The Statesman.
London, England, 1809-12-12 00:00:00

If Cul. Wardle, or Major Dodd, or Mr. Weeny,
had paiv, thw money i•istend of Mr. Illingworth,
and takin sorb a receipt, the cue had brae essen-
tially diffcrert. Wright thought he had fixed
Col. Wardle by that receipt, and which, in fact,
' h iil only been lint into his hands by Mr.
illngworth a little lime before the trial.
The evidence of Major Dodd had been treated
as not deserving credit, because being in a confi-
Aential situation with the Duke of Krot, he hill
listened to conversations in which the character of
his Royal Brother was implicated, without mak-
rig any communication to•the Duke of Kent ; but
Major Dodd had assigned the moat satisfactory of
transom for his silence. It would .uot,as he justly
said,' have been delicate in him to have communi-
cated to the Duke of Kent, facts and conversa-
tion; so &clay affetkting his Royal Brother. Major
Dodd was then attackedlor having at all interested
himself in the subjects on which the investigation
was founded, but from all possible imputation °rim.
propriety on that score Major Doild hall effectually
exculpated himself, at least in the rntil of every
candid and diquissionatc person. He had been in
the army nineteen years; he knew that abuses
.1 existed ; and he felt the anxiety of a man who
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had the gootl of hi, country, 1610 th' honour of
his profession at heart, for the eradication of
curreption and the refortnatiun of abuses.
With respect to an allusion which he (Mr.
Alley) had made respecting the payment (if
10,0001. by Lord Chichester, he regretted that-he
had mentioned the circumstance, which lie should
pass over without further obseivation. The
Attorney-General had made many conetients on
that part of the evidence of Mr. Glenn,, in which
he stated, that F. Wright told hint that the
reason why he gave the fresh credit to Mrs.
Clarke was, the hope of getting, by that
means, the money which she already owed
him. But lie (Mr. Alley) drew conclusions
from this evidence, very different from those of the
A tturtiev-General, in which, lie had no doubt, the
Jury would concur with him. The Jury had
been called upon to reject Cie evidence of Co-
lonel Wardle (amongst other reasons), for having
given Mrs. Clarke one huldred pounds previous
to having given her evitleare Iszfa.-e the House. llat cider
what circumstance Mid he given bet. that money i They were
goring nut of town—it a/a .1 mere (aide. an inconsiderable Ise-
' eionstiodritian—and he w •.,Id ask, -o hether it is ant the
I Ldaily practice to voippnrt trimmers fir the Crayon? lie
• eould not for himself see even tho,,grouni on winch this was
attempted to he imputed to Calosiel Wardle as a crime. That
I i the story wh'eh Mrs. Clarke told Iva: i:ne, certainly (termed
: arras corrillrontsrm from the enter anklet/ with *hien her
, prmaisod publications was anticipat-d ; and from the airs.
routed avidity with which it had been bought up. Tee
1 Attorney-General had etprested his surpoiass, that Mr.
, Satire* flea had not h'en called as a wham. lie had
berm set ponied income:qui-rice of what bail fallen, on a for-
' mrr occasiou, from the Attorury-General, whirls i uhiced a
I suspicion, that Mr. Corield, the attorvey for Mr. Wardle its
i a fanner actions, a gentleman whose respectability was otto-
, impeachable, to;gat have been called on the part 44 the 1)e-
-' frt.-lams. What that Gentleman might have Mal called for,
or what the Defendants might, through his evidence, have
, attempted to insinuate, it was impossible to telh----it
' had, however, beeu deemed prudent to tutrpeena Mr.
S-rjeaot Bet., that tbe twoefit of his testimony might have
been had in raw the Defendants had thrin-thl proper to calf
CMsuar..rtna I.vlieri.dl;"—With
rues, he igi;ACicialts.niiinlit. vthhe:,tlAiliiirt ae;o1.;
mist , *personal complalat—he trusted itmi that l.earoverl
Gentleman did not think that ;.e wa4 attatimil to any thiag
like party, or that his concinct in the nana...missert of iba
cause was laduemed by aoy consideration ofthat n inure. If he
; nnfortoos,telv did thick sn, he lab-oared under a very gims
Palmlike. He (Mr. Alley) woos. not attached to any party,
nor wag he court, og popular applause. The huzzis of the
mitltita ie, he aril koe ir, were .ometinses bestowed a ithout
merit, as they Were also at others, a Ithdrawn minions rea-
son ; and to suppose coat he shoed ray any taine. wish the
view of obtaining the shouts or the multitude, am incorrect
The a.ttraordinary length to which this Witt hail been
protracted, rendered hint unable to say all that he
might have said on the presero occasion, in support of
the prosecotioon—froni slim circumstance, added to the late-
ens of the hour, he should decline adding mare than the ex-
prestioa of his thanks for the patient indulgence with which
-he had been heard by his Lordship and by the Jure, to
whom he would add, that the eye •f the Uoited kingdom
were open aria.

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gins toispv-pald to het when she was going awl of t0w.0.:-
and that W. were given afterwards, that would have im-
peached her testionozny in the House of Gammas, where she
gave it; and if it had been before a Court of Justice, sad
she hadsworn uatruly, it would have subjected the party so
giving the money too an accsnation of subornation of perjury.
What was the 3001 but a bonus fur testimony? I know of
no other name by whoch it C3ll be characterized. Whether it
be accessary to his fame, his Interest, or his popularity, the
man who gives it ise,ses money acts corruptly. You are to
take It that her testimony with respect to any promise is fully
denied by Mr. Wardle. The nett part of her testimoay--
that she introduced Mr. Wardle to D. Wright, saying,
" This Is the Gentleman who iv to furnish soy house." (Here
his Lordship lead Mrs. Clarke's evidence, from the notes of
Mr. Dowling, micro on the former trial). Now you have un-
questionably beard to.roy, that M.sjoor Dodd and Mr. War-
dle deny, not merely a pvt, but the whole of this witness's
evidence. It is, however, very difficult to conjecture, why
they west at all with Mrs. Clarke to her upholsterer's I—for
if a man does not go with a view of being the paymastsr, it is
certainly a dangerous sitontion for a man to trust himself in.
By both their accounts, they nere there near three quarters
()fan hoar. They had certainly, at that time, got from her
what they wanted ; and if there were a period of rcmunera-

lino, that, doubtless, was the time ;for, it is to he remembered
that she was yet to be exposed to a serutinous examination
before a Committee of the whole !louse of Colnmoni. And
although it might not be erpeeted to last se many nights.
it was a must serious and formidable ordeal fur a fe-
male to pass through.—ls it likely that a woman,
embarking is an expensive establishment, could ap-
pear with great (Vat, if she had no money, nor yet
the expectatian of money ? If on money had antecedently
passed between her nod Mr. Wardle, or even subsequently—
or if there hat be1..1 no money dealiugs, no loan of 5.1,P. it
would thru be a very strung case, the eotleavnering to fix oa
a Gentleman, who calls with a Lady at an upholsterer's shop,
a respotuibility for what may. at that time, be ordered.
But here you hare n person who gives her IfXll. and after-
' wards ?01. nod then .u' acceptance to meet the 5901. paid by
Mr. Illingsvorth's acceptance to Mr. Wright. lie, In fact,
I advanced 5 or 6031 These are circumstances waich em-
! barrios probability, for n hen a man pats himself against. 9
perms w hove mouths are paillockerLit is' mpossi ble not to look
at what is said with great caution. I put n Question, whetair
the circuitous mode la which th • ;Ott. W.:4 raised for ‘vriiht,
WAS not singular ? %bat was the ineaui..g ..f th•• tran;acrion
being so managed, was it not for the purpose of comeslmest ?
! Can the answer that stas give... hr received as tat isfaesov,
What was the purpose of thi, triple security Why sboUld
I not Mr. War Ale have given, with his own ban ' a pea-
-1 missory note or an acceptance to Wright? And vet,
he say., it %via not wits a view to concealment I
mast weigh these things delibenaely—ym statist construe
these things accurately. What is it possible it c ,old be
done for, if it is sins not for the purpose of concealment ?
I asked another question, the aussier to whichgwas certainly
mdgniffrent —bet only so. I asked what was the inducement
of Mrs. Clarke foi'going on with her di,coveiies ? " I don't
" know, except to do the puidie good." hat, was it only
with a view of bring the beatofaetress of her counts), ? Good
God I Can that be true? All these 'natters are lor your con-
sider:cities. in whose bosom mast re.ide the &vision of ihes •
lissues. W here three people are manacled together and fet-
-lered, will you expects Prosecutor to he
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131111TLCIIIIN,
OBSERVING, in the Public Prints, 1441.
Observations upon my conduct, from my having unit
with inners in requesting another Court of Gamma') CeilllC
to be called to re-coussider the Address to his Mutest.% fLV
It my duty to state the groOnds whichactuated my conduct.
The Address struck my mind to routmo Iftoctuve not -o;'-
able to the dignits which iielungs to the C..i ',oration of Lon-
dog, ns s. deliberate Body, in expressing it. opinions :1 his
Majesty, arid also cootaioing Language not consistent with that
respect doe to my Sover•io.
to order, there:roman Rite von an opportunity of topsider•
in the same I became? mittens that another Glop t should be
called; and I do hope you will attend in your places' and
exercise your owl, judgment us to the currectaesa Of the opi-
nion I have formed.
I am, respectfully, Gentlemen, your most obedleil Sr:roast,
Landoll, 9111 Dee. IIiUJ. JOHN A MINS.