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London, England, 1809-03-16 00:00:00

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'' ' 1 tn I eanSisteneY ' On' his 'ederl rikoitd Tikat .
et sistent even
and he had ettentitelteonsiderici.the subject, the ha* sfitiele.mtick more home at the Duke df York
the
, inconveniences Which Might
from arise se °tight Mt, eitlient liettereirobh to suhject it-r than the evidence she gave ? But wlettever credit he
• might be disposed-to give her evidence, he would.not
flirt() ' , '
6se„ch a condemnation. The army had ctsnfessedlt admit. that it went to convict the Duke of Yoik -of
flourished enderthe Duke of York. - He had made corettion. The House had heard a great deal about
.
it one of the best in-the world. ' The Hon. Gentle- that famous phrase, e How does he beliaire to you,
man leintself toddle' this oecisiim to say; that in all the - darling r'--but *as this a proof of corruption )
_. ages:
professional intercourse to 'tibia his situation (Judge . • ........._ ty ~ _nargeii he . fold scat*
Whahwat theinlport of thieexpression ? e How doet libvitlg himself td consider theta' true; and the non.
Aesocate) introdoceithine, Whereth m
heD.Uhe Oftee k 'he behave to you, darling,' did not necessarily imply •,'Methher*ho'brtiOglit themfotivard must etcttse 'him
was concerned, h r ehad ever ounZ em ost affable, etha: he meant," how does he pay, darling ?" There- gf; movrithttendi he allowed him Creciii for tieing
iaost ardent for the interests of the Army, and most ' pression, however, went far to convict him of suffer- ',actuated by a sense Of duty, in sabruitting these
desirous to go straight &retard in the ;Ouse of etis- ing this woman to interfere-in his official duties. He
.-eharges to the eotesideretiiin 'of the Hotise, he felt it
tee, without turning either to the eight or to the . thought that the profusion and extravagance that "liatretnely dilEtnit to believe that they could have.
left, This was also the opinion. of the Gentleman previled at Gloucester-place hed very improperly been seen founded in fact. In the ilea' which he took of
rho had preceded him in office ; and when .he was urged as arguments to prove that the Duke of York Alit question, it appeafed to him: that it was to be con-
compelled to resign it on account of 'ill'health, he connived.at the practices of Mrs. Clarke. They were e-ilehered in ter° ways; first, %%ether the Duke of York '
communicated.• this consolatory cireinestenCe tohim, far .fropeearry;e-
-g conviction to his mind. The Duke, etweeguilty of 'the charges imputed, to him, ancl,"iehe
ties successor, which cornri•ninication he; now declared it was well known, was not remarkable for the order :ewes in whet deziee .?and heat,
.Wisat was the rouge
112.1 been ccrrnpletely justited. 'Helieggetlalieliotise •With which he conducted his own domestic concerns; sihiCielte a Member, ned 'from Ite'view he Weaken,
te look at the institutions of Maelow and Illygh lAry. rho*. aria it, therefore, to be. expected that he should Of ihe'Subject; he wee of-opinion °Whew be piaatied ?
e of '
mbe, established by the Duke York. He beg- take better care of Mrs. Clarke ? It was quite pas- ,As "tti.''ilre quettiOn,,vihethei the eke of Yorke-AS
gee of them to 10(4 et ihe "establishineat of Chelsea siblethat-this profusion, want of order, and distress, .guilty 'Of eineiesticth; ailed paiticiPated inrihe'jh‘e
for the education orate orphan children. Of soldiers ' n*ght hate 'prevailed, and his Royal' Highness know to arising 'front .theigiettpt practices proied'sra:eii-
v,.o had fallen in defence of o:4r. con itior, and for nothing. of it. He-acquitted the Duke of -York of dente, lie could not help-30111;4, that, after .411-that
the children of those 'who Were abreed eghting_ its corruption ; he acquitted him of criminal participa- had appeared anthWas pedYed to have talced,plaee,
tattles.-.(Harr, leear.)-e-To theihrtienciment of 14r. tion ; he acquitted him of ennnivanCe ; but he found he ccitiWesistillitt feel' stirtiri.ie that lit.ltiiial 1-liith-
frankes he should'
from
obeeet, • because.it dit-
:him deeply criminal in allowing ties woman to inter- ness . should not haie conceived
~some suspicion of-
-fried essentially from his speech. How will ihru !fere in his official duties. The evideneebrought for- • what was gOing on. • • His Royal Highness undoubte
weer the country, When'they see you cendenne the I ward •by accident furnished convincing proofs of this • edly must heve known, from his military friends, that
Ina byyour vote whom you ecquithy your teeschl ;crime. It was :evident in 'French's levy. It was army promotions had been obtained in' an improper
lithe Duke guilty or not guilty ?—(Hear, Aiar.)-- I evident in 'the case of Dr. O'Meara, this minister of and corrupt way. Thele things-were not in a corner,
Aye," said Mr. 'Fuller, "''speak out,.ePeek. ' out." i purity,, this mirror of virtue,- who, professing a cell ' nor in' secret; nor' in tledark ; they Were net the work
_(Pratt, order.)—lie thought the Hoeft ling* to :.from GOD, '
could tie fir debase himself, so far abuse !of en known end. cibieure indieiduale.leit openli Car-
sae gee or No at onceeipon the question. Tile itti- his sacred vocation, as to solicit a recommendation 'tied on and generally , spoken ; of, and Circulated in
r utes of the widened were before them —" those WhO ' from such a .person as Mrs. Clarke, by which, ',pamphlets, which,' though they had not met his eye,
run r• read," —let them then at once decide, And With an eye to a Bishoprick, he obtained an op- had been industriously distributed amongst Military
etheracquitor move an impeachthent, if they thought porttinity of preaching before the King.. ' What Mere tut even "
supposing that a close attention to
lie guilty. could he said in justification of his Royal High- the dutiei-of his 'Office.hadpievented the Commander
Lord TEMPLE said—After hiving 'heard the 1 ness for
.allowing this hypocrite to come down to in Chief from coming at the knowledge. of these_
efferent bearings of the evidence sifted and examin- i Weymouth undet - a 'patronage, unbecoming his transactions hinitelf,. yet .he should have been infor-
ea by persons of great talents and acquirements, he i duty, rank, and situation ? The case of Kennet was fled byles friends; whose Cemeitteicationshe Must
thought that he would be the better able to bring his I equally strong. It was proved that, in the expecta- have 'received with the attention they merited.—
mind to a decision do this greataubject--one perhaps-• tenon of a loan to be procured for him by this man, his On the Aupoosition,.. therefore, that, as had been
as important as ever engaged the attention of Parlia- Royal Highness employed his influence to get a place. proved- by-the evidence .at 'the hare-the army pa.
mem. This was-not a question of party-feeling. It i for
.eim, 'rhe cases of Eieferton and General Cla- titnageluicrbeen corruptly aisle:heal of, and, accord=_
was to be decided-on principles of honoiniand justice. I
.veering, but particularly of the latter, shewed that - ing id the. general notion, that ehesime corrupt in-
However anxious he might be at other times to be 1 Ivivs Clarke was in the habit of communicating with teifevence had been extended •hy the Duke of Yoek'S
considered ata member of a partiot was an honour hisaoyal Highness on military subjects. His letter mistress to the. other ptiblie departments, 'it was
.which he would renounce on the present occasion-- to her on the subject of Claverieg's application, put it 'N• -clear' 'that his Royal. Highness 'mutt arso have
I
No attachment to party should induce-him to decide beyond the possibility. of xioubt. If this corrirrunici• leieWee. the .circtinistance. l't was
.iMpoSsible,. that,
this question on any.other grounds than those he had tion, this kind'of understanding ono had with' his eclueation, he donlil 'have been ignoetnt•
stated. Whateyeehis political biai inight be, iesliould not taken place, why did 'the -Duke exeseetes
sdlf so. that 'the Mistresses a teliteek are in every instance
;
not influente.him in the vote he would give. Never eireservedly on -the business? Should he net have the scarrixi4ind the means of emtiiptiori. . He'mnst
in the courte 'of his life had he given Ins sentiments answered it 'in this war 114 a ambony chit Clavering
.1 lime known,
if at
1..;1i
acquainted with history, that,
on any question with so.mnch pain to himselfas he has-applied through- you-e-I -yeas .not -aware that he ahishadbeeriartirartunatelithe case • iii France, Ana
should on that on which he was now addressing the was acquainted without. connection—l hope he does eerenees thit.country; et .14O.,eerf'reknete pe'rkid: Of its,
House ; but the eyes of the country Were upon them, not—But if he knows any thing of it, let him know etietsTe• It was a sicifo•raecns, fact, : that Vie inittressee„,
and he would ditcharge his duty and his conscience, i this, that this iia point in which I will not suffer you of-Princes usually :kept 'a soit of shop for theetrale oh
however acutely he meght feel in doing so. This; Ito interfere."—Before:he sat down, he could not .thiProirei of the frown. But, if it was true, as hook
fortunately, was not a question affeithig the loyalty'l avoid alluding to the very extraordinary speech made hien lialea Sy his Wight 'Honourable Friend (Mi.
of any man. It might be discussed anddecided con-' by ate Hon. Friend near' him (Mr. •Wmcfham) on the YOrke), ihat-Mii. flail:6.6cl livid with an Army-
sistently with the most perfect veneratiojefor the con- preceding evening.- The conclusion of that speech : akent or broker before she Went to het With theleiokee-
stirutional head of the State. ,The attegsitient of all i s
really astonished him. He
_could hardly conceive, . ''
trod that her antecedent experience' hadeliahlet het
u
ranks of people to the illustriorfamilYtartheThrene that, after the very ingenious and subtik arguments', s4ccessfuny to .carry on i her 'corrupt Brattioisri l
was daily increasing, by the regard 'and ;affection that he advanced in support of his Royal Higliness,_
/hart obser,ye, that this e,epi - • ce shieUld• akieve • •
which the virtues of the. Sovevetivinepired. 'Ate that hr would haw come to the decision he did. If -others, have Out his go 1 tir _ itiss..utioialit'S guar
country. ad given proof of their attedsment by the his opinion had beep so nicely balanced, he would ageinst to 'artifices ''. : .". Crate. eh' views,- *tante he
seal with Which they stepped forward in support,of ;hive :sequined the-Duke.- Me would -not have etn- 'thus= have knovidtoiti . Were liiiiiikt habitss.isritthat
the Throne, when its overthrow was threatened bY CIO go' much thee in *Ski hairs, and then with on any favour-ale' opt. . ity alie:Wotild.ndt fail to
the furious principles that were •propagated•from an- If a hair strastgle:his 'Royal • ightess 1 Bit, :think- indulge their]. His RoYal Highness
.was aware. that
other people ; this they had :hewn by the sacrifices ing as he did, he was now compelled to deelstre, that Mes. Clarke was extremely distressed ; that the pros..,
of every kind which they had made, and were daily he did not-consider the -Duke of York as ;worthy to pert ofTelief would have encouraged her to 'engage..
making. This therefore was not a question, whether I retain the situation Of COmmander in Chief I—lf he in this crirtiinal traffic ; that she was . open to die
they should preserve their attachment to the Family i were allowed ..to approach his. Royal Highnenie be temptation, and was likelyao avail herself of it when-
on the Throne, but whether an indjvidual of that fa- I would advise him to resign his office. If Ministers vier an occasion should be afforded. • It appeared
may deserved to partake ofehat confidence which t did their duty, they would recommend to hisliajesty too, that she had been in the habit of applying from
they reposed it the head of it. That the character of Ito advise- his Royal Highness to resign his office. time to tjme to his Royal Hi-hitless for his petroeage,
a son of .the King. should now be under discussion, i Unless they did so, they would fail in the -Sacred ob -1 in fivolir of persons whom she did not even know
Matter of deep- ane severe regret ; the House • ligation which they owed their Sovereign,* The most .1 When the-I
-louse considered all these circttriwanCes
must acknowledge that it was ; but it was a duty urgent motives for his resignation wodld. meet • his ! separately, and afterwards Weighed their accumulated
which, howeveepaieful, they Must discharge ;it was Royal Highness at every caner and at every step.] effect, 'Gentlemen must be astonished that they should
a question, however ii might affect their feelings, that I The time was, perhaps, approaching, when the in- I never have excited the suspicion of his Royal Highness..
they must decide. Theeup ,was poured out, and they dependence and existence of Britain might he fought In the evidence of Mr. Corti, 'it was stated, that a
must drink of et, however bitter the invedients.might I for on British ground. The-successful-event of such a few etionths after the contieetion had ceased between
be; the shaft was flown, and must take its- course. I contest must.in a great degree depend tthon"the cosh' the Duke 'of York and Mrs. Clarke, she called upon .
—A considerable difference of opinion prevailed as to' fidence which the country reposed in the• individual thim,:and told him that the Duke was angry at some-•
whether the House shouldoeceed by Address or Re- . entrusted with the Chief Command of 'our Army. 1-thiag, and at the same time recommended to him to:
solution. For his own part, he thought the mode by I Could his Royal Highness suppose that-he retained I destroy all his papers. This circumstance shewed,
Address more becoming the dignity of. the House. I that confidence ? It so, the ' statements that were that some suspicions had then been excited as to some
The Resolutions, whether thee were exculpatory or ; :staring in every eye, and ringing in every par, would . facts, which may have come to . light, and flashed
accusatory, might be easily embodied into and amal-e speedily undeceive him. In retirement-4h fulfilling I conviction upon the mind 'of his Royal Highness.
gamated with the Address. The first Reschetion *i his Zluties as a Prince—in completing that reform, His Royal Highness seemed not to have been aware
proposed by the Hon. Member was, that the House ? assurances of which he had thought proper to convey of' the 'opportunity he erikiyed to consult those excel.
vould decide : the-re would be no objection -to make Ito the House of Commons, his Royal Highness the lent and -hooonrable torn by whom he was surround-
that part of an Address. The second was, whether i Duke of York would find opportunities for recovering. ea, as to the means- to prevent Mrs. Clarke from im.
his Royal Highness was or was not guilteeof corrup- lahe confidence and affection of the people. In times posing upon his 'weakness by rendering his attachment
tion ? Again, there would be noedifficuliy in inter-; of peril like the present, he was compelled to repeat, eto her subservient to her et:irrupt. practices. 'On the
vcaviee that in an address. It shOrt, it appeared to ; that the-Duke of York was snot a fit person to retain -contrary, he appeared to haiie kept them in the dark Lint to be just as easy to put the-substance of the Re- 1 the Command of the British Army"! •He felt that upon -these stibjects ; and there was one circumstance
olutions in the shape of an Address; as in the form ihe 'had done his duty in thus'evirtg. his decided opi- to which he would particuiarly advert, to sheer that
reposed by the R;...ht Hon. Member. 'The proceed- • nioa—but the gratilkationevluch-thatfeeling afforded this had been the case.* When he received the letter
leg by Address had. also one great advantage erver i him, would, he feared, be no erokse to the House 'from Mrs. Sutherland, requesting that the resignation
that which the. Right Hon. Member wished to mom-; for the fatigue to which he .had siNected _them.— of Major Turner might not be accepted for some
meet If a Resolution of censure should be carried, ' (Hear, Hear, Hear!)—He trusted that the House time, in order that a'Lady, to whom he '.was repre-
the Resolui n, in order to be carried to the foot of i 'would do their duty, and he would conclude with the,' merited as having behaved ill,- might know where to
the throne, must be put in the shape of an Address ;. apothstan of Lord gurieigll.7.... England can never field him, he: put that letter into the hands of Colonel
otherwise it would lie a dead letter on the table. The 1 . be ruined but by its Parliament, and England never Gordon, as Hit had been a letter from a f erfeet
Hou,,e, therefore, would do best to embody the Reso- i " will be ruined while its Parliamenecontanues to do stranger (Near; hear, hear) ; and Colonel Gorden
lotions, whatever their nature may be, in the Address!. " its ditty !" _ , had even stated at the bar, that he had not at that
leech is to be laid before the King. Now with respect 1 After gm:lidera& tumuli on the choice of tee next Spahr, I time any knowledge that the contrary was the case.
to these different charges, he fully a . d with the i• The LORD ADVOCATE, who rose among a ; (ILar, hear.) It was not then necessary to state how
Honourable Member eel° last spoke, that the Duke i tumultuous cry of " Question! Question !" began with 1 that case stood. The House was aware that an inti-
tf York was not proved guilty of corruption—not i observing that he was well aware of the just impa- I mate connection had previously subsisted between his
Proved guilty of corrutor, upon whose evidence did 1 e partici • proved , tieece of the BOUM to come to a vote ; but he hoped Royal Highness and this Mrs. Setherland ;in short,
guilty or sennivance.
for their indulgence f4e. a. few. minutes. He seldom I that she had been his mistress. From this, therefore,
the proofs of these faces depend ? Why upon that oft rose la that House, ass 4 never but when impelled by they must see, that, blinded by his affection or
.
MN. Clarke, who came d
self-accused to the Bar, an', a seine of duty- lie bia Islinself called on to give an 1 partiality for this lady, the 'Duke sunk the a TCIII7I- .
With all the at- ' stance of his knowledge of her oft the occasion ; and
gave her easitinaany with a character self-blasted- If ; 0014°9 -on this ial. Prollt Ogegic6- . i .
of
that he had. heen-able topay to the evidence, . instead making an explicit communication of the.
t le question oa these specific charges. or on any other 4 to.
„lbw,
be
die f .
fact, ratherkeptColonel Gordon .
. w moat was, that his i
indeed, were to be wholly decided by lacy evidehees I the.conalusion
beenguilty. of c
it would not have the smallest weight". with him:l Royal High. ness neither 44• .. .
wrap. individual who of all others was most likely to res.e
cue him from the dangerous precipice upon which
In pronouncing his opinion, he should discard it
.1 tiOlkt nor cnhnihal Perr.ic!Patjon,.. Oct ,conaivince ; and •
1 ' that he had in no oae tastance.abused the power he ;he stood, and to save Win florn the abyss into which.
wh-ny from his consideratiOn, and have noiliffico.ty i
possessed as 90 mmns,ander. in Chief', of giving away 1: he was ready to plunge.---e( Hear, hear !) —it appeatid4
to make up his mind upon
. the subject. With respect !
This was, a conviction that he i also, from the evidence, that' though Colonel Csierelcidl
how:eer to Miss Taylor's evidence, that stood on etteda:7 romiseio •
a minute, unprejudiced, and conscien- .had enjoyed the confidence of the Duke of York, so
other grounds; he believed it was.different charges, and the eve ence ,far as le of the duties o iis oes bias con-
in el die execution
Point. It laid been said, that she camecon
the prein pereiareYd'i.l tdieroniS re:rfrewof the
supported. . Vlse Hpuse became corned, for which that able Officer seemed so well
her part—that she had previously rehearsed is—i by which • they were
'for the ywrtioa, that the 'Honourable '. qualified, he did not possess so much of his Confidence
the, she was a member of the conspirecy, and had'; icre 0 4-41"1""
.1 as would enable him to discharge the office of a friend,
learned
her story before she appeared at the ILu. • He..
i • Mr. WILBERFORCE had wished, before he of- ' whom Princes so much want, but ,so seldnei meet
Manion' odd no lonl,r he
I
did ikot believe this. These was nothing in her man. c .
...
fujett temeelf too the Houpe, to hear all that had been i with. Certain it was, as had been slatedisy ealcinel
ter or the matter °f 14-er evidence "' 14" C. that she ed Users the'euiski_ e..., He hal attended carefully to i Gordon in his examination, that 'he' had.oeYe.r even
etas suborned. If she was rebeuting,a, parr,- she sa. ' r - . mew/that jial4 baan urged from the first ; ' seen Mrs. Clarke. until he saw' it 'the keit of iho,t
would have: been better: towed, If * were privy Alktlig argo
~,,i it he tied not formed a c neect opinion, it was House ; and ifi'Vert thlag thdt itlAtarkb"die ceiti-.
to 4 cool)* cy, would she .not • hare come i•
.orward ~......
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, fet'tifif; Ogiglgairrtte •sullictiNii;
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4iffion,. y 4bd''delibfialfl/14 ' -44 10nii,143 the Vi-
;ninft .he *is ltlieti,tb,tigt'iii'spiteld the House: He
must conks., ' *ievgliiiies4riiilght be the shame
df aleknowled ' lielbiti he haa participated in the
rii4.
sante•pfejitdic ... Itaa, been entertained by other
• tentletnen Upton eie*ibject or tit* chirges: He
_,.-tpuld scurcely Credit the'charto.; be .could scarcely