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- 7 - gins islet answers, sad She sillation Ter the now was, whether such answers were given under mis appreheuitiou. or whether they were to be set down as wilfulmitiostatements? In order . to daterminethat, it wait ireceisaiyAlook to his conduct. Ile came forward,Mis-the first eight, anxioua to give his evi dence; he hid' written to his Learned Friend with that view ; but ois his second appearance, lie said that Iris former evidence was not voinntery ; but that he was brought forward reluctantly liv Mr. Lowten. The fact, es stated by himself, was, that he went to Col. Gordon, in order to do sway the impression that he had had any communications on the subject of Military Promotions with Mrs. Clarke ; but he had offered 10001. for her mitience ; so that accor clog to his own acerviat, he went to Colootelpor doa to do away a true impression. On his coining forward the second day, he was aware that some letters had been produced, which contradict ed him, it was to do away that tuntruilietiou he came forward. He (Mr. P.) tuight be mistaken iii attributing it to sumo a cause ; but he was to go by the best le,sloto the case admitted ; and on them he :fi l l not hesitate to pronounce hem guilty of preva rieutimo. Lord JOHN CAMPBELL sail, that General Cho. vering had had a conversation with a Noble Lord immediately after his examination, in which, he had stated his conception of the questions put to him. Ile thought the &hate slo:uld have been deferred until they could here that conversation related. which he nielerstood the Noble Lord was willing to du. • Mr. WIAITON said, that although many Hon. Gentlemen seemed to think contradiction and pre varicatiou the same thing. he could not subscribe to such an opinion; they were, in his mind, wholly distitict. There was no precedent on the Journals aline one brio% committed for contradiction ; it was for prevarication they were committed, which memt a kind of *hulling. (4 laugh.) If Gene ral Clavering were committed, it mast be upon the ground of contradiction. Rank, he aelin'tted, shookd not screen an offender, but neither should it operate to his Jdisadvantage; the case should be entirely made out es the case of A. B. without any reference to his rank awl connexions.— It had bees said that General Clavering misun derstood the questions lint to him; that was very possible; when the House considered his mbar maraca'. time long coarse or examination lie had uoidergouts, and the circumstance of Ins toot brit% used to appear es a witness, he thought that they would see he might hive misonderstood them. It had been said, that emote's! Clavering came for ward voluntarily, but that fact made a different ini foreman' on his mind, from what it licensed to leave made nylon others. Was it comestent: with the,. prineiplea upon which menkindj e c t r ee rally thee after having gi ven false e • on .one day, he should he willing to comae forward on arinrher, to haserol the risk of contradicting it It bud been elated that the letters pro. • dured by Mrs. Clarke cuotradicted him, and that he came • forward to reniovethe contradic tion; but that circumstance dm male a olifF.:ristit impression epos his mind, from that which it sewn ari generally to have made. He oronld leave it to the Rouse, whether it waist* better far kW to have stood contmrlieted by Mn. Clarke idon'e. then ex." pose himself to the possibility of cootradicting tits eon testimony, and authenticating the letter from which his contradiction was impplied ? Those con eideraitions should make the House pause before they proceeded to a measure which would produce lasting disgrace and mitt di4he diameter of tire individual c onceive d.' the conversa tion lie had entered i n t o with . a Noble Personage, as to his repression of the questions, was a fact that made-in his favour. Mr. M*Nteterv.x explained. Mr. Esssolue said, that equal justice ought to be distiibuted in that House ; one man had been al ready committal, and he coati see is° meson for drawing a distinction in favenr of the !resew 'them, accused. It had been contended, that lie sled not uoderstand the (orations ; but it was impossible that lie could nut have 'Lockwood them. It was contrary to his (Mr. Ellison's) dispositino, to press say thing against an' individual that must injure him. but sod) was the calee.before them, lie felt • it his dub to support the motion. (here the Hon. 'Measlier read some extracts from the evidence of General Clavering, in proof of his prevarication.) An lion. Gent. had talked of colorndiction, and preiraricatiot., and Ylmnfhmim ; indeed he had puzzled arm:—Liiwyers hail done so before. even on the rules of evidence, whirl, lie thought he comprehended. A cosi once oecurreel, in which sae luau had wounded unto her in the face, end the ele feuce set up VAS, that be did out intend to have murdered him. Such wris'the defenee of General lesernig; lie was not guilty of prevaticatiou----he was only guilty of contradicticn. lei his opinion' he was guilty of prevarication, end n prevaricaticei twee direct than that of Captain KiONlell. Ile '.lime furrow,' as a volorateer of justice, and should hate come with clean hands. Never was there a fame of more willing, wanton, and foolish prevaii ....elm'. Great offences, he allowed, were not ex clusively confined to great neople; bat when com mitted by them, they should mint het passed over ; ht, therefore. would vote for the motion. Mr. WY NNE said. that he would detain the house but for a short white. 'lle loud felt nicest severely the !:art which be was compelled to act upon that occasion, towards an individual of such reek aryl connection, Kett it was his duty, as a Mezuber of Kulianieut, and therefore could not avrkideel. An Hon. :coolleman hail said, that .lie House never cominitiesl but in caws of pre y orir.otion; if, that were the case, Cie Standing tiller ottioe (latest was a mere dead letter, which stated, that if any wituesas should give false erideocebeforc them, lie should be polished. If there were any thin; its the evidence that carriedin (hello as to whether General Clayering understood the qemstiond proposed to hint, or nut, lie would 54y. that the' word of a General Officer, that time word or a person descended amid connected as he was, should outweigh, all poionlalities against him, au(' acquit him of the b,ut after a most • • cure iiiveklgation of dos sehjecL gfltr, cimAi r d !ration of the evitivntv, again and again, lie could r mise no doubt in his mind as to the prevarication with which he hind charged Gen. ( 'hovering. The manner in which he came forward he (Mr. W.) con sidered of great weight. When he was asked con- M.r.id, r:•, eeeeting trammel's' with Mrs. Clarke, he might have thought that the question did not refer to ham; hot when he was asked whether be had any com munication with her on the subject of army pro motions, did any man believe that he could have misapprehended it; the letter too convinced him, it was evidently upon the subject of army promotions. As to his ccuiversation with a Nnhle Relation, it did not affect the case; and therefore he (Mr. .) would persist in the motion to which he had called their attention. Strangers were ordered to withdraw, and were not re-admitted ; and the question that General Clavering had prevaricated was carried without a division. We understand Mr. C. W. WYNNE then moved, " That the Serjeunt at' Arms should be di rected to take General (layering into custody"— which was agreed to ; and that he also gave notice, that when Gen. (levering was in custody of the Serjeant, he would wove for his committal to Newgate. The House then adjourned at a quarter past nine o'clock. THE BRITISH PRESS. LONDON, FRIDAY, MARCH 24. A second set of papers, relative to the late expe ditions to Spain and Portugal, has been laid before the House of Commons.—They con sist of three letters from General Sir HEW DA 1.• avant to Lord CASTLEREAGH ; six from Lord WILLIAM Barmiest, all dated Madrid ; thirteen from Major-Gen. BRODERICK ; twenty-one from Capt. KENNEDY, dated successively from Corunna, Lugo, Astorge, and Villefranea ; seventeen from Lieut.-General Sir DAVID BAIRD, and thirteen from Lieutenant-Gen. Sir Jona Moot/E.—l:he public have been taught by the under-strappers of Ministers, to attribute the delay, which attended the landing of Sir DAVID BAIRD'S troops at Corunna to a form that could not be dis pensed with, and not to any Inkcwarasuess on the part of the Spaniards. This is false, as may he seen in the following extract from the let ter of Capt. Kememer, dated October I I :—" It is evident that the Junta are averse to our troops lauding at Commie ; the objection they first started was the distance from the army ; the one now as signed, the installation of the. Supreme Central Junta, and the necessity of applying to it ; to toe, however, it appears evideut, that the real objec tions are the inconveniences attending the spur tering of the troops, the providing cattle, 8:e." Gen. BAIRD, in his letters, appears to entertain the sante ides; and admits that it would be more *agreeable to the people of Corunna. if his troops were to land more to the sastwsrd. When the .sanetinu, however. for landing at t'ornnna was at length tardily received, what did it amount to? Why, to merely a perusissiou to land its divisions of from 4 to 3000 each, to be pushed forward on their march immediately, and in 4itecession ; while General BAIRD complains that it MIS his original wish and intention to have csionittei the whole of his force in the neighbotorhom: of Cornitsta, and there complete its equipment, previous to the coin- Illencement of his march. In page 14d, Sir Mattis BA I ILD says-- s. Whether we may be ultimately compelled to evacuate Galicia or testi I cannot at present say, but it certainly never could be intended, nor is it at all possible, for the British troops in Spain, to contend singly with the overwhelming fume of France, unaided cud unsupported as they are by any vigorous effort DI( the part of the Spanish na tion." lo the immediately auhaequent letter. dated Astorgn, 24th November, General !Wan says— Should our re-embarkation become eventually necessary, of which I confess I have little doubt, I have been led to select Vigo in preference either to Corunna or Ferrol, because the former town is not tenable for an instant, stud tile an chorage is completely commanded from the shore, which is also the case with the latter ; in ad dition' to which objection., the entrance to the Dort is so narrow, that without u leading wind, a fleet might be detained there for a very coo sirkrable time. Vigo is represented to be iii every respect a mote convenient place for embarkation, where, in the event of adverse winds, it fleet might lie in safety, out of reach of all molestation front the shore; it else affords a chance of esalsarkinar the cavalry and artillery horses, as there is a chance of orcuping Bayonns, until the arrival of horse ships from England, or even of transporting to the Bayonne Islands the horses, which might be foraged from the ships now laden at COIU111141." We wish to call the attention of the reader to pas, , age, particularly as Sir JOIIN Alone,: has been censured by the Alinisterial Scribes for fixing mans Vigo a. the port of embarkation, whet' we dud his necessities afterwards obligisl him to embark at Corunna. In p. 147, Sir DAVID BAIRD 1111S6-•- .‘ It is very remarkable that floor of the Spanish Ministers or Generals have afforded me the least information, or Iteen in any sort of comusuoication with me. From Sir Joe,. Moose's letter., it ap pears timid he iisOillarly situated. This silence, on their Pan ja tt : ,yery grent disadvantage, WI the intelligence wet obtain is consequently vague amid ufteu crintradietViey." These are the only points i n Mir DAVID HAJILD'Ii letters that we are able to notice. Tim kttera of Sir JouN M Qom.: are of superior im portuner, and we have accordingly extracted treat . • . " • s theta to • rester extotot. Thee &nets, how- I ever mutilated mod gorblea,gresotlicieut to she. that Ministers miscaleulated the co-operation of the Spa niards; that Sir J. MOORS despaired of snceees from the begi uning, and that his heart was broken before it was struck at Corium by the cannon-ball that car ried his gallant spirit to another, and,we hope, a bet ter world. We will not pursue this subject further : Lord GIIWNVILLE'S Motion upon it stands fur this night in the I louse of Lords. It will be seen in our report of Parliamentary Debate, that General C LAVF.aING is ordered into the custody of the Serjeant at Arras. This does honour to the House of Commons. `AN DEN D. CLAVERING. This is even-handed justice. We yesterday stated the comnitmiration of a telegraphic dispatch, announcing that the people of Cadiz rose in favour of the English, and mur dered the Governor of that city, who was sus pected to be friendly to the French. They were brouglit to Plymouth by the Peacock, from Lisbon, at which place the fisgard hail arrived, with ut, account of the Insurrection. It took place on the 22i1 last. The Statira is also arrived at Plymouth, with an account of the expulsion of the French from 'Vigo, and further successes of the Spaniards.—The fallowing particulars have been transmitted by our correspondent at Plymouth : PLYMOUTH-DOCK, MARCH 21. This morning arrived the Peacock, of 19 guns, Capt. Peuke, froin Lisbon, which place she left days since : previous to her sailing the Fisgard had arrived from Cadiz, with an account of an insurrec tion that took place on the 2:ed ult.; the following are the particulars received : .4 Don Juan de Herida *was killed in an insur rection of the people of Cadiz on the :Nil Feb. " The Marquis de Villel, Representative of the Supreme Junta at Cadiz, was closely confined in the Capuchin Priory. .‘ General Coiraffit was in hourly expectation of death. " The. English were in high favour, and the Spaniards anxious for the British troops to land.— The Spanish people were extremely dissatisfied with ail their leaders, and full of enthusiasm against the French. " After Juan de Herida was put to death the pee,* tore out his heart, and carrieti it about the streets of Cadiz on a pike." ANOTHER Levren SAME DATE. Arrived the Stalin; frigate, Capt. Boys, from Vigo, which plaice she left on the Otis instant ; she brings intelligence that the Patriots there had risen en waive, and driven the French out with great slaughter, and not a Frenchman could make hi.. appearance without being massacred by tke infuriated populace. All the population of Vigo and its vicinity, both male anti female, were filled with the most enthusiastic fury ; and all those who could not procure mnskets were armed with bayonets, daggers, bludgeons, and other offensive weapons. They attacked all small parties and stragglers of the French army, to whom they gave no quarter. Capt. Boys supplied the Spaniards with all the muskets and ammunition he could spare. for which they were extremely grateful. The Lively frigate, which was reported to be lost. was at Vign when the Statira came away. The Swing left Sir J. Duckworth at igo, when she sailed. EITRAET OF A LETTER FROM UN BOARD THE PLO VER, OTT HIRANYA AND PORTO VIDRO RIVER. MARCH . . •• We arrived here with the Plover and Staters this morning, and lay -to, off and on, all day, wail in{ for an answer from the General, the 11arquis Roaming. At night we made sail for Vigo, and came to anchor °lithe (Laze Islands on the On the 2d Mere sailed in chase of a brig going into Vigo. Ou the 4th, hearing that the French had possts.ion of Miranda and Porto Vitro, at the request of the Spaniards, the Placer, and S► aba. supplied them with all the arma sad ammunition they could possibly spare ; and yester dry, at four o'clock, every Frenchman quitted the towiis of Miranda, Porto Novo, and Porto Vidro. " (ha the 4th the French got completely defeat ed, with the loss of 400 men killed on the spot, and a vast nurreLer wounded." Yesterday morning, His Maatm-, and Princcss Aunt STA, accompanied by Earls Cni.,,TutrlL LD and Wiaritti.sas, the Hon. VtLisiLas. Gene rals DL BUD., FITZROY, and MANNERS, and Lady MAMA CUMBERLAND, rode un horseback in ‘Vincl,nr Park, till one o'clock. We are ! nappy to announce that Princesses Sa rnia sto , l AMELIA are u little beau., bat nut utile to go out. Yesterday morning, the Earl of WlN(littlEa arrived rit Windsor, on a visit to their MAJESTIES. Great fermentation is excited in the Cabinet. by the feelings to which the line of cuieliNt adopted by Ministers, during the late investigation, has Own rise; Lord Mut et t.t.s, who does not approve of the mode adopted by Mi. PERCRVAL, in defending the Duke of Yenta, 'aspires to the Admiralty. I.ord MUMIRAVL has been offered the tkilisisnes.; and Lord CHATHAM will emceed Sir Davie DUNDAS in his new inilitaryonfiee. Thesa changes are. however. as yet only in embryo, and snny b• delayed or overturned by new intrigues and arrangements. Mr. HULLER, the Lord of the Admiralty. it is expected will have the house occupied by Captain Hons. who bitey resigned his seat at that Board, as one of the L9rds. Ar-7z.7- ri i F 4 TRF.S. Orin toll Otis rt. The, brury-leoe Conipany perfortoeif, for the lust time, limit Hight, at this Theatre. At an rani hour, every sivvittav to the Louise was tilled with company. The entertaintuauto went off with tile grrateat spirit, alba the cumin' fell amidst the re, iterated plaudits of the audieoce. Adiougst whom o ere— The Dorliestes of 31fokoito and Dine' the ilinva slur of Antoci'; the Illatnioitarns 4 Lossiosm, atorip,,t. Dead/int, Downshirt, :Aid Bin ; Clionnotts sr Optars, Coifs% De Vetnico, Es.wx, Prosbrokii, litabermigh. frp, run, Home, Carlisle, Solis, Caritautents, sad Cardiff's, Vionuattios Dudley and Ward, and Annotation, L.a Le,,i,j o rr on Bosley, Kroh, Graufbani, Mare, Sal Puneonlq ; ilatirinfe, Colifsder, V. Ilaitintk, M. atophr and E triad/read ; Lords Agawam*, teimaied, W. o we flock, and heraldic untritaßKET. 'Mr. Ktitatx being quite recovered from hi! late indisposition, perlorilied the past of Pear dock, in The If heel of Icrteme, Last night, with ait the good sense mid judgment he so einaietilly prise stases. The other parts were well supported, I/ I the whole play received unbou n d e d applause. I he Blind Buy followed, with all i44:tittractio i i of music, scenery, and decoration. Mr. C. Kenai.' received the most enthusiastic applause, in her ~ns mirable performance of Edmund the *hal ay. -.0 The house overflowed in every part. , The beautiful Lady nsktores Cement:l t., who, oily fourteen years ago; was the ornament and admiration of this metropolis. Is left a wid4 . with eight children; and, as we are assured, no menus iu affluent, or even in easy ei reign... stances. Mr. CAMPILI.L, her late hvsliand. wos 6 Member of the present Parliainent ; and they. lived together on terms of the most affectionate and cordial union. The Duke of Aatrt.c an& Lord Julie CASINO! Li., her two brothers, bare set out for Scotland, in order to console their sister . under her affliction, leaving General Ct•rtatou to the mercy, or the lilserality of the House of Commons, before whom his case CAMe on yesterilii. We are happy to state, that Sir JOHN C A LLII %. DEC is now in a fair way of recovery, from a 1011 g. painful, and dangerous illness. It is by us) mesh, true, that Lady CHARLOTTE W----r is retunsed to, or has been receive', I,), her husband. But the fact is, that in tense.. intense of u letter addressed by the Hon. Colonel. eADOG IN. L:Nly C.'s eldest brother, to I,o:di Ps —T, he coneented to separate front her, and to take another lodging. He has not returned. hew. ever, to his family. In his a b sence Lady*C—rn. has Leen carried down to Downharu, in &Mink. near Brandon. a seat of her half-brother, the pre sent Furl of C ADDHAN, where else at present re. mains; that house not being occupied by its pre. mot noble, but unfortunate possessor, who his been confined, during malty years, on_ account of alienation or mind. At the Highland Club, in Cockapor-strect, held at the British Coffee-house. on Tuesday enning,* very numerous company assembled. The Maroeie of Hu a Ti.e was called to the Chair, mid the scant, of The Duke of York was drunk with three times three. No Address, however, either. of gratitude , for services rendered to the tinny, or of sasisloser. on the loss sustained by his resignistailit; !Moll*. posed. The Secretary at War did trot Walk' after the severe reprimand which he had so rot 4- received from the Se cre t or y eStsten collie forw , or even to appe ar i u p erson at t h e Meeting. Ws 5 trust no further attempts will be made to' cep's, military approbation towards his Royal Highness. in opposition to the national will. Such injudirjou efforts to serve the late Commander-in-Chief, can, in fact, only be injurious,and aggravate his Snider. tune. • The Anchor and Vine, public-house, in Charing- Cross, the Telegraph, and Admiral Duncan. pub lie-I es, adjoining, in Buckingham-cputr, are shortly to be pulled down, for the purpose of en larging the Lords of the Admiralty's houses, in the Allan niltv-Yard, on the North side. We understand that a definitive treaty of peace, friendship, awl :inhume. between Great-Britain and Spain, was sigised,ou Tuesday. Some articles, • not yet predeely adjusted, are reserved for future arrongsouent. 'Cie Mugiatratev and Town Council of .Dun fermline, Scotland, hove revoked to present peti tions to both Houses of Parliament. praying that the bill, introduced lardy by the Loon Anew:Av.:, for hatter regulating the public records of Scotland. may not he passed into a law. The Quer... lr' a nsma, 'from Hayti ; rigitratt, CIA FFORD ; Essex. St MAWAK; and the Mary Ala., Goonrcu.our, from the Brazils, sailed from Fol. mouth. for the Downs, snider convey of the • . Speseer ; but would pay no a tt en ti on to isi awl parted on the 4ittli inst. o ff St. Alb an ' s eat. The James, Vaal tax, from Stockholm to Ca diz, put into a port Deur Ferrol, in distress, and is seises'. Lose no time--Tickets will rise--Only 19400 Tickets can be sold in the present Grand Lottery —a number smaller than w a s ever kuowus before, and the sale is stove greater than in the last Lottery when Ticket* because so scarce, and ultimate( rose to upwards of 601. each. Sw Ire said Col,' therefore recommend an immediate pardon*. s the prices must be higher in a day or - two. Ticket. and Shares are on sale, in great variety. at theie Offices, No. 11, Poultry. No. 14, Ch, nig-Crow., and No 31, Aldgate High-street. One filet is worth a hundred argninents ; stn4 one Lottery Ticket may be worth a thousand Pei sea in the ensuing Lottery, if purchased before ine tido of April text; for the first-drawn Prise kba* 151. t r ust ging' One Thousand Whole Tickets. whose worth is incalculable. .__ ..-- 7 - ___ __ PRICE OP wroaos YESTERDAY. 3 per Cent etsivilolll • . Of it 5 ittr Caul. Navy Impfyi4l.llfiroitiot 8111111 6 7 prem. Extfielpser Rilb . F42lislt Lottery Ticktt4..... ntik for ("ming 247 Cotiuls for 4ll T. MR, Stockbroker, 4, Corskiil, and 9, tiagtag-rgeogo, • . . LONDON : Priutint by G. D WIDSON, No mihpikt Itugogell-eergft, earry-stregt bad phi/shed at Hog C 1 144 , - No. ts, Ibek of St. Cleineut:i Clemeh. 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