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

a.k this in consequence of a letter I have received to-
night, and I am sorry to be obliged to expose Colonel
vieMahon in this manner."
Mrs. CLARKE was then asked to produce the letter,
which she said she had received, and was also asked
when she had received it, and. from whom ? A. She
received it from the hands of one of the messengers,
after she came into the House to be examined. She
had not read it herself.

The letter was then called for, and produced. It
was in substance as follows :
WestminFter-Hall, Thursday night, 8 o'Clock.
MADAM—I am most anxiously desirous to see you to night.
The lateness of the hour will be no obstacle on my part. lam
now at the Exchequer Coffee-house; but if it is more convenient
to you, I shall be happy to wait on you this night at Westburn-
place. What the business is to which this letter alludes, you may
easily guess, but it would be highly improper to glance at it on
paper. It may be of great importance to you.
Your sincere friend, Wm. WILLIAMS.
P. S. I have applied to two or three Members to deliver in this
letter, but to no purpose, and I am obliged to send it by one of
the Messengers of the House. I hope you will not attribute the
hasty manner in which this letter is drawn up to any thing of ne-
gligence or disrespect.
Mrs. CLARKE examined by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
Q. Pray was this the letter which appeared to affect
you so much in the beginning of your evidence ?—A.
It was not this letter alone, but the letter as connect-
ed with a circumstance which occurred yesterday.

Q. What was that circumstance ?—A. The same
Gentleman who wrote that letter called at my house
yesterday, and he was one of the two that I mention-
ed that I have seen since my last examination. When
he called, he sent up a letter, stating that he had late-
ly seen me at the play, in company with a Noble
Lord and Sir Robert Peat, and that he wished to
speak to me on most particular business. I desired
that he might be shewn up. He very soon asked me
whether there was any body in the back room, and I
told him there was not ; but as my character has been
so questioned of late, I thought it the best way to
open the door, and hew him that there was not. He
then entered into conversation with me on the present
business, and advised me to stay away, and take the
whole blame upon myself. He said, that my cha
racter could be no worse than it was at present, but
that, if I would consent to go away and abandon the
country with my children, I might depend upon it
that I should be provided for in the handsomest man-
ner. I therefore considered the letter that has been
now read as connected with the business which occur-
red yesterday.
The witness was then ordered to withdraw, and
Mr. BRAND proposed that this Mr. Williams, if lie
was in the Exchequer Coffee-house, or in the neigh-
bourhood of that House, should be taken into custo-
dy, and immediately brought up to the bar to be
examined.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
said, that te was of the same opinion, and should
now move, that the Committee should immediately
cease proceeding, and that for this purpose the House
should be immediately resumed, to make the proper
order on the occasion.

The motion was agreed to, and the SPEAKER took
the Chair. A motion was then made, and unanimously
agreed to, that this Mr. Williams, if within the pre-
cinct of the House, should be immediately taken into
the custody of the Serjeant at Arms.
After a very short interval, the Serjeant at Arms
reported that he had executed the orders of the House,
and that Mr. Williams was in custody.
The House immediately resolved itself again into
a Committee, and Mr. Williams was brought up to
the Bar, and examined by the CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER.
Q. Pray, Sir, what arc you ? A. lam a Clergy-
man.—Q. Where do you live ? A. Am I bound to
answer that ?
The CIIAIRI•IAN told Mr. Williams that he was
bound to answer the questions put to him.
Mr. WILLIAMS then answered—As I suppose I
must be very circumstantial, I live at No. 17, So-
mers-place East, near Somers Town.—Q. Is that
letter in your hand-writing, and are you acquainted
with its contents ? A. I certainly am acquainted with
the contents, as the letter is of my hand-writing.—
Q. What business was it upon which you wished so
anxiously to see Mrs. Clarke ? A. I had business with
Mrs. Clarke, but I really do not know how I can de-
corously answer that question. It was no business
which had any reference to the subject now under dis-
cussion in this House.—Q. Were you at Mrs. Clarke's
house yesterday ? A. No; it was the day before yesterday.
Q. What conversation had you with Mrs. Clarke ?
A. It related generally to the transactions going
forward. I spoke to her a little of the newspapers,
and she told me that she had been attending for eight
hours the night before, and was obliged to withdraw,
without being able to give her evidence.---Q. How
could this conversation have taken place the day
before yesterday, as it was on that night that she had
been brought up to be examined ? A. I am not sure
about the day, but I know that it was the day after
she had been examined.---Q. Did he state to her any
thing as to the course hereafter to be pursued in this
investigation ?A. Does not recollect.--Q. Did he
give her any advice as to the mode she ought to con-
duct herself ? A. He stated, that it would be wcll for
her to be extremely cautious : she should consider the
high consequence of the Personage whose conduct
was under consideration.—Q. Did he advise Mrs.
Clarke to quit the country ?A. No.--Q. Did he
ever advise her to stay away, and not give any evi-
dence ? A. No ; he spoke ambiguously, but merely
from the suggestions of his own mind, and not from
any authority.
Q. For what purpose did you propose this to Mrs.
Clarke ? A. [hope you will allow me to pause for
a short time, as there are many things which now oc-
cur to my mind. Among other reasons, it occurred
to me, that in the intimate and confidential connexion
which must have subsisted between Mrs. Clarke and
the illustrious personage that it would not become me
to name, there must have been, in the course of four
years, many circumstances which would be most dis-
agreeable to be published, and yet which could have
no bearing upon the great Parliamentary inquiry now
going forward. I told her that if she introduced these
things to public attention, she would probably draw
:down upon herself the resentment not only of that il-
lustrious personage, but of his whole family. I told
her that no compensation that she could receive from
the: present friends, could be sufficient to protect her
from the resentment of the whole family to which that
illustrious personage belonged. He hoped :he House
would not expect him to detail the conyersatioa fur-