The National Register.
London, England, 1809-01-29 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

who had long served their country. Ile said he knew. that there
Ivits a public otfice in the city, open to all corners, w here mili-
tary Commissions were oiljed for sale at the reduced price,
which Mrs. Clarke used !o exact;. and the agent; of which de
dared that they -were enabled so to oiler them by. Mrs. Carey,
the present favourite Mistress of Royal Ili haws; and
further that, in ad.ti lion to commission, in the army. they had
the power of procuriog.ali description: of places in the Church
and State---(3 toukit. ) Na,', those Agent: hal not hesitated to
it under their own hand::: that they were emploNed by two
of the fir-t Officers of hiS Maje,ty's Acimini,traiino—( .1 loud
laugh).—Mr. Warde!l concluded by moying•—
" That a Commit reel appointed to iiivc,aigate the conduct
of his Ito ilighness the Commander in Chief with re-pact to
Promotions, Lxchanges, and ppoiatments, on the Stall, Levies,
Se."

Sir F. Burt D ETT secondea the 'notion.

The. Srca TARP at \V tn, felt great satisfaction that at lenfzth
an opportunity was afforded of instituting an effechial inquiry
into the grounds of tile vat ions calumaies and misrepresentations
which had of late been !•:o indostrion-ly circtilat:Nl against that
Illustrious Personage. halite:teed by this feeling, it wag Car
from b-ing• his intention to give any oppo‘ition to the motion of the
if on. 'h-nt. Ills Royal flightless wri.4 perfectly ready to meet, and
extremely anxion.• to court the inye!-tigation. llaving said thus
much on heir' If of the illustrious object of the motion, and
with a view to itnpress the House with the solicitude felt by his
Roxal Highness, for a full and satisfactory inquiry, there
scarcely remained at>ss think farther for hint to caN . From his
acquaintance with the Commander in Chief, and his intimate
knowledge of the manner in which the business of his office was
conducted, that the charge?: alledged were wholly without
foundation; that the facts stated b) the lion. Gentletnan could
not have had existence.

Ma. Yonne said that it was with great concern he had heard
the motion, 119 less, as it regards the Illustrious Person against
whom it was directed, than the Honourable Gentleman who had
brought it forward. Never had any Member of that Houle'
taken upon himself a more serious responsibility. Ile would
admit, however, that, if the Hon. Gentleman could skew that he
had any prohahle grounds for his charge, he was entitled to the
thanks of the House for having brought it forward. At length
they could reach in a tangible shape some of those libels which
had for some time past been more assidnously and pertinaceonsly
circulated than at any former period in this country so prolific
in libels. lie hoped that the House would do Justice to itself,
to the public, and to the illustrious House of Brunswick ; and
that the llon. Gentleman, if he should not prove his facts, might
at least shew that he had some probable grounds for his conduct.
Sir FRANCIS Iltt am:TT having never, either in that lionse
or elsewhere, talked of the Duke of York with disrespect,
he had risen only to state the groundsof his having seconded the
motion, for having brought which forward he thought the lion.
Member entitled to the thanks of the House.

The CHANCELLOR of the I:New:wick observed, that the
llou3e was unanimous as to the propriety of a serious and solemn
inquiry into charges affecting- the character of his Ito)al igh-
'less; and the doubt was with respect to the manner in w filch
that inciniry should he taken. He could state upon the authority
of the Illustrious Person himself, given him at the only °ppm.-
tuuity he had of consulting with him upon the subject, that the
most ready course of prosecuting the inquiry would be the most
agreeable to him, and that he deprecated nothing so much as a
course that would impede the final result. That Illustrious l'er-
-sonage wished, like any other subject, to be put publicly upon
his trial, and to stand acquitted or convicted upon the case that
may be made out. Be felt the inconvenience of a Parliamentary
inquiry ; but these inconveniences must he encountered on so iu►-
portant an occasion. Before he could sit down, he must observe
that the Hon. Gentleman had stated the existence of an office
where places in Church and State were sold, and that two Mem-
bers of Administration were openly said to he connected with it.
The lion. Gentleman, after such a statement, was bound. and he
called upon him to mention the persons in Administration said to
give their sanction to that office. Ile could assure the Hon.
Gent. and the house, that no care should be omitted on his part

Threadnt edle•street ; that the name, of the agents in it ucie .
lla‘lop and Pollen, and that the person.; in Adminl,tration
paid t‘i h~ connected ith thorn were the Lord Chancellor and
the Duke of Portland, ( outrageous absurdity of the latter
part of this statement caused the House to be convul‘cd•acith
ter ).

The question that a Committee be appointed, was then agreed
t, nem. con.

On the motion that it he a Committee of the whole Howe,
Lord Fot.KsroN oppft:ed it, on the grottnd of the great in-
convenience that he hail himself witnes•cd from the pro•;eention
of inquiries in that manner, and submitted it to the light Hon.
Ceatleinan that any mode was better than that propived by hitt,.

Mr. Secretary CA N N G contended that the Inquiry ,hould he
by a Committee of the whole House, which would unite .ti-pals h
with publicity, and that such a proceeding- alone w sJited in
the importance of the subject, the rank of the party, ur the so-
lemnity of such an investigation. lie united in giving thanks to
,the lion. Gentleman who had brought this question for w ;
but whether the charges should he proved or not, he w:is of
opinion that infamy must rest somew here. L% er inau
must he sensible of the cowardliness, the baseness, and the
wretchodness of the caluouiies which had been vented in ibe
publications of the day, during the last six months, against the
Duke of York. Itauk was like sex, and those in the highest
station, like women, should not be attacked with :inch slanderous
mate volence. _ _

The question was then put and carried.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXcHEQUER proposed that Wed-
nesday next shuuld be appointed for the examination of W
ses by the Committee, which was agreed to.