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been-guilty of permitting Mrs. Charlie criminally to
interfete,in military transatlions; Adverting to the
sentiments expressed last night by his Honotifahl
Frien'd tiear him (Mr. Windham) hesdeclared, that
were hisopinioni so evenly balanced as' these•of

Right. Honourable Friend, he would wholly acqUit
the Duke of- Yorlc.. He would not. employ him-
sellin splitting. hairs, and then, wits half an .hair, in
strangling the charatler of that
bUt, ~thinking as he did,. he' ,was now compelled- to

declare, that he did not Oonsidet the Duke-of York

as worthy to retain the situation of Commander in
Chief. .If he uere allowed to approao:t• h fork
Highness, he would advise hini to reggn his office.
If Ministers did their duty, they would recommend

to his Majesty to odvise his Royal Highness to resign
his office. .Uniess they did so they would fail in the

sacred obligationS which they owed their Sovereign.
The most urgent moth es for
.his resignation would
meet, his Royal Highneis• at. every t orner and. at

every step. The time .was, perhaps, approaching,
when the independence and existence df Britain
might be fought for on British ground. The suc-
cessful event of such a contest must in a great de-
gree depend upon the confidence which the country
.reposed in the individual intrusted with the chief
coMmand of our army. Could his -Royal Highness
suppose that he retained that confidence ?: If so, the
statements that were staring in every eye, and ring-
ing in every ear, would speedily undeceive him. In
retirement---inn fulfilling his duties' as a Prince—in
completing that reit), m, assurances of which he had
though proper to convey to the Hodge of Commons,.
his Royal Highness the Doke ot -York would find
opportunities for recoverink the confidence :And af-
fection of the people. :in times of peril like the
reient, he Was compelled to repeat, that the Duke
of York was not a fitiperson to retain the Command
of the British Armv. lie felt that he had done his
duty in thus giving his decided opinion ; hut the
gratification which .that feeling: afforded liter would;.
he feared, be no excuse to the House for: the fatigue..
to Which he had sot jeated them.. He trusted that
the 1-jouse.would do their ditty, and he.would'conclede.
with the apothegm of Lord Burleighi f‘ England can
never be ruined but by its Parliament, and England
never will be ruined while its Parliament continues ,
to dOits duty."
•The Loan ADVOCATE of SCOTLAND said, he was
well aware of the impatience of the House to come
io a vote, but he could not, in the present case,
where it depended on the evidence they had heard,
be content totiVe..his in Silence, and without sub-
mitting the groundS on which .h© proceeded. The
speech of the Noble Lord Who had just sat clown did
net satisfy his .mind, .for after having gone'over the
evidence with the utmost deliberation,• and all the
attention his mind was ccil;;:.ble ot, his opinion was,
that:•the Duke of York had not been fotaid guilty
in.any one instance. He recommeuded to proceed
by specific resolutions, and disagreed 'with the No-
ble Lord, who, though he did not think the Duke
of-York guilty, Would yet vote for his ditmicsal 'froth
the Chia Command. But the House was to pro-
• notmce decidedly guilty or innocent, which, after
such a charge, was due to the meanest individual in
the Itingdotn, and due also to the dignity of the
' House. He concluded by condemning both the Ad-
' dresses as ambiguous, and particularly that of the
Hon. Gentleman on the floor (Mr. &Hikes).

Mi. WILDIERFOR63 confessed,, that when this
business:was brought forwArd,, he-participated in the
prejudices of many, -and thought the'charges 'so un-
likely, that he could not listen to them with that
impartiality incumbent upon him as a Member of
Parliament. For this he askeil pardon 'of the Flon.
Gentleman behind him (Mr. Wardle). Tl‘e ques-
tion appeared to him to divide, itself into, tw'S points
first, to what degree of corruption did the Duke of
York participate in the matters proven ? anctieCond-.'
ly, what was the general effed of this corruption?
As for the pat tieipation, he could not help stating,
that It .was astonishing to hitit that his Royal High-
neis had not felt strong suspiCions. He must have
kriown froth military triends and acquaintances, that
there w,aca prevailing opinion in,the army that this
corruption existed. These were things; not. done in
a corner, Itut generally known and published ,in
widely circulated paniphlets.. It was a notorious Ind
.undeniable fad' that, army patronage was corruptly
disposed. of; and that the channel was through the
Commander in Chief. The Duke of York must
also; have known from the histories he had read; that.
the mistresses of Princes had ever been the source'.
to which the: corrupt had applied ; that they kept,
a*it were, a shop open for the disposal of favours at
Court. If, as had been said, Mrs. Clarke came
from the prate Lion of an .ArtnY Broker, then the
Duke ofyork ought to have, been still more CarefUl,
and,on his guard atiainst her, as knowing she must.,
be acquainted with all the tricks and purposes of.
office. His Royal,Higbness alsO knew that she was
distresSed for money, and tempted by her -necessi-

ties; another greaf cause to induce her 'to avail her-
self of the means in her power.. Her soliciting for
strangers must also hate excited strong suspicions' in
his rnitnd, and he could not see how-all these things
could .exist without--that necessary consequence.—
Mrs.Clarkets'calling onCorri to burn the papers were
also a specific proof that a cause of stispicion had
bee!i brought home to the Commander In chief.—
Another circumstance 'Which ought to have flashed
conviaiou on his mind was not consulting those ex-
cenent persons by whom he was surronnded; 'to
lieep a watchful eyu on the improver influence of
Mrs, Clarice. It appeared then, that the Duke of
York Was shutting his" eyes to convi6tion, and-kept
those in the dint who. ,would have saved him frein
.the abyss into which he was now plunged, Happy
It have been for him had Colonel Gordon
been his bosom friend, such as a Prince could seldom
Lind, instead of only enjoying .his amfidence in of-
ficial affairs. alio Hon, Gentleman now noticed

the difference of `the circumstances of 'the persons
prosecuting and-detending this charge ; the latter en-
joying all that' legal abilities, influence and rank
could it ocure, and consequently enabled to have
produced, evidence to contradict what had been
heard at the 'Bar, if such realty • <misted, and they
had not.been afraid of injuring the.cause by so doing.
In this' case, the proof must either be from Mrs.

Clarke, the Duke of 'York, the persona who rectiv-
,ed•the faVours, or the agents who negociated then).
rt so happened that they had all these kinds of ,evi-
dence; by Mrs, Clarke at the Bar, the Duke of
York's letters, the favoured Person's testimony and
letters, and the agents, whether they were 41ware of

Mrs. Clarke's designs, or, as was 'More probable,
dupes of her arts.-Mrs..Cla'rke, in her testimony,
seemed to have little scruple in .violating the truth,
and she sires also colts eadieled by Others. Yel though,
h could teat give, complete Credit to her, a strong
inepression had been Made on' hit mind; by tledine-
her corroborated iii those parts where he thought
bee most romancing, as in elle cases of O'Mara.
Clairering. There were. seme other small
deratione, which Wopld .• incline him not to
put her' evidence altogether out of the- way, such
as her saying she had given a slip of paper to
the Duke of York, containing names of
;e4esteteinTs.Culonels Brodie and 'Knight, es hich
she did not even know Die Thynne had 'mentioned
in his preceding examination.' Seth •circemstances,
on account of their smallness, 'were not likely to be
itteented. lii faei, the great thing of all, Which
confirmed him in a consideraiste degree, was the lete
ters'of the Duke of York, ante the riotein Tonyn's
case. These he thought had not beeti so much at-
tended to as They ought, and the Gentlemeu who
had omitted them, forgot as- judges toeeptn•tip.
'most material part of the evidence. ,ffe insiSted.
much on the valuegiven to Mil. Clarke's tesermohy,
from her not knowing a piiorks that these docurrien*
could be produced to corrnborate her statements; in-'
stead of falsifying them as might lieve been expect-
ed. As-for What' had been said of the eepence of
the •establishment, he 'never could "believe that'hie
Royal. Highness had looked to the sale of Coniteis-
snms;• &c. for its regular supply, and the, asset lion
of 'Mrs. Clarke, 'that he told her if she wits clever
she needed want fur not eine, was EC7, • improb3bkl,
he could nut fyr a niontete credit ite Yet there, tedg!st.
be somethiag shore of this Which pecuniary die icuf~
ties and distress occasioned. The Duke of Yolk
Would not look with that acuteness to the anion's of
Mrs. Clarke, nor examine them so nicely, as he
would otherwise' have donee The Henontable
Gentle Men now went into the various cases,. consi-
dered the exchange between Kujght .and hrecike, as.
showing the general understanding that corrupt pride-;
ticesexisted—a belief most injurious to the interests
et' the army, which could not entertain a more ruin-
ous notion than that the road to preferment was by
base and mean artifices, instead of patient sutfering,
discipline, and conduct That of Dowler'e, lie con
sidered as more grave than the forteer•i and though
there was eb 'reason to believe the Duke of York
privy to the'peyruent of the 0001,, yet he was eau-
ated by undue influence. He contended, that. his
Royei Highness and not Mr. BrorikeWatsort's inter-
ference procured the appointment. French's levy
was extremely 'suspicioirs,, and though there was no.
decisive proof that the Duke knew of the corrupt'
ag'reernent,.there was great reason ttethink, from
the long ciorrespondence, &c. hoscould not but have
sus-peeled:it, unless be were blinded by his atfeelion
fur Mrs. Clarke. As for Miss Taylor's. evidence,
'he conceived it tube a proof of a.wish to turn.' every.
thing to the purpose of the party one had•espeused.
When an Honourable Gentleman had said,- that
even if she had heated the words stated in her evi-
dence'; they were without meaning—" Does he har-
sass you as he does me," was.theconstruti.ion of the
sentence,Alluding to French and his.: levy, which.
was a business with which the Duke alone, - and
not Mn.,i Clarke, had with propriety any thing
to do. This was another proof of corrupt influence;
but considering that Miss Taylor could not recolie4t
any thing else, and that these svordt were bionght
toher by. Mrs. Clarktr,' he vont& 'not .-thinks
this evidence ittroeg eueugh to prove auy guilty par-
ticipation on the part. of his Royal eflightAs.—
Toeytt's case was a strong pug, and, supported, by
the note, which,in his opiniion was genuine., though
it was prof able it might be obtained from.the Duke
of York wiilt some other view, and on some other,
story than theOng-noW told. The case of -Captain,
Turner proved that influence of a-similar description
to Mrs. Clarke's prevailed;. and it a women, not
living with the CoMmander 14 Chief, could prevail
so much as to prevent the' resignation of anediccr ;
what might be expected from the influence of a
woman with whont he lived, and for whom be had
the warmest afreOion. His view of the metter was
etotwithstrinding all' that had beensaid, and
the Address of his Heuoureble Friend (Mr. flankes),
fully eripressed his mind and conviction. The Duke
of York could not help suspetting;• but like a man,
who knew his arrairs were going. wrong, he, would
look'narrowly into them, .and deceived himself
with the hopes, that he might go on living as usual.,
without any danger: He could not say that the
Doke of York knew of these transactions, and this
was going as far as he could go. He inclined so
much to einuhte that he would rather vote on the
address than for the original ampodnient..---
As tin- what had been urged against his. Honoerable
Friend's atoetidenetif, that it neither decided that the.
Deice- of York was guilty or nut geilty, he did not
see that it was proper to, do so. The Gentleman on
the other side wished hie Honourable Friend's mo-
tion made stronger, that it might be more easy to
deal with. :Ho was too old a soldier to be ensnared
this way,:and %,orddittrow how, to deal with such
a proeositiee. Thzit 111060Z1 went must need) to
state the eelea produced by the evidence on his
mind, mild he would rather leave suspicions against'
the Duke of York than go any 'further. It was the
Duke of York's own conde6l, and his friends WO
,were nbtearlier to put hint upon his guard, that pac-
ed him in this situatiOn, and tint the motinu he sup-
ported. I"he Honourable Gentlemen ()mimeo had
supported themselves by generel statements, instead
of going into particul tr eras. They said it was not
probable the Duke of York would . do it—thatthe
Duke copid not forget writing the Note if, be hud
done so: Fur his part he believed that the loesenees
of mind, of habit, and of principle, in which his
•fligliness lived, was likely to peelnee
a evlaxatioe neat would leave him in that vague:
state which was the objet of his Honourable
Friencra metion. -However much he discredited
Mrs. Clarke's evidence,' he could 'not believe
there was any plot.; for, it' she had intended so,
she could not have got into Watering with &Wen;
Donovan, Maltby, and HOiendon, people who co*
have assisted her so much in carrying her designs
into e11e6.1: They had also argued from the charac-
ter of the army, and of the persons around the Com-
mander in Chief but this did not appear -en nrgu-
merit against the eharge, but merely thrateiiii eeme-
thing in to balance. (Here the Hoeourable Mem-
her bestowed the highest cricomilun'S on General.
Beeworigge, "Nee the condeet of Cotten:l' Gore-torte
wboseseliesnitrofrnied N'Ta-s so. much exelted 'by the-

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sit p 1 bity are his rt:iiinner in giving his honotirablci
testunony respealing the In placing such' me ii
about him, the Duke. of York had given a bond for
his purity; and he only :wished he had been_ Mort)
ready to ask their advice, to giiiird hini against all
undue influence: Another argunierit was, ascribing
our viaories to the dieciPline and rerrulations intru7
(laced. by the Commanderin chief. °That argument
hid better not have been urged. Our viaories were
gained- by the g-allantryof the 13rilish army, and td
say they were gained by the Doke of 'York was to
impose upon the" House. It was the same in all—.

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onr army, our navy, in every rank and class, were
invincible from-strengh of body and independence of
mind. in short, this and their vietoriei ,were that

efectl'Uf the British CotAtitution:--:. • -
• Magno se eurtiore rniscet.
He called upon the LlOuse to remerribei ihcjr. I:t*d
Constitutionil flint to di-)6ll3rge and howevei
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high the,rank or poesible expeaations of the aceus;,"
ed, to agree in the motion of his Hon. Frietid. He
could not go so far as to acquit elle, Duke of York
of `a:l connivance, but of dirtd knot ledge or Fore ~:
'ruption. It waSimposSible 'not to make that repe-
ration due to ;public: morals and to the public.
eefety, by agreeing that it was Ito longer •proper or
peodeet to give the t bier-Command of the army to
Tilt.t dedige of Itiuedottes Was ever mest sure-
ly
prognosticated by the &elute of morals, and
effect produced on every man, 'pertlettlatle every se-
rious man in the kingdom,' would be a.teolehieely
great, did not Parliament marl the eorelet:e of the
Dulze. of Yolk v‘vith their repeehension. lie Here
Membee now turned to the amendment of flit...Chat*
cePer of the .I..:Xcheoteere 'keleiele he. accuet.d ee a pate
-tern of eolartly setferny. The ceutidenee it eepreesed
of a reforniiition.ib his Royal lefightlese'e cendect,
and the gentle reproof for,' pasetitiences„
him Of eel anecdote of the reigfe'of Charles the bee.
cond, :When thaeMonerch had been guilty of some
gross breach' of deceney and decorum with a Iced
Woman; wfikb attracted the notice of the Clergy, it
was resolved to repidee him for hieloefeeinenee, and
public tretisgiessipn. The body tit the Clergy came
to the bottom of the Andience Rooin—one of them,
named D,feelas, iiersivided the others to allow him to.
go up singly to hie Majesty,' in.order that heettieht,
rebuke him kith • greater, asperity. He accordingly
walked uo to the King, but instead of the expeeted
adMonition, gravely ad% ised hiity,*when 'he did such
a thing again, to b eine iind shin the ehetters.—
Surely the bleittie,.s of John Knox himself %vie(
preferable to this keel of courtly flummery. His
Royal Highness did eni reetet the couneetion
contrary to relielen and moral,, bet as it had hill to
this anitiiiithierston on his cletreeter, It wits nut for ,
the murder, but the discovery. 'He would . heee
liked the termer better, and agreed with hiS Hon.
Friendethat an Address, appearing- to he, the edid
Of the -letter from the ticcueed, was net f for•olo.
Etousc to agree to. He cordially concurred in the
just ;tribute-of .respect due to his Majesty's virtues,,,
From his .august example Mare.than any thing else;;
be believed, the decline of public morale bd been
retarded, and he wished such refoim to take' place iii
all the Royal Family, as would mix' loyalty. with
affection in the hearts of the people, and enable,
them to live more to their own hon6Ur and happi-
ness. He objected to the claim for ,indelgence made .
for the Royal Duke, as ineoegistent with legality and''
justice, They must pronounte as the laws Of the
country required, and could not leave the Duke of
York in his high trust, without endengetein the !T-
-ermer as well as the 'safety ceejlie. country,.. 4lerep
would know that she was under the influence of a
wonAti,..who was tcebe bribed, arid the enemy; to
this country might-take the advantage of such a (ere
cumstance to . obtain "information, and defeat Diet.
plans. He might make her a Ditches!, or a QUen,
if he had. followed the-policy he had pursued so see'.
ceisfully 'on the Continent; and by meads .of such
instruments as these subjugated nations more than
even by the:ealour of his arms. The more innowtit
his Royal Highness was, the greater the &weer its ,
this respect, as he would be the more lieble to such
,ascendancy. 'The public, purse was ako
tended to, as guardians of Which, they epee teeeee
tie notice the surns paid by every
.bUreeeent coffeee.r
in the country lavished in a manner 40 shameful as
they had heard et their ffer. He called Upon elle
Douse in. these tithes of new deties, and new obli-
getions, to mark their sense of this condeet. Much
depended upon their vote. Their own characters in.
Abe country was at stake.. Not that they were to be
served from their deliberate judgment by the po-
pular feeling, but to recollect that their strengthlay
in the people, and that the stability of the Govern—
ment was built on their affection.. They . were to
egret! to the Resolutions or the Address; in the lat-
ter, -he ,was sure his Hon. Friend woeld be, ready to
change the word " knowledge" into " suspicion,"
if that was thought necessary ; and ,he trusted. that
no small objection would prevent them from die-
vherging, a great practical duty., The people expecte
ed it, and it was ellitir duty to perforth it.,
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Mr. Secretary CANNING.I nowever he might' (life
fer in many points from tha`Hrie, Gentlemen whit.
had just sat doim, agreed with him, that in the' ,vote
of that night the charatleteof the House was deeply.
interested, If he differed from the Hon. Gentleman,
he trusted the Hom Gentlemanandehe House would
believe that his opinions floWed froM a 'source eettal-
ly pure, and lhat they would think the view *he
should take of. the 4ubjea nut less consistenewith his
and their charade'', erie had from:. the beginning
listened with the utMost attention lo thistlelette„ con-
duaed with so much ability ott- both 'sides, hod gone
into at a length not to beperldleled in Parliamentary
history. He had 'listened 'With the view of correet-
Mg, the jektnene he had tit, need from a pertiiid of
the evidence, by the deliberation and wisdom of. the
House. He 'agreed • with eves?: one' that • spoke,,
that this was. a subject of theeereetest megeffule,
front Which every thing foreign ()Olt to no banish!.
ed, and th teueetion. left to rent -on its own rueritc.'
Of all the Hon. Members who had- risen on this
tuatter, there 'VAS no oue to Whom, from his ins
formation and -eharatter, represeotinge and looked
`up -to by numbers `who lone their opinion Ml..'
Xed with, patty; and abhorreiit at matte ueree
which they SiXtlittiMes saw exereiled divisions
ia that House., ,he had less 'ee.petted to "see any jet
given up to gainea -vote. Etc could not expee't t.
born that lionoural4 'Gentleman that 'he ,woeid
prove a eParliainentary •Tactician, to-stemensi corn-'
prehend,:.-a-nd.:onita different and eontrediefory Dpi-
;lions, and get' the.44ol.lise to agree to a ewe, weeee.,
had. too eliteatter, •taied • decided nething. He could •

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ea expea, that -while holding out disregard teens). .as' in all ethers; must be nresune
edinnocent until; t
polm sentiments, it was tcebe attempted to catch at he is proved guilty, enless Some, new rule Was to be
the opiuion.of the country, reconcile all differences, -.established with regeird to a' Prince;
.a.rule 'different,
ena fall short of its own objea. The Honourable, frorn that which-was applied to every other class of
Gentleman stated, that utter all the gravedelibera- persons. The /Right flonoureble Gentletnin then
Lion given to this question; after all' stbeeelaborate ' proceeded to distibguish between the Steral and
• disonssiou, protracted for six, nights, which had . political guilt imprited to the Duke of York. On
eaken ' place; after oil the evidence that had been this point they should separate the determination.,
adduced at the Bar, ,he could not bring ,his mind to not with a ••viees to get rid of the question, but
a decision--that he did not believe the Duke of York to dear the way' fin: their, future proceedings: As,
guilty of corruptiot-s-that he was not prepared to lo the mode of proceeding, he thoUght a ,Resolu-
say the ptike of York was guilty of connivance tion preferable .to an Address. Censure was better
(here Mr, Wilberforce signified his distent), that he contained in a ResOlutiun than in an Address. The
was then prepared to say the Duke of York was House had there the power io their ..oisn treeds, ,
guilty of connivance (Mr. Wilberforce again dissent- They there' expressed their opinion and. feelings
ed), in short, then, that he was not prepared to say without reserve. h was; moreover their uniform
any thing upon , the subje6t. This . was the re- prealics4: why depart from it on the, present ocea-
selt of a debate of six days on one to whose opi- sion ? The Right Hon: Gentleman nest adverted to
thou so. many looked up, that he could not come to the letter of 1113 Royal Highness to that House. Did
a decision on one 'of the most material points; or, that letter say .more thtuf that he 'waited their deci-
what was the same thing; that
.he had not declared sion, and pleaded not *Jetty ? In so doing did be ar-
hii opinion upon it. In such a complicated subject, rogate more to himself than the wretched etitninal,.
he could ceeceive' it to be , praiser to* discritni- who; when brought before his judges, ,demands to
nate and weigh the.spoints separately, and not, un- ,be tried by God and his Country ? The Right lion.
der one sweeping comprehensive view, incuniber ‘ Secretary then briefly touched ppen tins evidence
and' perplex the. decision. While the Honourable s and gave it as his opinion -that the note in' San-
Geritleinan came to co conclusion on the criminal den's possession was nut' genuine. Of the obe
patt, be. asked if it was not a shame, after the •.
setvations made on the words, the Honour of a
moral and religious deliequency that had appear- " Prince, lie should. only say they were most inde-
ed,- not to dismiss the Commander in-Chief front his ' dicates There were those who put the honour of the
high situation ?—fle felt as much as the Honour-. i Prince in competition with the testimony of a pros-
- able Gentleman', how necessary religion and morals/ ! thute, and who seemed even to give it the preference.
were to the support and 'welfare of the State ; but There were many observatinns made on the other
be doubted much if it was the proviece Of the ' side, which applied personally to himself. These
HOusete decide nn peictical topics, or rather as they chiefly referred fo expressions, Which lie was said
affected the public service ; am! in that case, their to have made use of at the„ opening of
,-this, ques-
decision went upOn consequences, not upon print- - lion These expressions were meant to sag that
ciples. He- most' sincerely agreed, with the Ho- i' infamy must attach somewhere, and that much of
nonrable Gentleman in his opinions on the. Ilan- the prejudice raised 'egainst the Duke of York was
gerous tendency of looseness of conduct, infideli- excited by the abuse sea the liberty of the Press.. He
ty, and immorality, but he doubted whether these retracted no expression which lie had made on the
censures should be practically enforced by the occasion. He should only say that he wasertisee.
votes of the House of Commons. Thai part, presented: For his memory, aided by certain reccirds
therefore, of the Address, which the Honour- , of what he then o,id, presented it fresh to his mind,
able Gentleman had 'oontributed to time common ' and out of 12 of these records, 11 had given the
stock, might. be docked off without any: !neon- meaning of what be intended"to say, and outs one,
veniency and ho dared say it was intended so to be, ; and that an enetny, made its own mispresetitatiou
taken away. The course would then be more ' a ground of attack. Indeed he was• more or less
plain and less intricate. .He could not agree who : misrepresented by. all : in smite by means oe add-
the original-motion, because some of the averments ing to what he had said : in others, by taking
were not true, but so ambiguous, ,doubtful, and yet, , from sit. Mto the tno.de of proceeding to which
en severe, etas that of the Hon. Gent. that if he had . he had Already, alluded, he was decidedly for the
to chuse between them- he would rather vote ler mode of Resolution. , The Address that was to fol-
the former. Was it wise to commix all these different low the Resolutiotig Moved by his Right Hun. Friend
(questions; Which were working in different ways on (Mr. Percevel) had also his concurrence. .It was
the country ? One .to declare the Duke of York couched in language at once respectful to the digni-
criminal ; another •to sultjeat himeto anintdver. ty, And tender of the feelings of his .Majesty. That ,
sion j and a,third,'whiCh vas only to eipress regret; alone Was SUffiCiefit to recommend it. For ou such
' yet these were all to be averaged together by -this an occasion, when the Father as well asehe Soves
address. Was it jest towards ' the Royal Duke ?
_reign was to be addressed, mink! not every loyal
Was it kind to, the August Personage eo whom imind figure to itself the peculiiir eirctinistancei of
the Address was to be sent, as a King or aS a Father? the Mnearch on the Throes!. ..On suansittingsUch a
.., West consistent with the erinciples of Parliament? consideration to' him, must Oise,- not 'be impressed
It had been insinuated, but with little succeLie that by the idea of his -advanced age ;' of his insepa-
the Honourable Gentlemen on his side 'of • the • etble infirmitiese of his exern. pixy life, and hia many
House, who had spoken in favour of the Delco . virtues---gild'lloB, ceuld sneh sentiments be so well
• of York, had exaggerated .nn else sh,le, aod sup- : ceinveyed 'LES in an Address dictated by ehesc feelings?
pressed nn the ethere—hadeneloyed theie'teilfeits to . As to the Merit sointich extolled of having provoked
idlieht nod their inprinii yto boille. , Was this finr, the preSettiiinvestigiiiitni, he was at a loss to dee.
sir was it true ? He. would
.oenttire to say, that no one : cover it. The gravest c::Jrpiit were br'otilit'against
had endeLivettred to throik a shade befpre the Dithis hiS' floyalliightfesi......ehergea affecting evety thing
of yovii ; and the imputation did not rest either on. : that was mast dear.to rnitil.....blit not. One Of them, ;as
the ffouse„ or any of his Honourable Friends: But - originally brought' forwent, was subatantiated. l'imi.
this we., a favourite topic, and like the. rank of the only proofs iii ca-t . any, colour of pliune ou. the
'loyal Duke, a theme for untemided insinuation,--- cendeet 01 , the Mike of Yoi k were accidental, or
lie uctultt.lMn it tothe House .sln in the present carte out accidenuilly, in the course of the inquiry ?
day rank del riot rather expose to acriniony••and ate ; They were ConserpietiO no' grOttn(l sit praise. lu.
leek than servo as a defence to the indieiduill ? The what he prentiseil, theHaeout .10;e Mther had ohm-
viroleuce wit:l which the inAtty 'struck at this high pleiely fitiled. It-w:is.said, however,' he deserved the
pole w ;is much greater than.all that influence or • Meeks of the House for his Comilla on this oecasiotie
rewer could to to counterbalance it.. It Was the.ob- For his part, he rattier thou gl 1i i it matter of shame
:feet of malevolence more than the guard of virtue.— than pride.; and if a Vote of -.Chunks were proposed
lie-did not mean to ask atty favour tor the Doke of, i for au h conduct, he wrinld oppose it, though he
York ; but ,As he aslied no ilur,,ur,, Ri) Must he Crewe- i 'should-forme iilinte. To the AddresS of his. Honour-c:i ay. all prtjtidice;,gainst hit; toy al 4-1 ig IllieSS. He 1 able Friend (Mi. 'Batikes)", he had already hintert jai
tees %Ming to place him on a par with the meimest : objections. It grew. out of• the Address-of the tees
eubjeCt ; 'hitt also, teas he not eetided to the s,inie 1 nouralde Gentlern.. (Nlr. Wardle). It seas a
itivlce, the same iirtearti;ility, ai every otherjottivi- t sort of mule, arid lead mach in it at the mulish die-
dual at the con:lint:pity ? . Had he not aim 'equal chlrir I racier for, obsrinsicy. It talked of 'abuses which
to all the essurriinion of Moot:mice and ail tile pre- ! might have existed lesfore the Duke of York was
tesstinns •ef .the .tats ? .-jeut the eherges—No, the i , born „ iii id 'it sheturd nO connection be
C tween his con-
, entirtyten oppos.ne say; they fire 'only, accu,;;itioni ---; 1 duet'and the existence of such a bilS,I. • The awe,.
iii cue-miens, howeeer, which' haye been preterre4 in of resolutioo, a mode S:atticwed by th e,praMi6e.. of
the strong.e-t, leogniv--acensations, u high coosey ' the best of times kV a i that which slionld be pursued
Ms less arm impunition than thin of con aption., end I and in pursuing it, he trusted the lionse wottla.be
of e(ittitiVatite . at-the'corrupt,,prAiiices et ;others.'-- toptied, not by the tower they possessed, but by
These eceesations were' mixecl indeed with lighter their sense of right. • . .
Mr. Possosay ,;corninenced with some sa .. al
matter ;.' but it .svies, somehow or other, attempted to
mak& tee ugh ter matter Weigh more.' Gentlemen did .eemerke oil the Rieht 'Hon. Gentler/Im' tiric-
.
• pot seero to consi,lerthe tempec and chareClel of the He the • k 1"' . • , '. s speech.
n ton a s 16111 vic.,t,V of. tne case of Ma.or
titres they 1. La) in, or the' tendency 11'"t 'narked Tottyn, and that .of Kennett. 'Whatever, titigilit
ihanl to disperage exalted mimes, The 'House, he
,have been said in order to prove'ronyo's Hots a' for.
to pretend to believe it .wits not
treoesi, would not, -however,, be untsiindful of that' gory, -it was idle
. .
,writien lay the Duke of" York., The ce .rctunStence
consideeetion. But even were great crimes imputelle
to his Royal Hightiess, hcre.• was that condemnation. .
of the communication with Ke' 'theft Navin: ;seen'
to be collected groin the ,mceiop of; the Honour-
-centincied iffier his cliaratler must have been known
:lisle Gelitletinin (Or. Wardle.) Let the words
.though it did not amount to ti dittoproOf , that hi:
ir..f that motion lics , examined. Did, it :profess Royal- Highness Was a party In the, corruption,
to do mOth than propose -A iPvestifkioen auf the ' yet it bordered so closely on it, that be thought
conduct of his fie al Highness thea Duke at no man could vote -for tiie prone - I
~Atp . i nt of
York, with . level to
.piornotiens and exchanges, the ebaneeeter ee tt iw• t '''"` --"` ine
the: hequer. fie thee spoke
ate, r How eoulst the Addrese, which the same Hon. at
lenetb t
. 5 on the i.oporianee of the public opinion ;
:Gentleman has since moved grow ortt of, his on-
,he could despise the popular clamour ; he could con-
.
ginet motion I l'he Addres expresses astonishment temp 'the prejudices of what had' been "calied the
• tied regret et tho.corroPuhrattili'as which- have been ' Public; yet he could net but consider the voice of
fi)unq to exist, Tthe he original, motion,says nothing of • nation as sacred; mitt the Members of that
corrupt predicts ; hut the Address acknowledges Ffouse, could no *longer be considered. as ReP re-
them, acid by voting for trigstrigsAddress, you- prtinonnce sentatives of their constimenis if they voted contrary
the Duke -oflork guilty, Inc Address proposed
by to tle sentiments tit tlt r tll e
his Hun. Friend (Mr. Batikes)' does not charge- the ''The euestieii beiieic 11.111c'ec'n'''li;tidly called for the
btrke of York with peesoval cotr apt ioti eit saye, how-fonery was ordered tie t , eee cleareti ~ , e
.
ewes that alt see do exist, .which ' abuses a COrUMit.•
TtPttNl ^ ' • • t .. •
tit: at' the w tioie HoUse has Oren employed in inter Mr* •• " nude a shor ,bix,ll-11 while strangers
tieating ; but etill the true link is not made out were excludd. . .
While the sumo. of the House was taking Mby which .to conitati ins Royal °Highness with the n
prevalence of finch, abuses. - Hut, says the Addit...ss,, , JlANKus.ft Address, tile Cu iv:kiet..eott of the Excuse:
it is prudent to remove inn) from the command of QUER suited in the lobby, that when that liA4a disposed
the attoy, though it (lees not dechwe iriiii guilty of, Ilia ameedment on the oriainel. motion would
oil be. considered ; and it that should be earned,,
of . personal cort uption. You woulcl then intii6 . t. n
his iloyal litglinesl the, ptinishinent of the crime it 'rot" ticti be-for thew to consider of the resOlu-
estetelish the guilt or innocence of
and titans it-tiding to
et which you. declare him not to be; guiltY ;
to i—oferely as OW Address, Wotridl,iraVe If, from the Doke at Yorti„ NllivisEr,, the first .question, he.
prottential,teneisee,—What woeld- be,thought of a ''would tak6 the Be.llSe of I Ile [loose 00 the second,
J•icige whir would state prudential reasons wiry a . est iich.•weold be, ‘. le the Duke of York 'guilty or not
iiiitti should be hanged; zintl who .would consider guilty, " and when they had decided,on that,it would
Sit the cliptt(Ltirtcy, not from the evidence lit had be proper, to submit to theto " what farther pro-
he.ird, .but rn,--rtAY. I.Pmause it answered his purposes ) , eeeditigs should be adopted,"' but on that question
Tote isi whit, the-Address of his Hon. Frieoti would he thought it untiecessary to collets to op immediate
seene to rePtflhitsial... But. the accused In tilib case, decision, 'and he would threft?to. ways, 44 40 had,

consitleeng the work which it, has On its hind-

j•Spain, or whether Austria has been Ind (ce,l h ti
apprehension if danger, to mapite,t a temp:lli/Iv.:
policy to an Enemy who only wants tl9 op::or-
tunity completely
,to overturn her weight itt
scare of Nations.

THE last accounts frern Portugal, dated the '20.1:
ult. state, that Sir liosuaT WIL'SON, with a divkion
consisting of Portuguese, and some Spanish
had taken considerable property, in money, pros i
71:14 hors colleeted by the trend :it 2.einto-
ra. Portugal itself, up to thee. oth, had £11)
of French moven:lows towards that. Country.

. ,
MALLS.
ARRIVED -1 Dublin, Waterford. • lluE-2. Gottenburgh,
2 VVatertorci.'

I'ItICE OF STOCKS
THIS DA T AT TWiLV O'QLOCK..-
0011:1015

Yesterday Lieut.-Col. STIR LING, who ennui-inn dect•
the 4Pd Regiment at the battle oftoranna, was i re-
sented to his MAJ RSTY by their glint culoneltliti
Marquis of fivi.imets. They both appenrA in the
full Highland uniform of-that distinguished corps,
•The Dukes of YORK and CiistfiranTa, ;tiler pap.'
ing their respeats.to.His MAJESTY; WitiledtfriOn thf,;
Prince of WALES yesterday, at Chritoh-i-lonw, pupil
remained with the Prince a considerable

T E S U T.

40LIM QU,lSDictsts PALSUIa AUDSAI?

LONDON,
TIIUUSDAY, MARCIf 16, 1809.

yesterday, about twelve o'cloCk, MAJI:sT al-- •
rived at the Queen's Palace, from Wii4sor, where ,
he-was received by, the Dukes of YORK.
CUMBERLAND, and CAsisatianE. At-two o'clOck
his MAJESTY held a private Lievee. "
lh'his MAJESTYefoII the 1
ton of'
p
The Rtw. Dr. Gretna), upon his being appointed to the
Deanery of Hereiord.
Lieut.-Colonel Buller, upon his appOintment'to the Cuhl-
rntc4
ese
to
streArn kegnnent of Guards. "
Lieut.-Colonel Sterling, of the 42d, Regiment, by tne Mar:
quis of Huntley.
His Majesty held a Privy Council, and gave. *l-
dietkes' to the Cabinet Ministers, v.:lto were all pre-
sent except the. Duke of PoIU.FLANT), whowas pre
vented from attending byindispnsii ion. .
His MAJESTY set Off [cturn to Windsor
soon after six o'clock.

A Gotionburgli Mail arrived this Morning. The
following is the only article of intelligence whichit
Contains '
STOCKHOLM,' Manctt 6.—Since the Report
made by Major-General DOBELN, on the, IWth of
last month, *1 an attack on Ktunblige by a detach-
ment of our tioops, no farth,er intelligence 115 s been

• received from the army.—While, however, the pre-
sent season precludes the possibility of any mili-
tary operation of, moment, the preparations for the
next campaign continue to be made with the utmost
vigour, and there cannot remain a doubt but that
it will be opened by some' decisive:operation. On
the Ist of this month our Court went into mourn-
itvg for eight days, on account of the death of the
late Duke BENEDICT,. uncle to his Majesty the pre-
: sent King of Sardinia.

The Earl of CHATHAM, after haying 3 private 311" •
dience at his MAJESTY,, iveut yeskrjoy to th.c. Coat-
wander in Chiet's °thee, Horse Guards, and
hid an audience of the Duke of 'YORK fur upward.;
of an ho

. _
Yesterday a CoUrt of Directors wa4 ht..lJ at the
East India House, When the untler-mentioned Ships
were taken up tor tiro seriice'of, the ensuing seJson,
-Lushington, 590 tans;
680 tons ; Sarah Ll/4rist;ana; 661 tons; Charlton,
000 tons ; 1i ndiw,u, 8-00 tuns.
MATTHEW Caow, Esq: was appointed a Provinciat
CouocillOr at Bombay.—The Court adjourned at sir '
o'clock tilt this day.

It is With no small degree of satisfaaion we find
the disgusting subjea which - ha 4 so long occupied
the attention of theLloiase of Commons, is likely to

be soon brought to a final issue, VVeintended to

give, our sentiments upon the.subject very freely,
but after, the ample discussion which it has under-
.. -
gone by men cifthe hiOest abilities in the country,
on all sides,, it .would be presumptuous:in us to utter
; more than an expression of sincere regret that such

,of M
the v
Doer
t5.--Early this tit(
I D
sea, with two Briti•llt Naval Ullicers and twO autcll-
men, th forintlx havtr,g tn-i,le their escape
,from
Verdun, and gut to Nlll:l!eburg, ,where they coin-
spelled the Jotter to ass:i chum with their Boat in
getting to Eng! mil., •iy
The two` Officers
endured the greatest pest-,~
fatigne 'previous to their arrival nay; Middleburg, frtull,
whence tlry could not have or dc their esc3Pc,
they not forum:us:ly fell in ‘,.;:lk DutifiEncP's
Boat in the harbour.
They bring intelligence that Anstria,
have declared %V* against Frame. •
One.of them is Lientenata qon
Bishop of Bristol ; of the-other I could not ie.trir7.--
They were b,th tak,...n with the , ;isre uttfoi:tnu;ite
Captain WRIGHT, and have. been coutineti tur near
' ly tive years. •
The DOlCllalen have been suffered tn

a Matter should flay,• been brought forward. Much
has been said of 'i.opular clamour, but we have too
good an opinion of our countrymen to suppose that
;they wish to condemn ti he son' of their revered and

truly "estimable Sovereign, won such evidence as
they have seen. It, should always be iemembered,
that none of that evidence was given upon oath,
and it is very probable that if the awful sanction
of an oath, bad indeed- been -administered, the
most sliainele,s of the witnesses might -!rave shrunk
,from suo.,' a solemn. test, and have given a-very
different testimony: The errors of the Great
‘Personage whose condnd has been theobjeci of
this investigation, in forming such a connexion,
must be deeply laTented ; but the liberal cliaradter
of Britons will dispose them to consider the anxiety
and humiliation which he has se*red ; nor will
they be insensible of the condo& which,' We can
confidently say, 'he has shown since this unfortunate
inquiry took place, in having manifested' a sincere
contrition, and aanally be.gun a complete reform in.
his dottteqie arrangement 4. :The leswn, Le has re-
ceived has been of. the most awful and impressive
nature,, and Cannot fail to operate on his con.;
duct through life. We -cannot conclude with-
out offering our hearty: congratulations to ,our.
Conntryinen_on the figure which they must make
in the eyes of:mankind, compared with the degraded
condition of every ,other people in
,Europe. The.
Representatiyes of the'British people we find reso-
lutely scrutinizing the.condta of the Blood• Royal,
and freely, uttering; the roost severe refle(tions where.
they appear to be deserved ; but there is no other
country in Europe where the- people dare breathe
syllable against ,their Itulers ; and the despicable
Setiate of, France, in particular; exist only to record
the decrees of their U.furper, and dare not presume
to ,comment upon the prOceeding of the, lowest of ,
his minions,

PLYMOUTH, MARCH t4:--Al•iiyed the 13ri4 feroze,,
Lallre,
,of Londoti, "Fir tnatteri from,
Rio delitteiro,"laden wiih hides, tallow, and arse,
bound to London; left the former place tho e3LI of
,DX7ember; in company with thirt,etn
convoy of the Survelllante I.<'cipte), C);tt.iin Sir
GEORGE CoLLiEtt, Snip put into F;tlinneth,
with the remainjer of the Convoy, on the nth

ingtant. ' •
Arrived. the Marquis Cornwallis, 5t".11,40N,
Lisboo; laden with wine, bound lb London
111
here by contrary winds.• Left the fortitcr pl:tal the
tB,Ol February : at that tics e it. was.unciertood that.
the Ftench were within font' nt
teetl 'CLAIN ir'ha
Lisbon ; the PurtugueseAere in conwrineaco (It
minding alt the hitteries, and shit,ping the guns 011
board Transports in the Tigui. ono hat teiy,,it•
tho%ht, would. be obliged to tic deitrove,l, it beine,
in such a sitl,ation as t'o prevent any of tlio storc-4,
being _taken out. The Cwicrtiera?.,. 74, Adani:.!l,
prfd the Ganges, 74 Ciiptaia,
11AmtHrr,I.rith three Fril,iates,. were in
Sailed the Cculrnus',..hati-brig:

PORTiSf..UTH, MA fiCil 4.—Arri 4'ol the ;it),7712 q7lcl
Salty, ; eiso' rtie 1) ;,
I)orlArrort, tro,n Cork hriothl
Hip l~~tje,iy's Soil), Mafia r;!:,!...
Brun-4-wick and tatle.be.C.
PO itTSMOVTii MARCH
ty's' 011) La .Fl /u front Cork.
&fie(' .hii M4je.ors Shipi
Yitiory. , Blake, Cit:unpion. attd Saturn, to: .
Downs,:

ItIEIRNSS,VARCIT 15.—Sailod 41,Li'''IY 6
Ship Mag/c/enne,- t
1, Passed by for
Came down front Chatham his 111:geity'3
Terniigant.

Tfi B Supreme Junta of Spain), according- to tic-
counts from Gibraltar; dated,the ritth ult. have given
orders for diimantliog the whole of the Forts....xvhich
extend from that Gart ism) to:Tariata,attd eventually to
destroy the. Forts thentselves, in case the French
should be able to appear in force in that, part of the
Country.' The Convoy; consisting of about eighty
Sail of Vessels, Which left Gibraltar on the sth ult.
after incliedqally buffetting with Contrary winds,
hal been obliged to_return on the 12th. , It will of
cow se proceed as soon as.the wind4val permit.
Private Letters from Flatland speak With less confi-
dence of the. probability of a War bctween Aostcia
at.itt France, but -they.,contain nothing to indiCate,
whether the former has been influenced by the ac I
Itnew!thlgos4 exCel!ent htate 6t‘ tits. Aggrian Army,

DISTRIBUTION Ui
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tsit
the 20111 test. at No. 0, Surtilope-itrcet, Strand, :old 0.10-
wartts.it the same e. •
,To the. Sloop. Ssvaltvw, for the capture of the. Frj
Sol:Jotter La I.o,tise., on hoard, ur at W S,wtit's
Pi)month Dock, , the 7th Ltot . and cV iy GItY .fitt‘r, '‘)
three months, at r- t oniclort-place, I

1 . ' ..'.."*....................*................
iDi ett , at Leith, on Ott:, tst hist. AttcHtpALß
. GLDnEs, Esq.
In ttddition to funding eight millions of ExeLetitu'rr.
Bills., it Is exp,:et eft tltt ,the Chan, ellor ot Inc FA'
cliequer will nti,t, ten tnilitons oy w ty'of 10m, 01.11°
no addition to the taxes, and aholtilt Lottett,es t)); twt
renewing tht: art .n A I I,I) Ctt .ry 13i. '1 '....„,...=za5•
..I.

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