The National Register. — London, England, 1809-02-19 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER,. phan lad, then 16 years of age, whose father had lost his life in the service, and whom he had brought up. Mr. Nichols examined by the CHANCELLOR of the Excnr- QUER.—Q. Did Mrs. Clarke live at the witness's house at Hampstead as a lodger? A. Yes.—Q. At what time? A. She came there in October, 1807.—Q. How long did she stay ? A. To the 25th of June following.---Q. In what light did she re present herself? A. Asa widow.—Q. Did she after represent her self in any other character ? A. Yes, I understood from her that she was married to Mr. Dowler.—Q. What name did she assume at the time ? She went by the name of Mrs. Clarke. — Q. What reasons did she give you for retaining the name of Clarke ? A. That if the Duke of York knew she was mar ried to Mr. Dowler, he would send him abroad.—Q. When did she tell hiin so ? A. Some time after she had been in the house. —Q. When did she tell him she was married to Mr. Dowler? A. Soon after Mr. Dowler came to llampstead.—Q. Did wit ness ever say he would be up with Mrs. Clarke ? A.'No, never to any bodv.—Q. Has he in his possession letters belonging to Mrs. Clarke? A. Yes.--Q. How did witness come by these letters ? A. They ‘vere sent down to light the fire with ; they were not given to me. The maid servant who received them, put them into a closet and used them as she wanted them. After much discussion, it was agreed that the papers should he referred to a select Committt!e, and Mr. Wardle expressed himself perfectly satisfied with this arrangement. Robinson, a porter attending, at Slaughter's Coffee-house, was the next A% itness e 'Did Mr. Dowler ever live with a lady, as man and wife, at that hotel ? A. Yes, for some short time.—Q. Where did the lady who went by the name of Mrs. Dowler live? A. At No. 14, Bedford-place, Bedford-square. Samuel Well, a waiter at Slaughters, was the next witness.— Q. Do you know Mrs. Dowler? A. Yes.—When did you see her last? Some day last week in company with Mr. Dowler. —Q. How long did she stay? A. She staid there the whole night)—Adjourued. Wednesday, Feb. 15. DUKE OE YORK. After some prefatory conversation, principally carried on be tween Lord FOLKSTONC and the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- HEW; ER, Mr. WARDLE brought forward the letters that had been re ferred the preceeding evening to a Select Com:nittee; and mov ed, that before they were laid upon the table, Mrs. Clarke he called in to prove the hand writing of the se -, Teal parties. Mrs. Clarke was accordingly called in, and proved the hand-writing. Three letters were then read fro,a S. Carter to Mrs. Clarke; they were expressive of the high gratitude of the writer to Mrs. Clarke for her kindness to him, and entreated her pecuniary assistance to enable him to make an appearance suitable to the situation to which she bad raised him. The letters of Baroness Nollekens were not read, as unconnected with the military pro motions; and those of General Clavering were merely compli mentary, except the mention that he tanked her for former ap plications to the Duke, though unsuccessful, and begged that she, should an opportunity occur for mentioning it, would make an offer on his part, to raise a battalion for unlimited service. Mrs. Clarke was then called in, and asked through what means she procured a Pay mastership for Mr. Elderton ? A. Through the Duke of York, though very much against his wishes---Q.You stated that the Duke desired Mr. Greenwood to procure the office of Paymaster for Mr. Cleirles Lldertim, against the consent of Mr. Greenwood; how do Sou know this fact ? A. His Royal HighneSs told me so himself. IThe Witness was here desired to withdraw.] Mr. WARDLE then moved that T. Walker be called in, and the substance of his evidence was as follows :—That he had fre quently seen Miss Taylor at Gloucester-place; that Mrs. Clarke, while he was in her house' in Gloucester-place, had 8 horses and two carriages; that he had all the bills for the keep of those hor.es, as far iIS he kneW the time; that Samuel Carter had lived with Captaia Sutton previous to his coining to Mrs. Clarke; that he had never heard whose son he was supposed to be. Mrs Favorite examined by the ATTORNEY GENA RA L.—Q. Do boa recolleq any thing respecting the change of a bank note, previous to the Duke's going to We) month, and Mrs. s going to Worthing ? A. Yes, I do; I brought a note dowtr th the Iluke's servant, Lodovick, and desired him to get it changed. He reirtied at eleven o'clock, when I took the ' chap re tip stairs ; the Dake of York was in the room with Airs. Clarke, in short they were in bed. The IirIILCS3 was then examined by the 4ttorney General, as ••• • FEB. 19. to her mode of life previous to her going to live with Mrs- Clarke, whom she stated she was acquainted with for ten years. During this interrogation, she prevaricated, and hesitated a good deal.—Q. What was the extent of Mri. Clarke's establish ment, and what number of servants did she keep ? A. Ido not know exactly the ex pence of her establishment; we had always very elegant dinners served up, and what could not be made up at home was had from the pastry-cooks.—Q. Who furnished the house in Gloucester-place ? A. Oakley, in Bond-street.--Q. Who furnished the glass and china ? A. Some tradesman iu Oxford-street.---Q. Who was the silversmith who furnished the articles of plate ? A. Birkett and Parker, in Princes-street.--- Q. Did you give the daily orders to the different tradesmen ? A. I gave some, as was my duty as housekeeper.---Q. And did the tradesmen understand that they were to look to the Duke for their money ? A. Yes ; they would sometimes ask me when Mrs. Clarke was to have money from the Duke. Mrs. Clarke questioned.---Q. One of your letters appears on the printed minntes, in which you mention, that you gave up some letters of Donovan's to Mr. Wardle, in order to facilitate a negotiation, what negotiation was that ? A. I had learned, whilst I was with the Duke of York, that commissions were often granted on the recommendation of a General Officer, or of a Member of Parliament ; Mr. Donovan wished me to procure a recommendation from a Member of Parliament, and I ailplied to Mr. Wardle.---Q. Did you ever make any return to the In come Tax ? A. N 9, not as I recollect.---Q. How many horses and carriages - were you assessed at ? A. I cannot say, I was always.in the habit of forgetting one or two of them when the Collectors called. Mr. Greenwood examined by Mr. WA RDLE.-Q. Is Mr. Froome now in your office ? A. No..—Q. Did oat Mr. Froome come to town with the express purpose of succeeding one of your clerks? A. No.—Q. For what purpose did he come to town ? A. To settle some old accounts with me.—Q. Do you know Mrs. Sinclair Sutherland ? A. Yes, I have :ward her name ?—Q. How came you to know her ? A. Why the Duke of Y ork certainly mentioned her to me. Mr. Greenwood was called in, and examined by Lord FoLic- STONE, whether he knew of any connection between the Duke of York and Mrs. Sutherland ; whether he had ever heard Mrs. Sinclair say that she was with child by his Royal Highness ? He had heard of the connection, and knew that Mrs. Sinclair had represented herself as being with child by the Duke of York.—lle was then requested to state, whether he had ever solicited this lady to get a troop for a friend of his? Which he denied. Whether any large suM.of money had been paid by the Duke of York to Mrs. Clarke through witness's hands ? Who declared that no sum whatever had passed through his hands.— After a few other questions of little importance, witness was or dered to withdraw, and Colonel Gordon was called in. Lord FoLxsToNr. inquired whether he possessed any docu ments respecting the proposed exchange between Colonel Knight and Brooke? WitneSs produced them, and they were read aloud, but contained nothing remarkable. He was then desired to state when he had become acquainted with Major Turner, and whether that officer informed him of his reasons for resigning ? lie replied that in 1803 he had become acquainted with the Major, and that the reason he gave for resigning was, his having got into an un fortunate scrape with some woman, whose name he never had mentioned. That he was about to state that reason to the Com mander in Chief, but that witness advised him not, as he did not think it necessary that the private affairs of officers should be revealed on such an occasion. He was next interrogated as to the credit attached, in the Commander in Chief's office, to ano nymous letters ; and replied that they were always attended to in a proper way. Witness was then ordered to withdraw ; and Genera) Rockford was called in, and to the questions put to him by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, relative to Samuel Carter, merely replied, that he had heard he was a natural son of Captain Sutton, who he thought gave hint a good education, and brought him up as his 'own. When asked, whether Samuel Carter was in the habit of dining at Captain Sutton's table, he declared his total ignorance, as he himself had never (lined with that other. lie was then ordered to withdraw, and the Speaker having reported progress, the House adjourned. Thursday, Feb. 16. THE DUKE 01' YORK. Lord FoutsrorrE rose, and adverted to the-matter which he spoke of last night, respecting papers in the hands of a person that he then said militated cuusiderably in his mind agaiuit Ils I •:$.4