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mr - • • : les her, in their - opinnoit, guilty of a grunt • onion of truth ; but though there may be se dates to thscretto, there are other cireutu tauees to Verify her eviti&tie.. It is culled a gross violation, loreatiee tenantry to proludolity ; hut is not the whole ease at first Millinery to .pro -• bahtlity ? Is n u tlet contrary to prohability that the sale of •cominisaioriteshonld hate Liken pace ? Yet is it out tioufortnable to truth ? With respect to the evidence.' eel Miss Taylor, it was said she was not to be believed, because the just remembered the phrase-, and that she had never heard Lie name of Colonel French before ; hut wore particularly because she ass the associate of Mrs. Clarke. If this; were to itivalidate her testi mony, he would ask now far woold such an objec tion apply to those in higher itfe ? Where would stieh so übjection end ? When those of the highest raid; were tolisid to antedate with others of an op- deseription, he emu i‘l cal , .o..:hens to say, - !neer oidi rs to lie dieeretlited for their inn "? . t.• ? As to Miss Taylor, he had to note a me , :ae1..4 conclusion to the pelt she had acted. A • I ad virtuous girl, ler any thing that ap pe den to the contrary ; her tither a fugitive, 4.al her mother, a ;prisoner fur debt, she ttepeared to have kept a school for her sup- support. What was the consequence of her sir peering at their bar? Iler school, coneisting of twelve scholars, was gone ; and be himself had been a witness to au execntiou sent Tutu Isar lieuse, by which her furniture was tore awry; and wit the suns total of het debts amounted to but 1501. He did not mean to impute these cruel orossequences to the course of examination pursued .tir the flight Hon. Gentlemen opposite (Mr. Ferceval), or to that of an Hon. mid Learned Gent. below bins (Mr. Adam ;) but if others prompted them to that retiree, lie could not bat lay the cruel fete that hurl attended this nnfortemate female at t ie door of tlio..e who.* want of eailduin had die tilted: such instriiettom,withent taking the previous Care Of sufficiently itaurtning themstaver on the mite jeet ; bat she was aleo diserrdited, heeenee s he r e . mettibered the filet, on accosiut of the sir of mystery *hien anew-led the re'culleetioto °fit. Was th Wee tmordinary at eircemistaaer, or war it not rather one untimely eurroliorative of the truth of her testimony ? tint even if the.e were contradiction% to bo 1 . 04‘01 iii the leetonony of the witinesses called hi support ref the olio r;;,..5, a ere there no allowances to lie niaJe -• for the'sa untion they were pieced its at thelier of that !Nue-, lint still comprising a risawatAtikti e Many that would be found to be titr?•'-Wh:le lie els !neon the subject of ermereslictione, he eould hot but remark it had been urged, that the testi loorty of Colonel Gerslott hail been so terrect as to call for the commeudatiou et that House ; with this, hoiever reluctant, he could uotogree. first piece he sippealesito ever one Who bed heard that Gentlemen give his Leitithony, ahe •tlrer there was not as air of supenonty, and even flippancy, which would not have been beam out;, twee in the Commander-in-Chief, if he were been: theirs ? In support of this tileasetion, he 44wiltatitleriwty ur paver., nut of Cul. Gorden% tesfiniony. la the ease 4 thesake. and ititi„ht, the Col. hash prodticed eitectitit;t Ay differ, tit dace . tuents on suciessive lighte. t his ear a roof of • a: least concealment tif evidence. to like manner wag the cane of Captain Marling, waif there had beau hut the one of that name ; and yet, after ITIF pollard interrogation, he had at last owued there refs another of the same moose, and who, in feet, was the presets to whore that essarronatiou applied, cud who had actually been in his oflice. Its like man. me, tin the subject of coatoolietioas, "be had been asked was it mit the sMe that no junior should he promoted over the bead of a senior ?. To which he replied, .* Itsvarittbly ;" mid yet, immediately ether, he arliwitt: d an cxceistion in favour of (7o leMel Pietna,_ and else' of Colonel Shoe. He lied also stated, that stone were isrumoteil without liar. lug gorse through the re;ider service, mail vet lie had admitted the case of Captilia •Nlalitte,! in ritmesitiots to Ott 'mother part of the evidence it was painful to hiss to make any °been-anon, but he felt it his dote, and he coold not hut state the contradictions that appeared in the testimony of an Hum mai Learned Gentlemen (Slr. Adam). Ile had stated its the first Maumee that he Wit' , in timately ate - maimed with as the transactions of Lis Royal Hi.thaims; and yet he immediately after alleged he knew of nothing bet his money natio. actione, and accordingly as such he had ;drained eat knowled, t e of Keniwter IMM. With respect to the is:t i nny iustitiited ors behalf of, the Duke into the enteloct of elrs. Clarke, the Leurned• Gen tleman had witted it to relate merely to her money trausactimei : yet 11r. {.oaten and NIL Wilkinson had; said that exaesination did not lichen to any each point, though he lied seine! it dal, He bud also said the Doke lira told him he had rarefgeor responded with Mrs. Clarke, which he had after wards strengthened into eit.er. Ile %%Debi ask, then, where were the eoutrathetions of Me s. Clarke. compared to those of others ' It was Maio they had emutoitted mietekes, ne terith a ten t hog th e na tu re of their exaininotion ; tier's had been lone; and te dious ; it hod been hostile, tending to lead her ia•trae.stud a% owedly for the purpristeof rendering it al.. to her. If then they lied fallen into s • sic coatrntlieliolol, we., their verueity, therefore, Lease discredited ? So, on the other hand, h. r examination had prodisred twenty euehotill he t : her testimooy was nietlinken, awl lie would aot sli.iiik front seeing en, as being credible at the nor of justice. I•l e. he asserted not WA a counsel, Judge. The Jostle...Fs had Arridtri that if you believed the aecceoplice, you might hang thee thief ; Maus these itiesuods, lie in his coescieuee belilered lLe Duke of York guilty of coyetiptieti. As to the cow-Int:ion drawn of the stous'aidtaope#l by the Doke to Mrs. Clarke, froin:the :iircruip etenee of Ibis sir oviog thefts, and thenlendiug her apowurit, he owned he found nothing like proof. Would Amy one say they might-not. draw for 2001. .r hada:ire, hating Occasion !Off part, and might he not forward the retnaiuder ? Mr Clarke had herself oww-d she had received 5410(51. at diff-reot tones, and wo a pro& of her testimony, the Getale men at the other fade lied appealed to it, as a cor roboration of weir onus evidence. If' elle lied not n ~ heels reldts eNpensive„ it was in their power, and they should have proved the contrary ; if they coehl, Find dill not, they had not done their (boy I. ins !toys! fliilines< The style in tthich she I.ved, her toyis house, her country house, her car. qt:-7 lb -. • . . . . .-.. - , • - • . • - • -• ' - . ' riegios and horses, her cutertautments and clime- j of proceeding, it would soon Oppear they used ado paigu, could not have been supported for 10,0001. $ loon ; they mixed up the soar with a certain pro s-year ; the most economic could nut do it ; but portion of sweet before it would go down. He then it must be at least three t u nes that sum. How asked Now wee it possible Major Tony n , his father, then, lie would ask, could 5,0001. a-year e ff ect it ? au old Gen. and General Claverisig,could make ap- K at's case was a proof of the Duke's distress plication to Mrs. Clarke, if it were riot impressed fur money ; was it not also a proof of his inability ou the public mind, and there was a great Istitu to supply her demands? And this was going on at net of her Naming great iiiffuence ? He re the very time of the' height of her extravagauce. , prebended the public immorality of the Duke, Loving her then as he did, and unable to gratify or and thought the House of ' Coinnions ought to supply her wants or her wishes, might he not be be censor morons; for lie was one who 'might be supposed willing to please her by permitting her to called old fashioned, and not egreeali'm to the procurers few hundreds as she could ? His Lord- dissolute age in which he lived ; and there ship feared troubling the Howse further, aud there- fore thought it of the high« st impudence to fore declined touching on the various other points the welfare of every community that the stai,- of dots:we; but before he concluded, lie entered on aid of inatinent should alivuye be kept up.— an animated eulogium on Mr. Wardle, for thews& That the House had no business at all with pri nt which lie lied brought forward and conducted the vete characters, while they reute't:ed in private Inquire, .in despite of the threats with which lie life, lie was ready to admit; but tie was so much had hsten attempted to be intimidated ; and assert- convinced that the public good grently depended ed that the infamy with which lie had been threat- upon the virtues of their great officer., that it coed by a Right Honourable Member, in case of made hint apprehensive the conduct of his Royal ftelure, would retort on that Gentleman, if he did Highness would tend to affect the character of the nut, be his vote, evince the effect which his meow army. The House hod been well-aeonaiiited with time; had produced. With these sentiments, and his political sentiments during twenty years, aud in the words of that prayer they were daily in the kaew that lie considered great political errors to habit of using in that Howie, of laying aside all have been acted upon during the present reign, prejudices, and partial Wet:hoots, he gave his vote and particularly during the period of the French for the original Address. Revolution. At that period, event* were passing, Mr. ADAM took a circumspect view of the ev!•- which would probably have brought this nation deuce, and contended, that Mrs. Clarke, as an ac- into the general ruin, hail it not been for the pu aisriplice, ought not to be believed, as her evi- rity of the persoital character of our Sovereign ; • deoce was not corroborated. He then entered i u tou it was then that the people, placing cootidence in defence of the testimony he had given, end denied the key-atone of the melt, conlideutly sheltered that it had been in any way contradicted. He was themselves under its canopy. The Hououruble of opinion that the House could cones to a deci- 'Gentleman then argued upon the strength of the lien, whether his Royal Highness, us Commander- Government of Oliver Cioniwell, compared to in-Chief, had been guilty of c orrupt practices or that of Charles, the lid. notwithstanding that lie not? before they would think of anovties an Ad- did not so houourably acquire it; aml attributed dress to His Majesty. the events which followed to the neglect of pub- Lord FOLIPISTONE explained. • lie character in the Sovereign. He thence deduced, Mr. Wit.r.imaSsvertt ruse, antidrt a laud cry of that the country was always solicitous on that a (1 _farrow ni I , mid stated, that he vi a ., o ro l union the point, and that the stability of the throne de- Right Hon. and Learned Gent. (Mr. Adam) had ;waded upon it. The Honourable Gentleman acquitted himself with honour mid credit. At the then concluded, by returning thanks for the at commeneemeat of the investigation, he (Jr. tentiou lie had received- from the,House, at so ad- Smyth) had disclaimed. for himself and his poli(l e vunced a period of the night, eel friends, ell knowledge of ally of the charges.— Mr. PERGEVAL said, that although he was 1 He felt happy lie had done so, us his Right Ho- anxious to gist. his opinion us to the amendineut mutable Friend, Mr. Wardle, was alive entitled proposed by the Hon. Gentleman opposite (Mr. to the whole of die praise; as he took upon Bankes), yet, as be perceived t h e House was tits himself the responsibility of bringing them for- posed to adjourn, he should reserve what he had to rliArd, he was eutitletl to the popularity. Ile be- say upon the subject till Monday. lier'eff the most severe vete the House could come The House accordingly adjoumed, seemingly to. *mild he the moat popular ; an d as much as he with one assent, at FOUR O ' CLOCR, till Mouthiy nest. would desire to study the wishes of his coustitu- - eats; stied hold the txtphier 'talon he did noon ,mot FOREIGN ..I .—m irrlrr,,ENCE. diem, lee would, by his rate, this night, spew ~w — go , that 1 a was not governed by popular feelings.— . PARIS Pantie. at 'liaised the Jimmie clearly to understand he had '')ettielmatiou to take up their.time, but .by shortly tlllitermniwg his opinion upon this subject ; not that ,he had any intention et entering into an examine -deb of all the caret width had been so fully detail -40nd so ably exp. tined by the Right Hon. Geu *Ohs 'pante. (.t. :. Percival), and by his Hon. isi Led Friend Isar him, (Mr. Leach.) Still lie sop disposed to Oruce at the e$ idessee reapeut ing the note in question • wad he must say, he had an doubt whatever of the genuineness and autism ticity of that note. He would mention two or three words mu the subject, because no one who had preceded him in the discussion had 'made any similar comments upon that note. To this part of the evidence he had given peculiar attention. There were Mcontort the number of papers presented to the House ten letters of the Doke. and forty-one of Mrs. Clarke. Now, it was remarkable, that Moe out of die ten letters of his Royal Highness were written upon the same paper ; paper of the same kind of texture and the statue water-mark, and the note referred to was one of the utile ; whereas the tenth was of paper of a different test. tnre and water-mark ; yet that tenth lied not been ell:muted, nor .even suspected by any one. iAt the same time, upon looking at the forty one letters of Mrs. Clarke, they ull appeared of , different paper, timid fabricated at different Maim ; amid yet not one of theta similar to the paper of the nine notes of the Duke of York. Another observatioit he would apply to Carter, and after what he had heard, lie had only to say, if he had met with such an instance in a novel or tiny romance, lie would have felt pleasure in perusing the incident. Lie !text adverted to what lied been stated, respecting Mrs. Sutherland, on the opposite side of the House, as superior in respect ability to Mrs. Clarke, which he was not disposed to admit ; because he believed the only reason which produced Mrs. C". in the Home of Coin. more, was her having been in that situation, which, if lie was rightly mforined, Mrs. Sutherland formerly enjoyed. He did think Miss Taylor, of -whom he kisew nothiug, uo more than he dishof Mrs. Clarke, had been unjustly sad cruelly well in that House, by their having gone huffier Mau 'propriety warranted, in examining- her in such a way as to affect her character, and that was hard, if it were true that iew livelihood deiwnded upon her charac ter. lie did not approve of the liberty many Coutmet took in Courts of Justice to cruos-exa mine, corantry to every sense of propriety and just feellog of a mate, from which nothing could defend them, except the authority of a Court of Justice. He declared most wieouivocally, that he left out of his sight the testinomy of Mrs. Clarke, and foulichtl his deterinioation on other grounds. She was endowed with remarkable talents, lint he wit nessed with regret leer disposition to use them fer inoprisper ',imposes. From the letters which had been produced in this case, lie considered Mrs. Clarke an tieeomplice in a kind of coupe Macy against his Royal Highness ; but still some just , et:inure ought to he espreesrd Weenie the Duke of • York, fur Itertitg laid communication, and commis aisniantioutrinfp7irilhto*frYtlitanfiuirrsC::dthreZbtij•PecacuTekim• did 1 coot think the Duke bud been guilty himself of any 1 i torruptioe or couniestire; yet lie could not support , . the arneralutrist plowed by the Chuneellor of the Exchequer, but .wow disposed to ennunend the one 'proposed by his Honourable Friend (Mr. Foulkes). An objet tem et, the first proposed aineuelnient WaF, it WAS a mere echo of the letter sent by that Illustrious Persoltage to the House. It was unusual sod milmard of that such a letter should be attended to like the King's Speech. If the House were to egret to this mode • HAMPURCH t FEL 14. Extract of an inteicepted letter from the Editor of The Gazette of 'emit., to. the Editor of The liaailnergh Gazette:— I. VIENNA, FEL 4. u The question of peace or war, and the part that Austria is to take, has been fur a long time the subject of much uncertainty in conversation. — This micertsiuty arises from our ignorance of how Austria actually stands with Russia. Within these two days the rumour of war has gained much ground. The whole Austrian force is to be divi ded into three armies. The Emperin in person will take the command of one of them, with Qum ter-Master.fien. Chastoler under hha. The •Id will be commanded by the Archaluke Charles, with the Prince of Lichtenstein and Quartcr-Master-Cene rid Moyer tinder him. The third will be confided to the Archduke John, with General Bach fur his Quarter-Nlaster-tieneral. This,army anears des tined to take a position in iiiter.or Austria: The Counsellor of State Fassbinder, and Counts Tan r.tu and Charles Zychy were appointed to it, yte terday." COPENHAGEN. mint, 7. It has been reported, within these few *hive. that a violent insurrection has liinken out at Stodsholtu, 111 isinsequeitce of the great 'scarcity that prevails in that capital. The king of Svieden is at Got. teidoirgh. Ile has seirt Baron filincitovvstrizein to England. torequest a supply of corn. THE BRITISH PRESS. . •LONDON, SATURDAY. Mica n. It "IR% reported, yesterday, that a prorogati• of Parliament is in Contemplation. We trelives, however, thut there is no foundation for this rus moor. Mr. BANKES prop ssed, last night, in the House of Commons, the Amendment, which we noticed yesterday, respecting his Royal Highness the COMMAS DER.IN-CHIEF. Had Mr. WARDLI'S mo tion been less strung, it would have snore sup "torten.. • Mr. Baunes's Amendment, which is a middle measure b. tween Mr. Ataante's and Mr. PERCEYAL's, will probably have that effect, and unite many of the moderate men who would not have toted for Mr. W A not.t's Address. The ge neral opinion is, that Mr. BA LB'S motion will be carried. The debate will run into the ensuing week. NVe received. 1.1.4 nit ht, several sets of Paris papers to the lath last. They are destitute of news. It does not appear from them that BONAPARTE had left that city previous to the t7th. We mated, yesterday, a report of the arrival of a INlesirciiger from the Contitolit, with au riecouid that Austria, joined by muse oilur Poweis upon the Continent, had Wooled a Declaration of Nar aga;rist France. A packet . from Heligoland 'cer tainly did arrive on Thursday, and landed, at Aldbro', an Austrian and a Hessian Meweriger, with dispatches for Gower 1111 l ent. That a war be tween Austria and France will lake place is almost cr.rtaiii, but whenever the Di.elaration of the farmer shall appear. it will be seen that it is not of her courting. 'I-his is not the find time that Uo- NAPAIITL lira ilbsitoned the fable of the lands and the wolf drinking at a fountain. r •" ' :~: • ELOPEMENT. Mt:LARY:I- . _ Lily Charlotte Wellesley's r lopetrietit with Lord Paget is the theme of general conversation in the West-eml of tile town. ll.r L i elysliip arose at the usual hour on P.imatity, end utter passing some tines, sm.-flirting to her. custom, with her infant fa mily, in the masery, she left it for the breakfust neon, e here she brewolusted alone; Mr. 11. Wel lesley, her husband. brims eutif and to his room hy indisposition. Shortly alter she ordered it footman to afters,' her to the Gerain F irk, halving a wish, as she said, to take u14.01k. :the left hint at the gate, with directinua to eeturo for her in en hour. Unriug this interval, Mr. H. IVellesley had !eft his room, and inquired fur her. A qt ;taut teas sent to the Green Park to look for her, but all search theie and every oboe else loured inetks.tutd. When Lude Charlotte left the house, her agitation was so great as to be apporeot to all ei.e dcluesties i the holler partwislarly observed, that in the hur ried manner its which she'lliepenttl to leave the house, she L e d put ant her cloak with the orotig ode out. The footman wino atteireled her also observed much agitation in her manner, while, with a Ito - rird atop, she oils proceeding to theCreen Park. .t had been also custornery with Ler to take hey eldess child for her companion, in her rimming walk. The little fellow earnestly desired the usual Mile!: grime, but she refused, und he was left bellied. These, and many other circutristunces, led to . picion that she had eloped, and Lord Pueet,from his attentions, was immediately suspected to he the MTh. All Wise of her return having vithisheri, 111 r. Wellesley, in the course of the, evening, scut hie children to the house tif his brother et Chelsea. On the same evening, Lady Emily IVeitestey, her Kis ter, moue to his house ne Curzon-street ; and hav ing received from her women the keys of her sister's • drawers, carried off part of their contents in threa bundles, without fesviug seen Mr. H. Wellesley. .• As soon as he was informed of this circumstance, lie demised the remaining articles, and observed. tbuit Lastly Emily roust explain this eircuingtener " hereafter... It also appears from the statement of the domestic, who atteuded upon her out of doors, that she bad orderad,withia the lost ten days, considerable quantities, of dresses of various kinds, at the saute tune desiring the trades-people not to send them to her house, but to keep thew until she should send for ahem. An extramilinery occurrence took piece in the coarse of Tuesday. A lwrcrl was left at we house. directed for Ludy W—, eisestansunt • quantity of ' beautiful stight.eape, but which wet dowdy uft, r called for by the same persou who brought i:. • saying, r• they were brought home by mistake, as • her Ladyship had :osrocularly requested they might be kept st the shots until the sera a special messenger for them." From these circumstances it is ioterted, that the elopement was a long-premeditated plan. The story of a duel between Lord Psget and Sir A. Wellesley, the brother of the injured husband, still prevails; but from the secrecy observed by the re latives of the rune% it is impossible to streak with eel taiuty on the subject. Many, however, assert that a duel has actually taken place. " The fugitives, it is said, sere overtaken by Sir Arthur Wellesley. about four miles on the other side of Uxbridge, near Bulatrode. The Lily nos brought back, and a challenge liming been given, a meet ing took place on Tuesday morning behind Holland House, Kensington, in the same field where Lord Cumelford was killed by Mr. Best.— The parties were, however, disturbed, and the meeting was postponed until Wednesday morning, when they met in a field not fur from Chalk Farm. Lord Paget received the hall on the right side of the abdomen. He fell, and was taken to a cottage in the neighbourhood, where he remained until •he Was coeveyed borne at 1 , 2 o'clock to Uxbridge-hotrsc. The ball. ue understood, is not extracted, and there are pin hopes of his recovery. Sir Arthur Wellesley not having been missed from his public duty, has given strength to the opinion that no duel has taken !dote: The above account of the reported duel appeared iu some of the most re spectable paper, of yesteedar - ; but, as we have already stated, nothing COMBS epos this subject has been vet ascertained. . SALLS BY All N. VALUABLE BOOBS AND BOOL OP PRIMA... •Be Mr. JEFFERY, No 31, Pall Mall, THIN, and FOUR following DAY3;eus. day excepted, beginning tack Uay at Twelve, Ave"' valuable Assemblege of BOOKS; in cluding TWO LIBRARIES, the Duplicates of at tend Calkctors, and a great part of the Bound stock of a Bookseller asnong which will be found is collection of the beat Author*, in English . sad French, sad almost tba wliwls of the filreek and Latin Veggies. MAKE-STREET, HACKNEY. 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