The National Register.
London, England, 1809-12-17 00:00:00

D'EC._ 11.

Could pay 'her way. RecolleetS Colonel Wardle told him she
Wanted Money to pay the butcher and baker, as persons in very
deCeat•cirriinstances Might. Ile Went to Wright's with Colonel
and,lurti. Clarke; theiday- after they came to town,
NvhethisiliaW intiityetpensilie articles. which he afterwards saw
ht NrvbiAhoittne-pittee. 'Believed, that during the inquiry, Col.
'Wardle thonghttiffrs. Clarke an iinportant witness; hut does not
recollect' hiasitn have' expressed his satisfaction at the manner
the gave betOtvidence: went with Colonel Wardle to filing-
ItVorth, in eoliseqUence Of Colonel Wardle's telling him that Mrs.
Clarke hail infOrined him, she was much pressed by Wright, and
beget* hint, with tears In her eyes, io Assist her. Colonel
*Wardle said he had refused; hut asked him if he could suggest
any Mode .b.y.svr hick lt could be done. He observed, that it was
Ncit ittitdinition for one tradesmau to accommodate another with
4 hill', 'find' he went to blingworth for that purpose, and told
Ott if he would give his acciiptancc for 5901. to Wright,
as Cikottel Wardle was but little knoWfwa him, Colonel Wardle
Ind likoself would give their acceptitheei'far 2591. each, ac a
tottater7security. Illingworth accepted Vhight's bill for 5001.
ltnd afterwards brought him ti hill for 2W-which he accepted
attd paidithen it became due:- • He never heiftvl any inquiries as
go prOmises that were madel-Mis. Clarke, except what he saw in
the.ittftotit of theproceedings Ware the House of Comm Ons—
. ackito*letrged it would have been equAly convenient to him
to have-:p.taitt 'l* 2501. in the 'first instance. In answer to a
iluestifitf tticile this.. circuitous mode, • and not gibing a
* t", he thought it better ColOnel Wardle's name
tVii t nren tinned. ' • •
Loftl'Ett;ON,aoaonhir whited Major Dodd would give some
tettitthlfofthi4 cOcuitintstiesk.' va- 7 ' •
Fletal4itirti bei*ved that the, Duke of Kent was extremely
adverse to, and sorry fpr the inquiry, and that he had uniformly
been s'oriWeditiiiieretrWardle As having come for ward in a
itatriotic cadge"; 'and •ighbtigh *he Was Secretaiy to the Duke Of
Kern,' as he 'had always., faithfully- seried his Royal Highness,
be thought be • had a tight Alt visit Co!. Wardle and Mrs. Clarke,
or any one he pleasedi ' ' " •

Gr.gNwistexamined by Mr. GLEADE.
Re stayd,_ that: about the •Ilith or December, MS, Mrs.
Clarke,ap.Plied to.him to intercede with Colonel Wardle to assist
her with 5,'2•01..t0,pay Mr. Wright, and which she .had owed
him forttw'o years.. He refused to do so, having often heard Co-
lonel Wardle say he would ant be answerable for her debts ; but
'if she could point. out to Win any .wa.v of repaying the sum
in three Months, he wriuld speak-to Colonel Wardle to
+vet some of his friends to advance that sum.. She told him some-
thing about :the lease of a .house in . Bedford...place she had to
dispose of, from which: she expected to receive some money,
and that she, vas sure. she .could pay. it in less titan three
months from, the profits .of a narrative . she was about to pub—
lish, .respecting the Duke of York's connection with her.
Some time after,. Colonel Wardle called at Mrs. Clarke's : he
called
.him aside, and they. went.into the garden, --where he told
him whamt Mrs. Clarke requested, but the Colonel refused to do
It. He afterwards went to, Wrights : and told him Colonel
Wardle.would• not be. answerable for his debt to him or to any
other person, and .if het was so inclined, he toeld not,. for
it would militate against the measures he was preparing. He
also told Wright' he. was.surprised he wortid give her fresh cre-
ilit, who answered him, he, did it that he might get what she
owed him. That it was of long standing. more than two years;
titat he had applied for it in another place, anti !rail kern re-
fused. Heiler: said.the articles were very expensive, and that
she might plainer furniture. Wright replied she-Was
a gay young woman,.. vow loved to make a shew, and that she
was fond of .expensive-articles. • •
Mr. I LLIN.CIPORTH cailed.and examined.
Mjcir Dodd and Mr. Wardle called upon him together, to
get him to-lend his bill for 5001. to Mrs. Clarke. There was
so particttlar mode of security stated; but it was understood
that Major Dodd and Mr.. Wardle would guarantee the pny-
meat.' .There'd as no secreiy imposed on him in this transaction.
He called. upon Mrs.:.Clarke one day, and told her that he
came by the desire of Major -Dodd to get from her a ante of-
-5001. lor.'the bill With which he was .ready: to• accommodate
her'., She lirentthi note at three months date. • ' • '
The 121L'itortN EY ; IV ER Az, said, that. it wits not an unusual
thin 'for filen in. distress to take the independent. line, and in
veighitiast corruption.,- In .thercortnner,- ho ver, •rin.. which
ttfis ggek waii.opebed,- most sprioas charFes.Were,madc. It
-*us tafilhat men were deyrtted of valuable ecnillOpiienia under

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