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

T ESD FEB. 7.

0 R 1:11 0 7."11i IY .
Mr. WHARTON.' in the Chair Ptigh w;:s called to the
Ea •• ;tad examine/.

Q, (By the ATTO EY-GENERAL).— What business do you
carry on ?—A. That of an auctioneer.—Q. Did Mrs. Clarke or-
der any furniture from you ? A. She called at my house about
some looking-glasses az4 a hall-lamp, and I waited on. her
in consequence. She represented herself as unmarried and
talked of her late husband, and her three children being at
school.—Q. Did she give you any order ? A. Yes for a hall
lamp and some glasses, amounting in the whole to about 271.
Q. Were you paid for your goods by Mrs. Clarke ? A. No ;
I was obliged to bring my action at law to recover the
amount : but I was nonsoited. —Q. Was It om the ground
of her being a married woman ? A. I think it was.
Mr. Stowers examined by the ATroasEv-firNritAL.—Q.
Did you know Mrs. Clarke after her marriage with Mr. Clarke?
A. I did.—Q., What business did Mr. Clarke carry on ? A.
A stone-mason.—Q. Dal he carry on the bwinegri of a stone-
mason vi hile she lived with him ? A. lie cci taint) did ; not
1•••;'; than three or four years.—Q. Had they any children ? A.
Not less than three.—Q. Were these children born while he was
carrying on the business of a stone-mason ? A. Sonic of them
were.

NIT. Pi..•ree examined by Mr. WARDLr.—Q. Did you live
with Mrs. Clarke at Gloucester-Oace, as her butler, whilst tit_e•
was under the protection of his Royal Highness the Duke of
York ? A. I did.—Q. Do you recollect, that in the year 1805„
Royal Ilighnes the Duke of York went to Weymouth, and
Mrs. Clarke to Worthing? A. I do.—Q. Do you recollect one
Lodowick, a servant, who used to attend the Duke of York gt
Gloucester-place? A. I (lo.—Q. Do you recollect any servant
having been ordered by the Duke of York to take out a Bank.
note to be exchanged ? 4. I recollect the house-keeper, Mrs.
Taylor, who was a favourite, coining down, and giving a note
to Lodowick to get changed, when Lodowick went out, and on
his return gave the change to Mrs. Taylor, the favourite.—Q,
Do Yon recollect that any other servant had been ordered by the
Duke of York to get the note changed ? A.../sio.—Do you re-
collect Lodowick having got the not exchanged ? A. I do.—
Q. (By Mr. lit:.. ,n,) Do you recollect whether the Duke
nas in Nils. Clarke's house at the time the note was given to
Lodowick to get changed A. He was up stairs.
Captain Ituxley Sandell examined by Mr. WARDLE.—Q. Do
you know Mrs. Clarke ? A. I do.—Q. Did you. or Colonel
French ever apply to Mrs. Clarke to use her interest with the
Commander in Chief in order to have his levy expedited ?
Who gave you the information respecting the person who
had the interest to promote your application ? Who took you
first to Mrs. Clarke? A. Mr. Cockayne, my attorney, told me,
as I was a military man, that, if I had any thing to do at the
War Office, or in the Office of the Commander in Chief, he
would recommend me to a person who had interest to serve me..
lie introdtseed me to her agent, Mr. Corri, a musie-master.—Q.
When did you first speak to Mrs Clarke upon the subject of the
Levy? A. I really do not know. The business had been settled.
between Colonel French and Mrs. Clarke. —Q. IN hat.
means dill~ you take to get the point carried, so as to procure the
letters of service through Mrs. Clarke? A. I understood from
Colton., French that he had engaged to give Mrs.. Clarke a cer-
tain sum of monev.—Q. What !sassed between you and Colonel
French upon this subject ? A. Ile told me when I saw him, that-
he had settled every thing «ith Mrs. Clarke. That he was to
give her S(X) guineas.—Q. Are you of your own knowledge aware
of any other bargain w ilk Mrs. Clarke, but with respect to the
300 guineas ? A. 1 was not, before Colonel French went to
Previous to his departure, he desired me, if Mrs.
Clarke Arnold want money, to advance it to her.—Q. To what
amount ? A. As far as ti; e, six,. or seven hundred pounds.—Q.
Do you recollect any applicarion having been made to Mrs.
Clarke for an alteration of the original letters otiscrvice? A.
There were various alteratiow. in the original letters. The re-
cruiting bounty had been raised to nineteen guineas. We re-
cruited at fiat at thirteen guineas hount v , and as we t bought Our-
selves entitlezi to the addition, we applied. to MN. Clarke, that
we might :et thee:dm-gement, as e could get no men at thirteen
guineas, vs hii.l the Ho:• was r.-eruited at nineteen guineas.—
Q. To whom did you apply ? A. To the Commander iql
Chief' of course.--Q. Did y nit not apply to Mrs. Clarke
A. There «a, no occasion for it.—Q. Did you ever apply
to Clar;;e. upon ;my ot!wr occasion I A. Relative
,tu
tttr Levy.--Q. Did you ever, at any time, wait on the Coni-
m.tiokr in with a message Iron Airs. Clarke I A. I once
oains:l en the Coottoooder Chic!" %%iuh, Colonel French, to
for having granted the levy.—Q. What sumor sums
were given to ..131. Clarke by you, or to your knotv ledge by any