The Sun.
London, England, 1810-01-31 00:00:00

COLONEL IPARDLE,

The following ohservations on this Persbn, rela-
tive to the Inquiry Into the cOndual of the Duke of
YORK, are extraaed from the -printed:.Speech of
Mr, Witinna,ii in the House of Commons, on Mr.
Cutt watt's Bill for securing the independence and
purity of Parliament. These observations,
,which
are chara&erized by the shrewdness ind acumen
which usually diSfingUiSh every thing that conies
from Mr. WirinitAbi, may be properly brought for-
ward at this moment; as Colonel WAiims yesterday
'had the 'honour of receiving 'the Thanks of the City
Of 'London for tils conduct on the occasion alldded
:to, a ciecUrnsfance which all who wish to support
the dignity of the first City of the World, must •
deeply lament.
. ,
Since the above retnarks were Made, ''some
s'curiuils circtitirstanees have Occurred, materially
attecting the complexion of the cause "as it appeared ,
otiginallybefore the House of Commons.,
" Col. Wardle has found out that his principal
witnes, the Witness on whose testimony the charge
as applicable to the DUke of York; almost excld,
sively rested, Was a per Son not 'fit lb be 'believed
upon tier oath. , •
•
" It is thought ;perfealy right' and that
Mrs. Clarke's unsworn, and MisuppOrtedtestirnanir,
'on a question of private Conversation; in which 'She ,
"and the party accused were the only personspresenr,
ivat to be goad against the Duke of York '; while her
:sworn, suppOrted, and, till the last trial, uncontra-
diCted testimony, sin matters not passing in secret,
and in:support 'of facts having nothing in them in-
Oredi,ble or even difficult of belief, was not to be good •
'against Col. Wardle.
‘• This is populatinsiiCel
Considering'what was the point really at issue
in the late trial, it is difficult to 'say, which of the
two deci'siOn's, the 6ne for, as it it called, • ortlie
one ateiiitst ; was that Which C.lonel Wardle ought
mosthavedeprecafed.. If the 'credit of lii wit=
ness was established, he stood convicted of 'having-
made necuni,;ry engao•etrlents, for the purpose too,
ai `it ,
niust appear, of suborning evidetite and of
Y, fusing afterwards to Ili tke them gond. If, on the'
'Oilier hand; iris witness \v.'s disbelieved; in which,
Case she could be considered only •as a v.ntnan deli-
berately perjlitea; wlYnt atone-1116ot •or apology
"cocild he make, to the several parties and interests,
which had Suffered or lx,en endangered by his pro-,

• • 1
• (to the Duke of York, the innudiat-e rib
j,ct of the attack:; to t 1 King, whose best feelings
bad been tottured.; to the House of Commons,whoSe confidence had been abused, whos,.! time had
be 'n mis•spent, and WhOse character find been com-
mitted; to the general cause abjured justice;) for-
having bought for Ward a cause, which, in The 'sole
material Point, namely, th application of the clitcrrge
to the person accused, was to rest, 'principally if not
excluSittely, On the 'testimony of such it witness ?
And it must not be kuppoted, That the 'dilemma, to
which C 4 Wardle is thus Fedi-Iced, is one that can
be retorted upon those iiiho urge it, or b. Made to
tell in favour of him as Well as against him. Thon4b
the tonclusion be inevitable, that if, Mrs. Clarke.
was forswein on the Trial., she was net a credtole
witness fn the EN.aminittion before the House of
Commons, it does fiat follow i confra, that the 13,.!-
lief of her testimony in Court, where she was eka=.
mined upnn oath, and was speaking to'matters that
tiassed in the presence of ethef4, impliei the !tree's-
sity of believing her, when She was not upon oath,
and U. ai de:ivering a testimony, which, whether
trite of false; lent her equafly free from t.me pos:bi-.
lity of deteetton."

. Much has been said 'upon the impropriety of be-
stowing Parliamentary honours upon public men
who may not have been distinguished by acbieve-
clients that entitle ,them to so high and important
a testimony of national esteem and approbation),
but what must hereafter be thought olCity Honours,
when they are laYished upon such a man as Colonel
VVAttnLEI!

Mrs CLARKE is so tardy in bringing forth her
long-ptotnised work, that the public will begin' to
thitik she has only Aired a signal gun to gain'a gol-
den prize.

LivEnrom,..—The total' nu mber of vessels which.
arrived in the port of Liverpool, from all parts of the
world, in ,the year
.1808, was 2105.:—1n 1809,
3055. 'There was consequently an .increase in the
last. year of 950 vessels. Coasters are not included.
The average of arrivals for seven years, ending 1808,
was 2`.:20 vessels.

A Crim. Con. case is expeaed shortly to make its
_apprataticd.in a Court of Law, in which the Plain-
tiff is a -Gentleman of fortune, who, two years ago,
maixied the daughter of an ernintnt Merchant, by
whom he has two children ; and the Delenant,
young man of fashion, closely allit:d to oue•of the
first noble families in the country.

.
CORN-EXCSANGE, JAN. 31.—The remaining
suipiies of foreign Wheat being large, causes this
tra,le to be heavy in sales, and. at rather • Tower

prices ; fine Dantzic exceeds the quotation ; B,arley
at the late redUction -and White Peas vary
but little ; Gary awl Beans 91 the two kinds are

cheaper ; New Ticks 305.,t0 355. per quarter; hay-
( no brae supplies of Oats, this I ratle is :.4.,ain quoted
,0 e,
1_ cheaper ; before the close of Monday's Market Flour
....
fell bs. per sack.
.. , wheat - 7as a 85s a . gSs Tice Beans (old) 465 a szs
Fisk, ditto - - i..:os a to4s Oats - -17 S a 20S, a 2.15
, - Rye - . . 42S- A 485 Poland ditto -26 s a 29s (-Al
Batley . - - 38$ a 46s Potato' ditto 35$ a sod
, Malt ... - . 745 a Bzs •itape Seed. - - 461 a 501
White Pease -70 S 4 78s Fine Flour - .85s a 90s
Grey ditto - . 4os R 465 Seconds - -. ..' Btis a 85s
MOlnis (Ad) . . rts ,a 560 , ,