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-was solicitous to get the condition of the grant remo-
ved, to enhance the value of his appointment. The
case of Dowler he would next call the attention of
the House to. Dowler, it should seem,
.had paid
.421000 to Mrs. Clarke, and had been placed in the
Commissariat. Whether he did give Mrs. Clarke
4:1000 was one question, and if he did give it, whe-
ther he gave it fur his appointment is another. He
enieht have paid Mrs. Clarke one thousand pounds,
not for his appointment but for other considerations, as
various accounts existed between them ; for a short
time after that transaction had been stated to have
taken place, it appeared they had been endeavouring
to raise money by their joint note, and from a varie-
ty of circumstances it appeared that he had all along
been her favourite paramour. To him the worthy
Alderman's (Mr. H. Combe's) exposition appeared
much more satisfactory, which set forth that Dowler
had told him in the Haymarket that he had obtained
his situation through the influence of Brook Watson*
The Honourable Gentleman then spoke of the.unius-
tifiable means that had been made use of to poison
the public mind. (Hear, hear.) The subject had
been taken up in such a manner by the weekly and
diurnal journals, that had any common trial been
pending it would probably have been put off. (Hear,
hrar, hear.) It would have been considered as unjust
to the accused to have attempted bringing the case to
an issnc, while the public mind was so much influen-
ced. He next came to the case of Kennett ; but he
conceived it difficult to enter into this case, as the
Honourable Gentleman had but slightly mentioned
it, and declared his reason for not going into it was,
because some one more competent to investigate it,
he expected, would take it up. From Colonel Tay-
lor's evidence, it appeared, Mr. Kennett first came
forward, and offered a loan on a mortgage. Colonel
Taylor did not know his business till the second or
third time of his coming, when it appeared, he wish-
ed Colonel Taylor to exert his interest with the Duke
of York to procure him a place, stating, at the same
time, that by so doing, he would confer an obligation
on Sir Horace Mann. There were some parts of
Kenriett's note which were by no means clear ; the
Meaning appeared to him dubious. Now, as it was
probable that Colonel Taylor did not shew the note
to the Commander in Chief, but only stated to him
what he conceived to he the purport of it, was it not
probable, that that which was in itself obscure had
been so represented to his Royal Highness, that he
might not correctly comprehend its meaning ? In
this case was it fair to view the circumstances in
any obnoxious light only ? The case of Elder-
ton next fell under his consideration. It appeared
from certain letters, that Mrs. Clarke had been in
the habit of receiving varions applications from his
family.. From one letter it was obvious that Mrs.
Clarke had deceived Mr. Elderton, by giving him to
understand that the Duke of York, through her good
offices, had gained him leave of absence from his re-
giment, while under the command of General Aber-
crombie. It was impossible this could be the fact,
* as the Duke of York could not have had it in his
power to give Mr. Elderton leave of absence under
such circumstances. This letter was found among
her papers, without any mark of a seal, from which it
we, probable, that the Duke of York had never seen
it, but that Mrs. Clarke, taking to herself the merit
of having accomplished it through her influence with
the Duke, had received this letter of acknowledge-
ment to the Commander in Chief, inclosed in ano
they. Her reasons for not forwarding it to his Royal
Highness, he thought obvious, as it was not her in.
terest to let him know of the liberties she was in • the
habit of taking with his name. He next adverted to
the case of Major Turner, who wished td retire, still
retaining the rank of Major, but prevented for a
short time through a letter being received from Mrs.
Sutherland, begging that his resignation might not
be accepted, as he had behaved ill towards a Lady,
to whom it was important to know where he might
be found for the ensuing six months, and from whom
he intended to secrete himself. The Honourable Gen-
tleman had said much of the impropriety of listening
to such a women, as the Duke of York must have
known her evidence ought not to have been taken.—
He was surprised somewhat at such a remark from a
Gentleman who had brought forward such evidences
as had lately appeared at their Bar—( Hear, Hear,l
Hear !)—who had. brought forward a woman like
Mrs. Clarke—(Hear, Hear, Hear !)—to speak to facts
of the greatest importance, to give evidence on one of
the most important cases that had ever occupied their
attention.; that he, who had thought himself justified
in bringing forward charges of the most serious nature
against the son of his Sovereign—(Htae, Hear, Hear!)
on the evidence of such witnesses, should think his
Royal Highness wholly inexcusable in taking any
notice of the letter of Mrs. Sutherland. But what I
did the Duke of York on the receipt of this letter ?
Nothing more than hesitate two or three weeks before
he finally decided on closing with Major Turner's
wishes ; for, on the 23d, he (Major Turner) writes
that his resignation is accepted. A charge was pre-1
ferred on which lie might have been convicted of un-
gentlemanly conduct. The Duke of York did but
direct inquiries to be made where he thought authen-
tic
information might be gained, respecting the cha-
• ratter of Major Turner. The inquiry occupied three ;
weeks, at the expiration of which time he immediately
complied with his wishes by accepting his resignation.
The next case he would touch on, had been so admi.
rably handled by his Hon. and Learned Friend be-
hind, that but little remained for him to say on the
subject. The case lie now alluded to was, that ofi
Carter, towards whom he thought the Commander
in Chief rat displayed a degree of humane attention,
• which, in his opinion, must be extremely grateful to
every feeling heart. A reel object of compassion,
worthy to become the object of Royal munificence,
presented itself, and the Commander in Chief, awake
to the liveliest feelings of humanity, had not neglee
ted the Opportunity of succouring the orphan son of
en Officer : at all events, a poor boy represented as
such, for whom an application had been made by his
supposed father, in 1801, at a time when, from the
reduction of the army,
comthissions were difficult tv
obtain. He had been contumeliously called a foot-
boy ; but was not that too degrading an epithet ? It
had been said, that he had been in the service of Mrs.
Clarke, of Gloucester-place, a year ; but whets it
was considered he was appointed in April teo4, and
that Mrs. Clarke was not established in Gloucester-
place till the commencement of that year, it was ob-
vious he coact not have been in her service more than

three months ; might it not have been,
Highness had forgotten the applicatil
behalf, but-accidentally seeing him, tl
nection with Mrs. Clarke, might it n(
1 the circumstance to his recollection
1 subsequent conduct, far from being
I laudable. If a man is punished foi
I well ; but don't let him suffer for his .
the circumstance was first mentioned, with _r3( ag.
\gravation that could be to it, he was not sur-
prised .that the House should feel indignant ; but
when it appeared in its true colon's lie could not say
' what might be the feelings of others, but he sincerely
rejoiced at the promotion of Carter. • His letters,
? pregnant with a liberal gratitude, proved his educa-
tion had not been thrown away upon him.. His con-
i duct since his appointment, had proved he was not
unworthy of it, he had since gained promotion solely
I by his merit, and for his (Mr. Perceval's) part he
should feel extremely sorry if any thing that had
transpired in the course of the investigation, should
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ever darken his prospects, or operate to his disadvan-
i tage. The letter relating to Clavering, which was
I fresh in all their memories, the Honourable Gentle-
man had stated to have been written in a very guar-
ded style ; it was in his opinion, impossible for a mo-
ment to think so, as when it was written, his Royal
Highness could not have the smallest idea that it
would ever be made public.—The Honourable Gen-
tleman then proceeded to controvert Mr. Wardle's
observations on that letter. It was evident Mrs.
: Clarke had amused Clavering, by making him be-
-1 lieve something would be done for him by the Com=
mander in Chief, through her influence. Some acci-
dental piece of information relating to military af-
fairs, might have found its way into the unsuspecting
correspondence in which he admits the Duke was en-
I gaged, but nothing tending to prove any of the
charges brought against his Royal Highness. As to
the expressions in his Royal Highness's letter to Mrs.
Clarke, which related to Dr. O'Meara, they had not
any thing to do with military transactions, and were
therefore irrelevant to the present inquiry ; although
it was as much to be lamented, that Dr. O'Meara
had got into the hands of such a woman as Mrs.
Clarke, as that his Royal Highness himself had been
so unfortunate. He would now proceed to make a
few observations on the parcel of letters found in
Captain Sanden's bureau. The most striking cir-
cumstance in these letters was, the care evinced by
Mrs. Clarke, that the Duke of York should be kept
ignorant of the transactions in which she was en-
gaged. There was one note from Mrs. Clarke to
Captain Sanden, in which this apprehension was
peculiarly evident. He meant the note in which she
~ desired Captain Sanden not to come to her box
at the Oi era that night, lest Mr. Greenwood, who
would be in the house with the Duke of York, might
see him with her, suspect the connection that existed
between him, and mention his suspicions to his Royal
Highness. Another note from Mrs. Clarke, (page
38'2 of the minutes), was of a remarkable descrip-
tion. In that note, she begs of Capain Sanden
4 never to breathe her name,' another proot of her
fear lest the connection between them should come to
' the knowledge of the Duke. In a note (page 379
of the minutes) Mrs. Clarke tells Sanden, ' that she
was vexed to death, for that he knows the state of her
finances ; and that she had. hit upon Spedding for
Tuesday, when, behold, the regiment he was in did
their exercise so badly, that the Duke swore at them
very much, and had stopped the promotion of every
one in it.' Now Colonel Gordon had declared, in his
evidence, at the Bar, that this was not the fact ; and
that promotion in the regiment alluded to had never
been stopped. The Gazettes which had been pro-
duced also afforded a complete proof that such was
the case. In a subsequent note, Mrs. Clarke says to
Sanden, 4 What can Speddin mean by asking on
Thursday, through General I'onyn, for leave to go
on half-pay ? 'tis odd Behaviour, and you must think
that some one thinks me used very ill.' By a refer-
ence to the 423 d page of the minutes of evidence,lit
would be found, that Captain Spedding had been
making application for promotion, that Sir Alured
Clarke had been referred to, but had stated that he
knew nothing of Captain Spedding ; and that subse-
quently, Captain Spedding applied, on the recom-
mendation of General Tonya, to be placed on the
half-pay, in which application he was successful.--
The anger of Mrs. Clarke, was, therefore, clearly at-
tributable to her want of success; and there were seve-
ral other instances in the course of this correspondence
with Captain Sanden, in which she complained of a
failure in the influence which she was desirous of ex-
ercising. The next subject to which he should call
the attention of the House was, the letters run away
with from Mrs. Clarke by the Honourable Gentle-
man opposite. To prove the barefaced disregard to
truth, which in many instances marked Mrs. Clarke's
evidence, he would merely refer to page 322 of the
minutes ; where would be found the following ques-
tion and answer :
" Q. Did you give these letters to Mr. Wardle In order to fa-
cilitate any negotiation ?—A. Yes ; not the letters that Colonel
Wardle run away with,bet letters of Field Officers to recommend
two or rhree Lieutenants to Companies. They were to give more
than the regulation, three or four hundred pounds—l understood
frornMr. Donovan that Greenwood was to have some part ;
Frorne another, himself a share, and me."
Here Mrs. Clarke had the hardihood to state, that
elle was to be the instrument of corruptly obtaining
a sum of money, of which Mr. Greenwood was to
have a share—an assertion that was unquestionably
devoid of truth. This was a recent case too, occur-
ring since the discontinuance of her connection with
the Duke of York. There now only remained for
11;ni to consider the payment for the plate to
,Mr.
liirkett, and the presumptions that were supposed to
arise from the limited allowance that Mrs. Clarke Pe.
ceived from his Royal Highness. And now, with re-
spect to the first of these considerations : If the
House would refer to page_ 128 of the minutes, they
would find an account extracted from Mr. Birkett's
books, in which the first article stated on the debtor
side was the Duke of Berri's serviceof plate, amounting
to £1363 ; other particulars followed, making the
whole amount to £lB2l. By the credit side of the
same account (page 129), it appeared, that on the
18th of May 1804, a payment had been made to Mr.
Birket of *5OO, and all the subsequent payments ap-
peared to be by bills and drafts, which were paid by
the Duke of York. It did not appear that this first.
payment of £5OO was at all referable to French's
levy, and it had been proved in evidence, that imme-
diately after the establishment in Gloucester Place
had been formed, £5OO had been advanced by his

to .Mrs. Clarke, for .plate end linen.
that this was the sunk entered on the
Mr. Birkett's account; for Mrs. Clarke
lared that .scie was not in debt when
loucester Place, although she pretended
of York knew this £5OO thus paid to
identical sum obtained from French's
what had-become of the other £5OO
2ived from his Royal Highness ?—He
would proceed to Trrake..a tew observatiotwanthe rate
of expence at which Mrs. Clarke lived in Gloucester
Place: On this subject he had been authorized to
make, and had made, a statement to the House; but
without placing any reliance on that statement, if the
House would refer to the documents, they would
find that that statement was borne out nearly to its
full extent by the testimony of Mrs. Clarke herself.
She had allowed, that all her furniture and all her
wine had been paid for by his Royal Highness. In
page 259 of the minutes, Mrs. Clarke would befound
to have stated, " that once or twice his Royal High-
ness gave her small bills for three or four hundred
pounds ; they were to get her a necklace, or some:
thing in that way, from Parker's, in Fleet-street."—
Here was. an acknowledgement, that in a single in-
stance the Duke of York had furnished Mrs.-Cr,:rke
with three or four hundred pounds. Unquestionably
irwas in this case to take some of her things out of
pawn ; but that madelto.difference in the case, as she
must have expended the money which she received
for those things on pledging them. Mrs. Clarke sta-
ted, that her lawyer had got £4400 for her house
when sold ; a sum which was sufficient to pay all the
debts she had contracted. She also stated that whoa
she had complained to the Duke that £lOOO a-year
was an insufficient allowance, he said " he would
make some future arrangement." • To a subsequent
question (page 263), Mrs. Clarke replied, " that the
Duke of York had given her a bill of four hundred
pounds once, and something also to pay to Parker."
This statement was corroborated by Parker's books.
When these various sums were added together, they
would be found to amount nearly to the sum stated
by him on die authority of the Duke of York as hav-
ing been given by his Royal Highness to Mrs. Clarke,
exclusively of her annuity, a fact which completely
destroyed the inference attempted to be drawn—that
his Royal Highness must have known that such an
expensive establishment as that of Mrs. Clarke could
not be supported but by corrupt means. Before he
closed his observations he could not avoid remarking
on the extraordinary manner in which Mrs.-Favorite
had been brought to the bar of the House. By her
evidence, she appeared without doubt to be Mrs. C.'s
half sister, the daughter of Mr. Farquhar by a former
wife. By a variety of evasions she had endeavoured to
conceal this circumstance, and among the rest, she
stated, that she had lived with one Ellis, a carpenter,
who was always running about, and whose present
place of residence she could not exactly point out.—
Afterwards, however, she called on Mr: Ellis, to
make her peace with him for this misrepresentation,
which she attributed to her anxiety that *he should
not be brought forward, when, in fact, to this very
misrepresentation alone, was owing the necessity of
calling bn Mr. Ellis to give his testimony. Mr. Ellis's
testimony completely falsified both that of Mrs. Fa-
vorite and that of Mrs. Clarke. Mrs. Clarke declared
that she never knew Mrs. Favorite by any other name.
Mr. Ellis stated, that he had received her iuto his
house in the name of Farquhar, and on the recom-
mendation of Mrs. Clarke ; and that while she was
with him, Mrs. Clarke visited her under circumstan-
ces of apparent and peculiar intimacy. This feature
of the evidence distinctly shewed the sort of. people
the House had to do wilt in this enquiry. There
had been no regard to truth whatever. The witnesses
had not been contented with individual and indepen-
dent falsehoods, but had combined to tell the same
story, although in some instances they had, by a kind
(If miracle, been detected. He would not take up the
time of the House by dwelling on the presumption,
that his Royal Highness had connived at the transac-
tions in which Mrs. Clarke was engaged, or he would
not have surrounded himself with some of the most
honourable characters of which the army could boast,
General Calvert and Colonel Gordon were two indi-
viduals of that description.. But his Honourable and
Learned Friend behind him had impressed this part of
the subject too forcibly to render it necessary for him
to say thing.more upon it. " I have now," added
the Right Honourable Gentleman, " gone through
the whole of this extensive case, and have made the
various observations which have occurred to me on
the different points connected with it. These obser-
vations might unquestionably be extended to a much
greater length ; but I trust I have said enough to in-
duce the House to do their duty ; and to shew them,
that with such a case, and under such circumstances
as those which attend it, they must give a decided
opinion, aye or no, on the question before them--
After that decision has been made, it will be for the
House to consider, what will be their next expedient
step. If the- House should adopt the. Resolution
which I.have proposed, they must then enter into a
comparison of the Address which I have submitted to
them, and that submitted to them by the Honourable
Gentleman. After making this comparison, I will
confidently assert, that the House must prefer mine ;
for whatever may be their ulterior proceeding, I am
persuaded that they will not so debase themselves as
to shrink from a declaration of their opinion on the
whole case ; and if I am correct in this persuasion,
they must necessarily abandon the Honourable Gen-
tleman's Address, which is founded on this alternative,
namely, that whether his Royal Highness the Duke
of York is guilty or not guilty, the same result must
ensue.
.The Address proposed by the Honourable
Gentleman is founded on the assertion that mal prac-
tices have existed, and that fteir existence must have
been known to his Royal Highness. But whether or
not, his Royal Highness has himselfbeen guilty °icor-
rupt practices, is immaterial to the substantive measure
proposed by the Hon. Gentleman. Let that be as it
may, in either case the same course is to be taken. Now,
Sir, if the Hon. Gentleman had so framed his original
charges against the Puke of York, and had so couch-
ed the speech in which those charges were opened to
the House, as to lay.his Royal Highness's corruption
out of his view, then, indeed, the questitin before
the House would be of a different complexion. , But
the Right Honourable Gentle Man has not done this.
—From the first to the last he has ailed,* corrupt
practices against the Duke of York. I trust, them►
fore, that the House will do their dtity ; and before
they wound the paternal ears of his Majesty with any

, declaration of the nature and amount of that con.,;
tion, that they will say, whether or no; his Rt):,..i
Highness is guilty at all of any corruptin ? but, !'
not guilty, that they will adopt the Adtiress whic:,
shall have the honour of proposing to them. wi„.,i
the House, with judicial feelings, shall have Li.;_
posed of the judicial question before them, tli;
other question, a question not dependent on judic.:ll
feelings, but on considerations of general polio; at:.
expediency, will remain to be decided. Sir, lam
far from desirous of maintaining the opinion that pn.
Utica' considerations ought to exclude all moral an;?
1 religious considerations. But if moral and religus
considerations- should induce tis to take any step de.
claratory of our unfavourable sentiments, with respect
to the conduct of his Royal Highness, I trust, tind:
in making that declaration we shall not forget w 1),:
• we are ourselves. I trust, Sir, that our moral feelirq
will not allow us to be insensible to our own fra;itk::

and that our religious feeling will induce us to be cha
ritably indulgent to others, however severe we may
to ourselves. lam convinced that the House must le
aware of much in the character and conduct of h:,
Royal Highness the Duke of York, which will nal
them deeply regret the necessity (if, centrary
opinion, sttth a necessity should be thought to exist) ct
taking such steps as may tend to remove his
Highness from a situation for which I conceive] • lin.
cuharly qualified. If there be a man who
during the fourteen or fifteen years, that that .1
individual has possessed the Chief Command, th nrns,
' `as prospered in an unexampled Manner r—thae
has introduced regulations of the most wise mei be-
neficial nature ; that he has consulted the interest cf
the officers, 1;7...1 the comfort of the soldwrr ; E,t
he has promoted merit, wherever it has dispel}:.!
itself ; that he has improved the general char.lctr,)i
the army, and reformed- its discipline ; that he b
watched, with parental care, over the interests of
the troops, by the establishment of charitable ine-i-
-tutions for their families, and of schools and caegcs
for the purposes of military education ; if there
a man who thinks that any other arrangement wain i
probably be infinitely less ad vantageens to the aroy
• and to the country ; that it would afford a greavr
latitude for the exercise of party feelings ;—that i.
might create an endless variety of petty jealousies ;
that it would in all human likelihood open a klo.r
for every description of improper interference
that it would produce a change of system which, cor-
sidered simply as a change, must give birth to great
evils ; if there be a man who thinks all this, tiat-
Man, Sir, will see with the deepest regret any nece!..
sity that may be supposed to exist for adopting
sures leading to the dismissal from office of the present
illustrious Commander in Chief. (Hear, hear,. Lear. )
I cannot but feel, Sir, that in the course of -the
observations with which I have trespassed on the pl.
tience of the House much has been omitted, which I
may probably have another opportunity of soppi is r.
I cannot however refrain from making a few remarks
on something that fell from the Hon. Gentleman on.
polite, at the close of his speech. He told us, Sir,
that the country will decide on the conduct of the
Commander in Chief, and.on the conduct of tke Home
of Commons." if the Hon. Gentleman-meant merely
to state, that the character of this House with the
Public is an important consideration, and that pre.
perly to estimate and justly to deserve public opinion,
was to insure to cairselves the means of being service•
able to our country, fentirely agree with him. But
if, with this proposition, the Hon. Gentleman inten-
ded to couple the idea, that to any opinion formed by
the public, or a part of the public, on garbled extracts
of the evidence, and circulated throughont the king-
dom with malicious industry, the House is to pay the
deference of submitting its own judgment, exercised
on its own views of the subject, against such a prin-
ciple, I must enter my strongest protest. We most
hope that \\tat we do will be duly appreciated by
those for whom we legislate ; that the enlightened
understanding of the people at large will give credit
to their Representatives for the fluthild discharge of
the.trust reposed in them ; and that they correct
any erroneous impressions which the efforts of hue-
rested and unprincipled individuals may have endea-
voured to produce. If these be not the sentiments by
which the House. will govern themselves, I say that
OUT character is lost-1 say that we had better at once
surrender ourselves and our country to the fury of a
wild democracy. I am firmly confident that the
House will take the part which becomes their dignity,
that they will put out of their consideration every
impression but that which they may have received
from the evidence on the table ; that they will come
to a decision uninfluenced by any of those publica-
tions, the tendency of which is so. dangerous, and to
which I have before alluded. I feel confident that
the House will do their duty, by representing to the
Throne the innocence of his. Royal flighnesa as far
as his character has been submitted to out investiga-
tion. In common with every man, I entertain a high
respect for public opinion : I trust I do not arrogate.
too much to myself When I assert, -that the intetea
which I have in preserving public opinion is not less
than that of the Hon. Gentleman ; and that in the
whole progress of this inquiry I have evinced the re-
spect which I feel for it. llmanyinstances the mare
expedient to be adopted, has presented alternatives of
extremely difficult choice; and in no case mote par-
ticularly, than at the very outset of the business,
when the House had to determine, whether the inves-
tigation should be public, or referred to a Select
Committee. The advice which I then gave, noshing
has occurred to make me repent. Ido think, that if
the Duke of York'is to be acquitted, as I confidently
trust he will be, of the foul charges preferred against
him, that the public mode in which the inquiry
been conducted, will be-infinitely more satisfactory to
his Royal Highness, the House and the country, than
if it had proceeded in a.more private manner. That
the latter would, in some respects, have been the
more advantageous method, I am satisfied ; but that
the inconveniencies and evils would have preponder-
ated, I am completely convinced. Whether, however,
that course was the better or not, when once adapted,
itwas highly desirable that the benefits:which it a'as
anticipated the public would derive from it should
not be withheld. " I was therefore anxious, that by no
exclusion of testimony any suspicion or jealousy on
the part of the public should attach to our pro-
ceedings. Throughout the whole case, therefore, I
have recommended the admission cf every.desct-T-
-don of testimony, and have perhaps in this respe:e
gone beyond what was my strict line of duty. j:1
the elucidation of the whole business, I have

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was solicitous to get the condition of the g
ved, to enhance the value of his appoints
case of Dowler he would next call the ;
the House to. Dowler, it should seem
a:1000 to Mrs. Clarke, and had been pL
Commissariat. Whether he did give /
• 4.: 1 °op was one question, and if he did g
ther he gave it fur his appointment is at
might have paid Mrs. Clarke one thous
not for his appointment but for other consi
various accounts existed between them
time after that transaction had been st
taken place, it appeared they had been e
to raise money by their joint note, and I
tv of circumstances it appeared that he I
been her favourite paramour. To him
Alderman's (Mr. H. Combe's) expositi
much more satisfactory, which set forth
had told him in the Haymarket that he
his situation through the influence of Br
The Honourable Gentleman then spoke
tifiable means that had been made use
the public mind. (Hear, hear.) The
been taken up in such a manner by th
diurnal journals, that had any comm
pending it would probably have been pi
hrar, hear.) It would have been consich
to the accused to have attempted bringii
an issnc, while the public mind was so
ced. He next came to the case of Ker
conceived it difficult to enter into this
Honourable Gentleman had but slighi
it, and declared his reason for not goii
because some one more competent to
he expected, would take it up. From
lor's evidence, it appeared, Mr. Kenr
forward, and offered a loan on a mortg
Taylor did not know his business til
third time of his coming, when it appe
ed Colonel Taylor to exert his interest
of York to procure him a place, statin
time, that by so doing, he would confe:
on Sir Horace Mann. There were
Kenriett's note which were by no me;
Meaning appeared to him dubious. l
probable that Colonel Taylor did not
to the Commander in Chief, but only
what he conceived to he the purport a
' •
probable, that that which was in its(
been so represented to his royal Hil
might not correctly comprehend its
this case was it fair to view the ei:
any obnoxious light only ? The
ton next fell under his consideration.
I from certain letters, that Mrs. Clar
I
1 family. From one letter it was ob
Clarke had deceived Mr. Elderton,
I ! understand that the Duke of York, th
offices, had gained him leave of abser
giment, while under the command of
crombie. It was impossible this co
* as the Duke of York could not hay,
power to give Mr. Elderton leave of
• such circumstances. This letter wa
her papers, without any mark of a sea
wa., probable, that the Duke of York
it, but that Mrs. Clarke, taking to h
of having accomplished it through he
the Duke, had received this letter c
ment to the Commander in Chief,
they. Her reasons for not forwardinj
Highness, he thought obvious, as it
terest to let him know of the libertie:
habit of taking with his name. He
the case of Major Turner, who wish
retaining the rank of Major, but
short time through a letter being recd
Sutherland, begging that his resign;
be accepted, as he had behaved ill to
to whom it was important to know
be found for the ensuing six months,
he intended to secrete himself. The I
them:el had said much of the impropi
to such a woman, as the Duke of
known her evidence ought not to has
He was surprised somewhat at such
Gentleman who had brought forward
as had lately appeared at their Bai
Hear !)—who had. brought forward
Mrs. Clarke—(Hear, Hear, Hear !)
of the greatest importance, to give es
• the most important cases that had evt
attention.; that he, who had thought
in bringing forward charges of the me
against the son of his Sovereign—Vl
on the evidence of such witnesses,
Royal Highness wholly inexcusably
notice of the letter of Mrs. Sutherl
did the Duke of York on the recei
Nothing more than hesitate two or th
he finally decided on closing with
wishes ; for, on the 23d, he (Majo.
that his resignation is accepted. A
ferred on which he might have been
gentlemanly conduct. The Duke
direct inquiries to be made where he
tic information might be gained, yes
racter of Major Turner. The inquir
weeks, at the expiration of which time
complied with his wishes by acceptin
The next case he would touch on, hi
rably handled by his Hon. and Let
hind, that but little remained for hi
subject. The case he now alluded
Carter, towards whom he thought
in Chief rat displayed a degree of b
• which, in his opinion, must be extre
every feeling heart. A real objet
worthy to become the object of Rc
presented itself, and the Commando
to the liveliest feelings of humanity
ted the Opportunity of succouring
an Officer : at all events, a poor b
such, for whom an application had
supposed father, in 1801, at a time
reduction of the army, cominissidn
obtain. He had been contumeliou:
boy ; but was not that too degradin
bad been said, that he had been in t
Clarke, of Gloucester-place, a yea
was considered he was appointed in
that Mrs. Clarke was not establishe
place till the commencement of tha
vious he coutct not have been in her
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tilatlsisfty4 ness
tion nisids.lol4 • • ble
through . • of MI
not havellit,l%; k f dech
n ? and if so, .. t.. **mit to Glo
censurable, wa that the Duke o
n- his vices, it is Birkett was the,
is virtUes. When levy. if so, w
.1, with every ag- which she reed