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

UR SD A 1; Aliacti 9, 1809.

The motion was then agreed to without a division.

'.IIIE DUKE OF YORK.
On.the motion of Mr. WARDLE, the Order of
the Day, for taking into further consideration the
Evidence respeaing the condua oC his Royal High-
eess the Duke of York, was read.
. Mr. Waimea:began by stating the motives which
had induced tritn4o bring forward the Charges he'
• bad alleged against the Commander in Chief; self.
interest, or airy sinister motives, he utterly
claimed, and had .undertaken the arduous task,
• pelled solely by a sense of 'the duty he, owed to his
country. If in any instance .he bad done what was
wrong, he was sorry for it, as his intentions bad been
ueitormly good. Though he might. have felt at the
commencement ofe his business, as if he was treated
with undue harshorase he would: now pass, all those
feeliegs over in consideration ot the favours and at,
tentions for whichihe was iedehted to many Gentle-
men, and to his.Majesty'a Ministers. He had to
express his thanks to the latter, for their readiness
to afford him time and rest when worn out.by
exertions. He had to thank them tor tiitlitit'
tar from taking advantage of his little knowledge and.
inexperience, ' theyfhad given , hint all the assistance
in their power .tobring the matter fairly:before the
tribunal.whiell was to decide upon it. These in-
dulgencies were more: than .ever,accepiable to him,
aioce.early in theebusieess he had the mistertune,
fitcAt ill kohl), to lose,the aid of 'a worthy Baronet
(Sir Francis. Burdett), which. would have been of
great advautage to bite ,in prosecuting ,his object.
He had also.ter return -his grateitil acknowledgments
to his Noble Friend (leord:Fulkstone), who, at the
egeyenannepeilien nothing was talked of but the
eslisup..aodediagraee he ,had to eecounter,. for pretere
ring these aceusetions against. the Duke ot York e at
that,very 4noinent stepped forward to. sharewith hint
that udiunreed that ignominy. There was another
thing at which .he rejoiced:. extremely, and .that was
the very ableirnefiner in which the cause of the Duke
of York had bon supported. Hiralajesty'a:Minis-
'era had. 004,14 it their duty to undertake his de-
fence, and,ie would ihe. pleasant to A-elicit:l, that no.
thing more than whet load been , 'done, • could have
been dune,tor him. Still, however, wail all :the
Fork,
teat it was right to give to 'the Duke of
York, the Represereativea of the people. were to re-
collect that they owed a paramount duty to the pros
ple. On the szreegtli and jb.pice of ,his cause he had,
rested it, on these .he WO:rested-it, and. on these
print:Vies he trusted it svesaktiee decided... •
XXCHANGE BETWEEN Yiel4t/T.•COLONELS
AO) taiooxs. '
The first case to which he had to call theatteetlea
of 'the Houife Wai the El.;cliango between Celotiela
Knight mid Biooke, the necessary evidence in whiCe
he would, briefly run over. Dr. Thyme!' stated his
being empowered by Mr. R. linigh f 6 oiler Mrs.
'Clarke 100 i; Lott the use of her to logic ',inn the
'Commander in Chief le eseedire this exchange,
and that lei'aaually Made this otter to Mrs, Ctarfw,
giving her the names of the pettier. on a slip of 'pas
per Ilk that -purpose.' Mr. It. Knight -corrob44l
this statement, and added,, that the 200 i. was paid'
on the exchange appearing in the Gazette. And
Mrs. Clarke's evidence prove besides Corro-
borating the, testimony,of these two wiinesseae that
'she had made a communication on the subjea, and
given hten the slip of paper with the names upon it.
From the united 'testimony of these witnesses,
thought it muse be agreed that 2091. was. offered to
Mrs. Clarke for her influence,' and paid to her in
consequence of a belief in tire parties, that it was
beneficially exerted. The next consideration_
'" Did stie• make .this communication to the Duke of
York ?" ' Mrs. Clarke stated, that she gave him the
slip of paper 'with the names mentioned .by Dr.
Thynne, which' was a strong corroboration of the
fad. These minute statements, he had to 'ohm-% e,
'were unnecessary for any 'purpose the witness might
be supposed to entertain, and needed not have been
-brought forivard unless she had perfealy recollected
them. A general statement would bile suited much
better, without exposing her to be involved in con-
tradidion, by cross-examination. Mrs. Clarke also
Stated, that the Duke. of Yorke replied' to her pro-
poi4tions in tavour of these Geetletnen, that they had
lOng been try ii and that roe Of theM was rather a
bad subject Both the'se circumstances, were proven
by the case. That. they 'had been long applyii.g,
appeared Inert 'the official documents, and that Col.
Brooke was a had subject, was clear from the evi-
dence of Cul. Gatdon.—l le had served twelve years,'
of 4116 lee -had been a Carnet of Dragoons only
frier months,' 'arid ievt u years "iipOn hall-P4Y' This
suflicieet to make the Duke of Z: ark third( him
enqualdied to command a regiMent of cavahy, and:
Without -strong vetrsons 11'e 'net et could have acceded
to' such It'relitiest.- The account given by Mrs.
'Clarke Tof,'-the nttker of York's goihg but of town,
was corroborated by Colonel Gordon. At this time
she stated it was, that 'she thought the. Ina note
was changed by his ' Royal ' Highness's servant.
Pierson, her 'butler states, that he feeeived it the
night before his Royal Higlme,s left town, in his
presence, and get it changed, at Bridgeinan's.
Bridgereert states,Atiar Pierson offered a large Note
to her to' he changed, but that she could not do it.
In 'reeentrersation that Pierscin had, he states, that he
procured change at Stevens's, its Bondeereet. He
(Mr. Wattliel admitted, that this statement was
confused, and' would'hot have considered it.wor-
thy'of weight or attention, but for the testimony.of
Mrs.. Clarke, that a Note Wig-sent out fur chaege ;
and of Mrseßridgernarr, that a note was lettered to
her for that purpose. Mrs. Clarke, on being asked
as to the time which elapsed Oetweeri the appliCa-
.of Dr. Thynee, and the gazetting tlite ex.
thane; says, she cannot tell but that she *knows
the time of the year. 'Dr. Thynne and Mr.
Knight state the period to have been abOut
three ereeisa, and Ur. Koi4kit wrr he wont for Ow