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London, England, 1810-02-13 00:00:00

COMMITTEE Or INQUIRY.

Lord Port 111.1 r rcit filmed ihr (hder of the Pay,
and the House re-itlveil itself ii . the Committee
of loguiry, on the failure of ti,e F.hi edition, Sir J.
Amiruther in the (*hair.
Sir HOME POPHAM wog that examined.

Q. Have you brought aith you the memoranda
alluded to is your last examination?—A. I hare.
Q. Are von able to produce them ?—A. Yes.
The Hon. Gentleman produced the papers,
which were kid on the table, cod a discu.siim
ensued, whether these were the original
rondo made by him, or copies, or privet. notes.
lu this, Mr. Tit:miry, !sir H. POPHAM, Mr.
Caoara, and the CIIAACF I I.olt of the Exult:-
QM,. took pert, mol a. it plocreding ; wh"
. .

Mr. Yonke e tou erdi the (;:illerv, end
finding the Stilichog 01.tir had not been enforced,
he innyi.l it, maid t.tr..aers were• ordered to with-
drew by the Chairtn•ii of the ('oni inittee.

Afte; dmr exclooonn, the di.t.u4sion went on rot
scone time, and the Muse utijOUnitd at hall puoi
nine o'clock.

THE BRITISH PRESS.

LONDON,
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 13.

The Correspondence hetoecn Mr. Secretary
CASSINO and the n 00.011111) Elts[lNE, and two
other setr. of papers respecting America, were de-
livered, last night, to the Alerniwrs of the louse
of Commons. We have not time or room to give
even a sketch of them.—The last letter in the Cor-
respondence is one from Mr. ESSKINE to the Ame-
rican Secretary Mr.SMIIII, dated 14th of August,
£BO% which contledes thus :
" Vader these circumstances, therefore, finding that I
meld sot obtain the recognitions spielied io
Dispatch of the Itid of Janeaq, which formed twit
owe part of his s.:vvral iastroetious me, le the formal
samuser required, I considered that it would ►e is vein
to lay before the liovrronteat of *the Veiled States the
Dispatch in questios, which I was at liberty to Imes dime,
is 'items, had I thought proper. But as I had such
strung grounds for beliniirg that the object of His Ma-
jesty's Govemitocat could be obtained, though io a
different smoom, and the spirit at kit of my instructions
be folly complied with, I felt a thorough coavictioo olio
tuy mind, that I should be acting in conformity with Hi.
Majesty's wishes, sad riccor.lingly concluded the late Prori.
closet Agreement oat His Majesty's behalf with t►e Govern-
ment of she Vatted States.

"TM tlisavowaflay Iles Majesty is a painful proof to NI!,
that t had formed as erroneous judgment of tits Majesty's
views, and t►e iateatioa of nay irultractioaa, and I have east
severely to lamest that an art of mime (though anintention.
ally) should produce any etabarrassateats is the Mafiosos be.

twain the two coestries..

We give, this day, the proceedings of the 4th
day's inquiry into the %Valcheren Expedition.--It
appears from them, that Major-General CALVERT
and Col. GORDON were both consulted preparatory
to the sailing of the Expedition, and that they
both considered the enterprise one of great risk and
doubtful success. Lord CASTLIRRAGN did not at-
tend the Committee, last night, and the farther
investigation was postponed until Thursday ; on
account, we understand, of the death of Lady
Curium' Flizamr, his Lordship's sister.

We have received Monism's and other Perla
papers to the 4th. They contain a long Sexaks
Consultant relative to the Endowments of the Crowe,
■nd the Al!owanees to the Imperial Family. This
new arrangement is stated to he in contemplation
of the Emperor's speedy marriage, and Isis hopes
of Sessile.

The Legislative Assembly was opened on the ht.
and the Penal Code presented to it.
The two French frigstcs, La Remeseritee and
(Arentle, which sailed to the West Indies in com•
pany with the two that ha►e been destroyed at GIIIII•
&loupe, hare got safe hack to Brest, having taken
the following shir.—the St. Josepli,Voacji, Louisa,
Cecilia, Pheessia, the Ariel, le guns, the Chance,
the Bear, Jasw and Hydra.
The ✓wwo ftigate had ninety teen killed end
wounded, in bee action with the Christie and Re•

?Au% Tr& 2.

According to the latest letters from Madrid, the
French troops have passed all the defiles of the
Sierra Morena, and have reached the frontiers of
Andalusia.

Orders are arrived! at Bayonne to make every
preparation for the Eursaoa's journey to Vittoria.

We have ►eceived Lisbon Papers to the 200 h
last. They continue to represent the state of the
Peninsula in the most Invoorable colours. The
French. it is said. have been defeated in an attempt
to enter the Sierra Moreno. New armies are form-
ing, and eathusiasni where prevails. firoeral
Lh Res/0110. at the slate of the latest accounts. was
at Onorto. By letters terraced from Lord Wet.-
utott's army. it appears. that the British troops
had taken up a very strong position tut the frontiers
of Portugal. The Portuguese army ronortrd of
more than ♦O,OOO regular troops, sod upwards of
1000.4.4 of the saititea.