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

Gazette three Crites In the whole. There was cer- claims stated for him le this distialion in his Aeolis.
tainly some difference between these witnesses and , was, his unexceptioeable- condutit Melte Office of
Mrs. Clerke.upon this point, but there could be no the Commander in Chief. Was this sufficient to
objet in :view on either side. It was clear that a recommend him over.men.equally Gentlemen, who
fortnight or three weeks elapsed alter the applica- bad bled for their country, and were older in! the
tion ; and that she used her influence with the Duke service than he was ? He wished tolitow: if it was
of York immediately after that application, ,could not blameable, if not corrupt, in the Commander in
not be doubled, when it was recollected that money Chief, to give him this extraordinary promotion for
on her side, and' -dispatch on theirs, was all that r the reasons assigned. There was also another Capt,
was wanted. Mr. R. Knight and Mrs. Clarke were Mating in the Duke of York's Office, represented as
at variance
,as to whether they ever wished the trans- equally assiduous, attentive end valteihlein his fetus
anion to be kept secret from the Duke of York.— t alien, who it did not appear ever joined any regi-
If she had expressed such a wish, it would have ment, Col. Gordon had recommended-him to the
been to tell Mr. Knight at once that she swindled Duke of York to be put upon half-pse. He hid :sot
him out of two hundred pounds, For he was to a company over the heads of many a good officer,
swindled if she had nit used her influence with the without service, and what then was his ti:le to ine
Doke of York to promote his purpose;,- and it she duce Col. Gordon to give hiln this recommendation? :
had used her influence; the Duke of' York could By an Ad of Parliament, which he had never head
not be ignorant of the mattee• , and it, wss folly to was repealed, no officer could be placed on half*
deiire that to be kept secret" froth a Person which pay, unless he had joined his regiment, and been,
they alteady were acquainted with. That his lioyal in services; and thus recommending Captain• Male
Alp/less was acquainted with these arid ing to the half-pay, was still worse than InOir•
could• not
:he denied; since it was ing lion a Captain. No man was less disposed thao
-ierasea; by 1:413 Whttic-111 estifitikeo Mrs- he was to restrain the Commander in Cniel from
he Thavirig the paver to.,.tewepl merit, but tint prtwct
Angel, in thilikinr,thar ''Shy Lew are to ought to be oeferred, for wherever it Was not, gross
be' raised ; it is not only •Liecond battalions abuses and malpractices would prevail. The army
to the existing cptps ; you Baer bettor; - therefore, l might be gratified by „seeing splendid ateions, or
tal'hirA so, and, thai :jou wire sore tliere would be great services rewarded, b% their .performers being
AO use in applying' toe bine" Froin the, tenor 'of ',mover the' heads of those before them, but they
this letter it was clear, that it wa"s welieuriderstood never could endure to see thie Acme for periods froht
poiitt, (ha, the name of the Coinin,inil,!r :in Chief the office ofColonel Gordon: ' The Case of Colooel• •
was not to be Met!lioned on these occasions.' You • Gordon hiMself was a 'proof- of three abuses. Het'.
are to' fell him, but no Doke Of York is to be services Might have desersed a reweid, but he'ielneete
Mentioned—you need not apply. To not go so fares' to say, he otight•th have been re..
argue;affer Lion the Duke at York did not warded at 'the expencesend `to the injury of several'
know of thtee traasaaions, seemed to hits alto- hundred 'deisrvMg Officers. ,He would eat goekt"
tim getherencpreheesitee w : :It as unnecessary'to go fir as. ereiyethat heoughtes have viten rcgimtr,t iri•
further into the evidnce on this arse, and be would tpreference :to numeroce. Brigadier' General,,'
proceed' to the written'docuieents upon the nets, and senior Lieutenaot•Colonele. He did not
e The appeesteee'efqeerinitting exchange think he de44e.&sti..nitieh;'tinalnime that Gentle-
was sent in on the i4t:' iO5, and' marked in man had had time- to reflek on these in:titers, 'they
pencil mark " cantle( acceded • to, Royal would set in these thing's a great' abuse of a posed
Highness does nut appr* of the KClexchange pro which ought not to Ist vested Commander -in'
pos d and Under the' of, Nett July, another Chief whatever.. • • -
memorandum in,peticil inks appears on the same * COtObiltt
paper, His llopil'llighni,ss Lives now approve of The next ease to' which he Called their serious
thst cxchangees Coe Gerden in his exemivation Lion. was the very strong one sof •Colonel Rencl4
stated, that the firlit'meniorandum meant Ito mote Levy. The first witness- iii the case was Captains
than that the exchanie was 0' be stopped till inquiry fluxley•Sanden, whose evideece went to spew tit i
could
uld be made dt3 the, eisbjett On' further he had an interest in the levy, and appliM n) Mrs.
'nation he stales; that if 'the' Metier was to be con- Clarke- to use her-interest with the CoMmander in
idered •it might be marked so; or very. psObably Chief, not only for the original letter est service, bet
st cannot be acceded to." • This might be understood foe' many faVourable alterations in it, dUring t her
atehe Horse Guards by Col, Gordon,' Who *wrote it, progress of many months. He then stilted refr,
bet he denied that it carried elle saute meaning to any Corri's evidence, that he received 2001. for the in=
other person. That words implying a refusal were troduaion of the parties to Mrs. Clarke; and -that
The same as those denote% that- consideration was he told Sanden, Mrs. Clarke said she would recta:nes
required, might be the custom at the Horse.- Guards, mend no one but persons of charaaer, wheat busi.
but he was -sure Would be thought videly diflereet nets might go through the War-Office like others.
.alt 'over the kingdom, .ef, His Loyal Highness does ' Dowler's evidence was the next, who remonstrated
-rue woitetr anyone ciyttrat•litirs-eould witlV,Mrs. Clarke far engeging mach affairs, and
:mean lie would eguie,,,iogrotty •to be-' made, since it wag answered by her, that she 'did see art account of
,Bust be thought that his RoyelsHighneeewouldoeie the Duke of York being distressed for money. Grant,
•eherapprove nor' disapproie such inquiry was , the agent for the Levy, spoke to the•fael of .French
made. He-considered the. first tneinoranduro,as' a wishing to procure a loan of 500 W. for the Duke
direet and positive 'negative, and as such lemma ap- of York. Mrs. Clarke, to the negociation far her
pear Ate- every one who considered the meaning of I influence, and her receiving the money. Miss Tay.
the words, :The next document he had to notice 4 tor, to the conversation efte was, present' at when hit
was the uppliCatioa sof Ms% linskisson for his bro- &Val Highness asked Mrs: Clarke' how, French be:
Cher, the anseeerte whiesewas, wet the exclianee hayed to her; Src. and Dockery to the payment. OF
with Breyer Lieutenant Colottel Keight, sth Dra- i 500 i. for plate, to Birkett and Co.' From all these
;soon Guards.- hat' alreadystesen7detertnined on, in corroborating' circumstances, it omit in' his opinion
layout* Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Bedoke, whose be grented, that a fee was offered to Kra. Clarke;
-se-vices his:•Royal-klighness was .of opinion coved, accepted and paid in consequence of the' parties sea
not but be :favourably considered," ete. He had lieving she had performed 'them it:service by means
elgain to remind them -vim Colonel Brooke's stir-' i of her influence with the Commander in Chief:
.oces,wereto reconimerid him to this consideration The next point to bp considered was, whether Mrs.
twelve years- in the arnays 7 of; which were on half- Clarke possessed the influence ascribed 'to her, and
,pay, and this was the very ,reasbn-assigned, by COl. used it in this instance. Mr.• Grant, Dowler, and
,Gurdou as the gioureisior stopping theeichange for Sandee agreed on this point, and Mrs. :Clarke
a considerable tinsee Ttrisse services were known to e stated, that she gave the notes- she received-ftom
be the..same then as they were now, when his Royal Colonel Trench to the Duke of York. For menthe
Highness said they must be favourably considesed. they were in the habit of-sending her'money him the
.WhaecoulcL create sogreat a distintlion Col.•Gor- favours the procured for them, from' 'which it •wee
don could riot =Oleo. what accounts he bed obtain- clear that she possessed this influence, and used it
ed his. inquiries into Col. Brooke's service, nor. in their behalf. . Here he' had: to call .1 he intention
from whom he got any . intelligence on diet head, of the House to Mrs. ClarkestilenerS to Capt. Sondt'n'.
which roust appear a little extraordinary to Gentle- The first letter, deserving of Mat ice was that in which
men when they recolleeled the minutia which, at -1 Mrs. Clarke tells Sanden, she had presented the
such a distance of time, appeared to be quite familiar.' papers to the Duke of York, who would comply s its
tobisluentory. • What was it,- he would ask, that his request, and tellinghine to call: at the War.
made an Officer eligible to.command • a regiment at -Office, for answei. From this it appeared, tress
cavalry. Ho mete, by the regulations of-the Duke Mrs. Clarke knew from the Duke of York, What
of York hituaelf, have served six years in the 'cavalry. I was to be, done -in m
t -the Office, and seethed as well
Gol. Brooke had only served-, five years in all, de- aware that the official Course' was tobeittorttled to,
&ding the seven which be Was on balfspay.—. eas Colonel 'Gordon himself. Letter=3l-St; I• hope
Tee, wilitated itrongly against the 'proof adduced eve wilt attend the Dukei.o-day, as Clinton leave',
this case. for his. Royal . Highness. Stich a ciroum- t him on 'e'huraday, and he has 'all ewer writings its
itencte. as: the appointment of Cot. Brooke tote a , haud : he will not leave his Office till six." Pram
Cavalry Field Officer might have happened' without this the' Hon. Gentleinae contended it VASt;le it
Isis knowledge, but here his. set.% 'eel!. had been ex- tlint Nine Clarke had adir
of `York
oter erwie hawe
;!eatiosuseit
preSily inquired into. Col. Gordon iirgued, if he the Office through the Duke
might apply that words-• that Col' Brooke was fit for could she tell what Gen. Clinton Was:doings Letter
the rank. He did not'deny that heinight be 3. me. 39, stating that t• an answer was •left tett ht the 01.-
reurioua and deserving Officer, ,but 'how could Col. lice tOr Col. French, and that now he bad dropped
Gordon know that he-would wake- an admirable at- t three guineas per man," could illeative been ktroWn
fiver, at the time; he ventured uerecommeue him to i to Mrs.,Clarke but through tisteCtihiMeeder
the Commander in Chief, &ever tic-did so ?. He-now letter-- lt, Mrs. Clarke • informs &mien,- that he
turned to the point troin• whence, he set out, 4%d .wile e, to leave the bounty that Pitt is to give to tint
thotht it- impossible to come many other cunelu- which'- she could- .not. Lee been. informed of
con than 'the -048 he had laid-down. He would, but by the Conanander in Chief.. 'ln Letter eight,
•thetelnre, nor trespass arty further on.the Huuee ;he :Maintained she appeared at a direet agent for the
tins pert of his charge.. • se: Dtike OLYeeek, telling 'S,indeiirth.got on tester with
! hissmeteezehd to " send' her" &content, of the
• - CAPTAIN MAtrING,
%matt: rittrabet 'WI% in' order. to shaviellern to the
The next case hi to o hat of Capt.
Commtlederin On to; thc tkn.
.Gontlenhon observed, it" Was very eatotei tot ki •
attli it .
was found his chair Woa!d. atUC,I tiiis , . -
stance, he'had tc, Bice it oes and it v\ (se ark'es ue Sup pose th
her,' and
at Mr.
t he sate
Sanden_ the Opera atfcitiainted. w ith her, wOttld
t, lis c.I: e,'' there wall am le ' I Est>►t 'hoe crti,utc'.-v-- b.y tM mg it to
only at the -desire of thetoMmiltee h went on. -
Yet thetigh there were' eata .PVleel;. of ill ittyai ire tlEsat her had
" Pertr4Ps ohlige hire- to
liigl.seniers were reetlYster pnrehsseslit tfie thOevY';' :which wen, id be injurieue to see
e'rties Wetter six, he- obee tit wee. -allowed them e herids, sad a . . .. , I'l2- w 4?
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