The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-10 00:00:00

Q.-Da you dot live with your father c!

rot,
•a. Is your (tabu alive?---A. He is alive,
Q. Is your mot Iwr alive ?—A. She is.
Q. Do you lice with her ?—A. I do not,
Q. Are you married ?—.A. I am not.
Q, Witness has said that she lives with her sister,
what is her name Sarah.
Q. Is the witness's sister married?---A. No.
Q. Whew' does 6be reside?.—A. At Chelsea.
Q. What employment has the witness and her
sister ?—A. We keep a boarding-school.
Q. Did witness ever live at BayswAter with' Mrs.
Clarke?—A. Yes.
Q. In what fart of Bayswater ?--A. Thstwts-
hhlce.
. a. Dees witness know whether any other man
lived with Mrs. Clarke but his Royal Highness,
live her husband left her ?—A. None else to my

kuowledie.
Q. Arc you related to Mrs. Clarke?---A. My
brother is married to her sister.
a. Did witness know ,Mrs. Clarke when she Fe-
sided in Tavistock-street ?-4. 'Yes.•
• Q. Dal witnes4 know if her husbAna lived with
Mrs. Clarke at that period ?—A. No ; she lived

with her mother.
Q., How 'Ong ago has witness lived at Bayswa,
ter 7—A: I do not exactly know.
Q. What was Mrs. Clarke's husband 7—A. I be-
lieve he was a man'of fortune.
Q. Does witness know that he had only 501. a
year given to him by weekly payments 7—A. I
know nothing of the matter.
• Q. When did Mrs, Clarke leave Bayswater ?
A. I do not recolle&.
Q. Did witness live with Mrs. Clarke in Tavi•
stock-street ?—A. I never slept m the house during
her residence there.
Q. Did any man live with Mrs. Clarke about that
period besides her husband ?—A. Never that I
knew. •
Q. What is the name of the father of the wit-
ness 7—A. Taylor, the same as my name.
Q. Is he now living 7-4. Yes, he is: •
Q. Where is the father of the witness now ?
The witness declining answering this question,
Lord Fot.u.s-retee was of opinion that she ought
not to be compelled, as there might possibly be eir-
cumstances attending the disclosure of this question,
which might prove injurious to the witness's father,
nor could he conceive that any material benefit would
result to the.present inquiry from the disclOsure of
' this circumstance,
The ATTOONEY-GENERAL in replrobserved, that,
he knee% nothing of the witness; but sure he was,
that much of the credit of the testimony of this evi-
deed° depended upon that degree .of respedability.
winch both the witness and her cOunthions• in SO-
,. ciety held: Would the Noble Lord, or any Mem-
ber in the House, deny dist the evidence of a proiti;.,
Lute, who mif:4lit be picked up"in a street, was to. be
equally relied upon with that of a person who sup-
ported a decent and a respe6table charaeler ? Nor
was it immaterial to the present inquiry to know
where the father aild Mother of the witness resided,
as it was highly probable 'that the knowledge of this
cireunistance might:tend to extricate truth• from the
mine of 'error, with which it appeared to him to .be
involved.
After some remarks from Mr. S'it nein AN'and Mr.
TIOUSTON, en the propriety of petting this question,
the witness was recalled, and the examination conti-
nued by the ATTORMOt-OeNVIAL.
Q. Where does the witness's father live ?—A. I
de not lotus.
Q. By Mr. PERCEVAL—
Doei witness Mean' by
her fast answer, that the thinks the veracity and
• Weight of her evidence would' be weakened by the.
disclosure of she, present residence of her father ?
Mr. BI,ANT: said, that neon reflection, he trusted
the flight Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Perceval) would
tint press The question, as is evidently went to
wound the feelings of the witness.
Mr. PeRCEOtL. observed, that he could na help
suspthing, that something would be disclosed by
a direesl amtWerlo that question, that ,would greatly,'
• if not wholly,' discredit the testimony of the wit-
, tsrss. It mist appear a very extraordinarrcase,
thstne4her of the sisters knew, or rather wankd
not tell, where the father 'was and therefore he
6till adhered to his former.opinion, that the question
ought to be answered in a dire& manner.
Mr. Wmesarouce saw no good that could result
from compelling the witness to answer the question
it4' a direct form, as it was probable the feet could
be,,ascertained, by putting the question in another
shape. •
Mr. YOIIKK thought itutterly impossible to carry
NI the inquiry, unless such questions were point
(iffy answered ; the truth could never be found out,
oil the obloquy under which The' Duke of York
LA Wien, by a combination of some of the most
abandoned charaeters, could not be as easily remov-
ed, it the winless was permitted to evade answering
s questioe, which in his judgment was fair and
leesottable.
Mr. Sisteote did not see any reasonable obithion
to the showering of the -question, and therefore
trusted the Committee would not relax.
Witness being recalled, the question was repeated
by Mri PeacevAL. •
Q. Where does the father of the witness reside ?
I cannot tell.
a. Does witness seriously persist in her denial 7
. .
A. l do, serioesly.
Q. When did witness see her father last 7—A.
About a fortnight ago.. •
,Where did she live then 7-.4. ACCltelsea.
Q.. What reason has witness for decliningto ans-
wer where her father lives now 7—A. She could pot
condescend to give a re.asnn. -
Q.,Wfiere did he live before he came there ?
A. InAfferent parts of the country. •
Q. In what part of Chelsea does the witness re-
. side ?—A. In China-row.
Q. At what number No. 0.
by the: ATTORNEY-G2NkAt4l4.-",-0. Did witness
plum see. the Duke 'of York in company With Mrs.,
CLirke 7-55 A,,,,, yes, often.
Q. How long has witness kept a boarding school ?
.n-. 4. Two years.
Q. 01 i 4 sivitness live all that time at Chelsea ?

No.
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