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• :14 ... 1 .,. I i •"..,. .. - . . ' 44\ •• .. \ , ...... . +: ' 4 Wit ' c ' . • . 13 r C i 0 *_. s, •, . ~ ' • . r • dir -7--- o::,,ii t. '.-- - - ~.. „..._-••••!••••-••••-__ r-z IIIIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, IEO9. ."-: 444... . 4 - **l ' P i ' «twin he lbw: of It /toilets 1899. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. 6r HOUSE OF LORDS,TttuRawAT, Fin. 16. t ruu the report being received, the Bill was or dered to he rioted. The Bill for permitting the Militia to volitntees into the Line was reada seeoud time, and ordered to be conimitted to-morrow. Q. 1). you 'neon to imp it unver existed ?—A. 1 believe no such ever exitted. • Q. Are you acquainted with the hand writing of Kennet?--A. Perfectly well. [Hera the Witness was hewn a number of pa per.., which he identified to be of the hand-writing of Kennet.] Q. (By Arr. VMVIITTART.)* Was the piper yen alluded to ever iu exi.tcrice ?—A. 1 was lad to her here it did exist; 1 was led to think ew by a letter of the Bankrupt. Q. IM you believe it did exist ?—A. I believe it ne er did.. • _went to du so, u ace. . pi tor mtescessients apse the saw wellijoet." Tito swat paper which was read, was a xtaterOent of apphinfloeute dist had restated (row, rite teister of the ColooLof Sarinotn, which document Out (Oil TI antOmot Kennet's (aepvt.4. The next lettPr read woo olie written tic COMM I.OIIG, taQ. To —. A wt. 00. .91s—larts sure Mr. Pitt would have h, ea ler. hap oy to attend ter yaw rrqufat at to Kennet ; but t k,ww thil upon the spplieution of the Doke of York, he 11:I• intbr,nrd : lisyostd of. Nevins received another latter oii u tostcif Ile nasur person, f have to state, that I .lu out god i..fre rt such so oMee as Aaristant-Cuoitnisslry or A;;eot far Y.-hoc:h em in the West io the apput-lzment of tin. Irrraintr, • in corseelesence of Mr. Glasscock. (7iiinni.ratere-6sid.rat, Lanus it is Lis power to recontmet...l sin L as b e thiolm et fur it, for the furitior of it,,,.. ono ; n..d tier Latter, in I apprehend, being under the apputal went of toe Tr:impose Hum d." I.rTTEIt more Soarer lICITILT TO u Me. ft. Kennet will be °Miro! to fur Mr Adirmin all•lresg, io Se..eand ; and will tre next obliged to Mani' whew La Aso..riset..d to relaso " liVN:irT TO I.titT,COLONEL T•t• Lon. 13, Nines"- place, Lemneth, Sept. 16, Ido4. ,4 Si R.. 1 did sat} self the pleasure at eidline on Mr. Green wood, ye.teidc.y.to communicate with him as to the loan fee hi. Royal limbuess, sod to state uiy int.:mien of to Mr. Adam, whhis I did, lust nicht, so as to f...Aar.l the loniser of the Collectorship of Muria:on, I wont/ wish io preference tunny other) previous :0 his cetera." w. LOAM, DR. TO MR. KENNET. 151:Or-A(tuoi, nth Ort. 1404. 'SIIR-1 wrote to Mr. Giernwuoil, elm noshd sionify to you dint I Imekreetived yours, and would forward the Gasi nese as tools as I returned to tows. I 101 l him to write to yon that I should see you 411 soon it I arrived!' [The above letter was uddretwed to Robert Ken- n et. 13, Moore-place, I,ainheth.] - ROXBGRGH PEERAGE. Sir Samuel Rankin' , we. heard in behalf of Sir Jame.* limes Ker, before the Committee of Pri vdrge.., and smite other documents and evidence a. , re produced at the Bar. Further proceedings ueri: podpo:ied till next Thursday. russet's Divorce Bill was read a third time and p4Fsed. .'Jr. Wharton. Mr. Fane, and other Member:. at the House of Commons, brought up the Malt Duty WI, the Militia Enitstutritt Bill, the one and a half irllllien Exchequer Bills' Bid, the ten nod a half Million Exchequer Bills' Bill, the :Equity Debtors'. Bill, and one private Bill ; all of which were laid upon the table, and severally read tir•t time. . Mr. PERCEYAL presented a petition from certain inhabitants of Belfast. comploiuiug of certain in tended provisions in the Distillery Prohibition Bill, and praying relief. The petition hsving been handed to him. he thought it his duty to present it. Mr. Huvciiiiittsost hoped the Right Honourable Gentleman would not press the Bill forward, until he had time to receive the instruction of his COll lititUelltl on the subject, the rather, as though the present Act expired iu forty days from the meeting of Parliament, he had not brought in the new Bill till a cousiderable part of that time had expired. Mr. PENCEVAL Cutssented to postpone the going into the Committee on the Bill, which stood fur this day, to Monday next. DUKV OF YORK. Mr. DUIXDAS donated to he informed, whether the discussion, this night, was likely to nesitpy so much of she time of the I louse, as to render it in convenient to go into the Committee Olt East India affairs ? Being told the business was likely to last scone time, he postponed his motion to Thursdny next, to which time Mr. Creevy's motion on the same subject was also postponed. An order was made for the attendance of Mr. Adam and Mr. Charles Long, in their places, to give testimony ; as also for the attendance of the following witnesses:—Mr. Greenwood, Colonel Taylor, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Corri, and Mr. Chapman, first clerk in Lord Castlereagli's office. Q. (Dy Mr. Whinier.) Of what liniment; was Kennet He had beets formerly an upholsterer in Boast-street. At the time of lii bankruptcy lie lived iu Queen-street, Lineolit'a-ino-tieldit, where he was a tooth-uch curer. I'he Duke of GLOUCESTER presented a Petition from the Debtor , ' of the King's Bench Prison, pralimi for relief by such measures es their Lord chips in their isdom shculd think expedient. It ~ .4..irdered to be luid upon Cie table ; end, upon • motion of hie }loyal Highness, wasalso ordered t ise rtE• to the Committee appointed to in- Settirtte the 114wm regimlisitz debtor and creditor. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. Q. Had he his diploma ?—A. Q. Did he eser get bia certificate ?—.A. Yea. he did, after much difficulty and great delay. Q. What has become of him ?—A. I do not know, I sow him about a mouth ago. Q. (By Lord FOLKSTON E). Do you know any thin particular that happened to him since he became a batik:mitt ?—A. I know what his Lord sliip alludes to, but I wish to be asked more par- WiiS he in the pillory ?—A. Ile was prose cuted by thu Attorney-Geueral, by order of the • Lord Chancellor, for a conspiracy to defeat the commission and defraud his creditors; of which he Was found Guilty. Mill sentenced to stood upon the pillory•. Q. Was he ewer a bankrupt before the time when you were Solicitor to the Commissions ?—A. He was. The Earl of U AEL . I4 LEY rose for the purpose of malt iirz a motion fur the production of more information relative to the conduct of His Majesty's Ninuaters, io the assistance which they had recently afforded to Spain and Portugal. He adopted thus mode of proceeding. in continuity to what bad fallen from the Noble Lords opposite, when, upon a late oc casion, they opposed the motion of a Noble Lirl (Grosveuor) ; at tout time they declared their rea diness to grant every information desired, and ma nifested a wish that every charge hrought agaiost them should be founded upon documents tosfors Vie Muse. Tie motion he was about to make war the wore necessary, because it preceded one fur a serious examinatton into the whole of the tate proceedings iu Spain; and, in his opinion, if %%Amid then be sheen them had been consider misconduct. An opportunity would be af tceled for expresaing his own sentiments ; but in the mean tune he bad to observe, that he believed it would be lump' there was a most uncommon nninher of ca , alry in this kingdom, twiny more than were requisite fur our internal defence, ollich were inai , ,t.iitied at a most enormous ex pease, and ought therefore to be kept up for some benetieial purpose ; and yet it would also be found that a very sash proportion of them had been employed in ui,sot:rig the cufise .of Spain. fie conceived, great responsibility would attach to 'Ministers, if it should appear that applications had been particularly made by ebe Jamas of that country for th . s species of **above which they ewes.: sweat in went of. "fis Liirdildp then wowed, " That an Address be presented, desiring His Ma jesty to lay before that House an account of the utilither of Cavalry in Great Britain and Ireland, o:i the let of July, 1908 ; the number of Cavalry earl. r Sir Arthur Wellesle:, at Viineira ; the tiwidver of Cavalry in our Army, after Sir John Moore took roe command ; and also, a Copy of all the COll/111131:1C.0 1,1 is made to His Majesty's Government, wherein applications were made by the Jenets ofSomr. th:st they m i g ht be s u ppli e d with tsar: • awl n Aery." Q. At what time ?—I anima state with precision. Q. Wberi was the second Commission ?—A. The 23d of April, 180 J. Q. Can you state the year when the lint Com mission issued ?..-1 think it was in January, ibol. The Witness was ordered to withdraw. COLO% IL TAYLOR TO NP.. RTNYRT. " CoL Taylor's compliment" to Mr. Kennet, and is di rected by his Royal Highness to say, that he sill apply fur the a prukhtustot of Asi.istant-('orrituissary General of Suri nam ; veil hr r.tl be the licit, r side to do so, if Sir Horace 'aim will write to his Pli.! Iligh.ess the Duke of York a kite's% seeoesineofla•ius.—Ativist a 4, 1404." COLONEL TAYLOR, TO MR. ILEWAIRT. "Coloo4;1'Cayloi iulu,rs fur Mr. Keitnet'sperum! skates from Mr. Chaprit , n, by whirli it Ap . mars that the appoint mect of f'enshie-Naar,..r of Surinam is disposed of. If Mr. Kennet wirier* tO Sell Cul. Tity:or, he will be by hiutsclf to morrow, at live o'eloac." Lieutenant-Colonel TAY Lot was next called, but it appeared he was sot iu attendance. M r. PERLLYAL stated, that upon thetirst intimation this morning that Col. Taylor's attendance would he required, he had sent otf an express to Wind nor to bring him to town, and lie believed there had not bean time for his arrival ; but he hod no doubt be would he here by seven or eight o'clock. Lord FOLIMONE stated, he wanted to prove his hand-writing, which, proloildy, some Gentleman at the other side of the House could 'loos well. Mr. TAYLOR, his brother, offered himself for that purpose, and having looked at a number of letters and notes, admitted them to be of the Colonel's hand-writing. Mr. An tad was next examined to the proof of several notes of his, which lie admitted to he of his hand-writing—as did Mr. Long to some letters of his, which were exhibited to him _ _ 51r. iIIISLISMJN prOVIIii the hand-writing of Mr. Chapman to a letter exhibited to him. A Paper was then produced and read. which purported to be a memorandum in the hand writ ing of Mr. Kennet. The substance. of it was as follous: " The principal sum, 70,u0u1. to be ad vanced to the Duke of York, at in per cent. by way of annuity, either in one or two parts the said sum or sums to be charged upon Outlands and the adj • • g estates, redeemable loy giiing four months notice. Interest to be paid quarterly, or by assignment to Trustees to pay the same." The following letters, the hand-writing of which had been identified, were then read by the Clerk, in substance as follows : Ttir Em.l of ::afoot expressed, not only bis having no o' to to the inotiosi, but that hi was obliged to . : Earl for having made it. But he coal 't •• that it had hr.:, mare eurn,:rcheitsiv.. • hare included rr...-1-1 °Cier periorl of time L • nelle which had been :nen tiourd. He • . propose to insert— " That th. re be urfore the Hot • e au ac count of tlie 1111(11 . . It . • dry wide!' had been sent to Spain or after the battle of Vimeira. specifying A ,s." The Earl of DA kN • : .mcetted to the propriety of this aniendniewt. The rnotiou at. ow 11 to. , The Earl of LTY. oases. said, he was anxious Oast every cantio 403 should be 'thole to the House avid the country respectileg the whole con. Auet of Ili* Al t jesty's Government. The only de. wire of him sod his colleague* was, that Noble Lords opposite should first move for entry ii.forensi lion r..,plisite, &11111 then make out speet!ic charges, which .skatl.l givowilis Majesty'. MS:sisters an op portunity of • decoding thrusselves, by mcfniisg those charges openly sod fairly. Agreealety to his won wishes on IN* subject, he should move for a copy of all instructions sat not by His Majesty's Government in the year isue, to the Officers em ployed in nod Portugal, as far as they might he produced without inconvenience. This motion was also agreed to. The Duke of Nolurota some of His Ma jesty's Ministers in theii• places, thougist proper to address to them s few observations respecting the safety of the fleet at Cadir, considerilig the rspi slitv of alt the movements of the enemy, under the guidance of that inanwho is now est their load, greatcr degree of caution awl circumspection :Imo what ha , l lately been eahibi:etl, ought to be cx etched by fits Majesty's Government lie slionq wish to know if that elect were in such snfety as to induce no apprehension of its being•surprised, and taken possession of by the enemy ? fer no time ought to be lost in securing it, end; it nec'.zissar), by stitiortais; it to some other part of the globe. No answer was made in reply to the Noble Duke's ol.taervaticats. Adjourned. Rousz OP COMMON& Two now MoabKris tali the oaths snot ther grata. A ust.p.sge was delivered from the Lords, se qlll4llll,,tg the :tousle them Lordships had agreed to s Bill i.e. &maim% the marri.ige between Mr. and bl rs. ( .rirtooti. The limns'. its a Committee, went throng!. the Iti(h bindle Bill. sod tilled up the blanks therein. The House then resolved itself into a Commit tee of the whole !Iroise, to consider further of the conduct o. his Royal Highness the Duke of York. Lord Foutirrooc addressed the Committee, and said, before he produced th' papers which he had procured, relative to the fresh charge agaiust his Royal Highness, he thought it would be but right to utak; the purport of them to the House, in order to their better molerstunding them a lien they should come to be read. lit the year 180-1 a negociatiou was set on foot, for the purpose of raits. ing seventy or eighty thonsand pounds for the use of his Royal Highness, by the way of annuity. lu this business a man of the name of Kennet wateem ployed as agent, and, at the time lie was so tat ployed.he had been twice a bankrapt. This mat ter went on for some time, and during this period there was also a concurrent negociation going for- ward for the purpose of procuring some place for this Mr. Keunet, in the course of which the Duke of York applied for various situations for him. and great influence was exerted in his favour. It would appose by • letter from Reimer; tbllt the : itisittg the money for his Royal Highness depend. ed on the procurement of a situation for him. Ken net, and there was the answer to that letter, written by Colonel Taylor, at that time /vs Private Secre tary, acknowledging the receipt of that letter, with out any ang whatever esressed at the men tion of such s proposition. Of course it would be for the House to draw the only natural conclusion, that the procuring the money. on the one hued, depended on the getting the situation on the other. His Lordship considered it as his duty to make this statement, without adding to it any comment whatsoever on the facts ; and he should proceed to call Witnesses to !trove the hand-writing in the se veral paper, to be produced in evidence. Mr. PLIKKVAL said, he should certainly not op pose the going into the proposed inquiry, although it did not strictly fall under the express .hject of inquiry for which the Committee was appointed, as it neither applied to the conduct of his Royal Highness, as Commander-in-Chief, nor to Mrs. Clarke. But be knew it to .be perfectly congenial to the feelings of his Royal Highness that that House should inquire into every thing that could be alleged against him in any capacity, and there fore he should not oppose their :t.roceerlings. Lord FOLKSTON! observed, that with respect to the objection se to Mrs. Clarke, it waste mere nu gatory one, as her name did not appear in their instructions; hut he was aware that the present charge did not apply in soy shape to the abuses in the army ; and he thought it but right, as he bad stated lust night, that, as abuses did appear to exist, they should move in the. House to enlarge the powers of the Committee, to citable them strictly to go into the inquiry. (Upon • cry however of Go ea! Get ors! from all parts of the llouse, his Lordship proceeded to call Witnesses to prove the different papers.) The first Witness celled was MR. DUFF. Q. What are yatic-A. I am M Solicitor. Q. Do you korto Robrrt licnitet ?—A. I do; I iros the Solicitor to the commission issued against Q. At what time ilia that 1803. Did certain papers of his come into your pos session?—A. In consequence of his papers hating been i.eired by the messenger to the commissioner., I became possessed of the letters I have now in my pocket. Produce the papers.— The Witness handed them to the Clerk or the House in a brindle. Q. At what time did they come into your pos session About the latter eud of 1803. or the beginning of 1806. Q. Hare they remained in your power...cm ever since ?—A. Yes, they have. Q. Ara those all in your posses-ion ?—A. Ther are nll I could find with the name of his }Loyal Highness mem' °tied in them. Q. Did you in any time state there was a paper you could not ion your hand on ?—A. I hue i:; A ht hinted to Lord Folketone thery was; but I this day communicated to his Lord.hip I had remora to be. here there was none such iii my pose, ssion ; bat flint the recollection of it must liav•!.insen Lula letter of the bankrapt. iu my possession. • LTTOT.-COLOR CL TAYLO■ TO 714 ILILX3IRT. "'bout -Colonel Taylor presents consklimenisto Mr. Kennet, owl is re.spiestell by his Royal Highness the Duke of York to &sire hewn' cell no Me. below, no Wednesday iseat.":Willioui S,dr ) MR. ADAM TO MR. RENNF.T. " Mr. Atka is curry that hi. busii.rm elsmi here detained bias, yesterday, so as to prevent his alerting Mr. kr. .1, according to appointment. Ile would be glad to see Mr . K. this morning, at eleven o'clock. " Lincoln's-inn-fields, Aieltust 112." TIM SAXE TO Tilt 'ANC Mr. Mans presents etinswiimru;s to Mr. Resort, sod wishes to see him im Tuesday et etun„,.. Ware which ua he causal be ia tuwe.—Liiieuhes-ian• Wide, Thursday." LITOT,COLONEL TAYLOR TO MU. KC% ALT " Lieut.-Calomel Taylor istrescada h;s cosuplwirab to Mr. Robt. Kroaset, and bcgs to acquaint 1.131 the Duke of Yuri' has tut objection to write to dr Vitt re. i iretiug the sp. plicatioo Sir Horace Mans has 504.1 e an his fee our. " Rooday, July, 1504." CT OF SIR U. IR AN 'Cs 1./ TTTR TO RAO. &MIRE; 33, MUORL•PLACR, LA RMICTII 3largate, July eft, U I shall reirice sincerely at your simems, it it east be ea o►jM to °Wain such a situation i 3 such a climate. The chaistiel you nsaatino may be more efficacious dm. my I. *crest, which, hum, rce, I shall streuituusly rem., if yOll Slat use a prospect of sioctriii." COL. TAYLOR TO ■R. : Stu —I beg kare to acksowledge stir receipt of per ktter, yesterday, chick I have laid before is Ro)al tlw Usk, of York, and bare to request you wiN c.. 11 un oti Nednualay omit, at two o'clock, hi , Royal II ighinas burin desired him In communicate on the subject of )our letter.--OatimAa, Jell; iti, ISU4." LIETT.-COLOV • L TAY LOX iv WI. " Liciet.•Coluatel laylor presents cuinpliments to Mr Era ser, hrvl to Inform bins, th3t bartng ealtr.l opus Mr l'att's Private Secretary, he 11l berii pr.tastsetl that his apply cattail will b. euir4.leseil, a..J the result scat as soon as "us eable, Nkith arol be rni Me iseauct. " iluese-Uustala, Thert,l3 M0rE134." TOT. n 111 L TO THE SANE. I.itut.-Culattel Taylor presents compliments to Mr. Kra wet, is &sired by the Doke of l'u.h In tg.t.o, o ost 1.. Mr. K. a c..py of a letter seat br ih. Volt. auattur bathe appliattrua made for the of the Costume at Surinam, w►irh arstry. . tidal :Eighties, repels is out 4;4.1.ft...wage to Let withes. it st..ulJ blue hero dear ter:i. r, La.! he ..ut b Man abr,nt from the Floral,. Gu.,,r4s fur a ru...st.terabl.: time utlvr tin receipt It " COPY 0/ • LI.TTtlt ?It ~q w. LI ADJOIN 11• Q PRITATIt SECILI ItA MN 1o yK •t tT, To col.. TA Vl,Oll. v DCA* !1...1 awl aline, Wits' *no. to stik to you the Prowl of t.o Lt woe, as to taw of st.o.oalw t tio ettreeted I. acquaint yon, Ylal, ifrati..ua as nr CV' lb T. comply with kts theta. aa'a caaantaa4l. ke it &wry that us thhi Ma. O AAA AA TO LAMM. COL. TAYLOR. nerAngust Isee. "Stn.,-1 bare to earners my regret that the plan: of retekbe•Mastcr is disposed of. T a.ould have ea an ear lier answer, hat 1 ba - e been out of town. I hectus will ennansua;eate this to Mr. Kennet." , • Lieutenant.. Colonel f ns sur -vas then called in to identify the letters bIS bee :.$ of his haul-writniq, which he acknowledged to have been written hi himself. One of the documents, purporting to be only copies of two letters wntttiu to the Lieuteincito Colonel, were shown to hilts, and he was asked if he ever received such letters? lie answered. he lie . 11•1 bad. Q. Have you the letters you received, of which you believe these to be copies ?—A. I believe I de stroyed them. • Q. (By all PERCIVAL.) It appears that one of those letters is partly written in pencil, and partly in ink, do you know if you received the whale of the words in which they are expressed cannot charge my recollection. Q. Ou wind occasion did you destroy those letters ?—A. 1 do not recollect when 1 did It. Lund For E objected to this question and answer rens:tilting on the minutes. hot it was af terwards st:recd they should nut smiek off. The 1% withdrew, et.d the foilowing addi tional letters were read: sta. A TO COLON Li. TAYLOR. " Moore-place, Lambeth. " called on Mr. Greenwood, respcci tog the loan to his 110)31 Ilighness ' and stated my intention to write to Mr. Adam, which 1 did by last night's post, requeiting Mr. A. to slate Its seutiuwats upon it, sod toe appointment us agita tion. I beg leave to °Wave, that I was in the city reispact ing the tithes at Serums", and still Ratter myseif w;th th e hopes .if the possibility eliciting the situation of Collector of the LUStOMS there; if so, I will advents any amount his Royal Highness may wish. The situation of the agency tw ins,. in point of pecuniary conspessatiost, inadequate to the clintrite." trtrs•mic TO 11111 91111. " Rte—With all due deference and respect to his /loyal Ilightiesv i and gratitude for his application on my behalf fur the appointment of :trolly .lersit to Surisiam, yet. as 1 *.d the ratialuutetits of it are viad.quate to lac clursate,.enti this short time it may be to my ptut..ssioti, I beg leave to cline it; hut, as Ciere is a proliability of the Coliectinakup of the Cuvtions Win still 1., be procured, 1 presume] map have the prefervuce, as there is on warrant yet made lo the tveut, howriati, cf its bane already disposed of, al. luau um to solicit his Royal fur the stta•thoii of fis:!vr. Ilarter, provoliog it is put on the sane footing as that of Drunnara." LIEUTENANT-COLONEL TAYLOR. was num called in, uud iuterrngated by Lori FoLkttom C. State what you know of the transaction which is meationed iu our tint letter, desiring Mr. Kei.- net to call on Mr. tireenwood.--A. To the bent of my recollection, Mr. Kennet wrote to me at Oat lands a 'dont note, staring that he had something to propose to sue for the adirantage of h p Royal Ilighoesti, and that he wished to see tnF on the subject. lam not certain whether I saw him at o:Atlantis or in London, but I think, 011 slur tirid interview, he told me that he could pro cure a loan for his Royal Highness of 30,0001., or 40,0001. I casnot be positive which; but, as far :is I man recollect, that wet all that then pwrscd. etcept that Issidl I would submit or make known his prupo sibs to his Hord Highness the Duke of York, and let him hear further oal tho subject. t i j. Do you recollect the date of this conference ? —.t. I de not. State it as nearly as gnu can.—A. I cannot state. front rei-ulleetuon. either the mouth or the : ear. 14. Do von mean to siay that this mots the tint th.rt toittemictints ?—A. l'es, it was. 4 .1- rhti llt Kruun t vtolunters lain sesvices?—A. Ve.. hr ilhl. ' Q. Dhi yoninfraus his Royal Highness of the cirrtmotience P-64. Yrs. 1 dud._ _ Q. Whist was the result s—A. I was dewed to toter Alr. kettnet to llr.lsar. Ur you know that any that( more took ; Imes is respect of this trausattioshwrA. Mr. Kennet, °, ~; 1