The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-09 00:00:00

tee'teller circumstance that 116 -Aocumems were to be
• emed on the table relative to 'the subjeCt of which it
tae-e( 0, namely, a Geier en levy. Though there
eeere.:no official documents to shew by what aUtho-,
t ity Co: French' undertook to raise men in Germany,
ceritriti 1t was, and lie could prove kit, that be had
ecicriting, parties to that Country. It, eherefore,
* en official authority for•doieg so could be sliewe,
and it coulcl, be prov 4 that he Attually didiltis, then
it wildeae (Hit tin the apt hority e(Mrs., Clarke
alone,, or` of the Duke of York through her, as
reeled in•this letter. Ty this it was seen that Mrs.
Clarke examined proposals fur raising one thousand
met; in ,Germany, and made •a report thereon to del
Duke of Y.Orki -aeling, in this instance, in the OA-.
pacity, of Toms auder ite.Chieflereilf, It was also
dear that she had (lotto se horn this. circumstance,
that she desired Standen to wait Uyou the Duke of
York to talk over these very alterations. She repree
sent, hers:00841801'g suggested them to him, which
she would not have done uttless.she had really held
such a Conversation. The next letter) (No. 15),
stated that the Duke of York was " very angry with
you (Sanden), for s'vlien he last sew you, you pro-
mised him 300 foreigners, and you have not pre-
(laced one. (),yes,, Mr. Sanders is a -ptetty fellow
to depend on." This was a positive, proof that the
Gerinao recruiting was Tarried on with the know-
ledge of the Duke of York. It was Ohio a proof of
Clarke's knowledge of the proposals Made by.
Sainlen to'the Commander in chiet which ehe must
have been Made' acquainted with by his Royal H i'gh-
l*tS; After these letters, in addition to the evi-
deem ljeerd at the Bar, there could be no doubt on
the mind of any One that Mrs. Clarke possessed in-
iluence over they .Commander in Chief, and used:
it on this occasion. The next point to lreexemined
was} whether: the Commatider in Chief , knew
Mrs Clarke';; receiving pecuniary consideration for,
the use ot her influence. Mrs. Clarke asserts that
she tici;d him, hut he would suppose that such was
not the ea,;‘,. For. it long time applications without
end were made ; and he would ask, was it possible
for his Royal. Highness to assign any other other rea-
son for her: continued exertion and ititerierence, but
that she receives; a pecuniary reward for her labours,
le would have asked her why she interested herself
*) much tor Colonel French'e levy., end what were
her motives tor wishing so earnestly to procure all
the alterations required. What answer could she
have given to such interrogations but tb.i true one,
that sire received minty for. her Influiince... It she
said it was her friendship fot• the parties that induced
her thus warmly to espouse their cause, such a. de-
Claration would net , have been vary satisfaetory to
the Duke of York. Frosts this he inferred, that his
Royal Highness must have made such an inquiry,
sod would have been satisfieJ with i,o •anSwer but
OW true One, that a beneficial coneideratien. was
paid to Mrs. Clarke for he'r 'services. Motley was
tent to her for this transaokion at all limes without
Concealment or reserve, and nut at all as it would
have been, had Mrs:choke been afraid of its corn-
ing tp the knowledge of the Duke of York. It also
eppeared SiOrie the evidence of Mrs. Clarke and Mr.
Riwler, that a lean of 50001. was negotiated for hie
Royal nighties& himself, which had not much -the
appearance of a wish to conceal these things from
Another peiot which evinced the Duke of
York's knowledge of this traffic was, that the erg.
pent:lnure of the eeitablishrneuts at Gloucester-place
and Weybridge, exceeded the neele of.supplyeeee
This was to be attended to in ee cry part of the
question. Miss Taylor's evidence was . also so
natural and conclusive, that if: it slid not carry
cooyiaion with it, be woad 'be ready:to give up his
ceese French, worrietime contumally about the
leyy business, and is alway.s waming, Sotnething
blouse in hiS own faveur-eflow does he behave to
_ton, darling'" , Whici4
,Miss Clarice answers,
'4" Middling; not '
fiery well ;" and his !tool WO.,
ness'rejOins, reMelter 'l.ericb must mind what he is
about, or ''l shall cut hp him anti his levy too," Even
if tuisuppurt4by ony other proof, he would think
upon this testimony:alone the Point:int4introvertible.:
Put
~th'ere Were oilier strongly cerroborating
stanci, \‘. hich werild 'Of themielveS establish thiS
ease. The payment of the service, of Time might
be thought seiticieue for that ,Fetrpose.: Mrs.._Clarke
itaidsbot of this, eed the Duke of York paid the re-
tunneler by his own bails. Mrs. Clarke sad she paid
his Ow. from the inciuey she received from Colonel
rrooch, and it appeared fruiw the documents on: the
"able; that, the letter of service for which French
gave her at once, 600. guineas,. was dated the eeth
tif April, and she paid the titun of 14001. to &lett
on the lath of May following. NI) attempt. was
ivaile on the other side, to abew that she had re-
eeived a ease to thie amount from the Duke of York
about the dine, amid it, was evident that he must,
have been aware ot. her, baviug made this payment'
for th'e plate, of which- he paid tne'remeieder. It
Wl* Very natural that he shUuld wish to know where
gut the bpul. and Aidubtless he did know pro.
chitty Isom "whence :it came. Fie had
.again to ad-'
"Vert to. the loan of 60001. which Mrs. Clarke never
eteild have negociated without thelnowledge of the
:Puke of York, as it ‘voeld have been ttOtiOitlte fully,
;to proceed with that which could not be brought to
,a conclusion, without his beceming a principal party
• • -•
in it by ,tying the proper_aeOurity, and still thiek it
"neceSsary to he kept a ,sybret from bin The next
point roe foal the official documents on the table.
teionel French merle a replay; appellee!), and ob-
tained ar letter et' eerviceep_eaise Soo° men in thir-
teen months, with power to Government to discon-
,i
tiime the levy, it 4.000 men were nut raised by it in
nine months, „Seven. toottkhs after the date of ties
'letter ofaservicej only eeo men were raised, and the
bounty: Was, advaeeed: eilY Jotter.. dated, ,tau, 14,
:1.80„ Colonel Frenc,ll stakes ;Gravy complaint
azalea Brig.-General :raYler, who was at the bead
of the recruiting service in Irelatid, In answer -to
t he, letter from. Colonel Gordon to. Mr- Kirktnan on
Liii,subje(l, a letter was reteivc:4l.ooln Mr. Kirk-
man, inclesieg ones treat General Taylor,, which re 7
iiels tha charge,e(C44,Frerichiatid puints,out to the
Commander in Chief that it 'wag a levy:without men,
and that, Iron', the :little exertion wed onto be ex-
peeled, and the Jetliner of effiours slid oonecome
rnitisioned officers, everyman. raised Cost the country
" 561, That ColonelFecheh was Andy giving it bounty
44 eleven guitleas and a hell, :while the recruiting
around weret,uinrtts. Tint was of
an end of nine months, who they had robed but
men, in4teatl.6l: the 4 OQO, Whia they were bound
in di); and eont•idering the strong language used by
kien.Taylor, he erut d 1101, help beteg surprised at the

levy beit'g allowed to to an another, hour. Aftet A
doctmient, which shewed to the Commander it) Chia
that every Man 'raised by this levy Cott the:people,
burdefied with bites beyond their power' to pay,
000 Winched and fifty pound) •tind !dated the vilti
and abotninable prattice of officeit' add men con-
neCted with it; was it possible that any influence
could induce the Duke
.of York to sutler it to go
on, to suffer sco/ile and .abonainable a job', ruinous
tp the best interests of -the Calmly to eentince-i-;—,
God knew what that int3uence was; it was surely U.
greater than eVett Mrs.- Clarke's, since the rernan-• •
-stratice'of General Taylor loradueed no other Circa
than 'a gentle hint iii' a letter to raise trita more la- •
Ih• answer to this heavy, aectitatiOn against
Colonel C6l, Gordan writes: ta
Man on 25th FebruarY, stating that'Gen. Taylor had
formed a premature jUdgrnetn. A premature judg-
Mott !' eter nines, 0161101 i trial, :who could believe
that such 'things were, and had. ever existed ? ;VMS
letter inclosed one rroth Genera-Whitt:lecke to COl.
French; informing him, that unless a very consi-
derable increase took place in the numbers recruited
tor.the levy, prior to the Ist of A;)ril next, his Royal
Highness would.feel himself under the necessity of
disetantitiuing it. The next docuinent was a-.lette'r
from Gimerid Whitelocke to Golonel Gordon,,dated
14th April, stating the above, and that only ti ig intro
bad been 'raised in twelve Mouths, instead of ui'o iii
thirteen months; recomMending therefo:.e to cliienn,
tinue the icvy. 'What could have induced the
Commander 10 Chief to go on .after this ? lie firm-
ly believed; if Gen. Whitelocke had not
the levy Would not haVe been stopped at all. A. third
letter' froth General Whitelocke to Cul. Gord4o,-in.
eloSed theinwedor-General of the Aecfnitllig Ser
vice in the London District, Col. Robinson's, "tOrttal'
complaint against the whole of the temporary set--
jeattut of Colonel French's levy; as nehaVin; in a
Manner infamous and 'disgraceful to the service, and,
insteadof recruiting titivate levy, crimping to other
Corps. When this was :seen at home, the Com-
mander in Chief stopped the levy, as not so pro.
ductive as unlit have been expected. This was the
first prbeeeding of the Coinniand,r in Chief towar4
men prateeted by his mistress. Wits there'a gentle.
man who heard him, or a Military of4Cer acquainted
with the service, who believed they would have been
thus treated, unless they had.been under thiS protec-
titan ? Yet, on. anti April, they dared to insult the
CorriMander in Chief with, another proposition to
co the levy, under Certrint Moditicationa. They
durst not have done so,' had they not known Who
prote6ted them.. Colonel Gordon answers that the
request could not be entnplied v ith. From these
official documents, a convincing proof was offered
to every dispassidnate man, that. an incalculable bur-
,den had bean laid on the country ; add that for
every guinea Mis.'Clarke received, the 'people paid
eighty by this destrnctive system. After impartially
weighing the whole of this evidence, it any mad
could say that the Duke of York was not a party in
ihese tratisaaions, no evidence on'earth was'capable.
of convincing him.