at Ramsgate, in consequence of the hardships he suffered in the late campaign, Lieutenant Arthur Disney, of the 32d Regiment. Saturday se'nnight, at Williamacot, near Banbury, John Love day, LL.D. late of Caversham, near Reading. In him, Society has lost one of its brightest ornaments—Religion, one of its most pious supporters—and Literature one of its most accurate culti• vators. He was cheerful without levity, charitable without osten tation, devout without superstition, and loyal without party attaohments. He has lett a most amiable family, a widow and five children, to lament his loss and imitate his virtues. MORVILL HALL, COUNTY OF SALOP. TO BE SOLD BY PRIVATE CONTRACT, T - HE Capital and most desirable Freehold Man -1 sion House called MORVILL HALL, comprising a hand some Entrance Hall, Breakfast, Eating, and Drawing Rooms, and Library of good dimensions ; excellent Bed Chambers, with Dressing Rooms and Attica, Servants' Hall, Housekeeper's Room, Butler's Pantry, Store Room, and other attached and detached offices of every description ; Coach-houses and stabling for 18 Horses; forming a complete Residence fOr a large Family of the first respectability (the whole of which Are In the most perfect order and repair) with Lawn, Gardens, Shrubberies, and Planta tions. Together with 120 Acres (or any lesser quantity to suit a purchaser) of very excellent Land, tythe-free, immediately ad joining the Mansion House and grounds, and lying within a ring fence, on which are greeted a capital Farm House and Farm Build ings of every description. The valuable Fixtures of every kind and Timber will be in cluded in the purchase. • Morvill Hall is situated in a very pleasant part of the County of Salop, near the High Road from Bridgenorth to Shrewsbury, distant from the former 3 miles, and from the latter 17, and 14ta miles from London. For further particulars apply to Mr. Dyer, at Morvill Hall, near Bridgenorth ; and to R. L. Appleyard, Esq. Lincoln's Inn, London—where an Elevation of the Mansion House and Plan of the Estate may be seen. LONDON: Printed and Published by LEVEL KENT, of Can terbury Place, Lambeth, at the ST.sa-Orricr, No. 1, Carey. street. Published also at the STAG-Orrlcz, Tonle Bar .