The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-18 00:00:00

Gentleman opposite, he remarked, that though
"the points, vt• hen separately taken, may be very
strong, yet the various parts taken together mate-
rially interfered with each other. The Right Hon,
Gentleman' bad said that Tonyn's -letter may be a
fined one, and that the evidence of Miss Taylor
may be framed for the purpose. He also said, that
if-both were proved to be truei they would not affe&
his Royal Highness. He had further stated, that he
conceived they were possessed of great abilities to
enable them to do such things. The goble I.,:rd
would say,, if that were the case, the imperfea note
and imperfe& conversation were proofs of their abi-
lity not being employed in their. manufacture., He
cast, ered the comes -of connivance and absolute
'Cd tion as clistinel. But let the nature of- th.i
distintlion be' what it Would, be contended that
either was of a nature which required, if proved
against the Commander in Chief, his immediate re- ;
,mov I. He was sure that his Royal Highness, if he
Tetletite-.1, could not imagine that Mrs: Clarke's inter.
let elf e for-Dr. O'Mara', General Glittering, or Ma-
jor Tonyn, ctiuld net be- the,effeft of attypeenhar
fondness for either. , He agreed With. au Honoura-
ble Friend of his, that there was a great-blindness in
certain great men,- end. posehly it may have had
some effeet.on his Royal Highness. .He could not
- possibly vote for vkords of an equiv,,eal rneunin;.— •
He thought that the •nettiod of proceeding by At-,
dress would even- do a -considerable - injury to Vie
Commander in Chief it the Right Hon. Gentleman
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was persuaded that no guilt could 'attach to him.--
The Address, after proving that hi,..; Royal Highness
was unjustly accused-of.eertain crinits,. goes On n?
brand him I.vitruanother, 'which ntylit not to:beinr
troduced. He did not enilskler the discussion.d.
thii question in a criminal view, as cornin4-:witlini
the. fundions of the House. It would be an unfair, •
and an unfit tribut\,i I to discusi snct,ht,o tt; ;w iti
attere.o.
r'lii)te-
Noble Lord was of Opinion, that h
participatiooexistred;yee his Itoyal llighnesS.Was riot
'perftittiy clearof connivance. 110.,t9C,i3i-esu:d hint-,
sell in tavOur of the 'Hon. llareoet's- ArnenclMent,
and said, arat he wrield.give hts stegati.ve. to.che pro-
: position.df the Right Honourable Citauceilor of the
Eaehequer. ' . . . • ' • . :

The Scietcrroa-Gaettaaa. for SCCT',AND, 11111i1
great confusion'of cries • for the questiOn, stated it,
to be his opinion, that there was no' difference be.
tweeze criminal connivance and corrnotiote. He Vinl
dicated the right. of 'proceeding to consider thte sub-.
jed in a judicial point of -view, and elefenited his
oyal Eiglitiesalrom the charges of, climirutlity er.
compt participation: • lie did. not consiitice, with
others, that the Resolution of the Right Hon. this
Chencellor of the *Exchequer contained any •think
eqeivocal ; 4)tt should, therefore, give his vote'for it.
• Mr. C.DUNDAS spoke very brietly on the Skibiett.
His opinion was, that the iotel evideoce weer to
jostity his Royal Highness the.Cotionander in CnieN
The CHANCELLOR of the Excloolerett eepWeee,
it some length, in answer toehe observations of, the •
Noble Lord (H. Petty`).• The ground of the Rosie.
lunar) which he had to move seemed to be ine great
measure misunderstood. That Resolettion' was net
intended to find any Gentleman to vote for any ad-
dress which it was supposed to be his intention to
move after the passing of the resolution; It would
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still be open to any Gentlem in to refuse hit assent to
any motion expressive of a wish that the Duke t!if
York 'should remain in OffiCe. .The eploioo aie was
anxious should how be exeressedeiVartiot-Onty-that
there was no ground for eturging his Royal
flees with personal corruptioo, ,or pertieipatioo
the corrupt pradices complained of, but thst_there
was no room even to suspect the exi4e ice ot,rly.
ciannivauce at, or' knowledge of, these cop:apt
pradices. Indeed; in his mend, the latter charge
would argue as much, Or more baeeness and corrup-
tion than the former; nor would., the Duke of Yak
have reason to thank the House foeacquriting him of
personal corruption, if they did not, at the same time,
• clear him of the mote. dammog charge,. of criminal
connivance at such corrupt prattices, Neither lonia.
•the doanments, nor from the evidence •prodeeed
at the Bar, could be deduced' the- she,htest grew's(
for convicting him of either. His Royal Higintess
Must_ therefore be acquitted of.. all crimes, and' of
any criminal conni'vanceaetheni. ;As to his further
wishes, he should not disguise his anxiety to 'see the'
Duke_of
.Yoik continued in the situatiou of Com-
mander in Chief, and enabled to' pursue the services
which belied rendered-to the country in that otpa-
city. ;tie should, again repeat, that by vceing fur
hie Resolutien, no Gentleman void he bound to
'vote for the Address, which he might deem it 11'15',
duty subsequently,. to Incive. •
Mr. WMTBREAD rose, amidst a loud and general,
'cry-of qtaestiou, questi;m!—He should not, he said,
'detain the Hoare for any time, seeitig their impa-
,tienceto close the disossion; but he uoost beg leave.
,to remind them, that the Right Hon. Geotleman
was coW. endeavouring to iovo!ve and confound two
questions, that of personalcorruptlore, end cow ti t'atteet
at 'corropt pradices, which, mood separate before.
This. he, conceived to ..be an unfair proceeding
tar, atter all that had passed; after all that had
been heard, •and proved et the Bar', .by the condo-
sion of the businesS, it was intended toinsinuate that
_the. Puke of York ought still to continue in office.
Metes had been expressed respecting the degree
of praiae to which the Hon. Movetecit the present
question was .erititted. kle:.had never said-that 'his
lion. Friend Was likely to receive a formal Vote of
Th3Liks from that Htease, (or the services which hia
late independent and manly condoct was. Met-lilted
to render; but Sure he; was,' that the exertions of bis
Hon. Friend would carry with them the cordid
and undivided thanks of the Nation. He here toe-
trasted the chiritter, the condutt,, and the fortttlici
pi.the Peke of York, with those of the Greit Dek
of Marlborough, and asked if that able and successoll
General had not been dismissed on charges not
more grave. But there was a very stratee: .cireem-
stake had come to his ears, w it h
cumbent on him to ecquaint the Hooee, and that
was, that within these few d;ryS'a ineetingqiad taken
place of 'General Ottioers; at which meeting it-was
proposed to address the Duke of York, on the pre-
sent occasion, and to assure his Rityal Highness of
their gratitude and atotehmem. To what, could the
proceedings of such teitieetinee lead'? If it another of
General Officers were Allowed thus to hold meetines
and deliberate,- why might not comnion heft}, rat
motete their proteedinga, 'and sit in deliberatian
Klatt ? .\Vasitins a ciretonstance, to be overlooked by
the House ? Was it not one of the enosedeneetoes
tendency Was it not an attempt to ei-ed 414