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know this ? A. In the same way that 1 iaio*ittry 1
other circumstance.—Q. Does the :what" WO*
what amount she received money for places,- la the
course of the three years she lived with his Royal
Highness ? A. I do not. -
Q. By Sir G. Weatitxxnut----Did his Royal Hish-
ness pay for the horses kept by the witness, of which
she formerly stated that she had sometimes six and
sometimes eight ? A. He paid for some of them, but
others I bought myself. I laid out X9OO for horses
in the course of one year.—Q. Did his Royal High-
ness pay for the keeping of these horses ? A. He aid
not.
Q. By a Member—Did the witness ever know Miss
Taylor under any other name than that which she at
present bears ? A. No.—Q. Has not the witness made
some presents to Miss Taylor lately ? A. Yes ; but
not within the last two months.—Q. To what amount
have these presents been made ? A. To a very trifling
amount.
Q. By Mr. WARDLE—Did the witness ever know
the Duke of York to draw bills at date, in which he
placed her name ? A. I do not recollect any occa-
sion on which this was done.—Q. Were the bills in
favour of Birkett drawn in the way which I have just
described ? A. I did not see the bills.—Q. Was the
. house which the witness stated as having lived in at
Wey bridge ever repaired at her expence? A.Yes; I laid
oat between £2OO and £3OO in repairs upon that
how e : the oil-cloths alone cost me from £4O to 450
to form an awning to keep the Duke from being seen
when he came to me.
Q. Does the witness know how much her jewels
cost the Duke of York ? A. I never asked.—Q.
Were they ever in pawn ? A. Yes, at Parker's,
in Fleet-street —Was he not acquainted .with this cir-
cumstance ? A. He was, for he once gave me a bill
under his own hand to redeem them.---Q. Does the
witness recollect what was the amount of this bill ?
A. Yes; 4001.---Q. Did the witness, while living at
Hampstead, never call herself yowler ? A. I may
have taken that name in joke, but I always went
under my own.---Q. Did the witness receive any let-
! urs at Hampstead, and how were these letters addres-
; sed ? A. Either to Mrs. Clarke, to Captain Thomp-
; sort, or to Mrs. Nicholls, (who was myecook, and in
! whose house I lived), as I was afraid at that time of
being arrested.---Q. Were none :tddressedto the witness
' under the name of Mrs. Dowler ? A. None.—Q. Was
Miss Taylor frequently in the habit of visiting the wit-
I ness when she lived in Gloucester-place ? Yes ; very
; frequently, two or three times every week.—Q. -Did
Miss Taylor ever dine at the witness's house in com-
pany with his Royal Highness the Duke of York ?
A. She has several times.

Q: Does the witness recollect the names of the ser-
vants who waited upon the Duke, Miss Taylor, and
her ? A. I seldom allowed.servants to conic into the
room. They generally only handed the plates into the
robin, but it W:IS Very w :11 known in the house that
Miss Taylor was there at the same time with the Duke. '
--Q. Had not the witness at that time a servant of
the name of Samuel Carter ? A. Yes l • but this Co-
lonel Wardle promised not to mention (if
Q. How long was he in the witness's service ? A.
A bout a year..---Q. Was he not constantly•in the ha-
bit of waiting at table upon the Duke, Miss Tayloi,
and you, during that time ? A. He was—Q. While
the witness lived- in Gloucester-place, Samuel Carter
lived in the house performing the services of a &est-
man ? A. Yes----Q. Was he known to the Duke in
that capacity ? A. Yes—Q. Where is Samuel Car-
ter now ? A. In the West Indies—Q. Did you pro-
cure for him a commissipn in the army ? A. I did.
In what regiment ? A. In the 16th regiment
of foot, and he is now on the staff.
Q. (By Mr. HERBFRT ) Does the witness know
the reason for which the Duke of York withdrew his
protection from her ? A. Mr. Adam has statedthat
it was on account of my extravagance ; but he knew
of my contracting debts long before the time that the
separation took place.--Q. Was it not on account of
the witness's interference in military appointments ?
A. I never heard of Was the Duke acquainted
with any of the transactions respecting, your disposal.
of commissions, Ste. ? A. With the whole.
Q. (By the Al I'ORNEY GENERAL.) Did the wit-,
ness never say that Dowler was her husband ? A. I
never did seriously,-Q. Did rhe ever say so ?•A. It
is possible I may, but it must have been to some per-
son with whom he was very intimate.—Q. Did the •
witness never assign a reason for keeping it secret
A. Not to the best of my recollection.—Q. Was he
ever in the same house with the witness at Hamp-
stead ? A. Yes.—Q. Did he ever sleep in the same
house ? A. Yes, but not with me.—Q. Had he any
acquaintance in the house but the witness ? A. There
was nobody in the house besides myself, excepting a
French young lady and Captain Thompson.—Q.
Was not the expellee of part of the establishment in
Gloucester-place paid by the Duke, over and above
the annual allowance of 10001. a year ? A. I do not
recollect.

Q. Did his Royal Highness pay no tradesmen's
bills ? A. Yes, I recollect his paying some bills.—
' Q. Did he not pay for the furniture of the house ? A.
For part of it he did ; but the glasses, which post
from 4 to 4500, I boughtmyself.—Did not his Royal
Highness also pay for the wine ? .A. He paid for
part of it ; but for some of it [ paid myself. I "saw
a great deal of company, and there was a great deal
-of wine drank.—Q. Did you apply for the commission
fin Mr. Samuel Carter ? A. I did, although I should
not wonder if some other name wa: entered as having re-
commended hint. —[A /attgh.] —Q. Did Samuel
Carter go .immediately from your service into the
army ?A. He was in the army after he left me. •

Q. (By Sir .1. SEBRIGIIT.) 'Did his Royal Iligh-
ness speak to, or had he any communication With
Samuel Carter, either before or after his obtaining
his Commission ? A. He must have seen him inthe
Isle of Wig!it, because they net there, and this was
after the Commission.—Q. Is Samuel Carter a rela-
tion of your's ? A. None whatever.
Q (By Mr. YORKE.) What part of the time that
witnes lived in Gloucester-place did Carter liv'p,witb
her ? A. I cannot say accurately, certainly many
months.—Q. Was Pcarson butler at that timOiliss
Taylor was in the habit of dining with you ? He
was part of the time, • others thivrest.—Q. HoW old
was Samuel Carter at the time hg left you; A. About
19, the proper age fsr a cOnimission..
(Here there arose a :.kehiral 67 of withdraw
withdraw 4) The witness Bien withdrew.
Before the C.oinmittee bkite tip, a questionsyluput
'to Mr. Adam by Sir Jmuts Hat, and twit' ottpt

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Mozabere, Whethie. he had advised the Duke of York
so to the proiriety of peiying Mrs. Clarke her annuity?
Mr. ADAM replied, that if the Honourable Gen-
demon referred to the evidence already before the
Committee, he would • have been apprised that he,
Mr. Adam, knew nothing about her annuity. (Hear!
hear!) The House then resumed, and certain papers
relating to Major Tonyn's appointment, were, on the
motion of Lord Folk Stone, ordered; and also, it was
agreed that the House should this day go into the
Committee on the Duke of York, and that Messrs.
Shaw, Donovan, and William Nicholls, be required
to attend the same. _ _ _

The House then adjourned at a quarter before 3.

LONDON.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14.
SHROVE TUESDAY.
PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK
Consok, for money, 67 67i—for February 67111--Omn. it pr.
Exchequer Bills 123. to 14s. pre.

Yesterday afternoon, a Spanish line-of-battle ship
arrived at Spithead, from Cadiz, with his Excellency
Don PEDRO CEVALLOS : he landed at Portsmouth
under a salute, and had a guard of honour appointed
to attend him.

The letters from Cadiz, to which we alluded yes-
terday, were of the 31st uk.. not the 21st, as printed
erroneously.

The following writing has been circulated by autho-

rity

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(OFFICIAL.)
" The Superio'r Junta of the Province of Catalonia officially an-
nounces, that the army under the command of the Marquis of
LA ZU N, with the Aragonese troops, and the Somatenes, under the
orders of the Commandant CLARO, have by theimmited efforts
been able to dislodge the French from their positions, and
oblige them to retreat to Figueras and Rosas, takirg, at the same
time, a quantity of provisions, ammunition, and prisoners, and
posting cher:l6A% es in such a situation as to deprive the French of
any communication with each other, or with France.
" The army of General REDING hoassembled at Tarragona, after
his last retreat. It is now composed of 24,00 f) men,, compris-
ing a regiment of Swiss, fatly arrived from Majorca, and SOLO
men from Valencia.

"'This intelligence is given to the public by order of the Supe-
rior Government.

" Cadiz, fa wary 30, 1809."

Letters and papers to the Ist instant have been re-
ceived from Lisbon. One of the letters incloses the
following from Badajoz and Ciudad Rodrigo :

BADAJOZ, JAN. 27.

I left Badajoz on the 22d, in order to. obtain in-
formation of the enemy, and arrived at Merida with-
out learning any thing certain respecting them. I
therefore directed my march towards Truzillo, intene
ing to proceed onwards until I should be able to reach
them. On the 25th, I fell in with the vanguard of the
Spanish army, which was encamped on the left
branch of the river Monte, distant about half a league
from Zarizejo. There I communicated with Gene•
ral Enostiosa, commanding that division, who in-
formed me that he was going to fight the French.
—ln order that I might still . better reconnoitre the
enemy's force, and also take a part in thenction, I
continued to advance, and passed through Zarizejo,
where I assisted at the end of the battle. I have the
satisfaction to inform you, that the enemy were on
tlfat day driven from the neighbourhood of Zarizejo,
beyond Porto Mirabete, to the distance of two leagues
from the former• village. T* Spaniards have already
two pieces of cannon and a howitzer on the heights of
Mirabete, and their advanced-posts are within half a
league of Almaraz. The General informs me that
his loss in this affair had been trifling ; that he • in.
tends to attack the enemy to-morrow, in order to
make himself master of the bridge of Almaraz. The
French force is said to be 6000 men, and nine pieces
of artillery, posted between the bridges of Alrnaraz.
and Arcebispo.'!
" CIUDAD-RODRIGO, JAN. 23.

Accounts received here state, that a party of
Portuguese cavalry, commanded by PITALUGA, hav-
ing fallen in with a French advanced corps, an action
took place, in which PITALUGA was unfortunately
killed. This was the only loss on our side. Of the
French, six were killed, and nine made prisoners.—
Nof only the Spaniards, but even the English, bestow
the highest praises on our troops..'?
The party of cavalry mentioned above is an advan-
ced corps belonging to the Lusitanian Legion, which
is distributed in different points between Almeida and
Ciudad Rodrigo. The Marquis de ROMANA and
General BLAKE, having by their manoeuvres prevented
the enemy from surrounding them, intend. it appears,
to take a position on the frontiers of Portugal'
Another letter frcim Lisbon states, that the first
division of the levy-en-masse had been embodied,
amounting to 6000, but was expected in a few days
to be 70,000. The English goods in the Custom-
house were permitted toe reimbarked without pay-
ing duty. A French Colonel had been taken at a
hotel, and after being cut in a shocking manner by
some Portuguese piketnen, was rescued from them by
a guard of the 20th light dragoons, but died neit day.
—The 14th Light Dragoons, which had been em-
barked, were again landed-to guard against riots—
the 27t11 foot still remained on board, and the 9th
foot had embarked—the 29th foot embarked on the
31st ult. Different persons, sometimes 20 or SO in
a day, were put under arrest, charged with Jacobi-
nism. The whole of the Danish ships, 29 in num.
ber, in the Tagus, were under orders for England,
but some of the Captains affected to demur. Admi-
ral BERKELEY, it' is believed, considers them all as
prizes.
The George and Anu which sailed lately from Fal-
mouth for Lisbon, his returned, having, it is said,
. been warned off the Tagus on the 2d inst. by the
IdooevA frigate. If so the French must have been
:apF,lifiegrer.Lisipon on the 31 st ult. than wasstienerally
apprelienditd, for none of the letters of at date
wif.eh are have seen %titian their prorimity, • •