The Sun.
London, England, 1809-02-21 00:00:00

ceiving that infortitationA. I-enn,draw no other
consequenceirntri
Q. Are.those,papy.rs erflocnments in the po4sea. •
sion.of the,Duke of York at plebent i—A. I never
'3,11v them since. :

Q. When did yen !tear of the notepurportingno
be written by- the Doke, and in' the .possesSlon
!Captain Sanden ;. plvasi:, to state how yotr came by
that knowledge I had the information from
Colonel Hanillton •' Col— H.. called.on me between
ten and eleven o'clock ins the morning; he told me
he saw Captain Sandell at Portsmouth; and Captain
Sanden, alluding to the Inquiry now going on, asked
bins (Col( Hamilton) how he should condud him-
self,. incase he was called upon to explain what he.
knew of the, note.' Colonel H. advisedshim to ad-
here.strialy to the truth; that ..nothing else. could
'avail him when lie came to- be examined by the unit-
ed abilities of the country. • moreover, advised
Captain Sanden above all things to preserVe the note
and whatever papers he might posseA conneded
with the subject of the present inquiry. col; Hamil-
ton came to my house. and 'related to me alt that
passed. He brought with him, -according to my di-
. a copy of the note, which copy is the same
`which I have.prodneed.- I advised him to go to Mr.
Perceval,: and to relate the matter to him, which lie
accordingly did. I followed him to Mr, Perceval's,
'and we deliberated together what course we were to
.pursue, and. it was resolved that .Captain Sanden
should have no communication with Mr. Wardle or
Mr. Lowton, till he appeared at the Bar of the
House., 11,pon,.;further deliberation,, it was.agreed
to communicate-the matter to the Duke of York. I
waited. in
.consequence on his.,Royal Highness, and
informed him of what we had heard of the Note in
the possession of Captain Sander), His Royal High-
, ile,s expressed great surprise and astonishment at it;
and declared it was impossible he should have written
it ; and his Royal Highness immediately went with,
me to Mr.. Perceval's, where he made a similar as-
sertion. I. next went to. Colonel Hamilton, to learn
what he had done with Captain Sanden. Col. H.
informed me that he had advised Captain Sanden in
the manner lie had been' instructed to do. That
Captain Sanden promised to preserve' all the letterF.,
but added, that he Mid destroyed the.note.—Good
'God ! ,said Col.. H. what, -have..you destroyed the
nOte?. Upoo.hearing,that, it was destroyed,, I, also
expressed .my surprir,e,- and I wilt-to Mr. Pereeval
to acquaint hint
.with the 'matter., ',We again deli-
b6ra.ted how to proceed, and retiolVod not to erten-
, thin the circumstance of the Note best% destroyed
till the proper. time„.: I felt it,. hOweVer., to be my
duty not to keep the secret, to;_myiell, or to delay
Intntipning ,it,lwithotrt making the !thing known to
c'erta'in Members of the Hamm. Itherefore'cotn-
tiipriicated it.,torhord.Castlerengh, to the Attorney
and. SOlieitpr.
.00lier31ti, to Mr. Canning, to Lord
Ilettry Petty, Mr. Whitbread, and:General Fitz-
patrick. •

Q. When yon,mentioned the circumstance of the
note to the'Duke of York, :did his Royal-Highness
say he had never written such a _note, or that he hrsd:
h
no recollection ofaving written it.?--4,A.r His Royal
Highness .said lie could hever have ;written ii, and
had no recolleaion of such
.a thing.,
, Did ,his Royal, Highness state that he had
never written to Mrs. Clarke on the subjed; of mill,.
tary atiairsor prothoriono-1. Very rarely, or rather
not at all. , At, an early period of their itecacinttmee,
Mrs. Clarke put ;some cp)'etition tO his Royal High-
, *tees reveding militau,m4tinvii but* his RDYaI
Highness enjoined,, her wow r.:to.stouch upon .such
subjedsagain. . • '• •
Upon beieg questioned' bi a Member as to the
propriety of the mode that had been,pursued re;peet-
ing the' examinatioi4 of Coptifiu,Sanden, ADme,
observed, that in a erase so extraord.inany,at,aed his
friends had resolved not to crosslexaminoCaptain;
Smitten. In. so doieg they used their best ,discretion,
deeming the me de they bad adopted with resw•et to"
him, the best they could devise to answer the endsl
of justice. . .;
A similar question being pin to Mr. PItRCEVAL,.:'
the Right Hon. Gentleman made nearly the same
reply as Mr. .4.0 m. ,
Mr. •WiIITBREAD and Gen, FITZPATRICK bore,:
testimony to the emninunicatiortc which bad been
,made to than resveding Captain Sulden..,, , •
Mr. Hu' sitsioN proposed, reading is letter from •
114,3j0r Ximenes, deprecating the. .mention that had.
hcell made of hik 1,9111 C0111:he.;0( the stir
quiry. The letter stated th 4( Major Ximenes herer
bad any intercourse with Mrs, 0444 ctirealy.,orfin-
direMy ;'that he bad servecrti.n yearil it, the army.
before ho was made a Majorj,,thzu at rte time ite
was promoted, he was in America. intreal&
to be examined at the Baroni.these peints,•and 014- .11
served, that 'his brother was in wAiting.t6corraburata,
what he bad advanced. Mr. Huskisson moved, that
Xttn ynci he ealled44; hitt the tuotion vas
opposed, on the greund that !toy, stich iifqltivaut
cx-
Cnination would •he only ; wastingi: thlk,4ilol* he
Cent i ttee. : !4r
Mr. ToWri was next called -in.
4, By Mr, C tits It 5.,.--Was he r the r Josi 4
persuasion, and what was his :radca-4 1 arc,..)l
Jew, and my trade private teaching. • :4;o'. t 4
Q. Have yeti 'not said that Mrs. Clarke, told yow,
she bad forged the Duke ot.,Yot*'s name yes,
she told we so. .

(1.-Was not the witness now under an indiatneat
for perjury ?—A, I ain,no". . -
U. Are you not implicated in proceedings of. that
nature ?—A. No; they do,not belong to
Mr, Parker called in ,anff e;iamitied by Mr. fiLIS-•
It 560 N; to his trade and his toney.transattions, with
Mrs. aarke.—A. 1. am a goldsmith and Pawn-
broker. Mrs.,Clarke. has ple4fdgoods with .me...
I have also, "at different tines, assisted it ,discouot-
ing hills for her; some of thaut drawn en Mr. bow-
ler, some on Mrs. Clarke herself by' Mrs. Farquhar;
scarcvly any 'of them were takeu, up when due. I
had, afterwards, a promissory note from the Duke of.
York tor .2301.

1i5;7.1:,--Tior—and Mr, Ei were afien.varcis
but_noither of 'het)) were iti atteodapce:

The CIiANCI:T.LOR of the EXcitanusa said, that
he 04 a question or two,to put.to Mts. Clarke; tit t
AS it bad beep:suited at the Jra that she totilit
he:able to attend for these two days, he shou4l hero
move, that the Chairtuan do,rep,ort progress, and
the Cointnittee do bit poain on kVednei,,pf next.—
Ordered.