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THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

the River St. Lawrence being frozen, could not probably be
before June next. Much had been said on the advantages which
this country would derive front the Embargo being raised with
respect to England, and continued with resit ...et to France. But
this was a chimerical measure. The moment the French decrees
were repealed, ours would he so too. But his Majesty had
pledged himself not to seem to purchase the removal of the
Embargo, by an act of yielding weakness beneath the dignity
of this country.
Lord GREN V ILLE having made an able reply, the House
divided, when the members stood thus :—Ayes, 70—Noes,
115—Majority against the Motion, .15.—Adjourned.

1101-SE OF COMMONS.

Mondacy, Fe). 1 3.

The Ilfonqe resolved into a Committee of Supply, in which
the Bill for raking 1,500,000/. by Exchequer Bilk, and for
paying ox 1,500.00 tn. oft he outstanding Exchequer Bills of last
yii.ar, was read fur the first time.

Tim Di; N.E OF YORK.
Mr. MALTBY examined by the CHANCELLOR of the Ex-

C E r R.. —Q. Are you acquainted with Mrs. Clarke? A. Yes;
since July, 1806.—Q. flow did you become so acquainted with
• her A. By means of Mr. Russel Manners, who was a Member
of last Parliament, and who married my wife's sister. He in-
troduced me to Mrs. Clarice, whom he stated to have great in-
fluence with the Duke of York. I therefore went with him
to call upon her. This might be three or four years since, about
July or August 1506. Mr. Manners, by his relation Gen. Manners,
Last a reg.imental account to settle, which could only be done
through the Duke of York. He wished therefore to be well
widl Mfrs. Clarke.—Q. What had you to do in this transaction?
A. I had accommodated Mr. Manners with various sums of
money, to the amouat of about one thousand pounds, in conse-
quence of which he a,signed over to me this regimental account,
in which he was the creditor against government. I wished to
get it settled if I could, and therefore kept well with Mrs.
Clarke.—Q. What do you know of a Mr. Lodovick, or do you
Ino w any thin; of this person? A. I understood that Mr. Lodo-
vick wanted a place, a Commissary's place, or something of that
kind.—Q. Who seat Lodovick to you ?A. Mrs. Clarke.—
She sent him to you to procure him a place? A. Yes, to
ptit him in the way of And was any money deposited
in consequence? A. Yes, 750/. —Q. Who were the agents
to wham you were to have given this money, in the event ?
A. Mr. Tindal was to have had the 1501. the other 6001. I don't
know who was to have had, except Mr. Lloyd.— Q. And
what were you to get if the appointment took place? A. No-
thing at You had no other purpose than merely to oblige.
Mrs. Clarke? A. No, I had no other purpose.—Q. Had you
ever represented yourself to Z? rs . Clarke as having any connec-
tions, as knowing any person, through whom you might procure
any appointment? A. Never, I am sure of. Did Mr!.
Clarke ever apply to you on any other cases of this kind? A.
Yes, for a gentleman of the name of Thomson, a relation of per's.
Q. When were all these applications made? A. Since Septem-
ber last.---Q. Did you not know that she had separated from the
Duke at that time ? A. No; she never told me that she had.
—Q. Do you not know that Mrs. Clarke used to represent you
as the Duke of Portland, used to say that you were her Duke of
Portland ? A. I never knew it till I heard so the other day.
Lard ro Lts sTo N e.—Q. When you found that Mrs.
Clarke had so little interest to obtain the situations, for
which she received your assistance, how came you to imagine
that she had sufficient interest with the Duke of York to obtain
your object I believed she had still considerable influence
over the Duke, and was under his protection.—Q. How
many interviews had you, on various occasions, with Mr. Tin-
dal ? A. I cannot tell, but a great many.—Q. In any one of
those interviews did you a,ic Mr. Tindal through what channel
he teas to obtain those appointments ?—A. On one occasion,
that of Mr. Lodovick's, I asked Mr. Tindal through what me-
dium he was likely to obtain the appointments ; and he an-
owered me thrcugh the Wellesiev interest, but he did not men-
tion any particular person.—Q. What first led you to \lr. Tin-
dal ? A. I had been acquainted with him as a kind of agent,
and understood he could obtain appointments under government.
I was about to state, that I had understood Mr. Manners had
received a letter from the Duke of York., in which he was
pro nited a place suitable to his name and family. Q. Did
that bare had lepoken to the Her. Clarke, in your hearing, ray

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Duke of York on the affairs of Mr. Manners ? A. Did
she ever mention Mr. Manners's business to ion ? A. I do not re-
collect.—Q. Did you transact the business fur Mrs. Clarke
gratuitously, or did you expect to derive any emolument ? A. I
hoped to get my account settled.—Q. How long is it since you
have given up the hopes of the settlement ? A. About a mouth.
Mrs. Clarke was then called in, who produced a packet of
letters, which she said she had received from Mr. Maltby,
which she presumed to he his hand-writing, from his name being
signed to them all. She also produced two letters from Mr.
Barber, whose hand-writing she. also professed a•knowledge of.
She was then asked if she had any other letters or papers
replied she had; three from Col. M`Mahott.

Lord FOLKSTON E asked her if she had any other papers to
produce ? A. Yes; she then presented a letter from the Arch-
bishop Tuam, in recommendation of Dr. O'Mara. This letter,
she stated, was not directed to her, but to the Doctor him.
self. She had also a letter from the Duke of York, on the
subject of General Claveriag ; and the Duke of York's answer
to her respecting Dr. O'Mara; and a letter from Cu!. Shaw,
dated from the Downs, previous to his-sailing fur the Cape of
Good Hope, and soliciting to be placed on the half-pay list.
Q. Have you seen the Duke of York write, and is the letter
now •hewn to you his writiig;—A. Yes, I have seen his Royal
Highness write. This letter to George Farquhar is his hand-
writing. Every letter his Royal Highness addressed to me,
the superscription was in a fictitious hand, and directed to Mrs.
Clarke, at the Post-Office, Worthing, to be left till called for.
The inside of those letters were in his Highness's usual hand.—
Q. How did you come to the knowledge of the Archbishop of
Tuain's hand-writing T. A. I found the letter by accident among,
the documents of Dr. O'Mara.

Here Mrs. Clarke was ordered to withdraw, when several
letters of Mr. Maltby were real by the Clerk. They related to
appointments which Mrs. Clarke undertook to obtain for
dttkrent officers, urging her to persevere in their behalf K itb the
Duke of York.

The remainder of Mr. Malthy's letters had reference to Mr.
Barber and Mr. Lloyd, in tire procuration of a situation in the
Commissariat Department, for Mr. Lodovick.
Two or three letters from Col. M`Mahon to Mrs. Clarke were
then read.

The laat of Colonel 11‘11ahon's letters declared, his total in-
ability to serve Mrs. Clarke ; but, at the same time, he ex-
pressed the high sense he entertained of her manners and conduct,
which demanded nothing but his respect, and an assurance of the
good wishes be entertained for her.

AUTHENTIC LETTERS,
FROM THAI DUE OF ronx TO MRS. CLIRNR.

" August 4, 1805.
" How can I sufficiently express to my sweetest, my darling
Love, the delight which her dear, her pretty letter gave me, or
how much I feel all the kind things she says to me in it ! millions
and millions of thanks for it, my Angel ! and be assured that my
heart is fully sensible of your affection, and that upon it alone
its whole happiness depends. I am, however, quite hurt that my
Love did not go to the Lewes Races; how kind of her to think
of me upon the occasion ; but I trust that she knows me too well
not to be convinced that I cannot bear the idea of adding to those
sacrifices which I um but too sensible that she has made to me.
News, my Angel cannot expect from me from hence ; though
the life led here, at least in the family I am in, is very hurrying,
there is a sameness in it which affords little subject for a letter;
except Lord Chesterfield's family, there is not a single person
except ourselves that I know. Last night, we were at the play
which went off better than the first night. Dr. O'Meara called
upon me yesterday morning, and delivered me your letter ;
he wishes much to preach before Royalty, and if I can put
him in the way of it I will. What a time it appears to sae al-
ready, my darling, since we parted ; How impatiently 1 look
forward to next Wednesday se nnight ! God bless you, my own
dear, dear Love ! I shall miss the post if I add more; Oh believe
me ever, to my last hour, your's and your's alone."
Addressed :
Mrs. Clarke, to be left at the Post-Oeice, Worthing.
66 Sandgate, 24, 1804.
" How can I sufficiently express to my darling love my thanks
for her dear, dear letter, or the. delight which the assurances of
her love give me ? Oh, my Angel ! do me justice and be con-
vinced that there never was a woman adored as you are. Every
day, every hour convinces me more and more that my whol
happiness depends upon you alone. What a time it appears to
bu since we pitrted, and with what Impatience do I look ft,r