The National Register. — London, England, 1809-07-16 00:00:00

euade them that to-day her . word is to be cfeditcd against the DUKE OF YORK, and 16.. morrow she is - not to believed upon her oath against you. . They do not understand what distinction should be made ' between the justice that is demanded by a Duke, and that which is to be measured out to a Patriot.—lf Mrs. Cmittne is perjured now, what becomes of your wholefabric against the DUKE OF YORK.—The machinery would want its main spring—for I defy the most ingenious lawyer on earth to make out a case that could be sent to a jury, or call upon the defendant for an answer; if her evidence be abstracted. • Even Major Dodd has told you " that he has no hesitation in saying that her co-operation will be more material than - that of any other human being." But, Sir, I wilt venture to assert, that so far as hitherto appears, not only the weight of evidence, but even of probability is against yeti. You know Mrs. CLARKE at a very early period discovered symp toms of suspicion: nor was she satisfied till the **** of 4 * - **'s confidential letters to Major DODD were produced? 'Was she even then satisfied till this same Private Secretary, wro:e you a letter, to be given to her, which' he has since in vain tried to get _ back again. Was , i it probable that she vvould comtnit herself to a politicaV adventurer, almost unknown, and almost without property—that she would make no stipulation for the sacrifice of all her peg , pects - of being again reconciled to the fickle Duke? Is Mrs. Ctsax r: to be credited when she states the terms upon which her intimacy with the Duke subsisted ; sad is she to be disbelieved when she exposes the terms of her poli tical connection with a patriot and a reformer! It would be more likely to meet with pits , . assiocommisse- Ar • .. ration from a generous public if you wetto.state the fart . : . candidly—that your virtuous patron has -disappointed Illi* and that his nary 'ecretary has been too much for your epcn, unsuspicious nature. I neknowledge (as you have asserted) that he. was equally Unheated hi 14 7 Ru:ter's business, and as you prudently avoided making him a witness, endeavOur to make him a pa.-tner in your speculation.—"liou know how to play, at .. t game: if you fail with the Major, you may succeeir DANIEL Waiour.—Discontinue your appeals to heaven, they induce us to believe you may have had a religiousisluca tion, and that would aggravate your crimes. Cood men shudder at your 'solemn imivocations, and bad ones 1:!;: i Tli at them: be adir l i i rd, Sir - , and discontinue the haiiit—'tis a bad one.—Can . you not discover that your party have de- serletl, absolutely cut you ? Look at the miaow able com position called "Cobbet's Register, of yesterday.—Not a word about W.Anoir.; not even the mention of your name. ". Desefied in your utmost need." Is he waitioK,to see which side he ought to take, before he commits himself again?—Ytminow he is venal, and you know his price.% you know too, the assistance he rendered to the cause against the DUKE OF YoRK ; and- you know the reason of his enmity; if you . do not,.i ivilfranind you. A short time previous to the quarrel between the Duke and Mrs. CLARICE, the latter invited Cor,l3Err to dine at Gloster- Place, with a view of making him friendly to Ills Royal Highness.—ylic ACCEPTED THE what fol lowed ? J When hirs , ..CLAßxr informed the Duke of what she had done,, with a spirit that does him infinite honor, he refused to sit,. dowp . with such a —, and Mr. BLDDULPII was dispatched with. the ungracious message, that bid him keep his distance.,—:.will tell you . another circumstance, tkat places the yepity of this fellow in astronger light, and JULY Id will ifropably:oPeri the eyes of the peopie w the t.az.ii . e of his poiiiirst,. Notwithstanding. the brutal indelicacy of his cages, and the manner in which .Mrs. CLARKE s paint %as !rel , e,d, this fellow prevailed upon Lord of KST.) N E 0 rt)(ll.:Ce him at WestboOrne-Place; !pit insiead r.i bchp.; - i!ed emain, ins - ft.:ad of being treated with city to cot c;liate— what 1 . , as the behaviohr of this siirited, (call her imprudent if you w ill) but what I say was the conduct of this spiri;ed woman ? Per. haps you are already infori,:ed. tie instant he sat d she asked him how lie could have the impudence to apT,ear in her house, after the 1-iii i aa.4e. he had .. r ed respecting r r?— Wbat was the wretches' ans.ver ? " fits! oit niwi.; 7, at Wild that, I was oblized to bespatter you, If; make the pp , . ; :le believe .what I said against the teiont ! bespattered a great deal more."--Lord VOLKSTONE can coetradict thi s anecdote if it be false, or he can give it more correctly tf (repeating it only from recollection), I have not gives it that season ing which kept the risible faculties of his ship in perpetual exercise during the visit. To use the em phatic words of Mil. CLARKE, " THINK ON T 1115," and on a great deal more that you know, and which the public shall know very soon. ausu, Amass MRS. CL/IRKE, TO TILE .PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDONf, In answer to lir. Wardles Intemperate illddress, 11,1114 appeared in PIS NATIONAL RSGISTER of last .Sunday. Honoured as my testimony before the House of Com mons has been, with the confidence of the country at large, and Sanctioned - as my evidence has been, in a recent in stance, by a Jnry of my Countrymen, I fed myself called upon (after affording time for the most deliberate rtfieetion) to address you, in consequea - xe of a circumstance which has arisen opted the Cause in which Mr. WrigH, an up holsterer, Was Plaintiff, colonel Wardle . Pefendant,. ;Led Mr. Daniel lVright, brother of the Plaintiff, and mysei"l, were Witnesses. In this cause it is well known thai Co!. Wardle was cast, to the satisfaction of every honest tracks rtrAn, and, indeed, of eve! 7 body in the Court. The detail of evidence the Public Prints will afford. As far as regards my testimony these details are somewhat inaccurate, but they arc sufficntly correct to have enabled the Public to strengthen this verdict, with an almost universal approba tion. Colonel Wardle, inflated by a popularliv, the cxtent of which vias as unexpected, as it will be found to have been un deservcd, had vainly flattered himself that this same popula rity wo:ild protect him against the Justice of his Country ; disappointed at the Verdict, heAlas!ost his prudence with,his temper; and, without giving himself time for reflection, has made :.n unusual appeal to the people of the United Kingdom, against the Verdict oca.Tury. As an excuse for this ahnosr un precedented circumstance, he has stated that lie; Counsel, notwithstanding his earnest entreaty, repeated to them_ I* wriiing during the Trial, in the strongest terms, did not comply with his request to examine Major Dodd, Mr. Gee, and others. However he may vapour about these Witnesses out of Court, even Colonel Wardle will hesitata before he ventures to subject them to an examination upon oath,whiht the written documents exist which rill inculpate more exalted personv, and shake the very ft:imitations of his own ephemeral popuiirity. Colonel Ward! is no( ig norant of the reasons which may have indueed the sup. pression of the written leslimou r that would have unde niably corroborated my evidence. Coloiiel Wart?le knows that Mr. Wright's serraNtl, a well as others, can prove THE N&TIONAL REGISTER.