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London, England, 1809-02-10 00:00:00

mostly from his own accord. He had been desired
by ter to get some letters inserted in the Morning
Post, which he did. He had afterwards visited her Ponsmotern, Ftts. 9.----Artived his Mde,tY'll
twice or thrice s and the objeil of these visits was to .
do away a prejudice she had conceived against him, t Ships Dolphin and Cosier from the Eastward ; Oso
supposing he had been the author of some paragraphs his Majesty's Ship Hindostan, from Plymouth; Scipio,
against her in a Morning Paper. BAND ; Ifilliatit, RAtit$DEN; and Ann, Sitoprog,
In reply to the question how much ho WaS to re-
ceive for the India Writership,- he answered 35001. from Plymouth. Alert, Beata, from Deptford ;;
and Viol. for a compliment for ,his exertion,' in pro- Harriet, HUNTLET,from London; bound to Oporto,
curing it. The person for whom he endeavoured to
very leaky
procure it, was a Mr. O'Hara. He denied that he ; Drape, ROBERTS, and Hawk, Goo-
MAN, from Liverpool ; Betsey, HUTCHINS, from
was its the habit at trafficking for places; be might
have negotiated a,few, or have been instrumental in Padstow ; also a convoy, outward bound, from the
negaciating them. Downs.
After several more quest's:Ms respecting the writer- Sailedhis Majesty's Ships Virginia, for the East`
ship, to which the wiIIICSII still returned nearly the
ward ; the Widbore, on a eruize, and the Boadicak •
same antwers, he was allowed to withdraw. -
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER hoped U.
ndaunted, and Mercurius, for the Westward.
that• no time would be lost in' following up this in- The Brig Bell, READ, from Newcastle, boa to
vestigat ion, as no business. could be of more urgency
Lisboa, laden with coals, arrived here yesterday
or importance; he should not press it further for
from the Downs, and' during a heavy gale of wind
the present.
The CHAIRMAN then reported progress, and the last night she 6rove oil the Spit, and is now lying
House being resumed, the Committee was ordered with her masts just out of the water.
to sit again this day.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER next called
the attention of the House to the case of Mr. William
Williams, who had been ordered into the custody''
of the Serjeant at Arms-for tampering with the wit-
ness Mrs. Clarke. He wished Mr. Low tun might
be examined as to what he knew at the character
and situation of Mr.. Williams.
Mr. Lowton was called in, arid stated, that he had
known Mr. Williams fur some years back; and that
from many things he had observed in his. conduct,
he considered lam as. nut altogether sound in his

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mind.
In consequence of this observation, the SPF A min
gave.direttions that Win. Williatni: he discharged
out of custody, .without paying. the tees„ . .
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCIIEQUCE thought it
proper to give notice, that. from what had passed
during the course of the present sitting, it was his
intention to move to bring in a Bill to make it a
misdemeanor to advertise the she .of places under
Government, or of places in the patronage. of. the
East India Company.
Adjourned at halt-past four o'clock.

PRICE OF STOCKS
THIS DAV AT TWALVIL O'CLOCK.
COMO'S w 4. • • - 671 69 67

TEI E SUN.

iOLICM QUIUDICIIOI PALSUt4 AUUSAT

L 0 ND 0 IV,

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1809.

'Accounts are said to have been received from Lis7
bon, brought by the George, Captain Fußims,
which left that place on the 26th ultimo, which

state that all our troops had etnharked. The troops
which' bad twitched towards the Frouticri of Portugal
had certainly returned to Lisbon, but no authentic
accounts have been received of their embarkation
indeed we are convinced that the embarkation could
not have taken place so early as the !Aid).

A sudden and rather extraordinary rise took place
in the Funds yesterday which, was caused, we be-
lieve, by rumours that a new Financial operation
was in contemplation.

STANGATE CREEK, FEB. B.—Arrived the /Oh
BATES, from Malta : she sailed the Stith D. TllB
Fleet for England sailed about It) days before i
Capt. BATES SpOke a Brig off. Gibraltar, who
formed him that they had put into Syracuse,bllt fr°lll
the wind, Capt. BATES supposes they must have get
out of-the Mediterranean about a forte ht sioce.
vmamos....•
. Dam., FEB. 9.—Arrived fiistMajesty's Ships Pot'
dora and Bold from a cruize, and remain in the
Downs with the Ships as per last.

FAO/Vitt, FEB. 7.—Sailed his l‘li;esti'i SbiPl
Resistance and Su-allow on a cruiv.:.

A report was.also circulated, obviously for the pure
pose of stock-jobbing speculations, that .BoON
P ItTE had sent to this Country fresh Overtures of a
pacific tendency:

Yesterday a.:Cabinet Council sat at the Foreign
Office. The Members present were—the LORD
CHANCiLLOR, the Earls of WESTMORLAND, LIVER,-
POOL, BATHURST ; Lords CASTLEREAGH and MUL-
,GRAVE ;! Mr. CANN 4NG. and 4NIr. PERM, Al,.
We understand the Directors of the Bait India
Company have sent out orders fur as large an•invest-
ment of hemp as can be procured, to be sent to Eng-
land by the next homeward-bound Fleet.
Intelligence has been received from Gen, Devt.e,
dated Toriosa, the I 6th of January; he was then on
the way to Valencia upon. public business. We un-
derstand, that the sufferings which have been so ge-
nerally sustained by our ()dicers in the North-west
of Spain, have also fallen to the lot of the General
iu the East. lie had been six days and nights sae-
Tessively on horseback, with,little intermission, and
that during the lreaviest rains. The. General re-
presents the..ardourotNthe Spaniards in the South to
be unabated. , At Saragossa the greatest distress was
'endured; hut still the determination of the Citizens
to maintain the glory they had acquired, was un-
,shaketi. A coo.iin of PA LAPDX, a Cottutess of flu-
Ite.tt.P., hod enrolled berwlf with ow females, to
assist those who worked at the batteries, by bringing
them provisiont,
All the transports ,belonging to General Sue*.
a Rookies expedition . are said to have put into dif-
ferent ports in.the south of Ireland, principally into
Cork, where the whole are to be, colleded, and to
proceed to their destination without delay.
Miss TA '1.0.11, the intimate friend-of Mrs.CLARKE,
examined as a witness, last night, in the House of
Commons, is a very neat figure, about the height of
Mrs. dLA EKE, ,fiee rather plain, but fair. She was
dressed i black velvet pelisse; black bonnet, with
a net veil"; and across-barred'silk handkerchief tied
round her neck. Shedd not appear iii. the: least dis-
composed. Her brother is marliectioMrs. er.,,vaKa's
sister. • .

Mr. WlLLtara WtLLIAMS, the Clergyman who
sent the 'letter to MSS. C4ARKE last night, in the
House of Commons, is about: forty years of age,
atniut. five feet six int:lies high, rather corpulent,-pro.
utinent features, dark Jlair,.a very ruddy complexion,
*and baid•beaded. He was detained for some time
in custody in the Vote-Otlice ; but his insanity hay-
int-, beets proved,. he was disc:barged.
Wednesday evening,,. about six o'clock, a
lahouring Lunn of the name ()Ilia, was stivllei by
three footpads, Oil Hampstead. Heathi.erined with
pistols.* who rcthhed hirn Pt a watch and sonic silver;
atterAbich they rqbhect another rtpn ar,4 a womant
wtl,o4,ioPc.l,Cet.s* they. cut C10.7t. : - • :

GRIMSBY, Fss. 9. —Arrived in the Roads .10
night, with the loss:of anchors and.cables, from off
Anholt, his Majesty's Ship Prometheus. She JA
Anholt on the
.11th of January, 'stud has been drifto3
by the ice from shore to shere, till the Ist inst.