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

6-- 7' THE NATIONAL REGISTER. 5001. She stated that Mr. Wright, the upholsterer, pressed her very hard for money ; that she owed him 5001. or 6001. a long lime;.aed if he had advanced her the mone y , it would have keen to Ray that debt. He answered that he could not do it; Wright and Mts. Clarke both pressed him very much to lend the money -•-at last he spoke to Mr. Glennie, as he knew Sir Richard Phillips, to•see if he would lend her 5001. on the work which she proposed to publish. An arrangement was afterwards made through Mr. 'lllingworthi by a bill being drawn by that person on Mr. Wardle, and by another bill being drawn by the same :person on Major Dodd, and accepted, maing in the whole the sum of 5001. Colonel Wardle produced a letter from Mrs. Clarke, dated the 14th of. May; there was no.direction on it,' nor tidy 4nVt lope. The letter was to.:this effect ; that wises Mrs. Clarke nein for him the other day, and when 110 came accompauied by.Nla.• jor Dodd, they seemed to wish to get rid• of the •promises that had been made to her , but that she expected they would act. as men ought to do, and that conformably to those.. promises, be and Major Dodd wouldenterjoto a bond to pay her io,opot. in two years, to allow her 5001. ti year till then, and pay the re 19aiuder of.„Wright's bill. In giving her this bond,- rot's, would be no gaiper, for she had taken her son from under the patron ne of the Duke of York; and in other respects, she had lost ebaltich, that it would not be more than an adequate compensa deo. She kept a copy of the letter to use as she might think proper, according as they conducted themselves. Colonel Wardle was asked, whether the name, of the Duke of Kent was ever mentioned before Mrs. Clarke?. :The name of the Duke of. Kent was never mentioned before Mrs. Clarke, at tor-bed to any promise, or auy of the promises enumerated in that letter. .Cross-examined ba the ATTOR EY-GEN iR AL. Yon have hail a verdict against you, Colonel Wari:le, for 11000/. or upwards ? I suppose so.—Did you not know before you came fo charge these people with a conspiracy, that that money must be paid ?—ls it paid ? I presume it is not paid.— You have not paid it ? I have not.—alas no execution been put into your house ? No, not that I know of.—What prevents the e'xectiliOsa being put in the house ? I can't say ; the pro - .:; ceetlimOsre in the hands of my _legal advisers.—What, I sup pOseTo'ict aside the payment? I don't know ; .the processes are id equity.—So then if you convict these persons, you hope to get rid of the verdict ? • I can't say how far it may have that cfiect.—Do- you think the legal effect of the proceedings w ill aid yos: in obtaining relief against the verdict ? I certainly do now hope it, because your putting the question to me, gives me • hope that I may entertain it.—You never saw Mrs. Clarke till' blovelauer last I Never.—You stated to her what you were seeking ? Yes, I wanted information on the subject of the Duke of York's inquiry.—Tbe first time you were with her, did you not tell her the Duke of Kent was acquainted with the proceedings against the Duke of York ? I never did.—Ou the Ist of December, you went with Major Dodd to Barnard's Inn i Yes, I went there to consult Mr. Grant, Colonel French's agent, respecting the inquiry.—Was it not in consequence of a request froth Mn. Clarke that Major Dodd was brought in . ? N. ver. It was in consequence of what Mrs. Clarke said of him and others tfint he was introduced. I took means to prove that her assertions respecting Major Dodd were false, and I communi cated these Means to her.—W hen ? Two or three days after I knew her; about the 21st of November. She had stated that Major Dodd had given opinions on the subject ; that he had said, it would bring destruction on herself if she gave informa tion on the subject of the .inquiry, she then went on to detail what I hope you won't press me upon. . If you do, I must pro ceed.—lf it bear on this case, I desire you will proceed to state it whatever it may be. You can't do more mischief than you have already done ? Mrs. Clarke never mentioned the Duke of Kent to me, as knowing of the inquiry ; fur I often declared to her that I hail not the honour of knowing the Duke of Kent. I so far quieted Mrs. Clarke's mind as to convince her, Major Dodd had never said what she had told me, that she would he rained if she gave evidence, I shewed her a letter of Major Dodd's.—Where is that letter ? 1 believe she kept it, for I have it not. All I could judge of it was, I found her opinion • were erroneous. My meat object was, to get all the informers tion I could respecting the inquiry.—Respecting the counter se curity of Mr. Illingworth, the contrivance, I think, was this : Illingworth was to give Wright an acceptance fur 5001, ; Mrs. Clarke was to give illingworth her acceptance for. 5001.; and You and Major Dodd were to give your acceptances for 250/. such ? That was at the. case. 'Eh appeared, however, after V... • • t.rt7" . TV'S** , • Dra."lt. several questions and answers, that it was so.)—Diti.yvest. ever' advise Wright to bring an action against the Duke of Y . ork fur the old debt ? I never did ; but when . Wright was pressing for the money that was so long due, I said, " - if it is the Dvke of • York's debt, why not make him pay it . ?" but I never advised him to bring an action.—Were you advised by your Counsel ois the trial, that the Jury could not find a verdict against you ea such evidence as that of Mrs. Clarke and Daniel Wright ? I un derstood by a note from Mr. Corfield, that my Counsel were of opinion that the Jury were with us ; that the insurance business had settled the question, and they wished to know whether I would leave the (nomination of further evidence to their discre tion.o..l.Willsouther information. I received u note from Mr. Corfietd. , Ahae• Mrs. Cliuslie .had, sworn I had agreed to pay Wrighs•for the furniture before Major Dodd. On reading this '?iote. 'immediately exclaimed, the verdict must be for us, and gontantly ran sir to the King's Arms, and wrote a note to Mr. COrfield., desiring that. Major Dodd might. by called and exa ,mined, and- that they would press him home, because I was lure.tlasJittetuous reports respectieg . the D . .ke of Kent would, by his e,videoce, prove to be false r -Did you not leave it to the discretion of yout. Counsel ak the trial, .to call.wisuesses or. sot ? 'Till I =calved the note Awn, corklit, I did, but then.l pressed his being called.—/ou have told the public in ayoblication, . Must pie were.taken by surprise;., how were you taken by stw- Arie ? I never knew what was to be sworn against me, until I . e.r.eived the account out of. Couit:—Did you ever Aive Mrs. larkeauy money 1 I did, befOre . she went out of town, in pay he butcher, baker, &c. I gave her about 1001.1 and after our eturn about 2W. more. }(By LORD ELLENsonbucaer ; You say ,the contrivance iAbout Illingworth was not •to be ifsecret i why then did You not give a direct note to Wright ? . A . thought: it iliad done. so, ,I - should not Wive the clitfili upolt Mrs-. - Clarfek--You have stated that you gave her 100/. ; did you give her any . promites besides ? None ; hut - that if- slie wewld be a steady friend to the public, I would be asteadj friettea het; and there would be no doubt, that for any services she might render the public, the public would reward hero—Did Mrs. Clarke ever know that you and Major Dodd had given the counter security to 11. lingworth ? Never, till after the investigation was concluded. • The witness was then told he might withdraw. , - „ • Major DoDD examined; by W.' BOiLATiD. *, ), .vips , • 2.L_Na / • When you first see Mrs. Clarkel ipitli4lol4. 4KAOlre her, the day before we went on the tour s He . stated, that on the Ist of Decettibt*ibe wall lii a: coach with Colonel Wardle and Mrs. Clarkel sheprlopritied calling at Wright's ; they did so, where Ito saw, Daniel Wright. There was no one else present. He did not. recollect.that any thing particular passed, but Mrs. Clarke's pointing out some curtains, which.she said the Doke of York gave her. in Gloucester-place ; also some chairs similar to those Wright was to send to her house; also some chair-covers painted on velvet, Iv hid! she said Wright was to match. Never heard any thing to induce him to believe that Colonel Wardle was to pay for the furniture. Did not stay above a quarter of an hour. Called a seconirtime with Mrs. Clarke; believes she called to expedite the furniture of the house. -He assisted Colonel Wardle in getting a loan; kneel! Mr. Illingworth, who , gave Wright a bill for 5001. and', he and Colonel Wardle gave Illingworth their acceptance for 2501. each. Never heard Colonel Wardle undertake to pay for the furni ture.. Was Private Secretary.to the Duke of Kent; held ano ther appointment ; but with respect to that, he did. not know that he ought to say any thing, as it might, at a future day, be the subject of discussion in that Court. Cross-examined by Mr. GARROW. He understood from Colonel Wardle, previous to' his intro. duction to Mrs. Clarke, that Colonel Wardle• meant to - obtain alt the information he could respecting the intended investiga. tion. He also learned from him, two or three days before they set off on their tour,. that be intended to take Mrs. Clarke with and that be expected to get information from her that world he useful to him. Did not know that she was apprised et the time of his being Secretary-to the Duke of Kent, but thinks she most during the four days they were absent, .from the conversa tion that passed during that time ; some of them being about . the distarbance s at Gibralter, from which she could not but re collect it. Ile did not assist Colonel Wardle in carrying on the Inquiry; though he might have considered what he, did as such. He was never present in the House of Cotuntqns hut one day during the inquiry, and then he did' not carimuniCate with Colonel Wardle. Never eonsideredoMrs. Clarke as being in very poor circuaistuucesi but thought she 'WU 3 TIMM OA ~. _ A V,LM'