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ever, in !loon? tit any pertain, with the Commander in-Chiel?---A. I So Rot. Q. Do you know of env person that-asked her to use her influence upon tiltt Subject?—.l. 1 um not acquainted with aay yewou 1 . 11:,t ever did, bst there heard reports of that stature. Q. I wish you to 4ive a positive and (Erect an lover to that question ?—A. 1 do Hut know any person. 'ri:e Marquis of TlTcllylaf.ll role for the purpose of explaining a circumstance Ythltdi 41tTetrt,i hi the course of last night's exansinatioc, ;mil in which the natusof a noble relation of his hid been men tioned. The Noble Marcos was tisteiTupteit ut his narrative by a quesaum arising WI the prow viol of the short-hand writer tnimiting down what he was about to say, with the evidence. l'his q.testion being determine:l in the affirmative. his Lordship proceeded to issite that his tatter re tuned a letter hunt Mr. 13eassley, shoed January 3, w hich lie read. It was an application for a (I.,:ut. el, stated to be vacant, and contained an offer of p ccisaiary sec pence, provide) the application was tended to. 'foe writer begged that the ut.no,:t icy uric ;it he observed, tool said that iu es lee ,11,1, he was servo% the present Ail sv.mst rattan. Upon the Duke of Portland recent this letter, he gave his servants orders never to net Beasley he admitted again, mid isninediately is,ote a letter to the Bishop of Loodou, cautioning Las of a 1..., applications tntglit he made. and in ftrini.ig 'gigu of what had passe.i. 11r, at the same time, inclosed the letter alluded to, neg4iiii; he *Amid return it. The Bishop returned it accord iuglc, in ts Later it) the !Juke, nu which he express ed his 1111itg.latatil it the insufferable law, mice of the writer, anal said he had often thought him a weak usa ~ hat from his present conduct it would uux become his duty to punish Into. Mr. IVMCDI.3 desired that Mr. Palmer might be celled iis, nod examined relative to some accounts, wl:eis finding the Looks he had wills lion were sot liked, to answer the purposes intended, he request ed that a person from• the house of Messrs. Marsh and Co. might he called. He then put the follow ing pustular : t 4. sieve yon uoy ch-cks or bills fro:n his Royal Hi ;hness the ',duke of Yinis t the late Bur kit t ?—A. No. _6Q. have yon any notes, bills, or memoranda? A. I have not ; there are not any to my knowled :e. Q. Did you examiue the accounts before you aline out this eseuing ?—A. Yea, I did. Q. Were_ you not ordered to bririg them with you ?-41., Yes. I Truce brougiit a Statement. Q. Mil any site speak with you tor toe suoject before the ilou•e, prior to your receivii.g the stun- Winn, this eloy ?—.l. oar. • Q. Has no one h.oai at your house wield.' these ten days upon this busmess ?—A. :S.cr to my knowledge. Q. Ave you s partner ire the bowel—A. No. Q. What is the r..•aSOil you did not coin' .'y with the Ord:r of the House ?-0 he order was then read-it waa directed to ::wars. Marsh, SILL:kW, ,tracery and Co.) Q. You said you had a ;Ist of rheas. where is it, and what are its co.steats?—.l. fl is a list of checks for the years 1803 and Trout. Q. Whose checks?—A. Some of Parker and Purvis, and nth.-re of Puss sad Locket.—Wit ness withdrew. Mr. PERCENAI. submitted the propriety of wav ing th e examaration of the preaciit Witness that the order might be amended, and the books pro duced, which was aveed to. He then requested that Colonel Loraine might be calied, who imme diately appeared at the el.sr, and the Right lion. Gentleman proceeded to examine liiin. Q. Did you bold any situation in the Duke of York's (Ace at the time of Col. French's levy i A, Yes; was Assistant-Secretary to his Royal Highness. Q. State what you know about Colonel French's levy ?-4. It eerie iu the usual way, and was re gularly examined. Q. Did it venue in writing Yes. Q. Can you produce that writing ?—A. These are the terins.—The Witness then selected a paper fruit a lorAle whirls he had in his possessioo, and it was bonded to the Clerk to read—then Mr. "'NUEVA i. Sai.l, it would nue be worth while to detain the Committee by reading tiro particu lars; he only wielpol tube satnned that this trausac- Lon wept re g ularly though. Q. What was untie on this propose) ?-4. It was acted sir s some tam-. and Cot. Freacli stud Captain Sande ii's pru : ai 4: was mutt. Q. What situattna did Col. Clniton then hold ? —A. Re was Military ti:!eretary to his Royal !ligh ting. Q. Was an answer sent to Col. French's letter ? —A. To the boa of my ktiowled,ce it was.— The letter was then read, winch three:eel future appii cations to be uddressed to (:oot. Hewitt.) Q. Do you recollect what was the nee step taken i—A. Col. French wrote to Gc.ieral Hewitt. lie made various applieationie Q. Can you, by referring to the paper:, tier a regular account of these applientioas The W st nes theu retorreil to the layers. and ; nitited out where alteration. were made with red ink, which were made as objetions to the proixiStlls given ill. Q. In Jinn, ttr.il, the liropofisls were :nzreeti to. with the alterations made in red ink ?—A. Thdp V. ere. Q. Are yin aware of airy other alteration, ? A. To the be,t of my knowledge the bounties were raised twice.; beesii.e an increase of bounty had been allowed to the regiments of the 1b... Q. Are the letters rouolig those par•nigisiog an account of what you deieerilie?—A. Ye% Q. Is it the euetom to seini an neendist of these a4reements to the Secretary at 114 r :—A. It roust necessarily. Q. Were role in the Duke of York's Office in ten. was. Q. Will yon see if the Litt cr .1 the Cronin:eider in-Chief to the Secretary at 11 ar, of flue I.3th of April, MS, is anteing thno•pairr4 A. There it is. Q. Do von recollect say sirtenopieoit applica tions loon t French is-id 'apt ai.i Simko, asking other alterations ?—,t. Yes. Q. What we the of of that poriposal It was a proposal to nht uu .lilLer:•at r.Givers to wh a t they were previously Q. 'A'as that latter adevecre.l Pa-A. Yes, it w;.. :, (The letter trail handis.l in, wkieh'stated that further alteration could be allowed.) (By Lord loutsriltir) Q. What saildil,)ll did you 110111 iu the army. be rme you went into the Liarrack Depart.nent --• 1. 1.410 1.4 . 1C1ft.4C010014 in the 9..1d iteginient, ansl Assistant fililitary Commissary. Q. How long in that capacity ?—A. Sem. year. Q. Wliat was you,. first rank when von wistful" that office I was :04j0I iu the nlit Regiments (4. Did you obtains y.wr co.uiritssiois by par chase ?--A. No. Q. Did you ever join your regiment never; I twice offered, but it was not accepted. , Ilia !VIA Iligliness refused, 4:4%111 4 4, that my ser vices were seamed at the poise :mu that I uroarernaiu there. I did not think it my duty to isrge it afterwards nor world it have been re•nes- t fah Before I went to the, Horse Guards, I had lava years in the service, and constantly with my regimes t. Q. Are you now in the army ?—A. Yes; whets I first went into a civil situation, in the barrack .I.y:it-uncut, Ilii filajesty, in consideration of my rvicesota.4 pleased to allow me rank 1,. the army. Q. Ditl you sell your Lieutenant-Coluiieley ? A. Yes. Q. For what sum did you sell it ?-1. I sol I it i at the regular price—l kienv of no other. (By Mr. PERCIVAL.) Q. You said you hail served d 2 yintrs with your regiment, where did you serve?—,l. I root-. 1 tour cainpeigns in the American war ; I served seven years in tlw West Indies, under Lord Grey, when lie took all the West India Islands, and I have also server' iipon the Continent. Q. Did the levy go on regularly ?—.l. It went nu through the regular coarse, though, a,:eoriling to my own opinion, with more difficulties any other appointment. My reason fur saying this is, because I know General Heaitt had a natural pre. indite against recruiting orneers in general. Q. Were the suggestioina and alterations of Gen. Hewitt commonly attended to by the Commander in-Chief ?—A. Almost always ; I believe I might *ay invariably. Q. Do you remember any proposal of General Ileaitt that was not adopted by the Commanders io-Chief?--.A. I cannot recollect one instance. Q. Is General I lewitt pres..nt in England ? A. No ; he is Com-nander-an-Chief in the East Indies. (By Sir J GP 411A111.) Q. Do the papers you have produced contain Cie w`•ole of the written coirnsunications frost tile Commander-in-Chief's OfE-e?—.l. It ,is itsymi j sable for me to answer for 61. d. - Q. Then you cannot say they are all ?—A. No. [Witness a 'dull-ea.) Mr. PERCIVAL said, that as the artier of that House had directed all the papers to be laid bef,oot them—they had a right to conclude that ori.ier had been complied with. MAJOR TONYN. Mr. WARD r.c directed that Mr. Donovan shonld be rolled. He attended at th bar, and Mr. War dle proceeded to interr%ate him, as follows! Q. Do you know Major Tour', of the3lst Re giment ?—A. Yes. • Q. Will you state to the House what you know about his promotion ?—A. I recollect that in the mouth of March, teso4, Captain Senden waited on me, and said, that if I knew any Captain in the army anxious to o!itain a Major's Commission, he had It in his power to procure it. 1 heard, shortly after, that Captain Tonyu had made ap plication for :1 Majority. and I proposed to IMti to procure what he desired, for the sum of 5001. I then informed Captain &laden that I knew nn out Officer. who had served 23 years, and who had a;reed to the terms proposed. The appointment was not procured immediately, and Capt. Tonvu told me that he would wave his agreement, for his father, General Tonyn, had givtu him a recom mendation ; and, as a general promotion of Fiebl Officers %as then about to take place, hr could proem(' whit lie desir*il froin his own friends.— In consequence of this, Captain Tonyn slid Captain Sandell hail an interview, when the litter irtormeil Captain Tonyit, lie would set his appointment, but it would he through the inediam (dins interest. The appointment took plawe, •1 believe Capt. Sautleu received a sum of n i 0, 04 front ('apt. Tonyn. Q. What did you know in IAOS ?---A. I knew that Captain Tempi Was mailed blajor. I (lid not know it till 1805. Ms promotion took 'dare in 1804 ; it appeared in The Gazette iii the general promotions. Q. W as the Hooe y lodged iti a hanker's hands prior to the Gaitettne• ?—A. 1 do not know. Q. Can you tell whether the money was lodged with any body ?-4. Not that I know of. Q. Do yon kite whether iiilpnr did pay any money ?—A. I do not know. Q. Do you kisow who did ?—A. I do not know ; nor when it was paid, nor hi)w it was paid. Cap tain Smitten said, lie had procured the promotion through a friend ; but did not tell me who the roam was till lately. Q. Who was the person Captain Sanilen stated as having procured the commission I—A. Mrs. Clarke. Q. Did Captain Siniden state, that he hail any power whirl) extended beyond this one iustance ? A. He said he could preinote Lieutenants to cotn panias, and Captains to Majorities. and Majors to Lieutenant-Coltmels; be stud lie lead this power in conseqiience of the new levy. Q. Did he ever speak of any promotions un connected witit the new levies No. Q. Wits no other application made to himl 7 --li. bell. ve 3liijor Shaw applied. Q, %%lint ptomains' did Major Shaw want ?—A. He wanted to purchase* Lieutemuit.Colooticy, to pay money for it. Q. Did lie succeed in his desire ?—.l. Not from that quarter. Q. Throutzli what other channel did be elTet t it ? —A. His lette.s were returned hick to him ; they were b.-ought to me by a Mrs. Nl.Doutral, awl, believe, •Iley a ere Teta awl to hnn. It was through another Lady hr (•;!ecteil it. Q. What Lady—what ass her name 1---A. Mrs. Ilovetili Q. Wher ,, 1101.4 ,411.!ri•-itle now In Villier't .!drect, 2). • Q. Was.th...t Lady with ybts at the Rouse the ether night ?—..A. Yes. Q. N 1 hat wus the remit of Major Shaw's busi ness ?—A. The Maio/ wps iotrod.uceil by Mn'. I lovvitdeit to Mrs. Clarke, soil succeeded through het means. . I Q. Were there ally %d other promotions effected through the medium that hid ; ?--.A. I believe Lint. Q. Is this the tio4 eiri:siiiistance of the wart, el r,,,,td air...o v. u‘cdium of that Lady.—A. I i believe so. Q. You have seated that you did not know ithere WWI May money lodged s' for Capt. 'f onyia pro. motion ; do you still adhere to that ?—A. I do not know that there w:o.. .. . Illere the Witter.., requested to explain his tvi ileum relative to liejoi Shaw.] (By Lord ot.s.Tox Q. You stated that Copt- 4 4We is said he mold pr to to the army; did you through hiui eft'.•ct •uy other proiuotioas i-rAi No other than the • I have stated. _ . Q. Went yea to remise any thing for the nitro deiction.—A. Yes, col.. Q. Do trio recaect any negneiations besides those you have already stated, crice you were last examined ?—.l. ! have never thought of any since. Q. Are you critaiu these are all ?—A. 1 am not ccriain. Q. You stated that Mrs. Clarke said she had eceiveil money for Capt. Tonyn's couaniimion ; w hen wns it she told you so ?—A. Some time in the month of May, I sot; Capt. Tonya was Co zened in 1904. Q. Where did you hear it ?—A. At Mrs. Clarke's lodgings ill Clouctster-place. Q. Why dill you cab there ?-4. lo conse quelice of a report that was circulated ; I ass re po-wilted as the author of some paragraphs against the Duke of York, which I then traced to Mrs. and from her to Mr. Sanden. Q. Was this at the first, second, or third meet ing Slalom the second. Q. Do you recollect ally particular conversation at that meeting?—A. Q. Are iou certain that you had not any conver sation respecting Maj. Tonyn ?—A. 1 Jo not know. Q. Del uny take place at coy other time. ?—A.• Yes, I Omit: there did relative to Major Shaw. Q. I hive yon never had any other butthose rela tive to Major Tonyil and Major Shaw ?—A. Nu. (By Sir .1. tltr.r..) Q. Did Mrs. Clarke ever idiom you that his Royal Nighties's was aware that she received money for Major 'lingo's commiseiou ?—A. Never, until November last. Q. What d.d she say then ?—:1. She told me that she was extronely ill used by the Duke of York ; and that, unless he came to her terms, she would expose many transactions that had passed, respecting promotions. Q. But not relative to Major Tonyn ?—A. No. Q. Did slat ever say that the Duke of York was aware she received money from Major Tony u ? A. Never till the month of November last ; on the contrary, she was so much ofirined at toy beint; i.o.oduced ::• the fitend of Major Shaw, that Ma jor Shaw gut his papers hack, he paid Mrs. Doyen den tot. fur them, and said he would have nothing to do with Mrs. Clarke, mud that he had lost ins advancement by the mention of my name. (By Genera/ N ottrord.) Q. Did yon not say that (Seismal Tonyn had re.comineuded his sou ?—A. I said that Major Tun} a informed me so. Q. Do you know how long Captain Tony"' held that rank it. the army ?—.t. I sot tut ccr.atu ; believe about eight or ten years. Q. Is not that a long period to remain without rising Yea. Q. Can you take upon yourself to say, that it was not by brevet he rose ?—A. I am sure it was nut by brevet, because he was appointed Major of the 4Jd; and if it had been by brevet, he would still have remained is MR. Lis own egimeut, the eath. (By Sir T1i0111•S . 1 . 1.11 TON.) Q. You said that his Royal highness was repre sented to you by Mrs. Clarke as acquainted with the circumstance of ber rccasiug as :y for corn ?—A. 1 said she received money--riot that she made his Royal Highness acituaiuted with it. [I lere the short-hand writer referred to that part of his evidence, ill whi: li he had stated, that she represented the Duke as privy to her transactions, it, the conversation of the month of November last.] The Witness ass ordered to withdraw. Mr. BARRON thought there was a great impro priety in permitting AVitries.es to alter and amend their testimony ; not in those points winch might be supposed to result from inadvertency, but in those which were drawn from them in the cross examination. lie proposed that they should let the answer stand, and also insert the alteratiou pro posed by the Witness, that they might both form part of the evidence. Sir T. TURTON explained. The Witness being called in, was desired to cor rect his statement. by altering it from " No, not till the month of November last," to "No, in the mouth of November last." The question was them repeated. Q. Did Mrs. Clarke give you to understand that his Royal Highness knew she received money from Major Tonvo ?—A. No; in the month of November last. she informed me that the Duke of York treated her very badly, and that if lie dal not act by her as he ought, she would publish the case of many others. Q. She did hot then tell you that she informed the Duke of her receiving the money ?—A. No, she only said she would publish that case, .and many others. Q. I understand yon to have said, that Mrs. Cloi ke was desirous to conceal this circumstance f o c i W a n ?.—A. Yes, she said that if his kioyal 11:0incses knew she received any motley fur promo tato-, she would Its- disgraced, and the officer lose his commission. Q. Are you awe this was the reason she as signed ?—A. I 41!:I• (By Mr. Wssitts.) Q. When Caption Sandeu stated to pm. that lie could obtain promotions in all gradations, did he mention the terms on which he could procure them ?—A. I recollect that he said he could pro cure a majority for WO giiiiiess. Ido Inn think he mentioned the terms of unv other commission% Q. Whet were Vie aeries ot her demands ups.. the Duke .t Yoril Nw-A. The payment of licit. debts, and the ostority cf het annuity. Q. Did she apply to you to ass,-t her in cam io6. beetles*. into execution Site did. Q. To what extent ?—A. I would rather not sh ower this question; if I eta obliged to do it, I am afr.itl I must implicate matey persons, with vlitwe 11 , 1111t11 she took greet liberties, end whom she re pre sctiteti ar havin; prompted her to this step. Q. Wli.it conversation kid you? What methods did she adopt to holuce you to become an accein plice in her designs?-«A. She said that the Diihe of York, hitless he submitted to her terms, must be ousted of his command, and that then he would retire to Oatlanda, where he would Noon cut his throat ; this was her expression. I endeavoured to find ant her u.scciates in the plot ; her nnrwcr to me was, if you go with the title, }ourself avid your friends will he oetietitted ; for if I succeed. in that case. I shell have a Carte Blanche, and will be eitubleil to du more busiuesa than ever I have dune before.. (Ey Clptain Loom). Q. State who were your associates?—.l. 1 do not know their names. Q. Then how cook! you say that your 51”13./Pr w ,old iibphcate other people, if you did trot keie.v their 114,0eS ?—A. I know that one or two persons offered her money for the papers. Q. Who were ti, y Sir Francis Burdett was one; she raid, that shout la months ago be offered her 40001. for the papers, but site vectored it, met would not take leas than lu,tnitil. (Lours laughing.) Q. Who else can you name ?—A. I do not wish to nielitiori it.• You most answer the queation.--A. A Cap tain Dodd. Q. You said that your answer would a er of people, how much further do yo mean to go ?--A. No further. Here the answer was referred to by the short hand writer, which declared that many would ue ine,l:eeted. Does two constitute on ?—A. Two eanqut to,strt lite many. Q. Then name the others?—A. I was is error who I said Q. What sum did Captain Dodd infer for the papers He did not ineutani any suin, 'but wanted *c .o. Q. 1% hat situation does he fill ?—A. I. do not know. Q. Do you not think that he is in Souse situa tion ?—A. I do not know ; I believe he has some official employment under the Duke of Kent. Q. Are there aly other persons concerned Us this transaction ?—A. Not that I kirew. I did Lot erreu know that those whom I have were coat "'ru ed, hut as Mrs. Clarke informed roe, nor ,tu i be here it. The NVitness was ordered to withdraw. Some &screwiest' took piece as to the propriety of reading the IViteleaiiii meatorasults to evid..ice, when it was decide:i that they should not be read. There was also some couvers..tion between air. Steams Robotic, Earl Tissiri.E, and Isir. WINDHAM, on the expediency of confining the • Witnensts to speak to their own knowledge, imitation of the coats of law; though they asserted that the House was bound by no such rules, nor had in ns practice observed them, still it was thought expedieut to adopt them upon the present creession. The Chairman was accordingly autho rised to siguify the same to the Witnesses. Captain Huxley Sanders was Called Mr. PERCY vAt. proposed, that as there was ore Witness to whom a later hour might be incouse. Meld. the I fon. Member would postpone the oue he hod now called to a future period of the alight, and proceed to the examination of ;ors. Clarke. Mr. WARDLE said, that as he had but a few questions to put to Captain Sunden, 'rethought tliat his exaniinattoa had better be disposed of at once. Cap. Huxley Sanders was accordingly called in. Q. Do you know Major Tonyn Yes. Q. NA hat do you know of his promotion from the 48th regiment, to the Majority of the 3 let /-11. Mrs. Clarke told me, that if I had any friends who wanted promotion. and were desirous to par chime she could procure them situations. I had LO friends of ray own at that time seeking udvatice meta, so I spoke to Mr. Donovaii, who stud he had a friend, and that he would be willing to ed veuce 500 guinea. I told it to Mrs. Clarke, and she bid me close with him ; I received a memento duo from him,' promising the payment of the sum as soon as his name appeared hi the Gazette. After some time lie gut tired of writing, and naiad for his ineinorairdum, stating that he saw we could not procure the commission, and adding, that his tither, General Tonyii, had applied for it 'limier. I bid him, at Mrs. Clarke's request, wait a litth and he agreed to wait a few weeks ; it' Gazettes! be fore the expiration of thst period, he coeselereil their original engegement in force. This might have happened on the Tuesday or Weduesday. and on the Saturday following; the name appeared in The Ga zette. I received 500 guineas front hint as am. egreert upon, and lose 5001. to Mrs. Clarks, awl 141. to Mr. Donovan. (By .Srli TiIOSCAR TURTOS.) Q. Do you believe that the promotion of Major Tonyu was owing to Mrs. Clarke :—A. I do think it was; she said so. but I do not . ..now. Q. himd you any interest in the transaction i—A. so; I distributed the money as I said. Q. Why i.as the 400 guineas paid to bee, if yon did not think that her interest procured ?—A. Because it was promised in the circct of his Iscii.g °stetted. Mr. Sestmea desired that that part of the cvis &ice which involved the mention of a relative of a Member of th it lionse should be marl. The stateineut of Gen. Clavering, in which he nice boned the transaction between Captain Sumner .arid Mrs. Clarke was then read; and :me stated to the Houle that he never had a utphew of the name of Sumner. Mts. Clarke was then called in. (By Mr. W•RDLL.) Q. Do you recollect recommending Captain Tony°. of the 48th Regiment, to his Royal Highness the Coanmendrr-iu-Chiet :—A. I do. Q. Do You recollect by whose inducement you recornmerled him for promotion ?--A. Enber that of Mr. Donovan or Captain Saaden. Q. Were you to receive any sum whoa be air