The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-10 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PALIAMENT.

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that return, not' tinding'that a latisraaory increase
,had taken place, put A --period to it on the'i6th
The Hon. Gentleman had 'commented at large ori
the mild terms In which. thiS intimation hid heeil,
made: he had read a passage in the letter
trate that assertion, bathe had seleded a porta the'
letter which It was, by no means fair to take. Inc.
dependent of the parts connected with it; he had
Jetted a middle passage, and in So doing, had, by no
means done justice to the whole, 'as if the parts
netied with the passage thus singled out • vvete read •
with it, it would be found sufficiently severe ; 4hat
part of the'evidence, :tliertfore, he thou;l4, ought
Wholly to be done away: Much bad b. en said pf
the expence attending raising men in this Manner ;
1501. a man had been represented as an expense as
enormous as unnecessary ; but it W 65 to be remem. '
bered, that thia sum. inelnded the whole machinery
of the plan and that hid not the levies been raised.,
in the manner they:-were, the expellee attending •
them would greatly have. exceeded :that sums. He '
therefore asserted, from the continuance of the:lefr
vide, it was economical in its effects. fituhelditi
his hand the levies of Bradahaw, NugentpandArrn+
strong, ,rach..,of. which, without taking into.e.;inti,
deration the rutchinery, &c. were not bps. axPen"
sive. The lieu ease: to which he woula ettreciktht
notice, was one which merited particular atientiOn—;-:
thatr,of Colonel Shaw: Mrs, .Clarke, in her, evi.,
deuces .gage :35.5, in the Minutes, stated, that Co.,
lonel Shaw applied to her for a promotion, for which
he promised,to make her a; compliment of.) OVVI. ;.
that she at:malty did receive 60UI. of that,stun, but
in consequenCe of his tailing to pay the remainder,
the Commander in Chief riad, at her instigation,
placed.him, on half-pay. She had fart her,st atedi.that
he Sent:het' several letters, hilt she . did not .tron6le

HOLSE OF PEERS,

TWURS.R. Y, 11ARCII 9. -
The Naturalization Bill, and another Pri3tei3ill,
were read a second time. _

Lord MotitA said; he had looked over the Papers
rflative 'to the War, in -spttin and Portugal, west;h
viteielaid betore the I-ibuse yesterday,' and he• ob-
tierved,.that letter from- Lord Casth-l-etigh to Sir
Hew Dialryrnple; teferred, to an application iroot the
Junta ot Seville foilati aid o!..
.t o,tion men, He wished
that. the docbitient alluded •to 'nig-lir:be produced;
unless there were ,soiree Ter? 'patiicular reasons. for
wtthhoidin:; 4r.
The • Earl Of Ltvrat;o6r. said, he Imps not aware
until that day, that the 'Paper alluded to was want-
ing J.-he should, howeVer, make,the 'necessary in-
quiries respecting it, and if it contained-nothing
which rendered it unfit for being made public, it
should be prodaced.—Adjorirned.-

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'HOUSE OF COiIMONS.
• -- I{6l)A I', 'AC it 9.
The annual Indemnity Bill was passed, and order-
ed to the Lords..
The Exchequer Bills' Bill was read a second time,
and ordered to be committed to-morrow,
Mr. WHAaToN .brought tip the , Report of the
Committee appointed to consider of the List of the
East India Judicature. The Clerk. read ()yet the
names of the Metnneri, which was agreed to, •
Lord MILTON wished to know Irma- the Mar-
quis of Titchfield, whether Capt°. Sanden was a Lieu-
tenant-Colonel in the Middlesex Militia.? •

The Marquiereplied, he could not say. hersellenoch with reading them ; one of thelettera
Mr. CROLER observed, that he signed himself she believed she had given,in that night. 'l:hessian-
ette Lieutenant-cotonta. of the Middlesex Militia, stance of, theelocumentio which she refers (Colonel
but now Captain Sandell. of the Royal Waggon Shaw's letter),: was wholly inconsistent with her
Train, story. The letter in •questiotecontained an gaffer of
The Bill to prevent Child Murder in Scotland was more money, but_ not the. remotest allusion was
passed to the Lords. .. , made to his ,haying failed to pay her the sum still-
CALL OF TLIE HOUSE. lated as the price of his promotion. But it content--
Lord FOLKSTONE moved, that the Order of the : ed a promise of pecuniary assistance to a more eon-
Day Ise read for calling over the House; which be- siderattie extent, as an annuity at 3001. a-year Was
ing done, he moved, that , the acme be Called, certainly fer preferebtem:the sum of etsol. Colo.,
over to-morrow'
,as there was a probability that the net Sietw's letter did not advert to any thing at all
business would not close to-night. : . consistent with the story she had told. "De away
Mr.llettaseoets said, it' it did. not, he, thought it the present evil," it concluded, ." and uitite the ape
unnecessary to have the Call of the,House banging. : pointments I .•have 'mentioned, and I will, annually,
over the heads of Members.if not carried into execu- remit the sum of 3001. 'Whilst tremolo, reineniber
Lion.. The Irish Gentlemen were under the ileces.. to do toe justice; let not. any thing pieveut .this;
shy of returning to the Assizes, and, if the Noble allow not self, or familrever to say weuwed misters.
Lord persisted, lie Must allude to the Union, :the tune to such a hand." . When-speaking of thieJete
business of Grand Juries iu Ireland, the state of the ter, Mrs. Clarke expressed herself with great, in*
Reels, and other particulars, which it . would take ditfertinceese" He seat me several, etters complain
him three hours to explain. The call ,was .unneces- ing, 'but I did not trouble' myself much with reeditig
sary, as it was evident, Gentlemen. did not wish to them; one of the letters .1 :gave in to-night, I be-
-14.Y tlirebiXsittese. e.
...
.. , . , . lieye." Now, can any one think, but her_ .a iuo
Mr. FuLLER thought the Call unnecessary, from rnent, that a letter4l Atli nature could be regarded
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the attendance in the House below and above sulks. by her with that indifference sheath:a:A. That she
General Gescoviseevished tu.understand, it it was could hardly reinember'reading a ,letter oircring tier,
the intention of the Noble Lord that the Call.witi to 3001. pet annum. ()tie thing watt obvious, namely,
stand for Monday next; if so, he would take the that Mrs. 'Clarke had been- amesing him weth pre-
sense ofehe House. . rinses of assisting him through the intluence, site pre-
lord FoutsTorlit said, he had no soul! intention, tended, her aseendandy over the Duke gave.her, • iii
-The motion wag then :put, „and the Hotise was - the atieirs relating to the army, but which in realrty
gedered to be called over to-morrow. ' ' • • she did not possess. s Great 'application shads becu
• . TUE DUKE OF YORK, ' made in behalf of thatOdieeeby Geucral Burrard;
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The Order of the Day being read, for resuming who confessed himself to. be under obligetiont toile
the Adjourned Debate on the Evidence taken before father of Colonel Shaw, who had been his panic:it-
the Committee, respedieg the Conduel ofhis Royal 1 lar friend; anxious to pay the debt of, gratitude,. he
Highness the Duke of York, 1, . : : • earnestly sought to promote the welfare of his-,,u
The Citetsceetsoe Of the EICIIEQUItit, after It (Colonel .Shaw). General Burrard's 'application
few preliminary observations, took a slight• retro.; proved unsuccessful, and Mrs. Clarke, with•alleher
spOivoglance at what he had alreadtestated, . and boasted influence, had not proved enure fertunate.
proceeded to speak of the conduet of his Royal High t The -.Right Honourable Gentleman then proceeded
nese the Duke of York, ,as far as it 'related' to Col. to shave, thin Mrs. Clarke's stetetneee, that Coe
Fretieli's levy. There werecertaindecumentsto.which • lonel Shaw was placed on Intlf-pay in cutisequenc4-
he was not enabled' to speak, but from a general re- of • her resenting ins omitting to. pay the remain'
view of all the circumstances relating to Col. French's der of the I 0001., was false. From a letter .writ-
levy, he could not discover any thing that went to ten by Sir Harry %ward, page 27.0, in the Mi.
shake the assertions made by hint. The (:umtnancler nutes, it appeared that Colonel Shaw had been
in Chiet's putting an end to: the levy as 'hq did, informed, that if the appointment could be pros •
when he' found that the Coutury derived no advau. cured .he would be . placed on half-pay imme-
tage from its continuance, was atone sufficient to ex- diately,• and from the letter written itt answer by
culpate Itisitoyal Highness from all. suspicion of hay- Colonel Shaw, it was fully proved that lie gratee
ing participated in,. or cenitiyed at the corruptions fully accepted. the situation on that condition. Hsi
which had crept into the witty, This fact he did Cwt. i then read the following letter from the Minutes :
ceiye, most clearly established .his innocence. He ety I) AI Slit,
,learned since. the morning, that seine were of opi' . I ant just hononreci with your letter, and I trust that yoti
nion his Royal Highneea merited censure, on account will believe that-1 feel, though I-shall. not atttatpt toes=
of 'the length of time which had iiiierveiled neo.yeen press tits grAtit4al4 for your present atid many kirk:.octses to«
Isis liming discovered the improvr :• ty ill colitieMog 4.W,,i'11: datonne'e(!enaino.dwltigairtivQ:.l„aedltdclibit ai'y 'el'l'' °I )kjih4'it''."
the levy and his putting a final atop to it ; but, if 1 have, 'as fur as this present tittle allowed, Olen every
consideratiou to the proposal you havF shade roc, aesestieuie
Gentlemen entered fully into the *oh:led—if they .
carefully consulted and digested the stabstance of-the' : Cs?l'e)‘utitiviese."XueelitoTro'creitt":iut it"tti:t:;n' e4v"e‘u"icniteTifiretru it,
hovel4"4
~ only to reqttest, that should tile uethatoit provb taveurte
documents before the House,: he
would be with him or opihion, that til';l ict9enttdeeentsethircytl that liTight be permitted .in itnnictintw 16.v4 at
,no,:in,:::, ai
eleptied was no Iseiger then, was necessery for the ' ti
Is 1,1,0„, t, i avec
nay
pr,,,,.ltsgul,ut co AI f
if Alt,l:,;let it: in:C..14:11 rat
clOO nil
~,Id:1!Ili i y .
neel.ing of such in inquiry as it apoessed ilecessary tu t.ika my Wile sad two of ovy cluiarn out witi:':;e, anti. to'
to institute. on
,that oceasion. In 4 letter train Col. ' le.ive Ow others in. tint•coutilt).
011
ne.‘1111:.
of :
boAdir(i),u.rn7.lbl,l.,iitnir;,, tocrotsnieb, i6i/c1;,;,!,1 ill
il.iiiit,. I mill.t ,oneut!e,
French great coiopleinte le ere made,
the °bBtroainns he bssl to encounter in laising men beli.irtnie with eti;), itiltirrieli&l US. ""
' and
that
Y" "1:4
incervi,r.altude, your 4,
cilui lio7liaatillyde.s ol.tethichtilel .vye•iretru't,.,,diiiLilgliiclit)lll.)ei)ti into
sly from l'he i' 4"
. .
*.)- the cis- , ' • . 1: 11/O.V.'
minutes, and proved teat Cli,na,ii l'ayi„r 11„,1 acted , When -the important evidence which, these rioetes
for the
,bert,' and that em F+eliell's beit:g re.- rnents supplied had been militrely ‘veigli,A, what
stored to that of which he had L.,,ri dt.l,rived ot tor degree of credit could be ittticlied to the story of ht
the space of two years, tested uric 1,,,,,,,e1y b,,c,,,„ having been reduced ,10 liall-vly through metre-lug
Chief. The dolor which took place prior to the
stilled as an abuse on the pelt of tbe COilull slider in the reeeritment of Aits. Clarke ? 'l' lie whets! etete-
ti.fi.ible, as Celonel Freticb had not lt 3d that to wiii4.ll • iticitt,:tt must be seen by eyery one, was a groes eel
letiy beittg discontineed, he thought io.tr,,iriely kis- palpOle. laiseilood- But it ought he :isit.c.l, how
Colonel Shaw's letter toilet toles accounted !Uri steing
he was by his entitled, v I
--; Atiter of sersice. Hie Royal be knew, .vitten he, ;Accepted the appointineto, iliac,
Highness Wad Wihillir to gist. inn) tin upporttiony of lie was to be Put tin' Ili"." pay ? Ti" w" to bi. ti‘j"
trying what he mile do, with the additional nu:ens very easily; it proceeded from thLot urihciple which
thtli Abided hint, but at the satire time he gave Mtn
it, every trensettior, of lite thlllated illihly, Others,
to understeud, " that tailless a very considerable in-
crease took place, in the outnbers recruited by tae .flaving gained . that which he had beep atotiOn% to
"termed he was to tuft poi on halt
obi ditto be lett as inipatieot /13 everlOt fresh Jcivan.
rages. • Whoa the situation, was brit otrerei luta;
aoritii,lv, on the return tiying matte on the , I 4111 of -
iet of April, Ids levy should tre discontinued." Ac-
thoogh he was i
Aini's tits Uslitl gioltnets wawa two, dap awl . pay, ha w 314 tt"li.itY,-'* to °1314111 it; i but h"illti ganultd
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