Star.
London, England, 1809-03-10 00:00:00

,an. Dutivls it to be
Duke of York knew
the Right Honourable
;is going every day, is
mid naturally have re-
:yes of Gordon were up.
be eyes of Greenwood
that she should take
,at it should not come
hrough a third person;
tction he gave her, to
into. With respect to
and to her passing the
'prising that she should
Honourable Gentleman
infortunate class in soci-
holly void of sentiment
reservation of hers, a
,ad contend, to shake an
Twise unimpeachable ? It:
hatched the conspiracy
ie Duke of York. The
was favourable for doing
from the whole tenor of
irmed no such plan. He
had taken, and where
led, he did not believe
was excessively strong
influence had been used.
tumption that arose from
in Gloucester-place, and
:--and these, he contend-
at the presumption'of the
;peel:Mg the existence of a
that the Duke of York
s. Clarke previous to the
-place, in 1804. Before
y, and it was worthy of
le cases had any reference
se subsequent to the com-
.l--plaLe profusion. When
ten began the corruption.
.ion arisiog from the let-
hat she who had done so
great deal more ? It was
.y thing went on with tile
Gordon never knew of
attended to the business
the Duke of York's pri-
gs might still haye gone
ail inconsistent with this
'ctod might watch Mrs.
. lynx, and yet all these
town to him. There was
army—he was bound to
tese things might be going
with which these trans-
:he office had been urged
actives existed; but it was
managed so as to elude de-.
If it was possible to sup-
.k could have connived at•
,ght have escaped the vigi.
But then it was said, that
ied on with the knowledge
would have been a mine
checks prevented the mat-
extent. The Honourable
acorns that so few cases
if this practice had really
ire miraculous that a son
.e been a party to those
Was it not miraculous
;e and integrity of his Ho-
"e been found to bring these
:ould have succeeded in pro-
than that the things them-
d One might often read
us taken up for a very tri-
: came at the tails of other
sties were convicted, they
the whole. In the present
atoll these shilling ofreitces
t v.ls imp ssible no: to pre-
b;•i-tind. The Right Ho-
said, was it possible the
connived at these infamous
ad said when he first heard
ig proof was on the table.—
have done all this fOr the
Right Honourable Gentle.
!,iy that the Duke of York
kind of corruption ; of en-
with a view to put money in
could not but say, that the
atd connived at them. But
'ed the Right Honourable
ike of York, if he had been
I have run the risk of ex-
.), Mrs. Clarke £4OO a year ?
rk was willing to run the risk
letters produce which had
!e world, and which he would
have recalled, there was no
risks he might run.
)r.tfusion which prevailed at
,pourable Gentleman over the
was impossible to teach the,
s.al in Lnvlantl ecort,omy.—
York, and' the several Other •
Leen about the Princes in their
tgular that the Duke of York
be valae of money. He ought
he value of money, for some,
!ki throui:) his office. It might
its value so much as persons
lint when he taw the servants,
,rt.iesion of every kind, which
• l'hice, and lie knew that he
t fifth towards this expensive
,picioni, one wotild think, must
al mind ;-especting the method
tupported. That Mrs. Clarke
r money was evident : the dia-'
at which persons in her situation
td to the pawnbroker's. His
peared, supplied her at several
which appeared barely sufficient
It was morally impossible he
t this profusion must be imme.-
,:ss the waste was supplied Troth
anself. Another thing to be at-
she was nnacquainted with the
solicited favours. If she had
ter brother--captaln .Thomson,
would not have been,

.cy per
they could raise. As a farther conannation of Mn. Mites
evidence, he adverted to her conduct at the production ssf the note.
Sha had positively denied that she CYO' gave any letter in tike•
D.ikz's hand writing to Santim ; and' yet when *hewn the natal,'
she instantly said that it must have been in her povessioni iti it
was his Royal Highness's hand writing, anti Sapden could have
got it ir.om no ether quarter. '. With reaps etto• Ole pokeltese of:
the plate, the Right Honourable Gentleman had eifiraied*tiot the.
:it:oi. which Mrs. Clarke reet,ived (roils the Duke Of Iforit, bee
entering the house at Glotcester-place, nal the **titter :kr•
this plate; sat the dates &trite cocroventl it,* *At tOPY

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Much surprised it a person having formed .mall a did savespa,d wtelt. maiii4'to Me deli tO • which she reeelved
connection should have so far consulted' herlatithesk the SlOPlJfirthe kris /id this an addl donaiansoboration of
if the object recommended was at all deserving. -But b'S "I"7'
it was quite a different thing when an Irish Clergymans !ain't ‘.t'esivillittbehreaciporchisethePefeanirthe dert4Plate,:inanddetacolnaededtrathatnsactit Dukere-
when French and Sander steppes forward. Dr. O'Me- of York must have been acquainted with the whole. The plate
era was a stranger, so were the others, and his Royal of the Duke of Berri getting into asawnbroeration okfert`hseshopo,
mr.iight.
Highness must have been sensible that she could not hacavewledhichtlibeardie
d Yohrikmtono ae
czofotithe victims of the French Re-
have gratuitously interested herself so much for them.
volution—a Revolution occasioned not by philosophy, but by sot.
Nor ought General Clavering to be forgotten, who ruption. He thought the remarks made by the Right Hon. Gen-
first requested that his name might not be mentioned, nem= on the evideneg of Dowler unfounded; he had
_not contra;
ill
ed ldh nifot
and afterwards came forward of his own accord.— st to
hun stAalted, nor
cbad he 11::1:11stTletis
Though the Right Honourable Gentleman had stn- head alsalic r
appointment through Sir B. Watson. It appeared that the Duke
tad the case of Carter more favourably to the Duke of York had mentioned Eidenon to Mr. Greenwood, from the
of Yerk, than the evidence warranted, yet upon that evidence of Mr. Greenwood himself, which confirmed the truth
he felt no disposition to dwell long, since Mr. Car- of Mr!. Clarkes statement at to her applying for a Paymastershipd
ter, it appeared, had turned out well. In this coon- for that Gentleman. It was through her that Colonel French ha
try, where the road of preferment was always open gohadt ttakeoufgohtr * levy, which the Right Honourable Gentleman
to
explicable ; and she had even procured him the
to merit, the humbleness of his birth ought to be no liberty to enlist Catholics. A circumstance at which he should
objection. While the French were raising Generals have thought the Right Honourable Gentleman would have taken
from the lowest situations, and sought for them only the alarm. .
wherever superior merit could be found, it Was no The Right Honourable Gentleman (Mr.Whitbread continued)
time for this country to be scrupulous about the ori- Istill talked of cons irators and calumniators. This might do very
well at the beginning,p but now it was out of time. The Geetie.
gin of a meritorious officer If the Duke of Yerk Irian on the opposite side had said, that infamy must attach to the
discovered merit behind his chair, or handing his
I accuser or the accused. li did not attach to his Honourable Friend.h
mistress from her carriage, he was glad that it had t And,ovnej
ofe
them
inshenirraetssorswthoerbeethefolrseivaseshishaHdopla
ced
Honourable Friend
attracted his,notice ; and he sincerely hoped that the
Officers of the army would not take offence at this. ;them ? e co?
pWas be, who would vote for his motion, one of
Jacobins! The blood of the martyrs, it was said, was the
Still, however, the fact was another plod of the in- seed of the Church. It was not less true that the follies o Princes
fluence of Mrs. Clarke over the Duke of York's mind; ' ! were
Jacobins the food
not tube
foe Jacobins (lew
him d cris 4. hear ! hear ! ) The
though, under all the circumstances, he wished the wereund with or his Honourable Friend.
1 No—Their Committee, consisting of Captain Sander,of Mr.
case had not been brought forward. In this case
Donovan, of Mrs. liovendon, and the rest. sat at Gloucester-
Mrs. Clarke had discovered some feeling, as well as ! place, where the Duke of York presided as Chairman, (hear!
in some other parts of her conduct, whatever might s‘a..9 The Genius of tacobinism was much much oftener found
Gto
be her fascinations, which the Right Hon. Gentleman t in the stately palace than in the lowly 'cottage. He haunted
his
had described as such, that the Noble Lord behind tester-place, and got his Royal Highness in his grasp when s
1 lio:.:ourable Friend rescued him. The miserable poetaster—the
him, and his Honourable Friend, might hare laid i authors of wretched publications, which held out any attack on
their heads in the lap of the Dalilah and be shorn oft, Ministers as an attack on the Government, things which would
their strength. ! he 'litchi, had it not been that they were so contemptible. These.
IA expressing regret that be should be obliged to detain the were not the real Anti-jacobins; that was a title which properly
ll,,use so long, Mr. Whitbr,ad cliserved, that he hoped this bu- I belonged to his Hou. Friend and those who thought and acted like
I him. Jacobinism was that which madi the meat it fed on ; which
sinets would be settled in a manner that would prevent the re- I
Colon of such a subject. Adverting to the case of the exchange ' deli -Med in turnirg the. follies of Princes into vices, and in attack,
of Colonels Brooke and Knight, he remarked that Mr. Knight in , the democratical part of our establishment as well as the mo-
was a inan who knew the world, and yet there was ne doubt that narchical.
.g. But let the House do iss duty, and the attempts. of
be had paid rile ntoaey from that impression which had prevailed , would be harmless. The Duke of York hal been on the
Jac chins wou . i..t.
otter a:1 London as to the influence of Mrs. Clarke. Dr. Thynne , brink of a precipice, and Ins Honourable Friend hat: saved him
from falling.
ware prtfe.sion made him acquainted with all the tittle-tattle of
.the families he visited, was fully impressed with the belief of 1 The ATTORNEY-GENERAL commented on'
that influence. Mr. Cora was acquainted with the circumstance. I the different cases which had been made the subject of
whit the exchange was Gazettetl, Mr. Knight stamped his belief i
inquiry,and proceeded to take a view of the different
of its havi;:g been effected through her influence by paying her. •
the money. Colonel Gordon \N as truth itself—no doubt another opinions already expressed, on the degree of blame
parson totould have understood the words " cannot be acceded which it was admitted did, to a greater or smaller de-
m- as a refusal ; but Colonel Gordon in making memorandums,igree,
merely for himself, might adopt these words with a view to can- attach to the Commander in Chief. There
sideration ; but there was no doubt that the escliange *as Ga- were Gentlemen who thought, that even should his
Royal Highness not be thought to be implicated in
zted, and the money paid to Mrs. Clarke. Doctor Thynne i
a
said, be gate Mrs. Clarke a slip of paper with the ;lames of. the the corrupt practices imputed to him, that an address.
parties. Mrs. Clarke's testimony agreed with his in this respect, should be presented to his Majesty, stating the nature
when examined on the same night, andabis was a coincidence I of the
which served to confirm her evidence. Mr. Whitbread further con- ' practices which had been inquired into, and
itnieett, that no discredit attached to the testimony of Mrs. Clarke, praying that his R0y...! Highness should be dismissed
front her having said that she kilt-sped she had got a2OO, though the from his situ..tion of Cortintander in Chief. Another
P iglit lion. Centleman had asserted, that it was morally impossi-
Wt s'..e cpuld have at all forgot the amcpur. He also combated i Honourable Gentleman had btete of opinion tivt a
the objcelans to the evidence of Peirson, the butler, with respect Resolution should be entered on their own journal*,
to the note and notwithstanding the attempt of the Attorney- Which, without addressing his Mujesty, should have
Genaiaf to knock him on the head, for the Learned Gentleman Ithe effect of causing his opal Highness to resign.
denied he could knock out his brains, since he had none—he And another hid. been of opinion, that the House
confessed he was simpleton enough to believe his evidence. When
Peirson Caine the second time the Right Honourable Gentleman . k . .
I should not allow the matter to pass without expressing
opposite la came intemperate, though he had seldom been so, and d t en it, but that
weir ju gmen up the case did not require
stated that Peirson was about to give evidence winch, in a Ceurt any address or resolution. He begged itto be recollec-
of Justice, would convict him of perjury. Peirscht gave his evi-
red, that from the year
nce, and it was found that the Right Honourable Gentleman 1794, the Duke of York had
de
stak i been Commander in Chief; that -during that pe.
was mi
Wail regard to Major Toeyn's ease, Captain Sander said, that i rind the condition of the army had been improved in
he doubted the iefitience of Mrs. Clarke,and Icts%lsserved, that i every respect under the auspices of his Royal High-
after having paid her BCCI. he, through PA., Donovan,
the case of Major l'onyn to her, and yet if you gave him credit
referred,i,ness ; that except during die period of his connection
tar knowledge of the world, he must have teieved in her in- With Mrs. Clarke in the year -1804; no charge or im-
putation of any kind hind, bean made against' him ;
iniener: 1-it next adverted to the Mysterious note, which, from ,
the course which had been pursued respecting it, had been swelled tnat {tom the time he separated freth Mrs. Clarke,
into an importance which it would not otherwise have deserved. no vestige Of a charge, nor even the smallest impu-
He was one of those to whom the secret had beemeonfined; but
he thought the note as dead as Homer. But, sincethe Duke had tatiou, had been atterni:ted to be attracted to him.
These things he- do sired' to be kept in view ; and if
solemnly protested that it was a forgery, he, after it was pro.
deiced, looked at it with very great suspicion - but when he it appeared, that firm the time-of hi epirat. n*a I oil
compared it with the other letters, he doubted : and when Colo- Mrs. Clarke to the present, all th a. industry of tie
r.el Cordon spoke, he was convinced it was no forgery. But Hon. Mover could not ronjura up the vestige of :.n
t'-en it was said that Mrs. Clarke had forged it, and Town was
celled to detail his trash to the Committee. Sanden, who evi- accusation, he submitted that that tiff irded strong
deafly wished to favour the Duke od.
f York at present, with a Proof that there was .nothing of tie sin to bpi g
view to his own future advantage, said he had destroyed the note, forward, not only because m thiag was prov.
and they (meaning Mrs. Clarke, au.) bad forgot it. This proved but because nothing was atLmpted to be prov-•.e. In
Captain Sant eit's conviction. But when the Rii,lit Honourable
Gentleman et deavoured. to mai e this out a forgery, had tie seen these circumstances their form of proceeding w..s
the other holes written since the separation? If Ile had wen matter of serious consideration, and it becime then
these, and coupled this with all the oral evidence, and yet still to see that they did not act more severely and harshly
doubted, it would be impossible to convince him, though one than the public cause demanded. Scene ccriiid !lad in
rose from the dead. The it lair Hon. Gentleman had stated, that too., was due for his Majesty, and it became the
be knew that the note was pit bably alive. •He imputed trashing I House, to consider vrellif e necessity of the c s!. was
inip.-aper to lam, in not conmtunicatirg this probable knowledge ... thv.
sootier, 'alwever he might dater as to the jedginent shewn in imperative on them.
that line on
~oi•tluct ; but the 'note was proved beyond a doubt It was well known that persons, who had acted as
to i..., the 1... n c.'..wi itirg of the Doke of York. This being the •
caNe, the tinestio i was what it established ? The Right Hon. servants to Secretaries of State, had taken money,
Gentleinait said that it fitted nowhere. Bat it at least proved the pretending that they could procure pardons ; it would
general iniltence of _airs. Clarke. be equally just to condemn the masters of such ser-
In considering the cast: of Colonel French's levy, Mr.W. stated, vants as guilty of the sale of pardons, as to condemn
that the Solicitor Genera'. came forward quite fresinand began to
drive at Miss Taylor. AF, Tr, the circumstance of her father being the Duke of York for the acts of Mrs. Clarke. He
called Chance as well as '1 aylor, he contended that there was was, therefore, if the first Resolution of the Chancellor
nothing in her denial of all 10101., Late of that, which ought to in- of the Exchequer should be agreed to, for passing such
validate her testimony. Mr. amid% was called to prove that he
as called Chance ; but ill the rtault he rather confirmed Miss a resolution as should fall short of making his Royal
w
l'a)lor. We heard of Coodluck and Hazard, and other fancy Highness retire, or be removed. Could any man, af--
names of that sort, which the children of the parties never keen ter this Inquiry,believe that things would grow worse?
any thing of. It appear, el that Miss Taylor's father was univer- Did any man believe
-that the Duke of York was in-
sally known at Bayswater under the name of Taylor. But then sensible to the perils arid dangers with.which he was
she kept company with Mrs. Clarke. Were we ter believe no-
Surrounded, and that he would not. profit by the les-
beds that kept company with Mrs. Clarke ? ( Hear ! hr.lr J)
What could be said for the Baroness of Noleken, then f what of se-P he had received ? Did any man think lie would'
the Irish clergyman, and many odsers ? but she bad received re- Atitesubple sensible of his acquittal, and of • the reproof
Ihi
lief trout Mrs. Clarke—su had tton and Carter l and bullies, ac ' *flying it ? Did any • man believe -thiChe
she was C:4llllCCtld by marriage with Mrs. Clarke. T jie Right would not be sensible of all these tbingi, antic-artful
Honourable Gentleman was offended at her keeping.a..h.>arding-
school ; but suppose Miss Taylor had peen' a videos dafictersituation' sa•'. :-.;-, - .• t. ,
to avoid a similar . .
once, of which there was no proof, was abenet Wain allowid the Ø. VVIPTIIREAD in explaniiiiin IRMA that amidst a num-
means of qUitting such a mode of life ? Alhastity was 4 Virtne„ belt, 'of utistetuttetititiceis which Oki 141,64 ' Gentleman had
but not the only one—there was also a cuiumandmeat, a, -Thou i mode of what.fell from kim, be should oniti allude to two, one
shalt not bear false testimony." They ought to have itsown their of them regarding Mr. Dowler, and the other regarding Mrs.
case better than to have gone into all examlnaticin which hail ex- Clarke. Tbel.tarnea Gentleman .14d. overstated • the case, in
cited so much indignation; and upon the whole he comidered saying that he represented- Mr. Dottier as unimpeached ;he had
Mire Taylor's testimony as compktely =impeached—and she only said, that be bed not been guilty of contradiction. With '
proved that the Duke of York knew of.Mrs,Clarke's concern in regard ttsalfrs. Clarke, the Honourable and Learned Gentleman
Cr.,. ha yof Colonel French. But then it was urged, that the loot had said, thetbe (Mr. Whitbread) had represented her as a wit-
would rot so readily . have barb put an end to, if the Duke of nee entitled to full credit, and that he had taken her as such under
York knew that they had him in• his power—but after the re- k 1 atm:, 'Re 104 170 t said so. He had Only stated, that in Mrs.
monstraiu:es of the Generals, and the proceedings under the levy, gailimeottivideisooniete was a scintilla of truth, and therefore that
which were so scandalous, that an klonou,rable Member had she vita/ init fontlitunwactliy of credit.
moved for returns respecting it in the House, and the documents
were on the table, it was hnpossible the Duke of York could have ..artag:"-./1.41/Cela said, arthis'bour of the morning, It would be
refused to put an end to it ; and besides, they had notahe Duke .
Wt. ta aqoarn. He rose at present only to mention, that
... e • hiti intwft, on to-Morrow to move an amendment on the
of York in their power, as be had taken care that his narnesbould tallnal inotitih;Saking the Addresti of the Honourable Gentle*
not appear in such a manner as to enable them to make any thins mini btgliiirliiitis (Mr. Wavdle) as bismodel. He thongheit bet-
of that. And, kesides, they were restrained by the money which , ter. b,,,,ii,*..:erett to,igigui,ao-.4ateoa a new words, his view
they owed their agent ; though they had 1 501. r - tuAni for all I of. the•doexmat.mom already pores& - die could at the ma-

*nit ere ifi.the win4sof bliowniusendineit ; but he would be
OS of a few' home more td dipeleit,atul also to take the opinion
oeserie friends tiPottit. H e abduititherefore, only state:at present,
few words, Whin lilt object vim. He should take
tausb-
ntonne of the original. Addreni, many aloridgmente, ono
addition, that ahOolts to:to negative the ides.' of criminal pertyl-
i'#ic.4. 41r. cOrlArtida thit, Itudw ail the dr-
t .0 'bh. Rom Hirstriese cannot; at present, continue
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