Star.
London, England, 1809-02-23 00:00:00

, ho all concurred with me in opi-
LearnAl Friend (Mi. Adam) *mild
-:ommunication to some friends aids.
ide of the House. I stated to every
I mentioned this at the time, tha.t. I
ie my clear duty not to be made the
ich a statement ; but from the firs day
.as determined to make it public. I
new of its exisitenct till I heard it was
4 the Lord Chancellor. In my era=
ktain Sanden,
„I bore in my mind all
said in his communication to Colo-
Aid would have asked him if the note.,
•ed, but from what he told Colonel

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one of tarquhar ? A. Imam not obliged to answer
these questions ; I did not come here on that account
Order, order ! from the. Committee).
The CIIATRAiAN admonished the witness to atiSsOer
in a manner more becoming the di -pity of that House.

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from the Duke of York to Mrs. tiarke, after His se,
potation from her.—Q. By whom written ? A By
Ms Royal Highness.—Q. Did you take A copy of
the,Original letter ? A. I did:—Q. Is it a correct
cr ? A. I belie--

UCCOMIng L. Ignity
Q. Repeated. A. I might take the name, if I
pleased.; L was not obliged to take the name of Far-
quhai.-Q., Was it out oftespect to Mrs. Clarke you
took this name I A. More on account of Mrs.
Clarke's faMily, th4l for myself. It was when I went
to Mr. Ellis's : when I returned to Mrs. Clarke's, I.
took the name of Favoinite. .
Q. Was it not to disguise yourself to Mrs.P2ike
family that you took the name of Favourite? -. A.
No.-- Wgrahevre. Where does Mrs. Favourite's father. Jive.-
A. In his (A laugh.)-Q. Were did be litre ?
1. A.. In Scotland.---4 Whit was his.narne I ito Fa-
vourite.-Q. Has your mother since the death of, -1
father ? A. Ny , mother. is dead.-Q. HON
ago ? A. I do not recollect.-L-Q. Did your mOthet 'lie
fisrt ? A.
,My father died first anirmy mother after-
Wards.-Q. Did .yOu- come to England before she
died t A. Not-Q.. Did she die before you went inl4o
.NG bore testimony to thi same effect; Mr. Ellis's service ?A. Yes..-.Q. Did you ever go: to
Hon. Friend was always resolved to see your mother while you were in Mr,. Eiji's service ?
-ience from this char Re. . A.. Dever.-Q. Didycku live in. Mr.. E,llia's-service;
ice ;
,z 4 examined by Lord 4,OI.ICSIONIL i without interruption ? .A. I - Went away for three
receive from Colonel Hamilton any months, and sa=d 'I was soinglovisirmy sick moth*.
the note was destroyed ? A. No. I - --Q:Whom did y' ou visit about Tavistockl4Ce.l A.
rived such a notice•from Mr; Harrison ' No one. 'l did not know there was enchaplace..4.
;on, as I believe I did about the time • Who was it you represented to Mr, ilis,yoskwere-
-st. l• was as diterinined as the Cl;an- going to see ?A. Mrs. Clarke;-Q. .W 'did Mrs.
xchequer to annmimicate every cir- Clarke live then ?A. At Hampstead.--Q. Where 1
iected with this not. lathe pnblic ; - did you tell. Mr. Ellis you wanted to go ? A. I don't
uence of this imprei6en, and the re- : know that he ever asked me to tellhim.---Q. Did you
gilt Honourable Gentlemiin, did make ever-live With Mrs. Clarke inTavistock-place ? A.. No.
) Lord H. Petty, Mr. Whitbread, and ' -Q. Are you any relation to Mrs. Clarke ? A.
itrick, on the Monday precDding San- . That is not a question to put to me about the busi-
iination ; and afterwards tomy learned . ness.-- Order called, and the witness, again . re-
"aget and Mr. Leach. ; proved. ---Q. Repeated ?' A. None.-,---Q. What ob-
lled, and examined 'oy the Ceotectre.- ' jecticn had you to answering that question ? A. Be-
[IEQUER. cause I saw no reason for 1t.,-Q. Did you ever tell.
you ? A. Master in the MerchantTai-, any body you was any relation to her ?. A. I don't
.Q. Do you know Mrs. Favourite ? A. I believe
,I ever did.--Q. Have-you any reason to doubt
me.-Q. By what name do you know I you ever did ?A. Yes.--Q. How do you doubt it ? l
hat of Mrs. Farquhar.-Q. Was she iA. Because I might do so, as assented to by Mrs.
evice ? A. Yes.- Q. To whom did you Clarke, when I was married to Walmsley. I was
tharacter ? A..To Mrs. Clarke.-Q. : really married to him.---Q. Tell us all the circuit-
-s. Clarke live at the time you made ; stances respecting Walmsley ? A. I married to him
n ? A. In Golden-lane.--Q. Do you ; wider' the name of Farquhar. Be was married be,
Tar in which Mrs. Farquhar came into fore, and had another wife, and I never cohabited
A. In July, 1800.-Q. How long did I with him after I knew that.--Q. How came you to
you ? A. For nearly two years, with !many him in that name? A. He represented him-.
i three months, in which she left us, : self as a coal-merchant, which he was not. Mrs.
afterwards.-Q. Was you-then a car- Clarke said_ We. should not be married,' said I would,
I
tot mean to give any offence) ? A. No, . and we were Married. . .
.-Q. Did you apply to Mrs. Clarke for Q. Repeated. A. Because when I left Mrs. Clarke;
did.-Q. In what name did you repro-, she had not any thing to give me, and she told me I
larke the servant who had belonged to I might take her name.-Q. When did this take place ?
tire of Farquhar. -Q. Are you certain ; A. About three years ago.---Q. It was on that occa-
es.-Q. Did you ever know Mrs. Clarke .1 sion that Mrs. Clarke permitted you to take the name
;ululate while in your service ? A Yes. !Of Farquhar ? A. Long before I was married.-Q.
)eated ?A. Frequently.-Q. Did Mrs.lHow long did you live with your husband ?A. Four
ty time when she came on these visits ? ! months.-Q. Did you never represent, to him that
•s halfan hour.-Q. Did she behave to ;you were related to Mrs. Clarke ?A. No.-Q. Are
ras an acquaintantance, or what ?A. I you posiive of that ?A. Yes.-Q. How came the
- familiar.-Q. Did Mrs. V. state that ' real Mrs. Farquhar to pay so many bills for you, for
aelationship between them ?A. I sop- i goods taken up in her name ?A: She never paid-any ii To Mrs. Clarke, Westbourn —, Sloane —, (the remain•
m their familiarity.-Q. Did you ever i but about 101. which came from my wages.-Q.You _du of ibeweerscription being torn olr.)--Stla Feb. tads."
alace ofresidence while Mrs. Farquhar 1 state that you are not Mrs. Farquhar's daughter ? Mr. Low-reet called in and examined ly Sir T. TURTON.
service ?A. No-. My town residence !A.No; I am not her daughter-positively net.--: Q. Are you an Attorney at Law ? A. Yes, and
as it is now.-Q. Had you any occa. Q. Are you not her husband's daughter by a former Solicitor.-Q. Were you employed by Mr. Adam in
ie lived with you, to take your family to 1 wife ?A. f cannot answer that question.-Q. Can- 1805 to make inquiries concerning Mrs. Clarke ?A.
It. Yes.-Q. How often? A.-Only once.l not you ?A. No.-Q. Why ?A. How can I know Yes, in October I had the honour to'see the Duke of
rs. Farquhar go with you, remain with 1 what my father and mother did .before I was born i York on the subject.-Q. Did you in your inquiries
me, and rc:urn with you ?A. Yes, she Q. How 'old were you when your father died ?A.
find out that Mrs. Clarke had used the Duke's name
A you any reason to know whether Mrs. Ido not know my own age now.-Q. You never for the purpose of raising money ?A. No, I had heard
married or sine le ? A. She represented I knew your father nor mother ? A. No.- Q. Did your that from being under the Duke's protection some per-
married
Have you any reason to know ;father marry again ?A. I cannot answer that.---Q.Did sons had given her credit-Q. lit your inquiries did you
eller living at any time before she left ! you ever hear Mrs. Farquhar say you were the hear that she hart injured the Duke Of York as to mo-
'A. Yes.----Q. Where did her mother i daughter of her 'husband by a former wife ?A. No. ney transactions ?A. I was only employed to inquire
time ? A. About Tavistock-place.-- Q. -Q. Will you undertake to say she never .did? A.
as to her family and husband, and not to any pecu-
did you learn this ?A. From herself.- i I cannot say any thing about it. lam not Mrs. niary concerns.-Q. Were you not desired by Mr.
seen Mrs. Farquhar lately ?A. Last night. ; Farquhar's daughter.-Q. Did you know that Mr. Adam to inquire concerning money matters ?A. No;
what occasion did you see her last nigrit? ', Walrnesley was summoned to attend here to-night ? such instructions might have been given to Mr. Wa-
al, and wished particularly to see me.- !A.No ; I never heard of it.-Q. Did you read it in kinson.-Q. Did you state on paper the result of
was ashamed of having mentioned my i the Papers ? A No -Q. Did you .know Mr.. Ellis your inquiries to the Duke ? A. In May 1806, I
bar he the way which she had done.- I was summoned ?A. No—Yes, I did.-Q. Did transmitted through Mr. Adam, or some one else, all
is ashamed to appear again before the i you know, or not? A. I knew when I went to Mr. I could collect on the subject to his Royal Highness.
!ley would not credit what she wouldsay Ellis's last night.-Q. Notbefore ?A. Yes. -Q. Who I added a letter, inclosing a copy of a subpxna, in
;:lie told me also, that she had spoken of I told you ?A. My Mistress, Mrs. Clarke.-Q. Are which Mrs. Clarke had used the Duke's name.
:ay she had done, out of delicacy to my ! you sure you did not tell Mrs. Clarke that Mr. Ellis Mr. BATHURST objected to this answer, as it.
. Did she say it was out of delicacy to ' was nut a carpenter before last night ?A. I did not was impossible-the letter could be proved.
that she represented you as a Carpenter ?! wish to bring him before the House.-Q. Do you The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER
and she was now ashamed of it.-Q: Did I mean to say that
.your wish to screen any person thought the entire information which was from hear-
e.m l'cr that she knew that you bad been ; would induce you to represent a fact different from say•might be objected to, as well as the letter.
as a witness to this House ? A. Yes, she ; the truth ?A. I wished to screen Mr. Ellis. That Sir T. TURTON said he meant to ask for proofs
hat family had you with you at the sea- I was my motive and no other for saying he was a car- , hereafter. .
ly -,‘. ile and eight children. : penter.-Q. Repeated ?A. Yes; that was it; I wished ' Mr. WHITBREAD suggested that the part re-
,
Mr. C. AD too) Was you ever-preeent at :to screen r. Ellis in every point.-Q. How often lating to the letter should be expunged from the mi-
vi-its of Mrs. Clarke to Mrs. Farquhar ? . did Mrs. Clarke call on you at Mr. Ellis's? A. Once nutes, which it was accordingly.
.-Q. How then did you know that so only.-Q. Are you sure of that ?A. I never had any Q. Did you transmit the proofs which you receiv-
iarity existed between them ?-A. Though i one to call upon me there but twice. Mrs. Clarke, ed to the Duke of York ? A. Yes -Q. By whom ?
in a room, I have seen their familiarity at Miss Taylor, and Mr. John Clarke's wife called.-Q• A. I cannot tell.-Q. Are you sure you sent them
there they have accosted each other with Did Miss Taylor
.call on you alone ?A. No, with to the Duke ?A. Yes.-Q. In the paper, was it
aelity. ' Mr. J. Clerke's wife. proved that any money had been raised by Mrs.
Lead Foieseoer.) Have you seen Mrs. I Q. Did she come on a visit ? A. No, she only Clarke in the Duke's name ? A. I think not.
1; ? A. This evening, in the lobby, but called to tell me Mrs. Clarke wanted to see me, I said Q. (By Mr. LtTmerote.) Do you know William
Lk t,, her.-Q. Has Mr 3. Farquhar been in 11 could not come out.- Q. Did you know Miss Tay- Williams ?A. Very Tittle ' • some years ago I knew
v since she left it in May, I goo ?-A. No. 1 lor before ?A. Yes, nine Or ten years.-Q. Do you him.-Q. Not lately ?--A. No ; I did not see him
the CHANDELLoR of the Excm:Qt EH. )- recollect Mrs. Clarke living with a person of the name for-some time, till his examination before the House.
her situation in your family ? A. Nur- !of Ogilvie ? A. No. . -Q. Did you see him before tin examination ? A.
i [Here some questions were put by Mr. nATIIURST t Yes, but not till seven o'clock.-Q. Did you .consi-
tt oenrre, called to the bar, and examine -. and Sir T. Tua-roa, but as the Committee departed . der him insane ? A. His 'conduct certainly seemed so.
i 'tree:cement of the Exctieet'ett. 1 from their own instructions given to every witness, to Q. (By Lord Muroer.) Did you send any person
)I. Ellis) Is that the rcl son you know - hear the question and answer read by the short-hand to Mr. Nicholls at Hampstead ?A. Yes.' Thomas
m^ ef Farquhar ? A. Yes. l writer, and these Honourable Members were nearly Wright, of Haverstock-hill.Q. Did you inquire for
.
Moe Favourite) Is that the person youal under the gallery, we could not make out the scope of any letter from Mr. Nicholls ? A. No ; but I had
es Ellis. a carpenter ? A. Yes ; I did so ' their examination.] . beard he was to come to the House.
)t.'ci.. for his character ; I had no other mo- 1 Q. How long did you live with Mr. Ellis ? A.' Q. (By Alderman Comm) Did you hear that
epect for his family, in not wishing tohave ! About two years:-Q. Did he ever change his retie Mrs. Clarke had raised money on a fictitious or pre
•. from the pulpit to the bar (A laugh) ' dence during that persod ?A. Never.-Q. Were you tended military patronage which she possessed ?A.
It is your name ?A. Favourite.-Q. How ! sent to the sea-side with the children by yourself ?A. "No : that was not the subject of my inquiry.
you borne that name ?A. Always.-9. . No, I went with Mr.
.and Mrs. Ellis. I went to Ham- Q. Generalr. Biomes.) Had you any conversation
:'ever gone by any other name ?A. I mersmith With the children. - with Clavering on this subject.? e't Yes.-
el Mrs. Clarke's name by her permission.- I Q. (By-Mr. VANSITTART.) What part of Scotland ,Q. State. what passed ?A. General Clavenng said;
a was that ?A • About ten years ago ; six ' did your father live in ? A. Ido not know.-Q. 'he had understood Mrs. Clarke had made a statement
years ago, when I went into Mr. Ellis's set-- Where Were - you married ?A. At Woolwich.-Q. by which lie was affected. I gave him my account,
How lung have you been acquainted with i When ?A. About three years ago.-Q. Have you of which he took a memorandum, and I was very
rite ? A. Since she was manned, twelve or ! any relations in town.? A. Ido not know that I have. much surprised to see my name afterwards mentioned
vt:ars ;Igo,— Q. W i
as you in Mrs. Clarke's Mr. WALMsLEY was called, but was not in at- in a, letter to the Attorney General. .
a
. the time she allowed you to take her name,l did not desire
tendance. Q. Did you wit advise General Clavering to rittie
, tiOeht vain recpect from that circumstance ? J Mr. Gitevewoou called hi and 'examined by Mr.. to the Attorney-General ?A. No,
.
.-Q. What was your name before that time ? : Husxisson: • . ' kiln to mention my name.-Q. What positive advice
'ourite.- Q. Flow long is, it since you dropt :Q. (Handing him a letter)-Is that your writing? I did you give him? A. 'I advised him to an.examina-
'° of Favourite, and took the more ordinary A. Yea-Q. What is it A. A copy of a letter j- on if he could contradict Mrs. Clarke.-Q. Did you
. .

.:opy , Jelieve so.
The letter addressed to Mrs. Clarke was then read
by the Clerk as follows :
" You must recollect the occasion 'when, about Seven months
ago, I had tb employ a Solieitor to defend a suit upon par ac-
e,, mt. The result of the inquiries then made into your conduct
most unfav unable to
you, and circumstances hale since-
arisent o confirm these iturrteNions. I was not rash or incorsiderate
in coming to the determination so part from Toe, and I owe it to
my own character to persevere in that resolution. Alt interview
would be painful to us both, and of no use to you. I therefore
decline it —"
Q. (By Lord Foucs.roNE.) Do you recollect tlie
date of this letter ? A. No.
[The witness, in answer to other questions Stated,
that his Royal Highness never saw Mts. Clarkeafter
their separation ; and that the letter was written after
that separation.]
Q. Was his Royal Highness in the habit of seeilig.
Mrs.'Clarketp to the time of their separation ? A.
Till within four days of it.—Q. At-whose desire was
the copy of this letter taken ? A. At the desire4l kis
Royal Highness.—Q. Has it been in your possession
eater since`? A. No ; I bave never seen it since it
wxs written, till to-night.—Z In 'whose possession
hin it been ? Ido not know.—Q. To whom did_
you give it ? A. the liuke of York.
Mr. WIIITI3READ..new inforined-:thb Commit-
tet; Wit the letters Mrs. Clarke was desired to send
down had been put into his hands.:--One of them
was dated in October 1806, and the two others bore
intertal Marks of having been written after the sepa-
ration between his Royal Highness and Mrs. Clarke.
There was also a letter from General slavering, of
so late a date as the Bth of February, which he thought
it would be as well to read, as connected with that
Gentleman's evidence.
The three letters from his Royal Highness to Mrs.
'Clarke, were then put in and read as follows :
No. I.—" To Mrs Clarke, No. 9, Old Burlington-street—
Fridaj.--Wthout being informed to what amount you may want
assistance, it is not in my power to be of use to you."
No. To Mrs. Clarke, at Southampton, Oct. 1.806.—
It is totally out of my power to give you the assistance you seem
to expect."
No. 111. ",'To Mrs. Clarke, 17, Gloucester-place—No date. I
eater fully into your sentiments with respect to your children,
but eannnt undertake to. fulfil any thing-I stn not sure of being
able to perforiu. With respect to the house at Wcybridge, I would
'advise you to remo;ie the furniture, and direct the person who
took it for you to give it up."
. [Mr. WARDLE • called Mrs. Jacobs, niece to Mr. Nicholls of
Hampstead, and proceeded to question her with respect to.a false
affidavit alledged to have been made by her uncle, in order to be
enabled to tel her property. A discussion took place on the pro-
prkty of examining, as to this point, on which the witness could
not speak from her own knowledge... Lard it was finally determined
that the evidence should be expunged.]
Ir. •WHITBREAD having proved the hand-
writing of Geheral Clavering's letter to Mrs, Clarke,
by the testimony of an Hon. Member behind him, .it
was put into the Clerk's hands and read to the fol-
lowing effect z
"My Dour Mrs. Clarke—l have just beard you intended to
subrcena me before the House of Commons' which I hope is not
true. I trust you will keep my .name-entirelyy out of the business,
as being a family man, the world might ascribe ray acquaintance
with you to motives that never existed, but which all the argu-
ments in the universe would never remove. 1 am, &c.
CLAVF.RING."

morning.
SSON repeated his statement in e*-
Ird against mistake.
ITOR GENERAL confirmed that
of the Exchequer had from the first
;elution to make the Note publicly.
it • was a real note or a forgery, and
in favour of, of against the "illustrious