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tending to the cbaratler of a Gentleman, could have mender in. Chief; aryl was i tuaWy disadvantageous
cloak. If the buke'of York had• been so openly -to the country. this was not the business be-
lost
to every sense of shame, and so grossly corrupt, fore the House, which was to, inqUire if the tom.
instead of the four solitary, cases they had now be-' mender in-Chief had httn. guided by undue. infit, •
fore them, their table woOld have groaned with ex-* euce, which did not appear in. the case of French,
amides of Corruption. The. next thing for the House who seemed curiously favoiared by Being employed
to :do was, to see if they could trace et tooti% ein in -a transaction by tvhich he lust •As for the
Mrs. Clarke for her evidence against the Duke of exchange between Colonels Brooke anti Knight, as
York ; and here it was that the conversation with the Duk%pf York Nies nisi conceded with it; he
Mr. Knight, and the letters to Mr. Adam, •clearly would pass it :over. :Ile case 01.-.. Carter seemed
demonstrated that she had threatened to expose the also to be diiposed of by the House. There was no
Duke, openly to disgrace, to accomplish her own :proof of: the fad acid he did not believe that. his
purposes, unless he complied with her demands. Royal Hignneis knew that the. Samuel Carter pro-
There were also homei corroborations of the in- moted by him, and recommended by Lieutenant Sot-
credibility of Mrs; Clarke s evidence, on the import- ton, was the same person whom he had seen behind
ance .of whate had justly been called a mysterious • Mrs. Clarke's chair or her carriage. Mrs. Clarke
note. This noteappeared to him 'to •he the hand- appeared to have dwish to serve tins person'; and it
writing of. the Duke of York ; and he could' easily i was therefore likely would conceal any thing calcu-
beco.unt for the.mistake in his Royal Highness's mind, lated •to dtfeat his promotion, end particularly such
that coupling this notice with the charge attached to. circumstances as the;;e. Thus, nothing was corrobo-
it in Sanden's evidence, hiS. Royal Highness at once rated that Mrs. .Clarke had urged against the Drake
would deny ever having written it.. But what did of York,' andhe was ready to come to.a vote when-
this note prove ? It Might have been written' With . ever it might be put, directly: negativing the chargeof
the mbst innocent intentions;` and,
.as no proof of bermotives,oruf any knowledge of corrupt practices.
corrupt motives in anyother case was brough home But there was another point on ,which he had some
to the Puke of fork, it -was but fair to consider this hesitation in expressing his opinion. He could
as written IWith ;no blamable design. With 'regard not see any grounds for
.Parliamentary interference
to the evidence of Miss Taylor, he believedehat the at all in this matter, or what right they bad to vote'
whole of the conversation site stated herself to have addresses or resolutions on the subject'. 'No man
heard might be an invention ; but at the samestime would say that they had such aright, upon an ab-
be allowed, that it was not improbable that such a strait principle of one' More Criale being committed.
conversation might really; pass. MissTaylot was called This was,-then; a question clement and quality; and
for the sole purpose of fixing •on his Royal fitgli- the extent so snail, that he could not think there
dens the Duke of York the knowledge of corrupt was a fair grotind for their interference.. He lametit,..•
practices. He would not enter into her designs, but j ed,- as.every one. tunst do, that sac!r- a connettion
only inquire if there was enough to sew that slid 'had ever existed, and such an exposure, taken place.
was so much influenced by Mrs.' Clarke, 'as to give Bin this was not a Court of sloral Censure; but of
a coloOring to the testimony, which rendered it very Judicial Inquiry into the effeA on the official coudu(t
different in meaning from what it really was. On of the Cummander in Chief. He knew of no mode of
this matter he begged leave to call the attention of better performing their duty as Members of that
• this House to the evidence of this Lady, who recol,- House, than to examine the evideece carefully, and
leo ted so minutely what had passed tour years ago, to ptonotinee a verdictaccording to their own. judg-
es to what had passed on the same subject in a more meets. 'lf they were. influenced by, any 'opinion unit
material point of view within three weeks of her ex- of doors, they were'departing from their duty, and
.amination. In page 472 of the Minutes were the it w 34 a libel to say that any gen:m:ll sense had been
following -questions anti answers: , impressed upon the public mind •in.this grear guess-
'Q. Are you sure these were the words ?—A. These were Lion, • The public well knew that they had the eaee,
the. Words (tile words used by the Dolt,: of York in tS incorredly before them. They well knew that
Q. Did you ar any time ;afterwards have any communrca-
much depended oa the eharatter of the witnesses—
lion with Mrs. 'Clarke, relative to the observation ,the
Duke of York upon French's business' . Not 'till they well knew. that much serious consideration was
' within.l hese tikree wefts or a mouth. j doe before aiming to a decision
,on this painful
What was ,ite conversition you had at that thee.--A.
She asked Ine if I recollected the Duke of York's ineutionilfg 91.10. il1ion,0n, and • fie was
_persuaded that all• that was
Colima French's nttnts ILI p:::4CMX. • illSt and rational was to be emvatd from the pub-
Q. Dad any- ruin;; else pass oti that occasion ?—A.. I im. lie mind, and that they would sanian what he had,
meuratelyrecollectvd the circumstance, and told her.
said.
Q. Did Airs: Clarke rilake aily reply t.i resat observation,•
an what,?,,-A. I4° "A'teL9lle‘t ' Lord Formstosre said lie had to rise be-
Q. Do jiin at ail re .0 lest any further conversation that ,
but was now glad nu opptsrtun y hed been al-
i.
passed At the.tadre when site Puke et York node that obsco.: fore,
vation relative to
.Colonel French's Levy, besides. what you forded him of following the Hon. (;2ntletwin Who
have already given in evidence ?-A. No, nothing at all upon lied hest sat down; after putting the vestion on a
the sbject.
fair tooting., Before, "however, he adverted to what
Pare 274. —Q. Can you recolled,'what passe4 with Mrs..
(..itafke three we!:km :lA° upon Vs.: o,:casuin of this converse. had Allen from that HootOurtible Gentleman, lie
n rest-recut% Cot. I. rend'? --A. No; nothig. ' iflust otfter'i few remarks on •seejral Matters which'
Q. NO ..at expression or circurnmuiee that, passes three .
weeks ago with Mrs., Clarke I—A. No, Ide eel ee.encee had came from some of The •Honourable and Right
any. Honourable -GCllltelnen. V.• 11() hid It'lll'ered • their

Was it possible that Miss Taylor could have forgot : sentiments'' on this SubjeCt.- There could be no
every ci'reutnstance relating to a transaction, at that doubt of the rtlgularity of their -proceedings; and
time bet-Anne 'se.interesting, while the remembered' •in this respe& he ,lolly agreed witlia Right - 'Hon.
what passed four years before, when it was not at Centkmau on the floor (Mt. Bankes). With re-
all recommuded to notice by any particular cause. i speet to the lefluenee of peblie opinion, le could not
Ile could not help believing*ukin Mis'sTaylor's own . understand upon what ground the Resolutions of his
testimony, that she,-was iethiended by Mrs. Clarke, Hon. Friend(Mr. Wardle), or of the Right lion.
to gi.ve-a colour to expressions Which did MA Odong Gentlethan, eotlit: ,be sepposed to be calculated 40
en..thew. end
.whieti
.elotse. is.ettie sherredele his_ . fli4t that opihion.. . He 'called on the House torneet
Royal ' Highness the • Couifiiander. in Chief. An."-iii-eiFfeefitiv'veutittifFiitii-tiereilliidgiiient,ind would
, .
•
Hon. Gentleman bad last night gone into many pre: be the last man in', the House to 1),.! carried away by
suruptions, which he contee4edhotelupou the case the-popular tide. Gentlettlen-Wellicl reeofteet that he
The first
.e as„ ihat the expenciiture of the establish- ' bad stoolfor Nord against the popular feeling, and ex-
anent at Gioucester-place 'greatly exceeded the sum posed himself to public animosity on the oecassion.
'allowed by his Royal Highness, and therefore he An Hon. Gentleman had attacked his Hon. Friend as
must Kaye
.suspected that-the overplux was gain- lif he hid been Modred in this im
proper,
ed by mproper
ed -by ..some -other means in ,other quarters, But.: ! motives. He denied that such a eharee was just, and
how stood the Matter ? . The Duke of York had been ,; was sorry to find any Hon. tl'entlenlin going out of
ni the habit of sending 'meney drawn from his 1 his wily to hazard such ae opinion. Surely if ever
banker's, .toMrse Clarke, which, though it did not i there was an instance, in which an individual was,
admit ot•legal proof, he stated ,to amount ,to 55001.' `.solely guided by pure patricti:sin; the most virtuous
and that he also personalty tiequently gave her sums : motive-.. 5, and. an anxious desire to overtern abuses,
to a considerable amount, which he wOuld take at : it was in the preeent, Gracious Heav,ens 1 when it
20001. Besides this, tic wine and houiehold furni- 1 was acknowledged on all hands that the ~Duke of
tore, were provided by his Rey,ii Highness at an ex- ii York ' was guilty of corrupt connivance-:-(Loud
pence of upWards 0f„,1.6-,0001. besiOes the 10001-. per 1 cries 4 s't no na.")---of Undue influeoce. , He mtist
.
ann. regularly 11110‘04.' Theestablislituent was sup'. I wtnider at -such an opinion- coming' trout an Hon.
ported partly
.by twine), and partly by credit. ' This ; ‘Getuletua4, hintellsp nolch ocetr)lo=l and adxious in
was proved by the es,isienee to by the case in I 'nverth
ElJl.%itig aba,es. It the lionse pursued the
• the• present: instance, for the sale of, furniture clue now given them by hiss thou. Friend, who he
(he believed,' exclusive of the house) amounted to trustedi t would always'be rernetilbetM, had 'origi-
-44001. which was allotted to the' payment of debts, ; nally brought forward this question, they would do
incurrecl- during the time the establishMent was more cowards saving the country, and. defending, it
going on, and with the'ssool. froth the • Banker's, from foreign (Cies, than , any . other in the empire.
and the 20001. in nao:ley,- rout fated to the :Stieo of Another point he muSt notice in an 'Hon. Gentle;
12,4001. hcing 60001. a year fio;s: the Dukeol,York, man, who, at the end of the e\.sai,inatio.o, had call,
for the support
.of Abe expenditure at G,loucester- ed on Officers to give evidence, a.: aigotnents iHonourable'fa-
place. -ThHonourable ‘GO•oticinJu had stated an Your: et the Duke of \ fle neither admitted or
other, winch he eiillud a retnarlia'ole' Presumption, denied the fact of hisgeed milietry maaagement, bet
which was, the coincidence between time :ttine.thc whez her it was prt,vd'or not, it had niithincr; to do
expensiilt. establiittpeot WAS formed, and the vow- . tt ith. the ease. If they had ititteeled to punish the
.tnencentent of the' c'n-i.ttpt pisa,':ties', Tins interter. Bake oh York,. such evidence Might avert it ; but it
once ivas fair enough, had it risentrue, but the easier it :id certaitdy"ou concern with the merirs of the Ciise.
't •
solution was to be Inond in tinr=, that Mrs. Clarke co ~!d Various objedions, somewhat of a technical nature,
not have commenced these praetices before her lltitig 11:iii Pt:en urged against his Hon, Friend's address by,
established under the protection of the ConimaUder in th.l4
e.ht -Hun Gentleman opposite (the Chancesilor.
Chief, which gave her the apvearmace of i;nluence of the Exchequer), and it was said that he* had
and power. She could not lt•,ld 'out her Wiles till . made a charge of eamuptiott, and flinChed from
her living with his Royal 'Highness gave a colour, bringing it to a decisive aye or no. He knew no-
t() leer. inetensiens; Another ikesuinptioil was, thine ot. such a charge, and looked to die Journals
that as she, asked hsvotirs ha .sirangt and hUit•.- and Records. of the Honsi_ for it it: vain. die,
was
eo-charge ot cOrruptioh mele, tied three who asser ed
lot her friends, ins Royal flg itisess hitlit. baVC .
.51.1spe4t0d : that ske was re‘vetided tor her eitertines.• this, travelled out 01 the JourruTh. They would
• fitly find that the committee hid been appointed to
This point had *beets already so ably retnied, that
inquire into the conducttil the Cominauder in Chief;
hewoeldnot trouble the ,Hense- upon the 4ohjett.
Eat, after all these Presumptions were g,Ol rid'of, and. din their decision they talked of cluarges of cor,.
they were told, thatthe aajoes wire such as to . minion, it would Lie frotri that' decision altnie it could
hgreatter be kisown lhar.soch a charge 'had been
leave an impres,ion agamst the Duke of York.
made. The Right Hen IG,ehtlenian bad also alisad
In French's levy the cortoptioti' was 6.i-tient; het
did it follow that his Roy:11 I lighness the Duke of. td to cooler beads, 'tii Itfri, Mg (united the Asldres of
York knew. ei that currupt ion ? Woold not his it 113 11".-Frie14 lit kid at all units di,fiketl,suell
itisinuations which' were thrown out to iejere, where
teetion fur this ' WOlll4l accoont for - ally part,Ality •
aogible cleirgeS could .he brought forward. I.le
towards those she recommended, without ascrib- • 001
ing it to corrupt Motives*? But he denied the knew nut who averp meant by cooler heads, but this
he 'knew, that ii was his Hots. Friend's Motion, the
fact itself , and froth reading" the evidence upon
trio:Deist he produced it to the House, and it was im-
it,' concluded that the D, Ake of . York was per, .
fectly uncouscioos of the I,•ititetiet: of these prat- PIT", he- nit it kIY irregolareto'-apply--Jo ft any
tices. As for what had been said Of evety man in ttuen lulus as had heen,throeu out.. His approved,
And would/vote tin. it ; but it it did, no i ge fin enough,.
this levy t:osting 1501.• it .vas founded in a calcula-:
csuld net die Hen. Goinlernarr set LiredertCaCy to
OA) (an false: grotinds ; the whole or great part of flit,
the puke of York,:atsd twins Maje Sty, us Inca dietat-
levy being ineurkd at , first,. anti might as I;..iirly oe
argued when the first Man was enlisted. that tic cost ed the leas, harsh rucid tor.his if iii Frlend's.adep-
-7or 80001-..- -The issttitlaf- thiS-levy-proved cedy•that (um ? . Whyhoulti•• he have 111.111 n " ',':ltal and 110.7
n had not aosweredthe"exptchtion.,, of tho euu,.. uoura'l4 I.elilgs, by-stat, mait;r., )trongly ~:15 in