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"r -was solicitous to get the condition of the grant remo ved, to enhance the value of his appointment. The case of Dowler he would next call the attention of the House to. Dowler, it should seem, .had paid .421000 to Mrs. Clarke, and had been placed in the Commissariat. Whether he did give Mrs. Clarke 4:1000 was one question, and if he did give it, whe ther he gave it fur his appointment is another. He enieht have paid Mrs. Clarke one thousand pounds, not for his appointment but for other considerations, as various accounts existed between them ; for a short time after that transaction had been stated to have taken place, it appeared they had been endeavouring to raise money by their joint note, and from a varie ty of circumstances it appeared that he had all along been her favourite paramour. To him the worthy Alderman's (Mr. H. Combe's) exposition appeared much more satisfactory, which set forth that Dowler had told him in the Haymarket that he had obtained his situation through the influence of Brook Watson* The Honourable Gentleman then spoke of the.unius tifiable means that had been made use of to poison the public mind. (Hear, hear.) The subject had been taken up in such a manner by the weekly and diurnal journals, that had any common trial been pending it would probably have been put off. (Hear, hrar, hear.) It would have been considered as unjust to the accused to have attempted bringing the case to an issnc, while the public mind was so much influen ced. He next came to the case of Kennett ; but he conceived it difficult to enter into this case, as the Honourable Gentleman had but slightly mentioned it, and declared his reason for not going into it was, because some one more competent to investigate it, he expected, would take it up. From Colonel Tay lor's evidence, it appeared, Mr. Kennett first came forward, and offered a loan on a mortgage. Colonel Taylor did not know his business till the second or third time of his coming, when it appeared, he wish ed Colonel Taylor to exert his interest with the Duke of York to procure him a place, stating, at the same time, that by so doing, he would confer an obligation on Sir Horace Mann. There were some parts of Kenriett's note which were by no means clear ; the Meaning appeared to him dubious. Now, as it was probable that Colonel Taylor did not shew the note to the Commander in Chief, but only stated to him what he conceived to he the purport of it, was it not probable, that that which was in itself obscure had been so represented to his Royal Highness, that he might not correctly comprehend its meaning ? In this case was it fair to view the circumstances in any obnoxious light only ? The case of Elder ton next fell under his consideration. It appeared from certain letters, that Mrs. Clarke had been in the habit of receiving varions applications from his family.. From one letter it was obvious that Mrs. Clarke had deceived Mr. Elderton, by giving him to understand that the Duke of York, through her good offices, had gained him leave of absence from his re giment, while under the command of General Aber crombie. It was impossible this could be the fact, * as the Duke of York could not have had it in his power to give Mr. Elderton leave of absence under such circumstances. This letter was found among her papers, without any mark of a seal, from which it we, probable, that the Duke of York had never seen it, but that Mrs. Clarke, taking to herself the merit of having accomplished it through her influence with the Duke, had received this letter of acknowledge ment to the Commander in Chief, inclosed in ano they. Her reasons for not forwarding it to his Royal Highness, he thought obvious, as it was not her in. terest to let him know of the liberties she was in • the habit of taking with his name. He next adverted to the case of Major Turner, who wished td retire, still retaining the rank of Major, but prevented for a short time through a letter being received from Mrs. Sutherland, begging that his resignation might not be accepted, as he had behaved ill towards a Lady, to whom it was important to know where he might be found for the ensuing six months, and from whom he intended to secrete himself. The Honourable Gen tleman had said much of the impropriety of listening to such a women, as the Duke of York must have known her evidence ought not to have been taken.— He was surprised somewhat at such a remark from a Gentleman who had brought forward such evidences as had lately appeared at their Bar—( Hear, H e ar,l Hear !)—who had. brought forward a woman like Mrs. Clarke—(Hear, Hear, Hear !)—to speak to facts of the greatest importance, to give evidence on one of the most important cases that had ever occupied their attention.; that he, who had thought himself justified in bringing forward charges of the most serious nature against the son of his Sovereign—(Htae, Hear, Hear!) on the evidence of such witnesses, should think his Royal Highness wholly inexcusable in taking any notice of the letter of Mrs. Sutherland. But what I did the Duke of York on the receipt of this letter ? Nothing more than hesitate two or three weeks before he finally decided on closing with Major Turner's wishes ; for, on the 23d, he (Major Turner) writes that his resignation is accepted. A charge was pre -1 ferred on which lie might have been convicted of un gentlemanly conduct. The Duke of York did but direct inquiries to be made where he thought authen tic information might be gained, respecting the cha • ratter of Major Turner. The inquiry occupied three ; weeks, at the expiration of which time he immediately complied with his wishes by accepting his resignation. The next case he would touch on, had been so admi. rably handled by his Hon. and Learned Friend be hind, that but little remained for him to say on the subject. The case lie now alluded to was, that of i Carter, towards whom he thought the Commander in Chief rat displayed a degree of humane attention, • which, in his opinion, must be extremely grateful to every feeling heart. A reel object of compassion, worthy to become the object of Royal munificence, presented itself, and the Commander in Chief, awake to the liveliest feelings of humanity, had not neglee ted the Opportunity of succouring the orphan son of en Officer : at all events, a poor boy represented as such, for whom an application had been made by his supposed father, in 1801, at a time when, from the reduction of the army, comthissions were difficult tv obtain. He had been contumeliously called a foot boy ; but was not that too degrading an epithet ? It had been said, that he had been in the service of Mrs. Clarke, of Gloucester-place, a year ; but whets it was considered he was appointed in April teo4, and that Mrs. Clarke was not established in Gloucester place till the commencement of that year, it was ob vious he coact not have been in her service more than three months ; might it not have been, Highness had forgotten the applicatil behalf, but -accidentally seeing him, tl nection with Mrs. Clarke, might it n( 1 the circumstance to his recollection 1 subsequent conduct, far from being I laudable. If a man is punished foi I well ; but don't let him suffer for his . the circumstance was first mentioned, with _r3( ag. \gravation that could be to it, he was not sur prised .that the House should feel indignant ; but when it appeared in its true colon's lie could not say ' what might be the feelings of others, but he sincerely rejoiced at the promotion of C arter. • His letters, ? pregnant with a liberal gratitude, proved his educa tion had not been thrown away upon him.. His con i duct since his appointment, had proved he was not unworthy of it, he had since gained promot i o n solel y I by his merit, and for his (Mr. Perceval's) part he should feel extremely sorry if any thing that had transpired in the course of the investigation , should I._ ever darken his prospects, or operate to his disadvan i tage. The letter relating to Clavering, which was I fresh in all their memories, the Honourable Gentle man had stated to have been written in a very guar ded style ; it was in his opinion, impossible for a mo ment to think so, as when it was written, his Royal Highness could not have the smallest idea that it would ever be made public.—The Honourable Gen tleman then proceeded to controvert Mr. Wardle's observations on that letter. It was evident Mrs. : Clarke had amused Clavering, by making him be -1 lieve something would be done for him by the Com= mander in Chief, through her influence. Some acci dental piece of information relating to military af fairs, might have found its way into the unsuspecting correspondence in which he admits the Duke was en- I gaged, but nothing tending to prove any of the charges brought against his Royal Highness. As to the expressions in his Royal Highness's letter to Mrs. Clarke, which related to Dr. O'Meara, they had not any thing to do with military transactions, and were therefore irrelevant to the present inquiry ; although it was as much to be lamented, that Dr. O'Meara had got into the hands of such a woman as Mrs. Clarke, as that his Royal Highness himself had been so unfortunate. He would now proceed to make a few observations on the parcel of letters found in Captain Sanden's bureau. The most striking cir cumstance in these letters was, the care evinced by Mrs. Clarke, that the Duke of York should be kept ignorant of the transactions in which she was en gaged. There was one note from Mrs. Clarke to Captain Sanden, in which this apprehension was peculiarly evident. He meant the note in which she ~ desired Captain Sanden not to come to her box at the Oi era that night, lest Mr. Greenwood, who would be in the house with the Duke of York, might see him with her, suspect the connection that existed between him, and mention his suspicions to his Royal Highness. Another note from Mrs. Clarke, (page 38'2 of the minutes), was of a remarkable descrip tion. In that note, she begs of Capain Sanden 4 never to breathe her name,' another proot of her fear lest the connection between them should come to ' the knowledge of the Duke. In a note (page 379 of the minutes) Mrs. Clarke tells Sanden, ' that she was vexed to death, for that he knows the state of her finances ; and that she had. hit upon Spedding for Tuesday, when, behold, the regiment he was in did their exercise so badly, that the Duke swore at them very much, and had stopped the promotion of every one in it.' Now Colonel Gordon had declared, in his evidence, at the Bar, that this was not the fact ; and that promotion in the regiment alluded to had never been stopped. The Gazettes which had been pro duced also afforded a complete proof that such was the case. In a subsequent note, Mrs. Clarke says to Sanden, 4 What can Speddin mean by asking on Thursday, through General I'onyn, for leave to go on half-pay ? 'tis odd Behaviour, and you must think that some one thinks me used very ill.' By a refer ence to the 423 d page of the minutes of evidence,lit would be found, that Captain Spedding had been making application for promotion, that Sir Alured Clarke had been referred to, but had stated that he knew nothing of Captain Spedding ; and that subse quently, Captain Spedding applied, on the recom mendation of General Tonya, to be placed on the half-pay, in which application he was successful.-- The anger of Mrs. Clarke, was, therefore, clearly at tributable to her want of success; and there were seve ral other instances in the course of this correspondence with Captain Sanden, in which she complained of a failure in the influence which she was desirous of ex ercising. The next subject to which he should call the attention of the House was, the letters run away with from Mrs. Clarke by the Honourable Gentle man opposite. To prove the barefaced disregard to truth, which in many instances marked Mrs. Clarke's evidence, he would merely refer to page 322 of the minutes ; where would be found the following ques tion and answer : " Q. Did you give these letters to Mr. Wardle In order to fa cilitate any negotiation ?—A. Yes ; not the letters that Colonel Wardle run away with,bet letters of Field Officers to recommend two or rhree Lieutenants to Companies. They were to give more than the regulation, three or four hundred pounds—l understood frornMr. Donovan that Greenwood was to have some part ; Frorne another, himself a share, and me." Here Mrs. Clarke had the hardihood to state, that elle was to be the instrument of corruptly obtaining a sum of money, of which Mr. Greenwood was to have a share—an assertion that was unquestionably devoid of truth. This was a recent case too, occur ring since the discontinuance of her connection with the Duke of York. There now only remained for 11;ni to consider the payment for the plate to ,Mr. liirkett, and the presumptions that were supposed to arise from the limited allowance that Mrs. Clarke Pe. ceived from his Royal Highness. And now, with re spect to the first of these considerations : If the House would refer to page_ 128 of the minutes, they would find an account extracted from Mr. Birkett's books, in which the first article stated on the debtor side was the Duke of Berri's serviceof plate, amounting to £1363 ; other particulars followed, making the whole amount to £lB2l. By the credit side of the same account (page 129), it appeared, that on the 18th of May 1804, a payment had been made to Mr. Birket of *5OO, and all the subsequent payments ap peared to be by bills and drafts, which were paid by the Duke of York. It did not appear that this first. payment of £5OO was at all referable to French's levy, and it had been proved in evidence, that imme diately after the establishment in Gloucester Place had been formed, £5OO had been advanced by his to .Mrs. Clarke, for .plate end linen. that this was the sunk entered on the Mr. Birkett's account; for Mrs. Clarke lared that .scie was not in debt when loucester Place, although she pretended of York knew this £5OO thus paid to identical sum obtained from French's what had - become of the other £5OO 2ived from his Royal Highness ?—He would proceed to Trrake..a tew observatiotwanthe rate of expence at which Mrs. Clarke lived in Gloucester Place: On this subject he had been authorized to make, and had made, a statement to the House; but without placing any reliance on that statement, if the House would refer to the documents, they would find that that statement was borne out nearly to its full extent by the testimony of Mrs. Clarke herself. She had allowed, that all her furniture and all her wine had been paid for by his Royal Highness. In page 259 of the minutes, Mrs. Clarke would befound to have stated, " that once or twice his Royal High ness gave her small bills for three or four hundred pounds ; they were to get her a necklace, or some: thing in that way, from Parker's, in Fleet-street." — Here was. an acknowledgement, that in a single in stance the Duke of York had furnished Mrs.-Cr,:rke with three or four hundred pounds. Unquestionably irwas in this case to take some of her things out of pawn ; but that madelto.difference in the case, as she must have expended the money which she received for those things on pledging them. Mrs. Clarke sta ted, that her lawyer had got £4400 for her house when sold ; a sum which was sufficient to pay all the debts she had contracted. She also stated that whoa she had complained to the Duke that £lOOO a-year was an insufficient allowance, he said " he would make some future arrangement." • To a subsequent question (page 263), Mrs. Clarke replied, " that the Duke of York had given her a bill of four hundred pounds once, and something also to pay to Parker." This statement was corroborated by Parker's books. When these various sums were added together, they would be found to amount nearly to the sum stated by him on die authority of the Duke of York as hav ing been given by his Royal Highness to Mrs. Clarke, exclusively of her annuity, a fact which completely destroyed the inference attempted to be drawn—that his Royal Highness must have known that such an expensive establishment as that of Mrs. Clarke could not be supported but by corrupt means. Before he closed his observations he could not avoid remar kin g on the extraordinary manner in which Mrs. - Favorite had been brought to the bar of the House. By her evidence, she appeared without doubt to be Mrs. C.'s half sister, the daughter of Mr. Farquhar by a former wife. By a variety of evasions she had endeavoured to conceal this circumstance, and among the rest, she stated, that she had lived with one Ellis, a carpenter, who was always running about, and whose present place of residence she could not exactly point out. — Afterwards, however, she called on Mr: Ellis, to make her peace with him for this misrepresentation, which she attributed to her anxiety that *he should not be brought forward, when, in fact, to this very misrepresentation alone, was owing the necessity of calling bn Mr. Ellis to give his testimony. Mr. Ellis's testimony completely falsified both that of Mrs. Fa vorite and that of Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Clarke declared that she never knew Mrs. Favorite by any other name. Mr. Ellis stated, that he had received her iuto his house in the name of Farquhar, and on the recom mendation of Mrs. Clarke ; and that while she was with him, Mrs. Clarke visited her under circumstan ces of apparent and peculiar intimacy. This feature of the evidence distinctly shewed the sort of. people the House had to do wilt in this enquiry. There had been no regard to truth whatever. The witnesses had not been contented with individual and indepen dent falsehoods, but had combined to tell the same story, although in some instances they had, by a kind (If miracle, been detected. He would not take up the time of the House by dwelling on the presumption, that his Royal Highness had connived at the transac tions in which Mrs. Clarke was engaged, or he would not have surrounded himself with some of the most honourable characters of which the army could boast, General Calvert and Colonel Gordon were two indi viduals of that description.. But his Honourable and Learned Friend behind him had impressed this part of the subject too forcibly to render it necessary for him to say thing.more upon it. " I have now," added the Right Honourable Gentleman, " gone through the whole of this extensive case, and have made the various observations which have occurred to me on the different points connected with it. These obser vations might unquestionably be extended to a much greater length ; but I trust I have said enough to in duce the House to do their duty ; and to shew them, that with such a case, and under such circumstances as those which attend it, they must give a decided opinion, aye or no, on the question before them-- After that decision has been made, it will be for the House to consider, what will be their next expedient step. If the- House should adopt the . Resolution which I.have proposed, they must then enter into a comparison of the Address which I have submitted to them, and that submitted to them by the Honourable Gentleman. After making this comparison, I will confidently assert, that the House must prefer mine ; for whatever may be their ulterior proceeding, I am persuaded that they will not so debase themselves as to shrink from a declaration of their opinion on the whole case ; and if I am correct in this persuasion, they must necessarily abandon the Honourable Gen tleman's Address, which is founded on this alternative, namely, that whether his Royal Highness the Duke of York is guilty or not guilty, the same result must ensue. .The Address proposed by the Honourable Gentleman is founded on the assertion that mal prac tices have existed, and that fteir existence must have been known to his Royal Highness. But whether or not, his Royal Highness has himselfbeen guilty °icor rupt practices, is immaterial to the substantive measure proposed by the Hon. Gentleman. Let that be as it may, in either case the same course is to be taken. Now, Sir, if the Hon. Gentleman had so framed his original charges against the Puke of York, and had so couch ed the speech in which those charges were opened to the House, as to lay.his Royal Highness's corruption out of his view, then, indeed, the questitin before the House would be of a different complexion. , But the Right Honourable Gentle Man has not done this. —From the first to the last he has ailed,* corrupt practices against the Duke of York. I trust, them► fore, that the House will do their dtity ; and before t hey wound the paternal ears of his Majesty with any , declaration of the nature and amount of that co n ., ; tion, that they will say, whether or no; his Rt):,..i Highness is guilty at all of any corruptin ? b ut , !' not guilty, that they will adopt the Adtiress whic: , shall have the honour of proposing to them. wi„ . , i the House, with judicial feelings, shall have L i. ; _ posed of the judicial question before them, tl i; other question, a question not dependent on judic . :ll feelings, but on considerations of general polio; at:. expediency, will remain to be decided. Sir, lam far from desirous of maintaining the opinion that pn. Utica' considerations ought to exclude all moral an; ? 1 religious considerations. But if moral and religu s considerations - should induce tis to take any step d e . claratory of our unfavourable sentiments, with respe ct to the conduct of his Royal Highness, I trust, tind: in making that declaration we shall not forget w 1) ,: • we are ourselves. I trust, Sir, that our moral feelirq will not allow us to be insensible to our own fra;itk:: and that our religious feeling will induce us to be cha ritably indulgent to others, however severe we may to ourselves. lam convinced that the House must le aware of much in the character and conduct of h:, Royal Highness the Duke of York, which will nal them deeply regret the necessity (if, centrary opinion, sttth a necessity should be thought to exist) ct taking such steps as may tend to remove his Highness from a situation for which I conceive] • lin. cuharly qualified. If there be a man who during the fourteen or fifteen years, that that .1 individual has possessed the Chief Command, th nrn s, ' `as prospered in an unexampled Manner r—thae has introduced regulations of the most wise mei be neficial nature ; that he has consulted the interest cf the officers, 1;7...1 the comfort of the soldwrr ; E, t he has promoted merit, wherever it has disp e l}:.! itself ; that he has improved the general char.lctr,)i the army, and reformed- its discipline ; that he b watched, with parental care, over the interests of the troops, by the establishment of charitable ine-i -tutions for their families, and of schools and caegcs for the purposes of military education ; if there a man who thinks that any other arrangement wain i probably be infinitely less ad vantageens to the aroy • and to the country ; that it would afford a greavr latitude for the exercise of party feelings ;—that i. might create an endless variety of petty jealousies ; that it would in all human likelihood open a klo.r for every description of improper interference that it would produce a change of system which, cor sidered simply as a change, must give birth to great evils ; if there be a man who thinks all this, tiat- Man, Sir, will see with the deepest regret any nece!.. sity that may be supposed to exist for adopting sures leading to the dismissal from office of the present illustrious Commander in Chief. (Hear, hear,. Lear. ) I cannot but feel, Sir, that in the course of -the observations with which I have trespassed on the pl. tience of the House much has been omitted, which I may probably have another opportunity of soppi is r. I cannot however refrain from making a few remarks on something that fell from the Hon. Gentleman on. polite, at the close of his speech. He told us, Sir, that the country will decide on the conduct of the Commander in Chief, and.on the conduct of tke Home of Commons." if the Hon. Gentleman-meant merely to state, that the character of this House with the Public is an important consideration, and that pre. perly to estimate and justly to deserve public opinion, was to insure to cairselves the means of being service• able to our country, fentirely agree with him. But if, with this proposition, the Hon. Gentleman inten ded to couple the idea, that to any opinion formed by the public, or a part of the public, on garbled extracts of the evidence, and circulated throughont the king dom with malicious industry, the House is to pay the deference of submitting its own judgment, exercised on its own views of the subject, against such a prin ciple, I must enter my strongest protest. We most hope that \\tat we do will be duly appreciated by those for whom we legislate ; that the enlightened understanding of the people at large will give credit to their Representatives for the fluthild discharge of the.trust reposed in them ; and that they correct any erroneous impressions which the efforts of hue rested and unprincipled individuals may have endea voured to produce. If these be not the sentiments by which the House. will govern themselves, I say that OUT character is lost-1 say that we had better at once surrender ourselves and our country to the fury of a wild democracy. I am firmly confident that the House will take the part which becomes their dignity, that they will put out of their consideration every impression but that which they may have received from the evidence on the table ; that they will come to a decision uninfluenced by any of those publica tions, the tendency of which is so. dangerous, and to which I have before alluded. I feel confident that the House will do their duty, by representing to the Throne the innocence of his. Royal flighnesa as far as his character has been submitted to out investiga tion. In common with every man, I entertain a high respect for public opinion : I trust I do not arrogate . too much to myself When I assert, -that the intetea which I have in preserving public opinion is not less than that of the Hon. Gentleman ; and that in the whole progress of this inquiry I have evinced the re spect which I feel for it. llmanyinstances the mare expedient to be adopted, has presented alternatives of extremely difficult choice; and in no case mote par ticularly, than at the very outset of the business, when the House had to determine, whether the inves tigation should be public, or referred to a Select Committee. The advice which I then gave, noshing has occurred to make me repent. Ido think, that if the Duke of York'is to be acquitted, as I confidently trust he will be, of the foul charges preferred against him, that the public mode in which the inquiry been conducted, will be-infinitely more satisfactory to his Royal Highness, the House and the country, than if it had proceeded in a.more private manner. That the latter would, in some respects, have been the more advantageous method, I am satisfied ; but that the inconveniencies and evils would have preponder ated, I am completely convinced. Whether, however, that course was the better or not, when once adapted, itwas highly desirable that the benefits:which it a'as anticipated the public would derive from it should not be withheld. " I was therefore anxious, that by no exclusion of testimony any suspicion or jealousy on the part of the public should attach to our pro ceedings. Throughout the whole case, therefore, I have recommended the admission cf every.desct-T -don of testimony, and have perhaps in this respe : e gone beyond what was my strict line of duty. j:1 the elucidation of the whole business, I have r ms. was solicitous to get the condition of the g ved, to enhance the value of his appoints case of Dowler he would next call the ; the House to. Dowler, it should seem a:1000 to Mrs. Clarke, and had been pL Commissariat. Whether he did give / • 4.: 1 °op was one question, and if he did g ther he gave it fur his appointment is at might have paid Mrs. Clarke one thous not for his appointment but for other consi various accounts existed between them time after that transaction had been st taken place, it appeared they had been e to raise money by their joint note, and I tv of circumstances it appeared that he I been her favourite paramour. To him Alderman's (Mr. H. Combe's) expositi much more satisfactory, which set forth had told him in the Haymarket that he his situation through the influence of Br The Honourable Gentleman then spoke tifiable means that had been made use the public mind. (Hear, hear.) The been taken up in such a manner by th diurnal journals, that had any comm pending it would probably have been pi hrar, hear.) It would have been consich to the accused to have attempted bringii an issnc, while the public mind was so ced. He next came to the case of Ker conceived it difficult to enter into this Honourable Gentleman had but slighi it, and declared his reason for not goii because some one more competent to he expected, would take it up. From lor's evidence, it appeared, Mr. Kenr forward, and offered a loan on a mortg Taylor did not know his business til third time of his coming, when it appe ed Colonel Taylor to exert his interest of York to procure him a place, statin time, that by so doing, he would confe: on Sir Horace Mann. There were Kenriett's note which were by no me; Meaning appeared to him dubious. l probable that Colonel Taylor did not to the Commander in Chief, but only what he conceived to he the purport a ' • probable, that that which was in its( been so represented to his royal Hil might not correctly comprehend its this case was it fair to view the ei: any obnoxious light only ? The ton next fell under his consideration. I from certain letters, that Mrs. Clar I 1 family. From one letter it was ob Clarke had deceived Mr. Elderton, I ! understand that the Duke of York, th offices, had gained him leave of abser giment, while under the command of crombie. It was impossible this co * as the Duke of York could not hay, power to give Mr. Elderton leave of • such circumstances. This letter wa her papers, without any mark of a sea wa., probable, that the Duke of York it, but that Mrs. Clarke, taking to h of having accomplished it through he the Duke, had received this letter c ment to the Commander in Chief, they. Her reasons for not forwardinj Highness, he thought obvious, as it terest to let him know of the libertie: habit of taking with his name. He the case of Major Turner, who wish retaining the rank of Major, but short time through a letter being recd Sutherland, begging that his resign; be accepted, as he had behaved ill to to whom it was important to know be found for the ensuing six months, he intended to secrete himself. The I them:el had said much of the impropi to such a woman, as the Duke of known her evidence ought not to has He was surprised somewhat at such Gentleman who had brought forward as had lately appeared at their Bai Hear !)—who had. brought forward Mrs. Clarke—(Hear, Hear, Hear !) of the greatest importance, to give es • the most important cases that had evt attention.; that he, who had thought in bringing forward charges of the me against the son of his Sovereign—Vl on the evidence of such witnesses, Royal Highness wholly inexcusably notice of the letter of Mrs. Sutherl did the Duke of York on the recei Nothing more than hesitate two or th he finally decided on closing with wishes ; for, on the 23d, he (Majo. that his resignation is accepted. A ferred on which he might have been gentlemanly conduct. The Duke direct inquiries to be made where he tic information might be gained, yes racter of Major Turner. The inquir weeks, at the expiration of which time complied with his wishes by acceptin The next case he would touch on, hi rably handled by his Hon. and Let hind, that but little remained for hi subject. The case he now alluded Carter, towards whom he thought in Chief rat displayed a degree of b • which, in his opinion, must be extre every feeling heart. A real objet worthy to become the object of Rc presented itself, and the Commando to the liveliest feelings of humanity ted the Opportunity of succouring an Officer : at all events, a poor b such, for whom an application had supposed father, in 1801, at a time reduction of the army, cominissidn obtain. He had been contumeliou: boy ; but was not that too degradin bad been said, that he had been in t Clarke, of Gloucester-place, a yea was considered he was appointed in that Mrs. Clarke was not establishe place till the commencement of tha vious he coutct not have been in her I 1 tilatlsisfty4 ness tion nisids.lol4 • • ble through . • of MI not havellit,l%; k f dech n ? and if so, .. t.. **mit to Glo censurable, wa that the Duke o n- his vices, it is Birkett was the, is virtUes. When levy. if so, w .1, with every ag- which she reed -17 . 74 tu . th ni( re! io -Th