The Statesman. — London, England, 1809-12-14 00:00:00

STATOM AN: en. hisgitt 'Fie i iipeachinent of. Lur.l al ►ills was carried upon the sieeisi•iii of a eaiting rnic•:•, up to the bar of the Lords %% ph Ott sane regularity a. if the deciiiwn wad nLs le by no ist•rons m Ijority. Mr. F. Ni 13 L btr , itt/Iy professed his Iwyalty. ani ohjected t.t any licit: Win harshness in Usc A itir•mi l which etril.! kblsoitli the feelings of his S iver , •ign, ais.l was therefore fur the re-reading. Mr. iherilf I ..\i" was disposed to nverlook any personalities that mieht have been direCted to wards himself, bit could not with patience hear such sweeping arid general abuse as hail been di rected artin.t malty or his friends. With respect t:t the Address, he apprehended that they differed in Ise mann .r only, void not In the matter. For ncelf, he was not less independent than any man, tot t willinglyPitital in reorehending the cooduct of Mrtisters, hat conceived th it the prover moths of d 1g it was ivy disco:interne:ice% theta s without wounding the paternaf. feelingi of his Majesty. lie was far frog' denying their right to petition, I:ut they otetht to do it in a way that would wit be inconsistent with the dignity of. the , ( - mart. .k. the &hire's he such as would .do honour to the Court, why refits° fo read it ? —l'boy had only a plain question before them. —There was touch occasion to complain, and no man lamented snore than he did the late enter'. tomato Expeditions. But let them confine the Address tothat alone, and nut intreneh - opott the prerugative of Majmlty. Ile was no friend to the practice of a seliseqttent review,as he had proved by voting against the rescinding of the late vote re. %peeling Mr. Wardla ; but h..: deemed that there was mem:thin very extraordinarr and urgent on the resod occasion. In the Committee, be had ohjectal to several parts of the Address, lett finding any thing he could say of nu avail, be left them. Ile could not bear that it should go abroad to the world that the country was in an awful crisis ; but even supposing it was a. , , he felt, as a public man, that it was nut his duty to be the first to give the alarm. As a public man, he on& rather to end:•avour.to• re m e dy the evil, without spreading dismay and dca:londency thruagh the *!toles collides - . The Ad. dress, he contended, was neither diguitieJ sea re sprctful. The country c.ertoinly demanded an in. quiry, but lot them lay that request at the foot of tee Throne in the least exceptionable terms, and 1:t them not unnecessarily aggravate the evils of which they complained. He had an Address in pocket, which lie believed would answer all the purposes proposed, without containing those of fens.ve parts se exceptionable its the other. These were grievances of which the country had to cu n. plaits, but instead of at:Mediu/I these in the most distant manner to his Majesty, it was evident he had been deceived in the avpuiettnent of improper ttersou• to conduct the important :,furs eatrustval to Ili. in. Mr. W 001) (tier. Shi.riti) obseree.l, that it was lu.•tta es traoreileary that a great :mintier of Gen. I. nets olao, 41 1 ),m I rtlt'llt't ti4V , had iittal:y re si.tt.l eery A4l4resv, and therefore voted for the previous qnrotoit, should now eeo unaiiiiiionsly ,- ; , :tee , in • e.(e pripifty of an Addr, SS, and the iteressitt 4 .' .1 an i , equiry. But then, vie, objected to the .iiier.)) clinch was helm ear-ied asainst th:ur efforts, a n d floe wished to introduce one of th-ir own shaping. Ile conic' not :write to su persede the Address already adopter!, and which, in his mind, cuntaiiied nut ~ ne little disrespectful to his Majesty, to make remit for .m.olier better adapted to the taste of his Monists'.. lie ems convinced the Nlinisterial Officer of the Court ' (himself a Sheriff), had already waited upon his ' Majesty, pursuant to instrociions to him, when. his Majesty *until be graciously pleased to re. ceive the Address voted, upon the Monday; and he was convinced the Wrlneeday following, namely, this day, welsh, have been appointed by his Majesty, for the reception, instead of Vi'sulnesday, the 20th, had it not been fur some interference between some pe.sitits in that Court stud his Majesty's Ministers, respecting the dig. cession which was to be broaght en this diy, in hopes of ohtainiog soaeo modification of the for s tacr Address, better adapted to Ministerial taste Vries of Order! Order !). Monte nu ne. enmity for souls moilificatitm. The language of the present one was dutiful and respectful, bat at the same lime bold and manly. It was the deity of the Corporation, firmly, though respect. fully, to represent their grievances fit the Son. reign, and complain of the abuses of those *lto were his advisers. It was uot by a crow+. lug demeseowe, nor a grovelling language, that the City of Loudon could maintain either its own dignity or. its respect to his Majesty, al though It might be more pleasing to the Minis. ten by whom he was surrounded. lie) Ma. jest), had reeened, in Ilse Mayoralty of Beck. ford, Addresses in language infinitely more strong, and had always treated graciously those who had presented them. Nor was it before the ,address in the aft air of Cintra that the Representatives of the Corporation were treated with reltiike atfil repel sion. The goodness of his Majesty's heart would alwaysinclioe him to receive graciously the peti tions of his 'emote, and it was only irons his eiyertkrs that disrespect was to be apprehended. Be well remembered that upon the last Address ' presented to his Majesty, the' Royal reception was gracious and condescending, while the Lords in waiting, eyed through their glasses, with so. pereilious disdain, those Members who went. up with the Address, sarcastically pointing out to each other—" T'eat's the man who led the goes- Lion".." the ocher is the man who seconded the asotion"—‘ . That's he sekso spoke so much.' --(.ifermars and clossours of question! quer.. ti.,n!).—" Perha: 5," rejoined the worthy Sherif, " if may tat he unpleasing to those abu inter. 'ups my. if I r.Teat the language of • Noble out (Auckland) and an eminent Courtier— 'it.aens,' said hi- L.eril-hip, ' crow upon their dunghills, like (saki. : hut hang their heads tails a limb they come to Court with their Ail. seq.' Convinced, however, as I ant, that •is nothiog in the language of the Adder's sly vie ii disr.sueetful tushisl! ejeloy, or lowly. 14 e t , on 46.• !. •It '‘. this Goon, 1 caanot retract aitutisieist I moved." . —_ __ Mr. WA ITEIMAN explained, *flee which the qneltion was, pat upon the Amendemet, and a their of hands dernaeded. The LORQ MAYOR said, the numbers were so close on each side, that he found seem diliculty in deciding accurately. It, however, struck hi* ,stied, that the majority was is farm. ,of the Amendment. A division, however, was claimed by the oppo site party, when the sirangers were entered to *Widow, and we understand that the numben Witte thus :-- For the Amendment Apia it Majority against the Amendment 17 The original qiirstion was curled of coarse, end the Court coutiusinl in debate upon the Ad• dress, paragrep - it by paragraph, for some hours. The AdJrees was; we underi.taml, after a long discussion, agreed to, and sabstiteted %idiots' bring referred to a Committee is, the room of the former. An Amendment was then moved, to take the whole of the proceedingtinto forthet conside.. ration. • After a few obsertationa from Mr. 14r84441, Mr. WAITUMAIII 2 Alle court dintar upon the Amoolment ; Nicer . 3tajerny . 9 A Motion for Adjournment was then Millie, sad the question pat, when the nembers•wen; : roe the Adaiterweent . Apion It 111 /* thy aid Attpmerameot 11 It was then moved, that the Addros agreed to by the last Meeting, and the Address now moved by Sheriff Atkins, should be committed to the for mer Committee:, to report upon the saute. Mr. GRIFFITUi, however, determined to support the original Address, as speaking the sal. (intents of the Corpor Ition, and of the empire at large ; still wat willrtg, for unanimity, as the Gen. demos who originally opposed the uzeicise of pc. tidoning were now so far proselytoi as to have pc. titions fur inquiry ready cut and dry, to agree, (list a reference should he mule to the original Committee, and that it should report A division then took place, and the numbers were, for referring it to the Committee, A vrs Noes Majority The Address of Sherif Atkins was consequent. 1 ly carried; bit a Requisition was delivered to the L trd Mayor, requesting him to convene a Cum. mon Council, fur the piarpose of considering the cynic's-lin try proceedings of that day. We on. derst sa.i, that with a tree consiitutilital re tlrd for the wishes of his Fellow Cif ret•h4, the lurd Mayor uamcd Friday et •itt fur ilia Meeting. TRLIL FOR .4 ce),VSPIR der iG.IINSi' COLONEL IVAKULE. THE F.XkStINATIOM OF M.t3OR DODD. On accusal of the great leagth of the lit.tminati its sod Gross-eassdnatiums of these W? ives, tiro have omitted the Quovtians nos those • di do nut particularly bear 0.. the Cathe. Rsamiaed. Is a Cap. the army—Became acqnsinted with Mrs. CL S.sv. 26—That was tlso first day he ever saw 0er...1t w-+ on that day they' went to Ilythe...llc accompanied them ase.l afterwards returned. to tows---Sat Mrs. Clarke in the curly part of December_.Was in a coach with her on that day—She was accompassying Colonel Wardle to some part of Holborn— She proposed calling at his npkolsterer's.. Does not recollect whether gulag or cuming....Did call at Wright's... Saw Mr. Daniel Wright..-.No one was present bat Daniel Wright...A man Came up acassionafly, who changed smite carpets —.Recollects-nothing passing, C zero Mrs. Clarke aging ont souse certainly, which she said the eke of York had gleins bee in Gluucestcr.place ...She also pointed wet some chairs similar to some which wave to be sent into her house, and which were to be made—She also poin'ted tint sumo chair. ,covers whighwere pointed lay nersclf, and which shesal4 Wright Was making turaisstre (sr her.—Thinks he was dose go Mrs. (;!tree glisr ingthe thole time site was in li'right'v haws. Q. Diu she 'varmint* Culotte, Wardle as the person who wise to famish her house ? A. I don't recollect liter ht trod Wog his at 1.. Q. Did any thing pass from Mrs. Clarke or Col. Wardle that cold Issslssel yo's to-believe that Colonel Wardle was to Amnia-It her huuse . ? A. Certainly net.—Reesained risere a few missuleis certainly nut exceeding a quarter of an hoer.— Accompanied 'lrs. Clarke so Wright's once, afterwards—Does not reenHert on what day... Nobody was in compeey but himself and Mrs, Clarke... The object at that visit was to expedite the furnishing of her house..-Never was applied to, to obtain a loan- of money... Did assist Mr.. Clarke its obtaining a loan of nsooey from Colonel Wardle...Never saw Mrs. Clarke and Colonel Wardle together when she conversed about that loan—Was not desired to obtain a loan— Knows that Mr. Illingworth gave IVritht a hill for 5001. and ahoi he, the witness. and Colonel Wardle gave him it. acceptance fur 1501. each. • Q. Did you ever hear Colonel Wardle state to her, that he would furnish her house in West. bourne-place? A. Never. Q. Did yon ever see Itiot do any act that skew ed that he intended to do so ? A. Neter. . Q. While Colonel Wardle was in company with Droiel Wright, did he either directly or indirectly nuke himself bible ? A. Certairilo woe, ix mg hearing, *or de I believe he did.— Witness was Secretary to the Duke id Kent...Mehl another a l ipointment—Cannot say np to what dept.-Air to the other appointment it might beCuillil a gut lion Mere. Lord ELLataionnvon.—lt h a fair viatica, hut I can't suffer it to be introdisced. Ajor Du D D.-•it Mai not my wisk that it should be koirodoteed. Q. Did any thine pale en Ow subject ofeer. fires? A. Our °Olden, were 'Baka l whicti wt gave. , Q. Did she say that she yielded Au opinion be. cause Wardle was to pay fur them 3 • A:Neter; at list I never heard her. Cross-examined by Alr. 9.41105 r. Q. I take it fur granted that yott and Colonel Wardlu have been long acquainted! A. Then you take for granted that which "is out' the fact. I became acquainted with him in the last sim mer. It was some time after he knew Colonel Wardle that he knew Mrs. Clarke. Q. 1/ill you know of the intention of Colonel Wardle before you knew Mrs. Clarke • A. I did--that he bad it in contemplation to institute an Incleiry ? A. I did—cannot answer positively how long—hats beard Col. 'Wardle frequently speak on the subject—not certain whether before he WAS introduced to Mrs. Clarke, but thinks ho did. Q. Yon are ant pertain that you had frequent conversations before you were introduced to Mrs. Clarke ? A. I have had conversations, bet don't know that they were fregueitl. Q. It is your word, and therefore I ask you ? A. I think they were out. ...liaggs e _shissicispotalltroM ba ly. Q. When did you first know Cul. Wardle had a plan of taking Mrs. Clarke to the Martell() Towers ? A.. Probably a di) or two before we went. Q. Is it not common in Courts of Law to spuik of probabilities ? A. There are sums cases its which.we cannot answer with certainty. I had it in conteniplatiou to visit the Martell', Towers Tong before I saw Mrs. Clarke. Colonel War. dle did explain the object of her going—lie ex, petted to get from her information that would be ust•ful. Ti►e party consisted of Colonel Wardle ; Mr. Gkuie, :Ors. Clarke, and the witness. Q. DM Mrs. Clarke know that you were Sc. eretary to his Ro j al Highness the Duke of Kent? A. I don't know. Q. Did Ph u know ? A. I can't answer wbe. ther she did or did nut—l tt►ink it possible she was told so. Q. How lung were you absent? A. A few days. Q. Du you mean to say it could be tUtobtful • Nether she knee it ? A. I don't kith* that she know it. I had nu otijed in concealing it ; they Acre several days together on the journey. She did learn that •he was Secretary to the Duke of Kent ; she could nut miss of it ; the let pre,. site' on his mind i, , that she might line known that he was Private Secretary to theiNike of Kent before they went ; she must have it when they were out ; there was conversation that led to it; she must have known it by conversations, tram which she could not fail to understand that he was Private Secretary to the Duke of Kent. Q. Were these cunversations Meting to. -wine would relate to the Inquiry Into the c , induct of 'the brother of your master ? A. N.,. The eon. venation railed to the disturbattce.at Gibraltar. I stated my .eF to have been Secretary at the time of the ois-turbance. Site might base remained in ignorance. • its just possible that she might have rehrtied without knowing that you were Private Sveretary to the Duke of Kent ? A. I have douht on my mind that I did state myself then Secretary. Q. Never in his life took a message to Na. Clarke ? A. Took as much interest in, slie In quiry as any spectator. Q. Del you, or did you not, afford Col. Wardle any vsistaitee in the Inquiry ? A. I have given him my opinion on military subjects ; and gave my opinion on the subject of the investigation. Q. Did you assist him in carrying on the In. quay ? A. He might have taken that as assist. wire. Q. Did you see him frequently while it was go. inn on ? A. Very often. Q. Daily ? A. I cannot say. Q. Was there any one thy on which you did not see him ? A. I C3llllot say. I cannot swear there were not, but will swear that I duu't think they were daily. Q. Did yu.. ever see Col. Wardle with Mrs. Clarke? A. Yes. Q. Was the matter of the Inquiry the frequent subject of conversation ? A. I don't recollect that Mrs. Clarke ever said what her cviienee would be. I can't swear that her evidence was ur was not the frequent sobj.!ct of ounversation. Q. Was her evidence considered as insportant ? A. I havealways thought it important to Colossal Wardle. Q. Did you ever make notes of what pooled ? I never made one in my life, neither on the jour. lacy our otherwise. Q. Von did nut attend the Inquiry ? A. Never ; hut when Colonel Wardle ado his motion. Q. He took you down ? A. No ) he did not ; I did not See Iwo. Q. In what rircuingtanecs did you take Mrs. Clarke to he? A. I did nut conjecture that Mrs. Clarke was in bad circumstances; I con.i. dereil her neither very high nun very low in cir. Q. A person who can pay her way. I ant in that sitshition. Yon cosisiiilered her a person of that sort. It is foolish to .uppose, that ala Iy could contribute to the raptness of the journey : but pray, Major Dodd, there was no difficulty on the journey oss is pecuniary score t A. Na; no. thins( of that sort. • Q. Do you know if any thing of that kind oc curred ? A. Colonel Wardle told me, a day or two before the journey, that she Wanted snooty. Q. What, this person in fair circumstances, on a party of pkasnre, wanting money ? A, I conceived her to he iu neither high wir of cir cumstances, but•that she might want money to pay her butcher and baker. Q. linw many days had he known her ; It conl.l not bu nialiv ; and the lady begins by bur rowing 1001. to pry her bloater and her baker ! !)id %he try to borrow any money of you? A. Yes, I think she did once. Q. how long had pin had the honour of kni►alog her when site wisliod to harrow money of you? A. I iiu uut ex.saly ••••.. _ _ _ Q. ki a regolar relation—first she bee rows of the Colonel, and fben of the Major—how slack di{ she borrow ? A. Only 61. Q. Di a 'tut know of the 1001. that was lent her to go n the party ? A. No ; 1 understood that he had Risen her some money. Q. As Colonel Wardle it a family man, no seossies he could give her were for an improper purpose • but for what did he give the money ? A. I resily.slo not understand your question. Isurd Ettaasto Woven.— 1 don't believe that any body but yourself is so unfortunate as not to ono. derstand.it.' • Major DOOD.-1 endenis;ed that he gave her 1001. to pay her butcher and baker. Mr. GAbeow.--Jostas a gi!t to twos the me. quaintanee. MOW soon after did you visit in Westhourne.plree ? Q. Probably the day after her return. Q. And how soon did yule goo. to Wright's ? A. The very day wo retetead. The day after. •Q. With Mr. Wardle who font dots before bad given-1w 1430 L,! Too sham lor an bi portant witness ahoy yew lead prnarair Ithr ? A. 1 did esol 'leap her. Q. A her you bed =inlaid her ? A. I did sot - ez.liniut• kite. Q. Old yon esueift her in term ? A. I did nut taku luttrust enough in it to examine her. Q. Who did ? A. Colonel Wardle was the men who took most interest. Cul. Wardle asked her several give/dons : her answers led etc to conceive she •as as important witness. Q. Did you ice nay expenmte furniture at Wright's ? A. Yet. Q. Any which you afterwardv saw in West. boorne.plaec.—Any Turkish carpets ? A. Yts. Q. Sofas? A. ese. En Is erwtissaL] MONEY LENDING. The following is a correct account of the for. eery and swindling transacting' in which the name of Earl Pease has been introduced ; we derive it (rum most sespectable authority. A Mr. T. an annuity heave, relative.' a letter, signed 4 Pattern. desiring him to call at Northumberland Boon, al he wished to contract for a lima of money, by way of annuity, mid to be there at a given hour.— The pretended Earl Piney had kis plan au welt arranged, as to b actually coming out of Nor. thamberlated House as Mr. T. was going an knuelt at the gate. The sham Earl pretended to be much displeased at being kept at home beyond the I,,:tir ha had mentionod in his note to Mr. T. 4 11.1 .hserved, that as the business he wished to transact with Mr. T. was of a delicate nature, he did not like to return so abruptly to Northember.. land Mote t lett *ay sespicion should arise In the - ends of the family, and proposed to retire to a cotfm.loese. This conversation was under the very gates of N•irthumherland House. Mr. T. and MN Lued retired, as was proposed, whea Ms Lordship informed Mr. T. that his must intimate friend, Colonel BEA imam; Member with himtfor Plurthumberland, had lost a cause with the Bishop of Doman, and was much in want of Cash • that wishing exceedingly to oblige him, he waatr d the luau of 15,0001. bat did not like to apply to his father, the bnke, oho had tea times the sum at his command. Mr. T. having au doubt whatever that he -was in the presence of Earl Pence, instead/ 'mentioned the terms on which be wished to i fend such a sum ; and after a few trilling alterations,. the affair; was adjusted, and orders given to prepare the deeds, irith a strict in. junction from the Noble Hort, that the transac. lion .ias to be kept secret. Whether there were more interviews than the one above stated, we are not Informed; bet•nsatters were so settled, that the Earl was to receive the money et Aluwitk . Castle, In Northumberland, whither Mr. T. and some of his Clients set of with the money and deeds. On their arrival at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, they were met by an accomplice of the Earl's, who informed them that his Lordship had left Alnwick Castle for Hezham Abbey, the seat of Colonel BaaussonT, and that they were to proceed in•mediately to .the Black Bull Inn, at Ilexham, where the Boa would mutt thaws. They did so, and boon after came his Lordship, and having executed the deeds, he received, not the 15,0001. his Lordship waisted, but 18,0001. which they prevailed on him to take. He thee, as a matter of course he such money transactions, instantly discharged the Attorney's bill. It is said that 14,0001. of the money, another account says 10,0001. has been returned, and an offer made to return 40001. more, by the t wo.peany post, provided the mock Earl can have such an under. standing with the parties who lent the money, as tumors: him against prosecution. We understand that the money-lending dupes du not know where to lo , olc fur him ; and that be has laid his plan so well, that it is in their power to convey their answer to Mai, without the least tram where he is to be fouud. THE PEtcSIAN 4.11114554D0R. Yesterday ill the King's Ministers, in full dress, paid their respects to the Persian Ambassador. By his Majesty's nos miming to teen yesterday, his Escellency cannot . : stir out of &ton as by the etiquette of his. Court s he must not show him. self *broad, Instil he has difirered his credential s t o I:4 Majesty at his dostrt. - Thiel ceremony is to tabs plaep ass IVedeesday nest, the 010th inst. when his Eictsilency wiU make ill formal miry to the Queens , Palace with Easton, splendour. As we have lost all European Allies, it is pie. dealt to pay dna reverence to this frkod from Asia. lin is a handsn,nw.atan; et noble mime, and dlgni. find deportment. and his a filAit!t, Whkby in Perils, Lis t ens rouvideied large f of. only eisfy.fhies ehil. (ben ; bet it is conaideresl mark of 4•4•41 ter. hisl sit childfth horn is hiss, en n os altli Bvtessne day. The house taken for his Sue sillrery is in Kunio:ld-street. The &awn! Nonni/lot Ms li•ft Pentl6, In -411414010.11; W•iitsnc.blinvr, in Notting. ti m oshi rt , wbyri 10411‘111‘ ChtilllPSW • ' ~• - - . - I I