Star.
London, England, 1809-02-04 00:00:00

Q. Were the servants in 'Cleueesrer Place, Mrs.
brke's servants ? ,Yes, go the best of-my
knowledge.--Q. Do you .know that they were not
the Duke's servants ? •A. :•beliere they were
Did the buke order that none but. you
,i,ould go to. Gloucester. Place ?—A. None. but me.
J When the Duke asked you whether you had
chvgcd the note, what answer did you make?
..A.
taw him I did not recollect ever having done so.—
Do you now say so ? A. I do.—Q. Have you
.wars given the sameenswer Io Others ? A. Al-
ways.— Q. Did the Duke never go in his carriage to
Giolcester-place ?A. Never.—Q. Nor on horse—
? A. Never.
itißepeat what conversation
yes,
Mr. Adam, Mr. ilkinsen, and Mr. Lowton,
hsj on this subject ? A. Mr. Adam asked. me had I
ever got a note from the Duke or Mts. Clarke ? I said
nev ; he then sent me to Mr. Wilkinson, who asked
tie ins name, age, anchhow long I had been in the
ccrvice of the Duke ; and he also-questioned me con-
cering the note, to which- I save the same answer.
Has the Duke no valet de chambre who went
him either in the night or morning to Gloucester-
'--? A. No..
The v.Stness was then ordered to withdraw.
W. ADAM sear lien acaraianias pilaw :
Q (By Mr. WARDLE). YOU said, Sir, that your
services to the Duke. of York were :ratuitour. May
be allowed to ask whether you have not a son a
Leatmant-Colonelin the army ? A. Yes, I have a
,s,s, Lieutenant-Colonel in• the 21st Foot.—Q. Pray
at wliat ;ige was he so advanced ? A. 1 shall answer
question, and I am induced to do it thelssore
fully from a letter which I have received, and which
I will read to the House just now. The introdne-
-60 irid progress of my sun in the army; the House
sill allow me to detail, when they consider the na-
ture of the question which I have been asked—
par!) General Stuart, who was the friend of my
early lile, asked me if any of my five sons shewed any
inclination to military service? I answered him, that
I certainly had one who was then 14 or 1.5, and who
Kid evidently such a tendency ; it was unnecessary
lir him, he replied, to dwell upon his friendship
for me, and immediately advanced my son to an En-
signcy, which 'was the first step in the routine of
military promotion. The regiment to which he was
appointed was then at Canada, and I immediately
sent hint to Woolwich, that he !night obtain the edu-
cation most necessary to his profession. lam proud
tosay my sin distinguished himself, and the House
sill indulge me in the declaration, when they consi-
etr the question I have been asked.—[Hear .I—He
vas pre:mated to a Lieuteiiancy by General Stuart,
and on the expedition to the • Helder, he went as a
Volunteer, at the age of sixteen, under the auspices
of Sir R. Abercrombie. My son landed in the face
of a hot fire, and for his conduct received the praise
cf a 1 around him. [Here Mr. Adam was sensibly
eirected.] The House still excuse me ; they will
participate in a father's feelings. [Hear, hear, hear!) 1,
In that expedition, and in the most hazardous points,
of it, he, with a Lieutenant's subdivision, and that
composed of raw troops, drafted from the 4:tipple-
metal Militia, conducted himself coolly and ems-
razcously. On his return the Duke of York promoted
ra to a Company in his own regiment, the Cold-
stream Guards, an his own merits, and without my
irittlferevce, so help me Goo.—[Hear .I]—A Captain'.
isen, is that regiment, again under Sir R. Aber-
crombie i.e went to Egypt, and took an iacti-repart
in the ever-Fl,,riou.s landing in that country. He was
aezorspasied by his friend, the son of SirJohnWareen,
%sirs foil by his side. He was successively appointed
10 a Minority and a Lieutenant•colonelcy ; and on Co-
Vvilson's being about to leave his regiment, I
csramsnicated the circumstance tohis Royal Highnescs
wao immediately promoted my son to the.' stbattalion
et' the 1 could call upon those Generals who
with my son, to attest his merits, and were the
lamented Sir John Moore alive; he .wouid not want
act advocate.
With the permission of the House, I •tvill now read
otter I have received—it is written in red ink. The
later is in substance—
" To W. Adam, Esq.
" our character was once respectable—that•
is now c..er : your shifting of sides in the House, and
yes:- intsrferente in the Duke of York's letchery,
v:ctild h:ue dubbed any other man with the epithet
1.: punt. By your perpetual subserviency to the
royal interests, one of your sons has obtained a Lieu-
tenanoci,le nelcy, and the other a ship—l wish I was
toe,tioned as to that appointment— Bravo—go
o%—&-.2 it you can persuade any man you are not I
for profit when your family is thus provided
--• What ! the Duke's conduct is not to be can 7
1.-issed----no. nor his profligacy to his w—, because he is
toe second in the kingdom, and a Prince, forsooth:—
heeler as you will, the public can form their judg-•
nor will a heavy burtlicned people be persua-
by the vote of a bear-garden that black is white.
1:01:est, change your principles with the colour of
yots hair ; let this rubrick prove to -you typical-est
:tiling, blushing as I am at your misconduct;
:is for the House, it may discuss the subject—
bu' it:; decision depends its own damnation or sal-

A discnss;on here arose as to the propriety of enter-
itg this letter among the minutes of evidence.
Mr. ADAM left the House to form its own judg- 1
tint ; he considered ift but his duty to read the letter
House en account of the attack made on the
e, and the threat held out to himself as one of

i:LLISON contended for the impropriety of
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any such
.anonymous publication -to the
nuase.

Mr. FULLER said, if the gentleman's conduct
had proceeded upon grand, or noble, or dignified
principles, such a publication would not have been
read to the House. To tell any man to do his duty !
Bch
y any man who did not do his duty would be
" whipped cut of the House"—[Loud and repeated-
tries Order]. is I say, why am I out of order ?It
is a threat, and 5091. should be offered for the author.
if such poor creatures—" [Here the cries of or-
`!'r were so great, that. Mr. Furter was obliged to sit
down.]
Afttr a short conversation between Mr. LITTLE..
7';, Sr. P.,DAI•I, and the CHANCELLOR of the Ilx-
t''EquEit— •

'l7' WARDLE proceeded to his second charge.
1:- ccmpletely disclaimed imputing any unfair con-
Lie. to Captain Maling, whom he certainlp coaside-
-I`:%i otaer light than that of an honourab:e man.