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London, England, 1809-02-14 00:00:00

once.•--Q. Is the witness
confident that she saw him only once ? A. Yes, I •
am sure.--Q. On what day did you see him ? A.
On Thursday...-Q. At what hour of the day on
Thursday did the witness see him ? A. At night.--
Q. Did the witness pass under her own name when
slle went to visit Mr. Dowler, at the hotel ? A. I did
r.ot pass under any name.--Q. At what hotel did the
witness see Mr. Dowler ? A. At Reed's, in St. Mar-
tin's•lane.---Q. Did she see him oftener there ? A.
No, I did not.---Q. Was she long in company with
Mr. Dowler on that occasion ? A. Am I obliged to
nnswer this question ?--Q. Did the witness see Mr.
Dowler on Friday morning ? A. I did.
Q. ( Mrs. Clarke examined by Mr. LYTTLETON.)—
The witness stated on a former evening, that she had
nO credit with his Royal Highness the Duke of
York's tradesmen, did she ever draw bills upon the
Duke of York, which his Royal Highness accepted ?
A. His Royal Highness always drew them and ac-
cepted them himself.—QDid the witness never send
,a bill, accepted by his Royal Highness, to Birkett the
silversmith ? A. Once or twice his Royal Highness
gave me small bills of 2 or 3001. and on one occasion
in particular, to pay for a necklace to Parker in Fleet-
street; but they were always signed-and accepted by
himself.—Q. The witness then denies ever having
Larself drawn a bill upon his Royal Highness in fa-
vour of Birkett the silversmith ? A. I do.

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Q. (Examined by Mr. CREEVEY.) The witness
has already stated that she only received 10001. a year
from the Duke of York; does she mean now to state,
that in the course of the three years in which she lived
under his Royal Highness's protection, she did not
ret:eive from him 25,0001. ? A. Ido ; and though
Mr. Adam has stated that the Duke separated from
me on account of a debt which
.1 had contracted, he

never -pl. t.
Q. ( examined by Sir GroIic:EWARRENDER.) Did
the witness, in the course of the three years that she
lived with the Duke of York, not receive '20,0001.
from his Royal Highness ?, A. I certainly did not.
Q. Will the witness assert that, in the whole course
of that period, she did not receive 15,0001. from his
Royal Highness ? A, Is it meant to include the house
and every thing,-7Q. Did the witness receive 15,0001.
including house and every thing ? A. I cannot say
what his Royal Highness gave for the house; I
know what I got for it.—Q. What did the witness
get for the house ? A. I got 44001. in all : I asked
his Royal Highness to give me the lease, which he
did, and I gave it to the Lawyers in payment of
sums which they had advanced to me; but his Royal
Highness had not paid the rent. for the last half year,
non the taxes for the last whole year before it was
given up.—Q. Exclusive of what she derived from
the house, did not the witness, in the course of the
three or four years that she lived with the Duke of
York, receive from his Royal Highness X 15,000 ? A.
Certainly net.
Q. Did she receive 12,0001. including every ad-
vance beside the house ? A. Did she receive
10,0001. ? A. I received sn al presents at different
times from his Royal Higlin;.s, and I cannot take it
upon me precisely to estimate ihcir value. --Q. Can
the witness take it upon herself to say, that their
value did not amount to 5,0tY.1. i A. Of this she
was not certain.

Q. (By Mr. HERfERT.) The Nvitnrss stated on a I
former evening, that her allowance fiom the Duke el I
York was one thousand pounds a year, does she now
mean to state that she had nothing more than this
one thousand pounds a year to live on ? A. If I was
Touch harassed for money, and I could not get it
elsewhere, his Royal Highness wceild now and then
advance me one or two hundred pounds in addition •
to my allowance.
Q. (By Sir GLonGE IVAITIENDI:n.) The winless
stated on her former eN:lmia::lion, that his Royal
Highness was in the habit of advancing her money,
whenever any thing unpleasant happened, which was
constantly the case, and now she states that he extri-
cated Iler from her embarrassments, in only one or
svo instances, how can she nzencile her present state-
ment with that she made on a former evening ? A.
I never received more than .e2OO at a ti:-h&.---Q. But
does the witness call. enec Or twice constantly ? A.
I did not employ the proper term when I made use
of constantly. I never recollect of receiving money
in this way but twice.
Q. (By Mr. W.keeacn. ) The witness hAs said that
when she separated from the Duke of York, she was
left in debt A:3000, was not the House given her for
the purpose of enabliref her to discharge the debts the
had then incurred ? A. There was no money left after
the small debts were paid ; L'7oo I divided among
the poorer class of persons. I know that the Duke
has said that I might, by selling my trinkets, have
extricated myself from all embarrassments, but he
knows well enough where my trinkets were at the time.
Q. (By Mr. SiNmos.) When the witness first
went to live with the Duke, of York, did she receive
any sum in advance ? A. I received 5001. in advance.
Q. Then no part of this 1..300 went to defray the ex-
- pences of the establishment ? A. No.---Q. When did
the establishment commence ? A. Almost immediate-
ly.---Q. Was £lOOO sufficient for the support of the
establishment in Gloucester Place ? A. No, I have al-
ready stated its insufaiency.--Q. The witness has
stated that it was barely adequate to pay the ser-
vants wages and liveries ; how then did she contrive
to feed them, and pay other expellees ? A. That
also I have already explai;:ed.--Q. How soon did
the embarrassments of the xvitness begin ? A. About
half a year after my connection with his Royal High-
ness was formed. I never applied to him till I found
myself distres:ed, end then he told me that I had
more interest than the Queen, and th.it I should use it.
How did tI do for the first half year ?
A. I went on on To what amount ? A.
•I really not keeee, i was alv...tys friglitened to look
at my accounts.— ce might be the number of
the witness's creuitois ? T really cannot tell.--Q.
Did they amount a fiity ? 13. Probably they might.
Q. 'Were they al..eays very pressing ? A. When I
could not give them money, they preSsed for places.
When they foul t:ta t no places were to be
had? were they nut import,inate for money ? A.
Yes ; but they were always well pleased to trust me,
ecause in the end they were handsomely
I.l‘Tere there vo action; brought against the witness
for debts ? A. Yes.—Q. How then were the costs of
these actions, and large debts besides, discharged?
A. I found n eans of vitisfying the claimants.—Q.
vete •they not paid, directly or indirectly, by the
Duke of York ? No.—Q. Ho ,v does the witness

hotel ? A. I believe only