The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-24 00:00:00

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thoie of a loiter older. Ike thetight it necestarY for
him, after the part he had taken; . to, state the
grounds upon which he Voted on this occasion. Ha
hail been the more inclined to agree to the posrpone-
ment, because the Hon'. Bart. opposite had said it
would afford an Opporienity for some Gentlemen
who could, he thought, Successfully.adVocate the
Cause of General Clavering, to be present. Their
reasonings, he Must Conlesk, he would have beets
el,id to hear, as With all the examinatitin he had been
able to give to the 'subjett, his mind had not sug-
• gested to him any grounds foradefence. He con-
*ldered General. Clavering guilty of having, prevari-
cated. 'On the first day of his eiamination he did
not give true answers to the questions as they were
understood by others ; and for the House to decide
whether this was done from misapprehension, or
with- a design to deceive them, they. must look at
the 'whole of his condu&.. They would then see
that he
.came misrepresenting the falls which led
bit» to the 'Bar, and contradicting his first statement..
Ott his second examination. Which of the two
statements was true he did not inquire, it was .clear
dough that General Clavering bad not dealt fairly
'with the House. He was faliified in 'what he said,
that " he had no communications with Mrs. Clarke
on the subjea of military promottstos." To .do
4,4ray,the impression that he had such communica-
- 110011, he had gone to the Duke of York and to Col.
Gordon, while at the same time he was conscious it
114 true, and that he bad himself offered 10001 i for
!Ile-very purpose of military promotion. Under- all
niesookaum,calices he must vote for the motion.
Mr. WHITBREAD explained, that in his quotation
he only put it what people might say if qen. Cia"
vering was not punished as well as Capt. SAden.
Lord J. CANiTRELL stated, that if the delay had
Argyle)
nacctded "; his Noble Relation (the Duke of
would 'lave been ready 10 come to the Bar,
to state what Gen. Clavering had .told hint of the
impressing twile on his mind by the questions on
which it Wai HOW thought be prevaricated, which
nuld thew, lie had no design ofdcceiving the House,
4111 that his answers proceeded from tnisapprelten-
hion of their meaning.
Ali, W11)111'1'014 drew a distin6lion between preva-
kication and contradiction, and contended, that Gen.
layering had not been guilty of the former,' as all
iris answers were . direct: If he had contradielell
Merely, there was no precedent on the journals of
'committal for that offence, and the present motion
could not be agreed to. He then alluded to the
tank of the party, and contended, that if it ought
not to screen from punishment, so !wither ought it
to aggravate Offence,. but in the question Gen. Cla-
itering lunsi Gen: Clavering ought to be out of the
Ease, and it should be considered merely es aired ing
A. B. He maintained that Gen. Clavering might
have misunderstood the questioes, and that it be had
any intention of deceiving, he would not have come
forward the second time to authenticate the letters,
*Melt were the only things that convicted him.
Mr. WNsuGIITAN explained.
Mr. &Luau contended, that the questions were
put ill so plain a matmer, that it was impossible to
misunderstand them. He had heard so much of this
distinction about prevaricating, contradicting, and
Shuffling, that it, quite puzzled him ; but trying to.
Make the offence out to be contradiction, instead of
Prevarication, veered to him somethinglt. a a--per-'
Voehlt, had heard of, who being indicted under the
77Tv..tary Act for an attempt to deface a mat), plead-;
eolith tic had no intent to deface,
pe on. but to Murder the
He thoUght theevidence of Gen. Clavering
a more direct contradiction than Sauden's,. and, as
wilful, Wmen
in and foolish'
prevarication. It en
in Gen. Clavering's rank prevaricated, their charae-%
education, and connection, &c. magnitied.their
offence, and rendered them, if
possible, mere liable
to
rnishmen,
man persons of loss intOrmed'minds.
wstists replied to the observations of Mr.
Wharton, and re
it' the Standing Order of the House
tO punish those who were guilty of falsehood, in
naiwei to the argument, that if Gen. Clawing was
?n'Y guilty of contradiction, he was not liable to be
plMish
• ed. He then summed uo the other mottCr;
and thought „pon the whole there was not even the
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possibility of a doubt in his favour which if there
'was, hit character, ;
racter, &c. would be of advantage to
him, as turning the male of probability in his fa-
vonr.
The Gallery bring cleared, the Motion Vat agreed
to without a
division, and Gen. Clavering was .
or-
dered
to be forthwith taken into 11custody t the
Serjeant at Arms.
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The Hoeft theh adjourned at Nine o'clock.