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rard witneinank deny a fact,s l ,,i rwards aatract,,i has always girt h ruth from other s , ; tended to ing nothing but equal justice to putting all the nn. I say that the If so stiong as to isiou in conform. a nature, that. slight degree of ruflicient to con. life. But whin is, that the legal one all those obi. (Hear! hear!) )u4ll brought foe Clarke, yet ail. loot to be Mrs. Clarke AL re, give cn- I to be aceountul twit., that Mr.. its and abilities, It she is equally ucli a defence, it have recourse to .r to Set the bet. is like applying he viper, in order el) If, however, there are written mot admit of a the DUkt . ll own find that we hare contrary of what n lila own bah& Ira. Clarke's evi_ ! here is the vi ore Highness's tak lave the evideail e )uke of York, is ighnews; and can character of the i'litsce,that these last require wore I him of crimes illy srguatestana hat the Duke of was coi:trary to that the whole —,C0113 ',lady 30. a very able evi ! riseanitg of this witnesses except shiebood. They 'co..trarlicted by tuition in respect be concludes :li stless. as is done nerally conclude his wanner a ith judge which of edited. Colonel the grand stalks it is argued from place. as official e Hon. Nlernot.r we of Destovau (Samuel Carter, Id nut distinct set the case of O favour of the t t• any thing. construed us NIA It was singular Bar with every inn yet (id lie) wore )tri have you entertained weft that awe said irs. Clarke ; but what all extent weighed heavily ure of hypocrisy ear ! bear ! It decency. lem Lleteut e that has esti, and wish h:s de wl ich was h: ought forward eter ot the Duke soon exposed.-- this shape, Ito meet it, and the lea, y a stature as tn. Baronet then w, whose letters, general feelings or Turner too, it erland had also of the Duke. al. , I..cr: tarry at %Vat. Turner's resign:- account of Mot. hitordon, that lie knew net what , but he begged et of his Roy ul e:f. It was in i shaking her off. infamy. Stiels inali's blood arke is u melee f a Print e. She v her debts, but is refused by the J. And on what F. he "totes, that ed, yet no bond dour of a Prince e adduced may 'duce is not at all lignite's 's desire r from soy gears irs. The traps lion even alone if the house, as was overbite of rter to • place of obt• the it.—Lha you not and inoricy are tetsio.e ths D u k e the Chancel.. I for of the 'Exchequer argued, that therefore t was no corruption, and that there never the, mils a period when corruption existed less tliau nit P ' resent. 1 should not be surprised to find that lie thinks lie hat got the gnlilen age lii the fall of neon, or that Paradise is now re gained. Yonr military establislionentt are every where increased, and places are now (baptised of on every quarter of the world, at a time when th e people were never so oppresoal, when every man is looking to ruin, by the grievous tax of 10 per cent. upon his Monne. Is this the mode by w'oicli the Chancellor of the Exche quer proposed to induce industry, or to reward merit ? Although the corruption of the present day dud tint to/actable that of former times. when 6001. would be offered to Members in the Witty of the (louse, or when invited to dine at your table, eaelt individual would find a large suet of money under his plate ; I wish there were at the present day no other species of corruption in exist ence, than that open way of accepting the bribe ; but anfortnnately corruption is mow offered. se cretly, and so cemented, that the man who is thought to be one that would be ashamed to re ceive it, is he who has it secretly offered to him, and who secretly receives it. How could it come to pass that this Royal Duke could feel himself in • satiation tie have recourse to such unworthy means, when it is well known he enjoy. more than any one of the Royal Fleetly ? This surely gives force to the test' y, which is complete without it, whether you take the positive or the cirentu sbentivil evidence. The documents are of them micros conviiicing to every mind. The legal gen tlemen see nothime at all in all this ; but when I look to their former eondect in Courts, I know not what object can actuate them to urger those ; for when the blood of male the lives, the fortunes, and all that is dear to u family, are concerned, what is the language we hear ? Have we not seen com mon spies and informers, wretches whose oaths should not pass for a groat, brought forward in Courts of Law to take away the lives of their fel low-enamels ? Juries in former times week, be liable to be attainted if they rejected such strong positive or circumstantial evidence as that now offered to this Houses Since the famous exelnainia Bill of the Duke of York, afterwards James 11. there has not been such see important case brought before, Parliament tg be decided upon justice - ahem. However high - tote rack of the ac cused is, it is but is small coosideration nn oily mind, for the case is the justice of Etiglaiid.-s. (Hear! hear ! hear!) The Coromandel-in-Chief has offered the lemmr of a Prince; brit 1 Ms leave to state, that the hosour of the Kiug, des honour of the Crown, the fountain of justice, is at stake, and these are not to be turned aside by that which is now offered to your notice. Unfortese noway. upon this subject of honour, there if always a •contrast. I would wish you to put in opposition to it the honour of that witness. who has been painted in such infamous colours at your bar, every effoot to discredit whole has always redounded to the confusion of those who brought it forward. Mr. Few, a witness, has proved to volt, that having sued Mrs. Clarke for a debt, which She enccervied in resisting, this woman, who has bees styled so revengeful, nevertheless, thought proper most honourably to pay him. That is an act of bonnur, which. tu my mind. surpasses that of she Duke of York. Thom Geutlemen who advocate his cause, have called in the last resource, which is the appeal in a desperate cause; they have called witnesses to speak to the general character of the Duke of York. lu that respect, ton, I believe, lie will be folioed as deficient as in any other point of view. In short, his Royal Highness's how:tor rises out of this discussion like Bernepar ghost, " With tweets , mortal gashes ea his bead, " To pooh es from oar 'tootle' It is impoesible, Sir, that, louder all the circam stenees of this case, the Duke of York can retain the situation he now holds at the head of the army ; Wear ! hear! Hear !) for 1 have nothiog to elo with what way lie the COlllief flittlCV 01 this question being so decided, as it is only to be determined by the evidence before you. We must come to such a votedet the cousequelice be what it may. with no other consideration but timt of justice alone.— We have been onward, upon this occasion. lint to be warped by popular iidliteece ; but the eirciun stances of the case reader it oweeseary not to allow it to be decided by popular clamour. The people of England, whu have been all along remarkable for being lovers of plaice, look to you for nothing else; and be your decision oleo it may, it it be butAtiatire, I moo enmity:ea it will satisfy the peo ple. —Sir Francis Burdett theta concluded an elo quent and impressive speech, of which the forego ing- is hut a very imperfet sketch, as the Honour able Baronet was not distinctly audible iu the Gal lery, with stating, that he would vote for the origi nal address. The Masrea of the Itors.ssaidl, that he wished much to hear the evidence commuted and com mented epee' before he expressed his opinion, and, with that view hail delayed olftriog hitoaelfto their attention until that moment. There were Wilily parts of the ingenious spee.th of the Hon. Bart. in which be agreed; it should he hit endeavour, in what lie had to say. to discharge his duty with im partiality, and assist in the promotion of their coin tnon object, the discovery of the truth. /hear! hear!/ He agreed with the Hun. Bart. that ulti mately every mats should vme according to his couviction, and that he 'Mould do all in his power that that cotivictiou should be right ; else it would happen, as Doctor Johnson load said. that strong party principles would produce wrong convictions, and that would countenance the charge, that though the coiovic.inio was produced, it was not conic by honestly (a it/ugh). Fie admitted it MRS desirable that their minds s/rmld be perfectly un biassed and upright, in the iiivest4mtion; that they should be equally removed form( popular prejudice upon the one hand, and from c ronsiderationt of rank and station upon the other. Such were the senti ments with which it herein.. that House to pro nounce its decision. It nppeureil to him that there were two questions before them ; first, whether they would cove. to any opinion upon the charges of corruption against the Doke of York, and what step* they would pursue in cooselmaice ? And secondly, "hat °Milieu they woald entertain of the evidence iit support of three charges? Supposing it to be tbe pry/idiot notion that the Duke of York was guilty ot£ personal corruption, tkossmostion then was, whether they should prolionuce the judg. tarot, that lie was unfit to be et the head of the army ? Ile could conceive cases in which the House no4lit refuse •to prtitioulice any opinion, but he could not conceive soy case in which it would be justified in pronouncing an ambiguous lie felt it difficult to itilow what :be Howie would beat. lie wished the Hou. Gentlemuu had not driven • them to the necessity of coming to a decision upon .that point. lie agreed iii tie! defi nition which the flonourable Barouet had given of corroptiou, to constitute *Web the remold of money was nut esseutial; any improper motive, any undue was eurroptimi. The Address proposed might have the effect of couvietiog the Duke of York by a minority. He wished that the lion. Gelitleinau had set out with proposing resolution, which would bring the-fart before them at once. Siipposing, then, that it Wal 11MCVA:ittry fur them to prouounce a direct judgineut, hrwould cousider what grounds they had upon which to rest it. lie war nut aware, that in any former ease they were similarly circumstanced as in the present. In ascertainwg the credibility of witnemes,i they should consider with attrotion the eiremn. stances under which the testimony was given, and a very prominent circiiiiistatice for their consideration was, whether the testimony was giv. en under the obligation of ap oath ; They hail had persons at their liar not much akin to the Roman • or Atheinaii virtue, and they were to decide whe ther they would take the uusworn testimony of such witnesses against any or their fellow subjects ? (/bar! Hear !) The trilliums) , of such witnesses, lie allowed, might justify them ur pottmg a luau upon his trial, and lie imagined that the reason why it was not thought necessary to give the House of Commons the privilege to administer an oath a as, that their inquiries were *opposed to he directed to ascertaiii the grounds of accusation, preparatory to the institution of a subsequent trial. Every one agreed as to the necessity of ascertaining the cre dibility of Mrs. Clarke ; ashy were hot believed in 311„ her evidnuce ass only circumstantial--u spe cies of evidence inferior to that which was direct. ir mrs. Clarkt', etideuce was admitted in all parts, without exception, it brought 'Palle the charge agaiiist the Duke of York in it smolt aggravated cireumetauers; fur, by lierevideuce, it appeared that lie not only knew . , but authorised and recoin mended the traffic in commissions ; that lie did so to sel\lC his own pocket, aud cast the expense of her support, from himself, upon the nation. lie was u little surprised to find the Address , so worded as not to rest upon the erMence of Mrs. Clarke; the language of it was, that it was to be resound, not that it wee directly proved. A No ble Lord had said, that he believed her testimony altogether ; nit was not hiconsistent with that belief that he should be willing to vote for a itrotiger measure. The Honourable Gentleman who spoke secouti in the debate had said, that Mrs. Clarke's evidence required corroboration, and io that opi nion the Houourable Baronet himself agreed. If her testimony were suspicious, if there were a doubt upon thuir annuls whether it was tree or false, that was enough to prevent them from acting upon it ; it was not iiecersury to prove that it was actually false. There acre many circumstance' to lie taken into considerstioa in weighing the credibility of wrier, thasksaraeter io winch they oppea - red, the motives by which they were influenced, whether midi(' or otherwise ;.and by those tests war Mrs. Clarke, evidence to be decided. He allowed that there were minty parts of her testinsoity true— (heat ! /tear ; that the only queeieitable part was that respecting the private conio•rsations with his Royal highness. (Hers' hear!) Such testi -11.011V•1411 that, however, was always to be ilcubted. A judge. in charging the jury, always pointed it oat as necessary to be relpirded with grave suspi cion; if it were not regarded with peculiar jenlousy, tin man's character could he safe ; but the rule was, tiers if, front oilier circumstances, (as there could be 'to direct refutation of it), there Mils ground to sus pert its falsehood, even though it was not sufficient to establish • contradictory proposition, that ground was fatal to such teetimone. It was evilest that Mrs. Clarke came forward under angry impree semis, and a wit ..,ss so coining forward, could not be perfectly credible; that is. could not be mime. petted. I o what eetent, then, was Mrs. Clarke's testimony corroborated ? As to her influence OM the Duke of York, it woe proved sufficieutly ; but it. connecting himvsith her corrupt ibeilings, Mies . Taylor was the only corroborating evidence; others could only go to estaldish the fact of cettain ap pointments haviiig taken place ; she alone went to prove the incitement of corrupt motives. He con- . fessed that there did not appear to him ally evidence agaiost Miss Tudor's veracity ; (Hear but her evidence was of the weakest sort ; it was a narra tive of a conversation ; nor could they be quite sure that that confirmatory aid was true ; it struck him at first, that Miss Taylor tni4lit not have re collected the'conversation aistinctly ; that respect ing Colonel French must have had some reference to • former tretisaction ; but Colonel French had fulfilled every iota of his engagement ; her answer therefore, slaying... middling, not very well," could not apply to the trausac ion of the levy. So far from acting otherwise than well, he was actu ally in considerable milvence ; instead of the 5001. the original sum, he had paid 0501. He could see a meson for this conduct. Colonel French might have believed that it frriuld be necessary for him to appeal to her iiituence again, and on that accatiot might bo more willing to submit to her demands; and the probability' of his being obliged to cell upon her again, was streny.dliciied by the circumstance of the levy turning out to be unsac ce,sfid. The inference winch he drew from all this was not that the confirmatory evidence of Miss Taylor was false, but that it was not strong enough to prevent doubt, mid that doubt must lead to ac quittal. It was manifest, that joromotions were forwarded without the regular routine, or that sort of recommendation which was usual in such cases ; but then there was no reason to conclude that the Duke of York was privy to it ; there was no retook' tittered to connect the matter with him; they might have been appointed, not only without his kaowledge that the influence under which they were appointed was +most, hut even without his suspicion. With respect to the corroborative testi mony in favour of Mrs. Clarke's evidence. there were two cases before the House; the *us respect ing the Smehtege; the other the levy ; he asked whether these' two cases constituted the numbers • set firth in the Address ? If they hail before 'Ed son' mgreat otirither of instances of promotions, out of the regular conrse, negotiated by her, and all of them suecessfid, bleu there would be some grounds •tedecide; upon but the less the IlUmber, the less the pmbability of her influence, and the Duke's guilt. If, as a Judge, he had icon iilijrf",s,l,lg a .lury, uto der suet' circumstances, lie would declare that' . there wei.! not grounds suffieient to justify their 'verdict; if he hail great deteits nf Mrs. Clarke's evidence, lie ivould say that lie war not able to ;tome to a decision, but he would say that he had grounds for standing neuter, kw calling for • far ther investigation. It was a contradiction iu terms forts nem to say that lie was Ullrl,Mllll whether he 'believed tier evi:lenee or slot, and yet act as if he feelbelieveil it. 'file House should obeerfe her I'genera; declarations in csintradietiom to her papeci lie elisrges against the Duke of York. Illere the Hininearble .51einher reed - parts of her evidence, in which she stated her constant applications to the Duke of York, and his favouraele reception of them.] In the first place she stated that she aid not commence that species of traffic till the period of her distresses in lf:loucester-place; but it ap peared thin she had been engaged in it in February, 11304. She had said that that traffic was to relieve hii Royal Highness f. out the expenses of her esta blishment, bat that ead was not answered ,- they ointht to take stung with them what she lied said, that the Duke of York was in tie ptmost thiereve , all that while, that he ermid not give her even tool. %Vas it not wonit.-rful then that he did not auk her, .. Pray, Mrs. Clarke, what have you done with all the money you received for the commloaims I gave you ?" Besides, if the Dakp of York did give his authority, and mentiuu who; recommendations were prop's and whit not, she eonld never have failed ; - but it was plain that She met- wlth'delays Ned failures in the case of Colonel French's levy ; in the case of - Major Tonyn there was much delay, though tht? Duke of 'York. with one dash of hi.; pen, could have dispatched them at once,, and that too . without any danger to himself. It Cu, also evident to every one that Mei. ellarke was in a miserable State of igno railer re/seethe{ the Commander-in-Cl:ler' office ; her letters upon 'all subjects connected with it were tilled with perpetual blunders, though the represented herself as in the habit of daily cunvers sations with him on these subjects, and on the business of that office ; she had always some excuse to account for her failures, she knew hew likely they Were to occur, and was provided ugai..st thesis. With respect to the case of Major Shaw, there . iii , nothing delivered in the evidence, but what tend to raise • considerable sospicion of the ber:ll7l , y .0 Mrs. Clarke's story about that affair. She Mid . , taken upon herself to say, the Duke of York told her ail along that Shaw wits u very bad man, mad yet, if we can credit her,ive are to belwve the Duke had 110 111111(1 at all of his own, but the moment Mrs. Clarke recommended, there was instant pro motion. In the case now before the House, be conceived they hail not a discre:ionary power. As far as he errs able to form a judgment upon the question, it did not appear the Duke of York had ever permitted these trunspetions upon which was instituted the present procedure. He could tit!, • brit admit: - there was great reason to regret `the Duke had ever antlered Mrs. Clarke to open her lips. or say • single word nu military affairs.— At the same time, we ought not to exclude from our consideration, that Mrs. Clarke had appeared to be acquainted with persons ef the greatestrespecta tvilit2;, and thereby the Duke of York was probably mistaken shunt her chanieter. Dr. O'Meara 's case had incurred much animadversion. anal, although it did not apply to the army, or army promotious, still lie was nut disposed to contend it ought to be, entirely excluded front their coosideratiou. After adverting to the observations ill:tile by different in ; diviituals in the House. during the comae of thg: present discussion, regarding the sense of thif people, he thought it the duty of every Member to investigate the evidence before theta with the ut• most coolness and deliberation; to attend to the truth only, and examine according to the hest of their judgment, and then there could lot exist a doubt but their decision would be satisfactory to the country. Sir Samuel. Rout LTA. said, he considered it his duty to trouble the House upon this important oc casion with a few observations. In dorm; so he should consider this ease in a different point of view from any member of the profession to which he had the hoarser to belong, and who had preceded Min in thy debate. However, he would not tied it necessary to enter minutely into all the evidence affecting the question now before the House. The Chancellor ot the Exchequer had gone the length of makings proposition, that the testimony adduced did not go to prove there was either corruption, or any connivance at that corruption, by the Continuo der-in-Chief ; liut such a proposition nes not in the prevent instance calculated to produce his own as sent. This question, in its original state, was dif ferent from its present condition, fur the Honour.- .. able Mover proposed an Address to His Majesty upon the subject, stating the eitistence•of certain corrupt practices, and the connivance of his Royal fligheess at the mine; this war succeeded by an amendment, proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and another by an Honourable Gen tleman on the sense side of the Hostile with himself. (Mr. Henke+ Souse doubt was stated, how far it was the province of the Commons to proceed con cerning his Royal Highness's condliet ; but could' it be in any *ay qnestionable, when it might be ex pedient to remove a great man from any important and official situation, but the house ot Coniutons were very correct in taking the step they had done by the present proceeding ? He would express very shortly his opinion on the rerbjekt. In that Howie some ;levee of mistake manifested itself dutimig the discussion. It seemed to be understbod they had to mime to a decimal' there upon the ghilt or M-' nricence of the Duke of York. But thee had no decision to make. nor was auy dt.eision . mops- ' ed on the question, whether the Duke mum rt y or not. Charges were certainly brought before' the House, and they were bound to come to a she enier' as those charges, which was consistent wi t h their proceedings. On this occasion it had ale. been said, a speedy decision ought to be adopted, in ' justice to his Royal Highness, but the letter of the . . , . Mike also deprecates their coming to any flee's , t : ; ,till he could - telt help anitaiedvertnig upon to o : - pro,eitwy of sendiag such a letter to the How- : Commons.. It was the production of evil ~., e juilicibui it/omelier*: for his pint hr felt extl4 I 7 burry, arid if be were to utter his real sesoilino.s i n the Oceitisleu, tie had to lament the existelice of , e h soiorrioout proceeding. Ile wished it emit. • e glitptliiged from the doornail!. and that it con,- I e blotted out of oar rein flubrsace for ever.--(Hear ! kr!)---(The Honourable sad Learned Mem b• r litre read that part of the Duke's letter to the Iloio.e of Commoos, where he deprecates their de cisio:a.) Certaiuly the questirm fur their determi nation was not whether there was corruption or connivance by the Commander-in-Chief, in the course of these triusactions ? Their ceusideration otielit to be drawn to whether or not there •+ as L.round to charge him geuerelly ? lit did not, after basing carefully untanned the whole of the ev 'dem , flail limiself Warrante.l it' sityitig there was no grou os to support distinct charges tigainat the Duke of 1 40. k, neither did he feel disixised to admit these vete no troth in the evidence. If he referred him,. I, to t; • testimony given by Mrs. Clarke, he wa, i:elee• a to suppose some credit was .due to her; he did not :neat' thereby to say that credit was doe to her in every thing. In this discussion, argniatata had been used, and opinions prooratitic..l, respecting the evidence or accomplicea. Ou this stnocet be was bound to declare it to be the law of Ear lead, that the te-tiwony of an aceotaidice ought to be received, stud. if corroborated by • single circum stance, might convict a Wall of aea pitnl crime. In a case of a robbery by, three persons, the fact was, the man robbed. though he saw th, re wear 'hare robbers, yet it was so dark, he had not a . oppor tunity of discovering their faces, or ;:ay rework able circuinstaace About them, by which he could identify their persons; yet, upon the trial. 011" of the robbers gave evidence against the other te 0, and histeatimouy was only corroborated so fa. that his relation of the cocuinstances of the ru be s , , and that of the Gentleman robbed, agreed tog.- ther ; at the same time nothing was brought hood to the conviction of the two men, but by the evi dence or thiliactoinplice.. The case was rese.ved fur the °pianos) of the twelve Judges, who after wards pronouoced the ea . ..lrace to be good ..ed legal, and the toniviction ri A lit. There was atiother case at the Old Bailey, whete the evidence 0 , an aecomplice, with on equally small ;bortioa of toe. rolro-utare testimony, convicted die prisoner, and where also the queolua was reserved fur the twelve Judges, upon which tbey delivered a similar opi nion. Malty Orientations had been apparel to those iustunees of contradictiou which appeared in 0111% Clarke** evidence, and .lie would allow if a.. wjtness 141 a Court of :arbor terve. to be guilty of palpable cottrieliciam, e ve n i n a ver y immaterial part of his teitiatiosy, still he wergild not he entitled to credit is the rest of hie evidenco. Notwithstmuliok it 'appeared to him some dimities , Lion war due to witnesses, whether they delivered their evidence, not noon oath. as was the case in that House, or they were rextbatly sworn, as in courts (f jusher. In point of s net morality, no difference existed, but circuni-trioces would alwas• have sufficieut weight with the gen , ~d pgtof .4,... ciety ; the solemnity of a Come awl the fldellief an oath must be supposed to make conaiderableamome.e. siou. Yet he was not is. lined to coodeato or io say the evidence ought to be iasiiiidat.4l, be aose„ when a witness is called before a large assembly, she chooses, iu a flirt very immaterial. to tomes roar to cutler:Al where she live.. Mrs. Clarke's testimony was given at the Bar under very uila vourable circnrsistauces: there was a looseeesa and a levity in her behaviour, still she was rani hoe presses! that she might suffer, it' her testimony we •e wrong ; therefore there was cunsidertible weight reatino,,opoit the whole 4 tier evidence. In gene ral, New. objections affected the case, but thee wore out sufficient to set aside her testimony ; and t though it was admitted there was coniabfrrohle cote. traduoioe, yet he formed his judomerit mien the whole of the eviuruce taken collectively. He was free to ackitow ledge that Mrs. Clarke came to state a story which on its face might arena im probable, and this grounded merely upon her tee. ninony and that of Miss Taylor. This, however, she did, without the possibility of knowing what other testiinouy there might be, either ii. corrobo ration or coistradiction of it ; notwithatandieg which, two psi - eels of letters had been produced, the one coming from lieneet. tlig,other front Ni cholls ; ou the production of which her testimony had been it' • great degree continued. It had also been asserted, that she was the less to be belleved, niasinueli us she Caine forward to give her evidence io the lig,lit of 0 prosecutor / but neither o as thisaseter. tutu better founded than the others, as it had been distinctly stated by a Noble Lord in what snootier she had been found out and brought forward. In this part of the case there were two points parti. cularly to be attended to ; the one was the evi dence of Miss Taylor, the other the note found at Capt. Sunden's. With respect to the former, it had been objected to the character of one connected as she was, *fleeting to keep a school. This ob jection he cousaiered as altogether trifling; an the coutrary, the fact was rather an evidence of tht goodness of her character, at least with the parents , .of the children committed to her care, bouunuell as they had all withdrawn them since the period el her unfortituikte exiimination. But what interest could she possibly have in coming forward for the isurposeol giviog a false tertunuoy ? Could she b. uttpposed, merely from the circuinstauce of her iie. quiet/Lance with, or even obligation to, Mrs. Clarke, to be guilts of ac l -e, which, morally apeaknag b af though without the saucily of ill oath, was VON to pep jury ? rug was it therefore to he imagined 111 . 1 communication was to have no weight. especial', when balanced against the obvious danger o giving evidence agoiest so great • character a ilia Royal Mightier% ? Would any court of ill , tier, he would ask, wcigh for a single women such objections ? If then, credit was to lo vireo to her testimony, what did it amount to It was argued, and that . gravely, that the luestim stated by her to have been put •to the Doke by lif,rs. Clarke. respecting Major French, *. Mu doesi`he behave to you, tey darling?" meant emit, whethef Tie had beep troublesome to her as his had been to himself. Who, if that were the true inter potation, what had he to do, but to desire het to &hut her doors against him ! Brit if it was take= )4