Star. — London, England, 1809-03-16 00:00:00

in 1 n. . ;- . .1. ''Bird ie r) ' i tietttikihiliikeds ikai. VMOtliCi '' ' 1 tn I eanSisteneY ' On' his 'ederl rikoi t d Tika t . et sistent even and he h a d ettentitelteonsiderici.the subject, the ha* sfitiele.mtick more home at the Duke df York the , inconveniences Which Might from arise se ° tight Mt, eitlient liettereirobh to suhject it -r than the evidence she gave ? But w le ttever cre dit h e • might be dispo se d- to give her evidence, h e w o u ld.not flirt() ' , ' 6 s e „ c h a condemnation. The army had ctsnfessedlt admit . that it w ent to conv i ct t h e D u k e of Yoik -o f flourished enderthe Duke of York. - He had made corettion. The H o u se h a d h ear d a great deal about . i t one of the best in -the world. ' The Hon . Gentle- that famous phrase, e How does he beliaire to you, man leintself toddle' this oecisiim to say; that in all the - darling r'--but *as this a proof of corruption ) _. ages: professional intercourse to 'tibia his situation (Judge . • ........._ ty ~ _nargeii he . fold scat* Whahwat theinlport of thieexpression ? e How doet libvitlg himself td consider theta' true; and the non. Aesocate) introdoceithine, Whereth m heD . Uhe Oftee k 'he behave to you, darling,' did not necessarily imply •,'Methher*ho'brtiOglit them fotivard must etcttse 'him was c oncerned, h r ehad ever ounZ em ost a ff a ble, etha: he meant," how does he pay, darling ?" There- gf; movrithttendi he allowed him Creciii for tieing i a ost ardent for the intere s t s of t he A rm y , and most ' pression, h owever , went f ar to conv i ct him of s u ffer- ', actuated by a s ense Of duty, in sabruitting these desirous to go strai ght &retard in the ;Ouse of etis- ing thi s w oman to i nter f ere -i n his official duties. He . -eh arges to t h e eotes id e retiiin ' of the Hotise, he felt it t e e , without turn ing either t o the eight or to the . thought that t h e p ro f us i on an d extravagance that "liatretnely dilEtnit to believe that they coul d have. le f t , This was also the opinio n . of the Gentleman previled at Gloucester-place hed very improperly been seen founded in fact. In the ilea' which he took of r h o had preceded him in office ; and when .he was urged as arguments to prove that the Duke of York Alit question, it appeafed to him : that it was to be con compelled to resign it on account of 'ill'health, he connived.at the practices of Mrs. Clarke. They were e-ilehered in ter° ways; first, %%ether the Duke of York ' communicated.• this consolatory cireinestenCe tohim, fa r .fropeearry;e -g conviction to his mind. The Duke, etweeguilty of 'the charges imputed , to him, ancl,"iehe tie s successor, which cornri•ninication he; now declared it was well known, w as n ot r e mar k a bl e f or t h e or de r :ewes in whet deziee .? and heat , .Wisat was th e rouge 112.1 been ccrrnpletely justited. 'Helieggetlalieliotise • Wit h which he condu c t e d hi s own d omest i c concerns; sihiCielte a Member, ned 'from Ite'view he Weaken, te look at the institutions of Maelow and Illygh lAry. rho*. aria it, therefore, to be. expected that he should Of ihe'Subject; he wee of - opinion °Whew be piaatied ? e of ' m b e , established by the Duke York. He beg- take better care of Mrs. Clarke ? It was quite pas- ,A s "tti . ''ilre quettiOn,,vihethei the eke of Yorke - AS ge e of t h e m to 10(4 et ihe "establishineat of Chelsea siblethat-this profusion, want of order, and distress, .guilty 'Of eineiesticth; ailed paiticiPated in r ihe'jh‘e for the education orate orphan children . Of soldiers ' n*ght hate 'prevailed, and his Royal ' Highness know to arising 'front .theigiettpt practices proied'sra:eii v,.o h a d fallen in defence of o:4r . con itior, and for nothing . of it. He-acquitted the Duke of - York of dente, lie could not help - 30111;4, that, after . 411 - that the children of those ' w h o Wer e a b r eed eghting_ its corruption ; he acquitted him of criminal participa- had appeared anthWas pedYed to have talced,plaee, tattles.-.(Harr, leear.)-e-To theihrtienciment of 14r. tion ; he acquitted him of ennnivanCe ; but he found he ccitiWesistillitt feel' stirtiri.ie that lit . ltiiial 1-liith frankes he should' from obeeet, • because . it dit- : him d ee ply cr i m i na l i n a ll ow i ng ti e s woman to i nter - ness . s ho u ld n o t h a ie con cei ve d ~ s ome suspicion of - - fr i e d ess entially from his speech. How will ihru !fere in his official duties. The evideneebrought for- • what was gOing on. • • His Royal Highness undoubte we er the country, When'they see you cendenne the I ward •by accident furnished convincing proofs of this • edly must heve known, from his military friends, that Ina byyour vote whom you ecquithy your teeschl ;crime. It was :evident in 'French's levy. It was ar my p r omot i ons h a d been obtained in' an improper lithe Duke guilty or not guilty ?—(Hear, Aiar.)-- I evident in 'the case of Dr. O'Meara, this minister of and corrupt way. Thele things - were n ot in a corner, Aye," s aid Mr. 'Fuller, " '' speak out, .ePeek . ' out." i purity ,, this mirror of virtue , - who, professing a cell ' nor in' secret ; nor ' in tledark ; they Were net the work _(Pratt, order.)—lie thought the Hoeft ling* to :.from GOD, ' could tie fir debase himself, so far abuse !of en known end . cibieure indieiduale.leit openli Car sae gee or No at onceeipon the question. Tile itti- his s a c red vocation, as to solicit a recommendation 'tied on and generally , spoken ; of, and Circulated in r utes o f the widened were before them —" those WhO ' f r om such a .person as Mrs. Clarke, by which, ' , pamphlets, which,' though they had not met his eye, run r• read," —let them then at once decide, And With an eye to a Bishoprick, he obtained an op- had been industriously distributed amongst Military e t h era cquitor move an impeachthent, if they thought porttinity of preaching before the King . . ' What Mere tut even " supposing that a close attention to lie guilty. could he said in justification of his Royal High- the dutiei - of his 'Office.hadpievented the Commander Lord TEMPLE said—After hiving 'heard the 1 ness f or .allowing t his hyp o c r it e t o come down to in Chief from coming at the knowledge. of these_ efferent bearings of the evidence sifted and examin- i Weymouth undet - a 'patronage, unbecoming his transactions hinitelf,. yet . he should have been infor ea by p ers ons of great talents and acquirements, he i duty, rank, and situation ? The case of Kennet was fled byles friends; whose Cemeitteicationshe Must t h oug ht that he would be the better able to bring his I equally strong. It was proved that, in the expecta- h a ve 'received with the attention they merited. — mind to a decision do this greataubject--one perhaps- • tenon of a loan to be procured for him by this man, his On the Aupoosition,.. therefore, that, as had been as important as ever engaged the attention of Parlia- Royal Highness employed his influence to get a place . proved- by - the evidence .at 'the hare - the army pa. mem. This was-not a question of party-feeling. It i f o r .ei m , 'rh e cases o f Ei e fe r ton and General Cla- titnageluicrbeen corruptly aisle:heal of, and, accord=_ was to be decided-on principles of honoin i and justice. I .veering, but pa r ticularly of the latter, shewed that - ing id the. general notion, that ehesime corrupt in- However anxious he might be at other times to be 1 Ivivs Clarke was in the habit of communicating with teifevence had been extended •hy the Duke of Yoek'S considered ata member of a p art io t was an honour hisaoyal Highness on military subjects. His letter mistress to the. other ptiblie departments, 'it was .w hich he would renounce on the present occasion-- to her on the subject of Claverieg's application, put it 'N• - clear' 'that his Royal. Highness 'mutt arso have I No attachment to party should induce-him to decide beyond the possibility. of xioubt. If this corrirrunici• leieWee. the . circtinistance. l't was .iMpoSsible,. that, this question on any.other grounds than those he had tion, this kind'of understanding ono had with' his eclueation, he donlil 'have been ignoetnt• stated. Whateyeehis political biai inight be, iesliould not taken place, why did 'the -Duke exeseetes sdlf so. that 'the Mistresses a teliteek are in every instance ; not influente.him in the vote he would give. Never eireservedly on -the business? Should he net have the scarrixi4ind the means of emtiiptiori. . He'mnst in the courte 'of his life had he given Ins sentiment s answered it ' in this war 1 14 a ambony chit Clavering .1 lime known , if at 1..;1i acquainted with history, that , on any question with so.mnch pain to himselfas he has-applied through- you-e-I -yeas .not -aware that he ahishadbeeriartirartunatelithe case • iii France, Ana should on that on which he was now addressing the was acquainted without. connection—l hope he does eerenees thit.country; et .14O.,eerf'reknete pe'rkid: Of its, H ou s e ; but the eyes of the country Were upon them, not—But if he knows any thing of it, let him know e t iets T e• It was a sicifo•raecns, fact, : that Vie inittressee„, and he would ditcharge his duty and his conscience, i this, that this iia point in which I will not suffer you of - Princes usually :kept 'a soit of shop for theetrale oh however acutely he meght feel in doing so. This; Ito interfere."—Before:he sat down, he could not .thiProirei of the frown. But, if it was true, as hook fortunately, was not a question affeithig the loyalty ' l avoid alluding to the very extraordinary speech made hi e n lialea Sy his Wight 'Honourable Friend (Mi. of any man. It might be discussed anddecided con-' by ate Hon. Friend near' him (Mr. •Wmcfham) on the YOrke), ihat - Mii. flail:6 . 6cl livid with an Army sistently with the most perfect veneratiojefor the con- preceding evening. - The conclusion of that speech : akent or broker before she Went to het With theleioke e - stirutional head of the State. , The attegsitient of all i s really astonished him. He _could hardly conceive, . '' trod that her antecedent experience ' hadeliahlet het u ran k s o f people to the illustriorfamilYtartheThrene that, after the very ingenious and subtik arguments', s4 cc essfuny to .carry on i her 'corrupt Brattiois r i l was daily increasing, by the regard 'and ;affection that he advanced in support of his Royal Higliness,_ /hart obser,ye, that this e,epi - • ce shieUld• akieve • • which the virtues of th e . Sovevetivinepired. 'Ate that hr would haw come to the decision he did. If - others, have Out his go 1 tir _ itiss..utioialit'S guar country. ad given proof of their attedsment by th e his opinion had beep so nicely balanced, he would ageinst to 'arti fi ces ''. : .". Crate . eh' views, - *tante he seal with Which they stepped forward in support,of ; hi v e :sequined the-Duke.- Me would -not have etn- ' thus= have knovidtoiti . Were liiiiiikt habits s. i s ritthat the Throne, when its overthrow was threatened bY CIO go' much thee in *Ski hairs, and then with on any favour-ale' opt. . ity alie:Wotild.ndt fail to the furious principles that were •propagated•from an- If a hair strastgle:his 'Roya l • ightess 1 Bit, :think- indulge their]. His RoYal Highness . was aware. that other people ; this they had :hewn by the sacrifices ing as he did, he was now compelled to deelstre, that Mes. Clarke was extremely distressed ; that the pros . ., of every kind which they had made, and were daily he did not - consider the - Duke of York as ;worthy to pert of Te lief wou ld have encouraged her to 'engage.. making. This therefore was not a question, whether I retain the situation Of COmmander in Chief I—lf he in this crirtiinal traffic ; that she was . open to die th e y should preserve their attachment to the Family i were allowed .. to approach his. Royal Highnenie be temptation, and was likelyao avail herself of it when on the Throne, but whether an indjvidual of that fa- I would advise him to resign his office. If Ministers vier an occasion should be afforded. • It appeared m ay deserved to partake ofehat confidence which t did their duty, they would recommend to hisliajesty too, that she had been in the habit of applying from they reposed it the head of it. That the character of Ito advise - his Royal Highness to res i gn hi s office. time to tjme to his Royal Hi-hitless for his petroeage, a son of .the King. should now be under discussion, i Unless they did so, they would fail in the -Sacred ob -1 i n fivolir of persons whom she did not even know Matter of deep - ane se v er e regr et ; the House • ligation which they owed their Sovereign,* The most . 1 When the - I -louse considered all these circttriwanCes must acknowledge that it was ; but it was a duty urgent motives for his resignation wodld . meet • his ! separately, and afterwards Weighed their accumulated which, howeveepaieful, they Must discharge ;it was Royal Highness at every caner and at every step.] effect, 'Gentlemen must be astonished that they should a question, however ii might affect their feelings, that I The time was, perhaps, approaching, when the in- I never have excited the suspicion of his Royal Highness.. they must decide. Theeup , was poured out, and they dependence and existence of Britain might he fought In the evidence of Mr. Corti, ' it was stated, that a must drink of et, however bitter the invedients.might I for on British ground. The-successful-event of such a few etionths after the contieetion had ceased between be; the shaft was flown, and m us t t a ke its - course. I contest must.in a great degree depend tthon"the cosh' the Duke 'of York and Mrs. Clarke, she called upon . —A considerable difference o f op i n i on p re vailed as to ' fidence which the country reposed in the• individual thim,:and told him that the Duke was angry at some-• whether the House s h ou ldo e ceed by Address or Re- . entrusted with the Chief Command of 'our Army. 1-thiag, and at the same time recommended to him to: solution. For his own part, he thought the mode by I Could his Royal Highness suppose that-he retained I destroy all his papers. This circumstance shewed, Address more b ecom i ng the dignity of. the House. I that confidence ? It so, the ' statements that were that some suspicions had then been excited as to some The Resolutions, whether thee were exculpatory or ; :staring in every eye, and ringing in every par, would . facts, which may have come to . light, and flashed accusatory, might be easily embodied into and amal-e speedily undeceive him. In retirement-4h fulfilling I c o nviction upon the mind 'of his Royal Highness. gamated with the Address. The first Reschetion * i his Zluties as a Prince—in completing that reform, His Royal Highness seemed not to have been aware proposed by the Hon. Member was, that the House ? assurances of which he had thought proper to convey of' the 'opportunity he erikiyed to consult those excel. vould decide : the - re would be no objection - to make Ito the House of Commons, his Royal Highness the lent and - hooonrable torn by whom he was surround that part of an Address. The second was, whether i Duke of York would find opportunities for recovering. ea, as to th e means - to prevent Mrs. Clarke from im. his Royal Highness was or was not guilteeof corrup - lahe confidence and affection of t h e people. In times posing upon his 'weakness by rendering his attachment tion ? Again, there would be noedifficuliy in inter-; of peril like the p resen t, h e was compelled to repeat, eto her subservient to her et:irrupt . practices. 'On the vcaviee that i n an address. It shOrt, it appeared to ; that the - Duke of York was snot a fit person to retain -contrary, he appeared to haiie kept them in the dark Lint to be just as easy to put the-substance of the Re- 1 the Command of the British Army"! •He felt that upon - these stibjects ; and there was one circumstance olutions in the s hape of an Address; as in the form ihe 'had done his duty in thus'evirtg. his decided opi- to which he would particuiarly advert, to sheer that reposed by t h e R;...h t Hon. Member. ' The proceed- • nioa—but the gratilkationevluch-thatfeeling afforded this had been the case.* When he received the letter leg by Add ress ha d . also one great advantage erver i him, would, he feared, be no erokse to the House 'from Mrs. Sutherland, requesting that the resignation that which the. Right Hon. Member wished to mom-; for the fatigue to which he . had siNected _them.— of Major Turner might not be accepted for some meet If a Resolution of censure should be carried, ' (Hear, Hear, Hear !)—He trusted that the House time, in order that a'Lady, to whom he '.was repre the Resolui n, in order to be carried to the foot of i 'would do their duty, and he would conclude with the,' merited as having behaved ill, - might know where to the throne, must be put in the shape of an Address ;. apothstan of Lord guriei g l l . 7 .... England can never field him, he : put that letter into the hands of Colonel otherwise it would lie a dead letter on the table. The 1 . be ruined but b y its Parliament , and England never Gordon, as Hit had been a letter from a f erfeet Hou,,e, therefore, would do best to embody the Reso- i " will be ruined while its Parliamenecontanues to do stranger (Near; hear, hear) ; and Colonel Gorden lotions, whatev er their nature may be, in the Address!. " its ditty !" _ , had even stated at the bar, that he had not at that leech is to be laid before the King. Now with respect 1 After gm :lidera& tumu li on t h e choice of tee nex t Spahr, I time any knowledge that the contrary was the case. to these differ en t charges, he fully a . d with the i • The LORD ADVOCATE, who rose among a ; (ILar, hear.) It was not then necessary to state how Hono ura bl e Member e e l° l as t spoke, that the Duke i tumultuous cry of " Question! Question !" began with 1 that case stood. The House was aware that an inti tf York was not proved guilty of corruption—not i observing that he was well aware of the just impa- I mate connection had previously subsisted between his Proved g u il t y of corrutor, upon whose evidence did 1 e partic i • proved , tieece of the BOUM to come to a vote ; but he hoped Royal Highness and this Mrs. Setherland ;in short, guilty or senn i vance . for their indulgence f4e. a. few. minutes. He seldom I that she had been his mistress. From this, therefore, the proofs of these faces depend ? Why upon that of t rose la that House, ass 4 never but when impelled by they must see, that, blinded by his affection or . MN. Clarke, who came d self - accused to the Bar , an', a seine of duty- lie bia Islinself called on to give an 1 partiality for this lady, the 'Duke sunk the a TCIII7I- . With all the at- ' stance of his knowledge of her oft the occasion ; and gave her easitinaany with a character self-blasted- If ; 0 0 1 4° 9 -on this ial. Prollt Ogegic 6 - . i . of that he had. heen - able topay to the evidence, . instead ma ki ng an explicit communication of the. t le question oa these specific charges. or on any other 4 to . „lbw, be die f . fact, ratherkeptColonel Gordon . . w moat was, that his i indeed, were to be wholly decided by lacy evidehees I the.conalusion beenguilty. of c it would not have the smallest weight". with him:l Royal High. ness ne ither 44• .. . wrap. individual who of all others was most likely to res. e cue him from the dangerous precipice upon which In pronouncing his opinion, he s h ou ld discard it . 1 tiOlkt nor cnhnihal Perr . ic!Patjon,.. Oct ,conaivince ; and • 1 ' that he had in no oae tastance.abused the power he ;he stood , and to save Win florn the abyss into which. wh-ny from his consideratiOn, and have noiliffico.ty i possessed as 90 mm ns ,ander . in Chief', of giving away 1 : he was ready to plunge.---e( Hear, hear !) —it appeatid 4 to make up his mind upon . the subject. With respect ! This was, a conviction that he i also, from the evidence, that' though Colonel Csierelcid l how:e er to Miss Taylor's evidence, that stood on etteda:7 romiseio • a minute, unprejudiced, and conscien- .had enjoyed the confidence of the Duke of York, so other grounds; he believed it was. d i ff erent ch arges , and the eve ence , far as le of the duties o iis oe s bias con in el die execution Point. It laid been said, th at she came con the pre in p erei are Y d 'i. l t d i er on i S re:r f rewof the supported. . Vlse Hpuse became corned, for which that able Officer seemed so well her part—that she had previously rehearsed is— i by which • they were 'f o r the ywrtioa, that the 'Honourable '. qualified, he did not possess so much of his Confidence the, she was a member of the conspirecy, and had' ; icre 0 4-41"1"" . 1 as would enable him to discharge the office of a friend, learned her story before she appeared at the ILu. • He.. i • Mr. WILBERFORCE had wished, before he of- ' whom Princes so much want, but ,so seldnei meet Manion' odd no lonl,r he I did ikot believe this. These was nothing in her man. c . ... f u j et t t e m ee lf too the Houpe, to hear all that had been i with. Certain it was, as had been s l ated isy ealcinel ter or the matter °f 14- er evid ence "' 14" C. that s he ed Users the'euiski_ e... , He hal attended carefully to i Gordon in his examination, that 'he' had.oeYe.r even etas suborned. If she was rebeuting , a, parr,- she sa. ' r - . mew / that jia l 4 baan urged from the first ; ' seen Mrs. Clarke. until he saw' it 'the kei t of iho,t would have: been better : towed, If * were privy Alktlig argo ~,,i it he tied not formed a c neect opinion, it was House ; and ifi'Vert thlag thdt itlAtarkb"die ceiti- . to 4 cool)* cy, would she .not • hare come i • .orward ~...... . •. • • - ' ~,,,-. ..A.,: t ., ‘ ~ , fet'tifif; Ogiglga i rrtte •sullictiNii ; _ 4 iffion,. y 4bd''delibfialfl/14 ' -4 4 10nii,143 the Vi- ;ninft . he *is ltlieti,tb,tigt'iii'spiteld the Hou s e: He must conks . , ' *ievgliiiies4riiilght be the shame df aleknowled ' lielbiti he haa participated in the rii4. sante•pfejitdic ... Itaa, been entertained by other • tentletnen Upton eie*ibject or tit* chirges: He _,. - tpuld scurcely Credit the'charto . ; be . could scarcely • .., • • , fegit;tiimeil.fierd-a; thetuireisiTork, dos dal: • I eman appeared to have kept d ttgnified dittithe such as.became his just and-honourable mind. Brit he should make the observation's he intended rpoO, several of the CliiC9, he.begged -to say fa* Vtords upon one feet, and an important OM tots, *May' the very different c i rcu m stanc e s in -4thkli *ha were prosecuting, and thtrie Who w r iVfencling these - charges, were placed. It had Well ,Been stated..ist it very able speech by the Noble ' Lord, (Lord Felkstofte) that the defence-had been Conducted and supported-by all the legal etithoritits of the Government, by persons avl.o posses'sed tfie Means to find out, and the power to compel the 4- tendence cf any witnesses whom it might be neces sary to.examine; and it had ban assisted throughout by the influence and weight of wealth, rankiand Ti ro : p_erty, The inference that resulted fromaltthiteic u s, that if an tutfavnurable impreision existed against ' t 4 e. pipi e ofitt e l i , it w i gs ncit because all.the witnes s Ses had not been called, whose testimony might have been necessary for'hit defence, oreffecttml for hisjus • tification. -All the witnesses that could . have been bf any service to that purpose had been examined and •if no more had been Called, it was only becaase those wino conducted the defence ,emitted to do se, lest they elintrid injure their atm cause.—(Hear, 'hear !) —Before he should go inuean ex.itniriation of the se parate charges- he begged the House fi rst to consider what was their nature, and -how they were to be .proved. The charges must be :proved by the Duke l 'of York, by Mrs. Clarke, or by the agents in the trait sactions—for there were no others who could give in- . formation, as it was not to .be expected that. the par- • ties.would tell what so intimately concerned them- • selves. The tact then was, that with regaid to all `,these •sources of information they had ample proof, as well in the letters of his Royal Highness as in the evi deuce of Mrs. Clarke, con fi rmed by the unexception able cprroberetion ofletters, which she never thought could hare been. produced, at the time of giving her .evidence, and by the agents in the tranracuons, whe 'eller they were so be considered the confidants, or _rather the dupes of Mrs. Clarke. And here he most eibserve, respecting the evi,tence of Mrs. Clarke, and - site Corroboration of it by these letters, that her main • testimony Was fully confirmed, notwithstanding all :het had been said, as. to her having contradicted her self, and being contradicted by others. His Right )ion. and -Learned Friend had, in speaking of the synth of the evidettee -given at -the i3ar, expressed h itn. self as he woUld e lfespplying his observatiens to them selv.ese vie:. that there would be no difference in the evidence stated* * Der, and the evidence given open oath. , 'UnquestiOnably t/eere ought not to be .uty,.differeace. as teeth ought in either case to be Tokenpawl-he hoped that gore would not be any difference of that in paws of any chi er in life., .. Plane beginning, however, he had his, clouhte;tut to the mode l of, proposed to .be adopied and lsafli . even antic' treed the con etlaFarees, bad resaked, —Whin) it was stated that:Ola-Y.9 1 4 4 .0w et. diftereace, between. the tes 6-mony .of 1941. Clarke at the Bar and upon oath. -But he Would. ask whether Mrs. Clarke had not ; beep .receivetl. diffetmuly, I whether the manner in which eltehadbeen t examined at thebardead not pro ducedetgreat deal of thOpertneasand flippancy inthe answers, which had been w . much commented upon ? Thiatighlte4vas confident that Mrs. Clarke was not a velenees, to whom he should give any great degree \ ef credit, yet when corroborated asshe bed been, incases ahich appeared the most romantic on their being first mention:d, hesOuld not withhold his credit from her 'teithlict e el e . T e . raise of O'Meara, for instance. ap peared-It-first to have been only the creature of her imagination ; so also had it appeared impossible to believe her-stetunent respecting General Clavering, anti yet both hadbeen afterwards confirmed in a most extraordinary mineer . 171,e mentioned these small metzcvs, because it was not,possible to put them out if the question, and because it w s often from such circumstances that the most correct opinion Was to be formed of any traneaction: When Mrs. Clarke had been asked bow she had made her request to ae cemplish the exchaege for Calonsl Knight, she an, sweied that she had given to the Duke of York the names of the parties upon a slip of paper, which she had received fn in De. Thynne. It appeared from the evidence, that unknown to her at-that time, Dr. 'llynne had also . stated that he had given to Mrs. 'Clarke a slip. of paper containing the names of the parties. These coincidences in small-I-natters often amounted to more cogent proof -than resulted from more important parts of oviclerce. It had likewis e been said by Mrs. Clarke, that, whenever the Duke of York.was with her, she never -suffereda livery ser vant to attend.. it appeared the Sasouti,Carter did attend his. Koial Highness, bat it oiteirwards.carne out; that' he never wore a liCery. Fut -the greatest thing of all...that confirmed. the testimony of Mrs. ,Clarke was the productien of the Dake of York's letters to her, as well as the production of the letters, of which he.had no idea that they existed, and the note which had been so much disputed. He was ready to give every credit fur their candour and im partiality to those, who, in commenting upon the evidenCe, did not appear to have sufficiently attended M ;hese tl-scuments but Gentlemen -should reesollect. 'that When they were _acting as judges, they should not have forgotten to have summed u p a ll t h e evi dence. (Hear. hear t hear !) That my s t er i ous note, which has been so often spoken of, is imp ortant , be ca,use it was impossible that MrseClarke could have opposite na any idea that ihe timid support her evidence by means of it. Did not these Learned Gentlemen n that a Il e s o r were-produced, nf . a p ar r d o f d vr oe u rm c s e i odn, discrediting s and tip o ynettht then turaly sttppose, that ail these letters would be vainable evicien:e to disprove Mrs-Chi-Ice's testimony? For that e s a t ro v d e uu ou th dp t em a th ertuetiFesst e mess they Ll testimony, they afforded some very strong f proo sindeee 'of. some of the most material charges that were ( - w t ntld be brought forward. I cannot believe what Mr,. Clarke told us about the Duke saying zo her, Chit if she were a clever woman, she need not want money. '!'here is siametisi,ng improbable in that, al . thougla..it might not be possible th a t lie himself migh t pot le,tlisFos:td to watch over his expences with that _Care whfeh a : person of less income, or in distressee .circutnstanoes, nuliht deem proper and necessary. As t case, 3 think its importance arises horn i•.• shelvieg commissions were to be obtained ley I sac 4 corrupt means as therein suited. And can ai.e thttlg tie:more injurious to thor general chssster the Ainty, than a notion prevailing that preferment I I ,