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Ministers. On the subject of me liberty of tee press! he might be allowed to make a few observations. — The law of the country was equal to correct and put down any licentiousness of the press, whenever it should become necessary ; but that licentiousness could not be suppressed without hurting the liberty of the press. If his Lordship would amend his mo tion, he would have no objection to agree to it. If he will state that he means to go into an enquiry of the Convention of Cintra,the manner in which the war has been conducted in Spain, or any other subject, there will lei'no objection to grant him all the infor mation he may desire, and he could assure the Noble Earl there would be no unwillingness in Ministers to meet him on these specific charges, or any other he might think proper to bring forward ; but let him not go into a scrutiny of their conduct without hav ing the documents necessary to form a decision before the House. Lord ERSKINE supported the motion. The events which had occurred since the close of the last Sesiior., justified the appointment of such a Commit tee is Cie Noble Earl proposed. He agreed with his `;e:ile friend on the woolsack, that the law, as it now stood, was fully equal to the protection of indi vidual character, and the character of the State. — Nobody could suppose, that if the House went into the consideration of the State of the Nation, it would have any thing to do with the liberty of the British press. It would be easy to state what particular sub jects the Committee might sit upon, if the motion were .granted ; but he begged that his Noble Friend might not be " eabined, cribbed, or confieed," in his inquiry, and that if it should be thought prudent that he should make no allusion to Sweden, he should not be precluded from inquiring into what took place in Portugal. Lord "'GROSVENOR professed his readiness to frame his motion in any shape calculated to bring the important subjects he should mention before their Lordships. Lord LIVERPOOL said, that during the last 20 years, in all the calamities and vicissitudes which 'arose in it, whether proceeding from misconduct or misfortune, there was no instance of such a motion heir h es agreed to as that proposed by the Noble Lord. In the course of that time, repeated motions of the nature of that brought forward had been proposed, and they were invariably resisted by the Noble ,Lssrd on principles in which he completely agreed with! him. The chief ground for resisting them was the indefinite nature of such motions. He would not say that cases might not occur in which such Committees might be necessary, but when that did not happen, it should give way to a course less sub ject to inconve*ence. If Ministers wished to shrink from inquiry; there was no mode better adapted for it than the one proposed ; no mode better adapted to defeat discussion; no mode better calculated to con found and confuse all enquiry could be adopted.-'-- The ordinary and regular course would be to adhere to the practice of Parliament ; to miller information first, and then to follow it by a specific motion of censure, if he should be warranted by the nature of that information. Let the House get at the facts, and then they, would know how to proceed. The Noble Earl who made the motion, bad dwelt much upon the great losses in men, ammunition, horses, and artillery, sustained In n Spain. As far as he could follow him in those facts, and others respect ing the march of the troops from Portugal, and the movements in Spain, there was not one of these facts, at least one which was material, in which the Noble learl was not incorrect. How necessary was it, there fore, that before he called for a Committee, their Lordships should be put in possession of the true state of the facts. For his part, he was disposed to give him every information, consistent with his duty to the public. With respect to Spain or Portugal, Ministers would have no reserve as to the extent of the information they were disposed to grant, but they could isot exercise equal -liberality in what related to Sweden. They would not shrink from investigation ee any points from which public inconvenience was of ikely to arise. • Plie E. of MOLRA said, he thought nothing could be fairer than the argument used by his Noble end Leased Friend (Lord Erskine) which had beyond the power of contradiction, that such a '...ornitittee as had been moved for by the Noble, ought, in the present instance, to he appointed ;1 .13:1 that the circumstances of the country loudly ~;:red for it. For his own part, he was convinced that, whatever the judgment of the House might be, the verdict of the country would be given on the de cision of the House that night. Nothing could, in his mind, be clearer than the misconduct of his Ma. icsty's present Ministers. That which he charged them with was so palpable and glaring, that it stared every man in the face, and must, in the eyes of the weigh heavily against them, unless they con lesited to clear themselves by a fair and full investi .!:ll:,:ii of the measures they had adopted and pur sued. It was very extraordinary that they who said thev wished nothing so much as investigation, and that they would court it in every shape, should have Ai great an aversion against the Committee then mo ved for ; it was idle to talk of their calling for infor • :ttion. Ministers ought not to give Noble Lords that side of the House the trouble of calling for eleh intOrinetion, but should themselves bring it for etrd, and not narrow the ground by cavilling at r mical forms and phrases, and pretending that this si id of Committee was not that which was properly Adapted to the occasion. He would, however, state one instance of what he thought obvious misconduct, and that was the case of the King of Sweden. After leaving encouraged and drawn him in to quarrel and cc:ne to a rupture with Russia, they had, almost in Ale first instance, abandoned him and his interests - , by recalling the army that had been sent to his assist-. ante, and which, after being several weeks in the Baltic, without having at all assisted him, w brought back, and he left to finish the unequal' contest by himself. It must also be remembered in what an unfavourable and hostile disposition they bad placed Denmark against us, so that nothing ould be more unfavourable than the present state of tie. Baltic. Turn which way we would, the _ prospect was the same, and bore the like gloomy and dreary aspect. What wa s our si t uation with regard I to America ? and '.ow had. Ministers acted towards that country ? They knew in . the beginning of the' Tee s, when they first began St i th Sweden, that they had every reason to expect a war with America. - •It • UN•1•11. 4 Ministers. On the subject of use lib he might be allowed to make a few The law of the country was equal to down any licentiousness of the pro should become necessary ; but the could not be suppressed without hu of the press. If his Lordship woulo tion, he would have no objection to he will state that he means to go int the Convention of Cintra,tke manner has been conducted in Spain, or an there will be . no objection to grant hi mation he may desire, and he could Earl there would be no unwillingnes • meet him on these specific charges, might think proper to bring forwar not go into a scrutiny of their condo ing the documents necessary to form the House. Lord ERSKINE supported the ev.nts which had occurred since the Session, justified the appointment of tee as Noble Earl proposed. He I`;Jhle friend on the woolsack, that now stood, was fully equal to the pi vidual character, and the character Nobody could suppose, that if the I the consideration of the State of the have any thing to do with the liber press. It would br easy to state wh jects the Committee might sit upon were .granted ; but he begged that might not be " cabined, cribbed, or inquiry, and that if it should be that he should make no allusion to not be precluded from inquiring hit in Portugal. Lord "'GROSVENOR professed frame his motion in. any shape ealci important subject:; he should men Lordships. Lord LIVERPOOL said, that 20 years, in all the calamities and 'arose in it, whether proceeding frt misfortune, there was no instance .being agreed to as that proposed b: In the course of that time, repeal nature of that brought forward and they were invariably resisted t on principles in which he compl him. The chief ground for rel the indefinite nature of such mo • not say that cases might not occ Committees might be necessary, not happen, it should give way to ject to inconverOence. If Ministei from inquiry; there was no mode t than the one proposed ; no mode defeat discussion; no mode better - found and confuse all enquiry cc The ordinary and regular. course IN) the practice of Parliament ; to first, and then to follow it by a censure, if 114 should be warrante that information. Let the Hou and then they, would know how Noble Earl who made the motion upon the. great losses in men, a and artillery, sustained In n Spai . could follow him in those facts, nog the march of the troops from movements in Spain, there was nc at least one which was material, i Vaal was not incorrect. How nece fore, that before he called for a Lordships should be put in pos state of the facts. For his part, give him every information, consi to the public. With respect to Ministers would have no reserve the information they were dispose could mat exercise equal 'liberality Sweden. They would riot shrink oa any points from which public ikely to arise. • The E.irl of MOLRA said, I could be fairer than the argurnen and Learned Friend (Lord ;.own, beyond the power of conti io'ornreittee as had been move E ought, in the present instant and that the circumstances of for it. For his own part, that, whatever the judgment of t the verdict of the country would cision of the House that night. his mind, be clearer than the mis icsty's present Ministers. That them with was so palpable and g every roan in the face, and must, weigh heavily against the ,:,nte.:l to clear themselves by a f :11:.1.1 of the measures they hat sued. It was very extraordinarl they - wished nothing so much ai that they would court it in every SO great an aversion against the ved for ; it was idle to talk of th •anon. Ministers ought not tr that side of the House the rt.( intOrmation. but sktruld the was a case. which touched the honour as Oka 4; the interest and commerce of the Americans; and there could not, therefore, be any thing more likely to hip- . • pen. What, then, was likely to be the situation and state if Ireland, and that immensely important breach of trade and revenue the Linen Manufactory? 1 the people of Ireland could net obtain flax seed from America, and we shouid•also be shut out of the Bal tic, the melancholy and dreadful consequence would follow, that there would be nearly half a million of people reduced to poverty and ruin; and all this was likely to happen from the inattention and abandon ment of the interests of , the King of Sweden.. His Lordship then adverted to.. the universal feeling of warmth and enthusiasm which the whole of this country had evinced last Spring in favour of Spain. Never was any thing known so general, so animated, and so ardent, as the disposition which then pre vailed, and the zeal with which every bosom glowed, to.render the Spaniards every assistance in the power of this country to afford. His Majesty's Ministers had consented to meet the wishes of the people here, and to comply with the requisition of assist ance made .by the Juntas is Spain. They deter mined on sending an army to Spain, but in the plenitude of their wisdom and foresight, dispatched it first to Portugal. He then mentioned two letters both dated on the SOth of June last, from the War. Secretary to Sir Arthur Wellesley, in the first of which Spain was mentioned as the first object ; but in the other of the same date, he says, that. since wri ting his first of that day, information had been re ceived from Sir C. Cotton that there were; only 4000 French troops in Lisbon, and therefore, the. whole of his attention was to be directed thither, thinking, he set:posed, that it must fall an easy conquest. He be lieved Ministers had been misled by that information, and had thereby sacrificed the best interests of this country. His Lordship censured the Ministers for their mode of sending the army from Portugal into Spain, and still more the reinforcement seat out un der Sir David Baird, which were sent by Ministers, so as to become a complete shackle on the measures of Sir John Moore. Lord HARROWBY said, if the Noble Baron thought the misconduct of Ministers was so glaring as to stare every man in the face, he could not sup pose a single paper would be necessary, and the fairest way would be to address his. Majesty to remove his present Ministers. In the most eventful periods, Motions similar to the present had been made, but were uniformly rejected. He expressed his regret at some expressions which had fallen from his Noble Friend (Lord Grenville), as to the country being in a sinking state, which tended to create despondency in the people. Lord GRENVILLE begged their Lordships' in dulgence, till he made a few. observations on what had just fallen from his Noble Friend. He believed he was the last man to be found who would urge the difficulties of our situation, for the purpose of creating despair or despondency. He had always done the direct contrary. He had said, indeed, that we were at that moment pursuing a system of policy which was every day leading to direct . ruin ; but he had never even hinted, that he had the smallest doubt of the spirit and patriotism of the country. With re spect to the valour, skill, and ability of our Offi. : . per.arid littataan, our invincibly Army,• if their efforts were properly directed, no country could stand on prouder ground. But hitherto our Councils were directed by a spirit of intemperance which tended to irritate every country against us with which we had concern or connection. Ministers acted either without council or with very bad council, sent out armies, without plans, and embarked them in such a manner as to render success impossible—but it would be a gross calumny on him, if any dike should say he thought the country sinking, except from the weak ness of its councils. He had always held out one sen timent en the subject, which was that we had no hope of safery save that of relying on ourselves ; but that Ministers were pu suing a system of conduct that had hitherto produced nothing but disasters, and if per sisted in must be attended with ruin. The questica was then put, and the motion nega .vcd without a division.--Adjourned. HOUSE OP COMMONS, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7. Mr. JEKYL, presuited a petition from certain prisoners for debt in the King's Bench Prison St. George's Fields, praying re lict by an insolvent i3lll.—Orckred to lie on. the table. Mr. STURGES BOURNE, Chairman of the Donnegal Elec tion Committee, reported that Mr. Chute, a 1\ leinirer of that Consmittee,w:s prevented by illness front attending this day ; in consequence of which the Committee adjourned without pro ceeding to business. A Medical attendant of Mr. Chute proved at the bar, that the probable length of his illness was wholly uncertain. He was therefore excused from fur:her attendance, and the Committee ordered to proceed without him: The Sheriffs of London presented at the bar two petitions : the one praying a bill to carry into effect the intentions of two Acts, for building Blackfriars bridge, and clearing the passages thereto. The other for a Bill to enable the Corporation of London to en large or remove Smithfield Market. Both were, on the motion of Alderman PRICE, refe;red to Committees. Mr. DUNID-0, on the suggestion of Mr. CrecvlYs ip consi deration of the business of fir.: inquiry respecttng the conduct of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, agreed to put off his mo tion respecting the nomination of a Committee on East India Af fairs, ripe 14, Mr. SPURGES BOURNE brought sip the Report of the Com mittee of Ways and Means. The Resolutions ware read'and agreed to, and leave given to bring in Bills pursuant thereto. Sir SamueLltornilly's,Equity Debtors Relief Bill teas commit ted, and ordered to be reported to-morrow. PO RTUGU ESL PAP.bRS. Lord HENRY PETTY rose to Move for some fsather ppm respecting the Portuguese Expedition, to the production of Whirl he understood there would be no objection. The first related to the naval part of the Expedition, of whlekthe late Court of lath quiry at Chelsea had no authority gisren *them to mho carapace. The second related to the equipment of die expaditloo*so far as it related to the government of Ireland. The Noble r...a1l then moved for Copies or Eitracts of all lastruttlens :rob the lloard of Admiralty to Admiral Sir Charles Cotton, and st all cattle pendence between him and them, so far as relates to the Rulsbn Sect in the Teigi+—Ordered, , H 4 next motion was for copies of all,lettors witith=i 3 e• .tween Sir Arthur Wellesley. and the Government..o . rtr meeting the equipment of that Expedition. Lard LIASTLERF-AUtd ausersecd,that every thingetbdivent ,that equipment. wp,s discontekin this co with If. Azglig, Wellesie,y before h% went to Ireland, aa4R i 1 11440 rPINIONO. to be donabot to enibirit the troops. He had 110 thitCtill% lOW' : ever, to glee any information on the a . Lord HENY PETTY tbennmmtbis Insdynt bf for copies of ad correspondence. hotwsielitle, BS ties 1 1 97174 Governments on the subject of the Xpeedithin to. Passulpds,stso also of a letter to the eorrtmblariOnstiral re4eitket dat Expo. dition tustier,Sir Arthur Wedesiey ' Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY said ereOry _tbabll'aoam l6l lo with i =reke - loft this coonertioe .bytlestd to" pork mat the. ood ortleni wars soot, from Ads soup tr., rise theLoid Latitsosnt of lielasidto Odd UM tiodbartilik."= PErrY again ameettledihYinaving generally for any then with him ? A. She was. — Q" How lota did at., ("ore= soot t the Government of this Country ter thin of Ire - live together ? A. I cannot particularly say : fl.r. ithiad, upon the subject of that expedition. less than one year, or more than two.—Q. Where d , Aeiect CASTLEREAGH moved for a Return. From the Coin ...!!!!. othisailat Establishment of Ireland, of the State and Coudkion of they live afterwards ? A. I do not know of e the. Troops sent from that country upon. the Portugue se el cape& living any where else, until lie was living in Glee,. I tkin, previously to their embarkation at Cork.—Or lane, where he went to carry on bininess.---Q. eee,,,. ORDER OP THE DAY. • ' was this ? A. He commenced business some ter e Mr. WARDLE moved the Order of tbe Day for a b out 179+, an d • carried it on three or four years.the House to resolve into a Committee to inquire into. Q. Had Mr. Clarke a stonemason's yard i a.. ti. ' the conduct of his Royal Highness the Dube e(York. 1.- I A &MMI after he Carat to Golden-lane. At Horton e e The House resolved accordingly. : lived oar his fortune, and carried on ne business.--Q. MR. WHARTON IN THE CHAIR. •_. Did you visit at his house ? A. I never did visit ar a After some preliminary conversation between VII house where he lived.—Q. Did you know Mrs. Clark e CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, Mr. Waanee, and b y s i g h t :) A. I did.--Q..Did you knew when she se . Mr. WHITBREAD, touching the necessary order dfpro- parated from her husband ?A. No.—Q. Have ee l ceeding in the examination of witnesses, • ino guess? A, No farther than that it was 'after be ar Mr. Pugh was called to the bar, and examined. ; left Golden-lane.—Q. Do you know who told you e Q. (By the Attorney General.) What business do . their separation ?—A. The public.—Q. Yee k e n you carry on ? A. That of an auctioneer.—Q. Do nothing of it from your own knowledge ? A. N ee ... you know Mrs Mary Ann Clarke ? A. I did know Q. Where do you yourself live ? A. In Charterhouse her.—Q. Where did she live when' you knew her ? . square A. Tavistock-place.—Q. Did she order any furniture ' Mr. JAMES Coetere war the next witness called, el from you ? A. She called at my house about some examined by Mr. WARDLE. looking-glasses and atall-lamp, and 1 waited on her Q. Do you know Mrs. Clarke ? A. I dc),—Q. in consequence. I was strewn into a back room, , and Have you been applied to by her in the way ef - ere. I saw and conversed with her upon the subject.— profession ? A.I have.—Q. What is your profeseee ; Q. Did she speak of herself at the time as a married A. A solicitor.—Q. Did you ever receive any eeee mends from the Duke of York in respect to Me. woman ? A. I then lived in Burlington-street. She Clarke ? A. In consequence of Mrs. Clarke send.itg called me into a back room. I drank three or four . glasses of wine with her, and 'in the course of conver- 'for me, I said I would wish to have my instructi ons sation she seemed to be acquainted with all the per- from the Duke of York. I did, in consequence, receive a message in writing from his Royal Highness, an d i n sons I knew. She talked her' late 'husband, and of her three children being at school—Q. What ftitr- 1 coasequence thereof I waited on his Royal Highnes s tber passed on that occasion ? A. Nothing more at Portman-square.—Q. What passed in consequence ? particular: she seemed acquainted with every per- A. The Duke of York spoke to me or. private pro. son s knew. I called several times afterwards, and fissional business. I, therefore, with great subrnie she talked to me about some glasses and some bronze sion, appeal whether under such circumstanees I ael figures.—Q. Did she give you any order ? A. Yes : bound to divulge it. for a hall lamp and some glasses, amounting in the Witness ordered to withdraw. . whole to about 271.—Q. When *ere those orders Mr. FULLER objected to any question being put given ? A. At art the 20th of May ; and theigoods to the witness, which might lead him to disclose the were delivered on the 24th.--Q. Did you see any secrets of his Royal Highness as his client. body but Mrs. Clarke at her house ? A. Yes ; I saw TheCHANCF.I.LOR of the EXCHEQUER said her sister one day, and afterwards her mother. She he apprehended that it appeared by the witness's own Mid me she had . purchased a house of a Mr. Burton , account he was sent for as the solicitor of Mrs. Clarke, for 12001. I spoke to Mr. Burton, and he said she and not as the solicitor of the Duke of York, and he had purchased a house of him, but not for so high a was therefore bound to answer the question now pia price.—Q. Did she at any time appear to you other- to him by the House. wise than as a married woman ? A. I called one The witness recalled, and the question repeated to morning at her house to see how a new glass was him. hung, and I saw a cocked hat in the room. I made A. His Royal Highness wished to know if I coup some observations to her servant upon the circum- raise for him a sum of 10,0001. in mortgage. stance, and she answered, her mistress was a gay Mr. WARDLE said, it was because he knew k young widow, and had been at the Masquerade the was impossible for Mrs. Clarke to obtain money to night before. Nothing more passed at the time.— the extent she did without such aid—that he had said Q. Were you paid, for your goods, by Mrs, Clarke ? on a former night, that a professional man was inure. A. No ; I was obliged to brmg my action at law to duced to the Duke of York for that purpose by Mrs. recover the amount; but I was nonsuited.— Q. How Clarke; and he hoped he should be allowed to prove so ? A. By a point in law ; I don't understand the that fact, more especially as he had been so flatly distinction.—Q. Do you think it was on the ground contradicted upon this point. of her being a married .woman ? A. I think it was. Mr. ADAM feeling that the last remark of the Q: (By Mr. 'Wardle). , Did you ever write any let- Hon. Gentleman applied to something which had tors to Mrs. Clarke on the subject of her marriage ? fallen from him on a former night, begged leave now A. I am pretty certain I did not.—Q. Do you ever to explain what he did say, and meant to be under. recollect writing any letter, threatening to expose stood, namely, that the affairs of the Duke of York, her? A. I think I did threaten to publish a hand- with which he was confidentially intimate, were those bill, to caution all persons against trusting her with with which he was charged confidentially as a trustee, goo - cis on her own account, as they could not recover for liquidating the debts of his Royal Highness. against her, being a married woman. I drew up the But with that part of his Royal Highness's revenue hand-bill, and sent her a copy of it ; and - I after- reserved for his own private expenditure, he had no wards received my money, and so got rid•of her.— interference. Q. Did you send the hand-hill to any one else ?A. The question was repeated to the witness. Yes : one to the Duke of York, directed for him at A. I answered that I could. Ilis Royal H ighness, Portman-square.—Q. Do you recollect writing any after some Conversation, referred me to his man of thing along with the hand-bill ? A. Ido not think business, Mr. Adam, of Bloomsbury-square, andlasked I wrote a single letter with it ; I am pretty certain I me if I know him ? I answered, not personally; bat did not. I knew him by reputation as a man of high character. Here Mr. Wardle produced a letter, which the Shortly afterwards I called at Mr. Adam's house, and witness acknowledged to be his hand-writing, and saw him. We proceeded to discuss the business; which the Clerk was ordered to read, viz.— and Mr. Adam said his Royal Highness had occa " MADANt—As I have not beard from you In reply to my last sion to raise that sum of money on mortgage, to pue letter, I think it necessary to inform you of my intention of pub- chase some tythes in the vicinity of Oadands, and fishing the inclosed hand-bill, in order to prevent any tradesmen in your neighbourhood from being imposed on. As this hand btu that he would order the proper abstracts to be pre oared by Messrs. Ferrer and Atkinson, Solicitors, ant has received the perusal of persons of the fir eminence in the ,- - - ' law, lam perfectly indifferent to the tonsegyences." sent to me shortly. .1 accordingly applied to a ano- HANDBILL. Died Gentleman in the Temple. He made the ob. 4 ' This is to give notice to all tradesmen in the neighbourhood ' jections usual on such occasions—but the money MS of Portman-square, that they cannot recover any money at law I from Mary Ann Clarke, as she is a married wotriao : and though ! ready to be laid down. However, ultimately, the she herself did not know where her husband lived, yet she con- . abstracts were never sent to me, the loan was de trived to bring proof of her marriage into a Court of Law, and ' dined, and I was desired to send in my bill.— not only obtained a nonsuit against a plaintiff in action for goods tQ. Had you ever any conversation at this or any sold and delivered by a tradesman, but afterwards sent an exe cution into the house of that tradesman for her costs in defend- I other time with the Duke of York respecting Mrs. i Clarke ? A. I liad.—Q. Do you recollect whether ing herself against said action." i his Royal Highness stated any thing prejudicial to Q. By Col. Wardle—Was your Bill paid after you threatened this hand-bill should be published ?A. ; her character which induced him to part from her ? A. The Duke of York said, he had been served with Of course it must have been after. I should hardly a sub have sent it, if I had received the amount of my hal. peena to attend a trial of Mrs. Clarke's , accom panied. by a letter, which stated some very improp tr —Q. Did you receive your bill by any person in the I conduct on her part, in pleading her coverture to as profession of the law ? A. I received it by a Mr. action against her in a Court of Law, to recover the Comric.—Q. Am I to understand that you received amount of some goods sold and delivered, or a bill of your bill by desire of Mrs. Clarke, after you sent the hand-bill ? A. I cannot say it was by glue. Clarke's exchange, lie did not know which ; and his Roy al Highness stated that as his reason for the separation. desire, I received it from Mr. Comrie. ' which immediately took place-.-.Q. Do you mean to Is Mr. Comrie a lawyer ? A. I believe he is. ; ! state that you understood from the. Duke of York , she --Q. Do you know that he is Mrs. Clarke's lawyer ? bad done so without his knowle r c e lt A. lie did not A. It is impossible for me to know that.—Q. Did A. I ! Mr. Connie defend the action for Mrs. Clarke ? state so ; but said, that he app Lied, after that, it No ; it was a Mr. Stokes.—Q. Mr. Comic paid you was impossible but he must separate from Q. Did he complain of any other ill conduct on h oc the money i A. Yes, for Mrs Clarke. I part.? A. I do not recollect that he did. --eelV Do The next witness called was Mr. STOVERS. i y ou remem b er . an y furth e r con versation ?A. err her.— Examined by the Attorney-General--Q. Did you ! , was something passed at the-time about a settlement know Mrs. Clarke before she was married to Mr. Ito be made by his Royal Highness. It was alea' Clarke ? A. No.--Q. Did you know her after her i tioaed in the presence of Mr. Adam, that an allow• mama e with Mr. Clarke ? 'A. I did.- 7 Q. Do you her • bat once of MOO a year was to be settled upon , . the time Mr. Clarke married her ? A. I: i t was ex p ress ly ins i s t e d s he must pay her ourn debt s never knew her before that.—Q. What business did : I stated this would be a matter of great difficulty. as Mr. Clarke carry on ? A. When I first knew Mr.' she had been very short of money for some time Clarke he was not in business.—Q. What business did ' past ; balls Royal Highness said it was impossihte, becarry on a ft erwards ?A. A stone-mason.--Q. Was h e cou ld p a y them ; b u t she had some furniture and . that soon after he was married ? A. 1 cannot speak to ot h er va l ua bl e ar ti c l es w hi c h she might sell for tbe that ;I do not imagine ' he was married so soon, I purpose of paying her debtse understood he was acquainted with the lady.--Q. Did [Here the.:Cf;A:CCELLOIt of the Excitor:TEß Bae r ' be carry an the business of a stone-mason while she fered, and appealed to the House and to the. Houour; lived with him ?A. He certainly did.—Q. How able Gentleman (Mr. Wardle) whether it was at all long ? A. Not less than three or four years.—Q. proper to.proceed any further in a species of inter?' Wasaheliviag with him all that time ? A. I never gasion totally foreign from and irrelevant to the sub' visited the, and ' cannot say all the time ; but I ject of inquiry, and which could throw no light what' think. a ptincipal•part of the time.—Q. Had they any ever upon die charges of corruption rred by th e children'? A. Not less than three.—Q. Were these Honourable Gentleman. He. .rather , indeed. children barn while lieWaS carrying on e business ' p ut i t to the goo d . sense al ii.dis cret ion o f the 1:101101 1 r: of a ttonarnason 1 A. Some of them were. : it svolua I able Gerltlemawhicaftlf, whether he•thaught to . (ilyldr. Wansee).-e-Q. Where did Mr. Clarke at all coattibute to his purpose, or be &mow ' line at the time !peak of ?A. The first part of ' wards the House, thus to occupy, Its time with a 5_,1 1 % the *nabs • nare, Horton. He did net then etesofetamir t atinn so,forrign to,theotrie;l: e g sru ' l awe as bubilirrtlibillatou•—Q, 'Wu Um auk : Mr. WARDLE acceded' to what a to bo. 4 1 / 4 'the ai tiOo Je 1