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London, England, 1809-12-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

Sir Richard Phillips's evidence your Lot &hip also passed un-
noticed, and yet, ineweighing the probabilities of the case, it did,
and does strike me, that his evidence is important ; for he proves
distinctly, a dedreation of Mrs. Clarke, subsequent to the inves-
tigation, that she was indebted to Mr. right for the furniture
in question, and was pressed for paginent.
It was said by Your Lordship that the evidence given on my
behalf, ought to be looked at with caution : Surely, my Lord,
where testimony is contradictory, caution is equally necessary on
both sides, and more especially so, when the situations of some of
the Defendants are considered !,
Your Lordship seems at a loss to guess, what could induce
Mrs. Clarke to make the discovery which she did, and undergo,
for a length of time, the examitiation of the House of Commons,
unless she was led to hope for a pecuniary recompence at my
hauls.
The answer, my Lord is not of difficulty; is it not probable
that Mrs. Clarke might look forward to a public investigation,
as a means of ind:teing the Duke of York to comply 2vith the
c;ainzs she had upon him ? and has not TILE RESvLT evinced,
oot only, that such claims have been attended to, but that a far
greater slim than was originally demanded by Mrs. Clarke, has
oeen paid to her ?—One point in your Lordship's charge only re-
mains for me now to observe upon, and it is this :
Your Lordship asked why Mr. Corfield was not called to give
evidence, as to the note I had written to him, urging the exami-
cation of the witnesses at the first trial ; to which I anse er, that
Mr. Corfield was in Court, apparently aiding and assisCeg the
eause of the Defendants. What I stated, in this respect. needed
;10 confirmation.-1 have the original Address to the ‘•
" of the United Kingdom" in mg possession, in lb-. Cur ft'ic''s
I:ald writing ; and, expecting from the conduct of the Attoroey-
leiteral, that Mr. Corfield might be called as atl itnes4 [het
s.trt of the Defenda!ls, 1 subperna-d Mr. Serjennt best, far I;.e_t
purpose of proviog, if Nil.. shawl have been put onto the
oox, what had passed at ate interview between the Se:jet/0, Mr.
rnifiad, and Mr. ; ;fiat that the seniiments of Mr. Serjeant
Best, as to the conduct and character of Mr. Cwfield, might. in
such ease, have been stated to the .lury I have now, my Lord,
travelled through the case ; on which have, honest' , candidly,
and temperately submitted to your liorthltip, such observations
its have uncured to me; and, in so doing, I hope and trust that I
have not been unmindful of the respect due to that exalted situa•
:ion which your Lordship tills.
I have the honour to remain,
Your Lordship's most obedient Servant,
GM. LL. WARDLE.

James-street, 'Buckingham-gate,
16th Dec. 1809.

The following- copy of a leiter from Mrs. CLARKE to
Mr. WAtermy IS Sill/it/hied to the above letter to Lord
ELLENEOROUGII

May 14, ,1809.:

D E.l ft Sin—When I sent for you the other day, and you
came, accompanied by Major Dodd, to inquire of you how far
)ou intended to carry into execution your promises towards me,
you seemed unwilling to admit that these promises had heed
made, hut conditionally, in the event of the Duke of Kent suc-
ceeding the man whom t teas to give evidence enough against to
turn out ; this I deny, it was without that condition. The man-
ner that 111ajor Dodd and yourself evinced, led me to believe that
you both felt yourself under promises that you were unequal or
unwilling to perform ; and you thought to avail yourselves of ft;-
titre promises, as futile as evasive, neither of which ought or
can prevail. I will here put you in mind, once more, of those
prowl-es, and of my expectations, which, if von value your-
selves and characters, as men of honour, you cannot but accede
to, nor can vou think I require any thing but what I am most
fully entitled to.
As you say nothinc, is in your power at this present moment,
will lay down my ;lan ;—that yourself and Major Dodd enter
into a joint bond (as you did in promises) to give me, within the
space of two years, the sum of ten thousand pounds, and till that
time to allow me five hundred a year, commencing from last
March, and to pay the remainder of Mr. Wright's bill. This is
not half, in value, of the promises given, as I will here specify.
That as my son would lose the protection of the Duke of York
as soon ns I began to work on his ruin (which I had pledged
myself to complete), he was to huve the same protection from
the Duke of Kent ; in consequence I took my boy from the
Duke of York, and I have him now on my hands. Capt.
Thomson Kas to have a situation competent to keep him io his