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objection, to that v. ituess's evidence, which he took fait& into
116 con-ideration before he decided upon th merits of her testi-
mony. There were, however, eer:Liu strong- points in her
evidence, w Melt, though she came before the House as a per.-..0u
herring,; reentntent against his Ito\ al .k7!:.hries`', were Milt ell--
titled to impiicit credit. :here the Lean:::;! Gentleman com-
mented upon the featurej of Mrs. Clarite's in.inner and te,titnonv,
which particularly entitled her to credit. The apparent levity
t:to former, iie thoty,.,ltt must ht.7..e removed from the mind of
every impartial nt ttay suspicion that her evidence wa,
fin...tied upon tiny preconeerted plan, and consequcutly, that its
it was her object to deceive, she w until have used more circum-
spection. With respect to the latter, ninn to.y. her evidence it-
self, it stood completely uuontradieted in any material parts,
and it was supported, first, by the ttnimpeacited te,timony of
J.iss Taylor, and the epistolary cot respoto:ence of the Oto.se of
York. ; and, scrutiny, the imincrous witnesic, who bore het
oat it) almost every sWr-tatitial tact. The honourable and
Learned Gentleman contrasted the case of his Royal
with that of Lord Melville, and cot tenikd strongly that it was
impussib:Le for the ilouse to pass over the conduct of his ;loyal
ighoess without adopting some similar course of proceeding in
tie present instance. Ile would yield as little to popular cla-
incur as any man, yet he could not help cousidernig, tit:lt by
their own act, the evidence hail all ;wen given to the pehlie,
and they woui:: form a judgment upon the case as: well as them-
sAves. The Hon. and I.:ran:oil Gentleman concluded a most
able and eloquent speech, -,ith declaring thatti& felt he had a
to t!-,t sokum duty to perform, and however pitiful to his feelings
it might be, he should vote for the original motion.
il, SI! rr it spoke at considerable length ; but AO much
noise prevailed in the House, that it was impossible to collect
Iv hat he
The Sc LICITOR-GENER A T., in a speech of nearly three
hours, supported ttk resolutions of the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer, and at-tat that it. would be unfair to condemn his Royal
llighness without ,sending him before a tribunal where he might
have an opportunity Of vindicating his innocence. The Learned
-Ueittleman took a copious review of the evidence broug-ht in
support of the charges, and concluded with expressing his full
011‘ictioo of the iniliießi:Ce of the Royal Duke
4..tti the Motion of Lord ('.ASTLL•'iLEAGLU the house adjourned.

Tuesday, March 14,

TILE DUKE OF YORK.
Mr. WYNN rose, nod said he lamented that the ll.onse should
be called upon to pursue a line of proceeding, which would pre-
vent them from sating distinctly either aye or no, to the pro-
positions offered to their consideration. Whether the Duke
of York was unfit to hold the situation of Commander in
Chief, and not that of subjecting him to particular trial. Be
would simply compare his case to that of any domestic servian,
who =hoot(' he indicted for an offence, of which however there
was not sufficient evidence to convict him capitally, :set that it
should come out that there had been very good ground for accu-
sation. Under such circumstances, he would ask, was there
any Member in the Howe who would retain such a servant any
tenger in his service i Ile believed not. lle should conceive
the case of Samuel Carter, who was certainly a very improper
petT,mt to have been put into the army, but whose case was cer-
tainly of all the others the least deserving of reprehension, to he
one on which a verdict could be given. It was more than proba-
ble that his fLoyalllighness on this would be acquitted of corrupt
connivance. Let him then suppose that there were fifty other
cases of improper promotions of the sal e. kind, still if there was
no stronger proof of corruption in any of them than in the first,
he would in all probability be acquitted of the wh)le, and by
that means thegerieral culpability of the person so arcused would
go unpunished. The charge which appeared to him the heaviest
against the. Duke of York, and which could be made the ground
of impeachment, was the case of Kennet the money-lender. In
this case the charge of corruption Would have been fully proved,
had not the negociation been broken off by the circumstance, :Is
appeared by the testimony of Mr. Greenwood, of his
being nn-
appeared
With-
able to provide the money he promised to advance.
out laying any stress whatever on the evidence of Mrs. Clarke,
although he was not disposed to think that she ought to he put
so entirely aside, as Honourable Members on the other side of
the House were pleased to think she deserved, yet the remaining
evidence on the Minutes was sufficient to sustain the charge of
corruption and connivance against hie It y llighness. The
evidence of Miss Taylor, a witness,proud to have heard
a Learned (it:adman (the Allister of tht itolls) state to be per-