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`Order, Order !)
On this' some smart retorts passed bet Ween Mr.
"I,,V.ii tile and Mr. Beresford when the latter Hon.
Gei4ileman, asked—
Has Mr. Wardle any obje6lion to produce all
' the lett.rs which he has in is possession...from Mrs..
Clartce ?—A. A very great objection, riost-tertainly.
R. Has the Hon: Member any objetion to their
,
ye;tig examined by a Seled COLUillittee )--7A. Un-
doubtedly I have.
O. Has the Hon. Gentleman any obje&ion to lay
oti the table all the letters he took from Mrs. Clarke?
I think they are so already..
..CL. Has the Hon. Member any acquaintance with
Mri. Sinclaitiotherland ?—That Lady is not a wit-
:less before this'Honse, and therefore 1 feel myself
s.•..ound not to answer the question.
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111, Cgaa: examined -by a Member under, the

.C.+lfery. •-
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the witness acquainted with Mrs. Clarke,
I.oe, t:f Gloticester-place ?—A. I atn.
Q. How Fong bas the witness been acquainted
h her ?—A. I think upwards of five years.
• Q. Does the'witness recollect Mrs. Clarke, upon
any occasion, eipress any apprehension of the dis-
ILN-Isuie of the Duke of York, in consequence of
which slid gave the witness orders to burn some let-
ter* and papers ip her custody belonging , to Mrs.
Clarke ?—A: I do.

Q. Did witness follow the direction-she receiv-
ed ?—ik. I did.

Q. Were all the papers and litters burnt.i.A.
They were.
U, Did witness read any. of them belong. they
were destroyed Very little, and. 1 recollect
nothing of their contents.
WAtnas ordered to withdraw.

The Hiaus continued for a considerable time
waiting for the return of Captain H. Sanden. Upon
his being brought back to the bar, one of the Clerks
taf the Houie,. who had accompanied him to his
cipubrs,. laid the papers on the table, which he
,Joiind in a secretaire belonging to the witness,
I3y the. CHAWCELLOR of the EXCHECIIIeite--•
•Are these•the papers which you referred to in your
corner examination ?—A. They are.

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Q. tiave they ever been seeii by Mrs. Clarke
A: yes, they have.
Q. By Mr. `'V, WYNNE.—What motive had wit,
in denying he had these papers a—A; No tnb.
tivt! whatever..
Q. Cannot the witness assign any reason why he
Cannot Offer an excuse for his conduct I can
/IWO no reason whatever.
Q, When witness •denied a , knowledge of the
pporN, •ta,asile not ciAlscious he was telling a false-
hood i—A. I have already aektuvkledged -it. .
Q. Then you confess having told a delibel-ate
falsehood without any tpotive for so doing ?—A. I
twist agoltf repeat, that I had no motive.
a „By AIG, C. WYNNE aid Mr. C. ADAMS.--
Dart witness know Mrs. Clarke's handowriting ?
A. Very ki ell.
Q. Has he ever seen her write Yes ;
pemedly.

Q. lay Mr. A. BAittsq..---Did Mrs. Clarke ever
rignmunicate a note to witness front Duke of
York ?—A; No, never.
b.lt, no note, in which mention was made
ot Tonyn ?.--A. None.
Q. Di& Mrs. Clarke write feignel handh
,Not that I know. •
.mes. CLAitv..e called in and examined by the
CHANCELLOR of the Excazausa :,--
, •Q. Did you ever see that paper before (a letter
4vig, presentvd to, her) ?—A.. Yefi, I did.
Q. Whose hand-writing is it ?—A. I believe the
Dul:e of York's.
Q. Doe 'witness alWayo write the same hand
1. cannot say that the lionci-writing way not vary.
I generally write in a. harry, which may occasion
Stunt variation. .

•Q Are Wittlen% letters always written with.her
own haat' i—A. They were sometimes Written by,
pv wither. • I guided her hand in writing them.
• Q. Did your mother and you both Write the same
Idler ?—A. My mother held the pen, and I guided
tiu
Q. Inc this the manner in which both tl ese !laws
v ere written ?—A. I believe both of tl.eni were
leo so, itt: frost. one of ikm. •
CI Did witness guide the hand of her mother
the two bills were drawn-?,-,A. I am not
riaite positive, l'cannot exaelly answer that ques,
lion. .1; it supposed I committed forgery ?
Q. It , is not the aim of my question to draw such
, confession from you. I only ask if you wrote both
se notes ?—A. I am positive as to,oneof them,
in,* I cannot. say which. Had I imagined' I had
ht-.n doing wrong, 1 would have destroyed them.
a -Do they seem, to yoU to be written by the
same band ?—A. The difference; itany, may arise
ti-out one having been. wriitten. quicker than the
ot her.

Q. Does.it make no difference in the writing,
whcn you write yourself; and when you guided your
morher s hand ?—A. No material difference.
Q.. Does witness see no difference in the indorse-
moot of the one from the hand in which the other
is writteri i—A. I think my motlier's hatid may
hove been gulled when both were written.
Q,. Does. %vitriess ever itniiate the hand-wfiting of
others Ido not know that I do. If I did, it
would be for amusement, and not for any bad pur-
pose.
Q. Has witness never attempted it ?—A. I have,
and very lately; when several of us were at play.
Q. What did witness write when she. was thus
i:.ti tating the handsof others ?-!-A. It may have been
to take-down some mew' hands.
. Q. Has witness; ever imitated the han 1-writing of
the Duke of York ?---A, Yes, I can trice off the
hand. ribs: 'of his-Royal Highness.
Q. When you attempted to imitate the hand_
writing.'of the Duke, did you:imagine you sticceed-
,ed ?—A. Yes, I thought so, to a certain degree.
.Q. Did witness ever learn to write in a certain
, ay 'roar Mr. Tone ?—A. Yes; be made me make
great proficiency in writing. I recoiled he is aim.
0.. Lid you ever write in his presence No;
Iv% t r.

(.4. By Mr„Baawn.—Do. you not recollect bay-
recr v..cl a letier from Major Tony') 1