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through his conneftion with Nils. Clarker'inighi it
not have brought the circumstance to his reeollee-,,
Lion? and :if so, his subsequent nondue, far from
being censurable, was laudable.. If a man :s pu.
nislieci for.- ,his viees„lis well ; but don't let him
stiffer for his virtues. When the circumstance was
first mentioned, with every aggravation that could
be attached to it, he was not surprised that the
-House should feelindipant ; but, when it appeared-
in its true colours, he could not. say what might be 3
the. feelings of others, but he' sincerely rejoiced at
the promotion of Carter. His letters, pregnant with
a lilseral gratitude, proved his edecation had pot been
thrown away upon him. His conduta since his *ap-
pointment, had proved he was not unworthy of it,.
he had since gained promotion solely by his merit,
and for his (Mr. Perceval'a) part he should feel ex•
tremely sorry if any thing that had transpired in the
course of the investigation,' should ever darken his
prospects, or operate to his disadvantage. The let-
ter relating to Clavering,, which was fresh in all
their memories, the Hon. Gentleman, had stated to
have been written in a very guarded style, it was:in
his opinion, inspossible for a moment to think. so, as
When it was written, his Royal Highness could not
have the smallest idea that it would ever be spade
public. The Hon. Gentleman proceeded fully to
controvert Mr. Wardle's observations on that letter.
'lt was evident Mrs. Clarke had amused Clavering,
by making him believe something would be done
for him by the Commander in Chief, through her
influence. Some accidental piece 'of intbrination
relating to military affairs; might have found its way
into the unsuspeding correspondence in which he
admits the Duke was engaged, but nothing tending
to prove any of the charges brought . against his
Royal Highness. As to the e,xpressionsin hicßoyal
Highness's letter le Mis,Ciarke, which relatediaDr.
O'Mara, dui), bad not, any timing to do with militity
tranSaaions, and were therefore irrelevant to the'
present inquiry ialthough it was as much to be
lamented, that Dr. O'Mara had got into the hands
of such a woman as Mrs. Clarke, as that his Royal
Highness himself had been so enfortunate. He
would now proceed•to make a few,observations on
the parcel of letters'found in Capt. Sanden'S bureau.
The most striking reircutristance in these letters was
the care evinced by Mrs. Clarke, that the Duke of
York should be kept ignorant of the transactions in
which she was engaged. There was one note from
Mrs. Clarke to Capt. Smitten, in which this appre-
hension was peculiarly evident. He meant the note in'
which she desired Captain Sanden not to comeao her
boxat the Opera that night, lest Mr.Greenwocid, Who
would be in the house with the`Duke of YO&reiglit
see him with her, suspe& theconneetion that existed.
between him, and tnentien his suspicions to his
Royal Highness. Another note from Mrs. Clarke
(page 382 of the minutes), was of a remarkable de.'
scription. In that note, she begs of Captain Sander'
. " never to breathe her name ;" another proof of her
fear lest the connexion between them should come
to the knowledge of the Duke. • Ina note (p. 379
of the Minutes) Mrs. Clarke tells Sandell, " that she
was vexed to death, for that he knows the state of
her finances ; that she apprehended a failure of her
objeti for Spedding, as the regiment be was in did
their exercise au badly, that the Duke swore at' them
very much, and had stopped the promotion of every
one in it." Now,, Col. Gordon had declaredi in his
evidence-at the Bar, that this was not the fakt ; and
$ that promotion in the regiment alluded to had never
1, been stopped. The Gazettes which had been pro-
, dueed also afforded a complete proof that such was
the case. In a subsequent note Mrs. Clarke says to
Sanden,' " What can Spedding mean by asking on
Thursday, through Gm. Tony!), for leave to go on
half-pay 3 'tis ode bei.aviour, and you most think
that some one thinks me used very ill." By a refe-
rence to the 4113 d page of the minutes of evidence,
it would be found, that Cape. Spedding had been
making application for promotion, that Sir Attired'
Clarke bad been referred to, but had stated that he
knew nothing of Captain Spedding; and (hit subse-
quently, Capt. Spedding applied, on the recommee-
, dation &Caen- Tottyn, to be placed on the half-pay;
' in Which application 'he was successful. The anger
of Mrs. Clarke wash therefore, clearly ancibutanl
to her want of success; and there were several other
instances in the course of thiscorrespondence with.
Capt. Sanden, in which she complained of a failure
in the influence which she. was desirous of exercis•-
tug. The next subject to which he should call the
' attention of the House was, the letters run away
with from Mrs. Clarke by time Hon. Gentleman 'ops
posite. To provt,the. barefaced nisregard of truth,,
which in many instances marked Mrs. Clarkels evi-
dence, he would merely refer to page 302 of the
' Minutes ; where would 'be found the following
'question,and answer: - , •.. -. . .
' s', Did you give these letters to Mr. Wardle in' en;
der to facilitate any negotiatiOn ?,--k. Yes ; not the
letters that Cal. Wardle ran away with, but letters
of Field Officers to recommend twit) or three Lieu-
, tenants to Companies: They ' were to give. more
than the regulation, three or fear hundred toned; ;
I understood from 'Mr. Donovan that Greenwood
was to have some part; Frome another, -himself a
share, and me."
Here' Mrs. . Clarke had the hardihood to state,
that she was to be the instrument et corruptly obtain •
itig,:t sum of money, of which Mr. Greenwood
was to have a share; an assertion that was'unques-
tionably devoid of trutli." This was a recent case
too, occurring .wince the discontinuance of her con-
. neaion with the Duke of York. There now only
remained for hint to consider the payment for the
plate to Mr. Birkett, and the presumptions that were
supposed to arise from the limited allowance that
Mrs. Clarke received from hia_Royal Highness.—'
'And now; with respeti to the first of these consi-
Aerations, if the House would refer Savage: -12 e
,of
the Minutes, they would find an account eattaCtu d
from Mi. Birkett's books, in which the first article
stated on the debtor side was the Duke of Berrie's
service df plate, amounting to 5,3631, ; other partir
culars followed, making the whole amount to i',et 11.
By the 'credit ' side of the same account, page 129,
it appeared that on the lath of May, I ite4, a pay-
ment had been made to Mr...Birkett of 5001. and all
the subsequent payments appeared to be by bills and
drafts, which were paid by the puke of Fork. It
,did" not appear that this first Payment of .500. I. was
at' all .referable to French's levy ; and it had been
'proved :in evidence, that loinediately after the 'es-
tablishment in Ghitaceiter-placar had been ' formed,
.5001. had been advanced by Eis Royal Highness to'
Mrs. Clarke, for plate
.and linen, It was pevbahle