The National Register. — London, England, 1809-12-17 00:00:00

D'EC._ 11. Could pay 'her way. RecolleetS Colonel Wardle told him she Wanted Money to pay the butcher and baker, as persons in very deCeat•cirriinstances Might. Ile Went to Wright's with Colonel and , lurti. Clarke ; theiday- after they came to town, NvhethisiliaW intiityetpensilie articles. which he afterwards saw ht NrvbiAhoittne-pittee. 'Believed, that during the inquiry, Col. 'Wardle thonghttiffrs. Clarke an iinportant witness; hut does not recollect' hiasitn have' expressed his satisfaction at the manner the gave betOtvidence: went with Colonel Wardle to filing- ItVorth, in eoliseqUence Of Colonel Wardle's telling him that Mrs. Clarke hail infOrined him, she was much pressed by Wright, and beget* hint, with tears In her eyes, io Assist her. Colonel *Wardle said he had refused; hut asked him if he could suggest any Mode . b . y.svr hick lt could be done. He observed, that it was Ncit ittitdinition for one tradesmau to accommodate another with 4 hill', 'find' he went to blingworth for that purpose, and told Ott if he would give his acciiptancc for 5901. to Wright, as Cikottel Wardle was but little knoWfwa him, Colonel Wardle Ind likoself would give their acceptitheei'far 2591. each, ac a tottater 7 security. Illingworth accepted Vhight's bill for 5001. ltnd afterwards brought him ti hill for 2W-which he accepted attd paidithen it became due: - • He never heiftvl any inquiries as go prOmises that were madel-Mis. Clarke, except what he saw in the.ittftotit of theproceedings Ware the House of Comm Ons— . ackito*letrged it would have been equAly convenient to him to have - :p.taitt 'l* 2501. in the 'first instance. In answer to a iluestifitf tticile this.. circuitous mode, • and not gibing a * t", he thought it better ColOnel Wardle's name tVii t nren tinned. ' • • Loftl'Ett;ON,aoaonhir whited Major Dodd would give some tettitthlfofthi4 cOcuitintstiesk.' va - 7 ' • Fletal4itirti bei*ved that the , Duke of Kent was extremely adverse to, and sorry fpr the inquiry, and that he had uniformly been s'oriWeditiiiieretrWardle As having come for ward in a itatriotic cadge"; 'and •ighbtigh *he Was Secretaiy to the Duke Of Kern,' as he 'had always., faithfully - seried his Royal Highness, be thought be • had a tight Alt visit Co!. Wardle and Mrs. Clarke, or any one he pleasedi ' ' " • Gr.gNwistexamined by Mr. GLEADE. Re stayd,_ that: about the •Ilith or December, MS, Mrs. Clarke,ap.Plied to.him to intercede with Colonel Wardle to assist her with 5,'2•01..t0,pay Mr. Wright, and which she .had owed him forttw'o years.. He refused to do so, having often heard Co lonel Wardle say he would ant be answerable for her debts ; but 'if she could point. out to Win any .wa.v of repaying the sum in three Months, he wriuld speak-to Colonel Wardle to +vet some of his friends to advance that sum.. She told him some thing about :the lease of a .house in . Bedford...place she had to dispose of, from which: she expected to receive some money, and that she, vas sure. she .could pay. it in less titan three months from, the profits .of a narrative . she was about to pub— lish, .respecting the Duke of York's connection with her. Some time after,. Colonel Wardle called at Mrs. Clarke's : he called .him aside, and they. went.into the garden, - -where he told him whamt Mrs. Clarke requested, but the Colonel refused to do It. He afterwards went to, Wrights : and told him Colonel Wardle.would• not be. answerable for his debt to him or to any other person, and .if het was so inclined, he toeld not,. for it would militate against the measures he was preparing. He also told Wright' he. was.surprised he wortid give her fresh cre ilit, who answered him, he, did it that he might get what she owed him. That it was of long standing. more than two years; titat he had applied for it in another place, anti !rail kern re fused. Heiler: said.the articles were very expensive, and that she might plainer furniture. Wright replied she - Was a gay young woman,.. vow loved to make a shew, and that she was fond of .expensive-articles. • • Mr. I LLIN . CIPORTH cailed.and examined. Mjcir Dodd and Mr. Wardle called upon him together, to get him to - lend his bill for 5001. to Mrs. Clarke. There was so particttlar mode of security stated; but it was understood that Major Dodd and Mr.. Wardle would guarantee the pny meat.' .There'd as no secreiy imposed on him in this transaction. He called . upon Mrs.:.Clarke one day, and told her that he came by the desire of Major -Dodd to ge t from her a ante of -5001. lor .' the bill With which he was .ready: to• accommodate her'. , She lirentthi note at three months date. • ' • ' The 1 21L'itortN EY ; IV ER Az, said, that. it wits not an unusual thin 'for filen in. distress to take the independent. line, and in veigh i tiast corruptio n . , - In .the r cortnner,- ho ver, • r in.. which ttfis ggek waii.opebed,- most sprioas charFes.Were,madc. It - *us tafilhat men were deyrtted of valuable ecnillOpiienia under s. ;„,; , THE NATION L REGISTER. Government, as a chastisement for having discharged tbeir duty to the country. Major Dodd, however, could not hear this statement without expressing some indignation; and the fact was, that he himself (the Attorney General) had given his opi nion with respect to the propriety of his removal, many months before Major Dodd had come before the Grand Jury. As to the conduct of Col. Wardle, it was in evidence on the former trial that he did perfectly know that Mrs. Clarke was to be pro duced as an evidence against him, and did, in consequence send her a threatening letter the night before, and directed his At- torney to tell her, that if she came forward on the trial, Set jeant Best would cut her up in cross-examination ; and he (Mr. Wardle) would spread a report that it was all a trick of the Ministry. If Mrs. Clarke had spoken falsely in this respect, Mr. Corfield, the Attorney, might have been called to contra dict the statement. The Jury must observe, that in this case. the Defendants sere deprived of their esidence by the ma iactivring of the Prosecutor. The oldest or the most learned loan in the profession of the law, had never met, either from his experience, or in his reading, such a case as the present.— It was a most unusual and unheard of course, and it was in vain to say that there Was no other remedy hut un indictment of conspiracy. If the two witnesses on the late trial, Mr. Daniel Wright and Mrs. Clarke, had been guilty of perjury, and that it was supposed that Mr. Francis Wright had suborned them to commit that perjury, the natural mode of proceeding would be to indict the witnesses for perjury, and to indict Mr. Francis Wright for subordinatiim of pz!rjurv. His Learned Friend (Mr. Alley) was then mistaken, when he said the emerge of justice would have• keen impeded, if any other course hail been taken besides that of indicting for conspiracy. The Pro secutor no came forward with every advantage. Ile shin the mouths of the Defendants, by the manner in which he brought the business forward, and at :he same time he opened his owe mouth. lie really thought, that if he pleased, he might now ask his Lordship, whether there was any evidence at all of a conspiracy ? Unequal, however, as he might appear in the contest for want of evidence, he did. not decline the contest, however unequal it might appear ; and if the Jury wrath! 'fa your him with their attention, he felt no doubt but that he would not only prove to their satisfaction, that there was no conspiracy, but that he would go farther and prose to their satisfaction, that the verdict was right. In the year 1808. Mrs. Clark appeared by no means poor. Upon an old accosts* it appear's], that she had owed Mr. Wright 26001. of which she bad paid him 2000/. Her situation, however. had much changed of late; she had no longer the means for contirsuiug the great expences to which she had been accuinstomed, and was absolutely hopeless. At the time she was met by Colonel Wardle, she was absolutely penny fess. Wright was an uphol. sterer, who was under an obligation to her for former employ ment and recommendations, and would have been happy to have seried her; but at the same time, it would be ridiculous to suppose that he would trust her with 2000 f. when sliesalready owed hini above COOL which he had very little prospect-of ever getting. At the same time, however, that it was improbable that n Wright would have trusted her, it was not at alt improbable, that Mr. Wardle should have given her credit.— Colonel 'Wardle was a man, who at that time certainly ex peted great renown from the course lie was pursuing, -if he had no further personal objects. His whole mind was then fixed on one single object, .which was the card by which he.steered his course. At that time it was not known by those who took a part in the investigation, Mr. Wardle had given 1001 within the first three days that he ever saw Mrs.. Clarke; and if Use cir cemstance.had been known, it would have excited the utmost astonishment. When it was considered that Mrs. Clarke had excluded herself, from' the moment that she joined with Col. Wardle, from the advantages she oncoeqjoined, and might still hope to enjoy, it could not be supposed that she would make so great a sacrifice, without sufficient protbises and inducements. Whether the promises were definednr not, still it must be sups posed that she expected him to do something for her. -As to Colonel Wardle, he considered him implicated up to the chin, as far as any man could be by influence and iuterest, wit hout,be.. coming •an incompetent witness. As to Major Dodd, he knew nothing more distressing to hi4illustrious master, than that this investigation should -be -proceeded its against the Duke of York Knowing this, as Major Dodd must have known is. *hat could have been more indecent than Mr. Dodd going from 'the Duke of Kent to Mrs. Clarke and to•Colooet Wardle, with• out . ever apprizing the Ilinsteious' Prince of these visits 2-4 Could it be suppasett that Mr; Dadd, , as well au Mr. Wardlik