The National Register.
London, England, 1809-02-12 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

theirs. An alteration had been procured in the original levy, by
Mrs. Clarke's influence, for which she was to receive 500 f. and a
guinea per man on each recruit raised. He acknowledged accept-
ing the draft for 1200/. drawn in favour of Mr. Corri, which was
placed to the levy account. He was told Mrs. Clarke got litany
sums on the levy account, to the amount of 1700/. lle had never
heard that Mrs. Clarke had oli,•a ppointed the expectations of
Col. French and Cnptain 11. S:tnden as to other applications,
nor did he know of other applications to her.
The House was resumed; and the minutes of the Committee
were brought up, and ordered to be printed.
Ordered, that the House should resolve itself into► the Fain!,
COMMittce on Thursday next ; and t he witnesses for that day were
ordered to attend the House.—Adjourned.

FEB. 12.

and has the witness ever promised to pay any of these sums of
money to him ? A. At a time when my carriage was taken in
execution, and on the point of being thereby prevented from
going down to -Weymouth, whither 1 was to have gone at the
instance of the Duke, I wrote to Mr. Dowler, telling him of
my situation, and requesting he would buy or procure me a
carriage, and that the Duke would repay him. Mr. Dowler
accordngly brought me a carriage, and I told the Duke the
whole of it ; which he " I must recollect him some
way or other."---Q. (repeated.) Who were the men in company
that evening ? Was his name Mac Cullum ? A. 'Nutt was Ilk
name.---Q. Does the witness recollect in what sums she received
the 1,000/. from Mr. Dowler for his appointment to the CO4P-
missariat ? A. 1. received first 200/. an:l afierwards;:iCo% •

• Interrogated by Lord FOLKSTON E.---Q. How long have you
been acquainted with the Duke of York ? A. I t was about ISO 3
when he first took me under his protection.---Q. Had you au
eaablishment from that period ? A. No. It was between 15Ot
and 1806 that I had the establishment in Gloocester-place.---Q.
What allowance did the Duke make for supporting that establish-
ment ? A. He allowed me a thousand a-year, to he paid monthly,
but the payments were not always Made good.--Q. Was the allow -
;wee made by his Royal Highness adequate to pay the establish-
ment in Gloucester-place ? A. No, and l frequently stated to his
Royal Highness that it would not pay more than the !;erv%nts.---
He told me, if I understood matters properly, I would never
ask him for money.--A)o you recollect the first time you applied
to the Duke of York for any promotion or counnissiou ?
A. I do not-recollect ; but it was not till after I removed to
Gloucesterlflace.--Q. Did the witness inform his Royal
Highness of every application made to her ? A. 1 did, and
they never were rejected but through his means.---Q. Did
the witness trust to her memory with respect to these applica-
tions, or record theM in writing? A. When single I trusted
merely to memory ; if on 'paper, I gave his Royal Highness the
paper.---Q. What paper does the witness mean to say she gave
to his Royal Highness? A. Any paper that was handed to me
on the subject of the appointment desired.--Q. Did the witness
ever give his Royal Highness a list of applications ? A. 1 recol-
lect once of banding him such a When did this list exist ?
A. I do not recollect exactly, but it must have been before Capt:
Tucker was made Major.--Q. What reason had the witness for
supposing so ? A. Because the Duke observed, w ith respect to
Capt. Tucker, that Greenwood had him; and the Duke said,
that I must know enough of the nature of the business to see

that he could not comply with all the applications at once, but
must do it by degrees.
By Sir G. IV A lIRA NDER.---Q. On what account did the wit-
' ness receive the sums of money the had mentioned from Mr.
Dowler ? A. To procure his appointment.---Q. By whom was
the notification of this appointment made to the witness ? A. By
his Royal Highness, who said he had spoken to Mr. Long, and
it was all settled at last. Mr. Manley, he said, had been recom-
mended by the Prince of Wales, and he could have wi,hed to
have obliged him; but he must be provided for some other way.
Mr. Dowler had made out a list of seventeen voters, of whom
Lord .lohn Campbell was one, from Scotland, who were to ap-
pear in support of the Defence Bill. I had several members,
friends, but Mr. Dowler could not bring them up ; they were in
opposition---(a laugh.) This, his Royal Highness said, he had
given to Mr. Charles Long, who was quite delighted with it.
Q. By Lord FoI.ICSTON E.—His Royal Highness was an are
then of the offers of money that were made her? A. Ilk Royal
Highness was aware of every thing t did relative to that sub-
ject ; I was not delicate in mentioning it.
By Sir JA MES How did the witness know that

the note was taken out to be changed by the Duke of York's.ser-
vant, and not by one of her own ?--The witness here stated that
she had never said positively that it was one of the Duke's own
servants who got the change, she had only believed so. On the
the evening before they went to the country, they had bent out
Pearson, the Butler, to get change of the note, who
without success, when the Duke desired him to go to his wine
merchant's in Bond-street, and tell from w hom it came.
Q. By Sir T. TtraroN.—ln what character did the witness
represent Mr. Dowler to his Roval Highness? 1 represented
him as a friend.—Q. Did she mention any sum to his Royal
Highness she was to receive from Mr. Dow ler ; and what sum
did she mention ? A.- His Royal Highness ftnew I was to have
a sum of money from Did you never receive an-
of;ier it of applications, besides the long one you have menti-
oned, from any other quarter? A. I never received so long a
list ; never more than two or three applications at atime. I
generally planed it up at the head -of the bed) and his Royal