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front honour and justice. .Thnsi in the slight matter
where Mrs. Clarke'a solicitor, Comriee was applied
- to to negotiate a loan for his,Royal Highness the Duke
of York,•and French's loan, spewed tharthey were
always grasping at momentary pecuniary relief, some-
times together; and it was strange to think that any
of the Royal Family should be-reduced to such straits.
This was a strong feature in the case, but the case
was strong enough wit bout it—any one of the charges
• ..was sufficient to prove it ; and besides circumstantial
eevidetice, they had niore than would have beets ne-
cessary on any other ocsasion, rush itig in frdtn. every
• side. The legal Gentletnatt, instead of telling them,
as. was usual on all cases of charge, of the dangers in-
,curred by the subjeet, had said'a great deal about the
;dangers to:be tearjd from infortners. They had,
however; before them evidence they could not re-
fuse, and whieh, if any Jury did refuse it, would be
:liable to be 'attainted. Since the seclusion of a Duke
of York from the succession, there has, not been
' so great a question as thie,
,add he trusted no one
' would swerve ft orn his duty in pronouncing sentence.
.It was'not the high birth of the individual, but the
. justice of England that was at stake ; and the quei-
• lion to be decided was, whether it existed, or not ?
. ~While, they considered the honour of a Prince, they
ought also to look to the honour of the throne, from
whence the streams of justice flowed not to be di-
verted or turned aside. Against the bonder of the
Duke of York. they had to put the honour of the
winless at the Bar, from whom the more they •had
attempted to gain, the inbre they had been thwarted,
and their own 'designs tutited against them,- Like
'Balaam'eprophesy " they had told her to curse their
'enemies and she !had- blessed them altogerher.7
Their attempt to prove her eontrathelory in stating
herself to be a widow, spewed bow weak and sad a
cause must be when such wise and learned. 'men
caught at such trifles. .. The, payment of Few after
..she had non-suited him, and he had placarded her in
a hand-bill had nothing of the appearance of the re-
' vengeful woman the- Would represent her to be.
Their lasrappeal, as 'in all lost causes, was to gene-
ral charatler. But his Royal El ighness'e honour rose
out of this charge like the ghost of Banquo,
" With-tweiuyeiottal murders ea his etevin, •'
• " The least A (testa i"
and it was impossible becould retain his command
.at the head of the army. He bed' nothing to do
'but with the evidence, and from that he' would vote
.. for justice, anil for justice alone. ,They. were warn-
,ed not. to bewaeped by popular influence ; that' was
the only influence, he never saw attended to in the
House. There were influences of 'another kind,
which it would be well guard against, though
.they could not be traced to ,Members, who, when
they entered that house, were supposed to shake
the dust iromeheir feet, and buckle on the armour
ofpatriotisin. The people of England, throughout
their history, were found to lie lovers of justice, and
:
if their minds were divested of
,external influences,
their. decisi;ei in th.e present, as in every other case,
'Wald be just, and such as he•would be happy 'to
*cord with. Under every impression, he could
Nye no hesitation in- voting for the dismissal of the,
Mike of Yo!-It from the command of the arniye
The Mesene of the Itoetet saicl, the..ingenious
,b=eech of the lion. Baronet would net induce him
te 'skeet ve front the view he .originally intended to
;take 'of this subject. The Hon. Baronet had con-
dehincd his Right -lion. Friend (the Chanceller of
aalte Exchequer) for expressing his opinions as a judge,
et if no impartial' opinion was to be given iroin-a
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Judge n submitting his reasons to a jury fee coming
tea certain decisiOn. Every one eas to decide from
Itheown convittion, and as they must 100 anxious to,
be well fOunded in their decision, it was propel-4o
, . hear and exchange mutual opinions, till they came
to e- right conclusion, As Dr, JohnsOn said, they
...might be conviuced.hy: party, butt hey did not come
lkeneetly.by their convictioe, ntileis they Perseett the
re_?_urse thus eondedeteel by the How:tunable Baronet.
they ought to pr* their niiiade to the diecussion
And still
unbiaSsed--=not moved by popular glamour,
nel 4611 less bee the situation or honour of any per-
Sots'_. There were two points tor theni to determine
.144, first, whether. they were to come• to a definite
_opinion on the charge of corruption ? and second-
Vs in what mode - they -were to express their
sentiments on the twitter, which. had been- - the
subjetts of the several Amendments moved by diffe
rent Gentlemen This' last would .ngain,subdiyide
itself-into Several prbpositions. If-guilty, it would
b .to be considered, whether they were to put hint
on his trial, or at once to pass sentence, and deprive
/4eirn of hit' &lute:n:l ? - If net 4uilty, then they
:would 11:11r:. to Outi:ii.ler lilt::,,A;llllfirllents, afed cky
tertnincOn which -was the inoht consonaot to justice?
With regard to the original Attire=s, he could not
. believe it would 'be listened to fdr a moment: ,He
.could certainly conceive it to be possible for a ease to
occur, in witch it " )night be right to erdnounc9 no
• Judgment et all ;" but he could conceive no case
where the decision ought to be ambiguous. Ile ob-
jeteted`to'evety motion for an Address, because one
proportion of thosu who, voted for it would vote for
..one.point, and another proportion fur another point,
whereas it ought to be'so shaped that the Opinion of
the House inightlie taken separately on every part.
It seemed odd to him that they were called on to set
' out-with what-required amendment, rather than with
What eequiretleeete, This was perhaps the first Ties-
, Lion on which the House had to decide on the,credi.
bility, of evidence. Evidence which wanted that
,
Italie...lieu which in piety age, in every country, and
by every religiOn, was required- as the only test of
r tooth, They were tins in ()billet, not only, as to
Vie credibility. of the'teitnesses, butt as to.what would
have beet), their teetitinony upote. oath. It was re-
, visite to pause on this; and consider, whetherepon
such eetuettee they:would take
aMeasure against the
Alonour 01 any felloW-citizen ) J'lte Mode'ot exaibi-
flation sanctioned by'the rules-of the House,, Might
!,-1(' u" . "lost eiteetsions ; for inquiry..or investigation
‘‘ was ,sufficient, and it was on this view, that
.it
would be wanted'fur no other purpose, that the cus-
loin of exatemeig eel: upon oath %sits originally este-
121i'd'i'd• It was suiticient to send a man to his trial,
.out to t:;ke 114; punishment into their owe hands,
and, wiiei.o they duubted of the veracity of the wit.
e"e", to exercise their judicial tunetione. Mrs.
Cho i C's
c' ideke _wee not hittg more fhall presumptive,
j'oll, like All witnesseiein her situation she wasliable
~:,. to tail. in her conclusions. 'She asserted, that in a mule
i''..i. . liplieity ut ways the Duke of "Purge had sanctioned
her 4,1,, nay , ti!at he had encouraged, suggested,
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-- 11K:01111M tided, and enjoined their performance. She
p•. was then the mere agent of. his Royal Highness the
• eke .tef York, to spare his puiee and burpdit her

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establishment: The tither facts did not bear out .DfikedYork even her such unlimited powers* it had
the Address, which was faulty in iieelfs by founding been stated she poasesaed, she ought never ',to have
upors n presuMption. It stated, that "it is to be fOund any diffietilty in getting her appltetitions coin-
presumed, &c." and therefore his. Royal Higheess plied with.. .Would.he ih this case ever have °b-
ought to be dikeniesed from his commend. Certainly strutted her wishee ?In many instances her applica-
no Court of Law or Equity upon earth could come : lions had failed. French had been kept in sespence
to this conclusion 'at all, and still less upon the pre- • three months, and Tonyn had waited still longer,
sumptive evidence of Mrs. Clarke. -Tile Noble. though his promotion was
:of great consequence to
Lord (Folkstone) oppoiiite, had spoken of the her. From a variety of instances it was evident she
evidence of Mrs. Clarke; as being entitled to the was miserably informed with respect to. die regu-
entire credit ofahe Housee :hilt how any one could latious in the Duke of ' Fork's office; in ceniee
regard her testimony as meriting implicit attention, (peace of this she was so' .perpetually blunderiok
he Was-at a loss to conjecture. Whin we see evi- i ebout TonyWs promotion. `As to COI. Shavee,, who
deuce bear on its face um:equivocal marks of malice; I made app:ication to the Commander in Chief in
when-we find it inconsistent in its various parts, or at 1804, it was net astonishing that begot promoted in
variance w hie. acknowledged fads, it is natural fur i 1806 ; it did not appear to tes)brough her influence;
men to be confused ; 'add though em re parts May be ; which, in his-opinion, had in that instance totally
trueefrom the difticuitaeof distinguishing that which • failed. The case of Brooke..and Knight, he next
is false from that which merits belief, it is frequently r proved, afforded no indubitable proofs of her influ.:
!necessaryto discard the whole, Thus, with reaped to . ence beitigen high ai she wished
,ithelieved. Thus,
the testimony ,of Mrsedlarke, though some partseif , from these circumstances, .it. was obvious she failed
'it are undubitably true, yet others, :if not glaringly -: of accomplishitlg her object much oftner than she
false,. are and musCremain dubious. Thus, those : succeeded. ;The Hon. and Learned Gentleman then
parts of her evidence, relating to conversations which spoke of the necessity of Princes regulating their
'passed between her and the Duke of York, as they .: conclud by the stritiest rules of morality, as their
can only be disproved by an . exposure of their in- : example: must be supposed 10 have a great rife& on
the conduct- and side 1s of a consideraele, portion 'of
compatibility with existing circumstances, should be e
cautiously received and carefully weighed by the their fellow creatures ; hueit was not for the [louse
House, before they came to any thing like a decision of Commons to puttish•private: immorality, he 'ayes
'on it:' such evidence, when resting solely, on the tea- j for their proceeding according to law, .hut, against
simony of one witness, ought to be listened to'with assuming any arbitrary or discretionary power. They
'great distrust. He should now examine Mrs. 1 were only to punish adelteryeoretny other unmet-el
Clarke's evidence; but in so loin;;, he did not mean ' :Idiot), as far as it affeded the individual accused, in
,to enter inso a minute detail.of the substance of the : the execution of his official duties, ' That left was
'joUrnal of the proceedings of the Committee; he :: therefore le be ascertained. He' did Slot deny but
would not point out insignificant blemishes, nor call : that. the Duke hod' suffered ••Mrs. Clarke both to
the attention of the House to immaterial centradic- :. write and speak to him .on the •suhjeet of military
tions. T 4 first question he thought was, to what , promotions; it was aeaiest the Duke that lie sutfeie.
eitent had Mrs. Clarke's el idenee • been corrobo- ed )ter to open her lips on the subjeet ; that he sill-
rated? 'The principal corroborating witness was :Alias, feted her to address a line to him on such affairs.;
Taylor. ' Her testimony left it for them to decide, ', but the question was, whether he .granted the, 0b...
'what degree of credit ought to be given to the evi- jest of tier applicatten ? Her exertions in. favour of
'clence furnished lay the. strength of her men:vary ? Claveting failed, and whatever the .note respe'Ctink
NOW, before they ende:ivoured to form a iteigineht Tonyn !night mean, it was oie tees she could ?gnat
by a conversation, they ought tabe quite certain such easily accomplish such an oleieet., it appeared eery
a 'conversation had taken place. For. his
,part, he clear hi eeidence that she never ventured to address
could not be of opinido Ali. ; Taylor's memory had the Duke-on the. subjeft but when provided with
given an Accurate accoupt 'of aie conversation which ' eoneeplettable pretence for 41(1.°dt:clog such a topic.
'passed e' as to Iti:n, it appeared very improbabre that Clavering, for w hole •ehe so particularly applied, toi
such:a Conversatioit should take place. Whether the . plied, appears to tines; been an cid' itequaintanee of
'Duke or. yCnk eels, or wes, not in the habit of con-. : tee's. : All the circueistaeces of lietecotieectien ‘;1111,
versing with . Mrs. Clarke on the subied. of pro- ; _the Commander in • Chief epaedered, it ions,- este-
motiona, in the arme,:as had. been alleged ; in ti- 1 niahing she got so little out, of him with respe:e to
flier case; it Wra'i not likely, that such words should : 'Military atfeirs. He could. see- no iiubstantitil reason
have been uttered by the. Duke of York and Mrs. : for depriving the Duke of the • command 'of the
Clarke.as she had stated to, have heard pals between ; army. As our laws require unanimity in juries, lie
'them, Colonel Freucheit appeared, badaaore then hoped, each Member ut the Htfuse, .wouh give the
felfilled all his engagements, with Mrs, Clarke: ; as it . Wtiole of the circumetances a t'eir coesideration, and
41e:et:Ude that over amid. above the spins he had con- ' he did not doubt but their decisiort would proie eae
traded to pay her, he had advabeed -3501. theretetre, tiefeetory to theeneery.
when speaking of Colottel Freech, Mrs, Clarke Sir -SAMUEL Rotietee ditnred 'from Many who
could have no reason:to speak at him in unfavourable
had spi.iken on the Subject noweinder distsussiort, he
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volt' He
thereta,a,rteistinelsde wn:oitthwiiitileireals‘:Lgivi,nAg:siliseilistittitgi
terms; nor does there, exchtsive of, Miss Taylm ~,.evi. could not r see.t,
,deuce, appear any grounds for thinking she did .so ;
as, from every thing else that had come out in the into 4'llles:zees, -hateto, point' out some eartietdar
'course of theinvestigation, she seemed to have exer - .
pessaees to their notice, to-crAtiast once part of the
ed herfelf to, theutmost to promote the interests, of evidence with a:lit her; enderellpere the whole; He
his.levy. With resped to the abuses stated to haye ei
cones not agree whit ties lionotitable Gen:letuen on
existed. in disposing of commisaioas.in the army, he . the Other side of the ileese,, Who conteeded ,Chatdid not believe' any interest, corrupt or teltereise,
' there were no wounds fur bringing forward the
could acquire cornmiasions in the Reamer Mis. Clare' e Charges. fie then- ettutneratcd the addressee and
had been stated to obtain them. 'He would next pro- amendments proposed .to. the Honse by vtirions
'coed to eeatniee those cases where Mrs. Clarke kid . Meinten se each of which (the Clef:it:eller of; he Ex-
been supposed to .have exerted her, influence over the - :
cliegteer exeepte ne () re.urre e d in \presstree
,a wlt i.,
Dube. There were four instances or her ititerfereoce , t lee the Doke s' be o. deprivt, , e
re toecenuu eel of
in the array-atetirs, two promotions, and: vil! gee
the army; . 'Front • the nattire*ot - the evidence they
change. elt had been stated in evidence that it held had beeneold, there` ~wire.l) '0 ground, for ehinkios
been effected .by her .intleence, and Cols Freich's , the Duke Privy to te teatruptem which had peen
letter of service had been obtained by the silillu meause pros ed to telisi. That House oneht to lieV6 ihe right
according to the statement' 'Pad° to the e°mmilte" -of deciding wltethr he its :guilty or not guihy ;(
.Now, when
,protnotions reed take place, it was very but from what had been . said, it I,4oilid Ee'L:' ) tiy
easy for Mrs. C. le
:say, it had been brought about had oily the regret of finding hire fee guilty. Tile
through her interest, and lie did riot doubt .but many
, flouse were hound to come to ii 11:17Si0o o 6 :I.• the C. •
ceiticideuces had occUrred,.. Where promotions ,had , &nee Which had been laid before then i' Lees bed'
been :gained aftt4 money hart been paid to Mrs;
been stated ,hich.indau3 the Hoese ,eat le appoint-
Clarke, which the persons; who paid. the - money a Committee to'iriquire into them, het to resolve it-
through' her artifices, were induced to • think were self into a Committee or the Whele House; tie hives-
obtained through hest,,good offices, though do etfec- citrate. the conducl.
of
ties hoyal Iligheess.. The
tual efforts,leid been;:or cseeld be made by her, in their
Duke of York, so far from Wishitie to come to re
behalf. From these eircurnastances, were he. summing 7 decision on the merits of the 'ease, deprecated the
up the evidence as a judge, could. ho, from the four ea
iei_
: "Lie hoped, non:such-evidence asi bey hade-e-
-instanees adduced, feel himself justified in thencOus,
.4, ceived, that they would take no step injurious to his
(erring that the Duke of York has been privy 'to, . honour." -Such: were- the. terms in which he express-
theeorruptiens which tnight have existed in the army? ~ ee himself-, in that unfortunate,' that ill-advised let.
Could he give such a charge as to induce his jurors ins e ter, which •he aincerely WISIICI. lie could, expunge
the discharge of their duty, to .bring in A•verdid ofe:. from the Journals of the House, and.blot from the
guilty ? :If the evidence laid before tlreni was such, .;
meinory of • every Man, If upon such evidence they'
that
.the jurors could neither acquit nor condemn, in, : could think his honour questionable, he would hope.
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that case, they might stand neutral, or deemed further . that which was not denied the meanest subject, the
inquiry ; for it would be a contradidion for a man. .1 benefit of trial. He wished to note how strongly:
to Say, " I cannot decide which to believe and. !stile Duke opposed the decision of the Isloese. They:
• which to siiiibeliave ; and • then by giving a decisive i had become so mtich confused in their opioions that
verdict, ad, as if it could distinguish the falsehood' the question was now 'to decide Whether or no.
' from the truth. He: le1: id collected .some..of Mrs;
, they should decide. Thu - latter ,remeti tti poi pt out
Clarke's assertions togetlier,- which were scattered -; a new course to them, but still he timeght the clues-
in the evidence, winch appeared to him inconsistent ti
au too was, whether or PM the Dtikr.;- writs oniliy of 'a
With each other, She had been asked what first . criminal cotioivrieee. He ktit. Mrs. Clarke's Oa-
gave her the:idea of raising money by the sale of corn- ' railer, he knew she had: been hi,' favourite, and
missions, &c. ? to, winch she had replied, that persons- night naturally be supposed to•teel inceeasd at' his
frequently made applications to her to make interest i
ißoyal ig inees s having wit it. raven oe protection
for them with the Duke,' and his Royal Highuese•as :es 1 from her. Yet still he thought her entitled to e ee,lo-.
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siderable degree' of credit, though 'not 'to- implicit
always ready to oblige her. She stated, that she was .
in the habit of shewing the Duke the letters of ap-•
i belief thnaughuut. 'What-though she'seettel iii the
plication, whether they contained money or not.— situatiotr.of all accomplice, he 'did not knew that
She afterwards said her applications were not al- she had manifested a sufficient degree of 'hasenetee,
ways attended ,to,: but . the Duke of Yolk Was ill to ieatify.tb511e eir indulging the idea that- wowed
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nialicionsly give false evidence reenlist the Duke 'of
the. habit of telling her • who was' appointed, end- ;
then. she could give an, answer7on the. following i Yorke '
Many who have deviated trim the pail of
day. , 'r bus it wasevidentan. artful woman like her . virtue,. he knew, wit ld rather earille- t he punish-
could amuse those whoenade application to her by w
_ es
ent infliaedsfor a ,felotv, tlern beer false wit t1e394
such • circumsterices. lehe floreetriele and
making use of his name ; without hie privity and.cone !nuclei
currence take the appliee net', money; and where pro-
Learned '4.4ciliber then pioceeded to St'.ll(±," 1111 d 3,; 'to
motion was conferred, arrogate to herself the merit the intithnissibility of .Mrs .-Clarke's eviacaco 0:1 the-
of having procured it. Mrs: Clatke.had all along re- j ground of her-being -an .aeconepliee,' he eoeld eli-t•
presented the Doke in such distress, that it. was with . duce two legal, eases easee which- eve re: diseet ly iti•poittt
the greatest- difficulty he couldebring her an extra
see peewits- Iles first. 1v t 3, shpt of ~i:retenety
1001. when her exigencies required it. Now, was comnaittede in 'Wiltshire by, et tired persotie, 60,
it consistent with human nature, that if this was the
case, and that he, unable to,': supply. her, with money-. through ehe.darknesi'Of the night', NiFv!e•l4-,6;&11ri
from the. recognition of ,the pereon' rebeetle:yet,
other ways, had suffered her tct enrich•herself by-the from the aeseee„,,yee une \t to h,:5!„,„1„.,. aipov„,
sale of commissions, Vic. that when importuned for -
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remaining two were conseeteee '„t'he,neet Cilse
meeeyeby. Mrs. Clarke, he would _never . have said,,, ,1 was, that of the King- v, Derhatii, tried 'at the Ole
" Why, Mrs.. ,Clarke, what have you done V. ell • Baley, where; COu!, the seine tees 111101 tee ieme
the. money whichel Wye permitted you to nralote by, ,
cot;e, +tette° ticcompetied it; and as -iii the 'other
disposing of Conmeisemneeesc. when I heve sepelied
case, met wittrthe sarislion of the te'eive Jude e; to
You with eempanieleelejeriees, et. Mitts ji 11 )'at-1 Wleern it iV.IS left-ATed. tie CO;1;d not kr t6i part
are thus ever iii want. at eIYiPL'Y '.! bin noll'ilj ut' c:'' w
e, th Y a WittleS• ci:Millg tefur, ti,,st peeee, ieeuee
this kind appears ever to have occurred. Hail use I tee diabeliesed, because he wee, teet sworn, hie

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could not either well aistingnlA between the breacti
(if truth In one *case abOye the; other. Whether the
.witness were sworn or nor,,,,tpacte no great differences
in the morality or imtnorality of the matter, he icakt..,..
glued. As to Mrs: Clarke,. though it wasitis
nien that she Appeared in the commencement before
that Rouse in a manner highly discreditable toiler
and though he 'was inclined to look gpon her• evi.
dente from the well known circumstances, of her'
chara6teraud conduft, as highly disgnsting, yet be,
could not by any means consider that she was in the
least disentitled to credit. in the course of his pro..
fessinnalpiaaice, he observed, that it had been fre-
quently his misfortune to find that witnesges_ who
came forward under circumstances of imputation
'similar to those alleged against this+ deponent, had
been in every respect perfectly guarded and reServed...
On the contrary there Wais, to be found, through her
entire demeanor during the course of her evidence;
a degree of indifference and levity which could ncit,
be accounted ter on any other principle than the con- ,
sciousness of her truth, and an unbroken circum-
stantial conseaien. She had been Menaced with
confinement in Newgate, if she were discO4ered to
prevaricate on her testimony;! and notwithstanding '
she noted under this" impression, hur testimony was
disbelieVed with paled ease and' security.. These
general Observations the Learned end' Honourable
'Pentleman submitted to the House, because, in his
'opinion, they were fully .canvinenvzc, thin nothing
could lake from
.the auttimitY ot ' ; wituess's evi-
dence. The Hen: and Lenind Aloinher now came
to,a review of Mrs. Clarke's applications to his jloyal
Highness: He was fully 'persuaded,
.thaz, here no
contradietiou in her testimony could be proved:-
ife dwelt mach, on her correCtuess in evidence
with regard to the single-citictatustanc! of thencit.'s
levy, Mrs. Clarke, he obSerted, came before
their Bar unsupported; and' yet, in spite of that
disadvantage, • went . through with uniform pre.
was onannainted with
the contents of :Niaholls's letters, amounting to
above one 'hundred,' yet she ansiaered to tads
connected With theirs, 'in a manner truly astonish'-
int. It had been said tv.nt the entiteof •Mrs. Clarke's
case had been gone over at ono, yet lie CpUld Men•
ton latls which -were never even anti:led tu, natne-
ly those letters. 'that evidence given on those •
fat-hi-the witness had persevered:- hip would take •
upon' him to assert, that site curne not for Ward its
prosecuti is: in the Case; fl6lnated hi the delivery of
her evidence. by any, resentnte:,t. An.l he would
venture to say, that. it Kenlia'S !Met bdil not been
in existence, the ,w hole Would love I),2en I,,itterel
as a mere fabrication. As to Tho et i,},41;,e, 01 AIINs
Taylor, lie. could reriVirk nothing in het charaLiti2r or
Circumstances whiCh wo,ild, be so prejudi,iial iii
either, as to • affix, any daub; ol!en any, part of her
testilnony. LILT having chiln; entinSted to, her
Care was a strong matter irl eantit in +lion of goof.'
charadter, the piesuMptiou or w unit Luther
strengthened by theiirirenttl Withdraixitcg diem upon
certain prejndicial intimations. \\riot ttisiL'ritinents,
'he %veal ask, could Taylor ii;Ve
or what interests to ailv.tneti, vin!ess sup-
posed "s!4! h !el been y1b,,v,..2,:;* eol;LI m.y one
litiaine she IA come let Nrinud ‘t. ith such
etti emery, beiore the Representative Assentilly of
the Natittn, and against a PersOnage,
rank and iorinenee ? He ne:,t '.tent into some
ditional ckicrv.ntins on her tc,:itnony ol the conver.
sation h;s.11.0.0l i liAl; nes,: and 4'40
rosp4fing . kyy gOtio 14tough
die oth"r parts.OPthe evi,!ence, tie ,t\ wish
that the prevailing sifspiel.,ns had never
•had not, he said, arthed at, the 0.-tine period,
nor diebe (he thanked Heaveuy labour biller the
same. calamity with Lis lionotnable and Learned
Priem! opposite (Mr. I,3nrion.) tie was yi.t cheered
the suri'line at the perspedive, and
the nor i>t' proipc!ily )cr to cllll* ; l'ett he c, )kilit
,not his mind to imitgMe that his
Litpunm.! t i chit ntinner j
this" ni&ft. Th,?:. hone! ire I, and I,olnett 'Gent le-
'man conciltled a le(i, by roc the 6:1-
Mr. it. Smi-r!':. rose: !..,t in so loy a voice,
rendered yet inur, konlet-
iion of the. House., as, to prcc.., of
a correA report. We, howe lander,;toutl hint
to vote for the' Chanctilor of toe ..Exchcciner's
!lotion. '•

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The Sotacereta•Gnm,..itAL, on rising fo address
the Houk!, expressed Ins conviciton tli4t he would
not have disch4fged the duty he o,dreo to it wert.l,o
to, forbear making sotne observations on a question
of so,peculiarly judiciid a nature. .His.queStiCHlS •he
would reduce to three ist was, What Case was
necessary to form the guilt or innocenceOf tlto Cont.
utaUder in chief? ed, Whether he were guilty or
not ? and ;Id, If
.he were guilty, What sort of ad.
dress should be thought most proper to convey it ?
Which of the addresses, hewottld ask, would Le
preferred ? Was it that which had for its objet tl.ie •
total removal of the, Duke, or that foooden on ;the
charge of crimes, which wero denied:.by evidence,
a charge which could not be ascertained, and which
warned the House 'in fad to come to a. preciee deci,. •
sion qn his guilt ? could not' perceive any Off..
Terence hetween crituinal participation and conni.,
vance. The House possessed in itself` the power.of
removalin any case short of: crimes. He could not
help looking upon the Address as extremely doubt.
ful, and engrafting a clause of criminality .upon the
accused. kle understood its object was that of ac., •
quitting of personal corruption the Doke ot; York,
yet in his mind it went a great length ; it ineluded
the full amount of both moral and legal guilt, and
was completely a coritradiaion. in term's. If task
Illustrious Personage suspeaed Mrs. Clarke of
rm-
fair dealings,, in the vvay of commissiens lea! pro-
motions, and yet proceeded to dillose of tle:lo in
a manner intended _by suchdeatiiiv, i,c woUld con,
skier
it as a case of unagttravated corruption. He
thought that_there.was no small degree of complicit-
, lion in the Address—Gentlemen ought to under-
stud on witt side they ihouid give their vote,. bcr,-
fore 't li6r proceeded to dispose of, it, lion. and
Learned Friend,' opposite had not precisely looke,i
,to the grounds on which the AdOre,e,
In tao, while voting for the origindl Addres,,.
came to a coeelnsion which his` own i!rt,tAtiteoti
dgteated. • le had sail
hshieentertaikifd he
w ► permal,corrtiption of Royal . \nd
I would lie now, Lte. pr pared to vote
charging him with sucticurruption If it wassedi..'ieut
t state, thew. was no ground for such a charge, he
601214 either vote for the negative in that case., pr