The Sun.
London, England, 1809-07-24 00:00:00

AN APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC

From Fa aNcts tVittctir, of Rathbone place, with a State.
anent of the Citcumstances which terminated in an ACtion
in the-Conit of King's Bench,. on the 3d inst.wherein
Fa A Nets Watcnr was Plaintiff, and G. L. WARDLE,
Esq. Defendant.

It is with heartfelt sorrow,And the absolute -neces-
sity I feel, to vindicate my character, as likewisethat of toy
,brother, which obliges me, although re-
luetantly, thus publicly to. address you. Every ho-
nest man must feel as I_ do the importance of a good
charmer; and I Am proud to say, it never was im-
peached until my•connection with Colonel Wardle.
I hope the following remarks and statement offaCts
will, in a great degree, remove the sad stigma, and
odious calumny, of haviog obtained a verdiCt in the
Court of King's Bench by perjury alone, which Col.
Wardle declare's, before his God and his Country,.
tvas,the,casey the particulars of which are already
before the public; it is necessary, therefore, for me
to pledge myself, before my, God and. tily Country,
that tlfere shall be nothing here stated but what are
faCts, and. the truffrOnly : it is a matter of great as-,;.
tonishinent.to.me, that Colonel Wardle could fiver
suffer himself to be induced to publish such. a rash,
declaration, and .an absolute libel against my bro-
ther,:who was my witness, when it was impossible
Colonel Wardle could forget being, at my house
several times, and the great. pains be took in. the
'choice and selection of the furniture for Mrs: Clarke's
house, and in several instances over-ruled Mra.-
Clarke's opinion. It was from a ;severe aecident
which confined we to my bed—l say it was a mat-
ter of accident;' that I had the power to taring for-
ward in the.CoUrt ,my brother, or any witness. or,
testimony, beside my books, in corroboration Of Mrs.'
Clarke's eiiidence relative.to colonel. Wndiebaving
given his orders and instruCtions about the furnishi
tog of . Mrs., Clarke's botise, :because: thgret is not one.
instance. out of tweerty, but
.that•l take the orders
myself, and have all the converSai ion, wore especial-.
ly as this was a business which l'equired- so touch se

.crecy. But in about' fourteen days afterwstids I re'-'
smiled my station, and then" waited upon C.:looel
Wardle myself, 'and came to an er.)l;an ition, and 3
. thorough ol,d(..r'standing with him upon., the subject.
1 Colonel ~Wardle cannot haye toigotten our first )
in-
terview, and ..my .2 inuodu6tion to. him, ;by Mrs.
Ciarkei:itt kler -.house, .w filth I :believe was on the'
likth day of December, 1808. lf Colonel' Wardle
has forgot our con% etsation on that 'day, twill en-
deavour. to remind him.--.-I. was assisting my work-
people in the room where Mrs: Clarke was sitting:
Wheti Mr.Wardk tamer in, Mrs'. Clarke said, thiS
. is Mr. Wright himself; it was • his brother, Daniel
._ Wright, that you have hithekto seen and spoken to.
Colonel Wardle asked' me how I did, and If I .had
:almost got the better of. my aacident. I thanked
the Colonel, and:related to him a few of \the circum-
i stances of my acCident. • The
.conversaiion ' turned
tollie.admiration of the scleboard, &c. 1 apologised
:by saying, I. was very sort-y.l. happened to be confin,
' edat the time that he had' hot-wilted the-by calling of
My house. He replied:it was of no consequence,
as he had gi.ven my brother Daniel full instructions
about, the furoishing of Mrs. Clarke's house. Mrs.
Clarke said, " Mr. Wright has been expeeling to
bear from you respc&ing the bill yoU proMised his
brother you Would send, him." I told the, Colonel,
the rea'aori why I was so particularly distressed for
want of money at that time.; the Colonel commi-
serated with the, and replied, " Perhaps it may .be
necessary for you and ate so understand each other.
You know," said' the Colonel,
," Thave given. your
brother orders to furnish this house for Mrs. Clarke;
that I have taken upon myself to see you paid; and
that I mean to` pay you •honourably and honestly;
but," he added, " let it be understood between YOU
and me, that I don't mean to pay the Duke of York's '
debt (which Iliad previously understood the Colonel
meant to do, and that the /bill he was about to
give me was for that purpose); but the bill for
5001. I am going to give you, is in part payment
for the furniture you aresending into this.house."—•
I felt a good deal disappointed at this explanation,
but bowed and assented. ' the Colonel,. continuing
the conversation, said, " Mr.'. Wright, I will. 'tell
you what I will do ; I will put you in a way to re-
cover the. Duke of York's debt, and that to a cer-
tainty ; for I know. two or three tradesmen exactly
in your situation, who commenced..aCtions against.
the Duke of York, and have recovered their de-
mands ; and I have no doubt but, you will get your.
money if you follow my adVice; and if you should
fail, which I am sure is iniPossible, I will take Upon
myself to.pay your expellees." This conversation in
a degree again cheered my spirits; I requested
.of
Colonel Wardle to name a day \when I might depend
upon receiying.the bill he had been so kind as to
promise me., The Colonel replied, addiesslng him-
self to Mrs. Clarke, " I believe we have nothing
particular to do to-morrow to. prevent me seeing
about it" (meaning the following day). After con-
sidering'a little time, the Colonel said, " There ,is
some little -d:fficulty about giving this bill, Mr.
Wright, because the business which is coming. On
before the House of Commons, which no doubt you
have beard ot, makes it a very delicate matter for
me to put my own band to paper, bedause'it may
frustrate our purpose ;" the Colonel continued, "I.
will go down to Sir, Richard Phillips ,to-morrow
morning, and be and sotne one else will gite you
1 their bill, without my name appearing, and. you
, may depend on hearing from me .in the afternoon,
or next day morning without fail. On this we part-
ed. I then applied myself and made every possible
dispatch in getting the articles finished for Mrs.

,Clarke's house. From the manner of Col. Wardle's
behaviour; and the liberality of his 'giving his orders,
I never supposed that the Colonel would consider
the white-washer's bill for cleaning the. inside of
the'house, and the painter's bill for painting the
outside, would have been obje6ted to, as the Colonel
sheaved every disposition at the time that
.;LNlrs.•
Clarke's house should- be furnished complete,' and
made as comfortable as possible in short,. no flail-.
ration was considered necessary. Some days elapsed,
before I heard from the Colonel 5 at length a Mr.
Glennie called upon me with a letter he had, receiv-
ed from Colunel Wardle, which letter he gave me
to read ; the purport Of it expressed. very warm terms
of friendship to Mr. Glennie, desiring Mr. U. tO
call on me to set my mind at ease, with the fullest
assurance that I might depend on having•the bill for
6001. aq soon as the investigation Avos over; that it
was a delicate matter for the Colonel to commit him-
- self in writing before hand, arid that I might place
implicit reliance on Colonel Wavc!lc'..i hunc)ur and

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honesty as a gentliman ; and 'that' whatever the
i Coldnei engaged to do, I might depend he would ful-
fil to the extept. I told Mr. (-;:flute I. ri;ici in) ni,t,.._,
ner of doubt of Colonel Wardle's honour:as a gentle- '
man, but that he had promised me I should have a
hill' for boo!. Without fail, and that I itad so mademy arrangements. that I could not possibly do with-
out it ; therefore I begged Mr.
,Gtennte ro ten ,r,,,t'
Colonel I could
,not do without. it, and the bill I •
mist have. Mr. Glennie here observed, he thought
the house, Mrs. Clarke had taken was much,larger
than she had occasion for, and was fearful she was
a very extravagant; woman, and would run his friend
Colonel Wardle to a very great expenCe, and begged
of me not
,to introduce to Mrs. Clarke expensive
furniture, as, he thought it quite uonecessary. , A
feW 'days afterwards, which was on the 26,0 ut-
Decemper, 1808, a.Mr. Illingworth, of Pall-Mail,
called on roe, and said two friends of his had desired '
him to call on me, and give me his acceptance for .
50'01. I, told Mr. Illingworth I had been exoeaino;
hirn, or:some one from his friends, this fortnight.
past; but was glad to see him now.. Mr. I. oberv-
ed, " I suppose you know who'l allude to that sent
me here ?" " I know very well," I replied.. " Cot..
«'-argyle and Major Dodd; I saw them both yester-
day." [then proceeded and drew the bill, ,c;ltich
Mr. liliogwort4accepted, dated January 2, 1809,
At three thooths, value 'live lni(iic,., ~0.,„5, and
gaie 'hicri a stamped receipt tear the ..24,,e, lin
telt perteCtly 'Satisfied in my mind that all was right,
" and persC.vered in finishing the furniture - tor Vtr.s.
Clarke's' house, . In the course of the investigation
I Was very uneasy, in case I should :,a V,-
arnined, or any question asked me in the,House of
Commons ; I felt, of Icourse, the necessity A con..
duffing the business as private and with as much pre-.
;
caution as possible, or I tnight, have objeco.; ti, be_ '
,
Corning answerable to other tradesmen for painting,
.plaistering, &c. But froth the necessity of :keeping
the business a profoiand sect'et, and eat of icspect
to Colonel Wardig,, not doubting
.his honour, I en.
iaped inyself to discharge these bills.
,U, int; to
tittle mistake or misnA.nigement the above 6;11 was
not paid on, the day it b 'Caine doe, 2:vhich occasion..
ed,me to wait on Colonel Wardle ;-brit hot not seeing
liiin, I called on Major Dodd, 'andacilainted him
with the circumstance of the, hill.,having be,n ie.
toned- to' we : disliohUred.. , He stamped and alt- ,
peered very angry; and told, Melte bid hit,T,Qell car.
ried-2601,,t0Mr. Illlitg.worilt, and to con.loce. roe
slieWed-Me liiS bill 6r. exchange w hick lie Mad re-
.ceived back from Mr. Illingworth, and Said-he after.
wards accompanied* Colonel Wardle to
~.Mr. th
p, ing-
wOrth, and saw him likewise ,y tliiniovorth 2401.
and expressed his astonishnient that the bill:was not ,
duly. honoured ..he then accompanied we to Mrs.
Clarke, and convinced her of the same. 1 regret
mach- that Colonel Wardle's. Counsel did not call up •
Mr. Glennie ,and Major Dodd, his witnesses, as
these Gentlemen had it in their power to explain to
the Jury the preceding faals, which I am sure ‘s?)nitt
haVe proved very satisfactory to the.Court,,and.re.l -
moved, (he doubts which remained, and, also` would ' •
haVe saved Mr. Serjeant Best the trouble o? stating to
the „July that 11,..is firm belief was,. that the 5.001, pin
was fabrication altogetht.,,.; and that he believed there
never existed such a hill, but the Judge thought it ne,-'
cessary to Cannon the Jury from this belief, as it
'would [make all, the difference to Col
.vation. . Wardle. Much
stress has been laid, .and many obsee i
made
about my insuring the furniture. It is no uncommon
Case for the upholsterer to receive orders to insure
furniture immediately after the house i 4 furnished, •
because: he is supposed to be the- best acquaint•
ed with the amount of the, value; but when the'po..
'
Tidies are made out in the name of the
party it be.
longs to, which was the case in this instance, the
upholsterer is by no means interested in so doing;
the policy for the insurance of the house and furni.
tuie was taken out at the. Westminster Fire Office,
ou the 31st of March, 1809, and likewise another
for wearing apparel, jewels, &c.—l can have no
pietence to solicit tube public to suspend their judg-
ment in this case, because 1 have no doubt but that
ii already done; but I sincerely hope an opportunity
will be afforded to convince the public, and all
Colonel Wardle's friends, as well as my o-wn, that
there has been no perjury in this case, nor ever any
intended. -.I have the honour to be,
Your most obedient humble Servant-, ,
FRANCIS WRIGHT.
Rgthtorie- Place, July 22, isog., ,

CosasTr.—WhOo—woops--,dead, dead,. dead.--;
After seven years of immense hard running, "WIL-
LIAM C 0884.2-; run to ground at Bosley Earth,!,, ;.ear
Southampton, _in liampshire.--Vide 'the Political
&giver of Saturday.