The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-18 00:00:00

DUKE OrYORK.

Lord FOLKSTONN having moved that the order
of the'day be read for the Higuse to resoNe itself
into a Committee, to continue the investigation
of the condutt of his Royal Highness the Duke of
York.

.Mr. BisRESPORD rose to complain of what be
apprehended was a gross breach of the privileges of
the House. One of the newspapers, in the report
which it contained of'some observations that he hat
made last night,tad put into his mouth words which
he had never uttered. never used harslilexples-
itonsio any Gentleman, 'Without previouS,provuea.
Lion 3 and if he did use them, he would be the last
man to retract them; but as it would-be unmanly to
deny what he actually had said, so it would be as
unmanly not to come forward and deny that he had
said what wa* untruly imputed to him. The Papet,
to which he alluded was "The Morning Post;" and
the passage was as follows
" Mr: BLKISPORD, addressing himself to Mr. Wititota,
said, Ha could not refrain trust antrnadvetting on several parti
of the Hon. Member's conduti in f4l(mm to him from thy
commencement of this inquiry. He conatj,ncd it untuntis
some and Ungentlemanly.—(Order, order

He appealed to the House whether he had used
any such teriud. They I.4ever had heen used by' hilo,

•
d 116 NI geld therefore move, that the Printer of
he roil' die hronght to the liar of the
litmse, in tic eusto(ty of the Serjrant at Arms.

The SPEAKER into, m‘td the Honourable Gentle-
man, that the first step to be taken was, to deliver in
the Paper of which h complained. The course woul4
then be, to move that we Printer do attend nt the
Bar of the House on any future day that !night, be
determined upoo.
Mr. lißitesPota) accordinglidelivered in a copy
of the Morning Post, and the 'objectionable passage
was read by thi. Clerk. ' •

BiutasFosto then repeated,. that he looked on
the put:J.l.l66On of Hitch
.a ruis-statement as a Ilross
lire:lch of the privileges of the Hon Se.. At the sante
time, as he did not believe that it had been ate in-
trutioual tnis:Tpresentation, he did not wish that
any puniAnnent should he visited upon the person
ottending. Hts objeet in rising had beeu to Mention
the'eircumstance to the House, mid to avail himself
of the oppertunitf of distinctly stating that he had
never Hied the latieuage imputed to him. If it were
the opinioe of the -iodic that he ought to do so, he
would move that this was a gross breach of the pri-
vitt:4es of the House, and follow that Motion by an,
other,- that the Printer of, the Paper &e brought to
the liar7—(A genera/ cis of An, no I)---&tt if not, he
would. adopt any tither mode of proceeding that
might be suggested to him as proper, under the ex-
isting circurnstauces.
The SPEAKER observed, that there was a course
sometimes pursued by the. House, which it would be
in their discretien to fellow, or not,. as they might
think tit in the presen(instatice. It was, where .a
contplaiut was made, such as that just preleired by
the'Hon., Gentleman, to hold 'the transaCtion in
View, and to adjouth any further 'proceeding upon
it to a future day,' in order to give the House an op-
. i3oritmity. of seetlici w het her'the cooduCt complained
of would be persevered in, or upheld.
Batmskono, acquiescing in the suggestion of
the Speaker, moved, that the further consideration
of this bdsiness be pbstponed to Monday se'neight.
Lord FOLKSTON Seconded the InOttoll, and bore
testiMoey to the accuracy of the statement of the
Hoe. Gentleman, that he had not used the words
imPu.ed to him. Of this fad, every Gentle man
who was present at the time must he perfectly con-
vineel../s, to the course of proceeding, he api.roved
of the milder one now proposed, because lie was sa-
tisfied chat e,ery purpose of justgying.the fon.Gen.
titerian's. character must be :ms.wered by the ex:
retnelyhanesoroe,, manly, candid, and honourable
warmer in which he bad taken up the business.
Mi. N. CAovaar, though he would not Oppose
the postpooementof do. business, yet at the same
time could not retrain from expressing his opinion
that the House passed over OtlcilCeS of this ni4turg
too lightly.
`ThcCHANCIMLOR of the ExctlEayett said a few
work.is, iii conszquence of what had fallen front the
Hon. Gentleman under the Gallery (Mr. Calvert)'
,
He allowed with that lion. Gentlemah, that when
a complaint was. wide of a, breach of' privilege occa-
sioned by a MiireprCsentafion in the Reports, which
by the connivance of the House (a connivance which
perhaps Ought not to l,u discontinued), were daily
published of the seininwnts of any Hem. Member,
the House would Cow,ikier well befere they re-
based or delayed to tat ::c the proper Steps to assert
their privileges, arid puuish the. otfeniler. At the
83ino time it must be evident to the House, that the
indivAtaili by whom those reports were given, must
with all their accuracy, be' liable, occasionally, to
though unintentional: mistakes. He allowed
that a oune coMpletd tnisrepre.sentation never ex-
isted than that broughL ferward by the Hon: Gen-
tleman ; and he hid himself :Observed to-day, in the
description published in the newspapers, of' the liar-
latiVe Which.he (Mr.' Pereeval) had last night. given
to the' House, several,, very gross errors. But he
Tog, sati,tied hisown mind, that however gross,
they roust all be unintentiorial ; and he should
therefore support the,!MotioU for an adjournment of
Hop further proceeding. ,
Mr. W. SMITH also supported the motion for
postponemetn, because it coUldJlot bo supposed that
. the error was otherwise than unintentional, or that'
thel person who had committed it was at •all con-
scious of the bad consequences to which, his inad-
vertence. might have tended.. At the same time 'he
.confessed, that had the,House thought tit to call the
offklider inunediatecv to the Bar, to hear his account
gf_the circumstance, umol his apology for it, and in
order :hat he might receive from the Speaker such a
species of reptimam! asittnight have been, expedient
to:give, liar would, have had no reason, to complain,
and the assertors of most tt:.bWllded libeity of
the pret:(ol.‘'iloiri he profeSsed himself to be ,one),
could nov have , accnsedt, the House of. insisting too
strongly upon their privilegett. Ile 'panegyrist:ld the
condu,:t at the lion. gentleman in whoa the pre-
sent discession had originated;, which )std been
just; fair, and Of:di:tome. Much lenity was in his
Opinion Acton 'lO 140 offending party, which could
be ascribed solely. to, the conviction of. the House,
that the error was uninteutioudi, concurred

coti)lA.t.!Nly in: the sentiment expressed I).y the Hight
Ihm). ties Chat).-.llhr-ot- the I...;xchegner.; that the

coiinivnoce of the tiouae in the publication of what
took place withtl! its-walls,, could; not with advan-
..t.lge diicontio:ie 1, but it w,a4 certaioly to be ex-
pec.t.ct that tic it li4blicatiott should,be,lis 4:91.1(t as
1)0 ,ible. •
.‘.1r.:1701t-i: V. was tlot itt the flopity 'at the earn.
of 111:; discussion, but had sinc...e been
11:1Ortned of iii tendency. lie, had no objettion to
the Motion Itri her pro:;eecling to a

ittitne clay; hut although he 1:4c.1 been bred:up. in
prinelples.wli;cll endeared to hi:tt the -liberty.of: the
press Ho one ot the great pallmii.a. of the frcedorn and
13ppluess of the couldry, he %oulti. not btu feel,that
ii watt.subi,lo t() lt)L1c11 abikiej; and.in,par(icular that
the pro-ceedings of l'arliatnent. were subjed:te ouch
.111i'rellw5euration,. as, without , iwerfereitcc, Truubt
1. ate to the most.Ferious,ev,il9, .1-40 did not wishlllat
law 4 be pas.,edoor..restrial.ops
--.1arpc44:t1.4 hut she did tvi,ll tOat he. could prOv4il
, pork the .legisiature to* eXert, in, proper (110
power witll which the c);.eding.. i4vva invcst.txl.l.4ctn ;

1;.; Wis iliac lAlM.lll,7:MqtribylL of tliejlotise
cotophineci of a gross- rnisieptesenta-
'itiou 01 his 5 a.tntitnunts, intelitional Or
ft:n*olLX io,,I;INL'o
gict:t[4, tlvit (4
Huse would compd the offender to appear LAt the
to for, and to (241.6( icnee
Iwn6lnueut as tilt Dud r all the circutu-

stances of the case, might think proper to inflid.
He agreed, however, entirely with the Right Hoe.
the chancellor el the Exchequere-that slight tens
takes should be passed otter, and that, at the-present
period, fits ei‘eould wish to seeelke Orders ot the
,House enforced with resped to the publication'ef
their proceedings.
Mr. WiluilittfulD__observed,..that ..anyerniareWs.se•
sentations which Might occasionally,,or ,uniutenei
tentionally, creep intd the reporte of their-debates,
were wholly-unimportant, compared with the great
good which resulted frona liaising the substance of
what Passed in that House made known to the coun-
try. The Hon. Gentleman, who bad just sat down,
had declared, that the unbridled liceptiousoceii; A?f
the press must be ctirteiled. So. far was he freen,
agreeing with thin Hen. Gentleman, that from whet„
had passed latelyehesthought it was evident Wet to.]
the licentiousness of the press the country was very_',
Luisa indebted. lie trusted that HQ addltional shackheSe
ar fetteis would ever be imposed upon the :liberty
ot the press.' They would only, hind the ceuntry
in ignorance and blindness till some
,dreadtut
'plOsion should take place, the natural result of
that state which he had described. Ths; Honourable
Gentleman talked of exemplary pueishment for au),
gross misrepresentation of their, proceedings. The
House had already the power to Mind whatever
punishment they thought proper in such a case, but
since he had sat in Parliament, he had never wit-
nessed any exercise of that power that was produc-
tive of good consequences. With resped to the
general, licentiousness of the press, hewever there
might be individual instances of laxity, it could not
be said that the Crown Officers had been criminally
'lax ih the prosecution, or the Courts of Justice cri..
ttiivally lenient in the pqnishment of libellers. 13'4
it seemed, that among the tnisrepresentetiousl which
[tad gone abroad of whet took place last night, were
Sdnie relating to the narrative of the Right Hon.
Gentleman oppOSite (the Chancellot of the Exche
quer). That narrative was in his'opinion most dis.;.
Lind, clear, and imPartial, • and he wished to know
Whether it could not be inserted id the minutes
of-evidence, r by which all Mistakes with respect to
it would hencelerward be preeluded: This he men
tioned incidentally •the chief object for which he
had risen was nireply to the speech of the Hono-
rable Gentleman' who had immediately preceded
him, and to contend, that no additional 'restriction
was necessary to be impesed, upon that most valua-
ble right of Briton.----the liberty of the prebs. •
Mr. Yoiot.F. explained, •atiti •denied that he had,
uttered a word which was liable to the interpretae
non of 'the Hon. Gentleman. He• had positively
stated, that in 'his opinion no new sanaion was ne-
cessary, either in the municipal law, or in the law
of that House.
Mr. WHITBREAD allowed, that in the commence-
ment of the observations matte by the Hon. Gentle-
man, lie had expressed his opinion that no new law
'was necessary, but in the coarse of his speech he
had used words, implying, that the growing licen-
tiobstiess of the press would soon require the inter..
fereece of the Legislature.
Mr. Yomis ph4erved, that the Hon. Gentleman
bad ccimpletely Misapprehended him. That lie had
done so evid.2nt, trom his (Mr. Yorke's) having
declared his concurierce in the motion tor an ack.
journi»ent ot the bubjed before the Hb`use.
Mr. WiIITIMEAD said, that he had certainly con-
ceived that the. Hon. Gentleman, in the 'conclusion
of his speech, had, departed from the sentiments
which he had expressed at the eonuneticetnent.
Mr: Yottiee totally denied that he had so.
Mr. WHITBREAD rejoined, that he had only Said
that he had " conceived" thet to have- been. the
case.
Mr!' BRAGGE BATHURST declared; that if the
Hon. Gentleman' (Mr. Whithrea'4), had confined his
observations to the question, whether or not the
narrative given last night by the Chancellor of the
Exchequer should be put on the minutes, he should
have confined himself 'to state, that, in his opinion,
stieb a proceeding would be very irregUlar. But the
Hon. Gehtleman had chosen to take a wider range,
and the drift' of his remarks seemed to be, that -the
licentiousness of the press had beets 'beneficial to the
country. FroM this proposition he totally dissented.
'Those who were rnest disposed to. acknowledge
Mid .contend for the friefits Which the liberty of the
press produced, 'Woe ;1,60, most ready to look,
n & with a jealous eye o the • HS that its licentious-,
nets occasioned. there was. no one w boat he knew
'that was disposed to call on the legislature for ady
tires sanction on the subject, yet who would say,
that to oils licentiousness there otigin to be no houn-
'dary i 'lt was to pri.serve the liberty of the Press
"th:tt he fbi one wished to prevent its lieenti6us-
nes3e lie did hot exactly understand what thelld-
nourable Geinlemap Meant by stating, tliat recent
circumstances had sufficiently evinced the advantage,
derived from, even the lieemieusnest of the press.
If he apuded to the proceedings before the Ilause
with respeCt to an Illustrioes Perlonege, it would
Le necessary only to 'say, in refutetioo of his opi-
nion, Ulm the 11,,n. Geutletiman, in Wier). those
proceedings had originated, had distinetlyoteted, that
hoe) person Who was supposed to be' intimately,
cßonated with some of the libelS alluded to, he had
hot been able to obtain the least itifot minion on the
t:ibjedt. Net' did lie think the Hon. Gentleman at
ali iii' die obseri+atiOns he had thrown
out on the, conduct of the Crown Officers feel the
Conris of Justice. 'With -regard to the proceeding
befwe the House, althotigh it was nin in itself very
important, yet the wisest-ahem:tit etetaitily trust be.
butficientiy painful, td the Hon. Genylenian who had
instituted the complaint; end he knew many in-
stances in which similar MiSrepresentetions had been
felt as very serious grievances.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated,
that the misrepresentatiop was unquestionably a
goes one, hot that it could not: be supposed to
bo intentional,. The
...Hon. Gentleman bad asked:
if he (MrePerceval) was disposed te enter the suttee
bleat which, hp had made lest in the Militates. lie,
could' have ho'objeetioh to do so ; but he cutild exit
'see hovy it would be consistent with .the proceedings
Of the House' for him to make an entry on the 'mie,
trees of a statement which' was'inerely the openiog:
of a cast;, 'Which he afterwards called evideece
prove.' If there was anything in timt statornent
which was considered desireble as evidence, he wad
as subject as any Member the House to be exa-
Mined'ilpon that point. It might, perhaps be &led
hall nit called Colohel Hiniiiittie to crirrisho-
rate the uariative which he had • hitch the honour to

submit to the Home. His reason was, that after
SinderOs prevarieatiog, he (S.) baci come tbr‘vfir,l
to dechire that A4h4l Col.. Hamilton would have
• othPrwise been,ealle4 to prove. Cplonel
could, howeveititi'be exarnined,lf it should be
thought necessary. _ _

The ATTORNEY-GENERAL rose.--He said that an
-Horte:•-•"Gentletnan •opposite--(Mr.---whirtyretm—trar
been ple4sed to deylase,'',o4tithe present Law Orli-
cere of the Crown had not.,been remiss in entering_
into prosecutions for libels." That term, well worked
ep and sent abroad,., Miklitcarodece a very nt
sentiment in the public. Indeed, he himself
could not avOid,sopp,oiing it possible, that by " not
being remiss" the'Hon. Gent: meant to imply that
they had beeh more than properly diligent, Whether
beJneant soar nbi he'Ldid not know, latifYtie, 'Words
were capable of that construction, and ,would;-hilied
no 'doubt, receive that. eenstruttiotY from some of
those, OSpeeling whose candn& -complaiht 4,as
then Ilefore the.. House. ':Certaioly whattlie Hon.
Gentleman ;hadaaid was.not intended for conunen-:
(Wien; 'but he ,would .appeal to every Hon. Geti•;•
tleman. in the' House who had heard of the publida-
lions, against which prosecutionshad heen' irist it oted,
and who ,had read, a tenth part of therpeblications
against which prosecution% might lunie been'insai-
tuted, whether theLnw Odice.rs of the Crown could
With juatice be accused of a disposition to prosecute.
too frequeutly. With respect to the jedginents of
the Courts of Justice, the Honourable Gentle Man
had insinuated, and that not darkly, thdt they were
severe.. • He fully believed, that the learned, upright
Judges of our Courts; who 'had pronounced. their
lientetices with. the utmost deliberation and iinpar..,
tiAity, would not want able defenders in the House
of: Commons, • if their conduei were fairly, properly;
and manfully brought forward; but he did not chink
justice was One to them, When general, retleaions
were thus thrown ant to be re-publlsheA by.person4,
un the condud of some of whom their judgment
had been passed; and this under i he aeubbrity,ol.the
Hon. Gentleman, that their judgments had been se-
vere. • He had not bead the Hon. Gentleman-spe-
city any particular instances of severity. He dared
to say that be would not, do so ; .because the Hon.
Gentleman knew that if there 'was' a pet, legnituate,
and constitutional ground nf complaint against them,
that was not the way in which it.ought to be pre:.
fared. Their judgments, he was well convinced,
would steed the tnnst.severe investigation of the pub-
lic,' or ef any individual, bat thou thatluquirY ought
to be definite; it should be Markl;Ll with peecision
what wa's complained of, in. order to give those
against, whom the complaint was. made some proper
opportunity:to defend themselves. They ought-nett
.to be driven, as they :might be .cfriven, by
.the
way iu, which the Hon. Gentleman's Speech would
propably be intrpchiced in some of the .newspaperi,
either to submit silently WA:al.:many, or to desceAd
to what,h'e was sure. t lueVer ,would'idescend.to-e-
-, namely, to defend themselves by channels' similar to
those by which they were attacked. •
WHITBREAD rose:
The SPEAKSII.—" Mr. Whitbread to otplain.l".
• Mr. Witerattema.—" I do not rise toexplaio.—
I rise only to say, that I am ready and willing, if it
be consistent with thc,.. fotrn% of.tnerHause, to state to
what particular judgmental Itave alluded."
Mr. Secretary .C4NNII G was astonished that
Lord Pottonesteit spike to order. He conceived
that the House had, for a considerable time, swerved
from the objea, before them. It ,was perfectly dis-
orderly thus to prolong this debate, or to enter into
any examination of the Cdurts Justice..
• :Mt% CANNING, in his own conception,'Avasgtri6.
ly 'to order. He had entered the House a considera-
ble t ime, After the commencement of the discussion,
but he understood that it began with a complaint on
the. part of an Hon.. Member, of a misrepresentation
of his sentiMenti•nt a newspaper of the dry; teat
ahat.occasioned. a .dissertation on the liberty of tip
,press ;: that that produced. a; censure of the prosecu-
tions, for libels.; and. that that.eaused, what it liwas
very natural to cause, a eccommendationt to 'the Hon.
Gentleman.oppysite, from his 'Hon. 'and 'Learned
'Friend, that if he complained 'of the. administration
ofjustice in that House, to 'do. ao, oot.iricidentallyi
or by implication, but in that. grave and serious
Mintier which so, important. a 'subject 'deinandbd.--,
Hon. Gentleman had received a very just ad-
,munition from his Hein. and Learned Friend, and lie
had, risen to joio his admonition. • ,
LOrdiIOLKSTONB spoke to order,:. it was certain=
ly very irregular for one Hon. Member thus to talk
of Admonishing another.- • -
The SPRAKER :decided; ; that as the debate had
taken such a, turn, Mr.'''{?inning was 'strictly'in
order, and Altai ther-Noble Lord. was not ,warranted':
in his objection. ' . •
Lord FOEKSTONE:Said,:datt after what had fallen
from the Chair; -he could :not ,but appreheadd hat he
had been misunderstood. - He had not 'complained
of, the turn which-the debate had taken ; he had corn:
plained'of the.Right'Hon. 'Gentleman having talked
of admeoisningan Hon. Member; and that this was
pot g casual expresSion was evident, by( the word
admonition" having been twice used iii Very`:
warm manner, by the Right Honourable Gebtle-
Man; Was it regular to permit one, Hett;'Nletn-'
bee to rise merely for the purpose, of admonishing,-
another ? ,
The SPEAKER was not aware that be was called
.upon nicely to measure and weigh every expression
that might chance to. be .used in debate, or that his.
duty demalided his interference, ooless he felt strong-
ly that any-personal disrespect was intended.
•Mr. CANNING declared, that he had never risen
with less wat'rnth than he had this evening: He had
little or nothing' tO add to that which he had already,
said. Whether the Hon. Gentlimiart coMplainerige-
nerally-of the administration-of justice, or whether,
as it appeared by 'his' subsequent statement, lie,
complained of any particular instance of vial-ad-
ministration, the su(jea was one which it MiLIS,
perfe&ly'fitting for . a Member to introduce' to the.
House; but, then, he' dare not venture to say'he
would admonish, but he would suggest to the'Hon..
Gentleman that it ought to bOdone With.the utmost'
gravity and' deliberation, and •:net incidentally in,
such a debate as the' present. Whenever the Hon.
Gentleman might think 14-oper to bring the disixis-,
:slot) fOrward,, he had no doubt that the venetat4e:
Magistrates whom he accused find able De-
fenders rut that 'house, provided- with 'both,
the means and the inclinaii,r to do them. kis:ice.
Mr. WHITBRBAn observed, that he had nra
thought the .iiight Hon. Gentleman disorderly in

the language :which' he 'tad used towards himself.
Whenever that Right Hon., Gentleman, br any ,
Hon. Gentleman'in the House, might think proper
to give him an admonition, coached in respeetful
t , „
terms, lie iuw,ays be disposed to, isten to him
with .attention. In Speaking of the judgments that
;had een pronounced in cot% of libels, 110:, ,4l_uut
jp7y t latlrieen unnecessarilyi-
vere, any further than as thttehafibeen 'of. a degree
of severity, which had by, rto means produced the
area which was expected; from, It. ,As to Insinuat-
.
ing that which he did not venture' openly to charge,
sdew ,proatitcling, 14 trusted, was not accOrilapt
with his charaaer. ,
WAItpLE Tigretted that he bad not sooner
H been in the ouse, or he would have joined his
testimony toitilatof l!is Noble 'Friend withlesVea
to the e4resslOns used by theifion. 'Gentleman 4-
postie, and which certainly were not such as-104.
been -imputed to him.
Mr. IlsttisFotto's mblion for adjourning 1119
far-
ther consideriaion of the .subjed to Monday se'nulghl
W4S then put, and agreed to.
Mr. C. ADAMS adverted to ivhat he conceived a
Most material pall Clarlcess :evidence giver)
on the fourth night of the exaMination. It was that
In wltjch 'Alls:..Clarke, in alluSion to the militaiy
treaties to Which she said the Duke of York wag
privyrtsserted' positively the Duke saw the list Of
her hiends, which lie took «town from her bed. lie
was desii °us that 'Mrs. Clarke's maid servants sitoiii4
be summoned, in order that they might be Mimi"'
ed as to that circtnstaDe-.
'Mr. W111;14111tEAD 10)1 congeive bow it "14
l)osibte for ilte.he servant.; to prt.%e any thing re-
speaing this list which Mrs, Cl Ai; had suiti
.1 had herself pinned
.up, and the Duke had 140.
down. • •

Mr. C. AoAtas dkl tio,t-press his suggestion.
The OrtWr ot,the Day xv•as then read; and lb&
House resorVeciiiielf iwo a Committer.
Atr.:.-..X.stitztvoNinforrnetillh.e Committee he has
received a letter, ,sighc.444. P. Int:ker, and dated
Adjin;liiVG,tl.4;l's Office, 'Edinburgh, 12t1i.Febk
which,- with their pethrj4iititt, ivituld,'read; lrle
then proceeded to rod iffeiater, begav by
stating, that Cul.. l'ocker` had ,seen by the efahhc
papers, that the name. of hwt lathe brother, I.Aetit..-
Colonel George Tucker, had been brought forty4rd
brMtirtlxite, bad .:107141-41
the House of conittiono'.
to hiS Triettioty, 404 Likm lic kt, iris. 01'
Itismieti to ,set.l Mb: deceased brother ~Ind
himself in a proper light,. and to spew that neither
qty-them -bad -obtainettrheirprouldno•iitrUbdifeliti'd
improper influence, as had Wen represented by the
-,witness, consequently ciretrlated in public to ,tlitir
prejudice, iietiusted the House Of, Ctunionsy.cluld
listen'to a statement Of the "-tuediis by witiclt thcy
',obtained then'
,proutotion. His 'brothel. had I,')egon
hhi military career in t 79(..) in. India, wqrr:ke
served for several years, and in several catno_,Oigis
He was Brigade-Major to Sir .11,ivid Bait tin
and on their return, through his interest, anal 01 4"
count of his servlce, he obtlineci his Lieuten3lll7
Colonelcy. He afterwards" sLrved in Zeat,itcci, and
Portugal, tinder the:A:corm:lll4 of Sir A.. Wellesley.
Through the whole Course op his milit:try duty, b''-
having in such a ruttiineT its to entitle him to the re-
gard of his superior officers, and his memory to
universal regret. Hi.i owu.servicas were next staw.i,
and his progress in the army, in tho regular way,
till he' obtained his present xatilt, in. consequence of
beiing the bearer, of iliwiitclie6 from Sir S. AO'
'awry, announcing, the -e,i.ptOre of .Motite ,
Ste 61. WELLI.ItY bore .te.ttotiohy to the. togrw
tOrious character olthe, inns Lietit,-Colonel
'whose unfortunate death he.latuentetins a lots 10 tti;'
service, the tune. i►is pr(l,lltotßill.w.as expecteda,
he had been harassed by army nrok,rs, 'offering to.
procure ,promotion for taint by improper Modebii
the payment ot certain sums fit' money. So far front
availing. himself of these eneins he spurned- at their
" I kROWI!' couttttuc ct 0.0.! A:illatit • Qom:Fill,
" that he procured hhk promotions by his set vicegl
they were obtained byo brevet, therefore ~could
not be•ptirchased." ' • •
hit
o,c t
}.tech...Colfittel 'Tucker, r)le'clg
(tiitl!
cn9-teLLlltioiledd.tin:ll:ti:htlel. House to do justice •to his mern°l
by, putting this,letter upon their •niittutes,
General STEWART also- spoke highly in proiiie of
the excellent officer, Whose name t.ittht not to te
allowed to .satrer frorn. any mistake or imputOtiun
which had taken place. •' -
After soir,te.obserVationS from Sfr T Turton, the
Chancellor of the Exclieque.r,-apt Mr. S. Bourne, of
to the regularkty of doing any thing with the letter
till dip hancF,:vriting.' was pros 4d; the Motion was for
the, present deferred.
141 r.:; Witttni,E stated, that he had that intorning re-
ceived a letter froM Miss Anti
of the conduct of another ..siII)VSS, which Li,- dskea
permission •to read; The Hon. Gentleman ti,eo
read the letter to the: to; ing,. etied:

St it— 1 und...r.stann that Mrs.liovenden, on her,ex.irni"'
tiOn at ttie Bar or thc !louse of stated thai
not returned me, a visit 1 paid h:r Cnitarivepce of sotO
iinputation upon my character. in cuntradictwn w that, 1

aVe!O state tli4t slut vis t4l we t‘ri,:e.; vine at lt,lys‘val4re
and again atsDaii)y SlAa 'alio 'said Wo,thl

entrust me wicit a 'chill of hers.. but yet Nile sent .11er

of 14 year 4. of age,' to vi4itt me.

I :Am &v.
• ' A AIN TAY 1.01:

CIIANCELLOit of th.: tie
..••••, •
would now pr,,c;:ed 10 in tkltt
hand-1/44iting •011 the tVee itAers protiuceti 1.0
146;'ci Foir:sroNr, thought the.bcrer way vv(itlid
be, to c.;11111rs Ctarke first to expltiin the In:titer of
the privitte. seal, which seetued irow 014
qui:slim: plat by it Right, itottouttab'ee
.I,:tm highs.

i

-Mr. 'fortrte expl•tir....,d the o'ijo6t of Lis
11,2 dial riot' doubt t)er ;laving tiromtrclen weals ill La
possess "JAI

WiSilt'd to kilOW,.if the HOn.
matt .h3d read it, intended to fixand any 10,°:
Taylor's ietter. 17) I;is the
caie- 01 th,it 14.111ter44 had been 0ne...1 tilt tll4
ever catpe oeture t he! H,ottNc., :He 1;;Ivie thought
Ulatt.;- hez temate, and tit)i•rvtccltt.ll,, • ‘sg'-',1_.1
I,3artt ,ler to t!)-.. prustMioti
-Tire Cit.st NcELLott of tlii:lxctig' Quitto.os4
der. The Hen. Geuiletnon %vas, 111 lies
.oviistou,
pursuing a most disorderly cOarso. He trit,fht, if 140.
1 • - ••• tse .1 am'

evidence that been given ,which she conceived
to be inimical to' her, hut he could not enter ioto
the•discUssion of the •hardships she bad undergoneal.
' If,he had been inclined to db this, he ought to 'have
done it at'the tine she wasexaniiiied; when the im-
presient. was fresh in-the Minds of every one, and
not at suckactivance of time, :when it was likely to
provoke reply, and retard more material b4ness.•
For it the Hon. Gentlernan was-all Owed to go into.
this argument, those who were accused of imposing
• the liaiclshifis cOniplained of', would have an 'etinal
light t6:deteod thi.inseives,. and thus the time of the
House would be consumed.
Mr. Smerti ,ciaitelided that, the letter being, read,
• he had taken the most proper time to ask it any pro-
ceedings Were to fellow Opun it. •
• EXAMtNATION,OF COLONEL croaposr.
Colonel GOrdritilieing 'called; in was examined by
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. - •
Q. Are you-acquainted with the hand-writing of
the Duke of York ?—A. I am. •
Q. Look at that paper inside- and' out—COlonel
Gordon need not hurry himself.--(The note 'pro-
duced by Captain.Sanden last night, purpOrting. to
be from his Royal Highness to Mrs. Chit ke, and.
-Lasing that l'omn's promotion should remain as it
Was, W. as handed to the witness.) .. •
Atter•a considerable pause, during which Colonel
Gordon had been attentively: perusing the note, and
comparing it with some letter's he broughtwith
hint—
Q. State your opinion of that note.—A. the ut-
most I can say, t 5 that it bears a strong resemblance
to the Duke uf York's hand-writing, but whether it
is so ur not I cannot take upon me tv•Say.
Q. Does Colonel Gordon speak to the inside of
the note in making that observation ?—A. Both in-
side and out.
Q. By MARTIN.--Have • you any reason to
dot-01 it is the- Dtike of York's hand-writing?--A.
.I'do not think 1 'can, coosistently with my own
• bctliour,
.give a stronger opinion than I have already
given.
• a Byi.orad Fohk.sTotie.there are tWo.other
letters on the 'titbit:, I would:desire them to be
&Hewn to Colonel Gordon.--(The letters were not
fdund for some- time?_ during which Colehrer Gordon'
Was permitted to take • his seat -under the gallery. •
'431,1 being produced, he was againrealled to the bar,
and looked 'them over with, great at'tent ion.) Are
tli6seint he hand-writing Of the- Duke of -York
A. I think they are ; the adthesi ot neither appeartsH
to be the hand-writifig of hiSlioyal tLtzi:ti;e s.
Q. 1, obserVed Garton, when examining thee
first note put iiito his hands, compare, it with some'
Letters he has
,by-loni, which he'diir not'' ith the'
last two Intters• Why did ire 'CoMpare the w Ong
in Otte case and not in the othe'r'?--.A. These lett4rs
are troin his Royal' Highness to ire t, in time 'years'
1804,-.5,-6,-;7, and tS, and on 10,4-iiig at 'them,
find, that during that' fieriod the hand-Wilting ot his
Royal 1-li-g,hness 'Varied very' little.: I thought
it necessary to coil' fare 'the first note with theni,'
because from so very small a sera)) ot paper, it was'
ltitlyossiblc ro term a siitlicient 'judgment to enable
me-io answer the question.' -ThilAvas quite untie-
cessary in the two letters, which are othi pages in
length. '
Q. Was your opinion formed 1n 'consequence of
i)L7)(I7 knowledge or the Due ot York's hand-writing,
thn compariSeku you Live made ?--A. From
both..
Q. By Mr. MARTiN..--.lf you hadreceiVed a let-
ter in, the same hand-wilting a'; what you' at a
scrap of paper, •wohld you ha,e'itae(l oirOn it
observed there. was, no signature to tut; scrap' of
t.aper, and therefore would not have acted upon it.
41, By Mt CREEVEV..-41' it had the 'Signature. or
the Dok, of York, would he have tined upon
4. It it had the signature ot the Ditke &York, .1
swonl have acted upon it.
Q. It it had the:signature of 'Predeiick, in the
sa6le hand-writing the note,' Would' he. have
.acted upon it ?--'A.. (,'mass I ,aw the'hand-writing
1111 which this Ftederkk •A''As written; 1 eannUt tell
whether .I. would or nu. '
IG,•neral Brotx nrigg examined by the CHANCELLOR
of III"' EXCHEQUER.'
uk at. that paper (handing the note).--4S
it the hail&writinght the Duke of York'?--A.'l
think it resenibles'it but. I.eannot posfiively say it
is leis Ro al
Q. Licit: at thee and State yOtir opinion ?—(the
twoytvi l'hey are so like 'his Royal
liiglinuss'6 'hand, it,:u I beheve they are written by
'him. I do' net t'i'lt;: the addresses are in his .‘tucl-
wiiiih'g

U. 1,061 t nglin at the 'short. note ?—.A: Ms dot
Vo hke the 1.),,k,•'s hand as the other two. It does
, not 'resemble ttkiii, '.There is a sitifibrilY ; Much
so, that I cannot speak to it so positively as to the
others. •
G 2. Is the dire ion of the first mote like his hand
than'the others ?•--A. It is the same the intside.
0, Ily'141r: I\l,ool•iN.—Does- hei-Of does he 'not,
b:lieve this note to be the hand .'l.-crittneBi the Duke
.0/ Yoik ?—A. I do not believe it ; that is to say, I
. 010 not s% ear tnit.
Mr. ADAMS.—If a siglature was affixed to
',t in the same land-writing, wt.uld he'aet upon it
A. Looking at it personally, and without any sits-
P'cioni 1 very probably shoUld.
•
Q• What gtlye rise to any suspicion respe6tiug this
not
Because I was in the lious:: laSt iii let,
after beat(' it tirade a Mattel'
‘4. IV Mr. Gititirtiu..Are the Coitunittee to
9ndetsnind front You that you do not telielie that
orate to be in the band writing of the Duke of-York
-7.A.1 can only repeat my former' answer.
. Colonel Gordon recalled, and exaritined hy'Lord
roLKsToNa.
, .
ad you ever hear any thinito e;itciteyoui
PiCion as to this note, previous 'to' yOur'oCarnination
ut the air this mghtf?-4.A. Certainly I have.
CL, When and where ?—A. The witness said the
l'{ist wily to explain himself would 'be to tell, thO
Ibiog train beginning: to end. He then narrated
tbat the o,uke of York and Mr. Adam called on him
Ls+ Stturtiay week. The firht: 'iJk4cl4
•aghtvess *poke. to,him,:. when hcs:entgred he'rboT,
in his (besting% gown,. were " Here is. a very extra-
tudii'ary timineils--here is. a. forgery:"
'thtit,told him what had passed with Cul. Hainilt-on
Capt,in Sandoi ; and .COlOnel 11411111 ton caned
1-fure- Grlards next day, where Mr. A.:a*M.,
Iwllo.4as_ta, ailin4, went out 10 hill'',
4:•Does Col. Gordon Meats; to state tllat his sus-

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