The Sun.
London, England, 1809-03-11 00:00:00

21; : • of her having
:H cofiCe.hbas.,, be
she 1:a,l rive-
hers,if ;.; Mrs- ilrwler. • ! •iii
in that name, were ...ry of her ti-rdesteLh's
bids wade out as for Mrs. bowler, or 1-t.id sr)rt
of business heft) transaatd by her as Mra...l+•,,,;er
Andber attempt had been made'to !ier
evidence, on the ground of her having passed born
'widow on some occasions. A' Mr. Few bad been
called to establish this ci'icamstance. Pew was evi-
dently no friend to her, but after alibis evidence
4(-a, not very satisfa6tory. `The conteldittions with
which she had been ellar;ed in her statements, re-
speetiqc Favery zmd. Mr. Ellis, lie erit
Oiink militated very strongly against_ liar testimony,
as he had' 40Irie reasons they Were the result of a
ruktike. Nyiih respe& to what the Hon. Gentle-
man hati said, ofahe improbability of the Duke ever
telling Mrs. Clarke, that if she Was a clever woman
she need never ,want for money, it might indtiv the
House to consider. the charge as improbable, but
could not preve thdt it was without foundation.—
The Noble Lord Then entered' intO the case of Miss
I,7ayler with great energy ; she was wit to be be-
lieved because she had been proved of illegitimate
birth ;. she was not to he believed .latcaue she re-
membered the conversation between the Duke And
Mrs. Clarke on Colonel French's levy, and could
not remember
,what passed at a given time sub'se-
,quent to that period ; lie. then proceeded to thew
the probability of her remembering that conversa-
. jibe, But the truth of Miss Taylor's testimony was
to be niuch doubled, because she had been so-cir-
ciamittanced through misfortune; as to have received
favours of Mrs. Clarke ; she,was not to be credited,
not from any thing that could be alleged ageinst her
-charatiter, hut because she visited and had beet? in
some measure connected with Mrs. Clarke. After
feelingly lamenting the, distresses of Miss Taylor,
observeA, he °old say no more. on the evidence
she had given, as his Hon. Friend had commented
6n it much better than he could do. But he could
not help saying a greater degree of indulgence should
be shewn to a witness who appeared at their Bar,
as, he conceived the situation to-be most embarras-
sing. Much had been said in praise of the consis-
tency of Col. Gordon'alestimony, though it was an
unpleasant task to Withdraw horn any man that
praise which had beennwarded by others, yet he
leit that his duty. called imperiously upon him to do
ato. He first appeared at the Bar •to give evidence
on the exchange of Brooke and Knight ; on that
occasion tie thiught he . had notlwen so explicit as
he might have b-en, as he did not explain to the
Committee that it had been in etfeet refused, as in
his (Lord Folkstone's) opinion it had ; for in answer
to Knight's application for permission to exchange
with Brook,', lie was told, that his wish should be
complied with, when a proper officer was found
',now this answer, in his opinion, could only be corp.
sidered as a refusal. It) the case of Capt. 'Waling,

col, Gordon Intd:illswered as it thefe hi.l been bat

one of that name, .and it appeared more reasonable
to think that Colonel Gordon world have conceived
tthe Other Captain Malieg was meant, than the one
it •appeared he believed Was the obieCt of their in-
quiries. He bad asserted that Captaitt.' eommissions
/lever were disposed of but to those,,who had seen
sei•v'ce ; but afterwards he admitted, that he believ-
ed Czipt. Pilaling had no t.x.:el) any. He bad stated,
that •a persoual andication,:o .is goo) Higgins:is
would • expedite lie promotion; but afterwards
i(tated, ilea he did litM mean to say the Duke
might not forward-it at all in the course of the nego-,
ciation in consequence of such application ; but that
- 'after the ,promotioni was accOmphshed his Mural
Highoess letd.pot power to prevent three days lu-
te' voiing prior to 1k being Gazetted. He was sorry
to hurt the feelings of an Hon. and Learned Mem-
,ber (Mr. Adam),'but he must say there .appeared
'some contradittion in his evidence. He had stated,
that he knew. of Ito money atTairs •relating to his
Royal Highness, bet those relating to the fund ap-
propriated. to the payment of his debts ; yet it pp-
peared, he was not ignorant of the loan of 70,0001.
VtitliCll' KeIIIWU was to have furnished; that Mr.
. ),,ow:eo and Mr. Wilkinson were called to speak to
some parts of his testimony, but their evidence
,had
not corroborated it in the manner expected. .He had
stated that the Duke rarely, said any thing oil the
stihjet`A ot litary promotions in his correspondence
vitli "Mrs. Clarke ; lie afterwards stated, that where
Le said veiy rarely, he ought to have said never ; and
two ',Ages atter that, in the minutes,, a further ex-
_plaiation appear.eil. Mra. Clarke's evidence had
been art aigued with respect to the sums she had re
, .
ceived from the Duke. She had ' been arcused of
fotgetfulness, but he thought that the accounts she
bad given with respect to money, as they had been
gained ft orn,her at differetit times, came watch nearer
the auoentic accounts than 'night have been ex-
Petted. A person situated with-respea 20 money
:lifers, as' she had been in the habit of receiving and
of squanderieg immense sums, Might be supposed
to fi-ri;et ; but ber.elidenee an this !wad was such,
that he thought no one could, with a-shadew of jos-.
lice, prefer such a charge against her. He then en-
tered ittito the ease of Tonyn, train which he thought
the culpability of the Commander in:Chief more ap-
parent. The Noble Lord then proceeded to snare,
that 1116 Han. Friend had, ehpressed great gratitude
tor the treatment he had met with while bringing
this atfair forwaid. 'LFor his part, he could not,think
lie had been treated as he deserted. fie then
euttmerated the ditlicukties his HenoUrable Friend
bad to eecounter, notwithstanding which he had
'manfully persevered in the discharge of his duty,
• even though obliged to proceed under a threat.: The
'Right Floe. Gentleman opposite bad :net 'remitted
that threat. '
Here the SPEAKV% observed, such personal allu-
' *ions were not CUIISIdtQIit with the usages of the

Lorcl FOLKSTONB briefly repliee, and proceeded to
rein :14 that on evcry oce,isitin the q%pression Elia;
fw:nny tuna ottach snin,..where; had been reiterated,
atict that now !tie wort, proved, he would tell
the Right Honourable Gentleman, that unlciis iii
he &hate tie took An opportunity of
wooing:for.thar exiaession, that infamy might be
itispoled to 11.1,1.1. considered that exPres-
sitin at, having, been thrown out to discourage his
Friend from prri-eeditig i the witnesses that
at tip; Bar had been intimidated by various